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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
CONDUCTED BY REV. c. Il. vii
SON, OF De KALs, I'LL.
Object Of Pastor Is to impress Young
Folks with Solemnity Of Mar
vows-simpIs Wedding
Becoming Popular.

Chicago. - Rev. George H. Will
son, pastor Of the Congregational
church at De Kalb. conducts a
unique school for young people
whom he expects to marry. The
object Of this is to impress them
with the nature and the solemnity Of
the vows they take on themselves
when they become man and wife.
When a prospective groom ap-
proaches the minister and engages
him to perform the ceremony, the
pastor gives him a printed sheet on
which is printed the form Of marriage
ceremony that he will use. He asks
the man to read over the words, to
show the sheet to his prospective
bride she may know what she is ex-
pected to promise when she appears
before the man who is to join her and
her lover for all time.
This sheet contains a service with
or without the use Of ring but In
the event Of the use of either the
binding words are given out four or
FIVE weeks before the wedding, but If
there is but a single day intervening
between the engagement Of the parson
and the wedding both Of the contact
ing parties are given the service and
allowed to look it over
After the wedding is over the bride
is given a certificate and with It Is
given another Of the printed sheets.
1T is a good thing" said the Rev
Mr.. Wilson, for a husband and wife
to look at this little sheet Of paper
once in while. 1t freshc.as the mind,
and they think over again the words
and the meaning Of the brief cere-
mony that started them in the welded
path. If married people would only
think more and more of what they are
about to promise, and then what they
have promised, think there would
be a great deal more OF welded bliss.
This pastor believes in simple
wedding. He says that hundreds Of
couples nowadays really want to gel
rid Of the fuss and feathers Of a wed
ding event. They want to be mar
ried quietly and go to housekeeping
without allowing either fad or fash
ion to prescribe the way.
Frequently couples drive from
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for anyone who has grand opera as,
pirations-"
Each ticket is numbered and put in
q sealed envelope. When the man
draws the envelope he, Of course. has
no idea Of the price he must pay for
1t. The number on the ticket repre-
sents the price he must pay.
Already Miss Edwina has sold ten
shares or chances. the largest number
drawn SO far being 210, for which a
well-known and wealthy New YorheH
paid $21O.
II Miss Edwina sells all her chances
she win have the tidy little sum Of
$61,425, which ought to help some
toward a musical education.
"As you see in the agreement, malri-
mony is the reward for the lucky
ticket only If ali interests are mu-
tual," said Miss Edwlna. The rafia
win take place in some hall, and ] in-
tend giving a concert first and letting
people hear me sing"
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WENT THROUGH THE BRIDGE.
When Timbers Gave Way Under
Weight oF Freight Train.

At a recent meeting OF railroad men
several stories Of narrow escapes had
been told. but the Oldest man in the
party had not yet been heard from.
He was grizzled veteran Of SO who
had retired only recently.
Il am reminded of an incident in
which my train crashed through a
bridget was one in which our con
ductor, Thomas Croank had a narrow
escape from death, said the Old en-
gineer. Indeed, while his injuries
did not prove fatal, it was some time
before he could go out on his run
again.
We were running at slow rate Of
speed as the train pulled across Ben
nett's creek, four miles south Of Rush
vile, Ind. The name Of the railroad
was the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago & st. Louis railroad, commonly
called the Big Four AS our locomo-
tive passed over the structure in
question could plainly see it give. l
at once began increasing the speed
OF the train, hoping that / might be
successful in pulling across before the
trestle went down.
> However, the bridge continued to
give, and with each revolution Of the
wheels OF the train the timbers tot
tered more and more. It was a
frightful momeLt for the fireman and
myself, but we kept control Of the our
engine and all of the cars but the ca
iboose and a coal car were safely
across. Then came a crash-a crash
the like Of which hope | may never
hear again.
"The timbers gave way, no longer
able to support the heavy weight, and
with them went down the two cars
and the conductor and rear brakeman,
r. G. Bruso, Of Indianapolis. The
coal car made its plunge first, and an
instant later the caboose made its
is foot descent, falling upon the
wrecked gondola. The occupants OF
the car were hurled out, and the con
ductor was buried beneath the wreck
age and almost submerged in water
I'VE hurried back to the rescue Of
the men, and, despite our heroic ef
forts to remove the debris so as tC
effect their release, it was two hours
before the conductor. bleeding from
many wounds and benumbed from
contact with the freezing water, was
lifted upon a stretcher and brought tC
a place Of safety, and it was many 3
day before he was able to return t
his duties"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
HISTORIC HEIRLOOM THAT IS
HIGHLY pRiZED.
acFeat WIIloushby Chest" Presented
by Elizabeth to Second Cousin
Who Shared Her Captivity In
the Tower Of London.

