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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
TRIBUTE TO HORACE GREELEY.
An interesting Letter Written by Hen
ry Ward Beecher In 1872.

An Interesting Letter Written by Hen
ry Ward Beecher In 1872.
Immediately after the conclusion OF
the political campaign in which Hor-
ace Greeley was showed under by U.
S. Grant, for the presidency Of the
United States, the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, in common with thousands
OF others, felt sad over the terrible
desolation Of his old friend, and just
as soon as Mr.. Greeley announced MIN
self once more in journalistic harness,
addressed to him the following letter:
Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 1872.
my Dear Mr.. Greeley: l read your
card in the Tribune with sincere pleas
ure, and congratulate myself and the
cause of journalism on your return to
field in which you have won so much
reputation and where you have done
such service that the history of Amer
lea cannot be written without includ-
ing as an important part OF it your
life and services.
"Yon may think, amid clouds Of
smoke and dust, that all your old
friends who parted company with you
in the late campaign will turn a mo
mentary difference into a life long
alienation. 1t will not be so. | speak
for myself, and also from what per-
ceiye in other mems hearts. Your
mere political influence may for
time be impaired, but your own power
for good in the far wider field of in
dustrial economy, social and civil crit
icism, and the general well-being OF
society, will not be lessened, but aug
mented. 1t is true that hitherto the
times called for a warrior, and such
you were; yet cannot but think with
regret how much ability has been
spent by you that died with the occa-
sion, and which might have built up
positive and permanent elements. But
/ look upon your years to come as
likely to be more fruitful and irradi-
ated with a kind and beneficent light,
which will leave your name in honor
far greater than if you had reached
the highest office.
i beg that you will pardon my In
trusion, especially when you stand in
the shadow of great domestic trou-
BILE. l hoped that word of honest
respect and sympathy might not dis
please you. There are thousands who
would like to do as | have done, and
who with me will rejoice once more to
be in sympathy with you in all things
beneficent and patriotic. am, my
dear Mr.. Greeley, very truly yours,
Henry Ward Beecher."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
YOUNG RECTOR ADMIRED
VESTMENTS OF BISHOP.

A story which has been going the
rounds of social and church circles IN
Rochester. N. ", according to a dis
patch in the New York Tribune, has
aroused a great deal of amusement at
the expense of a widely known and
well liked young clergyman, whose po-
sition as rector of one of the richest
and most fashionable parishes in this
part of the state has brought him into
prominence in the affairs of the Prot
estant Episcopal diocese of western
New York.
The tale is told as follows: A well
known bishop of the Episcopal church
was present at a ceremonial in this
young rector's church one day several
weeks ago. and, upon going away for
a short business trip to suburban
village, left his episcopal robes in the
care of the young clergyman, as had
been his habit in other churches under
similar circumstances. A friend of
the young rector called to see him the
next afternoon, and was told by the
verger that the Rev Mr.. Blank was in
the vestry room. The visitor, who was
on familiar terms with the rector, has
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
PAUL KRUGER KEEPS
UP HOPE AND COURAGE.

A Paris Temps reporter has had an
interview with the sculptor Carles,
who returned from Utrecht, whittier
he had been sent by the French pro-
Boer committee to execute bust Of
Mr.. Kruger. 1t being the eve of the
sculptor,s marriage, the conversation
was naturally brief, but as he is the
first foreigner who had seen Mr.. Kru-
ger since the conclusion of peace, we
quote his words:
Il had two sittings a day of about
half an hour each. At the first told
the president that he might in my
presence do whatever he liked. for,
unlike photographer. l did not re-
quire him to remain motionless. /
left him to eat, smoke and talk Pres
ident Kruger profted by this to work
with his secretary. AS l do not un-
derstand Dutch, / was not in the way
or indiscreet. AS far as the
mind is reflected on the countenance,
| noticed in the president signs of
calmness, strength and confidence.
There was not the slightest appear
ance Of sadness or detection. In those
around him | thought l sometimes
surprised an expression of passing
Encouragement, but in the president
never. His whole frame breathes en-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27

