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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
chauffeursl Novel Contest.

The Paris Chauffeurs' League
has arranged for a novel competi-
tion to test the value Of different
kinds of motor ear springs. A
vessel containing milk will be
carried by each car, and the race
will be run over rough roads in a
given time. The chauffeur who
arrives at the end of the course
with the most milk in its recep
tacle will win q silver medal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
No paneer.

Miss Horsey-Miss Passay is so
kittenishl She wouldn't go driv-
ing with me the other day because
she was afraid the horse would
run away with her."
Miss Peppery-'rhe idea! AS il
she need be afraid OF horsei Only
a donkey would run away with
her.-Stray Stories.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Seems Strange.

She-In mediaeval times eats
were SO scarce that to kill one in
yolved a very heavy fine.
He-Great Scott And was
there once a time when it was pos
sible to kill a cat? - Yonkers
Statesman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

OF deceitful ancestry is the
word asphalt" Apparently il
means mot slippery" The Greeks
themselves were tempted to de-
rive "asphaItos" from "a" not.
and "sphaIIo, make to fall or slip
However, the word is really of
unknown barbarian origin-phoe-
nician, some say. Asphalt was in
use very early in history. II is
said to have been the slime with
which the infant Moses ark OF
bulrushes was daubed, and
which the builders of the tower
of Babel used instead of mortar
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
TRYING A HOG FOR MURDER


Anent strange cases, a lawyer
said that a hog had been tried for
murder, convicted and hanged.
AT Clarmont-Ayon, in France
he said, "a huge hog killed and ate
a child. The people, horror-striek-
en-, treated the hog as they would
have treated a human being They
tried it,"
He took down a book tied in
gray calf.
~Here is the verdict" he said,
'sthe original of which is kept in
the national museum of Paris. 1t
is dated June IA, 1494, and reads;
"We, the jury, in detestation
and horror of this crime, and in
order to make an example and to
satisfy justice, have declared,
judged, sentenced, pronounced
and appointed that the said hog,
now detained in the abbey as a
prisoner, shall by the executioner
be hung and strangled on a glib
bet near the gallOws which now
stands within the jurisdiction of
the monk. In witness whereof
we have sealed this present with
our seals"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

Two blind men attend every
football match at Northampton.
Both apparently follow the games
with great interest, and, judging
by their hearty applause, are as
keen on points as those who eau
see the play.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
To sub,uea Z Man.

The way in which woman can
secure the power of the ideal is by
being feminine. Her femininity
piques men, aud irritates them,
but it attracts them irresistibly;
the pique and the irritation lead
them straight to sabjugation.--
Vanity Fair.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

..How much did her father lose
by the great failureT
"He lost enough to rid the fam
ily Of that penniless count. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
An Explanation.

Hewitt understand that you
said that i was the biggest liar
that you ever met.
Jewett-Well, you must re
member tlsat | never knew Anan-
ias.-N. Y. Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

Il thought you said yeucouldn't
live without me-" sneered the girl.
$50 did" answered the man.
"Yet you're living
NO; I'm not. just boarding;
that's all.r-Pittsburg Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
For Those who write Badly.

Anapparatus has justcomeinto
use in France which records the
human voice upon a postcard.
This is the ~phonocard." The voice
is recorded by an ordinary phono-
graph of simple construction, by
means Of a pencil with a sapph-
ire point. BY the aid of the
phonocard people may now send
communications through the post
that may be more easily under
stood than ordinary script.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

Landlord How did you find
your bedg
Lodger-WeIl, l don't think
that the mattress will ever need
to be operated on for the removal
of superauous hair.-N. I. Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Not Numerous.

Once in a great while you en-
counter s man who works more
than he ought to, but the average
man doesn't do half as much asl
he is capable of doing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

If it were bad form to return
presents when an engagement is
broken. there would be fewer
broken-or less presents given.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
No Damaf-sd Canvas Wanted.

