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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

into stall where we keep our big
sheep, which boasts of a savage pair
of horns and long pedigree. The re-
cepuon that sheep gave to him who
had so unceremoniously encroached
upon the privacy Of his apartment
would have put a football hero TO
shame. We soon had the hired man
on the spot. who. with the aid Of the
sheep crook. fastened to the ankle OF
the banker man. succeeded in ex-
tricating him from his perilous posi-
ton. Both sleeves Of his coat were
amputated and his new trousers re-
sembled the much berated peek-a-boo
waists.
He gathered up his dignity and the
contents Of his matchbox, surveyed
with dismay the remains OF a new
cravat and with his wig poised grace
fully over his left ear adjusted the
ruins Of his silk tile and went away
with a mortgage on our home to settle
damages and avoid publicity, a sad.
der and wiser man, resolved to eschew
all sheep men and avoid the exigen-
cles that beset their path and knock
the shine of their boots
CHARLOTTE WHITNEY.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

forts Of the management that riot
was prevented yesterday, when
tipsy person shouted out in the lobby
OF the Fifth Avenue hotel that the
army was lot Of leeches"
When the Prince Of Wales, now
King Edward Of England, visited this
country in 1860 he stayed at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, where many social
functions attended by the elite Of the
city were held. and after that there
we're many social affairs Of great i'm
portance held In It's parlors. One oc-
curing during war time was presided
over By Mrs. Fish (which Mrs. Fish Is
not stated, whereat collection was
taken up for the amelioration Of GER
tain women who had been left desti-
tute BY their bread-winners who had
left them for this reason or that and
the amount subscribed reached a
grand total Of s7OO. Some Of the
ladies' gowns must have cost not less
than $500"
Rawhide for President Johnson.
President Andrew Johnson, while
there. barely escaped an unpleasant
experience through an accident A
woman who later made her escape
had planned to attack him. She
learned the number OF the room he
was to occupy. and lay In walt for him
in the hallway, nursing a grievance
over the loss Of her husbands posi-
tlon with the government, and when
the president and his party came up
stairs, and man left the rest Of the
party and walked into the room set
aside for the president, she drew a
rawhide and started to lash him. i
was a member Of the presidents party
who, for some reason, went to the
presidents room first The president
had happened to step into the first
room of the suite with a friend
Army officers Of note made it theII
home when In the city, and one might
IN the barroom a number OF officers
who had been having merry time
got into a dispute over the never set
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

Reading, Pa.-Twelye-year-old VIII.
lie Schmitz, who was sent to his
father at Fort Worth. Tex. after run
ming away from home, has returned
to his mother Ia this city. having
made the way round about from
Texas to Reading without a nlckle In
his pocket He says he beat his way
on freight trains and enjoyed the hos.
pltality Of the trainmen, sharing the
contents OF their dinner pals. Once
he got greatly mixed Ia tralas. and
before he knew Il he lande n Calf
fornia. He says he will never leave
Reading any more. as this town IL
nov good enough FOR him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

wall and tried to look Indifferent as
well as severe while he made known
ais errand.
His celluloid collar and the brill
liant in his shirt front We'd with each
other in emitting scintillating rays.
while the bright hued colorings Of
his velvet walstcoat, a legacy from an
aged ancestor, rose and fell with each
respiration and stood out in splendid
contrast with the red roses on the
wall paper, and his checked trousers
smiled defiance as they refused to SIT
down for fear OF losing their new
creases.
He said he was out for sheep ranch
investments. that he had been in the
banking business since he wore long
pants. but had not been able 20 keep
his bark of the shoals; that II he
could invest IN the sheep business he
believed he would soon exchange the
setting in his massive ring which en-
circled his finger for a genuine stone
and begged the privilege Of looking
around with a view 10 purchasing this
sheep factory or one similar. He first
started out to make an inventory Of
the sheep barn, and pleasantly refer
ring 10 a century back when he was a
boy playing in the haymow, his pomp-
Gus form soon disappeared up the mar.
row stairway leading to the fairyland
Of boyhood days, where, now alone IN
his glee. he whistled a merry tune and
danced a hornpipe on the hayloft
floor
soon. however, a terrible crash re
vealed the fact that he was making
his exit down the hay chute opening
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

