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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11
Saws the Saltwater Gazette:

Says the Saltwater Gazette:
The Swift company has renewed
it's contract for supplying fresh
meats to the state prison for the
quarter beginning August l. The
supply is being delivered notwith.
standing the strike, amounting to
1000 pounds of beef daily besides
other meats.
The prison is supposed to re.
ceive the vegetables raised on the
farm in connection with the hos
pital for the insane at Hastings
Heretofore the supply has been
chiefly garden truck, such as
onions, and other small articles
Now turnips and other heavier
vegetables are arriving, except pc.
tatoes, and they are expected soon
Last year that farm supplied CSC
bushels of the 5000 bushels OF
potatoes used at the prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

st. Peter is a foxy old man and
can easily distinguish the differ
ence between the philanthropist
who butts in with good advice and
the one who chips in with good
money.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

1t is said that BARRIERS are
filling the places ofstriking butch
ers in the Union Stockyards.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

Music may attract insects, but 1
don't believe it, as there are no.
flies on our band.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

The average woman knows little
or nothing about baseball, but she
can tell when her husband is off
his base, and generally knows
enough to put him out.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

In his exposure of the copper
magnates, Mr.. Lawson has proved
that there is great deal of brass
about the general makeup of the
average gold bug.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

A New York judge says that a
woman is justified in lambasting
her husband with a broomstick
when he remains out late at night.
That's sweeping decision.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

Our professional acrobat ought
to take a tumble to himself and
feed those oakum whiskers of his
to a hopper in the Irvine factory.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

When it comes to making trou-.
BILE for the officials of the worlds
fair, the untamed Igorrotes, or the
tribe of savages from the wilds of
Africa, are not in it with the board
of lady managers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

An exchange says that a man in
st. Louis recently caught catfish
that had 500 gold piece in it's
stomach. That's nothing; Elijah
Dowie has just caught sucker in
Iowa who has $50, 900 in the bank.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

His love burned with a passionate heat,
AS he sat with maid fair and sweet,
When proposal he tried,
He found his tongue tied,
Cause his pants stuck fast to the seat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

The other day President Roose-
welt outwalked three members Of
his cabinet; but the question that
puzzles his friends is, Can he out
run Judge Parker?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

Jimmy has shaving ticket and
is tenderly nursing a growth of
down on his upper lip that the
commander in chief of the Japan
csc army might envy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-11

In seeking legal separation
from his wife, man in Ohio testi-
fed that when she was entertain
Ing company be was not allowed
to dine with the guests, but that
his wife would hand him "poke-
out" and he was forced to eat it on
the porch like a common tramp.
A writer predicts that the fight
between Russia and Japan will
develop into worlds war. This
country is not likely to become
implicated, as Uncle Sam is not
strutting around with a big saw
log on his shoulder. Still, he
won't allow the czar, King Billie
or any other foreign pug to pull
the little bunch of whiskers on his
chin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Old Coinage of England

The occupants of the ancient sees
Of Canterbury and York. during the
Anglo-saxon period. enjoyed the priv
ilege of issuing their own coinage-a
coinage rich in archaeological, artis-
tic and historical interest, ) IS the
Brooklyn Eagle. No record exists of
the conditions and circumstances un-
der which the right of coinage was
granted to the archbishops of Canter-
bury, beyond the intrinsic evidence of
the coins themselves. Only one type
OF coin appears to have been issued
the silver penny. It is presumed, from
the appearance of the earliest coins.
the appearance on the EARLIEST coins
OF the name of Offa. King of Mercia-
one of the three chief kingdoms Of
early England-that that king first
granted the privilege of an indepen-
dent ecclesiastical coinage.
The first archbishop. to issue this
money was Jaenberht. who occupied
the see from A. d. 765 to 790. All his
COINS bear Offa's name, while some
bear his own. This prelate is noted
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

