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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-23

MISS Mary Lee Emerson was the
ruest Of honor at a party given by
Miss Kate Frasler in Muskogee Fri
day evening. Miss Emerson has vis.
tied several times in Muskogee and
has many friends there.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Commodore AspinwaII's Efficiency In
Caring for Returning Gold Miners
When One Of His Steamers
Was Stranded.

In 1850. following the discovery of
gold in California, Commodore Will
lam r. Aspinwall. Commodore Van
derbilt's great rival in the waters
about New York, retired from his
great shipping firm and devoted all
his time to building the Panama rail-
road, across the isthmus of that name,
and establishing steamship lines to
connect it at Aspinwall (now Colon)
from New York and at Panama for
San Francisco.
At enormous expense and great loss
of life. Aspinwall completed his rail
road in 1866, and among the home
ward-bound gold seekers who had the
distinction of being the first passen-
gers carried eastward by the road
was Nj Dudley Jones, now promi
nent resident of Little Rock, Ark, and
the head of a large manufacturing
corporation
I'm the spring of 1885," said Mr..
Jones, recently, 81 was a passenger
from San Francisco to Panama on the
big Aspinwall steamer Golden Gate
or was it Golden Age? There were
eight hundred of us returning forty
miners, and a crew of one hundred
men. We had fairly good run down
the coast and were about to turn
north some two hundred miles below
Panama when the ship, while passing
between two islands, ran on the coral
reef known as Quibo Island.
when the sidewheeler struck l was
sleeping on the upper deck only a few
feet from where Commodore Aspin-
wall and two or three of his old cap
tains were standing admiring the
scenery and the bright moonlight and
specializing at what hour next morn
ing we would reach Panama. Instant
1y l was awake and saw everything
that followed.
1T was a critical moment. Had the
order been given to head for the
mainland, the vessel would not have
gone her length before sinking into
deep water, with the loss of most of
her passengers. Whether Commodore
Aspinwall or one Of his captains gave
the right order don't know, but
while the big ship was seemingly
rocking in her death throes, with
clouds of steam pouring from her
matches, her nose was pushed by
emergency means into the sandy
beach which we could dimly see lying
a few rods ahead, and in a twinkling
a cable was made fast to one of the
big trees fringing it.
by the time this had been done as
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

to feel better when / had taken only
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
as was afraid to stop too soon." Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 272S n. B. ST., Ell
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential,
and the advice frees
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Odd Railroad Condolences

cars had clashed together and were
telescoped and he added that he had
invented an apparatus which would
make telescoping impossible.
ut told him to show me this APP
paratus, and he did. l gave orders
that it be adjusted to several cars and
then be severely tested. In that way
the Janney coupler, perfectly supple
menting the air brake, was introduced.
yet again, about the same time, j.
Edgar Thompson, president of the
Pennsylvania. told me that he wanted
me to test the new steel rail which
was then being first manufactured In
England. / decided to put ten miles
of those steel rails upon a section of
the Panhandle a few miles out of
Pittsburg. We gave the rails an ex-
haustive test, and we decided that
with slight improvement they would
make very heavy traffic possible. That
Improvement was made and we began
to equip our railroad with heavy Eng
lish steel rails.
These three features of modern
railway equipment-the air brake, the
Janney coupler, and the steel rail-
which have made heavy and safe traf-
ffc upon American railways possible,
were all perfected, as l now remem-
Der, within a year, and were tested
and adopted by the Panhandle, then
by the Pennsylvania, and afterwards
by every important railway in the
United States. Some great prime
cause was surely inspiring Americans
to meet a new and imperative emery
ency, and have never ceased to
marvel at the results"
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reservedl
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
General Serrel Predicted Another
Canal Would Be Built Across
Isthmus of Panama Via the
Bias Route.

Gen. Edward Wellman Serrell, who
died In 1906, was one of the great engi-
neers of the United States. He was as
ISOLATED with some of the most inn
portant and difficult engineering under
takings of the time between the early
forties and 20 years after the Civil
war
In the latter years of his life, which
was much occupied with his pet pro
ject of building a ship canal across the
Isthmus of Panama along what is
called the San Bias route, which lay
some miles nearer the South American
continent than the Panama canal He
projected his canal from the Gulf of
San Bias, on the Atlantic, to Pearl Is
land harbor, on the Pacific; and he
claimed that it could be built at sea
level and on a straight line. with no
locks, less than 80 miles from ocean to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
CURE THAT SORE THROAT

Sore throat is Inflammation Of the
mucous membrane of the throat, and
If this membrane happens to be ut all
sensitive predisposition to sore
throat win exist.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is both a
preventative and cure for sore
throat because it possesses extraor-
binary cleansing. healing and germi-
cidal qualities. Just a little in a glass
of water, used as a gargle, will quick
ly relieve all soreness and strengthen
the mucous membrane of the throat,
and thus overcome all tendency to
sore throat
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics or Peroxide for all toilet and
hygienic uses.
Paxtine may be obtained NJ any
drug store. Is and soc a box. or sent
postpaid upon receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co. Boston, Mass.
Send for free sample.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
That Enigma, Man.

