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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
FEAR FOR NIAGARA
IMMENSE VOLUME OF WATER
DIVERTED FROM FALLS.
Commercial Enterprises are Making
Heavy Drains on This Famous Show
Piaee-its Tremendous Electrical
Power the inducement.

Niagara Falls, August 7:-The
volume OF water being diverted
from the historic Niagara Falls is
reaching such proportions that the
people OF the State are trying 20 pass
laws which will prevent the possibil-
ity of a practical wiping out Of this
sublime natural spectacle
Water sufficient TO develop nearly
Ave hundred thousand horsepower
continuously. twenty-four hours per
day. for Industrial purposes, is now
being taken from the river above the
Falls, and further developments re-
quiring more water are contemplated
Probably the largest user OF the
electricity produced by the waters Of
the mighty river IS the concern which
by the five or six thousand degree
heat Of the electric furnace brings
lime and coke into unwilling union,
thereby producing what is known as
Calcium Carbide.
Dry calcium carbide is lifeless as
so much broken rock. but in contact
with water II springs into activity and
begets abundantly the gas Acetylene
The light resulting from the ignition
of acetylene is the nearest approach
TO sunlight known.
These facts, though OF compare
lively recent discovery. were soon
seized by men with an eye to the COM
mercial possibilities and to-day cal.
cium carbide is being shipped every
whe@e and used for dispelling dark
ness + buildings of all descriptions,
from the ordinary barn Of the farmer
to the country villa Of the wealthy, as
we'll as for lighting the streets of a
large number of towns. Acetylene
can be easily and cheaply installed,
and the manufacture and sale of
acetyleue generators has become a
business of recognized standing, has
assumed large proportions and is
steadily growing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21

down. I'm good to him. always be
to every one that boards here"
do you think he colors his hair or
wears wig?" asked Constance, with
sudden recollection of her first agita.
tion at seeing him at church.
NO indeed; he don't care enough
for his looks to color his hair, an
most certain he haint no wig on, for
see him comb it every day by the
little glass in the kitchen there"
Mrs. Hamilton did not Immediately
take her leave as she at first intended,
but, instead, asked Mrs. Fry If she
knew the mans name.
mo, | don't" said Mrs. Fry, with a
puzzled air.
why, how is that? Did he give you
no name when he came?"
HE said his name was Primus Edes,
and | don't believe any man ever had
name like that"
"Oh. that is not so very odd a name,
Primus Edes. knew a family once
names Edes."
Did you, now? But what's his
clothes marked H. A. for If that's his
name? Not as he's a man to be sus-
picious Of"
Are his clothes marked II. Az"
Yes, they be, what is marked.
There's handkerchief an shirt"
1T may be some one gave them to
him."
Yes. so they might Dan thought
he might "a swapped with some other
man. They do sometimes. sech folks" "
That may be the secret of it," said
Mrs. Hamilton, rising to go. 'If he
should be sick let me know, and | will
send over anything you may lack for
his comfort. To tell the truth, this
man interests me strangely, for in
some way he reminds me of my hus-
band. does not he you?"
BLESS your soul, no, not one mite!"
said Mrs. Fry, turning wondering
gaze upon her visitor.
THE resemblance is hot striking.
perhaps. but it exists" said Constance,
decidedly. well, good-by!"
"Good-by!" said Mrs. Fry at the
front door, where she had accompanied
her. We'll, now," shutting 1t after
her, whoever heard the beat of that?
Looks like witchwork! A man with
Almost black hair, shorter and sorter
bent, an not over an 'bove bright, look
like Mr.. Hamilton! Wall, never did
in all my born daysl"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21

