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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-11
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20
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The following curious custom Is re-
corded by J. Owen Dorsey in his
monograph on the sociology OF the
Omaha Indians.
In the spring when the grass comes
up there is a council or tribal assem-.
bly, held to which a feast Is given by
the head Of the Hanga geno. After
they decide that planting time has
come and at command Of the Hanga
man crier Is sent ssrough the VII
lagos. He wears = robe with hair out
side and cries as he goes They dc.
indeed, say that you will dig the
ground Halloi He carries sacred
corn, which has been shelled and 70
each household he gives two or three
grains, which are mixed with the seed
corn OF the household.
After this It is lawful for the peo-
pie to dig up the soil and plant their
crops
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20

when the candles were lighted the frs
on the hearth began to siRg a low
sweet song, imitatin the sound oil
somebody walkin' through snow, and
we heard Smith breathin' in a nat
ural sort Of way and we looked at him
and he was asleep. Well, to make
long story short, he was better the
next mornln'. and within the time set
ne was walkin' about. and Dock not
only gave him half the money, but all
he had won. And Buckner-well.
some time afterwards. when Smith
was a candidate for iestice Of the
peace, Buck he lows, / amt goin' to
vote for him. He done me a bad
turn once-beat me out Of a lot Of
money Dock told me that he ex.
pected to lose the money. but it was
one chance in a thousand that he
might save Smith by excitin' bis mind.
Yes, sir" the old man added after
a few moments of meditation. "a doc
tor must know human nature as we'll
as medicine, and this knowledge mixed
with medicine is what makes one doe.
tor better than another. I've known
EN- to git out Of their beds the cold.
est nights that ever blowed and ride
ten miles to doctor a man they knowed
want a goln' to pay a cent. It takes
great strength always to handle weak.
ness; # takes a god-lke patience to
deal with the fretful and not be
warped over to the side OF continual
peeylshness. and whenever / hear a
doctor a-laughin' | always rejoice with
him. Science in medicine travels
slow, 1t is true. for each human body
is an individual machine. and every
mornin' has new way to 90 wrong
And | have known men to be such
liars that they wouldn't tell a doctor
the truth as to how they felt, fearin
that they we're giyin him some little
advantage. The average doctor has
good sense Of humor and has stored
up some Of the oldest jokes / eyer
heard, and this is IN the direct line Of
bis usefulness, for a sick man can't
understand new joke as well as an
old one.
The saddest time for the sick man
Is not when the doctor is comm 10
see him, but the time when the doc,
tors bin begins to pay its visits. II
ought not to be. but a Doctors bin
ts mighty hard thing 10 pay. It Is
like payln for a January overcoat in
July. When old All Bug was gettin
well-iust about the time the doctor
pronounced him out Of danger-he
said to him Doctor. you have been
mighty faithful. and / thank you. but
I'm sorry that cant pay you nothin'.
II had died you would have got your
money. for my life is insured, but as
is Is ! can't give you cent.
THE doctor looked at him a minute
and says. Bug, / think you need lust
one more dose Of medicine.
Much obieeged to you. r0plIed
Bug but I've got a plenty"
Copyright, By 0pie neadl
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them 70 tumble over each other in
their eagernegs to buy bis magazine
The shadows heightened Ii the
grass, The hum Of the insects lost the
help Of the bees, who had ceased
their work and gone to rest. and
from the house within came the
tinkle Of q sllyery bell that told him
supper was served.
But he did not move. and at last
his wife came to the door and fan.
ming her face with her apron. said
John, everything is getting hot from
standing. Do come In.
He bounded from his hammock.
4 have Il, Mary, dearl have itt
| viii have Christmas issue that
Will leave all others in the rear 1t
viii be the first Of its kind and /
fully expect our sales to be increased
hundred-fold"
And then he told her Of his scheme
We win bring out the magazine
on Christmas Eve. and from beginning
70 end there will not be single men.
ton q Christmas except on the
cover"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20
Improved Matrimonial Conditions.

