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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30

OwESsBoEo, KY, Sept s4-The saw
mill boiler OF T. q. Dex, three miles
from Livermore, blew up yesterday
morning. Three men were killed and
ten injured. Cold water run into the
boiler caused the accident
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
Troop. on for Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-A telegram
was received a> the war department
from Lieut-Col. Randall at Seattle,
Wash, announcing his departure upon
the steamer Humboldt for St Michaels
at eight o'clock last night The party
consists of SO men, including officers
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
seth Low Not n ouItter.

NEW YORK, Sept 24.-Seth Low has
issued a declaration to the public of
his determination to remain a candi.
date for the mayoralty until the end
unless withdrawn by the body which
nominated him
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
Forty KILLED by an Earthquake.

LosDoS, Sept 25.-A private dis
patch from Rome says that about 40
persons were killed and many others
injured by an earthslip at the sulphur
mines near Girgenti.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
NOW 1T is OMAHA.
McKenna Hrings Suit to
Ii.snIxe the Stock Exchange.


dissolve the stock Exchange.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 24.-Suit mas just
been brought by the United States
against the South Omaha Live Stock
exchange and all its members, under
the Sherman antitrust law. Its mem
bership amounts to a few over 200
The suit is authorized by Attorney
General McKenna
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

CHICAGO has a record Of ~ suicides
Tor the past eight months
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30

TEE Kloudike News. publisbed in
Dawson City. Alaska sells for IS cents
a cory. in gold
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
JUDGE kIleoRE DEAD.

The rndtsn Territory Jsrfss and rsmous
sH-Congre.smsa Passes Away.
AEDNoEE. l. T.. sept. 94-Judge c. B.
EsigGre passed peacefully away yester-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30

LAST October Albert Johnson, with
n back broken at the lumbar yerte.
brse, two broken heels, and a body
paralyzed from the chest down, was
admitted to the Long Island college
hospital, Brooklyn. For three months
the paralysis was complete. He was
placed on a water bed with his legs In
splints. In January johnson was able
10 move his feet. BY the middle of
the month his knees, and now he can
raise and bend his legs from the hips.
In April he was placed on regular
bed Now, with assistance, he can
move around on crutches. His recovery
will show great surgical skill.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30

PRoP. WALTER 4. ScHEELE, of Rah.
way, n. j., declares that he has dis
covered cheap and simple way of de-
stroying the mosquito while in the
embryo state. lie states that he can
take minute crystal of permanganate
of potash, drop 1t in the water contain
ing the bacilli of the mosquito, and
the oxidization that takes place will
almost instantly kill every atom OF
life that may be present In his labor
atory he has killed the germs in a
1,0oo-gallon tank with pinch of per-
manganate, and he says there is no
reason why vast sections of swamp land
should not be treated in the same way.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30

A SEA tanned, harnessed, robbed OF
its terrors, no longer the "trackless"
sea, but marked by shining steel from
France to New York-lighted and po-
liced until II is as safe as broadway,
with men watching by day and night
to guide vessels, to shelter disabled
craft and telegraph for help when
needed-a 3, 3,0O0-mile street of the sea,
with all modern safeguards. This is,
in brief, what a great syndicate OF
French capitalists proposes by estab-
fishing a straight line Of stationary
ships, connected by immense cables,
directly across the ocean and at regu.
lar intervals of probably 80 miles.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27

ophy. He has been the vice president
Of the society and was one oil the
founders OF the New York Dranch.
His greatest aim at present is to fur-
.her the work of the new theosophical
college at Port Iona, Cal, known as
the School for the Revival of the Lost
Mysteries of the ancients. The place
20 which he has now succeeded on &C
count of Mr.. Hargrove's resolution to
return to the conduct of his business
affairs in England is the one formerly
held by w. O. Judge. His tenure will
only be for the unexpired term. and
whether he retains it permanently or
not will depend on the votes of his fell
lows in the society and on the will of
Mrs. Katherine Tingley, the head Of
the esoterical branch of the Theosophi-
cal Society of the World. Mr.. Mere
sheimer was born in Munich about ff-
ty years ago. He is gray-haired.
blue-eyed man of much experience of
the world He Is a skillful musician,
and plays several instruments, besides
being a fine baritone. He has a son
who is a student in the department of
medicine Of Columbia university, and
daughter who is attending school in
Montreal His home is Bay City, l.. |.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
BISHOP OF BRISTOL.
The Now Appointee Is Man of Pre-
fnnnd LEARNING.

