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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22

Mr.. Win1am a. Radf0rd viii answer
questions and give advice FREE or
COST on All subjects pertaining 70 the
subject lf building for tie readers q TINS
paper. on account of his wide eNpe-
riance as Editor. Author and Manutac-
turar. ha is. without doubt the highest
authority on all these suplecls Alll.zsa
ali ln0ufries To William A. Halforat NO.
IA F-ftb Ave- Chicago. III. end only
enclose EUo-eent stamp for reply
al good many new houses have roots
built after this plan Tt is a modifca-
uon Of the OLD style invented by Fran
co.'s Mansard. a Frenchman away
back in sixteen hundred and some
thing, ana it has done good service
ever since.
What is generally known IN Amer
lea as 4 MaHsard roof went to seed
20 or 80 years ago, because architects
Litched on too much gingerbread
work in the shape of fancy railings
cutters brackets and other nonsense
until people got tired Of it.
Then for a good many years no one
had the nerve to put such a roof on
top Of a house In fact, Mansard
roofs became very unpopular fol
house covers. and about the only EN-
ployment they had was TO shelter
some Of the very best barns In the
country, and they were built that way
because the room under the roof was
needed for storage
During the past ten years, however
/ the old-time prejudice against thf
fancy Mansard roof has about worn it
[ self out and architects have recovered
their nerve sufficiently to advocate
! renaissance Of what has always beer
recognized as a good, practical a.
well as an economical roof
You can stow away bedrooms a.
well as hay up close in under sucl
a roof But one Of the most satisfae
4 tory reasons is that the roof is 81
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22

thoroughly weather proof It is scien-
tihcally correct; it is so well braced
that It strengthens the whole house.
The lower incline Is steep just where
a good pitch is needed It is directly
opposite to the lean-tO roof that gives
so much trouble in winter time when
the snow melts and the water backs
up under the shingles
In this style Of roof the snow has no
time to linger on the lower slope. and
the wind generally hurries it on Of
the upper incline never heard Of
a man getting out Of bed at night TO
shovel snow from such a roof as this;
but ! have known such instances With
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22

other roofs, and / also know that such
a necessity IS not considered ioky by
the victims II you want to twit
man about getting up at two o'clock
in the morning for snow shovel exer-
else on the roof you must use a long
distance telephone
You can reach a span Of 26 or 30
feet with such a roof, and do It easily.
You can run a straight roof that dis.
tance. but you have to provide long
rafters and a good many more shingles
in order to do It. and you must have
the tlmbers heavier
Ia regard 10 looks, that Is a mat.
ter Of custom Almost any plain
house that is well proportioned looks
well. but II you want TO retain the re-
spect Of your neighbors you mustn't
attempt much outside fancy work.
The shape Of the front part OF this
house gives an opportunity to build a
fine large yeranda across the front
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22

STRANGE is used to hold the sacrament
when exposed at benediction, and it
sometimes is borne outside in solemn
procession. The sacrament is placed
in the center of the vessel in a recep-
tacle called the lunette The mon
STRANGE Of st. Francis Xavier church
is three feet high and weighs 12f
ounces. It is made entirely by hand
and is finished in rose gold. The gold
used in its manufacture is IA carats
fine AS in all monsTances the
lunette is the center Of radiating
branches made to represent the rays
Of the sun.
Around the lunette are 80 diamonds
Of large size, eight rubies. four sap
phires and two pearls. WOrkmen have
been constantly employed on it since
last September. The vessel is made
in what is known as the English goth
ic style, and when placed in position
will be the chief ornament Of the altar
Of St. Francis XAVIER.
It is more than year since Father
Hickey, pastor Of the church. conceived
the idea Of calling for contributions Of
iewelry from members Of his parish
for the making Of his sacred vessel
The number and value exceeded his
expectations. At the end Of year hf
sent the jewelry to be melted and re
fined for the manufacturers use.
Monstrances. sometimes called os
tensoriums. date from the first feast o
Corpus Christi, declared by Robert
bishop of Liege, in 1916.
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The oood Cd pays.

