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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-29

Suicide Pact With Daughter.
Los Angeles, May 23.-Made des-
perate by continual business reverses.
Mrs. Mary Jane Frame. proprietor
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-29

Priest Stabbed by Insane Man.
Salisbury. Mo-, May 25.-Rev
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-29

Looted Land to Be Saved in Oregon
Portland. Or. May 25.-To re-
cover $3.50 acres of the best timber
land in Oregon. valued approximate
ly at 100000. and stolen by c.
A. Smith. the millionaire lumber
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
low ro MAKE LAMPs auRN.
Small Piece Of camphor in Oil Vessel
Is Good Thing.

Any amount Of trouble arises from
trying to read or write by bad light;
not only does it affect the eye, but the
whole nervous system as we'll
Work done by poor light is never
a success; the brain and hands can
not do their best under a strain, and
time as well as health is wasted
In the country candle or lamp light
is generally used, for a gas or an cleo
trio plant is not always near a, band.
It is often good thing, for most Of
the ocular trouble nowadays is put
down to the electric burners.
For a good steady light there is
nothing better than a lamp, but like
most everything it has to have atten-
ton. After cleaning well and filling it,
place a small lump Of camphor in the
oil vessel-this will greatly improve
the light and make the fame clearer
and brighter. II you have no camphor
add a few drops of vinegar occasion
ally.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
WEARY WlLLlEs or THE MoJAVE
A VERY DISTINCT TYPE.
Heat and Thirst say Many, but Cease.
lessly They Wander from Oasis
to Oasis More Brutal Than
Most Of Their Class.

Los Angeles, Cal.--Tramps are one
Of the many strange features Of the
Moiaye desert-that land Of myths
and mirages. a part Of which, Death
Valley, Is the hottest place on earth.
Tramps are found in this valley even
in summer when the thermometer is
1877.
The renegade whites live with the
Piute Indians. and are locally known
as Arabs" Notwithstanding the
burning wastes. scarcity Of water, dis
comforts and many dangers from ami
mails, they are found in all parts Of
the desert Mining camps and ranches
are far distant from each other, and
the country produces little food, but
these tourists find no difficulty in get
ting a living. either by begging or
stealing. They will not work. yet
manage to live like their brethren in
civilization
They are Of a different species,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
TRAMPS in DESERT.
DyIIsAt. y unasrvaea 4 uaasE.ooa.N.y.

more worthless, If possible. than the
others Of their tribe, and are an inter
esting study
The desert has evolved curious
type of humanity seen nowhere else in
the world. His clothes are usually
cast-of garments that he has found,
begged or perhaps stolen--faded.
frayed and full of holes-and his
broken shoes are usually wrapped In
cloth so as to protect hiE feet from the
burning sands He carries a bundle,
consisting OF provisions and few
empty beer bottles.
On reaching ranch he win make
for the spring and after drinking his
I'll lie down on the shady side Of the
house and sleep for hours, or until he
smells the odors of q meal Then he
patiently waits for "hand-out" and
is Off for the next ranch.
Thus he keeps up his rounds from
one end of the desert to the other.
with no object In view, no hope for
the future-only that he may live from
day to day At night he will sleep in
an alfalfa field, or in a shallow brook.
with his head resting upon a rock for
pillow
Arising from his cool bed, he fills
his beer bottles with water, eats his
breakfast and again begins his long
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
WASHING Fluid.

Take two pounds unslaked lime and
one pound washing soda; put In tub
and pour about one and one-half gal
Ions boiling water on it. Cover the tub
snd let settle. When settled dip off
the fluid carefully and put in a gallon
Jug. If it doesn't fill the jug, add
more boiling water to the settling in
the tub and settle as before. This is
supposed to make one gallon When
jug is full cork and it is ready for use.
When washing, add half cupful fluid
to two pals OF water in which to soak
the clothes. Add the same amount to
the boiler. 1t will need less soap and
the clothes will be clean and white
with little work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
SELLS TIME FOR A LIVING.
Woman Furnishes Greenwich correc.
tons to London Firms.

