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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
Cupid Resented interference.

Lord Kitchener's well-known objec-
tion to his officers getting married is
said to have led to the breaking of
his leg. The story goes that the In
dian commander in chief heard how
one of his most trusted subordinates.
a man whom he regarded as a con-
firmed bachelor. had fallen victim to
the fascinations of a girl just out
from England. Hs was informed also
that the two we're in the habit of
quietly meeting at a certain place in
the morning. Kitchener set out on
horseback next day TO investigate and
when on his way to the alleged tryst-
ing place met with the mishap which
resulted in a broken leg.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

Here lies her head on the lap of earth.
For the first time she rests since the
hour of her birth.
Her forbears for ages were folk known
to fame.
And thus in her days she was 'daugh-
ter and dame"
She belonged TO twelve clubs and read
Horace at sight
AM served on the school board with
naughty delight,
At the meetings Of mothers she always
To tell them how little ones all should be
"--Ted.
She golfed and she kodaked and auto
mobiled
And whenever It pleased her she turned
in and wheeled.
The luncheons and teas and functions
galore
Which kept her all smiles made her hus-
band sore.
When she'd nowhere to 60 as she found
one day.
She fell to the floor and died where She
lay.
And now lies her head on the lap of
For the first time she rests since the
hour Of her birth.
-Lippincott's.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
WHITE HOUSES NEW EAGLE.
Symbol to Be Larger and Finer Than
Ever Before.

A new gilded eagle viii stretch its
protecting wings over the white house
at an early date.
The new bird will be finer and larger
than the old eagle that has perched
for SO many years on the flagstaff
over the main entrance. What is more
to the point. It viii be more securely
fastened.
Oddly enough, there has been no
eagle over the white house since Pres
ident Roosevelt's election. The flag
staff ornament was blown off by
high wind on the day previous It
was replaced quickly, but the next day
the same thing happened again.
No one about the white house IS
affected with superstitious ideas, but
the recurrence Of this incident natural.
ly suggested to the officials in charge
Of the presidents house that some
thing was wrong with the bird. and it
was decided to replace it with a brand
new one.
The figure Is about one foot across
the wings, and is of the usual type
as exhibited on government buildings.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
Sponsors Without Parallel.

1t is hardly likely that modern rec
ords contain anything to equal the fol-
lowing entry in the parish register of
Old Wilmington, Derbyshire, Eng
land-"Thomas Ashton, son of Arthur
and Jane Bulkeley, was baptized July
l, 1744. Godfather: Edward Downes.
Esq, eat-great-great-grea DR..
Charles Ashton, great-great-great
uncle; Joseph Ashton, gent, great
great-great uncle. Godmothers: Mrs.
Wood, eat-great-great-grea aunt:
Mrs. Wainwright, great-great-grand-
mother; Mrs. Green, great-grand-
mother. Registered at the request of
Joseph Ashton Of London, gent, who
nominated the godfathers and god
mothers, believing they can not be
paralleled in England"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
MADE ROUND OF WORK.
southey's Literary Compositions Done
IN Regular Hours.

Southey was another methodical and
rapid literary craftsman. Il am a
quiet patient, easy-going hack of the
mule breed; regular as clockwork in
my pace, sure-footed, bearing the bur-
den which is laid on me, and only OBJ
stinate in choosing my own path" he
wrote to a friend. But his method
was by no means simple. He was
poet, an historian, critic and a mis-
cellaueous writer; he turned out an
enormous quantity of matter, and sue
ceeced in doing so by working four
teen hours a day and diversifying his
labors within his daily round He had
six tables in his library. He wrote
poetry at one. history at another, criti-
cism at a third, and so on with the
other subjects upon which he was en-
gagged, and when he was tired of spin
ming his brains into verse he turned
to history and criticism. There is a
story that he once described to Nine.
de Stael the division of his time-two
hours before breakfast for history,
two hours for reading after, two hours
for the composition of poetry, two
hours for criticism, and so on through
all his working day. And pray, Mr..
southey," queried the French woman,
somewhat unkindly, when do you
think?-Cornhil Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
sharks swallow rheIr Younn.

