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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

COL CUTLER, commander-in- chief Of
the national guard Of California, has
outlined'a plan for nationalizing the
militia of the states and placing II
under the charge of the government
His plan is to create n compulsory en-
listment Of one regiment of infantry
or heavy artillery in every congres.
sional district, also one troop of cav
airy and one battery OF light artillery
to every brigade of infantry. tho or
ganization and maintenance To be at
the expense of the United States and
under the direction of the war depart
ment, without interference from the
governors of states. o"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

THIRTY railroads were represented
Mt meeting held in Chicago the other
day to consider plan proposed for a
joint exhibit at the Paris exposition
in 1900. The plan suggested is TO con-
struct a large scenic map that will
show the route of every railroad in
the country by electrical devices and
on which the elevations and natural
features of the surrounding country
will be shown in proper proportion
and color The represent the
various railroad systems discussed the
project thoroughly. 1t was decided
To raise 100000 for the purpose OF
making the exhibit.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
THE anti-anarchist con ference. which

The Eanti-anarchistc con ference, which
has been in session at Rome for some
weeks. under the presidency of the
italian minister of foreign affairs. has
closed dts sittings and the delegates
have appended their signatures to
q protocol it was understood that a
number Of practical resolutions were
adopted, but the proceedings have not
resulted In the convention binding the
states represented.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

At a meeting of the board of regents
of the territorial university, held at
Oklahoma City recently, Hon. c. o.
Blake of III Reno was unanimously
elected president of the territorial
board of regents. This position was
lately filed by Hon, John l. Ollie. now
OF the law university of Des Moines, la.
Mr.. Blake is one of the most prominen; |;
lawyers in Oklahoma and a scholar of
marked ability.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
Two are Charged with Murder.

A coroner's jury at Enid returned a
verdict charging John Brady with
shooting and killing A. L, Fulton OF
Independence, Kan, whose body was
found in "a strawstack near Enid, and
Charles Vixen with being an accessory.
Vixen is in jail. Brady, whose home
is in Norwich, Kan, and who has
served one term in the Kansas state
penitentiary, escaped.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

A corps of Fort Worth and Denver
civil engineers are making n survey
from Cuanah TO Oklahoma City.
1t is proposed to build railroad TO
connect with the Frisco, giving direct
communication with st. Louis. 1t is
reported that the Fort Worth and
Denver City Railway company are fos.
tering the scheme.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

FORTRESS MONROE, already styled the
"Gibraltar of America" is to be made
even more formidable than now. 1t Is
proposed to extend the Notifications at
least half a mile on the Chesapeake
bay side, so that the big guns which
now command the entrance to the Vir-
ginia capes can also guard the ap-
proaches to Washington. Crushed
stone will be usod mainly for the
building of the defenses.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

New York, Dec. SO.-Three great
thread manufacturing companies
which practically control the business
of the country are about to combine.
These concerns are George A. Clark &
Bro, Newark, n. j.; the Clark Mile
End Spool Cotton company. with fac
tory in Newark, and the Coates Thread
company, with factory at Pawtucket,
r. i. In circular to the trade these
firms announce that after January I
their separate selling offices in New
York will be abandoned and their
business will be handled by the Spool
Cotton company. at 345 broadway.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

A fire on Saturday last resulted in
the almost complete destruction of
Donahue's cotton gin at Perry. The
loss was $4,000 The fire is supposed
to be of inceudiary origin. The gin
will be rebuilt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

DAVID SHEA, an ex-convict, deliber-
ately committed suicide the other day
in rooming house at st. Louis by
shooting himself in the head. In a
pathetic letter left by him and ad-
dressed to the editor of the Post-Dis-
patch he said he was driven to death
through a private detective agency
bounding him. He declared he was
unable to obtain work to sustain him
self honestly and he decided to die.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
Gen. Lawton for the Philippines.

