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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

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Most men are willing to pay The
>ipcr eveh if hes have To stand of
III their credit rs;
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
Bait out for an Airinq.

The insurance men were exchanging
vacation "reminiscences down in Cedar
street.
"The pleasantest sight / saw on the
st. Lawrence while | was up there, "
said the red-faced man, was an old
fisherman we passed one day in the
canoes, smoking his pipe and with rod
out anxiously awaiting results.
What dye fish with, asked our
guide as we passed.
-" Frogs, of course, said the lone
fisherman, calmly
The guide broke out in loud guf-
faw. And just then couldn't see
why. Then he painted to big log
that lay in the stream little distance
away from the fisherman. He had
neglected to weight his line sufficient
ly to keep the bait down and the frog
had come to the surface on the other
side of one of the logs, leaped on it
and sat there comfortably blinking in
the sunlight.
Two hours later we returned. The
frog was still there and the old fisher
man smoked on in blissful ignorance
of the situation.
Il wish we could take poor results
as cheerfully as that old chap up on
the st. Lawrence. New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

Great as has been the amount of la
Dor expended on the various Bibles
of the world, the palm for execution
must be given to the Kutho-daw
which is Buddhist monument near
Mandalay, in Burma. 1t consists OF
about 700 temples, each containing a
slab of white marble, on which the
whole of this Buddhist Bible, contain.
ing over 100000 syllables, has been
engraved. The Burmese alphabet is
used, but the language is Pail. This
wonderful Bible is absolutely unique
The Kutho-daw was erected in 1857
by Mindon-min, the last king but one
of Burma. The vast collection OF
temples together form square, with
a dominating temple in the center.
Each of the marble slabs on which
the sacred text is inscribed is sur.
mounted by an ornamental canopy in
pagoda form.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
TOO MUCH FOR AUDIENCE.
Simple Incident That Changed Pathos
Into Comedy.

Simple Incident That Changed Pathos
into Comedy.
Mrs. BrownPotter, the actress, had
ludicrous experience while touring
South Africa some time ago. The play
was "Frou-Frou" In the course of it
Mrs. Potter as Gilberte, has to pre-
sent their child to her husband, who is
just returning after long absence. 1t
was Impossible to carry child about
with the company, SO it was customary
to rely on picking one up at the diff
ferent towns along the route. One day
the child who had been engaged for
the part was i'll at rehearsal time, and
one of the ennployes of the theater
went to the manager and said:
Il can find a child for tonight, sir"
Just before going on with the child
Mrs Potter had to make quick
change Of costume, and hurrying out
to the wings heard her cue. Seeing a
child standing there she caught its
hand and led it on to the stage.
rs this our child?" said the hus-
band.
"Our child" answered Gilberte in a
transport of maternal pride. That
night the words, which usually caused
thrill Of emotion, only provoked
laughter, and Mrs. Potter, glancing at
the child, saw It was coal black ne
gro. The curtain fell prematurely, and
for the rest Of the evening the effect
of the play was ruined.-New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
A Confession.

Do you remember. little wife,
How years ago we two together
Saw naught but love ilmmine life
In sunny days or winter weather?
Do you remember how we two
Would stare into each others eyes
Till all the earth grew heavenly blue.
And speech was lost in happy sighs?
DO yo: another thing recall.
That used to happen often then;
How. simply passing In the hall.
Wed stop to smile and kiss again?
Do you remember how l sat
And. reading. held your hand in mine,
Caressins II with gentle pat
One pat for every blessed line?
Do you recall while at the play
Through hours of agony We tarried?
The lovers grisfs brought us dismay;
Oh, we reJoiced when they were mar
ried.
All, me. twas years and years ago
When all this happened that ! sing.
And many a time the winter snow
Has slipped from olive slopes of spring.
And now--oA; nonsensel let us tell:
A fig for laugh of maids or men:
You'll hide your blushes2 I'll not Well
We're ten times worse than we were
then.
w. J. Henderson, hi Century.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
~QN.sQN-g1
s AGE OF STEAM NEARING END !
Motor Ensineo With Alcohol Fuel. Will Furnish /
Both nd Ocean
n.0nen nRn A.. NH
rNerNN1-sNlb~

where with safety With alcohol and
gasoline at the same price automobile
experts calculate that alcohol is about
10 per cent cheaper.
In france and Germany alcohol is
used almost entirely now for running
automobiles Some Of the French ma
chimes tnat are imported into this
country have motors that can be run
either by gasoline or alcohol. But by
slight change in the carbureter the
gasifying apparatus, alcohol can be
used in any automobile.
Il believe that alcohol will be the
fuel of the future for all automobile
motors" says H. L. Radford, the Bos-
ton automobile designer and builder.
1T is a matter entirely dependent on
the carbureter With this appliance
properly designed it is possible to run
all cars by alcohol with every advant-
age. 1t goes further and is easier and
safer to handle.
you can get as much power out
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
HAD HEART OF GOLD
INCIDENT IN LIFE OF "SToNE.
WALL" JACKSON.
Sent as Constable to Levy on Prop
erty of Poor Widow, Future Great
Soldier Found Himself Unequal to
the Task-Threw Up Commission.

