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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-11-28

the entrance to about one-third OF q
mile. On this island the French
mounted battery.
In the calmest weather the breakers
thunder along this line and indicate
his dangers to the mariner who hap
pens to be in this vicinity. Within, the
anchorage Is good In 25 to 60 feet of
water. Fogs are very heavy. This dam
ger Is now to great extent overcome
by the use OF powerful range lights.
Duchambon, the governor In 17i5,
was obstinate and incompetent. In de-
ilance of repeated warnings he neg
lec,ed taking proper precautions
against attack. trusting in the strength
of his Notifications. This fact rem
dered an expedition under Col. Sir Will
liam Pepperi.l, OF Massachusetts, q
brilliant success. A lot of unframed
New Englanders. without siege artil-
lery. captured the best equipped
fortress In the country, upon which
and it's outworks were mounted ITO
guns, and which contained q garrison
Of 1,500 trained militia and 75O regu.
lars. Pepperill, while knowing moth.
Ing OF war, possessed u good fund OF
Yankee common sense which stood
him In good stead at this time. Louis.
| bourg surrendered June ~. by keep
ing the French flag flying the victors
were enabled to capture the ship Notre
Dame de Deliverapce, containing n car.
go of cocoa, 8: 100000 In Peruvian gold
and large sum In gold aud silver in
gots. A garrison was left which occu-
1 pied the town until 1Tis, when Great
Britain turned IL over to France. Dur
ing the next ten years convicts were
employed In strengthening the de.
fcnses. In 1858 an attack was made by
the British under more imposing. II
less romantic circumstances than the
former one. Frigates, a2 ships Of the
line with $4,000 troops, came against
1900 French and i2 ships. A landing
was forced, and although the place was
ably defended, the women, even,
headed by Comma ndant Drucour's
wife, assisting the soldiers, Louis.
bourg surrendered on July 81, but not
until after determined resistance
had compelled Wolfe to defer his at,
tack on Quebec until the following
year. The town was dismantled tive
years later; even the cut stone of The
houses, brought from France, was ca r,
ried to Halifax. Grass grows on the
site Of the old fortifications. aud bu,
little 10 left to indicate former impor
tsnce. But modern progress hn.
touched Louisbourg with it's magic I'm
ger and strangers are treading the
ground once familiar TO the feet Of I
vanished civilization.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-11-28
Nonsensical Beliefs.

Half century ago omens were still
generally believed In. So, too, were
charms. ! had cousin who seriously
undertook to charm away warts. and
was believed to have succeeded. She
was supposed to have inherited the se-
eret from her father. a Wesleyan min
lister. Ny uncle, n farmer. and by no
means a credulous man, when about to
visit London for the first time, and
feeling some trepidatlon, consulted a
doctor, who, believe, Is still living.
the last surviving school fellow of the
famous George Borrow. The doctor
handed him small vial OF quicksilver,
As certain, II kept In the pocket, to
avert all harm. Doubtless the doctor
aughed In his sleeve, for doctors were
then getting incredulous, and remem-
ser II being commonly snid OF another
practitioner that he believed neither
in God nor devil. Nearly ~ years later,
when cousin who, borI a Wesleyan,
had turned Quaker and came up 10
london 10 the annual gathering OF
that body, he showed me, with q smile,
the identical vial Of mercury. His
mother, good soul, had borrowed Il
from her brother so tn her son might
likewise benefit by . | -westminster
| Review.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-11-28
HUM0ROUS.

