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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
Away wIth hIoderate prInklna.

Remove the moderate drinker and
the temperance question is solved.
When the last drunkard dies or re-
forms. and the moderate drinker is
no more. a drunkard will be a thing
OF the past. Boys may read the dan.
gerous literature OF the day. and aspire
to the distinction of the heroes of
some Of the stories, but they never
aspire to be a drunkard; but seeing
the moderate drinker, as yet to their
eyes unharmed, they desire to follow
In his footsteps We must then re-
move the moderate drinker so that
our boys may have no example, that
is, If we wish them to grow up honor
able and sober men. It has often been
asserted that no drunkard ever made
a drunkard. and that the moderate
drinker has made them all It must
be true. for we have never heard It.
successfully contradicted. - Temper
ance Cause.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
Caught Grizzly With Lariat

stump Of a tree, but the foreman
stayed on his pony. Grabbing huge
rock, got quite close to the brute and
dealt him terrible blow in the fore
head. With a howl of rage he gave
a mighty lunge that broke the rope
from the tree and started after me.
But for the tremendous efforts Of
my companion. who still maintained
his hold. would have been caught
and killed before could have been
able to reach my pony. AS it was, the
shave was extremely close. and the
bear was right at my heels as got
in the saddle. All this time the fore
man was tugging and hauling man
fully, and If he hadn't been both
strong and skilful I'd have never lived
to tell this yarn. In few minutes I
managed to get another piece Of rope,
and this time old Silver Top was un-
able to break his fastening. Both Of
us then assaulted him with stones and
beat him into insensibility before ad-
ministering the coup de grace with a
hunting knife Washington Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
Life Savers and Saints

"It's our duty observed Capt. Herig,
solemnly. we cannot permit you
to risk your lives here"
The rest of the company submitted
to having the cumbersome preservers
buckled about them and the elder and
the woman walked into the cold
water.
This time, however, the elder be-
gan to float high. after having walked
little way into the water. BY great
exertion he managed to regain his
footing
The woman had by this time fioated
out beyond his reach and was drift
ing rapidly out into the bay.
The gallant life savers manned their
boats and went out after her. captur-
ing her by means of boathook and
towing her back to the anxious elder.
When he tried to lmmerse her the
life preserver being about the center
of her body, he had considerable diff
Guilty and the life savers rushed in and
hid their eyes. The elder was perspir-
ing in spite of the cold as he tried to
stop the rotary motion Of the woman
from Boston. Finally he managed to
seize one of her feet.
The life savers again came to the
rescue with sympathetic words.
Young man." said the elder severe
ly, your feet take hold upon death
and you are doomed"
Then he dragged the woman out
and the company cast off their pre-
servers and went away saying hard
things about the life savers.
well" said Johnny Gibson, regret
! fully. "our intentions were all right"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Before the afternoon ended every
man, woman and child in the place
had dropped in at Emma Eliza Pratt's.
for the story had spread rapidly
through the little village that the
death of a cousin in the city had
made the lonely. elderly spinster rich
beyond imagination.
Through 1t all Emma Eliza herself
had been surprisingly mute and out
wardly unmoved--a study and an enig-
ma to the lawyer who had arrived on
the noon train, bringing the great
news. This gentleman promptly ac-
cepted Emma ELIAS invitation to tea,
being not at all unwilling to observe
further this curious little woman OF
rural birth and limited experience as
her mind began to grasp the fact OF
her new fortune.
What will she do with it?" he spec
ulated. "Will it be cat-and-dog hos
pital or an orphan asylum? Will she
embellish her native village with du-
bious works Of art? VIII she build
herself an absurdly big and preten-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

The following story illustrates
the ready wit of an old New Eng
lander:
The report that Eli Green, farmer
residing in Shelburne, N. H., had kill
ed deer out of season, reached the
ears Of the game warden Of that sec
ton. About the same time a sporting
party, who called themselves the APP
palachian Club, passed through Shell
burne en- route to the White noun
tains, on snowshoes.
The game wardens thought to take
the wary Eli by surprise. SO, arming
themselves with quart Of the best
whisky to be had and disguised as a
sporting party, they crossed the fields
on snowshoes, and reaching the house,
introduced themselves as the Appala-
ohian Club, told Green what pleas
ant trip they had, and, producing the
bottle, offered him a drink.
The delighted farmer partook freely,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

