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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
PtTH AND POINT.


-He-"I told your father we expect
ed to be married mex month, and he
was wild" She-"what did he say?"
He-"He wanted to know why we
couldn't make IL next week."-Puck.
-"Shall we" he asked, "repaii
hente?" Here" she answered. sim
ply, for her tire was already punctured
In the meanwhile her kit comprised
four caramels and a monkey-wrench.
Detroit Journal.
eve had to let our glass-eater 60"
what was the matter?" Somebody
got him to sign the pledge, and he got
so stuck up he wouldn't eat anything
but mineral water bottles detroit
Free Press.
~ suppose classical music is all
right in its place." said Maud. I'm
sure it is" replied Mamie; 81 don't care
to listen TO it myself, but sometimes you
have to play II in order to get a man
to go home."-Washington Star.
why has Mrs. Langdon left her
husband and gone back 20 her %parentsp'
"She got to rummaging through his
papers the other day and found the re
ceipt for his first wife's engagement
ring. II cost $50 more than he paid for
the second ne."-Chicago News.
why" asked the curious person
"do you managers always take your
shows out of town for their first per
~formances?" Because" said the man
ager, 1--WE know that II an outside town
will stand a show without killing tn,
company, New York will be perfect,
delighted with it."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
-"Shall we shoot or hang him?'
asked the vigilantes. The m~ethodica
man of business paused to think. lie
us not be hasty," he said, "for hurr.
begetscriminal wasteand extravaganza
The first thing to do is to learn the prize
of rope and compare it with the cost o
ammunition" - Philadelphia Nortl
American.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
emf his ewes lived mon The face Of tho

kept his eyes fixed upon the face of tho
young girl, who sat eagerly listening.
lie was trying another experiment in
ph~ysiognomy, and the result was not
altogether comforting.
"Ye dinna think they'd harm the lad,
do ye?"
81 imagine il would depend upon cir
cumstances. The object would be to
get rid of him until they could treat
withs Kilgrow. You know Thorndyke
better than l do; would he be likely to
go peaceably?
Duncan shook his head gravely. INA,
I'm thinkin' he wouldna do that; he'd
he mair than likely to gle EN- a deal o.
trouble"
The experiment was a cruel one, but
p%rotheroe continued il unpityingly.
"ln that case you can judge for yourself
by what was done day before yester-
day. Sharpless is thoroughly unscru-
%pulous; and Thorndyke could send him
to the ~penitentiary. It's kidnapping AT
the best, and il may be something mucs
worse"
The engineer found the result of his
experiment and his own punishment in
the expression of horror that crept
over Elsie's face when his inference be-
came plain. 1t hurt him more than he
cared to admit.
All through the long summer, while
Philip and Elsie were apparently jour
neying hand in hand along the road in
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
o IN HIS FLESH.
One Man Tells Honestly of His Poiit-
teal Experiences.

81 didn't have much luck in the legisla.
mre," sighed an aspiring young man who
is now in the insurance business. "That
old Skinley from the Hawbush district kept
tipping me up every move ! made. 4 want.
ed to go at him hammer and tongs, but he
never appeared to know that there was such
a member as |. lie never used my name
when speaking, never looked at me and
never openly opposed any of my bills. But
me. When | introduced my bill to do away
with high hats in the theater, he offered
one making it a misdemeanor for a woman
of 10 years or upward to appear bare
headed in any place of public amusement.
The only way OF keeping even was by drop
ping both of these proposed measures.
Having a large prohibition constituent
cy, | offered a bill in which a penalty was
fixed for selling or drinking any malt or
spirituous liquors, except under certain re-
strictions which would make il impossible
TO maintain saloons. Old Skinley at once
prepared and presented a measure making
It a crime for any man, woman or child to
have or TO indulge a thirst for anything
stronger than tea, coffee, water, milk OF
what are commonly known as soft drinks. |
was laughed off the floor when | attempted
TO urge my bill.
when / offered a bill f~orbidding any per.
son to marry before he or she had attained
the age of 81, Skinley was soon on deck
with another bill prohibiting any young
man or woman from falling in love without
first procuring a license from the cor at,
clerk. That's the way the fellow squelched
tive record on n sheet of blank paper, anc
shat's why I'm out of politics. But If Skin
ley ever comes up agrin Just watch my
mc ke.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
"THAT TERROR of MOTHERS"
How it was overcome by a
Nova SCOtian mother
Who is we'll known as all author.

