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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
Old and New Japan

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

Lirrle EaH@f Chna speaks English
ard gives state 61rEers, az which there
Is = curiC1z MIXTURE Of Africar and
European t0cs4s and customs. shongh
the royzl table IS supplied with are
liEel. cut glass and silver hrougAf oRt
-ypE L1z1on- AIT these bangusts Ene
chef duty & the Prime Minister e 70
see 70 Il tkat his royal master does
NOT eat enough 10 make himself sick
TIE youngest professional orgarist
il the world Is Kzsaieaz Mills. E1o
rTesides over the great organ ln the
Catholic church AZ 0EEa-. ESSEX. Er,E-
iznd The regular orEanist failing Hl.
little Miss Mills took her place AnG
pisys1 Tor several SanGays wirh such
skill Oh the instrument thai ali tie
people were astonsshe1 when shav
found ont that q cailt * eleven years
was presiding over the keys ard STOPS
The youngest master Of fox hounds
ii the world Is Lord &c Clifford. who
IS eighteen. and has been master ~
the Daigan pack. in County Galwzv,
ireland. for two years
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

q friezd q mine keeps = hotel cmi
IN Ohio. said Representative Bed
Ter and the last time 7 saE him b
had tale Of hard luck that made ne
Dsuse and consider.
He had good hotel, and 10 cinch
this idea with his patrons be put ID
sign. a weeks board free If you
can beat this hotel AZ a dollar . day
"A chap came along and stsid for
two days Then he left By way Of the
window without paying his biIL He
was captured n the next tom.
brought back and placed On trial be-
fore the justice Of the peace
The justice heard the case. and
decided that the man vas not guilty.
as be had certainly beaten the hotel
for two days entertainment Then be
shooed the nan out Of tow, and
went around 70 the hotel and collect
ed the weeks board for himself -
New YORK World
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
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An z&--lzg F1l-g eErz-e C-ce ask
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ErlES Of : se-oZ O. 70 p-zch ax-
s-pcEzzsozsg. TIE #EArzas= clerxy-
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1-zogzFz=s reE1s M soz- zsTE
write OFT T0-r aer-c-- for taa 1eT1
viii l5e surs 70 zsok oTsr yrzr xhozI1sr
z-d gst warning h.eto-ekzn6 Now.
Wzsz 7 preach the 1eTsl himself eozLd
-1r tsll WHAT an g1zg 10 Say
T1lE remark vas z1-EFr As sc7zzss5
csts1 a. that o. ths CID 6zrkF u.
TaoEzz uEeG to tel zbc-t. wkc was
asked 70 eTplziz tEs 1z@srezee ~
tween Z rrssrhsr zz5 Al extorre-.
"A rrazeAer. said the so1 u Hz--
las to EtirE 70 hiz text suE ire ex-
1orrer can 5Tzzch
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

