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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Pelee Set Off bx a Hot Rox.

The Mt. Pelee disaster was taken
as text by one of the speakers at a
recent nearby camp meeting of negro
Zionists. He explained that the erup-
ton was a rebuke to the greed of
mankind along the following lines:
de earf, my fr'en's, resolves on
axels. as We all know. Som fin saah
am needed to keep 'em axels creased,
so de good Lawd, in his wisdom an
foresight, put lots ub PETROLEUM in de
bowels ub de earf for dat purpose. De
Stan'ard Oil company comes along
an 'strax dat petroleum by borin'
holes in de earf. De earf sticks on
its axels an won't go round no more.
Dere is hot box, JUS as tho de earf
wuz big railroad train-an' then, my
fr'ens, dere am trubble."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Deputies of All Work.

Last year French deputies used up
e2,400 worth OF note-paper, but this is
not to be wondered at. seeing that
they are bombarded with letters from
constituents demanding various serv-
ices, including the finding of good
wet-nurse for baby, the purchase OF
fresh fish at the Halles and the buy
ing of bonnets for electors wives.
Not long ago one deputy received an
artificial arm, which had belonged to
the child of one of his constituents.
The child had died and the father re
quested the deputy to dispose Of the
useless limb at the best price obtain
able.-Paris correspondence London
Mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

Old Settler Tells Of the Early Days
in Georgia.

In Georgia.
Mr. Jacob Kumm is now 80 years
Of age, but has comparatively good
use of himself, says the Milledgeyille
(Ga.) News. Mr.. Gumm's fathes was
one OF the first settlers in this sec
ton. He was a major in the United
States army, and was stationed with
some troops at Mount Pellar Hill,
near McComb's Mount AT that time
there was considerable opposition to
the presence OF the troops in this
section, and Mr.. Gumm, Sr., resigned
his commission and purchased the
land around the forl, thus becoming
one Of the first landowners and tax
payers of the county, and he and his
descendants have been taxpayers here
ever since. Mr.. Jacob Gumm entered
the Indian war Of 1887, at the close
Of which he returned, and has resid-
ed here ever since. He says he re-
members when what is now Milledge-
vile was a great forest. filed prin-
cipally with large. poplar treee, many
of which were over four feet thick.
These trees drew many bees, until
there was so much honey that It
would drip from the large trees on
the underground below and thus spoil
your clothes as you walked through
the bushes. Everybody had more
honey than he could consume.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

The Calf, Haroun, once said to his
jester:
Il wish you would procure me a
list of all the fools in Bagdad."
THAT would be difficult. oh, Com
mander of the Faithful. but if you
desire to know the wise men tho
catalogue may soon be completed"
The same ietser, Bahahil. was dis
covered on the Caliph's throne, for
which he was awarded a whipping.
Then said the jester:
"Oh, Commander of the Faithful, l
SGT in this seat only half an hour
and have been whipped for doing so.
What do you deserve, who sit in it
every day."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
The Last Resort.

The mother Of the three unattrac-
tive daughters stepped from the train,
followed by the father.
Unless we get the girls engaged
here" she said in whisper, there
is no hope"
Upon the ample lawn the pater
counted ninety-eight girls. In the
middle stood the lone summer man,
answering eighty-nine questions at
once.
The pater groaned. as he felt his
depleted pocketbcok.
YES" he answered, hoarsely, 81
fear in every sense of the word, this
is the last resort!"-Cincinnati Com.
mercial Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
A New Tvne Of Steamer.

A working model Of a new and novel
type OF steamship, the invention Of
Herr J. Brohan, an engineer of Ham
burg, has been on view in the Hall Of
Civil Engineer, Rue Blanche, Paris.
The principal feature of this craft is
that it is equipped with four propel-
lers, one forward. another Just before
the rudder and two at the stern. The
vessel is fiat-bottoned, but there is a
short keel in the center and two false
keels forward, to keep the hull off the
bottom in case of grounding. and be-
tween whiuh the forward screw re-
wolves. The inventor estimates that
with steamer 300 feet long, built
according to his design. he could make
the passage from Havre to New York
In four days.-Scientific American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Accident to French submarine.

