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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-04-08
THE STAMP COLLECTOR.

Belgium has issued n ten-centime
stamp, heralding the exhibition which
is to be held this year in Brussels. \
five-centime will follow shortly, and the
colors are brown and violet respective
ly.
1t is reported in France that pos
tai service has been established be-
tween Alcaznr and Ouazzan, in Mo-
rocco. OF course. there would be no
post without some stamps, and II is
said these will be five values. 8, 10, l5,
20, 40, so centimes and franc.
The latest state league of stamp col
lectors is the Texas Philatelic associa-
ton, and IL already issues bulletin.
This is four-page sheet containing
matters of interest To the members of
the association, together with personal
and philatelic notes.
The arabesque surcharges on the
Cuban stamps in 1888 were made neces-
sary by the theft OF great quantity
Of unused stamps, the value of which
the government destroyed in this way
The designs used were held by the gov
ernment for use on lottery tickets.
Sierra Leone comes forward with az
entire new set of the current Leewart
Island type and printed in two colors
| The denominations and colors are as
follows: 1 penny, lilac and carmine
pence, lilac and orange; ?h pence
lilac and blue; , pence. lilac and gray
/ shilling. green and black.
A Tennessee collector recently re
ceived a block OF IS unused seen
brown, type II, 1857. issue of Unite'
States stamps. II had the full originn
gum. and. being nicely perforated AM
evenly centered. was n most attrartiv
philatclic gem and u valuable addition
10 the collectors stock.
Now il is said that the theft of $500
worth of postage due and periodica
stamps by "a Washington clerk has lie
to the discovery Of a gang Of thieve
who have been robbing the govern
ment OF stamps at the rate OF $4,000
year, the stealing having extende
over a period of many years.
The province of Manitoba shows ho'
unsettled the early times were by tn
PROFESSIONALS and surcharged stamp
called into use. All the values, excep'
ing the PROFESSIONALS. are green in colo
similar TO the rest OF Canada, and SUI
charged, some in one type, while other
have two surcharges, generally one {
them added after the Others had bee
! Drinted
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PITh AND POINT.

There is only one part OF man mat
feels better on Monday than 1t felt Gu
Saturday. and that is his corns. Atchi-
son Globe.
--Teacher-"Give an example OF the
use of the word 'contagiousY Pupil
-"Street cars are not contagious. They
are hard to catch."-Boston Transcript.
-"Dc trouble bout er mans maxim
a reg'lar practice o findin' fault said
Uncle Ebeu, sis dat he gifts mo- an mo
expert in is business, de demand foh
is goods gifts less an less."-Wash'ng-
ton Star.
---Gadsby-"I suspect they've got a
baby up at Norris house" watkins
what makes you think that Gads-
by-"Oh, nothing in particular; only |
haven't heard him brag about his dog
| for day or two. o."-Boston Transcript.
Over Styx.-"Socrates," said Solo
mon, "you are known us a wise man.
What really did you know Moth
ing" said Socrates. "And that, my
dear Solomon, is my only reason for
saving that knew as much as you did.
-Harper's Bazar.
The men-haters say that when girl
lights her parlor fire stated evenings,
and curls her hair, that she is going ON
"wolf hunt" They claim that sho
is likely not to get anything in the
roundup. and that il she does get any
thing. il will be as useless as wolff
Atchison Globe.
The Doctor--"Mrs. Brown has sent
for me TO go and see her boy. and
must 90 at once" His Wife-"Whnt II
the matter with the boy?" 81 dom
know; but Mrs. Brown has book OF
What to DO Before the Doctor Comes,
and / must hurry up before she doe
, it."-Household Words.
[ -Flannigan-'I met man last week
! and, bedad. I'd have sworn il was your
. self" OToole-"And wasn't it| Elan
, nigan-"Never a bitl But he was you
very image, harrn' he was n tritie gray
: / suppose, now, yc haven't such Il thin
, as twin brother few years olde
I than yourself?"-Tit-Bits
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a WOMAN'S LAUGHTER
II Is More Like IA ChiId's Than n
Mans.

Women do not. as u rule, laugh at
jokes. They generallylaugh to reward
the teller of "a good thing, and not for
mirth at the thing told. In this way
woman fufills most definite duty, for
she laughs even when the story does not
come off well. Her laugh would not be
so temperate or so punctual If II de-
pended upon sense of humor. 1t rs
somewhat between child's laughter
and a mans, but most like child's.
