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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
A Model
X Mill

South Carolina may be sloy. in some
respects, but in others she is in the
front rank of progress, and particular
ly in the use OF electricity as motive
power The Columbia mill, NAM
moth institution for manufacturing
cotton duck, was the first in the world
to adopt electricity. and within the
last three years four other big mills
have been similarly equipped, making
Columbia the most important center
of electrical textile factories, writes
William e. Curtin in the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Olympia mill is probably the
most complete cot,s0r factory in exist
ence. There is nothing in New Eng
land to compare with 1t from any point
of view. The machinery and appara-
tus are perfect. The buildings are
models with the same sort of plumb
ing, heating and ventilating apparatus
that is found in the most luxurious
hotels. The engine room is laid with
tiles, WalnScoteu Will lCnhSSaSe mol
Bile and has an artistic ceiling of steel.
The floors of the mill are Of marble;
the walls wainscoted with hard wood;
the sanitary arrangements, the toilet
rooms and porcelain bath tubs are
good enough for palace. Every con-
venience is provided for the benefit of
the operatives and every precaution
for the protection of their health Ihe
houses they occupy in the village
around the mill are all built on artis-
tic plans and finished in the most per-
feet manner. There is a hospital for
the sick that is said to be the best in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Gambling on
Ocean.

A league for the suppression of
ocean gambling has been formed with
branches on both sides of the Atlantic
and concerted effort is to be made
to drive from the ocean the gangs Of
sharpers that have for so long infested
the passenger boats plying between
the United States and European ports.
1t promises to be a three -cornered fight
and may become decidedly interesting
before long. Thkagents of the steam
ship lines are not all in sympathy with
the movement and some laugh at 1t
and pronounce it visionary and i'm
practical, probably for the reason that
they are interested In the profits OF the
gamblers either as sharers In their
winnings or in profits OF the custom
they bring to the lines. James Wilson
Of New York is at the head Of the cru
sade. He is now In London collecting
evidence showing the nature and ex-
tent of the gambling evil on liners.
The purpose of the league is to drive
card sharpers from the ocean by max
ing it against the rules of all the big
steamer lines to gamble for any sum
or any stakes in the public rooms Of
their vessels. Mr.. Wilson is reported
as saying:
1T is true that a league to prevent
ocean gambling is being formed, and
it is also gratifying fact that it is
going to be very popular with the tour
lists and travelling public. Gambling
has grown to be a great evil on the
ocean. Thousands first learn to gam
BILE while killing time on the ocean
passage, and other thousands lose
money that they might have used in
good works The gambling spirit is,
am sorry to say, infectious on all the
big liners. There are pools and sweep
stakes and games of chance daily, and
the fever of the gamester seems to
seize the most self-contained. Sharp
ers flourish on the vice, and many
young man has been ruined by losing
heavily to a professional player who
inveigled him into games on ship
board. / believe that these sharpers
divide gains with the officers, for des
pite the frequent scandals the same
scoundrels appear in the smoking
rooms voyage after voyage. The league
purposes to stop gambling altogether
on shipboard. Bishop Potter of New
York, Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Morgan
and many others as prominent have
promised their aid. We have copies of
passenger lists for years back, cover
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
The Band Lied.

copyright, 1901. By Daily Story Pub. Col
To sum II all up. the volunteer may
he divided into three distinct classes
those who follow the drum from a
sense OF duty. heroes; those in search
,of glory, fools; together with few
rascals and unfortunates. who for
strictly personal reasons wish to hide.
The first two predominant, and while
many arguments may be brought for
ward TO show they are not, judging
from motives alone, heroes or fools, a
hot campaign soon proves the truth Of
the assertion. A hot sun. an empty
stomach and a vivid view OF death
is enough to convince any man. The
third class has nothing to hope for,
nothing to regret. The favored few
reap fame, all reap hardship and III
health, while the life often generous
ly provides an unmarked grave for the
majority.
Jim Doyle. private. always argued In
this fashion. and was rewarded with
the title OF "grumbler" for his pains;
but after his lecture on the ridge that
day / have no doubt the men Of the
Sixteenth thoroughly agreed with him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