And now women have changed In
another respect, according to the Lon
don Daily Mirror When a woman has
other women TO tea she no longer
wastes her time discussing other wom-
en-, but falls upon the task of dis
cussing and dissecting her own hus-
band. The guests take up the strain.
and a comparison is Instituted among
the women as to the ways and habits,
peculiarities and faults OF the several
husbands. Each woman exchanges
with the others her pet theories as to
how best to manage a husband and
get around him" And so women are
ceasing to gossip about each other. or
even to care much about other WON.
ems shortcomings, IN the bigger and
more important consideration Of that
enigma, man.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Westinghouse Airbrake, Janney Coup
Ter and Steel Rails All Were Intro
duced In America About the
Same Time.

In my long career as a railway and
business man / learned that whatever
the emergency might be, however
great the opportunity, there always
came at the exact moment resources
needed to meet the emergency or TO
grasp the opportunity" said the late
James ID. Laying, who for many years
was associated with prominent rail
ways Of the west-the Pittsburg, Fl.
Wayne and Chicago, the Chicago and
Northwestern, and the Big Four-in
high official capacity. Il think, how
ever, the most extraordinary demon
stration of the truth of what l have
just said was that which occurred in
or near Pittsburg at the time ! was
with the Pittsburg, Fl Wayne and
Chicago
In 1S49 / assisted in making the
first survey for any railroad west of
Pittsburg. So enormously had the
railway development of the midwest
been between that time and 1868, the
year of the three condolences l have
in mind, that it had become apparent
to all railway men that. unless there
were some new inventions traffic
would be congested, since railway
equipment would not be sufficient to
meet the demands made upon it.
We had just been seriously con-
cerned over the swift movement Of
trains between Pittsburg and CinciR-
nati-and especially because Of an ac-
cident due to the inability Of a rail-
road engineer to slow down heavy
freight train-when, one day, there
called at my Office a young man whom
[ knew. who said to me that he had an
apparatus he had just perfected which
would make it possible for railroad
engineer completely to control train
to bring 1t to a stop within the limit
of safety
L asked him to show me his ap-
paratus. He did SO, and was given
authority to test it upon specially
prepared train on the Panhandle be-
tween Pittsburg and Steubenville, o.
That was the way George Wesing
houses airbrake was introduced.
About that time-within few
months anyway-there also called
upon me an apothecary whose home
was in Alexandria. Va. He told me
that railway accident had occurred
near Alexandria which caused much
iamage by reason Of tie fact that the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

carry us of the way we had come to
Acapulco, or even to San Francisco.
And perhaps We would have to wait
till steamer could be sent out from
Panama to our relief.
Here is where the presence OF
Commodore Aspinwall stood us in
good stead. AS soon as the Brother
Jonathan anchored at safe distance
from the reef we had struck. he or
dered US TO be taken aboard her. II
was a rush order. and it took nearly
twelve hours of steady work on the
part of both crews to transfer passeu-
gers, baggage and gold. 1t was just
at dusk when the Brother Jonathan
holsted anchor and headed for Pan.
ANA, to our intense relief and delight
AT Panama, the next morning, we
were quickly disembarked. The tide
being low, We were landed a quarter
of mile out on coral reef and walk.
ed into the city. That night found us
loaded in cars headed for Aspinwall.
the first east-bound train to carry
passengers on the Panama Railroad.
The road was far from being finished.
The tracks were slippery, the locomo-
tive light and it had to be helped by
a lot of negro laborers pulling at long
ropes.
Il never saw Commodore Aspinwall
after we left the wreck. Whether he
stayed at Panama or went on with us
to New York do not know. And I
never saw in any paper an account OF
our wreck or of the first east-bound
passenger trains trip across the 18th
mus of Panama"
| Copyright. 1910 by f. J. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Encourage the Boys.

