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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
FIRST AMERICAN PATENT.
Joseph Jenks, who Was Renowned For
His Inventive Genius.

To an English machinist, Joseph
jerks, belongs the honor of having
secured the first American patent Al
blacksmith in Hammersmith, England,
in 1913, he was man Of great renown,
says the Scientific American, by reason
Of his inventive skill in the art of
making machines. Emigrating to the
Colony Of Massachusetts, in the fall Of
1643, about the same time that Rev.
John Harvard arrived, he settled in
Lynn. This man jerks cut the dies
for the coming Of the old colonial pine
tree" money. He also invented the
first apparatus for extinguishing fires,
a kind Of primitive hand-pump on
wheels. His application for patent
on water-power device for mills
was granted by the colonial Court,
and is probably the first patent on
record in America. The Court had
jurisdiction over the Massachusetts
Bay Colony, embracing nearly all OF
New England at that time. The limit
of the monopoly was fourteen years,
and the Court retained not only power
to forbid expectation, but also power
to prevent exorbitant charges made
upon the public. The patent was is
sued in this form:
''At a general Courte at Boston the
9th of the 3rd Mo. 164s. The cor't
considinge We necessity Of engins Of
mills to go by water for speedy dis
patch Of much worke with few hands,
and being sufficiently informed Of ye
ability of We petition to performe such
workes grant his petition (yet no other
person shall set up or use any such
new invention, or trade for ii years
without We licence of him the said Jo-
seph Jenkes) so farr as concerns any
such new invention, & so it shall be
always in We power of this cote to
restrain ye expectation of such manu-
factures & ye prizes of them to mod
GRAFTON if occasion to require"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

|UU " convinced
UUUU skirt has held the centre Of the stage long the delight
creature Of ac and chnons rues and urbeow advancing the
stood her ground baye spite Of the powerful opposition Of the shop
fully like polite Of yet not acknowledging her
defeat and gives place to the summer girl of 1902 u,
To fashion designed for this gr
can afford to be an athlete 1t was all very well when short skirt and and
tailor made shirt waist in the evening the summer resort was the ha
for girl to have healthy coat of tan on face throat
the daphanous
Of materials sunburn impossbliy
if these dear girls
for trade The woan tailor srtmaker
the merchant to rebel
continued? Of what to design
dreams for ncnapve customers? The new woman was her bug
bear driven to distraction
whole in Paris London and Berlin
satisfied with tweed skirts heavy shoes and shirt waists Something
To the relief of the hopkeepcr Barry"
than the shops
organdes
their hearts the fvite as far as gwnng was
could dress Du Barry Dolly Warden were sh.
visits the complexion
twentieth girl has emerged from her ehrsa
a butterfly.
and shirt waists From the low common
heel and round toe shoe we have re returned to he n pointed @ Toe % @
the unhealthy Louis XIV heel is be regretted by people Of common
shops that
display elaborate collection Of the once severely made shirt waist
These od works of art made as they are OF the sneerest lawns ana
organdes profusey Perhaps nothing nd
athletic fad this departure in shirt waists
girl that her
ribbons and ces is She would be out of
therefore to-day under the
new regime She is egaed to the shelf
up that they
nothing to summer hotel where there
pretty girls to fall love with man Is never hapR as Tnr Mnen
fore there attraction for the men-cOlers Weekly $3.50
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
WISE WORDS.

There is no blessing equal to the
possession Of a stout heart.-Smiles.
Where the best things are not pos
sible the best should be made of those
that are.-Hooker.
Let him go where he will, he can
only find so much beauty or worth as
he carries.-Emerson.
1t is not mere endurance, but right
endurance of affiiction that brings
blessing.-J. H. Evans.
There is one thing in the wide uni
verse which is really valuable, and
that is character.-John Todd.
Humanity is never so beautiful as
when praying for forgiveness; or else
when forgiving another.-Richter
Failure, after long perseverance, Is
much grander than never to have a
striving good enough to be called a
failure.-George Eliot.
Bind together your spare hours by
the cord of some definite purpose, and
you know not how much may be ac-
complished.-W. NJ. Taylor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

