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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

that gave the numerous indications of
the ancient beings that peopled this
region in bygone days. These indi-
cations" says DR.. Lull. take the
form of impressions of some part of
the body, either of dermal appendages
or dragging portions Of the body, such
as traces made by the tail; but by
far the most numerous of all the the
prints of the feet, which render to the
student fairly complete knowledge
of the size, proportions and habits of
their maker"
Not only can the footprints and
marks of bodies be seen on these
slabs Of stone but the indentation Of
rain drops and ripples made by an
ebbing tide 100000 years ago. These
impressions we're baked in the plastic
mud by fierce tropical sun shining
overhead and by volcanic heat from
below. When the tide came in again
laden with fine sediment the markings
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
PRICE OF CHICKEN $500.
New York Man Says $1,000 is No
Temptation for His Bird,

George H. Northrup, of Raceville
N. Y, refused $1,000 for Regent, a
lrosecomb black Minorca cock on ex,
hibition at the worlds fair poultry
show. Being importuned to put a
price on Regent, Mr. Northrup said
nothing less than $1,5O0 would buy
him and he was not particular about
disposing of him for that price.
Regent is probably the most valua-
BILE bird under feathers. He weighs
nine pounds and is accordingly val
ued by the owner at $166 pound
Victor, the sire of Regent, was sold
last March by Mr. Northrup to Henry
Schultz Won Schultzenstein, of Berlin.
German, for $1,000. At the same time
he sold to the German fancier twenty
two other rosecomb black Minorcas
for $4,000, one of the cocks bringing
$500.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
War.poas at WlmbIedon.

field, and there are also many with
the Russian army in Manchuria. 1t
is interesting to add that the Central
British Red Cross Council, of which
the Queen is president, proposes to
form a Red Cross committee (which
had nothing to do with the dogs) for
each county, and for towns with pop.
ulation OF over 10000. The object is
so to organize the voluntary aid re-
sources of the country that should war
break out the preparations for dealing
with the wounded may be complete
Liverpool lEng) Mercury.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
Instead of soap.

Housewives in Florida scrub their
floors with oranges. In almost any
town in the orange-growing districts
women may be seen using the fruit
exactly as we use soap. They cut the
'ranges in halves, and rub the fiat, ex.
posed pulp on the floor The acid in
the oranges does the cleansing, and
ioes it well. for the boards are as
white as snow after the application.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
SJ'ss"-s''s~
) When Dinosaurs Lived s
C1ss-~GF.'sG

Some footprints On a piece Of sand
stone plowed up in South Hadley.
Mass, by a boy in 1902 caused much
excitement. They were at frst thought
BY the devout people to be the tracks
Of ''Noah's Raven" made in the mul
of the subsiding deluge. When some
tagging stones were quarried in Mon
tague for the streets of Greerfeld IN
1885 less religious "Mr. wilson
called them turkey tracks Then an
attempt was made to declpher them
scientifically by Or. James Deane and
the eminent scientist Prof. Edward
Hitchcock, both Of whom Joined in
the opinion that they were the foot
prints Of prehistoric birds. As bird
tracks" they continued to be popularly
known for more than half a century.
But developments in technology and
palaeonotology throw a new light on
these mysterious footprints on the
sands of time
Dr. Richard Swami Lull, associate
professor of the Massa chusetts Agri.
cultural college at Amherst the emf
nent paleontologist, in a recent me
moir issued by the Boston Society Of
Natural History, states that these
footprints must have been made by
dinosaurs. The fossils of American
dinosaurs have been found mostly IN
the Rocky mountains, and that region
has come to be regarded as the for
mer home of these ancient monsters.
1t now appears that right here in New
England this strange race Of animals
lived and fiourished in countless varie-
ties from the size of a small monkey
to two or three times the height Of
man.
About 100000 years ago, accord
ing to DR.. Lull's calculation, the Con-
necticut valley was a tropical jungle,
in which disported these creatures.
more grotesque than can now be found /
in an African forest. These creatures,
with the tail of reptile. the body
OF an animal and the head of a snake.
stood nearly upright on their hind legs
and walked or ran with almost human !
gait.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

