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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-31
MISTAKES OF a SCIENTIST
sir George Alry's Predictions About
Atlantic Gable and Big Ben Were
Proved Wrong.

Sir George Biddoll Airy, British
astronomer royal told the pioneers of
he first Atlantic cable that II was
mathematical impossibility to sub
merge the cable to the necessary
iepth, and II it we're possible no sig
lals could travel through so great
iistance. Sir George was also asked
about the possibility OF making Big
Ben, the great clock in the tower above
he houses Of parliament, so trustwor-
hy that il wouM not lose FIVE sec
onds day on the average. He re-
plied that no clock exposed to the
weather could run with so small an
error The late Lord Grimthorpe, how
aver, said he would guarantee the de-
gree Of exactness. and by designing
ais geavity cscapement he produced a
imepiece that is never five seconds
put with the observatory at Greenwich.
10 which il signals its time each day,
and on most days is dead true.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-31
SHORT SENTENCES FOR HIM
Writer Gives Good Advice to His Eel
lows In the Following Simple
Words.

Writers who wish to imDart to their
productions power and pungency, who
wish to keep the readers attention
upon the tiptoe OF activity. who desire
to escape the imputation of pedantry
and who seek to surcharge their senti-
ments with sparkle and spirit will do
well 10 bear in mind constantly that
long. lingering sentences. unduly over
hurdened with an abundance of
phrases. clauses and parenthetical OBJ
seryations Of a more or less aggressive
character. are apt to be tiresome to
the reader. especially II the subject
matter be at an profound or ponder
ous, to place an undue strain upon his
powers Of concentration and to leave
him with a confused concept of the
ideas which the writer apparently has
been at great pains 20 concentrate;
while short, snappy sentences, on the
other hand, with the frequent recur-
renee Of subject anl predicate, thus
recalling and emphasizing the idea TO
be expressed as the development of
the thought proceeds. like numerous
signposts upon an untraveled road.
these frequent breaks having the Ell
lect Of taking a new hold upon the
readers attention, cases ia the desert
3f words. as it were, viii be found to
be much more effective, much more
eoncuciye to clarity and far better
calculated to preserve the contact, the
wireless connection, so to speak, be-
tween the writer and the reader; pro
yidod, however. andlit is always very
easy TO err through a too strict and
literal application Of a general rule,
that the sentences are not so short as
10 give a jerky choppy and sketchy
effect and to scatter the readers at
tention so often as to send him wool
gathering completely ELLIS 0. Jones
IN Life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

faster and our nerves tingle. Here is
this brave scout of forty-flve years
ago still true to type. He was cour-
ageous then; he Is just as courage
GUS now. The fire Of youth is In his
eye: there is no dead line" except
or deadened hearts. Burning might
lily in his heart was the old ambition
to conquer that hill country with his
giants, which had so frightened his
fellow spies. Now, the pertinacious
old warrior wants to prove at this late
day, that he was right all along. The
matter touched the honor Of Jehovah,
and Caleb wanted to vindicate It, So
he had the fighters Joy of winning
over a formidable adversary
The race Is slandered by those who
say that everybody is looking for an
easy job, soft snap" Far from it.
There is that in the common heart
which responds to the call to hardship.
What war among freeman ever failed
of volunteers! The hardest mission
fields it is easiest to get recruits. One
reason that church work does not pros
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

human society above the brute crea-
ton. Any one who has studied the
history of the west is aware that
among all the pioneers no shaping
hand has left deeper impress than
that Of the preacher. The problem Of
securing an adequate supply of the
right kind of ministers, and of main
tanning them on a proper scale to the
end of their days, belongs to the
realm of good citizenship, as we'll as OF
religion.
The Old HERDS Plea.
While the distribution Of the land
was under way, old Caleb, with the
privilege of long friendship, asked
q special favor Of his conrad Joshua.
We may say he was exercising pull
But why? Did he want a fat slice OF
land, choice portion, safe corner?
Was he asking to be let in on the
ground floor? Not Caleb! He craved
as a special boon, "Give me giants and
hill country to conquer"
We lift up our heads as we look
at the old hero. Our blood courses
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
AN OLD MANS AMBITION.
The International Sunday School Les
son for Dec a Is: 1.-THE Division OF
the Land" Josh. IA.
(By William r. Ellis.)

