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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
The nsunset Limited y

Oh. Hush-aBy Land is beautiful place
For sleepy small people to go,
And the Rock-a-by Route is the favorite
With certain wee laddie l know
The track lies on sleepers of feathers and
down.
No accidents ever take place;
Though there's only one track. there is
only one train,
But it runs at wonderful pace.
There are beautiful things to be seen on
this route
If you're good you may take just
peep;
But strange as it seems, they are seen
best in dreams;
So be sure that you soon go to sleep.
Say good night to the Sun, for he's off
to bed too
He can't hear you, so just wave your
hand;
The Moon and the Stars they win light
up the cars
As you travel to Hush-a-By Land.
So, quick, jump aboard, it is time to be
off,
You have nothing to pay, you young
elf.
Just think of the luxury, laddie. youll
have
A whole sleeping car to YOURSELF
-BoOkloVer's Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
LEARNED LESSON TOO WELL.
Customer Of Book Agent Had Read Up
on Etiquette.


Henry James, the novelist, who,
after an absence OF twenty years, has
returned to the United States, tells
of a book agent driving many miles
to a farmhouse where on a previous
occasion he had sold book. He
found the daughter at home and dis
coursed tiuently and impressively on
the merits of his book. For each chap
ter he had word of commendation
The pictures received detailed expla-
nations. When he had concluded his
argument and stated the financial
proposition, the girl opened her mouth
reluctantly and said: Papa brought
that book home with him the day be-
fore yesterday" After the agent had
exhausted his supply of polite yet en-
phatic words and condemned the girl
for letting him discourse when his time
was SO valuable the daughter ven
tured the following explanation: sir,
last year you sold me a book on eti-
quette. That book says that the art
OF being agreeable consists in know
ing how to be a good listener. did
not wish to be discourteous.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
MEN THAT SUCCEED
ARE THOSE TO WHOM THERE
ARE NO lMPossIsILITIEs.
Prizes in Lies Struggle Won Only
by Those Who Refuse to Accept De-
feat-FaiIure Nothing but Test
of Manhood.

After 10000 of Napoleon's soldiers
had been overwhelmed by the ad-
vance of 10000 Austrian troops, he
addressed them thus: Il am dis
pleased with you. You have evinced
neither discipline nor valor. You have
allowed yourselves to be driven from
positions where a handful of resolute
men might have arrested an army.
You are no longer French soldiers.
Chief Of staff, cause it to be written
on their standards, They are no lon
ger of the army Of Italy,"
In tears the battered veterans re-
piled: We have been misrepresent-
ed. The soldiers of the enemy were
three to one. Try us once more.
Place us in the post Of danger and
see II we do not belong to the army
OF Italy, In the next battle they
were placed in the van, and they
made good their pledge by rolling
back the great Austrian army.
He is pretty poor sort of man who
loses courage and fears to face the
world just because he has made
mistake or slip somewhere. be.
cause his business has failed, because
his property has been swept away by
some general disaster, or because of
other trouble impossible for him to
avert.
This is the test of your manhood:
How much is there left in YOU after
you have lost everything outside OF
yourself? If you lie down now. throw
up your hands. and acknowledge your
self worsted, there is not much in
you. But ii, with heart undaunted
and face turned forward, you refuse
TO give up or to lose faith in your
self, II you scorn to beat a retreat,
you will show that the man left in
you is bigger than your loss, greater
than your cross, and larger than any
defeat.
II know no such unquestionable
badge and ensign Of a sovereign
mind, said Emerson, "as that tenacity
Of purpose which, through all changes
OF companions, or parties, or fortunes,
changes never, bates no jot OF heart
or hope, but wearies out opposition
and arrives at its port"
1t is men like Ulysses S. Grant, who,
whether in the conflict OF opposing
armies on the battlefield, or in the
wear and tear of civic strife. fighting
ssainst reverses, battling for a
competence for his loved ones. even
while the hand of death lay chill upon
him, bates no jot of heart or hope"
that wiring victory from the most for
bidding circumstances. 1t is men like
Napoleon, who refuse to recognize de.
feat, who declare that impossible" is
not in their vocabularies, that ac-
complish things.-Orison SWEET Mar
den in Success.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
THOUGHT SHE SAW THREE.
Story Of Woman Who Thought She
Told the Truth,