In the city of Philadelphia is a mis-,
sion called the Sunday Breakfast AS
sociation. which each Sunday morning
gives coffee and rolls to the hungry.
It is a pitiable sight--the hundreds
who gather eager for the food.
At one Of these meetings a worker
said: do you see that old man In
the second seat, the ore with the pale
face and white hair?" YES" Five
years ago." he continued. He donated
these big coffee cans. He was hard.
ware merchant doing good business.
Then he was a moderate drinker. now.
he is a hungry, drunken tramp. drink
ing free coffee from the very can be
donated" The moral Is plain-that
Is what stTcrg drink will do.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
LEp LITrLE MAsTER noME.
Newfoundland Dog Took Charge Of
Youthful Somnambulst.


After following his S-year-old mas
ter, Charles Henri Roussell, son Of
Marcel Roussell of Ludlam street,
Lowell, Mass, about the streets, who
was walking in his sleep, and then
realizing that something was amiss
with the boy, old Tige, large New
foundland family dog, led the little
fellow back home and did not leave
his side until he saw the child safely
settled in his little bed again.
The incident occurred at the Rous-
sell homestead. Mr.. and Mrs. Rous-
sell were awakened in the middle of
the night by continued pawings at the
back door.
A few moments later steps were
heard on the stairs coming toward Mr.
and Mrs. Roussell's room.
Mr. RousselI. thinking that perhaps
something wag wrong, dashed for the
top of the stairs to see "Old Tige'
climbing the stairs with fold Of the
boys little white nightdress tightly
gripped between his teeth, and the
lad obediently but unconsciously fol-
lowing, sound asleep.
"Old Tige' once before won laurels
for himself by bringing home little
daughter who had wandered over two
miles away from home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
WORK for Reformation.

Every man in the United States
should be an advocate OF temperance.
This newspaper does not advocate pro-
hibitlon. We do not believe that tenn
perance Is really promoted by com
pulslon. We are not convinced that
the majority have the actual right to
rule the minority In this respect. even
for their own good.
But this we do know: The man in
the United States who let's whisky
and all ardent spirits alone Is for
tunate man. He is the man that sue
ceeds. he is the man to be trusted, he
IL the man that Is wanted.
The great difficulty with those that
preach moderation and temperance is
the fact that they are often absolutely
ignorant OF what they talk about.
Nothing sounds more foolish to
drunkard than the average talk OF
teetotaler. Of the man who has never
known whisky's influence.
AS Lecky long ago said. the reform
er only too often arouses contempt in
the mind OF the man whom he seeks to
cure
Nine times out of ten the whisky
victim knows perfectly well that the
man who argues with him, talks with
him. scolds him, begs him to stop.
really does not know anything about
the force against which he fights.
II you want TO cure man Of whisky
try to put yourself in his place. Re
member thar you are asking him to
do that which you. probably, could not
possibly do II you exchanged places
with him.
Remember that human beings al
ways obey their strongest impulse,
whatever the strongest impulse may
be.
Remember also the dullness Of life.
the monotony which ovefwhelms the
man that suddenly stops drinking. aud
which the ordinary man cannot under
stand.
Don't try to make a man stop drink
ing without giving him something else
to think of, without managing in some
way to make it worth his while to
stop, by awakening his conscience. or
appealing to the remaining strength
that is in him.-Hearst's Chicago
American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

An interesting specimen in the way
OF sun dials may be seen in the gar
dens OF Stainboro' Castle. near Barns
ley, England. The dial here is laid out
on the fiat garden ground, the Ro-
man figures and lines being formed Of
closely cropped box borderings. One
of the thickest of yew trees cut into
exact shape forms the pin Of the dial,
which In the summer months is cover
ed from the ground to the apex with a
thick growth of leaves and stands
about twelve feet high. In spite Of the
fact that this unique sun dial has been
growing for nearly 200 years, it is
still in excellent condition, and, more
over, compares fayorably with those
Of modern construction so far as its
time-keeping propensities are con-
cerned.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
ROBIN HANGED IN NEST.
Catches Its Head in Horsehair Loop
and Dies.

