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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

"Boundless' was the word used by
our forefathers to describe the re-
sources Of the country. and they made
no attempt to prevent waste. They
cleared" the land by burning forests:
coal-operators piled up mountains of
coal which they thought not worth
marketing; iron mines were not
worked unless a big margin Of profit
was In sight The time has come, de-
clares Youths Companion, when Amer
leans must consider the possibility Of
the exhaustion Of their supply Of fuel
and building material. as the Euro
peans have had to face the same prob
lem. The government. through the
geological survey, and the forestry
service. is already engaged in the
study OF the best methods of use Of
the fuels and building materials. The
president has recently invited repre-
sentatives Of several engineering. archi-
tectural and scientific societies to serve
on a committee to work in conjunc-
ton with the government departments.
The men are invited as practical en-
gineers, architects, miners and build
ers, as well as men Of science. In
view Of the rapidly increasing price
Of lumber and coal. the recommends
tions of the committee are Of general
interest. Should the recommendations
be adopted there will be a much more
extensive use Of peat and other substi-
tutes for coal, and Of such building
materials as older countries have been
compelled to adopt stone, brick and
cement. Only last summer prizes were
offered in England for designs for la
borers' cottages to cost less than a
thousand dollars. and among the plans
submitted there was not one wooden
building. Stone Is plentiful in most
of the states Of the union, and In the
prairie regions neither brick nor ce-
ment is prohibitively expensive. AT
present prices Of lumber, builders say
that concrete houses are cheaper than
wooden ones. Already in the large
cities steel is displacing not only wood,
but brick and stone as well. Consid-
Grafton of the wisest use of the natural
resources of the country is forced upon
us by the needs Of the growing popu-
lation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

One OF Mr.. Carnegie's declared rea-
sons for founding and munificently en-
dowing the institution at Washington
that bears his name was that "the ex-
ceptional man" might be discovered
and developed. His purpose more
particularly contemplated the excep-
tional man In science. but he is anx-
iously awaited and warmly welcomed
whenever found in every relation Of
life. Soemtimes he appears when no
special conditions have been prepared
for him. Perhaps as often as not he
comes to the front through circum-
stances apparently fortuitous. but
which nevertheless call out responsive
though unsupported qualities in him.
The exceptional man is not made to
order. In fact he is not made at all,
but comes to his own through oppor-
tunity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

There is class Of investors who do
take close and intelligent account
OF the conditions Of market, and
whose fixed plan is to watch for ad-
yantageous moments In which to buy
or sell. It is impossible, says Alexan-
der D. Noyes. in Atlantic. to lay down
rules for policy In which success de-
pends 80 largely on possession of a
sort Of financial instinct. Neither
would It be useful or wise to suggest
what times should be chosen for such
purposes by people engaged in specu-
lating on margin" with borrowed
money. With such adventurers, the
accident of an hour may Offset the
soundest reasoning adopted with a
view to basic conditions. The bona
fide investor, however. will do we'll
to keep his eye always on the rate for
money In the Wall street market; be-
cause. while the rise or fall in rates
makes no difference to his own ca
pacity to invest, it may make all the
difference In the world to the mass of
spectators on borrowed money. II,
for instance, stocks are advancing rap
idly, and the rate for money stimuli
taneously rising to high figures. it Is
a disadvantageous market in which to
buy. The action Of the money rate
bears witness to the fact that reserves
Of loanable capital have been strained
to bring stocks to the high prevailing
fgures-which usually means that be-
fore long some Of the spectators must
let so their hold through inability to
command further resources - which
brings about readjustment of prices.
This conclusion is so obvious that 1t
would hardly need to be repeated, but
for the fact that those are the very
occasions when conviction that prices
are going to far higher level usually
seizes on Wall street. 1t is much to
the interest Of professional specula-
tors to create such an impression. II
they allow the contrary view to pre-
yail, whom would they find to pay
high prices for the stocks which they
themselves are forced to sell?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

