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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
MAKING A SHORT CUT:

to sea. where they dump the mud and
return for another load. In this way
wonderful progress is made, and as
they can work in rough water there is
practically no limit to their perform
ance.
By means Of powerful cpntrifugall
suction pumps the mud and sand on
the bottom Is sucked up and forced
into large hoppers in the center OF the
vessel. the surplus water running on
as the hcppers are being filed When,
a frll load is secured the vessel steams
of to sea and discharges the entire load
into deep water.
When these odd craft are at work
sucking up mud, sand, gravel and even
great boulders--in fact, whatever
comes within several yards OF their
capacious llaws-they are like enor-
nous sea monsters feeding on the
floor Of the ocean and taking every
thing within reach.
At the present time the route for
steamships making for the sea from
new York harbor is by way Of Gedney
channel and the so-called main shin
channel. which sweeps in around Sandy,
Hook bay. describing complete horse,
shoe. In this channel the depth OH
water is now 80 feet at low tide. and
when dredged to this depth a few,
years ago It was thought to Be ample
for the needs Of commerce for years
to come: but ocean steamers have in
creased in size so rapidly during the
past ten years that only on the highest.
tides can the big fellows enter and
leave the harbor. To-day it is not safe
to load boat to a greater depth than
80 to S5 feet. although many Of the
ships now trading at this port, II filed
to their capacities. would 60 down in
to the water to nearly 40 feet. The
new 7S5-foot Cunarders Maurefanla
and Lusitania, now building in Eng
land, and which will be placed in COM
mission next year. viii draw, with fun
loads. over IS feet. At the present
ratio of increase It win not be MANY
years before ocean steamers win draw.
40 feet and over, at which time thoy
will not be able to get in or out Of the
harbor except BY means Of the coin
pIeted Ambrose channel Indeed. shin
builders and ship owners are only
waiting the time when harb0rs viii
be enlarged to increase the draft Of
water Of the steamers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

Perchance OF no area OF our great
oceans do We at the present day know
less than Of the Indian ocean within
the tropics. says the Geographical
Journal. Fifty years ago. in the days
before the great China and Indian clip
pers It was. save for a small area TO
the north Of Madagascar. alive with
white wings anxious TO take advantage
Of every slant Of wind OF the smallest
current Its Llinutest characteristics
were then the subject Of anxious study,
whereas now its greater part is to
most naVigators an unknown sea.
With the opening Of the suez canal
there was a profound alteration Of
trade. and the most important routes
now start not from Mauritius or the
cape but from the Red sea. Hundreds
OF steamers. laughing at winds and
currents. pass annually from Alden to
Bombay and Colombo on the one hand
and to East African ports. Madagascar,
Mauritius and Seychelles On the other.
From Colombo. again. there are regu-
49, AiAt~9 " kAt[AltNf 1tA0NN4lEs W EHl
Australia. Mauritius and South Africa
But except on the lines from the
Red sea to Colombo and from the lat
ter to the far east and to Australia
there is a relative absence Of compe-
tition, want OF that necessity for
accurate knowledge Of the winds. cur
rents and topography which 10 only
called forth by keen desire for saw
Ing time or mileage. The routes
across her surface are also wide apart
and her islands are commercially unim-
portant. Great areas are seldom or
never crossed BY ships; in our six
months cruise on his maiesty's ship
seaiark we never saw except in port
single steamer. and only one solitary
brig. a small trader from Mauritius to
the Chagos.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
Unknown FACTS concERHINo
EMBOSSED POSTAGE
Familiar stamped Envelope the Prod
uct Of the skill Of One Man,
Henry Mitchell.

