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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The Time to Charge.

At the taking of Moscow while the
troops sat in their saddles under a MUIR
derous fire Murat, Napoleon's dashing
chief of cavalry. received a dispatch to
which an answer was required. Though
his mettlesOme horse was trembling.
Murat laid the reins upon the horn Of
the saddle. took his notebook in one
hand and pencil in the other and be-
gan to write a response. Suddenly a
shell fell and exploded on the ground
close by. The horse leaped into the air
and swung wildly around. Murat sim
ply transferred the pencil to the hand
that held the notebook, Gained the
horse with the other hand and then
went on writing his dispatch as if
nothing had happened. \ shout of adj
miration went up along the line. Murat
saw that the enthusiasm aroused by his
trifing act had created favorable mo-
ment for charge. He gave the order,
and his men swept clear through the
enemy's line.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Curfous Chincse preInn1cr.

In the course of business certain
London banks have occasion to send
out large sums in gold coin to China.
No sovereigns, however, will be &C
cepted which have St George and the
dragon on the reverse side. The drag
on plays a leading part in religious
matters in China, and its figure on the
coin is abhorrent to the Celestial mind
The London consignees have therefore
to pick out the older coins, having a
shield on the reverse side. for trans.
mission to the east
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

MY dear" said Mrs. Mildly as she
busted Mr.. Mildly's table, this would
be great deal cleaner world if there
were not any men in it,
IF there We're not retorted Mr..
Mildly, 1.-THE women would do exactly
as the Lord did-hunt around fol-
enough dirt to make man out off,
Golfers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

"Sir," began the visitor, 81 come to
you in the interest of the city's poor
children. l thought you might like to
contribute to our fresh air fund for
them"
"Of course" replied the kind hearted
suburbanite. You may take as much
as you please from my place. But how
in the world are you going to carry it?"
Catholic Standard and Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

When a witness in an English court
the other day remarked that it was
necessary to sit on horses head when
he was down to keep him quiet The
judge replied: Nothing of the kind
People don't seem to understand that
the only thing necessary is to get hold
of his ear and keep his nose up in the
air. have seen lady keep a horse
quiet in that way without soiling her
cloves"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
No Such Thing as overwork.

Do we suffer from overwork? A
practical method of determining the
measure of fatigue is to trace the tired
feeling to its source We may learn
that what we have been calling over
work is nothing more nor less than
worry or boredom. The human ma
chine was built to work.--Dr. Cater.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Not MiSiudged.

You misiudge me-" said the hypo-
critic reproachfully. 81 admit l am
poor, weak mortal. but lying is not one
of my failings."
1T certainly is not" agreed the hard
hearted man. 1T is one of your sue.
cesSes."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Prospective Mother-in-law - Before
you marry my son l want to tell you
now that he has a frightful temper
Prospective Daughter-in-law-O that's
nothing. Mamma will cure him of
that. used to have frightfully bad
temper myself. but mamma cured me
of it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
DiscOncerting.

a prominent English clergyman once
congratulated an old lady on her BRAY
cry in fighting her way to church
against a terrible tempest, but receiv-
ed the disconcerting reply, my hus~
band gets so crossgrained after meals
that l have to get out of his way, so ]
might as well go to church"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

At eating. the native African negro,
having always first washed his hands
and rinsel his mouth, sits upon the
= 41. LolS the larger pieces be-
t. "a - ttcJh while he cuts off a bite
VIA IL, hn'e, but does not use both
49,. p. = j. ! food eXceDt in gnawing
ua.-. @ui the usual dishes he lays
t.s 1t arm over his knees and,
q ir,p tie rot mods the thick
mss INTO lamps about the size OF a
wanG. which he throws into his
mouth with a jerk without scattering
any of The food To take out vegeta-
bles or soup he presses a hollow into
the lump and dips with it. Politeness
is shown to the host or housewife after
eating by smacking loudly enough to
be heard
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
A Machine House.

