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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24
THE WHISTLER.

You'd oughter hear him whistle once,
That longlegged boy o mine
He was the ornarest galoot
OF the whole kit Of mine.
His mother had it in for him
To be preacher chap
Because he hadn't sense enough
To earn his daily nan.
But one night wben we sat around
An all was kinder still
An peaceful. an the harvest moon
Was climbin' Ger the hill,
There comes Ttraggler up the ROAD
Among the moonbeams white
A-whistlin' every tune on earth
With all his main an might.
He did stunt of rag-time tunes,
Then patriotic airs,
Like "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground'
Or How a Soldier Fares"
And then, to show what he could do,
He'd jump to old Ben Bolt,
An when he'd whistled that all through,
On Belle Malone" took holt.
Next "Listen to the Mockin's Bird,
That was the sweetest toot;
Twas Just as ef each note was drawn
From out silver flute.
But when he struck Through Georgi
knew the whistlin' limb
Purtendn' to be some one else
Was our old trifin' jim.
An now he doesn't do a thing
But earn his daily wage
By dressin' up in fancy clothes
A-wnistlp' on a stagel
But how he learned it unbeknown
To mother and to me
Shows what it is to have gen
Ius in the family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24
AFrIendlx FIeId.Mouse.

Many stories have been told in the
past tending to show that wild ami
mails, when in trouble viii display
surprising confidence in man-in fact,
will often seek his assistance when
sore beset. The writer, when a boz
on farm in Minnesota, had an expe-
rience with a field-mouse which pret-
tily illustrates this trait in wild crea-
lures.
1t was stacking time, and the men
were all busy in the fields lifting the
shocks Of cured grain and stacking
them in hive-shaped stacks in the
barnyard. The writer. barefoot boy
at that time, had been following me
wagons in the field all the morning in
a vain endeavor to capture some field
mice to take home as pets. He had
seen number of the drab little Great
ures with their short tails, but had
failed to lay his hands upon any OF
them, owing to the thick stubble ard
the nimbleness OF the mice.
At last as a particularly large shock
was lifted. a broken nest was dis
closed, and the youthful mouser was
put upon the qul vive by the slender
squeaks Of seven or eight hairless lit
tie beings that We're SO young as moi
to have opened their eyes as yet The
mother disappeared with a whisk
whereupon the young hunter sat dowr
in a critical attitude beside the nest
and began to examine his find.
He had already put one Of the young
mice in his trousers pocket when the
mother reappeared out of the stubble
beside the nest. The boy held his
breath and awaited developments
Much to his surprise the mouse-moth
or, after carefully examining the
ruined nest, entered his pocket, which
rs he Sat, opened very near to the nest
She seemed to come to the conclusion
very quickly that her lost little onS
had found a very good home, and ii
about two minutes had transferred
the remainder Of her offspring from
the nest to the pocket, carrying then
one at time In her mouth.
The writer has had many varied OK
periences with wild animals, but non,
Of them impressed him so strongly al
the episode OF the mouse-mother in tn,
wheat stubble. - Clyde Hayden, i.
Birds and Nature.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

An unexpected menace to brick
street paving has come to light in
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Numerous ants
began burrowing into the sand be-
meath the bricks and removed SO
much of it to other and unknown
quarters that the city engineer was
called in to repair the damages. One
street was made unfit for travel for
several blocks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24


One OF the best stories of Kiplings
youth is that of the lost regiment that
marches eternally through the defiles
Of Afghanistan. and it is due TO the
brilliant administration of the British
War Office that England's army has
now a lost regiment iI fact as well as
in fiction. Strictly speaking, 1t is a
company that is missing, not a regl
ment, but that is a minor matter and
has little to do with the story. Three
hundred Yorkshiremen were organized
into the Ninety Company of
Imperial Yeomanry and sent TO Africa
months ago. 1t was organized at Al
dershot under the auspices of the Duke
of Cambridge's Own and Lord Arthur
Hill, the commander of that regiment
saw it placed on a train and start on
its way to Durham. But it never ar
rived at Durham. 1t never reached the
field-and more than that. there is no
record Of its ever having embarked at
Southampton. In word, it seems to
have been lost somewhere between Al
dershot and the seaport where 1t was
to have taken ship for the war No
one win admit he knows anything
about it. and the War Office is sending
out 'tracers," just as railway compa-
nies look for missing freight cars. The
probability is that the company was
broken up and its members distrib-
uted among other organizations with
nothing said to no one" about it,
New York Commerercial Advertiser.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24
He Mantea tn Knnw.