Everybody Is familiar with the
stamped envelope Of the United
States postal department. and every
body most who has used the mails at
all has used such stamped envelopes
but without any thought perhaps as
to where and how and by whom made.
For 40 years Mr. Hsnry Mitchell
has been engraving the plates from
which these stamps are made. When
the United States government wishes
to issue new set Of stamped envel-
opes II comes indirectly to Henry
Mitchell Of the Studio building on IRE
mont street. Boston. This happens
usually when the postmaster-general.
fresh in his office. desires to commem-
crate his term with a fresh stamp Is
sue. The procedure is brief The
design Is selected. sent to the United
States Stamped Envelope company Of
Hartford. and thence to Mr.. Mitchell.
The selection Of Mr.. Mitchell as the
Official engraver Of the dies for the
stamped envelopes is an old story to
him now. His service began In 1868.
That is long record In an era Of
spirited competition for government
contracts. but the art Of intaglio en-
craving is very scantily disseminated.
The output u expert craftsmen in
this kind OF work is so rare that II
Mr.. Mitchell were to decline to exc
cute the next design Of the embossed
stamp the United States Envelope
company would be put to great exer-
ton to find a competent successor to
him.
o.. the wall IN the workshop Of this
expert craftsman in the Studio
building on fremont street. there is
large frame containing perhaps 2s or
80 examples OF embossed stamps.
They represent. Of course. only a part
of the issues Of the past sS years. but
in showing the changes of three dec
AIDES they help nightly to Impress
the layman with the longevity of their
makers service.
The art Of making these dies prop
erly. with Mr.. Mitchell. depends on
making the matrix properly. The
matrix Is born Of small steel block
topped BY disk about a half-inch
thick All the engraving is done on
this upper structure, and 1t is done
downward. Here enters the difficulty
Of the task; the greatest difliculty Of
engraving is to cut downward. that is.
to make an intaglio instead of re-
lis
When the matrix, or. as Mr.. Mitch
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
NEW YORK DREDGING NEW CHAN
MEL FOR BIG SHIPS.


At a probable cost of 100000
there is being dug in New York har-
Dor new channel which will reduce
the distance ships win have to trav-
erse in passing in from the Atlantic
ocean to their dockage in East river.
In fact the work which has been go
ing on for years has progressed 50 rap
idly that within year 1t is expected
that the Ambrose channel. as 1t is
called, viii be available for use Of in
coming and outgoing vessels. Refer
ence to our illustration will at once
make clear the advantage of the new
channel over the one that is in use at
the present time.
The project for dredging the chan
mel was adopted by the government in
1899, the total cost of which was esti-
mated to be s4.OOo,0oo. This plan in
volved the excavation of a channel
about seven miles in length. 1000 feet
wide and 40 feet deep at mean low wa
ter. Four great dredges. the Manhat-
tan. Atlantic. Mills and Thomas. built
expressly for the work at a cost Of
nearly $4,000 600, have been engaged
in the work. When fully completed
such channel means that ocean
steamers may enter the harbor and
depart therefrom at any stage Of the
tide, and a regular hour Of sailing may
be made, thus obviating the necessity
Of leaving some days at six o'clock in
the morning, and other days at all
hours up to four o'clock in the after
noon. The original depth Of water
over this course was 16 feet. which
made 1t dangerous to navigate except
by tugs and the smaller class Of coast
ing vessels. The fact. few vessels at
tempted to cross the shallow middle
ground. their commanders fully appre-
ciating the great danger Of such a
course.
The steam dredges which have been
engaged in this stupendous task are
among the most interesting vessels IN
the world today. They are a modern
invention. a type Of craft which has
been evolved by marine engineers to
meet the demands Of twentieth cen
tury progress. The ships-which do
not look unlike ordinary ocean-soing
steamers--not only do the digging. but
fiji themselves and carry their loads
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ford. But every die Is obtained from
that original matrix. New hubs are
mated with the mother: they in turn
create new matrices. and the process
OF propagation Is kept up until evi-
dences Of wear and tear on the ori-
ginal dies show and the finer lines be-
gin to lose their absolute resemblance
to the original engraving.
In addition to the engraving OF
stamp dies for the postal department.
Mr.. Mitchell serves other departments
Of the government. The seal Of the
secretary OF the navy and the seals OF
the internal revenue service from
Alaska to Florida and Maine are out
OF his studio. In the engraving Of
stones. Mr.. Mitchell uses revolving
steel knife. touched with diamond
dust and oil; in the engraving OF
steel dies for the manufacture Of the
stamped envelopes only hard steel
knife. yet you can count nearly all the
intaglio engravers Of steel on one
hand.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