Many types of modern machinery are
in use, the machine being depended up
on so largely that a machine house is
soon to be built, the manager declar-
ing that the life of a machine will be
twice as long if it is properly housed
when not in use and carefully handled
when driven to the fields. 1t is need.
less to say that under such manage
ment as this all the live stock are Civ
en- the best of treatment. The build
ings are modern. and modern i.eas pre-
vail in the care of all stock
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Who has n)5 i"Jrd t,c drumming OF
ruffed grouse wh.,e n TIE woods DIR
ing the spring months: 1t Is the most
common sound Of wooing. heard from
every thickct at every hour of the day.
There is still Il misconception as to how
the drumming is done. The general be-
lief is that the bird produces the sound
by working its wings rapidly, using
them to strike its body or a log. 1t is
true that the ruffed grouse, like most
chickens, flaps it's wings in the excite
ment of its love song, but that the
drumming is produced in that manner
is myth. l have often watched a
cock which, standing on a log and
drumming for dear life, apparently did
not move a feather, though l must
state that the drumming was not so
loud as if the wings had been tapped
Flapping the wings evidently fills with
air the lungs and throat of the bird.
but is not an indispensable agency in
producing the drumming. If the ruffed
grouse could work it's wings as quickly
as the closing strOphe of the drumming
it would be the swiftest motor In eX,
istence-Country Life In America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
stings of Animals Are Similar

In the examination of the poisonous
machinery of insects and reptiles it is
apparent that the destructive principle
is the same in all and that the fang in
all possesses hollow through which
the poison flows into the wound the
moment the incision is made. The
sting of the scorpion is precisely like
the fang of the rattlesnake and per-
forms its deadly work on the same me-
chanical principles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
Dog Fight at Swell Reception
Bceercnt Fox Terriers Furnish Surprise for Guests OF
Washington Hostess Incident Turns out TO Be Rev
suit of Canine Feud of Long StandIrg

Two fox terriers and a maltese cat
were the principal actors in an excit-
ing scene which took place during
recent afternoon reception at the
house of a. prominent Washington Of
fetal. It was o'clock, and the light
shed by lamps and candles was artis-
tic to the point Of dimness, when
there sauntered in, with the noncha-
lance peculiar to the aristocratic
canine, fox terrier of the wicked
variety. He made friends right and
left, the guests supposing him to be
the property of their hostess, and she
in turn questioning in her mind who
had the bad taste to bring dog to an
afternoon tea. 1t happened, too,
that being a lover of cats, she hated
dogs.
"Ah," the lady remarked with evi-
dent effort, to one of her guests, 1T
is your little dog?" and every one
could see she was nervous. But no
one claimed the dog, and at that
moment a second fox terrier rushed
in, carrying the light of battle in his
eye and barking madly. He was in
pursuit of dog No /. 1t did not take
long to find him, and then there be-
gan such a chase, and such an ear
splitting din, and such frantic race
over trailing gowns and patent leath-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
Many Jews Going 10 Palestine,
Zionist Movement Making Great PoeressIdea Is Ultimately
10 Purchase the Territory from the Suftan-He
Very Friendly in His Altitude

Jewish Immigration to Palestine
continues apace under the auspices Of
the Alliance Israelite, which alone
spends 100000 francs a year on the
Hebrew colonies and schools in Tur-
key and other philanthropic societies.
The latest phase Of this migration,
known as the Zionist movement, has
for its object to revive the Jewish
state by purchasing Palestine from
Turkey The movement, though con
demned by some as Utopian, and ridi-
culed by others as sentimental in
origin, possesses considerable inter
est for the unprejudiced observer of
Eastern affairs. No one who has
watched its growth can doubt its
practical Importance.
Although the Sultan is not prepar-
ed to grant all that DR.. Herzl demand
ed, there is sufficient ground to be-
lieve, with DR.. Herzl, that the nego-
tiations will most probably, at no
distant time, lead to conclusion sat
isfactory to the sultan and the Zion
lists alike. This hope is strengthened
by the Sultan's attitude toward the
Jews, which in it's benevolence con
trasts curiously with the treatment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
The Pleasure Of Skunk Hunting,
Veteran Explains Methods Winch Enable Him 10 Gather
In the Little Midnight Prowler-Sone Risk Aten
dant Upon Pursuit of This Sport

