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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16

John Philpot Curran, the famous
Irish lawyer, ranks amongst the wit
tiest men the Emerald Isle has ever
produced. His wit, however, was
sometimes turned against himself by
the intended victim, the following
story, taken from the volume Of biog-
raphical "reminiscences entitled Mrs.
Brookfield and Her Circle" furnishing
an amusing example of how Curran
was once outdone.
A brisk young widow, in some part
of Ireland, used to preside at the table
of a coffee-house patronized by Cur
ran. Her name was Honor, and one
day there was some disputed charge.
Curran slyly winked at the friend
who happened to be dining with him,
and proposed Honor and Honesty"
"By all means" added the widow,
briskly, holding her glass to be filed;
'1et us drink to Mr. Curran's absent
friends"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
HrownInq's inspiration.

A new light on Robert Browning's
relation to the stage has been shed by
Otis Skinner in a recent interview
on the subject of the great English
poet. Declares Mr.. Skinner:
Browning stopped writing plays
with the stage in mind right after his
quarrel with the actor-manager, Mac
ready. After that he did not care
whether or no his dramas ever saw
the footlights. He did not aim at
actual theatrical representation, and
SO allowed his psychological genius
its full sway, irrespective Of the con
ditions that circumscribe practical
dramatic endeavor. When Lawrence
Barrett produced his masterful work.
The Blot in the Scutcheon,' Browning
felt a new influence come into his
life and art. He wrote Mr. Barrett a
warmly appreciative letter compli-
menting him upon the popular sue
cess he had won for the piece, and
adding: II / had only had you to
write for In the past / might have
written more actable plays. It was
too late, however for Barrett 10 be-
come the inspiration he might other
wise have been, How dificult Brown
ing's verse is for actual stage presen-
tation l experienced while playing
Norbert in In a Balcony with Mrs.
lie Moyne and Miss Robson
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
Wister's Modesty.

In the first act Of ''The Vlrginian," /"
when Molly Wood refuses to dance
with the Virginian because she has
not formally met the cowpuAcheT, he
goes to friend Of the little Vermont
school teacher and says: Il want to
be introduced" There is a decisive
ring in his voice, his manner is au-
thoritative and manly, and hO is INTRO
duced forthwith.
After the first performance Of THE
Virginian' in New York city, Owen
Wister, the author, was the center OF
a group in a restaurant near the Man
haitian theater He had received the
congratulations Of number OF friends
when a prominent politician, who
had been overlooked on the outside
OF the little circle, pressed forward
with the words, Il want to be intro
duced." A laugh arose, and as the
man grasped .he outstretched hand Of
the novelist he continued: That's the
best line in the play. Mr. Wister."
A tinge of red showed on the
writer's face and he replied Il quite
agree with you; that line was written
by Mr.. La SheIIe"
This is only one Of the stories told
Of Mr.. Wister's modesty He Is known
to have always wished the glory con
nected with the dramatization OF his
book to 60 to the late Kirke La ShelIe.
This unselfsh spirit is something new
70 stageland.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
Personal Mention

