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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-29
PARTICEPS CRIJMINII.

VIZ ERE you not partly to blame? Confess!
wv How could l know what you really meant!
Your lips said no; but your eyes said yes.
You sat beside me, wind-blown tress
Touched me with ravishing Establishments;
Were you partly to blame? Confessl
Why did 1 kiss you? A tenderness
In your glance fancied, gave consent;
You lips said no; but your eyes said yes
How could help it, you sorceress?
Your eyes-why they so eloquent?
Were you not partly to blame? Confessi
Of course, you didn't quite acquiesce,
But-well, stick to my argument
Your lips said no. but your eyes said yes.
Who heeds dear heart what the lips profess,
When the eyes say something different!
Were you not partly to blame? Contest
Your lips said no. but your eyes said yes.
Charles Love BENJAMIN, in July Smart Set.
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plung in Misery TO
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BANGS, BOOK.

John Kendrick Bangs once ran across
a gift copy of one OF his books IN a
secondhand bookshop. still haviag this
inscription on the fyleaf: ITO his
friend, i C., with the regards
and the esteem OF ]. K Bangs, July.
1899" Mr.. Bangs bought the copy and
sent 1t to his friend again with a Soc
ond inscription beneath: This book.
bought in a secondhand bookshop, 10
Represented to J. G. with re-
newed and reiterated regards and es-
TEEN by ]. K Bangs. December. 1Sss-"
Boston Globe
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HERE decided fashionable
a WE'LL
to be
to
is
of
usual complement
full folds
to the center which filed in with bodice
for finish at the bust The coat itself also
embroidered chiffon facing The sleeve
circular
the feet he ne round train -
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ion of others, yet that wish should not
be the pivot for ones conduct, nor should
the fact of being misjudged interfere ma
terially with ones peace of mind.
If you know you are living up to your
highest standard, living square" with
your best self, it ought not to disturb you
to discover that you are not given credit
for it by people who fail to understand
you or who wiIlfully misjudge you.
So many persons whose strength of
character ought to keep them from in
dulging in such weakness allow them
selves to suffer the keenest pangs of
misery when others bear false witness
against them.
Life is too precious thing TO be spoiled
by such unnecessary hobnobbing with
trouble. Such practice is entirely in
consistent with the highest ideal of char
acter. To waste ones energy worrying
about what people" think and agonizing
over the wrong impressions the world
has of ones conduct is a species of
spiritual suicide.
l know a woman whose life is very
miserable because she spends her days
worrying about other peoples opinion of
her. Instead of being content with her
own knowledge of her motives and ac-
tions, she wonders constantly If perhaps
after all Mrs. So-and-So may not believe
her to be hyprocrite or her next door
neighbor look upon her as pretender to
virtues she does not possess.
She is so anxious lest some one mis-
judge her that she patterns her life along
lines unnecessarily narrow and cheats
herself of much harmless pleasure and
enjoyment. And what is her reward?
Unhappiness and anxiety always-an
utterly hopeless struggle to conform to
the ideas other people have of what her
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montgomery pine and pale unless she
can change 1t to Sogback or Dabbs or
something equally as repulsive.
once upon time there were twin
olotners. one proposed to the same
girl upon fourteen different oceasions
and was rejected every pop: the other
proposed to fourteen different girls and
the last one accepted him. Bunch your
hits.-Puck
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Don't Let Criticism Uorry You
By angela Morgan.

4 able in
~ control and the serenity
aS
of ri
will discover have not areads ~
happiness impossible
Is perfectly n
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POKER-A. S., Sacramento, Cal. 1t
is rule in poker that If there is more
than one royal flush in a game the
value is determined by discovering
which is the higher. the highest cards
winning. Sometimes il two royal
flushes are equal the pot must be di-
vided.
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FITzSIMMONS-R S-RUHLIN-Subscrib
City. The six-round fight between
Fitzsimmons and Rubin in New York
City in which Rubin was knocked out
occurred August 10. 1900.
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AVTUERE.