tion, the bank at portions shaded,
seemed cool and pleasing to the eye.
striking contrast to the sun reflect
ing rocks. 1t lay Just hundred yards
away and to cross that hundred yards
might cost your life; so 1t might as
well have been mirage for all the
good 1t did the 40 thirsty men on the
hilltop. We waited for troops to
reinforce us, waited and waited all
that day.
1t was a rocky place and seemed as II
1t had been baked and baked centuries
perhaps in that fierce sunlight till the
rocks became glazy hot. the shrubs
withered and the ground dry and pow
derry As IL to make it worse for us,
"Grumbler" Doyle had been hit;
"Grumbler" had got it at last as often
prophesied. He was shot through the
chest in such way as to make it i'm
possible for him to live. Doyle was a
big. blustery man, who would growl
whether the officers backs were turned
or not; so in a measure he was a brave
man. as you will agree il you ever
have soldiered.
We made him as comfortable as pos
sible in the almost imaginary shadow
Of large boulder and gave him little
by little the few hot drops Of water left
In the canteens The wound started to
trouble him after the water ran out.
It was bad enough for us; the brain
seemed dulled, the mouth grew
parched and the eyes hurt from the
glare. But to be in the sun hour after
hour with hole in the chest must be
maddening. 1t is a bad thing, hole
drilled By Mauser; 1t is as clean and
complete as you might imagine. And
there on that hot ridge we had to stay;
the lifting of hand would bring
shot.
For a while he lay quiet. Nothing
was to be heard but an insects drone.
while above us in the blue sky a vul-
ture wheeled in wide circles and wait
ed. OF there. black against a yellow
ground, lay two heaps, one sprawled,
and tangled, picturing our probable
fate.
Suddenly the wounded man gave
whining groan and started to babble
foollshly. First it was a silly flow of
disjointed words and sentences. par
tally unlntelligible, punctuated by the
whining means. Then he talked of
friends and home ne once had back
East" Now he recalled old incidents
and laughed painful cackle over
boyhood trick. Then he talked of
trouble, pleaded with woman and
ouarreled with man. His life had
been bad one, though some of us
never believed all told Of him, but now
we heard it all from his own lips and
pitied him, for in his wandering talk
he told of things sacred even to a
scoundrel. 1t was simple tale Of a
mans wasted life. the fruits of which
had driven him to the army, but there
memory followed and made a bad SOL
dier out Of great strong material.
Once he started to gamble--just as
7 had often seen him gamble, on the
uuiet at barracks; hand after hand he
dealt and won and lost Now he was
telling favorite story over the liquor.
But he always came back to the bad
life and cursed IN a horrible strain
himself and those who had helped him
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Names Suggested by
the Forth coming
Old Home Week.

Of people who lived 5000 years ago
than is known in the case of our own
countrymen 900 years ago. Such was
the opinion EXPRESSED by Mr.. w. ST.
Chad Boscawell, when he explained
these relics to an interested audience
yesterday afternoon. The clay bricks
and cylinders beneath the glass cases
were covered with characters testify
ing to a completely organized system
Of justice. marriage. divorce and com
merce. The bookkeeping of 5000
years ago was wonderfully accurate.
A curious form OF record is that pre-
served in the form OF baked clay tab
let's, which were enclosed in clay en-
velopes also inscribed with the terms
OF the transaction. so that double
record provided against the possibili-
ties Of damage. The open and Closed
evidence spoken of by jeremiah is
supposed to refer to this system The
practice Of recording on a brick the
name Of the king, of the building, and
Of the city in which 1t was erected has
had the advantage In modern days that
an odd brick may be the means Of dis
interring a city hitherto unknown.
A bank failure naturally upsets the
depositor who loses his balance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
South Carolina He's
the Most Remark
able Plant in the
World.

