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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29
BARsARIc INTERPRETATION.
Indians Thought the Man Named
"Graves" Wrs the Saviour,
Of the World.

Mf. Graves and A4r. Green, with some
other scientists sent out by the ma
iiOnal government, were stopping on
an Indian reservation in the west One
Of the Indians there, in accordance
with the fashions Of naming individ-
uals after incidents in their lives. had
a name which signifed The man who
saw his face in the water"
This was because, when a very little
boy, he one day ran excitedly to his
mother with the news that another boy
had fallen into the stream. AT first
disbelieved. he was finally followed to
the place There to the Indians peer
ing over the pool he triumphantly in
dicated his own reflected image.
After the Indian had thus explained
the meaning of his own name. he
asked the scientists the meaning of
theirs. Mr.. Green's was summarily
disposed Of Then Mr. Graves began.
He first explained TO the little assem-
bled band the meaning Of the word
grave" Their faces began TO look
more serious. He then told them how
he had once been dead. placed in a
grave and covered with earth. And
their eyes grew bigger with horror as
he told how he scratched and scratched
his way upward 10 the surface.
The Indians withdrew to hold sol
emn consultation upon the matter. aft
er which they approached cautiously
eying with awe the hero OF the uncan-
ny tale. Then shaking hands with him
they said that they had heard lai the
mission) Of the man who had been
dead. buried and come TO life again
but that they had never believed the
story before They believed II hen
however. because they had seen the
man And Mr. Graves they henceforth
called Jesus
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29

He was a poor little boy at the beach
and he was solitary in the crowd.
Others we're having fun. but he looked
as II nothing we're coming his way. Il
worked on the feelings of a kind
motherly woman and she constituted
herself a sort Of special providence
She bought him popcorn in balls and
slabs. she took him to ride on The fly
ing horses. she gave him hot dog and
wound up by stalking him to a swim.
4 Just couldn't help II" she ex-
planned to her party. The poor little
wretch looked 50 lonely l fairly bad
10 look after him. And I'm not soTry
for the little | spent on making this
one poor soul happy. just for one af-
ternoon. He told me he never had any
good times. he had no mother or
father. for he was born an orphan.
Poor thlng!"-N. 7. Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29
IDEAL HUNTING GROUNDS.
Behr'-~ Sea Coast Affords Plenty Of
sport for Gunners and
Anglers.

There Is probably no country in the
world where food is more easily OBJ
tained than along the Behring coast IN
the spring time. Caribou are numerous
and, despite the long winters. the flesh
Of the young bulls is good. writes Bel
more H. Browne, in Recreation. Har-
Dor seals frequent the bays. and seal
liver with bacon makes a grand break
fast. Sea gulls nest by thousands on
the surf-washed islands. and their eggs,
fried or scrambled. are delicious, though
they taste ishy when boiled
Scallops and CLANS are abundant. and
the waters TEEN with salmon and cod
The country we hunted was very
mountainous. and there was no timber
The only wood was willow and alder
The willows are small and do not count
much as game cover. but the alders grow
TO a good size and form tangled thick
cts. These thickets are the home of the
brown bears. In summer. bear hunting
is practically impossible. because of the
dense growth of grass which covers the
country. The grass reaches a height OF
over six feet. and fourishes on the high
mountain sides as well as in the shell
tered valleys. At this time of year thu
ears skins are worthless. The hair /,
thin. and wears away in large patches
giving the big brutes a decidedly rag
ged appearance.
In the spring the grass is pressed fla
by the winter SHOWS and the new crol
las not as yet grown to any height.
TAS-e Conditions make ideal hunting
as game can be seen at a great dis
tance
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29
Grave onense.

The major Of a small commune near
Versailles has formally indicted a cit-
zen for the grave ofiense Of snoring.
L seems that the accused attended a
meeting Of the municipal council. and
was so overcome by the eloduence OF
the mayor that he snored This dem
onstration was 50 vigorous that the
rest Of the mayors address could not
be heard. The offender is now charged
with obstructing the transaction Of
public business and outraging the civic
majesty. His defense is that he does
not remember snoring at all. and that
Il he did snore this was on account ol
the mayors prolixity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29
FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
New Classification Of Merchant Yes
sci Chartered by Carnegie
Institution.

