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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13
IMMORTALITY


T5y the late joseph Jefferson actor.l
Two caterplars crawling a leaf,
BY strange accident In contact came:
Their conversation passing all belief
Was that argument. the very same
That has been 'proed and eonned" from man to man,
Yea, ever since this wondrous world began.
The ugly creatures
Deaf and dumb and blind,
Devoid of features
That adorn mankind,
We're vain enough, in dull and wordy strife,
10 speculate upon future life.
The first optimistic full of hone:
The second quite dyspeptc, seemed to nope
said said number one, Inn sure Of our salvation.
said number two I'm sure Of our damnation
our, ugly forms alone would seal our fates.
And bar our entrance through the golden gates.
Suppose that der tn should take US unawares
How could we climb the golden stairs.
n maldens shun us they pass us by, p
Would angels bid welcome in the sky
wonder whas great crimes have committed,
That leave us 80 torlorn and unpitied.
perhaps we've been ungrateful, unforgiving;
..I Iis plain to me that e's not worth the living
Come, come, cheer up" the ioyial worm replied;
Lets take look upon the other side;
Suppose we cannot fly like moths or milers
Are we to blame for being caterpillarss
Will that same God that doomed crawl the EARTH
4 prey 20 every bird that's given birth
Forgive our captor he eats and sings,
And damn poor US because we have not wngsg
If we can't skim the air like owl or bat,
A will turn for a. that"
They argued through the summer; autumn nigh,
The ugly things composed themselves to die
And so TO make their funeral quite complete
The tangled web encompassed them full soon
Each for lis coffin made him cocoon,
All through the winters chilling blast they lay
Dead 70 the world, aye, dead as human clay.
10, spring forth with all her warmth and love-
She brings sweet justice from the realms above;
She breaks the chrysals she resurrects the dead
Two butterflies ascend encircing her head
And SO this emblem shall forever be
A sign OF Immortality.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13
THE GENTLE COW.

Behold the gentle lowing COW;
She giveth down her milk
That he who dilutes it for Us
May buy a watered silk
For the adorning Of his wife.
She hath tasseled tail,
Two curving horns her head adorns,
They milk her in a pail.
She hath no rudder like ship;
Her udder is a sack
Wherein the acteal juice is hid;
The farm boy breaks his back
A-milking her each night and morn
We have no wish to blk
The reader, but he really milzs
So hard he strains her -ilk
She hath lynock-kneed calf each spring
Her master takes it hence
And sells it to the butcher man;
Then nights, across the fence
She hangs her head and moos snd moos,
And moos and moos and moos A
We kill her when she's old for beef, q
And use her hide for she's.
Houston Texas Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

"Do you-er-ever tell flhs?" asked
the lady who had advertised for a
maid. mot for myself. ma'am," an
swered the applicant; 'only for tbs
missus. Chicago Daily News.
"De trouble wild de average man,"
said Uncle Eben. "ls dat wien he has
three meals day an warm fire, he
can't see why ev'ybody else shouldn't
be contented. Washington Star.
This is what, that shaky day,
They heard the old man holler:
The bank is broke, but thank the Lord.
never owned a dollar!"
Atlanta Constitution.
Haswell-"I've been trying to make
out whether marriage improves woman
or not" Wiswell-"I'ye noticed that
most of them leave off playing on the
piano after they have been married a
while.v
Il suppose you will be glad to see
your Congressman back home again"
EYES," answered Farmer Corntossel,
well be glad to see him. But the
chances are he'll insist on our listenin'
to him as well. Washington Star.
waiter-"Mr. Wicksy didn't seem to
think much of the soup; he wanSed to
know If we called it chicken soup be-
cause chicken had waded through
the hot water Landlord-"The ideal
And what did you say to that?" Waiter
''Who broke my cut-glass dish: she wept
"The baby did, lied /.
| She looked, the baby, bless himl slept,
And proved lullaby.
Cleveland Leader
"One-half of the worlds happiness is
solved when person learns to mind
his own business" "Yes. but it's the
other half that causes the most
troublev' Whats thatY' Getting
other people to mind theirsv' Detroit
Free Press.
Housekeeper-"Tha chicken you
sent was awfully tough; and it was q
little bit of a thing, too" Poulterer-'
"You ought to be thankful for that
If there had been more Of it, the
toughness would have been good deal
worse for you, you know"
"Well." said Mr.. Titewad. putting
down his paper, that woman who got
all that money from those bankers can
always get money from man. no
matter how cautious he is" She
can" remarked Mrs. Titewad. $50 long
as she isn't married to him" Judge.
"Do you enjoy your wlfe's teas and
receptionsY NO" answered Mr..
Cumrox, ito be candid. l do not
can't help harboring suspicion that
if l didn't happen to be her husband
Mrs. Cumrox would not consider me
of sufficient social consequence to be
invited. Washington Star.
Mr.. Bacon-"There was a report
round that Gay has been seen taking
his typewriter to the theatres and to
dinner a good deal lately" Mrs. Ba-
con-"Yes, isn't it seandalous?" but
Gay says it is not fact; that he has
done nothing of the kind" "Of course,
that's just like man. to deny It'll Who
is Mr.. Gays typewriter His wlfe!'
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

