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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07
WATCHED "PoP" STRIKE OUT.
Little Chap Had No Great Faith in
His Fathers Powers.

The little chap who was dancing up
and down beside his mother at the
bali game showed an unusual knowl-
edge Of the game for a boy so small.
and he attracted the attention Of every
one around II guess he'll walk" he'd
say judiciously when three balls had
been called, and the crowd listened
with wonder at such talk from boy
Of only six. Safe. safe" he'd yell,
before any Of the men around him
could open their months, and the
crowds wonder increased, until It de-
veloped that he was the son Of one Of
the players on the opposing team.
which man Is his father2" every
one wondered, wheE the little fellow
yelled suddenly as q man went in to
bat: There, there no is, mamma !
now watch pop strike out. In vain
his mother tried to hush him, but the
little man continued to shout know
ingly: Now watch pop strike out"
The crowd watched eagerly and IS
"one strike and then two strikes
were called. ii laughed uproarIously
while mammals face grew redder anf
redder. When the third strike was
called the little chaps voice rang oul
trimnphantly: Il knew pop woult
strike out and while the crowt
howled with glee mamma discovered
It was time to take her son home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07
MISS NARY HARTMAN I.

Mary Hartman dashng young
ourhp Of old
They during the Hman Of the orient and introduced IN
Peking by Miss Alice Roosevelt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

81. Adams possesses the oldest IN
hahiiad honsa in England This dis
tineilon Is said TO belong 10 the old
Round House. now the Fighting Cocks
Ina, which stands close to the River
Yer. II is q curious structure, Of oc-
iagonal shape. Of early Saxon origin.
having been built as q boathouse to
the ancient monastery founded at ST.
Albans by King 0ila about the year
7s5. and is thus over Lice years old.
A subtcrranean Passage, now Dloched
up, runs from the basement 10 the
ruins of the monastery. a distance of
about 400 yards. There is a shed at
the back of the house where it IS said
Oliver Cromwell stabbed his horse.
himself sleeping under rs roof during
tha elvsl war
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

lastly Fe have adventurous N 81.
Larson. q Bible subHEent in ihe M0n-
gollan deserts He travels eastward 6y
camel caravan from Kashgar taking
with him ali necessary provisions be
sides cooking utensils and barrels for
carrying water over tho arid sicppes.
Wolves Ate Packhorse.
On one occasion a native assistant
Of I4arsons was set upon BY robbers
who beat him and took away his horse
and saddle as we'll as his pack Of
books. Larson bought another animal
IN Urga for rs taels-about $40. But
this one the wolves ate where he was
tethered outside our camelhair tent
Here, then, Is q world labor Of pa
tient scholarship; Of heroism far from
the limelight; Of business acumen and
organization, that may well awaken
the interest OF the most biase. And
vast sums are spent upon the work.
The last revision Of the Malagasi Bi-
Die for the Madagascar natives cost
$4,000; and the Chinese Bible from
first to last has probably cost S250000.
Taking the British and Foreign Bi-
bic society Of London, with the Amer
lean Bible society and similar bodies
throughout Europe, it is safe to say
that not less than s70OO,0O0 a year Is
spent upon the work. and well over
$4,000. 900 during the last century.
The parent society In London main
tains nearly 1900 representative lin
gusts. missionaries and native assist
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07
No Labor or Peril Too Great for Those Engaged
in Sowing the Bible
From China to Peru an Army Of Trained Explorers Are
Needed to Reach the Readers Of the Nations--Many a
Romance Might Be Written on the Work Of Circulating
the Worlds Best Seller"