Two side-lights on our present COM
pick social problem shine from this
old story of how the Jews divided up
the promised land. One affects the
basic question Of property and the
other points to individual efficiency
as a solution of difficulties. For here
we find our old friend, Caleb, he who
wanted to 60 up and win Canaan when
ten other spies were craven of heart
and brought back reports of fear. Now
forty-fve years later, an old man
past eighty, he fulfills the ambition
of middle life and conquers the hill
country with it's giants.
AS today's slang would put the
case it took nerve" for these
Israelites to go to parcelling out the
territory that was still in the posses
sion of their enemies. They did not
control the land, yet they allotted it..
This was conquest by anticipation,
an evidence of faith. Just so the
Japanese made provision for Russian
prisoners and for the care of their
own wounded, before a single gun had
been fred In the same way that the
Israelites made plans for the promised
land. having taken God at his word, so
some ripe saints speak Of heaven in
the present tense, as if they had al
ready entered into possession. What
ever God promises us is as good as
ours already.
The Problem Of Property.
Unlike type Of person known to
all Of us, the bible always faces the
hard facts of life. 1t does not shrink
from actual conditions on earth and
in human nature. And the end of the
long wandering in the wilderness pre-
scented a problem of property, the old
old, basic question of making a liveli-
hood. Some men would Danish this
from the book. as an economic ques-
ton. But religion cannot be divorced
rom social problems. After even the
most mystical spiritual and ecstatic
sermon is ended, the hearers are
obliged to 60 home and eat. Every
normal life must be concerned with
things mundane as we'll as with things
celestial The complete gospel pro-
gram includes a new earth. Practical
life and religion are one, or neither is
A wise word has been written on
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
In The Religious World;
(REvIEW OF SUNDAY SCHOOL LEssoN)

this apportionment of the promised
land by DR.. Charles r. Brown, the
new moderator of the Congregation
National Inflow much 1t
means that the chosen people, in that
! rude period Of the worlds history, did
not undertake to divide up the com.
monwealth by force, the strong TAX
ing the best Of 1t because they were
strong, leaving the fragments that
they did not divide it up solely by the
power of purchase, those who had the
longest purses taking the choicest
sites, leaving to the poor the less de-
sirable tracts! They sincerely tried,
as best they knew, to ascertain the
divine will in the matter and to divide
up the land according to that ascer-
tanned will. 1t was splendid ideal,
however imperfectly they may have
worked It out
God cares about this distribution
of goods which goes on, equitably or
inequitably, under his great eye. God
cares about these inequalities Of con-
dition among his children, so glazing
loftentimes as to be cruel God cares
thrust aside by the shrewd and the
est and noblest desires Of their disap-
pointed hearts. There is a will of God
concerning all these questions as to
wages and hours, as to the appropria
ton Of land and Of mines. as to the
enjoyment of luxury or the suffering
of perjury. And our own common
wealth will never measure up to it's
full moral dignity 1t will never at
tain that full degree of stable pros
perity, where each family shall sit be-
meath it's own vine and fig-tree, until, |
in ways appropriate to our day, wise |
and good men are equally intent upon !
knowing the will of God touching all !
these interests and of obeying that |
will in the current distribution of the
goods of life.'
Providing For the Preacher.
The old echoes in the new today's
special interest in providing living
wage and pensions for preachers seems
like a paraphrase Of the repeated |
statements in this particular history,
concerning the portion Of the Levites.
They the priestly tribe, were not
given an allotment like the others,
but were to be the special care of all,
for their ministry was to the whole
people. The narratives reiteration Of
this point is really impressive.
There is a place, an indispensable
place. for the minister in society. We
need him more than we need any mer-
chant. For his business is to keep
alive that element Of life which lifts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
THOMAS TEESDALE
DIES At HOSPITAL
WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF WAP-
clio COUNTY PASSED AWAY
At ADVANCED AGE.