A man who is in the habit of hunt
ing skunks says:
You want to know how l kill
skunks without getting scented. l
put on an old suit, so if do get lit
tie dose it won't hurt anything.
have an old duck coat with big pock-
cts on the inside which | have used
for a trapping coat for number of
years.
THE skunk seldom goes out in the
day time, but as soon as it gets dark
he begins to prowl. They live mostly
on crickets and grasshoppers, and in
the fall they are very fat. Often
have found it an inch thick ON the
back in skinning them. If pains are
taken in skinning not to touch it
with the hands, this oil, when tried
out like lard, is the best thing for
cold or Group know of-used ex-
ternally of course.
'As the skunk lives in the wood
chuck holes in the meadows and pas
lures, l can always tell where to
find them, for they make little holes
in the dirt with the nose which look
very much as though some one had
poked the ground with cane Wher-
ever the skunk makes one of these
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04

holes he gets cricket, which, in the
fall, as the ground gets cold, burrows
under the grass roots. The fox digs
for crickets. too, but as he digs with
his paws the hole is somewhat differ
ent in shape.
"A moonlight night with the wind
in the south ! have found the best to
hunt them / generally carry Ian
tern, so that | can skin them at once
and save Juggling them around. cut
a stick from a sapling about the size
Of a broom handle and about six feet
long. Armed with this | take the
warpath through the fields, keeping
a sharp lookout for any black spots
that seem to move.
'The skunk is generally busy look
ing for grub, and as soon as | spy
him / run. right at him. You have to
be quick, not because the skunk will
run, for they can't run very fast, but
the sudden approach scares them SO
they will face you with the hair
bristling on end, just as hen will
when you try to catch one of her
young This is the time to strike,
and one good blow on the head gen-
orally does for them, but woe to the
hunter who foozles this first blow, as
the golfer says"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
VENTILATION IN THE HAT.
Peculiar Notions Indulged in in Re-
gard to It.

Peculiar Notions INDUCED in in Re-
gard to 1t.
Some customers have nonsensical
notions about the proper way to ven
tilate a hat said a fashionable hat
ter" In fact, they are SO whimsical
about it that we make the hats with
out a ventilator and try to suit the
wishes of the customer after he has
handed his money to the salesman
Many customers will not have a hat
ventilated at all. Well, they miss a
great deal of comfort and take long
chances for badness in old age. The
English style, and the only one that
some buyers will adopt, is a ring Of
perforated holes in the crown of the
hat. In my opinion it is just as well
to have no ventilator at all as to put
1t there. The best way is to have
two holes, one on each side of the
hat, just above the band. Then you
get good circulation all the time.
There are ways Of punching the holes
artistically so that they do not de-
tract from the appearance OF the hat.
But you would be surprised at the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04

If l were asked what is the favorite
amusement of German children.
should answer, taking long walks
into the country. The love of nature
seems to be born in most of them,
says writer in st. Nicholas. Besides.
they are sturdy young folks, and are
perfectly willing to put up with in
conveniences. For these reasons they
are just the people to enjoy walk
ing in the country, and the practice
begun in childhood is kept up during
life. When the children go on these
long walks they often carry what we
should call a botanical box (that is.
a tin box about foot and a half long.
with rounded edges, and a lid on
hinges), slung over the shoulder by a
strap.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04

ers as to demoralize utterly the host
ess and the guests Of that afternoon
tea. A genuine dog fight was immi-
nent. To add to the excitement, a
pet maltese cat sprang from Turk
ish cornsr and joined in the STAN
pede.
who brought those awful dogs
into my house?" shrieked the host
ess, lodging this way and that to res
cue her cat. but no one answered the
question, and the exciting chase went
on. over chairs and sofas, until the
butler managed to head off the trio
and eject them into the street BY
that time more punch had been spill
ed over immaculate shirt fronts and
more scaldiIg tea upset into the laps
of innocent matrons, ana more for
eign invective uttered by the numer-
GUS embassy attaches present than
the hostess cares to recall.
1t was learned later that the dogs
belonged to the two families on
either side of the officials home, and
that there existed between them
feud of long standing The terriers
had escaped bondage at the hour
stated, and selected the scene Of the
afternoon tea to settle old scores.
There is a coolness at present be-
tween three big houses that stand In
a row.-W Washington Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04