was in It's contents."-Mrs. W. ]. DICKSON
c.stanford Eveleth"L author ~of"Romance
OF the Provinces" Truro, n. 5.
To show the prompt action of DIR. Ayers
Cherry Pectorai in severe cases, we print
a letter from c. J. Woodbridge. Workman.
Tex, who writes:
zone of my children had Group. One
night ! was startled by the child's hard
breathing, and on going to II found It
~strangling. II had nearly ceased to breathe
Having a part of a bottle of DR.. Ayers
Cherry Pectorai in the house, l gave the
child three doses. at short intervals. aud
anxiovsiy waited results, From the mo-
ment the pectorai was given the chiid's
breathing grew easier, and in a short time
II was sleeping quietly and breathing nat
urally. The child is alive and well today.
and I do not hesitate to say that Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral saved its life."-C. j.
wooLDRrDGR, WORKMAN, Tex.
These statements make argument in
favor of this remedy unnecessary. II II
a family medicine that no home should be
without. 1t is Just as efhcacious in bron-
chitis, asthma. w~hooping cough, and ALI
other varieties Of coughs, as 1t Is in Group
To put It within e~veryone's reach. Dr.
Ayers Cherry Pectorai is now put up in
half sire bottles. at hall priee-So cents
Send for Ayers Curebook lfree) anc read
Of other cures effected by DIR. Ayers
Cherry Pectorai. Address the ]. c. Aver
Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
HELD AN ACCIDENT POLICY.
A Cyclists Disgust ut Not being Hurt
I'm q CollisiOn.

This is the story OF a somewhat unusual
accident. 1t happened on the Conduit road
one evening early in the fall, and the man
who told me about 1t was an eyewitness
1t is singularly appropriate, by the way,
that he should be an eyewitness, for he y
an oculist by profession. A maj on = BIZ
cycle was screening cheerily along on the way
to town, when suddenly there doomed up
out of the darkness in front Of him a heavy
wagon and a team headed straight for him.
There was no time to turn out. The wheel
crashed into the wagon pole. and the rider
was thrown completely over the horses, fall
ing between them and the wagon. The ocu-
list ran to the rescue, expecting to see .
limp mass of bleeding and unconscious hui
manity. Instead, he saw a kicking and
swearing person who was apparently unin-
iured. The bicycle was n Chinese puzzle OF
twisted wire.
Are you hurt!" asked the %oculist.
The swearing person picked himself up
and stopped swearing. He gazed ut what
had once been a fair young bicycle.
Hurt" he said in a tom Of deepest dis.
gust. Hurt? Me? OF course ] amt hurt.
I've got an accident policy. '--Washington
Post.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
A CASE OF HEART FAILURE.

She was much frightened but noticed that
in intervals in which her stomach did not
annoy her, her hearts action became normal.
Reasoning S-rrectly that her digestion was
llone at fault she procured the proper med
lcine to treat that trouble and with imme-
date good results. Her appetite came back,
the choking spells became less frequent and
finally ceased. Her weight, which had been
greatly reduced was restored and she now
weighs more than for years. Her blood soon
became pure and her cheeks rosy.
The case is of general interest because the
disease is a very common me-. That others
may know the means Of cure we give the
name of the medicine used-Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. These pills con-
tain all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness TO the blood and restore
shattered nerves.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
Another Year for th~ wor,a.