THE PUBLIC DEBT-Subscriber, City.
AT the close Of the year 1904 the prin-
cipal of the public debt Of the United
States was 81, 304. .6s7, AS e.
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Townsend's Gala Glace Fruits. In ar
tistic fre-etched boxes. New store now
open. 767 Market street
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Special information supplied daily 20
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 80 Cali
fornia street Telephone Main 1912
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THE COURSE OF SWEDEN.

THE discussion of the Norwegian question the Swedish
Rksdag has talk The dignity of Sweden
rufed by the members of the
opinion that the only remedy boodshed This strikes the
outside world unnecessary Violence lay behind the original
union of 1t willing compact the
beginning under constitution with its Par
lament called Norway the Sortng and Sweden the Rksdg
The about all there of the union Norway
had distinct national policy and ambitions often variance with
policy ambitions of Sweden though the people
blood, and with only slight variations in language
AS Sweden political the superior of Norway
and little from the amazing that any Swede
should consider the worth fighting about If
authorized advise Sweden would say the
Norway and take the Crown Prince of Sweden for King The
only fact and of the union being the would
be for the be united
OF the Prince and the would be
substantial union as they before the secession.
The Scandinavian the stock of England America
and the has been renewed and enriched by immigration
the United States the question left decision of
dnavan Americans the would separate
friendship cold country
the world will lament spectacle of bloodshed
Sweden hasten recognize the independence of Norway
vexatious from the foreign offices of other
-
fashion graduation will be
simmer uit-N New York Herald
serving in foho penintary are
being working directors
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says graduation elaborate this
will
sdmm suit New YorkH
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The bankers the Columbus tOhio) penteniary
directors
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AS short fat salary the head corporation
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Senator and Mrs. Scott OF West Vir-
ginia, who are In Secretary Taft's party.
will be entertained by DIR. and Mrs Al
fred Hunter voorhies during the stay OF
the officials IN this city.
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Miss Ethyl Hager, who Is spending the
summer at Santa Cruz. will entertain
several San Francisco guests over the
Fourth.
The dog show. to be held in that seaside
town on the sth, will engage the atten-
ton OF many town folk. both as an ex-
hibit and because Of personal interest In
their own entries.
Miss Hager will enter her fine bulldog.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
STORY TELLING IN MEXICO

Decameron along with stories of his
own. The French writer's Of fablieux
before and after Boccaccio used many
Of the same stories. They are in the
Roman de la Rose. and in half a
dozen others
"The padres, in the early days OF
the Spanish occupation. brought over
these French works, which were always
popular in the monasteries. They
weren't much on Boccaccio for his ir-
reverence always queered him with
the church But they all knew the
fablieux. The priests and friars told
these tales to their Indian aeolytes,
and they became Incorporated with
the national folklore.
There was one tale. not a pretty
one. which / used to hear about the
campfres, and which / never could
place in Boccaccio or any other writer
whom knew. Last year | visited
Pompeil-and there was that whole
tale told out in pictures on a wall.
Il got some of my scholarly friends
TO look it up. They found that particu-
lar story. or traces of It. in Greek.
Latin and Sanskrit literature. 1t is
as cid tale as we know; and here
it is being told nightly as part Of their
own traditions by the Aztec story tell
ers Of Mexico"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
When the Burglar Fled

The burglar, having used his skele-
ton keys successfully, slowly and care
fully twisted his doorknob, listened in
tently and then tiptoed into the apart
ment.
A thin ray of light from his dark
lantern showed him a path through
the mazes of furniture, but, as he mov-
ed forward, his foot struck sharply
against chair Drawing his revolver
he quickly determined on desperate
measures, for sound at the other end
of the room indicated that the sleep
ing occupant was aroused.
The intruder listened a moment,
then crept silently on.
We'll, Archibald" rasped a female
voice, Il hear ye creeping in. Ye
can't deceive me, We old reprobatel
Amt you ashamed Of coming home at
this hour of the nights a. m.-ye
old reprobatei"
The burglar stood still, trembling in
his tracks, even though only woman
opposed him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19

