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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
PhIlanthropv !. Rnwarded.

A stock broker who was on his way
TO the city observed that one of his
fellow-passepgers in the car was
closely regarding him. After a time
the man looked over and asked;
Didn't see you in Frisco in 1902
The broker wasn't in Frisco in that
year, but thinking to humor the
stranger. replied in the Affirmative.
Don't you remember handing ?
poor, shivering wretch dollar one
night outside hotei?"
II do"
well. I'm the chap, was hard up,
out of work, and about to cimr.it
cuicide, That money made a new
man ; me. By one lucky speculation
and another l am now worth s25,000."
"Ah! Glad to hear it."
"And now | want you to take IS in
place of that dollar l cannot feel
easy until that debt is paid"
The broker protested and objected
but finally just to humor the man
he took the $40 bill offered him
and returned the $5 change. The
stranger soon left the car, and every
thing might have ended then and
there II the broker, on reaching the
Office, hadn't ascertained that the $40
was a counterfeit and that he was IS
out of pocket
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Daring Wartime Deeds.

by the way" said the Captain,
Sergeant Sam Grimshaw received the
medal of honor for seizing an unex-
ploded shell and throwing 1t to dis
tance before it exploded. In this way
he saved the lives of several men.
George Hunt prevented fuse shell
from exploding by crushing a handful
of mud into the hole where the fuse
was sputtering. He received no medal.
Patrick Gimley, private in Company
G., First New York light artillery, in
1864 was caught between tie lines
when his command retreated. He
crept back to the abandoned works.
put three charges of canister in one
of the guns, and blazed away at the
enemy on the point of entering the
works. This led to the reoccupation of
the works by the Union troops, and
twenty-six years later Gimley received
a medal of honor for that exploit.
Samuel e. Eddy, Company d, Thir-
ty-seventh Massachusetts, went be-
ycnd the firing line to bring in the
regimental adjutant, who had been
wounded. Eddy was run through the
body with a bayonet and pinned to
the ground, but he shot his assailant
and saved the adjutant. He received
a medal of honor. Two of our boys
who went into the zone os fire after
the charge at Kenesaw and brought
in wounded comrade did not receive
medals. Orion p. Howe, 14-year-old
drummer of the Fifty-fifth Illinois,
went under heavy fire at Vicksburg
to report to Gen. Sherman the need
of more ammunition, and was given
a medal of honor. Lieut.. s. G. Grubb
and Dan X. Anderson, who put cut
the fire in Sherman's great pile OF
reserve ammunition at Resaca, when
it was struck by lightning. have nc
medals.
Nathaniel Gwynne. a 15-year-old
recruit of the Thirteenth Ohio cav.
airy, had not been mustered when the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Soldiers Early Experience.