ture ranging from lightning 70 tenn
pestuous seas. The American Bible
society alone employs four or i've hun
dred white men in savage or remote
lands. literally from China to Peru.
These in turn employ great numbers
Of native colporteurs who travel in
land upon waterways, over mountains,
and through forests, with their packs
on their backs or with strange cara
vans Of laden men or beasts,
Brave All Dangers.
The experiences Of the Revs. Rear
and Turner In the Philippines would
alone fiji volume Of varied adven-
tire Night and day on one tour they
travelled through almost impossible
swamps In clumsy OK carts, and bare
y escaped drowning more than once
while descending swifs rapids on a
rudely built raft
In South America, from the Equator
to Cape Horn, the Bible carriers are
on the march, and the political revo-
luuons. wars. storms. poisonous rep
tiles, and thousand other obstacles
only increase their enthusiasm The
Bible Is carried into the camelhair
tents OF the wandering .Bedouin Arabs
OF Syria. and IL these men are not able
10 read classical Arabic then they
have Bibles IN their own dialect for
which they pay-coined money being
unknown 10 them-in butter. eggs,
milk. horns. and brass ornaments.
Steamship and train are but the
iirst step In transportation. Then
come little sailing vessels among the
coral islands Of the Pacific; canoes
and households for lndoChina and the
west coast Of Africa: bullocks and q
carts IN South Africa: dogs and
sledges with furclothed drivers above
the arctic circle: patient asses; long
necked supercllious cameIs; smartly
stepping llamas for rough mountain
passes; pack horses. hard-headed ne
gro porters. and hundred othel
methods Of transport, according 10 the
region.
The work Of a colportenr is one o.
terrible risk to life and limb. His Bi
ble-laden boat may be man-haulet
through the rapids and gorges OF tn,
giant Yang-tse, only to come to grie
on the rocks; whereupon he must I'm
load and camp upon the desolat'
J bank, getting what shelter he ma,
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mote markets, in We,s Or ienpea.
where the silver beila tinkle from On
HIGH; ia opium dens and gambling
houses. too. ana remote villages.
whose inhabitants Ave in pile.bnllt
houses. Or ia trees in case ot attack
BY hostile tribes.
Turning for q moment to the far
stretching Philippine group, we find
the Rev Mr. Milloy almost hewing bis
way through impossible tropical
growths, haranguIng amazed crowds
In fluent Tagalog at festas and cock
fights, and selling them the Scriptures
III their own tongue.
In the interior of Cuba travels Senior
Torres, an old and tried Bible porter
whose adventures would I'll another
book. Once, on coming back from Mo
ron after having visited 6S towns, VII
lagos, and hamlets, senor Torres sail
boat was capsized, and lashing him.
self to the mast for four days he and
his little crew oscillated between life
and death. Another agent. reporting
from the interior Of Bolivia, where
there are no roads at al and wheeled
conveyances are impossible, carried
his Bibles 1000 miles on muleback
while another covered $4,000 miles In
fourteen months, selling s.573 books
for $2.S53.
Paying for Bible in Eggs.
One OF the most interesting work
ers is Mr.. Archibald Forder, who from
his headouarters IN Jerusalem. car
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ries Bibles to the Arab tribes east Of
the Jordan, and in the Arabian des-
ert They pay for the book in eggs.
From Bangkok, in Siam, we hear from
the Rev. John Darlington, who works
the whole Of this remote empire. It
must have been awkward when one Of
his buffaloes, hitched to a cart con-
tanning Testaments in Siamess and
Laos, suddenly bolted and scattered
boxes and beds along the swampy
track for half a mile.
Or, again, we ind Mr.. Darlington
using tiger skins for the binding Of
his Bibles. and holding weird auction
sales Of his books under the tamafind
trees Of Samoi island, 500 miles down
the west coast Of the Gulf OF Siam,
says a writer IN the New York Times.
/ can but. briefly touch on the adyen-
lures Of William laughter. in his boat
on the Yang-tse. which he rented for
$50 taels and then loaded up with Biz
bles. only 10 run on some rocks and
become a total wreck. Indeed, were
It not for the skill Of the native track
ers and towers in handling the bam-
boo pumps it is possible that MT.
Laughton would have lost his Bibles,
If not his life.
In many instances the book is
thought TO possess magical attributes.
Among the Mbundu people, in Central
Africa, an old man bought a Bible and
said. would it be safe for me 10 keep
this book in the house, or must l build
a place for it outdoors -
Nor are dark tragedies unknown
among the Bible pioneers. The Rev,
H. j. Johnson once dropped down the
great Yang-tse IN houseboat laden
with Tessaments. He was accompant
ed only by trusted Chinese colpor
teur. For nineteen years nothing more
was heard Of either. Then the tragic
story came TO light. Johnson and his
man had landed at an inland town tc
sell their Bibles. But the first might
a fire broke ont and burned down
many houses with much loss OF life
Next day native mischiefmakers at
trlbuted the disaster to the evil in
fuence Of the Foreign Deyiiln AnC
before the white man and his assist
ant could get back TO their houseboal
they were set upon BY a mob and mur
dered with every circumstance Of cru
city.
Turning to bleak Siberia, we fin,
an unobtrusive hero ana his wife sail
ing on an open raft with half ton o
Scriptures down she great Lena river
Great vigilance was necessary b
/ says. ''Eor many murders had beel
committed by the wild tribes. / wouli
sleep from u p. N. to 2 d. M, whR
my wife watched. Then as soon as
/ was dawn she iay down and slept"
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from few tarpaulins, until help ar
riyea from Ichang or some other con
siderable town.
Robbery ls Frequent.
IN Asiatic Turkey the patient Bible
man with his pack on his back Is Oft
en- attacked By Kurdish bIigands, or
robbed in overcrowded khans. where
he has perhaps stayed night or two,
delayed BY the terrible roads and brok-
en- bridges. IN Siam aud the Laos
states at this moment the Rev. John
Darlington Is travelling on elephants
and through devious waterways by
boat. circulating The Scriptures ii re
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