found Learning.
Rt. Rev. DR.. Browne, the new APP
pointee to the position Of bishop OF
Bristol, England. is a popular choice
for the diocese Of the town with the
historis cathedral. DR.. Browne was a
professor at Cambridge, then a canon
of st. Paul's. and later bishop OF Step
ney. In all of these responsible posi-
tions he made an excellent showing
and won a high degree of popularity.
The new bishop of Bristol has taken
care not to ally himself markedly with
either party in the church of England.
For that reason 1t Is believed that the
advisers OF Lord Salisbury, who gave
him the place, were wise in suggesting
that Bishop Browne be sent to a do
cese where party strife seems to throw
difficulties in the path of the chief pre-
late. The new diocesan Is said to be
in other ways admirably fitted for work
in the west of England. 1t is said that
the English church needs an organizer
there, and IL is as an organizer that
Bishop Browne has won his laurels.
His career in the east end of London
among the poor people has given evil
dence Of high order of ability as
manager. Bristol's new bishop is full
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
EngIand's Eight-Hour Movement.

AS the eight-hour day is so promin-
emily before the public just now, spe-
cial interest attaches to the informa-
ton just given by Mr.. Llewellyn Smith,
the commissioner for labor, to the
board of trade, in his annual report on
changes in wages and hours of labor.
He has exhibited in table the prog
ress of the eight-hour movement during
the four years 1893 81 1886. This
shows that the eight-hour day has in
these four years been adopted for sc, 1928
workpeople; but not all Of them stuck
to the eight-hour day. A small per-
centage-the number being 1,121-re-
verted to their former hours of labor.
By far the greater number of eight
hour employees are in the service of the
public authorities. OF the $4,000 who
had their hours reduced to eight in the
four years ending December, 1896, less
than II 1000 were employed in private
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27

ooh ves This is an experiment ana
wa think we are doing pretty well.
Mayor Isl" Drake does no' nv
within the limits of Lincoln. ms
homo is on Bound Brook, but ne IN
tends TO move within few weeks ih'o
the embryonic town. -,,
III is lust this way" said Mayor 81
TO me. smoking vigorously ana selI.hs
n lead pencil. II determined TO gNs
the women chance. So they NAYS
beep elected TO political offices In LIN
coin. and the experiment is worklhs
we'll"
Aren't you afraid that the expert
mcnt may end in the women unseatlhs
Won at the election next JULY IL
CURED
Nayor So" looked at me with some
surprise and replied, No; don nave
much fear Haven't thought oil that'
well. they're pretty shrewd, aren
they"
"Shrevde : should say they were.
Why. Miss Egel and Mrs. Hazard are as
keen as men any day. And you
should see how they discuss the eiec-
trio light. the sewer and franchise
questions"
"WiI this new order of things con
tinuc long,"
THAT is the question. We are max
ing an experiment. The whole country
is watching us Why, here's a lettet
from Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease congratu.
lat!ng the women of Lincoln. l tell
YOU the woman's right question VIII
be fought out in that town.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
a Sickening Tragedy.

Interest in the progress of the fever
ia Biloxi was swallowed up in the con-
temptation and excitement of most
horrible murder and arson, committed
upon a most estimahle couple of elderly
people living out on Back Bay, about
three or four miles from that city last
week. The Parkhurst property was
burned and J. l.. Parkhurst and his
wife were consumed in the flames. A
man named Gibson, his wife and one
Volkes are under arrest charged with
the crime. The remains were brought to
that city and carried to the residence OF
DIR. ]. A. Aldrich, a brother-in-law OF
Mr. Parkhurst, where hundreds have
gone to view them. The autopsy
showed that the aged couple had been
murdered. and evidence was elected
that they had been killed before they
retired
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27