london A woman selling time for
a living is one Of the curious phases
OF the eking out OF livelihoods in Lon.
don. The woman is the daughter Of
Mrs. Bellevllle, who inherited the busi-
ness from her father and transmitted
It TO her successor. living at Maiden
head
Miss Belleville says the idea was
suggested to her father In 1895 by Mr..
Pond. the then astronomer royal. lie
acted on #, and by taking around
correct chronometer to the chief clock
and watch makers he secured an in
come OF about $500,
When he died m 1856 his widow
was granted the privilege OF having
the chronometer corrected at Green
wlch whenever She liked, and she car
ried on the business until 1892, when
she had reached the age Of 81 years.
She handed the business over to the
daughter, and Miss Belleville has car
ried it on ever since by permission Of
the astronomer royal
She has about 40 customers In yari-
Gus parts Of London. including many
important and old-established firms.
Miss Belleyille goes from Maiden
head TO Greenwich every Monday
morning and has her chronometer cor
rected She receives an official docu-
ment stating that her chronometer diff
fers from mean time by so many sec
onds and tenths. and her customers
correct their times accordingly.
The famous chronometer was made
ia 1885 by Arnold. a prince among
watchmakers, for the duke Of Sussex,
one Of the sons Of George H., but the
duke discarded It because It was too
clumsy. and Mr.. Belleville purchased
H. Mr.. Belleville substituted a silver
case for the original gold one, because
his curious profession took him occa-
sioually into the less desirable guar
ters Of the town.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15

that Of Ptah, founded by the creator
OF the first dynasty Adjoining It was
the Temple Of Isis and the shrine
Of the foreign Aphrodite, at one time
a great cosmopolitan center
It is expected that Memphis will
prove a mine OF sculpture and statu.
airy. BY mere chance nine statues
have been found there already, and
systematic search Is sure to reveal a
great store Of treasures. AS a great
capital and social center for 5000
years. Memphis should yield an enor
nous harvest. The school OF art at
Memphis was the finest IN Egypt. and
the Temple Of Ptah, the god OF crafts
men. may be expected to contain It's
BEST work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
Marinadlnq Makes Meat Tender

Marlnading is process with q for.
midable name and simple meaning.
To marinade is simply to soak meat
in a mixture for some hours, or even
days, with the idea Of improving its
flavor or softening its fibers and MAX
ing It tender. Vinegar, oil, pepper and
salt are mixed together and the meat
packed in the mixture Sometimes a
sliced onion and some herbs are added.
The meat should, of course, be wiped
first, but not washed. The process is
more frequently used for meat than
for fish.-The Delineator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
DIGGING UP OLD CITY.
Arehaeoiouist Petrle to Exeavate Ia
Ruins Of Memphis.

Csiro.-The most important excaya.
tions ever attempted are to be begun
shortly under the direction OF Prof.
Flinders petrie, the celebrated archae-
ologist, who has worked "a years
among the ancient monuments Of
Egypt. The professor has returned
here from England for the purpose of
beginning the excavation Of Memphis,
the ancient capital Of Egypt. which has
never yet been properly explored.
The sites Of the temples at Mem.
phis. which cover q great area tsclude
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15

II you have too small a quantity Of
chicken to serve in any other way, try
chicken turnoyers Mince the meat
fine, season with salt pepper. and a
pinch of nutmeg or mace, and moisten
well with cold chicken gravy. Roll out
some short pie crust. and cut in
rounds the size of a saucer. Wet the
edges with cold water, place one table
spoon Of meal dotted with bits of but
ter, on one-half of the round fold over
the other half turning up the edges a
little and pinching them well together.
Bake in the oven or fry in deep fat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
Chocolate Pie.