There is a belief among fishermen
and sailors that the mother shark is
able to protect her young when in
danger by opening her mouth and let
ting them swim down her throat.
Many naturalists dispute the belief.
but others uphold It. Living young
sharks have been found in the stom-
ach of large sharks after the latter
have been killed, but It is not proved
that they were swallowed for the sake
of protection. At Port Royal, Jamaica.
in 1901, a white shark over twenty
feet long was captured by the sailors
Of the ship Urgent When It was
dragged on deck and cut open, no
fewer than twenty-five young ones
we're found in its stomach, most Of
them alive. Many other incidents of
the same kind are on record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
PROBLEM OF THE PARENT.
Most Important With Which Teachers
Have to Deal.

Most Important With Which Teachers
Have to Deal.
II you have never taught school, you
probably imagine that the most impor-
tant problems in education consist in
the solution of such questions as the
relation of the state to the schools,
the secularization of the schools and
the application of correct principles
in the instruction to the development
of the child, says H. NJ. Easter in Nc
Clure's. l did once. Then l began to
teach At the end of a year | knew
that the problem, the all-pervading,
all-overshadowing problem, was the
parent Weekly, sometimes daily, was
my ingenuity taxed to its utmost to
meet, and if possible vanquish, the in
different parent, the inconsiderate
parent, the meddlesome parent, the
fond parent, the proud parent, the
troublesome parent, the irate parent,
the ignorant parent and the enlight-
ened parent, but in the end the parent
prevailed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
cANNIsAL HABITS OF FROGS.
Proof That in Confinement They De-
YOUR Each Other.

A frogs capacity for enveloping his
comrades and assimilating them was
once shown by an incident which oc-
eurred under the observation of one OF
my acquaintances. He had returned
from the country with a lot of frogs,
large and small, which he had OBJ
tanned for one of the New York educa-
tional institutions. / have forgotten
how many there were, but they num-
bered over twenty, l am certain. These
he put into large bird cage, the wires
Of which were close enough together
to prevent even the smallest from es-
Gaping. Cn the third day he went to
see how his captives were doing. and
found, greatly to his surprise, that all
had disappeared with the exception
Of two old "mossbacks," and they were
eyeing each other askance, apparently
in doubt as to which would be the
last survivor of the whole ships COM
pany," as he expressed it.
As an insect catcher, the frog is
quite expert, even such quick moving
species as the dragon fly often falling
victim to its dexterity. Fishes also
are often captured, and good-sized
ones, too, a lingering trout having
been found in the stomach of frog
which was not more than six inches in
length-Forest and Stream.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
EaIthfuInesa Of nons.

Dickens was dog lover, and pos
sessed several dear canine friends. It
Is recorded in his Biographies now
greatly moved he was on one occasion
by the sympathetic concern evinced
BY two Of his favorites. Turk and Lin
da. when during a walk he was sud
denly struck with lameness. Bolster
Gus companions as they always were.
the sudden change in him caused
them boundiess distress, and fo- the
rest Of the journey they crept By the
side Of their master as slowly as he
did. never turning from him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
AnehOrlna to Ieeberara.

1t has been found that the currents
round the coast of Newfoundland
make at times a wide difference in
the direction Of the drift of icebergs
and that of the f:t or pan ice, which,
having no great depth, is governed in
its motions by the surface currents
and the Wiads The icebergs, the larger
part Of which are submerged to a
great depth, follow only the move.
ment of the ocean water as a whole
and are unin1uenced by the winds.
Thus huge iceberg nay Otter be
seen majestically maintaining its slow
advance in opposition to the wind and
across the general motion of the fields
of fiat ice surrunding it. The sealers
often take advantage of this ,act by
mooring their vessels to an iceberg
to prevent their ship drifting to lee
ward. The movement Of these great
mountains of ice is practically ire
sistible.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

William P. Murray. In an address
before the Minnesota State Historical
society recently, suggested that stat.
ues Of Henry Hastings siblev and All.
exander Ramsey be placed in statuary
hall in the capitol Of the United
States. Under an act passed July 2.
1865. each state was invited to send
statues Of two Of its most distln-
guished citizens. Mr.. Murray brought
the matter TO the attention OF the so.
ciety in a paper upon "Recollections
OF Early Territorial Days and Legisla.
ton"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
Deaths Messane to LIE.