ton, in which he formally dedicated
the woods and fields for a mile around
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
Thus was Lincoln launched upon the
world with women enjoying equal po-
litical privileges with men. There was
much enthusiasm, and of discussion
there was no end. 1t was announced
that the municipal election would be
held on July ), the day on which the
Glorious Fourth was celebrated. A
mayor was to be chosen and common
council, to consist of six persons. The
women entered into the campaign with
intense energy. ST. was slated for
mayor. The women and the men got
together, and the slate for common
council was agreed upon. Several con-
ferenCes were held. sometimes by the
men separately and sometimes by the
women alone. Finally, it was agreed
that the representatives in common
council should consist Of four men and
two women. Election day came.
Amid fireworks, Isl" Drake was elect
ed mayor. Miss Emma Egel and Mrs.
IN members of the common council.
rhe men elected to the council were
he Rev. ]. b. Cleaver and Messrs.
Jharles Close, Edgar Grauert and
Ralph Bach. Miss Egel, upon the or
sanization of the council, was chosen
is president of the body. When the
irst meeting of the common council
vas held after the organization of that
body, Messrs Cleaver and Close were
absent.
Hum, why aren't they here?" asked
The president, sternly.
They must attend our sessions, or
we will take action spoke up Mrs.
Hazard.
But the retired pastor and Mr.. Close
remained away from the next session
ilso. So the political leaders of Lin
:oln-that is. Mayor ST. Drake, Miss
1gel and Mrs. Hazard-conferred and
lecided that they should declare the
'eats of Messrs. Cleaver and Close in
he common council vacant, and that
IN election should be held on Sept. l.
But in their conference with the mayor
he two women gained a decided vic
,ory. They prepared a slate which
gave them another women in council
and thus the representation in the body
was made equal. A canvass of the en-
bryo town shows that the fair sex
had a decided majority of the votes
and will control all future elections I'M
less more men move into the place.
Miss Egel and Mrs. Hazard are playing
automatically. They are not talking
much about the majority of votes
which they command. / went to Lin
coin couple days ago to learn some
thing of the situation.
rs Miss Egel, president of the COM
mon council of the town of Lincoln, at
homer" I inquired of a man who sat
on the front porch.
Eyes, Miss Egel is at home" was
the reply.
At that moment Miss Egel, who had
heard the sound of a strange male
voice in the town. stepped out on the
porch and invited me to enter the par
Tor. Miss Egel is rather dashing and
is 80 years old. She has not the look
of theorist, but of a practical woman.
She is straightforward and talks
business all the time.
Yes, I'm in politics" she replied to
my question, "and affairs are running
smoothly"
Twill the women continue to run this
place." | asked.
We'll, the members of my sex will
have share in the government. That
Is the understanding.
You rather like politics. them"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
RAMS HORNS.

The common saint is an uncommon
stranger to himself.
He is we'll balanced that will take
advice against inclination.
Christ taught to teach; not to win
admiration or applause.
Aggressiveness without control is
the animal turned loose.
The gospel and the long face do not
travel we'll together.
The man who loves his neighbor as
himself cannot be a hermit.
A dollar has more power in America,
than the Ten Commandments.
The careless man wrecks his COM
fort; the covetous man his destiny.
The eagle bathing her pinions in the
clouds, is but one of Gods thoughts
materialiZed.
If your schooling does not help you
to better the world, your time and
money are both lost.
The man who thinks he knows all
there is to know, is already too dead
to know that he is dying.
Scatter sunshine as you pass along.
and by and by you may gather bou-
quets of immortal gladness.
We may gain reputation for piety
by looking solemn, but we shall SLAM
der the Lord while doing it.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27

