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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

Says the Chautauquan; Sixteen
States now have officers for forest
work, twelve of them being Forestry
Commissioners. The Federal Govern
ment has established ffty-three reser-
vations. containing sixty-two million
acres of public forests, protected by
five hundred public employees. This is
magnificent beginning, but Prof
Fernew says that we need six hun
dred million acres to maintain our an
nual consumption of three hundred
and fifty cubic feet per capita. we
may however. learn to thrive with
less, as England uses only fifteen feet
per capita.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

When ahead you nothing the the Of gloom,
When worried o the
When all and
And you've nothing pockets but hole,
Thens the huswe What's the make rowt
Who tell DIT of difference hundred years from now?
When the pathway stretching endwe towrd fe slowly setting
Shows the lions with their chains all hid from
When there's nothing doing in the povdential line
And when everything (except the sky) looks blue
the falter backward from the
Will make bit Of diff renee hundred from now e~h
Yet there's thing will difference decades 7sher
Its the bear troubles day by day;
II toplip stHened and smile
As stride toward the lions in the
Then the worried world will wrinkles brow,
in a hundred
S. w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

Deaths from bites from serpents are
numerous in Asia and Africa. DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell. Of Philadelphia. for
several years carried on researches
Of no small importance with regard to
the venom of poisonous snakes, and
announced finally that he had dis
covered no effective antidote. At the
annual meeting of the Association Of
American Physicians, il Washington,
DR.. Mitchell is said to have informed
his medical associates that he had re-
ceived a letter from DIR. Noguchi. Of
Japan, who has been working at the
Serum Institution in Copenhagen, set
ding forth the discovery of a serum
which will cure the sufferer from the
bite Of a rattIesnake. win this anti
dote prove efIicacious also against the
venom Of the cobra and other deadly
serpentsg If so. it win be Of remark
able benefit to mankind. especially
among the natives Of India.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

Though Sir Henry NJ. Stanley was a
man of iron frame anu constitution, he
died at the early age Of sixty-three.
Nature destined him for a long life,
but he was broken by twenty-five years
Of prodigious toll, hardship and ankle
ty that would have killed an ordinary
man. His hair was snow white ten
years ago. The indomitable qualities
of mind and spirit that made him the
most distinguished explorer of his gen
Grafton never tagged, but physically
he had net been the Stanley of earlier
years since his return from the expe-
ditioa for the relief Of Emin Fasha IN
1890.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

The cat is becoming a favorite arti-
Gle of food. Northern Italy has taken
up the cat as a great dainty. says the
Boston Transcript. In Azeglio. in
Venice. in Verona, butchers sell cats
and call them rabbits For the State
forbids the eating of cats, but the poor
people, who have become the chief
buyers of the inferior kinds of cats
are not deceived by their cheap rab-
bits.
The proper way to cook a cat is to
toast him in an oven until brown,
with onions, garlic, parsley, bay leaf,
and some herbs peculiar to Italy.
When boiled they are not SO salts
factory. Just before Christmas it is
common for a group of young men
in northern Italy to kill some cats,
skin them, and soak them in water for
two or three days. They are then
cooked with great care on Christmas
Day and served up hot about 1.30
D. M, after mass.
Italy has begun to cultivate the cat
for home consumption. as English peo-
pie raise rabbits. 1t is to be done on
the quiet, however, for in spite Of the
profit in the business and the derraud
for the delicacy. the law has 10 be
looked out for, and the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Cats is yigi-
liant Offenses against the law are
visited with Imprisonment. Cats are
raised for the market, none the less.
Fattened on the finest of milk, choice
specimen will attain the weight of fif-
teen pounds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