A serious accident took place the
other day on a French submarine
boat maneuyering off Cherbourg, the
details Of which have not been made
public. The vessel is the Silure and
when at the maximum depth several
of the crew were seized with suffoca-
tion and were in so grave a condition
that the boat had to return with speed
to the naval port. An investigation is
being anxiously held into the cause
Of this unpleasant affair, which in
French naval circles is said to have
somewhat shaken the faith which had
been reposed in these craft. This is
the first accident Of the kind that has
occurred to a French boat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Rlankherrx a profitable Erult.

All things considered the blackberry
has been our most profitable bush
fruit. It's commercial advantages are
great 1t is a heavy cropper, a fairly
reliable yielder, easily picked contin-
ues many years in profitable fruit
fulness, and generally is in good de-
mand. It's disadvantages are softness
for long-distance shipment, slight
tendency to scald, and season Of
fruiting that brings it into direct com
petition with peaches. However, this
real disadvantage of season often be-
comes a decided advantage during
short peach crop. which often occurs.
1t then has the market TO itself with
out a dangerous competitor.-Country
Life in America.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
4 solaooL 81 AousEKsEFINo.
Institution In Esrlln, Germany First
Of It's Kird.

Institution In Esrlln, Germany, First
Of It's Kird.
The school OF housekeeping IN Ber-
lin was the first ard still takes the
lead both in the plan Of work and in
its execution. II wac founded by Frau
Hedwig heyl, with the active coop
GRAFTON Of the Empress Frederick.
Waen people looked askance at the
school and objected that the place for
girls to learn Housekeeping was in
their own homes. Frau Heyl replied
that il they wished to advance the
standards OF living, to make use Of
the investigations Of the bacteriologist
and sanitary chemist, to the end that
the dwelling might be more nealthful
and the food more nourisning, then
instruction from people who were
making life study Of these subjects
was Indispensable The Empress
Frederick established a precedent by
sending her own daughter as the first
pupil. and various families Of the
court soon followed the example. The
school now has the supper. OF public
opinion and in It's different depart
ments there are representatives from
every class of society.-GOod House
keeping.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Judicial Duties Too Arduous

Justice of the Peace +. W. Bleucher
Of Buttenburg, N. j., declares that the
wearing of the judicial ermine in his
district is no sinecure. He has written
to Gov Murphy Of his state TO this
effect. adding that since taking office
le has lost twenty pounds, is both
cred by people throughout the day and
unable to sleep comfortably at night
because Of the popularity Of his front
door bell. Justice Bleucher concludes
by saying it is worse than pulling
teeth to get his lawful fees, and what
fees he does get just about keep in
tobacco money. He therefore resigns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Dispute over ExpIorer,, e.,.,,,,

The comforting Of the rank of hc.
reditary nobility on the Asiatic cx.
plorer Sven Hedln has evoked 4 vic.
lent controversy in the Swedish press
some radical journals demand thar
the law be altered so as 10 make such
proceeding impossible hereafter.
others point ont that Sven Hcdin
might have been honored IN a moro
practical and doubtless moro welcome
way by paying the debts he has been
Obliged 70 incur and restoring TO him
ne large share OF his private means
he has sacrificed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

Wheat is weighing heavy this
year" said the owner Of steam
thrasher, who was buying some belt
ing for his machine Il have been
thrashing for farmers in central I'LL
nois for two weeks now, and have un-
derguessed every batch Of wheat
have handled. Wheat in the field will
fool the experts this year. The straw
is short, but the heads are long and
large, and the grain is very solid.
In the territory cover the estimate
of the crop viii not equal the product
by considerable. l would add at least
20 per cent to the official estimate"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Peculiar Fad of New Yorker.