Artist Ito landlord)-Ican't pay
my rent, but l can give you lot
of canvases as security
Landlord-AIl right; I'll take
them if you have not painted on
them.-Familv Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Motor Chair for seasickness,

Anybody who has had good
case of seasickness must have felt
that he would welcome the cleo
trio chair as a relief. Now an
electric chair for seasickness has
been tested in an English channel
steamer and an ocean liner. You
sit in a snug armchair. A motor
under the seat is connected with
the ships electric current. You
sit and take yibratory treatment.
Up and down and crosswise you
are shaken. Most sitters need but
one treatment. Their tendency
to seasickness is vibrated out of
them. Some need a second sit
ting. A few are seasick as soon
as their treatment ends. 1t is
a preventive, mark you, not cure.
The theory is that seasickness is
essentially a nervous malady, and
that vibration reduces the nery-
ousness.-Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Contempt for the Town Kicker.

The kickers on the farm are not
so hard to get along with as those
in the towns. On the farm there
is the kicking COW and our long
cared friend, the mule, while in
town there is the old mossback
who wants all the privileges of
municipal living without paying
for them, and block, so far as he
can,everymunicipal Improvement,
The COW may be sold for beef and
the mule traded for a shotgun, but
nothing but a funeral will getrid
of the town kicker.-Rossville
(Kan.) Reporter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Enrlish Popular IN Japan.

A prominent japanese public
man visiting this country recently
remarked that English was rapid
ly becoming the most popular Ian
guage in japan. He predicts that
it will very soon become the ma
tional language of his country and
ultimately the language of the
whole world. The Japanese is
wise in his generation. The mar
velous progress made by Japan
in the last 60 years has been
achieved by the ability of its peo-
pie to seize and appropriate what
ever is most efficient in western
civilization. This attitude is now
again demonstrated in their
shrewdness in moving to appro-
pirate the most efficient language
of modern times, and in the fore
sight of their public men in per
ceiving that English is likely to
become the universal language.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22

When an automobile is coming
leap first and look afterward-to
get the number-Watchman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Future Of the East.

The recent surprising military
triumphs of the japanese have
given that people the present
hegemony of eastern Asia; but
the destiny of that great region
may be more bound up in the fu-
tup trans ormation of China.
with its multitudinous, homo
geneous and indestructible race.
Coupled with the development Of
these two great empires, there
are other questions more or less
intimately related to their future.
Most prominent of these Is the
rivalry of Great Britain and Rus
sia, involving the Afghanistan
frontier and the suzerainty of
Thibet. Outlying questions are
the predominating influence in
Persia, Germany's recent master
full interests in the helpless but
incorrigible Turk, and the control
of the Persian gulf.-John w. Fos
ter, in Atlantic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-22
Caste in India.

At Jaipur l visited British Of
fetal. His house, in the foreign
quarter" was of a size which in
New York would need two sery-
ants. But in his Jaipur house
that official had 40 servants; for
the caste system decrees one oc-
cupation for each caste. The
sweep may only sweep; tie water
bearers may bear water, nothing
more; the man who pulls the over
head fan Cpunkah-wallah) may
perform no labor save that Of fan
ming; and so on through the 40
different castes from which the
servants Of my official friend were
recruited. Thus in India the
crowd invades your very hearth
stone; and that's what makes a
home in Kiplingland so very inter
esting.-From "Kiplingland,' by
ellison Willets, in Four-Track
News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05
ICE MEN FINED AND JAILED
Five Dealers Assessed $4,000 and
Sentenced to the Workhouse.

