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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

II, in speaking Of chance, We mean
simply something whose cause we do
not know. it may be allowable to use
the word, but If we mean by It any
thing which happens without ? cause
1t is an injurious fallacy, which should
bo banished from every mind and
every lip. II we remember that every
chance is only an Illustration of our
own ignorance, we shall be less likely
to use the word inadvisedly, and if we
habltually search for the causes Of
things and turn our Ignorance into
knowledge we shall gradually curtail
the idea Of 1t within narrower and
truer limits. Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18
TESTING OF DIAMONDS.
How to Show whether Supposed Pre-
cIous STONES Are Genuine.


cious stones Are Genuine.
Although you may not be an expert
at precious stones, there are three
ways in which you can tell whether
a diamond is real or not.
First boil the stone in boracic acid
to preserve the polish upon the surface
of the stone. Then heat the jewel in
a gas flame and drop it into some cold
water while it is hot. If it is real
diamond it will stand the test without
cracking to pieces. If an imitation, the
stone will crack and crumble to pieces.
The second method is as follows: Take
a cup of water-a black cup, gutta
percha, or any dark stone cup is best
-and drop two stones into the water,
the one a diamond and the ctherr
which is known to be ordinary crys-
tai. The diamond, If true one, VIII
shine a clear white through the water
and will be clearly visible, while the
other stone will blend with the water
in such a way as to be almost imper-
ceptible in the water. Another plan
Is to procure a surface of striped pa
per-red and white stripes are the most
suitable-and pass the suspected stone
slowly over its surface. If the colors
show through the stone IL is some ya-
riety of crystal and not diamond A
real diamond will not show the vari-
ETY. Of colors, but will look the same
over the red as we'll as the white
et,.ines II OndOn EXPRESS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

The yearly expenses of the sultan OF
Turkey have been estimated at no less
a sum than $3O.O00,0O0 OF this ST.
500. 900 alone is spent on the clothing
Of the women and 100000 on the sui
tan's own wardrobe. Nearly $7,50C 900
is swallowed up BY presents, $5,0000OO
goes for pocket money, and still an-
other s5,OOO,OOO for the table. 1t seems
incredible that so much money can
possibly be spent in year by one man
but when it is remembered that some
fifteen hundred people live within the
palace walls, live luxuriously and
dress extensively at the cost of the
civil list, it appears little more COM
prehensible
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

The court of Lausanne recently rem
dered very important decision, which
is thought to strike at personal lber-
ty. An Italian woman rented a room
in that city A few months later she
departed, leaving behind her box
containing wearing apparel. Intending
to return for her property she took
the key Of the room with her A short
time afterward she removed her trunk
but forgot to return the key OF tho
room to the landlady. For this of
fense' she was sentenced to seven
days Imprisonment. The newspapers
are up in arms against this judgment
Philip Jamin. in Chicago Record
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18
WOULD SHOOT DEAD THE FIRST
SURVEYOR.

81 II ODs
veyed through Rockville and consider
able work was done In making a grade
and even laying some iron near town,
in order, II possible, to secure a sub
sidy that had been voted. The pro-
posed line passed through the farm Of
Squire Beable, one time sheriff of
Parke county and very determined
man. His farm, which lay short dis
tance northwest of Rockville. was a
very fine one, and he was very proud
OF it. The road would greatly damage
IT, In consequence Mr. Beable declared
that 1t should not be built through
his farm, affirming that he would shoot
dead the first surveyor that tried to
come upon his land. When the sur
veying corps, Of which Mr. Thompson
was the chief. arrived at the Beable
farm. they found the old man stationed
near the fence line with his old long
barreled squirrel rife in hand. much
excited and breathing out threatenings
and slaughter, saying that he would
kill the first man that tried to enter
his land Mr. Thompson waited but a
moment, when he whipped a revolver
out OF his hip pocket, jumped the fence
and compelled the irate old gentleman
TO put aside his gun. The surveyors
then proceeded to survey the line
through the Beable farm and the grade
was afterward built. destroying some
magnificent fields. and there the dam
age remains to this day. The railroad
was never built
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

tA4Nh.
says the Punxsutawney Spirit But
in spite Of the attractiveness of the
young lady and the excellent purpose
to which the proceeds were to be de-
voted, business was slow. Three young
men Matched out very wicked scheme
to stimulate business. and incidentally
stimulate the crowd in attendance at
the festival. They procured quart OF
whisky, and when the attention of the
young lady was attracted elsewhere
poured it into the lemonade tank. They
then began telling about the excellent
quality or the lemonade A number of
people tried it and reported to their
friends.
Business began to boom.
It was only a little while until the
tank was empty. and had to be retilled
II was great hit.
Some time afterward, when one OF
the wicked young men confessed the
diabolical conspiracy to stimulate the
sale OF lemonade. and it came to the
ears OF the minister's wife, she cried
about it and said 1t was scandalcus
shame
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

