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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13
SOME GREAT SEA DISASTERS
Many Big Naval Vessels Have Gone
Down with Their Hundreds
Of Men on Board.

I.nsa nj tho RuSSian ANUahir
-pet.onavloy.L NJ port Arthnr
with Admiral, Mal.oroff and nm 90
tim,tod strength NJ NEARLY snO ~
fiecrs md mon while severe
blow to Russian prestige in the
far east. ia one Of those catastro.
.phics in naval warfare. says the
.(,hicapo News. TO which an nc.
tual combatant is always liable,
though l,appily their occurrence ia
not common. In 1850. whcu
..Hawke did bang Monsieur Con.
nans" mt Ouiberon bay. Sir Ed.
ward Hawke ordered his pilot to
law the ROYAL George. of 100 guns,
alongside the soicil Royal, the
French admiraIs flagship. Before
this could he done another French
shin. La Superbc. of 10 guns. gal.
lantly interposed. and. receiyin.
her opponents broadsidc, went
down into the deep with her col.
.ors flying and $50 souls on board.
Her revenge, however, came on
August Is, 1882, when the Royal
dieorge sunk at harbor off Spit.
head in ssnall.
During great storm in 1903 l.,
men-of-war went down of the Brit.
ish coast with 1890 men. MANY
lives were Lost when the British
-warship Ajax took fire in 1907.
The British warship CAPTAIN
turned over in the Bay OF Biscay in
1870, about 500 lives being lost.
When the Sultan, the sister ship
of the Captain, was fitting out at
Portsmouth a grim humorist,
prophosyinQ her possible fate
,lhappily he proved to be wrong).
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13

The curious theory OF NJ. Boyn is
that N-rayg keep marine animals in
their native habitat. These rays enta.
salt water readily. but are completely
stopped by fresh water. and they have
the remarkable property OF increasing
visual power. other effects being prob
able
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13
DOWN THE MESA TO SCHOOL
Curious sight Presented by the Chill
dren Of the Koqui In
dian Tribe.

II we 8tOOu dDOut BcScu O~CIVSA
in the morning near the foot Of the
Oraiba mesa in Arizona we should
see a most interesting sight, re-
lates a writer in the New York
Sun.
The flat-topped elevations called
mesas are very common features
Of the arid plains of Arizona.
Some of them have for ages been
the homes of Indian tribes
whose enemies could not easily
reach the tops Of these big rocks,
and 30 those who lived on them
we're comparatively safe.
This particular mesa is the
home of the Oraibi branch Of the
Moqui tribe. Perched high in the
air on their little plateau, the
elders still practice the snake
dance and other famous rites Of
their fathers.
Only few years ago they were
called hostile because they OPP
posed more strenuously than the
other Moquis the Introduction OF
white influences among them.
When it was proposed TO erect a
schoolhouse near the base of the
mesa, and to place all the children
In the school, the parents stub
bornly refusing to permit it. They
yielded finally, however, to firm
pressure, and every child ofschool
age was placed in the school.
The enterprise has been n great
success, and whoever stands near
the school at seven o'clock in the
morning and looks up at the pla-
teau 500 feet above hum suddenly
sees children begin to spill over
the edge of the mesa. One child
comes into view behind another,
and soon the face of the great rock
is alive with them as they descend
the steep zigzag path leading to
the bottom Of the mesa and the
school.
The sight interests visitors be-
cause it ID 10 unusual. The little
folk seem to be hanging to the
wall of the mighty rock as they
slowly descend it's face.
They keep pouring over the
edge and the head Of the line has
reached the school on the plain be-
low before the last Of it leaves the
top Of the mesa. When the strag-
Cling line comes fully into view it
is seen to be nearly half mile
long, and its convolutions on the
path bear some resemblance to
the movements Of a snake.
There ave 175 children in this
school, and in attendance it is said
to head the list of Indian day
schools in the country. A fine new
building costing over $4,000 has
taken the place Of the first school,
and it is said that after once being
placed there, wearing the new
clothes provided for every pupil.
they never miss day.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13
FIVE HUNDRED COLD BRICKS
That Number Sent in One Shipment
Of Bullion from New York
to Philadelphia.

