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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24
A UNIVERSAL BAD HABIT.
Che Unclean Practice OF WettinE Lead
Pencils with the Tongue

Che Unclean Practice OF Wetting Lead
Pencils with the Tongue.
The act of putting a lead pencil to
the tongue to wet it, just before writ
ing, which we notice In 30 many peo-
pie, is one of the oddities of habit for
which it is ha rd to give any reason,
unless it began in the days when lead
pencils were poorer than now and was
continued by example into the next
generation.
A lead pencil should never be wet.
1t hardens the lead and ruins the pen.
ell. This fact is known to newspaper
men and stenographers. But nearly
everyone else does wet a pencil before
using it. This fact has been definitely
settled by n clerk in a newspaper Of
fee:
Being of a mstbematical turn OF
mind, he ascertained by actual count
that il fifty persons who came in the
Office to write an advertisement or
notice, forty-nine wet their pencil in
their mouth before using it.
Now, this clerk always uses the best
pencils that can be procured-in fact,
is a connoisseur in lead pencils, cher
ishing a good one with something of
the pride n soldier feels Ia his gun or
sword; and il hurts his feelings 20 have
his pencil spoiled. But politeness and
business considerations required him
to lend his pencil scores OF times a day.
And often, after il had been wet till il
was hard aud brittle, and refused to
mark, his feelings would overpower
him.
Finally, he &C. some cheap pencils,
s~hsrpened them and kept them to
lend. The first person who took up
the stock pencil was a drayman,
whose breath smelt OF onio,s and
whisky. lie held the point in his
mouth and soaked il for several min
utes, while he was torturing himself
TO write an a advertisement for & miss,
ing bulldog.
Then u sweet-looking young woman
zane into the Office, with kid gloves
that buttoned half the length Of her
arm. She picked up the same old
pencil and pressed IL to her dainty
lips preparatory TO writing an adver-
tisement FOR a lost bracelet. The
slerk would have stayed her hand.
sven al the risk OF a box OF the best
pencils ever made, but he was too late.
And thus that pencil passed from
mouth To mouth for a week. II was
sucked by people Of all ranks and sta
tions and all degrees Of cleanliness
and uncleanliness; but we forbear.
Surely no one who reads this will ever
again wet a lead pencil. London Tit
Bits.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

Az amusing printers error occurred in q
recent issue Of the London Times. In an-
nouncing the marriage of a young city man
to the Daughter of q naval instructor as
Sheerness, a few words of a telegram
which apparently belonged TO some
note from Chira or from Armenia were
printed after the interesting intelligence.
They read as follows: Trouble is eN-
Dected.p
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

Az Irish newspaper once said, in a%nnounc
ing an accident; "Our fellow towusman
Mr.. Hooligan fell out of the s~econd-story
window yesterday and broke his neck and
suffered internal injuries. His friends viii
be glad to know that the latter are lot re.
rious. Jumpers Bazaar.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24
The Skill and Knowledge

Essential to the production of the most per-
feet and popular laxative remedy known,
have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co.
TO achieve a great success IN the reputation
of its remedy, Syrup of Figs, as IL Is con-
ceded to be the universal laxative. For sale
by all druggists.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24
Health

Built on tho solid foundation OF pure,
healthy blood Is real and lasting. As long
10 you nave rich red blood you will have no
sickness.
When you allow your blood TO become
min, depleted, robbed OF the little red cor
pasclcs which indicate its quality, you will
become tired, worn out, lose your appetite
and strength aud disease will soon have
you in its grasp.
Purify, vitalize and enrich your blood,
"a keep It pure by taking
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

''Shall ! speak to your mother, Ethel,
about n cngagement?'
"Yes, George, dear, and don't be
afraid of her. She isn't half 80 dread.
full as she looks. Detroit Free Press
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

EsoLIsH ideas OF sport: "Her mai
csty's ~buckhounds are expected TO
commence forest hunting early in Oc-
tober. The red deer intended for sport
with the royal hunt will be captured in
Windsor park aboutthe end OF the pres
ept month"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

T~EAcuER-"Are there any exceptions to
the rule that heat expands and cold con
tracts!m Tommy-'Yes'm. Thu ice-maa
leaves a lot bigger twenty-pound chunk
since it got colder. indianapolis journal.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

THERE'S one good thing about the melar-
choly days OF autumn" said Sneersby.
w hat is that!'' "When a man gets a plain,
ordinary cold he can't go about calling u
hay fever.'m-WashingtonS Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

THE treasury department has decided
that the appraised value of goods is the
value of the goods IN the foreign port OF
expectation at the time Of shipment.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

TIE postmaster Of Chicago, while in
search Of N OF the branch offices in
an outlying district, was recently lost
In one Of the clty's forests.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