II seldom rains alike on the Just and
the unjust, because the latter swipe the
umbrellas of the former Chicago
Daily News.
"llow do you know he loves you?''
said Miss Cayenne. HE writes me sucl,
beautiful letters" "Humphl That
Isn't love. That's literature."---Wash.
ington Star.
A Sarcastic Husband. - "Ycs, my
DEAR" said the sarcastic husband;
"you may have made the cake all alone
as you say, but who helped you TO lif'
IL out Of the oven n?"-Philadelphi Rec
ord.
ed.--Wiilie--"Pa, what ar,
false eyes made OFF" Pa--"0lass.
willie--"But what kind of glass?" ~
--"Oh-er--looking glass. ! suppose
/ Press.
Superficial Inspection she--"1 car
read you just like a book" He-"Ob
we'll, II you only read me the way yoa
gallop through novels there's no har
done."-Puck.
| Nt'it ioui Nai-oiu ~s"bc, NV"'H
into the room one day and finding u
baby with one end Of door-key in B j
mouth. exclaimed: "Baby. take tn
key right out of your mouth, or u
first thing you know you will have
observation-disclosures Evening Times
| A Servants Query.-Mrs. Frill
"Now that have engaged you. Bridgr
! am going to begin right away to 4
you "a little training in the art OF vi
ing on guests. You see, my dangb-
Is coming out next month" Bird,
--"Indade. mum! An how long
she sint up pfor?"-Richmond Dispa
~ wonder" said Brother Dic}
"ef Mr.. Roosevelt In gwine ter
dc cullud race any mo- rickcrnitlons
what dey been a-havin'? Dey
needs IL. Wy, we'll crquaintcd
a member er my race what vote
'publikin ticket six times in one
tion, en- dat man ain't even got ONT
flee ter his name! Now. ef dats
dey calls rickernition hits mo- do
kin see!"--Atlanta Constitution.
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the last few years, and now the Do
minion Iron and Steel company in
tends 90 join In making Loulsburg .
headquarters.
This venerable town, from having
been an obscure fishing village for q
century and n half, Is Liable TO regain
an Importance equal to that OF the dis
tant past. though differing from II In
kind. Wharves are being built into
the waters of the harbor, looking
down through which fish may be seen
flashing around sunken cannon. In
1899 Boston capitalist consolidated
all the mines not belonging TO the old
company. O.d shafts have been en-
larged, immense new ones dug and
modern machinery put into use. The
Nova Scotia Steel company Is equip
ping u large steel plant. Al different
points large mines are being worked.
and in 1890 the Dominion Steel & Iron
company at Sidney was founded with
capital of s20.0o0.000, being q vcr-
table Prince Charming to the sleepy
little village, which Is as yet hardly
awakened to the fact OF its future inn
portance.
Cape Breton is land OF splendid
harbors. Several railroads are expect-
ed to terminate at Louisbourg, and II
Is mentioned as the probable future
landing place for British vessels. This
little town Is full of historic interest.
Although Lief Ericsson Is said to have
been the first white man to view these
shores. there Is no history of their
having been troddcn except by the feet
of Indians until John and Sebnstia n
| Cabot landed there In 1907. All the ma
| tions after this time sent boats to the
surrounding waters for the fishing,
Spain and France taking the lead. III
1713, by the treaty of Utrecht, Cape
Breton was acknowledged to belong
to France, and during the following 30
years about .S5,O00,O00 was expended
on the fortress ut Louisbourg. This
town became most important to the
French fishing interests ns well as q
key to French possessions in America,
Authorities differ as to whether II was
named after Louis XIV. or his sue.
cessor. 1t was established on the south
side of commodious landlocked har-
bor, and Is about 25 miles from Sid.
ncy, with which II Is now connected by
raj. The mouth of The harbor Is about
mile In width, but continuous reel
reaching from the main shore to q
large island near the center reduces
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pTRr7Iklnu 10 CHURCHES.

