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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20
EDISON TELLS WHEN
A MAN IS EDUCATED
Famous Inventor Says Men Should Keep
in Touch With Affairs Of the Day

Discussing "what constitutes an edu-
cation" Thomas A. Edison said man
is educated when he is somewhat IA
miliar with every branch Of the enyi-
ronment in which we live-social, com
mercial and scientific"
This holds out hope to the young
people struggling upward in the world
today. They can educate themselves.
No better and more concise fund of
information is held out toSmen and wo-
men, boys and girls today than the
New Universities Dictionary, now be,
ing distributed to readers of this pa.
per. This dictionary condenses in one
volume most OF the information con.
corning the worlds present-day activ-
tiles. II is more than vocabulary,
more than a mere list Of words-it is a
complete inventory OF to-day's English.
This papers offer Of this remarkable
book has proven to be highly popular
The demand for the dictionary con.
tirres with increasing force. Already
new supplies have been ordered, and
the publishers say they have equal de.
mands from other cities. making IT
hard for them to keep up with orders.
Since this is purely an educational Of.
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nominal expense, the mere cost OF
the time limit will soon be
and readers are urged to get
their copies without delay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20
SPRING COLDS ARE DANGEROUS

Sudden changes Of temperature and
underwear bring spring colds with
stuffed up head, sore throat and gen
eral cold symptoms. A dose of DR..
Kings New Discovery is sure relief
this happy combination OF antiseptic
balsams clears the head, soothes the
irritated membranes and what might
have been a lingering cold is broken.
Don't stop treatment when relief is
first felt as a half cured cold is dan
gerous. Take DR.. Kings New Disvo-
Dry till your cold is gone, d-w-lm
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

wANTED-woman for general
Homework; phone 1874, Mrs. w. F.
Elsner. 3.2O-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

FOR sALE-Pure bred Black Mi.
norca eggs s1.25 for 10 eggs. Phone
81 Of 791. c. Roark. 2O.3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

FOR sALE-L. c. Smith typewrit-
ers. F. x. Wilcox, Jr., salesman.
Phone 1868 or P. o. Box ss. 2O-9t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

WANTED-Girls to candle eggs.
Good pay. Apply Aaron Poultry &
Egg Co, 2i7 N. 2nd street. It
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

FOR SALE-5O pairs Of work pants
for $500. Webb Tailoring Co. 2O-6t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

FOR sALE-Eggs for patching;
Barred Plymouth Rocks, s1.O0 per set
ting Of Is. Arthur Ersland, phone 23e
or IA 20-12t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20

FOR sALE-Monarch typewriter
in good shape, cheap for cash. Phone
1868. 3-20-3t
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
The Horse Upstairs.


Not long since we were riding on al
elevated train in Chicago. We looked
out of the car, and there, right at our
elbow, was horses head, thrust
through the upper floor window Of a
brick building. 1t was a startling
thing We felt like saying, snow, what
ON earth are you doing up here, old
MANI But the horse appeared to be
very much at home. No doubt he lived
there, twenty feet or so from the
ground. It was like a Jail. He had no
barn lot or pasture. When his days
work was over he was taken direct
from the wagon to his upstairs stall.
Rents were too high for his owner to
furnish stall on the ground. He
never had chance to 'rOll over" or to
nibble at bit of fresh plowed earth
Yet that horses life in the city was no
more artificial and abnormal than the
life of the average city man. The man
goes Of his own accord, however, and
the horse has no choice in the matter.
Probably the horses wonder why men
want to hive together like bees.-Farm
Life
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Malay Pearl Divers.

The Malay pearl divers are perhaps
the finest in the world. When he is
going to dive the Malay slowly lowers
himself down from the side of the
boat to the water and takes several
breaths, each breath getting deeper
and deeper. Finally he takes ire
mendously long breath, turns head
downward and plunges into the ocean
depths. In two, three, or perhaps, if
he is very expert diver, in four min
utes, his form is seen in the water COM
ing up. His face is turned upward.
His strong hands beat the water away
from under him in vigorous downward
sweeps. His face looks terribly
strained. At last, breathless, exhaust
ed, he reaches the surface and is hauled
into the boat, where he lies quite still
for few moments, apparently ex-
hausted. But in comparatively a few
minutes he is ready to plunge again.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
PROPOSING With a Splash.


One of the strangest courtship GUS
toms in the world is related of the
Tarascan Indians of Mexico in the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine.
The land of the Tarascans lies due
west of the City Of Mexico and here
the natives retain many of their prac-
tees which were well established
when the Spaniards first landed at
Vera Cruz. Here is the accepted
method of courtship, for example:
The lover goes to the spring where
the object Of his affections is accus-
toned to fill her water jar. He holds
her shawl until she accepts him, and
then with a stick he breaks the jar
which she holds on her head and
gives her betrothal baptism of water.
According to Prescott, the Tarascans
had a Noah, called Trezpi, who es-
capped from great flood in boat
laden with animals. Instead of dove
Trezpi sent out a vulture first and
then humming bird. according to the
legend.
The Tarascans once possessed the Sc
cret of tempering copper, an art now
lost to the world.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Killed by a Shout.