TOLEDO, o., June 25.-In common
pleas court to-day Judge Kinkade i'm
posed the maximum sentence of So, 900
tine and one year in the workhouse on
five ice men guilty Of conspiracy in re-
straint OF trade. The men sentenced
are;
Joseph A. Miller,who was convicted;
K A. Baird, R.C.L Lennon, HIP Brein-
ing and Peter Fl. Waters, who pleaded
guilty. The judge said the sentences
might be mitigated 10 the event the
men made restitution
Hearing upon motions In arrest Of
Judgment cannot be heard for some
time, and the ice men will stand CON-
mitted until the fines are paid or the
sentence otherwise disposed Of
The five men, all OF them prominent
In business and social circles, were
taken to the county jail to await the
making out OF the necessary papers to
commit them TO the wOrkhouse unless
in the meantime they meet Judge Kin.
kades requirements OF restitution to
the public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05
OPEN FRISCO SALOONS.
General Greedy Will at Once With
draw the Federal Troops
Schmitz Favors Moves

WASHINGTON, June 23.-San Fran.
cisco saloons will open July 5 for the
first time since they were closed by
General Fusion at the time OF the dis
aster. At the same time the federal
troops will be removed from the city
on the assumption that il the condi-
tions warrant opening the saloons
they no longer require the presence Of
federal troops.
Thereafter the burden OF policing
the city and maintaining order will
fall upon the municipal officials and
civic organizations. Mayor Schmitz
has been anxious to open the saloons
for a long time, but General Greely
objected. Schmitz finally announced
that be would allow them to open
June l. General Greely, backed by
Secretary Taft and General Bell, chief
of staff, issued an ultimatum that he
would withdraw his troops the date
the saloons opened. The people set
up a howl and sent delegation TO
washington to consult with the au-
thorities. Schmitz finally postponed
the opening and the threatened break
between the civil and military au.
thorities was averted. What the
result Of the new order will be is not
known here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05
NEW DATE FOR
HANGMAN's Day.
Judge Orders Murderers Executed
Monday Because Of Crucifxion.

OMAHA, June 28.-"The crucifixion
of Christ took place ON Friday, and l
do not think 1t appropriate to set the
execution for two murderers for that
day." said Judge Sutton to-day when
be sentenced Jay O'Hearn and Harri-
son Clarke to be hanged on q Mon
day. The statement Of the court
came as surprise for 1t upsets the
long established custom of making
Friday "hangman's day." ''My rea-
son for fixing Mouday," continued the
court, "is that | think it better to
have these men meet death on the
day following Sunday, which is de-
voted to religious and services, as
they naturally will be in q better
frame OF mind to go to their final
reckoning on that day than any
other,n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05

THE Columbia tMo.) Herald refer.
ring TO the Sabbath Day as a politi.
cal issue In Missouri editorially says;
1--WE did not expect to see the day
when the Sabbath would be a politi.
cal issue 10 Missouri. That day, how.
ever, has come. The Democratic
party stands for the enforcement OF
the law which preserves the Sabbath
as day OF rest. More, the Demo
cratic party goes farther and endorses
the law itself. Most, the Democratic
governor put the platform into practi-
cal effect before 1t was a platform.
That's the Democratic record The
Republican party does not favor the
enforcement of the law. IL lodges the
question 10 It's state platform. In
Cape Girafdeau county 1t favored the
non.enforcement In St. Louis county
II elects officers who refuse 70 enforce
the law until compelled by the sup
rene court. The brewers, whose bust
ness is hurt by the enforcement Of
the Sunday law, are the chief contrl'
butOrs TO the campaign fund OF the
Republican party. That's the Re
publican record. Upon this issue the
Democratic party appeals to the peo
pie. 1t may not be good politics. II
is righteousness, however. And IL IL
better for political party to stant
for Righteousness than merely fol
Temporary partisan success. Yet
politics or no politics, we believe thu
Sabbath will win In Missouri"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05
HOW JUNK1N WON THE HONOR
His Friends Worked Quietly, But
Kept Steadily at It,