To the veteran every occurrence
through which he passed is dear,
especially so the little striking events
of his early soldier days, writes an
Eastern veteran. My regiment, the
Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artil-
lery, was stationed at one time at Fort
Jackson, on the Mississippi river, 40
miles above its mouth. / recall that
fully one-third of our battalion were
schoolboys like myself-all willing to
grow boards and to become sturdy
fighting men.
Our officers, too, were new to the
business of war-having been made
such after hasty study of the first
seventy pages of the army regulations
making it plain that we must have
training as well as pluck! that we
were all supposed to have in order to
escape the whipping and final annihi-
lation said to be in store for us at
the horny hands of our opponents, the
Texas cowboys. A little later 1000 of
these cowboys were compelled to
tether their mustangs and lay down
their arms by us-but this is a d.
gression..
A little episode of camp life while
at Fort Jackson will serve to show
how promptly we took our first de-
gree in riding the goat" through
casemate to parapet, when a genuine.
soul-stirring cause for alarm came gal
Looping into camp in the majestic form
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of our surgeon, Or. Carpenter, who
brought the startling news that the
rebel ram Isaac Webb was on the way
down the river, having passed New
Orleans flying the Confederate flag.
The Isaac Webb was formerly one of
New York's fastest ocean-going tug
boats. Her speed was II knots an
hour.
We were mighty quickly formed in
to lines and marched double quick up
to the big PARROTS overlooking the
river. We carried our Springields
which we loaded and stacked, then
shotted the 11-inch guns and the Par
rotts, and trailed to point-blank range
every well known ship course of the
river within our view. Then we impa-
tientiy awaited the coming of the ram,
and while we waited toyed with our
Adams apple, screwed up our knock
kneed courage (that so woefully wab-
bled AGAIN. to the fighting pitch, and
remained full of speechless wonder
and surprise.
But where was the Webb? We
stood up, looked, listened, then looked
again-but the calm and peaceful riv-
er gave no sign of her approach. The
suspense was so great that it inter-
fered with our breathing; We could
hear nothing but the tap, tap. tap of
an organ which seemed to have risen
and to be lying near our tongues. But
where was the ram that our doughty
doctor had told us was coming? At
every successive point on that part
of the broad river in our view we
looked, fully expecting her to poke her
nose around and come on defiant.
AS the day wore on the depressing
atmosphere became more clear. We
stood erect. feeling quite jubilant,
when suddenly a startling exclamation
caused all eyes to turn.
Look. look! What is that coming
out of the west?" Glancing backward
VIC saw something, dust-hidden, riding
swiftly. and to our imaginative minds
suspiciously toward the fort. Could 1t
be possible that our rear was to be
the point of attack?
One more gulp of the Adams apple
and a silent remembrance of the mis-
demeanors and shortcomings of our
career. q hasty prayer-then, sudden
ly out of the clouds Of dust came our
relief. bringing intelligence that the
ram had herself been rammed and
sunk. after having been driven ashore
by the Union gunboat Richmond.
which had passed up the river the
preceding night; thus putting an end
to the fearful risk that the Webb took
when attempting to pass our fort, and
blotting from our record a part Of the
glory that tradition would have added
to the gallantry and valor afterward
accorded the Fourteenth Rhode Island
Heavy Artillery. and which we are
proud to write. stopped forever the
juggling with the guns that was said
must be used to goad us INTO action.
In those historic SOS we never en-
countered another such memorable
test Of courage and bewildering sus-
pense as on that doubtful day In the
time OF cur nogitiata-
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Kentucky Mans Duty.

Jamboree, KY, August 29 Especially.
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Churches on BRIDGES.

The custom of building churches on
bridges was common a hundred years
and more ago. Several of these quaint
old buildings are still left in Europe.
The Chapel of Our Lady still stands
on the bridge which spans the Don at
Rotterdam. The little chapel was
built in the fifteenth century and was
restored about hundred years ago.
For several years, however, 1t has
been used as tobacco shop.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Thompson,
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Most SPOKEN Lanauaue..

There are ss2, 100000 Chinese speak.
Ing the same. language. making Chi.
nese the most spoken language There
are SO many dialects which are entire.
ly different that they seem scarcely
to beleac to the same tongue. The in
habitasts of Mongolia and Thibet can
barely understand the dialect of the
people in Pekin. Putting Chinese
aside, the most spoken languages are
RS follows. in millions; English, 100:
German, 20; Russian. GS; Spanish, "A;
Portuguese, 80.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Keeping Nervous system Healthy

AS the nervous system exercises
great power on all the functions OF
the body. 1t ought to be kept in a
healthy condition by regular mental
work and judicious occupations. The
fear often expressed that steady men
tai work is likely to wear out the
brain too soon is unfounded. The wear
ing theory is wrong, as well for men
tai as physical work, both of which
MAY be continued in old age.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

When Frau Clara Hahn, the wife OF
a prominent Berlin gentleman, from
whom she was separated, committed
suicide, she left instructions in her
will that everything she possessed
should be burned on a funeral pile
The police carried out these orders
the letter, burning no fewer than
eleven chests filed with dresses, some
packages of linen, ten boxes contain.
ing hats, three dozen wells, and hun.
dreds of love letters.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
OF Interest to Builders.