1S47, 1858. 1869, 1880 and 1891. Also
that the famines of 1854, 1885, 1876
~ and 1SS4-S5 fitted very closely to
the mean conditions between maxima
and minima, which came in 1928,
1S6S-64, 1S74-75 and 1856 Accord
ing to the Lockyers the recent Indian
famine was due to abnormal solar
temperatures. Under the rule mean
temperature should have been reached
in 1897 or 1898, but spectrum observa-
tions show that it has not yet been
reached. and that consequently the ef-
fects of the minimum, which should
have occurred in 1899 and caused rain
from the southern ocean, have been
lost
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

The earl of Westmeath the newly
elected representative Irish peer, is
just 80 years of age and has taken a
deep interest in politics ever since he
left Christ church. He was an attache
at Washington before he became one
of Mr.. Chamberlain's private secretar-
les, and his experiences include visit
to Newfoundland as secretary to the
royal commissioners in 1898. The ba-
rony Of Delvin, which is his. has been
held by the Nugents from the time Of
Henry II.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

Sir Walter Besant thinks editors
should review only two novels each
week. Can anyone pretend. asks Sir
Walter, that there are more than one
hundred novels every year which are
worthy Of serious treatment? There
are some thousand new novels pub
lished every year. How is the busy
editor to discern which are the hum
dred that deserve to be reviewedg ,
And il he goes slavishly for the we'll
known names the editor woald aban-
don the most essential part Of his
duty-tAe discovery Of new merit
Literature
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18
Grants Old Sergeant

One OF Grants old sergeants was a
farmer In southern Oregon when the
general arrived at Portland homeward
bound from his tour around the world
He read Of the proposed receptions to
be given him in the city and also at
Vancouver barracks, and could not re-
sist the temptation to make the trip
and once more see the old commander.
says the Saturday Evening Post. At
Vancouver he found a number Of men
he had known when the army was in
Mexico. The old fellows made up their
minds TO make regular. not hus-
Ting, reception call upon the general.
The ordnance sergeant said that as he
had carried ammunition TO Lieut.
Grant at the battles Of Palo Alto. Mon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

A word recently come into frequent
use in Kansas Is "buffaloed" 1t has a
delicate shade Of meaning. A man who
is scared, is merely awakened into the
activities Of defense; a man who is
bluffed is. one who is SO badly scared
that he believes defense impossible, but
man who is huffaloed not only be-
lieves defense is impossible but can't
work up enough locomotion to rum
Wichita Eacle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

The rise Of steam navigation was
slow. Like most things new, it had op-
position. In the sixteenth century an
unsuccessful Italian genius tried to ap-
ply steam TO navigation. In 1876 a
British patent was taken out for a
steamboat. 1t was 1907 that witnessed
Fulton sailing up the Hudson in boat
driven by steam. In 1888 steamships
crossed the Atlantic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

UNION.
terey and Chapultepec, he would call
and see the general and arrange for
the meeting. or reunion, as he termed
It. Soon after Gen. Grant reached de-
partment headquarters-Ge o. O..
Howard was then in command Of the
department Of the Columbia old
ordnance sergeant appeared and asked
to see Gen. Grant
DO you know him?" asked an aid.
The sergeant Strengthened up. salut-
ed and said: I'VE have met. sir; the
last time was at Chapultepec, where |
supplied his company with ammuni-
tion."
Gen. Grant said the aid, there IS
an old man outside who was with you
at Chapultepec He wants to see you a
moment
And | want TO see him" said the
ex-president. then the best-known man
in the world; have him come right
In"
The general could not remember the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

Raise the invalid's head BY slipping
your hand under the upper pillow and
lifting it with as much firmness as
possible. In chronic gastric catarrh
it is extremely beneficial to drink hot
water before eating. A little salt adds
to the good results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

