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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16
Jas No PEDALS oR scar.
Curious Bicycle, imported In 1880,
sun IN Existence.

Boston.-Frank o. Hale OF Spring
field, Mass, has In his possession a
curiosity In the shape of a bicycle.
brought from France IN a New Bsd.
ford whaling vessel in the year 1890.
Mr.. Hale. as boy. used to knock
about the docks at New London. Then
he became acquainted with Cant Ira
Potter, who presented the curIo to
him about the year 1860 The wheel
was given to the captain by a passen.
ger on his vessel while coming over
from France.
II has been on exhibition ii Bos.
ton. Philadelphia and Baltimore. At
Boston It once cleared $40 for the
Odd Fellows, an admission Of Eve
cents being charged.
The bicycle has no pedals and ii
propelled by shutting one foot along
on the ground and on decline lift.
ing both feet and letting her coast"
For this reason It Is called walking
machine"
The machine shows fine workman.
ship. There are only two pieces in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

which is usually set free when 1t cools
IN the form Of graphite scales. M.
Moissan, however, hit upon the bril-
liant idea Of making the molten iron
charged with carbon cool under great
pressure. This pressure is cas-
lily obtained, by using the property
which cast iron shares with water
and a few other bodies, that It ex-
pands instead of contracting at the
moment when it solidifies.
M. Moissan thus melted iron mixed
with carbon in his electric furnace, at
temperature of about 1000 degrees
Fahrenheit, and then plunged it into
water or molten lead. The sudden
cooling solidiAed the outer skin OF the
ingot. The expansion Of the inner
part, still liquid, on solidifying within
this hard skin. produced enormous
pressure, and it was found that the
carbon under this pressure actually
crystailized into minute diamonds.
The largest yet made is only about
one-fiftieth Of an inch in diameter, but
they are genuine diamonds. and M.
Moissan is thus the hrst and only dIa.
mond maker
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

looked not SO ugly after all And Mr..
Stephen Osborne, who with Thaddeus
had gone round another eay into the
hidden cupboard, thAt the former
might say upon Miss Garner as she
had spied upon him, drew a deep
breath. and whispered to the matri.
monial agent. 4 suppose l can't do
better-she seems decent sort"
Quite the lady, / assure you. Mr..
Osborne" murmured the willy Thad-
deus in his ear; any amount Of ac-
complishments-young. and little
bit Of money in the bank. VIII you
come up to my house tonight? I'll
ask her round too"
mo, thanks, said Stephen Osborne.
"let 1t be tomorrow. I've something
else on tonight"
Tomorrow, then" replied Thad-
deus you will make the acquaint.
ance Of the future Mrs. Osborne"
Now, there was one thing In the
world for which Christina Field lived
and moved and had her being. and
that was jewelry In her bedroom at
the little uptown house she had a
small strong safe built into the wall.
and the key OF that safe never left
her possession. Her diamonds were
not imperial. still they were valuable,
and had been mounted to her own in
structions, and she had a ruby brace
let for which many fairly honest
woman would have risked her soul.
When an opportunity arose for Ma
dame Christina to don her glittering
treasures she was happy; when there
were women present to envy them
she became positively radiant
In obedience to this ruling passion,
Christina dressing for the early din
ner at which Stephen Osborne was to
meet Miss Stella Garner, and which
was to be followed by a visit to the
theater-clasped about her white
throat and dainty arms some five
thousand dollars worth Of precious
stones. Very well she looked. too,
did Christina, when she took her
place at the head Of the table and
beamed on the ugly Miss Garner, the
admiring Stephen Osborne and the
complacent Thaddeus.
1t was a wonderfully merry little
party; each seemed to vie with each
in brilliSncy. If Christina was gay,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16
N. MoissAN AWARDED NOBEL
PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY.
Noted French Experimenter Also ln-
vented the Electric Furnace-Was
First Man to Discover Cal
elum Carbide.

