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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
Improving Poor Fruit Trees.

There are plenty of fruit trees that
ought to be robustly in their prime
that are in very poor condition. Some
people may also talk Of cutting off
these weak trees and planting others
but with such reasons this is unneces
sary. So long as the trees are healthy.
although inefficient, there is every
chance of their being renovated, and
great crops will be secured much
sooner from them than by planting
small and young trees. Pruning Is one
Of the aids to improvement The
growths may not be strong, but they
may be crowded. and this must be
relieved at once. 1t is a first and
absolutely necessary step: then the
roots must be seen to- If turf grows
round the stems, remove it all to a
distance Of Is inches or two feet out.
Take it away, and do not let it regrow.
The soil should then be dug away till
the roots are met with in quantity.
then fork liberal supply Of cow ma
nure among then. Bone manure is
also suitable as an artificial. Use
plenty, and in filling in give plenty
of manure among the SOIL If the soil
is gravelly, try and refill over the
roots with loan, but do not place the
soil much further up the stem than it
was before When any good liquid
manure is available, saturate the roots
thoroughly with it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
Barred Out Shakespeare.

There is one family in Brooklyn
that does not take much stock in Mr..
Shakespeare. The eldest daughter is
getting close to graduation in the
grammar school and some knowledge
of the bard and his work Is requisite,
according to the notions Of Supt Max
well. This little girl took home "The
Merchant Of Venice" as one of her
class books aud read a bit Of it aloud
to her father. The old man did not
like the cuss words, and when she
read about the damned Jew" there
was trouble in that simple little
household.
Put that book away, Maria" said
the horror-stricken father. I'm write
TO your teacher about that"
And he did. He said: Teacher
That book Of William Shakespeare's
is no good and don't want my daugh-
ter to read any more Of it. never
let her read dime novels anyway, but
| don't think it's very nice to put
books with swearing in them into the
hands OF little girls. l never heard
of this man Shakespeare, but his stun
is not the style | want my little girl
to read. e. P. Roe is bad enough,
but that's moral."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
WITH MARKED CARDS
swINDLERs MADE IMMENSE
SUMS IN HAVANA.
One Of the Most Elaborate and Ex-
pensIve Schemes Ever Carried Out
Successfully Was That Of spaniard
Named Blanco.

The amount Of money anc labor
which "high-class" swindlers will ex-
pend in bringing their plans into op-
Grafton is remarkable. The ordinary
burglar win consider $25 large sum
to spend on a job. Not so the artist
in crime. He spends thousands. He
risks much because he plays for high
stakes.
One of the most remarkable swim
dies was that instituted by Spaniard
named Blanco. No novelist has ever
penned a tale so romantic as the ac-
count of this sharper's roguery in the
cast of the great Havana card swindle.
Blanco commenced operations by
buying an immense number of packs
of cards He opened every pack, care
fully marked each card and skillfully
fastened the packets so that 1t was inn
possible to detect that the pack had
been opened. These operations were
tedious, and a couple of years were oc-
cupied by them Then Blanco shipped
his vast stock of marked cards to Ha-
vana, where they we're sold at such
low prices that the island dealers
would stock no others.
BY the time Blanco himself had
reached Havana his cards were dis
tributed all over the place. He joined
the best clubs and with the aid of the
money he possessed and his cards
soon became rich. All was going well
until Frenchman named Laforcade
informed him that he was a sharper.
Laforcade was also rogue, a lower
kind of rogue than the Sapniard. He
had obtained possession of several
packs of cards from one of the prin-
cipal clubs. His intention was to
mark the cards and then replace them
in the club stores.
To his establishment he discovered
that somebody had marked the cards
already. He obtained several other
packs and found that they were mark
ed also. He went to the dealers and
bought packs; every card was mark
ed. Thus he discovered the great
fraud.
He soon tracked the man who al
ways won and compelled him to share
his gains. Blanco had to do the sharp
ing while Laforcade spent the money
When Blanco came to the conclu
sion that the original stock of his
cards was becoming exhausted he laid
his hands on every penny he could
find and bolted, leaving the French
man in the lurch.
Laforcade being left without funds
was compelled to abandon his idle
ways. He cheated at cards, bungled
and was detected. When brought be
fore the tribunal the whole OF the re
markable facts of the gigantic swim
die came to light.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
Forcing Tomatoes.