was the wrapper of small American
flags, then lying imbedded in some
melted candy on the floor of the store,
in front of the table, but not in line OF
view of the candy on the table. On
the wrapper was an inscription in con-
densed gothic type, reading National
Flags" This inscription, beginning
with the fourth letter of the first word
and part of the third letter, just so
much of the lettering as was visible
on the wrapper as it lay crumpled in
the midst OF the sticky stuff on the
floor, was taken by the lightning and
transferred to a piece of the candy on
the table, not transferred simply. but
imbedded in it, beneath the surface the
smallest fraction of an inch. 1t was q
perfect reproduction, and perfectly
black but inserted face front just as
in the original and not reverse as
would be the order of the letters if any
one should attempt to transfer them by
applying the wrapper to the surface OF
the candy. Mr. Sylvester d. Fosdick
brought the candy to this Office last
lOi iuoHCAlloii. iiS cay liial as
soon as the flash of lightning came and
vanished, Mr.. Tonsmeire observed the
printing on the candy that was before
him on the slab, and exclaimed in as
constituent at the sight, the candy be-
ing of his own manufacture and having
had no sort of mark upon it. In the
search for clue to the sudden and
mysterious appearance. the paper
wrapper was discovered on the floor
with those letters exposed which ap-
peared on the candy. Mr.. Fosdick says
that there is a mirror in front of the
table that possibly had something to do
with the photographing, since the mir
for is in line with the location of the
wrapper; but this does not explain any
thing; rather does 1t serve to deepen
the mystery.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
CURIOUS FACTS.

The mountain region of Thibet is
one of the few places on the earth
where polyandry still prevails. A wife
is regarded as property. and is so ex-
palsive that only wealthy man can
have one all his own. Ordinarily a
woman becomes the wife of several
husbands.
In India there are one hundred thou
sand boys and $4,000 girls under the
age of fourteen who are legally mar
ried, while $500 boys and $4,000 girls
who have not attained the age of four
are under marriage bonds as arranged
by their parents.
The empress dowager of China sent
to Queen Victoria as jubilee gift a
picture painted by her own hand, on
a roll IL feet long and five feet broad.
1t consists of an expanse of rocks and
trees, with storks wearing red crests,
tie emblem of long,vt
The fruit-eating bats do not live on
insects, nor attack animals and suck
blood. as do the vampires. The vam-
pire is a small bat, with exceedingly
sharp front teeth. making a slit in the
sleeper's leg and sucking the blood.
They are seldom dangerous to human
beings. but are to cattle.
Greenland boys are great egg col
lectors. As soon as the gulls and
other birds that nest in the far north
appear in the spring, the work begins.
No boy who has not practiced a great
deal at climbing the rough mountain
sides and creeping over the glaciers is
allowed to venture on the perilous
task.
THE prevailing impression that the
famous soap of Marseilles was made
from the pure olive oil of the south of
France has been swept away by the
fact that the soap factories have been
obliged to close because of the quar-
antine against India" says the Medical
News 1T appears that for twenty years
the manufacturers have been supply
ing the market with an inferior pro-
duct made from common linseed oil
imported from India"
1t is said that there are no remain
Ing public lands in any of the states
of New England. in New York, Penn
sylvana, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina South Carolina, Georgia. Ten
nessee, Kentucky or Texas. There are
25,000,000 acres of public lands in Ohio,
37,0O0,OOO in Florida, 100000 in Ala
bama 2S,0O0,000 in Louisiana 10000
900 in Michigan and 100000 in Wis
oonsin. The other public lands are in
the Western states and the territories.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
HOW FLOWERS GROW.
PUSH THEIR WAY HROUOH
SHEETS OF ICE.
The soidanelia, n Fragile Alpine Beauty,
LAYS by stores of Fuel In summer.
with Which to Heat Its Way" the
Following Spring.
Especial Letter.D

visited the Alps in
early spring, you
will know well by
sight the dainty
little nodding bells
of the alpine SOL
danella twin flow
ers on one stalk,
like fairy tocsins.
which push their
h g a d S b oil d y
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Weather and Crops.