The Mexicans are great story tell
ers.' said an American mining engin-
eer, who is now operating south of the
border. The percentage of illiteracy
is very large, and stories told by word
Of mouth take the place Of reading.
In every mining camp. every cattle
camp, the fireside diversion when
work stops is listening to folk-tales
The man who knows many Of them
and tells them well is sure to be popu
lar. In fact. they have professional
story tellers. half tramp, half trouba-
dour, who wander from camp to camp
amusing the poems for few pennies
After got easy with the language
! used TO listen to these tales when
ever l could. l found that about
third of the standard stories were Boo
caccio translated into Aztec terms.
There would be different incidents,
different names, different localities,
but there were the same plots.
Il asked a priest, an authority on
Mexican history, how Boccaccio ever
got his start down there. He explain
ed it in this way:
"A great many Of Boccaccio's tales
are only the folk tales of the world.
picked up by him from the common
people and gathered by him into the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
Givena Queer Send o IF

BY far the most picturesque figure
at the Five O'Clock club dinner one
night recently was Congressman John
Allen of Mississippi When this de-
lightful southerner entered official life
at Washington he came minus the
Characteristic title of colonel or
major" The fact that a southern
soldier, filing the high ONCE of con-
gressman, did not lay claim to some
military rank SO amazed his colleagues
that the newcomer va5 Immediately
dubbed Private John Allen"
United States senator Tom Carter
Of Montana in introducing Mr.. Allen
to the Five O'Clockites related a
heezy exchange of insults" that
passed between Private Allen" and
Col. John R. Fellows. another intrepid
soldier from Dixie land, at banquet
they attended some years ago. when
Private John Allen arose to speak"
said Senator Carter, ''he launched
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
say Bathing IL Harmful.

At the meeting OF health club in
New York city the other night It was
asserted that people are better with
out bathing. In the language Of the
speaker. DR.. Price. I'VE are not dirty
enough. In my practice l have no
ticed that the most sickness and the
highest mortality Is among those who
use soap and water and are particular
about bathing" In England the sug-
gestion that the liberal use Of soap
has impaired the strength of the ma
jority has been received with gravity
By the Lancet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
Out on Midasl

III l had the wealth of Midas" Mr..
Henpeck began, Il would"
20. pshaw," his wife interrupted.
whats the use of talking about
Midas? If you had the spunk Of a
rabbit. instead of working on salary
you'd be a member of the firm and
getting dividends. want you to come
home at noon today and take care Of
the children. I've got a paper on the
influence of Kant before the New
Century Club, and of course you're
not able to hire nurse for me. You
can tell them at the Office that you're
sick or something. ng."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
stOesseI,s Nephew an American.

g. :. stoessei. a nephew Of the Rus
sian commander who so brayely de-
Tended Port Arthur, is a truck farmer
near Pass Christian, Miss. He was
born In New Orleans, to which city his
parents came from Switzerland over
fifty years ago. Mr.. stoessel is one Of
the most successful gardeners on the
coast, and raises the finest strawber-
ries grown in the south. He has no
desire to visit the land OF his fathers.
although he has many hnspeoole
there. He has had several letters from
the general, but none since the present
war was begun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19

into a scathing denunciation OF the
military record OF Col. Fellows. This
man Fellows said Allen. started from
home with nothing but a Bible, an
arithmetic and halter. 1t was his
purpose to teach school, become
preacher. or. failing in both, steal a
horse and ride back home. He finally
joined the army as an easy means OF
reaching home Then Col Fellows
arose. This man Allen he thunder
ed. tells you that he figured in many
engagements and was captured num-
Der Of times. do not deny that he
was captured. but the Yankees each
time released him. realizing that it
was an easier matter to fight him than
to feed him.
With this unique introduction "Pri-
vate John Allen" arose. and for more
than an hour delighted his hearerg
with reminiscent tales OF a mirthful
character--P Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
FINE SCENERY IN FLORIDA.
Pleasure and Sport Along theWick-a
Watche River.

