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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20


The late Hon. James ~ Bufum Of
Lynn. was vel known for his keen
repartse and strong sense Of humor-
He was a large real estate owner. and
one Of the pioneers in building up the
city Gf Lynn, an abolitionEst during
the stirring times before the civil war
and among bis fTSendz were WIliizm
Lloyd Garrison. Charles Sumner ard
Abraham Lincoln.
At one time suit for damages was
brought against him for the breaking
in Of the walls OF cistern ln one Of
his houses. During the trial Mr.. Buff
fun gave many interesting replies
In answer to the opposing attorney.
showing that be was vel versed in
the resisting strength Of building ma
terisl.
Just before he left the stand the at
torney for the plaintiff had brought
into the court room an empty barrel.
He then asked Mr.. Buhum the follow
ing question: Mr.. Bufum, you seem
TO be able to show the weakness OF
strength Of different kinds Of building
material; can you tell me which is the
weakest part Of this barrel that show
without examining it?7
We'll" returned Mr. Bufum, 7
don't know as | could: but If II were
like some lawyers l know ii would
be the head"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20


Eongs are often EuggeE.et zEd wrir-
zen sn ocd wayE. - e 5nstzrce1 r.
fhia story told by yeGeEso1 De AnEes Il
u how Raymond Hubble hsDDensc ts
htt upon = popular ar in -FzEla1z-
The musical coledy wa being re-
hearxed IL New YORK snc De Angsils
had many coDDlalntz z5ost ~ taef
that Be had not tsez gire1 ar aecsDt-
able conic song
RCbert gmirh. the NbrettlFt. urged
that ~Flash the NirroF. EhicA La
since beez cst out of The pertorma1ca.
~Ess Al right"
@'Its al right confessed De Az
gelig. ~bgt X doesn't Eusi ne J wazE
q song that viii BE- lust ~ riy.e"
Hubble seizec pencl and paper and
began writing Ike mad
~Got AZ IDEA for a oomic sc1gs
asked De ANGELA
no. was the reply. -but ! hsFs re
rhythm for 3 great senEinentss baiiac-
~Boeh.~ De AngsllE exclaimed, IL
disgust
Nevertt eien1 tte result % s1s htzr
song called @Jugf Ny sfyse.~ Il o1s
Of the hits u The piece.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
In Chinese Quarter

There are T.no0 Chinese II and at'o1t
11aw YORK. OF these mol nors Than
& 600 are nOniually or actively resi-
dents oi he erea1er ciry and less than
Z ouo live IN the triangle formed by
Mott. Pei and D1ysrs streets, says a
wri1er in the Nsr York SUI There
are more Syrians thGn that il Greater
New YORK more A-meniEns and prob
ably more Russians ot Arysn blood
One seldom hears of The New York
SyriEns Is q peapls- The internal pol
5rics Of The SrriEns E1G the ArEe1i-
ans Dc not gel Into the police courts
Bu1 Rs for the Chinese, this handful
OF strangers, win their queer customs,
their strange psychology and their
hating efforts 70 ADAPT themselves to
institutions which are not Of their
making. have managed in the past
slx months 10 involve nearly al the
legal machinery q the city. includ-
ing ths district attorneys Office. the
police courts and the detective organ
izstion AZ p0-ce headquarters. IN a
little private quarrel of their own
Chinatown as the whites know II Is
really only the market place and the
Tezderioin Of the Chinese population.
Five thousand a the 1000 live out
side Some of them are married and
keep their families in Harlem fats or
Brooklyn houses; some Of them lodge
behind their lAundries-
They come into Chinatown by night
10 buy al the stores. 10 feast at the
restaurants. 10 spend their money In
the gambling houses or in other places
u questionable reputation which -four
lsh In this Chinese Tenderloin. II fol-
lows that the permanent residents OF
the district include all the toughs, the
dissolute and the dishonest Of the
Chinese colony.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

The following story is one that was
related by the late Stephen C. Pattee
Of Warner. n. H.. who was for several
years member OF the school board:
One day. while he was visiting
school. class in reading was heard.
by the teacher II was made up or
the smaller pupils. who had not pro
graSsed very far in reading. One 1T
tie girl got along very well until she
came TO the word enough" This
seemed to puzzle her. and she stopped
and spelled 1t out. but could not tell
what II was
Thinking to help her a little. Mr..
Pattee said: III your kitty had an
the good things she wanted to eat,
and all the nice milk she wanted 10
drink. what would she have?"
The little girl pondered a minute.
and then answered, Kittens"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Hopper va cpper


