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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

A Pittsburg man claims that he can
make his hens lay by the use of cleo
sricity. Shockingl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

You can tell lie SO often that you
will believe it, but this confidence does
not always beget confidence in others.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

A girl will believe anything a man
sells her during courtship. but after
marriage well, that's another story.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

Lewis Single Binder stra'.ht SC cigar
made of rich, mellow tobacco Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

This world loves a peaceful man,
but It always gives the right Of way
to q strenuous kicker.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

Japan admits that the war cost 1t
$575,O00,000, but trusts the world will
note what it cost Russia.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

will use no other. Defiance Cold Wa
ter Starch has no equal in Quantity
or Quality-16 or. for 10 cents. Other
brands contain only IL OF.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

Persuasion is all right. but it does
not appeal to the average feminine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09
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Our seed was grown in Kansas, is nom
irrigated-gives superior results to the
imported sced-has not been adulter-
ated. Win be pleased to quote prices
at any time. ROSS BROS. SEED
HOUSE. Dept. E, WICHITA, KANSAS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

Application for letters patent on a
cigar smoking machine should be re-
fused for want of novelty.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09
RAISED FROM A DEATH.BED.

Mr.. Pitts, Once Pronounced lncuranIe,
Has Been Well Three Years.
e. e. Pitts. 60 Hathaway St.. skow-
began. Me-, says: Seven years ago
my back ached and was so run d,vvn
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToRfA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and childrea,
and see that 1t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

The sorrows of life are easily over
come. It's the anticipated sorrows Of
our imaginations that overcome us.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BR0MO Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money II IL falls to cure. L. w.
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

Sing Sing must go, say the authori-
ties Of New York No opposition is
expected from the inmates.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

1t might be all right for American
heiresses to marry titles If it were
not for what goes with the titles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

II you desire Improvement in any.
thing It will never come to you ac-
cidentally Peabody
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09
Nervous Women
Their Suffsrings Are Usually
Due to Female Disorders
Perhaps Unsuspected


Can we dispute
tn Q we'll known
factthatAmerican
women are ner-
|vous ??
How often DOVE
hear the express
sion, II am SO ner-
vous, itseems as If
| should Ayr or,
/" Don't speak to
me-" Little things
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
FARMERS IN CONGRESS

There are twenty-four farmers in the
present congress out of total member
ship of 476. The two farmers in the
senate are both from South Carolina.
There are two farmers in the house
from South Carolina. New York has
two farmers in the house, Mr.. Cocks
of Suffolk and Mr.. Wadsworth of
Geneseo. -if
Mississippi has no farmer in its dele
cation. Neither has Michigan Missouri
or Massachusetts. The only farmer in
the Alabama delegation is Mr. Bank
head.
Iowa and Minnesota have one farmer
each in their delegation. Illinois has
one, but Ohio, North Carolina, Cali
fornia, Pennsylvania and Texas have
no farmer representatives. There is one
farmer in the delegation from Me-
braska, one from Kentucky, two from
Georgia and one from Tennessee. There
are three farmers from Virginia.--New
York Sum-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
AN uNrAta wnv

John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers, talked in Indianapolis
about the various methods In use at the
mines for weighing coal. or one
method, a method Of the past, he said.
This method was long abo abandoned
on account Of Its unfairness II was
most unfair. The fist and pound
method, In fact, was scarcely worse.
THE FIST and pound method ORIGIN
ated, they say, In Scranton. A simple
minded old woman ran a grocery store
there. A man came i'm one day and
asked for a pound of bacon. The old
woman cut off generous chunk of
bacon, and then, going to weigh IL.
round that she had mislaid her pound
Dear me- she said, I can't find my
pound weight anywhere
THE man, seeing .hat there were
about two pounds in the chunk cut off,
said hastily:
pound
And he put the bacon on one side
Of the scales and h.s fist ON the other.
The two, Of course, just balanced.
1t looks kind o. large for pound.
don't it?' asked the old woman as she
wrapped the bacon up.
1T does look large said the man,
as he tucked the meat under his arm.
Still
But just then the old lady found her
pound weight.
'Ah,' she said, in a relieved voice,
now we can prove this business. Put It
on here again
But the man wisely refrained from
putting the bacon on the scales to be
tested. He put on his fist again in
stead. And his fist. you may be sure,
just balanced the pound weight.
THE old woman was much pleased.
We'll done she said, and here's a
couple o. red herrin' for yer skill and
honesty'"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
A CHARM OF CALIFORNIA

