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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

The mass Of animals, meanwhile specu-
lating among ourselves as to why such
large number of rhlnoceroses had
banded themselves together
Presently, to our great relief, they
tired of their sport and moved on
farther into the wilderness. De
Rubempre and O'Sulliyan followed
them for some distance to see what
they would do next, while l ordered,
coaxed. or buIied the frightened ma
tiyes into descending from their lofty
roossing places, where they much re-
sembled a flock Of crows.
One by one they came down and
gathered round me, shivering with cold
ana terror, and casting apprehensye
glances in the direction whence the
marauding animals had Disappeared
After a time, however, | induced
them to relight the fires. and then a
few of them went to fetch the wagon
oxen. These by lucky chance had
been picketed at a distance in charge
of five men, because of the more plentl-
full pasture there. The damage to our
camp was not so great as it might
have been, although the low tents un-
der which we had been sleeping, our
beds, and all the cooking utensils left
outside the wagons, besides a few
packs thrown down by the carriers,
had been so trampled out of shape that
1t toook certain amound of divination
and a vivid imagination to guess what
they We're.
When De Rubempre and O'Sullivan
came in they reported that they had fol-
lowed the herd for some distance. The
animals seemed TO form a fairly regu-
lar pkalanx, following a given road.
They had gone down to.the river drunk
and bathed, and then crossed by a
ford and disappeared at a rapid pace
on the other side.
Having hauled the wagons to fresh
camping pace-for the old one was
trampled into mud by the huge feet
we lit great fires and got to sleep at
last, with our bones aching from the
nocturnal gymnastics we had been
compelled to indulge in.
Next morning we discovered sort
of path leading through the country
which we had not hitherto noticed be-
cause Of the spring growth covering
the roughly made way, trampled out
by the feet Of many wild animals dur
ing countless ages. 1t was apparently
an animal trail leading to the river.
That was as much of the secret of the
huge beasts as we could fathom. We
had camped across their pathway, bar
ring their way to the water, and they
naturally resented our conduct
And so ended our adventure.-The
Wide World Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
THE TEN-NoUN TALE.

Boys and girls who wish their games
to be something more than mere time
killers, will find this one especially in
teresting and entertaining. 1t is in
tended for young people who have
reached the composition writing age,
and win prove a good test of their
readiness in that art
Each player is provided with a pencil
and a sheet of paper, and some one
selected for the purpose then dictates
ten nouns, which the players are to
write at the top of their paper. The
nouns must have no connection with
each other in sense.
Then the players are told that they
must each write little story, in which
they must use all ten of the nouns. A
time limit should be fixed. say, twenty
or thirty minutes, and the stories are
then handed In to the person who acts
as Judge. He reads them all to the
players. ana then selects the best two
or three, to the writer's Of which prize
should be given.
Suppose, for example, that the nouns
given to the players are vase. stick,
sidessddle, celery, apple, coal. desk,
cradle, organ, paper case; here is
story showing how they are TO be used:
at was very careless in you, Tom.
Yes, / suppose the vase may be mend
ed. but / have told you often not to
flourish that stick about in the way
you have ben doing. Mary, rs You are
going to town. will you get me some
cement from Johnston'sY
"Yes, mamma; / have already told
William to put the sldesaddle on my
horse"
"very well: you might call at the
grocery and get some celery; and be
sure to bring an apple. Go also to
Lanes and order a ton Of coal"
'I'm afraid | can't remember all that,
mamma"
"Well, bring me my desk and I viii
make a memorandum for you. There's
the baby crying; what in the world is
the matter now, wonderT
Master Toms upset the cradle.
man. and spilled the baby" said
Norah, opening the door to the sitting
room
"Tom againl That boys o-gan OF
mischief or awkwardness is bigger
than his head. Why. there is no paper
in the desk! Look in the paper case.
Mary. and get me some. Here IS your
list at last. Be or. now. and hurry
back home. indianapolis News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
wlsooM's WHISPERS.
EIy8E'
FHU1T
Trihers miss the truth.
nv. - - A. ..oo4 20 fnuox,...

Trifers miss the truth. WV
To-day is the root of forever.
The firm in faith never stand still.
No sane man is an optimist at all
times.
Goldfish aristocrats are the spawn of
Goldfish republics.
The course of human liberty never
yet did run smooth.
In speech, quality is everything;
quantity a mere detail.
Form good habits! Our lives are
moulded by our habits.
An humble attitude gives no clew to
the real feeling underlying it,
Too much firmness of character pro-
duces an impression of pedantry.
The best way to be grateful is to
give another occasion for gratitude.
1t is well to remember that the al
mighty dollar is not the eternal dollar.
The worth of a mans learning de-
pends on the light it gives TO the world.
Nice things can be said in a way
which makes them fall without effect.
Few things cost less than encour-
agement, and fewer still are worth
more.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
EARLY RIsERs.