One pint sealded milk, yolks Of two
eggs and white Of one (beaten), one
cup sugar, two tablespoons cocoa, lit
tie piece butter Cook in spider and
thicken with one heaping tablespoon
cornstarch. Have the crust baked
first, pour mixture in and frost with
white of one egg. beaten and sweet.
enad. Set in oven long enough to
brown frosting.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
Mhen ! Woman 10 AIm.

pittsburg. Magistrate Frank J..
BRADY held Julia Kahn In $500 bail to
await the result Of the injuries Of 10
seph Johnston, whom she shot In the
right foot. Mrs. Kain owns a poodle
and Mrs. Matte Williams bulldog.
The other night the poodle rushed at
the bulldog, and the bulldog caught
the poodle by the nose.
Mrs. Kaln heard her pet yelping'
and when he was being trounced she
got a revolver and fred three times.
The first shot missed, the second en-.
tered the body Of the suffering dog
and the third struck Johnston.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
An Economical Stew.

Slice some cold beef or mutton, sea
son with salt and pepper. dredge over
It little -four put it in a stew pan
with some Of the cold gravy, or If
there be none left, add a little water.
Slice an onion fine and add TO it also
a few potatoes.
Stew gently until the meat is ten
der. II gravy is not used a little but
ter rolled IN -four should be added a
few minutes before the stew is served.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15
0ELIcAcIEs FoR A a HoMEa
Dainty and Artistic Way Of Serving
Punch, ROnbons and Waters.

Specially dainty and artisucally ar.
ranged were the refreshments served
last week at fashionable but
honey" "At Home" 1t was in one
Of the new apartment houses, but the
dining-room being at the far end Of
the long hall, refreshments were
served in the little library off the
drawingroom. The library table. pro-
tected top and lower shelf with renais-
sance scarfs and twined with smilax
about the rim and down the legs, held
In It's center the big cut glass bowl
Of punch This had a smaller wreath
Of smilax about its base, but the rim
was encircleG with small clusters Of
white grapes arranged to hang care
lessly half outside and half in the
bowl A vase of American Beauty
roses, plates of nut and mayonnaise
and cheese and mayonnsise sand
wiches, a loaf of homemade chocolate
cake on a silver plate, low glass dishes
Of bonbons each in its fiuted paper
case, and other plates Of delicate choc-
olate and nut waters, occupied the top
Of the table. The undershelf held the
reserve of plates, punch glasses and
napkins The wheeled tea table on
the other side Of the room was also
wreathed with smilax, handle, wheels
and all On this was the coffee serv-
ice and plates of salted English wal.
nuts and olives.-Kansas City Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15

tramp. which is never TO end. He fol-
lows the trail. having no compass and
knowing little OF nothing of the eoun-
try beyond. except that it is 30 miles
to the next spring and twice that dis
lance to the next ranch. lie may
reach his destination and he may not.
Frequently he falls a victim to heat
or thirst for men have died Of thirst
though having jars Of water in their
possession. The heat has burned out
the spark of life or literally bursts the
head open. Skeletons are found in the
sands and among tho rocks-some vic
tins of thirst, others Of the thieying
tramp in quest Of provisions. Ine
desert tramp is more desperate than
his brother Of civilization. The fierce
climate has brought out his brutal ma
ture and his hand is against anyone
he meets in this desolate country
where everything IN nature is at war,
even the elements.
According to the experience OF min-
ing prospectors who have trayersed
the worst parts Of Death Valley the
desert has peculiar influence upon
its dwellers. It turns the brain Of
many. and those who have once jour
neyed across it become fascinated and
return. It seems to exert an influence
that never can be overcome.
The prospector is another desert
type--half mining prospector and hall
tramp. He shuns civilization until his
grub stakeY is exhausted, when he
returns for another supply These
grEb-stake eaters are a curious study
in human nature, more so than the
ordinary desert tramp, for they are
shrewd, possess some business ca,
pacity, and talk intelligently or per-
suasiyely.
The prospector expects to unearth a
rich mine, and lives in expectancy and
hope.
Unless he finds mine his only re-
ward is bacon, -four, beans and coffee,
his grub stake. His home Is on the
desert-where night overtakes him.
When he visits civilization, 1t is to
get another backer-a grub stake or
provisions sufficient to last him two or
three months, and perhaps another
burro. This costs about $50.
He does not 60 to the "tenderfoot,
but to the merchant or mining man.
They are the easiest" The city Ian
who knows is more often taken in
than the countryman, who usually is
suspicious Of everything The tramp
prospector tells the mining operator a
story about rich indications per.
haps II is the long-lost Gunsite mine
or the Breyfogle.
Hr1dreds of men have gone out to
locate these bonanzas and scores OF
them never returned. Yet the story is
fascinating, and the search continues.
Every prospector has new story, It
really is the lost mine, all he wants is
grub stake. In most instances the
tramp prospector has taken the speci-
men. which he exhibits from mine
in one OF the camps. He has not been
near the place where these lost mines
are supposed to be.
When be has received his grub
stake he returns to the desert and
camps in a rocky cavern or under a
clump Of stunted bushes. and there
remains until his provisions are near
ly exhausted. when he returns to civil.
ization in search of another victim
and another grub stake-and with the
! same story of lost mines.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-15