cago do not follow their consignments
out of the orchard.
1t used to be that all Of this busi-
ness or the most Of it, was handled
by the fruit schooner, says Country
Gentleman. This was long-coupled.
canvas-coyered wagon that was driven
through the fruit country to gather up
the small consignments. They we're
sent out by the transportation men.
who made rate from the orchard to
the market. A single wagon would
haul the ripe fruit Of probably a
dozen different orchards. sometimes
more. They would be on the road
nearly all OF the hot, dusty day, some
times until late at night. It is this
schooner that the electric people have
thrown out Of business, for they haul
much larger loads in much less time.
In some places the fruit picker may
step off the ladder on which he is
picking right into the car, 50 near is
the track to the fruit-burdened trees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

tied argument OF Gen. Mcclellan's
treatment, and John Knox, hot-head-
ed captain, drew a gun and emptied It
at another member Of the party, and
although the room was crowded not
person was wounded. Knox resigned
from the army. The incident made a
great sensation at the time.
Mysterious Woman Guest.
Il was at about this time that
beautiful woman from some European
country appeared at the Fifth Avenue
hotel and took sumptuous rooms. She
drove out daily, always heavily yelled,
and soon became mysterious and in
terestlng person. She was very charIt-
able. and gave aims freely to all men
dicants she saw, and made liberal con
tributions to churches One day she
suddenly disappeared. Government
agents from Mexico had arrived look
ing for the beautiful and mysterious
lady She was. it appeared, the head
Of powerful band Of criminals, who
we're duplicating Mexico's govern
mental papers and gold
She was known in Spain and Mexi-
co as Rosnalio La Refine des Voleuses
which means In plain English the
queen OF crooks. and vas said to be
worth t1,000,0o0.
It was at a dinner, referred to a.
the famous Peabody" dinner, in the
hotel that the boom for Gen. Grant
for president was started. Thai
marked an epoch in the history Of the
place.
Gen. Grant and the Minister.
One Of the stories told Of Gen. Grant
and his association with the hotel Il
that be was standing 81 the entranS'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

Crops and Soil Wate-.-The differ
ent kinds Of plants use different guam
titles Of water. One experimenter in
the west places them In this order. the
first using the most water and so on:
Potatoes. oats. wheat, corn. sugar
beets. old alfalfa. red clover. timothy
and English rye grass This is but a
very partial list Of our cultivated
crops, but il shows that all do not
take the same amount Of water. When
these plants are better understood and
their moisture requirements are fully
established. It will be easier to make
use Of the vast regions in which water
Is scarce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
PRISON FOR THEFT or sHRouD
Undertaken Sent to Jail for Burylno
Man in an Undershirt.

Little Rock, Ark.-For the alleged
.heft Of shroud from dead man and
Durying him in the scanty white un.
iershirt furnished by the county hos
pital, despite the fact that the rela-
tlyes had paid for the sbroud. W. b.
Jackson, an undertaken on West
Ninth street. was fined $3.50 and sen
fenced to six months in Jail
John Parnell died and his two sons
arranged ~ the funeral. They asked
Jackson how much he would charge
to furnish their father with a coffin.
shroud and grave. The price agreed
upon was s25. When the day for the
funeral came both brothers say they
went to the Jackson undertaking.
rooms and there saw their dead par
ent, properly laid out in his coffin and
dressed In long black shroud. They
made arrangements to return after
dinner for the trip TO the cemetery.
and on leaving the parlor we're warned
BY a woman, who said.
q hope Jackson won't treat your
father like be did my SON
The two men became suspicious and
when the grave was reached they or.
dered the coffin opened To this the
driver objected, saying 1t was against
Mr.. Jackson's orders, but this only
strengthened their sugpicions The
brothers insisted, and finally the lid
was removed The black shroud had
disappeared. The arrest OF the un.
dertaker followed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