"Younrt ministers who have not
settled for themselves the fundau
mental questions Of the Christian \
life should leave the pulpit until they
have" says the Standard (Eaptist,
kchicago).
Nshop schercschcwsky. one Of tho
mis\ \onary bishops OF the Protestant
EpisaVpal church. is engaged In
translating the Scriptures from tho
original 10 ngues into the weu-li dia-
lect Of the Chinese language.
David Hume, the great inHdci phi.
lopphcr, WIS once charged with in.
consistency In attending upon the
mhistry Of John Brown, q Scottish
mRister. iand he replied: ~ don't
beA,ve NJ he says, but he does, and
oiN n N eek like to hear a man
wid believes what he says"
/ .irecenf work on the prayer book
says: "deremonlal obscrvances are
only relative things, and they de-
pend upon1 time and place and char
acter, and Nven fashion. Liturgicai
customs are,\ therefore, always and
of necessity NJ n state OF AUX, and
attempts at Anforcing uniformity
whether AnglicAn or Tridentine. hay
served to brinN this fact out in(
prominence. It aould hardly be otj
erwise, for worship that has no fre(
dom is in immintnt danger Of tt
coming formalism!
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AMERICAN SEWING MACHIiI
King Of the Caroline
Islands.

"Any account of interesting fca-
lures Of the export trade begins prop
crly with the sewing machine mot
the treadle kind. which is too heavy
TO be carried to remote parts Of the
earth. but the machine. operated by
bnndlc," says II. i. Armstrong, IN
Ainslec's. at can he put into alcnse
ike n typewriter. and u Pcruviai por-
:er can take three of them in hispack
over the Andes. Wherever you go IN
,his world. whether to the hcadWaters
,f the Yukon, where dwell tho FUR
lad EsqumauN, or to stcaminS New
Suinen, where the breechclout Is the
approved evening dress. you flkd the
hand sewing machine. A savaae may
he particular about his Lotto cloIh. and
ais women folk like TO he In I lp fash
ion ns they learn IL from the fisitIing
trader and the missionary'd wife.
Thus the sewing machine is civil
Iizcr. One of the proudcst poskes-
sions Of the king Of the Cnrblinc is
lands for long time was hInd-sew-
ng machine. and there Is nv. anthem
tic photograph of the king standing
ny his secretary, who IL working the
machine with the same absorption
that you see in the face ~ white
man who Is playing on his rst type
writer. To the man on thdfrindgc of
civilization the sewing mathinci Is n
nalf-human thing which tntcbtains
aim by the nimblencss Of its needle
md the whirl Of It's revolving wheel.
"Long before the cnmpng gn hat and
The blue shirt of the An erican sol
iicr were seen In the Philippine nrchi-
2clngo the hand sewing ntachine was
/. familiar article of use IN the nipn
Auts. Witness this letter. dated from,
knmboango, In Mindanao:
"The headquarters of the Thirty
Arst regiment, which was organized
1t Fort Thomas, KY, Is on the island
81 Mindapao, the far southwest of the
Philippines, where no American be,
.ore set foot. and, rs the History OF
she islands will show, the I'M ha bitants
ere mostly savages. Ydt I'd my sur
prise on landing. the first hnd only
ching that met our eyes th,k showed
any civilization was In one II the na,
tive shncks, a hand sewing machine
and now the owner of IL Is busy max
ing khaki quits for the soldiers. and
II would surprise you TO see the mum
Der they turn out n day.--An Ohio hoy
Sergt. +. II. Powell, company Il, Thir
ty-frst United States volunteers
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A~sr,ea.s Ar. nisA Ls,-r..

Europeans regard the average
American and his family MS living on
an extrsvsgant scale. says Every
body's Magazine. In Europe such
viands can be Afforded by only he rich.
His table 10 spread with abundance,
not only with articles OF domestic pro-
duction, but OF imported foodsiuifs.
For example, his family consumes an.
nuaiiy 1880 pounds OF wheat -four, and
600 pounds Of oat and eornmea!, I5O
pounds OF meat, or about two pounds
per day; 76o pounds of potatoes. 100
pounds Of butter and 800 pounds of
sugar. He 10 the greatest coffee drink
er on earth, one pound per week hsing
required for his fanily's consnmption.
OF tea. however. he uses little. hve
p0ands per year suiIicing for his
needs. Hls table costs him SO per
mosth. He eats three meals per day,
tskine his dinnsr ~ noon. lie rellrsy
between nias and tes % nIght, ss1
rlses % slx u III noeplaU. i
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-11-28