The department Of commerce and
labor has consented to the classifica-
tion of the Galilee. merchant yes
sci, chartered by the Carnegie institu-
tion for scientific purposes, as a pleas
ure yacht. and the customs collector
at Honolulu, where the Galilee has
been sent, viii be instructed accord
ingly. This action. reports the Wash
ington Star, is taken at the request OF
the department Of terrestrial magnet
ism OF the Carnegie institution, and
will render unnecessary the entry and
clearance of the Galilee at every for
eign and domestic port at which she
stops. As a merchantmen. she would
have to enter and clear at each port,
but as she is being used for scientific
purposes exclusively. she has no
cargo to be entered or cleared.
II is quite a new departure to classi-
fy ship so chartered and so used as
a pleasure craft" as the scientists
claim tney have three years Of hard
work ahead, which will result in a cor
rected magnetic chart of the north
Pacific ocean and viii do away with
many inaccurate influences which now
menace the mariners compasses-
They do not care to be classed as 'on
pleasure bent" because the United
States government is appropriating
s25, 900 for the purpose, but as the cns-
toms laws provide only for merchant
men and pleasure yachts, it became
necessary to classify the Galilee as
one or the other, and the scientists
chose the latter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29
Kent cnttinr the plrt of.

The members Of the family were
camping out south Of town for the day
and little George had been assigned
the work Of peeling potatoes for din
ner. After laboring for half an hour
he hunted up his mother.
Mon" he said. ! gotta have some
more potatoes"
why. I gave you enough for two
families like ours she replied in sur
prise. what did You do With themg
I forget 10 wash my hands said
George, "an by the time got all the
DIRT cut OF the potatoes they was too
small to eat throwed EN- away. r
kanlas CITY Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29

The old man had enjoyed a good
dinner at a moderate outlay. He
smiled benevoiently at the small boy
who checked the hats.
"Bcy." he said. do they ever offer
you tips?" And he slipped his hand
deep in his pocket.
The boy grinned expectantly.
Sometimes. sir" he answered.
The old man looked pleased.
Boy" he said in his unct Gus way.
III they ever ofer you tips you take
'em."
And his hand came out Of his pocket
with the brass check that called for
his hat tightly grasped between his
hneers.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29

Mrs. Traddles-Tommy you mustn't
20 fishing with Peter Rishers; he is just
getting over the measles.
Tommy Traddles-There won't be any
danger. mother: I never catch anything
when I'm fshing.-Comlc Cuts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29

A weil-knoVn bishop a be Fas going
about his diocese. stopped \ 4orter Of
lunatic asylum and asked how a chap
lain whom be (the bishop had lately
appointed. was getting on.
eOh. ny lord" said the man. his
preaching is most successful The hidi-
OTIS henjoys it partickler. "-Pick-Me-
Nd.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29

MY uncle. she said. was once a
member Of the United States senate.
Never mind, darling. he replied. 4
love you too much to let that stand in the
way Chicago Record Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-29

Mistress-Yes. there are six In the
family.
Bridget-Thin buy an autymobeei and
report TO me in foive months.-N. Y.
Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
NEWSPAPER ENGLISH.
CBaltimore Sun)

The defense of newspaper Eng
lish" by DR.. Woodrow Wilson, presi-
dent of Princeton University, coming
so close upon Mr.. Henry James
vigorous assault, seems to be intended
as a reply to the latter gentleman.
DR.. Wilson said:
81 think the English used in news
paper articles is remarkably good. 1t
is generally terse and clear and right
to the point, and tells in a simple
way exactly what the writer wants to
say. 1t is most surprising to me to
understand how the reporters, writ
ing as they do so hurriedly and under
such great pressure, are able to
write so we'll. can hardly compre-
hend it. None need be afraid of
spelling their taste for good English
by reading newspapers. The articles
are almost always delightfully."- free
from stiltedness and trite conven-
tionality, which is more than can
he said of the average collegian's
effusions. I"
The president of Princeton evident.
ly appreciates the difficulties under
which newspaper men write.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
FACTS ABOUT PANAMA CANAL.