did you ever hear of the Bug Line
Telegraph Company of Manner" asked
an old operator in one Of the big
companies in Broadway. the other
night, when the operators were eating
all along the line, says the New York
Commercial.
1T is only ten miles long, and is
uD in the Kennebec region" he con-
tinued. 1T was started just for con-
yersation purposes by a couple Of
young men in the valley. 1t was
about twelve years ago that a line
was strung over the housetops and
through the branches of the trees.
The two young men began to talk TO
each other by signals, and then an
other young man wanted to be put on
and a circuit was made to his place
Gradually others came in until there
were about fifteen in the company
Then they learned the alphabet
and got instruments, and had daily
and nightly conversations over the
wires just for the fun of the thing.
Then the girls in the neighborhood
were let in on the scheme. Every
one was green in the business at the
start, but gradually they picked up
enough to talk, and in year all had
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
ExpIodes an Old Belief

The bloodhound is a much-adver-
tised and greatly overrated dog, ac-
cording to the Washington Star If
he had a press agent and should lose
his diamonds he could not get more
notoriety than comes to him in the
daily papers. An item of news some
thing like this is printed almost daily:
Robbers came to Squeedunk last
night. They broke into the black
smith shop and took tools, with which
they broke open the postoffice safe
They then escaped on a handcar. A
posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit. :"
After every railroad "hold-up" the
report comes that a sheriff's posse
with bloodhounds has started on the
trail.
There are few bloodhounds in the
United States outside the kennels Of
some dog fanciers and Uncle Toms
Cabin" The bloodhound" of the
south and southwest, the blood
hound that does all this trailing in
the newspapers and trots along with
every sheriff's posse is not a blood
hound at all. He is usually hound
and has blood in him, but that is as
near to being a bloodhound as this
dog gets. Often he is a foxhound.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Telegraph a bug Line

become tolerably fair operators
Some of them got to be experts and
scattered, and now they are regularly
employed in good positions. believe
there are only half dozen Of the
originators Of the Bug Line who are
still on the circuit"
why did they call it the Bug
Liner" asked an operator who had
been listening.
We'll, one night the line got to
working pretty badly. as the best Of
lines will now and then, aud an ex
pert operator was put to work to un.
tangle the kinks. You know, when a
line begins to wobble the boys call it
buggy SO this expert operator
turned to one of the original organic
ers and said to him: You ought to call
this the Bug Line, and so the name
was adopted. and it has been called
that ever since.
Every now and then the remain
ing members have a row about some
thing and the line quits working, but
they soon agree and open up, and all
goes well until the next row. | reckon
more joshing has gone over the Bug
Line than any telegraph line in this
country. 1t has always been d. b.
service"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
GREAT LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY
Value Of Animals in the United States
Is in the Billions.

Value Of Animals in the United States
Is in the Billions.
Very few people have any idea Of
the magnitude Of the live stock in
dustry of the United States. If shown,
by official government count, that the
horses, mules, cattle, hogs. sheep and
goats in the United States number
more than 220,O0O,000 head, and that
their value is. according to the same
authority, more than $4,000, 100000
(see twelfth census Of the United
States), the figures alone would have
very little attraction or meaning to
the majority of readers. But when
told, in addition thereto. that these
animals would make solid column of
more than eighty-nine abreast reach
ing from San Francisco to Boston, or,
if placed in single file, a solid process
sion that would reach nearly ten
times around the earth; and, further,
that their value exceeds the total COM
bfned value of all the corn, wheat and
other cereals, potatoes, hay, cotton,
sugar. molasses, tobacco. lumber,
wool, coal. petroleum., silver, gold and
precious stones. iron, copper, lead,
zinc and other metals produced annu-
ally in the whole country, then per-
haps some adequate conception may
be formed concerning the magnitude
and Importance of the live stock in
dustry of the United Chicago
Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