A new spirit from that hour came DER.
The race Of Cain; soft idlesse was no
more,
But even the sunshine had a heart Of
Smiling with hidden dread-a mother
fair
Who folding to her breast dying child.
Beams with feigned JOY that but makes
sadness mild.
Death was now lord of life. and at his
word.
Time. vague as air before new terrOrs
With measured wing now audibly arose.
Throbbing through all things to some un-
seen close.
Now glad Content by clutching Haste
was torn.
And Work grew eager. and Device was
It seemed the light was never loved be-
fore.
Now each man said, twill go and come
no more
No budding branch. no pebble from the
No form, no shadow, but near drearness
From the one thought that life must
And the last parting now began to send
Diffusiye dread through love and welded
bliss.
Thrilling them into finer tenderness.
Then Memory disclosed her face divine.
That like the calm nocturnal lights doth
shine
Within the soul, and shows the sacred
graves,
No space, no warmth. but moves among
them all;
Gone and yet here. and coming at each
call.
With ready voice. and eyes that under
stand.
And lips that ask kiss. and dear re-
sponsive hand.
Thus to Gains race Death was tear
watered seed
OF various life. and action-shaping need.
From THE Legend Of Jubal," By Geo.
Eliot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
REACHED SHORE ONLY TO DIE.
Man Who Crossed Lake Michigan IL
Ball Killed by Exposure.

Man Who Crossed Lake Michigan in
Ball Killed by Exposure.
With forty mile gale piling up a
heavy sea, Peter Nissen, in his aquat-
ic balloon 'Foolbiller No. 8" disap-
peared in the mists Of Lake Michigan
at Chicago Nov. 20 in a rash attempt
to roll across the sixty-fve miles Of
water to the Michigan shore.
The "Foolkiller No. 8" is a canvas
bag. thirty feet long and twenty-five
in diameter, tapering to blunt ends.
where there are glass port holes. In
side the whole length Of the bag ex
tends a center shaft, around which
revolves a hub at each end and from
each hub radiates 120 cotton cord
spokes fixed in the canvas. which
serve to hold the bag in shape and
carry it around the center shaft. Be
tween the spokes, suspended from the
shaft, is a basket or seat in which the
rolling traveller" sits, steering by
sliding the basket from one end of the
shaft to the other. His only view of
the outside world is through the small
portfolios at each end.
Two days after his attempt to cross
Lake Michigan the dead body of the
eccentric Navigator was found on the
lake shore near Stevensyille. Mich,
seven miles south of st. Joseph. A few
reds away was the battered and
wrecked "windbag."
From all indications .Nissen had re-
NAMED in his aquatic balloon until the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

heulties in obtaining an air supply.
The note ran:
In the chair Cannot use hose"
BY hose" Nissen referred to the
pipe and valve in the end Of the wind
bag through which he breathed. It
was found TO be broken and useless.
Those who first examined Nissens
body and the "Foolkiller" believe the
inventor accomplished his prime OBJ
ject-crossing the lake in his device.
He died, these persons assert, after
touching the Michigan shore.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

Brilliant as has been the success
achieved by American duchesses and
countesses in England. few women
from this country WELD as much In.
huence in London society as does Mrs.
Anthony J. Drexel. Of Philadelphia.
Her tact and charm are more potent
than strawberry leaves and ermine
In Turing royalty to her Mayfair re-
ceptions. Indeed. there are members
Of the reigning family who regard IL
as a privilege to be her guests. while
as for the peerage it puts on no airs
with Mrs. Tony" Yet with all her
power and in spite OF the overwhelm.
ing attention shown her Mrs. Drexel
remains a good American and ex.
presses as much scorn for the perma-
nent expatriates ais II she never had
visited the other side.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
"Nursery Friezes.v

Frieze designs have grown in inter
est and pictorial possibilities until a
novelty is regarded with attention.
whatever its true worth may be. The
most pleasing Of these friezes are de-
signed for nurseries and children's
rooms generally. though It IS doubt.
ful il any pictured piquancies win
ever excel that early example which
showed a group Of Cecil Aldin young
sicrs cracking the whip. These rosy
checked Dutch boys and girls were in
deed delightfully."- wholesome to look
upon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
Worlds Production Of Pins.

