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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09
cHIcKeNs ON A spRGa.
chsrlesto~n, Ind, ProhIbIt'onIste Fed
Fowls on Fernented 0iackberrise.

Chsriestovsn, Ind, prohlbItlorIeee RED
Fowls on Fermsnted olackbsrriss.
The neighbors Of W. 8. Fsrrier. the
well-known newspaper man and tenn
perance worker. are having . lot OF
fun at his expense.
Mr. Ferrier formerly conducted the
Clark County Record, Prohibition
paper. in Chariestown. Ind, and he Is
one of the most prominent men Of that
party in this section OF the state. Ho
retired from business. however. and MS
thief care is a large flock OF mo
chickens.
Last week he ran across jar of
blackberries, left over from last sea
ton. They we're spoiled by fermenta-
ton. and. without a thought OF the re-
suit. he threw them out to the chick
ems. Now, Mr.. Ferrier Is believer In
toberness. as indicated by his whole
career in life. He would no more dea
I'm intoxicants than he would cut on
his right hand; but that did not help
the chickens bit. They ate freely OF
the blackberries, and soon II was plain
that they were befuddled.
One staid old hen tried to look rs
though she didn't intend to go home
till morning, executed fancy spin and
| fell on her crop In q beastly state OF
intoxication. Another tried to pick up
corn. but was so wallyeyed that II
could no more locate the kernels than
Il could read a book on morals. A
dignifed old rooster got the notion
| that his body would 60 wherever
there was room for his neck. and he
insisted on walking through a knot
hole. A young cockeral, with a full
tide on, few on top OF fence and tried
to- crow. and fell of, striking on Its
tail, with scandalous awkwardness,
then rolling over on Its back and
clawing the air.
The geese over In the next yard
looked In amazement when an old
hen tried to Att. using her right leg
as the signal. A number Of the young
er fowls tried to do the split. and went
around In a circle. some draggins
their crops on the ground, others look
| ing cross-eyed. and some others step
| ping on their own feet. Mr.. Ferrier
thought of bromo. but the chicks were
out for time" and turned him down
cold. They didn't want brom0 while
the Jag lasted. When roosting time
came a few OF them tried to get into
position to sleep OF the effects Of the
carousal. but Is was no use. In some
cases the tail overbalanced the head
and In others the head got away with
the tail, and they would 60 spinning
around the roost like reckless athletes.
A motherly old creature. overcome
by remorse. jumped into q water
trough and tried to drown herself. Sho
was too iight-headed to sing. however,
and was compelled to stay with IL.
Three Of the chickens died and the
others went to the bum room for the
night. Next morning all had yellow
combs and coated tongues and acted
as though they were ashamed.
Mr.. Ferrier has not explained why
he permitted his barnyard pets to get
tanked up. but he says the affair furn-
ished powerful object lesson for the
liquor drinker. and that when the big
rooster tried to crow the following
morning his effort sounded as though
he we're trying TO say: "Oh. what Q
uighti"-lndianapoli News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09
BITS OF PHILOSOPHY.

BE firni. but not offensive. in your
opinions.
Boast not before the contest. nor
sven sfterward.
The sun OF prosperity often withers
ne soul.
Better permit your friends TO offer
nouses for your faults.
There can never be surfeiting with
sut suffering also.
All men are liable TO make mis-
mtss; The wise correct them.
castIpa y more nsariy rslsted to
hca6se thsa Il Z 70 cowardics.
K ~ ~ rsssst ~ - sossssl q
s sl,efs - sslll supsal ths's av--
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09


out Of civilization into Topsy Turvy
land" said First Lieutenant Joseph s.
Heron OF the Eight cavalry. speaking
OF an interesting exploring expedition
to Alaska. about which little has been
published After the rush to the gold
fields In 1895. the War department,
early In 1899. decided to send Lleuten-
ant Heron to Alaska with instructions
to discover. II possible. a feasible
route for a railroad from some point
on the Pacific coast near the head of
Cook inlet through the Mckinley
range OF mountains. into the interior
of Alaska. at some point on the Yukon
river. At that time the interior Of
A's.ska. the vast wilderness which lay
beyond the snowy peaks and glaciers
OF the Mckinley range, was wholly un.
known and unexplored, no white man
having ever set foot Ia this virgid
forest.
Il was a strange land Of mystery,
about which the few white traders
along the coast heard strange tales.
but into which none had the courage
to penetrate. Quitting at Suchitna
station, at the head of Cook inlet,
Lieutenant Heron. accompanied by q
party OF Ave men from the Fourteenth
infantry and fifteen hardy Oregon
range horses. left that point on June
=. 1899. crossed the mountain range
and on December IL reached Fort Glib
bon, on the Yukon. where the party
remained until the following May 25,
1900. when they returned to the United
States.
Everything was new and different
from what we had all our lives been
accustomed TO" said the lieutenant,
"and we were obliged to spend large
part of our time daily doing and saying
things which to us seemed entirciy
super1uous. For example. when we
reached our starting point at the head
OF Cook inlet. with our fifteen pack
horses. the crowd OF indians congrc
gated TO witness our arrival. bolter for
the tiu,her, frightened almost speech
less at the sight OF these animals. This
was the first time any Of them had ever
seen horse.
"A few days later body OF miners
arrived who had decided to take Il
short cut TO the Yukon by route
somewhat different from ours. They
were well equipped. and among other
property had seven big army mules.
The latter were turned out TO Craze.
and In SO doing they came near losing
their lives The Indians thought they
we're some new variety OF moose, and
could hardly be restrained from shoot.
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