AT almost every stage of his early years
a child laughs for mere movement, and
not for comedy or derision at all.
little humor there may be in the earlier
sense of the word. He laughs at the
humors and antics of a rather elder or
rather more enterprising child; but al
ways from gayety and for interior rea-
sons of abounding breath and blood.
Granted that a woman has n small
sense of humor, she still owes her laugh
to the humorists--even to the unsuc-
cessful. 1t is a positive debt. If she
were held to the duty OF criticism it
would be otherwise; but, os it is, she is
committed to nothing. Her laugh is
no evidence in the connection of humor
and wit, and it is but just that in this,
too. public opinion should relieve her OF
responsibility. For nothing but an ex-
pccted silence or "a half-hearted smile
should be held really answerable. II
she were to enter upon the way of criti-
cism she would be more or less unready
it might be necessary to explain things
TO her, which confessedly would be very
dull.
Besides, the laugh of Judgment ano
criticism is apt to be, on fit occasion
also laugh too much from the heart
it takes deeper tones, and is no lonSel
the treble note, undrowned. No; mel
who invent the jokes may laugh at then
the open laugh of appreciation; women
II they would be kind, must be more i'm
partial.
A feminine laugh, too, has to be dec
orative, and so should be the laugh o
cayety rather than of humor. Their
, can hardly be question as to tn
, sweetest laugh TO be heard among ma
| tions of women-it is surely the Frenc
woman's. She has the softest warbl
of all. If doves were not so serious
5 they might remind us of Partisan won
EN- laughing together. The Italia
laugh is happy enough, but it is nc
f, quite so independent OF the subject @
l laughter: it has a jollity all its own.
[ is somewhat uncivilized, but needs n
: civilizing. But its principal characte
], istic is the contralto tone proper to tn
e woman who is to the last somewhat {
n peasant. The laughter of Englis
women is too various for any brief d'
n scription. For English women laugl
= not according to their race, but ACCORD
l. ing to their caste, as caste has latei
:; been revised and redistributed. 1t ma
c be said that in caste also the treb
Y note, the ready, the immediate, fits u
y to it's own place-the top-and is aud
!. BILE there, for ali its splendid quality
d n. Y. Advertiser.
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is so much less profit to be divided. We
should like to deal with just as Few hS
possible"
Exactly. | see what you mean. Wen,
I think it can be done. Are you in any
very great hurry for the mine?'
Not particularly. Why"
well, if things are worked rightly,
don't know but that we could get IT
for the original option. That would
mean, of course, TO wait untli TINS hrsI
option had run out"
"Wouldn't there be d little danger in
that? They may form their company
in the meantime, and then we should
lose everything. Our interest In the
matter is as much TO prevent anyone
| getting hold of the mine as TO get II
ourselves
II see. will think it over. ! believe
| il can be done without much risk; but
of course, we shall have to be reason
| ably quiet about the matter.
"Oh. certainly, certainly"
"Nerv good. | will see you again
! after | have thought over the ahalr'
and we can come to some arrange
mCnt."
II may say that our manager has
written note 10 Wentworth saying
that this mineral is Of no particular
use TO u.s."
"Exactly," said young Longworth
! with look of intelligence.
$50, of course, in speaking with
Wentworth about the matter, it is JUS
as well not to mention us in any way.
II shall not do So
"Very well. / will leave the matter
in YOUR hands for the present
"Yes: do so. will think il over thi'
afternoon, and probably see Wentworth
and KENYON tomorrow. There is M
immediate hurry, for l happen to know
they have not done anything yet"
With that Mr.. Melville took his leave
and yorug Longworth paced up an'
down the room, evolving a plan tina
would at once bring him money AM
give him the satisfaction of making ]
lively for John Kenyon.
That night at home young Long
worth waited for his cousin 10 sa.
something about Kenyon, but he sool
saw that she did not intend to speal
of him at all. So he said to her;
Edith, do you remember kenyo
and Wentworth, who were on board OH
steamer"
"Do remember them? Certainly"
''Well, do you know they had min
ing property for sale?"
Yes"
II have been thinking about ii. I
tell the truth, Kenyon called at my o.