1Sr D1rcF1g c&zEged The porea o.
tie -zvn we're At rery vel under tie
aoft lnEasEae u The hzryezt -oor-
peEhsps preferable to any ether place
-1zt The zzgtere SoTem5sT rnCon is
zzoiner thing Right here oEgh1 70
mention ahas the wl60wz holse
fho1gk co1fCrrscse. Is fzy from large.
L aeeOuzo1ztsd Elizabeth AID R1th
very Die2szEtly foE cour1arg purposes.
srt there was really No place agx an
othes So fhere wzs 1othfzg for
Lcrothg 5at to thyOw herself On the
gsneFoslty of the others. ard beg them
n share with her. since Sunday even
Ing was the only time that Harry
cggId corvsniertgy cali She went ID
Elizabeth first and aid the case BE-
fare her. and asked f0r the nae Of
tse Dsrlor occasionally perhaps once
aonfa. The older gir1 proved coldeY
fhan the MoyembeF moon. She re-
piled in efIsct that she vas Il the
habit ~ entertaining 3lr. EdgeEater
in the parsOr each Sunday evening
AMI that she had no intention of Civ
ing II ~ for chit who ought To be
10 short dresses Hardly, Dorothy
hal better go back % her dolls.
PoDr Dorothy wiped her eyes and
sought Ruth This lady was dumb
founded. The idea. she was accus-
TONED 70 see Mr. Jackson IN the din
ing rom each Sunday evening, and
she thought she saw herself giving il
up To a minx who ought 70 be wear
sng her hair in q long braid. Oh, yes.
Dorothy had better 90 back to her
dolls. Dorothy had quiet cry, then
she bethought her of Maggie. The
kitchen was not tust the place 10
receive Harry. but--sny port in
storm; 70 she sought out Maggie.
The loikeg Of that, Well, I neyers
And me IL the habik ~ receiving
Aficer Donovan here livery Sunday
noighf. with the cOnsint II the rulssus.
And him proper young man, and on
this beat, and that his only noight OF.
Elsdade, Oil mott Oil give notice
first, It's wonder that Mlzs Dor
othy don't 90 back 70 her dollsi"
Poor Dorothy. She retired to her
own Foom and had a good cry. Fate
was agalnst her; there was no hope.
Il Was Saturday: the evening paper
predicted cold wave There was q
little touch Of SHOW On the ground the
next morning. Dorothy cried come
more. This was really all there was
left fox her ~ DO.
But ne1t eyening Harry came. He
had feared the worst. and was pro-
rided with his winter oyercoat and
pair Of heavy goioshes. Dorothy put
On her winter cloak and took her mun
and together they spent an hour
tramping briskly up and down the
path beside the Aouse. Their teeth
chattered considerably. bur they man.
aged To carry on conversation. and
70 some purpose, as appeared subse
QuentIy. Al the end Of the hour Harry
said goodnight at the frens steps
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

vide q handsome stock foT hzwker
Il -u-EIzr lines 0i food
Azc1E these UEfoTy1zztss. E11
usxaz wsIk the Etreeta a. night far
wz-t 10 hzlf-penry to engage lc1g-
-zzg q . damp zoor Ewarminz vitn
Tzr-zz- Cza hears the doctrines %
Prv-z.cu ard Ferdinand Lassslse dis
r1sss1 rolubsy Their works hare
been translated into little pamphlets
and read 10 the lIlitsrzte 1T the ocea-
s-zl scholar who carries Z few
thousand idezgrzphs In hls bran
Tgvaz has cone 80 far trey an
SAY whF wiL r not be vel 70 Sd
TIE e1nre r0Eta or Al least 50 far as
EAe 51az1 stAtey
Poor- h11gry- bedrsgg-sd 1rs2Zerzs
BEr EaeF ara zCZ alone. fer the Iap1-
reese O. au rznkE oatssEe ns the Assur-
eeoizss zz1 The great Eobses are ask
ing re sane thing Vita sZaEs1t
rrxc-1rzEfry they asa. WHY Is iz not
ss szsy 70 gel q sOTsrzEszt that rep
resezts the hest cuzcepti11 q zz1 as
to worry alo-E with 8 Eakes1ift tkzt
Is nz1itesriy t-pertegtr
Before japan les the ss-sxter sha1-
pE q ar irresEstIhle c1zzlct
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
The Newest In skirts

For the benefit Of the mere men. re
reproduce the explanation Of a New
York dressmsker az 70 how women
will manage 70 walk in the new spring
suits. which are made as long iu the
front a. they are In the back-and
that is just fve inches on the ground.
A circular hounce Of canvas is set ali
round the bottom Of the skirt inside.
reaching Bp to the knees When in
reDose." says the dresemaker. the
skirt fares Out around the feet. lying
about FIVE inches on the floor all
round. Naturally, a step forward
without canvas and without q kick
would entangie the wearer in q mass
Of frills and rufHes. but the canvas
and the kick save her She gives the
canvas just the least little kick with
the toe Of her slipper. the canvas
backed rufie swings out in advance
and enables her to take step with
out stepping On the skirt" How loye-
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

a query about Scotch whisky. Z"
writes H. P. n, lis. does color indi-
cate age2g Theoretically i should:
actually Il does not. Whisky Is stored
in sherry casks 20 mature and takes
color from the wood Sherry. how
eYer, covers a vide range Of shades
and q spirit stored in = cask which
had held a pale variety would OBJ
viously not Be colored 70 the same
extent a. a spirit stored for a ike
time In cask that had pseyiogsly
held a dark-brOwn vine. though as
regards maturing both would be equal
~ improved. The general public.
however. eouid never be got to under
stand that two bottles of whisky diff
ferng in color Were absolutely iden-
teal IN every essential point and
therefore most brands maintain a stan
dard " color by means of a harmless
coloring ingredient namely. burnt
k1gar. London World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
Bill of Old Election