a great many fruit growers have
been able to avoid ioug Wagou haals
0f fruit tc the market by using tha
srolleF lines that have laid their rails
and stretched their wire right thrsgh
the orchards. The use 81 the trolley
il marketing fruit and vegetables has
been greater than many thought it
WOuld Be. A new line that has been
built out Of Benton Harbor, Mich and
reaches some Of the finest farms that
lie on the fruit bluffs overlooking the
ST. Joseph river. began the work OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

which win IN all probability be torn
down a year from now to make way
for a Building with more renting space
in It. which Is necessary to secure in
terest on the s7,250,0O0 which syn
dictate has just paid the Enoa estate
for the property.
The Fifth Avenue hotel was built
by Paran Stevens, who had become
rich In Boston as the owner of the
fremont house. He was looked upon
as the leading hotel man Of the north.
lie leased the ground from John Enos,
and when the hotel was finished It
began business under the direction Of
the firm Of Hitchcock, Darling g. Co.
THAT was in 1859, and the firm name
1ias never been changed.
Hitchcock was hotel man from
New Orleans. and Darling had been
identified with hotels in New England.
The Co" was the Stevens interest.
Hitchcock died but a few years ago,
and son Of the original Darling ia
the Darling Of the present firm.
Hotel Hermit Furlong.
Gen. Charles e. Furlong is the
holder OF the record for continuous
guests. having lived there for 81 years
except the times he had been In Eu.
rope Maj. Whitman comes next with
20 years. and there are several who
have been there for 20 years and
lesser double figures.
Tom" Gay, the head waiter, whom
Millionaire Moffat took to Europe and
cater presented with a stock ranch In
Colorado, has been there for 30 years;
Jim Gray has dispensed cheer from
one corner Of its famous bar for q
years But the "tip-topper.r in poinI
of association. IA John schreiber, th'
barber. he Of the majestic mlen and
the white, flowing locks and wellkep
beard. Schneider has been there
since the day the house was opened
although Ia these later years he hai
given most Of his time to dealing II
art, which he buys and sells to thl
amount OF thousands Of dollars yearly
These men are all notable In thei
way and are known to thousands 0
men and women who have been o
who are prominent IN the affairs 0
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
OIL KING is STAGED.
John D. Rockefeller Shown as Hero
in "The Almighty Dollar"

New York.-John d. Rockefeller has
been staged" not in any uncertain
manner and with an alias as in THE
Vanderbilt Cup or The Lion and the
Mouse" but quite positively even down
to his own name James Haviland
has done it IN his vaudeville sketch
called The Almighty Dollar" and
Hayiland himself plays the part Of
the oil king.
John D. is shown bewailing the fact
that he has to sneak into his house
like thief in the night, lodging pro
cess servers. The door bell rings and
he asks sharply, What's that2a and
then soliloquizes, another Of those
idiotie reporters, / suppose, seeking
my opinion on the next presidential
compaign. Fools, fools. fools, Il mat
ters not who the man is or may be,
he is ours, ours body and soul
Then he gets a note from a poor
doctor who has been stung BY the
tainted money microbe and wants a
few days more time on his $4,000
note
"Boshl" SCOTS John D, the same
old story More time. more time, bus
mess is business, and a business man
should not presume on a friendship,
so # goes. but, though he Is a hard
headed business man, this Rockefeller
Of the stage is made so kind hearted
that he gives $4,000 for the rag doll
Of Little Liz, the angel waif. who once
upon time pulled his grandchild
out Of the ocean at Rockaway. AID at
the end Liz says, earnest like:
John D, dem noospaper guys who's
allus knockin' you is a bunch OF stiffs
U aint got a hair on de top Of yer
nut, but love yer-I love yer like
hill"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