Tomatoes have been forced as an
early summer crop at the Ohio exper-
iment station for about twelve years
with uniformly good results and the
product has been sold at remuneratiye
prices
At the station tomatoes forced in
spring and eaiy summer have not
only sold readily but the cost Of pro
duction is go much less at that season
than in mid-winter that they have
proven q very profitable vegetable for
forcing
Greenhouse tomatoes. because OF
superior quality, sell more readily and
at much higher prices than the south
ern grown product on the same mar
ket.
At the station, tomatoes grown in
the spring have been much more prof
table than either lettuce or cucum-
bers grown at the same season.
The average yield has been over
two pounds per square foot and the
average price ~ cents per pound
Thus the returns have been more than
20 cents per square foot of bench
space.
Raised benches have the advantage
over ground beds in earlier ripening OF
fruit
Sub-irrigation or mulching is essen
tial to success in tomato forcing and It
is advantageous to combine both meth
DDS
For spring and early summer crop
the seed should be sown in fats about
the first of December. The plants may
be pricked OF into pots or flats, fats
being more economical. The second
and third shifts should be made into
pots.
Under ordinary care plants from
seed sown Dec. will be ready to set
in the permanent beds about the mid
die of March, and the fruit will begin
to ripen from the first to the middle
Of June.-From Ohio Experiment
Station Bulletin 1853.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
unIueky.

NO" she was saying, "a man who
stands back and asks a girl to let him
kiss her isn't likely to get what he
wants. Hardly any girl would think of
telling fellow she was willing, but
only one in thousand would be really
angry If he just caught her in his arms
and pressed his lips to hers without
asking for permission"
II s'pose," he answered, tits as you
say, but I'm such blamed unlucky
chap that the girl tried it on would
be sure to be the wrong one in thou
sand"
After he had gone she sat musing
for while, and at last wearily said
to herself: "Oh, fudge, don't believe
III have anything more to do with
him. read somewhere the other day
that it was always an unwise plan to
tie up to people who were unlucky or
thought they were"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
Great Timber Waste.

The annual consumption OF ties on
the 203, 1872 miles Of railroad track in
this country is 1140O0000. Every
year finds ii harder for the railroads
to get their supply Granite, metal
and concrete ties have been expert
rnented with. but nowhere permanent
ly adopted. In Europe the railroads
have for long time been treating
their ties ~ various chemical proc
csses, which haze more than trebled
their l.vas. The bureau Of forestry at
washington has been conducting ex-
periments along these lines for some
time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
rha Zeal AdrIenne Lecouvreur.

The great success of the new Italian
opera. "Adrienne Lecouvreur," has set
a good many people wondering
whether the actress who is its heroine
(as she is the heroine Of the French
play called by her name) ever really
existed. She certainly did. She was
popular in Paris toward the end of the
seventeenth century. She charmed the
contemporaries of Louis XIV, and
particularly the famous Prince Maui
rice Of Saxony, who used to leave the
wars (Which then went on pretty con-
tinuously) and pay her flying visits in
Paris. Unfortunately the duchess OF
Bouillon, a very great lady, indeed.
was also fond of Maurice. So, when
one day Adrienne suddenly died, her
friends all limited that the duchess had
something to do with her death. It
was never proved, but there is no
doubt but that Adrienne died very
soon after receiving some flowers
from her grace. Were those flowers
poisoned. 1t is safe to say that a
great duchess would not have Thought
much in those days of removing a
rival if the rival happened to be a
mere actress. Everybody despised
actresses then. But Adrienne has her
triumph over the duchess now. She is
regarded as a charming martyr to
love, while the duchess universally is
execrated
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

The best time for planting apple
trees is in the spring. and the work
should preferably be done as early as
the soil can be readily worked, but
it may be continued so long as the
trees remain in dormant condition.
Some very successful Minnesota or
chardfsts have practiced autumn
planting Of late years. In such cases,
however. it is customary to plant the
trees in autumn, and then lay them
nat on the ground and cover With
earth.-Farm and Fireside.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
whv Ae Wanted Tlme.

