Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 202, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 25, 1903 Page: 3 of 4
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IN SLEEAMAiCA.
Once Gay Spanish Town Now m Picturesque Decay but the
DulUings That Are a Reminder of Its Former Glories
Still Exist Admiral Rodney's Statue v
Things Quaint and Curious
Gathered Here and There
THE SOCIAL
ICONOCLAST
13 A WONDERFUL WHITTLER.
NEW SEAL 13 APPROVED.
PONDEROUS WEAPONS OF OLD.
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ue town wain narrow streets without
sidewalks vervaded with a Sabbath-
like ttilinesn with dwellings at ev ry
tvrn tumbling down or fulling Into
fclctur.--hj to decay bnhlnd fcrltn tc lek
wallB Out rise up like barricades on
either ide of th 6!n-H; neaiected
garden and parks ruins of Ittitnennc
estate with no clang of oars tn awak
en tho stilly atmwphrre no rush and
bustb with now then.au occu-
The "Candlestick Tree."
(Crows iy In Jamaica )
ratter- a dull negletted sleepy f.-
pinual pedestrian pat-sing or a troop
of ki liool children with slates and
books tinder their arms weuding their
way to their humble homeii; or a mnle
driver flourishing and craiking his
whip i ( r the heads of his animals. -or
a 'bus rattling over tho white ground
on its way to meet tho train at Vhe
little railroad station where a rnotiey
throng Is alwavs collected cake wun--n
laden with tray tilled with tempt-
ii.g takes and covered with a snowy
white towel half grown girls offering
big yellow bananas at a penny a hand
barefmited bandannae d blacks of e? ry
description passing up and down bc-
fido the roaches holding their wares
up to the windows and Inviting pt-
tonage of the travellers while "he
curious idle constantly moving throng
who uu iely t ame to the station to h.ok
on at the sight and the propl.; makes
an ever varied and shifting scene t.;at
! as amusing as It is Impressive.
Hii'h is Spanish Town on the.MIo
Cohre the once fay capital if a-mair-a
which was known In ttooie
palmy days an St.. Jago do la m.
And how different is everything ' t.-
day. af it cre not for landmarks
and Trxinumenta that recall the history
if thoec brilliant olden times Spn:;l-h
Town would lp extremely nniiitetr-W
inf. hut King's House will ever ir-.-i
reminder of the ro hteiiiiR Spanish
governors . who hell their abode it.
tiiat r' loos mansion and of their ray
clicngs; it also ('tills forth reminis-c-t:i
ch -of tho ice pTft! cottws i;etd
by the '!rit!li euverrors. repre-enta-
the r.f the late Queen and of the
toval visitor who have taken op ih:ir
I'lfidi rc there.
Then ibi-te is the old barracks -mid
pf.r;'b ffi ootid Handing Just as it did
lt.' years ago. but no- converted into
a roiiitrb-.ilar depot; lioilney's Matiin.
which for more reasons than one is
the pji'le. .if the luhabttxnts of SpJue
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Kpondence.)
Governor-in-Chief tt iJ!0 island when
the capital of Jamaiua in
to Kingston and bow the Indignation
of tlio Spanish Tuwu people boiled !
and boiled until It -h';cara necessary i
for the legislative' council to Bend It j
back where it now stands. j
Farther down the street tho wtrhe i
walls of the prison loom up and
turning off into another little street 1
mo r.mies uddenly upon the rr e- !
' bra Cu.hed.al oi Spauilh Tow
The Cathedral has hern dubbed ' same old thing dressed a little differ-
"The Westminster Abbey of Jamaica" nily that's all. And that's the way
for every governor and notable person ; It went all the afternoon
who died in the Island previous to the I "I dropped In to Fee Mabel next
leruov al of the capital toIviiiKstou was
Interred here. It was formerly the
Iiaruiii cnurcn oi at. jaeo ae ia vega :
and it was one of tho ea.rli.cat acts of :
soierelguty exercised br Queen Vic-'
toria when eho created it iu 3S41 the
Cathedral.