Improved Matrimonial Conditions.
Dr. L. G. Halliburton, the noted Eng.
llsh statistician, was discussing in
New York the statistics Of marriage
marriage statistics are his specially.
The last statistics" he said. show
US one pleasant change, one grand i'm.
provement Aged men Of wealth are
no longer marrying beautiful, mer.
cenary young women as frequently as
they used In fact, these marriages
are becoming in this country so rare
that the newspapers don't hesitate to
comment very forcibly upon them I
approve Of these cruel comments.
They keep such mockeries Of mar.
riage down" Halliburton smiled grim.
". In a little town IN Herts last
month" he said, "a millionaire Of 70
married young and pretty miliner
Of p The local paper printed the
next day this editorial paragraph on
the matter: six months ago. when
Mr.. Blanks venerable wife died his
children and grandchildren feared
that he would go crazy over the sad
bereavement. Their fears have now
come true"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20
WHERE TIE DANGER LAN


There # HaF more eeHRG Gaea
tiaus young man Than Ebsn s8Hle. add
when BE found how much absorbed "a
had become with the mere idea 81
playing 90 tha town band. hs con.
saliei bis minister DO you reck
CD could give ID al that tine d
music without falling from grace 10
asked. anmously.
The good old Methodist had 4 sav-
lng sense b humor. He saw that his
paHahioner was much distressed Be-
tween BIS wishes and bis conscience,
but the minister smiled Oh him. never
theless.
TITS the horn you're asked fo play.
! hear be said Ever had much ex-
perieaea with tt. Eben
@NeVAy tried 1t but once. but ! Ike
the SOUND of Il hrstrats.4 said the
young man
Mn" said the minister Wen. !
think you needn't be afraid Of falling
from grace on account Of ii, but I do
hope youl manage things 40 your
family and nelghbOrs won't have to
pass through the fiery temptation 0.
hearing you practice too often,
Eben Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20
- - ~ THE BIaLE
Writer O. ApPlston'a Makes suageB
tons Werth Considering.

The Bible IS not 3 dreary book. Il
IS q cheerful book. It IS not a duh
book Il is al intensely interesting
book, Not aI parts Of II are appropri-
aEs reading for children. Why should
they be2 Some parts are not even ft
for children to read Bible literature
must be given to children with dis
elimination. just as should any other
literature. Your boy win be just as
much interested in Bible stories as in
any other stories. unless you frighten
him away from them. Also you viii
find that he wants the real Bible
stories, not somebody's limitations. II
he sometimes prefers Diamond Dick
The Boy Pirate or its like It
doesn't show that Bible stories do not
interest him. 1t shows simply that you
must use some tact in competing with
the author Of Diamond Dick The
Bible stories do him good. and 4Dia-
mond Dick" does not. Naturally he
does not want to be done good to all
the time, any more than do the rest
Of us.
Instead Of making him memorize
the Bible for punishment, let him
memorize carefully selected passages
In place OF some other work. He may
not thank you at the time. but he will
some time. It will give him a heritage
Of pleasure and profit upon which he
may draw at will for the rest Of his
life. Don't give him the idea that
every Bible story is a moral lesson
Some Bible stories are no more moral
than some newspaper stories. If you
confuse the moral and the historical
your boy may grow up in doubt as to
whether an Amalechite is a sin or a
man. No matter what the theOlogians
may have said to the contrary, it is
not sacrilegious to treat the Bible
sensibly- In fact, 1t seems to US sac
rilegious to treat 1t any other way.
Perhaps you were made wretched in
your childhood BY having the Bible
unintelligently cTammed down your
throat. Perhaps you were made to
memorize whole chapters by way OF
That that was not the
best way to make you fond Of It, never
occurred to your parents. They had
never heard Of child psychology. Per.
haps YOU we're threatened with hell
unless you believed every word in the
Bible true in its narrowest, its most
literal sense. Perhaps you remember
family prayers where your father read
from the Bible in a dreary monotone
while the rest Of you sat in awed
silence. From all this dreariness you
wish to protect your child, and no
wonderl But that is no reason for
1epriving him Of the real Bihle.-Ap.
pleton's Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20

