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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

The woman sat before the mirror at
her dressing table and looked at the
face reflected there. 1t was neither a
young face nor happy one though it
was beautiful. There were delicate
lines about the mouth, lines which
would have developed into wrinkles
save for the careful massage that kept
them in an incipient stage. There
were other lines about the eyes, and
tonight WEAKNESS had painted violet
shadows beneath the brown eyes and
the face was pale even beneath its
stage makeup. For the woman was
very tired. That night she had walked
to and fro before a crowded house
that went mad with the thrill Of her
acting, but it was over now and she
was alone. The reaction was upon
her.
A box OF flowers was on her dress
ing table, along with many rare bios
SONS that had come to her. She open
ed 1t and found it full OF field flowers,
wood violets and buttercups and some
sprays Of crab apple blossoms with
their exquisite fragrance, and a shell
terlng of green fern fronds. The fow-
ers were fresh as though they had
just been plucked.
The sweetness OF the crab apple bios
SONS brought pang to the woman's
heart And the damp tang of the fern,
how well she remembered 1t. She
could see again the rocky hill pasture
where the crab apples grew and her
self child again, picking the pink
and white blossoms and reveling in
their sweetness. She remembered
how ske had used to put the crab ap-
pie blossoms and the wood yiolets to-
gether and how the blending OF color
brought q keen sense OF Joy. She had
always loved the beautiful things Of
life. And the fernl Down where the
little spring branch emptied into the
creek there was a high bluff OF gray
stone. Moss covered Its sides and
along the foot, In every crevIce Of the
rock the Wild ferns grew. How often
she had piucked the green fronds,
luxuriating in their blttersweet tang.
While she held the flowers and
dreamed over them. someone knocked
at the door and a man entered the
room without further ceremony, He
was country preacher. a circuit
rider. The woman knew him at once
as he knew her. She stood up, the
flowers spilling on the floor about her
"Hedley," she said, you here"
The man came forward. He was
young and tall and spare. His near
sighted eyes were shielded by glasses
and his face was the face OF man
who has practiced stern self d0nial.
Beatrice" he said. Il have thought OF
you for a long, long time. have come
TO save you. I want you to leave the
life that you are living and to come
back home with me. have tried TO
forget you. but'--he hesitated and
stammered over the word, blush suf-
fusing his face-"but love you, Bea-
trice. can't forget you. want you
70 marry me-"
The woman facing him had grown
a. pale as he. All OF the soft light
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
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Fjs. 2, Basement Plan.
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trap door behind both horse and COW
stable to drop the manure through
into the manure shed below.
The basement contains a room for
young cattle to run loose In, feed
room, and sheep pen, also manure
room under COW and horse stable. II
the young cattle are to be tied up, the
partition between feed room and
where the cattle are can be moved
back so that there are thirteen feet
from the wall to front Of manger; this
will give plenty of room behind cattle.
The sheep pen can then be made wild
er and shorter and leave room for two
box stalls along the north end of the
feed alley.
The plan shown at Fig. 8, consists
of two pig pens IL feet x feet 6 ins.
each, feed room. hen house and wood
house. The pig pens have windows
above the doors. The roosts in hen
house are at the north end, and nest
boxes along wood house partitions.
The windows at south end of hen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
Vegetable Democracy.

It begins to look as though all mo-
nopolies of climate or soil would be
swept away by science and the all con-
quering ambition of the husbandman;
as though the metes and bounds which
have heretofore established the do
main of the pineapple and banana, the
orange. the peach and the apple were
to be obliterated and the democracy
Of universal brotherhood to prevail in
the vegetable world. Varieties Of
fruits and grains which have been in
undisputed possession OF the land for
years are being crowded out by nardy
immigrants from Russia, India or ia
pan and soon, like the Indians, ma
'tives and old settlers. win be driven
to the reservations provided by the
seedsmen or become extinct altogsth-
.er, There was a time when latitude
could be depended upon as fairly
truthful guide to the vegetation Of
region; but aggressive agriculture is
changing all that. With cotton steadily
widening it's belt on the north, the
orange entering the zone of frost. the
alfalfa making itself as much at
home IN Northern Wisconsin as in
California, nothing is sures and we
wonder II one hundred years hence
there will be any strictly tropical
plants.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