Thomas ]. Jackson, "Stonewall,' p
has crossed over the true river that
needs no rain to keep 1t flowing; Is
resting under the trees whose shade
never fails, for their leaves never fall
but the God of Battles alone knows
how many aching hearts and tear-wet
faces his victories made, says a
writer in the Los Angeles Times. The
failures successfully Of Gibson But
cher and Johnson Camden at the ex
animation for admission to West
Point made him famous-Lee's fright
arm.p
Alex McLain, who hunted and fish.
ed, danced and sang, went to corn.
huskings, apple-peelings and cuttings
with him; cleared land, rolled logs,
cut brush and grubbed with him when
as constable he failed to do his
official, but nobly discharged his God.
given duty.
Tom" had an execution against a
widow, whose husband had left her in
debt. A debtor could by Virginia law
be imprisoned, and as late as 1S49
there could be seen in the Lewis
county debtors prison" at Weston, a
gray-haired man, barred in, shut away
from home and Gods sunshine, be.
cause an Old Dominion Shylock must
have his pound Of flesh" That mans
face at the grated window, man clad
in threadbare black, made one
schoolboy sad, and though fifty-five
years have passed, memory refuses to
blot out the piteous picture.
Under the law, one could take the
widows mite, her bed, her babes
cradle
To the widow Of this man were left
three tow-headed little ones, two
COWS, a split-shingled puncheon-
floored stick-and-mud chimney cabin
in the woods, in a clearing made by
the husbands and wife's hands.
AS they followed the path to that
lonely cabin, under giant oaks, pop
lars and hickories, McLain said Tom
was as wordless as a clam. and when
the wooden-hinged door opened for
them, at the table. on a slab bench,
sat the widowed woman with her
three fatherless little ones, eating
mush. with milk warm from the cows,
which she thought from his coming
she had MIXED for the last time. She
rose and greeted him as best she
could, but he, with head down, stern.
faced, lips tightly closed, made no
answer He had a widowed mother
and he had heard the wolf howl al
her door Again the trembling widow
spoke: Tom, ! know what you have
come for, my cows; with them | can
feed myself and babies; without them
we must starvel"
Then the official died and the man
Tom spoke, spoke, McLain said, as il
he wanted to tear to pieces her re.
lentless creditors: "Yes, came for
your COWS. for the internal law made
me come, but it can't make me take
them He went back to his Uncle
Cummins's mad from center to cir.
conference, threw up his commission,
and was only pacified by a purse be
ing made up that paid off the execu-
tion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

of it as out of any gasoline ever
made"
In Germany fuel alcohol is made
largely from potatoes. The starchy
substance of potatoes is very easily
and cheaply converted into alcohol.
All that is necessary is a tin or copper
still, worm" and condensing tank
and few barrels for vats. Any
farmer can make it as easily as he
can cider.
But OF course with large demand
great alcohol distilleries have been
established. Fuel alcohol is made
from entirely different products than
ethyl alcohol which is used in liquors.
That is made largely from barley,
wheat and maize, and is necessarily
an expensive product In making fuel
alcohol all sorts of waste products
can be used frozen potatoes, corn
stalks, shayings and sawdust The
waste heaps around every sawmill in
the country can be profitably utilized
If a universal demand for fuel alcohol
be created by the removal of the duty
Sugar beets are easily made into al
cohol. 1t is possible that the waning
sugar beet industry of the West may
be revived when the alcohol tax is
removed, and the sugar-making plants
turned into distilleries for making
fuel alcohol. There is no limit to the
ways in which alcohol can be pro.
duced, if only there be great enough
demand to consume it. It is a thing
that can never be monopolized, like
oil and gasoline.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
Puzzle for French war offoe.

A singularly rare case under the
law of universal military service is
now engaging the attention of the
French war Office and Of the public.
IL is that of three triplet brothers,
among them the mainstay of a very
poor family of eight other children
and their mother, who are swept at
one stroke from the workshop to the
barracks. One is a mason, one a
painte~, and one an agricultural labor
er. Another point arises as to which
should be exempt. if legal excuse is
extended to any. Even their own
mother is ignorant which of the three
saw daylight first, and it is quite i'm
possible to say which is the eldest
and which is the youngest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
WORKING on Bumps.