The church Is rru ifurm in shape
the aisle running north and south bo- ;
li:g flagged with ancient tombstones !
beneath some of wnirh are Interred
the remains of notables. The aisle i
running east and iti is beautifully!
tiled with terra rotta marble. The I
steps leading to the altar and the fbxir
of the altar are ateo inlaid with this!
beautiful marble. :
The light from a roajmlficrnt stained ;
glass cast window shines tton the ;
bishop's throne carved ia mahogany '
and upholstered in red. Th walls 1
ar crowded with marble tablets and
memorials of all descriptions and the
nlrbfs hold magnificent marble nionu- i
merits and siatuos all i executed by i
master si nlptors the most admired I
of all the groups being that monument j
In memory of the Earl i f Effingham j
governor of the Island fj run lTlm to
17!"1. This was erected t the .expense i
of the House of Assenb!y..vlioe mem- .
bers utli iidi d the fuueiai iu a body j
as moiirnets the funeral b mors being
at the public expetcse. i
The pew are of rolid malioganv
Mm. of thorn being elaborately carved i
j The subdued light upon :n old flags
hoisted each side of the. main at'-le
fags that are highly pri.-d by the
tnie-h'-urt d. loyal Jamaicans. They
are the remains of those o; the first
West Indian regiment car:u -d In the
fnst Ashantee war and although
uearcd with scars of battle one can
still distinguish upon them the names
of tho other Wett Judia iimada that
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Kg-
Th g'rl who "waa generally chceT-
jful came in from an afterinxjn of cwlls
'with a. long fac. "Now what's tlie
' matter 'with you?" asked her mot'jer.
"Well this has been an afternoon
'Cf tdt-al smatdiiiH. Didn't know there
I wre bo many buBybodies to Kpoll
one's faith until to-day. I haven't an
! idwil left. All my little balloons lave
j cou.o plopping plopping down to
earth. I have learned that there are
no heights and that what I imuKined
wore heights are simply clouds). There
Is nothing lovely under the Run;
j every thing and every 'one Is suiirch-
' ed."
"Where have you boon a.sked her
mother.
"Well first I went to Mrs. Liter-
; arj's. 1 tsald I didn't know when. I eii-
Joyed a lecture as 1 did Mr. Header's
i the- other night and Mr. Literary
j fairly fell over herself to tell mo that
; 'most of the lecture was stolen' and
i that s'ue had "read the greater part
J "f it. In Kineraon's essays. You know
I don't know a 'tlitiiB about Emerson's
' esssys so I t'tioutjht fha inli;ht be
' right therefore 1 shipped tit onco to
i light opera with -which I flattereu
i myself I was well acquainted. I
uaid there was i-ome fascinating
i catchy music In tho latest comic
S opera favorite and Mrs. Theatergoer
! vho also wag caliing on Mrs. I.iter-
ary sniffed and remarked that 'the
j music la that opera was as ancient
j as the hills Just old stuff made over.'
j Then I switched hack to lierature
again and ventured that the novel of
' the clay was a mignty interesting
! book and Mrs. Literary squelched me
! with 'The plot oJthat book has bPen
' used hundreds of times. It's the
1 You know Bhe makes no pretense of
knowftig anything about books music
or art I thought I should find solace
there but phe dlsjilayed a disagree-
able knowledge of people. I mention-
ed that Mr. Klauk was an admirable
Matrimony
The attractive woman of forty was
undergoing a rigid examination by
the young woman who bad been mar-
ried three months.
"Why bave you never marriedf
she askei'. "Of course I know a
woman With your attractions has had
many chances but on the other hand
; you do not act like a person tvho has
j been prevented from marrjiug be-
; cause of some unfortunate love affair
i That's why I venture to ask you why
' you've tMrver married"
"Of course I have had chances to
' marry; most woman do here" was
the reply. "It's simply because I'm so
happy unmarried that I have decided
; never to 've up single bliss. I've
j done a lot of observing of married
I people and I'm quite ready to deliver
i a lecture on this subject Now here it
is:
"The peevishness of young married
1 men the ilhace with which they
j bear the burdens of married life is
doing mTre. to make young women
j look with disfavor on matrimony than
! higher ei!iKa.t!on or a desire to be in-
I dependent. 'When a young woman
; sees a man who had a sweet -tempered
: wife act aggrieved If she expresses a
j desire for lus company once iu a
while; whn .she sees film bearish and
I inconsiderate .of bis life's well-meant
attentions; vlpn she hears him com-
plain because his money must be
shared by another; when she hears
him groan that fc-a no longer has only
himself t-j think of when a youn1;
woman observes .ill these things I
say. she makes a silent vow that she
will remain a spinster all her life
and decides that (l is much better to
struggle with the world than to bear
the continual irrjiui.de taunts of a
husband.