During the week ended October Is the
rainfall was deficient and the tempcra-
ture was above the normal for the sea-
son. The limited number of reports re-
seived, owing to the quarantine restric-
lions, show general deterioration of
crops, due to the long drouth over the
greater portion of the State. There are
some favored sections where cottons has
done well, however. Cotton continues
to open fast and picking is being rapid
~ pushed to completion in all sections.
The top crop is failure generally,
and the outlook is not up to expecta-
lions by any means. With continued
favorable weather for picking the entire
crop will soon be gathered. Corn and
fall gardens have been considerably IN
jured by the prolonged drouth' and
many report an entire failure of fall
vegetables. The rains of the previous
week put the soil in better condition for
blowing and afforded considerable re-
lief for stock water in many sections.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
Tobacco and Health.

When used for the mere purpose of
enjoyment, and not as a stimulus to
work, the effect produced by tobacco
smoking is somewhat difficult to anal
we. II seems to have a soothing eff
feet and to give an underlined feeling
of pleasure, and when used in moder-
alton may be continued for long time
without exercising any injurious effect
whatever. In moderation, we say, be-
cause in smoking, as in everything else,
to transgress the bounds of moderation
is to incur danger and injury to health
When carried to excess, and generally
when 1t is used for the first time. it
produces intense sickness and depres-
sion, muscular weakness and feeble
pulse. The same symptoms which oc-
cur on its first use may be brought on
by over-indulgence even in those ac-
customed to it, and occur especially
when they use stronger tobacco than
usual.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27

lots form the majority. Men play sec
ond fiddle, and the reason is because
the mayor. Silas ID. Drake, better
known as ST. Drake. is ladies man
and believes they can run town Just
as well as men. When the project Tor
a town was started last spring the
women were consulted about il. 81
Drake, a veteran of the Civil war ana
a dynamo of energy, did all the
hustling. He is little man, with
sandy beard and hair and blue eyes.
Everybody in Middlesex knows or has
heard of Isl" They know of his ad-
miration for women, and that he has
been anxious to give the woman's right
question test.
So on Memorial day last the women
of Lincoln gathered in the middle OF
the site of the town that was to be
and assisted in its dedication 81
Drake made a speech. He said the
time had come when women should be
given a trial in city government, and
he hoped the men, like himself, would
be willing to make the experiment.
The Rev. J. B. Cleaver, a retired Bap-
fist minister, who is known as the
"silver-tongued orator of Middlesex
and Union countless delivered an ora
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-27
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Light from the sun reaches us in
eight minutes, and is $50 times greater
than the calcium light.
II all the coal fields on the earth
were burning at once in vast fire the
heat emitted could not be compared to
that of the sun for even second of
time.
A man weighing two hundred pounds
would weigh nearly three tons on the
sun, and his own weight would prob
ably fatten and kill him. the force of
gravity being twenty-eight times great
er at the suns surface than on the
earth
That insects have an acute sense of
taste is assumed from the way in
which they pick out the sort of food
they want to eat Sir John Lubbock
made many experiments from which
he drew the conclusion that ants have
an excellent sense of smell. The same
authority states that insects are able
to hear sounds which are entirely be-
yond our range of perception.
The biggest brain in existence is
that Of the elephant, though not in
proportion to the size of the animal.
But the matter of proportion does not
seem to be of absolute Importance as
an index of mentality. There is
little South American monkey, which,
though not particularly intelligent, has
a brain bigger than a mans relatively
to size
The needle of compass does not
point directly to the North. In the
first place, the north magnetic pole
does not coincide with the north pole,
and then east or west Of a zigZag line
which moves east and west the needle
of a compass points west or east OF
the north magnetic pole. A ships
compasses have to be corrected and the
variation de ermined once or twice a
year. at all events.
There are 10 mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over twelve thousand
feet above the ocean level. Forty of
these are higher than fourteen thou
sand feet, and more than half of that
number are so remote and rugged that
no one has dared to attempt to climb
them. Some of them are masses with
snow, others have glaciers over their
approaches, and others are merely
masses of jagged rocks.
Within few years the question has
been raised whether sun spots are
really depressions or holes in the suns
surface, as they have generally
been considered to be by as
tronomers. Professor Ricco of Catania
concludes, as the result of long series
of observations, not only that the
spots are cavities in the sun, but that
their depth can be approximately
measured. He states that the average
depth of twenty-three sun spots meas
ured by him was about $40 miles