A nelghbor had been lingering be
tween life and death, and the attend
ing physician had just given his vague
and guarded opinion, when cid Lin
Jucklin looked up from the box where
be was sitting In front Of the grocery
store and remarked. Every man
thai gets money without stealln' it
earns It, | reckon; but / don't know
Of anybody that comes nearer earnin'
It twice over than the country doc.
tor. lie has to put forth all the skin
he has and then must lie to keep hope
alive. And hope is the best medicine
ever discovered, for it not only aids
the sick, but helps the well to bear
their burdens
Il recollect once when old Dock
Haines praetieed in this neighborhood.
long before the most Of you were
born. Satchett Smith was taken down
with some sort Of new.fangled fever
that was pFowlin around the neigh.
borhood, and kept on a gettin worse
Finally, one day bis Reighbors came
In TO be present at his death. and
they were a-settin about a-waltin for
the dreaded end when Dock he came
in-spoke eheerfully to everybody.
ioked with gal about her beau and
jollied a widow about an old fellow
that was seen hangin around on
the outskirts Of her good graces. Wen.
the wife Of the sick man she comes in,
just able to walk. she was SO grief
stricken, and puts her arms about one
Of the women and begins to cry. and
well she might, for Smith he was
good husband and never found fault
with a thing that was or was not on
the table at meal time. All Of the
women folks thought It was about
time to cry, and they cried and the
men hemmed and hawed and Smith
he lay there a fetchin Of his breath
the best he could under the clrcum-
stances. Pafson Biglow went up to
the bed and asked Smith how he
felt, and Smith said he want feelln'
at his best, and no one in the room
disputed the assertion. But Dock he
demurred to the proceedlns; he
lowed that 1t want meet and il want
fittin' to cross-questlon the patient In
sieh manner Biglow turned about
and says. says he: I am a preacher,
sir. and have a right to talk to him
about his soul
" Yes, says Dock, but not till after
I get through with his body.
'Biglow be was up IN matters OF re-
tort, and he says. says he. And when
you do get through with his body his
soul VIII be gone and Smith lie lay
there actin Ike he couldn't find an
other breath. Then Dock he straight
ened up, and we all knowed thu. some
thin extraordinary was about to hap.
pen. II anybody believes strong
enough that Smith here Is goin 10
die he's got a chance to win some
easy money, said he. Twenty dollars
Amt picked up every minute and ri
bet $40 In gold and put W the money
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20
BULL UP
Right Food Gives Strength and Brain
Power.

The natural elements Of wheat ana
barley, including the phosphate OF not
ash, are found In Grape-Nuts. and that
Is why persons who are run down from
improper food pick up rapidly on
Grape-Nuts.
Ny system was run down By exeee.
slye night work, writes q n. Y. man
In spite OF a liberal supply Of ordi.
nary food.
"Afar using Grape-Nuts I noticed
improvement at once, in strength. ana
nerve and brain power.
This food seemed to IIft me IN ana
stay With me for better exertion with
less fatigue. My weight increased "a
lbs. with ylgor and comfort In propor.
tion.
When travelling I always carry the
food with me to insure having H.
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek Mich. Read The Road to Wen.
vile, IN pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. a ne,.,
one appears from time 70 time. Tbsv
are genuine, true, and fun Ct human
interest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20

right now that Smith amt goin' Il
die this season. Any takers?
The preacher says Yes, under
takers, which showed to Us that along
with his knowledge Of divine things
he was sorter sarcastic. A discussion
might have followed, but up spoke slip
Buckner He was the bettin'ist man
probably that ever lived, and If a
chance to bet ever got by him it was
m the night, when he was In bed and
asleep. Well, he spoke up and says
that he will take the bet and We all
looked at him. but not with any par.
ticular admiration, for he was bettin'
on sure thing. He fshed up his
money oaten the seams of his clothes
and his wife she seolded him under
her breath. but he shook his head
al her and proceeded with the bust.
ness IN hand. Here's my money
says he, and I just need twenty more
to complete the purchase OF a yoke Of
steers that I've had my eye on for
some time. He looked at Dock and SO
did we all. for we couldn't see why
he would throw away his $40. But
he didn't vince He took out his
gold piece and Squire Patterson held
the stakes, and after the excitement
OF putin up the money the women
returned to their cryIn' and things
were putty much as they we're before
that IS, except with Smith him.
self.
Now, Smith, he had travelled I'D
and down the Mississippi river in his
younger days. bettin' Of everything
he had, and it had always held a sort
Of charm for him. He had sorter sided
Of with the church. but he couldn't
forget the excitement Of bet. and
while he didn't indulge durin' bis later
life, he felt the thrill of It and would
hang round for hours a beggin' the
BOYS not to bet on hosses, but stayin
tn the last race was won. And now
he was interested II was the frgt
thing that had claimed his entire mind
since the fever came along and spread
its heat over him. He'll be a walkin'
about In less than two weeks. savs
Dock, and slip Buekner begins 10
search himself. Somewhere about
me I've got twenty more that says
he-won't, he declared, and Dock he
sorter WINGED at this, but be was
game, and without sayln' a word he
outs with another gold piece and
Buckner he covered it with silver and
paper, and the women folks lowed
that the world was gettin closer and
closer akin to old Satan every day.
For a long time Dock he set there
swearin that he was sure to win. and
finally he says 10 Smith that he win
give him half the money. And Smith
SIR, laughed, not loud
haw.haw, but a ehuekle. and the won.
en- cried affesh, for they thought that
Smith was goin' into eternity
q laughin'. which TO them was
mighty bad promise for the future.
Well. we set about TN egenln'. and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20