Before new print. sateen or gloria
goes into the tub set the colors. Dis
solve a handful Of salt n a tub Of
cold water and soak about ten min
rtes. Some blacks are made fresher
and faster color by putting strong
black pepper tea in the iirst suds in
which the garment is washed. Wash
in lukewarm sids. using white, not
yellow. soap After rinsing. starch,
then put through clear rinsing wa
ter again. This prevents the starch
from showing. II desired very stiff.
repeat the starching second time.
followed BY rinsing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
STORY OF A STAMP.

ell calls It. the mother die. Is done. .
soft hub slightly less IN diamter Il
thrust into IL and kept there until
relief design Of lh1 agure Is obtained
Then the die is complete. and fronAl
these two parts-the iniagiio and the
relief. the two-parent dies~m9nyI
thousand embossed stamps may be.
produced. This manufacture Is. OF
course. done IN Hartford; NJ Mitch
ellis task Is ended when the dies are
ready for serTice-in commemoIation
Of the new postmaster-generaI or|
some special event in the history Of
the country, as. for instance. na-
tional exposition.
More than one set Of dies is used
BY the envelope company n Hart
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
NEW SPELLING REFoRMER

With the telegraphic code as basis, Philip
B. Lehman. former schoolteacher OF La
Crosse, Wis. at last has perfected new form
Of phonetic spelling. on which he has beeen work
Ing for the last is years. He proposes to bring
drew Carnegie.
In the new form Of spelling there are no
silent letters, except In homophonous words and
the letter n" There are no alphabetical equiya
lents excepting 80 for j" and ~" for T." each
at the end OF words and *" for ks" and "gs" and
*" for C"
An increase Is made In the present alphabet
from rs characters TO 43. OF these ss are letters
and hye are combinations. 'Th" "shs "ch"
~wh," and 'Lg." constitute the oral elements OF
the new language when written.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
HERO OF LADYsMITH RETIREs

The retirement Of Gen. Sir Redrers Henry
Butler commander In chief Of the British army.
was gazettted the other day, to take effect in
medately. He has been succeeded By Gen. Sir
W, G. Nicholson, former. commandant at Gibral-
tar and British military aitache with the Japanese
army during the RussoJapan war;
Gen. Butler Is best known for his campaign
In relief Of Ladysmith during tho Boer war and
for his disastrous defeat at Spion Kop when his
command was overwhelmed BY a much smaller
force Of Beers. Gen. Butler threw the blame for
the disaster Gen. Warren. subordinate in
command, and brought down on himself the criti
cism Of Lord Roberts general In chief. both for
losing the battle and laying the blame on another
Gen. Butler sersed during the Chinese cam
paign In 1850 and also commanded division IN
both the kafar and Zulu wars in 1876-9 He was
ert battles
ni1canl estate II nozzna Ia ..hlnh \. I'm ...l.s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

In asserting clothes for washing.
use cold water for stains such as per-
spiration. Stains that are from fruit
or coffee must be treated with boiling
water. Hours Of rubbing viii be saved
b following these simple precautions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
MILAN HoNoRs AMERICAN WOMAN

Although the United States aid not choose
to take part ofhcially in the exposition held at
Milan. Italy, in commemoration Of the simplon
tunnel opening II contains one American exhibit
which has attracted general and approving atten-
tion from many thousands OF visitors II Is the
exhibit OF the Institute for Social Service OF New
York, which Is In charge Of DR.. and Mrs. William
Howe Tolman. U
Mrs. Tolman, who Is as deeply interested in
the work OF the institute as either Dr. Josiah
Strong. its president or DIR. Tolman It's secre-
tary, has the distinction Of being the only woman,
serving upon any Of the juries of award This
distinction is the more noticeable because OF the
meager. American representation at the exposi-
tion The jury upon which she served made the
awards In the group dealing with cooperation and
mutualffy and for aovnral wenlre lafa ~ k,,e,,rf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05
NEBRASKA FARMER MADE GOVERNOR

George Lawson Sheldon. eoyernorelect Of
Nebraska lives in peace and tills the broad acres
OF his beautiful country place on the banks Of
little Weeping Waters, except when the call Of
the people drags him forth sheldon lives a. the
people around him live. He works as the people
around him work. He goes to the field as his
hired man goes to the field
Il was while he was at work on. hts farm
that someone came and told him he had been
nominated for the state senate.
What's the NATTER he said. couldn't you
get someone else?"
"Of course we could. said the courier. 'but
the convention wanted you You have been living
here all your life. fou have been one Of the peo-
pie and You know what the people need"
So Sheldon had to drop his plow, stop work
ing for himself and start out to do service for a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