tened through the darkened church to
the apartment indicated The door
was closed. and. without giving its
occupant time to answer his knock in
person, he opened the door and en-.
tered.
His astonishment and entertain
ment may be imagined when one
reads that he discovered the young
rector arrayec in the complete vest
ments of the absent bishop, stepping
sideways and back before the long
pier glass, with the aid of which the
clergymen were accustomed to as
sumo their robes. The vestments
were somewhat too long, the visitor
said, but they became the young wear
er admirably. What conversation
passed between the two, or whether
the bishop noticed any change in the
manner in which he had done up the
vestments, has never been divulged,
but the story, as it appears above, has
been told as too good to consign to
oblivion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
WIT OF PRESIDENT WOODROW.
New Head Of Princeton Makes Him
self Popular With Students.

New Head Of Princeton Makes Him
self Popular With Students.
A Princeton man tells of an incident
Of DR.. Woodrow Wilson's eisvation to
the presidency of Princeton which he
regards as indicative Of the way in
which he will hold the students in
leash by ready wit and genial smile
instead of trying to awe them with
his dignity.
When darkness lent cover to the
project, on the evening of the day on
which the announcement Of DR.. VIII
sons election was made, some of the
more boisterous spirits organized a
celebration, and having requisitioned
horns and a green grocer's stock Of
head lettuce, descended upon the new
president
At the first toot of a horn he knew
what was coming, but before bedlam
could break loose, Dr. Wilson was out
among the serenaders. grasping each
one by the hand and thanking them
individually and collectively for their
congratulations, pretending not to see
the lettuce heads which the students
made desperate efforts to keep out of
view and to get rid of.
When the students recovered from
this unexpected overthrow of their
plans some one shouted:
What's the matter with Woodrow
Wilson,
And the answer came loud and
clear:
Hes all right He's a brick"
The students then marched away.
singing, For he's jolly good fellow" !"
and carrying their lettuce heads with
them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27

ergy, as people EAy. There is in his
serious attitude and look the stamp,
as it were, of his profoundly rellg-
ious sentiments, You know that he
passes the best part Of his days in
reading the Bible. An imposing Bible
lay open on the table of the room
where was working. re-
member his loud voice and outbursts
when discussing with his secretary. |
did not understand, but l heard. The
secretary must have dropped a remark
or an opinion that did not please the
master One day asked the secretary
to say to the president on my behalf,
"A people like that Of the Transvaal,
which has shown such civic virtues,
cannot die President Kruger replied,
No, 1t cannot die. A great nation, on
the contrary, will spring from its un-
deserved misfortunes The president,
/ repeat, has at no moment seemed
discouraged. In truth he is ignorant
of the latest events In the Transvaal
and the real conditions Of peace. He
knows that the Beers have laid down
their arms, and that is all. To those
around him the English news--the
only news given to Europe-appears
to require confirmation and they are
waiting"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27

called his dearest on each third line
and spoke much Of andying devotion.
For ten days. Hope held it tantaliz-
ingly before him-fne writing on tint
ed paper. Then her letter came. Per-
fectly correct; mortally cold. He shiv-
cred slightly as he ripped open the
envelope and unfolded the cracking
sheet. But he set his teeth and forced
his attention through the formal open
ing.
"Anent your interjection touching
stones and loayes. would suggest
that were paving stones eatable they
would be no more plentiful than bread
and would be quite as highly priced.
And, my friend, DO not let Kipling
lead you astray as regards brazen
Baals and greasy affairs. They have
their uses and so long as they be
confined to their own sphere they
stand for good. For you will admit
the truth of this trite saying: There
is no virtue that may not by exag-
geration become vice. To overdue
Is the crime for which humanity
stands convicted. The dumb brute
alone knows how to let well enough
alone An OK could give Plato or
Aristotle lessons in philosophy. Still
we have been bitten by the bad bug,
Ambition, ard the fever is in our
veins. We must go on or 90 down.
No backward path, through the high
ways OF the world Only to keep the
face steadily toward the goal and
stamp on so sturdily as we may
stamping alike over burrs and bios
SONS.
Brutal. you viii say. Yet 1t is the
sesame of success. And, after all,
while there are stars overhead why
should be trouble ourselves about
the silly snowdrops under foot? A
misplaced tenderness is surely weak
ness even as misdirected strength be-
comes brutality. Well, as you per-
ceive, stand in need Of beans and
my thoughts do not come clearly.
Concerning that other matter you
mention: You have evidently exam.
lned the situation more carefully than
| have yet been able to dc, SO rest
upon your judgment Is the wlsest
course to be pursued
"And this, believe. answers yours
Of recent date. Nothing has hap
pened since saw you last. so l have
no news save, that to judge from
present appearances, l shall not be
burning incense this AFTERNOON upon
that greasiest Of affairs"
It was several hours from afteribon,
but the man got up hurriedly and be-
gan looking around for his hat.
Out in the park by the fountain he
drew forth again that thin, typewrit-
ten sheet. Crisp, correct and ever so
cautious. Had he published 1t. she
would have stood unconfessed. For
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
WHY RICH MEN BUILD
HOMES IN NEW YORK.