Nicholas H. Torney. a wealthy New
York broker who was the double Of
Andrew Carnegie in appearance, died
a day or two ago. II was his fad to
live for an occasional month OF so In
some Bowery lodglng-house and then
change over to the Hoffman or Astor
house, being equally well known in
ither Of the places. So generally was
he recognized on the Bowery that reg
ular patrons Of one lodging-house
there always referred to him as 4the
regular Of room 81" That was where
he slept when he first made his ap-
pearanee there something over ten
years ago and that was where he died.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
LandsIlps Cause Terror.


Terrible accounts have reached
Rome Of the great landslip of Cornig
lio in Val di Parma For some time
the hillside has slowly been slipping
down on to Corniglio, and it is feared
that before it stops the whole country
side may be practically blotted out.
Already many houses have been over
thrown and the main street of Cor
niglio gapes with overwhelming
crevasses. The most terrible thing
about the catastrophe is the slowness
of the movement Cracks appear on
the faces of the houses, and slowly
widen before the eyes of the terrified
spectators, while the crash OF trees
slowly torn up by the roots, and the
grinding Of rocks sound along the hill
side. Every day the peasants fear
to see the graveyard of Corniglio torn
open. Terror reigns throughout the
whole valley.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
OLD CRADLE COMES BACK.
Wet Weather compels Resort to Prlnn-
itive Methods.


tive Methods.
In 1855. which was before the mod
ern reaper and binder had been in
vented. all grain was Graded. and by
employment OF that primitive method
the loss to the farmers was consider
ably reduced. Now the soil is so
thoroughly saturated with water that
the heavy machines are rendered
practically useless, and many farmers
have gone back to the cradle to save
If possible, some portion of their bad
ly deteriorating crops. 1t is a com
mon sight to see farmers in rubber
boots wading through the sodden soil,
cutting their wet and often growing
crop Of wheat with an old-fashioned
cradle. The dealers here cannot sup
ply the demand for these old imple-
ments, for the cradle a score Of years
ago was slowed away with the spin
ming wheel and candlesticks. Not only
have the old cradles been brought
into hse, but new ones have been or
dered. The dealers here kept nothing
Of the kind, and have with difficulty
found them among the jobbers of the
state.-Geneva IN. " dispatch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
He Comes From Cleveland.

Prof Elliott, an Ohio scientist, was
before the ways and means commit
tee some time ago speaking upon the
subject Of the preservation of the fur
seals of Alaska.
In the course Of his statement Rep
resentative Tawney asked the wit
ness what his business was.
Il am a pomologist. a horticultur-
ist, viticulturist, an artist, and a nat
uralist," replied the professor.
The reply staggered the Minnesota
representative for a moment, and then
he said: "Oh. I understand. you
come from Cleveland; that explains
IT,"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Veteran operatic Conductor.

Luigi Arditi, who wrote the famous
Kiss song. III Bacio," for Parepa Rosa,
kesides many other notable compost
dons, is now so years old. He lives in
Brighton, England, happy in the low
kg cor panionship Of his wife, son
md daughter. Signor Arditi has con-
Iucted grand opera in all the principal
nties Of Europe and America In Lon
Bon alone he assisted in the first pro
luction Of twenty-seven different
works. He has been a lifelong friend
and coworker Of Verdi.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
sIaverx n ltaIlan coIonlea.

While Italy keeps a cruiser in the
Red sea to check the slave trade.
which is very brisk between the
Arabian and African coasts. an Off
cial report has been laid before the
chamber Of deputies, wserein it is
stated that slavery exists in the Ital-
ian colony of Benadir, administered
by company Of MiIanese merchants
on the lines of the old British Eas,
India company. All the field work, Il
is stated, is done because agriculture
would come to a standstilI and the
fierce native tribes would revolt.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
NEW USE FOR sNowsALLs.
Farmer Put Them Into Well and op-
tained Good Water Supply.