A letter of Lord Salisbury's. written
when he was Lord Robert Cecil. to
Abraham Hayward, was sold the other
day in London. In It the future Prime
Minister wrote that "a new review has
been projected, of which I am one of
the editors; and, knowing how valua-
Bile your cooperation has been to the
other reviews, venture to ask you
whether you have the leisure. or, if the
leisure, the inclination occasionally to
contribute to this new one. Its main
object is to supply the liveliness which
has been so painfully lacking lately in
the elderly quarterlies without the
startling peculiarities on the subielt Of
religion which have stood so much In
the way Of the new ones" ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

When the white man first visited
some of the island of the Southern
Hemisphere, he found that many of
the animals. especially the birds, were
absolutely fearless. Penguins, albat-
rosses and others paid no attention to
the men as they walked along, and
when it was desired to photograph
nest and eggs it was frequently neces-
sary to push the nesting albatross from
the nest. the bird merely pecking at
the intruder. Darwin describes doves
at one island he visited as apparently
unable to comprehend that man was an
enemy. The birds could be showed
from the limbs before they moved, and
even attempted to alight upon the
heads of the men. In Kerguelcn Land
the birds in some Of the extensive
rookeries refused to move as the men
strode along. holding their ground and
pecking so violently at the invaders
that they were forced to beat retreat.
These birds had never seen a man be-
fore, and failed to recognize him as an
enemy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
WHAT IS A MODERN NEwsPApER :
The Public Thinks IL Is the Community's
AIl-Round Handy Man.

a guessing contest to answer the
question, "What is modern news
paper?' might not seem to be diff
cult one at first blush, but investigation
would change that conclusion.
The newspaper shows the effect Of
expansion more than any other branch
of trade or business, and with the
cheering feature that the public is al
ways the beneficiary.
From the Adrian (Mich) Telegram
comes the following attempt to de-
scribe what newspaper now is:
1.-THE public is insistent in its de-
mands. 1t expects the newspaper to
be pack horse, dray team, ditch
digger, a gas inspector, water tester,
a special policeman, a detective bu-
reau, dog chaser, sidewalk ixer
a cow finder, thief catcher, a busi-
ness maker, city pusher, a house
seller, a paving inspector, sewer direc-
tor, q pocketbook finder, lest article
hunter, council regulator. fraud dis
coycrer, panic preyonter, obituary
preacher. chief taffy porrer at we'd
dings and social functions, sporting
mascot, fish liar, big egg prcvaricator
snake story czpandcr, judge on earliest
gardens, business boomer, husband
finder sweetheart securer, school
inspector and general all-round
handy man fer the community.
In fact. if there is c single
thing of Importance to human life and
human happiness that doesn't go
through the newspaper it has never yet
been discovered. 1t touches every fea-
ture Of human eldeavor from the cradle
to the grave. 1t smiles with those who
smile and weeps with those who
mourn. 1t is everywhere all the time
the nest busy, the most useful Of all
the public agencies. 1t makes mis-
takes. All human agencies do. Some
times it is dishonest. But it stands
ont so in the glare of the arc light of
publicity that it can hut half succeed
If dishonest-and then only for brief
time.n
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

Mackeral fishing has always been n
game Of chance, more SO than any ether
branch of the fisheries. Immense for
tunes have been made in good years
and large sums lost il unsuccessful
seasons, for 1t takes considerable
money to fit cut fleet of eeiners.
Some of the high line vessels have
divided among the crews as much as
$1,000 a man for six months work.
Mackerel fishing is row done in
three ways: with a big purse seine,
which is the method Of the larger ves-
sells; with a drag or gill net, and in
pounds and traps which are built out
from the shore Of brush or twine.
The old way OF catching mackerel
was by hook and line. Large quanti-
ties of wash bait, herring and clans
chopped fine, were used. and sometimes
as many as four or five barrels Of this
bait were thrown over from a single
vessel in a day. 1t was used to attract
the fish. and The old timers think If a
return to the old methods were made
the mackerel would come to these
shores in as large numbers as they
did years ago.
In those days there were more YES
sells employed than at present. At one
time, just before heavy northeaster,
600 fishermen were counted passing
in by Portland Head at the entrance
of Portland harbor TO escape the storm.
The vessels fished in fleets. and it
often happened that several hundred
sail Of fishermen would be seen in a
very small area. Collisions were fire.
quent and whenever two vessels came
together there was sure to be a fight
between the crews.-New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