Prof. Charles l.. Norton of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
gays that great deal more care
should be taken in protecting steel
work and wrought iron work from cor,
rosion. Concrete is a far better safe
guard than stone or terra Gotta against
FIRE. he says. The Boston skyscrapers
are viewed with suspicion by Prof
Norton.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Every housekeeper should know
that IL they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because It
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in %-pound pack
ages, and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you Q
12-oz. package 1t is because he has
q stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures '16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance Of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Home at the Worlds Fair.

u. c. Kolp, ex-Chief Clerk OF Iowa House OF
Representatives, is manager Hotel Alta Vista,
near Agricultural entrance and is prepared to
entertain guests with rooms at q. 90 and cots 20
cents. Electric lights, toilet and bath rooms,
cafe. Market street cars direct from Union
Station. Highest and coolest point around St.
Louis. Onicial maps OF Fair and other informa-
tion sent on application. Make reservations now.
Some men would dodge around a
corner to avoid meeting their obliga-
tions.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
"Pen stammerlng."

pen stammering" is the name Civ
en- by DR.. Bertillon of Paris to diff
Guilty in writing analogous to stammer
Ing in speech. Many persons. he says
are incapable of writing even one ol
the letters of word as long as any
one is looking at them. Hypnotic sug
gestion, he thinks. will cure this nerv
GUS trouble. as we'll as writer's cramp
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Education Of Indian Girls.

In India only about 8 per cent OF
the girls attend public schools. but
the government of India in it's educa.
tional resolution states that in trying
to promote the education of girls q
far greater proportional impulse is
impaired to the educational and moral
tone Of the people than by the edu.
cation of the men.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Insist on eettlna Il,

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch. This Is because they
have stock on hand OF other brands
containing only ~ OF In "A package
which they won't be able TO sell first
because Defiance contains 16 OF. for
the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead OF IL OF
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
A Soldiers strataaem.

An amusing story is told of a sol.
der, virginian by birth. When he
was going on a marauding expedition
he used to stop at friendly black.
smiths to have his horses shoes re-
versed. BY this means his enemies,
seeing the track Of the horses hoofs
going In certain direction. would
pursue him that way, whereas the sly
old soldier and his horse would in
reality be safely out Of danger by an
exactly opposite direction.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Force Of Blue Whale.

A blue whale harpooned by New.
whaler in Placentia bay in
March, 1908, towed the steam whaler
Puma 122 miles. the screw being re.
versed. at full speed the whole time
and not until twGnty-six hours had
elapsed was exhausted and killed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
WITH THE
VETEDANN


How history repeats itself.
Noull say. wher you remember Grant.
Who, In his boyhood days, once sought
Throughout the lexion for cant"
He could not find the word that day,
The earnest boy whose name was
Grant,
He never found It through long years.
With all their power to disenchant
No hostile host could give him pause:
He never found that hindering word
The steadfast man whose name was
Grant.
Harriet Prescott spoTord in ST. Nicho-
las
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Force of Blue Whale,

A blue whale, harpooned by New
fcundland whaler in Placentia Bay in
March, 1908, towed the steam whaler
Puma 122 miles, the screw being re-
versed, at full speed the whole time,
and rot until twenty-six hours
elapsed was exhausted and killed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Insects Don't Touch Rice.

A remarkable fact connected with
the rice plant is its almost entire i'm.
munity from the attacks of insects,
and from those diseases which infect
the cereals and other vegetable
growths. as also that it supplies a
wholesale diet tor one-half the popula'
tion Of the world.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

charge at Petersburg was ordered, but
he went in and lost an arm. He was
given medal of honor in 1865. Gen.
Adelbert Ames received q medal of
honor for remaining on the field at
Bull Run. He was then a lieutenant
of the Fifth artillery, and although se-
verely wounded, directed to the last
the fire of section of Griffin's bat
terry. In all, about $500 medals of
honor have been issued. S64 of these
going to officers and men of the Thir-
ty-seventh Maine, who volunteered,
when their time had expired. to re-
main in service until after the battle
OF Gettysburg" Chicago Inter Ocean
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Mexico's Water Power.