Francis Wilson has given up comic
opera and appears solely in comedy in
his tour under the management of
Charles Frohman.
Thomas r. Shea has declined an
offer to appear in Australia for three
months. beginning next May. He will
remain In America.
Corinne has refused a dozen offers
to star alone. and win certainly re-
main all the season as leading lady
with THE Roger Brothers In Ireland. !"
Sullman Kelly is engaged in com
posing a musical accompaniment for
a mystical drama which young Henry
Irving soon will bring out in London.
Montgomery and Stone are both
western products. Fred Stone was
raised In Denver and Dave Montgom-
cry passed his early youth in Sscra-
mento.
William Busnach, dramatzer OF sew
eral Of Zola's novels, including LAS
sommoir," or Drink" has just mar
ried young actress in Paris. M.
DNoAdtn - 30 stdAo OAh
Henry Arthur Jones has returned
to England. He expects to visit New
York again next April, when he will
deliver lectures on the drama at Har-
ward, Yale, Columbia, and otber uni
versities.
George Washington, Jr.," George
M Cohan's newest play, is scheduled
for production Jan. To- After a three
weeks tout of town tour 1t will be
taken to New York city. where It is
booked for an indefinite time.
It Is understood that Sir Charles
Wyndham, now Ga years old, will re-
tire not long after the close Of his next
American season. It is his intention
to leave the theater without any for
NAL farewell and without ostentation.
williams and Walker, the negro
comedians, are TO have theater of
their own in New York. Either the
Circle theater will be remodeled to
suit their needs or a new theater will
be built where the Circle now stands
It is probable that before the close
of the present season 2. H. Sothern
and Julia Marlowe will be seen at
come special matinees in revival Of
"The Sunken Bell,' the Hauptmann
play which Mr. sothern presented sew
pral years ago.
The scenes of "The War Core
fpondent," Richard Harding Davis
new farcical comedy, in which Ray
mond Hitchcock will appear. are laid
in Athens and vicinity during the
war, permitting very
stage setting.
An interesting innovation Is tried
IN England by Oscar Asche in his re-
gival Of "The Tanning Of the Shrew."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
on the Turf.

O'Connor, the American jockey, is
creating something Of a sensation in
Berlin. where he has been riding
winners with the most astounding
regularity. His style of riding has
been something of a revelation TO the
German horsemen.
Thomas H. Williams, president Of
the California Jockey club, it is said,
will shortly resume his position as
one Of the big turfmen Of America.
The purchase of a new stable will
soon be commenced. with which the
California will start an eastern CAM
paign. Horses from the Williams
stable will be raced exclusively in the
East, and will not be seen in the
local tracks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
rAE DEAp rHAr LAY IN EARrH
Billions Of Human Bodies Given Back
70 the Soil

to the Soil.
Starting with figures that are fairly
accurate, that S6,4O0 people die every
day, Camille Flammarion. the astron-
omer has been doing some reckoning
that is likely to astonish. He finds that
about S,OOO,OO0,OOO people die every
century If we take into account the
dlminution of the human population as
we 60 back to remoter ages, we find
that in 10000 years 2O0,000,O00,000 Of
human bodies, at the lowest calcula-
ton, have been formed from the earth
and the atmosphere and have returned
to them again. This is to say nothing
Of the vast aggregate Of animal bodies
returned to the earth. The earth
which we inhabit is today formed in
part Of the myriads of brains which
have thought, of the myriads of or
ganisms which have lived. We walk
over our ancestors. 1t would be diff
cult at this day to take a single step
upon the planet without walking over
the remains Of the dead; 1t would
be difficult to eat or drink without re-
absorbing what has been eaten and
drank thousand times already. 1t
would be difficult to breathe without
incorporating the air already breathed
by the dead.
In the presence Of figures like these
one naturally thinks, We'll, what If
do die? What of it? 1t is nothing"
And yet, ones own death is an Incl
dent in which he cannot help feeling
some considerable interest.
1t is a good story about the negro in
the Civil war who was caught run
ming away from the battlefield and
reprimanded by the officer.
What are you running away for?
What's your life WORTH"
Hits wuf more to me thar to any
body else. boss" Minneapolis Jour
ual.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16

Inielder George Mil, of the Wash
ington team. last week became q
Mason at Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Both of the Washington backstops,
Kittridge and Heyden, have signed for
next season. Kit" holds his own won
derfully well.
Arthur Hillebrand, the Princeton
twirler, has been rendered a fat con.
tract by Manager Stahl. Of the Wash
ington Cldb, which he will probably
accept.
Amos Rusie has signed with the
Springfield (Ohlo) Central League
saAh to pitch next season. Rusie in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16

To show how implicitly people Of q
generation ago trusted in the Farm.
ers Almanac" the following story
was told by old Dr. Hunt. who for
many years faithfully served the
townspeople Of Weston. Mass.
One of his patients had departed
this life, leaving sorrowing spouse,
whom DR.. Hunt tried to comfort. In
the course of making the burial ar
rangements, he asked when she de-
sired to have the funeral.
"Wait, DOCTOR" said she; " we must
have It on pleasant day. She hur-
rIedly searched the almanac, and the
day was set.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
Judge Stevens Was Puzzled.