Boston.-If the great Willoughby
chest. q priceless heirloom in the pos
session of Theodore Raymond OF
Springfield, Mass, could talk, what
tales 1t might tell Of the captivity Of
Princess Elizabeth, afterward the
Good Queen Bessp Of England, In the
Tower Of England. a captivity shared
by her devoted maid of honor, and
second cousin once removed, Lady
Margaret Willoughby, through whom
this chest, undoubtedly a gift from
Queen Elizabeth, passed to her des-
cendants, the Raymonds Of New Eng
land. And what Joy 1t would bring to
the Raymonds, the Lyndes, the Girls
wolds and other families of Massachu-
setts and Connecticut In establishing
their direct descent from the beautiful
Elizabeth Woodville. who became the
wife Of King Edward ". These fami.
lies trace their genealogy back to the
kings Of England with only one slight
break.
Other precious relics Of Queen Eliz-
abeth were handed down with the
chest. including a tablecloth embroi.
dered by the princess during her ira.
prisonment in the tower. another gift
TO the faithful Lady Margaret.
The chest is massive affair, seven
feet in length, two feet seven inches
in width and two feet seven inches
high. It is made Of a peculiar hard
wood originally very light in color,
but darkened exceedingly by age. The
quaint old carvings on the front and
on the inside Of the cover. the hand.
wrought massive iron hinges and han
dies. the cumbersome lock and huge
keys are eloquent testimony Of Its
age. The carvings on the outside.
which are nearly worn OF. evidently
represent horsemen riding through a
forest AZ either end Of the three
front panels is a gallant OF the Eliza
bethan period. long-haired. plume-hat-
ted and mass OF ruffs and laces from
neck to knees. The carvings on the
inner side OF the lid represent two
scenes. one or Sir Walter Raleigh
spreading his cloak before Queen
Elizabeth. the other Of a gay pleasure
party in boats among small islands,
with a tuFreted castle In the back.
ground. Between the two scenes is q
coat-of-arms The shield has either a
cross or lines to make four quarter.
lngs.
The tradition that this chest. with
the tablecloth embroidered in the
tower and other valuable gifts. was
given BY Queen Elizabeth TO Lady
Margaret Willoughby is so well au
thenticated as to seem beyond dispute
At any sate the tablecloth came down
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over from Kent with other stewards
and 40 servants" for the Company of
Laconia,' formed to trade and fish on
the grant given to Capt John Mason,
London merchant, comprising part
Of what is now New Hampshire. He
came to Little Harbor Cnow Ports
mouth, N. HI in 1880, and remained
but a short time.
The first real settler and head Of
one of the most prolific branches Of
the family In New England was Rich
ard Raymond, who In 1886 received a
grant Of land on what is now Winter
island in Salem harbor He is des-
crihed in the records as a mariner
and part owner Of the ketch HopeweH
Of Salem. He afterward removed to
Norwich, Conn, and in 1864 to Say.
brook, where he was engaged in trade
with the English and Dutch settlers
on Manhattan.
The great chest, which had come
into the Raymond family by marriage
with the WiIIoughbys. was brought
from Block Island to New London In
1904 by Mrs. Mercy Raymond, widow
OF Joshua. who was a grandson Of
Richard. It was then known both as
the great Willoughby chest" and as
the Elizabeth chest" From genera
ton to generation It was handed
down. and finally was bequeathed to
Theodore Raymond Of Springfield. the
present owner. by his grandfather,
Theodore Raymond Of Norwich, Conn.
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As there is scarcely a more inter
esting railway OF equal size in the
country than the three-mile cog road
built from the base to the summit OF
Mt. Washington, one can readily be-
lieve that its officials. particularly it's
superintendent. must be interesting.
too, says the Boston Globe.
When the cog road Is not in opera
tion, or when the roadbed Is not re-
ceiying attention before the beginning
and after the end Of the season, the
superintendent John Horne, Is busily
engaged in the machine shops of the
Boston & Maine at Lakeport. Mr.
Horne Is never too much occupied to
discuss the Mt. Washington railway
and he knows the subject thoroughly
Mr.. Horne has been connected with
the Mt Washington road for 32 years:
the last IL as superintendent. He is
a native of Yorkshire. England and is
a man Of remarkable mechanical abil-
ity, which he has found opportunity
to demonstrate in many ways during
his connection with this unique road.
As the Oldest official OF the road
Mr.. Horne's "reminiscences are most
entevtaining and more particularly do
they Impress one when told by him in
the course Of conversation, for Mr..
Horne is a most pleasing conversa-
tionalist.
"Our engines up there on the morn-
taln." said Mr.. Horne, have q great
deal Of work to do, and they work
hard: in fact, ! have come to regard
them all. / suppose. as a physician in
regular practice regards his patients,
They are so different from the or
dinary machine that even the henl
and finest engineers 4 mean those In
terested in mechanics-from al over
the world. when they arrive ct the
base of NJ Washington are attracted
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
ROPES CARRY oHE CARS
Remafsas!- Line Connects Copper
and Silver Minea.

