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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
PRIESTS OF PALLAS BALL.

The Great Social Event at Kansas City At
tended by Nearly Five Thousand People.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 4. - The
Priests of Pallas ball, firmly estab-
lished as Kansas City's great annual
social event, is for months awaited
with eager anticipation by thousands
of people within and without the city.
Last night saw a grand outpouring OF
guests, who crowded into the hall, fill
ing every available nook and corner,
until it was estimated that not
less than 5000 people had
entered the doors. The ball
is always a pronounced success,
and this annual recurrence of the
event was no exception to the rule. A
dance at which 5000 people are in at.
tendance is a tremendous thing to con.
duct to the satisfaction of everyone
but the event of last night was man
aged in such a n as to leave
nothing but kind memories and com
~plimentary regrets in the minds OF
dancers and spectators.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
LUNAR
The Largest Ever obtained Were Taken
at the Paris Observatory.

The LARGEST Ever obtained Wets Heheo
at the Paris Observatory.
The Observatory Of Paris possesses o
telescope by means OF which photo
graphs Of celestial bodies of remark.
able size and clearness can be taken.
BY the aid Of this great instrument the
astronomers Of the observatory have
just taken a series Of photographs Of
the moons surface which are said to be
the largest ever obtained.
The value of lunar photographs, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean, is very great
to astronomers. Formerly they went
TO infinite trouble in sketching aspects
OF the moon, and two persons seldom
produced drawings of the same thing
which were not contradictory. The in
cessant changes in the moons surface
caused by the rays Of the sun compli-
Gated the draughtsmau's task. The
most detailed chart of the moon
ever obtained was of q diameter OF six
feet. j. Schmidt, of the Observatory
of Athens, passed the years from 1910
To 1874 In completing It.
The Photographic method alone gives
indisputable results. No details escape,
anu pTOOlb ODtalneu aBTee aOSOluJcly.
The subsequent enlargement gives a
photograph Of about the same size as
the largest charts Of the moon made by
hand. The portion Of the moons sur
face photographed Is remarkable for a
great series of c~raters, which pass from
the center to the south Of the earth's
satellite. At the bottom Of the photo.
graph is the great circle Of Ptolemaeus,
of which the actual diameter on the
moons surface is estimated to be lal
miles. The height Of its circular ram
part is said TO be II, ZOO feet.
Immediately above is Alphonsus,
IS miles in diameter, with n
central peak 5000 feet high. To the
left is Albategnius, with a diameter OF
OF miles and a peak toward
the northeast 1880 feet high. A mar
row crater, called Alpetragius, to the
southeast Of Alphonsus, has a depth o.
10,950 feet. Thebut is 1900 feet deeI
and Purbach 5000 feet. The photo
graphs will form part Of q new com
plete map Of the moons surface which
1t is proposed to make.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
NEW ENGLAND BLAZE.
Rhode Isisnd Cotton Mills Rurncd-Los
over One Million Dollars.

Rhode Isisnd Cotton Mills Burned-Los
over One million Dollars.
WARREN, II. l., Oct 4-One of the
largest fires that has ever occurred In
southeastern New England broke out
In one OF the mills of the Warren
Manufacturing Co, situated about y
mile from the center OF this town, just
after midnight last night. and before
u was gotten under control IL had
swept through three large cotton mills,
two warehouses, small sheds, freight
cars and other property, causing a loss
which is estimated at more than ST..
900, 900.
The fire started in the wash room
hear the engine room of No. l mill and
spread with great rapidity through the
building and threatened adjoining
property. Within an hour after the
blaze was discovered the flames were
roaring through all three mills. The
magnitude of the fire at once became
apparent to the local department and
help was Immediately summoned from
Bristol, Fall River and Providence. An
engine from Fall River, N from Bris-
toll and two steamers, two hose carts
ard three companies from Providence
responded, arriving on special trains.
The scene when these out-of-town
companies arrived vas appalling. The
whole of the southern part OF the little
town seemed to be a roaring mass of
dames, threatening not only the teue-
ment houses of the manufacturing
company near by, but even endanger-
- Al. l..xz., -.xt ~ tLo tx.r cav,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