By computation made ten years
ago, it was shown that at that time
the weekly production Of pins in
Great Britain was 2SO.OOO,00O. Then
120,000,000 we're made in France, and
120,000,00O in Germany, Holland and
Belgium. Since that time the pro-
duction Of pins has increased largely.
The biggest pin manufacturing city in
the world is Birmingham, where 37.-
100000 pins, on the average, are man
ufactured every working day. The
other pin factories in Great Britain to-
gether turn cut about 100000 pins
daily.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

Inc viii Of Edward L. Wentz. the
young fnlladelphian who was mysterl.
ousiy slain In the mountains OF West
virginia year ago, has been filed at
me -. once of the register OF wills m
fniiadelphia. The bulk OF the estate
valued at S5oO,ooo IS devised in trust
Tor the benefit Of the testators fan.
Gee, Cornelia Brookmire Of st. Iouis
Mo. The VIII was dated Sept s. 1909
Letters Of administration were grant.
ed to two brothers. Daniel B. Wentz
OF Wyncote, Pa, and John l.. Wentz
Of Chicago. sA'A
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

PEELED to confess whether the secret
fortune exists. The Citizens Nation
al bank of Oberlin, Ohio, will have to
disclose the mysterious signer Of the
note for $75O,O0O held by it.
Marvellous stories OF Mrs. Chad
wick's astounding methods of finance
are told in New York banks, where
she endeavored to break the records
for oyerdrafts, writing checks for
hundreds of thousands of dollars
which had not been deposited to her
credit.
Bankers Of New York hear with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
co12lz q TcILhZLLP' -acu2EZ 12zEa1Y a-1c12l1ZLY

Peter Nissen. who sacrificed his life
in an attempt to roll across Lake
Michigan in a strange craft Of his own
invention, had record for deeds Of
daring. In 1900 he twice shot the
rapids of Niagara Falls in boats of his
own make. and had he succeeded in
the adventure which cost his life his
purpose was to make an attempt to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

A federal receiver has been ap-
pointed for the estate of Mrs. c. i.
Chadwick. Of Cleveland, on the petit
tion of a New York tradesman, and
the secret Of her sensational finan-
cial dealings is to be revealed.
Ira Reynolds, of the Wade Park
bank OF Cleveland. who Mrs Chad
wick told her creditors held securities
for her worth $4,000. 900. will be com
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
oorIIIas for TuberouIosIs Experiment,

Gorillas, as well as chimpanzees
are in great demand for purposes OF
scientific investigation in connection
with tuberculosis. and tropical dis.
eases, especially. such as owe Their
origin to blood parasites.
It is an open secret that an English
collector Is now working in West
Africa for the tuberculosis Commits.
sion. French scientists are no less
active, and It would not be dihicalt to
compile q list Of public institutions
willing to buy for this purpose
London Field.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
FRUIT NO LONGER A LUXURY.
Demand and Improved Methods Have
Made It a Necessity.

Made It a Necessity.
Fruit is cheap in America. Oranges
and bananas are no longer luxuries.
Improved methods of packing and
shipping have shown a result in de-
creased prices, and both have become
a necessity where they were formerly
a luxury. But they have not displaced
apples, and Northern apples, at that
We have the King, Northern Spy. Bald
win, Winter Sweet, Russet, Spitzen-
berg and a dozen more that, when
properly grown and picked at the
right time, are a greater joy to the
taste than any orange that ever
reaches this part of the country. New
York state still furnishes the bulk Of
the apples for export. That is because
the farmers and apple growers of that
state have devoted time and money to
apple culture and made it pay.-Nash-
vile (Tenn) News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
TIME SIGNALS AROUND WORLD.
Washington Naval Observatory Plans
to Eclipse Records.