A rope railway has been built TO
connect the copper and silver mines
at Upulungos, in the heart Of the
Cordilleras, with the railhead of the
Argentine railway at Chilecito. The
nature Of the mountainous country did
not admit Of an ordinary railway
This new rope line 21 miles long,
consists Of a main carrying rope and
guide rope. and is in duplicate, hav-
ing four ropes for tie up and down
traffic. There are nine stations; the
ropes are carried from one station
to the next at varying elevations, and
are anchored at each station. The
cars fer the transport Of the ore, etc,
are slung on the main ropes and are
suspended from them by rollers which
run along the line. At each station
they are transferred to the next rope,
thus dividing tile strain, and for great
distances the ropes are also anchored
between the stations.
The difference Of level between Chi
lecito and Upulungos is over 1900
feet, and the gradients are very steep,
sometimes as much as 80 per cent
The cars descend by their own weight
and their momentum serves, as in an
ordinary funicular railway, to raise
the ascending cars on the up line, but
at several stations there are small
steam engines to supplement the pow
er Each carload is half a ton Of ore;
the maximum delivery at Chilecito is
40 tons per hour, and 20 tons for the
return journey to Hpulungos. The
speed Of the cars is about 500 feet per
minute
The ropes are supported and their
tension maintained by iron trellis
girders. varying from 10 feet to 100
feet in height, and the span of the
rope between them is from 300 feet
to 5000 feet, according to the nature
of the ground, witch is deeply cleft in
many places. In one section of the
line tunnel 1000 feet dong has been
necessary.
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oils having interesting associations
with celebrities, will not bear the IA
miliar little round tablet.
Many Americans are likely to. see
the latest building to be marked; the
house at 24 Gloucester square, Hyde
Park. IN which Robert Stephenson. the
inventor Of the locomotive, lived dur
ing one Of the most active and impor-
tant periods of his life and. In which
he died In 1859 at the age Of 56.
Stephenson moved into this house In
lS47. and in the ten years following
his engineering projects took him
nearly around the world. He built
the great Victoria bridge over the St
Lawrence at Montreal; he construct
ed the Alexandria to Cairo railway. a
number OF big railway bridges in Eng
land, and the Royal Border Viaduct
over she Tweed. and at she urgent rel
quest Of the Norwegian government
he supervised that stupendous piece
Of engineering which connects Chris
tlania with Lake Miosen.
During most of these years Robert
Stephenson was member Of parlia-
ment for Whitby and hard worker On
various commissions and committees.
The Gloucester square house. which
contains many interesting relics Of
him. has now passed out Of the hands
Of his descendants.
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to the little. putting engine that is to
carry them upward
The first engine built for the Mt.
Washington railway had an upright
boiler with no water feeding device.
SO that the crew would fill it up when
starting, go as far as safety permitted,
and then let the steam down and fill
up again.
THE engines now in use have boil.
ers somewhat shorter than the ordi-
nary locomotive boiler, and the front
end Is set in the frame IS inches low
er than the back, SO as to strike me-
dium between the lower and sharper
grades. The first engine was lent to
the 3. & o. railroad and exhibited at
the Chicago fair In 1893. At the close
Of the exposition it was presented to
the field museum.
AS to the power of these engines,
let me give you an illustration. Take
for instance. a block Of granite that
lying on the ground, weighs is tons
Now undertake to lift 1t to the top
OF building 3.700 feet high in 10 min
utes. If you succeed It would be called
great feat. We do that practically
every trip up the mountain.
DO steam is used in coming down
the mountain. gravity alone doing the
work and the machinery holding back
All the steam generated comes from q
fine stream OF water admitted to the
cylinders as a lubricant. and the com
pressing air which heats the walls ol
the cylinder causes the steam. On q
rise Of nearly 1000 feet to the mile 4
test has shown that the horse power
transmitted to both cog wheels was SIT
There were some small mountain
railways built before this On Mt
Washington was thought of, but thar,
never was mountain railway thai
ever claimed construction as original.
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GIFT FROM A QUEEN.