Catches It's Head in Horsehair Loop
and Dies.
Dangling in midair, as 1t was swayed
by strong wind, a pretty red-breast-
ed robin that for several days was ar
ranging a summer home in beautiful
maple tree in front of p- e. G. Doug
lass residence in Lapeer, Mich, says
a correspondent to the Detroit Tribune,
was found to-day cold in death.
The robin had occupied the same
place years before and Mrs. Douglass
had watched the bird from chamber
window as it gathered the material
with which to build its nest.
Among the things used in construct
ing the foundation Of the nest was
some horsehair. This was securely
tied to make the several parts strong.
But one Of these hairs after being tied
formed a loop and in attempting to
leave the nest the robin ran its head
into the looped hair and could not
escape.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
"Aos" ON THE ROCKER.
Ingenious Means Of Keeping Cards
Before Ones Eyes.

Ingenious Means Of Keeping Cards
Before Ones Eyes.
Tke advertising man Of the present
generation deserves the success he
has achieved. as he is one of the most
alert and observing Of individuals.
Taking his cue from the public, the
weather, or the far-away war. he
makes material out Of everything that
comes under his keen gray eye. SINH
larly, there is not spot Of public
property available for carrying adver-
tlsements that he does not spy out
and utilize. Examples of his ingenu-
ity in this respect are too familiar and
Business Cards on the Rocker Arms.
we'll known to require individual men
tion. Notwithstanding the broad field
already covered, southern inventor
has discovered one spot that has not
been requisitioned and yet that is ad-
mirably adapted for carrying an adver-
tisement. This is the chair arm of
seats used by the public in stations,
parks, pleasure piers, on steamboats,,
etc. His idea is simple enough. A
frame with a hinged lid is clasped to
the arm Of the chair in any suitable
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
A Curious Reptile.

A peculiar animal which appears to
belong to some species Of the reptile
family was found by gardeners in the
long grass in Lafayette Park early
Tuesday morning. 1t was killed by
one of the men and the body taken
to the office of Park Superintendent
Hunt, who is puzzled as to what classi-
fication it comes under.
The animal resembles a young
snake. 1t Is about three feet long
and three quarters Of an inch in diane
ter. But 1t has no vertebra or back
bone. In this respect it resembles a
worm, but its size, Hunt says, would
exclude the theory that it belonged to
this latter species.
Another thing that puzzles him Is
that 1t is semi-transparent. It's color
is somewhat Ike that of white gristle.
and when held up the light penetrates
as though it were a jelly fish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
a Nioht shift Bee.

The old joke about the man who
crossed his bees with lightning bugs
that they might see to work at night
appears to have been realized in India,
where an unusually large species gath
er honey only in the night time.
There are many night blooming
flowers in that country. and this bee
apparently finds no difficulty in gath
ering his store, for 1t is recorded that
the combs frequently reach a height
OF six feet
1t is not stated that the honey is Of
food value, and its use for human con-
SUMPTION is to be questioned, since
many of the night towering plants
possess strongly narcotic properties.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

What does the lark in the meadow sing?
BE glad.'
What Is the robin caroling2
BE glad
What are the words that the breezes
bring
Over the hills, and what is the thing
That * sung by the rushes beside the
spring?
Listen-the song Of the breeze and birds
Is song OF JOY that has two brave
words:
BE glad'
What do the waves TO the pebbles sayf
BE glad"
What are the words OF the thrush's lay7
BE glad
Why is the thorn with its blossoms gay?
Why are the orchards abloom to-day2
Why are the lambs In the Acids at play?
God Is teaching the world again
10 picture HIS love and to say to men:
BE glad"
s. e. Kiser
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
The Psalm Of Death