London.-The manufacture Of dia-
monds has been successfully per
formed by NJ. Henri Moissan, to whom
the Nobel prize for chemistry was
awarded the other day, but that is
not his chief clam to fame. The cleo
trio furnace. which nowadays plays so
large part in industrial processes,
owes more to him than to any other
experimenter.
About the year 1878 NJ. Moissan was
engaged In developing an electric fur
mace. which consisted in its sim
plest form Of two blocks Of lime
or limestone, forming the body
of the furnace, through which an arc
was formed between carbon cleo
trodes. The popularity Of NJ. Mois-
sans furnace was that it was able to
produce far greater temperatures than
had previously been attained. AS
much as a hundred horsepower was
used to concentrate its energy on a
small charge, and IN this way tenn
perature was reached only limited by
the boiling point Of carbon, which lies
between 5000 and 1000 degrees Fair
enheit.
At this tremendous temperature,
which is probably not far off that
which exists In the suns atmosphere,
the most refractory metals are con-
verted into vapoF, and chemical
changes or combinations are produced
which are quite impossible at the com
paratiyely low temperature of o-di-
nary furnaces. The Investigations Of
M. Moissan, which have been PLAYED
freely at the disposal Of the world, ny
hampered by patents, have done more
than those Of any one else to advance
the use of the electric furnace in the
industries. He was, for instance, the
first to discover that calcium carbide
so largely used for the production OF
7acetylene, that brilliant and conven-
lent illuminant could be cheaply pro-
duced In the electric furnace by the
direct combination Of lime and car
bon; and the whole department Of
electro-chemistry. which has revolu-
tionized SO many industries and util.
lied SO much water power that was
previously running to waste. owes
more to him than to any other Of the
numerous workers who have built il
UP in the last 20 years.
The most interesting. though not
the most indpstriaIly important, of the
researches which NJ. Moissan has car
ried out in his electrical furnace is the
manufacture of artificial diamonds.
We have long known that the diamond
IS only a crystallized carbon. If we
could melt carbon and allow 1t to cool
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

Miss Garner was brilliant; If Thad.
deus was overfiowing with good hu.
NOR, Stephen Osborne proved prince
Of entertainers.
Suddenly upon the mirth Of the party
there descended an astonishing quiet.
Thaddeus, strange to say, fell asleep
in his chair, and Christina, after a
gallant struggle to keep awake fol-
lowed his example
Then Mr. Stephen Osborne and Miss
Stella Garner INDUCED in very re-
markable proceeding. They rose
from their places and calmly proceed
ed to strip their sleepitg hostess Of
her jewelry, Miss Stella's light fin
gers unclasping Christmas necklace
and bracelets, and removing her
rings, Stephen Osborne the while
deftly concealing the jewels about his
person. When Christmas shoulders.
wrists and fingers were barred Of their
glittering load, the pair turned their
attention to the slumbering Thad-
deus. relieving him Of diamond
stud and ring. worth together hun
dred dollars or so. Then they paused
and, looking at qIie another, laughed
silently.
Ifs fair have, Polite" said the
man who had called himself stephen
Osborne"
Miss Stella Garner nodded.
eAre you sure that stuff'll only
make them sleep?" she asked, anx
iously.
Certain sure" said the other. 'Dc
you think | want to swing? MOI
much. Come on, look slippy, now;
this way out. /"
And with that Mr.. Stephen Os
borne,s Miss Stella Garner" and
about five thousand dollars worth d
"swag" disappeared through the
French window Of Mr.. Thaddeus
h Fields dining room.
\ Mr.. Thaddeus Field never found !
sufficiently ugly partner for Mr.. Ste
phen Osborne, in fact he never saw
I Mr. Osborne again. Nor did he eveI
set eyes on Miss Stella Garner. nol
find her some one to love. They hat
vanished into the unknown through
that French window, and Christina
stlll monrns her diamonds
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

- y - = = ~~@fN = ~N-ffN'f
distinctly the Incidents connected with
the incarceration Of the famous pris-
oner in Fortress Monroe.
He says Davis was irritable and
peevish and constantly complained Of
the noise made By the guards pacing
back and forth Tho prisoner was
much deiected ana in bad condition
physically. Out of compassion for mis-
condition Mr.. Bach and most OF the
other guards were as considerable as
possible. He says the food served Mr..
Davis was changed several times upon
the request Of the prisoner. At first
he was served the common rations Of
the enlisted men. Next he was given
meals from the officers mess and
finally food was brought from the
hotei
Gen. Nelson A. Miles was then in
command Of the fort ana Mr.. Bach
says that he knew Of no instance
where Gen. Miles was cruel to the
prisoner except possibly when Davis
was handcuned. This was done upon
express command Of the assistant zee.
retary Of war; G. A. Dana, who consld-
cred public sentiment demanded 1t.
The incident Of the shackles was q
soTrowful one.
When Capt Titlow came with the
order Davis was thunderstruck. %
win not submit to It. would rather
die" he exclaimed. It was necessary
TO orerpower him before the irons
could be attached to his wrists and
ankles. He refused to eat following
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