There is an opulent old Irishman OF
methodical turn in this town who
has genial idiosyncrasy extremely
embarrassing to manageable young
women, says the Chicago Chronicle
He also has an eligible son who for
years has obstinately remained bach
elor The Hibernian Croesus is wont,
when in attendance at dances, to sin
gle out the prettiest young woman in
the room and seat himself beside her.
After praising her beauty in a most
outrageously flattering manner he will
suddenly ask her if she knows his son
Tom. No matter what the reply is, he
will say; Well, you're a mighty likely
and handsome girl and I'm going to
send Tom around to see you-you'd
make him good wife, What days are
you at homer"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18

y-1s7IN-7S11-IN.N.N.N0
AS illustrative of the nerve of Maur-
ice Thompson. story is recalled here,
writes correspondent of the Indian
apolis News. Along in the '70s line
for an east and west railroad was sur
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-18
A Spiritual UpIift

A church festival was being held in
the opera house and an attractive
young lady was selling lemonade as
one Of the methods OF raising revenue,
, 1905-08-30

AMONG THE CHURCHES
NEXT SABBATH DAYS OBSERVANCE
SUNDAYS SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES, ALL OF WHICH
EXTEND A HEARTY WELL
COME TO VISITORS.
HOLLYWOOD NJ. f. CHURCH
Corner Roberts and Pacific Avenues.
Rev. Stanley n. Clark, Pastor.
Preaching by the pastor at 1870.
Sunday-school, 2.30.
Sunday evening service at 500
O'Clock, preceded by a song service.
Prayer Meeting Wed. Ev'g, 7.30.
Seats free. All are welcome.
ANGLESEA NJ. f. CHURCH
Rev. Stanley N. Clark, Pastor.
Sunday school, 200 p. IN.
Preaching by the Pastor, 800.
All are welcome.
WILDWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Pine avenue west of Pacific. Services:
Morning, HOO a. M, Sunday school
go p. M, Song service, 7.45 p. m.
Evening, 500 p. M. Prayer meeting,
Thursday evening, 500. A Hearty
welcome extended to visitors. Sup
ported by voluntary contributions.
Rev. J. w. Riddle, acting pastor.
ST. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Maple avenues,
Wildwood, N. J.
Services as follows: Holy commun-
ion at s a.. m. Morning service and
sermon at 1890. Evening prayer at 4.
Everybody welcome.
=
ST AIMS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST. AIMS Roman Catholic Church on
the corner of Garfield and Pacific
AYES, Holly Beach, N. j. Mass on
Sundays at 6 and 10 o'clock a. m. Sun
day-school at 2 o'clock. Mass on week
days at 7.30 a. m. Rev. Father Ma
roney, Rector.
HOLLY BEACH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Burke avenue,
Holly Beach.
Services every Sunday preaching by
the pastor, at 1890. Sunday-School at
$50. Preaching by the pastor 8 O'Clock
Rev. Walter Bennett, acting pastor.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening, at s o'clock.
PROVIDENCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Holly Beach ave-, below Leaning,
Holly Beach.
Rev. E. A. Mitchell, pastor in charge.
Service on the Lords Day:
Preaching 1890 am. and 7.30 pm.
Children's Service, $50 pm.
p b
WILDWOOD LUTHERAN CHURCH
Wildwood Borough Hall.
Rev. w. J. Nelson, pastor in charge.
Divine service 1915 a. m.
Evening service 7.45 p. m.
Sunday-sehool go.
A cordial invitation extended to all.
, 1905-08-30

strike your match in carbonlc acid II
won't burn, nor In nitrogen, nor In
anything but oxygen.
II you put a match into pure oxygen
It will burn without striking; so, you
see, fire Is just a chemical change. 1t
is the oxygen of the mir uniting with
the wood or paper or whatever you
burn. When anything burns, the car
bon In 1t unites with the oxygen and
makes carbonic acid, and the hydrogen
In 1t unites with the oxygen and makes
water. Take a short piece of candle
and light 1t and then turn over 1t a
large jar, putting some bits of wood
under the edge of the Jar so as to allow
the air TO get under. and presently
the water made by the fire will col
lect In drops on the inside of the jar
and run down the sides. That is a
very pretty experiment.
1t Is hard to realize that water,
which will put out "A fire, is made by
fire, but 1t is so. Water Is Il very
wonderful thing when you come to
examine 1t. 1t Is composed of two
gases-oxygen and hydrogen. There
are two barrels of hydrogen TO one of
oxygen, but the oxygen weighs eight
times as much as the hydrogen. If
you take nine pounds of water, eight
pounds of it are oxygen and one pound
hydrogen. These two gases have n
very strong affinity for each other. If
they are mixed-two parts of hydrogen
and n of ~oXygen-it makes a very
dangerous compound, for II a light
gets to 1t the gases will unite with a
terrific explosion. 1t Is very hard to
separate them, but it can be done with
electricity.
, 1905-08-30
NORTHWARD.