the south, and the medical attendance
and the nu-sing are free. The manage
ment furnishes free Sunday concerts
and vaudeville entertainments several
evenings each month for the opera
tives and free school for the mill chill
dren
But the mill itself is the great at
traction, and manufacturers come from
all over the world to inspect it as a
novelty as we'll as model. Every
thing is done by electricity The
switchboard is the largest in the
south and is connected with more
than thirty motors, which represent
5000 horse power, and light the
buildings, the cottages the city,
and run the cars of the Columbus
Street Railway Company. Electricity
brings in the coal and takes away the
ashes from the furnace rooms; it fills
an 100000 gallon reservoir that sup
plies the boilers and the village With
water; it runs the elevators. brings the
cotton from the warehouse to the spin
ming machines; carries away the fin
isned product and operates hot air fans
in summer.
All this is not done as a luxury, but
for economical reasons. although 1t
cost 100000 The ordinary expense
Of building and equipping New Eng
land steam mill is about SIS spindle,
but the Olympia mill cost only S1S.54 0
spindle; the annual expense for repairs
is about one-half those OF the ordi-
nary New England mills of the same
size. and the uniform speed of electric
machinery produces an average of four
per cent more goods TO the machine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Notable *
VernOnterS

Vermont is preparing to have an
Old Home Week in August, which will
be attended by many notable men. In
vitations have been sent out to all
men of distinction born in the Green
Mountain state and it is thought that
may OF the 100000 native vermonters
who reside outside that state will be
present. The list includes Hon. Levi P.
Morton, former governor Of New York,
vice president. minister to France and
financier, who was born at Shorehan;;
Admiral Dewey, a native OF Montpelier;
Hon. George M~ Thurston, long sena-
tor from Nebraska, who also was born
at the capital; Capt. Charles Z. Clark,
commander of the Oregon, born in Or
ange county; Hon. William f. Villas
of Wisconsin, former senator and post
master general. whose birthplace is
Chelsea; Gov. Leslie NJ Shaw Of Iowa,
who was born in Morristown; Hon.
George f. Edmunds, now Of Philadel-
phia, and President James B. Angel
of Michigan University, former min
lister to Turkey.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

II was his first serious lecture. a brief
one, but convincing, complete. Perhaps
u will have more weight il stated 1t
was his last.
After quick march in the hot sui
try morning. when the sun made even
the hat upon your head seem heavy,
and the rife weighed pounds upon
pounds. we rushed through a ragged
line OF trees out into the open toward
a small ridge. from the top OF which
little puffs OF white few and dull re-
ports sounded, while the sharp crack
OF twigs behind us proved bad mark
manship. But once man fell all
aprawled out. When we reached the
ridge ! remember looking back and he
had not moved. still sprawled out, face
downward in the dirt, with second
tangled heap near him.
We had driven them OF the ridgetop,
q little feat that cost two men their
iives. only to have them stop obstin-
ately at another some 200 yards the
other side Of a narrow stream that lay
before US. Its thick tropical vogeta-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
League
for Its
Suppression on
the Liners.

ing the leading Atlantic lines, and
appeals are being sent to travellers to-
join the league and through it, make
an irresistible demand upon the steam
ship companies to stop gambling on
their vessels.
The thing can be done, and II must
be done. If a great section of the trav-
cling public calls for a reform in liner
management it will get It, When the
Atlantic companies have been reform
ed the lines running to the east will be
taken in hand. Anti-gambling cru
sades will hardly go far on the high
seas" the manager Of one line is quot
ed as saying. IF our passengers want
to gamble a bit we certainly are not
going to stop them. We do all we can
to keep sharpers off our boats, but
they appear often In a disguise that
would deceive the very elect.
think that deep-sea gaming will be
with us yet a little while" The gam
bler's side OF the affair is stated thus
by one OF them: They can't keep us
off, We buy our tickets and have the
same rights and privileges as other
passengers. II we want to gamble we
will The boys are pretty honest and
in the ordinary game are on the
square. No man will risk exposure
for a small stake. In the case OF what
is technically known as sucker we
win. If some fellow with a lot of cash
is willing to bet heavily we are there
to get his money. Again. SO long as the
officers get their commissions there
will be heavy losing on ocean liners"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

He who looks for witticisms about a
woman's tongue is not disappointed.
II was woman who said: "Woman's
tongue is her sword. which she never
let's rust" And from George Eliot we
have culled this: Half the sorrows
of women would be averted If they
could repress the speech they know
to be useIess-nay, the speech they
have resolved not to utter"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Riding Rlerels on RalIroad.

