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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Where Are the CrippIea7

II have often wondered" said the
Major, what became Of the men Sc.
verely wounded in battle. Nearly
1000 officers and enlisted men came
out Of the Union service minus an arm
or a leg. Where are they now? or
the 100000 men wounded in battle.
$4,000 died in hospital and $4,000
went home disabled. How have the
latter Jared in life's struggle? To
what extent did the wounds limit
their activity in business. and in what
degree we're their lives shortened by
the wounds that gave them so much
anxiety forty years ago.
There are comparatively few one
legged or one.armed men prominent
in public life. have in mind Gen.
Henderson of Iowa, who manages his
artificial leg so well that few ever
think of his disability. Congressman
Castle of Wisconsin has only one arm
and Gen. Rice Of the census depart.
ment lost an arm and a leg. but in
some way you forget that such active
men must have been counted at one
time among the seriously wounded
There are Beaver of Pennsylvania
Gen. Sicklcs. and Gen. q. o. Howard
representative Of men who were not
nut a any great disadvantage by the
loss Of lee o. an arm. There must
be two or three thousand others who
suffered amputation. and wonder
where they arc?'-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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to dO-work day and night, as men
work, when a bridge is broken down.
The ruin must be got out Of the way,
and the bridge rebuilt. then II will be
possible TO open some pleasant and
profitable traffic with human beings
again--not 10 speak of heaven"
"you are right-not To speak of
heaven. think heaven would be
more charitable. Rem will not trouble
Captain Jacobus. For my part think
a man that cannot bear temptation Is
very poorly reformed. II my uncle
could see Rem, and yet keep his big
and little oaihs under bonds, l should
believe In his clean tongue"
"Arenta, you are tormentlng your
self with anger and ill-will. and above
all with Jealousy. In this way you are
going TO miss a great deal OF pleasure.
! advise you not TO quarrel with Cor
neils. She will he a great resource.
This afternoon something Is vexing
you. shall take no offense. You viii
legret your bad temper tomorrow
Tomorrow Arenta did regret: but
people do not always say they srs
sorry when thAs issl 20. She sat In
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

81 walk down the Valley OF Silence
Down the dim. voicelese vailcy-nlono!
And ! hear not the fall OF n footstep
Around me. save Gods and my own.
and the hush of my heart II as holy
AZ hovcrs where angles have flown!
Long ago. I was weary OF voices
whose music my heart could not win;
Long ago, 7 was weary OF noises
That fretted my soul with their din.
Long ago. ! was weary ot places
Where ! met but the human-and sin.
"In the hush OF the Valley OF silence
I dream all the songs that I sing:
And the music fiosts down the dim valley.
Till each finds n word for "A wing.
That to hearts like the Dove of the Deluge.
message of peace they may bring.
DO you ask me the place Of the valley.
We hearts that are narrowed by care'
il lieth afar between mountains.
Aud God and his angels are there:
And one is- the dark Mount OF Sorrow,
And one the bright Mountain of Prayer!
-Fr Thomas Ryan.
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past few week} was equally charming
to Cornelia. She rested in her room
till the short daylight ended; then she
went 20 the parlor and drank a cup
Of tea. and closed the curtains and
sat down by the hearth to wait for her
father and mother.
SO still was the house, so still was
the little street, that she easily went
TO the land OF reverie and lost herself
there. She thought over again all her
life with her lover: recalled his sweet
spirit, his loyal affection, his hand.
some face and enchanting manner
Heaven has made me SO fortunate"
she thought land now my fortune has
arrived at my wishes. Even his delay
Is sweet. I desire to think Of him.
until all other thoughts are forgotten'
oh. what lover could be loved - I
love HIM"
Then with soft but quick move
ment the door flew open. she lifted
her eyes, to I'LL them with loves very
image and ycsturc. and with a cry of
joy flew To- meet the bliss Sc long afar,
but now so near. 20 lovely and he.
loved! o my love-" Hyde cried. and
then there was a twofold silence: the
very ecstasy that no mo- 'al words can
utter. The sacred hour for which all
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
HE FOOLED ALL FRANCE.
Impostor Made Paris Believe He Was
Ambassador From Persia.