John D. Rockefeller has one virtue
which even his greatest critics wont
deny him: He doesn't affect public
dinners. The secret OF this abstinence
he recently eonfded to his family
physician.
In the first place he said, Z
can't eat much, as you know
But you don't have to eat at such
feasts." protested the doctor.
I'm aware OF that" replied J. d..
but you do have to SIT through the
speeches, and If there's anything 7
dread IT'S that sort Of thing. To my
mind an after-dinner speech is Ike a
bicycle wheel; the longer the spoke
the greater the tire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20
submarInss for snonns EIshInn-


illustrations. together with a fun
description, are given In a Partisan
Journal Of a novel type Of submarine
intended for the sponge fishing indus.
try on the coast OF Tunis. The vessel
is built wholly Of iron and IS 1874 feet
IN length by 5.24 feet in diameter. the
general form being cylindrical. with
hemispherical ends. It is intended to
carry two men. and is fixed SO Is to
enable the vessel to move along the
sea bottom. An electric lamp with
refectors fixed in front will serve to
illuminate the bed Of the sea, and a
glazed spy-hole in the bow Of the yes.
sci enables the crew TO seek out and
gather the sponges.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20

+ Well, but people win be expect
ing Christmas STUFF
What! Expectingg Yes; they viii
Be expecting il. You're right. ana
that's where wen win. They wonf
get It. They viii have had Christ
mas issues from early In November
and when they realize that they can
spend the Etth Of December readIne
q magazine that has absolutely no
hint Of an orerWorked holiday IN ii
they will buy It and send It ID their
friends All over the world. Fold me
to your bosom, little wife. for have
At last hit on money-maker!g
His little wife folded him ID her
bosom, but It was such warm weath.
or that he asked her to unfold him.
and she unfolded him right away. be.
cause the way they preserved har.
mony In the family was by mlnding
each other at once. always.
Next day he went to the hot city
and told his associates OF his plan
and they we're aghast.
What" said they. Nothing
about little tots and their stockings?
Not word as to the origin Of the
Christmas legend? Nothing about the
genial, joYial old saint? No Dickens
story rehashed? No peace and good
will BY the yard? Not yule log nor
a reference to mistletoe and the old
maid aunt? Why, PufFer, you're
daffyi'
But Il Puffer was dany he was also
editor. and what he said went.
Oh, how happy the typesetters were
when they learned that they would
have to spell Christmas but once
And II they we're happy, think how
more than happy the poets were who
were told that no stuff would be ac-
cepted that hinted at the glad season,
and taat stockings we're barred, what.
ever their pattern.
And the sketch and story writer's
They came to Mr.. Puffer with tears
In their eyes and said to him. you
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-20

haEe saved our lives Now w can
write with enthusiasm. We had be.
gun TO hate Santa Claus and we
hated to hate him. for he IS such a
nice old fellow. but we have had to
ring SO many changes on him that the
sight Of a snowy beard and ruddy
cheeks makes US pessimistic.~
And the public. Well. It was even as
Mr. Pufer had prophesied. At first
they would not believe that there
was such magazine, and 50 they
bought It to make sure. And it was
full Of stories about every day In the
year but Christmas, and the cover
had clover and clematis on it, and
little NAKED boys in swimming under
a summer sky. Oh, it was q great
success, and for seven days the print.
ing Of II went on. and when New
Years day came Mr. Puner got a six
months leave Of absence and went
with his wife to travel in foreign
lands, and when they returned they
found out that every editor in Amer.
lea had taken a leaf out Of Mr.. Put.
fer's book and was going to bring
out Christmas-less Christmas mum.
Der.
So Mr.. PufTer laid low and said
nothing to his brother editors, but,
being now very rich man, he in
Yited a large number OF writer's and
artists up to his summer place, and
told them 10 write when they pleased
and draw when they pleased, but to
try to bend their energies to the
making up Of the oRly Christmas mag.
azine in America.
And Mr. Puffer made SO much mon
ey that he and his wife have been
travelling ever isnce, and they always
spend Christmas in the city where
ST. Nicholas was born, and they hang
up their stockings and 20 through the
motions and emotions, because there's
good deal In that Christmas spirit
If you don't get too much Of it.
Copyright. By James Pott & Coz