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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Some explorers at the Academy OF
Natural Sciences were talking about
strange meats that they had eaten in
their travels. says the Philadelphia
Record. Il have fed on the flesh OF
the elephant with gusto." one said. 1T
is Of a coarse grain. and in flavor it re-
sembIes beef. Baked. the foot and the
trunk are the most desirable parts
Some men say baked elephants foot
tastes like a mixture Of leather and
glue, but I have never found it so un-
pleasant. ! have, with certain natives.
used the fat Of the hippo for butter,
and very rich and powerful butter it
makes. A rarity Of rarities is the mar
row of a young giraffe. This tastes
like terrapin fat. A friend OF mine. a
whaler. says that he has eaten and
enjoyed the boiled tongue. heart and
liver Of the walrus. Another friend
has eaten alligator eggs, and. had he
not known what they were. the ONE
lette that he made Of them would have
tasted ike an ordinary omelette. Mon
key has often been eaten by white
men, and cannibaHstic kind Of meal
1t makes"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

A new and novel idea Is to the fore
AS cheaper substitute for the pierced
lamp shades OF metal that are 50 arts
tic when al handwork. but 50 costly.
This Is a new metallized lace. which
really looks as though it was woven Of
metallic threads Ordinary Arabian o.
similar lace is taken and dipped in a
series Of metal baths. each successive
dip adding to The beauty and richness,
until it looks not unlike the handsome
hand-wrought metal work Silver,
gold, green OF oxide colors are OBJ
fained. and these are then used as lamp
shades over various tints in glass;
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

The other night an unusual thunder
storm swept over the northern part Of
Weber County, Utah. A tremendous
rainfall was accompanied by great
fall OF toads. This morning people
coming into Ogden encountered an
army Of hoppers in Taylor precinct.
There were millions OF them. from an
inch to an inch and a half long. They
were so deep on the highway that they
cIogged the wheels OF vehicles and 1t
was with difficulty that teams could
get through Nothing like It was ever
seen or known in this section. The
theory is advanced that the storm was
the end of a distant cIoudburst,. but
where the clouds picked up the toads
is a mystery Chicago Record-Herald
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

In some Of the rabbit-infested places
visited by the recent foods it is won
derful what numbers Of rabbits were
to be seen as soon as the water went
away. The bunny is not amphIblous.
Mole-catchers VIII tell you that the
moIes. in case Of food. viii swim long
way. often using sticks or any flotsam
for RATS. until they come to a piece
OF ground above the water mark: but
we rever have credited the rabbits
with the like waterman's capabilities.
II Is quite certaIn. however. that a
great many Of them must be more cum
ming or more strong in dealing with
the problems presented By a deIuge
than we are apt to give them credit
for.-London Country Life. -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27
RECIPES

Cup Cake-Cream half cup of but
ter; add two cupfuls of sugar: when
well mixed add three eggs well beaten.
then one cup Of milk, alternating with
three and one-fourth cupfuls of sifted
-four: beat well and add four level
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and
one-fourth teaspoon of salt; bake in
creased individual pans: bake in a
quick oven twenty minutes; spread
over when cold with chocolate frost
ing.
Vanity Puffs-Boil one cupful Of
milk: add to it and stir quickly half a
cup of -four; stir until stir dough;
remove when cool; add three eggs. one
by one. unbeaten. beating well after
adding each: add one tablespoon of
melted butter: dip a tablespoon into
hot fat, take up little Of the batter
and dr6p into the fat: when brown
lift them out with skinner; drain
on paDer: roll in sugar and cinnamon
mixed
Moulded Eggs Butter individual
moulds, rprinkIe on the bottom and
sides finely chopped parsley. shake the
snouIds that the surplus parsley will
drop out. break into each mould one
egg. sprinkle over little salt and
pepper and put bit Of butter over
each. place the moulds in a pan Of hot
water, co3k in the oven about eight
minutes. turn t'ss eggs from the
moulds, arrange on a hot platter and
pour around them a rich cream sauce.
or they may be served without sauce.
Boiled Brown Bread = One cup
each Of Graham -four and OF Indian
meal sifted twice together with a
scant teaspoonful Of salt and two even
teaspoonfuls or baking soda. One cup
of loppesed milk. half cup Of mo
lasses and as much lukewarm water
4 dozHi seeded raisins. cut In half and
well = ted. Mix moIasses. milk and
waite sether. stir in BY the handful
the f,pared meal and -four; beat
xtea ouv three minutes before puttinr
in TIM raisins. Turn into well
erease-, tin with a tight top. and bof
steadily ror three hours. Leave room
G,r rafsior. Dip tho mold into cold
water 20 loosen the bread from the
sides; turn out and eat hes -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Referring 10 a paragraph in your IL
sue OF to-day. headed "A Crimean
Trophy" allow me to add that in the
summer Of 1872, being a visitor to St
Petersburg. / saw the flag OF this
same ship Tiger suspended from pill
lar in one OF the churches It was
protected BY an iron cage. and the story
went that some British tars, having
the honor OF their country at heart.
had nearly succeeded in carrying ON
this trophy BY climbing uvon each
others shoulders. when they were OBJ
served by custodian OF tae church,
who brought the pyramid down with
run BY a iudlciously aimed blow
London Times. -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