When boy presents an idea that
Is feasible, pat him on the back and
encourage him, and he will develop
love for agriculture and become the
pride of your heart in your declining
years and will love the homes and
the farms that you have worked SC
hard TO pay for.
II farming has not paid in your case
oy all means give the boy a chance
70 begin without your handicap.
what was good enough for me is
good enough for the boy" is a maxim
unworthy Of New England farmer
tive the boy chance at an agricul,
tural education. and he will help you
10 stop the leaks and turn the past
ana present into a brighter future.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Builder of Panama Railroad

many of the passengers as could find
standing room had rushed to the deck.
The big boat gradually settled down
at the stern until she rested on the
bottom with a slight list to port. The
gold dust was rushed to deck and
piled in the bow. 1t was in very
strong boxes, each about six inches
wide and fifteen inches long, and
there was 100000 worth of it.
Later, two boats were sent out from
the ship-one to the head of the
island to intercept the outgoing
steamer then about due, if she should
happen to take the passage on the
other side of the island, and the other
with orders to proceed to Panama for
aid unless it fell in with the outward
bound steamer.
During the three days that passed
before the big steamer Brother iona
than hove in sight there were no regu-
lar meals-everyone was glad to eat
what he could get. There was no cook
ing-no tables set. A place to spread
blanket was hard to find The wa.
ter, at high tide, invaded the upper
cabins. and the lower. or second,
cabin was flooded all the time Wild
animals were heard during the night
in the jungle. Parrots and paro-
quetts kept up a continual screaming.
And all the while there was much
anxiety as to what the commander of
the Brother Jonathan would do If he
were intercepted. Perhaps he would
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Spring Humors are due to the i'm
pure. impoverished. devitalized condi-
ton of the blood brought about by
the unhealthfui modes of living dur
ing the winter, too close confinement.
too little outdoor air and exercise, too
heavy diet, Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
them and builGs up the whole system
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Greatest Llttle Invention.

The greatest little invention that
has been given to the world is the
iuclfer match. 1t was invented in
1927 it is small, but like Portals
candle, it has shed a great light into
the world. 1t gave man mastery OF
IRE. Before this fire had been con
trary hired man, but now it becomes
an obedient servant.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Hoods Sarsaparilla has no equal
for cleansing the blood and expelling
the humors that accumulate during
the winter. 1t effects its wonderful
cures because it combines the utmost
remedial values of more than twenty
different ingredients. Insist on having
Hoods. 1t has no substitute.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

bic Compound. l
was sick three
months and could
walk. l suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said 1
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for / could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
especially my right
one, ard down my
right leg. Y began
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Executive ability consists in finding
a man who can do the work-and in
letting him do it. Lots of men who
can do the first, can't do the second.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put un
40 years ago. They regulate and invigor.
ate, stomach liver and bowels Sugar
coated tiny granules
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Dost thou love life? Then do not
squander time, for time is the stun
life is made of 49, Franklin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
unfortunate AIIuslon.

She-Too many men expect their
wives to run their homes on practical
~ nothing They forget that no one
can make bricks without straw
He-My wife does-out of flour.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Mrs, Wlnslow's Soothing syrup for Children
teetbng, softens the gums, reduces iufamma-
ton, alIays pain, cures wind collie. 25c "A bottle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

PILES CURED IN @ TOI4 DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protrudng Piles n to Ia days. Soc
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Constipation. indigestion, sick.headache
and bilious conditions are overcome by
course Of Garfield Tea Drink on retiring
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Those days are lost in which we do
not good; those worse than lost iE
which we do evil.-Cromwell
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Life is a stage play; II matters not
how long we act, 30 long as we act
well Bacon
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Taking Garfield Tea keeps the system
clean, the blood pure and the genera
health good. Buy from your druggist.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
When He Was Slow.

Swift is the swiftest proposition I
ever saw"
is he? Did he ever owe you any
money!"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

The breath OF scandal Is RESPONSE
BILE for much breezy conversation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money If IL fails 10 cure Is. w
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCured byL ydiaE. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Flwood, Ind.-"Your remedies have
cured me and I have only taken six
hotties Of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
Hoods SarsapariIla
For
All Spring Blood Diseases
and Ailments

Possesses medicinal merit Peculiar Itself and has
unequaed record of Take this spring, in usual
liquid form or tablets known as Sarsatabs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Rotten Cigarette Paper.
Much cigarette paper is made from
waste untarred hemp rope.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Slight exaggerations do more harm
than reckless violations of it.-Ches-
terrified
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

ASK FOR ALIENS FOOT-EAsE
the Antiscptic powder 10 shake into your shoes Re-
eves Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen and
Sweating feet Blisters and Callous spots. sold
everywhere, CSC. Don accept cay substitute. sam-
Pile FREE. Address Allen y ollasted, lie Roy, NY
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24

Nothing under the sun has done
more to help the fool KILLER earn his
salary than inordinate self-conceit.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-24
The Beoinnin

Children learn to creep ere they can
learn to go.-Heywood.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-18
COL. JOHN j. M'C00k
SUCCUMBS TO