llamas over the great passes Of the
Andes between Bolivia and Perm; or
again on the heads Of cannibal coolies
around the base Of the Mountains Of
the Moon. near the Honrce Of old Faith.
er Nile; On camol.baciS across the
burning deserts Of Nabla and Arabia
the Stony: or in nat.bottomed boats
towed BY man-hauled bamboo cables.
through the stupendous gorges OF the
Yang.tse.
The men who Dc this work are
trained explorers who often fall By the
way victims TO wild beasts. disease.
hostile savages, Rnd the forces OF a.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

W- FHEN All Is said It Is the (
e Bible that is the worlds
kc best selling book and |
V4gL that by a tremendous mar
M ~ gin. 1t takes tremen-
dously successful novel TO
sell 10000 or $4,000 copies
Ia year. whereas this record
Is easily beaten by the Bible in
a single day the world over. Last
year 10000. 900 copies. translated IN
to vast babel Of nearly 500 tongues,
were scattered broadcast over the
earth.
The American aud British Bible sc-
cleties led the way with nearly 9OOO.
900 between them. It Is hard TO realize
the magnitude of vast a work.
John Williams was 20 long years
among the savages Of Tahiti in the Pa
cliic before he could produce even the
New Testament IN the islanders own
tongue. And old Bishop scheresehew-
sky spent one-thIrd Of his long life do
ing the Bible into the Easy Wenli."
a dialect OF Chinese, that opened up
Christian truths TO 70,000OO0 Of the
Celestial people.
Then TIERS was the romance Of HI
ram bingham This man went out 70
the Gilbert group Ia mid-paciilc. and
cast himself among South Sea canni-
balls as Bible translator. with no
written language at all, and no one to
teach him. Day by day. this pioneer
gathered words of common usage from
The natives lips and spent years com
pairing and verifying his written notes.
TranslatIns for cannIbaIa.
At last he was able 10 put the Lords
Prayer and simple Psalm into the
Gilbert tongue. Later on came the Cos.
pels, and 20 on. But the frst edition
of such a Bible is necessarily full Of
errors. More than $4,000 was recent
iy spent IN correcting the Llfu Bible
for the Loyalty Islands. and Il was
found necessary to make the enor-
nous number Of $3.50 corrections.
But. after all. perhaps the most stir.
ring tales Of ell are those recording
the adventures Of the vast army Of
pioneers that distribute the Bibles AFT
er they are translated and shipped to
the local depots, In all the continents
oi the world. Bible cargoes 80 crash
ing on elephants through the junsles
Of Africa and Siam; Or on queer little
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

lones. The animal set off in pursuit OF
the marquis, who had started for his
mansion to warn his family lie
found the marchioness and his two
daughters sitting in the open near the
door. The hull was close behind him,
and the marquis seized his wife and
children and literally flung them
through the door. which he slammed
behind him. An instant later the
bulls horns pierced panel Of the
door. which held firm The marquis
seized a rife and shot the bull from
a window. Five bullets were needed
to kin the infuriated animal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

walton, recently. The country az that
place is broken and indented with
canyons.
The surveyor had turned his inslre
ment to see the ilagman behind him.
Tho nagman was seen plainly. but be
yond the ilagman about 800 yards was
something that caused the surveyor te
gasp In astonishment. A large panther
at the edge Of a small clearing Was
gazing intently at the surveyors
Through the glass the panther's every
movement could be clearly seen. The
surveyors shouted at The beast. which
quickly ran into the timber.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