The Count looked bored
"And viii you daughter have doty'
he asked.
A slight ripple Of impatience swept
over the interesting little tuft Of whis-
kers that so adorned Pawkpakker's
square set chin.
"A Ykatz' he queried-
"A money settlements dot" re-
joined the Count. His tones were in
dicative OF polite surprise.
"A dofy' repeated her father.
'.Shucksr, he asseverated Indignantly.
"A dotr' he snorted disdainfully.
Harriet will have an extra big-sized
smndge. YOU bety' he continued
VIZ. man alive he howled in scath-
ing accents. "what do you mean by
this parsimonious talk about dots p
New York Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

The English golfers who were In
Boston were rather jolly lot. and
quite unlike what was expected Of
them by many Of the American play
ers. Instead of a lot Of graybeards.
they We're all comparatively young fell
lows. all but one graduates Of Oxford
or Cambridge, and that one is still at
tending New College. There were sew
eral things about them which inn
pressed the Americans. the most strlk-
ing Of which, Of course, was that they
played golf remarkably well. Their
lack of self CONSCIOUSNESS, however,
was almost as noticeable. While ex-
pressing their surprise at the excel
lence of the American golf courses and
the beauty of the North Shore. they
were never really enthusiastic. al
though so described in more than one
paper. The almost childlike simplicity
OF some Of the players was refreshing
as well as amusing. In a practice
round at Myopia one Of the players
had driven his ball into the rough
grass. and when nearing it saw a
snake in close proximity.
.Ah, old chapr' he called out to his
opponent. what do you think I've got
there with my bally'
Il cawn't imagine, I'm shuah," was
the reply.
"Its an addah. by Jovev' exclaimed
the player.
IAN addahl Good" answered his
partner; and then remarked, by way Of
parenthesis. 'Fawncy i'll jolly old
addahr'-Boston Transcript.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

fantry -. -. ......., $4,000
666 battalions OF Ilawe in
fantry. Ill. ......... 100000
200 regiments OF Nizam and
Redif cavalry ............. 5000
225 batteries Of horse, field.
mountain and howitzer artil-
iery. ~. .............. as.ooo
145 companies OF siege and
fortress artillery .......... 10000
Technical troops. ..... ...... 10000
266 squadrons of Handle cav
airy. ...... 49,. -. $4,000
Grand total. l................1, 1,31o, 600
st. James Gazette.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

There is a great waste at sea, where
it is generally supposed that food is re-
garded at its proper value. On the big
passenger liners the stewards throw
overheard every day almost as much
food as the cabin passengers eat
sometimes more, If the passenger list
is not very full. This food is seldom.
if ever. given to the crew or the steer
age passengers.
A New Yorker once travelled on a
West Indian steamship belonging to a
service which is called by sailors the
Hungry Goose Line" because Of the
scanty supply of food in the forecastle.
Every day half-eaten joints OF meat.
puddings, stale bread and piles of
cooked vegetables were thrown over
board. While the New Yorker stood
watching this feeding Of the fishes one
morning a sailor came up and said:
Look 1T that 'ere waste. sir; an yet
they starves us poor chaps forrard."
On another voyage the same man
saw nearly two million bananas and
oranges thrown overheard because
they were ripening too fast. All day
long the sailors hove the golden
punches Of fruit to the waves. A yel-
low streak OF wasted food stretched as
far as the eye could reach in the wake
Of the vessel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

