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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
INDIAN SUMMER.

The stiffness that doth wait on change Is
here.
Some pause OF expectation owns the hour
And faint and far hear the sea complain
Where gray and Snswerless the head
lands tower.
Sow falls the evening OF the dying year
Misty and dim the patient forests lie,
Chin ocean winds the wasted woodland
grieve
And earthvard lettering the leaves go BY
Behold how nature answers DEATH o'er-
head
The memoried splendor of her summer
ewes
Lavished and lost her wealth Of sun and
sky.
Scarlet ana gold. are in her drifting
leaves.
Vain pageantrys for this. alas. is death,
Nor may the season's ripe fuifiiiment
cheat
Our thronging memories OF those who died
With life's young summer promise in
complete.
The dead leaves rustic meath my lingering
tread.
Low murmuring ever 10 the spirit ear
we WERE ana Yet again Hitd44 D0 oAtN A4etN'
In the sure circuit Of the rolling year.
Trust thou the craft Of nature. LOl for
thee
A comrade wise she moves, serenely
sweet.
With willful prescience moeking sense of
loss
For US who mourn loves unreturnins
feet
Trust thou her wisdom. she will reconcile
The faltering spirit TO eternal change
When, In her fading woodways, thou shalt
touch
Dear hands long dead and know them
not as strange.
For thee a golden parable she breathes
Where in the mystery OF this repose
While death is dreaming life. the waning
wood
With far-caught light OF heaven divine
ly glows
Thou. when the final Loneliness draws rear.
And earth to earth recalls her tired child,
In the sweet constancy OF nature strong
Shalt dream again-how dying nature
smiled.
IS. Weir Mitchell. IN Century.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
MILLIONS TO woRKMEN.
Two Million Dollars Paid Out to Car
negie Employees in One Day
Recently.

The biggest pay day in the industrial
history Of the world was at the Car
aegie works at and near Pittsburg.
September l6 There was paid out
within a hours s. 100000 to the work.
len. The workmen we're paid While
81 work. Not a minute is lost by
the workmen going TO the Office for
their pay. The big pay car is whirled
up alongside OF the man az work.
and his money Is handed him The
car. pulled by a "dinky." is run on
the different tracks through the great
mills, and comes within reach OF every
nan and boy In the place. The big
baggage car is fitted up with four pay
windows. with Paymaster w. II. Cor
bett and his eight assistants locked
inside among the bags Of gold. boxes
Ct silver and mounds Of $50 bills. none
smaller Two men al each window are
paying out almost as the car Is NOV
ing. while alongside OF the car stalk
Chief OF the Carnegie Police Griff viii
lsams and four Of his best men. each
armed to the teeth
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
THE BORROWED
FIANCE
The Campaign for Maiden Auni's Fortune.
By HANS HoRINA

nOsT OFFICE CLERK scHIN-
DERL'S family we're the fortunate
possessors OF a real. live aunt, who,
carefully calculated, was worth at least
500 crowns. Needless to say. this worthy
elderly lady was spoiled and petted in
every conceivable way during her yearly
visits to the Schinderl family.
Mizzi. the only daughter Of the Schin-
derl's, was therefore considered heiress
presumptive to her aunt's fortune; and
as this became known various aspirants
to her hand presented themselves. But.
strange to relate. of all her suitors none
took the tinal step.
Thus several years passed. Mizzi
grew older. but remained free. She
would gladly have accepted even petty
ofHcial. which. however. her mother
would not consider for a moment.
'Such a person is not good enough
for you. my child" she would say. IF
your aunt ever dies you will dispose
OF e large fortune entirely unsuited to
an obscure position in society"
Az idht an dSothSOi, Ofcl hAD CARS IN
debt. appeared on the scene. The young
man was in a great hurry to declare
himself and ask for the hand Of the
heiress
Mizzi dutifully referred him to her
mother, and Mrs. schinderl gave her
hlissfuI consent That very day the
following telegram went to the rich
aunt:
Mizzi engaged to be married. Let
ter follows"
The letter, however. did not follow
Immediately. That evening when the
fance was sitting in the family circle
at the Schinderls and smoking one OF
papa's cigars. he asked carelessly:
BY the way, how old is this aunt
Mina?"
Aunt Nina? Oh. only 46." the
prospective mother-in-law replied. in
nocently.
What? Only 49," the assessor ex-
claimed Ia amazement. Il thought she
was a very old lady"
Thereupon he became more and
more monosyllabic, and at last bade
the family a rather distant good night.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
GREAT DEBT TO CANADA.
An American Congressman Properly
Appreciated an Inestimable
Treasure.