Trains leave Holly Beach as follows: For
Cape May and intermediate stations-8.50
1905 a. m., and $50 p M, weekdays. Sun
days at $50 and 947 a. IN.
, 1905-08-30
Wednesday, August 80. 1905.
CHEMISTRY MADE EASY.
An Interesting Experiment Which
Any Girl or boy Can Make.

An interesting Experiment Which
Any Girl or boy Can Make.
Fire Is simply a chemical change.
When you strike a match 1t lights.
Matches are little pieces Of wood with
phosphorus and sulphur on the ends of
them. Oxygen unites with phosphor-
us very easily, indeed, and with sui
phur almost as easily. Rubbing the
match makes 1t hot enough for the
oxygen In the air to take hold Of the
phosphorus, and that makes heat
enough for the oxygen to get hold OF
the sulphur, and that burning makes
heat enough to set theulood on fire,
and SO you have n lighted match.
Every time you strike a match you
perform a chemical operation. II you
, 1905-08-30
Grand Parade and Boardwalk
Celebration.

Quite a number of our people as well
as strangers spent the day at Wild
wood on Thursday to witness the dedi-
catory scenes and demonstrations con-
nected with the completion of Holly
Beach's fine boardwalk. 1t is an event
that will deserve, it is said, all the
glory Of celebration they can throw
around. The grand parade is reported
was simply the greatest thing that
ever happened there.-Cape May Wave.
, 1905-08-30
FOR NEW YORK.

Trains leave Broad Street Station, Philadel
, 1905-08-30

Express, weekdays, 4.8s. 4.4O, 4.53, SIS, 5.5s,
200, 7.33, $40, 9.03. $50, 1921, *l1.O0 a m,
$500 noon, 1926, *l.0O, LAO, 20. *2.30, 800,
s3.22Pennsylvania Limited, 50. 24(NewYork
Limited), $50 400, $500, 1856, 500, 200,
$500, 800, 1912 pm, 1902 night. Sundays,
43S, 40, 4.53, 5 Is. S.25, $50, HOO n. M,
*l2.35, 2.20, $3.50, 1922 CThe Penna. Limited,
1924, New York Limited, 400, $40, 1855,
626, 200, $500, 1912 p. m, l2.02 night.
Shining Car.
For timetables and further information
consult ticket agent.
w. w. A~TTERBURY, j. II. WOOD,
Gen1 Manager. Pass. Traffic Manager.
GEO. w. BOYD, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
, 1905-08-30
Pennsylvania Railroad.

WEST JERSEY Il SEASHORE r. RI
Schedule in effect June "A, 1905.
, 1905-08-30

the sale of poison, but allow the vend-
ing of restaurant pies to go un-
checked.
Music is all right in its place, but
no n wants n pianist trying to keep
time to a jumping toothache.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
MISS PORTER'S WEDDING.
Church Marriage in Paris Today-Dis-
tinguished Guests Present.