that she could never bear to see any
one humbled or hurt She therefore
took occasion to reprove Clare going
home.
"'rou should never be naughty par
ticularly to one not so well placed as
yourself, my dear. The man meant
no narm, | am quite sure. No doubt
ho loves children and your hair looked
pretty to him"
"He may look at II then, but | don't
care to have a common person like
him touch my hair" replied Glare,
quite unmollifed, and drawing herself
up in a dignified fashion.
Glare" asked her mother, hesitat
ingly, did he resemble your papa in
any way, do you Think"
mo, ! should say not" said Glare;
my father was very handsome
man."
The strange man she saw in church
fingered in her thoughts during the
week, and was no doubt pinned there
by a strange circumstance that came
to her notice on Tuesday evening. As
she drew the curtains at nightfall be-
fore lighting the lamps she saw a man
standing directly under tall tree that
stood in the yard, which was fence
less. and about a rod from the win
dow. He appeared to be looking di-
rectly in. but as soon as the curtains
were drawn he shrank back slowly
turned away, and walked down the
street. This Mrs. Hamilton saw by
holding the drapery a little one side
and peering out She was convinced
that the man was no other than the
one she remarked at church. A slight
qualm of fear came over her a mo-
ment; he seemed to be such humble
and pathetic figure as he timidly
touched little Clare's hair. that she
could not fear him. And again dawned
before her intelligence the sure II
slight resemblance he bore to her hus-
band.
Sunday he was at church again, and
as for one moment their eyes met,
Constance fancied a new intelligence
in his, as il he would establish con-
nection between them. She immedk
ately decided that henceforth the cur
tains of her sitting,room should be
lrawn as usual.
Bus what did II mean, that look?
Constance pondered over IL during the
week, IL was so strange and inexpli
cable. An intense. dazed, questioning
regard, as IL he sought to ask her aid
II startled Constance, as | have i'm
piled. and for the first time caused her
TO question her own prudence in allow
ing him to look in upon the family
sitting-room.
The week following II was hermetic-
ally closed, but Constance more than
once caught a glimpse of the detected
figure. and she thought of speaking to
her uncle to desire the man TO go
away. One evening he stood outside
In pouring rain gazing at the house
long after the curtains were down.
until Mrs. Hamilton grew deeply yexed
sith his folly,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21

AZ ' ouFhCOft.
Can her not old, although the flight Of
Has measured of the allotted term OF
life
Can her not old since neither doubts nor
fears
Have quenched her hope throughout
the long, long strife.
They are not old, though days OF youth
who Guan the brimming cup OF peace
They are not old who from life's hid
den springs
Find dIaughts which stnl refresh but
never cloy.
For what are years, though flying ne'er
50 fastf
4 years a day II fun OF gladsome zest,
But who shall measure time, when hopes
are past?
\ days year II sorrow is the guest
The secret Of perpetual youth Is hers :
Who finds delight In deeGs of kindness
wrought
No age can dim the luster OF her crown
Whose dovs with loving ministry are
fraught.
Peace to her then! a calm, unrumed
Unth her pilgrimage at last is DER.
tnth the Fathers summons call her
To gress the dear companions gone be-
fore!
The Outlook.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
BABY'S INSTINCT
Shows He Knew What Food TO Stick


Forwarding a photo of a splendidly
handsome and healthy young boy, a
happy mother writes from ali Ohio
town.
The enclosed picture shows my 4
year-old Grape Nuts boy.
Since he was years old he has
eaten nothing but Grape-Nuts. He
demands and gets this food three
umes a day. This may seem rather
unusual, but he does not care for any
thing else after he has eaten his
Grape-Nuts. which he uses with milk
or cream. and then he is through with
his neal Even on Thanksgiving day
he refused turkey and all the good
things that make up that great din.
ner. and ate his dish of Grape-Nuts
and cream with the best results and
none of the evils that the other fool
ish members OF the family expert.
enced.
He is never sick. has beautiful
complexion, and is considered a very
handsome boy. May the Postum Com
pany prosper and long continue to fur.
rish their wholesome food!" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
There's reason. Read the little
book. The Road to Wellyille." in ev.
cry pkg.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
THAT MAD DOG FALLAcY.
One Man Declares Hydrophobla ls an
Impossibility.

mpossibility.
In all my own experience with dogs
/ have not only never seen mad
dog" but have never Snown dog
owner-and by that mean a man who
has had experience In keeping dogs
who has seen one, says writer in
Country Life. II. then, rabies is so
exceedingly scarce hydrophoba be-
comes really an impossibility and the
fear of II should be dismissed without
n thought. A person may get dog
bitten, but, in the language of the
New York tough, forget it," II it is
a bad bite Il may twitch later on and
you may begin worrying. so II Is a
good plan to get rid of the twitching
or throbbing in order to forget. |
have been bitten so often that | think
no more of It than a mosquito bite
and this is what | do: If 1t is on the
hand ] put II under the faucet and
wash thoroughly, with the object of
cleaning the wound and preventing in
flammation from any dirt or foreign
substance. While doing this some one
is getting the hicarbonate of soda and
some clean rags or lint. With water
a cream paste Of the soda is made
sufficient to plaster the wound well; /;
then, putting some on rag. Il is ap.
piled to the wound and bound up. II
in the course OF an hour or more the
application seems TO be drying little
water is poured on the bandage tc
soak through to the soda, or the hand
is dipped In water.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
Warming to Housewives.