It's when a mar Is feeling blue,
So Il Is ofteu said.
He has n disposition TO
Co out and paint things red
IL A ". Bullstin
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

AT n time the Presbyterians of
Ulster were discussing the ignorance
and stupidity Of n Of their number.
"And what q notion he has In his
head now" exclaimed one Of the eld-
ers, in dismay. His head" echoed
one OF the ministers; "he has no headl
what you call a head is only a top.
knot that his maker put there to keep
him from from travelling ont."-Ar-
gonaut
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

ISEvER think he is quite ready for anoth-
er world who is altogether weary of this
Ii. a. Hamilton.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

How MY THRoA HURTs!-Why don't you
use Hates Honey of Horehound and Tara
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

l CAN recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption TO sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID.
TowNsENp, II. Howard, Wis, May 3, '9i.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

rUBLio compliment never offsets a pri.
vate growl.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

Halls Cstarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 15c.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24
Hoods
S Jar

The One True Blood Purifier prominently
in the public eye. 81. All druggists,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24

HOod,c DilIc cure habitual constipa-
ihOOb > iiio ton. Price 25c per box.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-29
SEALED PROPOSALS.

GEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
~ ceIyed at the once Of the County CLERK to
build bridge over Huntington Greek at the
present site of the Mound House" bridge in
Elxo County, Nevada. The stringers TO be
a. feet long. The abutments are to be
built Of stone, n feet In width. ana Sect In
height, feet ofwhich will extend below the
bed Of the stream, and with 10 foot wings on
the upper side OF each abutment. The bridge
when completed is to have good railing on
each side. The county to furn ieh all lumber
and spikes for the. same. Bids to be opnsd
July LIST, 1895.
BY order Of tho County Commissioners Of
Elko county. .z. ...-s o. .-
IS . r Attest:
..... JOHN HENDERsoN,
BY wBDsrER PATTERSON, '' CLERK.
49,. Deputy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-29

DUMNAHI,
Total receipts. ............$4 6,S64 II
Paid from county funds. 1880 IT
Paid from school finds. 5,666 78
Paid from road funds. 376 10
From state school war
rant returned to State 1851 80
Total disbursements. 90, 1914 "a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-29

Balalsnce in treasury. ..S25,739 SO
The above balance stands to the
credit OF the various funde az Der
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
March %. 1896:
TREAsuRER's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in Treasury to tie credit of the
various funds, March %, 1895:
In State fund, 7,424 o.
In general county fund.-. $685. %
In cash contingent fund. 1856 63
In INDECENT sick fund. 49,. 1905 80
In county school fund. zee. 81 40
In officers salary fund. =. $50 sc
Total. ................. s14,9l8 25
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

New England has the last surviving
war governors in Holbrook of Vermont,
Berry of New Hampshire and Sprague
of Rhode Island. Governor Holbrook is
81, but in excellent health. He said at
recent military reunion that he saw
much of President Lincoln and cores
pended with him constantly. In mis-
opinion "Lincoln was the man, and the
only mau, for those times; rare but
peculiar man, essentially man of the
people; a leader who knew how to fol-
lown
Ex-senator William Pitt Kellogg, who
now resides. in Washington, was one of
seven gentlemen who. in the territorial
days of Nebraska at the outbreak OF the
war, boarded at the Herndon House in
Omaha, The incident is curious, in the
light of the interesting circumstance
that each of the seven in after years oc-
cupiei seat OIL the floor of the United
States Senate. The Herndon House is
now used as the headquarters of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Joseph Chamberlain's fidelity to the
orchid has done more toward strengthen
ing the cult of the flower than the action
of anyone else. His attention was first
directed to the orchid in an accidental
manner about twenty years ago, and
since that time he has been adding con-
tiually to his collection at High bury,
near Birmingham, until at the present
momenE he has between 5000 and 5000
plants of all kinds, which have been
drawn from all parts of the orchid pro-
ducing world. Altogether they fill thir-
teen glass houses
The Rev. Moses D. Hoge of Richmond,
Va, who celebrated the fftieth ami
yersary of his pastorate the other day,
once became blockade runner during
the war. He slipped out of Charleston
to Nassau j IN 1864, and went to England
to secure Bibles and religious books for
| the Confederate army. and succeeded i'll
obtaining free gifts of 10000 Bibles, So
| 600 New Testaments, and $50, 600 pocket
| editions OF portions of The Scriptures,
and got them safely through the block
| ade.
Following upon the Gould-C astellane
wedding comes the announcement that
Miss Pullman, of Chicago, is engaged te
| foreign Count named Isen burg-Birs
| enin. a cousin of the Crown Prince oil
Austria.
Announcement is made of remark BILE
discovery of a means of producing illu.
minating gas at cost which may prove
to be not more than seven cents thous
and feet for the same amount of light as
| is furnished by thousand feet of ordin
AIRY gas at ST. 25. The new illuminant is
acetylene. the lowest gas i'll the series OF
| hydrocar bons, which are the foundation
| of organic chemistry and enter into the
IMPOSITION OF many of the most i'm
portant products of coal tar and petro
! Ieum. 1t is know to chemists as G, Q
| II 2, and is practically pure carbon
vapor.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