The poet lay on his sleepless bed, gray
were his locks, and sere;
God Let me sing one song" he said,
that the world shall pause to
hear
The Father smiled on his wayward child,
Thy prayer Is granted thee"
In softest breath TO the angel Of death,
"Give thou the song" Quoth he.
Then there rang aloud through the an
guished air the cry Of breaking
heart,
Tha wall q a spirits last despair that
rent the echoes apart.
Twas a song OF agony. fierce and weird,
that ne or found voice before.
And the wording shuddered, the earth
worn feared. as its tones waxed
more and more.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

moval Of the warp threads as far as
the stitching producing fringe. Into
the completed tube a stick of convent
ent size is placed, with a portion ex-
tending beyond the duster proper to
form handle. When the tube Of fab
ric is mounted upon the handle, 1t
furnishes convenient dusting device
that will effectively operate over a
large surface. When the fabric be-
comes soiled or loaded with dust it
may be readily removed from the hold
er and beaten or boiled to sterilize It.
The loose, soft character of the fabric
is such that 1t readily takes up the
dust and retains II.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
IFNPEFF6APSfeqES

only 2.230. while Brockton, manu-.
featuring town of 10000, under no
license, gained 6.89S. The conditions
are so similar as to afford fair test.
The secretary Of the Brockton board
Of trade says: There is no question
but this question (no-license) has
been great factor in the matter OF
selecting Brockton as a place Of resi-
dence both by business men and
merchants" and the clerk Of the over
seers of the poor for Brockton says
that in the one year When Brockton
did have license, the amount Of out
side relief given to the poor was
s966s, as compared with s5,226 in a
year under no-license.-National Ad-
vocate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
rhlef.proof Matohnocket

A perfectly certain anti-pickpocket
watchpocket is made by having a hole
like a buttonhole made in the seam
under the band, or welt, of the watch
pocket. The watch chain is passed
through this hole, and then attached
to the watch, so that, il snatched by
the chain. the watch, instead Of slip
ping out OF the pocket unfelt. would
have to be dragged through this spe-
cial hole. ahich. Of course, cannot be
dor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

All that OF woe. mankind may know, the
death knell Of the soul
Was wildly hurled at a startled world,
that shuddered from pole to pole.
Hungry and weary. and worn and old
the poet swept his Tyre.
With naught to battle the wintry cold
save the flame OF the seraph fire,
II ceased at last, as the autumn blast
sinks when the sun hath set,
To the silent shore had the singer psls'd
DOR but the song, II fingers yeti
'Tis heard Ger the mountain, It's heard
DER the sea, the chill wind watts II
along,
Wherever our earth has misery. that
drear. dread death born song
HI Tudor. In st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
rruIx 4 RemarkahIe KAN

Mrs. Lucy Seymour of Great Bar.
rington, Mass, has hen which lays
eggs with a rough she'll. The letters
M and w are plainly noticeable on
each egg. Every time this remarkable
hen lays an egg It pecks on the win
dow until Mrs. Seymour goes out and
gets the egg.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

fec Passion cross that can be seen
for a long distance.
The latter, shown in the illustra-
ton, exhibits the effect of the tre-
mendous force of a growing elm
which, starting as shoot at the foot
of the rock, has split the massive
bowlder in twain, forming stone bull
wark on either side.--Boston Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
NEW lpEA I'M BUSTERS.
Takes Up the Offending Material and
Retains II.

The cult Of the modern housewife
forbids the use Of the erstwhile uni
versal feather duster and favors wool
en- polishing mitts or fabric busters Of
some kind, silk ones most OF all. One
OF the fabric busters. recently invent
ed by New York woman, is built up
of a densely woven fabric of a com
paratiyely hard, long nap or threads.
This is doubled upon itself and g cen
ter tube, or pocket, formed by a
double line Of stitching, over which is
stitched tape reinforcir, strip. The
weft threads are comparatively soft
and form the duster proper by the re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Massive BowIder Split by an Elm.
In Lanesboro are Cross rock and
Split rock
The former has on its western sur
face an indenture which forms a per-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
Temperance Work in Denmark.


Cheering news comes from the king
dom of Denmark. A total abstinence
society has been formed among the
medical men OF Denmark. A placard
has been prepared. and is being posted
in all railway stations in the following
terms:
TO THE DANISH PEOPLE.
Alcohol is supplying poison. AL
cohol is the cause Of many mental
diseases and OF most of the crimes.
Every seventh man in Denmark dies
of drink. Never give children alco-
holic drinks. Alcoholism breeds tu-
berculosis and sexual diseases. In the
struggle for temperance, abstinence is
the safest weapon. Abstinence never
Injured a man. Sure is the hand and
clear is the thought OF him who never
drank spirits. If you wish to make
your people happy, increase its pros
perity, build up its homes. advance
the interests OF your country and
make the race sound in body and
mind
BECOME A TOTAL ABSTAINER.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
a Fall Tsst--the Economic Side.

