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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
WOMEN'S INFLUENCE
IN POTTERY MAX NG.
Daring Designs Seen in Fashion
abe Shops Product Of Feminine
Brains and Skill.

Ever since the Introduction Of pot
terry making in connection with the
classes in china painting, there has
been a noticeable increase in new and
daring designs in the various wares
offered for sale.
At an exclusive shop on the avenue
with reputation for oddly beautiful
china and art ware, 1t was learned that
most of the stock was the product Of
the art students work, and, fashioned,
for the most part, by young women.
Pottery making seems work particu-
larly adapted to women, requiring as
it does, subtleness and delicacy of
fancy, and extraordinary deftness Of
manipulation.
There are, however, so many rare
schemes in color and decoration TO be
found, even in the less expensive pot
teries, that 1t seems impossible to
conceive of evolving anything more
that is unique and at the same time
pleasing. Nevertheless, as a visit to
any one of the city's classes will prove
conclusively, it is being done every
day. AS for the ceramics in the shops
there are some rarely lovely things just
now, both foreign and domestic made.
Austrian Teplitz, which comes in the
greatest variety of forms and in an in
fnity Of richly colored decorations, is
attracting no end of attention. One set
in a certain collection illustrates the
wanderings of Proserpine and the wait
ing of Ceres The edges Of each piece
are lightly gilded and the figures are
in bronze, purple and mauve, Another
piece Of Teplitz represents Ben Hur
in chariot. The chariot is of white,
beautifully shaded at the bottom with
tints of green.
Wedgewood china, since being selected
for the White House set, has enjoyed a
special vogue among fashionable folk,
and the fascinating Greek figures, with
their swirling draperies and graceful
curves, are given decided preference,
although medallion ornamentations
come in as close rivals.
Pratt ware is also in high favor. II
is of a peculiar dark brown or bronze
color, with architectural effects for the
decorations of Its smooth, even surface
Flemish pottery is quaint, curious
and often grotesque. A jug standing
about two and half feet high shows
wriggly, serpent-like creations hall
hidden among tall grasses done in beau
tiful colorings of greens, terra cottas
and brown shades.
The most exquisite results in coloi
and line work are obtainable in Doul
ton ware, because it lends itself to a
finish much finer than do almost any
Of the others. Hungarian pottery re
sembles somewhat a dark metal, and
the designs are worked out with mucl
precision and attention to detail. New
York Mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
..settinr His watch. /"

The elevator was coming down from
the twelfth floor. A man, consider
ably the worse for drink, was stand
ing on the bottom floor near the shaft.
watch in hand, and turning the stem
every now and then. with eyes upon
the elevator indicator. ~
They certainly are slow. these ele-
vators," said a bystander. thinking he
was seeing how long it would take the
elevator to come down.
Elevator! Who said anything about
elevatorg' exclaimed the man ad-
dressed, busily turning the stem and
looking about with inebriate eyes.
"Why, didr' was the indignant re-
ply. Aren't you waiting for it?'
Waiting for nothingr' was the first
mans still more indignant answer.
I've been trying to set my watch by
this clock here for half an hour, but
the hands of the blamed thing 60
round so fast can't catch the time"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
Who owns We Pearl2

A very strange case has come Re
fore the German courts A woman
taking dinner in a restaurant found
in one of the oysters served her a
pearl, which has been variously val
ued at from $500 to $3.50. The pro-
prietor claimed that this was his
property, the woman refused to give
it up, and the courts were asked to
decide who was the lawful owner.
The restaurant keeper argued that
bones and shells are by traditional
custom left in the restaurant by its
patrons, and that these articles fur
nish d source of profit to the propri-
etor Whether or not the courts will
take his view of the matter is a ques-
tion yet to be decided If they do
and the woman had swallowed the
pearl, it is argued that she could
have been arrested for larceny The
question has provoked much lively
discussion in German legal circles.
for it has no parallel in German
courts, possibly none in those Of any
other country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

