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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

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has installed several more
tables The lovers OF good soda win
always find a variety Of ices. cream.
ei.. at this popular fount ea9tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25
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The Woodmen Of the World will
hold unveiling services Sunday, June
2S- All members are requested to
meet promptly at one o'clock at the
w. o. W. hall.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25
Cooper Jensen sign Co.
CLERKS UNION MEETS

The Clerks union met last night
and initiated Miss Pearl Lamberson
OF the Fair store and r. n. Ragsdale
Of Holmes grocery The meeting was
strictly OF a business nature.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

Save your melted ice; 1t is the pur.
est Of distilled water; for drinllug
purposes no mineral water equals It
and tor washing the face and hair
nothing can excel il. dtf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

AIRS. Dollie Ishler masseur, 5l5
South Sixth street, skin and scalp
treatment supernuous hair removed:
manicuring and shampooing. 6-25-6t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

A singular circumstance has Just
come to light concerning the marriage
Of William Dorgon and Miss Mabel
shafer. Previous 70 leaving the home
Of the bride, Miss Katherine Murphy.
who is cousin Of the bridegroom, and
attended the wedding as a bridesmaid,
pinned beautiful rosebud on the coat
lapel Of Mr. Dorgon. During the cere.
monies at the church fac bud ex-
panded into a beautiful full blown
rose.-Milon Correspondence Indian,
apolis News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

Mrs, Matthew CT Cannon win enter
tain tomorrow morning at nine:thir-
ty, at her home. l4t4 Minnesota ave
nue., in honor Of July's pretty bride to
b. Miss Julia sigmon. Five hundred
will be the amusement
New Texas honey at Tigor's. 242t
When you call Rock Island Tranfer
insist on phone 70. If
Mrs 2. L. Mcfarland, Mrs. F. Rosen-
quest anod Miss Page went to Ana
darko today to visit the formers sis
ter, Mrs. Stone, at the Bryan hotel.
When you have baggage or city de-
livery call Rock Island baggage wagon.
Phone 70. diff
E. w. Frey Of the firm Of Frey &
Hollingsworth Of Amber is a we'll
known visitor in Chickasha today
The Model: say, get a good nut
sundae 6-1O-dtf
Miss Lena Snyder Of SHAWNEE is the
guest Of Miss Bertha Lee Brock on
West Hill She expects to visit in
chickasha several Weeks.
The big electric sign means quality
in meat, The man behind Phone l4O
backs up the quality. Ask Neal; he
knows. 6-1-1mo.
Judge Price Edwards and family re-
turned yesterday to their home in Bu-
chanan, Ga after weeks visit with
Mr.. Edwards brother in this city.
New Texas honey at Tignor's 24-2t
Mr. and Mrs. James w. Recton OF
verden were chickasha visitors yes
terday
Phone 70, Rock Island tranfer com
pauy, when you want to move. If
Word has been received in Chick
that Mrs. Albert Bradshaw Of Waco,
Tex. formerly a resident Of this
city is not expected to live.
See Tignor for Texas honey 24-2t
d.. Z. H. Harmon Of Hobart visited
chickasha friends over night last
night
The Rock Island transfer guarantees
satisfaction. Phone 79. dtf
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Davidson will
entertain few friends this vening
in honor Of Miss Mabel Davidson of
Fort Worth.
See Tignor for Texas honey 24-2t
Ernest Burton left yesterday for a
few days visit in Saltwater.
Let US fill your prescriptions-the
Model s-lO-dtf
Miss Kate Brown Of Sherman, Tex.
lis expected in Chickasha this evening
for visit with her sister, Mrs. D. E.
Emerson.
Fresh, juicy, tender-no better meats
sold than those put upon the block at
Meals Phone 40 and get results.
s-l-lmo
Born. to Mr. and Mrs Walter pitch-
ford on North Eighth street. nine
pound cir, yesterday evening
Get honey from Tignor while it
lasts. e.242t
For good things to drink, line up
at the Model 6l0-dtf
/ Piano tuner A. ]. Bell came back
from Lawton today 10 finish tuning
here, and win remain only until Set
urday Phone him at once al Ss4. 25-2t
Judge and Mrs Holding Of Anadarko
were out Of town visitors al the Bail
ey-Hewett wedding yesterday. Mes
srs. Bailey and Holding were law
partners in chickasha for several
years
Rev r r Mitchell of Carneoia we'll
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