A genius has invented an attachment
for bicycle which makes it possible
to wheel along railroad track at a
high speed without chance of tumbling
off. This invention consists Of a small
wheel attached TO three pieces of steel
pipe. The latter can be screwed to the
bicycle or detached at will The small
wheel which has large fianges, rests
on the 'off" side of the track, and the
bicycle glides along gently, the rider
leaning slightly toward the center of
the rails. This machine has been
tried on all kinds of curves and found
to work successfully. The rider can
lift the machine from the track in
few moments. and with 1t he can make
fifteen miles an hour with ease.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Heir to Great Income.

The young heir to the Duke OF West.
minister, If he lives. viii be one OF the
wealthiest men in Great Britain. His
income will be more than million
and a quarter dollars year. He will
inherit, among other possessions. 3O,.
600 acres, including 900 acres OF the
most valuable land in the West End
of London. which. as years go on and
leases fall in. increases constantly in
value There are also 20, 400 acres
waiting for him in the country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

to II; 1t made my blood run cold to
listen. Then he prayed, a long,
rambling, pleading prayer-a prayer
for water.
And just one hundred yards away
was stream; we could hear the
water ripple among the reeds, and by
looking cautiously could see the sun
lights CLINT upon the surface-yet-
in the same glance-we could see the
other ridge and the wheeling vulture
MY Gawd! ha' mercy on me-per-
haps said a man.
He raised his head above the ridge
top-there was puff Of white and
furrow in the dry ground by his hand.
He was but a man of flesh End blood,
so he crawled back again, .4nd though
he never went, he was a hero, that
fellow.
And as the shadows grew longer and
the sun another tint Of red, the wound
ed man started to sing. All out OF
tune it was, in strange, unnatural
shrilly voice, the words jumbled and
twisted:
oh! eighteen hundred and six-ty-one,
hurrah-hurrahl
We all set out to follow-the drum
hurrah-'rahl
An we'll all be gay whe-en-
He stopped, and, gazing straight be-
fore him, an ugly grin on his face. his
voice sounding much the same as
when nm a snrae said.
Why can't they come and fight
their own battles They make
speeches fast enough and stir it all
up like boiling pot-round an round
an talk OF the fag-an' Of patriot
ism while we come and gets. drilled
in the chest. They're all crooked
the whole SET
AN what's 1t all fer-ye go through
hot campaign with the brownies,
flghtin' fer the flag while it starves
yer-an' IL they don't shoot ye dead
the flag brings ye home in leaky tub
an there ye goes a-marchin' up the
avenue, with the great white roof all
yeller In the sun. A hot campaign and
hole in the chest--fer yell from the
crowd. thirteen per and wave from
lady's white handkerchief. An tho
corporal says Dress ranks! and ye
march like peacocks, while ahead the
band plays:
"An' we'll all be gay when Johnnie
comes marching home,
OH in eighteen hundred and sixty
ono Iurrahf fRahf
"Mot about us fellars wot don't
march home; wot about the woman
in the crowd. who, after the last rank
files by, finds the band has lied?"
His head went back, a yell from
the woods told us the boys were COM
ing up, Suddenly, sitting up straight,
he bawled out:
d EN-; they'll never march me
up the aye-n-"
II was summer and the avenue lay
all yellow in the warm sunshine, while
far ahead the majestic dome of the
capitol loomed against the blue.
Dress ranks, said the corporal.
AN we marched like peacocks,' and
the crowd on either side cheered and
cheered, and the ladies waved their
white handkerchiefs to the bronzed
and wrinkled lines of men. Then a
band played, and as heard the faint
tune, thought of man We had left
on the rocky ridge, and I looked for
a watching woman in the crowd, for it
seemed as If l could see again the
wheeling vulture and the man
sprawled out in the yellow dust, and
could hear above the waters ripple
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Cost Of capltaI Punishment.