A sea-level canal across the 18th
mus of Panama, connecting the
Atlantic and Pacific, will cost, it ia
estimated. from $3.50, 100000 to
$500, 100000. It will take from 20
to 80 years to dig and complete.
A canal with locks is estimated tc
cost about $15O.OO0, 900 and to take
from 10 to II years to finish.
A large majority of the eminent
consulting engineers voted for tn,
more costly plan. Ships car
pass more speedily and with ]es
crowding in sea-level canal, ant
they believe it better for the futur,
commerce Of the world to wait q few
years longer and get the best water
way.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
MAKING A NEWSPAPER.

Did you ever count the words in
column of ordinary newspaper
print? There are about two thous-
and words in a column. Suppose
you sit down and write a thousand
words on some subject, and then
another thousand and another until
you have written eight or ten thous-
and. Try it and see if it is right
easy. Keep that gait up for a
month. Then chase local item
all over town, and after you have
gotten the facts all right, condense
them in few lines-an hours work
that can be read in few seconds.
Do this for dozen items that seem
Insignificant after they are printed,
but which you know are important,
then have the item criticized and the
inaccuracies pointed out to you when
it is too late to correct them. Oh
yes, it is easy, especially in hot wealth
er.-Winchester News-ltem.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
THE LITTLE COUNTRY PAPER.

'Tisn't filled with cuts and pictures. nor
the latest news dispatches;
And the papers often dampened, and
the print is sometimes blurred.
There is only one edition, and the eye
quite often catches
Traces of a missing letter, and at times
misspelled word.
No cablegrams nor sspecials" anywhere
the eye engages;
The makeupis, mayhap, trifle crude
and primitive,
But an atmosphere of home life fills
and permeates the pages
Of the little country paper. printed
where you used to live.
How the heart grows soft and tender,
while its columns you're perusing
Every item is familiar; every name
you know full well,
And flood of recollection passes o'er
you as you're musing
On the past, and weaves about you an
imaginative SPELL
You can see the old home village, once
again, in fancy, seeming
To be clasping hand of neighbor, and
of friend and relative,
And their faces rise before you as you're
idly, fondly dreaming
Ger the little country paper, printed
where you used to live.
And you seem to leave the city, with its
rush and roar and clamor,
With its busy, busting atmosphere of
turmoil and of strife;
Leave the multitude of surging, eager
workers, and the glamor,
For the quiet, soothing Establishment
of restful country life.
And you note a vine-clad cottage, with
the roses nesting round it;
Hear the voice of mother calling for
the long-gone fugitive,
While the echo of her pleading, memo
ries repeat, and sound it
Through the little country paper, print
ed where you used to live.
Every printed line reminds you of the
days long since departed.
Here boyhood chum is mentioned;
there a schoolmate' name appears;
And the eye grows moist in reading,
while the soul grows heavy-hearted
Ger the changes Time has wrought
throughout the swiftly-passing years
Memory's scroll has deep impressions
stamped upon its face forever,
Of sweet pleasures which the busy
city life can never give;
And, in fancy, you are roaming through
the quiet town, whenever
You peruse thecountry paper, printed
where you used to live.
e. A. Brininstool in Sunset Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
A Tragic FinIsh.

watchman's neglect permitted leak In
the great North Sea dyke, which a child's
finger could have stopped, to become a ruinous
break. devastating an entire province OF Hol-
land. In like manner Kenneth McIver, of
Vanceboro. Me-. permitted N little cold to go
unnoticed until tragic finish was only
averted by DR.. Kings New Discovery. He
writes: "Three doctors gave me up to die OF
lung Inflammation. caused by a neglected
cold; but DIR. Kings New Discovery saved my
life Guaranteed best cough and cold cure, al
4. c. Richardson, Kiimarnock; i. j. Hayden
& Son, Irvington: Ficklin Il Bass. Litwalton
Price SOC and 500. Trial bottle free.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
THEY SEND BOYS TO HELL.