Candidates are rarely consistent" ("
remarked the voter.
whats the tfouble?H
They say they rely on the w.
dom Of the common people: but TIL. &
insist on giving us nothing but brass
bands ana comic pictures.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

Pitburg During this time
adjusted and he returned
y he had friend IN r. Wilson,
New Orleans Texas railroad extending
aranan was made general Of that Wilson
year under M harahn the possibilities Of the
ade apparent
nos Central and on November 1900 became president
When he h came to Chicago in that position he
an the me q the company being responsible to President
MT Hsha ability operating officials The policy which
and carried out by Mr. Harahan with the ndoment Mr.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

was kent
from night
discussing the ali men
nearly all Of
proficient German she had to make interpreter nee
the American exhibits which she thought fairly entitled
secured Mrs Toma who is university
Interest social problems has
during the last Is In that period she
Europe that she might observe M m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

the old Southern Mnasrota
Chicago Milwaukee
Lehman brands the spelling
reform Its results he show
nts He believes that Carnegie
list 500 phonetic
impossible alphabet only
- -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

he been again
later he went
He again He
still The his
When he finally home and told the people he would
Of how
majority would the
Sheldon built Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

BeIleI'm trying to break myself,
Of spending SO much nancy.
Nell NhS don't tpn SET everything
charged Detroit Free Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

DO you read the fashion maga-
zInes7" asked the visitor.
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
They often give such valuable hints
on what not to wear. .'-Washington
STAR
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-05

I, Is the bali that lures. not the
fisherman or the rod.--Ffom me Span
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-27
STANDING OF CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY.

Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston.
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"a photos for 25c at the Penny
Gallery. opposite Empire Bank
Ihnilding j26tf
WATCH FOR THE LIGHT" .
The Huffman Studio, Jacobs
building. room 7s. 23j6t
See Justus for pure ice
cream. juns91tf[
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AUTO TOURISTS
HAVE RETURNED

C. P. Howell and George B.
Chorpening returned Thursday even
ing from an extensive tour of the
country in Mr.. Howell's automobile
and now wear healthy tan. They
Travelled Just IL days, covering 1903
miles in that time. Among the
places visited are Washington, Bal
timore, Philadelphia, Utica, Albany,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg,
Wheeling and Washington, Pa. They
express themselves as having had a
fine time and they certainly d look
like the trip agreed with them.
Their many friends are glad to know
they had no accidents and only two
punctures on the entire trip.
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SKELETON IS
Identified

The skeleton found in a berry
patch near Jarrett's distillery-in the
Fetterman addition of Grafton is
now believed to be that of James
Hunt. Over a year ago Hunt,
well known engineer who ran on the
B. & o.. between Parkersburg and
Graftn. suddenly disappeared and
since has not been heard from. On
the day he disappeared he was
known to have drawn his month :
nav which was in the neighborhood
.of $50. The skeleton has been
identified as his, as the cuff buttons
have his initials on them. 1t rs
believed he was murdered for his
money.
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BASE BALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
yesterdays RESULTS

Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
Chicago 8, Boston 2.
New York 2, Cincinnati L.
st. Louis Z, Brooklyn 4.
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WEST VIRGINIA
A ROCKEFELLER

For several house this week the
state board of public works exam
med the property valuations with
the view of laying the levy for state
purposes. Ali the members of the
board, save Auditor Scherr, were
present.
1t appears that West Virginia
comes about as near being worth a
billion dollars at John D. Rockefel-
Ter. 1t is estimated that the ag-
gregate value of all classes of prop
erty in West Virginia is $90o,oOO,-
600 OF more. Rockefelled, although
he denies it, is said to be a billion
aire.
The total valuation for 1905 was
something under $4OO,ooo,0o0,
showing that the assessment has
more than doubled. The state levy
last year was 20 cents per 500.
This year is will not exceed 6 cents
and may be less.
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HORRIBLE Death
OE d MINER