TO rzw wEsAey and r-rc@. wltA-
OK -arEl-r q DsreE and toasce0. As
val as fcr EorFes. &n1 - we5 Tor
.razEzx . pot - rtatFE ard 0sagr
r1ssss zz1 1alf. fcr re 4rEt tzy z1E
-zHt an not 41rs. bgS foF t1Tss
1sYs and q Eaf of the eIsefi1E. al IT.
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sraer. ID q fn az o. there&1crzEs. a.
near zs I can gzess and nor ee Too
-zrrlrzr s. 70 ne ssTertg--ire
ponds. Efteez fAEli-s1 z-1 Elna-
-s-ne For shaving z-t egcyrs1g W
he ssz1s u me torry-1i-e free.al1srs
s1r ST Mzr5s a. thlTrsezpe@ee for
s~srT head 1E fzerz BY nT srD-Mer laz
z W1ts lz 70 ne tE0 yo-zca. Thirteen
- EE z-z ozep.eEce
For . wo=st zz1 rN-zs tcr poor
Ton Ee-nzz IL TIE El1tls cf the
-lrzr wnsz Ee Fz4 z1r eIpsete1, . 70
za tsz tzgE ! zozt talk q i4e -aper
e. t1r kssr5-g hin so5er e. Ic-g ss Es
vas s1se-. s. 10 re TN pou--s s-1
ta- a1L-gE
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
Fate of the COQuette

she was yanrg and mighty pretty.
S1e Eas surylike and witty.
Her rosce vas gentle a. me hum Of bees
about the hive.
Ard though lowers fv0uI5 pursue her
And keep On prDposin 10 er
ste tod en- al she S51idn't wed the
best mar aNvel
she sest smiled upan 'em sWeeily.
But refused EN- all completely.
III s1rns declared 70 suicide her victims
shs wgzIid drive-
Yet STE told each one 70 leave her.
DEd t1is tryin' yornE deceiver.
stu F0Wir she wolld never wed the
best Ezn alive.
she sest pizyed with them and trined
VITA they love rlI & was sttred.
Not one 81 them could Wi1 er. though
they'd ear1est5w ccnnive.
TIL timetV they CEASED their tryin'
Ard their pieadin anv llnir sizhin.
And al believed she wouldn't we'd the
best man alive
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

IzEaEees of great irteZG gsrce II
5orses are almost Is numerous a.
he horses themselves. tE Ize-e z-e
few whieh make nzettzer stories tzzn
this. related Il La Szrnrs 81 q Par
is1sn-
Al Fizosules. ia -T eAil51ooE, he
writes. Ey father had two spirited
horses Of Sze s7oo6- Cne day whEe
Dre u them. PEmeIe. was Fzszing
between two walls Wara M Estzla SIS
Ter OF her hack. the c1iid slipped ard
roZlss between tie horses feet
Pruralie stopaaa instantly ana hald
one hi16 fcot il air S1e saeme5 70
fear % lower thai foot Iast ste sho-ls
step On the chna There Eas 10 ruon
for the horse % uru nor for uzn
70 pass A.
I1 that uEco-f0rtzt position. witA
lifted foot. however. the horse s-oed
patiently while n zttezdznt crzwiae
5stween her forefeet and resrus6 tie
ch5ld.-M Montreal Herald
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