'NN"soon"' ScO'ba uHu view Jersey,
now under construction, are 1900
ton battleships.
Native wood is being sold for fuel In
kingmen county.
During 1902 one Jewell county dealer
shipped out nearly seven and one-nalf
million eggs: 613.32O dozen.
Scientists say more meteorites have
fallen on Kansas than on any other
area OF like dimensions on the globe.
After the last snow storm the drifts
were 80 deep around Thayer that the
rural mail carriers report that rabbits
made their nests In the letter boxes.
The Topeka Capital expects spring 10
begin any day. The first thunder after
March wakes up the frogs, and their
first croak Is the formal advent Of
spring.
w. A. Harris Is now a statesman out
of Job. but II fine line OF unpar-
tisan recommendation to the Presi-
dent counts for anything. he won't be
one long.
There Is not negro In Wallace
county. But there is really nothing M
Wallace county except It's proximity
TO Rocky Ford. Col. to lure negro I'm
migration.
II the fierce dispute continues be-
tween the Ingalls, and Plumb factions
as to which one shall have a bust In
the capitol. II may be compromised In
favor Of PETER.
II will hereafter be considered a lel-
ony. punishable by death. for any por-
son to attack the President or any
member of his cabinet on Kansas soil,
or to attack the governor.
Garnett was boring for oil or gas.
and at q depth OF less than four hun
dred the drill went through a three
foot vein OF coal. which the town
thinks will answer Just as well.
The meanest man has been located
again. but his identity Is unknown:
He ''burgled" house In Chanute the
other day. and took three pennies from
bank belonging to a little child.
Last week q <0-acre farm in Brown
county was sold for S11s.76 an acre;
doubtless the high water mark for
Kansas. as the northeastern corner Of
this state 10 the garden spot OF the
world.
J. p. Johnson's will has been nlsd at
Arkansas City. His fortune II still e.
timsted at between 100000 and $780,
900. A part is TO be used for public
library for Arkansas City when his
wife dies.
One Of the Presidents physicians
has been called to attend the s-ysar-old
daughter cf Congressman Reedsr. who
10 suffering with tonsilitis. In Wash.
ington. Now. what will the folks out
ct Logan think Of thatf
Two years asc the 6-year-old daugh-
ter Of O. d. Burdiek Of Independence
was thrown while playing whip
crack" with her schoolmates In such
shaps that her spine was injured and
sincs he child has bssn IN invalid.
A Lawrsncs man was offered sighty
a9ss e land d the Kansas CITY wss'
bct4cnA O. which the Unton dsp0'
Gov slasAA eps ogoo seoa asta ~
~. H thought ~ priee wes (os
~. - - bonGnt LAuSonGo peovu1v
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09
crsw,ord wrItIns . pIsy.

y. Marion Crawford has turned aside
from novel writing Temporarily 10 write
play. which will be producsd nsxt
season In London by the nnglish actor
hartia Harvey. The subjsct q ths
play is modssu.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Kamschatka has many volcanoes,
the only ones In Russia that are stin
active.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

In Texas. the state which gives the
largest Democratic majority. the Re.
publican vote is larger than in Louis.
lana, Mississippi. Georgia. Alabama.
South Carolina, and Florida com.
bined.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Captain Henry Webster. a survivor
Of the Samoan hurricane OF 1899, has
been placed on the retired list Of the
navy with the rank Of rear.adrniral
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

After the last snow storm the drifts
were so deep around Thayer that the
rural mail carriers report that rabbits
made their nests In the letter boxes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

William T. Hackett. Of Patapsco
Neck, Baltimore county. Md. has Just
been elected superintendent OF the
sunday.school Of the famous old bat.
tie Ground Church" at North Point for
the forty. first consecutive time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Scientists say more meteorites have
fallen on Kansas than on any other
area OF like dimensions on the globe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Masons in Switzerland receive so
cents q day Of ten hours.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

The Topeka Capital expects spring 10
begin any day. The first thunder after
March wakes up the frogs. and their
first croak is the formal advent Of
spring.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

In an entire year only one person
was killed on the railways Of Great
Britain. In three months s45 persons
have been killed and 1l.162 injured on
American lines. The reason for this
Is plain--it is q much more serious
matter to kill person on an English
railroad than II Is In America.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

During 1902 one Jewell county dealer
shipped out nearly seven and one-nalf
million eggs: 613.32O dozen.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Native wood is being sold for fuel In
Kingmen county.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

LITTLE ITEMS.