Thomas Teesdale, one of Wapello
county's oldest farmers, died last night
about midnight at the Ottumwa hospi-
tai, where he underwent a surgical op-
Grafton Monday.
Mr.. Teesdale was born September g.,
1893, in Scotland. He came to this
country and settled in Illinois in 1851,
and was married December 81, 1868.
In 1872 Mr.. Teesdale moved his family
to Wapello county, where he resided
until his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, one
son, H. s., of Cedar Rapids, and three
daug hters, Mrs. John McMillin, Jr,
and Mrs. Fred Kerfoot, who reside on
the home place, and Mrs. James Young
south Of the city.
The funeral announcements will be
made later.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
not going to be outdone by any city

not going to be outdone by any city
of the east or of the west Yesterday
the city commissioners got behind the
movement for municipal Christmas
tree, and seventeen of the leading men
and women of the city were appointed
to act in the capacity of an executive
committee. The tentative plans are
to erect a monstrous tree in the CEN
ter of Central park, give it elaborate
decorations, have Christmas carols
sung, and for two hours on Christmas
evening have general coming to-
gether of all people of the city. The
project when put on foot Immediately
met with popular approval.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

per more is that it has been estab-
lished too much upon a basas of in
dulging and coddling Christians. II
members were given harder tasks the
response would be better. Phillips
Brooks knew the heart of man when
he sounded the trumpet call: do not
pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger
men. Do. not pray for tasks equal to
your powers; pray for powers equal to
your tasks,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
REVERSES RULING IN
BEACH VS.. BEACH

Fl. Madison, Dec. 17.--By order of
the supreme court, judgment in the
case of Mrs. Helen Beach VS.. Rosa and
John Beach, is to be reversed. The
precedendo was filed Tuesday in the
clerks office at FIT Madison. This is a
case where a mother did her sons
counting, and did it across the Atlantic
at that The mother, Mrs. Rosa Beach,
made love to a German Miss by mail,
and signed her sons name to the cupid
messages. incidentally the mother rep
resented that her son owned an $4,000
farm in his own right. When it came
time to pop the question, the little Ger
man lady had made up her mind that
she loved Young Beach and his $4,000
Lee county farm and she said she
would be his. When the bride learned
that the mother had deceived her. and
that the $4,000 farm did not belong to
Young Beach at all, but to his mother,
there was trouble.
Mrs. Helen Beach, the bride from
Germany, sued Mrs. Rosa Beach, her
mother -in-law, for the sum Of $1,000
damages. The jury, through its fore
man, M. J. Collins, awarded the ride
from Germany $1,000 which was better
than nothing. The papers have been
filed from the supreme court, ordering
a reversal of judgment in this case.
Mrs. H. L. Waterman of Fifth and
Croon Straotc is VISITING ra1otiyoc In
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
PATENTS NEW ROAD DRAG.

Fl. Madison, Dec. III. A. Smith,
one of the substantial farmers Of Han
cock township, has patented new
road drag that bids fair to be, one Of the
best road machines on the market. BY
a system Of shift levers the driver Is
enabled to set the blade Of the drag at
different angles, so that the dirt may
be thrown to the middle Of the road,
thus making it higher.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
FILE DEEDS INVOLVING $4,000

Creston, Dec. 1.-Two deeds for real
estate have been filed with County
Recorder Clara Braunberger which in
volve $66,OO0. The deed is held by
c. M. Dewey and G. S. Dewey and
their wives upon the purchase by Mr..
Miller of two farms in Sand Creek
township, one consisting Of 800 acres
and selling for $4,000, and the other
consisting Of ESQ acres and selling for
$30,800.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

Mrs. H. L. Waterman of Fifth and
Green streets is visiting relatives in
A bia this afternoon
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

ANOTHER MUNICIPAL TREE.
Mason City, Dec. 17.-Mason City is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

"Phoenix' and Mccall
UNI" celebrated silk hosi-
cry in black and all the
leading colors priced at
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Strong in Hancock.

