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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-07

The committee Of The Benevolent
Association willbegin a canvass fof
associate members tomorrow y
is hoped that a large number Of the
business and professional men Of
the town will be enlisted. Each
associate member is asked to sub
scribe $500 annually for the reliel
of the poor and this relieves him Of
further obligations to give. When
an appeal for charity is made, it is
referred to the association. There
is urgent ueed for funds at the
present time. "A number Of fami-
lies are in destitute circumstances.
Help the ladies torelieve them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-07

The agony is excTuciating to
anxious hearts but it viii soon be
over. Wen soon know whether
il is statehood or not.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-07

AN ~ ~
It is rather encouraging to hnd
50 sianch a republican organ as The
Wichita Eagle coming around to
the democrat!c view on The tariff
question. The Eagle says
There is no question that the
tile people of this country are in
favor Of tie principle Of protection.
Itwss however, several times re-
peated in the campaign last fall
that trusts were becoming a dan
gerous thing to this country and q
good many people arrived at the
conclusion that if trust was
robbing the people and its products
are protected by tariff the tariff
ought TO be entirely removed Or
reformed It was probably the
trusts that educated the people of
Massachusetts, to this idea. Tie
trusts are great educators.
1T is said to be the rule in some
Catholic charitable societies when
they find worthy brother in
destitute circumstances, 70 make
him loan instead of bestowing
charity. It seems that these SOC
ieties have found that when man
is once put on the charity lists it
is mighty hard 10 ever get him off.
His Vitality seems to be sapped to
the extent Of the charity and he
always thereafter needs just that
amount of aid 10 keep him even
with the world.
There are getting to be.a good
many people in this country who
believe that protection has had the
same result on some Of these big,
overgrown baby trusts that Tare
robbing the people. Most of the
newspapers in this country would
consent for instance to let the
paper trust make the effort to
stand alone and give a kick in the
way Of encouragement
1t was hardly to obeexpected that
the Eagle would como out un-
equivocally against the 'robber
tariff, 8 long denounced blythe
democrats but it has gone far
enough 10 coueede that the tariff is
the foster mother Of the trusts and
that our infant industries" have
out-grown the stage of swaddling
clothes. While claiming that the
people Of this country are in
flyor of protection, the Eagle
admits that the practice or the
principle has resulted in robbery Of
the people through the operations
of the trusts. Democracy goes
further and says that the tariff is
tax on the many for the bene-
fit Of the favored few and this is
the view that is growing in favor
with the entire American people
Every man and woman in Chick
II -, oqo~J 10 ,.o,,f,,b,.tc q 3
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-07

Every man and woman in Chick
asha can afford to contribute at
least one book 10 the public library.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-07

"A new railroad, statehood a fed
eral court-they lopk pretty COOL
to chickasha. There'n Be some
thing doing FIRST thing you know
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
How HabIts Are Eormed.

The formation of a physical habit
involves the education of a portion
OF the brain; and when the habit has
once been formed the act may be per-
formed almost independently of the
will or the higher brain. This fact
should impress us most profoundly
with the importance of forming right
habits, since 1t is apparent that the
getting rid of a wrong habit involves
not only the formation Of a right
habit, but the far more tedious and
difficult work of undoing the evil
work which has been done in the
wrong education of the brain. This
same principle applies to the higher
centers which are concerned only in
mental acts, as we shall see later. Il
is indeed a most momentous thought
that every act Of u lives, not only
emanates from the brain, but modi-
fies and changes the brain, thus infu-
encing u characters.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
WARFARE
ARE AGAINST CONSUMPTION
Why Fight 1t.