FOR RENT-Lower part for store
and eight furnished room above. viii
rent separate of together Call on
owner, between l p. m. and D. M, at
202 Kansas avenue. 6-25-6t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

Mrs. w. Z. Peters and little daughter
Martha, Misses Myrtle Bruun and Kel-
la Clark, leave Monday for an extend
ed visit in Arkansas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

SUZANNE.
Good housewives prefer Geld Medal
Flour SAIoAE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

WANTED-A live agent TO solicit
In Chickasha for the Penn Mutual Life
insurance company Clifton Ratliff,
general agent, P. 0. Box 1858, Oklaho-
ma City. 6-25-4t
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Get honey from Tignor while ii
lasts s.242t
Mrs. g. NJ. Bryan Of Waurika was
shopping in chiekasha yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Chandler is spending the
the week with relatives in verden.
Try us-the Model. s-lo-du
Mr. Wolf Of Dallas. a former resi-
dent Of Chickasha, is in the city to-
day on business.
Mr. Pierson Of Clifton, Tex, was
prospecting in chickasha yesterday
and expects to leave in a few days.
If Jour meaIs aout please you. phone
lao for change Neal makes good in
every variety Of fresh and cured meat
6-1-1mo
9. W. Evans, who has been the
guest Of his brother-n-law, i. F. Short
this week, left today for Missouri.
W NJ. Ferguson, Kansas City, is in
Chtckasha today looking after his real
estate interests
Monroe Osborn Of Pauls Valley was
a business visitor in Chickasha yester-
day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

You les can't beat biscuits made outeu
Gold Medal fioufs-h9 s8i. htAMMx.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

70 IN ORDER that we may ac-
commodate the big rushes af-
ter the play at Convention
r@ hall, the Owl Soda Fountain
has installed several more
tables. The lovers Of good soda will
always find a variety Of ices, cream,
etc, at this popular fountain. 6-12-tf
Miss Ada TolIe who has been a
guest at the home Of Mrs. J. R. Harris
South MeAlester this week.
Mrs. Reford Bond will entertain a
few friends at cards saturday morn
ing in honor Of Miss Mabel Davidson
Of Fort Worth.
Miss Margaret Smith Of Fort Smith,
Ark, returned to her home this morn
ing after a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Elmer Terrell.
WANTED-A live agent 10 solicit
in Chickasha for the Penn Mutual Life
s,,a ,a,.,..,,... x,,... 80.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

Phone 70, Rock Island tranfer com
pauy, when you want to move. If
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

See Tignor for Texas honey 242t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

Judge and Mrs Holding Of Anadarko
were out Of town visitors all the Bail
eyHewett wedding yesterday Mes
srs. Bailey and Holding were law
partners in Chickasha for several
years
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14

about the waist and their ankles and
bracelets. / can follow every muscle
with my eye, and they seem the perfec-
ton of physical manhood. That rude
fellow next me has a coil of wire on
his right wrist. He is smoking q pipe,
but it just hangs between his teeth,
which shine out bright and white as he
smiles.
The man next him has two brass
rings on each of his black thumbs
bands of telegraph wire around his
wrists and two wide coils of wire above
and below the biceps of his left arm.
He has five wire bands about his neck,
circles of wire under each knee, and
great anklets of twisted wire resting
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14
LIFE GUARDS.