tbs rose comes first in Importance
among flowers, and the lily next.
INSECTS lay their eggs under the
rough bark of trees Keep all loose
bark rubbed of.
Tn remedy for scurvy black louise
in the orchard is strong soapsuds, we
would say to an inquirer.
BUDDING does not increase the hardi.
ness of the peach tree. II it is tender
TO begin with, IL will remain tender
after budding.
As NO blackberry is free from rust. II
should be expected and guarded
against by cutting of the affected
parts and burning them.
The orchard should be set on rich
land. not only because the trees need
such land, but profitable crops may be
grown on it while the trees are matur-
ing.
or all the friends that the farmer
and horticultsrist has, in the way u
insects, not one stands ahead of tn,
lady hug. They are the lions among
insects; they live wholly on insects
Farmers Voice.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
YANKEES FULL OF CURIOSITY.
Visitors to War ships show the Great
National Characteristic.

National Characteristic
Whenever q ship of the United States
is anchored In an American harbor,
says the Washington Star, the officers
are sure that they will have to serve
the purpose Of the curiosity seekers.
''The great American public, said one of
Uncle Sans noble eamen the other
day, lis fully aware that it owns its
share Of a battle ship OIL a gunboat,
and It intends to have the worth of its
money when an opportunity offers" 1t
Is claimed by the officers that they do
not object to allowing persons who de-
sire to see @ man-of-war to wander over
the ship and see what II is like, but
they do object to the curiosity Of some
persons who insist in coming into the
wardroom and going through their cab
ms and all their private effects, as il
they owned those articles as well as the
ship. San Diego, CAL, is said to be the
place most abhorred by officers on ac-
count Of curiosity seekers. One OF
them said that a mar could not lie down
In his cabin and get the sleep necessary
to stand watch without being reused
out with the exc.amation: why. here's
one Of 'em. and he's asleep. Come and
look, girls" AT other times the crowd
wosld gather around the skylight over
the wardroom and watch the officers Mt
meals, making such comments as they
chose on the appearance Of the men and
what they were eating, as II they had
been a part of a~menagerie that had just
been fed. "Save us from riding at anchor
ut San Diego" say the officers who have
been there.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
Scarlet Fever Settled in the Back.
An Operation Was Unsucce ss.
fully Performed.
The Patient Was Finally Restored, After
Eighteen Years.

From tie Egeaiu Ns,zs. Neparh, ~ j.
About eighteen. years ago, when Mrs.
Ankle Dale, OF IS Bruce street, was a bright,
merry school girl, she was taken i'll with
scarlet fever. She recovered, but she was
a very different girl from a physical stand.
point. She was cured OF the scarlet fever,
lut IL left her with an affection Of the back.
As she grew older tie pain seemed to in
crease. Her sufferings were intensified by
her household duties, but she never com.
planned, and with one hand pressed tightly
TO her back she did her work about her coy
home.
81 was fourteen years old when I was at
tackled with scarlet fever, and have now
suffered with my back for eighteen years.
might aud day | suffered. 1t really
seemed as II l must succumb to the pain,
and then, to make matters worse, my head
ached so badly that ] could scarcely see, at
times. Finally I went to st. Michael's Hos
pital, at the corner of High Street and Cen.
trial Avenue, and there the surgeons per.
formed a difficult operation on my back, but
II did no good IL was like everything else.
l was told at the hospital TO return for an.
other operation, but the first had left me so
weak l could not go back, Then again I
had become discouraged aud my three chill
dren needed my attention and care at home.
The pain became harder to stand and my
back was almost broken, il seemed. ]
NOhAA ~ hhtN "oo1 ~ NNONAt
be like to be well again when i was told to
try DIR. Williams PM Pills. With many
doubts, n faint heart aud an aching back j
went TO get the pills, and little dreaming that
they would prove the elixir of n new life TO
me, | began to take them. Only a short
time elapsed before l began to improve.
Could IL be possible that DIR. Williams Pink
Pills were doing what everything else had
failed TO accomplish L asked myself the
question many times and before long l was
enabled by my improved condition to an.
swer h query with an emphatic Yes
Now the pain of almost twenty years is
cured by these Pink Pills in n few months.
l have no pain of any kind now, but / nave
got some of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and while ] do not think it will
ever be necessary to use them again, i shall
certainly never be without them In the
house."
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in q con.
densed form, oil the elements necessary To
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also Q
specific for troubles peculiar to females
such as suppressions, Irregularities and al
forms OF weakness. They build up the
blood, aud restore the glow of health to pale
and sallow cheeks. In men they effect Q
radical cure in all cases arising from menta
worry, overwork or excuses of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (nevel
in loose bulk) at 90 cents a box or SIX boxe,
for 81. so, and may be had of all druggists, Of
direct by mail from DIR. Williams Medicin,
Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
NO FIGHT IN x
The Legislature Sustains Gov. Culberson by
Practically u Unanimous Vote.