AAeaoeo wv SOAAh@+-
Governor E. W. Hook, of Kansas,
]. E. Junkin, the newly elected presi-
dent of the National Editorial Associa-
tion, Ewing Herbert, OF Hiawatha,
and W. Y. Morgan, of Hutchinson,
we're In Kansas City recently on their
way home from Indianapolis. They
had q great time there, between social
functions and the politics of the
association.
Mr.. Morgan, in telling about the
fight, said 1t was hot contest be-
tween Kansas and Oklahoma, In which
Mr.. Junkin, OF Sterling, was elected
over Frank Greer, Of the Guthrie
Capital by a majority Of thirty.one.
Greer was on the field early with a
crowd Of Oklahoma boomers, and had
apparently captured the convention,
but the quiet effective work of the
Kansans soon changed the tide, and
for twenty-four hours before the ballot
was taken there was never any ques.
tion about Mr.. Junkins election.
The next session OF the national
association will be held at the James
town exposition in 1907. Mr.. Junkin
is already outlining a programme
which will have an historical flavor
and give prominence TO colonial and
revolutionary occurrences.
The Kansans were feeling proud
over their victory, which was made
possible by the solid support Of Mis-
souri,, under the leadership Of R. NJ.
White, Of Mexico, and r. NJ. Painter,
or Carrollton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05

NEwsPAPERDoM, published in New
York, says that 1t is a cheering sign
that the merchants and business men
throughout the country have conclud-
ed to spend their money In anvertis-
ing In newspapers instead of in fake
programmes. There is no question
but what intelligent advertising
brings prompt results. Those who
have had experience all agree that
there is no advertising to be compared
with that placed In local newspapers,
which go TO the homes Of the people
who buy. Newspaperdom says: ut
is cheering sign. In a certain city
the Elks were to have a carnival for
some worthy object. AS usual the
merchants found themselves impor.
tuned to buy space In "program" for
the event, and many we're succumb-
Ing 10 the customary thinly-veiled
suggestion that it would be better for
them not to refuse to "give down" D
the milking process. The Elks Off
clally denounced the advertising pro-
gram as unauthorized, and announced
that they believed such things to be
only mean form of graft and had
decided never to issue another; that
II any merchant felt moved OF his own
free will to make any sort OF donation
It would be cheerfully accepted, just
as from any other citizen, but that
they looked upon the program busi-
ness as undignified, unfair, dishonest,
and waste of money. This effectual-
ly killed one program scheme. ltcame
out later that the usual program had
been proposed at The Elks' meeting,
but no one could be found to work
II up" Each one who was asked de-
cilned 50 vigorously and gave such
good reasons for so doing, that the
custom was definitely abandoned for
ever by that organization. 1t Is a
cheering sign Of growing clearneSs Of
vision, and 1t is TO be hoped that the
example will spread till this sort oil
graft is exterminated entirely"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05
HUaaINe IN WALTZ.
National Convention Rules Against
Strangle Hold in Round Dances
and Henceforth Partners Win
Pirouette at Arms Length
Not.

New YORK, June 27.--Dancers, give
heed Here Is news for you. There
must be no more squeezing OF part
ners In the waltz. The United Pro-
fessional Masters Of Dancing of Am
erica, In convention assembled, have
decreed that partners In this most Sc
ductive dance must remain at arms
length from each other.
''Now, the waltz" said Meyer Forst
speaking for the masters, "ought to
be our very best dance, as 1t Is certain
ly the most popular. But is 1t the
best dance? l defy anyone to say so
to-day. See how the young men and
young women hug each other In the
waltz. That is all wrong. Suppose
the music should suddenly stop, would
we permit such huggings? / should
say not.
sour association is bound to stamp
out that style Of waltzing. Only the
other evening in my academy a young
lady was waltzlng like that her head
almost on her partners shoulder. As
soon as the music stopped, ] stepped
up and threw my arm around her neck.
20, Mr.. Forstl' she exclaimed.
40, Mr.. Forstr l said mockingly
after her. why do you say that,
now9 Simply because the music has
stoppedp What difference does that
make? II am not to hug you when
there is no music, / should not hug
you when there is music. That is not
the way to waltz"
"Then why waltz at ALP" asked a
reporter.
Poetry Of motion, the Master re-
piled. ut Is a lamentable fact that
most of the present styles Of dancing,
as we see 1t in the average ballroom,
are degradation to the art, and must
be attributed to the misguided action
of teachers"
"What new dance have you" the re-
porter heedlessly asked Mr.. Forst.
"There is not one new dance In all
the world, )" replied the Master. The
other one hundred masters nodded
vigorously In affirmation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05