In English history for his vigorous.
though unsuccessful. attempt to resist
King Offa's plan for destroying the
power of the primatial see of Canter-
bury and transferring the primacy to
a Mercian metropolitan. A synod was
held in 7S7 at Chelsea, now a part OF
Lcndon, and the archbishop was
forced to give up a large portion of
his province to Higbert, bishop Of
Lichfield, who was raised to the rank
of an archbishop. Jaenberht's success.
sor, Aethelheard GA. d. 793-S05)
though elected in 791, did not receivs
the pallium till 1893. During this in
terval he appears to have struck coins
with the title of Pontifex instead Of
Archiepiscopus. His early coins bear
the name Of Offa, while those struck
after zoe bear that of Coenwulf. who
succeeded Offa as King of Mercia.
Aethelheard's earlier pennies have,
in addition to the name of Offa, a
star, cross. the Christian monogram.
etc. This prelate was also bishop of
Winchester-the ancient capital OF
England.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
E-It~.sIt~s'sJL-s..jE-~-.'
! Song for the Swimmer !
L
s.-1r-ss-aN-S~-.Nr

Cool llfe's hot, tumultuous dream
The bubbling billows all around you
Seem to wash your cares away.
Starry spray VIII soft surround you,
Tingling for life's lusty fray.
Sweet to steep your soul in slumber.
Drifting down dim. shoreless sea,
Dropping all the cares that cumber,
Floating, tranced IN ecstasy
Lulled by breezes soft and tender,
Snugly curled in downy nest,
Ivory dreams Of radiant splendor
Soothe your deep and wholesome rest
The brave embraces OF the ocean
Are softer than your girls caress,
When throbbing with a wife's devotion
She folds you from lifes storms and
stress.
The salt Of the sea win sting and thrill
you,
And nerve you for lifes strenuous fray.
The feathery spray will foam and fill you
With rapture Of the youth at play.
Sweet is sleep to those that labor,
Sweet is rest to those that toll,
Sweet the grasp Of girl or neighbor,
Sweet the smelling of the soil.
All these things are for the giving,
Fresh as dew or ripping rain,
But the supreme joy of living
Graphing with gray shaggy main!
JAMES Z. KINSELLA.
Registry Division. Chicago POstoffice.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

Some of these hounds are trained
from puppyhood to follow the scent
of man, just as some are trained to
follow the scent Of a dere, rabbit OF
other four-footed game. Every man
has a scent peculiar to himself, though
most men do not like to admit it. No
dog completely recognizes his master
without a few shifts by way of inves.
tigation.
Sometimes these "bloodhounds" are
clever in trailing man If the scent,
which hangs close to the ground, has
not been dissipated or confused with
other scents. In most cases. though,
these dogs are vastly overestimated.
The owner of pack naturally thinks
his dogs the greatest ever and insists
on the marvels and mysteries they can
smell out. A great chance is taken
when a man is convicted on the testi.
mony of hounds nose.
In the matter of ferocity, these
"bloodhounds" are about as harmless
as kittens after their claws have been
manicured. These dogs would not
bite a defenseless tramp. They would
rather run two days than fight half
minute. A bulldog could whip
yardful Of these ~bloodhounds" if he
could catch them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

Suggested by reading that prince Of
polished proze, Lafcadio Hearns MASTER
piece" Chita: A Memory Of Last Island"
"A story worthy of Victor Hugos IT,
tanesque imagination
When the naughty sun is burning,
Whirling through thin, arid air.
Ard his chariot wheels are turning,
and he sheds a sultry stare,
Like some naughty tryrant crashing,
Spilling all his furious fire,
Or some painting leopard dashing,
Throbbing with a fierce desire.
When the copper sky CLEANS cruel
Like some big hot Grassy shield.
Scorching like some treaeherou1 jewel,
Parching all the shimmering field,
When the bllstering breeze is biting
And seems to sift into your soul.
And your heart knows scant delighting
And you lose your self control.
Sweet to seek the river flowing,
And dive into the bubbling stream
Prattling on its way. and going
Where dark. cool green mosses CLEAN;
Sweet TO feel the water round you
Cooling all your feverish brain,
Babbling blithe. as glad it found you,
Cold and crystal as the rainl
Plunge into the water brimming.
Stretch your body in the stream,
Satiate your soul with swimming,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
wAYs oF rHE 4soRN IKE"
Never Any Use to Interfere, Says
Woman Who Knows.