The Legislature Sustatns Gov. Culberson by
Practically u Unanimous Vote.
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 4.-There will be
no prize fight at Dallas October 81 be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons. This
fact was settled yesterday afternoon
by the Texas legislature in exactly
three hours by the watch. The two
committees, one in the senate and the
other in the house, gave an audience
to the Dallas attorneys all the morning
to ascertain their objections and
protests to the passage of the law.
After hearing the gentlemen until
noon the two committees adjourned.
In the afternoon when the two houses
met at 3 o'clock both committees were
ready to report and the senate bill was
very promptly considered. From the
time the bill was placed before the
senators to the time it passed
was exactly fifty-ive minutes. Dur
ing this time Senator Dean opposed
the bill and Senator LaslSer spoke in
it's favor. There were only two gen.
tlemen who spoke on the bill, the bal
ance satisfying themselves by voting.
The vote on the fra passage of the
bill was % ayes n l nay, Dean being
the negative voter. The bill was inn
mediately sent over to the
house, and at 4 o'clock that
body began discussing it, sub
stituting the senate bill for the house
bill. After several gentlemen had
spoken on the bill and the emergency
feature, pro and con. a final vote was
reached at 6 4 o'clock precisely, and the
bill passed the house by a vote of ITO
10 5. Thus, within three hours, did
Tie Texas legislature forever put an
end to prize fighting II Texas.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
SKILL IN THE DAIRY.
How One May Succeed Under Any nj
All Circumstances

" VIM Fh6y uttsS shaNE hhy ahs
All Circum instances.
In producing a pound of butter, says
Prof. Robertson, there are 66 times
more room for skill than in the pro
duction of ! pound of potatoes. Dairy.
ing offers a man the best chance foi
putting his skill into money. The OBJ
ject OF the butter-maker is to get the
fat out Of the milk with as little OF
the other constituents In the milk AZ
possible. In every 100 pounds Of but
| tor there should be about 10 pounds Of
water. 81 pounds OF butter fat, 3
pounds of salt and 2 pounds OF the
other constituents In the milk. A COW
is not a machine, but a living organ
ism, and therefore will not give u diff
ferent product because she takes diff
ferept food. The food does not affect
the blood OF a COW, from which milk
is largely formed. Food will affect
the quality OF the milk sometimes by
changing the composition OF the fat
itself. II the quantity of fat is not af-
fected the volatile fats from the food
will become part of the fat in the
milk, and give it's peculiar flavor to
the milk. These volatile navors be
expelled by heating milk or cream to
$50 degrees. The case with which
cream may be separated from the
milk sometimes depends upon the kim
of food a cow takes. Cows for making
butter should be handled under such
conditions as will give them perfect
repose. Cleanliness should be strictly
observed. Impure air Of the sta BILE
will affect the milk, and ensilage will
not injure the milk when fed to COWS.
When cows have been milking q long
period or have been overheated, OF
without salt, the milk will become
sticky and prevent = complete separa'
tion Of the cream. BY having u few
fresh-calved cows milk to mil with
the milk of cows that have been milk
ing a long time, q better quality o'
butter can be made. Keep the cream
sweet and cold. and use y suitable fer
mentAtion starter, and you will get .
quality Of butter In January ~ goot
a. the quality Of June butter. IL cream
Is properly tempered, . temperature %
from 81 to IS will be suitable for churn
ing and IS minutes will be long enough
To get butter. -Prairis Farmer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10