tained Good Water Supply.
Speaking Of drinking water" said
one Of a group Of men waiting for the
shower to pass over. "the best ever
drank was on my uncle's farm, down
in Brown county.
We lived on top of clay hill and
had well very deep, sixty feet, |
reckon; bu. it never had any water in
it until ten years ago. A heavy snow
fell that winter and he filled the well
with snowballs. He rolled up balls
until they were large enough to go
into the well cleYerly and then dump
ed them in until it wa packed to the
top. They were packed so closely
that they did not melt until late the
following summer, but when they did
they produced a supply of water /
never saw surpassed for purity, soft
ness or coolness. 1t was delicious.
Strange to say, this well, always
dry before. has produced plentiful
supply since. The water, while not
as good as that from the snowballs.
is still excellent and celebrated
throughout the neighborhood."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
DIFFICULTIES OF MAP.MAkINo.
Government OFFICIALS Have Hard
Time Securing Them.

lime securing mem.
For twenty years the government
has been engaged in mapping the
United States. and a report just is.
sued by the geological survey shows
that the larger part is still unsur-
yeyed. says the Washington CORE.
spondent OF the New York Evening
Post In some Of the western sections
the work is attended with the great.
est difficulties and dangers. Recently
a party sent to map northern Mon
tana was Obliged by the severity Of
the weather TO climb Calf mountain
not less than eight times--the last
1900 feet on foot--before an oppor-
tunity was presented to get a photo
graph Of the surrounding country.
The Photographic method is employed
in all such wild regions, When the
negatives were finally secured 1t was
after waiting all day in a driving
snow storm; then there was lull of
a few seconds, during which six snap
shots were made. During the other
seven days the snow was unremitting.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Wanted to Go Back.

An absent-minded elderly man en-
tered the station at Rockville Centre.
L. l., the other day. Neryously finger
ing dollar bill, he approached the
window and asked:
What's the fare to Rockville Cen
tre?"
The agent looked at him minute.
and then said, in loud voice:
This is Rockville Centre"
The old man with the far-away look
in his eyes pushed the dollar bill un-
der the grating and sail. calmly.
Give me return ticket"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
The Australian pukI,s.

One who has been all over the world
said yesterday: "Your Martinique
friend. fer-de-lance. is not to be com.
Jared with the dukite snake OF Aus.
.raiia. It is like the pictures you have
seen Of sin, a long, red snake. with
eyes the living embodiment OF evfl
The dukites never go alone. If You
are unfortunate enough to kill one
without killing its mate the latter will
3ollow your trail remorselessly, like
'eath, or fate, and. though you camp
.wenty miles from the spot, II will KIN
ou as sure as you killed its partner
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
Lord saIIsbury's Literary Talent.

EOAG OGtiSbAtg EtANi 81 - dttiiNSe
Lord Salisbury comes honestly by
his literary talents. His father was
an eccentric character, who had a
writing mania, among others. Abra-
ham Howard records that the elder
marquis used to "secrete a good deal
OF poetical matter" His method of
securing & circulation was certainly
original. This was by slipping print
ed copies of his verses into the great
coat pockets of the visitors at Hat
field and by himself throwing them
al into the market carts" 1t is ru-
mored in England that one of the chief
reasons for Lord SalisDury's recent re-
tirement was his desire to leave per-
manent record of his impressions of
Queen Victoria, Bismarck, Gladstone,
Lord Beaconsfield and other notables.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
GAVE WIFE 4 SURPRISE.
Husband Used officlal Signature In
stead Of "Hu5by.r

Husband Used Offlclal Signature In
stead Of "Hu5by."
The wife Of Philadeiphian who is
man Of Importance in the affairs Of
an insurance corporation vita pros
porous local branch went on a plea
sure trip through the West lot long
ago. That he was too busy 70 go
with her she knew. But she disliked
even the temporary separation so
much that she made him promise to
write daily For a week, each letter
from home was filled with genial
accounts of his troubles with the
cook. the tradesman. and other house
hold matters that generally give con-
cern to a man left to shift for him
self. She found the letters delightful
substitutes for the good fellow who
always signed Hubby at the bottom.
The eighth day away, she opened her
letter, which lovingly began MY Dear
Wife" as usual, and read on until the
bottom, where she was amazed to find
the following
Very respectfully,
Il E.,
aAcsfrfopf cnnerfntandent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11