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Lincoln was the first president of the
United States to wear a full beard. Lin
coin vetoed three bills. Cleveland in his
first administration vetoed 27s. Lin
coin, jefferson, Van Buren and Polk
were not church members. Jefferson
was an atheist almost up to the time of
his death. Lincoln was deeply reli-
gious. OF all the presidents signatures
Lincoln's is the smallest. In his in
augural address first term Lincoln
used the letter ''I'' 43 times. Arthur
used it only once. No other president
used it so frequently as Lincoln. Lin
coins birthday is a legal holiday in
only five states-New York, Minnesota,
Illinois, New Jersey and Washington
| Cincinnati Enauirer.
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entirely closed deafness is the result, and
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nine cases out Of ten are caused by cntarih
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We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
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| Send for circulars, free.
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GOSSIP OF THE AUTHORS.

Ian Maclaren says that Harold Fred
eric is the American writer who is most
widely read in England ut present.
NJ. Paul bourgeois Tragic Idyll has
been dramatized and produced at the
Gymnase in Paris. with Mime. Jane Had
ing in the leading role.
Mr.. Robert Barrett Browning is es-
tablishing school at Asolo, Italy. for
the benefit of girls employed in the silk
mills there, thus linking still closer 10
that spot the memory of the poet.
Mrs. f. A. Steel, whose Indian stories
directly challenge comparison with
those of Mr.. Kipling, furnishes another
example of the success OF one who
comes to literature comparatively late
in lie, like the author OF Trilby.
The late Mrs. w. IL. Brooliieh was
the woman whose mind most stimu
lated that of William NJ. Thackeray. He
drew her as Lady Castlewood in Henry
Esmond, the book he liked best Of al
his writings.
II take mywork too seriously" writes
| Hall Caine 10 IA frined who had as<eC
! him whether he cared for the criticism
! his books received, ''and j am too mucl
| immersed in il and in love with il eitheI
to be carried away 10y the warmes'
eulogy or disturbed by the severes
/ censure."
Herbert Spencer has completed hi
life work with the volume on the Prin
ciples of Sociology. He is now 7oyear
old, and has been engaged upon thi
work for &c years, Notwithstanding th'
fact that he has been an invalid for III.
greater part of his life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-04-08
A LEGACY OF DISEASE.
Veterans of the War Repaid in
Sickness.
Abashs Risk only Lives because He
Persevcred-suncrc since the
war With kidney Disease.

From the News, ST. John. Kansas.
Every citizen OF st. John, kansas, Is ac:
uuainted with Abasha Risk. one of the Old
Veterans" of the late war and resident OF
this city. A few months ago he was com
plcte physical wreck, from kidney trouble
and diarrhoea, almost unable to ee, around
at ALL Your correspondent, who had learned
he had found relief, meeting him on the
street recautly, asked II he wouldn give
him all the facts, as lie was interested, as
were also all his friends Mr. Risk said
he was only too glad TO let the people IN
general and his old comrades IN particular
(who he knew were suffering from com
plants similar TO hs), know what had hene'
lited him
lie then made the following statement:
II had been suffering for years IRON
complication of diseases, among them KID
ney and liver trouble and chronic dlarrhoea.
The greatest trouble of all, however, was
the complete wreck of my nervous SYSTEM
resulting from my service IN the army; 1
was. in fact, in most terrible and deplor.
able condition. | tried every remedy |
could hear of without the least henehcial
results. until | saw a testimonial OF an old
| veteran who was in the same regiment
/ with me during the war with whom | was
| well acquainted), stating that he had been
/ cured of a similar complaint by the use oi
/ DIR. Williams Pink Pills. | had almost
/ given up hope, but concluded at last To give
! Pink Pills trial, as they might possibly
| help me. | began using them and soor
commenced TO feel slightly better; my i'm
provement was very slow, however, but stu
Il was noticeable, and this was encouraging
| In the course of about three weeks my con
dition was vastly improved. To the presen
time | have taken l3 boxes OF Pink Pulls
and can truthfully say | believe | am en-
tirely cured of my liver and kidney trouble
and nearly 30 of my dinrrhoea. My nervou
trouble too, is SO much better that an
sure a cure will be entirely perfected IN
short time. , -,
"My wife also used the Pink Pills wit
great benefit Her blood was in an G,
tremely bad condition. Since using the .pill'
however, this condition has entirely dlsaI
reared. | consider DIR. Williams Pink Pill
the most marvellous discovery of the age.
cannot say too much in their praise.