returns than the money devoted to the
roads. The League Of American Wheel
men has been gathering statistics oil
the question for n number Of years.
One case that points a moral as well
as can be desired Is that of the village
of Moorstown, n. j. For a number OF
years real estate there was not market
able at any price. The country was
In a wretchcd condition. Finally the
town supervisors got together and
voted bonds to the extent of forty
thousand dollars for road building,
with the result that real estate Is
enjoying q steady demand and the
country is being supported by garden
truck that can only be transported to
market by teams.
Realizing that the matter OF road inn
provement could best be brought to
the attention Of the farmer by an ar
gumento of dollars and cents, the league
has complied q great deal OF literature
on the direct cost Of building roads
and the direct returns that such an
outlay will produce. Taking the state
Of Illinois, it is found there has been
built during the past ten years 9s5
miles of improved roadway. This i'm
provemen. has been confined to thirty
counties. In forty-hve other counties
the roads are what are termed mud
roads. Basing calculations on the last
ten years it is found the thirty improved
counties have been assessed for the
building and care of the highways a
total of SO. 93i, 3+6. In the mud districts
there has been spent 81, 600, s4s, OF near
ly two-thirds as much. and they are in
no better condition than they were ter
years ago.
A comparison of values shows thai
the land in the improved counties ha:
an average value OF sci, rs an acre, while
that in the mud district IS valued a
SI2.9 o. an acre. The total assessment or
behalf of roads has been 50. SIS for eacl
500 valuation in the improved coun
ties. while those districts that hav,
spent their money in piling the mud
up in the center of the roads a couple
of times a yea have saved 43 cents OF
each 500, an amount that has in al
likelihood been spent many times e'el
In horses and repairs to wagons anc
harness made necessary by the awfu
condition of the roads during severa
months of the year. The average cos
OF constructing gravel roads is various
ly estimated at from 81 coo to 81. 500 pei
mile, according to the locality. Dir
roads require two-thirds OF that sun
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
Nome, Value of Good Roads.

As an illustration of the Importance
OF good roads it is stated that in Union
county, n. j., the farming lands have
increased in value an average of seOC
per acre owing To the improved system
OF road construction. An engineer re-
Gently calculated that the annual cost
of bad roads in Virginia was no less
than s4,eT5, 400, 99l. This he charges to
inte rest on the depreciation of land,
additional cost of hauling d~eprecis-
ton Of vehicles and depreciation OF
horses. This amount Of money, he
adds, would cover the expense Of build
ing 1,7io miles OF the best macadsm
roads each year.-N. Y. Sun
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
COMING GOLD IN OREGON.
Estabushmsnt of . Mint Nearly naif q
Century Ago.

Estabtish1sn t OF . Mint Nearly HAif
Century Ago.
Probably II is known only to q small
number now living in Oregon that 10
early times Oregon made her own
money. The first efforts to create o
currency under the provisional govern
ment Of the territory fifty years age
rave results that many now would
think strange and amusing. In is45 a
law was passed to regulate the cur
rency which made gold, silver treasury
warrants, approved orders on solvent
merchants, and wheat delivered at
places where the people were accus'
toned to receive wheat legal tender
for taxes and satisfaction OF jujg
ments. An act vas also passed by the
Legislative committee" declaring TINT
In cases "where no special contract Ind
been made between the parties avail
able orders, wheat, hides, tallow. beef,
pork, butter, lard, peas, lumber, or
other articles Of export Of this terri
tory" should be 'lawful tender ut their
current value"
This mint was TO coin ten and five
dollar gold pieces. Thomas Powell, o
blacksmith, did the forge work. Will
liam II. Rector the lathe work and
Hamilton Campbell the engraving on
dies. A full description Of the con-
struction and organization Of this mint,
with fac-simile illustrations of this
product, mny be seen near the end OF
the first volume Of j. Henry Browns
political History Of Oregon" 1t Is q
curious illustration Of the easy methods
of doing business in those times that
no record was kept of the
coined or number of pieces, but IL is
supposed that the total coinage of this
mint was about sixty thousand dollars,
pretty equally divided in amount be.
tween the tens and ives. The mint
seems to have shut down at last be
cause the man in charge found II didn't
pay" The dies were long supposed
lost, but one day they were found
among the rubbish Of an old shed al
Oregon City by d. P. Thompson and
sent to the office of the secretary OF
state at Salem where they are pre-
served as curious relics. Only a few
pieces of the gold coined at this mint
are known to have been preserved
Most of them were soon melted up, foi
they were without alloy, and contained
more gold than the coins of standard
value. Tho product Of this mint was
known as beaver money" from the
principal figure on the coins, which
wa a beaver mounted on a log. But IL
was a long time after the disappearance
Of this money from circulation until
coin Of the United States came much
into use here. Down to 1869, or even
later, most Of the money in use in Gre.
gon and Washington was coin Of pri.
vate mintagc made in San Francisco.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
An Educated Land Turtle.

