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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

DO you believe that realism 10 .
beneflt to the drama?"
Decidedly" answered Mr.. Storm
ington Barnes. 4 cannot express my
self too strongly in favor Of the prac-
tice which has grown up in recent
years Of paying actors with real
money ."-Washington star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

II you take all the vanity and self
ishness out Of some people there isn't
much left-London Tit-Bits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

Mrs. Nurich- We've got baby
Wandp At our house. Have you9
Mrs. plain--No. but we've got
>rand bahv Detroit Free Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28
Iuss De ThInu.

Once on a time. IN Brazil.
Attacked BY . violent chill.
A big alligator
Climbed on the Equator
And enjoyed a comforting grill
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

How did you make your wife's ac'
quaintancef
Il ran over her with my automo-
bile. The court decreed that should
pay her $1,000 damages. and 7
thought II was better to marry herl"
-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

A Game That Is a Little More Com
rIicated Than the Single.

OF course you all know the old
game Of "TitTat-Toe. Three in a
Row." which almost every boy and
girl in this country has played at
school, filling slate after slate with
the cross lines and the little circles
or crosses between them It is not a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28
TaTa.

lnere was young maid from afar.
VINO ran like the deuce for a car!
70 her zeal she was martyrs
For snap went her-shoestring-
TOO embarrassed for more-so Ta-Tai
Puck.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

winks-Most divorces ere caused
hy a common mistake.
JInks-What IL ~
Winks--Many = man IN love only
with dimple or curl makes the
mistake OF marrying the whole girl
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-28

OF the above plcturee. one Is a novel
Idea for a tea gown. That fashionable
material. chiffon velvet. builds this in
door robe. the bodice and sleeves being
all draped In one piece. It Is In silver
gray, with a chou Of gold tissue At the
bust
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
GREAT RIVER DRYING UP.
The Zambesi, in Africa, Reported to
Be Rapidly Decreasing in
Volume.

Zanzibar. East Africa.-There are
signs that the greatest river in Africa,
the Zambesi. is drying up. Navigation
in that portion of the river which is
free from rapids and cataracts is be-
coming increasingly difficult. A num-
Der of vessels are lying on the mud
at points which ten years ago were be-
low water for eight months of the
year.
Commerce is greatly hindered, goods
sent by water up-river having occu-
pied three months in travelling the 375
miles to Blantyre. the capital of Brit
ish Central Africa.
AS remedy for this phenomenon,
which is certainly not the result of
drought, 1t is proposed to construct a
railway from the port of Quilimane to
Port Herald. British trading station.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Grape cuttings should be planted as
soon as the soil can be worked in
the spring. Put rows at least foot
apart. Place the cuttings in slant
ing position, leaving but one bud
above the surface Of the ground. If
we have dry spring 1t is best to
mulch along the rows to prevent dry
ing out.
Upon receiving a shipment of trees
or shrubs from the nursery 1t is a
good plan to heel them in the ground
before planting.
When planting young orchard be
sure to make a map OF the orchard
showing where each tree is planted.
This will make it possible to keep a
correct tab on the location OF varie-
tics.
In planting trees and shrubs on the
lawn or about the home grounds keep
in mind the habits of the trees and
shrubs that are set out. because you
are planting for future results.
In setting out young trees do not
have the top larger than the roots.
Make the top smaller than the roots.
Remove all broken roots when the
tree is set.
Whenever you want to cut off the
large limb of tree of any kind first
saw up on the underside as far as
you may; then saw directly above the
first cut until the limb falls. Thus
there will be no splitting down.
About the only objection to low
headed trees is that they prevent in
great measure, cultivation close up
around the trunk But the thick
shading of the tree prevents the
growth of grass or any cultivated
crop under the branches to any ex-
tent, so that in reality there is no oc-
casion for cultivating directly under
the trees
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
MAIL MATTER GOES WRONG
Name of Indian Territory Post Office
Causes Much Delay and
Trouble.