| rive hundred gold brlcks-nOt
the kind SO dear to the heart of the
investing agriculturist, but the
sort Uncle Sam deals in-were
loaded into the treasure wagons
OF the United States Express Co.
at the assay Office one morning, re-
Gently, driven rapidly to TIE Liber-
ty street ferry and so transported
to the mint at Philadelphia,
where they are to be converted
into gold coin. The total weight
OF the gold was in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 or $4,000 pounds
seven or seven and half tons.
Its value was about 1000, 900, says
the New York Sun.
This is part of shipment of
$1O,0Oo,00O worth of gold in bars
from this ollice to the mint in Phil
adelp!iia within the past four or
five days" said Superintendent
Mason, of the assay Office. "We
send no guards with the treasure.
This is a matter for the express
company. We have contract
with them to carry our coin and
precious metals and they take all
the responsibility from the time
the consignment leaves the door
of the assay office until it is de-
livered within the doors OF the
mint. The gold bars are packed in
boxes averaging somewhere in the
neighborhcod of $50, 0G0 to box.
Each gold bar weighs from % to
80 pounds and is worth in the
ncighborEood of $1,000"
In the back room of the assay
Office were couple of boxes, on
small hand trucks partially filled
with the gold bars.
"Be careful Of your fingers"
said an attendant as reporter
picked up one of the bars and re-
placed it on end by the side of its
mates. "You would be surprised
to know how those gold bars will
pinch if you give them chance to.
Their dead weight is SO great in
proportion to their size that their
edges will cut right into the flesh
if you get your fingers in between.
We have to be very careful in
handling them"
1T the United States express
Office it was said that three armed
guards accompanied the precious
metal from the time it was re-
ceived into the express company's
wagons until it was delivered into
the mint, the guards riding in the
wagons and express car all the
way.
1--WE recently carried n lot Of
gold coin for the government
from here to San Francisco" said
a clerk in the express Office, "and
armed guards accompanied the
treasure all the way across the
ontinent-not the same guards
who started with it from New
York. but relays of guards picked
up at points on the way. The coin
was destined for the Philippines"
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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13
The Upper St. Lawrence.

Considerable attention has been paid
during late years to she buoying and
lighting OF the upper st. Lawrence.
until to-day good, clear channel. With
IA fee; of water at any season. is clear-
ly marked all the way from Kingston
to Montreal. Modern gas buoys. burn
ing acetylene gas. light the channel a
all needed points.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13
Cutting at1ict.

Custom oflicials in Switzerland
will in future examine passengers
luggage in the trains.-N. Y. Sun.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-13

There are in Italy about $500 maca-
roni factories. which give employment
to 5000 hands.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
The Well to Do Brother.

Frank Yer Beck, the illustrator, has
a brother who is a very successful
business man. Among a party of Wis
itors to Mr.. Yer Beck's studio. one
day recently, was lady who met him
for the first time. In the course of
the conversation one of the callers
made a reference to this brother.
Some friends of mine," observed
the lady, know your brother. l be-
lieve he is very well to do, is he
not?" ssst-, -,srfss "a
"On the contrary replied Mr. Yer
Beck sadly. "he is very hard to do.
asked him to lend me $5 last week,
and he had the impertinence to say
that when l returned the five / bor-
rowed last summer perhaps he would
think about letting me have this one. .
Saturday Evening Post. sN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

is, but so simple a one, that you win
have no trouble in performing it. Bear
your weight on the rope in your hands
and lift your legs, swinging them up
ward from your hips. The result viii
be that your feet will 20 up about
three feet from the ground. while the
rope in your hands win sink till your
head is about on a level with your
feet.
Now climb up the rope. hand over
hand" till your head IL above your
feet and lift your feet as before. pull
ing on the rope at the same time.
You do not easily pull yourself up
this way, but 1t looks SO to the spec
tators, You climb up the rope hand
over hand, and could do it Just as we'll
without having your foot in the -oop
at all. providing the rope was fastened
to the limb.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
generous win His crusts.