Washington, Dec. S0.-The war de-
partment has issued orders assigning
Maj Gen. Lawton to service in the
PHILIPPINES. Gen. Lawton, who was
one of the most conspicuous officers in
the campaign about Santiago, will be
second in command to Gen. Otis, and
in the event of Gen. Otis appointment
as governor general of the Philip.
pines, will assume military command
of the forces in the Philippines.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

SENATOR STEWARDS bill granting
1000, 900 acres of land to Nevada for
irrigation was amended by the senate
committee on irrigation. 1t grants
100000 acres to each of the arid
states, the proceeds to be used exclu-
sively for irrigation purposes
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

THE London Daily Chronicle has sue
cessfully carried out the first trip
from London to the continent In n
steerable balloon. The passengers
were Percival Spencer, the famous
aeronaut, and Lawrence Swinburne, OF
the Daily Chronicle staff
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

THE cost of the Spanish war, includ.
ing garrisons in the dependencies dur
Ing the remainder of the present fiscal
year, will probably fall within the
Limit of $3.50, 900, 900. This was about
the amount estimated at the signing
OF the peace protocol In August
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

THE official reports OF all command
ing officers OF the navy during the war
have been complied and published by
the navy department The documents
contain many things that throw side
lights on interesting phases Of the
war
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
Merriam for Ambassador to Russia

New York. Dec. 30-A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says: Ex.
Gov. Merriam. Of Minnesota, is said to
be slated to succeed Secretary Hitch
cock as ambassador TO Russia Mr..
Merriam's friends assert. with every
indication of assurance, that his name
will go to the senate soon after the
HOLIDAYS
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Biggs-Is it true that Smith, the iceman
is dead?
Boggs..,Yes, poor fellow. He cuts no ic
now.-Life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

ACCORDING to dispatches from New
York, the bus line in Fifth avenue in
that city is soon TO be transformed in
10 a horseless carriage service. yehi-
cles drawn by horses are to give way
to the automobile busses that have
been in successful operation in Paris
for more than year. The horseless
carriage is less noisy, cleaner and
easier to manage than horsepower
means of travel, the Chicago News
says The automobile will not be-
come frightened and run away in
crowded streets, which is one OF the
present sources of danger 10 riders
and pedestrians from the use OF horses
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
The Girl I'm Love.

She's timid and believes in peace.
She shri1ks from wars alarms;
Yet, womanlike, she'll never cease
To love the call to arms.
Judge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

A SOCIETY for the prevention OF
tuberculosis "a to be formed in Chica.
go. Ii proposes to distribute informa.
tion about the disc ase, establish an
open air sanitarium for invalids and
influence legislation to prevent the
disease
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

PRoF. CHARLES Il. TRIrLER, of Brook.
lyn, continues to have un nbounded faith
in the practical use of liquetied air as
a substitute for steam and for high ex-
plosives. His recent announcement of
his ability to manufacture liquid air
cheaply and in large quantities is now
further supplemented with the state.
ment that he has invented a practical
motor, by means of which the new
force can be applied to all kinds OF ma
chinery. AS liquid air has been dem
onstrated to possess from 20 TO 100
times the power of steam, there can
be no doubt as to its ability TO sup
plant steam If practically applied.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

THE New York World asserted that
within the past few months industrial
trusts have been organized in that
city whose aggregate capital is more
than 5000, 900, 600
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
The Beaver Herald.
NOAH Dawes. Publisher.
DnAvBR, OKLAHOMA
CURRENT COMMENT.

A MOVEMENT has been started by tho
Paris Journal to secure a dogs ceme-
terry for the French capital
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Al three of the large London railway
stations-Charing Cross. Cannon street,
and London Bridge-more than $4,000
movements for signal aud point levers
have TO be made every "a hours. quite
apart from the telegraphie operations
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

When a man is always telling about hoy
he doesn't want to cheat folks we get sus
picious at once.-Washingto (Ia) Demo
Graf
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

CHICAGO is in the clutches of an ice
cream trust the four leading cora-
panies of the city that manufacture
the frozen product having united.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