South McAlester. I. T.-As soon as
the post office department authorizes
a change in the name of the post office
here from South McAlester to McAIes-
ter, In conformity with recent act of
congress merging the two towns, more
than score of local corporations will
be required to hold meetings of their
stockholders and vote on the question
of dropping the word South" from
the official title of their institutions.
One of the local national banks mas
already called meeting of stockhold-
ers to take this action Confusion in
mail, freight and express continues. as
the railroads have taken no cognizance
OF the change in the city's name, and
until the postal authorities and rail-
roads recognize the abolishment of
South McAlester. all matter addressed
to McAlester goes to the old town by
that name, and is then carted back to
South McAlester.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10

Anthony's Falls, Mimi, where began
the practice OF my profession. the law.
There was no city Of Minneapolis
when went there. but as soon as 1t
was started. found myself stung by
the journalistic bee, and founded the
Minneapolis Journal. 1t was an uphill
job, but we perseyered. Public senti-
ment was in opposition to an anti
slavery paper in that section of the
country. The pro-slavery element was
strong, and professional men, particu-
larly lawyers. and the preachers, also.
turned the cold shoulder ON u.s."
DR.. Fell relates an interesting story
OF how he went out with horse and
wagon to round up subscribers for his
newspaper. Near Fort Smelling he
was met by the commanding officer OF
the fort, who told him that party
of Sioux and Objiways had by some
means secured several kegs of whisky.
The officer jumped into DR.. Fells
wagon, and they finally came up with
the Indians and destroyed the liquor,
but 1t was race between them and
the half-drunken red devils for the
fort. There was a heavy snow on the
ground. SO that the Indians were
handicapped and they lost their race
with the horse and wagon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10

to Gen. Robert Gibson Smith, OF new
Jersey, for $4,000. This is one OF the
best-known estates in Virginia, and Is
situated in Fairfax county, on the POI
tomac river. % miles from Washing
ton The estate almost touched the old
Mount Vernon estate, and the owne
er of Gunston hall, Mr.. George Mason
was one of the most intimate friends
and neighbors that George Washing
ton had.
The old mansion is standing virtu.
ally as 1t was built by Mr.. Mason. in
1855. 1t is an imposing and delightful
old building, and is of the old colonial
type OF architecture. The bricks OF
which 1t is built were brought by ship
all the way from Scotland. They are
twice the size of modern bricks. but
are exceedingly durable as the walls Of
Gunston hall will compare more than
favorably with the buildings of the
present day. The house Is so feet
long by 40 feet wide. The principal
entrance is on the north side Of the
building and is marked by a large
square porch of brick and stone and
having four heavy doric pillars. On
tne SOUTH sue tnere is Sihdiiei porch
overlooking the wide Potomac.
This estate now consists of 615 acres
and affords fine pasture and farming
lands, besides having large orchards
containing about 10000 fruit trees.
Former Representative Thomas e.
Watson, of Georgia, populist and
Farmers Alliance advocate. tried to
buy this place about year ago. Mr..
Watson, despite his preaching the
simple life and antagonizing riches. is
man well to do in this worlds goods.
and amply able to pay the $4,000
asked for this old estate. but some
hitch occurred in his negotiation He
was anxious to get up into the old
colonial atmosphere and settle down
on an estate with which George Wash
ington was SO familiar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
EAN1ORCHARDsGARDF
GODS FIRST TEMPLES.

The groves were Gods first temples. Ere
man learned
To hew the shaft and lay the architrave.
And spread the roof above them. ere he
framed
The lofty vault to gather and roll back
The sound of anthems, in the darking
wood.
Amidst the cool and silence. he knelt down
And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks
And supplication. For his simple heart
Might not resist the sacred influences.
Which from the stilly twilight of the place
And from the gray old trunks that high in
heaven
Mingled their messy boughs. and from the
sound
or the invisible breath that swayed at once
All their green tops, stole over him and
bowed
His spirit with the thought OF boundiess
power
And Inaccessible majesty. All, why
Should we, in the worlds ripper years. neg
lect
Gods ancient sanctuaries and adore
Only among the crowd. and under roofs
That our frail hands have raised?
William Cullen Bryant
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
CARE OF THE ORCHARD.