A customer in an apothecary's shop
uptown, who was plainly a stranger
in New York, saw an article he desired
to purchase on a card on one Of the
showcases. The article was one Of a
dozen Of the samc kind on this card,
and was fastened only with a rubber
band The customer, In a nonchalant
way, took one of the packages from
the card. and looked intently at the
spot where 1t had been taken from.
Printed in large type after the man
ner of these cards. was the word,
"sold" Seeming puzzled for a while,
the Stranger called the drug clerks at
tention to the word and remarked in
dead earnest:
"Say, there, young feller, does that
refer to me."-New York Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

derstand It bitl Instead or sending
me back my story you forward these
verses in an envelope addressed by
yourself. You admit that it was not
a mistake, and you say that my story
is not In the office. Please explain"
Now the editor was not used to
being addressed in this manner by
contributors. He had got to know
which people were likely 10 make
themselves unpleasant and he invar-
iably handed their cards on to the sub
editor. But this was not matter for
the sub'editor.
"My dear child" he said gently, Il
assure you l did it all for the best.
Don't be so idiotic." said the girl.
"How can it be for the best to lose
my story and send this wretched stuff
instead? I'm afraid the want of a hol-
iday has-well, knocked you out"
She noted the lines in his face and
the dark shadows under his eyes.
"Ahw said the editor, talking Of
holidays gives you the keynote Of the
situation"
He looked for a telltale blush, but
none followed.
"You wrote your story on a holi-
day?" he continued.
Il did-down at Brighton" !"
"You laid the scene in a boarding
house"
Il did. Why shouldn't ~
Have you looked at the address ON
the verses"
''No. oh, seel they come from the
same clearinghouse"
"And the name? Do you know
that?D
LET me see. Oh, yesl That must
be the young man with long hair who
would talk about the moon and waves
and things"
The editor gaspcd.
''Then you are not-you did, the
didn't
At last the girl understood. Good
heavens-now she said, laughing a lit
tie in spite of her vexation. but
you don't mean to say you sent my
story to him?7
I'm afraid / did, said the editor
humbly. "You see l thought you
meant it for"
"DoDtv' said the girl. II wish I'd
nevez written the thing"
"Then wasn't It fragment Of your
lifeg'
mot exactly" she said, hesitating
"And. anyhow, didn't-want 1t pub
lished."
The man looked across at the pretty.
downcast face. and saw. at last, the
blush that he had been waiting for
For a moment he thought hard. and
then he rose from his chair, strobe
round the table. and took the little
gloved hand in his. She scarcely
looked up. but one glance told him
all that he wanted to know.
Fourteen gentlemen to see you sir"
said the office boy; eleven ladies'. and
man with a new kind of Internal
machine"
"Ten 'em I'm engaged" said the
editor
"Shall say you're sorry. sir?"
Certainly notr' said the editor. I'm
jolly gladv'
And the boy went out with a
chuckle.-Chicago Times.Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

A rather amusing incident occurred
Sunday at Miami at the Methcdisl
Episcopal Church, South The aud.
tcrium was well filed with people
who were intently Interested in th4
sermon which was being delivered b2
the Rev. c. Frsd Blackburn. SUDDEN,
a small bird flew in from the open
window, circling round the room, light.
Ing for q moment on the seats. thei
circling round and round the room.
The attention Of the audience was AZ
rected from the words of the speaker,
when AL at ONCE the bird settled quiet
" down on the head of thn preache'.
a swift stroke of the hand and away
Went the little bird. Florida Times
Union and Citizen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

