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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
A PET CROW.
Found as Fledgling he Grows to
Adult Birdhood, and Learns
Many Tricks

This crow was one OF five hatched In
the top Of a hemlock tree about May /.
He was taken from the nest when fully
feathered. about three weeks old, by a
l2-year-old boy. He was put into a
screened box and fed every three hours
during the day on fish worms and raw
fresh meat. When four weeks old he
was put out on the grape arbor south
OF the house; he could fly little.
Sometimes we would feed him cracked
corn or soaked whole corn; each time
he would vomIt It. preferring meat
There we're two families OF robins In
the pear trees. near to the cherry tree
The first few days that he was out the
robins we're excited and noisy. as many
as 25 at time twittering. flying here
and there. trying to drive Jerry"
away. AS soon as the baby robins
we're large enough all moved out. never
bothered us with the berries or cher
ries. Jerry was very busy bird.
One day he went into the garden with
US to weed bects. When he found that
the beets had pretty red roots. he be-
gan to pull beets faster than any hen;
the boy had to take him to the shed
and shut him up until the beets were
weeded.
He would say Hello" when about
three months old: would greet the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
A LITTLE WoRD-HUNT.
How Mother Helped the Children to
Pass the Time Until Tea
Was Ready.

20, dear, what shall we do?" said
Dick at dusk. Tea time was half an
hour on and the children were sitting
around the fire.
Let's have word-hunt," said
mother. i've Just been reading about
the queer ways some common names
start. Where do you suppose the word
army comes from?"
"Give 1t right up, said little Billee,
promptly, The rest laughed, but they
had to give 1t up. too.
''It comes from a French word.
meaning to be armed said mother.
And where do you suppose that 'bri-
gade' comes from? 1t comes from the
Italian 'brigata, meaning q company
or horde. and the word 'brigand has
the same source. And the word mill
tary' itself ccmes from the old Roman.
for the miles meant the men who had
to supply a thousand men each for the
army"
Where does soldier come from?"
asked Sam.
From 'solidus, an ancient coin with
which the fighting men were paid. 1t
dates back to the time when all war
riors were hired for the work. The
word artillery goes away back to the
Latin ARGUS. meaning bow and 'arcu-
balista,' which was word coined in
the Middle Ages as a name for the
crossbow. The projectiles known as
'shrapnel' are named after the British
General ShrapneI. Pistol has queer
history. Long ago the village OF Pis-
toja. In Italy. was famous for making
daggers. When the pistol was invent
ed, 1t became known at first as fist
gum and then the name OF the dag
ger 'pistoja' was given to 1t. The bay
onet got its name from the French
town Of Bayonne."
Just then the tea bell rang.
Say, mumsey." said martial Dick,
who expects to be a soldier some day,
that wasn't such bad game."-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

A flock of hens will greatly assist in
protecting peaches and plums from in
sects Of various kinds. The fowls keep
the soil around the trees clean, and
manure the trees with their droppings.
When fowls are kept in confinement
peach growing can be made an ad-
jrnct, thus adding 10 the profits as
we'll as affording excellent shade in the
yards in summer. Experiments In
plum orchards show hat IL the hens
are allowed over large area they will
be kept too busy with other insects to
notice the curculio, but If they are con-
fined. and each yard contains but one
or two plum trees. under which the
hens will congregate for shade. with
not too much grass IN the yards. the
prospects will be favorable to large
crop Of plums. Being thus compelled
to remain near the trees the insects
have but little chance Of escaping
Farm and Fireside.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

I plow the land in late fall or early
winter. Freezing thoroughly pulverizes
the soil. AS soon as the ground is dry
enough in spring. l make large hills
with the hoe. Then before time to set
plants haul sandy loan from the river
banks, and opening the hills In the CEN
ter, | put about one gallon Of loam into
each hill. This soil being fine and soft.
is much better adapted to the rootlets
of the plants than the coarse clay soil.
Plants set in this sandy loam live
better. grow better and produce better
than in the coarse clay alone. | haul
this clay more than mile, but it pays
WELT. M. Barton, in Farmers Home
Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
APPETITEs OF WILD BEASTS
An Elephant Will Consume 75o
Pounds of Green Stuff in
"a Hours.