A joyful shout, thoughtlessly given
by an Italian smuggler on having
eluded the customs guards on the
Swiss frontier was the cause Of his
six companions being killed by an ava
lanche. The party, coming from the
Grisons, had, with a thousand precau-
tons, successfully negotiated the For
cola pass, on the Swiss-Italian border
Five Of the men were loaded with val
liable contraband goods, and two acted
as guides and scouts. When they were
all safely On Italian soil one Of the
guides named Maretoli gave vent to a
joyful yodel In the still air the least
sound causes a vibration which may
set enormous masses of snow moving.
This is what occurred here. A quarter
of million tons Of snow detached
itself from the mountain side and came
laundering down upon the party, who
were swept in an instant into an
abyss. Maretoli alone was able to ex-
tricate himself.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Aztecs and Human Sacrifices.

Human victims were sacrificed by
the Aztecs in various ways and rela.
lively in large numbers. Hubert Howe
Bancroft, In his History Of Mexico
says: ''The victims were for the most
part captives taken In war, and war
was often made solely with view to
obtaining them. A large proportion,
however, consisted of condemned Grim
inals Or slaves, and even Of children,
bought or presented for the purpose.
Moreover, persons sometimes offered
themselves voluntarily for the good OF
the people Or for the honor of god.
The greater part of the victims died
under the knife, but some were burn
ed alive, and children were often bur-
led alive or drowned, while we hear
of criminals being crushed to death
between stones But the most cruel
sacrifice Of all, and yet the most COM
mon. was performed by tearing out
the heart Of living human creature
at the sacrificial stone"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Haiti's Sans Souci.

The palace Of Sans Souci, erected
by Christophe, the black leader Of
Haiti, is situated in the hills above the
level vale of Milot, with background
of forest and a foreground sprinkled
with the palms and huts Of simple Gull
tivators. Dilapidated ruins and tan
gle Of tropical trees are the rueful rem
nants of the glory that was once the
palace without care and the garden of
delight of the king of slaves. ltst.
1t was off the coast Of Haiti, near the
site of this palace, that the flagship of
Columbus was wrecked, and here he
left most Of his men when he returned
to Spain for aid. Upon his return to
the settlement, which he called La
Navidad," he found the whole party
dead, including an Englishman named
Allard and an Irishman, who was en-
tered on the Santa Maria's books as
William of AUTHORIZATIONS Geo
graphic Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

THE independence of the farmer in
the matter of producing his own food
stuffs, has been admirably illustrated
in an investigation by the federal de-
partment of agriculture into the pur-
chases of nearly 1000 families in, var
ious sections of the country. The de-
partment found that Wisconsin farm
ers bought $3256 worth of foods per
person annually. Farmers, therefore,
spend just IS cents per week per per-
son for foodstuffs, the other foods COM
ing from the farm. Reducing this
standard to the daily basis, it costs the
average farmer a little less than II
cents day, or less than cents per
meal for each member of his family,
and each hired helper Those who are
buying foods in the city now at exorbi-
tant prices because of the small pro-
duction will be amazed that living can
be obtained so cheaply on the farm.
This despite the fact that many farm
ers largely supplement their summer
meat supply from city meat dealers or
itinerant meat peddlers. Many Wis
consin farmers, with large herds of
cows, are even buying their own butter
while disposing of all their milk at high
prices to cheese factories, condenseries
or city consumers, and still the total
cost of food per person in Wisconsin is
under the average for the country-a
little more than $32 per person per
wear.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

In SPITE of the slogan, "Back to the
farm!' the trend of American life is
away from the country to cities. Cen
sus bureau estimates based on the rate
of population increases from 1900 to
1910, discloses that 400 per cent of the
country's inhabitants now live in cities
of more than 5000, as against 1873 per
cent in 1910. The entire population of
the continental United States for 1916
has already been estimated at 102, Off,,
312. The total in the states, territories
and United States possessions is put at
112 444, $50.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
THE Illinois highway commission ha:

The Illinois highway, commission has
just issued an order requiring the re-
moval of all advertising signs from the
right-of-way of all state-aid roads. A
notice of this order has been sent to
sign and advertising companies so that
they may have an opportunity remove
any such signs before they are destroy
ed. In the future all signs or adver-
tisements must be placed outside the
right-of-way lines. The number Iof
signs along the roads has made many
of them unsightly and nuisance as
we'll as misleading TO the travelling
public.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Making Ready.