Toward the end Of the year l7li n
certain Mehemet Rizabecq. who called
himself ambassador of the king of
Persia, and the bearer Of his com.
mands, disembarked at Marseilles.
lie was received at two leagues from
Paris by the Baron de Breteuii, usher
of ambassadors, and the Marshal de
Matignon. On the 24th Of January,
1915. he made his solemn entry into
the capital. with great pomp.
lie declined the royal carriage gen.
orally used on such occasions, and
entered ON horseback, preceded by the
finest horses of the kings stables
superbly caparisoned and accOmpan.
led by trumpets aud bands OF music.
The ambassador. richly arrayed In
the Persian costume, was attended
by numerous train OF domestics, and
preceded by herald bearing the Per
sian standard. The presents which
he offered 10 the king were very In
considerable.
After passing short time IN
France. during which he concluded, ir
the name OF his pretended master. a
treaty Of alliance with Louis XIV, he
sailed from Sweden and Denmark and
was never beard Of later.
Rizabecq. according 10 the Memoirs
of the Reign OF Louis XIV" was Q
Portuguese who had never seen the
prince he represented, nor even visited
a single province OF Persia. The gov,
ernment paid the expenses OF his ex
cellency. which amounted to I,OOC
liyres a day!-Mirror.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
First John Brown Sono.

The origin of the song John
Brown" as given by James Howard
jenkins. Is questioned by T.. X. Reed.
a private In company II. Second Wis.
consin infantry. who says he sang a
John Brown" song in 1859 and 1860.
He says:
There was a song Of John Brown
which was sung quite extensively
among the abolitionists. but. owing
to the abolition sentiment which IL
breathed. never became generally
popular. sang IL myself great
deal and still retain In my memory
two verses of IL. Those two verses
ran like this:
John Browns body lies moldcring In the
grave,
While weep vc sons of bondage whom he
Nentured all to save:
Aud though he lost his life IN striving
Yet his soul is marching on.
lie captured Harpcr's Ferry with his
mighty men so few;
lie frightened old Virginia TN she trem-
blesi through and through:
They hung him for "a traitor. themselves
traitor crew;
Hut his soul Is marching ON.
The rest OF the song ] have forgot
ten, but these verses and some 9th.
ers sang great many times In 80
and go. and to the same music as
they are now sung. and Mr.. jenkins
did not have TO go searching for a
fitting tune The samples he gives
are only corruptions similar to those
every regiment had.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Southern LOYALTY.

Al the banquet In Boston over the
unveiling OF the monument to Gen.
Hooker. Gen. Rosser, OF Virginia. a
army. said:
I'm a peaceful way I never before
faced so many Yankees In my life. II
Is good for the southern man to In.
dulge In this privilege In order Ia
show how complete Is the restoration
Of good feeling between once warning
brothers who forevermore. they and
their children and childrens children.
are to vie In loyalty Ia the old flag.
What man Is not proud that he is
a citizen of the United States? What
greater privilege can be granted him
How can an Astor basely betray his
country by swearing allegiance to an
other? No southern man blessed with
riches gained from his fellow man
would be as unsrateful ana as unpa.
triOtic as that!
II thans Cod often that ! am an
American ADow no section or creed
or party blt lave OF country. To-day
the south icIolces because victory
perched on your banner. Here and
there In southland a man will say
that the CoRfederates should have trl.
umphed. Put that man down as
fool or a hypocrite. thank God the
south did not win and so does every
sensible southern man and woman.
Gen. Robert E. Lee told me that
the Army III the Potomac was the
greatest ever marshaled under the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
CHANGE
Quit Coffee and Get Well.


