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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24

contend with. and must also try "a
have the place concealed from general
view. II Is true that there are some
birds that fearlessly lay their eggs on
the open sea shore or on rocky cliffs
without making any nest al all. This,
however, happens most often on re.
mote islands. where there are few peo-
pie TO notice or care about birds and
their dolngs.
The birds that are common through
out this part OF M. country mostly
look about for twigs. rootleis and
grasses when they have decided just
where their nests will be built. or
course the bark and leaves Of trees.
lichens, spiders webs and even the
hair OF COWS are chosen by some birds.
The robin first lays a foundation OF
grass or stubble for its nest. and then
makes a mortar OF mud and water as
a lining for the inside. This mortar
the bird heaps upon It's nest. and then
molds inso shape as Systematically as
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24
Nests You May Find in
the Summer Vacation.

When boys and girls are at play out
OF doors they very often see some
where birds nest. Then if they are
wise they viii carefully mark the
place where it is. try to see definitely
how it is made and to find out some
thing about the little creatures that
have made Il their home The only
boys who have good excuses for rob
bing birds OF either their eggs or their
nest are those who wish 10 study them
scientifically aud perhaps to take pho
tographs OF them. Indeed. few chill
dren would want to destroy birds
nests if they stopped an instant TO
think OF the wonderful intelligence
The birds had shown in building them
No man could make nests as secure
and easily hidden as the birds them
selves.
After the birds return In the spring
from the warmer climate where they
have spent the winter. the first thing
they think about, after mating, is get
ting a snug nest ready for their eggs.
In selecting a site they must. OF
course. remember the wind which is
a powerful force for the little birds TO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24

not nearly so conspicuous as her hand
some mate with his black shapely
body and bright red epaulets. Her
black is dimmed above by being
streaked with rust color. while under
meath she is striped black and dingy
white.
On the outskirts of the marsh the
harsh cry Of the catbird causes boys 20
look around for their nests. They
find them in the branches. shaped like
a "Y,' of small shrubs. the elderberry
being an especial favorite for such
nest building. These nests, of smooth
twigs and grasses, are very loosely
woven together. II seems as If the
catbird wished to accomplish the task
as quickly as possible.
Sometimes when the parent birds
are teaching the little ones to fly they
instruct them as well In the nest build
ing by showing them how to carry
twigs and how TO weave them in and
out together.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24

cups are made. The bird. besides,
knows so well the difficulties of this
kind Of nest building that il chooses
usually damp or stormy day TO per
form the work The mortar then will
not dry so quickly as when the sky IS
blue and the atmosphere clear. Yet
the robin never changes this style OF
a nest. although he might learn from
others an easier way OF performing
his labor.
The style of a nest seems TO depend
q good deal on the little birds that are
expected TO occupy it. When they a.e
born with feathers. as chickens, snipe
and quail, they do not need a downy.
seft nest to give them comfort, but
little naked humming birds. thrushes
and spaffOws would have a hard rest
ing place If their nests were not lined
softly with wool and fine hairs
The ruby-throated humming MrC
that hovers around the honeysucl1le
vines. running his long bill down the
flowers tubes TO taste their necter,
places his tiny nest on the horizontal
limb Of a birch. and so covers the out
side Of it With bark that it can scarce
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24
IS THIS AN ANCIENT OIL KING? !?
THEY LIVE srILrED LIVES.
Residents In Turpentine District Of
France Have Peculiar Existence.

Residents in Turpcntine District Of
France Have Peculiar Existence.
People live on sixteen-foot stilts in
the remarkable turpentine-gr growing
country Of France. They don their
suits after breakfast and do not re-
move them again until It is time for
bed.
There are two reasons for the wear
ing OF stilts in the turpentine country.
One is the turpentine gathering. The
other is the herding OF the great
fiOcks.
The turpentine comes from the mar
itime pine This tree is tapped. "A
shingle is inserted and from the
shingle is hung a tiny bucket, into
which the turpentine drips The tap
ping process is like that used on the
American sugar maple
Young pine trees are tapped low. but
with each years passage the inclsion
is made higher, so that il is not long
before most OF the trees are tapped
twenty TO thirty feet from the ground.
Hence the huge stilts Of the work
men. On these stilts they traverse the
fiat country. covering five or six yards
with each stride. and quickly and easi-
ly they collect the turpentlne that
overhows the little buckets hanging
high up in the trees.
Il is for herdiag also that the salis
are useful. The country is very nat
and the herdsman unless he contin-
ually climbed a tree would be unable
to keep all the members of his huge
flock in sight But. stridlng about %
his stilt' he commands q vide pros
pect- He is always. as Il we're. upon
a hill.
The silt wearers carry a fifteen
foot stan with a round. nat top like a
dinner plate. When II IS lunch time
OF when thes are tired they plant up-
right under them the stan and sit
down on its round. fiat top. Then. In
comfort, seated SO dizzily high. they
eat and rest and cbatter-a strange
sight to behold.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24