The late Judge Stevens of Lawrence
was noted for the choice English
which he always used, and in spite of
his long term on the bench, where all
sorts of culprits were brought before
him, he never understood the English
of the slums.
On one occasion an Irishman was
being tried for assault and battery on
another Irishman. The plaintiff took
the stand and told his story, getting
as far as, He give me clout on the
mouth" when the court inquired:
what did you say he gave you?"
"a clout on the mouth, sor." the wit
ness replied.
But" said Judge Stevens, where
did he get che clout ?"-Boston Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16

Captain Of this seasons victorious University
OF Chicago team.
to watch game of Rugby football as
saw England's defeat by New Zealand
at the Crystal palace at London, Dec.
2, by a score of Is to 0.
The anti-football people seem to
have won out in their fight SO far as
Columbia is concerned. Because Of
the many injuries received by mem
bers Of this years team and the poor
scholarship among the players the uni
versity authorities have taken most
radical step in abolishing the game in
stead Of reforming it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
SILL rRIMs HussANp,s HAIR
Aged Millionaire Keeps to the Custom
Of His Poverty Days.

FScO NttlltoHdlTe NCcPS 10 AHS NuotoHl
Of His Poverty Days.
In Brooklyn there lives a millionaire
well along In years, with wife from
whom also youth has long since fed.
From the old days before wealth
came to them the couple retain one
custom which has passed, as the years
have flown, into a sort of sacred rite.
The old lady cuts the old gentleman's
hair. Once a year the millionaire
goes to barber shop and has his
scanty locks trimmed. That sets the
style for the ensuing year. When he
comes home the wife carefully stud
les the cut, and after that it is her
work of love to reproduce it until
another year rolls around and the an
nual visit to the barber takes place.
The old gentleman also shaves him
self
Economy in the matter Of barbering,
which was first matter of stern ne
cessity, is now the one little thing that
the couple refuse to give up out Of the
days of poverty AS they are a child
less couple, there is nobody to hector
the old man into engaging a valet.
Really the old man has his hair cut
more often than is necessary, for
sometimes when the worries of wealth
and social duties are more than or
dinarily oppressive the good wife will
say; Come dear-come up to my
room. l want to cut your hair" And
while the scissors snip the old couple
laughingly 60 back to the old happy
days of youth and struggle once more.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
Pathos Between Lines.

John Mitchell, in a description of
one Of the historic coal strikes of the
last century, said:
There is story Of the privations OF
these poor people that has a grim pa
thos in it. It's pathetic rather than its
humorous side makes the story worth
repeating.
"a child, during the strike, goes to
Mrs. Simpkins on Monday morning aud
says:
Please, ma'am, my mother sent me
for the loan of your marrow bones to
make soup with
"'Tell your mother Mrs Simpkins
replies, that Mrs, Murphy has them
to-day, and Mrs. McDevitt is promised
them for tomorrow, but she can have
them on Wednesday if she'll return
them promptly, bein as want to
make soup myself on Thursday"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16

Frances Willard Honored In England.
A tablet has recently been erected
to the memory Of Frances E. Willard
in the quaint old parish church of
Horsmonden, England, the birthplace
of her ancestor, Simon Willard, who
in 1884 founded Concord, N. H. Miss
Willard on her last visit to England
put up a tablet to Simon Willard in
this old church and last summer a
distant cousin of hers placed a
memorial tablet to Miss Willard un-
der the first one. 1t says that she
accomplished greater work tLan
her ancestor, for she laid the founda-
tion of reform in her country wider
and more enduring"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16

you'd better go slow in your drink
ing" said Goodman. "You know what
1t will do to your constitution"
"Oh." replied Galley, my constitu-
tion's gone now; haven't anything left
now but my buy-laws."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
Haqaard Reads OhltuarY.