The average consumer of baking
powder does not know that a reaction
occurs in the process of baking When.
ever a chemical reaction takes place,
the nature of the original materials is
entirely changed. so that the sub
stances which remain in the food to
be eaten are very different from those
which composed the baking powder
before baking. For this reason, the
statement that a baking powder con-
taihs alum or cream of tartar is worth
less so far as informing the consumer
as TO what he eats. What the con-
sumer wants to know is what goes
into his stomach, not what is in the
can. Food prepared with a cream of
tartar baking powder does not contain
any cream of tartar, just as food pre-
pared with alum baking powder is
free from alum. In the case of the
high-priced trust baking powders, this
bread residue consists of Rochelle
Salts. the active ingredient of Seidlitz
Powders. That is, when food pre-
pared with these trust baking pow
ders is eaten, the consumer is taking
n dose of Seidlitz Powders. Rochelle
Salts is medicine and not a food,
and this constant dosing will seriously
derange the digestive organs. Prof.
Wiley, chemist of the United States
Department of Agriculture, has de-
clared in substance that "A loaf OF
bread made from a quart of flour
leavened with cream of tartar baking
powder contains As grains more OF
Rochelle Salts than is contained in
one Seiditz Powder. At hearing
before the Comrittee on Public
Health of the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture, on a bill designed to prevent this
wholesale dosing of the public. the fol-
lowing eminent Boston physicians tes-
titled against the healthfUlness of
Rochelle Salts, and strongly recon-
mended the passage on a law which
would prohibit the sale of powders
which left this dangerous drug in
food: Dr. Hartung, DR.. c. o. Kepler,
DR.. f. B. Foster, Dr.. G. Nj, Palmer
Why should the consumer pay forty
| five or fifty cents per pound for bak-
| ing powder when the best baking pow
| der in the w--ld can be made to re-
tail at twenty-five cents per pound
| (the price asked for Calumet Baking
| Powder and leave a fair manufac-
turer's profit? The manufacturers Of
Calumet Baking Powde. have for
years made standing offer OF
s1000.00 for any substance injurious
to health found in food prepared from
It. Bread made from Calumet is en-
tirely free from Rochelle Salts, alum.
| lime or ammonia.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21

knew, and attract attention to himself
by watching his own house? Could
anything be more foolish, more futile,
IL concealment was desired? IL not
desired, the course was palpably more
foolish still.
Constance knew all this, but she
was strangely fascinated by the mans
personality, so like her husbands. she
imagined. In a few days, as she saw
nothing of the person, she decided TO
call on Mrs. Fry and inquire whether
he was still confined to the house.
So with a tumbler of currant jelly Mrs.
Hamilton approached the little house
one morning.
Some jelly for your boarder II he is
still sick, II not, for YOURSELF. said
Constance to Mrs. Fry when she
opened the door.
'Lor', now, how thoughtful you al
ways be, But Edes is bettern and
gone to work. He's ben real sick,
though not so sick but he'd gone off
to walk last night, If Dan hadn't a
follered an fetched i'm back"
Mrs. Fry, wish Dan would just
look after him little in a gentle way,
you know, and not let him come to my
house."
your house! You don't say he
never went to your house?"
Just into the yard, Mrs. Fry, and
under the trees. where he stands look.
ing in at the sitting room windows. ]
think he took a fancy TO Clare at
church. that is all. But, you see, am
just a little uneasy"
Sure enough, an no wonder;
though as you say he don't most likelv
mean no harm. Wall, Danll see to
that, Mis- Hamilton"
"Yes, Dan is very kind; and tell him
please, not to let Mr.. Edes know that
| said anything about It,"
"Oh, Dan will know what to do
"And now, Mrs. Fry, | want to tel
you something that | don't want yor
to mention to any one. have perfect
confidence in you"
AN wall you may have. Wilo
horses wouldn't git out of me anything
you didn't want told"
We'll, ii is this. | am constantly
haunted by this mans resemblance to
my husband, though no one else seems
to see it. | see this man as he would
look with light hair and straight, up.
right form, in my imagination, you
know, and then he looks like Vane."
But his hair amt light, Mis- Hamil'
ton"
"I want TO be sure of II, and then
the resemblance will not trouble me-
Doesn't he color his hair? | will sit
here, and you look for bottle of hair
dye in his room"
81 think you had better come, too
and then you will be sure that I've
searched thorough" said Mrs. Fry, and
Constance, though not without hesita
tation, arose and followed her to the
apartment occupied by Primus Edes.
A small, sparsely furnished room
met her gaze, but it was neatly kept
and Mrs. Fry surveyed it with some
pride.
Ito be continued)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
Antiquity Of the WIG.

