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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
SECRETARY HAS A PUZZLE.
Something Between Valentine and
Christmas Card Received at
Interior Department.

Onicials OF the government depart.
ments receive many interesting COM
munications which have nothing what
ever to do with oficial business. The
senders are often obscure persons
who have something smart to say or
something queer to show, and who in
many cases do not give their ad-
dresses.
Secretary Hitchcock OF the interior
department received what appeared
TO be belased valentine from a man
who gave no address. It was home
made, painted upon an ordinary sheet
OF foolscap paper. The design was
elaborate and the colors gaudy. In
spite Of the gaudlness. however. It
was not OF the comic variety, but
rather Of that kind which makes you
think OF little angels and birds and
pretty flowers-in fact, II was nearer
a Christmas card than a valentine.
What purported to be verse was
on the bottom. Il referred TO the seri-
BUSINESS OF life and stated that all
must die, or something equally as pro-
found as that.
The secretary turned It over to his
private secretary. Mr.. Scott Smith,
and the latter handed It to his stem
ographer with instructions to frame
suitable reply. Miss Macfarland, the
stenographer. is still considering
what to do about It.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
china 70 own PostoffIces.

After the return of the Chinese mis-
sion which is now making tour of
Europe and America for the purposes
Of study, the Chinese government in
tends to assume control Of the entire
postal system and at the same time
to abolish all the postoffices in China
now maintained by foreign powers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

ticed change for the better. The
kidney secretions had been jisordered
and irregular, and contained a heavy
sediment, but in a weeks time the
urine was cleark q natural again and
the passages regular. Gradually the
aching and soreness left my back and
then the lameness. I used six boxes
to make sure Of a cure, and the trou-
be has never returned"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists 25c. Trial package,
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, 10
Roy. N. Y.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
SANE SENTIMENTS.

The black sheep in every family was
once the most potted lamb.
Did you ever notice that the size OF
trouble depends on whether Il Is com
ing or goingg
Beware OF the man who moasts OF
his good deeds; be probably only
awaits a favorable opportunity to do
a mean one.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
Ancestry Of Dion eoucicauIt.

The name Of Boucicault is French
in origin. Dion Boucicault was the
son Of French refugee who fed to
Ireland and married an Irish girl. He
was named Dion after his fathers
friend. DR.. Dionysius Lardner. a noted
British writer on physical science.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
WIN Widen Kiel Canal.

The ever-increasing dimensions Of
war vessels has led the German gov
ernment to conclude to widen the Kiel
canal from 50 to 130 feet, and the
width at the surface from 100 feet
to $50 feet. The PROPOSED improve
ments. It is estimated, will cost near
" s50,000.0O0.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
This Is No Joke.

Hunts Cure has saved more peo-
pie from the "Old Scratch" than any
other known agent, simply because it
makes scratching entirely unneces-
sary. One application relieves any
form Of itching skin disease that ever
afflicted mankind One box guaran-
teed to cure any one case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

other chill remedies have sprung
up. flourished for asbrief season. then
passed away-eyen from memory
but for twenty long years cheatham's
Chill Tonic has been IN the field OF
action. The reason Is simple. Il has
the merit Il actually cures Chills
and Feyers. while the majority OF
others merely promise to. One bottle
guaranteed to cure any one case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

fiat in bed, suffering
tortures with my
back. Every move
ment caused an ago
nizing pain, and the
persistency of it ex-
hausted me. so that
for a time / was
dazed and stupid.
On the advice of a
friend I began US
ing Doan's Kidney
Pills. and soon no
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

Iceland's fishermen have taken TO
using motor boats In their business.
Automobiles and motor boats have
also made their way TO Helsingfors,
Fiaand.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar.
Made Of extra quality tobacco. Your deal
sr or Lewis factory, Peoria. III.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

Money talks, especially when you
give it to charity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

Kindly send me a bottle of Hunts
Lightning Oil. 1t is certainly the best
Rheumatic medicine we ever used,
and if we remain in California an
other two years, we will take time by
the forelock and order in quantities.
Mrs. E. E. Smith,
Santa pawhara Cal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