"One Of the easiest ways to get over
a difficulty is to walk around ii" said
the woman who had just returned to
her home after a summer outing. Our
clock, which has done good work for
four years, naturally stopped while
we were away. When l wound 1t tie
pendulum refused to swing William
told me to let 1t alone until he had
time to fix it.
"One evening after dinner William
took down the clock. He told the SER
want to bring him the kerosene oil
can. He poured half the contents Of
the can down the back of the clock.
Incidentally he ruined the tablecloth
and his trousers. But l didn't mind
that, It never pays to interfere with
born fxer when he's fixing some
thing.
after William had tinkered with
the timepiece for an hour he decided
to wait until the next night When
he had gone down town next morn
ing | took it to a clockmaker.
'Jimminyr he exclaimed, who's
been monkeying with this? To rem
edy the original trouble would have
cost forty cents. Now you'll want a
new face, since this one is soaked
with oil You're in for $3.50 all right.
Il had the clock in it's usual place
when William came home to dinner.
But he never seemed to notice IL.
Said he was going to a nelghbor's that
evening to help him fix his automo-
bile"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

Three little words. but full OF tenderest
Three little words the heart can scarce
ly hold.
Three little words. but on their import
dwelling.
what wealth Of love their syllables un-
foldl
For my sake cheer the suffering. help
the needy:
on earth this was my work; I give it
thee
If thou wouldst follow in thy Masters
footsteps,
TAKE up my cross and come and learn
of me.
'' For my sake press with steadfast pa
tience onward.
Although the race be hard. the battle
long.
within my Fathers mouse are many
mansions.
There thou shalt rest and join the vic
tors song.
"Alld If in coming days the world revne
thee.
II Tor my sake thou suffer pain and
loss.
Bear on. faint heart thy Master. went
before thee.
They only wear His crown who share
His cross .
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
ELEPHANTS ARE DYING OUT.
Only TWO Thousand in ceyIon, 1t Is
Estimated.


In the new Ceylon Handbook and
Directory an interesting record is
that Of the export of elephants from
the island during the past forty-one
years. In 1903 there were only eight
Of these pachyderms sent out of the
country. one tc British India and sew
en- to Germany.
The price paid for these animals
was 1900 rupees, giving a modest
average Of S25 rupees each. A roy
atty Of rupees 200 per head was i'm
posed in 1878, and the number of ele-
plants exported, which had fallen low
before then, dwindled in the next few
years 10 three and even to one. In
1882 the royalty was reduced to Rs.
100. in the hope that business might
revive and encouragement be given to
supplying the new demand for Ceylon
elephants in the Continental menag-
cries. The Rajahs' courts in India
had previously formed the chief mar
ket for them. The total number sold
in the time treated Of was 2,225, or
an average Of 56 per annum.
Mr.. Alfred Clark. an expert, esti.
mates that there are now only 1000
elephants in Ceylon. The royalty in
1891 was again raised to Rs. 200.
Whether the effect of this viii be
to permit the animals to increase in
undue proportion to their available
haunts or that sportsmen shooting
elephants will counterbalance the de
crease in the export remains to be
seen.--Lahore Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Wolfhound a Noble Dog

Beyond any question. the aristocrat
of the canine family is the Russian
wolfhound. otherwise the borzoi or
barzoi. which is the Russian name
for coursing dog. There is a refined
elegance coupled with the Indication
Of speed and strength about the Rus
sian wolfhound which no other breed
possesse
In western Europe he Is merely the
ornamental companion that he is n
eastern America. In the coyote Sc
ton Of our continent he can be made
as useful as he is in Russia, and to
assist in clearing on that scourge Of
the cattle ranches. When the borzoi
was first brought TO this country he
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