Religious services as exclusive in
their character as five o'clock teas in
the homes Of the socially elect are
said to be the newest occasions for
gatherings OF the feminine division
Of the New York -Four Hundred" Ad-
mission is by invitation and IL you
are not Of the fashionable set you
need not come round to pray. Tea
Is served between hymns and young
women enter as enthusiastically into
the singing OF the latter as into the
pouring OF the first named. The first
hymn tea Of the season was a glitter
ing success. 1t was attended by 300
daughters Of notable families, hand
somely gowned. They sang and
prayed with as much fervor as par.
ticipants in typical Methodist lex
perience meeting"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04
Simpler Foods Needed.

Manufactured foods deserve more at
tention from the profession than has
usually been given to them. The ex-
traordinary statements OF the makers
should be frowned upon in the inter-
ests Of public health, says American
Medicine. Periatrists have lessened
the evils of baby foods which SO often
caused scurvy and other diseases Of
malnutrition. Some Of these foods, by
the way, being made mostly of starches
and sugars. with a minimum Of nitro
gen. have undoubtedly caused unrecog-
nized cases Of nitrogen starvation. SO
many Of the foods for invalids are
merely stimulating extracts of beef,
having no nutritiye value whatever,
that 1t is difficult to understand why
the extravagant claims OF their nutri-
tive value are believed. The breakfast
foods, which contain so much sugar
and dextrin with their starch, are said
TO be followed by glycosuria now and
then. The predigested carbohydrates
are poured into the blood in such large
amounts that they cannot be disposed
OF, SO they drain of wasted. The me-
chanism for reducing the sugars is
able to work on small amounts only.
Is 1t not time, then, to get back to
nature and simplify our dietetics? Is
not the peasant with his bread and
cheese, with trifie Of meat now and
then, really better of than the Falstaff
with good capon lined?" An awaken
ing OF the needs Of scientific dietetic
may result in simplification of our
foods. The public certainly needs in
struction, and there is field for much
useful work by the profession. Plain
oatmeal, stirabout and crushed wheat
were good enough for our healthy an
cest0rs, and should be for us. Fancy
nam Is given to them only cost us
mon y and give no more nutriment.
The npeutically. also. there Is much
room for improvement, perhaps. A
liyelier interest In the uses Of all foods
Will certainly lead to better knowl-
edge Of their uses for the sick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04
Disaasa and GRIND.

Science makes marvelously rapid
strides-in a circle. We have been led
by II through many mazes. and We are
now about where we were 1000 years
ago. declares a st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat writer. We are proving tnat
Plato's concept OF the universe was
about right. And in time "by the grace
OF God we may know as much as our
Father Adam knew" Modern servants
have preached so eloQuently for the
past decade that crime is disease;
that the world was about ready to ac-
cept the theory and build sanitariums
in lieu Of penitentiaries. and to sub
stitute the surgeon for the hangman.
But now comes ian authority" who
tells us that disease Is a crime" re-
versing the formula that we have
learned. He supports his theory by
many plausible arguments. Disease, he
says, results ordinarily from the in
fraction Of some Of natures laws, and
such infraction is criminal. II would
seem that there Is nothing for 1t now
but to give medical treatment to the
morally diseased. and to hang the
physically criminal persons. We must
come to regard criminals as unfortu-
nate, and the sick as willful law
breakers. Or else we must consider
crime and disease as one. and devise
a common method for treating both.
1t is a dark and involved subject
Perhaps. before our comfortably ad-
justed philosophy OF life Is snatched
from us. 1t would be wise to take the
law into our own hands and formu-
late doctrine that would spare us
further worryg We could say that
science makes us unhappy; hence 1t
is criminal. and Its practitioners en-
emies to the human race. We could
then righteously hang the scientists.
and be comfortable and ignorant in
our own way, and not with the trained
ignorance OF the savants.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

Much OF the feeling agains. motor
cars in the country is due to dis
regard, or an apparent disregard, Of
the rights Of others. The feeling, re-
marks Youths Companion, would melt
rapidly II all automcbilists under
stood human nature as well as one
man in Missouri. On the back OF his
machine is large sign, Thank youl"
When farmer pulled out at one
side of narrow road to let the auto
mobile get by, and then, looking after
it a little Grossly. perhaps. sees that
sign, he smiles and feels better.
Other motorists in the same region
have adopted the plan, and now, 1t is
said, the farmers win even pull an
automobile out Of a hole without
making sarcastic remarks about the
superiority Of horsefiesh to gasoline.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04
Artificial Beefeteak.