Story Of Woman Who Thought She
Told the Truth.
IF you ask me whether we lawyers
ever encourage, aid and abet untruth-
fulness," said an elderly attorney at
a dinner recently, II can only ask as
reply, Does anyone know what
truth is? Does any man really know
when he is telling it?' | had rather
curious case once a few years ago. l
won't say whether it was a murder or
a divorce, but the clearing of my eli
ent, the defendant, depended entirely
on his ability to prove that when he
walked down a certain corridor of a
certain summer hotel he was accom-
panied by two persons. 1t happened
that he was seen by the housekeeper
OF the hotel, woman Of more than
ordinary intelligence, and she insisted
that there were three in the party and
not simply two, as the prosecution
claimed. 1t was impossible to shake
her testimony, and we carried the day
The housekeeper died a year or so
later. heard Of il through her priest
He commented on the fact that she
mad always taken great satisfaction
in the thought that her testimony
cleared my client She was. he said.
and he spoke from a confessor's
knowledge. one of the most truthful
persons he had ever met. told my
client what the priest said, the next
time we met He smiled.
She was lying all the while. he
said. She didn't see three Of us, be-
cause there were only two.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
Buncoed by a Dentist.

When Congressman John Sharp Will
liams visits New York he never fails
to look in at a small kindling-wood
shop presided over by retainer in the
Williams family. In his latest call he
found the old man unhappy
What's the matter, Lafe?" asked
Mr. Williams.
Use Just been done out O. some
money, Marse John. and that's mat
tab 'nough,' replied the negro Had
a terrible miser.s in nah toof and
went to a dentist and got hit pulled
and he changed me dollar. a whole
dollah. Why, once down in Tenn see
| went to old Doc Tinker, and he
pulled two toofs ana broke nah jaw.
bone and only changed me so cents.
Use been buncoed Chicago Record
Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
THE ONE VERSE SHE KNEW.
Question Whether II Was Appropri
ate to the Occasion.

Question Whether II Was Appropri-
ate to the Occasion.
II is not often that a girl OF four
teen years can disturb the equilibrium
OF two sedate ministers, several Sun
day school teachers. and couple Of
hundred Sunday school children. but
Miss Caroline y succeeded in do
ing that the Sunday before last in
way that is destined to make her inn
mortal in a well known religious in
stitution on the West Side. The
whole Sunday school. from the infant
class to the advanced Bible class. oc-
cupied the large assembly hall, where
an address was being given by the
superintendent. 1t was customary on
such an occasion to have representa-
tive students in each class recite
verses from the scriptures at the
close of the session. Things went
very well until It came Miss Caro-.
lines turn
This young lady. while having the
reputation OF being very bright. also
had the reputation for an inordinate
fondness Tor the members OF the OPP
posite sex of her class. When her
name was called there was a hush.
Her teacher wished that some one
else could have been selected. but
Miss Caroline not in the least abash-
ed. stood before the assembly and
with a glance that included all the
boys in her class said:
There's only one verse that
know"
What is it, caroIue, what is it?"
questioned the teacher
Caroline looked coquettIshly at the
boys once more and then loudly and
clearly said:
Come. sisters. let us greet our
brethren with kiss. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
The Woman and the Doc.

II the average Belgian farmer were
deprived of the services of his wife
and dog he would soon suecumb. The
women ard dogs do very nearly a full
half Of all the work done on the farm.
Here on chill days when an overcoat
and gloves are very highly appreci-
ated by a pedestrian taking a brisk
walk. on all sides are seen women
working like beavers in the fields.
wedding turnip fields, hoeing out pota-
tees. doing all sorts of work. In some
instances. the man is by her side. but
she is generally alone. excepting for
the companionship Of from one to four
or five little tots" boys or girls, who
gather up the potatoes or pile up the
weeds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
MORAL QUALITIES OF INSECTS.
Bees and Ants Display Strong Sense
Of Duty and Respect for Law.