Good news for the children comes
across the water from England. Here
tofore it has been generally under
stood that people who ate much
sugar were simply laying in stocks
Of future woes and reducing their
days upon earth. When little Johnny
asks for sugar on his piece of bread
he is told that be can't have it because
it win ruin his teeth and leave him
with a stomach nowhere near as good
as new. The girls have been warned
that if they eat candy they cannot
expect TO have red cheeks, and the
general idea has been that the taste
for sweets is dangerous in the ex-
treme. The British Medical Journal
informs us. however, that sugar is
about as beneficial a thing as one can
ao+
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

The French Republic has just paid
100000 for land in Washington on
which to erect a suitable embassy
building. The United States has no
such building = any foreign capital.
whether the buildings rented for the
purpose are suitable or not depends
upon the private means Of our repre-
sentatives abroad.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

Attention is called by the Electrical
Review to the fact that strangely near
to all Of what is called modern pro
gress has been accomplished not only
within the lifetime of men not very
old. but well within the memory of
such men. 'The telegraph and tele-
phone" it says, ''have caused the world
to shrink in size, and emancipated
countless messengers to more produc-
tive employment The electric light
has vastly extended the working hours
Of the race and made the evening
hours both more attractive and safe.
The trolley car has been the chief Of
municipal blessings, ana has made
cities cleaner, quieter more habitable.
All these things, and more, electricity
has done in seventy years. and thus
made an Overwhelming difference be-
tween the citizen of to-day and his
forefathers." 1t is certainly an amaz-
ing record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

Though scaweed is most often seen
on rocky shores it is found elsewhere
II great quantities. There are, so to
speak, vast meadows of it in the Gulf
Stream, where it is called sargasso,
covering a space of 100000 square
miles in green and yellow patches. A
smaller mass occurs in the North Pa
cifc. In TERRA del Fuego one weed
reaches length of 36O feet, being well
named the Giant Kelp. Seaweeds hav-
ing no roots, they cling to rocks by a
kind of sucker. They get their food
from the sea-, and in turn supply food
to countless multitudes of animals,
one as big as the whale, the rest most
ly so tiny the human eye cannot detect
them. They grow so quickly that a
perfectly smooth rock has been COW
cred with them-many Of the weeds
being from two to six feet long
less than six months. Some of them
contain matter that in other forms is
valuable. Poor folk on the coasts of
Ireland and tie Western Highlands
used to make a living by collecting
seaweed and burning it in pits. The
brown, glassy-looking cakes Of ashes,
called kelp, were sold to makers of
soap, glass and other things for the
soda they contained, but as soda is
now got from other sources cheaper
and in larger quantities the kelp-gath-
erers have lost their living. Some
weeds contain SO much sulphurlc acid
that when cast up ON the beach and
left to rot, the silver in the houses near
becomes blackened. This has hap
pened at Copenhagen. for instance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

1t Is one OF the peculiarities Of travel
by balloon, says the Idler, that you do
not feel anything; all Is still with YOU,
no matter how fast you may be going.
You see. you are riding with the wind;
you move rs fast as it moves; you are
part and parcel Of it, whether you
wish 70 be or not. 1t takes you in It's
embrace so firmly, yet so softly. you
do not know it is there. You may be
in the teeth Of hurricane, but YOU
never know it; all is calm and placid
with you.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

The selection of a correct word for
a private collection of automobiles,
equivalent to STABLE" seems to afford
considerable difficulty. "Motorbarn, .
"motorome," "motorden," "motorium," ="
'motorshed" and "motable" have all
been sugges: The French term
garage woi a good one if it
was not used for designating a place
simply for storir and repairing au-
tomobiles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