There are few places in Southern
California where an hour by trolley or
train will not bring one to the foot of
a mountain. This is why these south
ern mountains are so tempting to one
who has a day or two to spend in the
good outdoors.
Nothing so piques the interest or eggs
on to effort as a mountain trail. 1t is
forever slipping out of sight, now
around the shoulder of some rugged
peak, now down in a pocket formed by
trees and shrubs, and now behind a
pile of boulders-toys of the mountain
giants who, weary with play, have
left them scattered in confusion upon
the mountainSide. Lost for a moment,
it appears again across a canyon so
narrow. perhaps, that a fallen tree
makes a bridge that tempts the ven
turesome to ''coon" 1t across, instead of
walking some hundreds of yards
around. Farther on it cuts long,
straight cash on some barren slope,
and, still farther, winds in sinuous
curves close to the edge of deep gorge
whose tree tops lie hundreds of feet
below; and yet again 1t beckons from
the side of some higher, farther peak.
Forever and ever, and forever, a
peak higher than the one whose sum-
NIT you are nearing or have reached
stands yonder, urging you to further
effort while your strength remains
mocking, mocking you If you are
weary.-Four-Track News.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
WHATS The usE?o

Stories are nothing but clusters of
words;
Reading is nothing but looking at
Money is nothing-folks throw it at
Pictures are nothing but color and
Dinners are nothing but something TO
eat;
walking is nothing but moving your
What's the use?
Dancing is nothing but prancing in
Riding is nothing but moving along,
Sleeping is nothing hut waking toe, soon;
Singing is nothing but taking a
Playing is nothing but fooling around;
Boxing is nothing but learning TO
What's the use?
Working is nothing but earning your
Loafing is nothing-and harder to do;
Silence Is nothing with nothing 10 say
Dressing is nothing but garment ana
Smiling IS nothing but twisting your
Moving is nothing but changing your
What's the use?
What is the use Of Il? What Is the use?
Smoking is pumping stun into your
Having Your way is to kick like the
Fame IS ladder with grease on the
what IS the sense Of it all anyway?
What Is the Why Is the Hang
y AZ WHAT'S the uses
From the Chicago Post
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27

noting the testimonial Of good viii to
the speaker.
Uncle Joe" cannon was a gamer in
prestige during the past session Of con-
gress. In spite Of constant criticism
OF "absolutism" and "czar-like dicta-
tion," the speaker continued his course
q s the one-man power Of the house,
welding the authority delegated to him
by the majority. His continuous good
humor, his ready wit, his evident de-
sire to be strictly fair to all, his COM
mon sense and his iovial camaraderle,
softened the asperities Of his iron rule.
So long as the house Is composed of
nearly 400 members. all anxious to OBJ
tain legislation OF supreme Importance
TO their districts, IL not TO the nation,
there must be n funnel through which
Legislation must flow. There must be
a governor" on the mighty engine
and q steady hand at the throttle,
Joseph @. Cannon proved himself equal
to that task.
The man who has made more sub
stantial advance during the present ses-
sion than any other, all things consid-
cred, is James A. Tawney Of Minnesota.
He Is Uncle Joe" Cannon's favorite
lieutenant, and was placed at the head
of the great committee on appropria-
tiOHb ny llt SpeAheI III ulS1eBa1u Oh
seniority Mr.. Tawney combines the
desirable qualities Of an orator with
the sturdier qualities of industry and
persistence. In the prime of life, with
Astounding energy, he has already
carved for himself permanent niche
in the house temple of fame. In the
thankless task of pruning down expen-
dtures, oiling the machinery, tighten
ing nuts and bolts here and there,
stopping leaks and shoolng away graft
ers, Mr.. Tawney performed invaluable
service to the country during this ses-
sion. He watched the other big COM
mittees which have charge of appro-
priations for the various departments
and required the respective chairmen
to come forward and explain every
item. Many questionable or unwise
expenditures were eliminated, and the
construction of the big bills improved
through the watchfulnes and experience
of the chairman of the appropriations
committee.
Mr.. Tawney is in great demand as
public speaker. Robust in frame,
swarthy, with the straight black hair
of an Indian, and with deep-set but
piercing black eyes, he is an impressive
man physically. and his round, musical
bass voice is a valuable attribute to the
rough-and-tumbled debates of the house.
Men of less stern stuff, equipped with
his qualities as an orator, have relied
upon these superficial advantages to
carry them forward, and, of course
they have been found out sooner or
later-generally sooner. But Mr.
Tawney supports his debating powers
with solid facts, gathered with unceas-
ing industry, so that. in his particular
field, 1t Is a bold antagonist who dares
to break a lance with him. He does
not exercise the ruthless sarcasm of
"Col. Pete" Hepburn, nor the jovial
humor of "Uncle Joe" Cannon, but.
with sledge-hammer blows of solid
logic and fact, he beats down the oppo-
sition. His first session as a committee
leader has impressed upon his col
leagues the conviction that he is des-
tined to become one of the leading fig
ures in the national party ranks.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
WHY THE CYPRESS SANK