There is enormous waste Of food in
the great cattle and sheep rearing coun-
tries. especially in New Zealand. Aus
tralla, Argentina, Colombia and Vene-
zuela. Hundreds Of thousands of
sheep and cattle are slain merely for
their hides. horns and hoofs, the ex-
portation OF the meat being unproft-
able. A man who had worked on a
sheep run in New South Wales de-
clared that he once saw the carcasses
Of over 6000 sheep on one farm. They
had been slain for their wool alone, and
none of their meat was used.
The troblem Of proper food distribu-
tion seams insuperabIy difficult even
ir this progressive day and generation.
-Bassatt Staines. in the Los Angeles
Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

A pretty hanging pin cushion is made
in the shape OF a ball, covered with
violet silk. and about six inches IN
diameter. Place bunch Of artificial
riolets and leaves on the top Of the
bali. so that some Of the flowers droop
a trlie over the side, attach violet satin
ribbons to suspend the ball.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

A strange freak was found in Vine
yard Haven Harbor during the sum-
mer by a young woman who was In
bathing. She saw bottle Oh the hot
tom and dived for 1t. When it was
brought to the surface it was found to
contain live lobster far too large TO
have crawled through the neck of the
bottle. 1t is supposed that IT got into
the trap when it was little fellow
and was unable to find its way ont, but
how 1t got food enough to grow on is ,
mystery. sxg
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Some Of the Partisan restaurants
serve camel's flesh. The meat tastes
lire beef, though white like veal. The
hump is considered great delicacy BY
the Arabs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Considerable quantities OF cocoonA
and skin silk are exported from Man
churia to France. where they are made
into a special ribbon embroidery for
the East Asiatic trade and returned
to Manchiria and Eastern China.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Paper floors are admired III Germany.
They have no joints to harbor dust or
insects and feel soft under foot. They
are also cheaper than hard wood floors.
The paper Is spread in the form OF
pulp, rolled, and. when dry, painted to
initiate wood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

1t takes a clever woman to boss her
husband without letting him know it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27
Household
Matters


To clean the ivory handles Of knives.
mix ammonia and olive oil in equal
parts. and add enough prepared chalk
TO make a paste. Rub the ivory with
this. and let it dry before brushing on
Several applications may be necessary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Scientists are becoming familiar with
microbes. They say the human body
is full Of them. and that when they are
healthy and lively the human body n
in good condition. When the microbes
become i'll or lazy the human body is
similarly affected.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

A whistling phenomenon has made
himself known In Allberg. Germany.
He is boy only four months old. who
whistles a variety Of tunes learned
from his father during the latter's en-
deavors to IulI him to sleep. After
hearing his musical dad whistle tune
two or three times the little fellow has
it by heart, and excels his parent as
the melody flows from his puckered
lips.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

II is expected that between 1000 ana
5000 niles Of railroad win be built IN
Africa In the next ten years. :
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

4
! But In spite Of this indictment the
student of economics must go to the
tropics to see the greatest waste Of
food. Most tropical countries produce
enough to feed hundred times their
population. Take Jamaica, for in
stance. She exports large quantities
of bananas. oranges and pineapples to
the United States, but billions of those
fruits are left to rot on the ground.
| A walk through miles Of plantations
shows thousands OF trees weighed
down by luscious fruits which have
not been picked, because the market
price at the moment did not pay for the
cost Of export. Those fruits are all left
to rot.
The worlds mango crop is the great
est waste of all The mango is one Of
the finest fruits in the world. and prob
ably the most nourishing. II grows in
bewildering profusion in most parts Of
| the tropics. The negroes eat nothing
else in the mango season. They sit I'M
der mango tree and gorge themselves
all day long. until the wonder is that
they do not burst An average tree
bears over 5000 mangoes, each as big
as large orange. and there are hun
dreds of thousands Of mango trees in
Jamaica alone. The natives. with all
their appetite, cannot eat one per cent.
Of the crop. which may be conserya-
lively estimated at 100000 .00o,OC0 man
goes year.
Unfortunately the fruit cannot be
exported 1t viii not stand a sea voy-
age unless it is treated with more care
than it is profitable to give. Thus it is
that many tropical countries are Gov
cred at certain seasons Of the year by
rotting mangoes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