How many kinds OF insurance are
there?" asks correspondent of the
Insurance Press. By coincidence we
received in the same mail the business
card of an enterprising local insurance
agency in a Western city, which
claims to have on sale "all kinds of in
surance and bonds" Here is the
Western agency's list: Fire, life, safe.
rents, theft, credit, patent, marine, tor
nado, accident, burglary, sprinkler,
lightning, plate glass, transportation,
tourists baggage, bank and messenger
robbery, tailors and furniture fioaters,
physicians and druggists liability,
travellers samples, fidelity, official.
guaranteed attorneys department, con-
tract, judicial and court bonds, teams,
health, postal, elevator, casualty, fly
wheel, leaseholds, automobile, contin-
gent, steam boiler, landlords liability,
use and occupancy, employers liabil-
ity, workmen's collective, liquor deal
ers' license, general liability holdup
insurance, bank accounts.-Insuranc
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

The degree to which the remaining
senses can be trained when the sight
is lost was illustrated the other morn
ing by two blind men from the home
at Thirty sixth street and Lancaster
avenue
The men came from the opposite di-
rections, and as they approached each
another man standing ON the. corner
was surprised to hear one of the blind
men say, Hello, Ed; what ars you
doing out this morning?'
When the blind man was asked how
he had known the other with a dis
tance of five yards between them he
answered: by the sound of his cane,
Of course. ] can tell at distance of
half a square the tap OF the cane OF
any man in the home. Philadelphia
Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

During a recent visit to the London
docks Her Majesty the Queen was in
formed that the stock of ivory then
shown represented, on an average, the
annual slaughter of some 10000 Afri-
can elephants. This statement has
been contradicted in two letters in the
daily papers. In one of these Messrs.
Hale, of No. 10 Fenchurch avenue,
state that at least eighty-five per cent.
of the supply is dead ivory" mainly
obtained from boarded stores of Afri-
can chiefs, who are shrewd enough to
put their commodities on the market
only in driblets. The most interesting
part of the letter is, however. the
statement that the great bulk of this
boarded ivory is obtained from "ele-
phant cemeteries" spots met with
here and there in the jungle where ele-
plants have resorted for centuries to
die. Much of the ivory that comes to
the market may. therefore, according
to this letter. be several hundred years
old. The marvel is why it is not de-
youred in the jungles by porcupines, as
certainly happens with tusks of the In
dian elephant which are left in the jun
gle.-Knowledg and Scientific News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

At Alloetting, in Bavaria, there has
Just taken place the almost unique
event of the death penalty being re-
spited almost at TIE very hour fixed
for its execution. The condemned
person was man named Allmanse-
der, convicted of the murder Of an
old woman and boy, who had on the
day preceding that fixed for his execu-
tion lodged an appeal, naming as the
real murderer another pera4N named
Huber, who, he said, had been con-
victed of another offense ut time
and place stated. The appeal court
having verified this fact, sent an or
der to suspend the execution, and the
order was received at few minutes
before the hour.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
Model Kansas Husband.

What has become of the old fash.
ioned woman who sat up nights and
waited for her husband to come home
from the club? Call at the Atchison
homes where a man can afford to be-
long to a club and you will find him
at home keeping up the furnace fire,
waiting for his wife to come in The
women are crazy over Schaafskopf
and Five Hundred and play until mid
night most nights out of the week.
At the house where the game is going
on the man of the house gets the chill
dren into bed, hears their prayers and
gives them the last drink of water,
and goes quietly off to bed. as any
well behaved husband should-Atchi-
son Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
BOYS WANTED ROOSTER
FOR FIGHT, NOT FOOD.
Cot Him and Then Proceeded to
Do Things to Their chum's Bird
With the Big camy Streak"