II. V. Levensteip, Richmond
cigar store proprietor, was fined $50
in "Justice Johns" Police Court
upon the charge of selling cigarettes
to Louis Lynn, who is minor.
"More young men are running their
health and blasting their careers by
the use of cigarettes than from any
other evil. They undermine boys
character, they destroy his manhood,
they send him to hell" vehemently
said Justice Crutchfield.
He leaned back in his chair, and
the more he talked about boys smok-
ing cigarettes the madden be got.
cit comes home to me. Il have
several boys, and God forbid that
they should smoke the internal
things. And just as far as can pre-.
vent it no other mans son shall buy
cigarettes in Richmond. / am glad
that this officer brought this case
here" finished the justice, and there
was no amount of argument that
could change that belief of his.
"The minimum fine prescribed by
the law for selling the evil-smelling
destroyers of the body aud brain of
our children" said the justice as he
drove Q reporter, who was smoking a
cigarette, ont of his Office and vehe-
mently cautioned him to keep out,
sis $lo. The maximum is $50"
Justice Crutchfield has received
letters from score of cities in diff
ferent parts of the State commencing
him for imposing the penalty
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20

mine by right, because will not
have trod down the sweeter, tenderer
blossoms, those little delicate ones
that yield the finer fragrance and
the sweeter perfume, graspipg at the
odorless and the glittering snowy
ones. l have been called selfish.
Have been called proud and indiffer-
ent to other peoples tastes and wants.
No doubt many of them believe it
is true, but it it was to be proven by
those who fall within the zone of
my movement and affinity, think
would have clear record of being
either proud or selfish.
This is busy old world, and the
man who respects himself, and who
comprehends the stern responsible
ties resting on him, has no time to
court the smiles of the hypocritical,
the hollow and selfish in the world.
1t see one in whom l feel the re-
sponse of my natures affinity, and
opportunity, ansought, brings us to-
gether, in moment We are friends,
and as close as if we had known
each other always. l haven't time
to go out aud seek after these. l
think the chief strengthen our life's
support that constitutes the fountain
of our happiness is to be conscious
that we are doing right, doing only
what love justifies, that we are doing
nor wishing no human any harm,
but conscious that we are ever stand
Ing ready to reach out the hand of
friendship, aud give aid and speak q
word of kindness, where we find the
dark shadows hanging across a life.
My home is my heaven while / live
here. 1t embellishments and envir-
onments are the sacred duties that
call for the best that within me lay.
Yet no man can say that he can live
unto his own home, or unto his own
self, neither do / believe it is best,
nor would be best that he should.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
Read the Following and Then
Decide Whether or Not its In
fIuence is on the Wane.


The Newport News Times Herald
having remarked that the day of the
weekly, certainly the day of its great
influence in the politics of the State"
has passed, the Hampton Monitor
replies:
"And therein raps us and many
Others of its dear friends throughout
the State a right hard blow. We are
perfectly willing to subscribe that
there is q deal of the one-horsedness
about the weekly, bat we raise an
humble protest against the statement
that the weekly is a backnumber.
eft may be estimated that in Vir-
ginia there are Is good, bad and in
different dailies, which have an
audience of $4,000, while the $50
weeklies enter about 100000 Virginia
homes, and in many instances they
are worn out going from one home to
another which are not on the SUBJ
scription list.
"a statement from one of the large
newspaper directories, few DAYS
since, indicated that there had been
a large increase made, especially
among the weekly papers, in the
matter of circulation during the past
year. The funeral knell, therefore,
of the weekly, has been prematurely
rung by our young friend. The daily
has field the weekly cannot fill. and
in a like manner the weekly's path
way cannot be trod by the daily"
In 1860 there were~3,l73 weekly
newspapers in the United States; with
total circulation of 100000; in
1900, according to the United States
census, there were 1879 weekly
newspapers, with total circulation
of nearly forty millions. These
figures do not indicate that the day
of the weekly newspaper has passed,
1t is true that the daily newspaper il
becoming more and more into general
circulation, and the rural free de.
lively is lending valuable aid, but the
metropolitan daily, with all its fine
feathers, cannot take the place of the
weekly in the rural districts. The
local paper deals especially with loca
news, with bits of gossip concerning
persons and things which the metro
politan paper does not cover, and, il
addition, there are court notices, bus
iness notices, advertisement of Lane
sales, announcements of meetings, AN,
all that sort of thing, which makes
local paper not only entertaining, bu
indispensable to every family, whicl
wants to keep in touch with neigh
borhood affairs. Many families il
1.-THE rural districts take daily news
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20