On the little island of Singapore,
which only eighty years ago was a
jungle. England now has a colony of
100000 inhabitants. 1t has. hotels ac-
commodating hundreds Of guests, man.
sions and millionaires by the score,
yachts and fine clubhouses, and it is
one of the most important financial
centres of the British Empire in the
East.
Fifty steamship lines connect the
colony with the rest of the world. Its
postofEice handles 100000 pieces of
mail every year. 1t has miles of docks
visited by a thousand vessels every
month.
There are no customs duties what
ever, yet it has a revenue Of $1,000, 900
a year and a credit balance at the end
of every year. And in the midst of a
population which is one of the most
cosmopolitan in the world, small gar
rison of little more than three battal-
ions and police force of less than
20O0 men keep life and property as
secure as in the city of New York
itself.
Though there are no customs duties
in Singapore, the Government always
comes out Of the year with a credit
balance. Its $2,5OO,OOO income is de-
rived from land taxes, stamps, licenses,
port and harbor dues and postage.
0ne-third Of 1t goes in salaries, and
throughout the East there are no ADLER
nor better paid officials than the British
in the Colony Of Singapore.-New York
sun. sesxsA
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

Mr.. Marconi. unlike many of his
scientific brethren. has a sense of hu-
NOR, says the London Express. He
said that wireless telegraphy was as
old as the world. When first an abor-
iginal Indian lit a fire on an aboriginal
hill to signal to some other aboriginal
Indian some miles away, then the prin-
ciple Of wireless telegraphy was in
itiated.
In recent lecture Mr.. Marconi, re-
ferring to the fact that he can send
messages so much more easily by night
than by day, said that he hoped that
no one but those interested in cable
companies would class his labors
among the works Of darkness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

Three-tenths of the earnings OF a
Belgian convict are given to HIN on the
expiration Of his term Of Imprisonment.
Some of them thus save more money
in jail than they have ever saved be-
fore.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
- - -
Faulty Grading
in Our Public Schools
By WiIIiaut j. Shearer.

differences
properly provided for, either the amount
andch of n
pon the Is readily consider
n G Of grading ind promoting of
a&0eee@ arbitrarily
and the work for each grade is laid out for the
be
Many grade
becom dkcourage o
generally acknowledged reality the
the majority pupils who and should forward rapidly
drilled of
ability
realize
o pupils such a method of sitting
schools
all BY shaping the work for the mythical average pupngs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Mary Dudley's
Answer.

\ lex JERRAM presented him
self at the office OF Darlington
J Brothers in no very sanguine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

The mosquito agD are u Is said.
Matched In from four 90 seven days, &C.
cording to the warmth or the weather.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
The Passing Of
the Athletic Girl
v Belle M. Sherman.

JTlJJUHE athletic friend
JUUUU
rNUU sceptica they
w magazines
/ NM
TqTY The girl who her and miccobepoof
JTJfJ the delight
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15
Mississippi Poultry Show,
Aberdeen. Miss. Jan. IA 0s.

~ NF@FfNt ftF |EbE F~ 4 y u. E
Boyds Barred plymouth Rock.
won more lat prizes than all other
competitor combined.
lat. breeding PEG is6
lat. Cocker "a, s,h CoSk'l.
lat. pulIr, p.1s.
end. Pullct a2ts.
will se:l a ~ltru,,en number II egg
trou, tho lat pen a, 500 u set. o. IL
cggs.
This Pen - headed hy Champion
1T crxkl At Aberdeen. This bird
vas r~ronuoncci b, Judge Brown 10 he
almost an ideal H. u, n. The pcu
will contain the ! females from ist
ren NJ Aberdeen. and I other females
Of equal merit and same breeding.
| consider shts tn hc ooc OF the strong.
cat exhibition pens In tho South aud
i"ok tor anstte hnc youngst ers from
them.
Fen twc. headed by Osborn Chief
i,h cssLt at Aberdeen mated to ten
g,.~i females. writ barred. with nice
standard weight. To sitc man want-
ius gns~i market chickens combining
heavy laying. | would recommend this
pm.
Viii scll \ tcw eggs from shts pcn
a. $500 u acting uf IS egg.
". W. lioXp. VI, u.
oslaJrf,. Miss
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15