1t is becoming one of the liked ira
ditions of American social life that the
American millionaire, after accumulate
ing his fortune, should take himself to
a permanent residence in a costly man
sion in New York. The custom is not
peculiar to any city, state or section.
From the Huntingtons and Clarks of
the western coast to the Schwabs and
Carnegies of Pittsburg. all, after pro-
bationary existence In their respective
neighborhoods, meet in Fifth avenue.
This transmigration of the million
aire to the New York stage of social
incarnation is becoming too marked a
feature of the social body to be ig-
nored, but 1t is not so easily to be ac-
counted for. Not all the millionaires
60 to New York for business reasons,
though some of them do. The advan-
tage of being in the financial storm
center at Wall street is doubtless CON
siderable. The man whose money is
in stocks can find nearly everybody
whom he need deal with somewhere
between Central Park and the Bat
terry. But the offsetting advantages
Of such commercial center as Chi
cago, or of such manufacturing cen
ter as Pittsburg. are no less pro-
nounced, and serve to refute the the
ory that New YORK is sought after fer
its bushes advantages alone.
1t is equally evident that the men
who make their residence in the sea
beard metropolis are rot attracted
thither by any supposed soc.a advar-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27

altars-propriety. You have burned
much incense upon 1t. Did 1t ever
occur to you that it came high?
well, when all is said, love you.
What are you going to do about it?"
He sealed the letter without paus-
ing to read it over and shot it into
the shute.
What would she do about it? His
Aeart answered him promptly enough.
Yet he allowed hope to drag him
through ten days Of sickening uncer.
tainty. Luring him on with the mem
ory Of those faded letters he had
once pondered over, wondering how
ON earth woman as wise as his
mother could have allowed herself to
slop over so in sentiment and bad
spelling. This was before he began
to crave such a letter. A letter that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
FRIENDS TO LIFT HER BURDEN
Calamity James Sorrows Touch the
Hearts of Old Associates.

Calamity James Sorrows Touch the
Hearts of Old Associates.
: There is a movement on foot for
collecting money to be used as char
ity fund for Calamity Jane, who is
now in the country that lies around
Yellowstone park, says the Butte In
ter-Mountain.
"A move was recently started over
our way to have Jane removed to the
Park county poorhouse," said Butte
man, and she fatty refused to go.
do not blame her in the least for
doing so and am in favor of collect
ing enough money to make Jane COM
Portable in her old age.
Think of the many kindly acts she
has done for others when she had
means. Why. K is shame to even
allow the necessity for such sug-
gestion as sending her to a poorhouse.
Calamity Jane is pioneer. In the
early days she was one of the best
known characters in the west. No
one came in contact with her who did
not feel the benefit Of her kindly acts
and encouragement. Just now she is
over in the Yellowstone country try
ing to sell her unique book to tourists.
But the successful day Of Calamity
Jane is past. Her books no longer
sell well. Time was when tourists
considered it an honor to buy James
books and it was considered a lack
Of progressiveness to make trip west
and not purchase one OF these unique
souvenirs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
NEW DEFINITION OF usuRY.
And It Seemed as if the Right Phrase
Had Been Used.