THE Daily Press Journal OF Han
nIbal is very enthusiastic over the
success Of the shoe factory there, and
expresses the hope that Mexico will
secure the Morris Brother the Journal
adds: The mayor OF Mexico telephon-
ed to Mayor Wehrman Tuesday even-
ing and asked him about our shoe
factory.
He said 1t was reported in Mexico
that the shoe factory was wooking
only 40 hands and would soon shut
down.
The Press-Journ at once mailed
to the Mexico Mayor a marked copy
OF Saturdays paper containing an
account of the payment OF the in
debtedness on the building.
No, indeedy, The shoe factory is
now working ITO people and this num-
Der Is being constantly increased.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05

Charles Powell, OF Audrain county
purchased a car of fat hogs of Atkinson
s. Bailey Monday and shipped the
porkers to:St. Louis Monday night
and in turn Messers Atkinson s. Bailey
bought a car Of hogs Of Jack Muir on
the market and they also went to st.
Louis Monday night.-Auxvasse Re-
view.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05

Another popularity OF his is the way
he seems to take up new chum. For
a month or six weeks you'll see him
always with one man. Then that man
drops away and another takes bis
place. They are always men with a
certain gift of polite charm and GER
tain particular aesthetic tendencies.
They are always nice young men, but
they don't stay long. Why? Because
Homer Bassford cares for nothing
more than for the Republic, and any
association that begins to claim time
from that is dropped In short order.
Not that he's tickle In bis friendship.
Indeed, the contrary is true. He
never forgets his friendships, but he
never let's them grow too strong. II
he were to take off his check upon
himself in that respect be would be
unable TO work, fer he is always In de-
mand socially, and lots OF people
think he's society man, but he isn't,
for he is that queer thing, a conven-
tional and careful bohemian.
You'd think to look at him that he
was hopping from flower to flower all
the time. He only seems to. He's
always working to a purpose for his
paper. There are no miscues in his
conduct You'd imagine that he
cared for nothing but literature, mu-
sic, art aesthetics, to see him out with
the culturists, but never fear He's
a great institution when it comes to
keeping down expenses In getting out
a paper. He's the man to negotiate a
treaty with a politician, to get the
boys in the Office to do work. And all
the time you're apt to think he just
dabbing away at his work like sum-
mer girl dabs her powder rag on her
nose, He does dab that way, but
every one counts, like sculptor's deft
touches on the clay of statute with
thumb ball or the outer edge of the
nail Of the little finger. That's it
he does things with little touches, not
with jabs and pushes and pulls and
shoves. He's artist clean through,
and with simply all kinds Of know
back Of his artistry. Artist, mind
you, not artificial Go at him any
way you like, and you'll find he rings
true to the interest OF old Miss Re-
public. For such seemingly vola-
tile person he is really stupendously
substantial, His daintlness is essen
italy manly.
He is a great newspaper man, In
my opinion; greater than he's yet had
chance to be. He possesses himself,
and he waits even while be works. He
cearches men; he uses them effectively
and fairly; bis caution is never exces-
sive, even II he be never temerarious.
He's man to focus things about him.
self almost unconsciously, yet never
TO obtrude himself.
Homer Bassford is a bully good fel-
low, too with all his discretion and
prudence and deliberate perspicacity,
and other such qualities so abominable
and atrocious to those who haven't
them. And II Bloch hasn't put all
this in the picture of Homer B., there's
nothing in the word "caricature."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-05

THE rejecting OF one Of the best
factory sites by the Morris Brothers,
because they thought the price more
than the local committee wished to
pay, is most commendable and very
encouraging to all interested. These
gentlemen have displayed their inter.
est In Mexico even before they reside
in this city,and putting aside personal
convenience, chose piece of ground
that was within the sum set aside for
that purpose. Mexico is not only ac-
qulring an enterprise OF merit and
worth, but citizens who will possess
local patriotism and pride that will
further desire to see Mexico the best
town In the state