Four year old Freddie had visit
the other day from his five year old
cousin Walter, and the two small boys
we're playing marbles in Freddie's
yard, when Freddie's mother called
him to go to bed. The little fellow
begged for just a minute more, and
several times it was granted. Finally
his mother become insistent, and the
small boy came to her holding out a
bag full of marbles.
Mother" he said, III you win give
me only a minute or two more I'll
send him home busted. and you can
have half the marbles"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
HAD TO SHOW HIS WHISPERS.
Cleveland Mans Wife Locked Him
Out After They Were Shorn.

O0A f1IASt tHNy ''NiS NH~''''
When Herman Flick, prosperous
grocer at Wilson and Payne avenues,
says a Cleveland, Ohio. dispatch to
the Chicago Inter Ocean, parted with
his thirty-five year old whiskers the
other evening he almost lost his home.
Flick lives at 16S Hoadley street, and
his family is grown up, for he has
seen sixty summers. For thirty-fve
years of his time Flick and his whis-
kers have never parted. They were
proud, breezy, luxuriant whiskers, too,
not the common garden variety. For
years the customers at the big gro
Gerry knew the proprietor by his whis-
kers.
A few neighbors dared Flick to d.
vcrce those whiskers.
"You wouldn't dare" said one.
what do you bet l won't?" said
Flick.
well. $40"
where's the money!"
The cash was made up and the par
ty went over to barber shop. There
were lew Suip-SHdpo VI lhS 9hSei -
the scraping of razor, and Flick's
face was whiskerless.
That night a smooth-faced, young
looking man turned into the yard at
1853 Hoadley street and rang the bell.
The door opened cautiously and
woman looked out.
What do you want?" she asked.
"I want to come in"
who ere your
Il am Herman. Don't you know
me?"
Bang went the door, click went the
key in the lock.
Flick tried to argue. 1t was no use.
So he ambled back, woke the barber,
gathered UP the late crop of alfalfa,
and took it home. Passing it in at the
door, his wife was convinced and ad-
mitted him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
TRAITS or GEN. sToEssEL.
kouropatkin Selected Him for Defend
er Of Fortress.


II was Gen. Kouropatkin who In
sisted that Gen. Stoessel should be
put in command Of Port Arthur Kou-
ropatkin said OF him: 'Stoessel Is a
bad tactician. Put him against equal
force, against a Gourko or Skobeleff,
and you'll find him tricked and cut to
pieces in four-and-twenty hours. But
stick him behind one Of his own earth
works, where there's no question OF
maneuvering, and all the forces Of
earth and hell will not prevail against
him" Gen. Stoessel showed himself
to be man OF singularly few words"
writes an English critic, though his
TIE Deum addresses to his troops after
the repulse Of japanese assaults, as
well as his dispatches to the czar,
werS couched in phraseology which
seemed to have been equally borrowed
from the Psalms Of David and the
pages OF Victor Hugo. Otherwise, he
was ever brief and even abrupt OF
speech, this fortress-holder with the
tall. bulky but rather ungainly figure
and face so little suggestive Of the
conventional hero.
He could wire Hugoesque dis
patches OF victory TO the czar," this
same critic continues. though to the
company of soldiers which sent word
u.at they could no longer hold their
post HIS only reply was; But you can
die, thenl' And die they did. What
order can be done, vas his rule,
and all breaches of discipline were
punished with the most merciless Sc
verify. Garry out the sentence, was
his invariable reply to coWt-martial
recommendation to mercy; it will
save lives in the end A dealer who
was found to be selling putrid timed
meat to the soldiers he sentenced to
be locked up for three days and fed
exclusively on his own poisonous stun.
Never popular before, stoessel
soon came to be the idol of his Off
GERS and men, who recognized him
to be the soul and beacon of their
glorious defense. People say wrote
a correspondent in Port Arthur, that
Gen. Stoessel never sleeps; for when
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
Modern Tendency to Hurry.