PARIS, March 4-The church marriage
of Miss Elsie Porter, daughter of the
American ambassador, to DR.. Edwin
Mende of Zurich, Switzerland. took place
at II o'clock this morning In the Church
of the Holy Trinity, and was followed by
reception at the American embassy. The
wedding was an unusually brilliant event
The interior of the church was beautifully
decorated. The chancel was banked with
foliage and flowers and the galleries and
aisles were festooned.
The guests who filed the body of the
church included the leading officials of the
French government, the ambassadors, min
listers, many members of the old nobility
of France. and crowds from the American
colony. The bridal party entering to the
strains of a wedding march made pretty
picture. There were six bridesmaids in
dainty green and pink costumes with broad
brimmed hats and sweeping plumes
The bride, who entered upon the arm of
General Porter, wore a white satin dress
deliberately trimmed with lace and sprays
of orange blossoms. The service was per-
formed by Rev. DR.. Morgan. Bessie Alb
bott of the opera and other celebrities were
in the choir. Crowds Of curious people
besieged the church watching the arrival
and departure of the bridal party.
The embassy also was deliberately deco
rated for the reception, which lasted from
IL to o'clock. The salons were filed with
palms and an orchestra was stationed in
the corridor. The ambassador, with the
bride and COON and members of the
grooms family, received long line of
guests who felicitated General Porter on
the happy event marking the close OF his
service here.
The presents, which continue to arrive ex-
coed 300 The French governments Sevres
set is greatly admired as exceptionally ele-
CANT in number of pieces and beauty of
design.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
STUDENT RIOTS.
Nine Killed and Twenty Eight Serious
Iy Wounded-Beaten Severely.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 4.-Mail ad-
vices which have just arrived here give de-
tails of the student riots at Tomsk, West
ern Siberia, February 26, preceding the
closing of the university and chronological
INSTITUTE. They report a horrible affair in
which students We're herded and shot
slashed by the infantry, Cossacks and po-
lice. Nine students were killed and twen-
ty-eight We're seriously wounded.
Over a hundred young men and women
were taken to the police station, where
they were stripped of their clothes and
some of them were beaten into insensibility
with sticks of wood The women were
dragged about by the hair amid cries from
the police of;
There is the wretched liberty you want"
So shameful was the action of the police
that the whole fifth division of police was
bound over by the court on the charge of
brutality.
The indignation at Tomsk was so intense
that the professors of the chronological in
stitute Joined the students in deciding to
strike until the form of government is
changed The university students at
final meeting tore up the emperors picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
POSITION DANGEROUS
Kuropatkin Telegraphs Gar
Condition of His Army.
THE LEFT WING CUTOFF
100000 JAPANESE BROKE INTO
LINE OF DEFENSE.
Mikado's Troops Now Marching on
INSTRUMENTATION Russian Gen
eral Has Been Beaten.
THE LEFT WING CUTOFF

BERLIN, March A dispatch
to the Tageblatt from St. Peters
burg says:
General Kuropatllin, in tele-
gram which arrived here at 7
O'Clock last evening, said 100000
Japanese had broken through the
Russian left wing, and that it was
cut off from the remainder OF the
army.
AT 10 o'clock came another dis
patch from General Kuropatkin
which read:
I" The Japanese are marching on
Mukden. My position is extremely
dangerous. -
In government circles here today
there is a conviction that General
Kuropatkin has been fully beaten,
that part of his army has been dis
persed, and that the railroad north
Of Mukden will probably be cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
on board the vessel, who fired upon the
RempanH,

on board the vessel, who fired upon the
sempans,
The steamer Carlisle, lying In Manila
farbor, was towed In there recently from
San Miguel bay at the southern end OF the
Island OF Luzon. where she was lying dls-
abled. She was under charter to the RUS
sian government to carry supplies from
VIadivostok to Port Arthur, but lost heI
propeller, finally drifting to San Miguel
bay, where her captain brought up while he
went TO Manila for assistance.
Swedish Steamer Seized.
TOKYO March 4.-The Swedish steam
err Vega, from Barry. December 10. for
Hong Kong seized by . Japanese war
ship March 3. The place. where she was
captured is withheld.
Steamer Still Missing.
TOKYO, March 4-The whereabouts Of
the American steamer Tacoma is still I'M
certain. II IS reported that the crew,
which Is said to have left the ship in the
Ice. north of the Island of Hokkaido. on
February Is, have communicated with the
owners Of the vessel fling a cable message
at 4 mort fern port of Hokkafdo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
HAILED WITH DELIGHT
Czar's Rescript for Popular
Assembly Commended.
ST. PETERSBURG TOPIC
SITUATION IN FAR EAST FOR THE
MOMENT FORGOTTEN.
Liberals Amazed Over Proposed Re-
forms, but Many Calmly Await Fur
ther Progress-Anniversa

ST. PETERSBURG, March 4-The impe-
rial rescript announcing that Emperor Mich
olas had decided to convene an assembly of
elected representatives of the people to
elaborate and consider legislation has pro-
duced a wonderful impression. The war
and the battle below Mukden are forgotten.
The rescript is hailed by many as a sec
ond emancipation proclamation on the an
niversary of the first, the Novoe Vremya
characterizing it as marking Russia's hap
piest hour.
The liberals are amazed and in the flush
of enthusiasm are reading it as a recognf-
ton of the elective principe and the COM
pete surrender of autocracy, but discrim-
mating people, while regarding it as a great
victory, realize that all will depend on the
manner in which the reform is carried out.