top. which is an unusual hatst with
birds. and enter and slip out of it at
the side. The bird has received his
name because this hidden nest is sup
posed TO resemble a Dutch oven.
The meadowlark, which many a boy
or girl scares up while crossing a
meadow in summer, sinks the nest in
the ground and allows a little tuft OF
grass to form a dome over it, Even
so, however, il is not nearly so well
concealed as that Of the quaint oven
bird.
The beautiful Baltimore oriole.
which is known to every child by
sight, makes its nest of plant fibers
and various threads and in the shape
Of long bag 1t hangs it daintily TO
the limb Of a tree. Here it is difficult
10 reach as usually It sways from the
very end Of a bough. When hatched
the little ones must often be rocked to
sleep by the evening breeze.
In the swamps and mashes where
the red-winged blackbird makes his
summer home il is not difficult to find
his nest. Il is made of broad, coarse
grasses. although lined with those of
finer quality. and is attached TO sturdy
low bushes or even reeds. The family
blue eggs are curiously scrawled with
purple, and after they are hatched it
is not long before the young birds
learn to fly. In July the old and young
gather together in considerable num-
bers in the marshes. The female is
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24
A BRITISH RAILWAY TRAIN IN AMERICA

made up Of cs.gs exhibited by the on
don and Northwestern Railway COM
pany, and, drawn by the Queen En-
press. ii made the trip from Chicago
TO New York. being the only instance
Of the English railway carriage" as
rolling stock on the tracks Of an
American railroad.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24

I'VE have some bne sausage" ven.
tured he waiter.
Keep H."
How about a taste Of ham7"
Cut It out
"cOrned beef. pottsd chicken.
canned tongue77
Thunder and Mars You must take
me for an investigating committee.
came here to get something to eat.
Bring me a glass Of distilled water
and a fumigated banana
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-24
The Way With Them.

Hes a great practical joker. isn't
he?"
Yes"
Il suspected as much"
Why. has he been playing a joke
on your"
No I played one on him yester-
day and it made him a. mad as a
halter"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
MIR. DuBOSE RETIRES
HISTORIAN LEAVES DEPARTMENT
 or ARCHIVES
Author Of Yancey's Life WIII Retire
 Temporarily in Birmingham. Some Of His Important Manuscripts.

J. W. DuBose left yesterday for Bir- mingham, A1A'ing retired from an en- gagement of hDre than five years with the State Department of Archives and History in writing the civil and mili~ tary history Alabama, since 1861.
 He leaves four or five volumes In nlanuscripe with the department among them a biography of the late Governor Sanford. the Military Campaigns of General Wheeler, a History of the State, from 1881 to 1901, q narrative of the cotton plantations in the western coun- ties and other matter.
 Mir. Du Bose has also contributed several articles to encyclopedias, one to Lambs Biographical Dictionary of the United States on William Lowndes Yancey. and three to the late revised edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. The Americana articles arc on the State of Alabama, the Cruiser Alabama and the third on Yancey These topics ap- pear each with far more elaboration from the pen of MT. Du Bose than the encyclopedias have ever before con- scented to treat them. Yanceys name was never before even mentioned by the Americano, the leading American encIcylopedia, but in the present edi- lion full outline of his brief but won derful career ia given and a full page portrait of him at the zenith of his powers.
 It cannot fail to be gratifying to Ala bamians to see their State and its great leaders rising on proof of merit to en- viable place in the highest standards of the literature of the English language.
 Mir Du Bose will reside temporarily in Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
SPRINGS SURPRISE
YOUNG ATTORNEY FINDS TAX COL
 LECTION FLAW,
l. Says LaudC dale County OnlcsnIs Have Been Collecting and Anseas- ing Under the Od Law
 Man Suits Filed.

