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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

for three miles, and north, six, taking
soundings at each limit. At eight bells
Padre SebastiaDo came on deck and be-
came 40 absorbed In the proceedings
that he actually forgot his breakfast.
Each time the lead was hauled up he
would examine the tallow at the lower
end TO make sure that no sand or coral
fragments were embedded in II, and ms
sounding after sounding proved unsuc-
cessful at the full 300-fathom depth. he
couldn't keep the disappointment from
showing In his face. Finally the cap
tain aold him that further search was
useless, and when the steamer was
headed for Guaia he went below.
Halsteod treated the matter ms " Il
possessed but little interest for him.
yet when he glanced at me could see
that he was thoroughly discouraged.
The engines had Just started at full
speed ahead. and we were preparing TO
go below for breakfast, when ! noticed
q little bunch OF cumulus cloud few
miles TO the southeastward, and called
his attention TO them.
swell. what about them?" he said.
They're just ordinary clouds, aren't
thcy?"
That's all, but ] was thinking Of
what Maury says about atmospheric
condemnation In the neighborhood Of
all these coral islands, even the lowest
atoll having n tendency to collect va
por over II at times. Now, whether a
t.ts In ~ t.r a rss4f tgnttlI
absolutely prevent such condensation
or not, I don't know. I should say
the chances were that II would; but
well. the atmosphere does queer things
sometimes. What do you thinkf"
Halstead watched the bunch Of cloud
for second or two. noticed that there
was nothing else OF the kind in that
direction. and then ordered the man
at the wheel TO head southeast. ]
saw that he considered the search
| hopeless, but he was determined "a
leave no chance untried. Dinz had gone
down into the fore-hold with some OF
his men, to overhaul the last cases for
Agnnn and Moreno was below a'
breakfast; so that no one but the helms
man noticed our again heading about,
and he was dreaming OF Visayn girls in
Manila too deeply TO do more than obey
orders In n purely mechanical way.
Ittook less than half an hour 10 reach
the position. Then Halstcad himself
climbed ont upon the sounding perch
with a hand lead and 30 fathoms Of line
lie had stationed me at the telephones
on the bridge, hastily arranging a
series OF signals, and. after watching
the waters surface closely for awhile
waved his hand tor half speed"
In about two minutes | saw hin
swing the lead forward, paying on
the line rapidly as IL tautened undei
his feet. Five times more he east II
hauiirg in the entire length after euci
one. then signaled: Full speed
ahead" After which, mounting tb'
bridge. re ordered the helmhman Il
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AUTOMATIC COUpLERS.
The First investion. Its Inventor and
Others Were Overwheimse
In Ruin.

