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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Child Of Many Nations.

When Camille di Righini, the charm
ing child of Nine. Ella Russell, was
horn. his parents were in great doubt
as to his nationality. for he was born
two days out from New York, on the
Konigen Louise, under the German
flag. His mother is an American; his
father, Count di Righini, a pure Ital-
ian. On the fathers side Nine. Ella
Russell's grandfather was Welsh and
her maternal grandmother Austrian.
To add to these complications, Camil-
los birth was registered. according to
law. at the first port of call, which
happened to be Cherbourg, France
What was the nationality OF this little
Italian American Scotch Welsh
Austrian German French English
infant? This profound problem for a
long time perplexed all Nine. Russelps
friends and aequaintances, until the
singer at last had the good fortune to
consult T. P, O'Connor, who without a
moments hesitation pronounced the
verdict, why av coorse, he's sor Of
oula Oirland"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
slx.xear.nld EvsnneIlst

Six-year-old Lawrence Lennis is
called "the baby evangelist Of Bur
lington, la. This youngster expounds
tho scriptures ito the great astonish-
ment of his hearers"
He has been conducting revival SER
vices lately in the vicinity Of his
home Although he has had no school
ing, he can repeat chapter after chap
ter of the Bible accurately, and he
also delivers long, earnest discourses
on Bible texts.
In speaking of his career. Lawrence
said Il felt inspired to teach the gos-
pei when / was 21k years old, and told
my mother of the divine call. She
said was too young to preach, but
kept right on embracing the calling.
Il preached before large congrega-
tions when l was but four years old,
which was the beginning Of my evan
gelistic work never attended school
In my life. | can read and write but
my mother never taught me, neither
did anyone else. Boston Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Motor water Carts.

The long expected motor water carts
beginning to make their appearance IN
Paris streets are highly successful
This new, useful municipal automobile
carries 1,100 gallons. The maximum
speed is 1S15 miles an hour. Each can
be filed in six minutes, and can
sprinkle a mile Of roadway 45 feet
wide in twenty minutes. Steam is the
motive power, a 35-horse power engine
being used in connection with a bevel
gear drive aad live rear axle. A con
nection between the wheels and the
water Jets regulates automatically the
output of the latter, according to the
pace of the cart, and closes them alto
gether when the vehicle stops.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Railroad Loses Looomotlve.

1t is scarcely credible. but it is new
ertheiess a fact. that the London and
Southwestern Railway company re-
Gently lest a locomotive. Engine sheds
we're searched, and every mile of the
line examined from London to Corn
wall. but no trace of the missing en-
gine could be found. How it could
have vanished the railway officials do
not know, but they have two explana-
tions to offer. One is that the engine
may have been shunted on to some
branch line in Cornwall or Devon and
its existence forgotten. Another the
ory is that a new number may have
been given to it, and the old number
still retained on the company's books.
AT any rate, a locomotive is not easily
overlooked on account of its size, and
is too immobile to go easily astray on
its own account. 1t does not appear
ever to have happened before, al
though passenger and freight cars are
frequently lost.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Motor Boat Race.

it afterwards. With the salt seas wash
ing over him during the whole trip no
was chilled to the marrow and soaked
to his second skin long before he
reached Dover. The French boat Mer-
cedes ". (Vedrine) won, with the Eng
lish Napier Minor (Napier) second,
and Princess Elizabeth (Delahaye),
German, third. The Mercedes won by
about two miles, and did the distance
in 65 minutes. That there is great
future for the motor boat there is no
denying.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
FEAT OF HUMAN wHlRLwINp."
French Athlete Goes the Limit In
Looplnn the Loon.