"The groat trouble ;'s that a man
wishes his wife to be y-ery much mar-
ried but he himself wunts to be as
free as in his tachelor days. IU)
would consider himself '!)-treated if j
b'3 wife should act as If sbe were stilt
a daughter in her father's house and
Ui)i no responsibilities. Jle would
vehemently protest if he should come
home to supper and find h r absent
and upon het return later Vear her
say 'Oh I met mine of the oVt crowd
of girls and we decided we'd no for a
trolley rule and then have a lit u o sup-
per afterward. All sorts of a good
time.' He wanld declare at once that
he had grounds for a divorce. He
would make things pretty lSvHy it bis
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man so devoted to his work am
such a pertect gentleman. She em
phatieally declared that he was 'a
roaring bluff looked serious and
shirked his work on to others and
treated his family atrociously.' Then
I spoke In enthusiastic ternis of Mrs.
Stunnlng's figure and she assured me
that it was all artificial. I learned
that the manly looking little Blue-
blood boy was callable of mean tricks'
that most handsome men were vici-
ous that pretty girls were invariably
made up and that my bosom friend
did not do me a favor becauss she
liked me but because the bad some
axe to grind.
"I suppose these same people go
around telling i-hildrm there are no
fairies and old people that the Iliblo
fin which their faith is pinned is noth-
ing but an ordinary book. I suppose
they tell trusting wives that their hus-
bands are not always upright and
fond -mothers that their children are
lar from angels. I suppose they stick
their noi.es into every one's business
and make every one uncomfortable.
Why. you know one of these cranks
that I called upon this afternoon went
so far as to tell me that I was not
what I seemed. She raid she knew
I was not naturally cheerful but
adopted that manner because I knew
the world did not care for a melan-
choly person and that she had also
a suspicion that I had a nasty temper
under my sweet e m tie. The edd cat!"
"And what did you say to all these
disagreeable people?" asked the girl's
mother.
"Well 'I told them that 'w hen Ignor-
ance was bliss 'twas folly to be wise'
and that I hoped I should always re-
main In ignorance of the shortcomings
of my frlens and relatives and that
I was not In sympathy with people
who were always trying to undermine
another's air castle."
The girl's mother smiled. "And then
you wondered because some sharp-
tongued person told you that you had
a nasty temper under your sweet
fm!le.'
as
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wife ttook upon herself only those
duties .w hich she had before marriage
and insisted on having servants to (ki
the rest of the work. He would rise
np In his wrath if bis wile said 'Here
take care of the baby this evening. I've
been working hard all day and now
mean to go out and enjoy myself.' lie
would say his wife was extremely sel-
fish if she lik no interest in him
aside from his earning money to feed
and dot ho her. And still there are
few husbands who manifest much .in-
terest 1 in their wives except to De-
mand that the house be kept in decent
order and lhat the cooking be of -the
best.
"If it is hard for a man to adjust
himself to the new order of things;
if ft is hard for him to remember
that there is some one to think of be-
sides himself; If it is difficult lor him
to consider that another's pleasure is
U be considered before his it is also
difficult for a woman to remember that
she has responsibilities before un-
dreamed -of. It is exasperating fo.-
her to know that she must sit down
and mend when she would like to
make a "rail on a jolly .unmarrifd
friend. It is a cross to her to with-
draw from some gay party because
she. must be home to get dinner or to
f "" t her iord and master when be
returns from business. It is initating
when she rs absorbed in a book to
have to fli-op it to attend to the ice-
man or to give orders about taking
out the ashes. If there are times j
when a man wishes sincerely that he 1
were not married there are times j
when a woman wishes the same thing '
just as hearti'y. f
"A woman would gladly take upon !
herseif the responsibilities of married j
life and perform her duties to the !
best of her alWty if she knew she I
were going to receive appreciation
and comradeship 'jrora her husband j
But the average husband acts as if !
his wife had dime him an iujury In j
marrying at all constantly chafes for I
his freedom as he chooses to call it !
.and Is wholly on; nipatbetic and
uncongenial."