Erected In Honor OF the Yankee Heroes OF
i7t5)
and for about eight years past II has
been recorded as future great dis
tributing center. 1t Is well situated
for the purpose and coal crops out
prominently in various localities, no.
tably on the east coast cllffn from
Morien Bay TO North Sidney. Dur
ing the reign OF Queen Elizabeth the
coal trade OF Cape Breton fourished;
and ChamplaiD, In 1919, drew q map
of the island. But Nicholas Denys.
of Tours, WAS the frst to make ref
erence to the coal. A grant Of the
island was made to him In 1884, by
Louis XIV. Its possession was fu-
riously contested with him and he
finally returned to France In 1879. and
wrote work concerning his trouble
some possessions. with u title as long
as his years of disappointment. The
mines since that time have been
worked In d desultory way. An Eng
lish company, the General Mining as
ISOLATION, had n monopoly of the coal
/ trade from 1927 To 1888, when their
| charter was amended, 30 that the
legislature resumed ell portions hut
the North Sidney part Of the esat-
eru coal field. Leases were ~ onSe
made 10 dlRsrent oouhpaniss. TIE
Dominion Coal company has sssn
nstAsdieaily handling the ousps& ~
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-11-28

the road in every particular. u led
them through thick woods where In
the half light they seemed Ia be quito
alone In the world. hut on ridge
which slirtcd cleared hollow Shep.
herd was reminded 10 the contrary.
Look" he whispered, grasping
Lydin's arm. This was no effort, be-
cause she was close beside him.
"It's the botany class" she an
swercd. and they both pccrcd down
through the interlocking leaves.
Miss Gibbs, beneath an incongruous
sunbonnet, lowered In the center Of
n circle of awcd and pcrspiring ur-
chins. A swamp lily. evidently the
subjcct Of her discourse, nodded de-
jcctcdly In her uplifted hand. The
botany class did not appear tn be In
terested.
Lets run" said Shepherd.
"wait," said Miss Farrow. "Don't
you hear something coming? Oh,
what is II? Oh, what in the world
Is IT."
On the other side of the clearing
where the class was In session the
bushes were swaying and cracking
as II n miniature cyclone were career
ing through them. Aunt Elizabcth's
scholars dispersed and dashed ex-
pcctantly toward the disturbcr Of
scholastic quiet; Miss Gibbs herself
remained rigid. Not, however. for
long.
"Sho, sho, shot" cried Aunt Eliza.
beth. waving the lily at n mnddcncd
pig, who came for her Mt gait as
near TO gallop as pigs achieve.
"Sho, sho!"
"Ili!" screamed Cuppy.
"lIey!" howied the botany stu.
dents, and performed n war dance.
The pig few between Aunt Eliza
bcth's feet aud there fell prone. pant.
ing In cxtrcmis. and the lady sat In.
voluntarily at his side. She was
spccchlcss when Shepherd assisted
her To rise. In the meantime Cuppy
and his cohorts had nanaclcd the pig
ru,hlcssly.