ABASHA RISK.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poop
are not patent medicine in the sense thu
name implies. They were first compounde
as prescription and used as such III gener
practice by an eminent physician. so grei
was their efficacy that il was deemed wise
place them within the reach OF all The
are now manufactured by the DR.. William
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. y =, az
are sold in boxes (never in loose form by Il
dozen or hundred. and the public are ca
toned against numerous limitations sold
: this shape) at 30 cents u box. or six boxes 4
$3.50, and may he had of all druggists
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Med. c
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the chief owner of the mine. or is the |
mine owned by them?"
"In the first place. Mr.. Melville. I
should like TO know why you ask me
these questions"
Melville laughed "Wen. | will tell
you. We should like to know what
chance there is of our getting con-
trolling interest in the mine. That is
very frankly put, isn't it?"
Yes. IL is. But whom do you mean
by we" Who else besides yourself?"
by we | mean the china company
10 which / belong. This mineral is
useful in making china. That l suppose
you know"
Yes, was aware of that" answered
Dongworth, although he heard il now
for the first time.
Very well. then; | should like to
| kno" who is the owner of the mine"
"The owner of the mine at present
is some foreigner, whose name and adj
dress l do not know. The two young
men you speak of have an option on
that mine for a certain length of time:
how long l don't know. They have
been urging me to go in with them to
form a company for the floating of
that mine. for & 2OO, 900. on the London
market"
"IIe mentioned 10000" said Mel
vile. at struck me as rather large
amount"
"Do you think so? Well, the obiec.
ton | had to it was that it was TIC
small"
at seems to me the young men hav,
an exaggerated idea of the value o.
this mineral ii they think it will pay
dividends on 100000"
This mineral is not all there is il
the mine. In fact. it is already paying
dividend on $4,000 or thereabout.
because of the mica in it, 1t is bein!
mined for mica alone. To tell tEt
truth, did not know much about tn
other mineral"
[, And do you thinl, the mine is wort
, 200, ,OC0?"
Frankly. I do not
Then why are you connected wit
L it?"
IL am not connected with it at leas
. not definitely connected with it.
u have the matter under consideration
OF course, if there is anything approach
: ing swindle in it, I shall have nothin
TO do with it. 1t will depend largcl
= upon the figures that the young me
show me whether ! have anything
: do with it or not"
II see; ! understand your position
i Then, lowering his voice, Melville leane
over toward young Longworth an
said: You are a man of busines
Now / want TO ask you what wou
'' he the chance of our getting the mil
" at something like the original optic
y price, which is, of course, very muC
less than 100000? We do not wal
ie To have too many in it. In fact, if yC
- could get it for us at a reasonable raj
70 and did not care to be troubled wi
IN the property yourself, we would tai
the whole ourselves"
" Young Longworth pondered a m
IN ment, and then said to Melville:
~ do you mean to freeze out the 9th
10 two fellows, as they say in America? p
r ~ do not know about freezing o,
but, of course, with the other two the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-04-08
CuAPTER XII.

The chances are that no matter under
what circumstances young Longworth
and KENYON had first met, the former
would have disliked the latter. Al
though strong friendships are formed
between people who are very much uh-
like. stiu it must not be forgotten thai
equally strong hatreds have arisen be
tween people merely because they are
OF fopposite natures. No two young men
could have been more unlike each olher'
and as Longworth recalled the dlnereht
meetings he had had with Kenyon, he
admitted to himself that he disliked the
fellow extremely. The evident TREND
shin which his cousin felt for Kenyon
added a bitterness to this dlsllke thu'
was rapidly turning it into hate now
ever. he Gained down sufficiently on GO
ipo home i'm the carriage to know that
II was better to say nothing about her
meeting with Kenyon unless she III
troduced the subject. After all inc
carriage was hers, not his, and he recoS-
nized that fact. He wondered how much
KENYON had told her of the interVle" u'
his uncle's office. He tlattered hlnseil'
however, that he knew enough OF "o'n
81, M he sure that she would very speed
ilv refer to the subject, and then ne
boned to find out just how much hau
besn said. To his surprise, ms cousin
said nothing at all about the lhatter'
neither that evening nor the next morn
inc. and consequently he went to ms
cffice in rather bewildereu s'a'e VI
mind. ;.,.ho
On arriving at his room in the city he
found Melville waiting for him.