The idea Of n sel:-locking couple,
iuggested itself to inventors many
years ngo, and away back In 1855 or
thereab0uts n prosperous Kentucky
farmer named Mclean figured out n
device that seemed to fiji the bill 10 "A
dot. IL consisted Of n pair II inter
locking levers, controlled by q very
simple mechanism, and the model
worked like a charm. Mclean was sat
isficd he had a fortune In sight. and
went north to interview a certain big
railroad magnote. TO his surprise the
magnate failed to enthuse, n nd, while
he admitted that the invention was
a good thing, he dcclined absolutely
to have anything 10 do with IL. or
course, he was proceeding on the
well-known theory that IL 10 folly to
waste money improving the service
when you don't have TO. but the farm
er couldn't grasp the idea, and ne be-
gan n pilgrimage from one h&adquar-
ter Office TO another, appealing. expos
tulating and explaining the merits of
his apparatus. What bewildered him
was that every body freely admitted the
utility OF the thing. but nobody would
consider its adoption. Finally the war
came on. and everything else was swcp,
into the background for four years.
After peace was declared Mclean he.
gan again. confident as ever. lie had
been worth $780, 900 or $4,000 when he
started. and he eventually " reduced him.
self 20 penury. Everything went
into the nav Of the invention, and
along ABOUT ls6s he died, a broken.
hrarted brother. The coupler patent
then passed into the hands of q cousin
who was merchant In Louisville
When he studied the device lac became
an enthusiast and began q new cam.
paign where Mclean left of. TO make
q long story short, he sunk everything
he had on earth ia an effort TO get II
adopted, and finally committed suicide
His lawyer took the coupler for back
fees and inherited the boodoo. In q
little while he was devoting his entire
time and attention TO the work of pro
noting, and seemed continually on the
verge Of reapirg n big fortune. He
sources came to an end together, ar,
the last heard Of him he was working
as u clerk In Los Angeles. Meanwhile
the coupler had been outclassed by
new devices, and only few months ago
the old model was In Chicago rnil-
way office. where 1t had been left us a
curio. Strange. isn't h, that n really
valuable and useful invention should
have wrecked no many lives2-N. o..
Times-Democrat.
The Brsksmas ssd the Drummer.
The brakeman opened the door with
a bang; then he opened his mouth. and
this is what the passengers heard:
"Aw WOW wnh ugh!"
II beg your pardon" said the fat
drummer. timidly, but would you
mind repeating that7 didn't quite
catch II. Very stupid OF me, OF course,
but the fact Is was thinking of some
thing else"
The brakeman glnred nt the drummer
for a moment, and then roared out
again:
"Aw WOW wah ugh!"
Thank you" said the drummer. II
was not quite sure the first time wheth-
er you said 'Aw WOW wah ugh or 'um
rah rah whoopl' Now understand you
perfcctly."-N. Y. Journal.
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died. The doctor even gave me up and
wonders how ever lived.
~ wrote for Mrs. Pinkham's advice
at Lynn, Mass, and took her medicine
and began to get we'll. took several
bottles Of the Compound and used the
sanative Wash, and can truly say that
! am cured. Yon would hardly know
me, am feeling and looking so well.
Lydia +. Pinkhnm's Vegetable Com
pound made mo what I am."-MRs.
j. +. STRETCH, 48i MECHANIC ST.,
CAMDEN, N. j.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

Coming men are usually those VIII"
save their incomes
Never ask for the pedigree Of gift
horse.
True blue shouldn't he ~ foolish as
10 turn green with envy.
Men generally have more respect for
money orders than any other. !,
The best policy with strange friends
a 10 have them estranged.
When man Is fieeced by crook he
remembers the pastoral Implement for
catching lambs. but cant consider the
Sverformance appropriate. - Chicags
democrat
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~ must tell you that Lydia +. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has done
more for me than any doctor.
~ was troubled with irregular
menstruation. Last summer I began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking two bottles, 1 have
been regular every month since. l
recommend your medicine to ALL
Mrs. MAGGIE A. BRows, WEST PIT.
PLEASANT. N. j.
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In uterus, ovaries
were affected and
had leucorrhea.
l had my children
very fast and II
lcftme very weak.
A year ago ! was
taken with food.
inv and almost
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
Isa,-, Can wear sh.es

One sizo smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. IL makes tigh,
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corn.
stores. DC. Trial package FREE by mail
Address Allen y. Olmstsd, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
A Clam Rccnrd-

81 wouldn't associate with her. Why, on,
OF her ancestor, was a charwoman."
We'll, then, she's sure that one OF them
AZ least, had clean record "-Philadelphis
Bulletin.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

Getting married is a good deal like coast.
ing down hill in winter; good deal OF
preparation is necessary, and II is soon
r.-Atchison Globe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many a doctors bills. +. Hardy, Hop
kins Place, BaltImore, Md. Dec. g. '0l.
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STREET EXPOSITION.