Nell-"She isn't even afraid Of mice"
Belief always said she was cat"
Philadelphia Record.
Thirteen of my fruit cans exploded
last night. Doesn't that seem omin-
ous?' Il should call is uncanny"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Deadly microbes may lurk in a kiss,
But when she casts coquettish ganccs
You just caress the beautiful miss,
And proceed right away to take chances.
Baltimore Word.
"Who is that strange looking man
who stares at me SO much?p why.
that's Won Humperdlnck, the eminent
insanity expert" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Her Mother Edith, don't you think
you are getting too old to play with
little boys?7 Edith-"Nc, mamma; the
older get the better like them
Tit-Bits.
Tom-"And you say she is a great
belle" Jack-"You beti Why. she
actually has four silk pillows stuffed
with hair from four different football
players. Philadelphia Record.
They boasted Of their pedigree;
When twins came, unawarcs,
/ could but see their family tree
Was fruitful as to pairsl
Philadelphia Record.
Puller-"But what ought | to talk
to my partner about?" Putter-"Her
splendid play, of course Fuller
"And if she's a regular duffers" Put
ter-"Tell her what Holsters the others
are. Brooklyn Life.
Surgeon-"Feet sore, ell? 'yhere do
they hurt you most:7 Private Well.
sir, it amt so much when we're on the
march, but when we're 'alted it's
something dreadful, sir Surgeon
"Oh, indeed. Well, the next time yol,
halt you just mark time"' Punch.
people have got heap more sense
than they Used to have" observed Mr..
Graynes. "Yesy' Eyes. went OH
Change with a bad cold the other day.
must have met 1000 men, aud our o.
all that number there were only eleven
by actual count that told me what to
take to cure it."-Chicago Tribune.
why, pa, this is roast beef" OK.
claimed Willie at dinner on the ever
ing when Mr. Chumpleigh was present
as the guest of honor "Of course
said the father. What of ihat:'
why, you told ma this morning that
you were going TO bring nlutton-
head home for dinner this evening -
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Angler Opening basketl-"Yes,
dear; had excellent luck to-day Ill
show them Why why, they're salt
mackerelr' Mrs Angler (sweatNj-,
Its all right, dear told the grocer
to send mackerel the next time for Il
change you've caught 50 many fres.l
fish lately, you know. -Leslie's Week.
ly.
did your father used to whip ven
when you were a boyw asked tha
youngsrer who had been chastised.
did her repeated the old gentleman
refectvely. In those days paren !
were made OF sterner stuff aud Ls
used to whale me with strap Tnt
boys eyes Frightened instantly. "Go!.
ly!' he cried. I'D like to see him dl
it now."-Chicago Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24
century

What is it that makes criminal,
even a beastly and disgusting one, the
object of sentimental interest, to be
treated like a hero? Why send fruits
and flowers to a person that any right
minded man would avoid with disgust?
queries the Christian Advocate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24
Rain, rain, go TO Spain.
Never, never come again!

N
Now have you gone to Spain,
Dear rainy
You stay so long away,
My garden grows more dusty and
More dreary every day.
And all the vegetables are dry
And withered up and small.
Why, that old foolish rhyme ! said
! didn't mean at all!
My little brook l love so well
Has thin and sickly grown.
Where once | tried in vain to cross
Are only piles Of stone.
And where were little waterfalls,
With rushes round the brink,
Are only muddy, trampled pools
Where cows come down to drink.
And so please, If you took offense,
Forgive me right away.
And come and water all my flowers
Soon as you can To-day
If quite convenient Don't feel bad,
Forget and come again.
Why, never" was just make believe
really love you. rainl
Dear rainl
Oh, please come back from Spainl
Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

Most of the people in Plctou aud
Aatigonish, in Nova Scotia, and a
great part Of the neighboring counties,
are descendants Of the Scotch High
landers who settled there about a
century ago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

The complex occupations and oppor-
tunlties of cities necessarily attract
labor which Is free. There is no part
Of the United States in which man
is written to the land' as he was in
feudal times. Science beckons to the
factory. the forge, and the foundry.
Art allures to the ateliers, schools,
the exhibitions, and the museums. But
while an annual migration from agri-
culture to manufacturing and com
merce is among the most impressive
phenomena of Advancement in the re-
public. a quiet revolution has been
proceeding in agricultural occupations,
which have been deprived to a con
siderable degree of their former aus
terity and isolation, exclaims Harper's
Bazaar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

1t now transpires that the forests of
the Philippine Islands are likely to
prove of incalculable value. Single
trees have been discovered that are
said to be worth over $4,000. is
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

America is sending coal to Germany.
This is likely to again fire the people
who have been consumed with the
"Yapkee dread.y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