While crossing the Atlantic on the
L-ucania. bound for Europe, Henry c.
Frick was accosted by a strange man,
who called to him:
Hello. Pittsburgh How re your"
Frick looked at the man a mo
ment. and then replied:
Very well. thank you, New York,
How do you know I'm from Pitts
turg?'
BY the stogie you're smoking" an
swered the stranger. And how do
yol know I'm from New York;"
Why" replied Frick, by your gall"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-11
CRUISER is KEPT BUSY.
Detroit Of Great Service to the United
States Navy.


States Navy.
One of the most seryiceable Of I'm
Gle Sans warships is the unprotected
steel cruiser Detroit, which has been
utilized In nearly every station OF the
navy. The Detroit went into commits
sion July 20, 1898, and was built in
Baltimore. 1t has speed OF over IL
knots and is a particularly service
able vessel on quick voyages between
ports. The dimensions are as follows;
Length on water line, PSI feet; beam,
81 feet; draft, 16 feet inches; dis
placement, 2,OS9 tons, two propellers;
horse power, 5,227. The armament;
Main battery, nine 5-inch rapid-fre
guns; secondary battery, six 6-pound
rapid-hre guns two 1-pound rapid-fire
guns, one gattling gun, three torpedo
tubes. It has a crew Of twenty OH
GERS and 254 men.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-05

How unsessoned Troops Came to
Change Their Opinions Re-
gsrding Tried Troops.

Il remember" said the sergeantto the
correspondent OF the Chicago Inter
Ocean, some queer things that hap
pened when .Buell's army returned 10
Louisville in the fall OF 1862. We had
ma1e long march under most diseour-
aging circumstances and the men were
ragged and dirty. We met there new
regiments from Ohio and Indiana. most
Of them splendidly equipped with men
In new uniforms and punctilious as to
military forms and camp regulations.
The men OF the new regiments regarded
the shabby men of the Old regiments
with disappointment II not contempt
and the men of the old regiments didn't
rare.
our division. Il SO happened. was
CHARTERED on the island formed BIZ the
canal and river. in what seemed to have
been potato field or truck farm. The
FIRST thing the tired men thought OF was
rest. and they proceeded 10 take It in
very informal way Friends from the
new regiments come to see MS. and there
was pity in their eyes as they looked
over the loosely organized camp with
men lounging and sleeping without re-
gard for order. One officer. an old
school friend. told me plainly tina; he
was greatly disappointed-our men
seemed SO callous and so incapable Of
deep feeling.
While he was talking there was a
connection In camp. Gen. Nelson. who
had commanded the division al the
front. had been shot. and the men OF our
regiment and Others were on the in.
slant in the widest excitement. Hun.
dreds OF men caught up their rifles and
hurried toward the bridge across the
canal, bent on forcing a passage into the
city Meantime, the adjutant came with
an order for our company to hold the
bridge. When the order TO fan in was
given the men OF the company were
swearing and threatening what they
would do.
My friend of the new regiment re-
gsrded the situation with alarm The
new men did not like Nelson. The dem.
onstration of affection among these vet.
Grams was a revelation to them. but they
were asking who could control such n
mob. Our company was formed and was
double Quicking TO the bridge IN FIVE
minutes. In ten minutes we had turned
back all the excited soldiers except
those who elected 10 swim across the
canal. Here was another revelation
Against the strongest possible feeling
duty and discipline prevailed.
My friend OF the new regiment said
ne never saw finer sight than when the
command formed across the bridge
TO check their own excited ccn,roa,,
with whom they sympathized. but
against whose appeals and threats they
stood like wall. as silent. as immovable
as stone. Here was an exhibition OF sol.
dier dignity and sense OF duty. touch
ing In the extreme. and when few DAYS
later the division took the road on ten
minutes notice the new regiments had
an illustration Of the difference between
seasoned soldiers and others which they
never forgot"