I Hon. W. II. Kelbaugh, Ex-Member
I W. Va. Legislature 2O4 9th street,
J n. f., Washington, ID. c., writes:
J "YOn can use my name and word
AZ aH fines for Peruna as a Hedf-
cine and ionic DneqUaled. have
J tried II for . Stubborn cold and
I bTdly run down system. Ifried ell
! SORTS Of other medicines and paid
! several expensive doctor bills.
I Peruna cured me, strengthened me
] more Than ever and saved me
! money"
Mrs. Clara Litterst, Seafeld, Ind
saws; last fall took severe cold.
took Pernna, began to improve and KEEP
on so until was able to do my work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

When the average man dies the loss
| is generally covered by Insurance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight SC cigar Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

The blooming idiot is always in sea-
son.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

The office might still seek the man
I the politicians didn't blindfold it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07
pAzEp WITH PAIN.
The sufferings of Citizen of Olympia,
Wash.

L. s. Gorham. Of SIG East 4th St,
Olympia, Wash. says: six years age
got wet and took cold, and was soon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gurus reduces M
nammaeon, aays pain, cures wind cole. &c bottle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-07

A thing ceases to be luxury after
we have money enough to afford it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13

She got up. restlessly, and wandered
to the window. What a gray day it
was! Would it never stop raining?
Could anything pleasant happen in
such a mud-colored world on such a
God-forsaken day? 1t was a day to
weep about, and the woman wept, her
head against the window casing.
By-and-by, she threw aside the cur
tain, savagely, and came back to the
fire. She sat down again, leaning her
elbows on her knees and her chin
resting in her hands, and stared again
into the flames. as it was a day for
weeping, SO it was day for serious
thought What did she want to do
with her life, the woman asked the
fire. She had been a drIfter and a
butterfly too long. She had always
said that God put US here for pur-
pose, to do some work in the world
but what was her purpose? What was
her work in the world? She must an
swer those questions some day. Was
it time to answer them to-day? Had
she a serious work to do alone in the
world, name to achieve? Did she
want to go on like this, admired and
courted, as long as she could? Or
did she desire-something else? An
Oll-QuOl0Q line came TO QoT- there
is tide in the affairs of men" She
felt that she had just made a bitter
mistake. Suppose this were the tide
and she was about to take another
step yet more unfortunate? She knit
ted her brows. OH for sense to think
calmly. Would she choose her future
life to-day when the opportunity was
given her? Or would she-wait?
1t seem to her all at once that little
faces wreathed themselves in the dart
ing flames and little forms reached
out their arms to her-a chubby
faced boy with a hurt finger to be
kissed and rosy cheeks to be washed,
blue-eyed girl with curls to be
smoothed and a sash to be tied, and a
| baby, round and dimpled, to be cud-
died The woman bent nearer the fire.
The room grew very silent and she sat
quite motionless. staring into the
| CRATE. The clock licked loudly and
| the rain hit the window pane. Dusk
was falling. but she did not appear to
| notice.
The telephone bell rang sharply and
the woman, with a new, strange light
in her eyes, got up softly and went
to answer it.
| You were good to send me the
roses she said into the mouthpiece.
sTo-night?rYes. l had meant to call
you and tell you that you might come
My answered. woman's voice is a
telltale thing! I think you have
| guessed my answer, dear
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
A Trite Saying.

It Is a trite saying that no man is
stronger than his stomach. DR.. Pierce's
the stomach-puts it in shape to make
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kidneys to expel the poisons from the
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condition which SO many people suffer
from, is usually the effect of Ipoisons in
the blood; it is often indicated by pimples
or boils appearing on the skin, the face
becomes thin and the feelings ublue."
DIR. Pierce's ~Discovery cures all blood
humors as well as being tonic that
makes one vigorous, strong and forceful.
1t is the only medicine put up for sale
through druggists for like purposes that
habit-forming drugs, and the only one,
every ingredient of which has the profess
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endorsements are published in little
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The Swords of Praise" for the several
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DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
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Address DR.. Pierce as above.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13