arrangements for the coming fstIc
contest, Ike sprang to one side and
seized a pair of revclvers which had
been laid aside by a busy vigilant.
Before the rest realized what had
happened he had the crowd covered.
Then came the command to Put up
handsl" One man was Just a little
slow. A bullet shattered his arm.
That ended unnecessary delays by
the rest.
Holding the committee under cover
of his revolyers Ike Stanton marched
them to a considerable distance from
their horses. Then he backed up to
the horses, picked out the fieetest
one, and a second later was fleeing
over the hills. The vigilance com.
mittee then rushed for their mounts,
but the start gained by the treacher-
GUS Ike was too great to be overcome
"And there was a man." said
Amos Peterkin bitterly after the re-
turn to camp, "whom we'd always
given the best treatment and were
preparing to send off in good style
And look at the way he played it on
the boys. Treacherous! Why, a
rattlesnake is an open-hearted, Christ
ian gentleman compared with that
Ike Stanton. Edwin ]. Webster in
New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04

The wife Of District Attorney Je-
rome and her little daughter were
standing at window of their coun-
try house looking out over a meadow
where there were cows.
Il want to go out there" said the
child
But you mustn't" said her mother.
"Why?"
What do you suppose those cows
would do with their horns now if you
went out there% queried the mother.
The child thought awhile. and then
answered:
Maybe they would blow them as
you say papa blows his. York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
ATE A BORROWED DINNER.

But the Repast Was Welcome TO Un-
fortunate Hostess.
A way out in the suburbs of Brook
lyn an anecdote of borrowed dinner
is going the rounds. 1t seems a GER
tain thoughtless husband brought
three men home to dinner one night
without giving due notice to the wife
of his bosom. Cookie had left the
same day, as i'll luck would have it,
and there was nothing but cold meat
in the house The hostess confided
her woes to the handy man who did
odd jobs around the place. She knew
he was a man of ready resource, in
genious and clever; but when he as
sured her he would serve dinner fit
for a king If she lett the coast clear
for him to operate in she could hardly
believe him. At the proper time, how
ever, soup was brought in by boy
he had pressed into service, and was
followed by fish, entrees, joint, and,
in fact, everything comprising per-
feet dinner, the only fault being that
the intervals between the courses
were rather long.
When the well-fed guests had de-
parted, their hostess ran to the kitch-
en- and asked how the repast had been
procured.
ooh, the cook next door is engaged
to me-" he said, beamingly, "and she'd
do anything for me. Her lady was
giving a big dinner party, and quick
as the things came out of the kitchen
my Jottie sent some of them here"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
Looked Ike a nclnoh.n y

As he worked his way up long
line to the window Of the paying teller
a porter with leather bag stood i'm
mediately in front Of him and passed
in check for $4,000.
How viii you have it?" inquired
the teller.
Five hundred in tens. seven hun
dred and fifty in fives, five hundred in
tyos. two hundred in ones, and fifty
in silver"
The packages Of bills and rolls of
silver were promptly passed out and
deposited and locked in the bag,
which hung from the neck of the por-
ter by a chain, when a messenger boy,
with bulging eyes, exclaimed:
Gee whiz-Mister do you mind
telling me what horses you're goin'
to play?"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
UIEp IN eEAuTY ouEsr.
Uncooked Rice Eaten for Complexion
Proves Fatal.


