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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
"B. ARNOLD, DRUGGIST"

The average American citizen. and
even the schoolboy Of today. knows
Benedict Arnold as a soldier Of the
Revolutionary war, a man Of brilliant
military prospects until he turned
traitor and lost caste Few know that
he was a druggist and bookseller in
New Haven, Conn. when the war
broke out He became a leader in war
because he was the first major in com
mand Of the Second company. Gov
ernor's Foot Guards" still military
company under that title in Connecti-
cut.
His store sign reproduced in the
photograph is on exhibition in the
museum Of the New Haven Colony
Historical Society. It is a crude affair.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
AN INVALID ALLIGATOR

The captain was out fishing for bar
racuda, etc, about three miles from
shore, when he suddenly had an extra
strong strike. Investigation showed
that he had captured a man-eater. The
shark gave hard fight, but was sue
cessfully landed. 1t measured thirty
feet in length.
This undoubtedly is the largest mon
ster OF the kind ever captured near
here. It is an extremely ugly fish.
with three formidable rows Of sharp
teeth. 1t is unusually dark and is said
to be a rare specimen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
The Most BeieweAIed Daoesrs.

The court dancers brought TO Paris
by the king Of Cambodia have created
the hveliesr sensation. Poems have
been written about their most wonder
ful "strophes OF motion" they have
been pictured in oil and water color
and photographed most abundantly.
There orientals in action. according 10
even the least impressionable Of OBJ
servers, seem to be creatures Of living
fire. so abundantly are they covered
with Jewels.
The costume IS a barbaric abund-
ance of silk, precious stones and shin
ing metal The first garment is very
fine silk and is draped over the entire
body. On this thin texture are hung
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
Hooked sio shark.

The largest mar-eating shark ever
captured in the waters Of Redondo was
brought in by Capt. Hans Carstersen
Of the launch Challenger, says the Re
dondo correspondent of the Los An
geles Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
A Boy Railroad Magnate

Perhaps the youngest railroad boy
In the United States. If not in the
world, is Gurdon Thomson of Glasgow
Mo. The lad is but six years Of age.
and is still in waists and knee trou-
sers. He owns 100 shares of stock
in the Missouri Valley Central Elec-
trio railroad. which traverses the
country known as the black soil coun-
try along the Missouri river.
Colonel Price Of Glasgow, Mo-, is
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

the attendant explained that It was al
ligator love sickness.
II is an unexplained fact in natural
history that an alligator will live for
years deep in the ooze of a Florida
swamp without feeling the least in
convenience. But hire a couple Of
darkies to dig that alligator out of the
mud and put him into the society of a
dozen other alligators where they can
roam about at night. gobbling up pigs
and pickaninnies. watching the banana
trees growing in the moonlight. then
separate them and you will see the
loneliest lot of alligators in the world.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
What Is h?

The amateur photographer who took
this odd picture writes Of it as fol-
lows:
When ! first came to New York
and saw the odd photographs repro
duced in the newspapers 1 was stirred
TO make an effort to obtain something
OF the kind for my own Photographic
record. have only a small, fixed TO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
The Largest Gold Nugget

If you want to know the size Of
gold nuggets that are worth finding
the picture shown herewith will give
a very good idea. II shows the larg-
est gold nugget ever discovered in this
country, and it is so large and so
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

spiral fight Of marble steps. through
photograph, brit an artist did it with
his camera, ant both he and his cam
era were well pleased with the result.
just as the reader will be when he ex-
amines the picture critically with his
critical eye.
Look down into that hole-down that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

vice president of the company, ami
when the road was chartered he
bought 100 shares of stock and pre-
sented them to his grandson, Master
Gurdon Thomson, who was then five
years Of age. The lad takes great
interest in the road, and no doubt will
become an officer in the company
when he attains the proper age and
experience. 1t is safe to say Gurdon
is the youngest railroad stockholder
in the nited States.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

"That old fellow looks dreadfullv
disappointed" remarked the sympa-
thetic stranger at the village station.
"Yes," said the bsggageman. ~he
missed the train"
"Oh. that was too bad. Where was
he going?"
Nowhere. He just missed seeing
the train come in."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11
Bread 1000 Years Old

People whose digestion is at fault
are often very clamorous for stale
bread, but even the most chronic dys-
peptic would fight shy Of tackling the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

loaf of bread here illustrated. It is
supposed to be over 1000 years old,
having been baked in Egypt about
$500 B. c. 1t was found among a
mass Of rubbish in the ruins of the
Royal palace at Dei-el-Bahri on the
Nile.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

Miss johnson is employed in the Of
fee OF Attorney B. c. Moore as ste
nographer and typewriter. She is a
quiet unassuming girl. and is familiar
with legal documents Of every kind.
She is the youngest person ever COM
missioned a notary public in Indiana,
and is no doubt the youngest notary
public in the United States.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