France was on the verge Of abolish
ing capital punishment because of the
expense. Yet the salaries Of the exc
cutioner and his assistants amount to
only $4,000 year. with fees Of 81 for
each execution outside of Paris. and
it costs $500 year to stable the
gulllotire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

A friendly fire brigade recently per-
ceiving that neighboring town was
being swept by big fire, hurried over
and Immediately began to assist in the
attempt to stop the fury Of the flames.
Whereupon the local fire chief came
up and haughtily asked the chief OF
the assisting brigade: Come. now; Is
this your fire or is it ours?"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Heat from Alcohol.

Alcohol is one Of the great heat
producers, and il it might be manu-
factured and sold untaxed would be
an available source of heat in steam
plants. One pound Of alcohol is as
valuable as pound Of coal for fuel,
and its burning for fuel is much
simpler process, involving the mini
mum of waste.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

In the old churchyard at Kilkeel. Ire.
land, is tombstone with the follow.
ing inscription: Here lie the remains
Of Thomas Nichols, who died in PhiIa-
delphia. March, 1853 Had he lived he
would have beer buried here"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

When King James asked Lord
Keeper Bacon one day what he
thought of the new French ambassa-
dor Bacon answered evasively that he
was tall and handsome man. YES"
continued James. "but what do you
think Of the headpieceT "Sire," was
the answer, tall men are like high
houses. wherein commonly the upper
most rooms are worst furnished"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Charges for confettl THROWING.

The vicar of Burgess Hill, England,
announces that when confetti is
thrown on the occasion Of weddings
at his church an addition Of $1.25 will
be made to the usual wedding fee. to
pay for the trouble Of cleaning the pa.
Per away.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Color and sensibilIty.

Color and sensibility are closely al
lied, and one inattentive to clashsng
combinations is likely to be also
little blunt to the finer moral and I'M
tellectual distinctions, little imper-
vious to the more delicate tastes and
acuter palms. Harper's Weekly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
aTheyIn Never March Me..

They'll Never March Me-"
among the reeds the strange whining
song of the wounded soldier.
AN wen all be gay when Johnnie
comes marchin' home"
The man on my right must have
been thinking the same. for he said,
though the corporal growled at him
for it;
D EN-, if they'll march me up
the avenuel"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

Hemp-Drug CaSses Insanity.
OF the patients in he lunatic asylum
at Lahore. India SO per cent are bo-
Iieved to have been habitual hemp
drug takers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
salt HERRING for sore Throat.

A curious Irish cure for sore throat
is to apply salt herring to the feet In
parts Of Hampshire the snuff of a ta.-
low candle is given upon sugared
bread and butter to ague patients to
eat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
The Thoroughly Good Fellow.

The man who is agreed by every
body to be a thoroughly good fellow
would always be ready to lend money,
If he had any, but usually he has to
borrow. Somerville (Mass) Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
For shlnIno Shoes.

Boots and shoes, however damp, will
polish in few minutes il drop or
two or parafin oil be added to the
blacking 1t also prevents the leather
from cracking.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

Manila's population is found to be
c41,7s2, which gives it a place next
below that Of Newark. N. j.. or seven
teenth from the top in the list Of cit
les Of the United States.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28

Pressed Peat for Locomotives.
The experience gained in the use OF
pressed peat as locomotive fuel in
Bavaria. Austria, Sweden and Russia
is stated to be very satisfactory.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-28
Unemployed In France.

The number of laborers in the i'm
dustrIes Of France is about 5.5OOO00.
OF these, 100000, on the average. can
not get work.