Then she sighed. did this fair mahssn.
And her heart with grief was lsasr
And she cried. Without Q lover i Is
useless "a survivei"
All her life WAS fuii az sAar-ss
And she said 'gncd-ayf Is EiwdreFe.
the best man alive.
After years lover sought her
Jest common stick. and caught her
A lazy Jack. who praNet 10 - a dra-Q
about the hive.
Vet when ne proposed theV marry
why. her heart was happy. very.
And he won the Eirl who Wouldn't Waa
the best man alive.
Then folks ventured 20 remind her
OF the vow she'd ieft behind her
And asked her how az such an end she'd
managed 20 arrive:
she replied Ny vows unhrnkems
have kept the words I've sr.axar.
best man aliveir
Hank sphinx" In Boston Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
re ggILT lis onN gooaAousE
csssr Ink yfnses Fsrrsne Pisysc
cn Cafeteria csl6 nirer.

= ~Attf~ AfA@ ~i~f~ HA4AAf~N~
Tie Murray fzZEsY was rsrT nz--
erDzs Il Csllsozz1z II the days q
~ zons members s1rvek il rSeh
II tae Eizes ard bed ozto their Tor
times. oehers we're zot 80 t.ckF. One
Murray iz EzEr1czlzr is remembered
BIZ al the old time ziEers He -zae
q big fortune 4 The gold mines aid
starred % b4iId 3 zagziEcezt cozEtry
reai1ezee near San Jose. the Dc-ed
fruit center q CzlfoEulz
Tne elegance Il the place vas the
talk Of TIE whole Community. BUT oze
day. 70 the surprise q his business
associates. Murphy slzDped q big mort
gage onto the property
Rates q Interest we're enorno1s f.
taose days. and zs poor Murphy lad
been unable 10 inset his paTnezts.
one dzy the tazuIful ho-s vent
under Ehe sac-lcneers hammer. and
Wza 5owglt It q great bargain By the
county for its pCcrho8se
Things vent FROM bad 10 worse with
N1rDhy, and In Z few years the PROUD
Old Irishuzn was obliged to erter lis
old home IS a inmate. z county pan
per.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
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there wzE eTseEaT q Egz z1Fe-zE
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building Vas Il rzzE EFerF F.xz q
life vas 1aEsr1ysL R-e1 1s-gg
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22
Was Almost Too Smart

plank on his wagon. and he kept the
plank there during the weighing OF
each load. Then, when the lour was
All weighed and he was setting on FOR
home he said In great excitement 10
the friend who was with him:
Say nothin', Bin; shaved that
Teller never deducted the plank but
once. Keep steady. Say nothsn'
And Bin indeed had a hard time
to convince the foolish old fellow thar
he had bought from the railroad thirty
pounds Of plank twenty-six times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-22

Edward Atkinson. Of Boston. the
noted economist. was talking about
tricksters.
They who descend 10 trickery.~ he
said. have small minds always. That
Is Why they don't succeed. They dupe
others now and then, but they dupe
themselves just as often.
That man was. perhaps. a typical
trickster who once bought. here in
Brookline. twenty-sesen loads Of -four
nom the railroad. He had a heavy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30
A Geographical Puzzle Story

Two girls named a city in Italy and a
city Of Montana, who lived In the sweet
est-smeiling city in the world, mounted
their bicycles one day when the weather
was very country of South America They
packed lunch Of islands of the Pacific,
filling them with country of Asia that
was left from their Christmas dinner They
also took some grapes from city of Spain,
some river of Palestine almonds, and a bot
tie OF city of New Jersey juice to drink.
They were soon city of West Virginia
along the roads, enjoying themselves until
the city of Italy punctured her tire on
city of Arkansas lying in the road She
was thrown off and her wound was very
sea in Europe. She was carried to a
doctors Office and told her wound needed
a city of Michigan. He gave 1t first a
city OF Maine In water hot enough to not
a city of Switzerland, and used an old
name for Spain soap. After bathing it he
gave her a bottle with a city of ireland
to keep 1t from splitting and the girls hired
a city OF Vancouver and arrived safely
home after their unpleasant accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30