Bees and Ants Display Strong Sense
Of Duty and Respect for Law.
There are insects, mostly parasitic,
which, like some men, only desire to
eat and drink. But among the social
insects, such as ants and bees, there
is high development of moral quail
titles, says Pearson's Weekly, to which
Haeckel goes the length Of applying
the term soul life," to distinguish
them from mere instinct.
Thus patriotism is obviously a vir-
tue among ants, for if an ant hill is
disturbed the inmates never attempt
to escape from danger, but apply
themselves Immediately to rescue the
lives and property of the community
as whole. Respect for law and or
der is also very strongly marked in
some communities of ants, which in
clude soldiers and workers, peasants
and artisans, governors and slaves.
Bees have an extraordinary sense of
duty. Huber noted relays of them
supporting fragment of comb which
threatened to fall, without one single
bee tiinching or leaving its post until
relieved by another. Loyalty to the
queen is another distinct moral quail
ity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
No Lnformatlon - AL.

Senator Nelson w. Aldrich was trav-
cling from Providence to his summer
place at Warwick a while ago. and as
the train was somewhat crowded he
sat down beside a bright little girl of
about eight years who went to ana
from school on the line five times a
week. She was pretty blue-eyed
fair-haired little thing and the sena.
tols by way of pleasant conversation.
remarked; What pretty eyes YOU
have"
me small damsel looked at him
calmly and responded, $50 I'VE been
told before The conversation stopped
right there.-New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
JOIN FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE.
etratford Girls viii Stand No More
Of Yale FIirtinn.

N'tiS Wiil StdnQ No More
Of Yale Flirting.
Tired OF the frivolous attentions OF
Yale students who are "rusticatedp to
their town. Stratford's young and pret.
y society girls have banded together
IN an organization known as the
Bachelor Girls club.
The chief object of the club AZ.
cording to its president. Miss Dora
Rogerson, is to repel the fiirtatious
advances of Yale students who come
to their town. In college life students
who fail to make satisfactory progress
in their studies are ''rusticatedp ~
places outside of New Haven.
Milford and Stratford get most Of
the students who are subjected to tbie
form of discipline, but instead of trv-
ing to catch up with their studies the
students have been trying to win the
hearts Of Stratfords pretty girls
When they return to college. however
the students quickly forget their rural
acquaintances.
1t will now be an offense punisb.
able by fine for a member OF the
Bachelor Girls club to be seen in the
company of a Yale man.-New York
World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17

Humanity. when measured in the mass.
A swarm Of nothings bound for no.
where, seems
Sprung from the ground, its energies re-
pass
Into material monuments Earth teems
with glories turned sepulchral She is
decked
With mocking ruins. architectural
dreams
Of wealth and empire never to be
wrecked;
From which the scholar gains conjec-
tural CLEANS
What more?-of races lost; the vile, the
The wise, the beautiful. in one vast
grave.
life = ''''''''i'
to be hid
II the first spadeful on the coffin Tia
Sounds the last note; II the hearts
mighty strife
Against the dogma OF eternal death
Is vain-as sainst a breeze an in
fant's breath
Natheless, Z Were wen to live 10 hold
the hand
OF love still closer: to upbuild the earth
into new forms Of beauty and exnand
The mind with art, with music. and
with mirth.
Henry Austin. in Century.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17

employer called him.
James" Well ger said, "go and
buy some sweet peas. They are cut
of season, but you ought to be able to
pick some up x you look around.
Don't come W. out them, and, re-
member, I want them before noon. :"
This request might have told James
a story had he been sharp enough--a
story corroborated by Wellinger's
new necktie and general air of spruce
ness.
Some time later, while the lawyer
was in consultation with important
clients, James knocked softly at the
private door and, entering, deposited
a large bag on the desk.
What's this?p asked Wellinger.
Peas. had to go to three differ
ent stores before | could get them.
These are the incest could find"
Wellinger touched the bag gingerly
and out rolled three quarts of shelled
peas before the astonished gaze of the
lawyer and his clients.
James felt much aggrieved when
az "nn NbHpclltu 10 return LHe DuT-
chase and bring back the flowers.
There was no reason for exchanging
them" he said There was only a
cents difference in the price"
Still, Welllnger has forgiven the boy
his stupidity. It so happens that the
young woman for whom the sweet
peas were bought is a suburbanite.
who came to towE the day this in
cident occurred to take luncheon with
Wellinger. Now. while no one in his |
office could be made to believe It.
Wellinger is extremely bashful He |
had been trying for some time to get
up courage TO ask this young woman |
a certain momentous question. Truth
to say, the girl has helped him a
trife, but till this time the tender
question remained unasked and, nee
essarily, unanswered.
The recipient pinned the sweet /
peas pink and delightfully."- fragrant
upon her white waist. Wellinger
looked his admiration, but only his
looks were eloquent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17