"You don't know a thing of what j
you're talking" said rte young mar- !
riod woman hotly. "My husband is !
just the nicest kindest nost sympa-
thetic "
""Wait until you've -en married
thre? years Instead of thre mo-.ths."
said the nnmarryed woman cynically
as she left her ftvend spiitttri'ng with
indignation.
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George A. Jones of Philadelphia Chal-
lenge the World.
fieorge A. Jones of Philadelphia
challenged the world to produce his
equal as a whlttler. The challenge
brought a reply from B. F. Clay of
Fernwood who offered in evidence a
wonderful display of his work.
Mr. Clay is 75 years old and a ma-
chinist by trade. In the illustrations
given here ate shown two varieties of
chains each of which he cut out of
one piece of wood.
The fire-sided link or anchor chain
shown Is of cedar. The idea was
taken by Mr. Clay from a watch chain.
Another section of this chain is the
eight-link production referred to above
with farcy bit forming a pentagon
the hoilovved-out inside containing a
double loop knot made of the stick's
core extending latera'ly when pulled.
The pentagon with five sides open
revolves on the core.
A chain rnada of links each con-
talnlng six links. Is of the twist va-
riety and lays flat. Mr. Clay has made
many articles besides chains such as
tweezers pinchers and furniture sets
but he has made a specialty of chains
and believes that in that line be
stands foremost.
'INFLUENCE OF THE OCEAN.
Tha Power of the Mystic Sea Affects
Alt Men.
Throughout all ages in every ciinv
to people of every race the forces of
aid ocean have ever appealed with
Irresistible power. Its vast area Its
solemn grandeur in repose. Its sub-
lime spectacle when lashed to fury
by the wind its mystic depths where
lie the fleshless human victims cf its
aiJghty wrath and whence issue
strange forms and fearsome noises
all are potent in their awe-inspiring
effect on the beholder. Under Its
magic spell ordinary mortals stand Jn
respectful silence for lack of power
to express their thoughts which may
be none the less profound because of
the Inability to give them verbal ut-
terance; but poets with their meed
cf skill bave ever tried with well-
termed phrase to tell us of old Nep-
tune's moods his smiles and frowns
and vagaries. Even among the com-
mon fisher-folk this great Influence is
w
The Grey Man's Path.
noticeable in its effect upon their eu-
persiitions. The accompanying picture Is of a
scene f.o the coast rocks at Fairhead
near Ballycastle in Ireland. Fhir
LeHh or The Gray Man's Fath. is a
fissure in the precipice and viewed
either from land or sea is never to be
forgotten. It seems as though some
supernatural power had caused the
fearful chasm that divides the rooky
promontory so that it might vIkIi or
summon the spirits of the deep v Itb-
out treading a road made by mortal
hands. In Its narrow part the passage
la spanned by part of a large basalt
pillar suggesting a gigantic bridge.
farther on the rasnage widens; its
dark sides tower to a greater height
giving a more wild and sember. mag-
nificence to the scene and at lfitgib
the face cf the nil;
' rca.'he 1 w h- re ti
roll? its t!nafcMi::
Th Inde.ei;-'? of
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Appropriate Device Tor Department of
Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Cortelyou have approved the design
for a seal of office for the new depart-
ment of commerce and labor submitted
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The Department Seal.
by Tiffany & Co. and oiders have been
given to cut the die.
This is said to be the first device
adopted for any of the government de-
partments which Is absolutely correct
in all heraldic details and at the same
time having full significance in the
varied duties and purposfs of tho de-
partment. Tho ship Is adopted as tho
symbol of commerce and the anvil
and hammer typify industry and labor.
The crest ia the eagle of tho American
arms and denotes tho national scope
of the department.
"The Cruel Plant."
Our picture illustrates a curious
Canadian climber upon which there
has beeu bestowed the name of the
"Cruel riant" because of tho way in
which It treats certa'u 1 utter flies. It
Is an autumnal bloomer and the in-
sects attracted by 'ts perfume hover
round and push their probosces into
its corolla on honey-sipping intent.
But the act is fatal for the poor flies
get gripped tightly by a pair of re-
maskable vegetable pincers In the
heart of the flower and held until
death terminates the struggle.
Difficult Writing.