A table has been prepared and issued
by the Department Of Commerce and
Labor, indicating that, despite the
great size of the appropriations, this
country is per capita more cheaply
maintained than any other in the
world, with the exception Of China and
India, and possibly Russia. It costs,
according to this, just $7.97 year for
each man, woman and child in the
United States to run the government,
as against $3.50 for Canada. $945 for
the German Empire, 1854 for Sweden
$1,000 for Spain, S11.45 for Portugal.
S114O for the Netherlands, $12.40 for
Cuba, Sizes for Argentina, $14.27 for
Austria Hungary, S17.3O for Paraguay,
S174O for Belgium, $17.S4 for France.
S21.39 for the United Kingdom, $37 80
for Australia and $3s.sS for New Zea-
land. Russia's per capita expenditure
is approximately the same as that of
the United States.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07
Growing Appetite For ouinine

Quiuine has become one Of our sta
pie forms of food. 1t is much more
widely and ardently eaten than garlic.
and it may soon approach the popu-
larity Of pie. According to a report re-
Gently issued. considerably more than
10000 pounds of quinine were manu-
factured in India in 1902, the greater
part in Madras, while Java manufac-
tured nearly 1900 pounds. In addi-
ton to this. over 1s.O0O,00O pounds of
cinchona bark were produced chiefly in
Java and India, and this was reckoned
to be equivalent to another 100000
pounds of quinine. so that the total
product Of the food for the year was
nearly 100000 pounds. There are
twenty manufactures of qulnine in
existence, of which five are in France,
three in England. two each in Ger
many and Italy, one in Holland, four
in America, two in India, and one in
Java. The two principal markets for
quinine are Amsterdam and London,
and the latter has greatly diminished
in Importance since the cultivation of
cinchona in Java has assumed such
large proportions In fact, nearly
three times as much bark was sold at
Amsterdam in 1902, so that, although
we probably use more Quinine than
any other nation, the Dutch are taking
the trade away from all the rest Of
us. India has already taken the hint
and is stimulating her growth of Gin
ona.-Boston Transcript.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

A stone monument, weighing fifty
tons. is being raised in the Nchor'
feide. Germany, on the spot where
the Emperor stood when he killed his
1OOOth stag. The stone bears the in.
scription: "Our most illustrious mar.
grave and lord, Emperor William H.
stood here on September 90, Ammo
Domini, 1898 when Staying his 100Oth
stag of twenty tines" The Emperor
is so versatile that if monuments were
erected to commemorate his achieve
ments in other lines Germany would
be studded with them. The place
where he wrote his 1OO0th poem and
where he painted his 1O00th picture
should be marked.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

The Baltimore Sun observes: II
fewer children are born, those which
are born are better cared for and a
larger percentage of them reach the
adult age Modern science prolongs
the lives Of the unfit, as well as the
fit, but upon the whole there is in
creased comfort and dignity Of life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

All soldiers and sailors under our
flag who don't know how to swim
ought to be trained, Instructed and dis
ciplined until they are masters OF
themselves in the water In TACT, the
ability to save his own life, if by any
accide--t he does go overheard, might
well be REQUIRED from every volunteer
who seeks to enter either Inc military
or the naval department of the service.
1t is amazing that so many old salts on
mercantile vessels never learned to
take care of themselves amid the
waves. Swimming is not a mysteri-
GUS or a difficult art, and parents
ought to make their children learn it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

The number Of persons who wish to
sell fireworks shows that the firemen
will observe independence Day as
usual.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07
A SUBURBAN
SCANDAL.
By A. St. John Adcock.

DMUND DOLBY went
home from the city that
evening by an earlier train
than usual, and Mrs. Dolby
was out. "Do You know
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-07

Mayme-"Why didn't you accept the
enga cement ring from Georgey'
Edyl "Why, he wouldn't give any
tradh stamps with itg'-ChicagO
Daily News
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
MONTGOAER4 CURRENT QUOTATIONS
fCnrracfe.l nallvl