she. And now she is revenged. I
hope you'll suffer. hope you will
suffer ss that child suffered. Now
CO."
But when the door had closed he
hind him. the woman bowed her hea<
upon her hands and wept She did
not know why. Perhaps 1t was for
the little girl who was herself ten
years before. Perhaps it was for her
present loneliness. Perhaps it was a
little for the dread Of the future when
she would be old and broken and no
more the idol Of the public. PerhaDs
1t was for the man whom she had
sent away. Perhaps it was little Of
all. Who knows?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
Union County, Ohio.
Good Cows in Denmark.


The Danes have established very
good system of testing COWS and Of
culling their herds. One cannot Gull
out the poor cows without knowing
which are the poor cows. Societies
have been formed for the purpose of
employing a man to go among the
herds constantly and test the COWS.
It Is reported that at the present time
there are over 300 such societies. and
that they represent more than 2S0 600
cows. This means that over 300 men
are constantly employed in doing tho
testing. The culling comes as nat
ural result, as no man will keep a
poor COW If he is going to dispose Of
any. Likewise no man will sell a
profitable COW If he is financially able
to keep her.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07


o you who gaze on fading sunset skies
With dream enkindled eyes
Aglow with ecstasy
DO not those crystal deeps reveal to you
The secret Of eternity
That In their perishing, frail glory lies
The one truth wholly true
Though all things perish. Beauty never
dies?
For Beauty fades not with the fading
hour,
Nor withers with the flower,
Nor passes with the dream
Though death should take the whole earth
He may not snare the starry CLEAN
Nor hold the soul OF Beauty in his power
Yea. though times sun should set,
And all things perish, Beauty never dies
Imperishable Beauty trembles through
The frailness Of the dew;
In fiickering, white foam.
And In the iris of the stormy bow
Awhile she dwells; and hath her home
Beneath our earthly skies Of mortal blue
They fade: yet this we know
Though ali things perish. Beauty never
dies.
For ever fugitive. before our eyes
From form to form she flies;
We deem her dead; when she
Doth fash again upon our mazed sight
In some new living ecstasy
OF bloom, or love lit face. or sunset skies,
or star enchanted night,
Though all things perish, Beauty never
dies.
With her alone is immortality;
For yet men reverently
Adore within her shrine.
The sole immortal time hath not cast
down.
She wields a power yet more divine
Than when OF old she rose from out the
sea
OF night. with starry crown,
Though all things perish. Beauty never
dies.
London Daily News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