Dig out or burn the whole orchard
or get rid OF the sod. one or the other.
Grating may be done. even If the
trees are in bloom, provided the scions
are dormant.
Well shaken when taken applies
with full force to spraying with fungi
cides and insecticides.
Don't be afraid of the San Jose
scale; that won't hurt you. But fight
shy of the house that builds the scale.
Hill up now around young apple
and peach trees. not to keep the Dor.
ers out. but SO If they get in you
can readily dig them out.
Mind you don't use crude petroleum
on a tree except when the buds are
dormant; II you do you will kill the
tree. After the buds begin to swell
is too late.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10

all his tales are to be believed. and is
now having the time of his life re-
ceiving responses to his suggestion
that he would like to have nice lady
for his wife, and when the right one
comes along he will settle upon her
the tidy sum of 100000. 1t may be
mentioned that the lady has not yet
appeared. and Mr.. Stark's 100000 are
yet intact. He came here few weeks
ago and put up at the best hotel in the
city, and to an enterprising reporter
on a daily paper told an enchanting
story in his great luck in searching
for wealth.
According to his tale. he struck 1t
rich wherever he went in gold and sill
yer mining and in search for diamonds
in the diamond fields of Brazil. He
said that he was worth 100000 in
cash, besides retaining an interest in
some valuable mines. He was tired.
he declared, of his hard life as a pros
pector and gold hunter. and wanted to
settle down in peace. comfort and do
mestic bliss. In order to attain his
ideal he intimated that he would set.
tie 100000 on the lady who met his
ideal of wife. His story got wide
circulation. and the mails have been
filled with letters from all over the
country.
They come from women in almost
every station of life, but the majority
of them have been written by working
girls and servants, who thought they
saw an opportunity to secure wealth
and husband. There is stupendous
assortment from blase old maids. foxy
widows of uncertain years. dashing
little girls from Dixie Land. gay Choir
us girls and country maidens who have
swallowed the whole story OF great
wealth and Stark's hunt for wife.
The latter says he has had to employ
secretary to answer all these letters
and he has not yet reached the end.
The whole thing is looked on in Wash
ington as joke on the public or get
ting hold Of susceptible women.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
LOST LEG is RESTORED.
Missing Wooden Member Returned
to Owner by Railroad
Company.

Wilkesbarre. Pa.-The leg which
Louis Felter. of Nanticoke lost in
the Pennsylvania railroad wreck near
Pottsville when the locomotive left
the rails and turned turtle down an
smbankment, was returned to him by
officials of the company.
1t was scratched. bruised and dent
ed. but was otherwise sound, and he
can use it again.
Felter wss hurled from one end of
the car to the other, and had hard
struggle getting out of the wreckage.
Not until he was extricated did he
miss his leg. He notified the COM
pany, and it was found and sent to
him.
1t was wooden one which he had
just purchased in Philadelphia and
was taking home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
PRUNING SHADE TREES AND
SHRUBS.

or all garden operations pruning Is
,robably less understood, except
among the best professional gardeners.
than any other appertaining to horti-
cultural craft. There is a vague no
ton abroad that it is as necessary TO
the life of tree or shrub as Is root
|nourishment or water.
On the contrary, 1T is an operation
that requires a great deal OF Judgment
and skill. and 1t is very often better
left undone than done. In the case OF
ornamental trees 1t should always pe
attended to in the early life OF the
tree for convenience sake. as where
1t is not desirable to have the lower
branches sweeping a lawn, or have
them so overhang a roadway as to in
terfere with the passing of carriages
underneath them. In all such cases
the growth should be watched from
year to year; and one, or at most two,
courses OF such branches removed. IL
more are taken off, the length OF the
tree will be materially weakened for
lack of leaf power. for without suf->
ficient amount of foliage the tree can
not obtain root power or development
to keep in vigorous, thrifty, growing
state.
OF most Importance to the fruit
grower is the handling and packing OF
fruit. No matter how fine the fruit
may be before packing, If 1t is handled
roughly and is packed in a careless.
slovenly manner 1t will never bring
the top price We must offer our fruit
for sale in an attractive form, other
wise our selection of varieties and
subsequent care will be useless. When
the fruit grower gives the same care
and attention to putting his product
on the market in an attractive form
that the manufacturer does with his
goods. we shall have made a great
advance toward better prices. If you
plant the best varieties. give them in
telligent cultivation, prune and spray
when necessary and offer your prod
uct for sale in the most attractive
manner, you will find that there is
still money in fruit raising-enoueh
to pay your bills and have snug lit
tie nest egg besides.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
FIND sUBTERRANEAN LAKE.
Body Of Water Under West Virginia
Town Causes Fear Among the
Residents.