There IS one curious fact respecting
the animal creation. 1t Is this: No liv-
ing representative Of the animal king
dom has more than five toes. fingers or
claws to each foot hand or limb. The
horse is the type OF one-toed creation.
the camel Of the two-toed. the rhinoc-
eros OF the three-toed and the hippota-
mus of the four-toed animal life. The
elephant and hundreds Of other ami
mails belonging to different orders are
Of the great fve-toed tribe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Inc waste OF 1ru1t In New York Is
incredible. Every banana steamer
brings hundreds Of thousands OF
lunches of fully ripe bananas. beauti-
ful, yellow fruit. just ready to eat.
The trade viii not handle fruit in this
condition; it wants green fruit. All
these ripe punches are thrown away.
"Only a short time ago over a million
bananas brought in by the British
steamship Chiekahominy were wasted
for this reason. Last year remember
an Italian steamer coming in with a
cargo Of lemons. The market was
glutted at the time, and there was no
price for them. 1t was cheaper to buy
lemons here than to import them. The
whole Of the cargo was given to our de-
partment to throw away.
This sort Of thing seems an awful
waste. but can assure you it is not at
all uncommon. On smaller scale it is
always happening at our markets. A
fruit dealer has few boxes of oranges
or tomatoes. The market is just clos
ing, he can't get his price. and rather
than sell them for five cents less he
hands them over TO us to throw away.
That happens every day. II makes a
mans heart bleed to see such immense
quantities Of good food thrown away.
while many people, even in prosperous
New York, haven't enough to eat"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Egg Tea and Coffee Beat the yolk OF
one egg. Add one tablespoonful of
sugar and beat 10 cream. Then add
one cup Of ten or coffee. hot or cold.
and half cup of cream. Stir in the
beaten white Of the egg and serve
American Queen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Chicken Panada-One cup Of cold
roasted or boiled chicken. pounded TO a
paste. Add half 4 cup Of stale bread
crumbs and enough boiling chicken
liquor to make thick Cruel. Season
to taste Boil one minute and serve
hot. The bones Of roasted chicken
can be boiled to obtain the liquor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27

Raw Beef Sandwiches -Scrape finely
small piece OF fresh raw bee. Season
with salt and pepper. Spread it on
thin slices Of bread and cut into small,
attractive shapes A few minutes
toasting makes the sandwiches more
palatable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27
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Turkeys Strong Army,
An Organization That Can Turn Over
100000 Men Into the Field.
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7 the time Of writing, when
the Balkan peninsula is
virtually an armed camp.
and the despatch Of Turk
ish troops. including many
Asiatic battalions, to guard
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-27
THE WORLDS WASTE
g -p@d-n
TONS ON TONS OF FOOD THROWN TO THE FISHES

had gone around that he was an easy
mark and there was a procession Of
beggars up the stairs to his fat all day
long.
The janitor complained. and his own
servant told him that she would leave
unless he got another girl to do nothing
but answer the door. So he had tc
give up his charitable scheme, and now
he sends all his waste food down the
dumbwaiter like other people.
Milford chronicle., 1906-05-11
II Brings Him In a TriRe OF About
100000 q Yenr.