One of the developments of Glas-
COWS municipal street car system is
providing private early morning cars
for bringing home dance parties. A
car requisitioned for such a purpose
comes at any required hour to the
point nearest the place where the
dance is being held and takes the
dancers to any desired points on the
road.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13
A Polite cabman.

The usual Saturday afternoon throng,
dressed in its best, swarmed up and
down Broadway.
A cabby, leaning confidingly back
ward, said to another perched OH the
high seat Of his hanson
Il haven't seen a pretty woman to-
day"
A woman in the crowd, hearing,
looked reproachfuliy up.
Present company always excepted ?
corrected the cabby politely. New
York Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

A very interesting and practical
demonstration OF the rigidity Of the
earth's interior has been furnished by
the automatic records of the recent
Indian earthquakes, which settles a
long mooted question, says the New
York Herald. Seismograms of the VI
brations caused by the earth shocks
in India were produced in the Royal
Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland, a
few minutes after the convulsions oc-
Cured, the waves passing through the
centre of the globe with an average
velocity exceeding ten miles a second.
As it is impossible for vibrations to at.
tain such speed in any known solid,
even in steel itself, it is obvious that
the interior Of our earth must possess
enormously high effective rigidity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

Woman is having good time--some
people think too good time. The
servants are not to be allowed 10
bother her. the children are not to be
allowed to bother her, her husband is
not to be allowed to bother her. she
is to be free to lead the higher life.
1t sounds brutal, but perhaps woman
was not intended to live free from all
bothers. Perhaps woman was intend
ed to take her share of the worlds
work-of the worlds bothers. To-day
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

According to the Chicago Daily News
the United States, Japan and Great
Britain constitute dreibund. II these
three oceanic powers are a dreibund,
we should like TO ask what a wet Dund
would be.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

Henry Ward Beecher is said to have
declared once that he would rather
have his name on the map of Kansas
than to have a tablet in the Hall Of
Fame. Yet there is not a Eeecher on
the Kansas map, either as a county,
township, city, river or postofice, OBJ
serves the Kansas City Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

Grizzlies are the best game in the
world. When you once get their dan
der up they are savage fighters, and the
hunters life is In danger every minute
unless he is a good shot and he's a
steady nerve, states the Kansas City
Journal. If you ever get within range
of the grizzly's paw you are dead one.
These stories of men Killing them with
knives and in hand-to-haDd fights are
about as reasonable as it would be
to talk Of stopping locomotive by
getting in the way of the train. If the
big fellow gets the chance to deliver
one blow it is all over. Grizzlies look
awkward, but they are mighty light
on their feet. and they can beat any
man in a foot race. -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

If you live long you will live about
seventy years. That is a short while
in which to accomplish much, thinks
the Louisville CKy) Courier-Journal.
You should be firmly established in
your career by the time you are forty.
The years sweep past and you will be
forty almost before you know it. So,
get busy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

The Isthmus of Panama had for last
March a death rate equal to fourteen in
1000 for the full year. Yet we still
have a way Of talking superciliously
and patronizingly about the perils of
tropical climates, remarks the New
York Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

Indiana girl marries to escape an
arithmetic lesson. No escape possible.
however, as she will learn when she
begins to make butchers bills tally with
her housekeeping allowance, admon-
ishes the New York Evening World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

A man and his wife who weyc born
on the same day and died on The same
day were buried on the same day.
Wonder If they were married on the
same day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

The Shah of Persia has placed am
other order for six high class autoIOo-
blles in Paris. -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-13

The French have a new word for
"hippomobiles."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
A Warning Road Race.