Florence. Dec. 22.--(special. )-Quite a surprise has been sprung on the County officials Of Lauderdale County by Allison A. Williams, a young at tofney of this city who has disco erei what might be termed an unconscio IS hold up game on their para against the tax payers of the County
 Prior to 1908 there was a law on the statute books of Alabama to tax all moneyed capital, that is, all mortgages, notes, bonds, solvent credits and money hoarded up. The Legislature of 1908 passed a Jaw requiring a tax of Is cents on the s100 on all m Jrtgages filed l for record In a recent decision of the Supreme Court 1t dec.ared that the new act repea. ed the old law. The court said: It will not be doubted that the Legislature in the exercise of it's au-
 thority or power to classify the saB- jeets of taxation may exempt all
 monsyed capital; that Is. money loaned solvent credit and other credits ot
 value, from aB ad' valerum tax. These
 subjects may be well classified as one
 but it would be an arbitrary and un- just classification to subject that spe- Icies of solvent credits which are not se-
 cured by recorded instruments to a | property tax and exempt these secured
 b,V recorded Instruments. Thiss in oul
 apintOn cannot be constitutt0naHS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23

would he sent him sooner or lateF' 1e was resolved never to yield. .ons.
 Yet half the regiment were sOne, l,'s, hardly more than a sklrmlsa nne sred the sixty rounds of cartridges they had carried into the fight, were empty- ing the cartridge boxes of their taliea not a man would be left alive.
 "Colonel let us charge ,., them: we Lieutenant in a hoarse voice:
 Chamberlain glanced at him in admir- his men. Yes. why not charge then then
 Fix bayonetsv
 The command, Charge" was lost ir perate aS fsePi men; sD:e they leaped forward ana forward down the htll. striking the enemy among the scattered trees on in on them with bayonets and the butts
 of the confederates, some fought acted as if thrown into a panic by the wild charge, and they ran for their Ives. Undoubtedly they su posed that q strong reinforcement had reached the Union line. and that this had caus- ed the suddeo attack,
 The brave .Ialne regiment captured three hundred prisoners, and returned they stayed until in the last hours of that terrible summers afternoon the victorious little command was thrust into the struggle for the adjoining hin, Round Ton.
 Concerning their leader in this ex- pIoit. 1t may he added that, besides receiving the Medal of Honor at Get tyshurg. he was afterwa rds promoted in the field bv General Grant: and he so distinguished himself as a Brlsadier that he WIS breveted-a Major General in 1865. "for cOnsptcuous RsllantrY in action" After the war he led. and IS still leading. a hiFhlv important publie
 The Morris Bund'n<. -ssrm'nEbnw,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23

done. So then, in order to avoid de- daring the whole provision of the act
 unconstitutional, which we must not do 1t is possible. we are forced to hold that the Legislature intended the pre- vision as a substitute for subsection 2. and therefore, intended to exempt all the property enumerated in 1t from a property tax"
 The County Tax Assessor and Col 1ector. being ignorant of the legal ef- feet of the new law. have continued to collect and assess all property for taxation under the old law. The re- suit Is that the tax payers of Lauder dale County have paid into the State and County treasuries large sums Of money as taxes which were Illegal
 Ir. Williams, representing a num- her of tax payers, Is preparing pett- tions which he will present to the Court of county Commissioners at their next meeting, for the recovery of tue taxes So illegally paid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
TREE OF SALVATION ARMY.

E'ntertnInment For ChiIdreR At Court
 House Thursday Nigbt.
 The following Is the program for the Salvation Army's Christmas tree and entertainment. which Is to be given in the court house Thursday night of this week
 Song
 Prayer-Bv c. J. Worcester.
 Talk-By Captain L. A. odom.
 Song.
 Recitation. "Christuas Day"-By 1donia Peak.
 Solo--Lieutenant McAlpine.
 Reading. Birth of Christ"-Rettie Peak.
 Song. Every Night"-Four little girls.
 DialoGue--Fourteen girls and boys.
 Recltation--Mrs l.. A Odom Song. "A Wonderful Tree"--Eight Girls.
 Reading. True Morality''---SfrA Mo Danniel. Chorus. Santa Claus. Distribution of presents The hearts of several hundred chti- dreu will be made happy by the antef' tainnsns Co be given bT the salTatioE Army
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
Beanfiful Plants for Sale. Exchange Drug Co.
PERSONNEL OF COMPANY.
yyoc,istocG Owners Include SOutherI
 end Enafcru CnnitnIintR.