Economy Is said to consist in the
care Of trifes, and of this the waste
paper department Of the United States
governments stationery Office affords
an excellent example.
An official Of this department while
in New York recently gave an interest
ing account Of the system.
"NO less than $4,000 is saved an
nually by the government waste paper
basket" he said. ut was not so very
long ago that the waste paper Of the
government Offices was an unrecog-
nized perquisito 20 heads Of depart
ments and rrIj of ,he minor Off
cials, with ti.t result that no small
quantity o. good stationery was
thrown away, anil In some cases large
amounts Of government property were
systematically misappropriated. Not
only was this the case. but papers Of
an important and confidential charac-
ter found their way into the hands Of
outsiders, sometimes with very un-
pleasant consequences.
"a visit to the waste paper depart
ment would forcibly illustrate to you
the enormous amount of correspond
ence and clerical work with which the
various government offices have to
deal
ITO the Departmental is really a
hrge warehouse-come 5000 tons Of
waste paper every year, the average
days receipts varying from ten to
twenty tons. How vast is this amount
will be better realized from the fact
that if a single weeks waste paper
from the government offices was
thrown into Washington square It
would come pretty near burying the
Washington monument. Vast as the
present quantity is, it IS steadily in
ereasing at the rate Of about twenty
tons every year.
''The paper received Is Of the most
miscellaneous character, consisting Of
old letters, state documents, printed
matter, old account books and the like.
On receipt 1t is at once handed over
% the sorters, who classify it under
twelve heads and pack it separately in
large sacks The sacks are then ship
ped to a pulp mill Confidential doeu-
ments receive careful and effectual
treatment. They are thoroughly sliced
up by a cutting machine. When pa
pers of an especially secret character
are dealt with the middle section of
each pile is taken out and placed in a
separate receptacle from the rest. The
cut fragments are then placed in a
sealed sack and are conveyed in charge
Of an officer to the pulp mill and there
reduced to pulp under his eye.
"Another section Of the waste paper
department contains the used ribbon
from the Morse telegraph instruments.
This pours in at the rate Of about 1900
hundredweight per week. measuring
approximately 900 miles.-New York
Times.
Milford chronicle., 1906-05-11
CAPE COD FISHERMAN.
lgoyv the Gentle Yankee Became the
sISing of Jamaica"

lgovv the Gentle Yankee Became th'
} liking of Jamaica"
This is the remarkable story of Cap
tain Baker and Jamaica-hOw this gen
tie Cape Cod fisherman became king Oi
Great Brltain's richest West Indian
isle. The history of the conquest began
thirty-five years ago, with an armada
of one lone schooner. She had two
masts and could carry a hundred tons.
Her owner and skipper was Lorenzo
Dow Baker, the son of whaler, and a
child of the sea as we'll He took a car
20 to Argostura. and on his return trip
carried a lot OF bananas. But by the
time he reached New York they had all
| rotted. The next time he went he got
very green bananas. The fruit was not
plentiful, so he began to teach the peO-
pie how to grow them.
"The first man who has ten acres in
bananas will be a rich man." he told
them with earnest conviction. He
touched intimately the lives of the
blacks. He was known in their homes
and at their church socials. and he
helped them to build the chapel for
which they were collecting money
He talked to the school children,
rooms full Of bright eyed litSO picka-
ninnies, and he told them of the good
of money. Then he told them how to
get it. "Grow bananas" he said. "Grow |
them wherever your nanny will let |
you have a foot of ground"
Captain Baker had to push his cam
paign of education at both ends. In ia
maica he taught people to grow ba-
nanas, but in the United States he had
to teach people to eat them. They were
not yet an ordinary article of diet, and,
moreover, the yellow kind from ia
maica was comparatively unknown.
But he has succeeded. He revived the
island from economic prostration, and
it is flourishing. He did it by making
the banana trade.
Captain Baker. still lives at Port An
tonic, which now is not only an Amer
lean town, but a Boston town. In the
summer he goes back to Wellfeet,
there renews intercourse with May
lower descendants, like himself tries
to wiring an appropriation
from Uncle Joe Cannon for the pilgrim
at PrOvincetOwn, quietly
oOks after his charities and puts his
sturdy shoulder to any enterprise for .
he beautifying of life along Cape Cod.
Port Antonio flies the American flag, P
it is a British possession. The
va1o 10, Ar,
It's the coOly's business to change
en-" Captain Baker explained, "but
IN afraid he doesn't know his busi n
less very well. ll."-World's Work. Il
OLD TIME HARDSHIPS. N N