The members OF the naval commit
tee OF the house Of representatives not
so many years ago had a little cruise
ia the waters Of the northern Atlantic
At st. John a stop was made. and there
the men from Washington received
much attention from the Canadians, re-
lates the New York Sun.
At dinner one evening the Amer
leans We'd with the Canadians in ex-
pressions of friendship and comfy.
Among the speakers was Congressman
Capron. Of Rhode Island. and II was
generally agreed that he made the hit
Of the evening.
Gentlemen" observed Mr.. Capron.
1t is indeed difficult for me to say
anything that at all approaches the
cleverness of the speakers preceding
me. but | am in deep sympathy with
all efforts to strengthen the ties OF
friendship between our two countries.
Personally. / rest under a sense Of deep
gratitude toward Canadians. especially
those of the islands. Many years ago
there came to my home a girl from
Prince Edward island. and she has ever
since remained there 10 brighten t.
This bit of sentiment from Mr.. Cap
ron was greeted by yociferous ap-
plause. Clearly the Rhode Islander
lad surpassed all the others. After
the dinner one Of Capron's colleagues.
we'll acquainted with him and his fam
ily. said:
Your speech surprised me I
didn't know that your wife was from
Prince Edward island"
Nor is she" replied Capron:
but our cook came from that place.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
MAKE FARMERS FRUIT CAKE
A Christmas Delicacy That Is Easily
and Inexpensively Constructed
by Average Housewife.

To make a farmers fruit cake, chop
fiEe half q pint of dried apples; cover
with half a pint Of cold water and let
them soak over night, says Mrs s. T.
Rorer. in Ladies Home Journal. The
next morning add a cupful Of golden
sirup: simmer gently for one hour.
Stand aside to cool Beat half a cup
ful of butter to a cream: add one
cupful of granulated sugar. Dissolve
a teaspoonful Of soda in two table
spoonfuls of water and add it to half
a cupful of buttermilk or sour milk;
add this to the batter; add two tea
spoonfuls OF cinnamon, half a tea
spoonful Of cloves and one egg we'll
beaten. Sift two cupfuls OF -four; add
little -four, little of the dried ap-
pie mixture and a little more -four
until you have the whole well mixed
The batter must be the thickness Of
ordinary cake batter. Pour this into a
well-greased cake pan and bake in a
moderate oven for one hour.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

prescribed for him by the seer he had
suffered enormous losses.
On the day after the meeting Of the
maiden and the youth. the rich man
sat in the presence Of the seer. and
the seer. gazing into a crystal. sail:
Your daughter loves a youth whose
only possession is a speckled hen. If
you can secure this hen for your own
you viii become the richest man Of all
times. for the moment you touch her
she will begin to lay diamonds as big
as eggs. and this she viii continue to
do as long as she is in your keeping. .
The rich man became excited and
eagerly asked how he might secure the
prize.
You have only to persuade your
daughter to ask the youth for her. =
the seer replied.
In great haste the rich man went 10
his daughter and implored her to go
out in search OF the youth and get
from him the speckled hen.
But what" she asked, shall I give
him in return7"
The rich man named a price which
was sufficient 10 secure for the youth
p meal ticket at a green front res
taurant. and the maiden hurried forth.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
THE MAIDEN
OR THE HEN?

IN great city where the temples
of trade cleft the clouds lived a
multimillionaire who longed TO become
the richest man in the world. He
owned all the fast horses and had
bought up all the works of the old
masters. He controlled railroads.
mines, mills and other vast industries
of a hundred kinds. and daily he
reached out after more. The world
was aghast at his achievements. and
the market slumped when he had a
headache.
Moreover. he had a daughter who
was beautiful.
Now It came to pass that she one
day met a youth who carried under
his arm hen. and the maiden looked
upon him and was well pleased. And
the youth straightway fell In love
with the maiden; but he was poor, the
hen that he carried being his only pos
session.
II was the rich mans habit daily to
consult a certain seer. In whose direc-
tions he had implicit faith. Never had
they been wrong. The rich mans vast
accumulations of wealth were due
wholly to his observance of the seer's
advice. Whenever he had Followed his
own judgment as against the course
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
A SONG OF STREET LABOR.