VIII they call 1t beefsteakaline :?
Artificial Deefsteak discounts the trusts.
1t begins with peptines and peptones.
Peptones, we are informed by scien-
tific authority, are decomposition prod
ucts Of albumen and a result of the
action Of certain reagents found in
the pancreatic glands and known as
ferments, which decompose albumen
This decomposition is a physiological
process known to the lay mind as di-
gestion. Without peptones the albu-
men which forms large percentage
Of our food would be about as nutri-
tious as sand or wood. Peptones are
similar and are the anhydride acids.
Prof. Emil Fischer. who invented the
artificial production of grape sugar.
concludes that albumen is nothing but
a compound built up of many peptines.
BY the synthesis of seven peptines he
has already produced a compound
greatly resembling albumen. 1t froths.
can be beaten into foam. and is de-
composed or digested when treated
with the juice taken from the pan
creatic duct OF a dog. He thinks that
80 or 40 peptines form peptone, and
that albumen is a compound of several
peptones. Science, therefore, has set
to work 70 find out ways and means Of
combining as many peptines as possi-
BILE in order to achieve artificial albu-
men. Since albumen is the principal
component part of the bodies OF all an
imals, OF grain and corn, OF all our
nourishment. this would mean artifi-
cial bread. artificial meat, no more
fears over failure of crops. 1t would
not be impossible to get nourishment
out of coal. No more hungry folk.
The social problem ought to be solved.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04
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Conforming to the Law.

Rev. Mr. Parkhurst, OF New York.
has been writing OF the decay OF posi-
tive authority, whereat the Chicago
Tribune says it is the other way about
that with all allowance for the rules
that are broken the average man Of
to-day obeys more positive injunctions
than his ancestors were compelled to
observe in the days of the heaviest
tyranny. 1t adds: "A man cannot
build a house upon his own land with
out complying with the ordinances OF
the city. and hardly without obeying
the dictation of a number of trades
unions. He must adopt the sanitary
conveniences which seem best to the
city government II the house is Of
certain height he must provide it
with fire-escapes. Arrangements for
air and light must be In accordance
with the rules. If he has child he
cannot decide for himself whether the
child shall be taught or not. He
must provide medical attendance for
the members Of his family. He cannot
put his child to work under the age
or IA. He cannot give his daughter in
marriage under the age Of 16. He
cannot sell goods on the street with
out license. and there are many busi-
nesses In which he cannot engage with
out license. His carts must have
tires Of certain width. His carriage.
II an automobile. must bear a number.
for which he is tatsd. In thou
sahd petty ways his personal liberty
is restricted. in the name Of the law.
The peril at the present day is not a
growing disregard for positive author
ity so much as a belief in the efficacy
OF legislation to cure all ills. Almost
every possible relation OF man to man
has been made the subject OF law.
but the food still continues"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