The best locomotives on steam lines
weigh i54 pounds per h. p., but on an
electric traction line at Baltimore,
which was opened in 1898. the electric
traction locomotive weighed l26
pounds per b. p. These locomotives
weigh 90 tons, and develop 1000 h. p.,
distributed on six independent driving
axles
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Bad feet from frost bites are made scum,
By st. Jacobs OIL. 1t cures.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Years Of rheumatism have ended will
Cure by st. Jacobs Oil. Cures promptly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

The. boy with made-over trousers take
after his father.-Golden Days.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

knowledge is power only up to the poin
where person knows it all.-Town Topics
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Thinking over our own faults makes u
talk less about those of others.-Rami
Horn.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

The man who is full Of himself hasn't
much space to fill anyhow w-Town Topics.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

The stingy mans dollars are what yo
might call close quarters.-Golden Days.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Made worse by cold. Neuralgia need
st. Jacobs Oil to cure. It cures.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

We commonly cut our eye-teeth on some
thing harder than rubber ring.-Detroi
Journal.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

The best efforts of the chairmaker ar
constantly being sat upon.-Golden Days.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
To Cure n Cold in One Day
The Climate Forbid. II.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. 25o
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

The pain Of sciatica is cruel The cure bI
st. Jacobs Oil is sure. 1t penetrates.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05

Moods Pills cure sick headache Is cents
Evening star., 1899-04-19

was very weak and nervous all the
time. My feet were swollen and so
sore | could not bear my weight
upon them. Was confined to my
bed for three months and the doctor
came to see me nearly every day, but
| did not get much better. The doc
tor thought at first | had consump-
ton, after this he said it was liver
disease, and then he told me he did
not know what was the cause OF my
trouble and told me | would never be
any better. | lived in this way from
sixteen years old to twenty-three,
when the doctor gave up my case.
| could not be up half of the time.
About three weeks after this | was
advised by a kind friend to try DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which
I did and before | had taken two
bottles of it | could work all dav.
| took in all six bottles of the Fay
orite Prescription and about five
vials of Doctor Pierce's Pellets. |
used no other medicine. | have
Evening star., 1899-04-19
FLAMING FOR WATER WORKS.
Movement in That Interest by Ia
EOma Town Council.

EsOma Town Council.
The town council of Takoma Park held a
meeting Monday night. The principal item
of business discussed was that relative to
securing water works for the town. The
special committee on this subject of which
Mayor Shedd is chairman, was instructed to
continue the investigation as to the most
feasible source of supply, and a committee,
composed of Messrs. Platt, Dyar and Lung,
was appointed to make a careful inspection
of the Sligo stream and report as to wheth-
er there is any probability of contamina-
ton of the water Several ways of supply
ing water to the town have been suggested,
among them being by the big spring and
artesian wells, respectively, but SO far all
the engineers and specialists on the sub
ject who have examined into the matter
are of the opinion that the Sligo is the
natural supply for the Park. Attorney
Gould, who was present, expressed himself
in favor of the Sligo plan.
Mr.. Q. d. Sunny, chief of the Takoma
fire department, requested that an appro-
priation be made for additional hose, but
action on the matter was deferred until the
water question shall have been settled. Mr..
SUNNY also suggested that the department
be strengthened by the employment of paid
men to handle the chemical engine as their
work would be more efficient than that Of
the volunteers.
The judiciary committee was directed to
tee on streets was authorized to inVesti-
gate the complaints of defective drainage
and Washouts.
Messrs. George A. Warren and j. B. Kin
near We're appointed a board of assessors
to prepare an assessment of all real and
personal property in the town, to report the
results at the meeting in May.
The report of Town Treasurer Warren on
the recent tax sale showed that the taxes
on all property advertised had been either
paid or the property sold. The sale was
very successful but was the smallest list
since the new tax law went into effect,
showing, it was stated that property own
ers recognize the fact that the town is in
earnest about collecting taxes, and that
it costs less to pay promptly than to allow
the property to be sold and redeemed.
Major Daniel ODriScoll requested that
the street lamps be replaced on Sligo
avenue.
Capt. T. w. Lay of Takoma Heights, who
was severely injured last Saturday near the
railroad station by fall, resulting from an
attack of vertigo, is rapidly recovering.
An election of officers of Takonaa Lodge,
1. o. G. T., will be held next Friday night
at Takoma Hall, when Messrs. Arthur
Adams and Horace Gosorn will have charge
of the good of the order" The lodge will
pay a fraternal visit to Friendship Lodge
in Washington Monday night, the oath in
StaQt.
Evening star., 1899-04-19
HOW GIRLS ARE SACRIFICED !
THE MODERN MINOTAUR
Both Counsel and Comfort in a
Friends Timely Word.