The Charity Organization Society of
New York, in a handbook on the pre-.
%vention Of tuberculosis, encourages
the active campaign against this great
plague and gives a concise summary
of why" the battle should be waged.
Because more people die Of con
sumption than from n other dis
ease.
Each year 1895, 900 of the people Of
the world die of it. In the United
States over 100000 die every year OF
consumption. Every day 5000, and
each minute Of the day two persons
fall before this enemy. How many of
your friends have died of It?
Because it is a disease which
spreads from one person to another,
and any one may catch it.
Because it is chiefly caused by the
filthy habit of splitting.
Because it is a disease which can be
stopped, and need not spread.
Because every one may and should
help stop it.
Because already there is change for
the better. The number of deaths
from consumption is growing less.
Twenty years ago there were many
more deaths in proportion to the pop
ulation than now.
If the tuberculosis death rate of 1886
had been maintained the first nine
months of 1902, four thousand more
persons in Manhattan and the Bronx
would have died of tuberculosis than
actually died in these months.
Could anything be found more in
spring, more plainly indicative of the
need for extending the work against
this disease?
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Use Of Tobacco hu Mlnors.

The use of tobacco by children, its
causes and prevention is discussed
in the Medical Summary.
Whilst most states have laws forbid
ding the sale of tobacco to minors, it
is a notorious fact that such laws are
universally ignored. The parent,
teacher and physician are to blame.
The parent. that he does not thor
oughly train his child; the teacher,
that he does not better supervise the
conduct of his pupils; the doctor, in
that he does not warn the parent,
who perhaps errs himself.
School boys may be seen any day
on their way to school with books I'M
der their arms, and a chew of tobacco
or a cigarette in their mouths. Oc-
~casionally little girls may be observed
indulging in the seductive cigarette
on the streets. What will be the in
evitable results? The best that could
be hoped would be numerous tobacco
users, but worse might be feared, and
very much worse imagined.
The evil is evident, and the remedy
is provided, but law is useless till en-
forced on violation. The dealer will
not obey it till public sentiment de-
mands it; the child does not choose to
submit to it; the parent is negligent;
the pupil is Indifferent or silent; and
what is left for the chtld's salvation
but action upon the part of the guard
ians of humanity. If we act, we move
thankless. The parent will not appre-
ciate; the dealer will be made an
enemy; and the children will hate us
as they become men. Pastor and
priest, lawyer and laymen will sheer
if we attempt to enforce the laws.
Even but a few of our own body poll
tic may be depended upon to act, eth
er by precept OIL concerted movement.
Few physicians are even good enough
politicians to ask a councilman or rep
%resentative to vote upon a measure.
The effort against the evil is necessa-
rily, for the time, along the lines of
individual effort. To do good, we
must practice. act, and preach. If
our smoking friends will close their
eyes while putting pipe or cigar, they
will find they cannot tell when they
have fire" What f%oolishness, to
spend money and waste health to
watch smoke curl. Horace Greeley de-
fined a cigar as "a roll of tobacco with
fire at one end and a fool at the 9th
err" and we think him more than
half right. If the use Of tobacco by
the adult be such idiocy, what shall
we say Of its consumption by the
minor?
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY IN
MANEUVERS TO DEMONSTRATE EFFICIENCY

The scene Of the army and navy
exercises this year was Chesapeake
bay, and, in a measure. the movement
was to determine tho value Of the
Notifications in preventing a foreign
foe from making an attack upon
Washington from the sea.
officers In Command.
Rear Admiral F. w. Dickins was
In command Of the Invading feet,
and the defensive works we're COM
manded by Major General James F..
Wade, commanding the department
Of the Atlantic, who had as his chief
Of stan Brigadier General Frederick
D. Grant.
All the elements Of actual warfare
were not present; for, among other
things lacking was a defensive feet,
which, in the event of war, especially
II it were believed Washington was
TO be directly menaced, would be float
ing in the waters of Hampton Roads.
In actual war this feet would be con-
sidered advisable to protect the large
government navy yard at Norfolk, If
for no other eason
Rear Admiral Dickins had in his
command a torpedo boat fotilla, under
Commander M. Johnston; size third
class battleships, two cruisers and
three converted yachts.
Nearly 10000 Man Forts.
The Notifications in the three artil-
lery districts, which comprise the de-
lenses Of Washington and Baltimore,
were manned by nearly 10000 men,
or more than half those in the feet
opposed to them. Seven forts were
engaged in the val game; Fort Mon
roe, in the Chesapeake district, COM
manded by Lieut.-Col. Ramsay D..
Potts; Fort Washington and Fort
Hunt, in the Potomac district, com
manded by Col. Benjamin X. Roberts,
and Forts Howard, Smallwood, Carroll
and Armistead in the Baltimore dis
Enn-nEc MANnA= AEE N.tt
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