NNfAta NNN E~NEs
The latest variation OF Looping the
Loop" is performed by the Human
Whirlwind," a daring French athlete.
who has been sending cold thrills up
and down the spines of the spectators
at the Casino in Paris.
The bicycle and its rider. after de-
scenciHg the inclined plane lAl, con
tinue their course for an instant upon
the seml-circuiar part Of the track (B),
and then, held by the rope (C), finish
describing the circle In the air.
At the moment at which the wheels
Of the bicycle resume contact with the
ground, the rope (c) becomes detached
automatically. owing to the special
form OF the hooks that sustain II at
It's ends. and It is possible for the
bicxcllst to continue his journey in a
straight line CDl, the curved part (B)
OF the track having been removed and
the straight part lowered to the level
Of the ground during the short time
that he was In the air.
The carved part is mounted upon
two rails. on which 1t is slid TO one
side, and She level part is supported
by a metallic horse. that is folded up
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
poq's Auto Toq,s.

The motor dog is here as a recog-
nized part of modern life. First 1t was
the coach dog. but. forsooth, he is rele-
gated to the rear. and now the motor
dog has taken his place In Paris and
London they make speciality of nov
elites for the motor dog, including
goggles, face shield and cap and coat.
aud he does not look a bit more un-
lovely than the human beings he ac-
companies. 1t is not all fun for the
dog, because the unusual bear gives
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

sounded upon the bugle. may have
said uncomplimentary things of the
bugle when unwelcome calls we're
sounded upon It; still, they had a lik-
ing for it, and when they see an old,
battered bugle, they find it interesting
and will stop to examine il.
The bugles Of the civil war times
were keyless and no chromatic notes
could be sounded upon them, but in
earlier years keyed bugles were used.
An old-timer that dates back to the
last Of the eighteenth century is now
in possession Of A. NJ Cross of Clare
mont. N. H. 1t was purchased abroad
in 1890 by James Jackson of Haver-
hill, N. H., and was first played by
him at the raising and dedication of a
large building In Haverhill
1t was sold by Mr.. Jackson to E.
Willis of the same town, who played
it during the war of 1912. He was
g.eat-grandfather of Mr.. Cross, to
whom the bugle recently came.
II is made of copper, but has a brass
ferrule on the bell The mouthpiece.
keys and mountings are of brass. 1t
has been carefully preserved and E.r.
Cross proposes that it shall be kept
in the possession of some descendant
of Mr. Willis as long as possible.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
DOGS IN THE MAIL.
Experiment in Pneumatic Tube Did
No Harm.

Experiment IN Pneumatic Tube Did
No Harm.
The London Daily Mail says that
taking the squirming little dog firmly
but gently with the left hand. the op-
orator dropped him carefully into the
yawning mouth of the big cylinder.
Then, closing the breech Of the case
with a dexterOus movement of his
right hand, he pushed the cylinder
into the machine. A touch of lever,
and tube and dog disappeared from
view.
This reads like some dreadful act Of
cruelty calling for the Intervention Of
the S. P. C. A., but as matter of fact
1t was one Of the many interesting
experiments made yesterday at the
first demonstration of the pneumatic
tube system at Ranelagh Lodge, Full
ham.
In exactly 25 seconds the cylinder
and dog were blown out of the return
ing tube, having travelled in that pc
riod 800 feet On his release it may
be recorded that the little dog wagged
his tail and evinced those signs Of
canine satisfaction which humanity
usually associates with a contented
mind.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

Australia, cheaply, with a craft ready
for the work there. The adventurous
pair propose to travel 10000 miles in
a fourteen-ton boat. Two of the most
ingenious devices to be carried aboard
for the sake Of safety are dinghy and
floating archor, both the inventions
and patents of Napier himself. The
dinghy has been constructed with a
fiat bottom to enable it to be carried
standing fiat on the deck and thereby
dispensing with the cumbersome dav-
its. The floating deep-sea anchor is
constructed with a spar Is feet long,
attached to which is a triangular
shaped canvas sail weighted at the
bottom with shot This contrivance
is made especially for outriding any
storms which may be met with in mid
channel, when the water is too deep to
allow the ordinary anchor to be low
ereo. The deep sea anchor is let out
at the stern Of the craft, and the ac-
ton of the water on it while in this
position holds the boat practically mo-
tionless. The route to be taken, start
ing from Brighton. is through the Bay
of Biscay and the Atlantic ocean to
Capetown, and then run Of 5000
miles without touching land will have
to be made from the Cape to Fireman.
tle.-Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