A sum Of $4,000 has been specially
allotted for the providing Of motor cars
which will be used In the approachln;
maneuvers OF the German army. anil
will form a very distinct feature III
those maneuvers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

Aerial navigation would seem just
now to be rather too rich for the aver
age mans blood. 1t costs about $1,000
q mile to ride in a dirigible balloon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24
IF LINING IS SUI WARFARE.

wing is but warfare, let's make it splen-
did war,
of some noble purpose tells each hon
orable scar;
vanquishment shall only mean a wor-
thy deed deferred;
victory's cry as that Of right trium-
phant shall be heard;
,lorious that when the grand Te Dsum
strains arise
Is angels shall lift Up the chant and
choir it through the skies,
the trumpets OF archangels shall
sound the proud release
I signals to good soldiers Gods ulti-
mate Of peacel
Saunders, in st. Louis Republic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

II living is but warfare, fierce and vast
campaign,
Let's be good soldiers in our day, the
kind that don't complain;
The cheerful breed that on the march SO
steady strides along,
And gathers round the bivouac Of night
with heartening song;
That bears the brunt Of battle as bravely
az may be,
And cultiyates a laughing eye, the bright
er side to see
For sef-respect's a steadfast mask to
guide your marching By,
And the world loves its good soldiers, that
bear them straight and high
Ripley
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-24

To maintain the public schools Of
the country costs every man. woman
and child a little more than 80.
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-05

is,us a. .-,.r-iarld. S.S iu.H a ~ ash ton
ic.acn itt-.--..t. E-nllaG... Al Eo-t..:,.
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-05
nEpUHLIr.rEcTa:

Cleveland. "a S,pt- s-.icyelant won a
pretty game l.. tT-- morning IN w!'.Ch i!!'!e
vas som, .'Ac"lI-nI ,irrhiaC and brilliant
ieidtng. Cleveland won because Ati.s.
young riighe: u.il- tried out by Nc
ii.or. WAS Viii at the outset.
The contest vas not called i;'stif nearly
-."Dn. the Browns special train being de-
atci In consequence of running In;o 4
.sArI car i"f'l'-t. with rails ut Huron ~
The week VS. not - all serious. non. oi
-iIc players being hurt.
Cleveland won y the first Two innings
.h!ss oHgit not iocar.s III" plat. for Jack
-on and Jimmy w.Ik"i. Bay sacrifice =
and IE.ks 1oIIc SiYEl. 20 right scored
Jackson R'F:liS !-4asCuratei IN. second
mining win a ',I.g~.. -Dr twu bases over
stone head. Cars <lr-ifl-" sent him 10
;h.r1 an. H.. scored .U - passed hall.
Tha. .rae,i ,,Ic,ei.n3's scoring only
-wiE. after 'h' second did The. hIN" =
q. lanre 80 score l. II. fourth truirE.
S'1IaN E:acl.1l and stole. and Car: " I.ke't
u.t -hh.ES struck OUT Turner. S"rlis and
Clarke. IN :G.- sixth iun.uc. Flick singled.
us!; was ";Er stealing Sr"yai. and Turner
-H.i"w"t with -iDs!.S. tut 10 -UU. We're
produced. a. E"fs,.S and carr rp1?i-! uI
- !.as.s secured its only rGa IN m"
..F-t -uETI S-urn wa. sa:- on Turner -
error a-c ~vfsi !. r.-i ne round ~ a PASSED
E-ail ard u a.laC,' -;t. Ten JOSS pitched
such strong a-'icia n: bal! that the
5:rs~rlS r'saT s=A rlrSt again Erfil the
fse,arfa WIN Wallace and Gleason
md f'T;sk s!;igl.i - IN. eighth. hut the
others Wy" us-ggIi - the -asi. Of bring
,Ic tLs-r rr:lr. In -" ninth a latch ~
iira driv" ffy St"yali prevented 81. Louis
r.. ~ fsst-: IL" sore.
kh.ss really pitched n fin. game after
GOOD hat:-rs - Beg, sIrv.i!. Ee:n.s ana