A student OF bird life. who has been
investigating the question as to the
hour in summer when the commonest
small birds wake up and begin to sing.
says that the Greenhnch is the earliest
riser. as It sings about 1.30 O'Clock In
the morning. The Blackcap begins at
2.30 and the Quail half an hour later.
1t is nearly o'clock. and the sun is.
well up, before the first real sonSster
appears-the merry Blackblrd Then
comes the Thrush, followed by the
Robin and the Wren; and last, the
House Sparrow and the Tomtit.
Thus It viii be seen that the T.arlSs
reputation MS an early riser is nos de-
served In fact. he is n very siuggard.
for he Goes not rise until long sfter
many hadgerow birds hare hesa ABOUT
for some time. New York Evening
Mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

Senator o. 6. Laugen's bill offering
81 reward for killing rattlesnakes
was recommended for passage by the
Senate Committee on Agriculture yes
terday.
The purpose of the bill is to rid the
State, especially the southwestern
part, of rattlesnakes. It is argued
that the bill at the same time will
furnish means of employment for boys
during the summer vacations. The
advocates of the bill say that rattle
snakes are so numerous in the south
western part of the State that an av-
erage boy can make excellent wages
hunting them.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
THE BABY soLILoQUIzEs.

Somebody whose first name is pa came in
my room to-day
And asked lady he called ma how much
somebody'd weigh;
And then he asked her if she thought May
was a pretty name;
How soon some person could Re taught to
play some sort Of game;
Why some one hadn't any nose to men
ton; at what store
Somebody got the lovely clothes somebody
always wore.
I've looked about the room all day, in
hopes of finding out
Who that somebody is that they all talk so
much about;
And I've concluded that that person GER
tainly must be
The lady whose first name is nurse, or else
it's little me.
John Kendrick Bangs, in st. Nicholas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
THE WORDS I DID aor SAY.

So many and sweet: II had but said then
How glad my heart then would have
been;
What a dew Of blessing would fall upon 1t
As the days remembrances gather IN;
But / said them not and the chance Tor
ever
+ gone with the moments ot yesterday
And ! sit alone with a spirit burdened
By all the words that ! did no. say.
The morrow viii come with its new be
ginning, Is
Glad and grand, through the mornings
gates
Shall / not then with this thought beside
me
Go bravely forth to the work that waits
Giving a message Of cheer and kindness
To all meet on the worlds highway,
50 that never viii grieye at twilight
Over the words that | did not say
Il NJ. Montgomery, in Rams Horn.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
THE HORNED OWLS NEST.

Work had been going on all day in
the sugar bush; the sap had been gath
cred and drawn to the boiling place,
until there remained but few scat
tering trees to be visited near the
swamp. The boy was softly whlstling
to himself, when a rabbit with easy,
graceful bounds, crossed the road but
few PAGES ahead of him and stopped
by the side of a birch bush to nibble
the tender buds. Just then a startling
sound came up from the swamp.
why did the rabbit pause in his
dainty meal and squat in his very
tracks until his form more nearly re-
sembled footprint in the snow than
living mammal? The chattering red
squirrel dropped into the crotch of a
tree, and ceased to cnatter, as the ON
inous and almost supernatural "Whoo-
hoo sounded through the
dismal swamp and echoed through the
maple grove. This was the hunting
call Of the Great Horned Owl
The actions of the rabbit and squirrel
did not surprise the boy, who had al
WAYS heard that this owl was a verita-
BILE Nero among the feathered race.
AS yet he had never discovered the
nest of the Great Horned Owl. 1t was
now the first week in March. Of late
he had heard the weird call frequently
from the swamp, causing him to- be-
lieve the birds were nesting there, and
he fully determined to make search
for that nest.
The next day was spent in fruit
less search, and it perplexed the boy
for often he had located the nest OF
the bobollnk and meadow lark-nests
that are not easily found.
But the second days search ended,
about noon, in rather an interesting
manner. The boy stopped for lunch
and a little rest under a hemlock that
he knew well, for. the spring before, a
pair of crows had a nest in the tree.
The old nest was still there, and, Just
to see what condition it was in after
the storms Of winter, he ascended the
tree. Inc nest WIS belNeNh MY NV
sixty feet from the ground. Just i'm
agine the boys surprise when about
thirty feet from the nest to see n Great
Horned Owl silently glide off and wing
its way through the tree tops. 1t was
a revelation, upon reachlng 1t. to find
that the Great Horned Owl had really
used the old crows nest. which had the
appearance OF being slightly remodeled,
and was sparsely lined with evergreen
leaves and feathers. In the nest were
three white eggs. about the size Of 4
Pantam's. The boy afterward learned
that the usual Number Of eggs depos-
tied by the Great Horned Owl Is two,
and that sometimes the bird constructs
nest for itself in hollow tree or
an evergreen.
On the first OF April there were two
little owls in the nest. and day later a
third appeared. They were queer-look-
ing little birds, seeming to be nearly
all head and eyes. and their bodies
were covered with the softest OF down.
The young birds grew very slowly,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