A woman's coffee experience is In
teresting. For two weeks at time
have taken no food but skim milk.
for solid food would ferment and
cause such pressure OF gas and such
distress that I could hardly breathe ut
times. also excruciating pain and
heart palpitation and all the time I
was so nervous and restless.
From childhood up I had been a
cofee and tea drinker and for the
past 20 years have been trying dif-
ferent physicians but could get only
temporary relief. Then ! read an ar
ticle telling how some one had been
cured by leaving on coffee and drink.
Ing Postum. and II seemed so pleasant
Just to read about good health I de-
cided to try Postum in place of coffee.
y made the change from coffee to
Postum and such a change there Is In
me that don't feel like the same per
son. We all found Postum delicious
and like II better than coffee. Ny
health now is wonderfully good.
AS soon as | made the shift from
coffee to Postum I got better and now
all OF my troubles are gone. | am
heshy, my food sssimilates. the pres
sure In the chest and palpitation are
all gone, my bowels are regular. have
no more stomach trouble and my
headaches are gone. Remember ! did
not use medicines nj ADJUST left on
coffee ard drank Postum steadily. I"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich.
Send TO the Co. for particulars BY
mali OF extension of time on the
$500 cooks contest for 73k money
prises. ' tsJ
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
The Coming Encampment.

The Thirty.seventh National En-
campment will assemble In San Fran.
cisco during the week beginning Mon.
day, August II. Headquarters will
he established temporarily al the
Palace Hotel, where the Executive
Committee Of the. National Council
Of Administration will meet. The pa.
rade Will take place on Wednesday.
August 10. The Committee ON Gre
dentials Is made up as follows: Chair.
man. John w. Schall. Adjutant Gen
eral; John II. Thacher. Assistant Ad.
jutant General, Department OF Con.
nerticnt; +. A. Walsh, Inspector Gen.
eral; Thomas u. Rodgers. Assistant
Adjutant General. Department Of
Missouri, and Peter B. Ayars. Assist.
ant Adju,ant General. Department OF
Delaware.
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CAMPFIRE
TILES

sun. This may not be admitted now
but history will so record II. In in.
telligence. In esprit du corps, in
equipment. in dash and bravery, in
personnel. there never was its equal
Il think ! am fully reconstructed,
for I believe ! am the only rebel who
ever rode In procession where a
statue was going to be unveiled 20 q
Union general"
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ture OF eSpectant pleasure at n degree
not too exhausting for continuance.
and Cornelia, knowing her lover was
every day coming nearer and nearer.
was just as happy as a girl loving and
well beloved ought To be.
Her beauty had increased wonder
fully; hope had more than renewed
her youth. and confident love had
given to her face and form splendor
OF color and expression, that captivat.
ed everybody: though why, or how,
they never asked-she charmed. be.
cause she charmed.
one day the little bery OF feminine
councillors looked at their work, and
pronounced all beautiful. and all fin
ished, and then there was lull In the
busy household, and then every one
was conscious OF being a little weary.
anu every one also felt that II would
be well To let heart and brain, and
fineers and feet rest. In few days
there would likely be another English
letter, and they could then form some
idea as To when Lord Hyde would ar.
rive. The last letter received from
him had been written In London, and
the ship In which he was To sail, was
taking on her cargo. while he i'm
patiently waited at his hotel for notice
OF her being ready To lift her anchor
The doctor thought 1t highly probable
Hyde would follow this letter In a
week or perhaps less.
l,.sa
and Mrs. Moran drove out one after
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CHAPTER xv-continued.