The richest man In King Charles
lis England could not get 50 good
a dinner as tens Of thousands will sit
down to to-day Cattle we're Of far
poorer breed, vegetables we're few and
bad. and the commonest conveniences
Of the table were unknown. Fish
knives. for instance. are hardly con
sidered an extravagant luxury, but Mr.
Gladstone could remember when they
we're not to be found on any table.
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- ~ - A ~
New York lewslsr Manufactures Mon
STRANGE worth sf90o1

New Fork.-IeWeiry valued at more
than S25.000. belonging t1 members Of
ST. Francis Xavier Catholic church Of
Brooklyn was melted and used in the
manufacture Of large monsuance.
or portable tabernacle. which was used
for the first time at the 4Q-hour deyo-
ton services Sunday. Into the making
of this scored vessel went not only
the gold Of the jewelry presented by
the congregation. but precious stones
to the number 81 g.
There is not another vessel in the
United States so costly. The mon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22
said TO Rs 1a2 Years Old.

Probably the Oldest man alive IL
Hadii Raouf, who lives in Constants.
nople. and is said to be 132 years old.
He still works at his profession Of
saddle.maker. and has never left the
house be was born in His father Is
believed to have lived % the age
Of 142.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22
Mexican Fruit RIpens Earlv

St Louis and other western cities
expect to be able soon to feast on
Mexican oranges every year from the
middle Of October on, these oranges
being ripe a month or 50 earlier than
the California fruit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22

and stretch 1t around to the side en-
trance. Time was when you could
build a house without a yeranda and
still retain some self respect. but that
time las gone BY If you build a
good house nowadays YOU must pay
some attention to the outside appear
ance. and you can't do # in any better
way than to build a good. comiortabls
veranda that is well proportioned and
that fits the style Of the house.
Generally speaking, no veranda
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22

looks wen if IL is lightly constructed.
This rule applies especially 20 large
houses. You want good. heayy posts
and a roof that looks as though T.
would SIT down hard even in a gallo
Then you want a veranda wide enough
to accommodate some good large
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-22
HONOR FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
"AngeI Of the crimea" Given Freedom
Of City Of London.

London.-Miss Florence Nightingale,
who has been presented with the free
dom of the city Of London, is in her
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