the iron frame. The steering Is done
by turning a swivel, an Ingenious con.
trivance. The wheels are Of wood.
There is no seat and the rider was
accustomed to place a cushion on sha
iron rfame.
A bicycle similar to the one owned
BY Mr. Hale Il recorded al having
been run in France IN 1916.
This mode Of riding was hard on
the footwear and the bicycle tourists
OF those days were accustomed to
wear special iron.shod shoes
After this old style came the high
wheels, then safeiios With hard and
then with soft tires, until the present
perfect machines were evolved.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16
Prince Of Wales ! Sailor.

The prince Of Wales, who Is to conr
nand the hattleship Dreadnought. is
In every senge Of the word a practical
sailor. At the age Of IL he became a
naval cadet, and later served as mid.
shipman and made three years voy-
age around the world. The prince
never shirked his work, taking his
turn at all duties In all weathers. He
worked his way up. becoming In turn
a kuhiieutenant, lieutenant and cap.
tain, his whole sea-going life lasting
over 20 years. His present rank "a
that Of Yice.admiraI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

slowly, there is no doubt that It would
solldify into the brilliant crystals
which we call diamonds. Unfortunate
ly carbon cannot be melted at all un-
der ordinary conditions. It is one Of
the few elements which pass directly
from the solid to the gaseous condi-
tion-like iodine.
But there is another way Of produc.
ing crystals. Instead OF melting the
substance which we desire to crystal
lie, It is sufficient to dissolve it and
allow it to crystalline out Of the So
luton by eyaporating the latter. The
crystals Of barley sugar which are to
be seen IN every confectioner's window
are thus produced. Molten iron hap
peDs to be a good solvent for carbon,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

Many women Of high social position
IN New York, II not especially active
themselves in the solving Of education
al problems, are interested deeply in
all that Mrs. Clarence Macksy has un-
dertaken in that line and the improve
ments which she has made In the
public school in Rosiyn. A woman
friend says Mrs Mackay expects
greater results than mere local re-
forms. She Is quoted as expressing
the hope that her example viii spur
other women Of wealth all over the
country to more active interest IN
educational affairs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16

lcopyright. is0s " Joseph B. Bowies)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16
Fred Bach, sr., Of Bloomington,
Tells Of Handcuff Incident.

Bloomington, Ill-Cne Of the few
survivors, perhaps the only one. Of the
union soldiers who guarded Jefferson
Davis following his capture at the
close Of the civil war Is Fred Bach,
ST., Of this city. Mr.. Bach remembers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-16
HE GUARDED JEFFERSON DAVIS.

this action and declined physically and
mentally. When Or. Craven reported
the effect Of the shackles upon the
prisoner the war department promptly
ordered them removed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
SOME BRIEF BITS OF THE STORM NARRATION.


four feet Of the sw the maximum desired the
draining the being allowed
into the through the pipe
Angus hobt which
The day its usefulness apparently the
from the front being woebegone
Plugged
the Oceanic yesterday making quick
work the of those charge the freight stored
Sawdust sacks hastily piled big
while the accumuatons shoved
from the gang Beyond soaking of the piles of
washing little
perishable
Many windows blown in the Kamuk district yesterday
fball
natives living nearby big They thought
strike the earth but it seemed to fall into the
Old declare
Kamehameha
drifted
a intolerable
A has formed the crater Of
making impossible
further than the former point.
The Waae road schedule disrupted yesterday afternoon
of bad of
Paolo Moii
Several fell in the premises Prince Khio Waikiki
ion OF fell
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
THE STORM IN AND ABOUT THIS CITY.