otd 0SSfh FNtSH5
Watche River.
Parties who have visited the Wick
a-Watche river recently speak very
highly of its beauty and attractions.
The river is only eight or ten miles
long, but it is wider than the Anclote,
and several large springs near its
source cause a continuous current to-
ward the gulf, Notwithstanding the
tides. There are two especially notice
able springs, and so clear are the wa
ters that for fifty feet down the small
est fish are discernible, and there are
many varieties from the minnow to the
tarpon. One of the most peculiar feat
ures is that the fish will not bite at
the most tempting bait, although in
the river the fishing is very fine. 1t
is exactly twenty-six miles from here.
There is one house there owned by a
Mr.. Goethe, a direct descendant of the
great German poet and philosopher Of
that name.-Tarpon Springs (Fla)
News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
Victory for the Aggressor

in Europe. too far from home. He
employed against Oyama the plan OF
Peter the Great against Charles XII.
and Of Kutusotf against Napoleon. 1t
was not new. FabIus had tried it
against Hannibal. and the Parthians
.lured Crassus to destruction by II.
But the history Of warfare dis
closes that the aggressor has the adj
yantage-Alexander, Hannibal. Caes.
ar and Napoleon all took the initiat-
i've 1t was not FabIus, nor even Sch
pio. who beat Hannibal; IT was Capua.
where he ceased the aggressive and
was buried In luxury and debauchery.
Gustavus Adolphus invariably assailed
his enemy. Let one read the brilliant
campaign Of Montrose in Scotland II
he would realize the advantage OF the
FIRST lick" In our own country Stone
wall Jackson and Gen. Forrest illus
trated the superiority Of aggressive
tactics.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19

A celebrated writer, says the Wash
ington Post, mentions the duke Of
Cumberland and Marshal Soult as
stout captains, but unfortunate. pos
sessing the confidence OF their superb
ors and subordinates. but generally
losing the day when they commanded.
Marshal Daun. so long opposed to
Frederick the Great, was another un-
fortunate general who lost battles.
but was ever stubborn fighter and a
trusted commander
Gen. Kouropatkin belongs to the
class of Soult and Cumberland That
he had an army with which to occupy
Mukden stamps him as thorough
soldier, and that he saved even a part
Of that army after the titanic battles
of the twelve days shows that he is
commander OF very considerable tai
ents. He was reduced to the neces-
sity of attempting traditional Rus
sian tactic. that had twice succeeded
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19

Cant talk eh?" rasped the voice.
TOO full of emotion, guess, for /
can smell the cloves on your breath
away over here. It serves me right,
anyhow for marrying Just a tank,
when | could have had many and
many a decent"
Great drops Of perspiration had gath
cred on the affrighted burglars brow,
and. throwing discretion to the winds,
he fell over the furniture in frantic
effort to escape.
'I'll scratch yer eyes out, ye brutel"
went on the fierce falsetto voice. Now
ye just turn around and see if ye shut
and locked the front door; under
stand? Hurry up, now, for l want
chance to tell you how much / despise
such"
When the burglar reached the door
he shut it at his back and few down
the stairway in terror. He was fam
lily man and appreciated the horrors
of a curtain lecture,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
Shows Extreme seIfishnesa.