The best scrub or mop cloth is
made this way: Take old stocking
legs, cut open at seam in back, sew
together, using the longest stitch OF
your machine, alternating tops and
bottoms, which will make the cloth
square. Use as many as you wish.
These take up the water more readily
than any other kind and consequently
saw much time.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-07-10
AFTER THE MONEY.

Twice has Mr.. Bryan been defeated
by corporation money. A third time
he is to be opposed by them all. Even
here in the South where to vote the
Republican ticket means danger to our
homes and our women, we find men
allied with corporations ready to work
in a sort of secret way for Taft, pro-
Tossing at the same time some sort of
Democracy. Their MONEY is in danger
they think. This, unfortunately, is to
them dearer than all else. They will
brave the dangers of negro rule, and
endure the distasteful Federal office
holder, and see each day the forming
of a centralized government, SO they
are assured that president is to be
elected who will foster corporations
good or bad. They care not whether
the Armours bankrupt the cattle grow
ers, and flood the country with rotten
meat, so their little corporate scheme
is safe. They care not for Standard
Oil methods or Railroad robbery, so
they are not troubled in their little
scheme. Indeed it is not unusual to
hear men interested in corporations
decrying any prosecution of the Meat,
the Standard Oil, or the Railroad mo-
nopolies. They are blind to everything
which travels their road, and intensely
hostile to everything which in their
minds might bring about condition
restrictive of any corporate privilege.
To be manufacturer and be Demo
ctat is to them reasonable. The Re
publican party protects them, fosters
them, gives them peculiar privileges,
and hence they will support it, and to
hell with the apprehension of negro
rule, or any other concomitant evil.
They are after the money.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-07-10
CORPORATIONS AND THE CAM.
PAIGN FUND.

The Republican campaign fund is
not going to be so "Hefty" this year as
on one or two previous and notable oc-
casions. This will lessen the enthusi-
asm of the ''heeler" and the sspress."
Both shout for the money, both are
influenced by the same high motives.
Our State will not receive $4,000 to
help defeat Mr.. Bryan this time, and
other States will not be flooded with
So bills, and its newspapers be made
rich. The reason of this is obvious.
The Republican is not gentleman
given to throwing his money around
loose. He is perfectly willing for some
body else to give, but he is not heavy
individual contributor. The huge fund
in Mark Hanna's hands with which
he corrupted the electorate, came not
from individuals, but from the corpo-
ratiOns. A little knot of men would
assemble in back office, they had
huge funds at their control, they were
able to see clean through the abutting
brick WALL they could tell just what
would happen in the event something
else happened. They knew that mon
ey has its influence, it had it with
them, and it was of course sure to have
it with less virtuous mortals. Plenty
of money put at the right place would
save the Nation-not save it from ruin,
but save it to them. 1t was the Nation
they were after for their own private
and personal ends. Let no one imag-
inc that they were in the business of
saving the Nation for the Nations
sake. They, therefore, were willing to
play the monkey and the cat and draw
the chestnuts from the fire with other
peoples money. They voted just as
many thousands or hundreds of thou
sands as they thought needed, or as the
people whose money they were spend
ing would stand. The elections of Nc
Kinley and the election of Roosevelt
were corporation elections pure and
simple. The money necessary was
corporation money almost entirely.
This time the corporations are afraid to
tackle the job. They know if the truth
gets out, that they are all lined up on
the side of Mr.. Roosevelt's Taft, the
people will flee to another refuge, so
the truth must not be told, the corpo-
rations must not SEEM to be doing
anything, lest trouble arise. They
cannot 60 boldly and defantly in to
control the government and elect a
president as they have done heretofore,
because their malodorous methods
have become known, and the people
are aroused. We are to have no more
corporation elections, though it is safe
to say that every corporation in the
land will secretly do what it can to de-
feat the Democratic nominee.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-07-10
UNKNOWN.