Look around the world to-day. and
see what some OF the men who have
long passed the dead line" are doing,
and what they have accomplished.
Look at the young old military lead
ers In little Japan who conquered great
Russia. Oyama was 20 years past this
fatal line when he won his great vic
tories, and all Of his corps command
ers were past so. Marquis Ito. the
Grand Old Man Of Japan, her greatest
statesman. and the one who has done
more than any other to make Japan
what 1t is to-day. says Orison Swett
Marden, In Success Magazine, is still
active In the service of his country.
Look at Diaz, president OF the Mexican
republic. Much OF his best work has
been done since he was GO. The en-
peror of Austria, one Of the grnatest
statesmen on the continent Of Europe,
is about n. Clement Armand FaI-
Heres, recently elected president OF
France, is 05. The leaders, the men
OF the greatest influence in our Unit
ed States senate, have worn gray hairs
for a quarter Of century. Senator
Morgan, Of Alabama, "a years old. re-
Gently made one of the strongest ana
most vigorous speeches, on the Pana-
ma canal question. that he has ever
made. Joseph Chamberlain, nearly 10
years of age, is still the most bril-
liant statesman in England. He was
~ when he initiated his plan for fis-
cal reform. President Eliot, Of Harry
ard university, everything considered.
has, perhaps, been the greatest uni
yersity president Of his day. and near
ly all Of his greatest work has been
done since he crossed the line Of the
comparatively useless age" His
mind IS still strong. alert and creative
Charles Hazlitt, consulting engineer OF
the city of New York, over 95 years Of
age, works in his Office every day at
drawings and plans-the most intri- ,
cate work. He is such an efficient
worker thai he has been held in Office
BY every administration, Republicans
and Democratic. alike, for over quar-
ter of a century. From Julia Ward !;
Howe, in her eighties, to Sara Bern
hardt In her sixties. women workers
in all fields Of endeavor. might be cited
by hundreds who are doing great work
In the world, their very best, though
they have long passed the dead line"
Sara Bernhardt during this season in |
America achieved as brilliant successes
as she did 20 years ago-she positive
ly refuses to grow old. Robert c. Og-
den, at 80, is one Of the most active
members Of the great Wanamaker firm
In fact, judging from the abundance
of his ideas, his creative ability and
freshness Of view, he is one Of the
youngest men in the whole institution.
Marshall Field was really in the prime
Of his manhood when he was stricken
with pneumonia at II, and by far the
most important part Of his remarkable
career came after he had passed the
half-century mark.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

Uncle Sam annually distributes s45
tons Of seeds free to farmers and others
at an annual cost for delivery through
the post office Of ss4.5oO. Tfthe seed, like
that spoken Of in holy writ. fell on good
ground and produced abundantly after
its kind there might be some iustifca-
tion for his paternalistic practice, but
as matter Of fact most Of it falls by
the wayside and among the thorns Of
politics. still. we shall probably go on
scattering 1t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

In the common schools Of the United
States are now enrolled more than
10000. 900 children, or about one-fifth OF
the population, under nearly half mil
lion teachers. AS this education is
given to the children free it is at the
bottom, says the New York Sun, and
very truly, of the nature Of charity.
The state takes them under its guar
dianship SO far as concerns their ele-
mentary instruction and bestows on
them its bounty. The state exercises Il
function In behalf of its citizens in this
matter Of education Of very much the
same kind as 1t employs In their sanl-
tary regulation, now carried to SO great
an extreme Of expense and Of detail.
Like school instruction. this sanitary
regulation is measure Of self-protec-
tion for the state. since unsanitary con-
ditions In particular district affect in
1uriously the whole community in
which the region is situated. Hospit-
ais, also, are maintained for like rea-
son, or not merely for the particular
benefit Of the sick In them but that the
general public health may be protect
ed. From the cradle to the grave the
poorest citizen is looked after by the
municipal authorities. The whole ma
chinery Of society is organized for his
benefit. The defective and the delin-
quent and even the vicious are looked
after without regard to any share they
may have in paying the cost or in in
creasing 1t. The spirit Of charity ex-
tends its wings over the whole COM
munity. So also the college and uni
versity may be called benevolent in
stitution. wholly or in great part. The
latest statistics of the United States
bureau Of education enumerates s443 Of
these, in which the students number
1Se,157 young men and 41,977 young
women, who contribute in tuition fees
less than one-half OF the total income,
to say nothing of the interest on the
cost Of plant, appliances, etc. More
than half Of the education of these
students is purely gratuitous. To that
extent they are the recipients Of char
ity. Besides about $4,000. 900 OF pro-
ductiye funds. these institutions have
invested in grounds and buildings, in
libraries and apparatus. nearly as
much more. Except for this endow-
ment In productive funds, gratuity
to the students. most Of the institu-
tions would have to GO out of business.
Munificent gifts to these endowment
funds have distinguished this country
for many years past, yet there is not
now a single university or college
which is not in need OF more. Appli-
cations for still further benefactions
are urgently made by the oldest and
most famous universities In the
union. These facts cast no reflection
on the pupils and students. but prove
simply that the educational advantages
these enjoy are largely of the nature
Of free gift by society or by indi-
viduals OF wealth.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