Southern lumbermen take great de-
light i'm story OF certain scientific
gentlemen who were sent by the gov
ernment at Washington to study the
growth and uses OF the bold cypress,
at time when cypress lumber was
comparatively new on the market.
They went direct to a large camp, pre-
sented credentials to the superintendent
and watched with minute care the pro-
cesses of cutting the timber and float
Ing it down stream.
Cypress is light spongy wood that
grows in swamps and absorbs water
readily. The scientific gentlemen re-
quested the superintendent to throw
some logs into the river separate from
the main RATS, and followed their pro-
gress down stream in a boat. After
floating south for some distance the
logs with one accord sank. Much sur
prised the scientific gentlemen re-
turned and followed another consign-
ment. The phenomenon was repeated;
at certain distance from the camp all
the logs sank. The gentlemen from
Washington, being very scientific, did
not think to question the unlettered SUI
perintendent about the powers of cy-
press to become. waterlogged but after
numerous observations and much COM
pairing of notes, reported to their de-
partment the startling discovery that
cypress f1oated north of a certain par
allel of latitude and south of 1t in
variably sank, OF the cause they were
not yet certain, but hazarded the sug-
gestion that 1t might lie in the rotary
motion of the earth, increasing in
speed as the logs approached the
equator until it was powerful enough
to draw them under.-American Mag
azine.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES

1t is pleasing for Los Angeles citizens
to compare the management of this
city's water supply with similar man
agement in Chicago. Turning from the
entirely satisfactory conditions here, as
conceded by all citizens, note the dis
closures just made in the management
of Chicagos water supply That city,
like Los Angeles, owns and operates
the municipal water plant.
A recent report by the chief engi-
neer of the Chicago water department
shows that So per cent of the water
pumped from the lake for city use is
"unaccounted for" Particulars are
not given, but evidently that large
percentage of the water is ''lost,
strayed or stolen" AS a consequence
of the lack of revenue resulting from
this shortage it is intimated that the
water rate will be raised to eight cents
thousand gallons.
Now note the general conclusion con-
cerning Chicago's experience with mu-
nicipal ownership of the water system:
IF the city water bureau were con-
Quoted properly three cent water
rate would be more than sufficient, but
the pumping works being under mu-
nicipal ownership, Mayor Dunno finds
an eight cent rate necessary"
Here we have an example of the
fact that while municipal ownership
may work admirably in certain circum-
stances it may otherwise prove to be
rank failure. II is the good fortune
of Los Angeles to have an unquestion-
ably honest and non-partisan body Of
men constituting its water commission.
1t is the misfortune of Chicago, on the
contrary, to have a municipal govern
ment infested by grafters. it's water
department being no exception to the
rule.
All Of which goes to show that mu-
nicipal ownership may work quite sat
isfactorlly in the hands of honest and
faithful officials. but that such officials
in large American cities are almost as
"rare as hens teeth"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
CASEY ON The LINKS