Corrected Daily.I
 These prices are ct wholesale and not to
 starch-~corn. s@1oc: stnadard goods pearl. shc; gloss lump. shc: nickel pack Elss-Extra A fancy; sHc: head 4@sc;
 sait-Liverpool. sl; Virginia Soc.
 yinegar-pey Echon l4@22c.
 shoss sS 9iSG pT1%s iiss ise. ~t'~'' S"'S'' w"'' nancy isW
 Sandies--stiek; Sc: fancy s@ 1os.
 Fiour-:-BasIs of Barrels; High patent ss.Se; fancy patent ss.s5; half patent.
 Srlts-Psr hsl; ss.7s; per sack. sl.s6.
 Lard-Leaf axe: compound. sKc: basis
 s erain and ssy@SrSn. i aiE .O5: sSorts :, .1s: corn chops. 65c; corn Toe; oats, mixed, ss Es: ss GRRs sa oat. ttHs s6s Cotton seed ssed-asnEs. s4. o,i loose: per ton: sS; easS ss sfss & Ho'tss s@sa$ ss'a isS Rsa ..s sss s.l:: s s;s K y.as s ne" sugar
 Tiss-t1s sos Q .os.
 , Msat@EiO SSG sSe: S,S bacon sHc eyes ,i.so; ssTdinss;. American.t ee oil oysters. E. ". 4-oz. sSc: S-oz. soc: light "iatl Moiasses-Georsis @ cane. bbl. s5o per al- syrup; Log Cabin. gallons, $l4; h gallons, ST. 50; quarts, $4. 25 per dozen. Sugar-Granulated Sc: F. Y. c. 4hc. Htdes-Dry flint, Is h to 17c: dry salted l6c; green salted 10c
 Wool-Clear 24c to 25c.
 Beeswax-25c.
 Fruit Produce-Red onions $I. o5 per bu. potatoes. Wisconsin stock S1: 10 bu.: New York Danish cabbage. good keeping, hard head stock. Pc lb: sacked or cratad choice apples s4. 25 bbl; fancy $4. .65 bbL: Florida oranges. S2. 60 box: bagas $l .65 sack; stand ard American sardines E oil S3. 50 box; navy beans s2. s5 bu-; white peas S2. 50 bu.; apple and white wine vinegar 15c gal: cocoanuts 33 75 sack; fancy full cream cheese. iSc ib.: fancy H-p peanuts skc lb.; choice peanuts SAC b.; evaDorated apples 9c: dried ap- pies 50 Ib bags. ehe ID. California Raisins prunes Sr sCso sxe; sCis. 7Ss: 7SAso Sa5foF9iS b.; cslitornis peaches. se lS.; large BrazII walnuts 12hc lb.; almonds and oceans later on; spanish onions l:76 crate: heavy
 Seed-Rye, $1 per bu; wheat s1.Se; bar ley. $l: crimson clover, 12c: alfalfa 1b e goo per ib: onion sets. white skin Sa: pearl SS: blue gIass.. Is a 1Sa per ib.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
FOREIGNERS INDIGNANT.
Sorry They Joined Board of Canal En-
 glneers.

washington Special.
 distinct feeling of pessimism pre- vails in administration circles and among arriving members of Congress over the status of canal matters AS has been stated, there is extreme dis satisfaction expressed over the report of the board of consulting engineers, recommending a sea-level canal. Just why this dissatisfaction should exist ia rot apparent The President ap- poirted the board with the announce ment that It's thirteen members were among the worlds greatest engineers They were to go thoroughly over the canal plans and make a report. IL
 was too much to expect that the re- port would be unanimous, but 1t was taken for granted that majority would have more weight than mi nority. The United States invited the foreign engineers to participate, and now that the foreigners are fin favor of a sea level canal, while only three Americans joined with them, the de- cision of eight to five is being crit icised Some rumors are even to the effect that the foreigners voted for the sea level canal solely because 1t would take a much longer time to build than the lock system.
 Naturally. the foreigners are said to be highly indignant over the whole matter, and are reported to be very sorry they accepted the invitation tn 1oin in the conference. It Is more than probable that the real cause of reported administration dissatisfaction with the finding of the board is that for a sea level canal additional legislation of an extensive character will have to be obtained from Congress. This will ne- cessitate weeks of debate in the Senate and the House, and perhaps, result in Congressional investigation of the whole canal business.
 Cp to date the Administration has spent about $e0.000,o0o on the canal, and has very little to show for it With the members of Congress clamor- Ing for an opening of the books. the situation which confronts the adminis- tration Is rather embarrassing. To cap the climax 1t is said the President wants the Isthmlan Canal Commission abolished, and the construction of the canal placed directly under him. At any rate, Representative Mann, of Ill., inois. Is preparing a bill which he will introduce next month, having this as its general object.
 The administration of the canal work | has not progressed any more to the | of the President and Scc- | retary of War than to the people There | has been friction for some time between Taft and Chairman Shonts | over matters of policy, and on the whole it is considered that sufficient has not been made on the mammoth project. since the reorgan- ization of the old commission. It Is nlso felt by many Congressmen that inc Government Is expending entirely 100 much money on fancy salaries for the Canal Commission and those under m especially certain army officers who
 lAH fnr- | tional expense. and yet, in some in stances, are being carried on the roll around $5.oo0 year Not the least amusing part of the whole affair is inc talk of ''malign and secret Influences being responsible for the present condi- l,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
HEADACHES
THREE KINDS OF THEM ARE DE-
 SCRIRED.
Headache the Result of Nerve Strain, Eye Strain or Pois0ns in the BlOod-The 'sThe Throb-
 bing Headache."