Near TripoIl, in North Africa, IS a
village called Amruz. the like Of which
Is not to be found in any other part
Of the world The place is inhabited
exclusively By those exercising the
calling Of smith.
From early morning till the last
thing at night they are hard at work,
the aged members OF the community
also taking part Those no longer able
to handle the hammer occupy them
selves by blowing the bellows.
The majority Of the people are ar.
mcrers. who supply the Arabs with
weapons indispensable to the sons Of
the desert, who are tco indolent to
make for themselves. These weapons
are exported as far as the Niger,
where they are in great demand
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Cradle Vibrator.

With the idea of providing for the
tired and worn occupant Of the cradle
the means Of easily courting our dear
old friend Morpheus, and enjoying
restful slumber when once the tiny
eyes have closed in sleep, there has
been invented an extremely novel at
tachment for cradles which has added
to its many virtues the fact that it
will allow the mother to devote her
time to other things while her little
one Is asleep.
The thing is very simple and con
sists only of an electric or water mo-
tor whose mechanism regularly and
gently vibrates the mattress of the
cradle. All that is necessary is to put
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Hale PLUM. HALE CHERRY.
South Dakota Man Has Strange Tree
That Yields Delicious Fruit.

South Dakota Man Has Strange Tree
That Yields Delicious Fruit.
James Warke Of Miller, S. D.. has
cluster Of compass cherry trees-a
cross between a wild plum and the
common cherry-that are the talk OF
the town. In size they are between
the plum and cherry. also In season OF
ripening, the color dark red. the flavor
and taste being a delicious combina-
tion of cherry and plum. The trees
yield enormously They will no doubt
become the popular fruit Of this sec
ton, as they answer the purpose Of
cherries and FIJI the bill Of plums.
Mr.. Warke went west of Pierre a
year ago, discovering on an island IL
the Missouri river family that Had
an orchard Of fine marketable apples,
large tame plums. tame grapes,
peaches, apricots, immense melons.
etc. He was so surprised to find that
South Dakota would produce fruit that
resembled in size and flavor the kind
raised in California and Georgia, that
he brought back samples to show his
friends. Mr. Warke was doubted, but
he finally convinced the Millerites Of
the truth of his find. Since that dis
covery he has not hesitated to intro
duce here. plant and experiment with
the different fruits, knowing that he
can grow them successfully.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Woman Took Warning from Dream.

Woman Took Warning from Dream.
Mrs. F. c. Johnson, living four miles
nothwest of this place, was saved from
drowning through a dream. Several
nights ago she dreamed she had
slipped into the well on the place
while attempting to draw water So
impressed was she with the dream
that the next morning she fastened
long rope to a heavy iron stake, driven
deep in the ground, and threw the
loose end OF the rope into the we'll
She instructed her little boy. at the
same time, to grasp the rope should
he fall into the we'll
During the afternoon she went to
the well to draw water, and, slipping
on the wet platform, slid into the open
curb. The well is twenty-four feet
deep and half full of water The
plunge took her away under, but upon
coming to the surface she seized tie
rope and climbed out hand over hand,
using the side of the wall as a brace.
In relating her experience, Mrs. John
son says that all she could think OF
while falling in the well was that the
rope was there.-Quinlan correspond
ence Kansas City Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

In the "Petrified Forest" OF Arizona
there is a natural bridge. across a
narrow canyon. consisting Of the pet
rifed or agatized, trunk OF a tree,
Iii feet in length. The petrified trees
in this region are believed to have
flourished in the Triassic age. Most
of them are allied to the Norfolk Isl
and pine (Arucarial Of to-day, but
soE.e esemble the red cedar. Prof 0.
c. S. Carter thinks that the petrifica-
tion was due to soluble silicates de-
rived from the decomposition of the
feldspathic cement found in the sand
stone Of that locality.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