ty creed that would cramp the divine
Love into the confines Of your own
church and never see that God meant
men and women to know and love all
the beauty of the world, who holds all
Of this in contempt.
"Oh, don't think that never wanted
what you offer me-" she cried pas
sionately. Ten years ago II you had
come to me and told me that you
loved me, would have been the hap
piest woman in all the world. | would
have asked nothing more than to have
helped you in your work would
have cooked for you and mended for
you and have led the sewing society
and played the organ for the Sunday
service. But now 1t Is too late. We
live In different worlds. you and l,
and my world is wider than yours. /
could not go back contentedly to the
old life. | would not If could. Your
love would not satisfy me now. l
would die Of loneliness in that little
town. l would go mad II / had to
listen to you while you preached two
sermons every Sunday. to listen to all
the petty pickering and fault finding,
to set myself back into the old narrow
groove. Your life Is narrow and hard
and skimped. | love beautiful things,
light and music and color in life and
jewels and fine clothes. cannot live
out Of the sunshine and away from
the crowd. And above all have out
grown you. do not love you any
more. The little girl who loved you
in the old days is dead and you helped
to kill her You do not know the
woman who is in her stead. You are
not capable Of knowing her. The Ian
guage Of my world would be Greek to
your ears. Go home, Hedley. Go
away. You irritate me-"
The mau's face was stern and hard
But bis eyes were pltiful and he
looked as though he had set himself a
task and had been foiled. Beatrice,
you know that you are not happy
woman" he said. "I can look at you
and tell that Your work does not
SATISFY you. ana you are fading.
What will you do when your beauty is
gone and your voice broken with age
and your power to sway the multitude
forsakes you? You want love. Come
backl"
NO" the woman said sadly, you
are right; am not happy. But what
you offer does not mean happiness to
a woman like myself. l have my
work. Some times l weary Of 1t, that
is true. But discomfort with ourselves
is one Of the penalties we pay for
success. So far as anything can sat
isfy me. my work fills my life. And
don't want your love. Don't you
suppose that other men, men infinitely
micro brilliant than you, have loved
me in these years? wouldn't marry
you If you were the last man on
earth. and II marrying you would saye
my immortal soul. There, you have
your answerl That little girl whom
used to be. loved you. oh, you
thought yourself so much better than
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
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~ irNENTiQ.N J.


The vest pocket paddock is not a
lock which is designed to securely
guard the contents Of the vest pocket,
but one which may be carried in the
vest pocket and used on a door which
Is deficient in some good and reliable
fastening. There are said to be many
instances when such an implement
will serve the owner in good stead.
Travelling men, for instance, are fre-
quently compelled to put up at infe-
rior hotels, where the proper atten-
tion is not given to the details OF the
establishment, and the matter of locks
and similar things, regarded as OF mi
nor import, are overlooked. Then,
again, the traveller is often compelled
In an emergency to put up with a
room which is unsuited for the pur-
pose. with doors and windows un-
guarded. Armed with a couple Of the
devices referred to he can with little
trouble make himself secure against
the visits of thieves. The apparatus
consists of fiat steel strip, with one
end turned up and serrated, and a
small steel casting. For use the cast
ing is slipped off the strip, the strip
is inserted in the door frame SO that
its teeth enter the jamb, the door Is
pushed shut firmly, forcing the teeth
far into the jamb, and the casting Is
replaced ON the strip and locked in
position by turning the thumbscrew.
With this device it is impossible, it is
said, for marauder to enter room
without using sufficient force to tear
out section of the door jamb.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Figuring on Good Cows.

/ find 1t exceedingly difficult to in
duce my neighbors to do any figuring
on the advantages of keeping a good
COW. The reason for this is that you
can't figure without data and data is
not based on guess work. have come
to the belief that II a man can be in
duced to figure he will be soon look
ing around for good cows took one
OF my cows some time ago and began
to keep an account Of what she cost
to keep and what her products brought
me. Then | figured up all the herd
together and found that this COW
paid me three times the profit that
the average COW Of the herd did, and
she was not remarkable COW either.
OF course 1t is not practicable for ev-
cry farmer to keep a double or even a
single account with each COW, but 1t
Is possible for a man by the help Ct
the Babcock test and the scales to
get pretty good general idea Of
what COW is costing to keep and
how much she is bringing IN On
that basis he can figure on what
good COW is worth. | used to have
COWS once that did not pay to keep.
Every cent that was received for their
milk was paid out in one way and an
other for feed, and we did the milking
and took care of them for the fun of
the thing. AS soon as we discovered
the true state Of the case we stopped
doing that suggest that readers of
this pick out good COW and figure
on what is coming back from her and
then pick out poor COW and figure
the returns from her. 1t costs about
the same to keep either COW.
Warren Wilson.
Union County, Ohio.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