The peculiar actions of a 10-year-old
boy, whose clothes were ragged and
whose toes peeped out of holes in his
shoes, as he walked around the toy
counters of department store in
Camden yesterday, attracted the atten-
tion of member of the firm.
He watched the boy closely and then
said: "Hey, sonny, what are you up
tor
"Nuthin. mister" was the reply,
only lookin'"
The member Of the firm turned the
boy around and found his hands were
tied
What was that done for?" he asked.
Well replied the boy. Il fought de
temptation would be too much for me
to keep me hans off, so | got me chum
to tie EN-"
His hands we're united and he left
the store with his pockets bulging
with toys Philadelphia Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
BEAR WAS A srRATEeIsT.
Hated to Come Out, but Made Things
Happen When He Did Come.

Happen When He Did Come.
A hair-lifting bear story comes from
one of C. H. Fiye's camps near Mat
tawamkeag lake.
1t seems that years ago three cub
bears were found under the roots of
an old tree near where one of Mr..
Flye's crews were working.
Then men were preparing to load q
large hollow hemlock one day recent
ly and while doing so were speaking
Of the cubs captured there years be-
fore; one Of the men remarked. May
be there is bear in the tree" and
began poking inside the tree with a
long pol, when sure enough a bear
was aroused from his winters nap.
After being prodded for some time
Bruin started to come out, when one
of the men struck him on the nose
with an AK and drove him back, au-
other cutting a part of one Of his
paws off.
After this Bruin refused to show
himself again, SO the men poked
chain in where he was and finally
succeeded in getting it around one of
his legs. The whole crew had as
sembled by this time and all got hold
of the chain and gave a long pull,
strong pull and pull all together.
Bruin resisted for a time and then
suddenly decided to come out; his
appearance was SO sudden that the re-
taxation on the chain gave the men
a grand tumble; the bear took adj
vantage of their confusion, and,
springing among them, made Jump
ers" and mittens fly in lively man
ner until the men scattered beyond
his reach; he then shook the chain
from his foot and escaped to swamp,
where a party with guns pursued him,
but without capture.
That evening was spent in repairing
sweaters, coats, overalls, etc, that
bore marks Of Bruins mighty paw
Bangor Commercial.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17

The ordinary forms of punishment,
like imprisonment or fines, do not take
hold of certain wifebeaters," declares
Mr.. Paine, "and where boys in pure
deviltry are guilty of malicious mis-
chief, the courts should have discre-
tion to whip them"
Judge Fallon of the South Boston
District court; Max Mitchell, presi-
dent of the Boston Federated Hebrew
charities, and number Of other prom
inent citizens heartily indorse Mr..
Paine's sentiments.
Boston's first whipping post was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
Sweet Peas

1T was so kind of you to remember
that love sweet peas" she said, with
a glance of gratitude.
Yet no graceful words came from
the lawyers tongue. He who could
move a jury by dint Of specious argu-
ment and cleverly turned sentences
was quite dumb now.
But after dinner and under the in
huence of the IS charming person
ality he became a little easier and
told her the story Of the Office boys
mistake.
1T must have seemed queer to those
clients of mine to see James bring
ing in three quarts of shelled peas
he added.
Il should think So indeed" the girl
said "and you a bachelor, too."
Suddenly he leaned forward.
DO you like to shell peas? he
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
A HINT FOR TRAVELLERS.
One Way by Which Privacy MAY Be
Secured,

