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CHARLES SEARCHED SHIRT.
A an Article Of Soldier Toilet Il Was
Not a Success.

Charlie G.. and George f. were two
Of the oldest boys we had In Com.
pany X, and the most successful for.
agers-sometimes too successful--of.
tentlmes carrying of things they had
no earthly use for several miles, and
just as likely as not, II they got tired
OF the load, dropping II on the way
and leaving II, says writer in the
American Tribune. Once they went
out and were gone two days, no one
knew where. Late in the afternoon of
the second day the two boys-for
neither was more than is years OF
age-toied YEARLY into camp with 4
load they might have gorfe twice for.
They had besides their arms, which
they never went without, an oldiash.
Toned Franklin stove, complete with
an oven, the necessary frying pan,
pots, kettles, stoye.pipes, ilat.irons,
etc, and fair assortment OF crockery
lo match, the whole slung on two
poles they had cut In the woods.
Never was the result or a loraging cN'
petition more welcome. as wa just
needed good stove to make us com.
Portable in our winter quarters, though
what on earth Charic-they were his
pet sclcction-wantcd with the Hat.
irons We could not guess. Charlie
had also obtained a complete suit Of
clothing, and regarded them with spe-
cal pride After We had successfully
finished the dlsagreeablc job Of put.
ting up the stove and fitting the pipes
"a thing We had never succeeded in
doing at home without the help Of a
wOman-Charlic washed himself and.
going away for a few moments, soon
stru'ted back rugged out in as mar.
yelous a suit as ever met our wonder.
ing eyes. The ncatness Of the fit
would have done honor to a Chatham
street jew, for while Charlie was
rather diminu'iye in size, the suit had
evidently been made for giant. \
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are issued, the value Of the error
check will be demonstrated to the
post Office general, although numerous
attempts have been made to invent a
similar device, there was never one
before that worked satisfactorily.
This one explains the Omaha
World. Herald is so light that a clerk
scarcely lsows 1t is upon his hand
As nc takes up a pack Of letters the
check falls into place upon the top
envelope, ard as a letter is pulled out
to go Tying into the distributing case
II carries streak across t. This
streak is u lire Of figures, II the mum.
Der of the clerk Is four, then the
streak across the envelope will be a
line Of fours. Each clerk has a Ger.
tain color of ink-bluc for No. /, green
for NO 2, purple for NO 3 and so on.
People who have seen colored fig.
ures across the face OF letter have
often wondered how this odd tracery
happened to be there The check al.
ways leaves It's mark, no matter how
fast the letters are distributed. The
great advantage OF It is that It does
not In the least impede the distribu'
ton OF mail into the cases, However
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shirt was so stlff that It would
stand alone. All our chaifng
amounted to nothing, as the only re.
ply We could get out Of Charlie was
that he was doing just as he had seen
Marin" do at home. The shirt stood
for several days against the pole at
the back Of the hut. Charlie asked
for a pass one day to go to town. He
had managed to get on the shirt and
to fix himself up pretty sprucely for
his expected visit, and was waiting
for his pass, when suddenly an or.
der came for brigade drill in heavy
marching order. There was no help
for Charlie. He tried to evade tho
order, but the sergeant was too sharp
for him, and he had TO go out without
time to take off his shirt. For some
unfortunate reason or other the gen.
eral was unusually cross that day,
and gave us a very severe drill. Fl.
nally, forming the brigade in a square,
he ordered double quick around and
when we got around all Of us were in
a good lively sweat. On marching
into camp the colonel dismissed us
without the usual parade, and we got
supper and went to bed, the best of
us completely tired out. Some time
in the night Charlie walked us all up
to help him get that darned shirt or
The starch had become molstened by
the excessive perspiration and stuck
to him all over like tar. We succeed
ed at last In getting it of, thougl: at
the expense OF considerable skin and
more profanity, greatly to the am Use.
ment Of the boys Charlie was so
wroth that he Immediately made up
fire in the stove and burned the
shirt, but 1t was long time heiore
he heard the last Of that billed shirt"
Poor Charlie, who was brave lad
now sleeps in the sunny south, but
! shall never forget him.
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pair Of corduroy knee brccchcs Tapped
at the waist, luosrly.hanging folds Of
the shadbellicyt OF waiStcuats sug.
gestod a convenient receptacle TO
Charlie on his promised expeditions
for the good things which would Ell.
able us to make the best use OF our
newly acquired stove, swallow.tailed
blue coat with brass buttOns-which
II Il was made for the prince of
Wales" must have been kept for his
Sunday suit, for It looked as spck and
span as though just from the tailor
seemed to be vainly hunting like a
claw.hammer for a nail in the ground.
Charlie evidently delighted most In
this patriotic-cOlored acquisition. for
he kept ceaselessly turning round and
round to display It to us In all its
glory. bell-Crowned beaver Of am.
pie proportions came down over his
eyes, and his mouth was eifeCtually
shut up in the folds OF an enormous
collar and stock, which obliged him
10 hold his head as high as possible,
We had plenty Of fun out OF Charlie
that day. lie had on also a home.
spun tow.inen shirt, to which the
enormous collar was attached. After
wearing II for some time as a night
shirt. he finally decided to wash II.
We had a general wash day, going ont
to creek near by, with a kettle to
heat the water One day, after ! had
finished, Charlie filled the kettle abou;
half full Of water and hung II over
the fire to heat, | sat near by busily
whiting at pipe, waiting for my
clothes to dry. When the water be-
came sufficiently heated Charlie pro.
duced package Of starch, and empty
Ing the whole OF It's contents into the
kettle, stirred II steadily with stick
until the mixture was at the boiling
point. Taking the shirt, which he had
Just washed. he plunged 1t into the
pot and stirred II vigorously until he
thought II was sufficiently "starched, "
He then took It out, and when It was
cool enough wrung II and hung
4 I'D to dry. When dnisheG the
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SHE WANTED TO TEST HIS HERO
ISM.