ygoc,fstock Owners Include Southern
 aud Eastern CapitaIiEts.
 Norfolk. Va, Dec. 52.--Ths Wood stock Iron and Steel Corporation was chartered here today with cHpital of sI ROO o00 for the purpose of est lblish- Iner nia. iron furnaces at Bir ninghau1 ana Anniston, Ala and th2 operation of extensive iron mines tn that State.
 The corporation is headed by !. Nj. Barr. former President of the Seahoard Air Line Railway who Is both Presi- dens and Treasurer. J. E. Burlington of Birmingham is Viee-Fresident and W. Waensr of Norfolk, Secretary The directors include Ernest williams | of v.vnchburG, Va; ". R Bouzal of tJar1iet, N. C.: ~. H. MoQuaii oi PatfsviiIs. Pa. ana B. T. DuLansy Of ! Bristol, Tenn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23

st. Joseph. Mo, Dee. 22.>>-J. & Gilln- tand and an unknown man were burned to death in 6 car i'd the Rock leland yards hers today. GiiliIiand was fiov- ing from Northboro. iowa, to Marlin. Indian Territory. An oil stove in the ear tipped over and set the household goods On fire, roasting the men alive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23

We sell the FFszier Carts. also a fine line of Harness, Lap Robes, aRd VI hiBEa
 CO.,, 211-215 BIbb st.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
rup EmxAs WONDER.

es4res afl Kidney. BladdeT and Hhaulna tle
 tfonb5ss; soid by eii araegists. 9r two mont l5A ss26 Ohes Street, St. Louis Mo sand tor Alabama testimonials @oN'-sA-Il0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
FIRE woRKa.

Fau supply 0e all kihaa Gt pspalaF prices. O. E. cnsa GEoeesSs &S Moa' roe steest. S2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23

The Morris BunH'n&, Birmingham, Ala. for sale at pubIle auction, MOn- dry. February 18th, 1907. See adver- tisement on another page.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16

Ny. ana Mrs. stephen Wing enter
tanned 4 party Of 70 Of their friends at
their home on Lower Main street Fri
day evening at an Easter supper, Thn
tables We're attraCtiyely arranged, "a III
one being made To accommodate four
Each person found a card al their
plates, with chicken on each card.
After supper. SO was played ana the
prizes We're awarded as follows. First
ladies', Mrs. f. H. Neal, consolation.
Mrs. q. Il. Small: First gents. II. u.
Holmes. BOBBY, z. Kelley Thnsa
present were Mr. and Mrs ]. +. Lawry,
Mr. and Mrs. Il. A. Lawry. Dr and Mrs.
+. a. Knowlton, Mr.. and Mrs. i. Kcl-
ley. Mr.. and Mrs. a. I'll Ladd. Mr. and
Mrs. T. II. Neal. Mr. and Mrs. o. q.
Small, All. and Mrs. II. r. Holmes, MI.
and Mr9. Albert Jewell. and the Misses
Zaidec and Zella Reynolds. The occa-
sion w"s 2 very happy one and greatly
enjoyed hY all present.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16
YORK WIN S.
Defeats Champion Roller Skater Of
New Hampshire by Lap.

The roller race AZ the Waterville
Coliseum Saturday evening although
not To be compared with many Satur-
lay night events which the lovers of
his sport in Watervillc have been
privileged to witness, was fast and
Dnc rejecting credit upon the actors.
At $50 o'clock Harry Hill reputed to
Dc the champion racer Of New Hamp-
shire, entered a thrcc-mile scratch
ace with Hight York Of Oakland in
which the latter Won out in II minutes
ma - seconds by exactly one lap. Al
hough the result shows that the rae
rs were quite uncvenly matched. yet
! he first mile and a half was covered
in q style and with 4 rapidity which
pleased the 450 spectators. Up to the
lose Of the first half Of the race. both
ncn shared equal honors During the
latter half, however. York showed q
marked supremacy over his rival by
taking a rapid lead in which the New
Hampshire man was soon seen to be
hopelessly distanccd.
York is said by all competent critics
to have showed admirable condition
7nd to he, if not the fastest man III
this locality at the present time at least
II man who may look forward before
candidate for the highest honors which
can be won from Waterville Competi-
tors.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16
MUTINOUS SAILORS
On Portuguese Warship at Lisbon Arc
Granted Their Demands.