And It Seemed as If the Right Phrase
Had Been Used.
During the active days at the great
Muscle Shoals improved conditions
prevailed somewhat similar to those
often found in new mining districts;
nothing akin to calm.
A fellow who had occasion to take a
long ride in a great hurry, borrowed"
a natives horse without stopping to
speak to the owner about 1t.
But in the course of a few days he
returned the animal.
The native did not take kindly
view of the situation, but concluded
to be content with legal redress. He
announced his intention Of having the
offender arrested.
"What'll you have him arrested
for?" was asked
For horse stealin', of course"
"How can you make horse stealing
out of it, when he returned the
horse%
@Ain't it stealin' If he brought i'm
back?"
I'm not lawyer, but l don't see
how it could be-"
"All right, then; I'll have i'm ar
rested for usury"
Il don't see how you can make US
ury out of it, either"
wy, -- it all he used i'm, didn't
he? Yes. sir. he used i'm three or
four days, and used i'm mighty hard,
too, by the looks of im."
OF course a thoughtful person would
have seen at once that elope-ment
was the crime committed.-Ne York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
LAST OF FORT euNNYRAcs.
From Its Windows San Francisco
Murderers Were Hanued.


Murderers Were Hanged.
What is possibly the most interest
ing historic building in San Francisco,
the old two-story structure on Sacra-
mento street, between Davis and
Front streets, which served as head
quarters for the vigilance committee
Of 1856, is being partly torn down. 1t
will be rebuilt and its identity so
merged in the new structure that its
historic interest will be lost.
1t was here that organization of the
committee proceeded, and in its rooms
that, on the following day. Casey and
Cora, the slayers Of King and Richard
son, were imprisoned after their sur
render by the authorities to the com
mittee. The trials were held here, and
from the projecting beams of the old
building Casey and Cora were hanged
on the afternoon of May %, while
thousands of armed vigilants kept
back the 10000 people that crowded
into the vicinity of the scene of exc
cution.
The committee continued to meet in
the same rooms, and the subsequent
fortification Of the building with a
breastworks of gunnybags filled with
sand gave the place the name of fort
Gunnybags.'
Not until William T. Coleman and
his fearless. associates had completed
the work that struck terror to the
hearts of the lawless and had ad-
journed, did the building now being
destroyed cease to be the center of
fearful and wholesome interest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27

tages. The movement of the society
seeking millionaires to Washington is
quite as interesting a sign of the times
as is the hegira of men of wealth to
New York. Indeed, when a millionaire
has sold his stocks, bought bonds with
the money and has no duty more fa-
tiguing than that of scissoring cou-
pons, he naturally goes to Washington
as the next phase in his social met
empsychosis. The reason is plain,
Washington has society in which
breeding and brains play part, and
a society Of that kind is distinctly SUI
perior to one like that of New York.
where money is the criterion of social
position.
It has somehow come to be fash
ion for millionaires to have homes in
New York. A palace built there Is
conspicuous and gets its owner talked
about. 1t is a convenient eyrie from
which to descend upon Wall street.
Furthermore, it is to be supposed that
millionaires find one anothers society
especially congenial, since it must be
conducive to ennui for any Of them
to be surrounded only by men who
think and talk of little sums instead
OF big. round, mouth-filling millions.
So the millionaires flock together in
Fifth avenue and keep one another in
countenance to the best Of their abil,
ity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
To STUDY AuroraI Displays,

Pros. Birksland Is at the head OF
the expedition which leaves Copen-
hagen this summer for Nova ZembIa.
Hc will have six companions and the
object Of the expedition is to study
the phenomena connected with auro-
raj displays. The party win winter
at Matolshkin Star in a house built
some years ago BY the Russian gov
ernment and occupied in recent sum-
mers by g Russian painter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27

a moment he thought Of those letters
Of long ago, scented with violets and
overfiowing with sentiment A letter
that any careless eye might read with
one smile for the gush and the spell
ing. But this, this was for him alone.
He alone could read the delicious
meaning SO cunningly hidden between
those rigid lines.
Good heavens, how could he wait
until the afternoon?
And then 1t occurred to him that he
need not wait
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
The Wedding Day.