grapes and was satisfied l sent the contracts and
things TO Orion for his signature. he beng OF
the three heirs But they arrived at bad tlTne,ln
q doublv bad time, IN fact The temperance virtue
was temporarily upon him strong force, and he
wrote and said that he would not be party 70 de
bauching the country with wine, Also he sald how
could he know whether Mr. Camp was going to deal
fairly and honestly with those poor people from
Europe or not. And 50, without waiting TO find
out he quashed the whole trade, and there II fell
never 10 be brought 10 life again. The land, from
being suddenly worth hundred thousand dollars
became as suddenly worth what 1t was before
nothing. and taxes to pay | had paid the taxes
and the other expenses Tor some wears, but
dropped the Tennessee land there, and have never
wise. until yesterday.
| had supposed. until yesterday, that ORION had
frlttered away the last acre and indeed that was
his own impression But gentleman arrived yester-
dav from Tennessee, and brought a map showing
that by d correction OF the ancient surveys We still
own thousand acres, IN a coal district, out OF the
hundred thousand acres which my father LETT US
when he died IN I84-. The gentleman brought
proposition. also he brought reputable and well
10 DO citizen OF New York The proposition was
that the Tennesscean gentleman should sell that
land. that the New York gentleman should pay all
the expenses and fight ali the lawsuits III case any
should turn III. and that OF such profit as might
ezerltlate the Tennesseean gentleman should take
= third the New Yorker third, and sam Moffttt
and his sister and /. who are surviving heirs, the
remaining third
This time | hope shall get nd OF the enneSsee
land for good and ali, and never hear OF Il aStl1
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easy berth. He was every way COrntOrtab BILE But
III luck came 1t was bound to come.
\ new Republican daily was to be started IN a
New England city BY stock company OF we'll to do
politicians and they offered him the chief edltOrshIp
at three thousand a He eager to accept.
Nv beseechingS and reasOnngs went for nothing.
said:
You are as weak a water Those people viii
find right They will easily that you
have no backbone: that they deal with you
they would deal with slave. You may last SIX
months but not longer Then they will not dismiss
YOU as they would dismiss q gentleman: they will
fling YOU out as they would fling out an lntrudlng
tramp.
TT happened Just so. Then he and his wife mi
L grated to keokuk once more. Orion wrote from
there that he was not resuInIng the law; that he
thought that what his health needed the open
air IN some sort OF outdoor occupation; that his
father IN law had a strip OF ground the river
on it. and his idea was to buy that place and start
chicken farm and provide keoluk with chickens and
eggs. and perhaps butter-but | don know whether
YOU can raise butter chicken farm or not. He
said the place could be had for three thousand dol
lars cash and | sent the money. He began
chickens and he made . detailed monthly report to
me- whereby il appeared that he was able to work
of his chickens on the keokuk people at a dollar
and d quarter a pair. But Il also appeared that 1t
cost dollar and sixty cents to raise the pair This
did not seem discourage Orion, and so let It go
Meantime he was borrowing a hundred dollars per
month Of me regularly. month by month. Now to
Show Orion'S stern and rigid business ways-and
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or,,,, cot a lob as rroofreader on The New York
Evening Post at ten dollars a week bE ana ol
h. came to Hartford and wanted me to get nun l d
I1lace as reporter on q Hartford paper lleIe ~i'
lt,,rc 10 try my scheme again, ana dd IL 4i'ie
J;rn 90 to The Hartford Evening Post "lthoui
a1v letter Of introduction, and propose 70 SCI u, no no
sweep and do ali sorts OF things 1oI hotis o tliI
- i,la+ he didn't need money but ollly hoelleu
I'll and that that was what ne was PinliIe LOT
Within six weeks he on the edl'orlaI stan %
that paper twenty dollars web id Iia i for Was h
- he money He was presently talled IoI p>
worth tiIe L - tatter wages: but | made hm
go sos po o'PTl The Pos Post people and tell them about it
,iy stood the raise and kept hIl II was tle Pe'is
attest berth he had ever hAd III ii17 MT -
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T CAME East in January.
L 1867 Orion remained II
Carson City perhaps a year
longer. Then he sold his
twelve thousand-dollar house
and is furniture for thirty
i've hun dred IN greenbacks at
about sixty per cent. dis
count. He and his wife took
passage IN the steamer t9r
home IN keokuk, About 1871
or p they came to New
York. Orion had been trying
to make a living III the law
ever since he had arrived
from the Pacific coast; but he
had secured only two cases
Those he was 70 try free OF
charge-but the possible re
suit viii never be known.
because the parties settled
the cases out Of court with
out ms help
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only a LAWYER and had no clients
Ny mother died IN her elghty-elghth year, III the
summer OF 1900. She had saved some money, and
She left 1t 10 me because 1t had come from me. /
gave it 10 Orion and he said, with thanks, that |
had supported him long enough and now ne was
gong TO relieve me of that burden, and would also
hope to paw back some of that expense, and maybe
the whole OF it. Accordingly he proceeded to up
that money in building a considerable addition TO
the house with the idea of taking boarders and get
ting rich We need not dwell upon this venture 1t
make the scheme succeed and If anybody could
have made II succeed she would have done It She
was a good woman, and was greatly liked She had
a practical SIDE and she would have made that
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he really pTlded hlTnSeH on
his large business capaCl-
ties. the moment he re-
ceived the advance OF a
hundred dollars at the be
ginning Of each month. he
ALWAYS sent me his note for
the amount, and with 1t he
sent. out of that money,
three months interest on
the hundred dollars at SIX
per cent. per annum, these
notes being always for three
months.
rs | say, he always sent
a detailed statement OF
the months profit and
loss on the chickens, at
least, the months loss on
the chickens. and this de
tailed statement included
the various items of eX-
pense: corn for the chick
ems. boots for himself, and
50 on, even carfares, and
the weekly contribution OF
ten cents to help out the
missionaries who were try
ing To damn the Chinese
after a plan not satlstac-
tory to those people.
| think the poultry eX-
pertinent lasted about a
year, possibly two years.
1t had then cost me SIX
thousand dollars
Orion returned to the
law business, and | suppose
he remained in that har-
ness OFF and on for the sue
ceeding quarter OF a cen
tury, but SO far as my
knowledge goes he was
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#DIC-ATFD
APRIL IoCD
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