I is not a snail's shell that you see
In the adjoining photograph, but a
view Of the wonderful staircase wind
Ing up and down spirally in the big
Hotel Belmont from the twentieth floor
10 the street
II was a difficult feat to take this
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

twenty floors-down to a black spot
seemingly half rs large as your little
finger nail. But down there Is the
grand vestibule of the hotel. II was
a somewhat twisted picture to take
and no amateur would have attempted
It.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-11

cream must be separated from the
milk. This enables the honest dealer
to turn the skim milk into white oak
cheese and palm it off on the country
as the best creamery product
That's true" exclaimed ctw 10 :.
while COW No. kept the ca 'es fro )
joining in the conversation. he bn<
ter manufactured by the al Of tbs
bull" continued COW No. ?. 'ie me bes<
butter sold in the market. L Wasi.-
ington they call it bully t~ster, ana
thus agriculture is vind:catef ans ths
products Of the dairy allu'--i TO taks
high rank in the annual repoI,= = TIE
department Of agriculture"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION

The Advertiser publishes with great pleasure a letter from Judge H w Caffey, of Verbena. because of our high regard for him and for the men and women of the great denomination about which he writes. It gives us an op- portunity to make a statement which ought to be satisfactory to him and to others who may think as he does about the matter
 As rule The Advertiser, like other newspapers, depends upon the Asso . ciated Press for dispatches as to the action of religious, political and all other meetings, and we published, if not all, the greater portion of all that came from that great newsgathering association. Ordinarily that is all tha; We do publish about such meetings We have no desire in the world to min imize the work of the great Baptist Association, but have given freely of our space on many occasions to spread before our readers what was being done by it.
 1t must be remembered that the Bap- tist Association meets once year and that it is not legislative body, al- though it's reports of work done at home and abroad are of absorbing in terest Again it was held this year outside the State of Alabama and we therefore depended upon our regular and well paid for news channel for in- formqtion.
 It is n we'll known fact that The Advertiser spends more money and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
HOW RATE BILL SENSATION
 AFFECTS PRESIDENTS CAMPAIGN

in every pie and as has been said, can- not look at trap without monkeying with the spring If the people did nos throw so much of "a-king-ca -do-no- wrong halo about him. and would judge by the same standards by which other men are judged the Chandler in~ cident would be one of im- menss hurt to him. By and by be will be found out. Wash ington knows him already By and by the country will know him, and then he will be rated as having been the worst over-estimated man of his generation.
 Issues in the Campaign.
 There are going to be two pretty lively issues In the coming campaign. MT. Roosevelt will have to shout 'liar" some more times before the Democrat ic Congressional Committee ceases to show how he dickered and then backed out on the rate question, and his friends will have to explain why the govern ment, under and with his written au- thority, ignores the American manu- facturer and buys supplies for Pana- ma in foreign lands. It is generally conceded that conditions are ripe for Democratic victory in the fall elec- tions. The Republicans will be naoso on the defense than they have been tn ten years. - W. J. showalter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
SUNDAY, MAY ae, 1908.
SOME ADVICE.

somewhat noted and eminent phy sician of London. who is also an edi- tor, makes this procurement to his readers and hearers: Never Chew Your Pills" That. it seems to us. comes un- der the head of superfluous advice. if addressed to intelligent adults. but he goes on to eludicate his meaning by arguing that a habit of chewing your pills will have a decidedly bad effect on health, habits and temperament; in short. he is lone of the least agreed ble mortals to himself and others" who chews pills.
 We repeat that this advice appears superfiuous. People chew their food, chew gum and some of them chew to- bacco. but we have yet to hear of one addicted to the habit of chewing convinced us that few objects which man is compelled to swallow offer less inducement to vigorous mastication than the pin family. There is but one proper way of dealing with them. and those who are desirous of learning that method have only to watch a toad engaged in catching flies. One snap and one gulp and little fly closes his accounts with all sublunary things and goes hence. That is the plan to pursue if unlucky circumstances drives one to the pill-box. Put them as far back or the tongue as possible and if necessary take a chaser of some kind, the paramount object being to get them down before the sugar-coating comes off. Whatever you do-Never Chew Your Pills.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

more labor upon home affairs and by that we mean. Alabama affairs, than any other one and perhaps any haf dozen papers in this Stato. The Methodist General Conference or the South is in session in our own borders and almost at the gates Of Montgomery. It is, therefore, natural that we should have special reports as to its doings. particularly as we have regular correspondent at Birmins- ham, whose duty 1t is to furnish news while we have no special correspond ent at Chattanooga or at any other point outside the State, except at Wash- ington.
 Again the Methodist General Confer ence meets only once in four years, 1t is & legislative body and can change the whole of it's laws and machinery. At thts Conference propositions have been adopted of vital import to the great body of Methodism involving per- haps changes or notifications which must in the end attract universal at- tention. Intense interest too attaches to the meeting because of the debates in reference to increase In the number of bishops, the favorable action on the matter and the election of the new bishops.
 Still with all this The Advertiser would have depended very largely. If not entirely upon the Associated Press, if this Conference had been held in Chattanooga instead of Birmingham in the State of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