he can work up a local reputa-
ton aud sell good number OF
his birds at reasonable prices
bu, yet at good advance over
ordinary stock.
We have a very large field to
work in-namely. the farmer.
We must educate the farmer a.
10 the value OF pure bred poul.
try over scrub stock, and the
very best place where VIC can
set the larmcr interested il at
he small poultry show. The
'irst sight be gets OF fine pure
bred stock will make him wish
nc owned a docs OF them. But
the price /, sa~cs 10 get them
seems high 10 him, ba, he il
generally willing 10 buy a icw
BOOSTERS n, sl.oo TO 8, - each.
lie IN not particular a. TO
'ancy points. but want. Just
good full blood stock with which
20 improve his scrubs \ little.
lie subscribcs for a poultry
Journal or two and goes home
satisfied. lie breed. the birds
he got y, the show and he finds
a vast improvement over his
former scrub stock. lie reads
the poultry journal and becomes
enthusiastic. and next year he ~
at the show again. lie will want
nor pure bred chickens. Tor he
has learned the value Of them
over his former scrubs and ~
now ready TO invcs, in more
stock and wants better birds
aud IN willing TO pay more for
them.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15
The Poultry Show

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h,.au.,a,.
exu,. ..,.s,,., .,
60. e..
-, -.
e. =,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15

any real standard bred poultry.
These people become Interested
N hnc poultry when they sec
the real thing, and AT once adj.
miro those birds on exhibition
and they buy a few Of them
Some will perhaps only buy
cockcrcl or two 10 cross with
their scrub stock. II the do. IN
the majorti, OF cases, The mex,
season they will discard all ol
their scrubs and &c, a star: 10
fancy poultry OF some breed or
other.
OF course, no, all people ,ha,
WISH, poultry shows become 10.
icrcs'ed 10 thoroughbred poal.
try. but dare say that there
arc fc. II any shows held bu,
that quite per cent. Of per
sons become interested IN fancy
poultry and take up the breed.
ing Of same. aud II ~ TO every
breeders interest 10 exhibit, at
az many show. a. he can for
various other reasons.
There are two kinds OF cx.
hibtiors aud two kinds OF poul.
Try shows. AT large shows.
such a. New York. iiosion and
Chicago and other national
shows, where the best aud
iargcst breeders battle for MI.
prcmacv. their main obicc, il In
get i reputation Of having The
best there ~ ~ the country IN
their particular variety. These
large breeders ~ we call the IN
seldom exhibit their stock al
smaller shows; but leave these
Tor the smaller breeder, who il
anxious aud satisfied 10 win !,
prnc at smaller show, where
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15

~ all times, but especially IN
arm weather. should the drink.
ing pans and troughs OF poultry
aud 1--we stock DC kept clean
Filth ~ the father of disease.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15
Worlds Fair Winners.

IL Z. ilocks. y. |. Wvando,ir,, &
ard y. iian,an.. Stock for sale a, all
,Itnca. Eggs ,n season 81 90 ~ S5so
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15

Must acil $50 narfcd plymouth cock
ctrls aud r~uIlcsn At Su,cut~rAch Eggs
for Matching. 10 cent, res =. Hens ~
cents each. fsA$k fostrE.
Salem Poultry Farm. Hale. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15

Alternately half starving AID
oycr-iccding fowls or quad.
rupcds canses many disorders
and always produces n loss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-15

Please mention the GAZETTE
when writing 10 advertisers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-04
USED ENTRENCHINC TOOLS
Their Value Was Practically Demon
strsted by the Japanese
in Battle.