---e- S---. and Secretary OF State. Aye
vas CERTAIN - ---a-o-sh1p and Orion was so
s--- 9 - ---4-Eshsp that no one but him
-4- named Office
5-- win one oE his sTasT1lS OF virtue
- --r Te-- mat the Republican party was
: make ---lS II the convention, and
-=--5-5 L. e. -..- -ze convention. He was urged,
t-- al --- ---e5. He said his presence
t-a-e would Unfair and improper influence,
a-- thar te nominated the compliment
nus -a-l- ~ q Tree and unspotted gift
--- a-----.. ..5 have settled ms case for him
7---- --- but he had another attack
q E----e -a laE. that made Il absolutely
s--- l- @ .= habit Tor great many years
change with ms shirt. and his ideas
z--- .- she same time. He would be
----.- --.e and the champion Of the
l-s- --.r - change 10 the other side 10r
--e .- nation 6aE he suddenly changed
TN ---- .----s..e toward whisky. which
4 .-a. Z. -luceur-ornlsITlg teeJolal-
ls--- a-l ..-. ----E l-v. His friends besought
z-- --r ID Ealn. He could not be per
s--el threshold Of . saloon. The
f-ze- --E- e.-talned the list Of chosen
I--ets ess not II il He had not
1z --- ceased when the State govern
i--1- came He was without an gCCupa-
l- Some - - be done. lie put UP has
So Is -u. but he got clients II
f-s strange t----e-sl- 10 account Tor / can
account .s- i ] were going 10 guess 1t d
S--l.l- -la- by the make OF hl1n he
"---- sides oI a case diligently
az s. that when he got through
'---- --- a-a --re- he nor jury would know
t-.-- 81. ] think that his client would
m .1- FL -.-.-g MS case before him and
--- -aaa and r-l-hd-ay i n time 70 save
-7-- 7 disaster
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

" II Z Z Z
were SeN-
e-al can
Gidates for all
the offices II the
gift OF the new
State Of NeTa-
d save two -,
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I HAD

| IHAD cE. -r residence IN san Francisco
al.-ta The time have Just been speak
--5 o. D-e r.- . II, from Mr.. Camp, a bold
- "n, IS making big fortunes n IN
t--,- and losing them again IN the
~-'1 .E other speculative lnge1ulties
,@-F -.e s- some shares II the Hale q
----s7- -ttE shares al three hundred
- 3 Share ...ught on d margin. and put up
1-' l- i- eEhausted my funds / wrote
a-- ---u half, and asked hlln To seIla
- snare = FL. 1-r ] waited and waited lie
--1 -1- WAS gong u attend 70 II / he
go ae-- a. pretty brlsElv. 1t went higher
s Ls1e-. he'd Il thousand dollars a share
--..e- 81 thousand then To three thousand.
- y ta-.a --G-e- 7 he money did not come
! "-s t.- .rel. b. and b. that stock took
-, ana u galpp down. Then wrote
es--. u-. answered that he had sent the
- l- -.1 ae had sent Il TO the Occi-
=. i l-a-e. .-srea for II. They sald It was
1z-e ...r i long story short that stock
~ n -.- . r fell below the price / had
- II Il .r = Hegau To eat up the margin
n. f Il .- .st .5t ] was very badly crippled
r----1- 7 ". -.H late ] found out hat had re
r.E.- 2 J-.- sl.-eE. ANY other human beng
b-,-.'-- '--.e check. but ne sent gold ne
~ 7iE fHr the safe and went on vacation,
fs,-- 5-s p -. -er,zea al this time enjoying It's
t-l-,.. '-E. i. doubt Another man might nave
l--e- = -- --- that the money was not III a
CO., LII Bias -l "a express package but II never
1- q y-ar T. DO that
l. -. -. AE. Camp gave me another chance lie
tn, ~ -aE 5rlr Icnmessee land for two hundred
sr6 - - -.l.ars. pa. a part of the amount III cash.
b. ~ ~ Iils notes for the rest HIS scheme was
G-agrid -'tt-2Ile-5 from grape growing ana Wiile
a-5 - instinct Europe settle them the land,
Rf.. IN 81 Il INTO a ane growing country He knew
5--- u LongHJrth thought Of those Tennessee
s1z---- .-., tya-
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how Orion $ stern and
New-York tribune., 1908-06-28