James Milligan, the Mexican min.
ing man, told a story at the Waldorf
Astoria the other day about Milligan,
junior, aged four. The youngster at
breakfast had eaten the inside of his
toast, leaving the crusts at the side oi
his plate. His father said to him re-
proachfully:
"When | was little boyI always
ate the crusts as well as the inside
of my toast' M
did you like them?" inquired Mil
ligan, Junior, cheerfully. g9 ENM
yes, responded the. parent. o
do you like them now?" pursued
his offspring. .iesA A8sHJ
"Yes," replied Milligan, Senior,
again. 8fab suf4
Well you may have these" said
Milligan, Junior, benevolently, push
ing over his own discarded crusts-
New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
A New stetson story.

In discussing a recent imported thea,
trical venture that failed because OF
its inadequate presentation David
Henderson brought to light remark
by the late John Stetson that was
new to New York:
1T was at the time of the prcduc.
tion of The Gondoliers. SAID Mr.. Hen
derson. The night before the open
ing Mr.. stetson and l were watching
the dress rehearsal. The opera was
very pretty, but the cast was not equal
to it. It was easy to see that a failure
was in store for US. Stetson sat and
scowled. Finally he leaned over to me
and said: THE name of this opera
amt THE Gondoliers. 20
What is it?'
It's THE Gonedollars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
A nHardheadedp Witness.

In murder trial in a little Missouri
town not far from Kansas City one ol
the lawyers wished to learn from
a witness just where the bullet struck
the man who was killed. Where
was this man shot?" he asked.
"Right here in this town." replied
the witness.
"Yes, / know, but where did the bull
let hit him?"
Near Second and Jefferson streets. .
"You don't understand me. Where
did the bullet enter?"
Come in through window"
"But in what part Of the body did
it lodge?"
Didn't bit his body
well, it certainly didn't miss him,
he's dead"
ut hit him in the head" said the
witness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
- q ! -chrlstina Rossetti.
u a. WAlnhinn.chntest

Here lisa Jolly kind Of entertainmeht
for you boys and girls to make use Of
the next time you give a party, 1t will
please your little guests ever SO niuchs
Get two sets of scales, one to weigh
large articles and one, for the. smaller
things. For some Of the tiny objects
suggested below 1t viii perhaps be bet
ter to buy q cheap pair at a-toy shop.
Having arranged for the weighing, Sc
lect a number Of articles to be
weighed. Have these as unlike and
deceptive as possible, so THAT there
really will be great difficulty in decid-
ing. For Instance, the following list:
a mans hat and book. taa 9.vo(
A pair of scissors and a bunch OF
keys. fei59as srrs,~-'9 IS 81,
A boot and a pasteboard box (con-
tanning, say. a stone or something
very heavy, sss...,- .f.e r..f-.
"A large book and pasteboard box
(this one empty.
A watch and bottle of Ink ffa-
A pen nib and a feather.
"A pin and little piece of paper.
An envelope and a postcard d.ioissiA
a onescent piece. and bow or rib
bon. .sea~s
A doll and shoea g9
1 A newspaper and a package of tacks.
"A rubber ball and. a sponge, -t. +,
Arrange the articles beforehand, and
let each boy and girl write down on a
slip of paper which Of the two articles
in each lot they think is the heavier.
Tie competitor hands the list, signed,
Of course, to the Judge. Then com
mences the weighing gg6sa r4
"A prize should be given to the one
guessing the greatest number correct
ly. Ar HgsS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
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FL MRg1zA2 R2Nz70v