Chicago News.
 A physician writes There are three | main causes of headache, and the first of these has to do with the nervous | system. A headache is everybody will acknowledge, a very natural result of nerve strain. In the hurry and hustle and strain and stress of life today our poor nervous systems have no chance,
 no moment of rest and inaction from the time we arise In the morning till we go to bed at night. The pursuit of pleasure. the scurrying ceaselessly from one place to another in search of amusement, the fact that a certain
 class of people find life a bore unless they are in a whirl of excitement, will often account for the fashionable head ache, the headache of the 'overwork- ed society woman. Work, properly so
 called, will never produce a headache; 1t is one of the best preventatives of headache. Anxiety and incessant wor-
 rying over trifies will certainly cause
 the headache of overstrain. as any har-
 assed, anxious and "worrit household
 head of a large family will testify to.
 The headache of anaemia. common
 enough among young girls of low vital
 ity' is due to a nervous system iil-nour-
 ished, with impoverished blood. Many obscure neuralgias have thus a very
 simple explanation.
 '"The second great cause of headache Is eye strain. Many a man who is suf- fering from eye strain assures his doc tor that his eyes are certainly not at fault, as he has splendid sight It is not his nerves of sight which are af- fected but the nerve and minute muscle of accumulation which he is con- stantly and unconsciously fatiguing in order to make his sight as good as he
 believes 1t to be. The error Is in the shape of the eye. which requires con tinual muscular strain to rectify. and proper glasses would immediately re- move the need for this continual strain. This form of headache follows close eye work, such as reading, writing or sewing. It Is worse at night, and Is practically absent in the morning, diff fering from other forms of headache It may be taken for granted that head ache present in the morning is not due entirely, if at all, to the eye strain. All sufferers from headache should have their eyes examined by an ocu- list.
 "A very large number of headaches come under the third category-namely headaches due to poisons in the blood. The 'throbbing headache is often caused by what medical men call over blood pressure or too high blood pres culating in the blood. They generally arise from disorders of digestion in the stomach and bowels from improper diet, the overeating of meat and rich dishes. imperfect mastication, foul teeth and lack of exercise. Relief will not be per manent so long as new toxins are being produced-that is, so long as we persist in overeating rich dishes and neglect ing the rules of health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26