They are working bereath the sun,
M It's red-hCt binding glare.
In the dust from the t0iiing team,
In the noise Of the thor0ughfare
See them swing ard bend, far down to the
end,
With the rhythm Of the strokes they
bear
Tie cords Of the sinewy arms
stand out like the cables twist;
No blow shail miss and no stroke shall
fail
From the grasp Of the brawny fist,
As The shoulder swings when the piek-ax
rings
And The hand springs hrm from the wrist.
Let the feet Of the daintyeshod
Pass BY on the other side,
Where the youth Of the slender back and
limb
Stands watching-the iistless-eyed:
While with sweat and with pain and the
long day strain
These toil--and are satisfied.
-Caroane A Lord. in American illustrated
Magazine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
AN EXPERIMENT
IN ROMANCE

! T HE sat quite motionless. her beau
tiful hands lying idly in her lap. her
eyes. more beautiful still. fixed with
an icy indifference on space. She
was aware that people were looking
at her. far more earnestly than at the
stage. but the knowledge did not
change her attitude by so much as the
flicker Of an eyelid. She. was used
to being looked at. and bore it with
a naughty patience. a magnificent
resignation. What were such looks
to herr
She had a quiet manner, in a cen
tury when manners. as a rule. are not
quiet-are. perhaps. indeed. hardly
manners at ala slow way of speak
ing, and that type of beauty which is
SO delicate that it seems cold. 1t
was impossible to imagine any vul-
gar passion ruffling the exquisite
serenity of her features. She was al
ways serene. always. in a sense. gra-
cious and graceful. She was not, pos
sibly, amusing. but then that would
have been out of drawing for her.
She never laughed. she seldom smiled.
She had a way of lifting her eye
brows when people made jokes in her
presence which was so indescribably
disconcerting that the offense was
never repeated. Not that her look
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

The next morning letter came. in
which he broke the engagement in the
driest and most conventional terms.
Almost at the same moment a tele-
gram arrived from Aunt Mizzi:
Warm congratulations. Am com
ing to-day"
The excitement at the Schinderls
was beyond description
Auntie is coming to celebrate the
engagement and there is no iance. Oh
she will be fearfully angry" the dis
appointed mother exclaimed again and
again. Husband. can you see no way
out Of it,"
u" Mr. Schinder asked. irOnical.
ly. Il don't see anything for you to
do but to borrow a fance for the few
days Aunt Nina will spend here.
Mrs. Schinderl stared vacantly al
her husband.
Are you in earnest. Alfredo" she
asked.
But where Mizzi sobbed from heI
corner, lis it possible to borrow one
OF those-wretches2"
Are you crazy" Papa schinderl
shouted. y was only jesting.
Well. don't know" Mrs. schin-
derl said reHectively. "A borrowed
hance would be better than none
Aunt Nina will be furious II she finds
that she has undertaken the long jour.
ney in vain and viii be quite capable
OF disinheriting our Mlzzi You know
how irresponsible she is"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