1 SFTSF NN"SS'Nft'
"Your own way you will take. until
into some great trouble you stumble.
"And then my own way shall take,
until out OF II stumble"
II have told Rem what he must do.
Like a man he must say, j did wrong
and ! am sorry for IT, and so well
think OF those he has wronged. as TO
be sure they will answer, II Is for
givcn.'"
"And forgotten"
THAT Is different. To forgive freely
is what we owe to our enemy; to Tor
get not. Is what we owe to ourselves.
IL think II Is cruel, father. to ask
Rem to speak truth to his own injury
Even the law is kinder than you, IL
asks no man TO accuse himself.
Right wrongs no man. TIL others
move in this matter, you be quiet. "
you talk. evil words will you say; and
mind this, Arenta. the evil that comes
out of your lips, into your own bosom
will fall. All my life have seen this
But Arenta could not be quiet. She
would SOW thorns. though she had to
walk unshod and her fathers advice
moved her no more than breath
moves a mountain. In the same after.
noon she saw Madame Jacobus going
to Doctor Moran's. and the hour she
remained there. was full of misery to
her impetuous selfadoring heart She
was sure they were talking o. Rem
and herself: and as she had all their
conversation "a imagine. she came to
conclusions In accord with her sus.
picions.
But she met her aunt at the door
and brought her eagerly into the par
lor. She had no visitors that day, and
was bored and restless and longing for
conversation. II saw YOU go To the
Doctors an hour ago aunt she said.
Il hope the Captain is well"
"Jacobus Is quite well, thank God
and Doctor Moran and Cornelia
have been looking at some Of her wed.
ding gowns. a girl 10 happy. and
who deserves To be so happy, ! never
saw. What a darling she is!"
1T is now the fashion To rave about
her. suppose they found time
|
could listen To them would not
have done so! No! not II listening had
meant salvation for the whole Morar
family"
"You are remarkably foolish
young woman. They never named
Rem. People so happy do not remem
Der the bringer of sorrow. He has
been shut out--in the darkness and
cold. I am ashamed Of Rem. can
never forfg.ve him. He Is n disgrace
10 the family. And that IL why
came here today. I wish you to make
Rem understand that he must no,
come near his Uncle Jacobus. When
Jacobus is angry be will call heaven
and earth and hell To help him speak
his mind, and have nearly cured him
OF a habit which is so distressing ia
me, and such a great wrong to his
own soul. The very sight of Rem
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

The readers Of this paper will be pleased TO iearr
that there Is nt least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to in all Its stages and
that u Cataffh. Halls CBtsrTh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Caiatrh being n constitutional disease. requires q
constitutional treatment Halls Cstsrfh Cure T.
taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the s,stcm thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease and sivinr the
patient strength by biilding up the constitution
and assisting nature IN doing its work. The pro-
prietots have much faith in its curative powers
that they of One Hundred Dollars Tot any case
that IL fails TO Send for list OF Testimonial
Address J.. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by druggists sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Friend Was Surprised.

Not long ago I attended a sol.
diers' reunion" says u veteran. 'and
was surprised TO see prominent
business man come in on crutches.
! had met him scores OF times with.
out realizing that he had only one
'eg. ! knew that he limped little,
but not more than dozen of NV
friends who are troubled with rheu.
matism. ! had seen him go up stairs
and down and walk about his little
once, but ] never would have known
that he had left a leg at Chickamauga
had ! not gone to the reunion. where,
to please his soldier friends. he an
peared without his cork leg"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

A Missouri inventor Is working on a
burglar alarm that will take the pho.
tograph, arouse the family and call the
police. He says that n he has time
he may also make It grab the burglar
and hold him.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Cescribjpo a Don.

The Referee quotes this description
by little girl OF a dachshund she had
seen: 1T was one Of those funny ones
you know, the ones that are a dog
and a half long and half dog high
said the other: You must know the
sort II Is dog that only has four
legs, but looks as II It ought to have
SIX. Public Opinion gives another def,
milton OF the same animal: THE dog
with the Louis XIV. legs" New York
Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Revolution In street Car Traffic.

Electricity is rapidly coming to con-
troll the country and n decided de-
crease is shown in the number OF
companies and trackage of other
kinds of power. OF the single track
mileage. 2l,9l4 miles. or 81 per cent.
are operated by electric power and
4l6 miles, or l.9 per cent by other me.
chan!cal traction, while only 25s
miles, or IL per cent. are operated by
animal power, as compared with 6s.7
per cent In 1880.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Free Iheater Iicketa.

People in Paris. who are interested
In giving working girls a bit OF pleas
IRE now and then. have devised n
scheme where worthy girls receive
two tickets to good theater once In
while. The scheme calls for an
elaborate system Of registration, but
It Is working to perfection. The Ksi-
ser is thinking OF introducing the
idea into the royal theaters In Ger
many.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

GIlC u,tt t!...Oo. isi ,.Inr.
Among many tribes of Africa and
Asia II Is customary for a suitor to
work az hired man for his future
father.in.law in the same manner as
Jacob worked for Laban. A certain
value is set on the girl whom he Sc
lects as his wife, and when his wages
amount 10 that much he gets her, and
not before.
a man who falls In love with ma.
tive girl Of the Manzoni territory fares
better, for all he need pay for her in
two deer skins.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Said to Have Begun Civil War.