To ne Held In the Heart Of the Business
District Of Kansas City. "U. =. A." Under
the Management Of the Ksrnivai
krcwe. sept. ssth to Oct. Tth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

II is humiliating to reflect that bad tect h
are responsible for more silence than is al.
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rIIrrra TO MRS prsrxAx NO. ,s.ss,

81 was sufferer from female weak
ness. Every month regularly rs the
menses came, suffered dreadful pains
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Plans are now under way for the
most novel and unique exhibition ever
held In Kansas City, and the Krcwe
ask the hearty cooperation of the citi-
zens OF the greatest city OF the west
and vicinity In making IL grand sue
cess. Everything will be absolutely
new, and u Is the intention 10 include
only the very best exhibits In the va
rious lines of business and industrial
art, and to show In city within city
the progress and advancement of Kan
sas City as "a commercial center. Also
the products of farm and orchard ip
the tributary country.
The Purpose os This Exposition.
II Is designed to get up great homo
products EXHIBIT, n mcrchants' ex-
hibit, n manufacturers' exhibit, COW
ering all the multifarious industries Of
Kansas City and many from distant
cities. twill be the purpose to exclude
all foreign exhibits which. In any way.
conflict with similar exhibits Of home
merchants and manufacturers IL Is
designed also to have n large and pop
ular display OF farm products, prizes
being offered tn induce liberal re-
sponsc In this direction by our farmer
friends. A farming implement show
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Arrangements are under way for
Special excursions ON all the railroads
entering the city during the karnival
season, and u Is believed that thou
. VI prop,. iro,h 'Ne surrounding
CO... ., ris;, a.. H. .,,, -, -
.vr,.,,,,n w"
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Inc WORLDS iair haa ts Midway
the world o on % nsooun, "S of ,h
W. VIII 'n account VI Tue eN"'oiIion
a.. ~ 20 ~, Up. anu an eAe,np''nca, ca,
have similar novel f.ntnres conn.c,.d
with Its great street exposition, which
will include Japanese thcater, Oriental
theater, n trained wild animal show. a
Moorish or Persian fhentcr nm A,uer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
fro M cosTiNuEp.l

Cht.sse cities DARK NJ Night
Tientsin and other Chinese cities
have no lights at night except such ss
come from private houses.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

The Secret Service hsA Just unesstho1 -
other band OF copnterfeiters, and soe1102
large quantity Of bogus bills, which ~ .
cleverly executed that the sversee pofosn
would never suspect them Of being spSsiouo.
Things OF great value are always ssIecte6 fop
imitation. notably Hostetter's Stomach Dl(.
ters, which has n, many imitation: bat neesuals
stipstion, nervousness and general debility.
Always go 90 reliable druggists who have tie
reputation Of giving what you ask for.
Aline--"Wouldn't You hate to be preach
er's wife," Anna--"No, indeed. Just
think Of being able 10 make him cut his ssrs
mons sbort.--kansss City Independent.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

and Fever Is a bottle OF GROVES TAsTgLnss
CHILL Tone. II Is simply iron and q,iinine In
0 tastelcss form. No cure-no pay. Price SOC,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
Hnti's Catarrh Cure
Is q Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.

It's cold day when the palm. leaf fan get,
lcft.-Chicago Evening News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03

Pope says "The minds the measure Of
the man" Perhaps that is why some men
are 50 hard to hnd.-Ram's Horn.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
To Cure m Cold In Ga. D,v

Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. All
druggists refund money fit fails to cure. o5c.
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The Trades Display.

The entrances To the strun lpo
tion and midway will he Ing
that all visitors must pass gh /
fair proper In order 70 ~ ,c m
way, and they Will Of d
portunity to stop ~ tho I
hibits by the me kans
City and Others. Intion
make this portion |et ~
teresting to all as hi secti
will be.
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Arrangements are under way for
special excursions ON all the railroads
entering the city during the karnival
season, and u IL believed that thou
sands Of people from the surrounding
country will take advantage Of the low
fares to visit the city and attend tho
exposition.
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sage os sa WI haw Says.

President Karnival Krewe, Kan
City, Mo.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

responsibility for the character Of the
service they may end If any appoin-
tee proves incompetent or dishonest, let
the administration and the party thai
placed it in power be responsible to the
people.
To rob the mayor of his ~prerogative to
appoint a man to office that his judgment
suggests, in order to assist one wing or
the democracy to "even up with the
other, or to secure a few cheap subordi-
nate official positions for republicans who
ought to know better han to accept Of
flee under a democratic administration, is
to belittle the dignity of the republican
party and place it at a political d~isadvan-
tage in the future. The policy of the
founders of the republic against "entang-
ling alliances is one that can with safe
ty and profit be followed by the republic
can members of the city council of Butte.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
STILL KICKING.