a FaIl eat-thc Ec0HoHIc 5Iucs
Haverhill and Brockton are two
manufacturing towns in Massachu-
setts.
In the sast five years prior to 1900,
Haverhilli. manufacturing town with
a population Of about $4,000. increased
In population, under license rule,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

manner and the space within the
frame divided up into a number of ad-
vertising cards, which are protected
from mutilation md destruction by
a glass cover The cards can be
readily changed or transposed, and
usually when one occupies such a
chair 1t is during a leisure moment,
when one cannot resist reading and re-
reading even the most hackneyed and
stereotyped advertisements when thus
thrust before the unoccnpied eve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-17
PIANOS LOANED FREE.
A Novel Plan to Give the
Children Musical Instruc-
ton During Vacation.
GOOD SQUARE PIANOS
Furnished by the F.. G. Smith
Piano Co. to Those Who
], VIII Pay Cost Of
Hauling.

The summer 7acation is now at hand and the
Children will be relieved of the school studies for
a period of several months.
What an excellent opportunity to start the chill
dren In music-and the F. G. Smith Piano Co. Of
1225 Ea. ave. makes offer that will bring
musical education within the reach of all children
Their plan is distinctly novel and is one the
most liberal and commendabe projects eser
launched in Washington to advance the cause Of
musical education This firm has large number
OF good, serviceabe square pianos taken in ex-
Change. which are lying in their warerooms
where they are of no benefit to anyone. The com
pany proposes to devote these instruments TO the
cause of musical education and will loan them
free of charge for six months TO any one who will
pay the cost Of hauling. In other words, the
company furnishes the piano for nothing, and all
you have to do is to pay for the instruction, and
there are many very capable music teachers in
washington who will give your children two or
three lessons week at very nominal rates.
Or course the number of pianos is limited and
should you desire the of one free of charge
you had better make application Monday or as
Soon possible If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-17
Hotel Arrivals.

New Willard-R. NJ. Morgan. New York;
Geo. H Richter, Georgia; Francis H.
Homer Baltimore; J. F. Kumler, Toledo;
Rudolf Dole, Caracas, Venezuela; Rev.
Clifton Macon, Oakland, Cal; A. X. Lowell,
New York; R. r. Wall, st. Louis; F. A.
Phillips, Philadelphia; J. H. Blake, New
York; j. G. Bennett, New Haven.
ST. James-William Ruske, Pittsburg;
James Brady, Philadelphia; ]. ]. Flesler,
Columbus Ohio: H. D. Cassidy, Blooming
ton, H.; ]. c. Lesher, Ohio; ]. N. Osborn,
Charleston, w. Va; Robert Vestal Knox
vile; Geo E. French, Boston.
Arlington-Peter White, Prescott, Ariz.;
G. c.. Van Meeter, New York; T. G. TOWN.
send, Princeton; III. Ward. Boston.
Shoreham--W. B. Clapp, Boston: H. B..
Chamberlain, Missouri: P. w. Gorham.
Alabama; r. w. Curtis, Hartford; R.
Thompson New York.
Riggs-C. A. Betts ST. Louis; George J..
Lincoln, Philadelphia; Representative C. r.
Davis, Minnesota; Charles j. Seaton. New
York; Paul Weir Greensboro, Ky; L..
Moore, Maryland.
Ebbitt-H Osterhaus, United States
navy; w. A. Gray, Chicago: w. E. Parker,
Boston; w. T. Elmer. Virginia; Maj w. P.
Smith United States army; r. G. Smith,
United States navy; DR.. S. P. Courtney.
Philadelphia; w. o. Tufts. United States
navy; r. r. Barton, st. James, La.
RaIeigh-W. NJ Tatum, Corsicana, Tex;
b. b. Price, New York; A. E. Parsons
Syracuse; H. H. Brown, Ardmore, l. t.;
r.. A. p Walker, Richmond; c. d. Ehret,
Philadelphia; E. C. Smith, United States
navy: R. M Heth, New York; w. II.
Page New York; Ralph Tatum, Texas.