could not in any even risk grounding
in order to pass the upper forts.
Defense Of the cities.
Washington is about 175 miles from
Fort Monroe, and Baltimore is a0ont
100 miles from the entrance to the
Chesapeake. Defending Washington
are Forts Washington and Hunt, on
either side Of the Potomac, about
twelve miles below the national CAPT
tai. Baltimore is defended by Fort
Carroll, which is on a small island
lying In the Patapsco river, about
miles below the city. and on the
west bank Of the river, nearly oppo-
site, lies Fort Smallwood. About four
miles below them are Fort Howard, on
North Point, and Fort Armistead, near
ly opposite, both guarding the en-
trance to the river from the bay.
The Game Of War.
Only the destroyers and smaller
boats attempted to pass these fortlf-
cations, and choose the hight for the
work. It has been the usual belief
among those who have made the wag-
ing of var their specially that ships
ear rarely be pitted against fortifica-
tons with success Ard 1t has been
found in practice in recent wars that
the damage done on either side dur
ing such an engagement is very small
indeed, although a chance snot from
a fort would work moro damage to a
ship it happened to hit squarely than
any broadside is likely 10 effect upon
a modern fortress.
The night attacks were to ascertain
the efficiency of the searchlights of the
Notifications and also to give the navy
exercise in constructively making
these lights dark. Actual experience
has demonstrated that 1t is most diff
icult to hit a searchlight, and. Incl
dentally, most difficult to navigate a
ship on which a searchlight has been
turned, the effect of the light being to
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
(s) View of fort and mOat.

blind the navigators as well as The
gunners.
To render this exercise the more eff
f%ective, the ships of the squadron were
painted four colors: The Texas, New
ark, Atlanta, Terror. Puritan, Hornet,
Siren and Silvia, white; the Florida,
Arkansas, Nevada, war color; the
Hartford, black, and the torpedo boat
%destroyers, dark green.
The object of each of several forms
of attack by the navy was to demon
strate the strength or weakness of
some particular phase of the defense,
The results were known only at the
conclusion Of the exercises, and then
known only to the proper authorities,
This %precaution was emphasized as
important, that the character and
strength of the various defenses might
not become known to possible enemies
Of the country.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
What Know WEI

What know we Of the gnawing griefs
That dim ~perchance our neighbours
ways
The fretting worry. secret pain
That may be his from day to day7
Then let no idle word Of ours
Sting to his heart with sore dismay.
What know we OF temptations deep
That hover round him like the night
What bitter struggles may be his
What evil influences blight?
Then be not hasty to condemn
II he has strayed from paths Of right.
We know so little Of the hearts
That everywhere around us beat.
So little OF the inner lives
or those whom day by day we greet,
Oh. II behooves us. one and all
Gently to deal with those we meet.
Gently to deal and gently to Judge
With that divinest charity
That thinks no evil. but would seek
The good In every soul to see,
Measuring not by what It is.
But by that which II strives to be.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

disappearing guns is believed to be
invincible.
The feet did not attempt to II past
Fort Monroe in the day time, although
the deepest part of the channel is
almost fourteen miles distant. On the
part of the artillery officers it is
claimed that even at night there was
little hope for the fleet to pass sue
cessfully by the fertilization. There
are frequent heavy fogs in this neigh
bOrhOOd, however, and had the fleet
been favored with such an ally, the
naval men believed that they could
pass in without the fort being aware
of it. The extensive mine fields of the
military at this point, however, would
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Skin Training.