would be used only for purposes Of
state thereafter
The Whole House for ParneII.
Charles Stewart Parnell, the Irish
patriot, was a guest at the hotel In 80
and enthusiastic Irishmen held forth
in the Hobbies day and night, causing
the general guests some trouble. One
day Parnell told them that the hotel
would charge them for wear and tear,
whereupon a patriotic Irishman pro-
posed to close up the hotel to all ex-
cept Parnell while he was there.
Adelina Patti was staying in the
hotel in the early sos, and at the re-
quest Of little girl sang Home.
Sweet Home for those In the dining
room the night before she sailed away.
Billy Florence, the actor, got out an
elaborate poster when he lived at the
hotel advertising it as the home of the
Hon. Bardweil slote," and many re-
quests were made by strangers to be
shown the rooms by Mr.. Slote.
In the early SOS mushrooms were
high, according to local paper
'The Fifth Avenue hotel is bound to
have the best of everything and is
paying three dollars pound for mush-
rooms, which are scarce at this time
Of year"
The famous words, Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion" that are popularly
supposed to have defeated James G..
Blaine for the presidency, were spoken
In the parlor Of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, where Blaine for ysars had dis
pensed political power.
"croesus from the West"
A California millionaire who occu-
pied suite Of rooms with his family
and paid $50 day in "a was written
about as the Croesus from the west"
In honor Of President Cleveland and
his cabinet the biggest political din
ner that had ever been given IN Amer
lea up to the time was held in the
large dining-room.
For a long time the house was IA
nous for its amen Corner" where
Senator Platt sat for years on Sunday
and saw upstate politicians, who at
that time exclaimed Amen" to every
thing said. Out OF that grew an organ
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
The Sheep Banker

We had just taken batch Of cook
les out Of the oven when we heard a
timid knock anl upon opening the
door beheld the portly form OF our
sheep banker. Balancing his cane un-
der his arm he deposited his hat on
top Of the cookie jar and sat down on
the door Of the baking oven. Rising
at once he moved with great dexter
ity into the front parlor, where he
took a stand under the portrait Of
George Washington, which adorns the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
Is scarce

Protect Trees from Borers.-Mix
cement with skim milk and apply with
a stin brush. Mix only a small guam
tity at time, as It may set" Apply
1t somewhat IN a thin condition, and
then make a second application. First
remove the earth from the trunk Of
the tree and apply the cement mix.
ture six inches below the SURFACE OF
the ground and foot above. It will
also protect against the gnawing Of
rabbits and mice If put on two feet
above the surface. as It becomes
stone.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
AFruit - IroIIey LIne

o'clock is gathered up end sens 1
Henton Harbor It IS in Chicago the
next morning before daylight q sfeaE
deal of hauling rs entirely dispensed
with not only In the orchard. but on
the road 10 town. Very much OF the
fruit is carried right to the platform.
where It is packed and then left there
to Be loaded into the car Some Of
the farmers who sell the product Of
their orchards In Benton Harbor haul
their fruit to town, but the men who
shin to the commission men Of Chi
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

the world. and who have been guests
al the hotel at some time or another.
Southern Leaders There.
Not half, BY far, OF the interesting
things that have happened there flll
nve big serapbooks In the possession
Of Mr.. Villas, and they Dc not cover
che period bstEeen 1868 aHd is7e anG
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

New York President Buchanan
was seemingly very much pleased
over a plate Of fine fried mush. made
from Kentucky corn meal which the
chief Of the cuisine department Of the
magnificent Fifth Avenue hotel had
prepared for bis breakfast while be
was In the city last week"
The above paragraph in publica-
tion devoted 70 men and affairs. called
the independent, was but very little
difereat from thousands Of others Of
the same nature that have been print.
ed in the stretch of time from Presi-
dent James Buchanan to President
Theodore Roosevelt all Of them re-
oording some incident IN connection
with important public men ard events
and the historic fifth Avenue hotel, at
Twenfy.third street and Broadway,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
HAS SHELTERED
WORLDS GREATEST