"Lydin Fnrrow." gnspcd Miss Gibbs
"whnt does this mean? Are you in
sane? Are you trying to insult mc?"
"plcasc, mo'am began Cuppy.
"Silcnce! Lydia, did you order this
outrage"
"Stand Ivy the boy. anyhow" muir
INJURED Shepherd in Miss farrow's ear
"Auni. IL was all nm accident. ant
I'm to blame" exclaimed Lydia. III
was not Cuppy's fault, really Il
wasn't"
l'vc endured your Incompetence,
long enough" answered Aunt Eliln
beth, leading, somewhat siiflly. The
return march to the farm house. '
do not see how can recommend yo,
Ia dear Miss Stein"
"Who IL dear Miss S,cin?" askc,
Shepherd.
"Shc's the head worker nt Riving
ton street." said the aunt.
oh" said Shepherd. Then H.
all very easy" and he smiled nj Mis-
Farrow chccrfully.
"What do you mcnn?"
IL means Miss Gibbs, that Lydi
and i"
"Ncvcr mind iCw," put IN the CIR
| reUueninp. NuHI EilIuDcln' NHi''
is anxious To give you lots of none
, for the Fresh Air farm
"That Is good of him"
: Eyes, Miss Gibbs. ! think ] ~
! bound to-"
"Wcll. I don't see why, although W
/, shalt be glnd enough to have H.
| said Aunt Elizabeth, and she turnc
, tn regard her charges, stragglin
along behind and bearing the pi
. aloft. like n sacrifcial victim.
{ "shall I tell you why ] think ] nj
, bound to?" proposed Shepherd. "fo
see. Lydia and i"
: 81 do wish you would watt" Lydi
! interrupted. Look Mt Cuppy.
2 wonder where he got that name"
n ut Is n contraction for Cupid
said Shepherd, solcmnly.
I "Cupid!" shifted Miss Gibbs. sc,
[ pid!"-N. Y. Independent.
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when Jchhry spends the day with us
o. ~ the thines a-happenin' In this ole
you never soon the beat
nccssncs soin' to stay7"
Ito brings thu new lsWn-mower up, an
locks Il In tire shed:
An hider his ssrop an razor. tween the
eovcrs of the bed.
He says: Keep out the iibcrry. what
ever elAs you 40.
Er shall hsve'a settlement with you an
house an street.
Ma she begins by iockin' up the pantry
door an cellar.
An ev'ry place that's like as not to In
tercst n feller.
An ali her china ornymcn,s. a-s,ickin'
round the wall.
nhs sets as high as she kin reach, fer
fear they'll Git n fall.
An then she gits tho arnicky, an stick.
in'-riaster out,
An says; when Johnny's visitln'
they're good to have about"
tell you what. there's plenty fuss
when Johnny spends the day with usl
When Johnny spends the day with US.
Ia puts hls books away.
An Gays: "iIow long. In thunder. Is that
Johnny tool
Says ne: ~; makes a lot o. fuss
TO nave him spend the day with us!'
when Johnny spends the day with US
tho man acrost the street
An saws he'll have us rested cause his
Runs out an swears like anything, an
stamps with both his feet;
winder-glass is broke.
An n he ever ketches US II won't be an,
joke!
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AN HONEST NAME.
An Illinois Statesman Tells Good
story-Knew nis Fathers Son
wouId Not Lie.