The links were bright and bonny, WI the
tartan and the plaid,
When the pride o. Skibo village met the
best ST. Andrews had;
The play was fast and furious and sair
the ball was thwacked,
And in the final test o. skill, one point
Maclaren lacked.
The caddies stood wi bated breath and
every face was set,
For not man was in the crowd but had
his siller bet;
And one lad cried, as, wi his stock, Mac
laren doomed up tall;
"Hoot, man! now show 'em hoo Old Skibo
kills the ball!'
The gowfer lookit at the sky and then
doom at the dirt
And cannily he weighed his stock and,
loosed his plaided shirt;
He slowly planted both his feet and then
replanted each
And dnna doot he swung his arms as
high as he could reach.
Grim death at just that moment would
have been Maclaren's WISH
For the atmosphere resounded to that
mighty empty swish;
His stick flew like rocket, but-alas, the
woe decreed-
The ball rolled two feet, sickly. when 1t
just lay doom and deed
oh, somewhere in our bonny land the
pipes skirl all the day,
And somewhere lads and lassies shout,
and men are passing gay;
But we are dour In Skbo and no JOY Is
hereaboot,
since the day when. like one Casey, our
Maclaren fooled OUT.
Denver Republican.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
HOW CLIPPING BUREAUS AROSE

The press clipping bureau. an insti-
tuition unheard of twenty-five years
ago, and now a large and fourishing
business. originated in a curious way
An English immigrant, having failed
dismally in America, was spending al
most his last dollar on a good breakfast
in an expensive New York restaurant
Into the restaurant stalked a large
long-haired man. This man ordered a
sumptuous meal and said to the waiter
who seemed to know him:
please get me all the papers. Guy,
that mention my performance"
Guy the waiter disappearing, brought
with the omelette to the large man,
who was an operate tenor. a bundle of
newspapers as big as trunk.
These are the New York and Phil
adelphia papers. SIR" he said. "I'll
have a lot from other cities later in
the day
And the operate tenor after hand
ing the other ~ note, fell on the pa
pers with nervous haste, pishing and
pshawing much because he would have
frequently to search a paper three or
four times over before he would find
the article he sought for.
To the English immigrant, looking
on, came an idea.
Many men," he unused, are written
about in the worlds press. These men
would all like to read what is said
of them, and they could all afford to
pay we'll for the privilege of reading
what is said of them; but there is no
way for them to get hold of the arti-
cles in question. Have they the time
to subscribe to all the leading papers
and to read these papers through? No,
Hence they would be willing to pay a
reasonable wage to the man who would
do that for them"
And the Immigrant, radiant and
eager bought a great lot of news
papers and a who's Who" forthwith,
clipped out all the references to prom
irent persons, sent the six or eight cut
tings he had gathered, with a letter
stating that he would read the worlds
leading papers daily, and would send 10
the prominent person In question every
article about himself contained therein,
at the rate of or 10 cents per article.
In a day or two the immigrant found
himself earning $50 or $50 per week,
In a month he was doing a business of
$4,000 a year. Now he is at the head
of the oldest and largest clipping bu-
reau in the world, and his is the salts
faction of having originated a brand
uew business.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
TAINTED MONEY"