A very lucrative if somewhat
speculative industry is the traffic
Of wild animals, says the Mechan-
jcal World Magazine. The stock
is most difficult and expensive to
procure, and equally so to main
tain. Its mere existence calls, not
for square feet, but for whole
acres of space, and when one con
siders that a single elephant will
make away with 75O pounds Of
greenstuff in a day, he begins to
realize what a serious matter it
is to keep "stock" Of wild beasts
ON hand at all.
Call at Hagenback's business
Office and you will be shown ac-
counts dealing with the food bill
of the animals on hand. You will
notice among the years items AGO
tons of horsefesh, tens of thou
sands of chicken heads, hundreds
of tons of fish, whole trainloads
Of hay, vegetables, fruit, sugar,
bread, milk and crackers; hun
dreds Of thousands Of eggs, be-
sides wines, medicines and many
other items.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
BREEDING HORSES.
\ atntter Requiring same Technical
Nnswledge Coupled with
Good Judgment.

you can not successfully breed or
raise horses without exercising good
judgment and having the subject thor
oughly mastered. No farmer can afford
to breed trotters with view to train
Ing them and racing them, as 1t re-
quires too much time and money to
develop them. but he can raise the
trotter as a livery. buggy or carriage
horse. as they make good ones. Many
a farmer has placed good-sized mort
gage on his farm because ne became
fascinated with the trotting horse. A
farmer can breed good work or car
riage horses and make money out OF
them. because he will not have to neg
lect his farm. but when he gets the
trotting fever he makes mighty poor
farmer. In the breeding always use
mature animals. select your best mares
and breeh only from well-bred sires. 1t
is generally conceded that the mare
and stallion Ehould be the same size.
Do not breed small mare to an over
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

grown stallion. Breeders who are sue
cessful are those who study and mark
out defnite line to follow and then
stick to 1t year after year. Any man
OF common intelligence can be success
full In some degree In breeding draft
horses. Good horses always command
a fair price, while inferior animals ate
offered on the market at most any price.
Do not breed from an inferior stallion:
II you do you will surely lose money
and time. In making the selection OF
sire or dam 1t is well to take into care
full consideration the constitutional
vigor, intelligence, muscular power and.
above all, soundness in limb, body and
internal organs. These matters must
not be overlooked IL you desire a good
foal. You can not be successful in the
breeding of horsas unless you have an
intelligent conception Of the subject In
all details and requirements. II breed
ing for farm work or draft horses the
gait to be most desired Is fast walk
Owners Of farm or draft horses would
save themselves thousands Of dollars
annually II they would carefully culti-
vate a fast walk. 1t would ~. r5grs
valuable to the world in general than
hundreds of two-minute trotters. In
breeding some breeders advocate breed
ing in and In. while others argue cross
breeding. This can be decided only
after careful study and governed large
ly by the object in view. In and In
breeding is breeding members of the
same family, and certainly requires a
gifted mind to make 1t successful, be-
cause the success depends on the care
full selection OF the parents. For
young and inexperienced breeder the
in and In breeding Is dangerous ex-
pertinent 1t should never be under
taken unless backed by thorough study,
while cross breeding demands good
judgment in mating, yet 1t is much
safer for the average breeder than in
and in breeding. Also remember fine
animal will always have a stimulating
effect on your everyday life. while
poor animal will surely have a degrad-
ing effect on you, both for profit and
your general welfare. Always raise
good horses as well as other live stock
Il. 2. Cock, in Farmers Home ,kur-
nal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
That Settled It.

They had looked soulfully into
each others eyes for some time,
but somehow he didn't seem to
come to the point. Then suddenly
he made a discovery.
"You have your mothers beau
tiful eyes, dear,' he said.
She felt that the time had come
to play her trump card.
Il have also,' she said, 1my fa-
theirs lovely check book
Within 30 minutes the engage
ment was announced Magazine
of Fun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
FIRST STATESMAN OF ASIA
Mysterious Combination Of Oriental
and Occidental Manifest in
Marquis Ito.