Camp Mckinley suffered
around and the roadways the blocked
of hundred yards leading the
road Soldiers forming appers
Mckinley, place
almost welcome
Mckinley made of patchwork boarding
fc!
in part of the
DENUDED.
Makee Island dnuded of
side the island
and should it fall it may
All the
obstructed by fallen will
ncug those The
the ground but seldom downwaras and they high winds
lwind
will supply hundreds hundreds of cords frewood
fell of J.
premises
have been uprooted.
ALTERED
pond
far to form.
Long Branch to Moan bathhou
the of the the Branch bahhouse
which left when the buildings
beach i with debris
Purdy's yard roadway
leading to the Seaside Hotel grounds
Florist Rhodes
in
chimney
have cut deep gle into them Hastings
leading from Upper Manoa which filed
of weeks with loose gravel is than
be ov ii.
nearly leading
FLOOD.
The hollow the Waikiki side of the Makiki fire station
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04


street The fremen others had jolly
which
part of the hollow 1t good the Hotel Baths
The Rapid Transit had its
and maintaining schedule
foot of these
stones pling the rails The
sections hoing debris
piled side the shovlers
branch tracks partly with dirt and
Telephone electric carried down sections by
falling the weight of the the
Telephone Hawaiian Electric
all day making repairs
following the
wind velocity yesterday onday),
miles quite while
Since then has
lowest reached 295l The
2997 The the
indicates disturbance The
drop n Newfoundland
"The indications
blowing
from
until At 1910 December
the times northwest Tfen
from three weupon back southwest
then in almost direction until December
steadily southwest
until yesterday.
A miles the high wind
the afternoon when it blew from 40 to B miles,
reaching 55 miles at m.
shifting
the of in the beginning then shifted
should judge is farther than it at the beginning
''Th precipitation yesterday the before
During Dec 80 and 81 1877 inches fell
Manoa and inches at Kalh AT Eva 19s fell the 3oth
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
A VISIT TO THE VOLCANO

his trip Mr. Chase sad "The
America especially her Pacific
undertaking
dependable information reach
1t sufficient study the constantly eneavor through
this interest Hawaii the
night
wtha
whole
satisfactory its special opportunity observing
especially
already time explore them fully
with fellow Lawyer Baldwin whom
there Prof Pope of normal school here.
volcan is
and in the history the
the
who the
Of H should forgetting the fern forests
woods, coffee plantations of Kona.'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
THE BIG BLOW ON THE BR1NY DEEP.

big black
the breakers being night about mile its
according to the the would
which
without red light mark whatever.
The nIsand Mkaha which arrived from Kauai
O'Clock, locating
cling
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
Lahaina, Maui, December 2s, 1906.


Hon. L. L McCandless Honolu
Dear Sir have of the Goth will
oughy sympathy with with attitude quite
willing furnish information
left Lanai in November
natives the island all of whom with exception
lived the side island
muku The fisheries
mostly engaged fishing although they considerable
marketed Lahana Some those natives kean
regard the suitability
eight Hawaii
the western states and have
Island of Lanai The pasture in the hills splendid
exception few miles along southwest
by sinking shallow wells dnkab
cattle easily o TO wa
The Maunaei Sugar of
that regarded the it farming
could be carried Mr. L. NJ Vetesen
need with the Mauna Sugar Co., could definite information
on that point
Mr. T. Boardman, former California
the Waialua Reform School, a
The of drought of Lanai bowing
ulated solely for the the
occasionally
that might lead casual visitor the island blowing
the thing has been happening the island formed
which considerably
places
truly
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
Honolulu, T. H., December "a, 1906.

r. December "a, 1906
acknowledge communication Of the
Goth action in Lanai Land deal
that
Court
thank
let know
like permission publish letter. Governor Carter in his
this matter
/
respectfully
signeD L. L. McCANDLESs,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04

Honolulu T. II, December
Dear Sir acknowledge Of
the Goth
Lanai.
AS resident
the liberty asking
VIII kindly let
Island Of lanai
vast What do the natives
land
ranching Also
Thanking anticipation in
j. s.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
(Signed)
Hilo, Hawaii, December %, 1906.


Ion /. I. McCandle, Honolulu Hawaii.
liberty publish letter. but objection
small by the Governor when he
meeting of which he notice
members the
Of Supervisors reputable citizens and
limited that all who would did
opportunity who the deal feel that there
sending written Governor Carter about
When notice in the apparently to
I will matter how
galleries.
dried; ou only postage stamp" 1t is
making the matter the
outside Of holding
who OF
his lanai
Yours very sruly,
ESD RYAN n
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
Yours very truly,
Hilo, Hawaii, December 20, 1906.