In the days when a brownstone
front was regarded as the outer and
visible sign of "gentility," and when
life in New York was simpler mat
ter than it is to-day, there lived in one
Of the orthodox mansions a certain
highly respectable maiden lady and
two nephcws, cousins, to whom she
was guardian.
A cIassmate and chum of the elder
boy had become the happy possessor
of rooster, which, the seller assured
him, had a big gamy streak to him.
Infiamed by this eulogy, both boys
were wild for a match" and not hay
ing the means where with to purchase
an antagonist, they put their heads to.
gether to compass the borrowing OF
one, and with the following results:
The younger cousin, an unusually
polite and gentle little boy, was dis
patched on the first holiday to the gro
Gerry where the family dealt, ostensi
bly, to order a chicken for dinner
But he said, pointing to a coop OF
live fowls, my aunt wants to see il
before you kill it."
The grocer assented, and forthwith
drew from the coop what he consid
cred desirable bird. But the boy
would have none Of it. He had SCI
his heart on a rainbow colored rooster
with enormous comb and tail.
why" said the grocer, that is tho
very toughest old customer in the
bunch"
MY aunt likes them tough" said the
gentle little boy.
In couple Of hours the rooster was
borne back to the store-one eye shut
his comb torn and bloody, and but one
feather of his beautiful tail left. But
he was growing so triumphantly that
small crowd followed him. He had
suffered, but the bird with the "bil
gamy streak TO him" was nowhere.
My aunt is much obliged to you,
said the polite and gentle little boy tC
the astonished grocer. "She can't de
eide to-day, but size would like to looE
at him again next Saturday" = The
Century.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

In sermon last Sunday the Rev.
Mr.. Rudy, pastor of the First Chris
tian Church in Sedalia, used the follow
ing anecdote TO illustrate a point:
About ten years ago l talked with a
man in Henry County, Missouri, who
gave me this peculiar experience of
his. He said: L was plowing corn,
and about the middle of the afternoon,
when l came to the end of the field,
had peculiar sense of dread or fear.
| unlocked my team and drove home.
| could give little reason for what l
was doing quitting my work in the
middle of the afternoon-but l was nc
home ten minutes until | was hurry
ing my wife and children into a cyclone
cave. Our little house was swept away,
and had / not followed what seemed
a vague impulse my family might have
been killed kansas City Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
The Chinese Editor Rejects Politely.

The British author, in his days Of
struggle, knows what it is to have his
manuscripts returned with the formu-
la, Declined with thanks" The strug-
Cling French author is accustomed to
the sterotyped phrase, Impossible,
mile regrets" But how much better
they manage. this affair in the Far
East! What does a Chinese editor say
about the MS. he is returning? I'VE
have read it with infinite delight. BY
the holy ashes of our ancestors we
swear that we have never seen so
superb a masterpiece. His Majesty
the Emperor, our exalted master, if
we were to print it. would command us
to take it as model, and never pub
lish anything of a less striking quality.
As we could not obey this order more
than once in ten thousand years, we
are compelled TO send back yaur di-
vine manuscript, and beg a thousand
pardons" British editors and pub
lishers please opy.-London Chronicle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
Poor Mans Rare Art Treasures.

A remarkable collection of prints
is owned by Welshman who earns a
modest living by selling milk from a
barrow in the west end of London
For years this humble vendor has de-
voted his little spare capital to the
purchase of colored engravings, Of
whice he has one of the finest collec-
tions in London. His treasures are
said to be worth over $4,000, and in
clude one specimen of Morland's Girl
and the Pigs signed by the artist.
and works by Joshua Reynolds, Barto-
lozzi, Buck and Baxter. His wife CON
stantly reproved him for spending his
money on pictures, but now that she
realizes their value, she exclaims,
why did he waste all his time SELL
ing ha'porths of milk?"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
Has seven Grnndpnrent..

Two grandchildren of Samuel Ed
gar, clerk in the coroner's Office. are
blessed with seven grandparents. They
have living two grandfathers. two
grandmothers, two great-grandmoth-
ers and a great-grandfather. The great
grandfather is William Kropp, who is
ninety-ive years old. He is a farmer
and lives near Quakertown, where he
has ten acre farm which he runs
alone. Edgar's grandchildren are
three years and eight months old, re-
spectively Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
HAPPINESS.