M<Nz9E24 Aza29y

skoetskap lies far up on top OF the
aills which surround the ford and
look down the Northern Sea-
1t was just at the time when the
country is crowded with tourists who
come from all parts OF the world to
admire the midnight sun.
Tim Wessbull the tall, broad-shoul-
aered mate, Bat on the piazza with
Aase. the widow Rolla Regenholm's
daughter. who wore a costly pearl
necklace which he had brought her
from India She was beautiful as a
classic goddess, but cold and naughty
as a marble statue Tim had fallen in
love with her when he came back
after an absence OF two years. and her
mother. though she had hoped to see
her married to a richer man, had ad-
vised her to accept him.
you better take what you can get.
Aase You will not always be eight
cen. and you may not have another
offer"
So Aase had accepted him and the
honest sailor was happy.
How sad Il Is that you must leave
so soon.7 she said. 1--WE cannot even
so to dance together in the village"
"Yes, II Is sad. Aase. and three long
years VIII pass before We see each
other again, but when / do come back.
we viii have enough to get married"
We'll. three years Is no eternity,
and ! win think OF you often"
Next to him sat Hella Regenholm,
Aase's ffteen-yearold cousin, an OF.
phan. who was being brought up in
her aunt's house. Aase's hair was as
dull gold, while Hella was dark She
gave promise Of great beauty. she
looked pityingly al her cousin, who
Kissed Tim good-by. and thought as
she saw him leave: How big and
manly be looks" and felt so sad for
him that he should love her cousin,
heartless hirt, who cared nothing for
him.
The time passed, Aase went to every
dance in the village, while Hella was
busy al home. making nets for the
fishermen. wondering how any girl
could care to go to dances without her
sweetheart.
One night Aase came home very
late. She was out Of humor and spoke
angrily 10 her mother.
"You should never have told me to
accept Tim WessbuIi. | wish | had
never seen him."
why so?"
The rich Peter sorensen. who owns
twenty fishing boats. asked me to
marry him tonight How stupid that
| am engaged"
well, an engagement Is no mar.
riage: It Is easily broken
"But what will Tim say?g
who knows whether he win ever
come back2"
"No: that is true. II is almost two
years since heard from him"
But maybe his letters have been
lost" said Hella.
mind your own business" Aase
cried. Three days later Peter sor-
rensen came to the house and three
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13


The latest science is, undoubtedly,
onychomancy, or the science of read
ing tie fortune from the finger nails,
According to the onychomancist, the
tiny white specks which come and go
on the nails are not the result of
chance. but from them can be read
the past, present and future" These
innocent looking specks are almost az
difficult to decipher as the lines on
the palm from which the palmist tells
US so much. Their size, shape ard
position are all taken into account.
The specks nearest the tip of the fin
ger relate to the past, those in the
center to the present and those on the
half moon to the future. AS in palm
istry, the right hand has to be read
in conjunction with the left But a
feature which gives this science an
advantage over all its rivals is that
these fateful specks are constantly
coming and going. Consequently a
number of readings at different times
must be given to reach an accurate
one The revival of the science, for
1t is really not a recent one, is traced
to foreign source. The consort of
Continental sovereign came across
an onychomancist at a we'll known
watering place and was SO delighted
at his aptitude in expounding the un-
known that she insisted that he in
itiate a member of her suite in all its
mysteries. He did so, for a large con
sideration. and the pastiEss has been
continued at the Continental court.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

A farmer near Union City, Mich,
amazes his neighbors by keeping APP
pies, pears. peaches, grapes, ETC.. in
their natural state for several years.
He now has apples and grapes grown
in 1901 which can hardly be distin-
guished from this years product He
now gives out his method of preser-
walton, which is very simple, as he
merely selects well-developed fruit
with good stems, picks It carefully
and sears the end Of the stem with a
lighted match, Then he wipes the
fruit perfectly dry, places it in a piece
OF dry wrapping paper and lays it
away in a moderately dry and cool
cellar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Hioher Mathematics.

There was once a shrewd promoter
who combined ten mills in a trust.
Now, these ten mills did not make
a cent
And why?
Because the wise promoter poured
so much water in the stock that it
took all the receipts to pay the first
dividend that was to satisfy the doubts
OF the public. After he had disposed
Of the stock he forgot about the mills
and attended to something more press
ing.
Thus we see that although once we
learned taat 10 mills make l cent, it
is possible, when they are properly
juggled, for figures to lie.