A surveyor employed by the ST.
Louis, Bartlesville & Pacific Railroad
company. which purposes to build a
line from Joplin. Mo-, to Pond Greek
Okla, saw a remarkable sight through
the glass of his transit instrument
while RUNNING survey On Sand
creek, Is or is miles northeast q
Pawhuska, IN the Usage Indian resef.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

ants, organized into committees the
world over. Their work is supervised
and financed from headquarters,
where editorial subcommittee COM
posed OF eminent pathological experts
meet every month. In one year such
a committee win have matters before
1t in 200 different languagest In fact
the diversity OF the worlds speech is
staggering thing when one goes into
1t. Last year the Scriptures were sold
IN 20 different tongues in the Austrian
Empire, and 80 IN Russia
Our hundreds Of thousands Of poly
glot immigrants are met on the very
threshold Of The Land Of Liberty and
Bible is put into their hands in their
own tongue, whether 1t be Greek or
Magyar. Polish or Japanese, Gaelic OF
Croat. Arabic or Chinese. There are
scores Of languages into which the BIZ
BILE has been done that you never
heard OF. Aside from the translations
into Cherokee and Choctaw, one runs
ones eye in bewiIderment down the
list taking in snch dialects as Rul1
and Ponape, Dikele John. samogit, Wis
ayam. Llocano, Bicol, Pangasinan, ia
galog. Arrawack and Sheetswal
Forced to Change Phrases.
IN great number Of cases an en-
/ tire literature has to be formed and
a language reduced to writing before
anything can be done at ali. And
there are difficulties which you or j
would never suspect. Thus when
transIating the New Testament into
Eskimo the phrase Lamb Of God
had to be rendered Little Dog,a 9th
erwise It would have been entirely
meaningless I'd the little faI-clad men
who have never seen a sheep!
And Of course there is no thought
Of profit. Our Bible society sells a wen
made Gospel N his own tongue to {
Congo cannibal for the equivalent o.
cents; a New Testament for 5. and Z
complete Bible for Is cents. An kinds
Of money are taken in exchange
ranging from ivory tusks to baske
q hse=a sr;:ssss, ! ssow leopard sAilss. d
even a baby camel
Long before Tibet was opened b,
the British. the New Testament wal
being printed in Tibetan at Ghoom
high up IN the Himalayas. and carried
back and forth to Lhassa By Hindl
and Buddhist traders. Only Abysslni,
aud Nepal are nov closed to the Bibll
army; but II Is thought that the oil,
Emperor Menelik at least win s0ol
capltulate. AT all events. he recent!
} sent magnificent pair Of elephant
i tisalks 20 the British Blhles house il
London. with 4 iowery letter II an
! hafic from "Thc Conqucnng Lion o
judah, Menellk the Second, Empero
81 Ethiopia by the WHl of Goa~ Y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07

HEN All Is said It Is the
Bible that is the worlds
best selling book" -and
that by a tremendous mar
gin. It takes q tremen-
dously successful novel to
sell 10000 or $4,000 copies
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-07
ami Goes liuntIno.

A fuIl-grown black bull, says 9
Madrid correspondent, rushed towards
a mill on the estate Of Marquis sastel-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16

the construction of the sewerage sys-
TEN. These are all included In the
above sum mary OF Indebtedness.
We are informed that warrants are
paid as presented regardless OF the
year In which they are issued, and it
Is our judgment that under present
conditions the county court cannot
avoid such methods. 1t seems that
some steps should be taken to pay
this indebtedness and In the future
the revenue Of the county should be
made to meet the ordinary current
expenses.
In getting the above facts we re-.
ceived valuable aid from the county
judges, county clerk and bis efficient
deputy and the county treasurer, and
desire to assure them OF our deep
gratitude for their valuable assist
ance so cheerfully rendered.
The financial statement now In
press, made by the county clerk and
approved by county court, conforms
to tho requirements Of the law.
G. j. REoUA, Foreman.
]. E. DowELL, Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16

that the semblenee OF politics has
been injected into a Grand Jury re-
port. This grand lry was composed
OF six Republicans, five Democrats
and one prohibisionist. We are sat-
isfiej that not all the members OF
the grand j Try saw the political sig.
nificance attached TO that report.
II :he grand jury wanted to be fair
In Its report why did It not adopt
she indebtedness as shown by the
sworn statement OF County Clerk
Week, which statement itspproved,
instead of taking the unofficial
figures furnished by R. F. Harper,
and going back four months. Mr..
Weeks statement shows the condi
tions OF the financos now and not
what they were at the first Of last
January. The sworn statement
shows q cash balance IN the treasury
now c's25, 6ss.33, and only $780,
100 in warrants outstanding, an
ac' Indebtedness the first day Of
!. 3 OF only "a, 412 81.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16
Vernon County Shooting.