o.
A bright young man. making a hur.
ried and important business trip from
London to Paris, last summer. was
exceedingly anxious to obtain the
quiet Of a private compartment on
reaching Calais.
The channel had been rough. and
his brain required uninterrnpted rest
He offered to fee the guard for a car
riage for himself and secretary hut
without success The train was crowd
ed, and each compartment must be
filed. He determined to have one
however.
failing possession of one Of the un-
occupied coaches as they reached Ca.
laia he threw himself on the seat. put
newspaper over his face and await
ed intruders. Seeing a couple about
TO enter, he whispered to the secro-
tary: Prepare yourselfl" and thrust.
ing his hands into his dsheveled hair
wildly, as ne tore the ma
per into shreds, uttering groans ana
means. His companion. taking the
cue, made violent efforts to restrain
his maniac patient. and with warning
glances motioned the frightened tray-
elers out
The scene was enacted twice. Then
the train went on its way, and Parts
was reached without further intrusion
Exchange
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
OLD BOSTON WHIPPING POST
Instrument of Punishment Had Permanent
Position Near Famous State House

Fresh impetus has been given to
the discussion of President Roose-
velt's recommendation of the estab-
lishment of a whipping post in the
District of Columbia by the report of
the Washington grand jury indorsing
the presidents recommendation and
in the action of prominent citizens of
Boston favoring the re-establishment
in that city Of its famous whipping
post.
The Boston whipping post used to
stand near the present site of the old
state house, not far from Thomas w.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
senaatLon d MotIon h AlrnhIn.

1T is a singular fact" says A. Roy
Knabenshue, that when one is going
as much as Is OF 20 miles an hour in
an airship one has no sensation Of
moving whatever. The air beats in
your face as you move along, but it
only creates the impression that one
is standing still in strong breeze.
There are no objects flying past
you as when you are travelling on the
surface of the earth and as you must
keep your eyes looking ahead Of you
you observe only distant objects, so
distant because Of your high point
of view that you approach them ap-
parently SO slowly you do not seem
to move at all consider this one
OF the queerest sensations in a trip
through the air. and the Impression Of
scarcely moving or Of not moving at
all is so strong, even on the most ex-
perienced aeronaut that It is prob
ably due to this so many Of them push
their motor to the extreme limit ard
II dies in consequence. When
speed gauge Is invented for an airship
IL will cause fewer breakdowns of
motors due TO crowding power. st
&ouIs Globe-Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
Cross indicates Location Of original Whipping Post.

Lawson's office. 1t might come in
handy in spelling such encounters
as it was feared might take place
between Boston's copper magnate and
the redoubtable Col "Bill' Greene,
should there ever be a renewal Of
hostilities.
Robert Treat Paine, an eminent
citizen of Boston. says that not only
wifebeaters, but mischievous boys,
should be given a taste of the medi-
cine so freely administered in the
time of their great-greatetc. grand
parents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17

asked, a sudden flush of determina-
tion on his face.
i just love to" she answered soft
ly. not meeting his eyes.
will you-oh, Sadie, will you she'll
peas for me forever"
Which was manifestly an impossi-
bility. But the girl evidently did not
think SO, for she radiantly undertook
the task.
And James was almost struck dumb
with amazement when he was given
months vacation with full pay in
the dead of winter with business go
ing full blast.-Chicago News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17

erected in 1887 by Edward Palmer,
who built the first pillory and the
stocks. To the lasting joy of the
wicked, he himself was the first to
sit in the stocks, languishing in them,
for turning in bill which the au-
thorfties deemed excessive.
The whipping post stood in front of
the First Baptist church, and was
generally fianked by the pillory and
stocks, but these could easily be re-
moved from place to place, while the
post was stationary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-17
Overheard by Central.

The telephone operator at Bellevue
hospital, who is often obliged to give
distressing information concerning pa-
tients to relatives inquiring by tele-
phone, received shock the other
night A man inquired, feelingly.
about The condition Of so-and-so. The
operator replied cheerfully that the pa
tient was doing nicely.
Doing nicely? Why, ! thought he
was dying" came in a tone Of panied
surprise from the other end of the
wire.
Are you a relatiye?" asked the op-
orator, anxious to learn why the in
quirer seemed disappointeda
"' mol" came the response. 'T'm
the undertaken. ~ New York sun.