Rider Haggard tells a good story
about the premature publication Of an
obituary notice of himself. Hearing
that a ballet based on "She' was to
be produced in Hungary, he wrote ask
ing for programmes and photographs.
A reply came that the manager was
shocked at the request, for he had
believed the illustrious Herr Author
to be dead Long obituaries had ap-
peared in the Hungarian journals.
Mr.. Haggard then wrote and asked
that a contradiction might be circu-
lated. but the manager reported that
the editors refused to insert it, as
they believed it to be an unscrupulous
attempt to obtain free advertisement
for the ballet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
Football.

George R. Charters, full back, was
elected next years captain Of the Be
lott college football team
Never has such a crowd assembled
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-16
oh. EudnnI

do you ever play poker for fun?"
NO; think a man who could get
enjoyment out Of playing poker for
fun ought to be able to make just
lovely fudge. - Houston Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
The Wanderer Returns.

From the Youths Companion.
1t was Old Home Week, and the returned
sons and grandsons had been telling with
more or less pride of the changes time had
wrought for them. At last Edward Jane
son spoke:
II went away from here twenty years
ago a poor young man, with only one soil
tary dollar in my pocket 1 walked the
four miles from my fathers farm to the
station, and there I begged a ride to Bos-
ton on a freight Last night l drove
into town behind spirited pair of horses,
and my purse-guess how much my purse
holds in money today, besides a large
check" and Mr.. Jameson looked about him
with a brilliant smile.
Fifty dollarsr'
"Seventy-f
"a hundred" shouted the boys, filed
with admiration.
mo said Mr.. jameson, drawing a large,
fat purse from his pocket when the clamor
had subsidized, none of you have guessed
right. When 1 had paid the twenty-five
cents to Ozzy Boggs for my refreshing
drive in the coach / had besides my trunk
check (Which I retained for financial rea-
sons, exactly four cents. l have come
back, my friends to stay. Any little jobs
of saving and splitting will be gratefully
received"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Hippodrome.

me Two indoor performances at the hip
podrome Convention HaID Yesterday
proved good drawing cards, being the f,rst
entertainment of its kind ever presented in
this city, combining, as it does circus and
vaudeville acts by the best American and
european artists The thrilling ride of
Gertrude Breton, who leaps the gap" on a
bicycle distance of thirty feet in midair
Is easily the feature of the show. At the
afternoon performance she met with a
slight mishap, but at the evening per-
formance made the ride in a most scnsa-
tional manner. The afternoon ride proved
record-breaker, jumping nearly forty feet
and landing on the extreme edge of the in
cline when the wheel slipped from beneath
her.
The platform was moved to prevent re-
petition at the evening ride. The opening
number on the program was the Carrays
In their amusing trick house pantomimic
novelty, including several Juggling acts fol-
lowed by an exhibition of jockey riding ira
peZe and teeth-revolving acts in midar by
Eddie and Lolita Maginley, De Reno and
La Due, revolving pole act; bareback rid
ing on Arabian horses by Lottie Aymar and
Jack Cousins; Alfreno, who walks the en-
tire width of the hail blindfolded and other
high-wire acts: Mile Ray, slack wire and
juggling feat, and the Todd-Judge troupe
in series of up-to-date acrobatic acts. The
program concluded with Gertrude Breton's
ride, which, with the other numbers on the
program received liberal applause. At the
matinee performance Santa Claus presented
Christmas gift to each of the young folks
in attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Street Car Ventilation.
From the Chicago Chronicle