The end of the Davis Will litigation has
sight. A short time ago it looked as
though the final settlement would soon
be made, as the interest of all the heirs
demanded, and upon the basis of a per-
fectly fair and equitable decree of dis
%tribution. The eastern and western rela-
tives of the lamented millionaire would
erly II legally coming to them, the ex-
pense of administration would have been
ended, the fees of lawyers would have
been stopped and the estate would have
been in no danger of suffering from fur
Their depreciation of values. Unfortunate
ly for the other heirs. however, Erwin
brothers death and once more raises his
voice in grief-stricken accents of oppo>
sition. Whether before the final settle
ment with the heirs this great and good
man insists upon paying back to the
estate the half a million or so which,
with great presence of mind, he borrowed
from the late Judge Davis, and which he
still owes them, or whether he fears fatal
results to himself from the distribution
of the estate to others, he has not yet ex-
planned. The facts remain that he is now
the only obstacle between the heirs and
the money which rightfully belongs to
them. In his financial delirium Erwin
seems to have lost all faith in his rela-
tives, in the administrators, in courts
and juTies, and in the human race gener-
ally. The district court of Silve~ Bow
county, tie supreme court of the state,
the supreme court of the United States,
and the tribunals of Massachusetts are
all presided over by burglars, counter
feiters and road agents according to the
apparent belief of the great Borrower.
There is reason to believe that if the
Great Court Above, where the DEGREES of
~Omnipotence are registered, were to de-
wise a plan for the settlement of the
Davis will contest and order a final dis
%tribution, Erwin Davis would employ
Bob Ingersol and other representatives
of the devil to file a, plea in abatement
or claim a lack of jurisdiction.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
BURNING EFFIGIES,
understand

The pending trial in Big Timber over
the artificial execution of Representative
Beasley of the Montana legislature will
keep alive public interest in efigies and
dummies, until it is legally determined
whether such things can or cannot be
used for the purpose of purifying a leg
~islative assembly in this state. Montana
is not the only commonwealth that has
INDUCED in the effigy business, and if the
defendants in the Beasley case plead pre-
cedents in justification they will have a
long string of them from which to select
illustrations
That innate instinct of revenge, which
in boyhood finds expression in cruelty
pounding the stick of wood that flies up
and hits him in the face when he cuts
a fagot in two, is given expression in
manhood by the creation of an efTigy.of
an enemy and then furnishing it. The
Chicago Times-Herald publishes an ar
ticle on efigies hat is apropos to the sit
idlloll III Dis IlIhDSl at lHiS tllHc, anu
which ought to bring comfort to the
hearts of the defendants. 1t says:
A very interesting ceremony took place
at Anderson, Ind, a few days ago. A
woman of that city sent out invitations
to all of her friends to come and see her
husband burned in effigy. Needless to
say, the invitation was cheerfully ac-
cepted, and the grotesque and pitiable
image of the absent spouse was m
ed, to the great satisfaction of all pres
emit. Any burning in efigy is an inter
csting event. sure to call together all the
children, old and young, of the country
side. This latest instance attracts atten-
ton on account of its extreme archaic
flavor. If there is truth in the doctrine
of transmigration of souls, the lady in
question must surely have lived at one
time in old Greece. Theocritus tells us of
sorcerers that pretended to work evil,
and even to kill the enemies of their
clients by means of charms performed
over doll images representing the offend
ing persons.
The original idea of an cfiigy was that
there existed some sort of sympathy be-
tween the image and the person for whom
it was substituted, and that harm done
the former or curses pronounced against
it would actually result in evil to the lat
ter. People did to the effigy as they would
like to do unto the absent offender, and
were cheered by the hope that sooner or
later their vengeance would overtake
him.. These are milder times, and the or
mind does not contemplate with
the incarceration alive of a hui
man being. The burning of a person in
efIigy these days is a method by which
the populace expresses its contempt for
person. 1t is an extraordinary and
ostentatious insult, and it also furnishes
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
UNNECESSARY ALARN.