The German meteorological prophet.
DR.. Rudolph Falb, predicted some time
ago the end of the world, AZ the result
of the collision of u globe with Tenn
pies comet ON November IL, 1899. 1t Is
a comet which travels in the wake OF
the meteoric swarm of shooting stars,
or the Leonide shower, which will be
most intense in 1899. and the late Prof.
Oppolzer, of Vienna, calculated it's re.
turn for May. 1899, instead of November,
De Falb's sinister prediction has caused
DIR. Frederick Bidschof, first assistant
at the Vienna observatory, to make a
rehabilitation of the comets course,
with the reassuring result that on the
day in 1899 when il will be nearest 10
the earth the distance will still be 49,
OOO,0 900 Kilometres, emitting the odd fig
ures. He gravely assures us that this
distance is sufficient for removing any
alarm. and gives us further to under
stand that Herr Falb made an error IN
his logarithm.--London Standard.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
THE HosTETIER co, WINS ANOTHER
CASE.
heterogeneous IN Their Bittcrs Not
Tolerated by United states Court.

The United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District of New York, Judge
Townsend presiding, handed dow an opin-
ion December 23d, 1897, granting injunction
and accounting, in the suit of The Hostetter
Company against Isaac Sommers and Louis
Joseph, for infringement of its Trade Mark.
The jurist states, in bold and clear language,
the rights accruing to the Hostetter Com
pany, and the liability incurred by all who
would rob them, by fraud or misrepresenta.
ton, of the well-earned reputation and
profits of a business built up by the efforts
Of half a century. The Judge says, in part;
"The complainant is entitled to protec
ton against the appropriation of its trade
mark, by any and all unfair and dishonor-
able means, and a court OF equity has pow
er to grant such protection whenever it is
satisfied that an attempt has been made by
ingenious subterfuges, to invade the rights
of an owner of q trade mark. In
the sharp contest between the individual
manufacturer, who strives to acquire and
retain the fruits Of industry and hon
esty, and the field of keen rivals, seeking
to wrest from him the prize of the public
goodwill, the inventive ingenuity OF the
infrirger has conceived a great variety oil
devices Forwarding the established rules Of
fair dealing. Courts of equity find.
ing that their ultimate object and effect
were to enable and induce the retail seller OF
a fraudulent imitation TO palm it off on an
unsuspecting public for the genuine article,
and thus to contribute to the infringement
upon the rights OF the original owner, have
not hesitated to apply the remedy"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
Fun Over the Bread.

We had the gauntlet yet to run, as the
firing of the communists was still
heavy in the neiglsorhood. The bull
lets were whistling so angrily down
one of the streets which cut the Rue de
la Renaissance at right angles that a
number of servant girls, who wished TO
go TO a bakers shop on the other side,
were afraid to venture over. The diff
Guilty was turned in this way: There
were soldiers OH one side of the danger
Gus crossing and maidseTyants on the
other. The maidservants threw their
money to the soldiers and the soldiers
purchased the bread and flung it across
TO the maids. This maneuvers excited
u good deal of merrimeEt in spite of the
danger with which il was attended.
At times a girl would throw a piece of
money short and a soldier would have
TO fish for it with his bayonet and
even. amid peals of laughter, venture out
to pick it up. Tosee the men and wom-
en- engaged in this occupation one might
easily have thought they We're indulg-
ing in some harmless pastime like hunt
the slipper.-Chicago News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
A WISE Err.
Tie Ksew Very Well How TO Dispose
of His Goods.

He carried a big load of brooms, and as he
zigzaged along the sidewalk with his burden
on his back he cast his pale, gooseberry eyes
over the houses to see a probable customer.
Then ne assembled a fight of steps and was
hailed by the woman next door.
You can't sell any brooms there. The
woman in that house never buys at the
ioor."
lie rang the bell and waited. Sure enough
the woman Of the house opened the door, and
when she cav the broom vender she was
about to close IL again.
II don't want anything" she said.
81 know it." said the man. THE woman
next door said you wouldn't buy anything"
"She did, did shey Perhaps I'm as able to
buy things as she is. How much did you
say your brooms were?'
"She said 1 couldn't sell you any-that you
never bought anything at the door"
Dear me, l wonder how she knew? Give
me that broom with the covered handle and
the one striped red and blue. And III take
two of those small whisk brooms. So? /
never buy anything at the doori The ideal'
Then he called on the first woman who had
talked with him and sold out the rest of his
brooms at a big advance over his original
prices. He had been in neighborhoods be.
fore.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
His s%Ieditntions.