American military attaches with the
japanese and Russian armies are
much impressed by the importance
which entrenching tools have had in
the far-eastern war. In recent report
TO the war department Capt p. {.
March writes: "On October 10, 1904,
during the battle Of the Shabo, ] wit
messed a practical exhibition OF the
japanese use of the entrenching tools
carried by the men. The, Fortieth
regiment of the tenth division, Fourth
Japanese army, took a position along
the crest of a hill near the River Sha,
which marked the farthest position OF
the Japanese advance at that time and
on the front of the Fourth army. The
Russians were visible in force imme
diately in front of us and an attack
was expected The companies detailed
10 construct the trenches came up
without arms and squatted on their
launches under cover on the reverse
slope of the hill. Noncommissioned
officers stepped forward from the COM
panies and threw themselves on their
faces on the crest of the hill. They
then worked themselves forward by
their hands and feet until they ar
rived at a point where they could see
all the ground in the immediate front
no dead space-and put peg in the
ground at that point. The pegs thus
established were Joined by marking a
line on the ground with the point OF a
pick.
Then the men came forward. work
ing parties alternating with pick and
entrenching spade. the files taking in
tervals from each other by extending
hands at full length each man cover
Ing that much Of the line OF the trench
While one relief was working the 9TH
or men of the company remained be-
| low the rest, squatting on their
launches. and after the first batch had
worked about five minutes, relieved
them. The soil had not been under
cultivation. and apparently was virgin
and hard. The french was finished in
90 minutes
To Capt. March's testimony Of the
value of entrenching tools Capt Carl
Reichmann. military attache with the
with the Russian army. gives his I'M
qualified support saying: Il certainly
was powerfully impressed by the mo-
bility of the japanese and by the Rus
sian heaviness. and | realized the ter
rible power given an army by mobility.
So far as | am concerned. | shall GER
tainly leave nothing undone to pro-
mote mobility in our infantry, and the
adoption of a spade that is a spade"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-04

To use the scraper hold it up at an an.
gle of about thirty degrees from
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-04

sawed, mark each piece one-quarter incn
wider and one inch longer than the
above net sizes. This is the extra allow
ance for saving and for planning TO d.
mansions. However well the lumber
may have been planed by machine in the
planning mill, it must be replaned by
hand to remove the marks of the revolv-
ing cutters of the planer.
Having sawed out the nine pieces nee
essary for this rack, with a plane dress
each piece to the sizes given in the
stock list, then cut off each piece TO the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-04

outside wood. which will be cut away,
and thus avoid marring the pieces ~
nail holes.
Patterns.
When several pieces are 10 be sawed
to the same shape pattern is first cut
from thin piece of soft board, or some
times of cardboard or very heavy draw
ing paper. This pattern can be used TO
mark out any number of pieces Of the
same kind. and saves much time and
labor. besides giving greater uniformity.
After the sides are sawed TO shape the
edges must be carefully filed and sand
papered smooth, holding the paper on
a sandpaper stick, such as is shown at
e in Fig. 81, and lastly sandpaper the
sides and all the other parts OF the
rack. The three front strips may have
their two front corners rounded as
shown in the cross section at c in Fig.
81, and while this is not necessary il
will add greatly TO the appearance of
the front of the rack AT b is shown
side view, illustrating the method of
construction and Of connecting the sew
eral parts.
When assembling the pieces, the two
sides must first be screwed to the shelf
piece of the rack. For this purpose four
round head brass screws one and one
halfinch No. Swill be needed, and for the
three front strips six round-head brass
screws three-fourths inch No 6. The
screws used for the back strips are tn 2
Hot he
No. 6, the heads of which must be coun-
tersunk into the strips so as 10 be flush
or just a little below the surface of the
back.
When boring the two side pieces for
the larger screws, and also the ends of
1 the strips for their screws, do not fail
/ TO bore the holes through them slightly
/ larger than the diameter of the stem
! of the screw, just below the head, or of
/ such a size that the screws will pass
! through easily and without binding in
any way
Then, after placing the piece in posi-
ton, carefully mark. with any pointed
instrument, through these larger holes
for the smaller holes, which must in al
cases be bored in the second piece for
the threaded part of the screw In this
way only can strong and firm connec
tions - made. These directions regard
ing screws must be applied to all oul
future work. but will not be repeated
II the wood is hard use beeswax on The
screw threads
This rack is hung on the wall by two
brass screw eyes. such as is shown at |
in Fig. 81. These screw eyes ar,
screwed into the edge of the upper striI
near TO its ends as shown in Fig. sc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-04
Question That Troubled Him.

A Biddeford man who had been look
ing on the wine when it was red was
making serpentine effort to reach his
home about midnight, when friend,
seeing his plight, volunteered to help
him. The Good Samaritan saw his
charge safely home and just as he was
leaving the tipsy fellow asked:
"Whash 20 name?"
"Oh, Paul" was the evasive reply.
well, shay, Paul, dyer ever get an
answer ter that long 'pistle 20 wrote to
tn Corinth 'ans?"