paper, but they take the local
paper also, and if they bad to give up
one or the other the chances are that
most of them would give up the daily.
For this reason the weekly news
papers of Virginia have large cir
culation today, and are more gener-
ally prosperous than ever they were
in the history of Virginia. Any man
who doubts this statement may have
bis doubts removed by attending a
meeting of the Virginia Press Asso-
citation, which is composed, for the
most part, of country editors. Their
reports from year to year are more
and more encouraging, aud they show
in their appearance that they are
prosperous.
We are somewhat reluctant to
make the statement, for it may sound
like hattery, but the statement is
true, that the editors of the country
newspapers in Virginia are men of
intelligence, integrity and of clean
life. They are jolly, warm- hearted
and sociable, but they are temperate
in all things, aud their conduct at
their annual meetings is above criti-
cism.
A few years ago the proprietor of a
hotel at which the association met
remarked to several of the members
that the Virginia Press Association
was, without exception, the best
behaved body of men he had ever in
a long experience entertained.
1t follows of necessity that these
editors are men of influence at home,
and he who thinks that the rural
press of Virginia is not power in
politics and all affairs of the State is
poorly informed as to the fact. In
our opinion, it was never more in.
liuential than it is today.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
A REVERIE.

Many people walk into the garden
Of life, and tread on the sweet lily of
the valley and the little violets, and
reach out to gather the radiant, bril-
liant and odorless dahlia. like to
gather the sweet little violets, the
little, humble, trailing arbutus, and
the little crocus, and if by chance
fortune should cast in the lot full
grown, fragrant carnation. then it is
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
Bowel Complain. In Chndrea:-

During the summer months children are
subject TO disorders OF the bowels which
should receive careful attention as soon as
the first unnatural looscpcss of the bowels
appears, The best medicine in use for bowel
complaint is Chambcrlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoca Remedy as it promptly controls any
unnatural looseness OF the bowels.
For sale by Messick & Gunby, Irvington; w.
A. Damcron & Bro, weems; G.. W. Sanders &
Son. and ID. X. James, White Stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
Saved ra.. Comr.a.,. Lite.

while retaining from the Grand Army
Encampment 1T washington CITY,. comrade
from Elsin. III, was taken with cfiolera NOR
bus and was in u critical condition" says Mr.
j. e. Houahland. of Eidon, Iowa. '.I gave
him Chamberlain's Colic., Cholera and Diar-
rhoca Remedy and believe saved his life.
have been engaged for ten years in immigra-
ton work and conducted many parties to the
south and west. i always carry this remedy
sions."
For sale by Messick s Gunby. Irvington; w
A. Dameron & Bro. weems; g. w. Sanders 8
Son. aud ID. X. James. White Stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
NEWSPAPER FOR EVERY FOUR
PERSONS.

A bulletin made public at the Gen.
sus bureau shows that 1864, 757
copies of daily papers, or one for
every four persons are turned out
each week day in the United States.
On Sundays the number printed is
11,539,22l. The total amount
charged for advertising in 1905 was
$145,531,Sl1. The capitol invested
in printing and publishing is 1884,.
02i. i.S59.-American Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
a Hard Lot

of troubles to contend with, spring from n
torpid liver and bloc<aded bowels. unless you
awaken them to their proper action with DIR.
Kings New Life pills; the peasantest and
most effective cure for Constipation. They
prevent Appendicitis and tone up the system.
PC at Il. c. Richardson, Kilmarnock; 7. J..
walton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-20
DEPTH OF THE SEA.

The deepest soundings made this
summer have been discovered near
Gnam, where the enormous depth
of nearly twenty-five and one-half
miles has been found.
The pressure of the water at this
depth is almost ;nconceivable. The
thickest boilers and bells would be
crushed like eggshells, and of course
all animal life is impossible. The
strongest ships would be ground up
long before they reached bottom
Exchange.