A Yorkshire collier repeatedly urged
his delicate wife to engage some one
to do the rough housework for her and
at last wrung from her a promise to do
so. On returning from the pit one aft
ernOon he found her scrubbing and
polishing the kitchen floor with all the
energy she could command.
''Hello, ovid wwoman. what's this
mean?' he questioned her. "Ah thowt
tina said tina would call in somebody to
do t. hard work for thee?"
"Ah, lad. an so All mean to- an
swered his conscientious wife, but All
thowt Aid make everything spick and
span before t woman came. SOS she
couldn't be goin' away an tellin t.
neighbors that she found t. house lost
i dirtr'-LOndOn Telegraph
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Watch the OutgO.

Representative Rainey of Illinois is
democrat. That did not prevent him
from warning congress the other day
that while it is taxing incomes as high
as any other country ever did in time
of peace, it has been mourning liabili-
ties on scale that will soon bring the
national legislators face to face with
the necessity of issuing bonds or i'm
posing new taxation. "We are con-
fronted," he declared, with the pos
sibility of attempting to collect five
hundred millions more in taxes. AS
Stunning that the war will be over in
1918, Mr.. Rainey added, ''the United
States, which hasabeen in no war, will
have the largest budget in all the
world, a budget amounting to about
81, $50, 900.
Uncontrovertibly, this is serious
situation. On one hand the salary
raising movement for government en-
ployees and in the other the prohibition
movement, threatening to cut down in
ternal revenue receipts, were pointed
to by Mr.. Rainey as incentives to re-
Election. What are the democratic leg
islators going to do? AS Mr.. Rainey
bluntly told them, they cannot longer
conceal their heads in the sand and
founder around helplessly. If con-
gress makes appropriations, it must
provide means for raising tbs money to
meet them. The nation is now heavily
taxed. Evidently it behooves the rep
resentatives of the people at Washing
ton to look very carefully into appro-
priation bills and guard against further
recklessness. Otherwise there will be
day of reckoning, when the people
s will make it very warm for their serv-
ants at Washington who. were entrust-
ed with responsibility and misused it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET
Continued From Page ~
If the real estate agents to be rented

of the real estate agents to be rented
or sold.
Deliveries of the new goods are be-
ing made slowly. The leaf had not
been in proper condition for taking
down until lately and the fine weather
which prevailed until recently gave the
growers opportunity for finishing their
outside work. The coming of the Sc
we're weather, however, has made in
door work more acceptable and as a
result the stripping of the new crop is
being rushed. Within the next week
or ten days, loads of tobacco will be
brought to the warehouses. The new
crop looks very good, and all indica-
tions point to it being one of the best
crops raised in long time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

RICHLAND county was first set off in
1850. Two years later, in describing
the county for the State Historical So
ciety, local citizen stated: 'There are
many large tracts of well-watered and
rich land in this county''-hence the
appropriateness of its name, Richland.
Arguing from analogy it might be sup
posed that the name of Rock county
was chosen to indicate the character of
the land Not so, however. Rock
county takes it's name from it's princi-
pal river. In the eighteenth century
this was called by the French 'Riviere
de la Roche" Rock river, after the
chain of rocks at the mouth of the
stream, in the vicinity of the modern
city of Rock Island, Illinois.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

The Federal Trade Commission has
not been investigating the news print
paper situation very long, but it is al
ready understood that the Commission.
ers are satisfied that no shortage of
paper exists in the United States. The
indications are that the big advance in
prices is due to an artificial condition
that has been created by the big paper
manufacturers, and the group of men
who control the output of paper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Late Breakfast.

II guess" the farmer said to his new
boarder from the city II guess We won't
want to get up very early in the MORN
ing, hey?'
"No. by heck said the city chap
with laugh II think I'd prefer to
sleep late
Cali right" said the farmer. ''In
that case. then. we won't have break
fast till 4:3O a. m.''-Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Auction Sale.

Having sold my farm, will sell at
auction on the premises, % miles west
of Milton junction, % miles south of
MELVILLE, on the town line road be-
tween Fulton and Milton, on Wednes-
day, Jan. II, 1917, commencing at 10
o'clock sharp, Is head of grade Guern-
sey cattle, full line of farm machin-
cry, hay, fodder, and other articles too
numerous to mention. The usual terms
will be given and free lunch served
at noon. w. T. Dooley will cry the
sale. o. G. STRIEGL.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
They've Never Been There.