The Life Guards are two regiments
OF cavalry forming part of tho British
nousehoid troops. They are gallant SOL
diers, and every loyal British heart is
proud of them Not only the Kings
household, but yours, ours, eveIybody's
should have Its life guards. The need of
them is especially great when the great
est foes of life, diseases, find allies in
tho very elements, as colds, influenza,
catarrh, the grip, and pneumonia do in
the stormy month of March. The best
way that we know of TO guard against
these diseases is to strengthen the sys-
tenn with Hoods Sarsaparilla-the
greatest of all life guards. 1t removes
the conditions in which these diseases
make their most successful attack, gives
Nigor and tone to all the vital organs
and functions, and impa1ts a genial
warmth to the blood Remember the
weaker tho system the greater the ex-
posture to disease Hoods Sarsparllls.
makes the system strong.
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over the plains, being usually herded.
Every drove has a. flock Of white birds
about II. Some OF the birds are on tho
ground, and some are perched on the
backs OF the cattle eating the insects
and vermin they find there They arc
Ile rhinoceros birds which feed on tho
iieS and other insects which attack
those great beasts. and which by their
Tying warn them Of the approach OF
danger The cattle are driven into the
villages at night or into small inclo-
sures outside Tho women do the ,,,iil-
ing, but am told they are not allowed
20 drink the milk, although they may
mix II with -four into a soup.
RICH LANDS EARNED BY Ma
TIVES.
This kavirondo country is very rich.
All over the plains from here TO the
mountains the trees have been cut OFF.
put the ground is covered with luxu-
rant grass, Near the villages ere little
pdtches OF cultivation. The natives
raise peanuts. Indian corn aud IA inilIet
IKE sorghum. l see them everywhere
ulgging up the black soil. They are
naked. and are almost as dark as the
art they are hoeng
IN the vicinity OF Lake Victoria and
al along the Uganda railway large
tracts Of land have been taken llr bv
M ivPSahs' ana some of this Ia being
ultched and drained. understand that
II Is the intention to turn the whole into
one great cotton plantation, and see no
reason reason why that should not be done.
ms country Is right on the equator
%Iiu me elevation which is about 4. 900
leet above the sea. makes 1t well fitted
lor cotton IL is too hot for white men
10 90 steady out -of-door work; but the
plantations could be handled by the ma
i've labor. The whites who take care
Of themselves are reasonably healthy.
rms Is especially so Of those who live
on lhe high lands, the lower places be-
ING nalarious and productive or fever.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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grass. The doors are so low that one
has TO crawl into them; and many a
house Is not more than seven feet high
from the mud floor to the top Of the
cone
The roof usually extends out beyond
the walls OF the hut, covering sort
OF Veranda. q part OF which Is inclosed
and a part open There are poles out
side which support the roof or the YER
anda.
The huts are usually built around an
open space and are joined by fences of
rough limbs and roots. SO that each coll
lection OF huts forms a stu"llade in
which the animals belonging To- the
village can be kept at night Sometimes
a village may be made of a number of
such circles each collection of huts be-
longing To one family one Of the huts
Is for the polygamous husband and one
for each of his wives.
But let us go insiGo one OF the houses
and see how it looks. we stoop low as
we enter. The door Is OF mud, with a
few skins scattered over II. The skins
are the sleeping places Notice that lit
tie pen at the back. Uttered with dirt?
That is Whore the goats sleep. The
chickens are put in that tail basket over
there I'm the corner and are covered up
until morning There Is practically no
furniture except a few pots. The cook
fire I'm the center of the hut, and the
food Is served IN small baskets, the men
eating first and the women taking what
Is left
outside each hut. under the veran
da, Is the mill of the family. 1t consists
OF a great stone. with a hole Clipped
out Of the center. The women grind In
dian corn or sorghum seed i'm such
mills, pounding or rubbing the grain
with a second stone. just a little small
err than the hole. In the grinding bits
OF the stone come off and are mixed
with the meal, often causing diseases
or chronic indigestion.
TOWNS or THE DEAD.
understand some of the older Kavir-
ondo villages are nothing but GENE
teries, and that there are little towns
each hut of which contains one or more
dead bodies and nothing else. The peo-
pie are superstitious and want to be
buried in the same places in which they
have lived When a chief dies his body
Is inferred in the center of his hut He
is placed In the grave in a sitting pos
ture, Just deep enough to allow his head
and neck to be above ground The head
is then covered with an earthen pot.
and this is left there until the ants get
in and clean off the skull. After this
the skull is buried close to the hut or
within IT and the skeleton Is taken out
and reburied ON some hilltop or other
sacred place.
Ordinary people are buried in their
own huts lying on their right sides with
legs doubled up under the chin Such a
hut is then left and forms monument
TO the dear departed. ] understand
that where there have been epidemic
diseases one may sometimes find a whole
village of such huts occupied only by
the dead. The buildings are left until
they fall to pieces.
KAV1RONDo CATTLE.
These Kavironda are a stock-rearing
people. l see their little fiocks of sheep
and goats everywhere. and frequently
pass droves of bumped cattle. The anil
mails are fat. They Craze everywhere
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on each of his feet AS look can see
the calloused places where the wire has
worn into his instep, and this is worse
on that third man, whose ankles are
loaded with twisted wire. The latter
must have several pounds on each leg,
and the wire on the right leg extends
from the foot TO the middle of the calf,
Now look at their heads. The first
man has short wool which hugs the
scalp, and the other two have twisted
their hair so that it hangs down about
the head like the snakes of the Medusa.
l stop for a moment and ask the men
to turn around in order that / may get
a view from the rear. They are not
quite so naked as | had supposed. Each
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) AN ODD TRIBE OF SAVACES7