He had been counting the girl for q
long time. 1t happened on Sunday
night after church, They were sitting
on the sofa, and she looked with in
eifable tenderness into his noble blu,
eyes.
'Tom,' she murmurcd, with q
,remor in her voice, didn't You tell
me once YOU would be willing to do
any act of hcroism for my sake?"
Yes, Mary, and | gladly reitera. q
that statement now" he replied. in
confident tones, no noble Roman OF
old was fired with a loftier ambition
Il Drawer resolution, than l."
We'll, Tom, | want you to do some.
thing really heroic for me-"
Speak, darling What Is IT,"
ASK me to be your wife We've
been fooling long enough. "-TitBits.
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Automatic Checking Device for Letters.

omaha has the only post Office in
the country that can trace errors in
the distribution of mail in such a way
that the clerk who makes the mis-.
take can be Identified This is done
through device invented by J. p.
Conner, an Omaha man, who has been
a mail clerk in the local Office for 10
years.
1t is an implement which will prob.
ably be used by the post Office depart.
mcnt throughout the country exactly
as It is used in Omaha at the present
tine. As soon as the patent papers
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ment. The utilization Of the enormous
horsepower now going to waste in this
country, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat, would add much to the ma
tIonal wealth and cheaper one Of the
most generally used products OF the
country. Mr. Rossi, an American
engineer, has estimated that the pow
or which could be saved in the metal
lurgic industries of the United states
must amount to some millions OF
horsepower, and he believes that an
output Of fully one million horsepower
could be maintained continuously.
In converting the millions OF tons
Of coal turned annually into coke II
this country one.ifth Of the weight
goes of in the form of escaping gases
of which experiments have shown
that about onefourth could be used II
gas engines In the operation OF blast
furnaces Mr. Rossi calculates that
from 30 TO 80 horsepower could be Oh
tanned from the gases which escape II
the manufacture of a single ton OF pie
iron, and when either of these figures
Is multiplied by the tonnage OF pi:
iron annually manufactured in thi;
country It will be seen that the waste
Is enormous.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28