There Is 4 neTzpaper artist IL New
York By the nzn1e d Opper. a. the
followers u czrfcztgre know. And
there Is an zctor IN comic ODezs
named Hopper. a. most eYeryone
knows. The Otber Gay Hopper re-
ceiyed = letter that wax intended for
ODper Hopper was amazed AZ find
Ing himself lznpooned because of hlE
AgcuTilouE attacks upon the proaper-
ous" OF cOurse, the epIEsie came
from some choieffc DersOa who had
been angered by Mr.. ODperg cleyeT
pictures. but the comedian. who had
only glanced at the envelope. Gid
not know that. He bOre the soourg-
ing without remark. however, Until
be reached Z line, reading. You
cannot draw
Then Ar. Hopper lost his temper.
Draw" he exclaimed Why. the
fellows crazy. I've been doing .
bigger business with Wang Tran any
ether comedian on the road
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Ne Cot Hls Kiss.

They looked very young and had eY-
identity been married but short time.
She was going away and he went to
the train to see her on They waited
outside the gate until the very last
moment, then they both tried to 90 by
the gateman on her ticket
TOO late to see the lady on the
train" said the gateman after the
young woman had passed him.
He stood minute and looked long
ingly at her through the fence, then
this idea struck him.
Come up here, dear" he said, and
they squeezed one kiss through the
pickets TO the delight of the other pas
sengers.
We'll, l got IT, didn't IL" he said
to the grinning crowd.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
DARLING At TIE PHONE.
syt II Was Not the Darling" Wife
Had in Mind.


Had in Mind.
Eae had promised to come down
town and 90 70 luncheon with him
and about noOn she opened his ofice
door. Her husbands voice At the
phone made her stop 70 iiEten-
That you. darling2T be was say
ing SAY. ny wife's coming down To-
Cay, 90 we can't have that spread. But
Ee1l have Il tomorrow. Meet me at
the usual place, you know. Yes, al
right G-oOd-by.y
She slipped quietly away. and al
though be waited until o'clce his
little wife did not come TO 90 to
luncheon with him.
By the tine he got home that night
she had fought it out with herself and
determined 10 have an explanation. So
she said as calmly as she could:
George, do you usually 90 out
alone to your lunch2"
why, yes" he answered. That is
unless Darling goes with me-"
"Darlingz" she cried. For PHYS
sake. George, who is"
why, Jack Darling. You must re-
member hearing me speak Of him.
Don't you know
She got up and It was several min
utes before he could check her sobs
and get her to explain why she had
broken her appointment--New York
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
clreumataneea AIter casea.

Thomas w. Ross, popular star
and good actor, at present playing
+Checkers," numbers among his
stories one Of an earnest old Scotch
man whom he met on board steam
ship. There we're two Of them,' says
Ross, and they we're pretty sick.
They we're groaning like couple Of
Russians dreaming the Japs were
coming. Finally one went to the rail,
did the customary trick, felt better,
and said TO his fellow countryman,
Mon, why dinna ye do tn same7
Yell feel better.
"tAh. Andy. Andy, said the un-
relieved, shaking his head, I won't,
for ctnHa ye ken It's whiskyg"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
why Quarter Exists.

The quarter has three reasons for
being-strasght commerce, vice-and
tourists
The Chinese cling with tenacity to
their native diet. however they aban-
don their native dress; buy their Chin
ese radishes and sugar cane. their var
nished pig, their planked roast duck
ar these stores More than half of the
goods offered for sale come from far
abroad
Many Chinese vegetables do not
aoHrizh in the cold climate OF New
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Life Among the celes-
tisls in New York
Preserve Old Habits
and Institutions.

besettins vice and the fasorite amuse-
EeIL
Except for thar one weakness Il may
be said that the Cinnamon are On the
whole more moral than the white peo-
PIE Who surround them. They DO not
dgink, and there are fewer opium
smokers among them than there
would be drunkards among an equal
number Of whites away from the re-
strzints Of home.
As . matter Of fact, their gambling
Is mainly for excitement Half OF the
games raided IN the periodical police
clean-ups are no more harmful than
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