| has an apron OF decrsllin as big as q
| ladN's pocket handkerchief fastened to
| his waistbana behind. The aprons are
| tanned with the fur ON, and are tied
10 the belts with deerslSin straps. As
| far as deCency goes they are of no value
at ALL and they seem to be used more
for ornament than anything else.
| Turning now TO other men in tho
| party about me, | see that almost all
| are similarly clad, although a few have
| skins thrown around their shoulders
| and some have more iewelry One or
| two wear a piece OF cotton cloth and
| a very few have waist cloths ! have
no trouble In getting the men to pose.
| They have gone without clothes from
| time immemorial, and think that the
use of them is decidedly foolish
F., WHERE THE WOMAN WEAR TAILS
| Let us turn our cameras now on the
women. They are by no means so fine
looking as the men. They are shorter
ana not SO We'll formed. stu they are
all there The younger girls are clad
In bead waist belts and the olCer ones
have each a tassel of fiber tied to
glrdie about the waist. This tassel Is
fastened just at the small OF the back,
and 1t hangs down behind. Al q short
distance 1t looks like a cows tail am
told that it is an Indispensable article
OF dress for every married woman;
! and that II is improper for stranger
to touch it, Sir Harry Johnston. who
governed these people, says that even
a husband dares not touch this caudai
appendage when worn by his wife, and
If, by mistake, IL is touched, goat
must be sacrificed or the woman Will
die from the insult.
Some of the native women here i'm
Fort Florence wear little aprons of fiber
about six inches long. extending down
at the front. / can see dozens of them
so clad all about me, and for penny
can get any of them to pose for my
camera The young girls have no
clothes at all. and this is the custom
throughout the country. Indeed, farther
back in the interior the fringe aprons
are removed. and both sexes are clad
chiefly in jewelry of wire of various
kinds.
The strangest thing about the nudity
of these saVages Is that they are abso-
lutely unconscious of any wrong In II.
Such of them as have not met Euro
peans 90 not know they are naked; and
a married woman with her tail of palm
fiber is fully dressed. a traveller tells
how he tried to educate a gang of nak-
ed young women whom he met out in
the country by cutting up some Ameri-
can sheeting and giving each piece.
The girls looked at the cloths with in
terest; but evidently did not know what
to do with them. Thereupon the white
man took "A strip and tied it about the
waist OF one of the party. Upon this
the other girls wrapped their pieces
about their waists but a moment later
they took them OFF. sayil-->: These are
foreign customs ana we do no>>>want
Them
QUEER MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
During my stay in the Kavirondo |
country | have gone out among the viii |
lagos and have seen the natives in |
their homes and at work. The land is |
thickly populated and the people are |
good natured and quiet. One can go |
n nNyu,bere yvithnut danger and there is /
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The Men Go Naked and
the Women Have Only
a Tassel Tied at the
Back of Their Waists
What Young Brides
Cost-Old NJ al d s at
Reduced Prices-A Look
at the Villages Where
the Goats Sleep With
the People The Towns
of the Dead-A Rich
Country Farme d by
Natives, Which May
Some Day Be One Vast
Cotton Pla anita t i o n
Port Florence the Me-
tropolis Of Lake Victoria
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LOVERS