Elsewhere in this issue will be found
the announcement of Jesse Whitworth,
of Hardinsburg, as a candidate for the
nomination on the Democratic ticket
for State Senator from this district. Mr..
Whitworth is member OF the we'll
known firm OF Heston, Whitworth &
Co, of Hardinsburg, which have done
much trading with different business
men OF this county, therefore is well
and favorably known to many farmers,
grain dealers. and mine operators in
this part of the district. DE is a good
man and will show great strength.
Clarion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
No More Free Seeds.

Washington, Feb. 27 -Copgr essional
distribution of seeds was ended by the
Senate tCdav by eliminating from the
agricultural appropriation bill a pro.
vision appropriating 1886, 100 for that
purpose.
Among the more important anne end
ments adopted was the bill by Senator
Hoke Smith, creating bureau of mar
kets in the Department of Agriculture.
The bill as it passed the Senate car
ried $4,000, 600, an increase of nearly
81 900, 600 over the House BILL
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
important to all Women
Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of wome n
have kidney or bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to
be nothing else but kidney trouble, or
the result of kidney or bladder disease
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased
You may suffer a great deal with
pain in the back, bearing down feel
ings, headache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous. irri-
table and may oe respondent; it make S
any one so.
But thousands of irritable, nervous,
tired and broken down women have re
stored their health and strength by the
use of Swamp-Rcot, the great Kidney,
Liver and Bladder Remedy.
swamp Root brings new life and ac
tiyity to the kidneys, the cause of such
troubles.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great Kidney.
Liver and Bladder Remedy will do for
them. Every rcsder of this psper, who
has not already tried it, may address
DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and receive sample bottle free by mail.
You can purchase the regular fifty
cent and one-dollar size bottles at all
drug stores.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Home From Texas.

Mrs. II A. Garrett, Of Houston, Tex
as, and Mrs. Isaac Taylor, of Halves
vile, were here last week visiting Mrs
Martha Noble. Mrs. Garrett is glad 70
be back in her "Old Kentucky Home. -
Since going to the Lone Star State, she
has had both joys ana sorrows. having
lost grown daughter who was married
only a few months. The friends OF
Mrs. Garrett here have enjoyed being
with her again.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Best News Yet.

The best news that has ever come
from the press of the Jefferso MAN, pub
lished by !. c. Alcock, is the announce
ment OF the arrival of William Chauncy
Alcock. February the thirteenth. At
tractive little cards with pink ribbon
and borders were sent out by Mr.. and
Mrs. Alcock last week to friends, who
can imagine the happiness in the Alcock
home.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Tobinsport Club.

Mrs. Wood Weatherholt was hostess
Thursday evening to the Woman's
Auxiliary Club, Mrs. Carrie Silnons re-
signed as secretary and Mrs. ]. II.
Payne was chosen TO act in her place.
Domestic Science as outlined by the
head of the Home Economics Depart.
ment at Purdue will be taken up at the
next meeting. -Cannelton Enquirer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
|RA|N WORDS BY
v|CE-PRES|DENT
MarshaII's Inaugural Address to
Members of Senate.
MUST GUARD NATIONS HONOR
New Presiding officer Of Upper House
Says II Should See That Treaty
Obligations Are Observed and
Wrongs Rectified.