The circular arm which holds Tho
check in place upon the pack Of le,
tiers is made Of a clock spring. Tn,
marking wheel is like a small pullcy
with two small pieces of aluminium {.
hold it in place The hiking pad e..
another small wheel. which turns a,
The marking wheel turns.
"On this check said Mr.. Conner
Il have worked six moaths, and while
the workmanship on it Is rather crude
Il works with the perfection | had
hoped to attain Ten years ago be.
gan TO think about inycn,ing an erro,
check, but it is only recently that
accomplished what | set out to in
Won't "
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the check is only used upon letters.
Although the device Is comparative
ly simple It required ten years 20 dc
yelop IT, Mr. Conner originally cx
perimentcd with a check attached tc
the thumb of the left hand This
marked the letters effectively, but as
the thumb Is much used in distrib
uting mail, a check Of that character
made II impossible to throw mall
with any degree Of speed In the i'm
proved implement attached to the
hand like corn husking peg, all Of
the former difficulties have been oyer
como
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INVDUS1TRY&.,@z.,z,
> ! q NEcHAAl(3S
UTILIZING WASTE GASES.
Economy Praetieed in Germany Is
Yet to Be Learned in This Country.

In Germany revolution Is in prog.
iess IN the direction OF the replacing
OF steam driven machinery by gas en-.
gines, which consume the gases escap.
ing from blast furnaces and coke
ovens such utilization OF power hav.
ing already been applied to about one.
half of the coke producing capacity
OF Germany.
me economy which is being so gen.
orally practiced in Germany is almost
unknown In this country. as it is II.
Great Britain, but the British having
begun economy in Wales 1t is to be
presumed tina; the coal and coke
pants of the United States will not
lag behind in this progressive move.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28
a Bottle Machine

Fourteen years ago a bottle manu-
facturer Claude boucher in Cognac
France, was forced to close his fac
tory by the continuous strikes ana ex
actions Of his employees, He sat tc
work to invent a machine for the man
ufacture Of bottles, This machine /.
now In use in various parts OF the
country; 100000 bottles are turned
ont by 1t daily. A single machine
produces $4,000 bottles in q hours
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28
In OIden Days.

Mark Antony was so busy making
love to Cleopatra that he forgot the
departure of the camel express.
We'll, that settles It, he growled
Now | am going to miss that poker
game down in Rome
Then he smiled.
"Oh, well" he continued philosoph.
ically, Il guess | am just as well on
here In Egypt holding one queen.
And Cleopatra was so pleased she
blushed like a summer girl.-ChiCago
News.
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WATCHING A GREAT FIGHT.
Interesting "Reminiscences Of Battle
Between Alabama and Kearsarge.

The famous fight between tie con.
fedcrate ship Alabama and the
United States cruiser Kcarsatgc,
which took place off Cherbourg in
1864, was Witnessed by a Mrs. Falls,
author Of Foreign Courts and For
cign Homes" Her father was sta.
toned at Chcybourg in the service
Of the British government The Ala
bama came into port to coal and re.
III, and the kcarsargc soon followed
Capt. Scmmcs. Of the Alabama. was
a hero in the eyes of the Young w1m
IN, and he was much amused at her
abuse Of the federal vessel Capt
Scmmcs knew that the Kcarsargc
had Iun him to the ground, and
would fight him in any case, so he
sent challenge for a fair combat
in neutral waters outside the Cher.
hoprg breakwator. ON receiving the
challenge, the Kearsarge put out to
sea. The spectators thought it was
afraid to fight, but it had only gone
outside to wait
That nigh; the young woman was
miserable. The captain was very
grave and quiet. Turning to her, lie
said;
Little girl, You are crying
Liser she received a note from
Capt Scmmes, containing an inclos.
ure, and asking her to keep it Until
instructions. II he were killed she
was to post the letter to Paris. II he
lived he would send her word what
to do with IT,
The day of the battle friend Of
hers. who had man-ofwar boat at
his command, because her husband
was an officer in the French army, In.
yitcd the young American girl Ia go
on, 10 the brcakwatcr with her to wit
ness the engagement On their way
out they rowed as near the Alabama
as possible, and stood up in the boat
and checrcd The men ON the Ala.
bama checred back and dipped It's
flag Al half past nine It steamed
slowly out, going straight to whcre
the Kearsargc waited, The Deer.
hound, an English yacht, kept nOr
H.
II was long, tedious time before
they settled to fight. Finally they
opened fire. When the smoke cleared
away the Alabama seemed to be max.
ing for Cherbourg Then It began to
settle, and the gallant ship went down
within 200 yards Of the Deerhound,
It's colors flying. Through the power
ful telescopes the ladies in the man.
of.war boat could see the yacht
speeding OF They did not know
then that It had picked up Capt
Semmes and 30 men, and was making
straight for England.
The man.of.war boat went TO rem.
der assistance, and the girls did not
get on the breakwater until five
o'clock.
When they got back to Cherbourg
every one was laughing at the Deer.
hound for running away, Afraid OF
smoke" they said In the evening
the captain OF an English steamer
lust in asked to see the young
southern girl. He said he had passed
the Deerhound in the channel, and II
had run up signals saying Tell
Miss Hamond to send the letter to
the post office at Southampton, Thus
she knew that Capt. Semmes was
safe
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28