Soon after Singleton's first baby was born
Mrs. Singleton went upstairs one evening
and entered the room where her darling
lay asleep. There she found her husband
standing by the side Of the crib and gazing
earnestly at the child. As she stood still for
a moment touched by the sight, the tears
filed her eyes and she thought:
ooh, how dearly Charles loves that boy"
Her arms stole softly around his neck, AZ
she rubbed her cheek caressingly against
his shoulder. Singleton started slightly at
voicing his thoughts, ut is incomprshensible
to me how they can get up such q crib az
that for S2.5O."-N. Y. Journal.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20

of all the evils that attack children
scarcely any other is more dreaded than
Group. 1t so often comes in the night.
The danger Is so great. The climax is so
sudden. 1t is no wonder that Mrs. w. J.
Dickson DIETER known under her pen
name of "Stanford Eveieth,"o calls II the
terror of mothers" Nor is IL any wonder
that she writes in terms of praise and
gratitude for the relief which she has
found both from her own anxieties, and
for her children's ailments, in DR.. j. {.
Ayers Cherry Pectorai. II would be i'm
possible TO better state the value Of this
remedy than is done in Mrs. Dickson's
letter, which is as follows:
"Memory does not recall the time when
DIR. Ayers Cherry Pectoral was not used in
our family, for throat and lung troubles,
and the number of empty Cherry Pectorel
bottles collected during the season, told
where relief had been sought. This
medicine was in such constant use in
my fathers family, that when I had a
home OF my own, and had childish
ailments to attend to, II still proved
efhcacious. That terror of mothers-the
startling, croupy cough-nev alarmed
me, SO long as i had a bottle of Ayers
Cherry Pectorai in the house to supple
ment tie hot-water bath. when suffering
With w~hooping cough. in its worst form,
and articulation was impossible on account
Of the choking, my children would point
and g~esticuiate toward the bottle; for
experience had taught them that relief
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
STOPPING A RAILWAY TRAIN.
A French Invention for Doing n
Quickly.

-
Quickly.
Some time ago the French State rail.
way gave a public trial to a new inven.
ton designed to effect automatically
the stoppage of trains, with a view to
prevent collisions. embarrassing acct
dents, etc.
The experiments took place under the
direction of M. Kaffas, the inventor. at
Beaulieu lie Ceudroy, near Chartres, be
fore many railway engineers and D
numerous gathering of scientists
Those present were convinced, so stated
the published reports, that the appa.
ratus fully satisfied all claimed for il.
The poiff chosen for the official ex-
pertinent offered the greatest possible
danger and difficulties. 1t was on a
single track line, between Charities and
Orleans, at the point of divergence of
the branch running to Asnieres, and
Immediately over a grade crossing.
There, at a distance of $50 yards from
the station, the mechanism was placed
in position. The invention consists OF
IN immense hook or catch made of
bent iron to which, while rigidly fas-
tened to the rails, a current of electrici-
ty is supplied by a wire and lever from
the station. While lying fat trains
pass over il readily, but when raised,
il catches a lever hanging from the
passing locomotive, the lever then auto
niatically causing an air valve on the
engine to open and the brakes to be i'm
mediately applied. AT the trial of the
device the train came to a stands:ill
before reaching the station.-N. y.
journal.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
The Kaiser's ChrIstian soldier.