The Honorable Alva Merrill
Cbillicothc member of the Tw
fourth District State Of illinois,
of Representative, tells IN
ing story:
Some two years ago Mr..
gave n testimonial stating that
Kidney Pills cured his rheuIi
This, with Mr.. Mcrrilis portrait
published in thousands Of aTpefs an
over the United States.
On the train returning home from
Springfield one day last winter were
the Honorable Mr.. Merrill and several
other members. After time one of
them snid:
"Mcrrill, what time do you get to
Chillicothe?"
This attracted the attention of an
old man who had been apparently
awaiting some identification wv
Merrill and as soon as he heay
name he rushed up to his seat a.
extending his hand said:
"You are Alva Merrill and you
saved my life. I was almost dead
with Lumbago and in an advertise.
ment saw your picture and your rec
ommendation of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
] knew your father and | knew his
son would not lie and therefore l de-
cided to try the Pills.
IL am satisfied that Dodd's Kidney
Pills and nothing else have saved my
life and have been waiting this OPP
portunity to thank you personally. forl
had not seen your recomme ndatioI&
/ might never have been led to use
this remedy, but, thank God, through
your honest name and the honest
medicine which you so heartily rec
commended, ] am still alive.
81 have been watching you since
you got on the train at Springfield
and thought ! recognized your face
as the one / had seen in the adver-
tisement, and as soon as this gentle
man called you by name ! knew you
were the gentleman l had to thank"
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vAI IhILt. inc trnin was nearing toSy-
w cot station. Shepherd read Ly-
dia's note again.
"Dear Walter" IL began, "of course
VIC should be glad tn have you at Cosy
cot during your vacation, and l sup
pose Aunt Elizabeth can put you up.
Hut you will find us both completely
busy with colony Of Fresh-Air chill.
drcn near by which aunt is taking
care OF. IL IL u noble work, and Aunt
Elizabeth has interested me In Il
very thoroughly; i can think Of moth
ing else, and have decided to devote
my whole life to laboring among the
children of the poor. II am worthy
of such career. want to tell you
this before you make up your mind to
come. 80 that you will understand that
I won't be able to see much of you
and so that you may expect To find
me sobercd by serious purpose.
Yours most sincerely, Lydia Farrow."
Shepherd crumpled the paper vi
ciously In his pocket. "Confound
Aunt Elizabeth" he grumbled $50.
bcrcd by serious purpose!' That's
the old maids phrasc--not Lydia's
Result of reading novels about hospi'
tai nurses. The children Of the poor
must be- taken care of-but, hang l,
all. 80 must Lydia"
A trap was waiting ut the station
to convey him to Aunt Elizabeth,
cottage, and his hostess was waiting
at her piazza tn greet him. Miss
Gibbs was an elderly lady whose fg
ure and bearing looked as much ou
Of place In the country Ms would til,
portico NJ the Fifth Avenue hotel
No amount Of gingham and fnnne
could rusticixe her.
"Dcar Lydia left her apologies Il
you, Mr. Shepherd" said Aunt Gibbs
"ahe has been forced To absent her
self upon nm important duty connect
ed with our children's mission. Ma.
l beg you to amuse yourself unit
she returns? Thank you-so kind q
you-my clerical work leaves me littl
leisure In the afternoon. and late
! have an outdoor class In botany"
Shepherd spent quarter Of an hou
In vain attempt Ia read a maya
zine, then he Hung II down and start
ed at random across the rolling an
sanshiny green OF the fields. A shad
owed lane tempted him for u mile q
so, but when he saw the path runnln
ahead Of him into the hot glare q
highway he paused uncertainty.
"lIey, Mister shephertl!" called a IA
miliar voice from the fence, and
familiar head aud shoulders appeare
In the adjacent thicket. Voice, hea
and shoulders belonged to Cuppy, tn
newsboy who was accustomed to Sc
him the morning paper at his ofiic
door In New York.
"iIello, Cuppy," said Walter In grea
other kids9"
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where Unois Sal Is s.,.sy.

France has just bo ht for SiO0, 900
enough land In Washi ton for hand
some embassy. Alth eading govern.
ments are providing bmer for their
officials--even China dr. WI having
recently shown bat Id 10 as shrcwd In
bidding for iand'hs he In doing busi-
ness of other kinds. oreigr govern.
ments are showing EXCELLENT judg.
ment In this matter. land is appre-
cissing In valYe all ths time Mt the
sapitai. and bYldlpg bnsy be cheaper
now than in.t8 fukufe. In contrast
10 this, " Hts LED oiAcials are liv.
ing n kndb rented houses,
M out mba ssa1ors sn(
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That Was INHERENT.

my child. I have already forbidden
YOU Ia answer strange gentlemen
What did he say 10 yo,i?"
"Iie asked me u that beautiful
young lady was my mother"
"indeed! And what did you M
swer?"
"Nothing--I ran away"
"why. how impolite not 10 answer
when a pleasant young gentiemni
asks you question. "--Lustigc Welt.
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"IIas anything ever been dincov
cred on venus?" asked the studen
of astronomy.
"No," replied the oll professor
whose mind he'd slippe cog ahs
Transported hin Into >PloGied
49,. 'Anot Y ~ siety ~ ~