There are certain stars which show
more or less conspicuous variations of
brightness. Among the six thousand
easily visible TO the naked eye there
are between fifty and a hundred of
which this is true; about half a dozen
Of them were known before 1900 If
we include the telescope stars, the
number of known variables is at pre-
sent at least thirteen hundred, and
this without taking account of several
hundred more which have been de-
tected in certain star clusters within
the past five or six years. Ten years
ago Or. Chandler's catalogue of vari-
ables included only about three hun
dred objects. The roll is now increas-
ing with extreme rapidity, between
two and three hundred having been
added within the last twelve months
This swift growth is due largely to the
utilization Of photography which,
through the comparison of photographs
Of given portions Of the heavens taken
at different times, continually brings
out new variables. When thus de-
tected the astronomers proceed to
study them in detail with photometers
attached to their telescopes, enabling
them accurately to compare the bright
ness of each suspected object from
time to time with that OF its neighbor-
ing stars. and thus 10 determine the
amount and character of its variation
as represented by its so-called 'light-
curve. Professor Charles A. Young
Of Princeton University. in Harpers
Weekly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

although the remains of fish, mice,
squirrels, rabbits and birds of various
kinds furnished abundant evidence
that the old birds were lavish in sup
plying food. They remained in the
nest for about eleven weeks, which Is
long compared with most of our birds
many young birds leaving the nest in
from twelve to fifteen days, and the
woodcock, bob-white and rufied
grouse in about as many hours.-Silas
A. Lottridge, in st. Nicholas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
CHILDRENS DEPARTMENT.
A PRETTY PARTY TRICK.

This apparently superhuman trick
is so absurdly simple when explained
to the puzzled spectators that they will
feel very foolish indeed.
The magician first is blindfolded;
then three Or four pennies of different
dates are obtained from the audience
and well shaken up in a hat. One of
the coins is now selected at random,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

and all the company are requested to
notice the date, for which purpose
the coin is passed from hand TO hand.
1t is now returned to the hat and
the coins are vigorously shaken again.
The wizard announces that he will
pick out that particular coin from
among the others, which he does, much
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
suEiGE1aEBsAIuCs
9.S~M,

A Berlin physician says that out OF
1000 girls who played the piano before
the age of twelve years lie found 600
cases Of nervous diseases; whereas,
out Of the same number who did not
play the instrument he found but 100
cases. The author of these expert
ments states that the piano should
never be used by a child before the age
of sixteen years, and only two hours a
day at the maximum.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

to the astonlshment of his audience.
They cry out that it was only a piece
of luck. but after he has again chosen
correctly they will begin to wonder
what occult science he uses in deter
mining the rlgh- coin, and they will
ask him to show them the trick.
The feat is based upon the we'll
known fact that metals are very sens
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

The sewage disposal plant of Barr
head. England, consists of two grit
chambers, four septic tanks and eight
filters. with a total fitering area of
254Q square yards. 1t was designed to
take the sewage of 10000 people, with
some roof drainage, and the first cost
was S32. $50, the running expenses-in-
Guiding at attendant-being under $4OO
a year. The plant is still effective, al
though it has been in use six years
without cleaning. The end of the
tanks next the filters has an inch of
scum on top and three feet of sludge
at the bottom, but the inlet end is free
from both.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
Political Argument.

They say a negro approached Jim
Orr to-day, and said. Mr.. Orr, they
say you say you don't want any negro
to vote for you" TO which Mr.. Orr
replied: IF you were running for
Mayor, would you say that?' The no.
gro said he wouldn't "Well. them
Mr.. Orr continued, don't you think
have rs much sense as you haveY--
Atchlson Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

sltive to heat-so much so that when
the coin is handled by number of
people it gets warm by the contact Of
their fingers, and when it is dropped
back into the hat can be readily picked
out a minute or so later because it is
warmer than the other coins.-New
York Evening Mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
THE RAID OF
THE RHINOCER OSES.
By Count StanisIaus Schembeck.