Richmond, Va--Charlestown, w.
Va. located just across the state line
from Winchester, is in a ferment Of
excitement over the discovery of tre-
mendous subterranean lake and cav
ern directly beneath the town and
near enough to the crust OF the earth
to make the situation precarious to
the Inhabitants.
Men blasting made the discovery of
the lake cavern when the discharge
caused the earth to crumble and fall
in, leaving a great hole. J. M. Mily.
OF the Standard Oil company. together
with q party of the workmen, ven
tured into the cavern. exploring it
for considerable distance. They dis
covered the presence OF a lake, and,
returning to the surface, procured a
small boat in which they rowed about
for several hundred yards. They
were afraid to venture farther into
the bowels OF the earth without pro-
curing lights and taking proper pre-
cautions and safeguards to facilitate
their return.
Mily in an interview said that there
are limestone formations in the cav
ern similar to those in the noted
Luray caverns. The water of the lake
is remarkably pure and is cold and
sweet to the taste.
An expert with electric lights made
a further exploration of the cavern,
confirming the report previously made
iy Mr.. Mily. He was unable. how
ever. to go across the lake, the extent
of which is therefore unknown. Since
the cavern runs from the point OF
discovery directly under the city OF
Charlestown. the inhabitants are in
ferment for fear lest the ground
fall in. burying or drowning them and
destroying their property. Many peo.
pie have already left the city and
sought temporary homes in other To-
calities.
A systematic exploration of the cav.
ern will be instituted and continued
until the work is done. In the mean
time experts will be called upon to
solve the problem as to whether there
is any danger to the city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
TREES AND SOILS.

There seems to be sure index to
the character of the soil in the man
ner of the growth of trees. 1t will
be noticed that on hard clay soil the
trees are of slow growth, irregular.
and extremely uneven in branches.
Each years growth is very small.
Frequently even the feaves are
dwarfed. Yet in time trees on such
soil attain an immense development
and its branches seem TO keep pace
with the development of the roots in
the soil. Where the soil is rich and
soft the growth of the tree above the
ground is smooth and rapid. The
limbs are long between joints. and
everything bespeaks a luxuriant ex-
istence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
BE A HUSTLER.

Don't be a slowpokei Take your
time only in the sense that you give
the proper attention and care to what
ever you do. If IL is waste of time,
don't do it. But be sure your judg-
ment is right, lest you be adjudged
lazy. Some one said: What is worth
doing at all, is worth doing well; II
might be consistently added to that
adage that what Is worth doing well
is, worth doing quickly.
Mulberries are profitable for poul-
try; also in strawberry ripening tim \
the birds prefer the mulberries to
Strawberries and thus save many straw
berries. Mulberries can be easily
grown Plant like cherries and plums-
They should be planted close to the
hen yard. The Russian is seed ing
grown from the seed. Some are pis-
tillates and will not bear If planted by
themselves. OF the budded varieties,
the Hicks Everbearing is the best
with us.
All the manure that you can get
scattered before you get the crop
planted will give you the gain one
year earlier, and will increase the ma
nure. crop for next year. The profit
in manure is just like compound in
terest; the manure which you lend to
the land will give an increase in the
crop, which will give more manure to
haul next year.
Watch the farmer who is seldom on
the road to the corner grocery, but
who, II you hunt him up, is at home
working, planning or sitting in the
bosom of his family. You will find
him, sooner or later, right at the fore
front, where things are being done to
make the world better.
When land is in good condition to
plow it is in good condition to har-
row, and the harrow is never so effec-
tive as when used the same day the
plowing is done. This is especially
the case when the soil begins to get
dry.
Yes. keep pig manure as well as COW
manure away from potatoes or the
strawberry patch, bat it has always
proved good thing on the cabbage
patch for me.
Wheat is a better egg-making food
than corn, but even wheat alone is not
an ideal ration.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10