Zurich streets are psved%Ith paper.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

The telephone cable which has Just
laid between England and Belgium.
and which will be opened soon to the
public at the charge Of shillings for
a three minutes Conversation. is tho
longest submarine telephone in the
world. II crosses the channel from st.
Margaret's Bay, near Dover, to .
point on the Belgian coast near Os-
tend, q distance Of over sixty miles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

w. A. Harris is now a statesman out
OF Job, but II fine line OF unpar-
tisan recommendation to the Presi-
dent counts for anything. he won't be
one long.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Secretary Shaw was noticed to Join
heartily in singing the hymns while
at church on recent Sunday. A
friend whom he met outside comment.
ed on the fact. and Mr.. Shaw said In
slow, drawing way: well, they
say money talks. Al that's true the
secretary OF the treasury ought To
sing"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Mrs. Pauline Altman. widow livins
in Leavenworth. cut her throat with a
razor in the presence Of her children.
They ran out OF the house and told
the neighbors of IT, When help came
to the house Mrs. Altman was dead.
She was 90 years old and had been dc.
spondcNt lately.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

There is not negro In Wallace
county. But there is really nothing III
Wallace county except It's proximity
to Rocky Ford. Col. to lure negro I'm
migration.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

A movement has been started to ask
President Roosevelt to set aside $4,000
acres in Finney county as forest re-
serve. II Is planned to have the work
under the direction Of the bureau Of
forestry. Pine trees will be planted.
Kansas congressional delegation IN
Washington will lay the matter before
the President.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

The sun of prosperity often withers
ne soul.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

II the fierce dispute continues be-
tween the ingalls, and Plumb factions
as to which one shall have a bust In
the capitol, II may be compromised In
favor of PETER.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Remember the story thae was told
recently about the people of Bello
Plaine holding a mass meeting and de-
Gliding to allow jointist to do pusi-
ness there on payment OF license Of
$1,000 year? Well. the people u
the town have sent on, n denial. but
II will have a mighty hard time catch,
Ing up with the story.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-04-09

Better permit your friends to offel
sxcuses for your faults.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13

Tue great <ling in all education is
to make our nervous system our ally
instead of our enemy. 1t is to fund
and capitalize our acquisitions and live
at ease upon the interest of the fund
For this we must make automatic and
habitual as early as possible as many
useful actions as we can and guard
against the growing into ways that
are likely to be observation-disclosures to
US as we should guard against the
plague. The more of the details of
our daily life we can hand over to the
etfortless custody of automatonism
the more of our higher powers of mind
will be set free for their own proper
work. There is no more miserable hui
man being than one in whom nothing
is habitual but indecision and for
whom the drinking ~ every cup, the
time of rising and going to bed every
day and the beginning of every bit of
work are subjects of express volitional
deliberation. Full half the time of
such man goes to the deciding or re-
GREETING Of matters which ought to be
so ingrained in him as practically not
to exist for his consciousness at all.
If there be such daily duties yet not
ingrained in any one of my readers,
let him begin this very hour to set the
matter right.-From Psychology" by
Professor William James.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13
To Give the Sack.

Two noblemen in the reign of Maxi
milan II.-1564-1566-one a German,
the other a Spaniard, who had each
rendered a great service to the en-
peror, asked the hand of his daughter
in marriage. Macmillan said that as
he esteemed them both alike it was i'm.
possible to choose between them, and
therefore their own prowess must de-
eide it; but, being unwilling to risk the
loss of either by engaging them in
deadly combat, he ordered a large sack
to be brought and declared that he who
should put his rival into it should have
his fair Helena. And this whimsical
combat was actually performed in the
presence Of the imperial court and
lasted an hour. The unhappy Spanish
nobleman was first overcome, and the
German succeeded in enveloping him
in the sack, took him upon his back
and laid him at the emperor's feet
This comical combat is said to be the
origin of the phrase give him the
sack" so common in the literature of
counting.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13
Origin of the Cat.