Some Interesting eleanlnss from Hc-
tel Scrap Books Relating Character
isfic Incidesta Of Celebrated Men
Who Were Guests Of the Hospitsbls
New York Edifice That ls Soon to
Be Dsmoiished-ln It's Day the Most
Famous Of American Hotels.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

ization composed Of newspaper men
formed for the sole purpose Of giving
a dinner annually. to be known and
recorded as the amen Corner din
ner" If there has been any man Of
prominence in the last 40 years who
has not trod the marble Of the Fifth
Avenue lobby at some time or snothas
ho has yet 70 be discovered
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03
OLD DAYS III
FAMOUS FIFTH
AVENUE HOTEL

Within hs Venerable Walls,
National, Financial and
Social History Of Greet
Importance to the Entire
United States Has Been
Made More Than Once.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

would be used only for purposes Of
state thereafter
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30

set as 1t shines in the sunset glow low down in the northwest On July 15 1t will pass behind the sun and disappear from the evening sky until next winter.
 As Jupiter sinks from view in the north west the beautiful planet Mars begins to appear in the. southeast. This planet, which will at once be recognized by it's red color Is in more favorable position for observation during this month than it will be again for more than a year. On July 6 it will be exactly opposite to the sun, and therefore exactly south at midnight. A week later, on July 15. its nearest ap- proach to the earth will occur; it's dis tance will then be only 3S, GOO miles, so that at this time the polar cap and larger markings may be seen in telescope of only moderate size.
 After examining Mars the observer should notice the beautiful red star An tares, which lies little to the west, at A, Fig. l. This is the brightest star of the striking group known as the Scorpion. It's name signifies the rival of Mars, but although when the planet is far away from the earth Antares might be said to rival 1t; at present the star Is very much inferior to Mars, both in its depth of color and brightness. A study of the light of the star shows that this great sun is surrounded by dense envelope far thicker and denser than the luminous cloud surrounding our own sun, and that this absorbs much of the light emitted by the intensely hot central ball. The star is supposed to be the old sun much further advanced in It's development than our own sun.
 Antares has faint greensh attendant at distance of three seconds away. The two stars form a striking system of suns; the greenish one is doubtless slowly journeying around the great reddish primary, but the time required for com plete revolution is probably thousands of years
 The observer will find other interesting double stars at B. c. D. and E. In 1895 it was discovered by photography that vast and intricate nebulous cloud occupies the whole region around Antares and the star at B. The real dimensions of this inconceivably enormous cloud must be such that light occupies hundreds of years in travelling from one of it's boundaries to the other.
 Fig. ? shows the path of Mars among the stars during the months of July and August The planet Is now moving rap idly westward, but on August it will reach the western end of it's looped path, and begin to move eastward again. On July 19 1t will pass the planet Uranus while moving westward, and again on August A while moving eastward. On the first date Uranus will be five degrees north of Mars, and this will be a favor able opportunity for finding the faint planet
 On the morning of July 10 the moon uill be seen to pass across the face of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
THE LIVES OF TWO BOYS
BY JOHN AND ERsoN JoYNE.

VERY n a A
  - reeton in which he will send the current of his life he said; The thoughts of youth are long long thoughts You watch mua his execution It matters little what fishing
  against his carefully evolved thought line of
 
 wrong channels for their life forces the majority of they deh you'll of the Willie opportunities All this being family say ne o It ms free will of picking himself
 or thereabouts their friends nave made their choice will The of
 when ne ne was new fresh eountrifed in the extreme He had no From he and studied at night and gradually totaeco 
 the first time ssO the he s in the Christmas ha town bank and he says that he going school the fal will work his way through for he realizes the And he lives he will make The other fellow
 
 sisted receiving and did number graduated his class When he entered college n To quit and bounded his old father his feet But he he the splendid opportunity he his mothers had possibilities he what will
 These of choice and you what a you?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30

and remonstrated with her about the use of tobacco.
 Don't you know said he, that noth- ing unclean can enter the kingdom of heaven? What will you do If you are refused admittance because your breath is polluted with tobacco? What will you say to that?"
 The old woman puffed away for a mo- ment. then, taking the pipe from her mouth, replied: What I say to that is that I 'spects to leave my breath behind when I goes to heaven.'