looms, red popcorn. rock candy. whips and
whistles. ride the merry gO-rounds or the
zigzag, or fire at Aunt Salle, or hit the
bull s-eye?"
The nigger-woolly. thus challenged,
showed a row of cleaning white teeth I
gets mos things I want; they JUS nacherly
comes TO me, an If 1 don't get what
wants I gets somefIn' better"
Il don't believe in hooking" said Jerry.
Nor L! Nor IT, said the others.
Some Of the boys did not care to express
themselves on so delicate subject but the
second nigger-woolly, pointing to his COM
panion said: He don't steal; he amt dat
kind; he shu' nun homes but mos special
lucky. Use lucky, too. but not same as
him"
II bet I'm as lucky as anybody here"
exclaimed Jerry, not to be outdone
Course you're lucky. If you've got dol
lar said red-head; that's luck enough
for any fellow"
"Oh. l don't mean that kind"
Just then a pale little fellow with a
crutch came hobbling up to the gate Jerry
made up his mind at once. How much
have you got over?' he said to the cripple
The little fellow looked up shyly Not a
red cent" he said. II guess it's enough
for me just to get inside
Jerry pulled out his coin purse, took out
five ten-cent pieces and ten fve-cent pieces
and handed them to the cripple
Here's a dollar"
"Oh, go on" said the other; but his face
beamed with pleasure.
II mean it," said Jerry. and, turning to
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the crowd of astonished boys about him,
with a lordly air addressed them: Now, /
think | start about as low down as any
body here, and if my luck today don't beat
the luck of any two of the rest of you put
together, my names not Jerry; that's all. y
Il say called out the second niger
woolly you hadn't orter give a whole dol
lor for de cripples luck. I'd sold you my
good, and I'm fond of it, but I'd rather hab
de money dan de luck
Red-head, who was the biggest boy in the
crowd, and somewhat of a bully, announced
his intention of making the cripple divide
his unexpected riches, and several other
boys announced their intention of securing
share for themselves. When Jerry pro-
tested and clustered good deal he sud
denly found himself tripped up and lying
in the mud. Before he could scramble up
some one had cried. Hog pile and all the
smaller boys were tumbled over and piled
upon Jerry, who was nearly sufocated. But
the gate policeman appeared. and there was
q mad scramble to get out of the way
Jerry being underneath and somewhat stiff
and cramped. was the last to rise, and the
only boy within distance so the cop nabbed
him
IA ra, yous little bully" said the police
man. ''wud yez be disturbing the pace?
Coon along. now: I've had moi OF on yez.'
Jerry's appearance was against him. His
hat was gone, his coat torn, his clothes were
covered with mud, and a big black and blue
spot over the other gave his facea most I'M
natural and ferocious expression. The cop
seemed TO regard him as a precocous VIII
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been sold for 800. when Edna heard the
auctioneer say, How much am I bid for
this doli?'
Edna looked up, and there In his arms
was the handsomest Japanese doll she had
ever seen. Edna had never owned a Japa-
nese doll except tiny little ones. Here was
a large, elegantly dressed one. Wouldn't
she love to own it? She never even limited
at this though. for she knew it was too
near Christmas to buy dolls, for they al
ways came to her by skies and sevens at
that happy time.
How the buyers of curios laughed at sight
of the Japanese doll! How they all turned
their eyes toward the eager-looking child.
whose face told as plainly as words that
to her the doll was the gem OF the whole
collection.
How much am I bid for this beautiful
doll?' asked the smiling auctioneer.
This time he did not whisper in Edna's
ear. Instead, he hid himself below big,
ugly bronze idol with grinning jaws and
voice, big. deep, funny voice, which
sounded very like the voice Of the auc-.
tioneer, although he was nowhere around,
and this statement is only guess.
Five cents, said the idol.
Five cents" repeated the auctioneer
coming out from behind the idol his face
full of smiles, the Japanese doll Rugged
close In his arms. only five cents" said
he. well. must have two bids II have
two bids 1t is the law OF the shop that the
article must be sold. Won't some one raise
this bid? wouldn't like to trust this deli
cate doll to that ugly old idol. I'm afraid
he would eat her for his breakfast.
A. he said this he looked right ct Edna,