20 call EN-, we're used more for SELF
y ing ana holding prey than walking
upon them. is shown by the fact that
the foretingers terminated in very
sharp claws. A distinct feature OF
this dinosaur is its small serpentlihe
head and the long slender neck OF
/ the same reptilian character. Its tail
was slender and flexible like the mod.
crn lizards. In these respects it wac
very different from the horned dino
saur, with large head and short mock
This also was a carnivorons animal
| OF similar form was the large herb.
vorous dinosaur
Why Animals Rather than Birds.
pr. Lull is very particular TO state
exactly what he believes these foot.
prints to belong TO animals rather
than 20 birds The features which
separate the tracks under corsldera.
tion from those Of birds. he saws
are several though all do not occur
in each instance They are First
the presence Of a tail trace which Ia
unquestionably reptilian. This NAV
be continuous serpentine impresslon
or a series Of short straight ores a.
though the appendage were raised AT
every step or it may be a connuuons
straight lino impressing DURING the
whole OF the animals walk or inst he.
fore sitting on it's heels. Tie occa.
sional impression Of a fore foot Is an.
other distinguishing character. and the
presence Of irregular dermal scutes
or tubercles upon the Skin. though
rarely leaving a record, is certainly
not birdlike.'
Inough dinosaurs ere shaped much
Ike the kangaroo Of the present time
there is no evidence whatever among
the footprints Of leaplng dinosaur
that Is, one In which both feet leave
the ground at the same time One very
peculiar specimen Of the Hitchcock
cabinet at Amherst seems to hav,
iried to stop so suddenly as 10 slide
Tor a considerable space on its
before overcoming its mo-
nentum.
The largest Of these erect walking
dinosaurs OF the Connecticut valley
vas the otozoum. which had length
y { wenty feet from head to tail N
arely rested It's hands or forefeet nm
ne ground, sometimes dragging ~
ail and at other times holding II clear
: tas srocnd- This animal had n foot.
rint twenty inches long ana had
tride Of about forty.lye inches Most
7 the footprints are much smaller
we've 70 fourteen inches being the
ale Tor me larger species, and dpin.
ing down q tiny prints only an inch
7 two in length The smallest marks
re thought 70 have belonged TO little
lhosaurs no larger than cats or small
IorkeYs.~- Boston Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

There was a great fiuttering OF
wings on the afternoon that the Ma
tional Federation OF Bird Clubs met in
annual session at Bird Center The
business OF the convention was entire
ly lost sight Of and all the delegates
from the saucy Mrs. Startling and the
pert Mrs Jay to the stately Mrs. Fal-
con and the severely dignified Mrs.
Eagle, were eagerly discussing the
social sensation of the hour-the
divorce granted to Mr.. Mallard Duck
from Mrs. Duck.
The scandal promised nearly to dis
upt the Federation of Bird Clubs,
for half of the Mrs. Birds were OF the
opinion that Mrs. Mallard Duck was
deserving only Of scorn and social
ostracism, while the other Mrs. Birds
declared that Mrs. Mallard was per
fectly right and that old Mallard Duck
deserved to be deserted and scorned
The facts in this, the most cele-
brated scandal in the whole history OF
Bird Land. are briefly these:
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard Duck had
lived happily together in a quiet little
pond for two years and not a cloud
had darkened their domestic horizon
so far as Bird Land knew. But
secretly Mrs. Mallard's heart was
slowly eating itself out. The fact was
I'D Mallard Duck waddled outrage
'usly when he walked This filled the
,reast Of Mrs Mallard, who was real
y beautiful duck, with anguish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
Bird Of ParadIse,s wooinn.

Such is the home that the male bird
Of paradise prepares in advance for
his lady love. Then he goes a-wooing.
He is deeply N love, and his feathers.
always beautiful. assume their most
brilliant colors as he parades back and
forth in front Of his sweetheart. She
Is coy but he is persistent. She shows
signs Of relenting, and then he flies
with her to the bower he has built
and adorned. lie shows her the mos
sy carpet Of lawn. the bright colored
berries and pebbles, the flowers, and
usually this evidence OF love is suf.
acient and the birds are mated.
There is poetry and song in the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
a ONO SAUP

were covered up and preserved for
future ages to discover.
DR.. Lull expresses the opinion that
dinosaurs abounded IN this region in
great variety. Some were carniyorous
and preyed upon small animals and
fish in the shallow waters. Others
were herbivorous, and browsed on the
tropical foliage that then lined the
banks of the Connecticut Certain OF
the footmarks show lizardllke charac.
ters, though no lizards have been
known 10 have lived in so remote q
time. still other tracks resemble
early crocodiles
II is curious thing that while
dinosaurs long ago completely vanish.
ed from tho earth, the crocodile has
managed to live OH with comparative.
" little change in form or habits. But
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
DOGS TO FIND WOUNDED.
Animals Being Trained for Service on
Battlefield.