Quoted them at the time of the Sandwich
Islands revolution and in which he has
kept them ever since The ex-Secretary
Ii shrewd politician, and his blood
boiling" is not a mere emotion. Un-
douhtedly he is aware of the disgust in
his party at Gresham's cold molasses
foreign policI, aud is taking advantage
OF it to accelerate his presidential boom.
No doubt Mr.. Whitney is quite
correct in characterizing Spain's govern
ment of Cuba as government of bru-
tality and outrage. The chief purpose of
the Madrid government is to squeeze out
of her island province all that is posi-
BILE in the way of revenue; and in fur
therance of this design all sorts Of exac-
lions have been put upon the native
Cubans. Every thing that they own is
taxed to the uttermost, and payment is
compelled il need be at the point Of the
bayonet. The native Cuban has no voice
whatever in tue government OF the is
land All the civil and military posi-
lions nre held by Spaniards, and nothing
is left to the Cuban except to furnish
the revenue which the home government
demands. But this is not all. The
Spanish officials are nearly all, thieves,
and the Cubans hayeto satisfy their,
rapacity as we'll as the demands of the
home government. Free speech is sup
pressed and every newspaper before it
can hs published has to be su omitted to
an official censor, who strikes out
everything he deems prejudieial to the
Spanish government. The people are
simply crushed beneath the heel Of a
government no less autocratic and far
more rapacious than that of Russia.
Several times rebellions have frightened
Spain into promises to eoncede to the
Cuhans some voice in the government,
but each time they have been cheated.
There is no manner of doubt that Srain's
government of the island is IA blot on
modern civilization, and that the success
sive instructions that have taken place
on the island have been founded on
grievances very real and very serious.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
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The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
WHY BOYS RUN AWAY.
A Desire to Annihilate the Redskins One
Reason, Home Restraint Another.

The dispatches today tell over again
the old but always interesting story of
the runaway boys The boys in totiay's
story came from the high prairie country
around Oberlin, Kan, and in their
flight toward che mountains they went
forty long, weary miles in the cold and
the wet before they became tagged out
and turned their dirty little faces home
ward. Every boy-and the term boy in
cIudes every man who still holds the
spark of youthful fire in his breast
will read this narrative with reminiscent
glee, for every boy who really amounts
to anything has at some time either run
away or has planned to run away, or,
if he has escaped these experiences, he
has enthusiastically urged other boys to
run away.
The thraldom of boyhood is just as
CALLING to a boy as more seriousrestraints
ale to grown people. The boy who is
tyranniZed over by harsh and unsym
patberic parent-usually of the masculine
genGer-the boy who is compelled to do
chores after school when all the other
Dogs III MS HeIgn DOfnOOu are IN the alley
play ing the games of the season: the boy
who is compelled to debase himself and
wall0w in shame by putting a apron on
over his new clothes and wipe dishes; the
boy who has to work Saturdays; the boy
who is not allowed on the streets after
supper; the boy who is, in short, a slave
to the whims and caprices OF ilardfi ted
parent, is melted to rebellion by other
boys. and if there happen to be two down
trodden youths there is an event. The
hoy who rms away alone generally STAYS
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

away. He goes for cause" But the boy
who goes with one or two others may
| be expected home for dinner the second
day after he is missed. The more boys
there are at the start the sooner the
| crowd will come back.
IL This is especially true of boys who run
iaway to become cowboys and "InJup
Fighters" good "InjGn fighter" one
who is particularly cautious about step
ping on twigs in creeping through the
woods along the "crickn near the country
town, one who circles around the yard
and never enters the parental door from
the direction which wind is blowing,
| an "Ipjun fighter" who skulks along the
] fence OF the barnyard to come suddenly
QUIZ upon the astounded hogs in the pen,
ali "Injun fighter" who scorns suspendeF
and wears "A halter strap around his
waist instead, d regular Sure Shot SETH
of an "Injun fighter" loves fried cakes''
and bread and jelly madly, blindly,
passionately.
| These delicacies are not found upon the
trail of the redskins. and in about three
days the "Injun fighter" compromises
with the red devils" by coming home
| for supplies. bnt it is notable that when
| a boy decides to fight redskins he loses
interest III the woodpile, and forgets 10
get the cnal in at night. He also fails
| to remember what he is sent for when he
guys W tue StOceEy anu fonhluS away
from home many hours planning expo
ditions in undiscovered countries. 1t is
also strange that parents of prospective
"Injun" fighting heroes DO not enter in
to the glory of the boys enthusiasm.
Elder sisters are particularly unbearaol-
| to boys who desire to hear the share
crack of the rife, and see seven red fiends
drop in their tracks. ! t is a lack of
sympathy at home that drives boys out
into the cruel world. The boy sees it
coming for weeks before he leaves. He
sees that the harsh hand of fate is push
ing him away from those who can make
man of him who can, if they only will,
save him from the disgrace OF running
away. Then when, by systematic
course of nagging him to coarse mental
and unheroic work, they drive him to it,
he piles the last 2Sth stick of stove wood
n his arm with hard, hot heart and
after throwing it behind the stove stalks
to the barn and joins the determined
band of outlaws that is going to go West
and make it's separate and ind vidual
parents ashamed of it's bloody work.
A boy who runs away expects first to
punish bis father, then to heap gold into
his mothers lap as reward for her
cooking. But somehow boys dreams
never come true. The "Injnn fighter
never gets his vengeance. The boy
never wears his leather leggins. 1t is
only vision. Boys are like poets-they
are poets. whose pretty fancies are good to
look npon, but not to live upon.--Kan-
sas City Star.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
SPAIN AND CUBA.