"Is you husband at home, madam ?"
asked the caller at the door.
Sure and he's not" said the big.
red-faced woman who had opened the
door.
You see, madam. / am travelling
phrenologist, and I'd like to examine
the bumps on your husbands head"
You're too late. We did have a bit
of an argument this morning, and my
husbands gone down to the doctors
to have him examine them. - Yonkers
Statesman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
THoUoHT NEWTON WAS cRAzY.
He Was Using Soap Bubbles to Study
Light Refraction.

ne was Using soap Bubbles to STUDY
Light Refraction.
When Sir Isaac Newton went to live
in Leicester place, his next-door
neighbor was a widow. who was much
puzzled by the little she had observed
OF the philosopher.
One of the fellows Of the Royal So
ciety of London called upon her one
day, when, among other domestic
news, she mentioned that someone
had come to reside in the adjoining
house, who she felt certain was a
poor crazy gentleman, because" she
continued, "he diverts himself in the
oldest ways imaginable.
Every morning, when the sun
shines so brightly that we are obliged
to draw the window blinds. he takes
his seat in front of tub of soapsuds
and occupies himself for hours blow-
ing soap-bubbles through a common
clay pipe, and intently watches them
till they burst. He is doubtless now
at his fayorite amusement" she add
ed; do come and look at him"
The gentleman smiled. and then
went upstairs, when, after looking
through into the adjoining yard, he
turned round and said
My dear madam, the person whom
you suppose to be a poor lunatic is no
other than the great Sir Isaac Newton,
studying the refraction of light upon
thin plates, phenomenon which is
beautifully exhibited upon the surface
Of a common soap-bubble."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

A young preacher in an uptown
church was much struck last Sunday
by the seeming effect his sermon was
having upon one of his congregation,
a shabby-genteel man with white hair,
who, during the entire discourse, sat
with head bowed in deeply reverent at
titudc After the service the minis
ter pushed his way to the man and
proudly said.
u am glad to note that my sermon
affected you. Did it make you see the
error Of your ways?"
20, it wasn't that" said the man
sheepishly. You see, my waistcoat is
too short and | mad to bend over to
hide my shirt New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

observation locomotive, with which
superintendents and inspectors go
over their roads, These fast-running
cars can go 100 miles without replen-
ishing their gasoline tanks.
But more important and far
reaching adaptation of the automobile
on rails is now in operation in Eng
land. The London & Southwestern
and the Great Western railroads about
two years ago began experiments in
this direction They now have rail
motor cars in regular operation. They
are run by gasoline motors. The
Northeastern and Great Northern
roads in England are now experiment.
ing along this line. The latter road
has a 32-passenger coach running
over a nine-mile branch. This motor
car can draw a light trailing car, MAX
ing a motor car train on a small scale.
1t is now proposed to build a heavier
motor car that can draw several trail
ers, or horse box" when necessary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

A special train Of this sort can be
made up and started out at any time,
for there is no engine to fire up.
These experiments have shown that
when the automobile is put on tracks
1t can make its way in spite of snow
or any kind Of weather, and outdo the
steam locomotive In light work, speed
and economy. Moreover, it is a
great grade climber. 1t can travel
with ease over grades of five feet to
the hundred, while four feet to the
hundred is the limit for steam loco
motives, which even then have to
crawl at a snail's pace.
In France automobiles are run in
trains on ordinary roads by an inven-
tlon of Col Renard Of the French
army His motor car does not drag
the trailers by sheer force. like a
locomotive. Instead, it generates the
power. which is transmitted to each
OF the cars in the train by means Of
a long jointed shaft. In this way a
train of light cars trundles along over
the country roads at speed Of six
teen miles an hour.
This shows how the automobile is
slowly but ssrely becoming the rival
Of the locomotive. The day may not
be far distant when all passenger traf-
flc will be done by trains of auto
matte motor cars running at a speed
Of 100 miles an hour. 1t seems likely
that even the fast-growing trolley
may have to give place to the auto
train on long-distance runs.
new factor that is going to hasten
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
The Threshold.


For a hundred years or more
have guarded well this door,
If in times of peace and quiet
Or In days of war and riot
Never failing in my duty.
Whether fashion. wealth or beauty
Ruled this house, or poverty
Walked in squalor over me.
I stood watch. and now alone,
| remain a wornout stone.
Many winters silent snow.
Many summers heated glow
Came and went and in their pride
Generations grew and died
Saw them play. and love and slave
Saw them so, that passed me DER,
Go where others went before;
But forgotten and alone.
| remain wornout stone.
Now the house is bare Of life
No more sorrow, joy or strife
Echo from each gloomy wall
For the house is doomed to fall
Doomed TO fall, as all things must,
That are raised of earth and dust:
Fan, as age must e'er give way
So that youth must have its day
Have It's day. for mine is done
See. l am broken stonei
E p Tittmann. in New York Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
A sliuht Chance.