OF the great abundance of water
power with which Mexico is supplied,
It is estimated that not more than
250,000 horsepower is being utilized
or is in course of development at the
present time. The potential horse.
power has never been estimated with
any degree of accuracy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Early Rlsinu.

"To be forced to get up early" says
an English physician, "grinds the
soul, curdles the blood. swells the
spleen, destroys all good intentions
and disturbs all day the mental activ-
tiles. Criminals are always recruited
from the early-rising class"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
To control Runaway Horses.

An Austrian has invented safety
reins for runaway horses. by means
of which two small rollers can be
made to press the horses windpipe
when desired. The animal must stop
at once for want of breath.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Consistency is the only jewel that
women don't seem to care much
about.
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Uncle Allen.

you never know how much can be
said on both sides of question:" re-
fiected Uncle Allen Sparks, until you
hear two women trying to tell each
other how to make currant jelly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Uncle Allen.

"You never know how much can be
said on both sides Of question" re.
fiected Uncle Allen Sparks, until you
hear two women trying to tell each
other how to make currant jelly"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
To Control Runaway Horses.

An Austrian has invented safety
reins for runaway horses, by means
of which two small rollers can be
made to press the horses windpipe
when desired. The animal must stop
at once for want of breath.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Blue LIoht for lnfiamm alton.

The effect of blue light in reduc-
ing Inflammation, diminishing pain,
promoting. absorption Of morbid Sc.
cretions and curing diseases Of the
skin, has been shown by several re-
cent researches.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Most Active Volcano.

The most active volcano in the
world is Mt. Sangay, in Ecuador. 1t
has been active without interruption
since 1928.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF the throat and lungs WIZ
o. ESDsLEy, vanburen. Ind Feb. 10, 1900
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
German Coast Sinking.

Within the past fifty years Ham,
burg and the coast of Germany in its
neighborhood has sunk five feet nine
inches.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

The men are so scarce that boys
under ten are beginning to get square
envelopes in the mail.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

DIR. David Kennedy's Fayorite Remedy, tho
Great Kidney and Liver Cure World Famous write Dr.
Kennedys Sons Ropdout NJ ", for free sample bottle.
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More ElexlbIs ana Lastlno.

won't shake out or blow out: by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for same
uQney.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Lancashire County for Twins.
Lancashire holds the record OF any
English county for twins. The average
Is 668 twins yearly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

I'll hrst days use OF Dr. Knes Great Nerve Reetorl
r. send f1r FREE 90 s.isl sosss and trsssss e
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Potato eating Nations.

The Belgians are the greatest pota-
to eaters In the world. and the Irish
come second.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Defiance Starch Ii guaranteed biggest
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Two heads are said to be better
than one, yet we are told that too
many cooks spoil the broth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

Some men would never see their
names in the paper If their wives
didn't win prizes at whist clubs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13

A willful waist Is woeful want
to the fellow who would like to squeeze
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
LIaht Shines In Egypt.

Nearly every city in the interior Of
Egypt - now lighted by electricity.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
Manual TrainInq In erItaIr

There are 1880 boys and 4,059
girls in the industrial schools Of
Great Britain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-10-13
On the Field Of Bull Run.

Fhe autumn maneuvers of the army
will be he'd on the battle field of
Bull Run. that bloody square marked
by Centerville on the east, Groveton
and Gainesville on the west, Sudley
Springs on the north and Manassas
on the south. The changes that have
come over that historic ground since
the Civil War are few. The troops
and there will be, according to Gen.
Corbin. S0,000-that go down into
that part of Virginia might be guided
through the pines, woods, cornfields
and pastures of the Bull Run field by
the Topographic maps used by Beau
regard, Johnston and Mcdowell in
July, 1861, or by the field maps used
by Jackson, Longstreet. Lee an Pope
in August, 1862. Bull Run rolls slug
gishly from Bull Run mountains to
Aqua Creek, and Catharpin Creek,
Young's Branch, Cub Run-all STRAIT
ebic streams-pour into it at various
points in the fighting ground. A ma
jority of the farms are owned by the
same folk, or the children of the same
folk, who titled them in '61 and '62.