SEABRIGHT, Sept. 1S.-Colonel John
James MeCooS, prominent lawyer and
last of the fighting Mccooks," of the
tribe of Dan, died yesterday in his
summer home here of heart failure, fol
lowing an attack of pleuro-pneumoDia
contracted ten days ago.
With his eight brothers, his father.
Major Daniel McCook, and six cousins.
sons of John McCook, he enlisted in
1862. leaving Kenyon College IN his
freshman year.
Returning 10 Kenyon College, he was
graduated in 1866 and from Harvard
Law School in 1859.
In 1876 Colonel MeCook married Miss
Janetta Alexander, only daughter oi
Henry l.. Alexander, by whom he had
five daughters and one son. of his
surviving children his eldest daughter
Susan. is the wife of Peter Augustus
Jay. American ambassador to Japan:
his second daughter, Caroline. married
J. j. Morgan, nephew of J. =. Morgan,
and resides in England. His unmar-
ried daughters. Martha and Harriet,
with Mrs. McCook and the Rev. Matt
land Alexander. Of Pittsburg. were
with him when he died.
Colonel McCook was the senior mem
Der of the law firm of Alexander &
Green, of 40 Broadway; director in the
Equitable Life Assurance Society for
many years. of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway, the Interna-
tional Banking Corporation, Wells
Fargo & Co. and other corporations
He organized the Manhattan Elevated
Railway system.
He was active in the Young Mems
Christian Association. an elder Of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
counsel Of the Presbytery in the Briggs
ase. a director Of Princeton Theologi-
cs1 Seminary and a member OF Phi
Beta Kappa. Delta Kappa Epsilon and
numerous clubs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-18
HARTMAN LINES
PENSION SYSTEM
DECLARED FARCE
Union Circular Urges Doing
Away With Physical Ex-
animation of Men.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 1S.-Circu-
lar letters giving the union side of the
dispute with the Hartman lines are
being sent to all members of the black
smiths, boilermakers and machinists
unions. They are signed by E.. L.,
Reguin. president of the organization,
and are mailed in San Francisco. The
federation objects to the criticism of Its
apprentice system and explains that it
became necessary to establish the pres
ent system on accoun of the abuses
that had been practised by the various
employees.
The unions contend that their EN-
ployees should not be subject to physl-
cal examination, but that the foreman
should be left to judge the ability of his
men TO do their work. The unions also
ask a better hospital system and they
contend that the railroads should pay
more money and keep the institution
IN better condition. The pension sys-
tenn employed by the Hartman lines Is
8 little more than a farce, according to
the federation officials.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-18
To AIR AFFAIRS
Of BANCROFTS IN
DELAWARE COURT
Startling Revelations Are Elk
pected When Divorce Suit
Is Heard.

WILMINGTON. Del, Sept. 1S.-The
sensational suit for divorce instituted
by John Bancroft, jr.. against Made
leine du Pont Bancroft. and the. coun-
ter suit filed by his wife, both actions
being on statutory grounds. will prob
ably not be decided until November.
Service was had on the wife in the
original action. but Mr.. Bancroft has
been in the West since June, and the
Delaware authorities have been unable
10 find him
OF the many divorce cases brought
in Delaware few have equaled this n
in sensational features. John Bancroft,
jr. is the only son of John Bancroft,
wealthy secretary of the Joseph Ban
croft & Sons Company, textile manu-
facturers. in Wilmington. Samuel Ban
croft. 1r.. head of the Huntington and
Broad Top Railroad Company, is presi-
dent of the textile concern. Madeleine
dn Pont Bancroft is the daughter of
Alfred l. du Pont, vice-president of the
Du Pont Powder Company. There will,
therefore. be no lack of funds in fight
ing both suits.
An odd feature is that J. Harvey
Whiteman, for a long time personal
counsel for Alfred I. du Pont, is the
attorney for Mr.. Bancroft. The young
wife has employed Attoraey-General
John c. Bell, of ~PennsyivBpla and t.
Bayard Heisel, Of this city. to represent
her. Under the Delaware laws all dl-
vorce cases must be heard In public.
The couple clipped from the mansion
Of Alfred ]. du Pont, near Wilmington,
in December, 1907. They went to Wash
ington, where they were married. they
then wen to Germany, where the
young bridegroom, who had been a
student at Princeton, completed his
studies at Heidelberg. Mr.. Bancroft 10
2S and his wife "A.
In his suit the husband makes his
wife and her infant son codefendants-
He names the child, Max Heibler. jr,
after the correspondent, a resident Of
Munich. Germany This procedure is
unprecedented IN this state.
In her counter suit the wife likewise
makes charges OF a statutory nature
and names Two Munich women as CO.
respondents.