Matthew Arnold's lament at the ex.
cessive and unreasonable value which
people put upon the mere preservation
of their lives in these days is empha-
sized by the testimony of the cab
driver in the Nan Patterson case.
Having stated that he did not even
look into the cab when he heard the
fatal shot fired ana being asked to ex-
plain this seeming want of curiosity
he replied: Suppose looked In and
got shot. What then?" Why, then
there would have been one less cab
man in New York, and in twenty-four
hours or less his place would have
been supplied. 1t is easier to supply
men than places In this age Of the
world, and no one is indispensable.
That cabman must be an egoist.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
lest We Eoraet.n

We, Of all people, are least likely
to crow over Russia because she has
met with reverses in the field. A few
years ago we suffered humiliating re-
verses in South Africa. Fortunately,
in our case our adversaries had not a
large population to draw upon, and
that population did not possess the
wonderful military virtues of the Jap
anese. In the end, therefore, we were
able to compel them to lay down
arms. But we do not forget In the
least that we suffered humiliations be-
cause we we're unprepared. and be-
cause, in our national vanity. we
thought 1t unnecessary to make seri-
ous preparation. Therefore, instead
of Growing over the Russians or con-
sidering that they have suffered pres
tige, we honestly sympShize with
them, provided they show the manly
courage to admit that they have been
defeated, and that they now intend to
devote themselves to the recuperation
of their country.-London Statist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
Shakespeare In Japan.

In Japan they have translated
Shakespeare into the native tongue.
The ghost in Hamlet" is an elderly
gentleman in uniform that may be
seen any day of the week in Manchu-
ria. OthelIo is transformed into a
modern major general, and, according
to report, Mime. Sada Yaoco's Des-
demona impresses the playgoers of
Tokyo by her American costume and
her charming, lively manner. Immense
gaps have been left by the translator.
Desdemona's song, being unsuitable
to a Japanese lady, is rendered by a
phonograph."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
4sARsoN BIRD" is CLEVER.
New Zealand songster That Can Be
Taught Much.

/
Taught Much.
Among the feathered inhabitants OF
New Zealand there is a bird called she
parson bird. or ~tui." It is about the
size and shape Of blackbird, but has
pair Of delicate white tufts at its
throat, and is glossy dark green
otherwise, which looks black in the
sunlight. It can be taught to crow,
to speak, TO whistle tunes, and besides
these tricks it has a repertoire which
is not often equaled by any other
feathered songster. At vespers 1t has
uote like the toll of bell or the
clear high note OF an organ. 1t can
mimic every bird in the bush to per-
fection; 1t will break of in the middle
Of an exquisite melody and indulge in
a strange medley Of sounds which are
impossible to describe, but if you can
imagine the combination Of a cough,
a laugh, sneeze, with the smashing
Of pane Of glass" it will be some
approach to the idea.
The tut nests twice or thrice year
and has large families Like the other
birds of New Zealand it seems to be
unconscious Of danger from man. 1t
is pity that the birds Of this island
ara becoming so scarce, for they
speak to US Of a time when nature was
harmless, when the snakes, tigers and
falcons did not exist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19
six Shots Are Enough.

In the list / have included a re-
volver. following out the old saying
that You may not need it for long
time, but when you do need it. you
want it d---d quick" Except to i'm
press guides and mule drivers, it is
not an essential article. writes Rich
ard Harding Davis, in Scribner's. In six
campaigns l have carried one, and
never used it, nor needed 1t but once,
and then while I was lodging behind
the foremast it lay under tons Of lug
gage in the hold. The number Of cart
ridges l have limited to six, on the
theory that if in six shots you haven't
hit the other fellow he will have hit
you, and you win not require another
six.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-19

While on his way to church some
distance out Of town Mayor Berry OF
Chester, Pa. saw several hundred boys
and men gambling on the outskirts Of
the city. He stopped his buggy team
and gave the Sabbath breakers scrne
good advice His honor was a Method
ist preacher at one time and his re-
marks soon took the form OF an earn
est sermon. At the conclusion Of his
address several men voluntarily prom.
ed that they would gamble no more,
fter the mayor had departed the as
mblage quietly dispersed.