Nine. Johanna GadsM has received
word that she is to be one Of the
prima donnas for the great opera fes-
tiyal to be held at Munich In the lat
ter part Of July and the greater part
OF August. Nine. Cadski will appear
in "The Marriage OF Figaro" and
Wagner's The Ring Of the Nibelung."
II is interesting to note In connec-
ton with the passing away Of the late
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson that his grand
daughter, Miss Maud Jefferson, is ap-
pearing on the variety stage in Eng
land. Miss Jefferson is quite young,
only nineteen, and is playing in
sketches with her husband, Mr.. Ed
ward P. Durham.
Vaudeville is to lose at least one
Of its stars next season. Jessie Mill
ward, who has made such a success
in the play, "A Queens Messenger"
win remain in London all next season
with "The School for Husbands"
which Alice Fischer Is presenting here
now. Miss Millward viii be distinct
loss to vaudeville.
Dave Braham, Jr, whose creation
of the part Of the race track tout,
Ssh Miller. In Checkers" is regard
ed as one Of the biggest hits in recent
seasons, has accepted the scenario Of
a play to be called Push Miller" in
which his character is developed into
stellar proportions, and he will appear
in It season after next. He Is under
contract for next season to continue
his present role in Checkers"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

E.xaerkia,r Wa6=E-g c-.g Spss- -
Eaerirr's Erszg-er-

EXCESSIVE Woc=E-g c-B 1p-is- -
EVsui-s'E Erlz9'-=r-
ThHT were z &c hare = Su-1EE
15EA1 srv7,Rr ar frsHn1s hr1sF. AZ d
sEan -1z tz4-s1E mistress FAs "A
T1ets 50 tAs EzE Ear "a sH-r1 s11-
zET 1E1- CIT En9 th= hrlssAglz SILT
n 1111 1E--Ez -zE -1s Et.e-1oqL
Er two ana ttraHs EhsT arrived ct
xhs has11s hr-ns z1-l 1tsre were ls1
rln-y 1ss barring nzs-rHsa H-1 11s
s.us1zn1 1f -1s W1EEz WHO nj s-
Ei1sarst ne parry T1ere EAs z-z-
Ter n1r war. E11 ar las. TIE 11EnE-1
z-ru1s- il
MISS Blank EsTs she cant c1-s,
II zrzounee-- Es Il Ezz1s1 ne o1Or q
ne ozs-EzshAu1az khc-rrsEe Il g1szz
EAs -uFs hare z1ot1zr q 1sr SICK
1szszEass. ece Ehs Easzs 10 have go1e
70 bed. snEt pcka1 her bead Ont q The
doorway Ezs sad she vas Eor-T-
Late thz1 evening The other woman
took h1zs 4 geneEuus slice 0t short
ezks xn1 f0urd ne absent o1s sitting
S.Hrozsplate. in the pzrl0r-
7 tbo1gAt y0u we're Ms~ zAe cr1ec-
VIII said You had gone 70 BID
NY dear. sOtbe1 TIE boarding r1ls-
xasE. AL ny dresses button Up The
hack. and when started 70 get ready
he o-lT person II the place vas your
HUSBAND. couldn'r Tsry vel ask
him. c0ale -
And The Only comfort she received
vas. why nett I'VE trained him to
Go Il beautifully"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Their Gambling Games.

The games are three. First Is the
lottery, a complicated system Of spot
ting out numbers in long rows OF fg-
ures. II costs % or 81 cents to spot
a ticket, and the player, By fortu-
nate combination OF numbers. stands
to win several hundred dollars. Lot
tery tickets are sold almost openly.
The drawings are held at noon in four
or FIVE different houses.
Pie-gOw is only domiEoes with
Chinese complications. his Is a mild
game. usually about as innocent in
the matter Of stakes as playing pinocle
for the drinks. II is the pet evening
pastime in the back rooms Of clubs
Fan-tan is the game for plungers.
This is the simplest device for losing
money ever invented by man.
On the four sides OF the table are
the Chinese characters for /. 8, 3. ana
4. The dealer puts a handful of
counters. or Chinese cash, into a sowl
and dumps them out on the table.
With q rake be draws them out Of
the pile four at a time II, after the
last four have been drawn there, are
two odd cash on the table. No. 2 wins.
If three. No. wins, and so on.
The players on the lucky number
get triple stakes minus a percentage
for the house. 1t is As simple as sin.
ming.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
MOI READY TO mog IN.
H-sss m'Hz Trinkins n Anything 5u<
W1lrrins Garments