Yesterday a race was run on the Con-
duit road. outside of the District, between
a motorist and wheelman. They covered
or at the rate of some 80 miles hour.
locomotive speed. Fortunately nobody was
injured. But the fact that the race took
place suffices to constitute a public danger,
for unless the practice Is checked 1t is al
together likely that this stretch of road.
and perhaps that lying to the SOUTH much
more used by the public. will soon be con-
verted into a racing course.
1t Is true that this Is the finest piece of
road in the neighb0rhood of Washington
and II is a temptation to motorists to use
1t to the limit of their machines 1t is
smooth. level and exceptionally free from
dangerous curves. 1t is indeed, an ideal
race track for a distance of about ten
miles. 1t would require very little laxity
on the part of the authorities to encourage
the motor owners of the city to make use
OF the entire stretch for their fastest speed
ing, frightening all other users off the high
way.
II the government is willing that its own
road should be thus converted into a race
track for the most dangerous kind of ve-
hicles. 1t has but to allow yesterdays warn
ing to go UNDECIDED, and in a very short
time Conduit road will be the scene Of con-
tests and doubtless of disasters. On the
other hand the federal authorities. who
have exclusive jurisdiction over the road,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
Steam Launches and Yawls.

The owner of the steam launch which
went to the rescue Of the overturned ca
noeists In the Potomac opposite Alexandria
last night Is quoted In the news columns
today as saying that il he had had his
yawl boat with him he could probably have
rescued both the man and the. woman. AS
1t was. being without small boat, no lost
so much time in turning and making for
the scene that the woman had disappeared
when he arrived. He therefore urges the
rather unusual recommendation that hence
forth all launches be compelled by law to
carry yawis for their own protection as
well as that Of others.
This is matter for the Commissioners
to consider seriously. Anything that can
be done to conduce to the greater safety OF
the river users should be sought and APP
piled. -pleasuring Is dangerous at
best and every accident should be utilized
to the full to strengthen the precautions
against repetitions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
Washington, of Course.

Russia's final acceptance of Washington
as the place for holding the peace confer
ence is an act of wisdom that indicates
sincere desire on the part of the st. Peters
burg government to reach an understand
ing with Japan. There was excellent rea-
son for the choice of this capital in the first
place and no good reason for a reconsd-
Grafton. 1t was natural, though illogical.
that the Russian press. doubtless voicing
the sentiments of THE bureaucrats who de-
sire the continuation of the war for their
ends, should clamor against the selec-
ton. alleging that the pro-Japanese
sympathy of the American people rem
dered Washington undesirable. All the
world knows that there Is a great differ
ence between the popular Endorsement Of
the Japanese in this war and the official
ties of the government. Paris was fmpos-
sble to Japan because of the existence of
treaty between France and Russia. Lon
don was impossible to Russia because Of
the treaty between Great Britain and ia
pan Berlin was undesirable to both sides
because OF the well-known interest of Ger
many in the territorial questions relating
to the far east The Hague and Geneva
alone remained of the available capitals of
Europe. and against these was registered
Japan's unwillingness to conduct the nego-
tiatlons on the continent of Europe for
reasons which were sufficient to the Tokyo
government. In favor of Washington was
the prime fact that from here started the
initiative which has led to the opening of
the negotiations. With this government
alone. indeed. could such a movement have
originated. and in Washington notwith-
standing the undenied American public
sympathy for Japan. the representatives of
both powers can meet without the slightest
apprehension OF the play of influences. A
withdrawal by Russia of its acceptance of
this capital as the scene of the conference
would have cast serious doubt upon Rus
sias good faith in the negotiations and the
reinsurance of the choice OF Washington
by St. Petersburg IS therefore highly graft
flying to all who wish to see the war
brought TO a close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
The Deadly Toy Pistol.
T.eslie's Weekly


The appearance Of the toy pistol in the
streets suggests an early and vigorous pro-
test against the annual saturnalia of noise
and nuisances Of which this pestilent play
thing Is forerunner. Public sentiment has
voiced itself for several years past In no
uncertain tones against the observance of
Independence day in such a manner as to
place a premium upon rowdyism and the
daredevil spirit which revels in dangerous
and noisy sports and pastimes. The au-
thorities of our cities and towns will be up
held by the public generally in a strict and
impartial enforcement of the laws and
ordinances applying to the use of firearms
and explosives. No one desires to abolish
the observance of the Fourth of July as a
joyful holiday. but the desire Is to rescue
this greatest and best of our national ami
versaries from It's present estate as a mere
carnival OF barbaric and senseless noise.
and to restore to 1t some Of it's former and
time-honored features as a day for the In
culcation of a sound and rational patri-
otsm and the perpetuatiOn of the teachings
Of the fathers and founders of the republic.
Celebrated in this manner and spirit the
anniversary of the Declaration Of INDIE
pendence may serve noble and inspiring
purpose In our national life, and form a
powerful influence for good which we can
i'll afford to miss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
Morocco.