] followed far DER heath and desert land
The fairy cleaning Of a distant light;
A shining lure, that beckoned as hand,
And with fair promise pierced the hostile
night.
Der rugged stones, and marsh, and Shiny
clay
And clinging tanglings of the thorny
brier;
But still the dancing light shone far away.
And at my feet lay stagnant waste and
mire.
Weary, paused. and, turning in the track.
Glanced where the long, bleak, barren
hills declined,
And 10! athwart the trailing. ragged wrack.
The wizard beacon glimmered far behind.
London Daily News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

amt complainin. cause can't deny
Dar's n heap o trouble dat mas pass mo
by.
l never been hit by or automobile,
Nor had gol watches for de crooks to
NG steal;
! hear dem talkin' bout dc troubles afar
An is feelin' very grateful dat l ain't
no car.
/ never had bomb shells fiyin aroun'.
Nor held pos Office in a Tennessee town.
! amt complainin though Is free to say
Oars heap O pie an lasses never come
my way;
But in desc yere days you Is doin' an
right
II you doesn't sit distributed VIII dyna-
mite.
Washington Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

A valuable iehthyosaurian fossil, re-
Gently discovered in the middle tres
sic limestone Of Nevada, is described
In a geological bulletin from the uni
versity press. 1t shows the anterior
half of the vertebral column. one side
Of the pectoral arch, the first two seq
ments of a pectoral limb and nearly
the entire skull.
1t is said that the type Of limb in
the present specimen is more primi.
tive than any yet discovered" fact
which makes the discovery one Of the
greatest interest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
rahs More slesp rhan Yon DO.

Sir John Cockburn insists on the
need Of more sleep for everybody. He
rldicules the old proverb. "Six hours
for man, seven for woman and eight
for a fool"
Sir John declares that he never could
do with less than nine, and yet he has
been Premier and Agent-General for
South Australia He believes 1t is
only vacations that save the under
slept child from breakdown. Sleep
from ten to thirteen and half hours
is required for a child between five and
fourteen year and from nine to ten
hours between the ages of fourteen
and nineteen. Detroit United States
Daily.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
Rainbow by MoonIioht in TransvaaI

]. McCrae, writing from Pretoria in
the Transvaal describes lunar rain
bow which he observed one night re-
Gently after 10 o'clock. and asks IL
any one else has ever seen such a
thing.
The conditions we're these; After a
heavy thunderstorm, travelling from
west to east, bright quarter moon
shone brilliantly almost overhead To
the east the clouds were still heavy
and dark, and in that direction there
appeared perfect rainbow. The arc
Of the bow was low. 1t appeared as a
gray band. with certain suggestion
Of color, against the dark leaden sky.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
What DR.. Osler Really Said.


Anthony Trollope's suggestion of col
lege and chloroform should be carried
out or not, ! have become little
dubious, as my own time is getting SO
short.v
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03

HE sensational press has so
unfairly distorted what DR..
Osler really said in his val
edictory address at Johns
HOPKINS University on the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-03
HASKITS.
xxx
BY FRANK H. SWLET.

ASKITS was crouching un-
der one of the ten-inch
guns, white-faced and
trembling. He cared 10th
ing about the war. He
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-13
FOUGHT OVER A GIRL.
Two Young Men Have a Cruising Con.
 test Before 200 Acquaintances.

Cambridge. Mass, Feb 13.-To settle a dispute which arose at q dance in Cambridge q few nights ago over q young woman. q youth named Stack. living in Watertown. and q chap named kenncy of this city, fought q finish fight before 900 of their ac- quaintanceS in q slaughter house Ol, Concord avenue yesterday afternoon. kenney won after forty-live minutes of hard fighting.
 X referee and seconds were ill at tendance. but the services of a time- keeper were dispensed with, the rivals fighting until both were exhausted. when time was called until the com. batants could continue In this way three rounds were fought, the first being of twenty minutes duration. Kenney wore kid gloves and his Op- ponent fought with bare knucklcs.. The pair weighed about l3J pounds each, and stripped to the waist for the en- counter
 Both were badly cut and bruised. and finally Stack became so used up that he was unable to continue and Kcmey was declared the winner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-13
SQUASH AT TUXEDO PARK.
.. ss-- ss !. . '- n x B.. Re&fNnM FiHcke and GrcnvilI~ ". Clark to Battle For Chnmpioushin.