Nalville shook hands with young
rongvorth and, taking mineral spec
i,nen from his pocket, placed IL on 'h'
Young mans desk, saying:
81 suppose you know where tha'
comes from I'll
Longworth looked at IL III a pe" =
,lered sort of way, turning 10 rounu ah'
round in his hand.
81 haven't the slightest idea really
.sNo? | was told you were interested
IN tho mine from which this was taken
Mr. wentworth called on me YESTERDAY
and cave your name as one OF those III
,yere concerned with the mine.
"Ab. YES, l see; yes, yes, have-soiii'
interest IN the mine"
..Wep. IL is about that / came to tan
with you. Where is the mine situated
"It is near the Ottawa river DelleNe
some distance above Montreal: an
not certain about its exact position ou
il is somewhere in that neighborhoou'
II thought by the way Wentworti
talked it was in the United States h'
mentioned another person as being M
partner in the affair. l forgot M
name"
"John Kenyon, probably"
s'Kenyon! Yes, / think that was TN
name. Yes, l am sure it was. Nov
NAV ask what is your connection witt
that mine? Are you a partner
Wentworth's and Kenyon's? Are yo'
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CHAPTER XIV.

If bad beginning pressages good
ending, the two amateur company pro-
moters ought to have been well pleased
but. such is the inconsistency of human
nature, they were not. Wentworth was
the least depressed by the ominous
start, although he admitted that the
letter received from the manager of the
china mandatory asserting that the
spar shown to him was of no particular
value, was a serious setback. Kenyon
maintained that Melville and Brand, his
manager of the works, were either ig-
norant or falsifiers of fact. The mineral,
he insisted, was all that he claimed it
TO be.
II hardly see how that helps us, said
Wentworth. "They can't be ignorant,
for they know how to make china, while
we don't. On the other hand, why should
they lie to us? What object could
they have in not telling the truth?"
That was a question that John was
not prepared to answer, so, being SEN
sible man. he remained silent.
When he read Edith Longworth's let
ter he felt more encouraged, and, in
due time, William Longwcrth himself
wrote, asking for an appointment, say
| ing he had reconsidered the matter, and
if satisfactory arrangements could he
made, he would he glad to assist them in
forming company.
When the three young men met il
| Wentworth's Office, Longworth ap
peared to have become reasonably en-
thusiastic about the project, but as
sured them that a company could not b'
formed in the economical manner the.
had intended. Much depended on ap
pearances in the city; handsome Off
ces would have to be obtained, goot
firm of solicitors should be chosen ant
there would be much printing and ad
vertising to be done.
Kenyon pointed out that all this re
quired time and money, both of whicI
requisites were short.
I'VE are making u strike for e G0,00
each" said Longworth, calmly, focus
ing his glittering monocle on Kenyon
THAT sum of money is not picked u
in London every day, and it is neve
picked up anywhere without taking
little risk. If you economize on you
sprat you will not catch your gudgeon.
"But we haven't the money to risk,
persisted Kenyon.
"Then. my dear sir, said Longwortl
cease TO fish for gudgeon, and retur
to the highly respectable profession c
mining engineering. If l am going [
Join you l can't afford to go on to cel
tain failure. If you can't pay for I'll
lottery ticket. il is foolish TO expect
draw the grand prize; now, isn't it?"
Wentworth, who knew more of III
! city and IT'S ways than his partner di'
at once recognized the truth of Loni
, worth's theories on the subject.
"Tou are quite right, Mr.. LonI
WORTH" he said; "and 1 think that a
we need now discuss are the terms {
our agreement with each other"
There will be little difficulty on thi
score," replied Longworth. II will tai
a third of the risk and third of q
profits, if that is satisfactory 20 you"
TTo az CONTINuED1
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ooINos OF soLoNs.

The senate OF the Connecticut legisla-
turc has rejected proposed bill TO
grant divorce for incurable insanity.
The South Dakota legislature has
voted to submit a woman suffrage con-
stitutionnl amendment TO the people. A
like amendment was defeated about Eve
years ago.
There are mad wags in the Missouri
legislature. Mr.. Vandiver has intro
duced q bill for a commission OF thre,
members to protect aged and invalid
sheep. 1t gives them salary of 81 ,oot
a year each.