AS a result OF numerous bank de-
falcations it is reported that a moves
ment is on foot In the Wall street dis
trict to induce all the banks and trust
companies in New York to change
their regulations so that every em-
ploye shall be compelled to take at
least two weeks continuous vacation
every year. SO that his books will be
gone over by other employees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04
uninua Pnnishmant


Forcing cigarette smoker to give
up for one year the use OF cigarettes
is the novel sentence a judge in
Pennsylvania has passed upon young
man brought before him for obtaining
goods under false preterses. While the
course OF this court could not be fol-
lowed exactly in many cases, there is
something in the spirit OF its ruling
that will appeal to all who condemn
indiscrim.nate punishment. The young
man might have gone to prison for a
year, but that would have marred his
life. Besides there may have been
members of his family dependent upon
him for support who during his abb
sence would have suffered quite as
much as he. Always pursuing con-
ventional lines Of punishment some of
the shadow of the punishment falls
upon innocent persons. This is inev-
liable. But in this case the offender
is the only sufferer. and no one doubts
that he win be very unhappy and sim
cerely sorry that he ever went wrong.
And what other ends can punishment
have in view?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

A traveller who has Just returned
from Europe met A. J. Drexel at
Monte Carlo. Mr.. Drexel was enter
tanning crowd of European nobili-
ty, including a couple Of Russian
grand dukes. The traveller was chat
ting with him in the casino one after
noon. Il had been trying my luck," !"
said the former, ''had lost on the red
number Of five-franc pieces and l
talked rather excitedly about the
Monte Carlo tables. One thing led to
another. Finally l said: What would
you do If you saw man cheating
hereT Mr.. Drexel smiled. Dor he
said, Why. back him. of course.'"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

Miss Madison z. Doty. lawyer Of
New York city, has achieved the dis
tinction Of being the first woman re-
ceiver ever appointed by the United
States district court Of New York.
The case is that OF a Fifth avenue mil
liner and dressmaker against whom a
petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by three creditors.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04

Police plans are being made in Pitts
burg for the surveillance Of Alexander
Berkman when he leaves the work.
house May is, after having served L.
years for the attempt to murder H.
@. Frick. Wherever he goes in any
portion Of the world his every move
ment win be watched. 1t is said he
succeeds Herr Most as head of the
American anarchists. 1t is said that
Mr.. Frick will pay a detective bureau
$4,000 a year for constant watch
on Berkman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-04
HennerY Phonoeranhv.

A Stockport On. W poultry farmer
has had great trouble of late because
his hens were not producing the proper
number Of eggs. A nearby neighbor
has fine flock of hens which were
working overtime to produce eggs.
While hanging over the back fence
listening to the triumphant cackle Of
his neighbor's hens. says a local in
formant, an idea struck the luckless
owner OF hens. He went into the house
and brought out his phonograph, in
serted blank record and succeeded in
getting fine imitation OF the cackIing
OF the laying hens. He then installed
the photograph in his own hen house
and started 1t going. The first day the
hens were greatly amazed. but the sec
ond day they got down to business
and ground out an egg every time the
phonograph cackled. The hens have
stopped cackling themselves. however,
and when the phonograph stops they
stop laying and the originator OF the
idea has to sit In his coop all day long
to keep the phonograph going.