Peggy met him first at o,-e of the
Wednesday night hops at the Waco
nessett Inn. He was somewhat more
than passably good-loolzing, fairhaired.
Of military build and German. His
name was understood to be Munster
berg. He danced a number of times
with Peggy and finally they began %
sit out dances in a quiet corner Of
the yeranda. where, with their chairs
close together, he talked to her in
English with the faintest of German
accents, and she replied in American
made German that set them both
laughing.
The advent Of the German was time
" for Peggy. She had just fallen out
with Donald Macomber had sent him
back the ring, and being in the after
throes of a broken engagement, she
was sadly In need Of diversion The
German seemed to give good promise
of this He was well bred, possessed
of chat urbane finish that much travel
alone can give and, moreoyer after
that first dance with Peggy it was
plain to be seen he was very much in
love with her.
Peggy ostensibly to relieve the va
cant feeling in her heart, began a des
perate Irritation In a weeks time
Munsterberg was her slave, Where
Peggy went there went he. He drove
with her; he sailed with her on the
lake; he climbed the mountain with
her. AS Peggy's satellite he seemed to
have found his true vocation.
1t is doubtful if Peggy entertained
a really serious thought Of the Ger
man until the day Jack Motley dis
covered-by means OF a crest on a sill
yer brandy nask--that worthy's true
identity.
Peggy may be forgiven II she
dreamed of many things after tha.-
Of an old gray castle in the hills of
Coburg; of three letters and roya.
title preceding her own name; sta
tionery bearing the crest of the triple
headed eagle. In fact, she did dream
much of these advantages at first, and
the interesting German of that first
Wednesday night hop was suddenly
vested, in her mind, with much ro-
nance and much eligibility.
Then-oh. heart of woman-after
the first romance of the thing had
worn off, and his Royal Highness had
begun to repeat his rather slender
store of bright remarks, she found her
self dreaming of Donald Macomber
and wondering why he had not come
back to her as all the others had She |
remembered that Macomber had al
ways been masterful and high mind i
ed, even as a suitor, and that it was
because he had been unwilling to yield
some trivial point that she had brok-
en- with him. She began to think Sc
riously and to compare his Royal
Highness with Donald. And when the
comparison, point by point, was end
ed, Peggy was very unhappy girl, to
whom the castle in Coburg was a
And because of all these things the
throne Of Coburg-Gotha barely es-
capped losing its heir
1t happened one August evening.
His Royal Highness was padding
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
His Royal Highness gasped.

|
] Sit down-sit down!" he urged.
Peggy deliberately put one little
foot on the spreader, and in a moment
/ they were in the water 81
When she came to the surface she
was seized by strong arm, and a
big, tender voice said evenly:
Don't struggle, dearest; you are
safe with me.
And Peggy closed her eyes and
was very happy 3
Not SO His Royal Highness of Co
burg-Gotha. He wss foundering
about miserably, and shouting spas
medically between choking gurgles:
"Help-in Gods name. helpl l do
not swiml"
The rescuers fshed them out
Prince Ludwig Wilhelm of Coburg-
Gotha first, for he was far spent. And
while at the inn they were rolling him
in hot blankets and pouring brandy
down his throat, Peggy was laughing
and crying Historically on the shoul-
Ger of the other Prince although he
was not known to the world at large
by his title, it is true-and making a
most absurd confession. When she
had finished, Donald's face was very
grave.
But if he had drowned, what then,
Peggy?" he questioned.
"Coburg-Gotha could have got along
without Prince better than could
without you," she said.-San Francis
co Call.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
! sANDows wRIsr ANO HAN0.ExssRoless.,


Many. even among otherwise very
strong, people forget that q chain is
as strong as its weakest link" The
hands. fingers and wrists tre often
overlooked IN the desire for big BIZ
ceps only T
# Here are a series Of movements spe.
cially directed to strengthen these
parts:
EXERCISE 1-Position: Fingers
close together. thumb pressing against
the side Of the FIRST finger. not in front.
Moyement; slowly widen out the
fingers 10 their fullest extent All in
one plane; pause momentarily. and re-
turn to the ready position. pressing
the fingers tightly together.
EXERCISE 2-Ready position Back
Of the hand upward, flgefs together.
thumb slightly apart
Movement: Reverse bringing the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
WHAT LAWYER DIDN'T KNOW.
Or His Speech Might Not Have Been
Quite so Pathetic.