suggested anger-far from it. II held,
however. a mild but measureless won
der at the absurdity of human nature
which would have CALLED a rock
People called her stupid but that
was merely Immature. II was not her
meter to be brilliant. She had been
beauty ever since she could remem-
Der. She provided the world with
something to look at-something, en-
phatically. worth looking at--and she
suffered their regard with a silence
which. just missed being contemptu-
GUS. as 1t did tonight.
The play was going on. but she did
not look at the stage. She had seen
it before. She did not know why she
had come, unless it had been-yes,
that was it. She wanted to think. TO
mediate. to understand before.
Tomorrow it would be too late to un-
derstand.
Tomorrow it would all be different.
The pedestal would be empty-her
pedestal, from which she looked down
admiring world. She breathed a
shade more quickly. and the diamonds
at her throat made a sudden glitter
of fire. She was so tired of it all
SO terribly. deadly tired; and ro-mor-
how she would be free.
A little shopgirl in the pit was look
ing up at her with round, childish
eyes of admiration. and trying to
make out how her hair was done.
How beautiful she was. this white
goddess, with her pale, lovely face,
and her aureole of diamondsl How
heavenly. to be like her. beautiful.
and happy-happy
Tomorrow. her thought went on,
she would be free. This was, in a
sense. the last night of her life-the
life that had been hers until now.i 1t
had been happy life. according to
most peoples ideas of happiness
the little shopgirls eyes were still
upon her-it had, most certainly,
been prosperous. successfuI-even
dazzling in its success. Everybody
envied her. she knew With shiver
she realized, as she sat there. how
little she was to be envied if they
had understood.
And now-now-she was going 70
throw it all to the winds-this good
fortune, this success which was bor-
ing her to death She was going to
be alive. instead, of a white goddess
on a pedestal. She was going to de-
scend from her pedestal forever and
find humanity-in the mud perhaps.
She smiled family. a little. scornful
smile Oh, she was not fooI-she
understood.
She sat mOtionless, and her eyes
fell on the stage. The play was going
OMIT was an inenably stupid play.
The hero was just making love to the
heroine. and talking the most su-
preme nonsense-the usual nonsense.
A faint sensation Of wonder seized
her as she thought Of all the people
in this great building who we're sit.
ting watching so stupid a scene.
Il was stupid, of course. The duke
had once-but that was long ago. size
had snubbed him gently. she remem-
bered. She had married him, and
that was quite enough. She was not
going to submit to being made love
to as we'll Besides. his love-making
did not interest her in the least.
And yet now-for st. Charles sake.
Her diamonds flashed again. For ST
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Charles sake she was going to step
down from the pedestal It was very
curious. for until a few days ago she
had not taken much notice OF ST
Charles. He was clever. she knew:
and she did not care for clever men.
nor they for her She had listened
once or twice when he was talking.
and had wondered at his animation.
his earnestness. in a world where ii
really did not seem Of much use to
be earnest. He had appeared to be
enthusiastic. and enthusiasm bored
her. She had remembered thinking
what very exhausting young man
he was.
Then, that evening. She paused in
her meditations and tried to remem.
Der how 1t had happened She was
forced TO confess that she did not
know. He had taken her by surprise.
he had frightened her. and bewildered
her, -yes-fascinated her. That
was the word. He was so terribly in
earnest. so terribly alive. and human.
and-of course-so madly in love with
her. The duke-well. this was quite
different from the duke The white
goddess, in her pedestal looked down
and trembled with a vague unrest.
And then. quite suddenly. II came
the revolt. the inevitable revolt
from this frozen. unnatural life which
she had lived for so long: the desire
for freedom. for that freedom which
had never been hers. She remem.
bered once seeing a lark in a cage
beating passionate wings against the
bars. For a moment she understood
the mad. blind longing of the birds
heart and the terrible meaning OF
captivity.
For a moment. just while St.
Charles influence was upon her, st.
Charles voice sounded in her ear, ST.
Charles touch woke her to life. Oh,
1t was very mad and bad, no doubt,
but Just while 1t lasted she felt i'm
measurably superior TO the prim,
beautiful being whose empty eyes
smiled at her each morning from her
mirror.
And now. tomorrow
She sat very still. Under her eyes
the play was going on A little
scornful smile crept across her lips.
oh, 1t was all playa make-belieye,
a pretensel She herself
Sitting there. cool and quiet. she
saw suddenly the folly of her brief
excursion in romance She did not
love st. Charles. For a moment, per
haps, she had been in love, as she un-
derstood the word-not with st.
Charlese but with liberty, with youth,
with the scent Of the roses on the ter
race. and the warm air of spring. St.
Charles was merely the medium
through which a momentary madness
had affected her. And the madness
had passed.
She looked down. with eyes grown
oddly wistful. at the lighted stage.
Why was nothing realg she asked
herself. Was il the world which was
a pretense. or she? Was 1t st.
Charles. or the duke. or the audience,
or the players?
The little shopgirl was staring at
her still. How beautiful she was. 1t
must be like a fairy-tale to look like
that
The woman who looked like a fairy.
tale drew her cloak up suddenly over
her white shoulders. To-morrow-no
there would be no tomorrow. With |
a shiver. she realized the futility OF
her folly, and understood the cold
ness of her own heart.-London
Sketch
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Hear the drivers whistle
To the teams that draw the load,
There's music in the rumble
OF the wagon down the road.
''Myiiove Is Nancy
She fergits me not:
Cotton come ter town now,
SO keep my supper hot,
"Oh. the cool wind Is a-singin'
The best you ever knowed:
There's music In the rumble
or the wagon down the roadr
Atlanta Constitution.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

How do you manage to get your
two boys to be satisfied with their
Christmas toys7"
Each always likes the others pres
ents letter than his own. 50 We make
them exchange. and then we have
peace. Chicago Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

knicker-What caused the accident7
Boeker-He suddenly gained control
Of his Brooklyn Life
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Succeeded.
Ny wife married me to spite some.
be -
Who vas it7"
lie. | think -"-cleveland Leader.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-10
BOOT-LEGCER CAUGHT BY CITY
 MARSHAL.