Washington, March Following is
the inaugural address delivered by
Vice President Marshall:
Senator's The proprieties of this oc-
casion probably require few words
from one who is grateful to the Amer
lean people for the honor heretofore
done him and this day contaminated.
No senator has, | trust, a keener
appreciation of the necessities In the
way Of tact and courtesy now devolv-
ing upon me than myself. | offer no
surety as to my discharge of duties
0ther than a personal pledge that
VII seek to familiarize myself with
Them and will endeavor always to ex-
srcise that complaisance and forebear-
ance which are essential to him who
ably presides over great debates upon
great public questions by great men.
Divergent views relative to this
body would be less divergent If the
American people would come to real
lie that on all sides of real questions
much may truthfully be said. Such an
attitude of the public mind would
eliminate the view that this body is
distinctively deliberative and not
thoroughly patriotic.
No Substitute for the Senate.
Charges of bad faith based upon an
attitude of mind or upon conduct
should never be made until it is clear
ly established that the resultant ac-
ton Is the outcome of personal inter
est or improper and dishonorable bus
mess or social relations.
Your action has not always met
with universal approval, but up to
this good hour no workable substitute
for the exercise of the functions of
this body has been proposed. 1t is
not needful for me here and now to
accept brief in your defense. This
body will continue to stand not be-
cause of it's presiding officer, but be-
cause of the patriotism and intelli-
gence of it's constituent members and
their devotion to our system of gov
er1tment
Guards the Peoples Honor.
With neither right nor desire to in
fringe upon the prerogatives of the
president soon to be, J beg the ex-
2ession of the opinion that what
II diverse views may be held rela-
re to the work of this body all per-
ms are agreed that under the Con-
Hutton the senate of the United
tates is singularly the guardian of
me peoples honor; that more and
more, as righteousness is exalted
among this people, the idea is becom-
ing more firmly fixed that it is not
vast territory, great wealth nor large
learning which mark the real status
of America; that America is to be
measured by the golden mete wand
of honor; and, as the idea in her for
nation was the inherent right OF men
to rule themselves, that now she can
i'll afford to announce this doctrine
in her own land and renounce it for
an instrument of oppression in other
lands.
Unfortunately there is no fixed
standard of honor outside the die
tionary. The gambler may hold il to
consist in paying his gaming debts
the member of the smart set, in di-
evorcing his neighbours wife before
taking her unto himself; the senator.
In eliminating personalities
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Must Observe Treaties.

But when we enter the chancelleries
of the world and submit to their
judgments not only our right to be
hope to be measured in but one way
and we must be able to show that the
solemn treaty obligations of this re.
public will be kept with the same
scrupulous honesty, both of spirit and
letter, whether made with the hum
blest people of this continent strug
Cling for self-government or with the
mightiest monarch of the old world.
This high sense of honor constitutes
the panoply of the American people.
Armies and battleships furnish no sub.
stitute for it, These are valuable, but
the people never intended that author
ity should use them as accessories to
burglars kit.
Duty to Rectfy Wrong.
If any one in the name of the
American people. either in violation
of treaty obligations or the manifest
purpose of the Monroe doctrine, has
taken aught while this body was de
hberating, it is your duty to ascertain
all the facts thereto. And if wrong or
Injustice has been done, even to the
humblest republic, let this peoDle be
brave enough and sufficiently honest
to make reparation. The real great
ness of this republic rests upon its un.
sullied honor, land it is the duty of this
body to search down rumors of bad
faith and dishonesty and to rectify
wrong wherever wrong is discovered.
Here in this most sacred spot where
war has been made and peace de-
clared, here in the presence of the
distinguished representatives of the
governments of the civilized world,
here within the hearing of the beauty,
culture and ripened statecraft of his
own land may one humble American
express the hope before he enters
upon a four years silence that all our
diplomacy may spell peace with all
peoples. justice for all governments
and righteousness the world around
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Brings Tobacco Here.

c. Z. Steve nson, of Hardinsburg,
brought his tobacco to J. II. Phelon &
Co. Friday. He had 1000 pounds and
got IS, SO and s. for it. Mr.. Steven-
son was satisfied with the price, but, he
said, too big price had not been paid
for tobacco as it took lots of hard work
to raise il.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. To re-
store digestion, normal weight, good
health and purify the blood, use, Bur-
dock Blood Bitters. Sold at all drug
stores. Price 81 00-Adv
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05
Chamberlain Tablets For Constipa
ton.

For constipation, Chamberlain's
Tablets are excellent. Easy to take,
mild and gentle in effect. Give them a
trial, For sale by all dealers. ADV
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-03-05

Itching, bleeding, protruding or blind
piles have yielded to Dosn Ointment.
SOC at all stores. ADV.