critical. Take the churches, the school buildings, the newspapers, the streets and sidewalks of Montgom-. cry, they are reflectors, and they all have their stamp of dignity, durability, substantiability about them that is in keeping with this people.
 It is true there are more old style business houses in Montgomery than in Birmingham, but they were erected in different era, and they stand there as solid as q stone wall. show were uptodate. and that what that people did half or three-quarters of n century ago was well done. A glance at that people. their faces, their forms, and graceful, easy spoliteness, R glance at their institutions. demon strates to the observant men of the twentieth century, that a higher civ- ilization has been first inherited. sec- ondly appreciated and preserved by them, more than by any population of like size in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
A Visit to Montgomery.

Huntsville Tribune.
 3 It is "iTaSs GstgsshinF Fht to fst traction Of this city is quality. The original progenitors of this people were unmistakibly highly bred men fnement. good breeding is borne by d tarCe per cent. of the people of Mont gomery than of any city on earth. and oessful refufation. stand at a given point and note the passing throng and vou will see more men bearing the stamp of good breeding. fine individ- nals. and keen standing as you are liable to do as the ladies pass you by. and IS we remarked to R. R, Poole and received his hearty approval. there arc more shapelY women. perfect beau ties. women who have that attractive rotundity of figure, the grace the car riaee and style of the hen partridge walking down a rail there than else ana. fine, their skin is smooth and dress. how to move their hands ana motion. they are as graceful as a mo9nbeam on wave.
 Hence we are proud of the society Of our Capital City. it is not a socleIv where money establishes the hlgh standard, but where refined native in- djvidualitv is the standard As the people are so is the city. Montgom- cry is dignilied. elegant. unpreten- tous city, what it does is well anu thoroughly done. IL Is the home ot much ability. that standard of ability which people should be proud. their greatness is not estimated by shrewd- = ness, but by goodness. For instance, Col TeT Falkner. the man wac n2S been tha father of more charitable enterprises. civilizing suggestions than any ten men in the State, is stand . ard of Montgomery class of man hnod And you should want commercial ln- terprise, a glance into Alex Rice's es- tahlshment spreads it before you m Q mannar satisfactory to the most
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
For the Level Plan.

A sea level canal at Panama will undoubtedly entail the greater cost. t longer time to build. But, on the oth = CT hand, when once constructed, II is convulsion and the cost of its upkeep will be relatively small. It may be more easily kept in repair and may be operated with less effort than a a canal with locks. Beside, the gain in time to shipping will be enormous, and that is q fact which Congress will do well carefully to consider; Action one way or the other should be taken at this session, for construction. must before many months halt until the issue as to type is finally determined, The Eagle believed that a sea level canal was to be preferred when MT. Roosevelt turned down" the advisory board in his special message. It wei comes the reversal of the President by the Senate committee now and ear nestly hopes that the reversal will be sustained by the Senate and by the House of Representatives. It is more important that the canal be built right than that it be built cheapN or quick lY
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

The Chicago Journal sensibly and truthfully remarks that "Chicago's ad- ditionaI policemen will be of not much use in suppressing crime so long as TO attempt is made to disarm crimi- nals" That is true. beyond doubt. Laws and ordinances against selling or carrying deadly weapons may load the statute books but they arc worse than useless finot enforced. If it is wrong to carry deadly weapon concealed there should be laws that will punish the oeffnse, not by a nominal fine but by such punishment as will act as de- terrent- In many cases the fine that is imposed is little better than a farce for the money will be paid and the of- fense repeated. Cumulative fines or imprisonment offers about the only remedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

Some of the more ardent advocates of Statehood are advising that Indian a declaration of independence and ap- ply for admission into the Union.. One weak point In the program is that they will nave to get out of the Union be- fore they could be admitted into it, and somehow Uncle Sam is d little stubborn about allowing any of his children to go out and play by them selves. We found that out more than forty years ago and most of us are not forgetting it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Pathetic Obituary.

MOuTtOn AdVeTIIstT. ,
 Hon. Charles Pomery Lane, the brainv editor of She Huntsville Even nf the Republican party and says it must be born agarn." If the gang had adopted Editor Lanes advice and kept up with the Lilly White organiza- ton. regardless to Teddy's wishes. the Republican party in Alabama could en- ter the present campaign with some show of success We extend Bro Lane another cordial invitation to join Us and help save the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Good Times In Henry.