partment of California he was right
on the spot when the terrible earth
quake wrecked the city Of San Fran
cisco. and the record he has made In
maintaining order and giving relief to
the sufferers is equal to any that he
had previously attained. although he
is a medal OF honor man in the list
of army officers.
Gen. Funston Is right well known
in Washington. where he has many
friends who were intimate with him
long before he ever dreamed that he
would wear the stars of a brigadier
general in the regular army. Less
than a dozen years ago he was an in
conspicuous clerk in the department of
agriculture, place he secured through
the influence OF his father, who was
for many years a Republican congress
man from the state OF Kansas. Fun
ston was always an ambitious little fel-
low. but his friends here do not re-
call that a military career especially
appealed to him until conditions grew
SO bad in Cuba under Spanish misrule.
He used to talk with his associates
about the oppression of the Cubans
and wish that he could do something
to help them win liberty. He went to
Cuba finally and fought with the pa
triots against the Spanish and had a
pretty lively time.
1t was when the Spanish war broke
out and he was largely instrumental
in raising Kansas regiment. of which
he was made colonel. that his active
ha
demonstrated that while he was an en-
thusiast, he was practical one and
not visionary one.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
Noted War Veteran.

Col. Thomas Johnson. veteran OF the
Mexican and civil wars and said to be
the last surviving member of the
confederate congress, died few days
ago in Mount Sterling. KY, aged 80
years. He had served several terms
as state senator and representative.
Col. Johnson. who leaves a large es-
tate. was born in Baltimore. his fam
lily moving to Kentucky when he
was a chil4.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10

have to admit that many of their the
cries are guesswork. They have
CLEANED some very interesting data
from the disturbance. and the seismo-
graph. that delicate instrument that
registers disturbances OF the earth, has
come into great prominence. The
weather bureau has one which prompt
ly recorded the earthquake on the
morning it occurred, but at the mag
netic observatory OF the United States
coast and geodetic survey. at Chelten-
ham, the closest observation was
made not only with the seismograph.
but also with the self-registering mag
netic instruments.
This magnetic observatory is one of
the best equipped in the country and
the seismograph was mounted there in
December, 1904. The record is made
by fine steel point which makes q
trace on sheet OF paper having a
smoked surface. This paper is wound
on cylinder driven by clockwork and
revolving once every hour at such a
speed that the smoked surface moves
past the pen point at the rate of one
twenty-fifth of an inch every four sec
onds. Cheltenham is 2.450 miles in
an air line from San Francisco and the
record shows that the waves from the
earthquake crossed the continent in
seven minutes "a seconds, or at the
rate of 511 miles per second. which is
81 times the velocity of sound.
The self-recording magnetic instru-
ments registered tho same data and
showed that the tremors of the earth
quake crossed from San Francisco to
Cheltenham in about seven minutes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10

Is Or. viclsers Fell who is now in the
sighty-seventh year of his age. He
was one of the pioneers of the west,
and started the first Republican news
paper west of st. Louis. In addition
10 his devotion to the cause of anti
slavery. DR.. Fell has been deeply in
terested in the question of woman's
rights and temperance. The other day
while in reminiscent mood. he talked
Of his early experiences in the west.
and OF conditions that the present gem
Grafton has little conception of In
speaking of his early history. he said:
Il was born In Lancaster county.
Pennsylvania. in 1873 My parents
were Quakers and were like the ma
,ority OF Quakers. opposed to slavery.
Is :l51 ] established myself at St.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
FRUIT ON ALL KINDS OF SOIL.

Fruit of some kind or other may be
grown to advantage on almost every
kind of soil and kind of location. AS
to apple trees. both upland and low
lands have advantages. On the low
lands the trees make a more vlgor-
Gus growth than on the uplands, while
the trees on the upland come into
bearing earlier and are more regular
in their bearing habits.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-10
In Search of a Wife.

YOUNG man CIV
ing the name of
Henry Stark has
been causing quite
a sensation in
Washington re-
Gently and Great
ing much agita-
tion among the
ladies. He is an
eccentric sort of
an individual, II