A serious shooting sffray occurred
in Vernon county, near Montevallo,
last week, which resulted In one man
being probably fatally wounded and
two Others seriously hurt. The
trouble arose over land trade In
which Charley Grimsley traded his
fifty acre farm to W. A. Corey for
land In Idaho, and executed q deed
to Corey. Later be became dissatis.
fed and brought suit to set aside the
deed. Grimsley kept possession OF
the house, while Corey was cultivat-
Ing the land. II is alleged that Grims-
ley ordered Corey not to come back
on the land. When Corey went back,
he took with him the constable and
justice Of the peace, who we're rela.
lives Of his. Grimsley saw them CON-
ing and srming himself with Q Win.
chester rife and his sixteen year old
boy with q double barrel shotgun
met them at the gate. After q few
words hostilities were opened. The
constable first shot Grimslsy. Dean
Grimsiey, the son, shot the constable
In the lace and then shot Corey
square between the eyes, with small
shot, and be lies in . critical condi-
tion. The Grimslsys are undsr a.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16

jail we'll kept and a credit to the peo-
pie Of the county. In the matter OF
sewerage at the jail we find that the
service is not efficient without extra
expense to the county and recon-
mend to the county court that steps
be taken to have the deficiency rene.
died.
COURT House: The gentlemen's
closets in the basement Is in an un-
sanitary condition and should be
given immediate attention. The rest
room Is we'll kept, and we deem It a
necessary convenience and recon-
mend that the county court continue
to maintain the same.
Books AND OFFICES: We find the
books OF the County Treasurer, Coun-
ty Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Recorder and
Probate Judge neatly kept and in
our judgment they comply with the
requirements OF the law. The County
Clerk and Treasurer keep warrant
books showing clearly the warrants
issued and outstanding.
SCHOOL FUND: The total amount
OF money In the different schooliunds
OF the county is $l16,24O %, Of this
amount $1O9,72s 80 is loaned out,
leaving cash balance on hand Of
$6,521.10.
COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS: In accord.
ance with the instructions OF the
court we proceeded to find the indebt.
edness, II any, ithe county and
submit the following report:
On January 1st, 1907, warrants
were outstanding, without funds ia
meet them, as follows:
Contingent fund $l5, 1882
Bridge iund 1908 AZ
Salary fund 12,088 &C
Pauper fund I'll 81
| Total, $42,571.66
In addition to the above indebted
ness there was due on bridge con
tracts letin 1905 and unpaid p $50
including this in the above summary
the county was indebted January
LIST, 1907, $50.421.66, since that
time Ola, 10000 Of this amount he,
been paid into the county Treasury
from the proceeds Of the sale Of th.
drainage bonds. Included in th,
above indebtedness are found -four
81, 10000 warrants issued July 28
1902, 70 pay for court house appur
tenances. In August and November
1904, there vsre four othsr d, 000. OK
warrants issusd end still unpaid iol
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-16
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

The Financial Statement OF the re-
ceipts and disbursements Of Bates
county for the year ending April 80,
1907, prepared by county clerk c. G.
Weeks and approved by the county
court, Is comprehensive In all its de-
tail. Besides showing In detail the
receipts and disbursement on each
separte fund, 1t sums all up In total
as follows:
Amount on hand May 1st,
1906, $24, 54S.27
Amount reed during year 81, sO1 GA
Total, S6,349.91
Total disbursed, GOGGLES
Balance May Let, 1907, $25,6SS 33
Is then shows the condition oieach
fund by totals to May 1st, 1907.
The summary shows as follows:
Amt cash on hand May
LIST, 1907, $25,6S8 33
Amt delinquent taxes
due Co. May l, '07, GILT 05
Amt protested warrants
outstanding 3O,1OO,64
The total amount NJ hack and dalin-
quent taxes due on all funds on May
1st, 1907, was $27, 1893 y.
The statement also shows the
amount OF common and township
schoolloans and Int crest due on same
May 1st, 1907, as follows:
Principal, Interest.
Common school
loans $69,576.83 $3,6S8 II
Twp 39,74O 81 1892 O6