One sentence in The speech delivered
by the kaiser the other day when
swearing in the recruits TO the Garde
corps has aroused much comment here.
As yet no official report of the speech
has appeared. The kaiser is stated to
have said: "He can neither be a good
soldier nor a brave man who is not a
good Christian, and under no circum.
stances can he fulfll what is demanded
of a soldier in the Prussian army The
anti-Semites are Of the opinion that
the kaiser directed this sentence
against the Jewish soldiers. To this
the Jews reply in the liberal press by
referring to the 5000 Jewish soldiers
In the German army Of 1901, OF
whom 327 were decorated with the
Iron Cross, the highest distinction for
military bravery in the empire. As.
however, the conservative press de
clares the kaiser directed HIS remarks
not against jews. but against bad
Christians, the liberal press contents
itself with the dry observation that
Prussia's most famous king and soldier.
Frederick the Great, was a very bad
Christian, IL, indeed, he was a Christian
at all, and that Blucher's Christianity
was Of a very doubtful order.--Pap
Mall Gazette.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-20
AN eMPERoR's DIETARY.
Description OF Francis Joscph's ZOO,
md Kitchen.

hhu
The emperor of Austria is n pious
Catholic who keeps ms strictly on his
fasts as he does on his early rising. IN
such days he abjures all meat and con
tents himself with fsh-a dish that,
like mutton, is a rarity in Nienna-an6
various kinds of omelettes. His
majesty takes his fish preferably
with buttered potatoes. His cuisine
is peculiarly Niennese, and IL is only at
court and state dinners that the French
menu has any chance. The Vienna
kitchen Is closely allied to the Ger
man in the simplicity and want of va
riety in the dishes. and by the "done-to.
death" character of the meats, but is
decidedly more tasty and inventive,
"Kaiserschmarrn" and the dumping.
like "Knodel' having a worldwide ce-
lebrity, His majesty, like his subjects,
prefers large helpings at the sacrifice
ness for a dainty sort called Frank.
forter nit Kreu." 1t may be called his
specially.
In summer the so-called seconl
breakfast is omitted. and the emperor
contents himself with the five o'clock
breakfast, consisting of a cup of coffee
and a little "kalte Auflage" (sliced cold
sausage, ham, etc. His majesty sticks
to his desk for the next seven hours
with scarcely an interruption. At noon
comes the luncheon, or 'Gabel-fruh.
stuck" consisting of n soup and a size,
of roast. Al half-past two is a dinner
of six courses, comprising soup, fish
two %roasts, pudding and "A dessert. His
majesty likes beer, but partakes Of boil
beer and wine very sparingly, although
the wine is changed for each cover
Liquors are also served. The empero,
drinks preferably dark Bavarian beer
half a pint is his quantum. When h,
has risen from the table Kaiser Fran;
Joseph has finished his eating for tn,
day and touches nothing more, ever
when in the evening he attends a thea
ter. He is in bed by nine O'clock. ant
to his regular, moderate life he wv
undoubtedly his longevity and splen
did health and spirits.
That is how the emperor lives in win
ter, but the arrangements must neces
y s. oH tNtIN uC
casion when a state function take
place. Then the splendor and lavish
ness Of the imperial table knows no lin
its, and the fifteen covers hide titbit,
from every nationality, according I,
the tastes Of the guests. But his males
ty is only at home when his table i
laden with the simple fare of his loya
Burger" All the royal fruit and veg
etables are grown in the country, ex
cept when the time Of the year absolute
ly compels the purchase OF thes,
abroad. The wines are mostly Austri
, an or Hungarian, but also include Bur
gundies, Moselle, and Rhine wines, ant
Spanish sorts and champagne.
Next year at the jubilee exhibition
the emperor intends to have the dishe
cooked in the imperial kitchensand sol,
In the exhibition grounds. The publ
will thus, "for a consideration be abb
to enjoy the piqunnt crumbs tina
fall from his majesty's table an,
sip the wines from the royal cellars
The proceeds will go TO charitable pur
poses.-Nienna Cor. Pail Mall Gazette