OF good health should prevent s,ckns,.
Instead or letting themselves get sick and
thcn try 10 cure 1t. So long as YOU keep
your liver bowels and stomach in a
neaitny ana active condition you won't
get sick. Billiards. Herbine relieves CON
stlpation. inactive liver and all stomach
ana bowel troubles. Sold by 2, c. N.
l. Drug Dept. ll2-lI4 Main Street. 3
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am surprised at the great number Of
married women. This rule as to mar
ried women wearing tails gives one
knowledge of the condition OF every
woman he meets. II the tail is on one
knows the woman Is married, and If not
that she Is single
The Kavirondo girls marry very early
] am told they are often betrothed at
the age Of six years; but that I'm such
case the girl stays with her parents Tor
i've or six years aftcrward. All mar
riages are matters OF bargain and sale.
The parents sell their girls for price,
and Il good wife. can be purchased FOR
40 hoes 20 goats ana a COW. IN the
early betrothals the suite" pays part
Of the fixed sum down and the rest in
installments until all is paid. II the ia
Their refuses To give up the girl Mhen
the time comes for marriage. the pay
ments having been made the sutton or
ganizes band OF his friends and cap
lures her and carries her home \ man
usually takes his wife from different
village from that in which he lives, and
when he comes with his band to the
brides village her gentlemen friends
often resist the invasion and fight the
sutor's party with sticks. At such
times the girl screams, but I am told
she usually allows herself to he cap
tured.
/ am told that old maids are not
popular and that the average Kavlron-
do girl is just as anxious To be married
as are our maidens at home. Indeed,
she is usually very anxious that II she
does not get a bid in the ordinary way
she viii pick out a man FOR herself and
arrange to have herself offered to him
at reduced rate. | understand there
are plenty of plump maidens now ON
the bargain counter.
Another queer marriage custom here
is as to ones wife's sister The man
who gets the first girl in Il family is
supposed To have the say as to all the
younger ones as they come to mar
riageable age. Polygamy is common
here and man may thus have several
sisters among his wives.
THEY ARE GOOD GIRLS.
One would suppose that these Kavi-
rondo girls might be rather loose in
their morals. | am told that they are
not so. and that they rank much better
in this regard than The maidens of
Uganda, the province adjoining, nearly
all of whom wear clothing. Virtue
stands high here, and infIactions of the
laws regarding 1t are severely punish
ed. This is less so now than in the
past. Divorces are not common, but a
man can divorce his wives If he will
one curious custom is that IL n hus~
band and wife have a quarrel, and she
leaves the hut and he shuts the door
after her. that action alone is consld-
cred equivalent to a divorce and the
woman goes back to her own people
at once.
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KAvIRoNDo VILLAGES.

But let us go out into the country
and look at some OF the Kavirondo VIII
lagos. l have visited many and have
had no trouble whatever in going into
the houses, There are many little set
Elements scattered over the plains be-
tween here and the hills, with footpaths
running from village to village. The
most OF the settlements are small.
dozen huts or so forming a good sized
one The houses have walls of mud
with cone-shaped roofs, matched with
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14

: oRT FLORENCE, March .
J Cnfurl your fans and take out
your kerchiefs TO hide your
bushes. We are about to have
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KAVIRONpO CATTLE.

These Kavironda are a stock rearing
people. l see their little fiocks of sheep
and goats everywhere. and frequently
pass droyes of bumped cattle. The ami
mails are fat They Craze everywhere
Holbrook argus., 1908-03-10
HIS FIRST LESSON.
An Amusing Story of a Cadets Expert
 ence at West Point.

MT. Farley, the author of West Point in the Early Sixties" tells how he received his first lesson in military various jokes during the early part of his attendance, and was perhaps a lit tie off guard in matters of mere eti- quette and routine.
 Just after "call to quarters" in the evening the sentinel tapped on our door and called out: All right?"
 The reply not being satisfactory to him, he opened the door and inquired if any one had answered All righ;" q did, sir
 ''Who is room orderly?"
 He is, sir"
 ''Why did he not answer?"
 Because I did, sir"
 ''Why did you answer?"
 q don't know, sir"
 ''Why do you not know?"
 q forgot, si.."
 Well, young man, don't e1er forget again"
 NOW" said the sentinel, q inquire, is it all riIht in this room?"
 "All right, sir,' responded the room orderly.
 What is all right?"
 q Crything is all right, sir"
 "'Is everything all right?"
 "Yes, sir
 "Is that basin all right?"
 "No, sir
 "Is that pillow all right?'
 'No, sir
 Do you know, young man." the sen tinel said, that the rules and articles of war require that you should be tried by court-martial and dismissed from the service for triiing with a sentinel on post in this manner? In time of war the sentence would be death"