proper distance between the steel and the finder. This was measured rough ly in the dark by placing the tip of the little finger on the rim of the box spreading the hand upward and placing the bottom of the steel on the tip of the thumb. The flint was then struck sharply with the steel several times obliquely and downward.
 Strike . Spark at Last.
 The impact caused the steel to give off sparks, really minute globules of molten metal at a temperature of sev- eral thousand degrees. and these, fall ing upon the finder, soon set 1t alight The box was then taken in the hands and gently blown to cause the smolder- ing finder to glow more brightly, and to this glow the point of sulphur match was quickly applied. The flames of the burning sulphur quickly kindled the wood of the match and 1t was then easy to light the candle or morning fire.
 Although the process was not difficult for an expert under favorable circum- stances 1t was at best slow and ted ious One might strike 100 modern matches. one by one, in less time.
 The flint commonly used in the finder box was such as might be picked up in any flint district. All that was necessary was that 1t should be so shaped that it could be held easily between the fingers and should have sharp, clear edges. These were commonly sold In the streets of London for a penny and are still manu- factured In Brandon, England for ex- port to Spain. Italy and the east The match then used was not like those of today. which ignite spontaneously when struck.
 Originally a match" was any sub stance which burned readily and slow ly. The bit of slow-burning hempen rope steeped in a solution of saltpeter. which the ancient gunner carried in order to discharge his arquebus. was match" It burned at the rate of about three feet in an hour. The old sulphur match was intended not to pro- duce but to convey fire. In London matches were commonly sold by the poorest and raggedest class of street merchants, who lived in dirty lodg- Ings in the poorest districts. where they made the matches carryiny them about in a basket for sale. For houses with any pretesion escaped without at least one call day from these vendors as long as the trade lasted.
 The great difficulty was to find dry finder. Naturally 1t was very ready to absorb moisture and when allowed to become damp the difficulty of obtaining a light in the morning was great. To avoid this trouble the finder box was usually kept in a specially dry place. often there was a small niche made on purpose in the patchwork at the back of the large open hearth place. Off, ten the box was placed in the evening on the hearth close to the fire and at bedtime was carried upstairs warm and dry and placed beneath the pillow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
LOST ARTS MAINLY MYTHS.
All That Possess Value Can Be DupIi-
 cated Today if Need Be.

Scientific American.
 Not as much as we used to, but oc- casionally even yet, one hears of some
 wonder accomplished by the ancients
 which can not be done now.
 Not so many years ago it was quite
 commonly asserted that modern work
 men could not quarry, or, having quar-
 ried, could not handle ctones as large
 as the monoliths of Egypt, and the
 writer has heard a public speaker of
 note assert 1t would be impossible to
 handle with modern implements such
 large stones as were used in pyramids
 or to join them as perfectly as they are
 joined there; yet, when occasion arose, larger stones than any of these were uuarred in Maine, and some of the larg- CT monoliths themselves were trans ported not only to the sea but erected in England, France and America, and there are individuals today who might if they chose. cause the transporta- ton to and erection in this country of the largest pyramids or build new ones ten times larger and more durable. Pyramids are not being genarally built because they are not in line with the trend of modern ambition; that's all.
 It is very doubtful if Damascus blade" would stand half as severe usage as a modern handsaw blade, or even | as much as the spring of 40-cent | clock. while the ornementation of those | wondrous blades. so far as the me- chanical execution is concerned. can be | exceIled by apprentices and amateurs of today.
 Of the lost art" of hardening copper little is heard of late years. though one | hears a wiseling from the Wilds wish that he knew how to do it as well as the ancients. and while 1t Is perhaps regrettable that he doesn't
 s- V. .t0
 Many arts and devices have been abandoned because new knowledge has made them useless, and time spent in ] them would be worse than wasted The modern youth had much better spend his time studying theI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
MATCHES OF OLDEN TIMES.
Securing q Light With Flint and Steel
 4 Tedious Process.

Few persons living today remember when the finder box was a necessity But these few are the only ones who thoroughly appreciate the convenience of matches. With the aid of finder box one sometimes obtained a light in less than two minutes, but if the con ditions were unfavorable one might spend a half hour or more before get ting from the reluctant finder box the spark which would kindle the fire.
 The process sounds simple. The lid of the box was removed and bit of candle stuck in the socket Next the flint. steel. matches and damper were taken from the box. one match being drawn from the bundle and laid ready for immediate use. The handle of the steel was grasped firmly in the left hand and the flint held between the thumb and re-fnger of the right hand. Nine inches was considered the