There is nothing more beautiful in
the whole range of created things
than the girl just blossoming into
womanhoOd Poets have exhausted
language. and ransacked the world
tbr imagery to fittingly suggest her
3eauty. Her eyes they have named
stars, her lips rose buds, her teeth
pearls: her ears are pink-tinted sea
shells, her hair is spun gold, her skin
is alabaster, her neck is swan-like,
her laughter is like the birds trill or
the brooks summer song, her smile
is like the glow OF dawn on snow
Evening star., 1899-04-19
THE LIFE PLANT.
Leaves Received From Consul Ayms
mt GuadelOupe.


The Agricultural Department has lust re-
ceived a dozen leaves of one of the most
curious plants known to botanists They
come from Consul Ayme, at Guadeloupe
and are from a plant which grows wild on
the island. On account of its peculiar prop
critics it is called by the natives 'the life
slant
If a leaf be broken from. the plant and
pinned by the stem to the wall of a warm
room, each of the angles between undula-
tions of the leaf margin soon begin to throw
out number of very white thread-lke
roots Soon after tiny plant begins to
sprout from the roots, and in the course of
two or three weeks attains the height of
two or more inches.
When the original leaf begins to shrvel,
which may take from six weeks to three
months. the small plants may ne cut off
with scissors and planted. or the whole leaf
buried, when the young plants will rapidly
attain full size When highly cultivated the
life plant attains a height of four feet
and produces graceful red and yellow fioy-
ers. The Agricultural Department Will
make experiments with the leaves, which
were received in good condition from Com
sui Ayme. The plant can be successfully
grown in an ordinary green house.
Evening star., 1899-04-19

Estimated That 25O.OO0 Natives Hav
Perished TherefrOm.

According to statistics gathered regard
ing the bubonic plague in India the Bonn
bay correspondent of the Associated Press
says it is estimated that there have beer
$50, 900 deaths recorded in India since its
beginning. These figures, however, are un.
doubtedly far below the actual total, as
the natives are known to have concealed
quite a number of deaths.
Bombay presidency suffered the most, be.
ing responsible for $4,000 deaths, without
counting those which occurred in the city
of Bombay, which, with Kurrachee, was
the chief hotbed of the disease.
The deaths in the Bombay presidency
are still about j 900 weekly. The mortality
five weeks ago, has now sunk to 100 pei
day, and the government has dropped the
rigorius repressive measures.
Evening star., 1899-04-19
LEARNING MUCH FROM Us.
Maj. Mcclure Praises the Fighting
Qualities OF the FiiipinOs.


Major Charles Mcclure has arrived in
Washington and assumed his duties in the
office of the judge advocate general. He
was in Manila from August until March 10,
when he returned to this country. He
speaks in the highest terms of the fighting
qualities of the American troops, and says
that the reports about the anxiety of the
men to get out on the fighting line are
true There might have been some discon-
tent about garrison duty, but when the
firing began the troops seemed very We'll
satisfied, especially if they could get into
the midst of it.
He says that the FiIipinos are not to be
sneered at as fighters. They put up very
good resistance. They are armed with
Mausers and Remingtons and. when forced
back, and obliged to run, swing the guns
over their shoulders and load and fire as
they retreat, sometimes hitting a man in
this way. They are initiative, and when
they saw the effect of volley firing adopted
it and with effect. They also initiated the
bugle calls of the Americans. Being very
good musicians, they picked up the calls
quickly.
Evening star., 1899-04-19

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