A very odd wedding occurred recent
ly at the residence of the Rev. Mary
T. Whitney, in Boston, Mass. The
groom was the Rev. Carl G. Horst.
the pastor Of the Second Unitarian
church OF Athol, Mass; the bride was
Miss Emily Aitken. of Boston, and the
officiating minister was the Rev, Mar
tha c. Aitken. mother of the bride.
Cases where a father marries his
daughter are not infreQnent, but this
is. perhaps, the only instance on rec
ord where a mother has married her
daughter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Illustrated IdIom.
Flaw in Immense Diamond.

Unfortunately the largest diamond
in the world is not of the crystalline
sort used as a gem. If it were its
value would be fabulous, for it Is sew
enteen times larger than the famous
Victoria diamond. the largest Of mod.
ern finds, which was sold for $1,500,-
600. It's value depends upon the use
to which it can be put when broken
up, for 1t is OF the amorphus kind
known technically as carbon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Jspanese Firemen.

With all his enterprise the Japanese
dislikes to hurry. Firemen going to a
fire make the occasion ceremonial
affair With their beautiful uniforms
the companies march and counter
march and dance in leisurely state, no
matter how serious the fire may be,
some men carrying pals and ladders,
but more bearing banners, as if flames
could be extinguished by a display Of
magnificence.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

They Are the Only Animals That Can
Wallow Through the Marshes.

tU~J 0tC tHC 0tiiJ ffI'tUdtb tfdt Van
Walow Through the Marshes.
Hundreds Of people have driven
many miles to witness a novel sight
east OF Iowa Falls, where As sturdy
bulls, hitched to mammoth pillow, are
plowing bitches through slough land
to redeem 1t for crops and grazing.
The crowd has been SO great that
farmers in self-defense have been
obliged to put up signs to trespassers
on their fields that they will be prose-
cuted if they continue to trample down
the crops.
The farmers in East Hardin county
have let contract to drain off the
waters of Bird pond, which by its
overflow has annually ruined a large
acreage.
Bulls are the only animals that can
wallow through the marshes and pull
after them the big plow that leaves in
it's trail drainage ditch large enough
to carry off the surplus water on hun
dreds of acres.-New York World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
Strange Cat and Doc Friendship,

Until recently Mrs. Annie M. Prin-
die of New Ipswich, N. H., had two
pets, pug dog and cat. The dog
had become so old that she seldom
left the house. Each morning the cat
would 60 out and not return until lie
had caught squirrel, rabbit q a
field rat for the dogs breakfast. The
Offering he laid at the dogs feet, and
his own breakfast was neglected until
after the dog had finished
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
AN OLD HEART OF OAK.
Wooden British Warship Condemned
to Be Broken Up.

to Be Broken Up.
One of the few remaining hearts Of
oak" is now going to pieces. The Brit
ish man-of-war the Duke of yelling
ton. for so many years the Victory's
great rival in attraction in Portsmouth
harbor, now lies in the Thames off
Charlton, near Woolwich, undergoing
her fate at the hands Of the ship
breakers. She was launched on the
day the Duke of Wellington died. She
was at the same time the biggest and
most heavily armed man-ofwar in the
world, mounting on her three decks
the then remarkable armament of 131
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

a NNt 80 AAH'NoAAoh.
The crew Of the Endeavor selects
that department Of the school by their
own choice, and with the consent Of
their parents. All the lads at the Felt
ham school have been sent there by
the London county magistrates, and
the material thus differs to some ex-
tent from that Of the ordinary pauper
school. The misdemeanors that have
brought about conviction, however, are
usually Of just the kind that the disci-
pline Of the tocsle viii eradicate most
encctually.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
The old Duke Of Wellington.

guns. The Russiaa war of 1854
brought her prominently to the front,
on her being appointed as the flagship
Of Sir Charles Napier at the head of
the great Baltic fleet. She headed the
starboard lire at the Royal reviews at
Spithead in August, 1854, and on
March 10, 1855, and her popularity
dates from the latter event.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

During grading operations at Water
vile, Me. A. H. Smart found silver
halEdollar Of the date Of 1884. The
coin was imbedded beneath two feet
of solid clay, and must have lain there
many years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
ask LIVES IN SMALL eoAr.
Enelishmen on Voyage to Australia in
Fourteen-Ton Vessel.