HeddIAnd POSL.
 ...ats st Sunoay gun we aectaeo we wouIe fresh air of the country side and in our ramb1es we made two discoveries that will bring joy to the hearts of the country editors in this section of the state. The first was that the black berry crop is going to be the largest we have had In years, they are al- ready turning" and we expect in. a week or ten days to stain our lips with their rich, luscious blood. The other discovery was that the watermelons were doing fine. vines more than a yard long already, and lots of them have been planted. Truly good times are ahead for the gentlemen of the fourth estate" down here in Gods own favored Garden of Eden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Cunningham Calming.

ThomasVille Echo.
 can bet we have some reason for saying if We said last week that 1t was . safe bet that pr. Cunningham would carry Marengo county. Now to show that we are not alone in that belief we quote from a letter we received yes- terdav from a Marengo subscribe Poole as you said in The Echo that he was only looking for Conner men when he was in Marengo. He happened to find a few but if he will come hunting Cunningham men he will find more than five. He will find about to 1, and if he will come along about Au. gust 27th he will find about to .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Ia Han Rad.
CcnffShnrn Citizen

Scottsboro Citizen.
 It's too bad that Maxim Gorky does not approve of Aemrica and Americans but we are still little old-fashioned over here and hardly advanced social fIouting of the woman in the case. Those of us who are Democrats believe in liberty. but not license. and the sa- ished ideal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
SIDEWALK PENCILINCS
srhe Battle of Handkerchiew."

pr. W. B. Crumpton desires a copy of the poem entitled. The Battle or the Handkerchiefs. Treasurer of the Southern Baptist Mis. sion Board was a participant In tho stirring events recorded by the poem. 2 short sketch of which he siVes as
 "The Battle of the Handkerchiefs.. . occurred in this way The sick ana wounded. after the siege of VickspuTg' were carried by steamer to New VT. leans and thence out of the mouth Of the Mississippi to Mobile; Al All gay ysnsnf ions City. then in the hands of the Federais; Hundreds of women, many or whom nao loved ones on the boat. lined the side walks eager to get some fnIormation about their kindred. In small groups they would venture to cross the ievee; but the cruel cavalry would discov. CT them and bear down on them ana send them screaming back to the walls. These brutes had never seen aeHas' pus an the live long day. these noble women with no weapons but their nandker- chiefs suffered all sorts of fndlgnities; but they never got out or sight or tnai boat. As night came on and our steam CT was ready to push out from tbe wharf. by ones and twos tney sauae M across until a dense crowd haa con gregated at the boat
 That sea of anxious faces or motn- CTS and sisters and the silent wavins of the handkerchiefs in the twilight, can never he forgotten by those who witnessed 1t. Indignation and fury had been in every prisoners heart all day as they looked on these scenes or op.. into the stream every throat shouted the 1oudest rebel yell perhaps that New Orleans ever heard. Instantly we heard the chatter of the hoofs of the cavairy. the changing of sabres. as they pore down on the defenceless women Tne screams that came to us across the va ter as we glided down the stream iin- ger with me to this day.
 Even while I write this, forty-two years after the incident happened, the blood boils in my veins. some one wrote a poem on this Incident anu chiefs I wish l could find 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
One SMeet Sung.
Marion Democrat.

Marion Democrat.
 The sweet girl graduate will soon return to their homes, qualified to fill their every station in life. We trust that each and every one in all this broad land may go to their respective homes with the determination of pro. noting all that's good in the way of building up humanity and truly make life one great sweet song.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

The Headland Post is "a-comin for a fact. The company has just installed d new Hoe press. put in entirely new material and made various other lm- provements. The Thursdays 12-page printed paper as we have seen from any place. and would be a credit to any city office. It is certainly credit to Headland, and we congratulate Editor Greene and his associates on the inn provements they have made since as- suming charge of The Post. May they succeed as they certainly deserve to do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Let the Right Sort Come.

The indications are that the tide of immigration is turning southwark The South needs and welcomes certain classes of immigrants. but we fear. our country is going to fill with hard class of people Tor our social and oth- CT institutions to assimiiate. Let us be careful at this point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
The Stun.

Stevenson Chronicle.
 It seems fashionable in New York for newly elected bri1egrooms to em- pioy a detective to watch their valves as soon as the marriage ceremony IS performed. If this thing keeps on all inc noor young men who cannot anord a detective will be obliged to go through life old bachelors. That's stuff, isn't it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Long Distance Advice.

lot of wise fellows are advising the San Francisco people how to re- build their city. Such advice as this reminds us very much of a man who never plowed furrow in his life try ing to advise an experienced farmer how to manage his farm. We suspect that good lot of this advice" origi- mated with the money sharks who are desirious of reaping a rich harvest at the expense of the stricken people or San Francisco.