"The Calder girls are seen every
where
"Not quite everywhere"
"No?"
81 dare say nobody has ever caught
them in the Calder kitchen."-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

INVESTIGATIONS by the Forest Pro-
ducts Laboratory at Madison, Wiscon-
sin, have resulted in the use of spent
tanbark in the manufacture of asphalt
shingles to the extent of 160 tons per
week. The value of the bark has been
thereby increased from 60 cents to
So. SO per ton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
IL Slipped Out,

!. Guest Cat hoteD-I say. landlord.
your food and service are worse than
they were last year. Landlord-Impos-
sible. sir!-Toronto Telegram.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Biz and Little.

The difference between fish and
troubles is that of the former it's al
ways the little ones we catch. while
the big ones get away.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Not Dressed For the Occasion.

The Fond Mother ito adventurous
offspring)-Come away from the cliff.
will yer. Do yer want to dash yerself
to pieces in yer best suit. = London
Sketch
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

THE cost of education in the United
States, according to the national board
of education, totals about 81, 900, 0O0, 600
per year. There are 23,000,O 600 people
attending the public school. hence the
cost per capita per year is about S45.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Just So.

"The world owes us all living"
Seems TO have its preferred cred
itors, though"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Desk For Sale or Exchange.

A five foot golden oak desk with
roller top and in first class condition.
Will sell or trade for smaller desk.
TWP DIR. w. w. MORRISON.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
Easy to Promise.

"How do you manage to keep your
cook so long?"
"My husband has promised her that
if she is working for us when we strike
oil he will buy her an auto
"But 1 didn't know you had any oil
prospects"
eve haven't Houston Post
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

"A man and team Wanted for few
days work. Apply to r. w. Roberts.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

Stock Pig for sale. Inquire of
Morris Hartzell, Phone 3O2 F15. TIFF
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

Nature trips us up when we strut.
Emerson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05

Emerson.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
LOST MOUNTAIN,

Freezes and continued wet and
damp weather like we have had
for the past 3 weeks puts our roads
to a severe test and teaches rs that
roads must be built to stand the
most extreme weather and it has
been demonstrated that roads must
have a good foundation or else the
wagons will cut through ordinary
top soil.
We believe the weather we had
this winter and the condition our
roads are now in will prove to our
commissioners what is the best ma
terial to build permanent roads.
The people still continue to
move. Wagons pass almost every
day with movers some going one
way and some another.
The rain, mud and cloudy wea-
Their continued so long the people
now are approaching this bright
sunshine and the bracing winds.
The administration of our new
county started when the roads were
certainly "out of fix. They have
an opportunity to make themselves
great name Our citizens are
already commenting on the econo-
my they have started in trimming
down expenses and so long as they
use strict economy they will have
the encouragement and hearty CO.
operation of our people
The big automobiles stopped pas
sing when our roads got so bad
but there was scarcely a day but
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12

what the little Fords kept going.
We expect to hear some more bor
weevil dope in 1917. The advice
is very good and our farmers do
need TO make sure of supplies for
they say Wen have to take TO the
woods" when the weevil comes
marching into our cotton patches.
Just give us the advice now in
broken doses" for it is getting a
little tiresome.
1917! Now for business. live
right Be honest. Pay your just
debts. Use economy. Keep out
of debt. Treat your neighbor
right. Go to Church and Sunday
school and do unto others as YOU
would have them do to you" is what
We leave with you for a starter for
the new year.
ALLEN.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-12
MOUNT ZION

We are having a good school at
Mount Zion under the MANAGEMENT
of Miss Olive Z. Faw
Mr.. W. L. Evans made a business
trip to South Georgia last week.
The singing at Mr.. Manner Da-
Wis was well attended Sunday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Brooks
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
A. E. Benson.
Mr.. r. L. Benson made a bust
ness trip to Alabama last week.
Miss Eula Mae Gentry, of Ac-
worth, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Walter Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Hardage.
Of Marietta were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Brooks Saturday
night and Sunday.
Misses Pauline Moore. Eva and
Mae Benson spent Sunday with the
Misses Boring.
Miss Pearl Kirk and Mr. Paul
Kirk hold business positions in At
lanta.
Miss Annie station and Mr.. Lee
Caldwell were married Saturday af-
ternoon.
The young people Of this place
are preparing for a pound supper
Tuesday night at Mr.. Roy Kinks.
in honor Of Miss Eula Mae Gen
try.
Mr.. and Mrs. DIN Tinsley have
moved into their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Brooks have
gone to housekeeping on MacIand
road
Mr.. John Allgocd's family have
moved into the Bob Irwin house on
Powder Springs road.
Master Cliff Benson visited his
Uncle, Mr.. G, R. Bentley, Friday
and Saturday night.
Miss Olive E. Faw, our school
teacher, is boarding with the fami.
~ OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Benson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James White. OF
Valdosta, &C., are visiting the fami.
ly of Mr.. John Peetree.
Last Sunday Mount Zion sunda,
school chose their same faithful
officers to serve again this year.
LITTLE ONE"