through the Wllloughbys to the Ray
monds with the chest and the cloth,
at least, was tive gift Of the queen to
Lady Margaret, for English history is
clear on this point
The aaymonds, Lyndes and Girls
wolds Of New England, numbering
now several thousands trace their an
cestry back to Col. William Willough
by, who was commissioner Of the
British navy from 1648 to 1861. when
he died. His son, Francis Willoughby
came to New England in 1888, and re
turned to england in 1851 In 1852 he
was appointed successor Of his father
as commissioner Of the navy, and in
1858 was chosen member Of parIia-
ment for Portsmouth. In 1862 he re
turned to New England, and became
deputy governor of the Massachusetts
colony in 1865. continuing in Office
until he died In 1875.
The first or the Raymonds to visit
the colonies was William. who came
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to st. Joseph to get married is to ggS
rid Of wedding and its conseuMent
convenhonalities at home.
"sfhe young folks wanted to put
money in household equipment and
they resolved to steal march on tho
objecting parents. The girl went out
to the pump to get a pail of water4
She hung the bucket on the pump
spout and then carelessly wandered
to my house. There she met her saa-
anced, and ! married them. The
groom paid me SO cents. Then The
bride went back to the well, carried
the water into her old home, and told
her parents that she was a wife.
got some loud talk from the irate pa
ternal parent for my part in the mat.
ter. but it was all in French and did
not hurt me. The union was a happy
one"
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the musical education Of Miss Miriam
Edwina: / agree to pay the sum In
dollars of this ticket. Name. .......
Address. ,..... If this number should
be the lucky one and all interests be-
ing mutual, matrimony will be consid-
cred"
An attractive young woman, valise
in hand, descended upon Wall street,
and the lambs and bears and other
live stock stopped work.
The young woman, In addition to the
yaiise. possessed blonde hair. blue eyes.
Cupid's bow mouth and other marks
which merited attention.
Furthermore she carried into Wall
street a scheme which made even the
enterprising ones OF the stock ex-
change sit up and take notice.
The young woman is Miss Miriam
Edwina. and she is railing herself of
for money to obtain a musical educa-
tion. She has $50 chances, and they
range in price from one dollar to
$3.50.
Miss Edwina has high soprano
voice and grand opera is her aim. She
says she has heard OF all kinds of raf-
fling schemes for making money. and
she certainly wants to accumulate
enough to take her to Italy.
4 have been trying to easa enough
money to complete my musical educa-
tion. but st seems that it is impossible.
My father, who was once a United
States consul in Cuba, died three
years ago. and have had to support
myself. tried stenography, and that
Is how I earned money to study music
tor q while. Then ! went on the stage
have had voice lessons here IN New
York four years. but I w II two yeart
abroad. OF nnnraa. that Is necessary
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towns to his parsonage to be married
When he asked groom why he ha0
not been married at home to save Q
is mile drive, he said he wanted ID
get away from the conventional wetk
ding, and in this his bride had agreed
fully with him. At their home town
they had fitted up a home, and they
went back to it from the ceremony
and short trip. Some Of my friends
were married in that way" said tho
happy man. "They liked the plan
and so do we, and we determined to
commence married life in that Kind
Of simple fashion"
Mr.. Wilson says that be believes
that the reason 20 many people go
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

Like the Old Ferris wheel Of The
exposition days. the great
wheel Of Earls eourt, London. VILE
never revolve again. II IS being tahen
down and the steel IN It sent tq
wales, where. mixed with pigIron and
iron ore, II win be converted into
steel bars Tor tln!plate making Bic.
cult. tobacco and mustard cans win
be manufactured from these Tbh
steel Of the Brislah Warship Aenlasu
win undergo the same fate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

; Mrs. Dearborn Some people never
do learn tN say mo.
Mrs. Wabash know IT. There's
that woman next door-she's had sir
husbands -Yonkers Statesman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
STILL OBSERVE OLD CUSTOM,
Trained Dog Draws Drum in Band Of
servian Army.

New York.-If you could travel
through Germany and Austria down
into the little country Of servia and
visit its small army. you would be sure
prised to find there some very inter-
estNpg ancient customs still carefully
observed. One Of these customs is to
have the big regimental drum drawn
by a powerful dog. It rests on twoy
wheeled cart, behind which the drumf
mer marches and beats the drum with
far greater ease than if he were also
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Explained.

Employer Have you any excuse to
offer for speaking SO impolitely?
Office Boy-Yes, sir; l forgot that l
wasn't speaking over the telephone.
Your apology is accepted. Life.
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Intoxicated Individual-Shee til,
show?
Euthusiast-Yes. / saw it twice.
Intoxicated ndividual-So'd I.
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carrying its full weight from his
shoulders. The dog is trained to keep
its place even IN a long and tedioug
march.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

Iondon.--so rapidly Is the London
county councils historical department
advancing with its work OF searching
out the authentic past residences Of
famous persons that within q short
time hardly a building nthe metrop-
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Novel Plan of Young New York Wom-
an TO Complete Musical Education.

New York" Agreement for the pur-
pose Of assisting In the completion OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
MARX HOME OF STEPHENSON.

Tablet VIII Be Placed on Building
Where Locomotive inventor Lived.