President Faunce Of Brown univer-
sity tells an amusing story illustrative
Of the hurry tendencies of the ags.
Even the children" he said, dis
count the future these days. Recently
| noticed two little boys and two little
girls much engrossed in a game they
were playing. The boys and one OF
the girls, the elder, we're together in
one corner of the room, and the other
little girl, who was hardly big enough
to walk. was behind the door
"What are you playing? I asked
one Of the hoys.
"We're playing family he replied.
I'm the father, Tommy's the doctor.
and Sadie, here. is the mamma. Tes-
sic. over yonder behind the door, Is
the baby. waiting to be horned. -
New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
AReoT OF THE UNDERWORLD.
Patter Of Thieves Practically Lam
quaue by Itself.

Patter or Thieves Practically Ian
guage by Itself.
when | gave up strictly charity
work and began to visit the homes
and haunts of men who are commonly
called crooks, said Miss Ada Eliot,
the Tombs angel who has just given
up her mission to return and finish a
college course at Radcliffe, Il discov-
cred that l had to learn new Ian
guage if | wished to understand half
that was said to me. 1t is spoken not
only by the crooks themselves, but by
the women in their families and the
tradespeople with whom they do busi-
ness.
For instance, a stretch means
term in jail, and is never referred to
in any other way. Swipin' super
means stealing watch, while to 'kop
a mugs brass means to steal mans
money. A persons eyes are invaria-
bly, referred to as peppers or Ian
terms In sending child out for 10
cents worth Of gin it is instructed to
ask for white water Gamblers are
referred to as 'gams or punters, and
they win or lcse rhino, not money.
A man who was dirty, | learned to
understand, was a man with plenty Of
money, while a man without money
was either clean or on the hog A
fly bull is a ward detective, and any
thing that shoots is pepper. An
ANN is Jonah, or crook down on
his luck.
Il once asked the wife of a man
who was in the Tombs whether she
would cook her hungry children some
breakfast if | sent the food around.
she looked at me without compre-
hension. made motion of eating.
"'Ohl' she exclaimed, you mean
will we chew the chuck? Sure we
will. New York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
California Raln Song.

Hank! Oh hark.
Is their caroled meaning dark?
'Tis the rain song Of the robin and the
rain song of the lark.
Heart Now. heari
How their trills come piping clear
"The springtime Of December is the
springtime of the year.
True springl True spring.
When rain and leaves are falling
Those lazy days Of winter, with the lark
and robin calling
Though the leaves have turned TO yell
low
And the da4s are short and mellow,
Again the grassi Again the rain.
Harkl Oh. harki
Through mists and drops a-falling
We hear them stili a-calling;
IT'S the rain song Of the robin and the
rain song Of the lark.
Alberta Bancroft IN Sunset Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
He REVISED THE LIST.
Little Mans Discretion Got the Better
Of His valor.


The question of why the eastern
colleges refuse 10 play football with
Michigan and some other large west
ern institutions was effectually set
tied the other night by Max Hardman,
a westerner in attendance at the Co
lumbia Law school. who was dining
with number of Columbia men,
"You eastern chaps are like little
Irish tailor Of whom once heard. He
was the proud possessor Of an enor-
nous nerve, ana the only thing that
kept him from being annihilated was
that at crucial moments his disere-
tion mastered his valor.
"One morning Mrs. Murphy, a GUS
toner, entered the shop, and finding
him busily engaged with pencil and
paper asked him what he was doing.
"'Oi'm maxim lisht av the min on
this block who OF kin lick said he
pompously.
"Hev yez got Murphy's name
DOWN. asked she.
Murphy heads me list was the
reply.
Mrs. Murphy hurried home to her
lord and master with the news, and
he came down to the shop with fire in
his eye.
"Me woman tells me that ye're
afther maxim memorial tablet oy
the min thot yes kin lick, and thot
we've got me down at the head Of it
Is thot true?' said the irate Murphy,
"'Shure an it's true. Phwat Of it?
returned the other.
"'You good for nothing little grass
hopper, could commit suicide on yez
wild me little finger could wipe uI
de fure wild yez wild me hands tied
care ye shure about thot? asked
the tailor.
"'Shure I'm sure about it,
"'Well then, sighed the knight O
the shears regretfully, I'll scratch "
aft de lisht. New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