Ex-Secretary Whitney is understood to
be an aspirant for the Democratic nomi-
natiun for the Presidency, and therefore
his remarks upon the Alliance affair will
attract good deal CT attention. Many
will see in them a very distinct bid for
the support of the lingo element which
is large and always very demonstrative,
and which has grown very tired of
Gresham's toadying to Kings and Queens,
especially the dusky Queen of the Sand
WITCH Islands. 1t was never more popular
than now to be very much American,
md the way to be that is to scream the
eagle loud ard long when there is the
slightest occasion for it. There has been
Sc much cold blood in the management
OF orr foreign affairs during the past
Two years and a half ard insults to the
merican flag have been viewed with sc
mach calmness by this administration
ut to Democrats-always ex-
teptiag ths cuckoo eement-are
prepared to welcome Democra,
whose blood boils" as Moses
To lead them up out of the valley OF
Humiliation into which Gresham con.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

In spite of the fact that the free silver
men are claiming that the financial ques-
ton is going to be burning" next year,
there is not an uncomfortable desire Oh
the part of the leaders Of that movement
to express willingness to accept a presl-
Dental nomination. Mr.. Sibley of Penn
sylvauia says he is willing to stand aside
and let Don Cameron or Senator Teller
or Representative Bland or some other
man bear the standard. Don Cameron has
said he does not want it. And SO it goes.
Nh. Bland appears to be the only states
man who is after the job, but as he has
lost his place il the House of Represen-
tatives. it looks as though he would be
willing to take anything.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that certificate No.
~ ,527 representing twenty-six (26) shares
ing,Company of Albany, New York. and issued
to Charles F. LIBBY is the property of the I'M
dersigned and has been lost or stolen. Ali
parties are cautioned against negotiating said
certificate as it is void and the transfer thereof
has been stopped. JOHN f. PROCTOR.
Portland Me-, March IS, 1895 mari sd WI
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

The Spanish minister at Washington
continues TO express his skepticism of
Capt. Crosman's story, with freedom and
ional diplomat. He seems to believe that
the American sailor is first class ro-
mancer, and concocted the story of being
fired on by Spanish war vessel for the
express purpose of creating sympathy
with the Cuban iusurg gents, and thereby
adding to Spain's trials and perplexities.
His version of the affair certainly is not
received in Spain, and in view of the
position he has assumed possibly the best
thing that could be done would be to
hand him his passports.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

The Sagasta ministry gives place to a
ministry with Gen. Martines Campos at
its head, probably for the reason that
the instruction in Cuba has created a
demand for strong man at the head of
the government, though the immediate
cause was the row between the army
officers and the newspapers. Campos
has made it understood that he means
business by informing the newspaper
editors that if they indulge in any more
criticism of the military they will be
summarily shot.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

The Argus pays a deserved compliment
to Mr.. George S. Staples, who has just
been appointed superintendent of
streets, for the energy and efficiency he
has manifested since he has had charge
of our highways. 1t is only the truth to
say that good share of the credit for
the work accomplished by the commits
sion last year is due to Mr.. taples. He
works himself and he expects the men
be employs TO work also
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 90.

ssAnother murder is added to the already
long list which has disgraoed Maine dur
ing the past six months. This one in
some respects is more horrible than any
OF the others. Hard cider, the favorite
tipple in the country where no liquor is
sold, appears to have been at the bottom
of it.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-20

The sinking of the Spanish war vessel
Reina Regente off Gibraltar with ali Oh
board involves the loss of almost as many
lives as the Elbe disaster. The cause of
the catastrophe is unknown at present,
but it appears probable that she found
cred in a storm.