It Is easy to write with the! hand
and after considerable practice one
can learn to write a few letters or
numbers with the foot. Try how-
ever to write two or three letters with
the foot and hand simultaneously and
you will find it extremely difficult
Yet if you practice Ions enough you
can in time learn to do it. Here is a
fcut which according to those who
have tried it is practically impos-
sible though a few admit that it may
be accomplished by persons of extra-
ordinary patience. It also consists in
writing a few letters or numbers with
the hand and foot but in this case the
letters are to be written In the normal
direction by the hand ami In the op-
posite direction or backward by the
xit and it is precisely herein that
the great difficulty lies. Those who
desire to try this experiment need not
use either pen or pencil. Just let
them draw letters of a large size on
two sheets of paper and then see if
they can move hand and foot over the
lines simultaneously but iu opposite
directions.
TATTOO MARKS SERVE TO
England at the present time Is al-
most the only country of Europe where
anarchists are allowed to conspire at
ease. France on the other hand keeps
a numerous secret police corps the
only duty of which is to closely watch
the compagnons" particularly those
who are foreigners.
How many anarchists have left
France for the United States where
they are well received it would be
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'igpl.y r ! i::-rl to . '!. At nil c ' "a v'. l':"--vt- ' - -r-
i !i-J c': n.-o th '; r-r . v ' - I -' . r ' "
Such Were Those Used by Fierce VAh
Century Fighters.
In the old feudal days in England
llrength and skill counted for evuy-
tning in the constant si niggles for su-
premacy in those strenuous times
the human being w ho was ph;. sh ally
weak or who ((united on a weapon
In any sense inferior to others for his
defense was indeed most unfortunate.
The student of contemporaneous his-
tory can scarcely repress a shudder
of honor especially if ho be at all
imaginative when reading an account
of a battle fought In that bloody ago.
Those fierco hand-to-hand conflicts
when skulls were split with mas.sive
battle ax or the no less deadly x lay-
more and men frantically clutched at
each others throats each seeking to
first deliver the final dagger thrui.t
were among the most terrible on rec-
ord; and w hen we reflect that in near- '
)y every instance they weie incited
by causes of a most trivial natuie wo
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The Seaton Sword.
should be thankful that ours is a mora
enlightened age.
The weapon shown in our picture
known as the Seaton sword is a re-
markably fine and unusually larg9
specimen of the old Scottish two-
handed variety which is a valued
heirloom of the Seatons of Cariston.
The blade Is forty-nine inches in
length; the total length of the weapon
is five feet nine inches and it weighs
iseveD and one-half pounds.
Calmly reasoning from this charac-
teristic heirloom we detect in it just
such hardy skllless overbearing
power as history informs us was tha
character of the medieval baron be-
fore the rise of the burgher class re-
adjusted the social balance. j
DOG FOND OF CHICKENS
Quadruped Has Mothered Brood of'
Huffy Young Ones.
A citizen of South McAlester is the'
owner of a remarkably smart dog.
called Sunbeam. Sunbeam is a water
spaniel about two years old and haa
always been a great pet in the house-
hold. About six weeks ago a brood'
of chicftens was hatched their mother
dying soon after. Sunbeam at once
began to manifest great interest Irs
the little orphans and took them la
charge. At first its owner was afraid
he would injure them but ho would
hark and carry on so that he was at
last given the whole charge of thorn'
and his joy knew no bounds. Ka
stranger dares to touch his newly
adopted children and all day he fol-
lows them from place te place ail over
the yard. If one of them happens tc
wander off a short distance from the
rest he is uneasy until it is back
again. At night the little chicks find
a roosting place in Sunbeam's shaggy
coat and if they are not to bed by a
certain time Sunbeam goes after tha
tardy ones. The tiny chicks scent to
realize that. Sunbeam is their protec
tor and will peep long and load il
they lose sight of him. They ara
thriving under Sunbeam's rare just as
well a? if their mother were alive.
Kansas City Journal.
IDENTIFY ANARCHISTS.
a decree of expulsion; furthermore
the "Bertillonage" would not be prac-
ticable. There is' however the tattooing
which is quite common among anar-
chists particularly those of Italian
nationality. Tattoo marks are very
hard to eradicate and even if the skin
Is removed to prevent identification
trace of the wound remains. The tat-
too marks here reproduced belong tc
anarchists of various nationalities the
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