Oy
Hon L. L. McCandes, Honolulu, Hawaii
to
bringing injunction public
them trading off public land contemplated
the think
funds help surely involves Federal
sufficient Importance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
.GL|MPSES Of PUBLIC
OPINIONS ON LANAI DEAL

From r. O. A.: l.
interview andsb be-
heving that they should ers. g
Right pile intruded
into said island
sand piles generally
The
the Lanai deal announced Following correspondence:
Hon L. L. McCandes, Honolulu
which while Ianaim of
o who
applied
of the fact that large majority of
the Postome of
island, thirteen miles It's orgi location
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-04
THE GREAT STORM TWISTS A HOUSE
TO PIECES AND LMPERILS FOUR LIVES
(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)


Extraordinary kona winds accompanied by heavy downpou
day yesterday considerable damage the city
country districts The wind described by old inhabitants have
miles hour The number of trees leveed by the gale meal
cube and the blow almost caused tragedy
DISASTER IN PALoLO.
Monday evening about o'clock whirlvvnd suddenly
struck the house of F. H. Kibey of the Hawaiian Electric Company
and demolished and killing the The house
collapsed being
feet wreck Kbey child received in
Mr. Kibey arrived home from town in the evening with
visions About o'clock he and his wife and of the children
of circular squa struck the house and in
an instant as everything E., went to pieces
completely from its underpnnings was built on slope the
and the porch elevated about twelve feet When the
ed the lamp exngushed and everything involved in dark
fall and partially into the room, while undpinnngs
ammed through the floor making wreck of everything The
pinned Mrs Klbey underneath Some water kettle
Kbey thrown violently against posts
Besides the child the kitchen there was one asleep in another
The youngster the kitchen began and Mrs Kbey
not knowing how badly he had been became Kbey
chopping open with Kibey then
worked get Mrs Kbey out of the ruins and succeeded in lifting
mainly from burns The little boy also burned from coming
bedroom awakened No sound from this and
thought perhaps he had been killed Mr. Kilbey broke into
Mrs Klbey and the children the homes of "
Turner the Frches in the valley for the night Mr. Kill
hey remained his ruined home and exngused the fire the
the might Mr.
Fritche and assisted Mr. Kilbey.
The contents Of the home ruined and the house will have
entirely rebuilt habitabe finished
weeks ago.
cutters corner
washed The ououses Mlers place
turned At native house where uau progress half
the roof was blown off.
WRETCHED PALOLO ROAD.
The rains have left the Palolo road in miserable condition
The Paoo valley residents built the road themselves each resident
putting time and money into it. It quagmire
three wagons reported stalled in the mud the wheels sinking
the hubs places The roads have been bad that feed
for horses not be the valley by and the
firms will not attempt to deliver goods
The Paoo valley people believe they entitled
recognition from the consideration of building homes and
being going the expense building
selves The rains have demonstrated
road in the valley and they will begin active
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-21

We are not quite up to the mark
in telling big stories set by the edi-
itor of the Tribune at Palisade. but
We find that the truth is big enough
In most instances. We have story
or two of the profits of raising aspar-
agus that is almost beyond computa-
ton. Mr.. L. @. Bryan and Miss Dun
lap. who live three miles east of the
city. each have small patch of as
paragus, there is not a tenth of an
acre in either. From his row Mr..
Bryan last summer harvested $500
and over $500. We shall not at
tempt to figure out the yield per
acre. The market for this product
is never satisfactory ard there is
plenty of land available.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-21

Ninety per cent of all headaches
are caused by defective eyes-with
proper glasses all distressing pain
would vanish.
II you would have the exact refra-
ctive condition of your eyes. have
Chas. Gasho in the Margery bldg.
make an examination and learn the
truth.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-21

The Spitzenbergs and Newton Pip
pins are about the only varieties
that grow to perfection in Oregon,
says Mr.. Peyton, but there is in re-
cent number of Better Fruit" print
ed at Hood River, Oregon, an ac-
count of an orchard owned by Mr..
NJ. o. Lownsdale. 1t contains 336
acres and last year he left ter thou
sand boxes on his trees because he
could not get help to pick them. 1t
would seem that 1t will take good
many crops to make up for the loss,
and it certainly does not pay to own
more acres of orchard than one can
take care of easily. When we have
small orchards we shall have less
second grade fruit to ship.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-21
CARD OF THANKS.

wish to express my heartfelt
thanks to the many friends for the
floral offerings and their assistance
and sympathy in the last sad rites
administered to my departed mother.
Respectfully,
ALFRED EGGERS. d.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-21
HEADACHE

Is one of the greatest enemies OF
mankind. How many endure. day
after day. this nerve rackins' s,rens
th-eapping pain without thought oil
its origin.
The cause is never sought py the
majority of sufferers-they endure
and wonder.