Otis Cantley, City Marshal of Prescott caught one J. F. Tawick, a white man, in Prescott yester- day morning and shipped him back to Bierne, where he was wanted on a charge of bootleg ging whiskey.
 It seems that this would-be whisky peddler went to Beirne the other day and sold enough whisky to put the drinking part of the community on a whiz, and then came on to Prescott. He had just bought a ticket to Tex arkana when he was picked up.
 When the Clark county author ities are through with him he will be turned over to the U. s. authorities under the jurisdiction of Judge Jacob Trieber.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-10
FELL DEAD.
C. L. Wilson at His Home at
 Nashville.

MT. c. l.. Wilson, formerly of this place, but more recently a resident of Nashville fell dead at his home in that town last We'd nesday night. The remains were brought to this place for inter- ment in DeAnn cemetery, which takes place this morning at 10 o'clock.
 MT. Wilson was a highly re- spected young man, known and respected by a host of friends here. About two years ago he married Miss Neil Hatley, one of Prescott's beautiful girls and the daughter of the late w. c. Hat ley. She survives. He was a brother o f Dale, James a n d Ghould Wilson of this place. The bereaved have the sympathy of a host of friends.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-10
NEGRO SHOT BY CONSTABLE

Sam Bell, colored was shot and seriously wounded by Constable Clyde Marsh last Monday.
 The negro had been indicted on a charge of stealing an overcoat, and the warrant placed in the hands of the constable to serve. When the constable went to the house where the negro was, he found him on the porch. 1m- mediately on discovering the officer the negro started to go in- to the house when he was told not to attempt to go in or he would be shot. He began to move sidewise to the door and then making a dash for the door the constable fired the ball talk ing effect in his hip. The wound while serious, is not thought to be necessarily fatal. Dr. Rice attended the wounded man.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-10
had a pleasant time is putting it mildly. Mr. Mcfarland has, in

had a pleasant time is putting 1t mildly. Mr. Mcfarland has, in my opinion, one of the best farms in this county. It lies between the two Carouse creeks, near where they come together. The land is a deep, rich loamy soil, easily cultivated and yields boun- .teously. His crop is very fine. Early next morning MT. McFar- land consented to make the rounds with me. He is jolly good company, we had a time.
 At Add Fincher't we stopped and ate one of his fine melons; they were certainly lucious.
 Thence to J. K. Munn's: found him sick and an enthusiastic heeder to our cry. Thence to Henry w. Whites, where we partook of a good dinner where we also met up with W. o. West of Willisville, in both of whose ears we sang our siren song, and after getting a promise of help, we went to w. M. Munn's s our next county judge. There IS not a more deservedly popular man in Nevada county. He Is a successful farmer and mill man. We found him willing contrib itor to our cause. From here we hit the road to Willisville, the home of the Warmacks; Here al- so lives T. G. Boswell, the princely merchant, farmer and saw-mill man and is as busy as a cranberry merchant in fly time.
 From here we went to ths Bos- we'll Luny and Cole mill site where we met the proprietors and sold them, we think, big saw-mili outfit. They have about seven million feet of the best timber in Arkansas. They will soon be turning out lumber like fire turns rats out of a barn.
 I will finish this next week.
 Respectfully,
 JN0. M. MILBURN.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-10
SAM o. SEVER
Short In His Accounts. Bondsmen
 Make Shortage Good.

In rather a sensational report coming from Camdeni it is stated that Sheriff Sam Q. Sevier of Ouachita county, has been found short in his accounts with the state in the sum of $3, 999. 99.
 When the shortage was dis covered, MT. Sevier's bondsmen at once made good the amount and MT. Sevier made them safe by a lien on his property.
 We believe that Sam Sevier is a good man, and that his shortage will be found some time not to be attributed to his fault.
 Mir. Sevier is at present in poor health, and it was reported that he attempted to commit sui eide when the shortage was dis covered.