A land turtle that without fail for
twenty-six years has regularly ap
peared at the home of Michael Mackey
at Parker Ford, Chester county, Pa.
came to time a few days ago and is be.
ing proudly exhibited around Ports.
town by Mr., Mackey. That gentleman
asserts that there can be no installing
his turtle, a. the initials of his name
are emblazoned ON its she'll. lie sayt
that its training has been so we'll de-
veloped at his home that at the sound
Of the dinner bell 1t comes into the din,
ing-room to receive its allotment oi
food. 1t stays around the Mackey
premises until September and then
goes OFF TO It's winter quarters.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
ejaculation May He a Crime.

In nearly every country stealing
kisses is illegal, and in some it is held
TO constitute an assault. But such theft,
do not always land the thief.in prison
There r authenticated instances
where the thief has been rewarded will
the heart and hand Of the uninjuved
party. In a case recently reported ir
the papers, the name of the thief met
the eye of = wealthy relative. who
made him his heir, and the fellow mar
ried the woman in the ease. and now
they are rich and happy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
A DAINTY STRIPED BASS.
The Tlsh Was Toe DigninsA to ssrsnbis
fer Its Hood.


for Its Tosd.
Fish In captivity" said . man %
long acquaintance with fishes. ''oftsn
become very tame, and sometimes the,
develop pcculisrities. In an aquarium
that l was connected with once, som
years ago. we had in = table tank six
striped bass. varying from six to thii.
~ inches in length. Five Of thsss
bass used to feed ravenously, but the
sixth one, the biggest Of all. would wait.
The Eve would rush up and hustle 70,
the food when 1t was put In the water
the big n would lie down In n cor
ner and not come up at all. though,
he must be of his feed, and | thought
I'd have to get some dclicacy for him.
''But one day when l had fed the
others, the big one still lying on the
bottom, l tapped on the side of this
tank and held out q live killie. III:
came up and took the lillie sharply
there wasn't anything the matter with
him; he was lively and oil right, and
couldn't account for his holding back
except that he considered II beneath
his dignity to come up then and scrau
pic WIN thc fcSe ioi thc ioou tnroWt
in the tank, and that he preferred t,
wait.
after that regularly | fed the bi,
bass separately; after ] had put tn,
food for the rest in the tank | woult
hold out his and he would come up an,
take it out of my hands. fed him il
this way every day for four months
until we lost him and all the rest a
the fish in this tank by an accident"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
The Prize Fight.

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 4,-Dan Stuart
was in consultation all day yesterday
with railroad representatives, notably
of the Santa Fe and Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas roads. The first named wishes
the fight TO take place at Ardmore,
/. T., while the NJ, X, & I. is trying
to get it at Coloerts, on its line, a
few miles north OF Denison. Stuart is
undecided, but the general opinion is
that the fight is more likely to take
place ut Colberts than anywhere else.
New Laredo, Mex, and Texarkana.
Ark, are also candidates, but with
xery little prospect Of either getting it.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-10
KARNivAL kREwE PARADE.
Kansas City's Annual Event Witnessed by
Thousands of Visitors.

kansas Citys annual Event Witnessed by
Thousands of Visitors.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. THE sea-
son of fall festivities in Kansas City
vas brought to a fitting close to-day
in the great annual parade of the Kar-
nival Krewe, which far surpassed
anything in the line ever un-
dertaken here, or. perhaps in the
west. In addition to the ~grotesque
features of the parade there was
a grand military parade, participated
in by several companies of the national
guard from Missouri aud Kansas. The
parade started at 1880, and along the en-
tire line of march the display of beauty,
comedy and soldiery was witnessed by
the largest crowd ever in the city on a
like occasion. In the evening King
Kie Kie and his subjects had a dance
at Turner hall, and on the streets tin
horns and pandemonium reigned.