Uncooked rice as an aid to beauty
recently resulted in one coroner's in
quest in Northumberland. England,
and several more are promised as re-
suits of the same cause.
In certain portions of the colliery
districts of Northumberland the wom-
en- regard paleness as a distinctive
mark Of beauty. To induce this they
have been eating starch In various
of its uncooked forms, principally as
oatmeal, rice and laundry starch. Rlce
has been more palatable and at the
same time has proved itself especial
ly deadly as in the case of the dead
girl and several of her ailing friends
perforation Of the stomach has fol-
lowed from swallowing the hard,
sharp grains
The human stomach is regarded
now as having far more the nature Of
the triturating gizzard Of the fowl
than was believed by psychologists
twenty-five years ago Then it was
thought to be one of the main organs
of digestion and assimilation, credit
ed only with a semirotary, churning
motion following the taking Of food.
Now it is credited with being a pow
erful system Of muscles operating to
squeeze and press and make ready
the food for digestion and assimilation
in the intestines. 1t was in this
squeezing Of the rice that perforation
of the stomach followed.
But even if the resistance of these
grains did not harm the uncooked
starch would be bad enough in the or
gans of digestion. To be digestible,
starch in any Of its food forms needs
to be cooked thoroughly, and, further
this this, it needs to be thoroughly
masticated. Yet in so many cases it
is one of the least cooked and least
chewed dishes placed upon the table.
Luckily for some of those who
might otherwise be led to the raw diet
in the interest of paleness. the Amer
lean type Of beauty to-day has no
kinship with the dawdling, pallid fig
ure head of a woman Shich once was
so popular with the illustrators of the
early magazines and "lady's books.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
GOOD FRIDAY in PARIS.
When Meat is Difficult to Get In the
French Capital

When Meat is Difficult to Get in the
French Capital.
The son Of a French friend of mine.
a boy nine years of age, when asked
by his tutor how Good Friday (Holy
Friday the French call iD differed
from other days, distinguished him
self by the epigramnatic answer, "On
Good Friday there is less butchers
meat in Paris and many more En-
glishmen." The boy described the diff
ference exactly from Paris point of
view. To-day is the one day in all the
365 on which the Paris butcher closes
his shop and takes a holiday, and
meat is extremely difficult to get in
Paris, except in restaurants, where,
OF course, a small supply has been
laid in for customers who are not
Roman Catholics, or who do not prac-
tice abstinence from meat, even upon
this one day. In Paris, where ex-
tremes Of opinion of all kinds have
always met, the freethinker appears
in his most self-assertive form to-day.
There are number of free-thinking
clubs in Paris, all of which meet in
great solemnity this evening. to pro
test against the tenets Of all
churches" to eat sausages, ham, pork,
ard every form of pigs flesh they can
think Of and to drink at intervals
toasts to "the downfall Of religion"
These Good Friday festivals of Paris
are very Paris
Correspondence of London Pail Mall
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04
Courage.

When tenderest arms that around thee
twined
Have loosed their hold,
When, in the shadow of Loves shrine
Fond eyes grow cold,
Then bid thy soul stand firm and true,
And nothing rue.
If faith be found shattered seed,
Smile and pass on;
And let no shivering heartstring plead
For what is gone.
For every broken idol dead
Be comforted.
If dreams Of life must fade and break,
Then let them go;
And with unfaltering courage take
The hand of woe
If firmly clasped it soon shall prove
Kinder than love.
Though every hope shall mock thy heart
With empty lies,
Though every treasured dream depart
Lift fearless eyes.
Make thy soul strong enough to stand
Without joys hand.
Glare Beatrice st. George in Blooming
ton Paragraph.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-04


She walks demurely through the town
When April days are sweet;
The sun shines Oh her lilac gown
And dances at her feet
And every blossom on the way
Has cunning eyes to see
How well she matches with the day.
This fair Penelope.
] watch her from my window ledge;
I dog her where she goes,
Yet loiter hashful at the hedge
Despite my Sabbath hose.
For, ah she fouts me high and low
The town folk laugh in glee-
Sure. lass. thy heart in mail should 90
And not in dimity.
l see her on the deacon's walks
Through box-lined pathways go;
She stroils among the hollyhocks
That blossom row on row.
All crimson-clad they tiaunt and swell
Above her furbelows,
As might about some city belle
A galaxy Of beaus.
She heedeth not my sighs or rhymes;
My life is out OF tune:
What care | for the Easter chimes.
The white Lent-lilies bloom?
All, prithee. sweet, next Eastertide
may walk forth with thee.
Just thou and ], and Love beside
goodly company.
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison in Life.