W1urrirss Garments.
Tsss -rsrT bride mas sa many ladies
a. lts rarssrian given lg her hns
azuEs raus1r -1 11t-0s.sa5 her rhas X
was impossible 10 kesT 10 with 1ham.
ard s. when Ihs hKn buF teleph3ne6
- -s law Vhaahar shs WAS 81 home
sa Mrs IEmas ar Miss Richards shs
Elzzvs sad she WIS, and t18k Il I0r
grE11a5 1hsE vHrs tlmlly friends.
4 MrE MEr-in Eas announced il
-tls vEE. and 1rtis Mrs Anderson re-
rs5rsd 1hH stranger with q curainl
EEEesE and began To chHt 10 her d
teas and DEunaas Mrs Marian was
4 1is-sl person Il rusty black ami did
-ur EzsU 70 respond a mHr-imeut
TIE bride rEcked her brain for c0nvar-
szrlcn and ne E1ss1 eyed her WIN
gruEAag 1lEfEror Finally The 0ut-
szrEt came when Mrs. Anderson said.
! zst y0u Et Mrs Toxne.s rscap-
ii0-- q course. didnr u I find if SO
lard 10 connect names wiz faces. but
! soVeT
TIE vis,tor rose AT broke IN
M. y0a did not meet NE Il Ery re-
ceptiOz. and ] zust say ! am sur
DItse1 70 Ind jon Ike This. IRE been
in the business or and On tor twenty
years. and newer saw one take il 50
Light as you DO. ] answer your noss
70 call snd talk over mourning f0r
yOur Nnd's funeral. ard you tel
me zAlIKze theezytsr last night
TheA bride had sufficiently re.
covered ffcD her shock she took the
note the other held out Il wzs signed
Mrs ssnderson ana 49, written from
the apartment Just overhead. where
there had been death the day BE-
5efore.-New York Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Lookouts Before a Fsn-Tsn Joint.

society game OF bridge or quiet hand
Of poker at the club.
A laundryman drifting into China
town after his days work forgets the
cares Of the day by winning or losing
95 cents in the course OF an evening
at pie-gow and returns to his Laundry
refreshed for another day OF scrub
bing. On the other hand. there are
games where men play for the money
in 1t, and there is small class OF pro
fessional gamblers who live BY buck
ing the tiger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

A well-known physician Of Brook,
lyn tells an amusing incident that
happened at his summer home in New
Hampshire when his daughter, who is
now a leading society belle. was a
very small girl. Her grandmother
asked her to bring an egg from the
hennery. After several minutes thu
little girl returned with her apron
full Of eggs. While yet a distance
away the grandmother asked. We'll,
did you break any eggs on the way?
mo, grandma was tho prompt re
ply; but the shells came on a fen"
--Ncw York Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

Trixie Friganza was Diaying one
nj X stand several years ego with q
company of near-stzrs. all 81 whoEa
thought they were the cream NJ the
profession. On arriving in front Of
the @OpFy-hoBeeT they all began 20
roast the place.
Eut the local manager was TOO
much for them The 9rst thing that
confronted them inside the stage en-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
His Own Advice.

his OWN AQVlcc.
The refrain Of every poets
Never mind
II your road is rough to 20 it's
Never mind.
II you're losing all your hair
Just brace up and don't you care
There,l be no more dandrun there,
Never mind,
II seme fellow cuts you out,
Never mind!
Fills your girls mind full Of doubt
Never mind
II her daddy hands you dne
On the nose that Is a bun
When you go 10 see your hun.
Never mind
II the weather gets too hot,
Never mind
II yon do not like this rot,
Never minds
When the poet gets bump
On the mob and wears a lump
Tell him: That's all right, you chump.
Never ufndt'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Crazy over shar,..

Money is easy In France The
French allotment OF Thares in the
Central Mining and Investment Cor
poration (tho new South African
trusD were applied for nearly nine
~ times over. Subscribers get orlv
about lh per ceat OF their applic~-
tioua. AIStady the shares are Al n
per cent premium. That reads a GOOD
deal llkc tho days OF John law ana
ihc nrat days Of the French Panama
canal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Proclamation From the Consul.