The naval observatory at Washing
ton will make an effort to send time
signals of the new year around the
world Last year the instant which
marked the beginning Of the new year
was transmitted over 300, ,000 miles of
telegraph and cable wires, reaching
nearly every important point, even the
interior Of Alaska. This year it will
be sent out at midnight on Dec. 81,
and at l, 2 and o'clock a. m, seventy
fifth meridian time, to announce the
exact instant of the beginning Of the
new year to each of the great stand
ard time belts of the United States.
1t has also been proposed that at the
session of the International Railway
Congress in Washington in May next,
the observatory send out to the world,
as far as telegraph and cable will
carry them, special series of time
signals in celebration of the meeting.
The authorities at the naval observa-
tory also intend to collect information
relating to the kind of time in actual
use in the various countries of the
world.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

reach the north pole. Nissen was
born in DenTark forty-three years
ago, but came to this country while a
youth and was educated here. He was
the inventor of a number of novelties
and labor-saving devices. and once
conducted a business college in Chi
eago. He was a graduate Of the In,
diana State Normal College at Val
paraiso. Nissen was unmarried.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
Mavor MccIelIan Shows Fairness

Mayor Mcclellan Of New York is
fair in his distribution Of honors.
There devolved upon him the respcn-
sibility of selecting seven members
of the board of education. He ap-
pointed three Democrats, three Re
publicans and one Citizens Union
ist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17

last. Perhaps he perished in a final
frantic ertort to escape. as his craft
was dashed upon the beach by the
high surf the afternoon before he was
found. Death. according to physicians,
was due to exhaustion and exposure.
A note found in the pocket of his
coat threw the only light upon the last
moments Of the navigator. It indi-
Gated that Nissen had experienced diff
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-17
The True Meaning Of 'sWorry.0

The generic and much-covering
term Of worry is often the name
for trouble the essential part Of
which is the difficulty of making up
the mind" says the Lancet Those
who can read between the lines dis
cern also in many case Of suicide
the same difficulty as the final cause
which plunged a weak and distracted
intelligence into the ultimate catas-
frophe. Sooner than continue the
struggle with doubts. alternatives and
perplexities. the mind that cannot be
"made up" is overthrown altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-01
BENSON IN LUDLOW
 UNABLE T0r

New York, December 31-John A. Ben son of San Francisco is in Ludlow street jail tonight owing to his inability to fur nish $10O00 bail. He was arrested here today on a charge of bribery at the in
 stance of secret service officers, who feared he was about to leave the city.
 Benson was recently indicted in Wash ington for bribing federal official. The indictment which reached here today from Washington, contained sixty-three written pages. It first charged that Ben son and Frederick Hyde of San Francisco were engaged in the business of unlaw- fully obtaining possession of titles to the public lands in California and Oregon, known as school lands. The indictment stated that follc wing the securing of the ls nds by the two men the interior depart ment, through Special Agents A. B. Pugh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-01
BOY BADLY SHOT BY
 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
CHARLIE HOFFMAN GETS BULLET IN ABDOMEN WHILE PLAYING WITH PEARL RENFORD-MAY PROVE FATAL.

Charlie Kopman, the 12-year-old son of John Kopman, was shot and possibly fa- tally wounded yesterday afternoon by Pearl Renford, a girl about 15 years old. The shooting occurred in front of the residence of the boys parents at East Birmingham.
 The bullet entered the abdomen and has caused very severe wound. The weapon was a .22 calibre Winchester rife. The boy was carried to St. Vincent's hospital in -Smiley's ambulance, and last night the physicians operated on him. They found one piece of lead. but it seems that there is either a second bullet or a piece of lead in the boys body which they were unable to find. At o'clock this morning 1t was stated at the hos pital that if the boy lived through today there would be chances of his recovery.
 Exactly how the shooting occurred is not known. The two children were play ing together and it is said the little girl called the boy out and said she wanted to shoot him, not knowing that the rife was loaded. He grabbed the barrel of the rife and they scuffed for a minute. The trigger was pulled and the cartridge ex- ploded It Is not known how the trigger was pulled.