Battlefield.
Major Richardson the other day let
loose on Wimbledon Common the dogs
Of war. These were two or his half
bred collies (helf-breds are much bet.
ter for the work than any other kind),
who do Red Cross work, and either
suceor the wounded or fetch them re-
lief. Round the dogs is strapped
sort Of harness, bearing the Red Cross
badge, and fitted with pockets on each
side containing triangular bandages,
and round the neck hangs a keg Of
spirits. If the wounded is unable to
help himself" the dog is trained to
fetch him assistance. The dogs found
men supposed to be wounded lying on
the heath, invisible to the spectators,
and, having found them, gave tongue.
Dogs trained for this purpose are in
use in the German service, many be.
ing now in Herreroland, in West
Africa, with the German troops in the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
serpent Enters MaIIard Eden.

One day the serpent entered The
Mallard Eden disguised as jaunty
male pintail duck He was q bachelor
duck without the suspicion of wad-
die in his walk. Mrs Mallard Duck
fell in love with him at first sight.
She swan about him and rufled her
feathers and sang to him as well as
she could and made no secret of her
affection. Mr. Pintail was at first
alarmed, but wnen his shyness passed
away, he admitted with a mournful
quack that Mrs. Mallard was really
the only duck that had ever appreci-
ated him. The upshot was that Mr..
Pintail and Mrs. Mallard eloped and
old Mallard was left to shift for him
self in deserted pond.
The autumn came and winter pass
ed and still Mrs. Mallard and Mr.. Pin
tail Duck gave no sign of regret. They
held up their heads proudly and SEEM
ed to glory in their depravity-for
that is the term Mrs. Bald Eagle used
in talking about it. And when spring
came Mrs. Mallard proudly brought
to the old pond a brood of eight little
ducklings, every one of which strange
" resembled Mr.. Pintail Duck.
This was the scandal that threaten
ed to disrupt the Federation of Bird
Clubs. And it was scandal. In this
busy working human world one is apt
to forget, even if one ever learned,
that there are love, marriage, divorce,
widowed grief and sorrow
among the birds just as in the human
family; and the study Of the joys and
sorrows of bird life is fully as inter-
esting and as instructive as the study
Of similar joys and griefs in our own
world.
There is something beautiful in the
sourtship of birds that appeals to the
heart of every woman For instance.
he lovemaking of the bird of paradise.
The male bird Of paradise constructs a
little conical hut for his lady love. In
'ront of the hut he smooths the ground |
md carpets it with layer of bright
green moss carefully laid on the fresh
moist earth, so that it will take root. I
Around this little carpet of green.
nossy lawn he constructs the barest
'utline Of fence Of bright colored ber-
les, pebbles and shells. Then he /
'rings bright colored flowers with
Yhich he adorns not only the lawn but
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

to eight feet long. From the teeth as
well as other things, it is thought to
have been carniyorous 1t is also GER
tain that other larger forms OF dino
saurs, which We're berbivorous, exist
ed in the Connecticut valley. from
footprints found, but no bones of such
have been discovered
The anchesaurus or carnlyorous
dinosaur Of the Connecticut valley
was one Of the most slender and deli
cately formed of all the dinosaur fam
lily. For the most part it walked erect
on its hind legs That It's fore feet or
hands or paws, whichever one chooses
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

A young woman who sued a New
York street railway company for S.
600 damages because she fell while
attempting to get on a car lost her
case in court The papers say she is
very beautiful, but that must be
mistake, as it took the jury only five
minutes to decide against her.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
Pocket auoket ! NnuaI.u

It would hardly seem likely that
here would be any demand for
mcket capable Of being carried in the
locket but such device has been re-
emily placed on the market The de-
ice is made Of waterproof material.
astened to a jointsd frama.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

A dispatch from South America says
no revolutions are going on there at
this time. 1t is midsummer in South
America and the people probably are
trying their best to keep cool.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

The Ambidextrious society has been
organized in London for the purpose
of encouraging people to use both
hands with equal facility. All the
pickpockets ought to join.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

struts about before his lady love,
sweeping the ground with his tail and
acting the dandy. The crested duck
raises his head gracefully, straight
ems his silky aigrette, or bows to his
female, while his throat swells and
he utters gutteral sound, which is
the nearest he can come to singing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