From the Chicago Chronicle
AS the season of severe weather an
proaches we hear the usual augmenting
volume of complaints and suggestions with
respect to the ventilation of street cars
The traction people may well be excused If
they dodge the matter altogether, since it
is clearly impossible for them to please one
faction of their patrons without displeasing
the other faction. In other words, there is
complete and irreconcilable difference OF
opinion among street car passengers con-
corning the ventilation of the cars
Some people who are classed by the OPP
position fresh air fiendS" demand that
the ventilators in the roofs of the cars be
kept constantly open and that the rear
doors shall also be opened when people
are standing in the asiles. These people
are opposed by faction equally numerous
is insufficiently heated at the best and that
the opening of doors and ventilators
amounts to an encouragement to pneu
monia. 1t is also alleged that enough air
enters the cars through the ill-fitting win
dows and the frequently opened doors to
keep the atmosphere wholesome during the
relatively brief time that people occupy the
cars The conflict evidently, is irrepressi-
BILE and the traction authorities are hardly
to blame for evading 1t.
The truth is, of course, that cold air Is
not necessarily pure air, nor is warm air
necessarily unwholesome. The whole trouble
with respect to Ventilating the street cars
is the same as that which confronts archi-
tects of office buildings and of apartment
houses. No inexpensive system of ventila-
ton has been devised-or, If it has been
devised, 1t has carefully been concealed
which admits or proper renewal of the in
ner air without the creation Of draughts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Automobile for the Sudan.
From the Motor World.

From the Motor World
As the result of extensive experiment In
the use of an automobile on the desert
novel car has just been completed for the
use of the Sirdar of Egypt, who will use it
on the vast sandy stretches of the Sudan.
The wheels are entirely enclosed by light
metal side plates leaving nothing but the
broad, solid rubber tires exposed. and it is
thought that the latter will remove the
difficulty Of getting over the surface of
loose, shifting sand without becoming i'm
bedded deeply as to impede progress. To
prevent the fine grit working into any part
of the mechanism the entire underbody is
protected by an ingeniously devised apron.
Either kerosene or gasoline suits the en-
CINE equally well. and owing to the charac-
ter of the country to be traversed provision
has specially been made for three days
supply OF cooling and drinking water, as
we'll as fuel The change speed gear gives
a range from three to twenty miles an hour.
The car will in addition haul two-wheel
trailer very similar to a gun carriage, upon
which will be mounted a dynamo and
searchlight, to be run from the car eng ne.
This will be used for night observations in
the desert. Without the searchlght car
riage the weight of the car is close to
5000 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
WOMAN STALKED BY LIONS.
Followed by Six of the Brutes in East
Africa and Still Living.
From Blackwood's Magazine.


Mrs. L. Hinde. whose husband is subcom-
missioner of the British east Africa protec-
torate. has had the remarkable experience
of being stalked by lions, and the still more
remarkable fortune of living to tell the tale
1t was on the Uganda railway, in spot
historic for the ravages of man-eating lions,
that Mrs. Elnde met with the thrilling ad-
venture which she relates
Camping out, the party in which Mrs
Hnde was could hear with horrid regularity
the screams of the wretched victims as they
were carried off for the man-eater's nightly
repasts.
The camp was seventy miles from the
nearest connecting link with the outside
world. and communication had to be kept
up daily by native mail runners. 1t was the
habit of the lions to keep pace in the long
grass with the runners on the track and.
having selected the most appetizing member
of the party, to pounce upon him and carry
him off into the bl sh.
On one occasion when out mapmaking Mr.
and Mrs. Hinde came upon a party of
dozen lions, possibly the man-eating troop.
Mr. Hinde fired twice, dropping two of the
beasts He then suggested that Mr.. Hinde
should ride back to camp while he ap-
preached the two lions, who might be dan
gerous, even though MORALLY hit.
After riding for half an hour Mrs Hinde
looked back and saw six of the lions follow
ing her. The two native gunbearers ran
away, leaving her unarmed. alone with her
sails, an hour from camp.
She set off at a fast gallop, the sails run
ming by her side. In their path arose an
angry rhinoceros, which fled from them on
to the lions.
Mrs. Hinde reached camp in safety. while
Mr.. Hinde was held up by the rhinoceros,
on which he did not venture to fire for fear
of turning it on Mrs Hinde.