We talked about poetry and lit.
erature. Marquis Ito is at home
upon these subjects. He is an au
thority on Chinese poetry, as ]
have said again and again, writes
Yone Noguchi, in National Maga
zine.
He is the mysterious combina
tion of oriental and occidental
There is no japanese whose mind
is more occidental than his. After
all, the best orientalism is moth,
ing but the best occidentalism
and the world is round, and west
is east. He taught Japan how tc
remain Japanese while adopting
western civilization.
1t was he who induced the samu-
raj and mobiles to cut off their top
knot, lay aside their two swords
and conform to occidental ideas.
And at the same time he attempt
ed to preserve all the old samurai
spirit for the work Of national de-
yelopment, and it is this spirit
which has made possible the new
Japan of today. He is the man
who is holding the English book
in his right hand, while his left
carries the Japanese book Of POI
ems.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
Part Of His Dream True.

The other night a Florida farm
er dreamed that half mile east
of his house there was a little
hill on the crest Of which stood a
tree and that at the root Of the
tree there was buried a pot Of gold.
Next morning, bright and early,
he started out to investigate. And
his dream came true in part. He
found the hill and also the tree
Savannah News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

neighbors when they came into the
yard. with Hello" One day Jerry
few up on to box where some kittens
we're sleeping; It frightened the
kittens. and they Kissed and spit at
him; that SURPRISED him so he called
out "HelIo-lo-lo!" He was very fond
OF picking out choice bits from the
cats dinner plate. The old cat would
strike him In the face. He would step
back and wait until the old cat began
to eat. then walk around the dish.
catch the tip Of the old cats tail and
pinch II wickedly. The cat. OF course.
would jump and spit: then Jerry would
cry out: "Ha. ha. hal" as IL laugh
ing. When called he would come to us.
alight on our hand II held out. or on
our head. He liked to be praised: II
we asked him to sing and begin to
run the scale, he would try to sing,
and swell out his throat. laughable
sight. his voice about musical as q
Plymouth Rock hens.
Jerry delighted In teasing the dog;
IL he found the dog asleep he would
creep up and pull his tail; after try
ing two or three times. II this didn't
wake him. he would give the dogs
toenail good pull; that usually
brought the old dog up with a snap.
Then Jerry would laugh When the
men were shingling he was very much
interested in chalk line. nails, etc; II
you tried to catch him he would just
step out Of your way, while IL you
coaxed him or 1attered him would
bring them back. He though It great
fun to take a side comb from lady's
hair and fly to the top OF the barn.
yet II you coaxed him would bring II
uown to you. He went to the village.
one and half miles away, with the
children to school at eight a. m, com.
ing back at about II a. m: after
awhile perhaps he would be gone over
night When about a year old he for
got to come home. The children say
they saw him visiting with another
crow in trsetop. We have heard Of
him since about three miles from
home. playing with other children.
The boy thinks he will try to get an
other this year; they enjoyed his COM
pany.-Rurai New Yorker.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
Weak Coast Defonses.

1t has now been discovered that
our coast defenses are very de-
fective ina most important partic-
ular. Thre are, it is saiL, by no
means enough men to man them.
The existing companies of coast
artillery are away short of their
proper complement Of men and
there should be many more COM
panies to garrison the defenses al
ready provided for and man eff
GENTLY their guns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
Sport Avn Around

Belle-Irene is engaged to a
genius in that young Longhedd.
Flossie-W What makes you think
so?
'He made a bargain with her to
get a kiss for each shooting star
they saw, and then hired her little
brother to throw lighted matches
off the roof while they sat on the
yeranda. american y Spectator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09