The Morocco cloud which has never been
larger than mans hand. will not grow and
overspread the sky. Neither Germany nor
France can afford war over that matter,
and Great Britain just now Is an influence
for peace everywhere. The stir has some-
thing OF a stock-jobbing suggestion. But,
whatever its nature. 1t is Ill advised. Now
is good time for the nations of the earth
not only to talk. but to think peace. We
have had enough Of war for awhile. The
past ten years have witnessed good deal
of bloodshed. Spanish blood. Cuban blood
and American blood; Boxer blood and the
blood of Christian missionaries; English
blood and Boer blood; Russian blood and
Japanese blood: all strains have been poured
out in quarrels that have arisen in that time.
There will be other wars. but they need not
come now or soon. Suppose we all take a
rest, and calm and friendly look around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19
Switch Stealing-25 Dead.

AS far as the facts are known. the disas-
trous train wreck on the Western Mary
land, which caused the death of twenty
five people, was due to the deliberate dis
obedience of orders by the crews of the
two engines drawing the freight which
crashed into an on-coming passenger train
A surviving member of the freight crew
declares that the orders were to wait on
the siding until three trains had passed
Two had gone by when the engineers of the
locomotives swung into their seats and pre-
pared to pull out. The flagman. who now
tells the story. says he reminded them that
Number s. had not yet passed and that it
was not time to go out on the main track.
He was waved back and told that the
freight would pass the third train at an
other siding. So these two engineers and
their firemen went to their death In the
face of plain reminder of their orders.
which had been discussed as the freight
crew sat alongside the track waiting for
the trains to pass
Against such criminal dsobedience of
orders there Is no redress. for those direct
ly responsible for the collision are dead
But the public would like TO know whether
or not the practice of stealing switches
IL condoned by the railroad officials. 1t IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19

generally believed that this practice IL more
or less common on all roads, and that 1t Is
perfectly well known to the general man
ayers of the lines. The time to put on the
screws for discipline is when switch Is
stolen without a wreck. Then train crew
that has offended can be dealt with judi
ciously to good effect so that the manage
ment may demonstrate to all employees that
orders are meant to be obeyed and are not
written solely for the Interpretation of sub
ordinates to suit their convenience.
1t is suspected by the public that the
switch-stealing practice Is winked at by
those higher up as conducive to rapid
freight running. It is urged by some of
the railroad workers that the higher Off
Gals hold the freight crews responsible for
the deliveries of their trains at terminal
points, regardless Of distractions or difficult
ties. 1t seems to be a common belief on
certains roads that orders are written to
be followed when there Is no chance to dis
regard them. Every switch stolen by a
freight train is time gained for both the
road and the workers And the engineer who
can take his train safely through a series
of these thefts of track Is often compli-
mented upon his cleverness and his nerve,
instead of being reprimanded and fined by
his superiors.
The lives of the travelling public are en-
trusted to such loose systems. strict in
quiry into all the circumstances attendant
upon train disasters would probably dis
close that there is way to reach and cure
the evils. There is certainly ample reason
for a broad investigation into the causes
which underlie the appalling record of
wrecks on the rail, which cost the coun-
try annually many hundreds of lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-19

In honoring the memory of General Co
mez the Cubans honor themselves. He de-
voted his life to their cause. and repre-
sented it more conSpicuously In the strug-
gle that was crowned with success than
any other actor. At one time an officer in
the Spanish army. he left the service be-
cause of the treatment of the CubanS, and
from that day. for many years. he was a
brave and tireless agitator and fighter for
Cuban liberty. He possessed not only cour-
age but staying qualities. He never doubted
that in the end the Cuban cause would tri-
umph. He was always ready tn take the
field again after hard fortune had for the
time decided against the efforts of himself
and his compatriots. And under his in
SEPARATION his favorite son in the last war
rode to an honorable death with Maceo.
This man will rank with the men of
whom it is said that they were made for
the events In which they participa ted.
when the hour struck he responded with
the very equipment the occasion called for.
He might not have been successful at the
head of a large army-might not have de-
veloped the genius for supreme command
where an empire was at stake-but as a
raider, with force always keyed up to
the fighting note. always equal to the de-
dfscouraging the enemy, he performed feats
which were at once the admiration of his
own side and the wonder of outsiders.
In word. 1t was Maxine Gomez who
panied the Spanish to that point that they
stood angry and helpless before their prob
lem. They could not solve it and yet would
not abandon 1t. The gods having decided
upon their destruction made them mad, and
they proceeded from folly to another
Until the island was brought to a condition
which offended the feelings of all humane
beholders. Then came the destruction of
the Maine. and the Intervention of the
United States followed as at once a national
duty and national necessity. Cuba s
course from that day became America s
course.
General Gomez was never for moment
without full appreciation of Cubas debt to
the United States. and he expressed 1t in
terms which greatly influenced the feelings
and actions of his countrymen. In the
early and more difficult days of our occupa-
ton he was the foremost instrument in the
island for good. and aided US in all our
measures for the establishment of order
and the establishment of free government.