Ringi ringi ringI The telephone
bell had been ringing at five minute
intervals all morning and the wom-
ans nerves were on edge. How she
hated the very sight of the neat Oaken
telephone box and the shine with its
leaden bells, 1t brought back I'M
pleasant memories; and there are
some things that even a woman with
firm, determined chin and cold eyes
will want to forget. The two men
the one whom she loved although he
did not love her, and the one who
loved her although she did not love
him-were unpleasantly associated in
her mind with the box on the wall.
To the one, she had overdone the mat
ter of telephoning until she had lost
his good comradeship-more fool she!
The other had teiephoned her until
she was tired of it-mofe fool he!
It's a queer old world we live in!
1t was raining and the snow under
foot was getting slushy and gray. The
sky was low and leaden-and the tele-
phone bell kept on ringing. The
woman was out of temper when she
went to answer it. A certain dress
maker was ready, now, after long
wait, to finish her a gown, but the
woman thought just then that she
didn't care if she never again saw a
new gown. She answered sharply and
hung up the receiver with a bang.
On her desk beside the fire was a
great bowl of red roses from the man
who worshiped at her shrine. Beside
1t was a letter from the man at whose
shrine she worshiped. She picked up
the letter and read it again, perhaps
for the dozenth time.
My dear Miss Allen,"-it ran
ct am sorry that l think our quarrel
past mending, but suppose that it is
really better so. Our friendship was
a source of great pleasure to me; but
now that we have disagreed so per-
sistently, that friendship could never
be the same again We will both be
happier If l continue to accept your
first ultimatum and remain, as you
said then, just a mere acquaintance.
You are generous to take the blame
SO entirely upon yourself, but 1 will
not take advantage of your generosity.
You will understand, 1 am sure"
She understood She was no fool!
She was clever enough to read be-
tween the lines, as he had meant that
she should. She was young yet, but
there had been many men-and she
understood. She had done a brainy
girls earnest work in school and in
college, and she had creditably filed
Tor two or more seasons now the po-
sition of a clever, attractive young
woman of society. Marriage, she had
always said, was a matter of tact and
management and, while she had been
too busy and too gayly occupied to
take serious thought of the future,
she had always felt that when the
one man came to her, she would be
wiser than some other girls had been.
Welt the one man had come-and
gone-and the fault was hersi She
clenched her hands and laughed a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
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Scrofula.

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13

lent selection. He was commander
of the department, of Tennessee in
1888 Comrade c. E. Adams of Ne
braska is well known throughout the
west and was commander of the de-
partment of Nebraska in 1895.
AS whole, the committee is an
able one and will do all that is posi-
Bile to secure the success of the serv-
ice pension bill Each member thor
oughly believes in the wisdom, justice
and necessity of such a measure and
will put forth his utmost efforts to
win Success.-New York Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
Romance of surnside,s Life.

The story of the life of Gen. Burn
side is the sweetest morsel of patri-
otto Renaissance possessed by liberty.
Burnside was born at the gates of this
old town and the boyhood days of both
were spent within it's borders.
In December, 1851, Lieut.. Burnside
returned from the Mexican war to Lib
erty for visit, and while here he met
a young woman from Kentucky. He
fell in love almost at first glance and
the affection appeared to be recipro-
Gated They became engaged and prep
arations for the wedding were made
in the Kentucky home of the promised
bride. The ceremony was to take
place in a church, and numerous
guests had assembled to witness it.
Burnside and his sweetheart
marched down the aisle to the music
of a wedding march and took their
place before the altar. The clergyman
received the vow from the bridegroom
and turned to the bride to ask if she
were ready to take him as a husband.
The assemblage was astounded when
the woman before the altar STAN
mered mol" and broke the handclasp.
She then hurried from the church, fol-
lowed by Burnside and the astonished
wedding guests.
For years that sensational wreck of
a youthful dream had an effect on him
and he had little to do with the gen
tier sex. He had the satisfaction Of
hearing, a few months after he was
Tilted, that the young woman had mar
ried another man under threat She
had boosted that she would serve him
as she had Burnside. On the way to
the church, however, the bridegroom
drew a revolver from his pocket and
said:
"You are to be one of two things
my wife or a corpse"
The hint was sufficient, and the tri-
fer with masculine affections gave an
affirmative answer to the questions of
the minister. For years afterward
Burnside nursed wounded heart, but
there came a reckoning. When he
became major general commanding
the department of the Ohio, the moth
er and sister of his false bride were
caught betraying the union by carry
ing letters of information across the
border into rebel territory. They had
always sneered at Burnside, and con-
tinued to sheer when confronted with
the charge of being traitors. He ban
ished them into rebel territory, and
they were unable to return to their
homes until after the war.-Liberty
special in Indianapolis News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
G. A. r. Pension Committee.