sistance of water, to throw on the
trivance he calls "typhoonoid" or wa
ter sucking cone This cone, by revo-
lutions impaired by horizontal shaft
similar to that used for screws, will
create vacuum in front OF the ship
which will be drawn forward by pneu-
matte suction and fly, as it were,
through a vacuum, just as letters do
through the postal pneumatic tubes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26


For every suffering Of sense
For @dder mental impotence,
There is a certain recompense
In work.
When Perjury would Vision kill,
Mid lassitude Of flesh or VIII.
Q keep this slogan ringing, still.
To work.
There turks no conjury of Fate.
No spider-web of human hate.
But thou canst Shatter-only wait
And work.
Thine enemies are all within
Deliverance must there begin
Arouse thee, Soul, and thou shalt win
BY work.
Thy triumph. from its final height,
MAY cheer some comrade in his fight
Dispel his shadow--with the light
OF work.
Ernest Neal Lyon in Pittsburg Chrcn-
fclp.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

scrap heap the hulls, screws, turbines
and all the old models Of ships and to
build them according to new designs
on strictly scientific principles. The
new boats are to be called 'pneumat-
ic suction or "typhooned" ships.
The principle which he says he hes
discovered consists in placing in front
Of specially constructed ship con
all the old ideas concerning the re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

NJ. Andre Gambin, an inventor, says
in communication to the Paris edi-
tion Of the New York Herald that he
has made a discovery which will
make it possible for ships to go 500
knots an hour.
According to this inventor the time
may soon come when people can
breakfast in London and dine in New
York. It will be necessary to discard
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

all the city is in darkness a light alone
burns in his headquarters, and, it
might be added, in his heart. Apart
from his own stout heart, which never
failed him, another constant source
OF his courage has been the inspiring
presence of his wife"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

Most farmers cannot afford to take
time from their other work to grow
fruit FOR market, but enough should
be grown so that the farmers family
may have an abundance Of each kind
in its season That is one Of the com.
pensations Of farm life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26
Goth.

Didn't you go to sleep during the
classical program?" asked Mrs. Cum
rox, severely.
No. answered her husband. mo
such luck"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

the Nandi and Mau highlands, but
British farmers are settling on the XII
kuyu plateau. The land Is said to be
rich and easy of cultivation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

shown in solid black, is the area
which the British government has of
fered to Jewish colonists. No Brit
ish settlers have yet been invited to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-26

The black and shaded areas on this
map are from 5000 to 10000 feet
above the sea. They are perfectly
healthful. The Guas Ngishu plateau,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-22

PERSONAL MENTION


Mr.. Paul Norris, of Grinnell, spent
Tuesday in the city on business.
MIR. Thomas McLarnan spent Tues
day in Liscomb looking after business
matters.
Rev. :. j. Huffman, pastor of the
Congregational church of LaMoille,
spent the day in the city.
Mr.. Il. W. Sinclair, who has been in
st. Louis, for a few days on business.
arrived home this morning
Mrs. J. n. Baughman returned Tues
day evening from E,ldora, where she
has been for n visit of few days with
her sister, Mrs. Edward Davis.
Miss Margaret Boylan returned
Tuesday evening from Union, where
she has been for a visit of few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Boylan.
Mrs. j. +. Hardin. of Edora, was in
the city Tuesday being on her wav
home from State Center, where she
has been for a visit of a few days with
her sister. Mrs. j. l.. Mcmahon.
Mr.. c. =. Green. of Waterloo, ar
rived in the city this afternoon to visit
for a short time With his son. Mr.
George X. Green, and wife, who is Wis
iting with her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry slime arrived
home Tuesday evening from Iowa
Falls. where they have been for visit
of Il few days as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Stooksberry. Mr. Slime has
been looking after business matters
in Iowa Falls during his stay.