An enormous amount of time is de-
voted to the training of the hand, the
eye, and the brain, but the training Of
the skin is seldom thought Of. Never
theless, a well trained skin is more
essential to health than almost any
other kind of bodily culture. The neg
lect of the skin must be regarded as
the foundation cause of a large num-
Der of chronic maladies. It may al
most be asserted that a man who will
keep his skin in a thoroughly healthy
condition may defy almost any known
disease. The experienced horseman
knows very well the Importance of at
tending to the skin of the animal un-
der his care. A horse which has a
h%ide-bonnd skin, with the hair dry and
dingy, dull and l%ifeless, in appearance,
shows by this fact hat his whole body
Is in a state of disease.
A healthy skin is warm, slightly
moist, smooth, reddens quickly when
rubbed or exposed to the action of hot
or cold water. is supple and elastic,
%perspires readily under exercise or the
application of heat, and is free from
pimples, eruptions and discolorations.
To maintain this condition, the skin
must be subjected to daily bathing and
grooming. Horsemen rub and groom
their charges daily. Wild and domes-
tic animals left free in the field habit
ually groom themselves by vigorous
rubbing against trees OF other objects.
Hunters are familiar with this fact,
and often secrete themselves lear a
rubbing tree" as a means Of getting
IN easy shot at their game. Man, OF
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
SERMONS.

SENTENCE SERMONS.
Piety is more than phrases.
8 Preaching down never lifts up.
Knowing is only tributary to living.
S~elf-sacrilce is but wise investment
Failure is fortune If It cures Habbt
ness.
Saints are more than sapless sin.
ners.
Our love marks the level Of our
lives.
Straw always stacks up higher than
grain.
Prosperity easily builds its own
prison.
Heroic hearts come from hard
places.
Sham sanctity has caused much sin
cere sin.
Narrowing the mind does not cause
1t to rise.
Loyalty to one truth involves hospi,
tally to all.
The smaller the fool the greater the
folly may be.
The heart of the worlds hunger is
hunger of the heart.
Many a heavenly tune has been
spoiled by a holy tone.
Theology is no more religion than
an inventory is a stock.
You cannot prevent the pieces from
flying by praying over the boiler.
The sorrow of to-day is often but
the shadow of to-morrow's shining.
You cannot nourish a beast in the
heart and have beauty in the face.
He who does not fear the judge
within must face the Judge without
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

peake, is a government wireless tele-
graph station, which also had its
quiet part in the exercises. This
agency, which was in communication
with the forts, naturally e~ndeayored
to keep the army informed of the ap-
proach of the attacking feet, and also
attempted to "overhear" any wireless
messages passing between the flagship
and the other vessels in the fleet.
Likewise the feet tried to tap the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
HOW BYRON BORROWED.

In an old weather-beaten volume Of
Byron found in "Ye Olde Book Shoppe"
on Alabama street a former, unknown,
owier of it has undersigned phrases in
Marine Faliero" which, he says, By
ron borrowed from Shakespeare, as
follows:
Ellis taking off."-Hamlet.
Eyes, when they are in heaven
Richard III.
MAKE assurance doubly sure
Macbeth.
"And their new swords well feshed."
Shakespeare.
Hands incarnadine Shakespeare
"Covetous of brief authority. -
Shakespeare.-Atlanta Constitution.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Oldest JUDGE In Active Service.

Judge Charles Field of Athol, Mass,
is ninety years old. He is in active
Iervice, holding court in the first dis
trict court of northern Worcester, at
both Athol and Gardner, several days
each week. While, naturally, his
health is not quite as robust as ten
years ago, he is still vigorous enough
to administer justice in the two courts.
Judge Field is said to be the Oldest
judge in the country in active judicial
service.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Peculiar case Of smuaaIIna.

A smuggling case which is probably
unique, even in the strange ANNALS of
contraband, has just been before the
customs court of Marseilles. On board
the French steamer Touraine there
was found a large quantity OF opium
smuggled, not by any individual in
particular, but by the whole ships COM
pany, and the strange spectacle was
witnessed of the heavy fine of $4,000
being levied on all. every Ihan in the
vessel being mulcted in MS proportions
assessed according to wages.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
coal.Rlaok Rat.