The wig is older than civilization,
for the savage used one to make him
mere formidable on the field of battle,
just as the Judge does today TO in
crease the terrors of the law. 1t was
the French revolution that killed the
wig. What the article cost the
Egyptian mummy and the Assyrian
notable is not known. but before the
guillotine fell in France the wig
which adorned the heads of its vic
tins cost Sl5G TO 5000. The costly
decoration fingered long time on
official heads in England; so recent
ly as 1858 Archbishop Sumner found
It necessary to wear one at the mar
riage of the Princess Royal. Now
adays clergymen of all ranks are free
from the incumbrance, which is the
dignifed burden of the speaker of the
house of commons and the gentlemen
of the law. Even the most glorious
and subseryient OF footmen need but
powder the hair of his own uprais-
ing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
CHAPTER vIII-con,inued.

As Constance settled herself in her
seat she felt angry with herself at her
folly, and put the matter from her
thoughts as she bowed her head in
prayer a moment later. God was her
only refuge now. Though He had seen
At to try her in the fires of affiiction.
she would have faith that all would
come right sometime. somewhere; not
In this world. but in the next.
And back of her, though she did not
know II, two eager eyes were fixed on
her bowed head and white neck, while
his lips whispered in a dazed manner
to himself, Beautiful"
Finally, emotion gaining the mas
terry. he whispered to Dan Fry, who
sat nearest, who is that?"
Mis- Hamilton" said Dan, frown-
ing and turning away as he thought,
Like enough never went to meetin
afore"
But the man showed no disposition
to offend further by whispering in
church, and Dams displeasure was
soon appeased. Dan never left his
pew until Mrs. Hamilton passed down
the aisle after service, from natural
obeisance to her superior claims on
his family and personal admiration as
well. AS she came gracefully down
the aisle in her lustreless black silk
gown and black bonnet the stranger
gazed eagerly into her face with a
pair of eyes so like, yet so unlike,
her husbands, that she grew faint for
a noment. But she rallied instantly
and nodded pleasantly to Dan while
she allowed her gaze to rest a moment
on his companion.
AS Clare brushed by the stranger
nut out his hand and touched her curls
In lingering, caressing fashion that
amazed and offended Dan, who, how
ever, could say nothing in church. But
Clare resented 1t in her own fashion
by drawing herself up haughtily and
looking him full in the face, at which
he shrank back humbly.
Happening to glance back at Clare,
Mrs. Hamilton saw the look and pit
led him, for she was so constituted
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
THE MISSING MAN
BY MARY r. p HATCH
Author of The Bank Tragedy"
Copyrigh by Lee and Shepard

1T mus; be stopped" she said to
herself, decidedly. and she concluded
TO go over and talk with Mrs. Fry.
Perhaps she could learn something
which would explain his strange be-
havior.
little boy, while Mrs. Fry hustled
about frying doughnuts.
You jest walk right into th7 settin'-
room, Mis- Hamilton, an I'll be in in a
jiffy."
Constance walked through, but not
without seeing that the man was the
same she had seen in church, and she
recognized the fact with a momentary
tremor
AS for the man himself, he looked
with an eager regard that seemed to
pierce the door beyond which she had
disappeared. The child set up dis
contented roar, which recalled him to
his task, for Mrs. Fry had set little
Johnny in his lap. asking him to mind
him while she fried her doughnuts.
The man resumed the jingling of his
keys and the child was quiet. Finally
the hot lard kettle was put away. and
with capable swoop of her arm the
boy transferred from the mans arm
to her own, and moment later Mrs.
Fry appeared in the sitting-room
where her visitor was.
"a poor creetur as ever was" she
said to Mrs. Hamilton, with a back
ward sweep to her head, indicating
the man in the room she had left.
What's he ben an gone an done but
git cold a-stayin' out nights, an me
that's got everything to do has got to
take care on i'm"
who is he?"
ooh, he's one of the mill men that
boards here; ben here most three
weeks"
What sort of man is he?"
We'll, he amt quite so bright as
some men, mebbe, but he seems dread
full good-hearted. He'll do anything
ask him, hold Johnny by the hour, but
if didn't put him in his arms straight
he'd just as quick hold him upside
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
PAPA WAS NOT IMPRESSED.
Shipwreck of Attempt to Introduce
Beautiful Ideas into Daily Life.