1t was President Pierce, we believe,
who had on one occasion met the late
Thomas j. Niche, i'll his day the most
eminent lawyer of Stanton. They
had been together at some feast, we are
told, where Mr.. Niche either intro
duced President Pierce or was one of
the speakers. Some time after that
Mr.. Pierce, so the story further goes,
was returning through StauntOn from
White Sulphur Springs. In the time
he was obliged to spend here he went
to Mr.. Michie's office and called on
him. He saw that Mr.. Niche did not
recognize him, SO he introduced himself
as Pierce. ''Glad to see you Mr..
Pierce" said Mr.. Niche. GLOW are
the people generally about New Hopper"
There was an old Mr.. Asa Pierce, a
shoemaker, living then at New Hope
and Mr.. Niche supposed this to be his
visitor. Here was man to whom
even the glamour surrounding presi-
dent of the United States had not suffi-
GENTLY appealed to fasten the features
of the president upon his memory.
Last week would be president of
the United States passed through
Staunton. He was met at the station
by one of our most distinguished citi
zens, man known to REAL presidents
of the United States, and far and near
to lesser lights, man occupying an
exalted position under the government
of the United States, a man whose
name strikes terror into the hearts of
many jewellers of the mountains, a
man of authority, who can say to this
one ''go," and he goeth, and to that
one s'come,u and he cometh; and yet
the sglamour" surrounding this for
midable functiOnary had not so i'm
pressed itself on the mind of this pri-
waite citizen and would be president, as
to enable him to recognize said func-
tionary. Any Virginia moonshiner
could have done better. The ''would
be president" and the unknown"
were the Hon. William HI. Taft and
Col. S. Brown Allen, U. S. Marshal
of the Western District of Virginia.
A cynic has, however remarked, "If
Mr.. Taft ever becomes president, he'll
soon get familiar with the features Of
the unknown
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-07-10
How's This !?

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Sold by all druggists.
+. Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-07-10
BRYAN S
NOMINATION
UNANIMOUS
Greatest Ovation Ever
Given a Candidate.

Denver, July 10, 3.42 a. m.-Bryan
nominated unanimously.
ce-Presidential nomination to tie
made later today.
NOMINATING SPEECHES.
Denver, July 8, $3.50 p. m.-Ollie
James of Kedtucky, reported that the
committee on resolutions would not be
ready to report before midnight, and
moved that roll of states be called for
nominations for president. This was
done and Alabama yielded to Nebras-
ka. l. B. Dunn, Bryan's personal
friend, mounted the platform and in a
ringing speech placed Mr.. Brym's
name before the convention. He closed
by referring to him as the greatest liv-
ing American. This was followed by
demonstration equal to that follow
ing Senator Cores allusion to him on
Wednesday. The demonstration con-
tinued SO long that the lights had to be
turned off in order to restore order.
When quiet was restored Arkansas
yielded to North Carolina, and Cover
nor Glenn seconded his nomination.
Governor Swanson followed with a
ringing speech seconding Bryan's NOM
ination. Ex-senator Gearin of Oregon,
on behalf of the Pacific slope States
seconded his nomination. t.,
Connecticut yielded to Minnesota
and Gov. Johnson's name was placed
before the convention by Representa-
tive Winfield Scott Hammond