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On the
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

In the treatment or fractures, galva-
nism, faradism and static electricity
have all been used, both in rabbits and
in man. by Francesca Blast. In all
cases the limb was made immoyab;e.
In rabbits the galvanic current reduced
dropsical swelling very rapidly, there
were no signs of suffering, and the ami
mails walked and ran at once ON re-
m0val Of the apparatus. One of the
four human patients, with fracture
that had shown no tendency to unite
after four weeks, was cured in three
weeks, while the other cases did we'll.
The conclusions were reached that gal
yanism is beneficial in all fractures. it
favors the formation of callus, it re-
duces to minimum the time of dis
ablement, and only a temporary splint
and bandage are needed to keep the
limb in place.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

Many word ms tongue has uttered
Has brought me sorrow at eyenhde,
And have greved with a grieving bitter
Over speech OF anger aud scorn and pride;
But never word in my heart remembered
AS / sit with myself at the close Of day,
Has pierced with repentance more unavai.-
ing
Than have the words | did not say.
The word Of cheer that might have whis-
pered
To a heart that was breaking with
weight 0f woe.
The word OF hope that might have given
To one whose courage was ebbing low,
The word Of warning ! should have spoken
In the ear OF one who walked astray-
Oh. how they come with a sad rebuking
Those helpful words that | did not say;
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

DR.. Henner, a German chemist, has
been experimenting with cocoanut
oil. and finds that it makes very sat
isfactory article Of butter. 1t contains
seven per cent. of soluble acids, name
ly, butyric acid and capric or decyclic
acid. which gives the butter . pleasant
aroma and SAVIOR, making it taste some
thing like hazelnut. This butter will
keep fifteen or twenty days before
showing any acid reaction, sustains
many of the tests of true butter, for
which it is a better substitute than
oleomargarine, and can be produced
much more cheaply. Posterlty will
face a scarcity Of milk and the butter
made therefrom, so rapid Is the in
crease of population and so restricted
in comparison the available area for
pasturage. and perhaps the cocoa tree
may come in as the most useful auxil-
larry of the cow anywhere to be found.
Much may be hoped from DIR. Henner's
experiments, as leading the way to
others, and possibly to final success.
thus utilizing substance which can
be produced practically without limit,
and which is of known wholesome
ness and purity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

An important advance in deep-sea
surveying, saving much of the labor Of
present methods, is claimed for the
acoustic sounding of H. Berggraff, a
Norwegian engineer. The depth is
estimated from the time taken by
sound to travel to the bottom and back,
the echo from two thousand feet being
received in one second, and the appara-
tus consists of a transmitter, an acous-
tic receiver and a chronometer. The
transmitter is a slowly revolving disc,
which at each revolution closes an
electric circuit and energies magnet
operating a vibrating armature. At
each contact sound is sent to the bot
tom of the sea, and the vibrations are
tuned to the only pitch to which the
specially constructed receiving micro
phone will respond. In accurate work,
the time Of contact and that of the re-
turn of the sonud are registered with
great precision on the revolving drum
Of a chronograph.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

Over one-fortieth OF Chlna's popula-
tion Of 4OO.OOO.O0O Is slaves.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

Pioneers in science often fix more
than one set of standards to the in
finite embarrassment of their success
ors. Just now chemists are seeking to
decide upon the important matter of a
unit of atomic weights and after much
controversy, have agreed to disagree.
Primitive chemistry was satisfied to
give hydrogen the atomic weight OF
one and oxygen sixteen. This is not
sufficiently exact for modern require
ments, for if hydrogen be fixed at one
oxygen will really be only 1888, and II
oxygen be rated at sixteen, then hy-
drogen will rise to 1905 This small
difference has become important After
its years of deliberation, the Interna-
tlonal Committee on Atomic Weights
still finds chemists about equally di-
vided between the two standards, and
so. instead of selecting one. they have
published two lists of carefully revised
atomic weights of all elements now
known, one list placing oxygen at six
teen. and the other based upon hydro
gen at one. 1t is interesting TO note
that while the report was being printed
the German Chemical Society decided
emphatically in favor Of oxygen at six
teen.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
TIE sH1FT SPECIFIC CO., ArEAarA. G..


The announcement Of DR.. James
Morrow, secretary OF the Pennsylvania
Bible Society. that his organtzat ton
alone distributed 100000 Bibles last
year, while 100000 were sold by the
trade, again calls attention 10 the i'm
mense circulation OF the book. Where
all the Bible Issued 90 70 is q wonder
even among the agencies that are con
cerned In the work Distributions are
supposed 10 cover. as far as possible,
places and persons not Jet reached,
but It would appear that there are no
longer any such places and persons
left Even supposiBg there were Bibles
In the knapsacks Of some or even all
OF the slaughtered thousands on the
field or buried with their clothes on at
Port Arthur and AIukden, that would
be but drop In the ocean OF produc-
ton The proportion Of Bibles to be
found on secondhand book stalls is not
greater than Of other books. nor are
they probably stored away more than
other books are. Persons who have
investigated this question says It is
one OF the unexplained mysteries
Philadelphia Press.