London, April 15.-Thc following details
have been received Of the mutiny on
Wednesday on board the Portuguese flag
ship Don Carlos at Lisbon. Tho discipline
aboard the Narship had been lax and new
officers We're ccccntly put in command.
The men resented this, and when Shorr
leave was refused them they told the al
miral that unless the government prom
Scd them an entirely new set Of officer
they would sink the ship. Tho admiral
promised to comply with their demand;
if they would surrender
The men showed him that they had
possession OF the magazine and that the
guns were loaded They threatened tn
board any WarShip that approached them.
and also to fire on the CITY if they were
attacked. Admiral Amaral also conferred
with tho men and promised th"Er iuStir
and freedom from arrest. Eventually tho
mon yielded. and 49, Of them went ashore
Their fate has not vet been reported.
Naval officers say that their prcStiG'
is gone, and that it would have been bet
ter to hav" sunk the Dom Carlos than
to have capitulatcd to the mutin", rs.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16
Miss Martha Denico.

Tho death Of Miss Martha Denico o.
CURED q her home at No. 23S Main
street ut o'clock Saturday evening. at
tie advanced age of ~ years. The cause
Of ner death was pronounced by the
physician who was Immediately sum-
moned to he heart failure. Miss Denico
was native Of East NassaIboro and
had lived in this city for a great num-
ber Of years. occupying a suite Of
rooms in this residence. She had a
large circle of friends i'll this city. all
Of whom will greatly mourn her loss.
The funeral service will be conducted
from the late home at II o'clock Tues
day morning and the burial will hc
m-dr in the family lot in East Nassal-
boro. Further announcement relating
70 the service will be made tomorrow
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16
THICK HAZE
Cuts Off View Of Mount
vesuvius From Naples.
Instruments No Longer Show
Serious Disturbance.
Workmsn Are BusiIy Working, Taking Dead
From Beneath the Buins.

Naples. April 15.-The somewhat
threatening condition Of Mount Ncsu-
vious Saturday night having subsided
with the election Of enormous clouds
OF sand and ashes, these elements have
besun t" settle slowly again, cvcl"pinE
the mountain in a thick haze and cut
ting of tn" view from Naples, only
the outline of the base being visible.
Professor Matteucci. director Of the
royal observatory of the mountain to-
night issued the following bulletin:
My instruments are now most
calm The emission Of sand continues
III less abundant quantities and | wait
serely a satisfactory termination Of
the eruption"
The gravity Of the situation has now
shifted to Ottajano and san Giuseppe.
where the recovery Of the dead from
the debris goes on amid the misery of
thousands Of homeless refugees. a
sensational development occurred dur
ing the work Of salvage at Ottajano
today when the searChers unearthed
two aged women. still alive. but
specChcSS after their six days en-
tombmcnt. They were among the
hundreds who were crushed beneath
the falling walls during the rain of
stones and ashes last Sunday and Mon
day. Hope had been abandoned of
finding any Of these persons alive. The
women We're protected by the rafterS
of the house which they were in and
had managed to exist on a few morSclS
Of food which they had i'll their pock-
cts. Nine bodies We're taken out to-
day and it is estimated that 4 hun
Ired more remain under the ruins. The
work Of salvage goes on amid the
twisted masses Of fallen houses,
churches and stables and in the deep
drifts of cinder and ashes. At some
points the ashes are 10 feet deep
reaching to the windows Of the second
stories Of the few novels still stand
ing.
The work Of Salvage at san Giu-
Scppc has brought To light Il remark
able condition. EudicS have been found
Of women whose hands We're coins and
Jewels, and one woman held Il rosary,
indicating tine instinct to preserve
earthly belongings in the moment Of
fleeing from death. The excavations
at HcrculanCum. over which the town
nf RCsina stands. have recorded simi-
lar instances Of death its victims car
rying their jewels while fleeing from
the invading lava.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16

a strange occurrence took place ut
Shawmut Friday evening. the horse ~
longing to Ira Lord ran away and he
fore he was caught succeeded in COM
mittinG suicide by drowning in the
kenncbec Mr@ and Mrs. Lord We're
out driving. and their horse became
frightened at 4 goat when near THE
home Of Robert Hobbs. one Of Nh
Lords ankles was srrained ana Mrs.
Lord sustained some serious injuries.
and bad shaking IN Both required
the services Of a physician. After the
horse succeeded il freeing himself he
made q dash through the main street
and into the river. The ice had gone
out. ana the animal ana the wagon
We're quickly under water A number
saw the accident. but were unable u
save the horse from drowning.