Simon Schultz, a Lithuanian, met
with a horrible death Thursday at
the No. 2 mine at Monongah. he
was caught under a fall of slate at
10 O'Clock In the morning and II
was 4 in the afternoon before the
mangled body could be taken out
Both limbs were broken and the
BODY was otherwise crushed.
He had been a resident of Monon-
gah for about Is years past, and was
a general favorite among his fell
low workers. He is survived by his
wife, but no children.
The remains were prepared for
burial by Undertaken Cunningham
and taken to- his home. Interment
will be made at 1Eonongah Saturday
morning, and a Monongah lodge, to
which the deceased belonged, viii
turn out in body for the obsequies.
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Y. P. S. C. E.

Mrs. Burr Basel is in town to
lead the Baptist Christian Endeavor
monthly missionary prayer meeting
tonight, and hopes for a good at
tendance of members and others.
The topic is Gardner and Missions
to Latin America 2 Cor. II 1880.
The missionary life of Gardiner is
one of thrilling interest. Any
items concerning his life or any
item of general missionary interest
win be welcomed. Come with any
thought along missionary lines.
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WADE better

Mr.. G. A. Wade, who was stricken
with paralysis at his home at Par
kersburg last Sunday morning has
so far recovered as to render his
complete recovery probable though
he is still suffering and is still ser
iously i'll. Mr.. Wade has not reeoy-
cred full use Of the left side of his
body which was affected by the
stroke. His hosts Of friends hope
for his speedy recovery
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CLAY DISTRICT
PROGRAMME

The program of the fourteenth
annual Sunday school convention OF
CLAW district to be held in the III. E.
church, at Saltwell, w. Va, Thurs
day, Aug. 16, will be as follows:
Morning Session.
9 :45-Music.
10 :oo-Devotion by Rev. 5. +.
Jones.
10 :a0-Address of welcome by Mrs.
E. E. Fighter.
10 :30-Response, Rev. Z. u.
Chips.
10 :4O-Music.
10 :5O-Does the Sunday School
Educate and How? Mrs. Lloyd
TetricE1
IL :oo-Reasons the Superintendent
ana Teachers Should Attend
Sunday School Conventions,
d. L. Nuzum.
IL :1O-Reasons Members OF Church
Should Attend Sunday School,
Rev. S. E. Preston.
IL :2o-General discussion, +. w
-:4o@ .lll5l of committees.
:15-Music.
Afternoon Session.
1 :3O-Music.-
1 :4O-Devotion, Rev. G. A. Wool
:5o&Report of Sunday School,
> :0O-Should Children Be Dis
missed before the regular
school? NJ. j. Jarrett.
, :1o-How Can a Teacher Increase
the Attendance of His Class ?
Sylvester Shoemaker.
2 :2O-How is the Sunday School
Help to the Church? Josephine
Harmer.
? :3O-General discussion, w. j. ).
Harmer.
? :5O-The Training Department in
the School, T. B. Martin.
3 :0O-The Teachers Preparation to
Teach. Mrs. Ira Robinson.
8 :1O-The Teacher a Soul Winner,
G. W. Harrison.
School? Sybil Sturm.
3 :3O-General discussion, James
Riley.
;1O-Report of secretary.
/ :3o-Report of committees.
) ;oO-NIusic. Benediction.
B. W. Shinn, President,
Enterprise, w. Va
Catherine Shinn, Secy.,
Shinnston, W Va.
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MorlcE 10 coNrRAcroRs.

Bids will Ire received for the erection
of a High School building for the Par
ih of the immaculate Conception
CIarksburg, w. va. until Monday, Au-
gust 9th, at o'clock p. m. All bids
are to me for the entire work. and
must be accompanied by certified
check for $4,000, made payable to
John H. CHnord, chairman Of the
building committee. The successful
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contractor will be required to furnish
an approved bond of an amount equal
to two.thirds of the amount bid. All
bids are to be addressed to John II.
ClIHord, in care OF Edward ]. Wood
Architect, Clarksburg. w. Va. Plans
can be hod at the office of the arch
itect, rooms "a and IS, Lowndes buVd-
ing, Clark burg. W. Va.
The committee reserves the right TO
uOcoOt any or reject eng GF 81 BIDS