A heavy responsibility rested upon
Major w. II. Gibbes who died June 10
al his home In Columbia, s. c. 1t
was claimed for him that he fred the
first shot at Fort Sumter. lie was
,hen a gunner In Capt. George
James's company, to whom Beaure-
gard sent the order To fire on Major
Anderson. President cleveland an
pointed him postmaster of Columbls
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Biames the Brother.

Harry-What nonsense to say her
description was Photographic. IT.
wasn't a bit like It. Dick-When /
used the word Photographic had in
mind some of the pictures her broth
er Fred takes with his camera.-Bos-
ton TRANSCRIPT.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

st. Louis policemen who are bigger
around their waists than they are
around their chests are to be dropped
from the force. Il will be In the ma.
ture Of IN outrage TO make such men
10 10 work for living.
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sir Thomas has discovered that
there is nothing about Reliance TO
prevent her from sailing fast. Per.
haps we might accommodate him by
trailing q few graphing hooks along
her keel. Anything for a good race.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

II In TO be regretted that those for.
eign potentates can't see a sample Of
our army AZ we'll as 2 bit of our navy.
Our Tommy Atkinses are az lively
and gallant as our jackies.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

BY the way. considering the presi.
dents frequent illusions to race sui.
eide" has that war department order
forbidding the marriage Of young OH.
GERS been rescinded yet?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

A San Francisco firm tried to cor.
ner the bean market and Is In the
hands OF a receiver. Until Boston
sinks into the sea II is folly for any
other city to fool with the bean indus.
try,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

An Italian scientist comes forward
with a consumption cure. but he is
rather late In the day. We have about
. thousand consumption cures In
America already.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Send Millions 20 Norway.

Figures recently published in Chris
tlans show that the amount OF money
sent home from the United States by
immigrants from Norway last year
was S3,7s0.000.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

A Connecticut Judge has dem.
onstrated that II Is possible for a
Judge to sit on the bench In his shir,
sleeves on hot day without consid-
ering himself In contempt Of court.
This shows whether or not courts al.
low themselves to be swayed by their
personal feelings,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

As the society people OF Newport
ute forever striving to do something
queer and original, 1t is not surprising
to learn that they have taken to riding
the bicycle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

Eastern college students are doing
harvest work In Kansas. thus unex.
pectedly devoting to useful purpose
the MUSCLE they went to college to ne.
cure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10
Success OF African miss,,r

The Uganda Mission. in Central
Africa. begun twenty years ago. has
now 1910 church buildings. seating
12c.S5O persons. erected chiefly at tho
cost OF the people.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

Capt. Wringe OF the Shamrock III
has had his first look at the Reliance,
and he says he sees nothing to be
scared at. That is the thing that
makes races interesting.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

If you don't get the biggest and best
its your own fault. Defiance starch is
for sale everywhere and there Is posi-
lively nothing to equal IL in quality or
quantity.
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their lives had longed. was at last
dropped down Ia them from heaven.
Between their kisses they spoke Of
things remembered and Of things TO
be-. leaning to each other in visible
sweetness. while
"Lo," br"athcd IN sighs and sllences
Through two b"nt souls. one rapiurous
und, rsong.''
tThp End
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

or course, civilization has its advan.
fases. but the prehistoric dwellers In
caves had far cooler sleeping places
than ours are.
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Unconscious and unconcorned we sit
idly by while the price Of coal crocps
silently up 10 cents ton each thirty
days.
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Some scientist has advanced the
theory that kissing is q cure for hys.
toria. There Ia likely TO be one trou-
~ with this kind OF cure. and that
- To always find the proper kissees.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-09-10

A man Is not necessarily lawyer
because he Is admitted TO the bar.
He may be personal friend OF the
barkeeper.