Rosalie May had poetic ideas and
was always trying to introduce them
into her daily life, to the amusement
and sometimes disgust of her family.
She kept right on, however. in her
work of following up the beautiful.
One lovely June morning when the
family were enjoying their last bits OF
sleep Rosalie May arose and Slipped
out into the garden. She knocked over
something in the hall on her way and
heard her father grunt out his favorite
ejaculation as she passed his room,
but she kept on.
She, gathered quantities of sweet
peas, all with the dew on. Returning
to the house she filed a glass bowl
with them and placed It in the center
of the table. others she scattered all
over the table in careless profusion, as
she had read in that woman's journal
of sweetness and light by which she
guided her life.
Then she tied up the napkins with
pink ribbons, thrusting a spray OF
sweet peas in each, and surveyed her
work with pride.
Papa came down a little late that
morning. The family were waiting for
him and he was cross, having lost two
collar buttons and cut himself while
shaving.
He gave one look at the now whiting
flowers and at the pink bow on his
napkin. His comment was short but
sufficient.
whats all this nonsense?" he
snorted.
Rosalie May never decorated the
table again.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
MILLIONS OF LIFE CLAIMS.
Big Business Done by Insurance Com
panies in 1904.

panies in 1904.
According to the special returns
made by life-insIrance companies
there was paid in the entire United
states and Canada last year s277757..
$50 in claims, says the Insurance
Press. The amount paid In various
parts of the union varied fr>ym a max
imum OF nearly s59.OO0,0OO in New
York to a minimum of s. 600 In
Alaska. Pennsylvania was the second
state, with something over slS.500,-
900. other states where more than
s10.000,000 was paid In lifeinsurance
claims were. in order OF amount, iii
nois. Ohio and New Jersey. As New
York and Pennsylvania have the
greatest population It was but natural
that they should lead in the amount
OF insurance paid. though Pennsyl
vania's lead In insurance claims paid
is not proportionate to her greater
population. Massachusetts, which is
seventh. measured by population.
ranks far ahead OF Illinois, Ohio. Mis-
souri, and Texas. all of which by the
last census were credited with more
inhabitants. These figures which we
have given were for claim payments
and do not include dividends. cash
surrender values, claims paid in for
eign countries or annuities. which
combined give estimated figures Of
almost Sl00O00,000 BY cities the
amount paid on insurance claims
places New York far in the lead, with
Chicago SECOND, although the margin
Of that city over Philadelphia is small.
Boston stands fourth. with a lead of
more than s2,000.000 over the fifth
city, ST. Louis, which outranks us in
uopulation
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
Sound as a Dollar

Monticello. Mimi, Aug. 7th.-Mr. J.
w. Moore of this place stands as a liv.
ing proof of the fact that Bright's Dis.
ease, even in the last stages, may be
perfectly and permanently cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Mr.. Moore says: In 1898 three
reputable physicians after a careful
examination told me that | would die
with Rright's Disease inside of a year.
My feet and ankles and legs were
badly swollen; could hardly stand
on my feet and had given up all hopes
or getting cured when a travelling
salesman told me that he himself had
been cured of Bright's Disease two
years before.
He said he had taken to his bed
and expected TO die with il. but that
he had been cured by a remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il commenced taking them az once
and , am thankful 10 say that they
saved my life. After a short treat.
ment was completely restored to
good health and ] am now as sound as
a dollar"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-21
viii Auction Her Jewels.

Countess Lonyay has decided to dis
pose of all her jewelry and valuables
associated with her first marriage to
Rudolph of Austria. and the sale will
take place by auction in the French
capital. The collection has already
been placed in the hands of lead
ing ieweler. II includes a veil of lace
presented to her by the city of Brus-
sells on her marriage, and showing the
united arms of Belgium and Austria.
There is also beautiful parure of
amethyst presented by the town Of
Fiume