A coal-black rat was caught in a
trap at the police station the other
morning. The rat was unusually large
in size and its skin was very soft, like
velvet. The animal was drowned
along with several other rats which
we're caught in the same trap. Many
people saw the animal and they all
said that never before had they seen
a black rat. It attracted a great deal
of attention even among the prisoners
in whose apartments in was caught
Portland Oregonian.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

Gov. Warfeld of Maryland has had
made a large scrapbook Of newspaper
clippings on the death Of Lloyd
Lowndes Of his state, to be filed in
the state archives at Annapolis. He
says: "I believe 1t is the first time
that any history Of the death Of a
governor of Maryland has ever been
compiled and I propose to take care
of predecessors and trust that my ex-
ample may be followed by my success
sors."
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Edible swOrdhsh.

The Block Islanders are justly
proud of their swordfsh, for thSy
almost have a corner on that variety
of the finny tribe, the flesh of which,
Il is claimed by many, surpass any
thing caught in the deep. The de-
mand for the swordhsh is invariably
greater than the supply, for although
a number of boats from the islands
make daily trips. they have practi-
cally no competition. as the fish even
In the best fields are not numerous,
and It is hard and dangerous work.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

all animals, neglects to groom himself,
and this is especially true Of civilized
man, for, as is well known, the savage
and half-civillzed nations from time
immemorial have practiced rubbing
the body as a means Of maintaining
health.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

be expected to destroy a feet hazard
ing the attempt.
Fol the feet to reach Washington.
or even Baltimore, was hardly prac-
ticable, owing to the shallowness Of
the channels Of the Potomac and the
Patapsco. Consequently the main
fleet, under Rear Admiral Dckins
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

Running an amateur garden is easy
compared to being chairman of a local
charity.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

If a man has any money left after
trying a stock market tip he can finish
up at a summer resort hotel.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
Fort Monroe Chief Point.

Fort Monroe Chief Point.
Fort Monroe. at the mouth of the
James river, which commands the en-
trance to the Chesapeake, was the
most critical point in the war game.
Although Major General Wade's head
quarters were movable. it was at Fort
Monroe where the headquarters flag
first few. The fortress is a very diff
ferent defense from what it was even
so late as the Spanish war. Very con-
siderable improvement have been
made to it, and its battery of great
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

An almost sure way not to get ID.
vorced is not to get married.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

Adversely links men together, while
prosperity is apt to scatter them
DR.. W. f. Hunter.
Opportunities fall in the way Of
every mar who is resolved to take ad-
vantage of them.-Samuel Smiles.
I see not any road Of perfect peace
which a man can walk, but after the
counsel Of his own conscience.-Em'
erson.
Goodness, like the River Nile. over
flows it's banks to enrich the soul and
to throw plenty into the country
Collier.
The strength of a mans virtue is
not to be measured by the efforts he
makes under pressure, but by his or
binary conduct-Pascai.
Good temper, like a summer day,
sheds a brightness over everything.
It is the sWeetener Of toll and the
soother Of disquietude.-Amiel.
It would be an ~unspeakable advan-
tage If men would consider the great
truth that no man is wise or safe but
him that is honest.-Walter Raleigh.
Teach self. denial and make its prac-
tice pleasurable, and you create for
the world a destiny sublime
than ever Issued from the brain of the
widest dreamer.-Sir Walter Scott
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

There is hardly anything easier than
not to get along with your wife if you
think you are master of your own
house.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

When the cook will always let a
man have hot water to shave he can't
see what grounds his wife has to be
dissatisfed.-New York Press.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13
WITH THE sAeEs.

Adversely links men together, while
prosperity is apt to scatter them
DR.. w. F. Hunter.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-07-13

Opportunities fall in the way Of
every man who is resolved to take ad-
vantage of them.-Samuel Smiles.