The deciination Of gift Of $1,000 90,
Of so-called tainted" money by Judg,
Lindsay Of Denver in aid OF work
for the reolama ton OF bad boys is In
defensibie. II is one more foolish ster
in the silly campaign against the prac-
tice by millionaires Of placing their
enormous means in channels where II
will do good. and one more excuse for
them to hoard their fortunes-a practice
against which there Is just as much
outcry.
Judge Lindsay has done great work
for the boys OF Denver and there was
reason to believe that with the proper
financial backing, It could be vastly ex-
tended and put on permanent basis
Keen to recognize this. certain rich
man rendered s5,OOO.oOO to further the
plan. At once so great a howl went up
from other parties of secondary in
terest that Judge Lindsay felt 1t neces-
sary to decline the money and thus vir-
tually to abandon his plan. And thus
the bad boys will have TO go unhelped
and the Lindsay work will anguish and
die.
That the man who offered this money
obtained II dishonesty may or may not
be true; but what bearing has that on
the case? He proffered way whereby
a presumably great work might be car
ried out; he provided funds which are
obtainable in no other way. His mo-
tives, his methods, have nothing what
ever to do with II; the simple fact is
that under an all-wlta Providence his
was the hand that made possible a
tremendous good: in his heart was the
will to aid humanity. But self-suf-
ficiency. a righteousness all self-consti-
tuted, debars him from this duty and
scornfully rejects his aid etting up
that he is unworthy to put his hand to
the same oar which theirs are upon.
And the great work dies.
Who made these people judges of this
millionaire? Who permits them to say
what money is tainted? Who vouches
for their own freedom from guile 1?
Why are they Pharisaical enough to
rule against him? BY what divine
authority may they refuse a man the
right to make amends for wrong-pre-
suming that he has sinned-by freely
giving of his means to uplift his fellow
man?
Once there walked on earth Man
so pure that 1000 years have but in
creased the worlds estimate of his
greatness, and he said Judge not, that
We be not judged" He refused to cast
a stone at a Magdalen. and he dined
with publicans and sinners. Will these
self-righteous condemners of other
mems acts kindly read his precepts and
remove the beams that blind their own
eyes ere they talk of the motes in
others?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27

The Riverside Press permits its San
Francisco correspondent to say:
There is no denying the fact that the
session of the Legislature just closed
has had the effect of doing much
towards creating III feeling between the
northern and southern ends of the
state How can this be? The south
ern end Of the state holds no enmity
against the northern end because of
the refusal Of Governor Pardee to do
what he had promised. The north can
not be held responsible for the govern
or's conduct. nor is San Francisco
blamed for its attitude Of opposition.
If any unkindly fetling exists, It must
be upon the part OF the north and in
that event it would be without excuse
or justification. The Herald refuses to
believe in any such stun The same
kind Of people live in the north end of
Caiifrnia as live in the south end. and
they are altogether all wool ana a
yard wide
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
THE "rEMPERAMENr" EXCUSE

Sometimes you hear as an excuse for
faults, ut is my temperament" DO
you not know that the perversions of
a temperament are not the tempera-
ment itself? There never was a tenn
permanent that had not its good as well
as its evil possibilities. The truth is
that we inherit our temperament with
its natural perversions, and 1t is our
business in life TO shake off the perver-
sions. in order that we may find the
veritable temperament itself, and that
it may carry us on truly to the best
work that such a temperament can do.
If all who have excused themselves
for selfishness and evil because of the
"artiAtic temperament" had recognized
that they were really excusing the per-
versions of their temperament, and not
the temperament itself, much needless
pain and sorrow might have been
avoided.-Annie Payson Call in tins
American Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27

Henry A. Collins. better known to
Los Angeles as "Coldfeet' Collins, past
imperial potentate of Shriners, prom
ises to visit Los Angeles next May and
bring with him the famous Toronto
Arab patrol This is the way by which
Mr.. Collins can get himself natural
lied. This city will give him cordial
welcome and show him what an
egregious mistake he made in not COM
ing here this year.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27

The murder by young Harry Thaw of
a leading architect of New York city in
row over chorus Girl wife brings to
a climax the series of disgraceful scan
dals which have held this newly rich
family of Pittsburg in the public gaze
for some years now, and again points
out the fatuous qualities of great
wealth in the hands of unworthy
holders of it.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27

No citizen will get excited because
the pay of school teachers has been
increased $3.50 per month. Teachers
are notoriously underpaid throughout
the country and people would be glad
to see them get much larger increase
of pay. For the most part the faithful
teacher will have to wait for his final
adequate reward hereafter in "a crown
of glory"