Saked eggs with cheese mai go an
ap1ctizing luncheon dish. Toas. as
maHy slices Of bread as required Mix
grated cheese to a paste with milk
anl spread over the toast Arrange
in ? baking pan, break an egg over
each slice, sprinkle with more caEass
AMI place in hot even until tbs eggs
are set.
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sarefuI saeiIH in chure,

Tho baneful bacilli now 60 to
ctr'ch, 1t appears. According 10
TIA British Medical Journal, TIE rrNs
en- crowded with them, Va Wos
Cor whether this explains VIII Zen
s3" away-London Globe.
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Care Of the Piano.

! piano when new should ~ 'nrsl
one month, the loncey ar .rsrr..
ucst remains untancd, the liver rs
pItrh becomes; it is a common error
TO ,link piano should rcma.E "a ..as
AZ Last a year.
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Useful.

Knlcker-Has Subbubs been sue.
cessful with his garden?
Bocker-Yes; think he must have
raised enough Cabbages TO smoke.-N
7. Sun.
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In Vain.

why don't you write something
original?" asked the editor.
Whats the use?" replied the an.
thor. III | do my friends merely ask
me why don't write something in.
teresting. "-Cassell's journal.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28
old coin Found In Bullock.

A slxpence of the reign of Charles
I. was found In the stomach OF a bull
lock killed recently by . YarEAs th
t.Gngland) butcher.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28
Yet Once Aualn.

Where are you going, my pretty maid %
I'm goln a.lish!ng, kind sir" she said.
May | SO with you, my pretty maid?"
Il don't fish with clans, kind sir" che
said.
Chicago Tribune
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28

A fan snrinkle' With toile } Snr,onIa
will give wonderfully < hing
breeze to the hot weather SUI
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-09-28

Chicago Tribune,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
GREAT VITALITY OF TREES.
Story from Utah Tells of FelIed Giant
Which Sprouted Young Growths
from Its Sides.

An illustration Of the wonder
1ul vitality and reproductiveness
of the redwood is reported from
Ukiah as existing in the forests OF
Mcndicino county. 1t consists
of the trunk of a redwood tree
felled for the manufacture of shin.
glesg which, after lying on the
ground undisturbed for several
months, sprouted number Of
young trees whose roots had de.
veloped in it's own body. This de-
velopment is enormously report
ed, however, as the first case on
record where redwood completely
severed from the stump has pro-
duced a new growth. Instances
have been frequently recorded Of
felled redwood trunks reproduc-
ing a growth Of young timber all
along the line Of the PROSTATE
log, and travellers through thp
coast forests have frequently OBJ
served the phenomenon Of rows of
well-developed trees growing out
Of the bodies of those that have
lain long enoughon the earth TO
perish and decay. Some years ago
newspaper correspondent re-
ported the strange phenomenon Of
new redwood growth on a bridge
built Of redwood logs across !
Humboldt county stream. The
sides Of this bridge consisted
OF two large redw0ods, which had
been felled 50 that the ends rested
in the soil on each bank. AIlaIong
the upper side Of each log a row Of
sturdy redwood sapIings derel-
oped shortly after the bridge had
been finished, proving that life
was not extinguished in either. al
though totally severed from the
stumps.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
True Story 81 Eight- Armed Bsast--
Arms Of Monstsr Measure 25
Feet IN Length.