Miller say, old chap. does your
wife still call you by the sweet names
she used to?
Farmer-Oh, yes-that is to say,
with some slight variations. Instead
of honey" for example, she now uses
the kindred term "old .beeswax. -
Boston Transcript.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
A Phenomenon.

Your husband amt very industri-
Gus, is he?" said the woman who was
sitting in the sleigh in front Of the
village store.
We'll" answered the woman in the
spring wagon, sometimes he is an
sometimes he amt. He'll travel for
miles and miles with shotgun on his
shoulder, but he can't walk hun
dred yards with an armful of wood"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
Then He Was Fired.

Haven't you anything
better to do than to sit at the tele-
phone calling up girls all the time?
Employe-Well, you see, i used to
be a street car conductor
What's that got to do
with it?
Employe-And I got into the habit
of ringing up the fair
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
He Wanted to Know.

About 3 o'clock this m0rning," said
the doctor, my night bell rang, and
when | inquired what was wanted
man on the stoop asked:
Can you inform me If the doctor
next door makes night calls? have
been ringing his bell for ten minutes.
but no one answers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
Dirt CHEAP.

They tell this in Brooklyn and are
unashamed.
An old lady got up in Fulton street
prayer meeting and gave her testi-
mohy
Il praise thee, Lord, that | am
Christian" she said I've lived In
Brooklyn for twenty years. and my re-
ligion has only cost me S5 cents. -
New YORK Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

zeke-How did Josh come to get
them whiskers shaved off what he has
worn for nigh onto so years?
Zack-Waal, as understand, his
children are all growed up now, an
ther amt no danger of his face skeer-
in 'em to DEATH Chicago Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
lnnartiaI.

Yeast-You say the quartet got
four encores?
Crimsonbeak-Yes; you see the au-
dience wanted to be perfectly impair
tial. SO they gave one for each
man.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14
All He Wanted.

Mama-Isn't that beautiful toy
boat?
Johnny-Yep, an if only had an
other one l could have collision.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-14

And Both Object to His Lying Abed.
JOHNNY Wish my folks would
agree upon one shlng, and not keep me
all the time In worry.
Tommy-What have they been do
ing now?
Johnny-Mother won't let me stand
on my head, and dad is all the time
fussing because wear my shoes out
SO st.-Stray Stories.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-06-09
Why Inner Channel Was Chosen.

1t is reported at Toxic thath the. Rus
sian cruisers Admiral Nachimoff, Mon
omach and Dmitri Donskoi having
sunk in comparatively shallow water,
ii is possible to raise them.
A survivor of the cruiser Ural, who
is a brother of the chief editor of the
Russ, and apparently is well educated,
says:
1.-THE second and third squadrons
Joined at the island of Koh Iron (off
the coast of French Inod-China.) Our
admiral knew that Korea strait was
strongly guarded. but should a Pacific
route have been followed, neutral
port would not have been available in
case of disaster, so it was determined
to risk the Tsushlma route. Nothing
important occurred till dawn of the
morning of May 81, except the appear.
ance occasionally of japanese ships fan
out on the horizon.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-06-09
SHAM NAVAL ATTACK
ON WASHINGTON
Sixteen Warships Also to Assume Of
fensive Against Baltimore.

Sixteen warships will attack the de-
lenses of Washington and Baltimore
at midnight, June IL, and continue
their offensive operations for six days
and nights. Meanwhile the fortresses
along Chesapeake bay and the Potomac
river, constituting the artillery dis
tricts of the Chesapeake, Washington
and Baltimore, will put forth every
defense of which they are capable.
The struggle is to be bloodless, prac-
tically noiseless and devoid of the
spectacular, but intensely interesting
to the army and navy experts who are
playing the game and know the con-
structive effect of the unloaded mines
and forts.
The operations will be conducted
under rules which have been agreed
upon by joint board of army and
navy officers. Considerable Importance
is attached to the distinction between
maneuvers and joint exercises.
Maneuvers are held to apply to
operations where actual conditions are
simulated while exercises mean only
that certain prescribed problems are
to be attempted.
In the present instance the effect
of each of the several forms of attack
by the navy will be to demonstrate the
strength or weakness of some particu
| lar phase of the defense.
The hostile fleet has been assembled
under command of Rear Admiral Fran
} els w. Dickens and with his flagship
Z the Texas, is lying at Annapolis Oh
, the 10th of June Admiral Dickens will
5 hold his last communication will
] shore.
e The operations of the defense ar
: under the general supervision of Majo
d General James f. Wade, commandin
S the department of the Atlantic. TIL
:, men and officers under him for the e1
ercises will number nearly 10000.