The idea of using snails for the
cure of chest complaints is not, as
q correspondent has suggested, pc
culiar to the latter-day Italians.
There were many believers in the
nostrum in England a century ago,
and quite, a, brisk trade. was done
in snails at Coyent Garden. There
is a quaint prescription for "a snail
cure in "An Old Lady's Pharma-
copoeia," published by Mrs. Del
amy in 1858: Does Mary cough
at nightg Two or three snails
boiled in her barley water, or tea
water, or whatever she drinks,
might be of great service to her.
Taken in time, they have done won
derful cures. But Mary must
know nothing of itw Little Mary
had to be humored, even hundred
years before Mr.. Barrie found her
humorous us.-London Chronicle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

and little drawer are added. in each
Of which newspaper. farm paper or
magazine can be folded and placed.
the initials Of the papers being placed
at the top Of the division. (See Fig.
I'D The drawer, explains the Farm
Journal. win hold the letter paper and
envelopes used by the family Fas-
ten to the wall after staining.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

Il want those eggs stoppedw
shouted the tragedian, stridipg to
the footlights.
''Well, you're stoppin' 'em amt
your" asked the boy in the gallery,
soaking him with another.-Hous-
ton Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
Limit to Size Of Battleships.

The announcement that the
United States will build a battle
ship of 10, 400 tons displacement,
or about 1,500 tons over the gigan-
tic Dreadnaught, which has just
been launched by KING Edward, is
possibly the forerunner of a navy
construction which will put all
previous exertions in this line in
the shade. Naval experts decline
to admit that the limit in size, com
bined with effectiveness, has been
reached. The Dreadnaught is a
perfectly practical ship; then why
not one a little larger? This is the
argument Of the ship-building ma
tions. But If there is no limit
upon the size Of ships which may
be built there will be attained one
day another limit-that Of the
pocketbook of the so-called naval
powers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
"A SCRAP BOOK


Papa--And do you mean to say that
you and Bessie have been over to
grandma's to-day?
Willie-Yes. sir.
Papa-And how in the world did you
get over the big hill?
WillIe-By going around 1t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
Kissing Dangerous in Tetschen.

For kissing a stranger in a mo-
ment ofexuberance, an 1S-year-old
waitress at Tetschen has been SEN
fenced to Ia days. Imprisonment.
The offense took place at the rail
way station and the injured man
complained at once to the police
and the girl was arrested. So i'm
pressed was the magistrate with
the Nervousness Of the crime that
he increased the severity of sen.
tence by ordering the girl four fast
days in the fortnight, and also d.
rected that after completing the
sentence she should be banished
from Bohemia and sent to her
home in Dresden.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

grocery box Is cut
to a slope in
front. as suggest
ed by the dotted
lines in Fig. Il;
tn en- partitions
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

Probably money can be more
conspicuous by its absence than
anything else in the world
Charleston News and Courier.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

paper h older.
Papers and mag
azines make q
a great little r
when piled hap
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09

hazard on tables and stands. and are
often mislaid. In this cabinet they
are always ready at hand A nice
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
A MAGAZINE CABINET.
How a Grocer's Box Can Be Trans
formed Into Useful Article
Of Furniture.

Here is something useful for the
boys to make-a magazine and news
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-09
BiAcksmiths Must Quality.

BlAcksmithS Must Qualify.
In Saxony no man Is permitted 70
shoe horses unless hs has passed a
public examination and is properly
qualified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-17
ANOTHER HEARING
WAS NECESSARY
Mrs. Jenette Murche, Formerly of Ori-
on, Readjudgsd insane After Be-
ing Sent froGn South Dakota.