York. Sc these vegetables, from
sprouted rice to yams. are raised near
New Orleans by a Chinese syndicate
and from there shipped fresh every
day or SO to a syndicate Of dealers
which supplies the restaurants and
stores.
The condiments and preserves,
from plain picked gingSr to expensive
birds nests, come from China. SO do
many OF the preserved fish and meats.
and such uncommon delicacies as
birds nests, purple seaweed pancakes
for soups and sprouted lily bulbs.
Most Of the poor Chinese in New
York are "washmen." When they had
only native washerwomen to compete
with, their natural industry and their
man strength won out every time. But
The steam laundry pulled down prices
and improved work, so that there is
now very little money in the laundry
business. This has reacted on trade
all along the line.
Once, too, when Chuck Connors was
in his glory, and Chinatown was sup.
posed to be thrillingly, terribly wicked,
the tourist trade was considerable.
That has fallen of in size and quality.
Even the rubberneck wagon has
helped but little, for the up-country
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

Fanny Rice viii play in Europe this
summer.
Since the death Of their father
Thomas Jefferson and William Winter
Jefferson have Cancelled all engage
ments for the season.
Ada Rehan has been offered. but de-
cllned. $40. 900 FOR season OF twenty
five weeks in yaudeviie.
There is a plan afoot TO purchase
the house in Philadelphia in which
Joseph Jefferson was born and pre-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20
Few Liave arEt WeaIth.

There are references now and then
to Chinese millionaires, II "a hard
TO tell anything about the wealth Of
any Chinese; that IL a thing which
they conceal even from onS another
for fear Of blackmail But Il ln prob
able that there are no consplcuouply
wealthy men in the quarter.
Gambling is at once tho delight ana
the trouble-maker OF the Chinese
quarter. Here and IN China n II tho
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

trance was this motto painted on the
wall:
We know our opera-house is rot
ten. How about your show?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-17
THE SENSATIONS OF A WORM.
Being Cut in Two or Four Has Little
Effect on the Squirmer.

From the Kansas City Star.
carried on to prove whether the lower AMI
mails suffer pain or sensations of any kind
when injured The most striking Of these
experiments were made on the common
earthworm. If such q low animal be d.
vided at its middle transyersely only the
posterior half shows those squirmins and
jerking movements which, anthropomorphi-
calIy viewed, seem to indicate pain; the
anterior half Containing the brain) crawls,
as ordinarily, away. Now. II each OF these
halves be halved again the posterior seq
ment of each squirms, while the anterior
halves crawl away This same process may
be continued with precisely like result un
til the pieces are no longer large enough
to crawl independently. This striking phe-
sets of musculars fibers in the worm, one
longitudinal. causing the squirming and
Jerking, and the other circular, which pro-
duce the crawling. Why In the posterior
segments the former set should be stimu-
lated and in the anterior the latter set
Prof. Norman says he does not know. For
Its purpose the experiment seems conclu-
sive.
The abdomen of hermit crab may be
cut In two without any "but very slight
response from any remaining movable or
gan. '.Limulus' stops few seconds when
four or five hundred abdominal segments
are cut away, then proceeds quietly breath
ing as before. It's order OF events Is, regu-
larly. cessation of breathing, fiexion of abb
domen. pause. extension of abdomen. res
two In the middle continues It's crawling.
the front half going forward and the rear
half backward. Mfllipedes divided while
walking do not hasten nor stop nor jerk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-17
MINIATURE FURNITURE.
Not Toys but Ornaments for the Draw
ing Room and High in Cost.


From the New York Sun.
'sToys for grownups." That's the way
one woman put II as she peered down into
a brightly lighted showcase at set OF mini
atr1re furniture in French gilt-sofa, table
and two chairs. The oval top of the table
and the seats Of sofa and chairs were
enameled in white relieved with flower dec
Grafton Of the dainty empire style.
..rhe price? / declared This Is a season
for luxury, when one Is expected to give so
much for trinkets! But they are charming
little ornaments. and have set of them /
WILL"
miniature furniture for ornaments Is de-
cidedly the rage this fall" explained the
salesman. These are the most elaborate
ones we have, but they come also In old
Dutch silver and filagree silver. Here Is
the old Dutch"
ment of artistic looking little objects that
caused the customer to utter delighted ex-
carnations.
A Sedan chair of daintiest outline and or
namentation first engaged the attention. II
was not more than an inch and quarter In
height. A little bathing house On wheels
that went round next called for examina-
ton. A watering pot perhaps three-quar-
ters of an inch high and pitcher OF the
same dimensions next attracted notice.
which was quickly distracted by slipper
that must have been dropped on the tray
by tiny fairy Cinderella.
A cart driven by a sprightly Cupid flashing
an inch of goat made q spirited ornament.
Another design showed dovecote covered
with tiny birds. whose little heads were
a litter for one Of them to carry.
The filagree silver devices comprised
chairs, sofas, dressing tables. beds. goblet6,
pitchers, as beautifully designed q coach as