TUXEDO PARK, x. r., Feb. 13.- In the second days play in the an nual squash championship of America here yesterday the spmifinalS were fin ished. leaving Reginald Fincke and Grenville Clark. both of the New York Tennis and Racket club. in the finals today. The match between Jay Gould of Lakewood and Grenville Clark of New York attracted an unusual amount of interest. Gould won the first set comparatively easy. but at the beginning of the second Clark began to hit harder and played stronger through out the game. winning by the score 3-It. 15-9. 15-5.
 The most interesting match of the day was hetween Clark and Adams. which took two hours to decide in fa- vor of Clark
 First Round.-Grenvillc V. Clark. New York. defeated Jay Gould. Lake wood
 Semihnals.- Reginald Fincke. New York. defeated Rolland Mallory. New York \. t.
 Hrenyillc Clark. New York. defeated A. w. Adams. Hockaway.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-13
WATERVlLLE.

Miss Mamie Nichols of Hartford is the guest of Miss Irene BabcOck of Terrace avenue.
 Mrs T. J. Lawton of New Haven is visiting Mrs B. D. Welton on Maple street.
 All ladies who wish to help the fire men in the coming fair in March are requested to meet in the company Earlor at $ o'clock tonight
 Regular meeting of Good Will lodge, K. of r.. tonight at $ o'clock
 James G. Bride of Bristol was ill town yesterday visiting friends.
 r. Callen of Winsted is visiting rela. lives in the vile.
 James Scott of Watertown was in town on business to-day.
 Baker Hallock and party of friends enjoyed a sleigh ride to Cedar swamp yesterday.
 Mrs Thomas Lynch of Wolcott was tic guest of friends in town yesterday.
 Mrs Gertrude Nichols of ThOmaston visited friends in town yesterday.
 James Yale of Mount Tobe was the guest of friends in town over Sunday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-13
The GREAT 4, & ?. TEA CO.,,
 % EAST MAIN STREET. Phone 177-5.
SENATOR'S DISSENT.
Seven Treaties Have Been
 Ratified by Senate.
ADMIRE ROOSEVELT, BUT DISAGREE
Arbitration "Agrcements" Must Be Called "Treaties''-EOrmcr Word, Used by President, Cut Out
 by Upper House.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-The sen ate has ratified the seven arbitration treaties which have been for some time pending after adopting the amendment reported by the committee on foreign relations. The vote on the amendment was 90 to 9. The amendment consists of the substitution of the word treaty for agreement in the second section of the conventions. making this section read as follows:
 Tn each individual case the high con tracing parties before appealing to the permanent court of arbitration shall conclude special treaty defining clear ly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators and the periods to he fixed for the formation of the arbtra tribunal and the several stages of the procedure
 Two executive sessions were held. be- ing devoted to consideration of the principle involved in these treaties. The earlier session was occupied chiefly with discussion of the presidents let ter to Senator Cullom and the later ses- sion to consideration of tine amendment itself.
 X notable feature of the three ses- sions at which the treaties have been discussed is that instead. as has been erroneously reported. of eliciting crit icism of the president. the debate was characterized by expressions of the highest esteem for Mir. Roosevelt. and senators. notably Messrs. Lodge. For aker and Spooncr. while insisting that the proposed amendment was essen tial. not only gave utterancc to their high regard and admiration for the president. but declared that rarely. if ever. had they been confronted by q more painful duty. They said it grieved them 10 bc compelled to dissent from the opinion of the president. hut pro tested their utter inability fo sec their way clear to carrying his recommcnda- ton into effect.
 Senator Lodge spoke with much feel ing when hc declared that his great affection for the president rendered his course in this instance extremely pain ful and that only q sense of duty com prlled him to vote for tae amendment which inc president disapproved He declared that the present 91asion was one where DG ScnIior could permit himself to he influenced by questions of expediency ar personal preference or regard and at the same time be true to his oath to uphold the constitution: that were the senate to ratify the pend ing treaties without amendment it would he giving oflirial sanction to q principle in violation of the constiiu- ton.
 Senator SpoOner followed Senator Io,lge. declaring his regard and a,imi- ration for President RooSeyeIt in elo- gIIcnt terms. l1ui asserting his ,pnvic- ii"n that [. raiify the treaties without amendment would bc doing violence io tho constitution. Senator Foraker spoke in the S;tme vein.