Here is true story Of an oc
topus, not the kind that has its
headquarters in New Jersey.
1.-TWO fishermen were plying their
vocation off Great Belle island,
Conception bay, Oft the Newfound-
land coast. Suddenly they discov-
cred at a short distance from
them a dark, shapeless mass,
floating on the surface Of the wa
ter Concluding that it was
probably part of the cargo of
some wrecked vessel, they ap.
preached it, anticipating a valu-
able prize, and one OF them struck
the object with his boathook.
Upon receiving the shock the dark
heap became suddenly animated,
and, spreading out, discovered Il
head, with a pair Of large, prom
inent, staring eyes, which seemed
to CLEAN with intense ferocity, the
creature at the same time expos
ing to view and openingits parrot.
like beak with an apparently hos
tile and malignant purpose. The
men were petrified with terror and
for a moment SO fascinated by the
horrible sight that they were pow
erless to make a move to defend
themselves.
Before they had time to recov-
er their presence of mind the mon
ster, now but a few feet from the
boat, suddenly shot out from
around its head several long.
fleshy arms, graphing with them
for the boat, and seeking to en-
yelop it in their folds. Only the
two longest Of these arms reached
the craft and, owing to their
great length, went completely
over ana beyond IT. Selling his
hatchet, with a desperate effort
one of the men succeeded in sew
ering these limbs with single
well-delivered blow, and the crea-
ture, finding itself worsted, imme-
diately disappeared beneath the I
waters,leaving in the boat its am I
putated members as a trophy Of (
the encounter.
Zone of the arms was, unfor
tunately, destroyed before IT'S
value was known, but the other. 4
when brought to st. Johns and ex-
amined by Rev. II. Harvey, was
found TO measure no less than 10
feet. The fisherman who acted al
surgeon declares there must have
been at least six feet more left at
Eached to the monsters body.
rhe story ia preserved in the pro-
'eedings of the British Geological
society"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
ERROR IN TAX LIST.

The names Of Harness & Jenn-
ings that appears in the delinquent
tax list, block 1871, lot 5, should be
stricken out, as ii is an error, the
taxes having been paid. 1916
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28

For Rent:-Large tract Of fine
farming land between Minco and
Pocasset. Renter gets 81. 90. per
acre for breaking land; q Of corn,
wheat, oats and potatoes and II Of
cotton. House and fencing furnish
ed. Southern Investment Co.. u.
S. Apple, agent, Miuco I. T. 62-7s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
BRO. WILLIAMS IN TROUBLE
Is Charged with being too Handy
with his Pen

Rev. jerome Williams. colored,
who also carries a barber shop as
a side line, is in jail on charge Of
forging. He was bound over this
morning in the sum Of $500. Ac-
cording to the alleged facts Bro.
Williams had bought furniture Of
Utterback on credit, the latter re-
tanning title to the goods. When
they were about to take possession
Of them on account Of default in
Bro. Williams oTerd to
give them a deed Of trust on a piece
Of properly in the South part Of
town, which he said was unincum-
bered. When the record was exam
ined another deed of trust was
found, but Williams said he had
this and had a receipt for
s2Io from Ike Rottstein from
whom he purchased it. He after
wards produced the receipt. Test
imony was introduced to show that
be signed the receipt himself and
il this endesvor he was bouud over.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
sLEEpLEssNEss.

Disorders Of the stomach produce
a nervous condition and often pre-
vents sleep. ChaInberlain's Stom-
ach aud Liver Tablets stimulate
the digestive organs, restore tie
ystem to a healthy condition and
makes sleep poss;blr. Tor sale by
all Druggists. 5s--z
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
ECZEMA, TETTER, SALT RHEUM
RING WORM. HERPES, Bar
BERS' ITCH.

All Of these diseases ARE attended
by intense itching, which is almost
instantly relieved by applying
ChamberIain's Salve and BY its
continued use permanent cure
may be effected. 1t has. in fact,
cured many cases that had resisted
all other treatment. Price rs cents
per box For sale by all druggists
54-77
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-28
S. ]. Lea.
Gotebo o. r.
AFFLICTED WITH RHEuMArIsM.

AFFLICTED WITH RHEUMATISM.
II was and am yet afflicted with
rheumatism, says Mr.. ]. c. Bayne
editor Of the Hearld, Addington,
Indian Territory, ''but thanks to
Chamberlain S Pain Balm am able
once more to attend to business.
1t is the best Of liniments." If
troubled with rheumatism give
Pain Balm trial and you are GER
tain to be more than pleased with
the prompt relief which il affords.
One application relieves the pain.
For sale by all druggists. 54-77