BY its mother is one which is a mat
ter of concern to parents. Children
Rre an prone to toss or roll and pain
full accidents are often the result. A
great deal of gray matter has been ex-
pended in various means of fastening
the youngsters in their beds, but such
schemes are frequently source of
danger in themselves, particularly
when rope or cord is used.
A recent patent has for its object
the accomplishment of the purpose in
o simple manner. consisting Of bar
rier of metal bars, which is supported
from the floor and fastened to the
frame of the bed, forming very sub
btantial guard The standards rest
ing on the floor are clamped to the
bed rail and will adjust themselves to
bed Of any height. The guard rails
are secured to these standards toward
their ends and each rail consists Of
Two telescoping parts SO as to adjust
themselves to bed or crib of any
length.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

had died from her face. and the lines
showed plainly. 60 back with your"
she said curiously. "To what, He'd
ley?" s
ITO out work." the man answered
earnestly. I'VE will work together,
Beatrice. The work is waiting and it
needs us both"
For a long minute the woman
looked deep into his eyes. She came
closer and laid her hand upon his arm.
Once she moved as though to put her
hand in his. Then she drew back with
a quick drawn sigh like sob.
Il can't" she said sadly. TITS too
iats"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07


The man came nearer and the WON.
an drew step further from him. Her
heel crushed the field flowers strewn
upon the floor 1T is never too late"
the man said. never too late to re-
pent and amend our lives. Come back,
Beatrice. love you. | will help you
to give up all of this" He flung out
his arms with gesture that swept
the room and included all Of the wom-
ans life.
The woman sank down again in the
chair before the mirror. 1T is too
late, Hedley," she said again. "And
why should | give up this life. It is
only you. you with your narrow ideas
Of right and wrong. yol with your pct
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
MetaIIIc Tannlna solution.


Increasing scarcity of vegetable
tanning material, concurrent with the
disappearance Of forests, has at last
brought forth a process which prom
ises to not only place a new tanning
solution in the market but to reduce
the six weeks necessary to the pres
ent operation with bark to a matter
of few hours. This new process,
which has just been patented in Ber-
lin, is based on the employment OF
certain stannates. or tin salts, which,
It is claimed. rapidly tan hides or
skins and render them thoroughly
waterproof. The hides are depilated
and cleansed as usual, placed in so
luton cf chloride of sodium for two
to four hours and then rinsed slightly
with water. Next they are placed in
the tanning liquor, which may con-
tain any kind Of tin compound from
which collodial oxide can be easily
precipitated by hydrolysis, and in two
hours the hides are ready to be
washed thoroughly, cleansed. and fin
ished as usual. 1t is also claimed the
leather can be colored in fine tints
either simultaneously with tannage or
thereafter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

The size of the barn is 46 56 feet,
with is feet posts with hip roof. 1t
contains four bents-a twenty-five foot
bent, where horses and cattle stand;
fourteen foot driveway, and twen-
ty foot bent, where granary and NOW
are shown. There is an overlay in
front of cattle and horses and to give
room for feeding and also room to take
a team out if there is load of hay or
grain on the barn floor There is a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

The latest improvement in the way
Of screwdriver provides for a
monkey wrench attachment for use
when powerful pressure must be
brought to bear where 1t is desired to
remove screws which have become
securely imbedded in their places by
means Of rust or other reasons. This
new implement is made with a square
shank Of rather stout proportions, and
this enables the workman to make
use Of monkey wrench in conjunc-
tion with the screwdrlver. and thus
the most firmly imbedded screw may
be easily dislodged.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

The long evenings in winter give
time for planning the farm work of
the year. There is uIch pleasure in
sitting down and fixing the plans for
farm work so carefully that everything
will move along easily when spring
opens.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Barn.
A, granary; b, NOW for hay; c, thresh-
ing floor II feet wide; ID. cow stable p,
harness room, F, horse stable: G. trap
doors for manure chute to basement.
arrange the plan so that can keep
20 sheep in the barn for winter?
] intend to build a building to keep
20 hens for winter, 2 or scores OF
chickens in spring, and 4 pigs and a
room for breeding SOW and room for
5 or 5 cords Of wood. Also would
like to have room in which to boil
feed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
SET OF FARM BUILDINGS.
Designed to Accommodate Animals Of
All Kinds.

j. Mop Please publish two plans,
one for a poultry, hogs and wood
house. and the other for larger stock
and feed. l should like the barn to
hold 40 or so tons of hay. 10 or IL
tons of grain, cows and horses on
the ground floor. | want to have
about IL young cattle down in the eel
lar, and manure in the cellar, too. {
intend to build it on a hill, with dri~e
way door on north ana door for
manure on the south. I would like
to have room for grains. Can yor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
Redatead Guard.