In Pittsield the Country Club has, since the hrst
nf the month been the Of gayety. At the
lakes the season is at its best with all the cottages
omen for the fishing period. Handsome catches of
bass and pickereI being made. The MapleWood
set in the midst of grove Of handsome naples
and eIms easily leads all the central Berkshire
hotels in the number of its guests and the variety
OF it's entertainments and the activities include a
number Of early dances, picncs 10 the Lebanon
Shakers and other outing places.
Among the seasons guests are Mr. and Mrs
Frederick G. Prentiss, Miss Frederica C Prentfss,
Miss Grace Floyd. New York: Mrs. l. S. Comfy,
Miss Comfy, Philadelphia: Mrs. A. IL. Bachelor
Alfred Bachelor, Washington; Mrs. II. II. Barnes.
Mrs Bavard Dominick Mrs. Henry Miller Mrs.
F. Barnes New York; Miss Beatrice Smith. Miss
A NJ Bartholomew. Bristol, Conn. Miss Alice G
TuttIe Hartford. Conn; Mrs. Thomas Denny. New
York: Mr. and Mrs. c. N Elliott. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan Lathrop, Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. G. s
Strawbridge Philadelphia: Miss Susan Brown. Miss
Beatrice Smith, Boston; Mrs Henry Trowbridge'
Miss Katherine Troubridge and Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion McMillin, New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-28

John s. Barnes having been hostesses Mrs- Barnes r
orter+s,ned in her oId-fashioned garden at Coid
Brook where she has pretty teahouse
Tho Tenox Hotel. the newest of the BefKshlIe
summer resort houses, Will be opened next Week
This hotel is in the very heaT1*o IehoA anu "
offer many attractions
Malcolm D. Sloane has been al Elm Court ule
william D. Sloane place. laying out a baseball
diamond on the lawns near the residence base
faIl cricket and tennis will be played at Elm
Court during the season. Malcolm Sloane VIII Cdi
tain the baseball and William B. O. Flelo
the cricket team 80,
Trolley picnics are 10 be one of the fads OF the
.eor and the Berkshire Street Railway Company
, ,Iaced in commission a parlor car which VIII
ara daily trips between Great harrington ana
I.erpineton VI. This car is equipped with an lee
~ and other accessories for outings
r,erbans no hotel in this section has ss great an
.,r,cbiIe patronage the Red Lion Inn, III
-.oIIt,iaee This hotel with its remarkable col
I,ion Of china and oldtime mirrors ana furniture,
; aleo a famous place for the newly "ed' aid
,',,erous bridal couples have been at the hotei ol
80 the cool and inviting piazzas ada greatly
:, .to r.onularity of the hotel. Many guests VII"
~ - ,,al,c a tour of the Berkshires never go
l,rd the Red Lion Inn. because oi It's quaint
- ,able There have been many arrivals
- -, including Mrs. William Whitman, MIS-.
- - ra,. Gardner G. BulIard, Brooklne; Mr ana
- =, Poton jr. Cleveland. Mrs. ;" W
1i ,,rs \ 7 Finley. New York Mrs u W.
- 1ondon: william REID Alien. :. '-',!'' ',,'
arm Ms / T. Fuller aA3 IA go Aas- ~
Mcmillan, New Yorr-
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ON THE WAY UP eREYLock MOUNTAIN, THE sERksHiREs

Automobiles more numerous than last sea-
SON and they arrive In good numbers each day
from the resorts in the White Mountains and in
the Berkshires This village affords a good resting
place. The roads in excellent condition and
there are number of interesting trips about here
Manchester bids fair to he one of the popular
places on the Ideal Tour"
The golf course of the Ekwanok Country club IS
daiv dotted with golfers who making the best
of the good condition Of the links The fOursome
+. the popular game Among those who are max
ing the round each day Robert I. Lincoln
president of the club: James l. Taylor, George ii.
Thacher. Horace G. Young, Paul Waterman, ROD
ert F. Mcqueen. II. A. Matthews and w II.