or His Speech Might Not Have Been
Quite 50 Pathetic.
A story with pathetic interest is told
by Lord Brampton is connection with
man whom he defended The man
was charged with wife murder. and
his two children were in court, dress
ed in black and sobbing violently "A
verdict was given in the prisoners
favor. But the interest in the case
did not end there.
"On the same evening" writes Lord
BramDton, Il was dining at the coun-
try house of a Mr.. Hardcastle, and
near me sat an old inhabitant of the
village where the tragedy had been
committed.
." You made touching speech, Mr..
Hawkins, said the old inhabitant.
" Well ! answered, it was the best
| could do under the circumstances.
Yes. he said, but l don't think
you would have painted the little
home in such glowing colors If you
had seen what l saw last week when
I was driving past the cottage. No.
no. l think you would have toned
down bit
What was it?' asked.
Why said the old inhabitant, the
little children who sobbed SO violently
in court this morning and to whom
you made such pathetic reference
were playing on an ash heap near
their cottage. and they had poor
cat with a sitting round its neck,
swinging backward and forward, and
as they did so they sang:
""This is the way poor daddy viii
go, aaa 1f1n
""This is the way poor daddy win
CO." es nIsa. s89
Such, Mr.. Hawkins, was their ex-
tessive grief. London Daily Mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
Exceeded His Instructions.

The curtain had risen on the third
act, and the momentary hush that pre-
ceded the resumption of the perform
ance on the stage was broken by a
stentorian voice from the rear Of the
auditorium:
Is DR.. Dinklespiker in the house?'
A tall heavily whiskered man oc-
cupying a front seat stood up.
If pr. Dinklespiker is in the house, /"
resumed the stentorian voice, "he told
me was to come here and call him
out at 10 oclock.4 ra
Whereupon DR.. Dinklespiker, look
ing very red, picked up his hat and
cane and walked down the aisle amid
loud and enthusiastic applause.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
LEFT and Right Hands.

~ You know that your eye sees objects
upside-downo the head being down
ward as it were, and the sihnpression
being reversed In the brain. This ap-
pears strange, doesn't it? But it is
notmore SO than what follows. : w rs
Take soft pencil in your right
hand and write. word upon your
forehead; then look in a mirror to see
what you have produced. You know
that when writing is reflected in a
mirror the characters read Backward
in the reflection.
If you wonder why your playmates
laugh when tney see what you have
written, look at yourself in the mirror.
You will find the word reflected so
that the letters are produced toward
the right, when they should read to
the left, so it will be backward upon
your forehead. AsA AeN atio
Now write upon piece of paper
and place this on your forehead: this
time the writing. when reflected, will
appear to be produced from right to
left. 8s.6w fstg 4sif
Another amusing experiment con
sists in taking a pencil in each hand
and in trying to write or draw a de-
sign with both at the same time. The
movements of the two hands must be
simultaneous. tN X
The left hand will make exactly the
same movements as the right, but in
the opposite directions. You will then
have two words or designs, but one
VIII be just the reverse OF the other.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19


For the children are as necessary as
a plum pudding, and they are welcome
to many grownups.
SANTA CLAUS PACK: All form
In line ana march to a lively strain
on the piano to the next room, where
stable holds the contents Of Santa
Claus pack. They look at every OBJ
iect on the table and then march
back. The company nov divides in
half, onehalf leaving the room, }ss
table and It's contents having been
covered. Those remaining choose
some object which they remember
seeing. the piano begins TO play again,
and the Others return. The leader
gives to the returning party a word
which rhymes With the object chosen.
Thus, II it was a ball, he might men
ton the word hall" f
The returning party now proceed to
guess what object has been chosen,
and they EXPRESS their guess by acting
IN pantomime. They do not all sug-
gest the object in the same way, but
each according to bis individual
fancy; but they must all agree upon
the 0b5ecffhfy VIII eheSt = II wrong
they go ont Tor another trial. and 50
on until guessed, when the other half
or the company goes out and they re-
main and select the object for the
others to guess
HIDING G4E SusTLEroE, an
form in line, single file. and march
about the room or several rooms untn
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

A journalistic friend Of Maurice
Barrymore relates an incident of his
last meeting with the brilliant actor
which occurred only short time be
fore his faculties began to fail
As they were parting the newspaper
man asked the other: Where are You
to be found nowadays-at the Play
ers?"
mo" replied Barrymore. "I'rn post
ed at the Players. but you can always
find me at the Lambs. I9ft
@As a matter Of fact. he added.
whimsically. I'm posted at the
Lambs, too. but they temper the wind
there. New York Times