A daring trip is to be made by two
Brighton (Eng.) men in craft so
small that should the elements during
the time she is in mid-channel prove
anything but Of the best, the chances
are that she win never again reach
land. The two young men are Mr.. A.
l.. Napper and Mr. j. l.. Langford, who
start in their boat, the Brighton, for
West Australia during this week. The
object of the voyage is to reach the
pearl fisheries at Broome, in N. w.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

At one set Of her seine on her re-
cent msckerel trip off No Mans Land,
the schooner Vera caught In the
meshes FIVE little sea horses. each
about two inches long. They are rare
north and east Of Block island
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
rhE LAND eRIe. ENpEAvoR.
English Boys Taught seamanshlp
Without Going 70 sea.

T-F'""F NHNFFTI 70 VCU1
The advantages resulting from the
ise of training ships for the instruc-
ton and maintenance of pauper boys,
to which the local government boaru's
recently issued circular to the London
poor law guardians draws attention,
Inspired newspaper representative
to visit the brig Endeavor at Feltham
schools For more than thirty years
this land vessel has been used to
teach Industrial school boys seamon.
ship, and its record Of good service
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

A Parkhurst, Maine. correspondent
relates how two girls for lark dress.
ed in male attire and tried to get
job haying. They were doing nicely
until they ran into a nest Of field
mice, and then the little game was all
of.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

along at so swift a gait that 1t leaves
no room for horse to sneer at 1t.
The ostrich, as the veriest school boy
knows, can run, but that it can run"
in the racing sense, with a rider upon
its back, is perhaps a revelation to
great many persons. The picture
shows one Of these birds which does
not seem incommoded by the imposi-
ton of jockey.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

A school for teaching employees tel
egraphy and shorthand has been sue.
cessfully opened at Montreal by the
Canadian Pacific railroad.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
MOTOR BOATS IN RACE.
New Form Of Sport That Promises to
Be Popular.

DC Popular
For the great motor-boat race from
Calais to Dover it was beautiful day,
with the Channel in her quietest and
LATEST mood. When the signal gun
went off with a pop the whole of the
petrol, parafiin, and alcohol racers
started for Dover for all they were
worth. The drivers were mostly wrap
ped in shining oilskins, and you could
see little of them beyond their heads.
One energetic Frenchman. who drove
little cruiser was attired in very
fashionable bathing suit. He regretted
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

him much annoyance, especially TIE
goggles, which irritate his nose. Some
fastidious dogs. however. wear wells,
but this article win not become popu-
lar in the real canine snob set because
its indiscriminate use by both sexes
is considered in questionable taste.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

There are sixty-two miles Of tun-
nels, well stocked with arms, amrunl
ton and provisions, in the rock Of
Gibraltar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
The Ostrich as a Trotter.

The ostrich has been developed as
trotter and can pull racing sulky
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

vr-'table Curiosity In the Possession
Of New Hampshire Man.
Sc veterans who served in the
Y or artillery in the civil war
we're used to hearing all camp
from reveille to taps, boots and
q ~r. and all orders in action
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11

This diagram of a sample boring
shows the character of the soil upon
which skyscrapers are built in the
downtown district of Chicago. Hard
pan" is from forty to sixty feet down.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-11
TYPICAL COSTUME OF 1880.
Gown Shows Many Of the Absurd Ca
prices Of Fashion.

1t is rather difficult to give an ac-
cnrate idea of gown of any definite