The means of keeping baby or
even older child in bed after it has
been tenderly placed under. the covers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Extreme care in keeping milk cean
is the basis Of good quality in dairy
products.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Sunlight and fresh air in the barn
will do much to insure clean milk
product.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
aEInest FIahters In the worldfn

There is no state In existence whose
soldiers would encounter the victors oi
Port Arthur in equal numbers with
any certainty Of victory. Indeed there
have been incidents in the siege, like
the storm OF Nanshan or Of 20s-Metre
Hill, which have compelled expert
enced soldiers to doubt whether the
Japanese are not the finest soldiers in
the world, and whether Kuropatkin is
not right in demanding a grand SUI
periority in numbers as the first, in
dedd the essential. condition for any
victory by the troops under his com
mand.- Spectator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07
Glazed Butter.

From Germany comes a report of
the use of melted sugar on butter to
make 1t keep longer. The hot syrup
is applied with a soft brush. and the
work has to be done very quickly.
Some of the butter is melted anyway,
and this goes to form a glazing com.
pound with the sugar The value OF
the process is yet to be determined
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

In a recent address, Professor Pear
son told Of examining four lots OF
milk that had been held at tempera-
lures OF As, so, 55 and 60 degrees for
twenty-four hours. They contained
the following numbers of bacteria at
the end Of that time: 445. 3,10O, $1,000,
and $4,000, the quantities Of milk he
ing the same. The bacterial content
at the beginning of the twenty-four
hours was the same.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Fig. 3. Ground Floor OF BulIdInu for
Hogs, Poultry and Wood.
A, pig pens, each 11x9 IT,. B, feed al.
d, wood house, 9x1S IT.
house should not be over one foot
from floor, SO that the hens can get
the full benefit of the sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

New Workers will be surprised in a
month or so by the appearance upon
Broadway of 4 battalion of Chinese
soldiers. headed hy Chinese band
They will be armed with the latest
rag-Jorgensen rifles ard will be uni
formed in the latest western style for
infantrymen, even down to the social.
ed monkey caps The entire batts..
ion is to be recruited from Cinnamon
living in New York
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Our grandmothers never had to con-
slider the question of thickness of
cream. To them 1t was all one wheth-
er the cream was thick or thin. Since
the test has been brought into use it
is discovered that a cream that CON
tains about S5 per cent of pure butter
fat is best for buttermaking. The
cream that is only about rs per cent
pure butter-fat often develops too
much acid and makes poor butter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

For a barn S5 60 feet, the posts
20 feet high, should be twelve inches
square. If the bents are placed the
following distances apart they make
very handy barn First NOW eight.
cen feet, then a driveway Of twelve
feet, then another OF fourteen feet
and one Of sixteen feet, making in. all
sixty feet. In the fourteen feet space.
beside the driveway, an overlay Of six
feet should be made; this gives a
thresh floor eighteen feet wide and
also room for a team to be taken ont
Of the barn alongside OF loaded
wagon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

H. LII am building basement
barn 6Oxs5 feet and would be glad il
you could inform me through your
columns, how many posts and joists
would be necessary and their dimen-
sions. The basement would be used
as COW stabling, feet high, and the
uaper part will be 20 feet. What
weAGd be the best way Of framing the
upper part, which would be used as a
threshing floor and hay-mows?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-07

Many good man who contributes
to foreign mission funds never even
thinks Of the heather at home