Commander-in-Chief Tanner an
nounces the appointment of the fol-
lowing pension committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic:
Chairman, Bernard Kelly, Ottawa.
Kas; David F. Pugh, Columbus, o.;
Henry M. Nevius. Red Bank. N J.;
William Shakespeare, Kalamazoo.
Mich; D. E. Denny, Worcester, Mass;
William Rule, Knoxville, Tenn; c. E.
Adams, Superior. Neb.
Comrade Bernard Kelly has been a
member of the committee for sew
eral years and has done good work
for the service pension He was de-
partment commander of Kansas in
1898 and has been identified with the
order ever since its early days Com
rade Pugh is well known throughout
the order and was commander of the
department of Ohio. G. A R., in 1898.
Comrade Nevius is a man of high
standing in the judiciary of New Jer-
sey; has been a judge for many years,
and was commander of the depart
ment of New Jersey in 1885 Com
rade William Shakespeare is well
known throughout the country from
his signal gallantry as a soldier, the
terrible wounds he received in battle,
and the manly stand he made against
Lochran's Observation-Disclosures of the
pension bureau. He was commander
of the department of Michigan In 1896.
Comrade Daniel E. Denny is promi-
nent comrade of Massachusetts, and
was representative-at-larg to the last
national encampment- Comrade VIII
liam Rule is the southern representa-
tive on the committee and an excel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
She could

strained. unnatural laugh. She could
not believe it of herselfi
She drew great leather chair before
the open fire and sat down in it, staring
hard at the blazing logs If there had
not been two men, she told herself.
perhaps she would not have been SO
tactless. But then. that was to be!
She sighed. Mentally, she was COM
pairing the two men. A vision of the
man she loved, although he did not
love her. flashed before her eyes She
saw him In the chair opposite her, as
she had seen him SO many times in
the days that had just slipped back.
leaning forward in the characteristic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
Not a Promising Prospect.

A young author called at the great
publishing house OF Ticknor & Fields
in Boston one day and asked to see
Mr. Fields. On being shown into that
gentleman's room he did not fancy the
austere publishers looks. for this was
the conversation that took place: rs
this Inr. Fields?' 1T is, SIR" Mr..
James T. Fields?' 81 am he.' well,
then, I'd like to see Mr.. Ticknor."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
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Copyright. 1905. by Daily Story Pub Co.,

easy pose that became him so welI-big
and broadshouldered and handsome,
with smiling, sanguine face. Reso-
1utely, she turned her head and stoop-
ing shifted the roses on her desk.
She summoned up a picture of the
other man. He, too, was big and
broadshouldered and good to look at,
and there was much about him that
appealed to refined, fastidious wom-
an of the world. The woman was a
fair thinker. She knew in her soul
that if the one man had never come,
this other mans devotion would have
won her heart. But what now, when
the one man had gone?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
What We're Coming

Gold winter ahead" declared Uncle
Goshall Hemlock
"How can you tell?" he was asked.
Didn't We hear the wild geese honk-
in this mornin'?'
ooh, that was Jed Busby's new auto
mobile
Thunder! Col darn it all. That
Jest shows what the kentry's comm
to-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
Load Lifted From His Mind.

Meek say, old chap, I'm in shock
ing bad luck want money badly.
and 1 haven't the least idea where
can get It
Beek-Well, I'm glad to hear that 1
thought perhaps you had an idea you
could borrow from ue--Stray Stories
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-01-13
Always on Wrong Side.

Mrs. Hunks-'.I wish you wouldn't
be SO positive There are two sides
to every question"
Old Hunks-with roar@'Well,
that's no reason why you should al
ways be on the wrong side!"-Chica-
go Tribune.