In Arabian legends the cat is traced
back as far as Noah and the ark. 1t
is one of the animals that came off the
ark, but did not go on. When the 9th
er creatures entered for safety during
the time when "the doors of heaven
were to be opened and the fountains
of the deep turned loose" there was no
cat among them. Puss' origin is ac-
counted for in this way:
During the time the ark was floating
about over the tall mountains mice and
rats became an intolerable nuisance to
the people on the great vessel, and they
complained to Noah that everything
was being literally devoured by the
pesky vermin. That august parsonage
forthwith called the male lion to his
side and began to stroke his back,
whereupon the great beast sneezed
and, 10, full sized cat was blown
from his nostrils!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13

Tough, an English sculptor, had an
imaginative enthusiasm so vivid that
he once said timidly to a friend, as if
fearing ridicule, 81 fancy myself in the
Acropolis sometimes and hear roar
ing noise like the tide"
The sculptor's early privations were
terrible. Says writer, During
Lough's first year in London, when en-
gagged on his Milo he went without
meat for three months, had only one
bushel and a half Of coal during the
whole winter, tore up his shirts to
make rags in which to keep his clay
figure moist and slept beside it-when
the cold would allow him to sleep-on
the ground"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13
THEY COME IN CARS
AND 60 THEIR WAY,
People Who Came Or Went
Away Yesterday.
AMERlcUs a MECCA FOR MANY
Your Own Name or That of a Friend
Nav Be Found Below In the Long
List of Yesterdays Visitors Who
Game Here,

George L. White came down from
Macon yesteldly to look after matters
of business here
r. N. Wellborn, with the Central OF
Georgia Railway at Columbus, was in
Americas yesterday.
Mr.. Erie E. Greer returned to Eu-
faula yesterday after spending a dsy in
Amerlcus on business.
Mr.. J. s. Shuck, of the Columbus
Enquirer Sun, was visitor in Ameri-
Gus yesterday morning.
! Nathaniel Wilson was among the
several Maconites in Amerlcus yester-
day, coming on business.
Mr.. George d Allen, of Macon, was
in Americas yesterday on business, q
guest of the Allen House.
Mrs. Ruby Jones, of Newman, is the
guest of Mrs. l.. FL. Carter for a week
at her home on Rees Park.
DR.. Saddler, with the Albany Drug
Go. was visitor in AmerIcus yester-
day, coming up on business.
Mrs. G. G. Stone, formerly of Amerl-
Gus but now of ThomasVille is visiting
Mrs. J, G. Pope at her home here,
J. L Wyatt, of Hamilton, O. and J.
w. Philips, of Spring field, are among
the guests of the Hotel Windsor.
DR.. aud Mrs. W. w. Bacon, of AL
bany are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. D.
Sheffield at their home on Church
street.
Mrs. D. Holmes, of Coldeie, is here
upon short visit to her parents, Col.
and Mrs. j. G. Roney on Brooklyn
Heights.
Senator T. G., Hudson returned
Wednesday night from trip to Wash
ington, where he combined business
with pleasure.
Mr.. g. FL. Whitaker came over from
Columbus yesterday on business for
tue Seaboard and TO mingle with his
many good friends in Americus.
Mr., Chas. M. Council attended the
marriage of Miss Marion Speer and
Mr.. Andrew FL Haywood of Charleston.
The wedding took place at the home
of the brides father, Judge Emory
Speer, in Macon Tuesday evening and
was brilliant affair.
Have you seen those beautiful so
game combination archarena game
boards at NJ. s. Holidays. Every
family should have one,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13
READ IT THROUGH,
'Twould Spoil This Story to Tell It In
The Headlines.

To use an eighteenth century phrase,
this is an ''o'er true tale." Having
happened in small Virginia town in
the winter of 1902, it is story very
much of the present. Up to a short
time ago Mrs, John e. Harmon, of
Melfa Station, Va. had no personal
knowledge of the rare curative proper
ties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
''Last January" she says, tiny baby
took dreadful cold and at one time
feared she would have pneumonia, but
one of my neighbors told me how this
remedy had cured her little boy and
began giving it to my baby at once and
it soon cured her. I heartily thank the
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for placing great cure with
in my reach. / cannot recommend 1t
too highly or say too much in It's favor.
I hope all who read this will try it and
be convinced as / was. For sale by all
druggists,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-13
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eruptions, pimples, ulcers, swollen
glands. bumps and risings, burning,
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Botanic Blood Balm (B. b. B,l 1t kills
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makes the blood pure and rich, stops
the awful itching and all sharp, shooting
pains. Thoroughly tested for thirty years,
Druggists, 81 per large bottle, with CON-
plete directions for home cure. Sample
free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co. Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and
medical advice also sent in sealed letter.