Mrs. Jennette Murchie, who form
eTly conducted a hotel at Orion, was
adjudged insane by a commission COM
posed of DR.. c. F. Whiteside and DR..
f. A. Soule at the Watertown hospital
Saturday evening. Mrs. Murchie, who
is Go years old, was adjadged insane
about two months ago in South Dako-
Ia, and as she was a charge of Henry
county she was sent to the Watertown
institution The papers of the inqui4-
tion in the western state were filed
with the board Of health, and later
referred to Attorney General Stead.
who gave an opinion that another in
QUESTION in this state would be neces-
sary. On request OF the authorities of
Henry county, Judge E. L. Parmenter
conducted the inquiry Mrs. Murchie
has considerable means.
The woman became violently insane
in the west. She thinks she is Mary
Queen of Scots, and declares that she
is intimately acquainted with the king
of England, who she declares to be
fine gentleman. She was sent to the
Watertown institution June %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-17
AUTOS COLLIDE AND
CHICAGON is KILLED
Solomon Sturees, Member of Fromi
nent Firm, Suffers Fractur.
ed Skull.

Chicago, Sept 17.-Solomon Sturges.
a member OF the stock firm OF Baker
& Co., of Chicago. was fatally injured
and two other persons were severely
hurt Saturday night in a collision be-
tween two automobiles on Ridge bOu-
levard, Evanston. The machine in
which the Sturges party was riding
was going at a high rate of speed
when the accident occurred and the
car was overturned and the occupants
were thrown headlong on the pave
ment. SturgeS' skull was fractured
and he was injured internally. Two
of his companions. w. Ii. Hoyworth,
a wealthy building contractor and own
er of the automobile, and Walter Aver,
a Chicago attorney, were badly hurt.
The occupants of the other car escap-
ed injury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-17
SON OF RAILWAY HEAD
KILLS IN A COLLISION
Auto of George Earling Strikes CycIist
Causing Fracture of the
Skull.

Hartland. Wis, Sept 17.-While
George Earling, son of the president
of the Milwaukee road. was driving
his automobile Saturday afternoon he
collided with Alfred Overland. pass
ing bicyclist. The latter was hurled
violently to the ground. He was pick
ed up unconscious by Mr. Earling and
died yesterday.
After the accident the injured man
was rushed to hotel in Mr.. Earling' s
auto and a physician summoned. The
doctor reached the hotel in 20 minutes
and found the mans skull fractured at
the base of the brain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-17
GREETs PEACE CONGRESS
Roosevelt Sends Message to Milan at
OPENING,

Milan, Sept 1.-THE universal
peace congress was inaugurated Sat
urday afternoon. After the inaugural
address J. Z. Dunning, the American
consul here, read the following mes
sage from President Roosevelt:
Giving utterance to the aspirations
of the American people that the great
cause of peace among nations shall
prevail and sharing the hopeful desire
of my countrymen that the labors of
the present international peace con-
ference at Milan will mark a further
advance towards realizing the aims of
the advocates of universal peace, /
congratulate the conference upon its
auspicious meeting
The reading of Roosevelt's message
was greeted with tremendous enthusi-
asm. All the delegates rose and many
shouted Long live Roosevelt and
Americai"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-17
MILLIONAIRE TO BE
ASKED TO EXPLAIN
Note for $25o,ooo Signed by J. r. Vain
wright in Papers of Wreck
ed Bank

Philadelphia, Sept. III. r. Vain
wright. millionaire capitalist of Ard
more, will be asked by District Attor-
ney Bell to explain his connection with
Il note signed by him for $250000 and
found in the vault of the wrecked Real
Estate Trust company. and also what
he knows about two checks made to
his order, aggregating 100000. Unless
Mr.. Wainwright pays up, the district
attorney says he will arrest him. Mr..
Wainwright said he would pay, al
though all he ever got out of the af-
fair which he carried on with the sui
eide president, Nipple, and Promoter
Segal. was $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-17
WHO WILL BE NOMINATED?
Absorbing Question Before New Hamp-
shire Republicans.

Concord, n. H.. Sept. 1.-THE day
before the republican state convention
found members Of the party in the
state anxious and uncertain o. TO the
outcome of the five cornered contest
for the gubernatOrial nomination
which, for months has involved the
state in one of the most intense cam
paigns in its history. Not one of the
five candidates for the nomination as
head of the ticket at tomorrow's con-
vention would make any claim of hav-
ing a majority of delegates. Winston
Churchill, the novelist, is one of the
five candidates for the nomination.