When the democratic press expresses
the belief that it has been the purpose
of the administration to punish for trea-
son those who have rendered aid and
comfort to the Filipino insurgents, it
is another illustration of the adage that
"a guilty conscience needs no accuscr."
The administration has had no such in
~tention, for the work of conquering the
insurgents has gone bravely on, notwith-
standing the efforts of many prominent
democratic newspapers and orators to
cripple the efforts of the government
through disloyal agitation.
The talk of trial for treason, of making
an example of prominent aSitators. is the
Filipino Duncan to the democratic Mac
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
RAISED.
catches.

In the train sat a queer old Quakeress.
She wore a silver gray dress, snowy col
lar and such a sweet gray hat. She was
a big handsome woman and her large
Madonna face beamed with benevolence
and love. A ruby or a diamond Orna-
ment would have married her beauty.
Two smart commercial ira velers stepped
into the same carriage with the old lady.
After they had discussed the spirit and
tobacco trade a while, they looked
around at the Quakeress. Then they
locke at each other, smiled, and one re-
mared in an undertone: BILLY, I guess
the old lady is inflated with quaker
yeast" Without lifting her eyes, the old
lady remarked so low hat the passen-
gers could not hear it: eff thy father and
mother had consumed more sweet
quaker yeast and less bad beer and to-
bacco, thee would have been better
bred" Then it was so still that you
could hear the engine pump.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
THE CYCLONE.

AS additional details of the terrible
storm hat swept over the city of Kinks
vile, Missouri, are received, the impress
sion grows that it was one of the most
destructive cyclones that ever filed
human hearts with woe. An appalling
number of lives were surrendered to the
resistless ferocity of the tempest. More
heart rendering scenes could not well be
painted upon the canvass of history that
the sudden turning Of happy homes into
theaters Of death by angry nature madly
whirling in the storm. . ,
In the horrible pictures of human dis
tress what could be more dramatic than
a father crazed with grief, holding in one
arm the beheaded form of his wife and in
the other arm the beheaded body of his
child? Or, a family group in the path
way of the storm, gathered around the
chair of the aged grandfather to await
the doom that vas written in the fury of
the swirling cloud. The path of the Kinks
Vile cyclone was a trail OF blood. Its
horrors will never be effaced from the
minds of men.
AS the people in the storm belt recover
from the shock, they will weep over the
graves of their loved and lost, n cry:
What shall we do to be saved?". Prima-
tive genius will answer: dig a storm
cave?" Nature will answer their appeal
with another storm. as soon as the icy
breath of the northern breeze is kissed
by the southern zephyrs, and conditions
ripen for the creation of another mad
messenger of death. Religion will an
swer: Trust in God, for all men must
die" Science will reply: TOO busy my
self %inventing electrical apparatus for
the destruction Of mankind, to interfere
with natures efforts il the same direc-
ton" And the nnual cyclone will con-
tinue year after year to fill the world
with the horror of it's achievements.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
POCKET POLITICS,

Ire admission of Croker before the
Mazet committee hat the men who con-
troll Tammany and the city of New York
are working for their pockets all the
time" is likely to give rise to a great deal
of discussion in the future as to pocket
politics. 1t is not to be supposed that the
that he was converting the municipal
government of New York to the private
gain of himself and associates. The state
meat was drawn from him as a substi-
tuta for still more damaging confessions.
But while the noted New Yorker has con-
ceded a well known truth, it is unfortu-
nately a rule of political procedure that
obtains in many other parts of the oun-
try, where there are no Mazet committees
to bring out the facts. With the intro
duction of wealth into political circles as
a determining factor, pocket politics
come in for the lions share of attention.
Instead of political organizations be-
coming a medium through which the pub
lie interests are served in the selection of
capable and worthy men for office, they
are used for speculative purposes to
serve the immediate ends of the investor.
Montana has had its share Of pocket
politics. even if there are no Mazets for
It's Crokers.