1t shall be. then. upon a summers day;
The sun my joys accomplice, bright
shall shine.
And add. amid your silk and satin fine,
To your dear radiance stin another ray:
The heavens, like q sumptuous canopy,
Shall shake out their blue folds to
droop and trail
About our happy brows. that shall be
pale
With SO much gladness, such expectancy;
And when day closes. soft shall he the
air
That in your snowy wells. caressins,
plays
And with soft-smillng eyes the stars
shall gaze
Benignantly upon the welded pair.
-Verlaine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
PRESERVE rAE WEDDING GOWN
Most Women Desire Some Memento
of the Most Important Of Events.

Most Women Desire Some Memento
of the Most Important Of Events.
A woman's wedding gown is seldom.
worn except on anniversary occa-
sions after the day upon which the
nuptials are celebrated. Most women
regard this garment as especially sf-
cred and take extraordinary means IL
preserve it in all its pristine purity.
The wedding gown box is a recent fad
for the well-to-do bride to adopt, and
it bids fair to have quite vogue.
That every bride POSSESSED Of any
sentiment wishes to keep her we'd
ding gown in a state of preservation
is foregone conclusion, and this ele-
CANT receptacle is admirably suited to
the purpose for which 1t was de-
signed. 1t is made Of light wood
enameled with white. and having the
brides initials in silver letters on the
outside. A lining of tufted white
satin is revealed on opening the box,
and locks OF silver and white leather
straps fasten it. A photograph of the
wedding gown is often taken by the
modiste before sending it home and
making collection of the photo
graphs Of wedding gowns or any
other distinctive costume is one of the
present fads. the idea being to pre-
serve the pictures as mementoes for
future generations and also as illus
trations Of present-day fashions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-27
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Up to Date.
BY =. II. LANcAsTER.

Copyright, 1907. by Daily story Pub COZ
His letter began abruptly:
Its no use, non ami, love you.
And when a man loves a woman,
friendship is but as stones to a stary-
ing man. People prate Of the posi-
bilities OF the platonic-and such
things may be. Yes. II each party be
as cold-blooded as a compressed air
machine. You may smile at this,
questioning: Are not all beings COM
pressed air machines? My mind does
not run along scientific lines. take
httle stock in the 'brazen Baals' and
talking fetishes' with which you are
wont to satisfy all deep emotions.
And love you. Let the saying stand
sven SO long as | live.
what then7 And you would fain
shrug your shoulders. But, think a
moment, friend Of mine. You may
burn incense before many altars-yet
what gift can the gods bestow that
shall equal the love OF man-strong,
tender, unfaltering7 You viii say that
for praising my own wares | am close
second to Jew. True. But modes
ty that stands between a man and
Sis happiness is a foolish modesty.
'Do | not know whereof | speak?
Seeing that it has forced me to risk
my all upon a single thrown You
smile-there in your pleasant sea
green serenity-saying; "A mans love
Is not his ALL Many there be who
will agree with you; yet what says
the inspired Paul Of Tarsus? If
have not love in my heart | become
as tin pan beaten by sticks'-or
something to that effect.
do not answer this for ten days,
mon ami. Give the gods Of chance
I'm opportunity to throw their dice in
my favor. Would to the FORD could
'cad the dice.
DO not doubt my sincerity, for
tell you stralghtly that should you
find It impossible to give me love for
love my life will be worth no more
to me than bad egg-though the
chances are that shall so on living
pretty much as the next man does.
Custom and culture, like American
manufacturers, strive steadily to re-
duce individuality to a axed standard
-,-that II one part be broken or mis-
laid its substitute may be readily sup
oiled.
"But, dear, though this is true of
the surface, there are myriads Of
men striving to content themselves
with shadows instead Of substances;
and dear, dear. man Of few fears 1hat
am, my heart fails me at the thought
OF such life--day after day without
you.
Mon ami, know well that you
laugh at love, yet lay my love be.
fore you. Know. also, that you have
bitter prejudices against matrimony,
yet I ask you In all seriousness to
become my wife. What reply can you
make? A quotation from the prince
Of stoics? / fear SO. And yet | am
not so unlovable. Women have loved