The young men report that the flow
trs that bloom in the spring, tra-lal
don't interest the girls now a bit.
What they want is the roses that
bloom in the hothouse.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Nine. Reiane. the frisky French ac-
tress, declares that American soci-
city women are the best dressed in
the world" But in some cases, either
the goods or the money seem to give
out before the shoulders are covered
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Prof Alexander Graham Bell thinks
he has solved the aerial navigation
problem. 1t is to be hoped that he
has at least provided himself with
feather bed upon which to fall.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Think of the collection OF 1,179, ,713
printed books and pamphlets in the
congressional library at Washington
How many lifetimes it would take to
read them throughl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Whenever a rich American girl
makes up her mind that she wants
one there seems to be sn earl. or
marquis or duke or something left
somewhere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat is
our authority for the statement that
women are easier to wake than men.
But it's mighty hard to put their sus
picions to sleep.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Here IS that old old question again
as to how it is that the women dupe
men so easily, not only in money af-
fairs, but in about everything else.
The conundrum is as old as Adam. So
is the answer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Thomas w. Lawson and Col. Greene
might both be able to make up their
losses if they would build fence
around themselves and charge admis'
sion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

corps Of motorists is planned for
the German army. Judging from the
record already established by motor
lists, they ought to be invincible in
warfare.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

OF course, Mr.. Lawson hopes that
there haven't been any members of
the New York yacht club caught iE
the stock market this week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

King Peter Of Servia announces
that he is in favor of arbitration. Al
most anybody would, in Peters place,
be an enthusiast on the subject.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

If there is another Andrew Carne-
gle, probably he feels flattered, too, to
think that anyone could borrow 81,
250,000 on his name.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
THE DAILY EXPRESS

The difference between charity ana
reform is that charity occasionally be
gins at home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Victims Of kleptomania should take
care to have good social position or
they are likely to be mistaken for
shoplifters and treated accordingly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

The Bidwells, however, with their
s5.OO0,0OO operation in connection
with the bank of England, still hold
the record by a small margin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

If the law of supply and demand is
still working there should also be
sharp decline in lambs wool on Wal
street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

In Chicago they are now kidnapping
chorus girls. These homes for the
aged have got to be filed up some
how.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

$3.50 for a lock of Thackeray's
hair! Many young man cherishes
"a lock of hair that he wouldn't seu
for double that.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

One OF the most thoughtful suicides
on record is that of the Kentucky man
who paid all his debts before taking
his life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

II a girl is only attractive enough,
she gets all the more invitations when
she doesn't know how to skate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

The new Servian cabinet lasted just
one day. If it was so soon to be done
for, we wonder what 1t was begun for
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

What satisfaction would it bring to
q bald-headed man if he could grow
another crop of hair? People would
only say that he was wearing wig.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

The celluloid back comb of a Chi.
cago young woman exploded the other
day. What red hair she must havel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

When a fellow has money to burn,
there are lot Of others who believe
in spontaneous combustion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

Some men,, observes the New
York Evening Mail, !" "are honest only
when they swear" Honest?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
pInossura il New England.

pinossuro in New England.
The first fossilized bones Of dino
saurs found in the Connecticut valley
were near Windsor. in 1878. Another
skeleton was found near Springfield
by Prof. Hitchcock and described
by him in 1865 under the name Of
Megadactylus In 1884 Prof Marsh
made another discovery near Manches-
ter, Conn, Of the bones Of a larger
size, but closely resembling the one
found near Springfield.
These bones indicated an animal six
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

with the cooling of the elrth's crust
We has been forced to retreat south
ward, till the true crocodile is now
found only in African rivers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10
Ancient 4

Ancient Beings Of New England.
1t was the red and gray sandstones
and shales of the Connecticut valley
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-10

I've got a life pass on this road,
Come, my chimpansy blossom be.
The subway trains are very swift,
hear they never bump any,
Come. take the limited with me.
And be my express company"
New York Sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06

merest trifes quick with the knife, in
tensely affectionate The figure Of Gia-
cobbe Dejas. the slayer of Constantinos
uncle, is drawn with striking ability. He
has eased his flexible conscience with the
proposition that Constantine is much
younger than he and can better afford to
spend few years in prison, promising him.
self that he will confess before he dies and
so release the wronged man.
A striking picture is drawn of Italian
prison life. and an amusing parsonage APP
pears in the eX-marshal. Burial, a consum-
mate rascal who swindies his fellow-p ris-
oners. Altogether this Is remarkable
story, despite the unp!easantness of the
theme and the details which are an insep-
arably incident to truthful description Of
the Sandman peasantry.
THE INDIFFERENCE OF JULIET. By
Grace S. Richmond Illustrated by
Henry HUT. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co.
Every young married couple and espe-
cially every young couple going to live in
the country or suburbs, will find something
of value in this story. 1t is a somewhat
idyllic tale Of love and home-making, of
domestic economies and architecture of
furnishings and the rearing of children.
Juliet consents to select the decorations