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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
SUICIDE AN HONORABLE DEATH.
Strange Belief Among the chukohees
Of Siberia.

A Russian correspondent was talk.
ing about Siberia.
'In that strange land" he said. "the
stransest thing is the suicidal ten.
dency of the Chukchees. Among the
Chukchees, actually, suicide is one of
the most common forms of death.
The Chukchees live In northeastern
Siberia. They are small and copper
colored. They dress in skins and ride
reindeer. Tallow and raw kidney are
their chief delicacies. In every Chuk-
chez house hangs a death coat.
"A Chukchee doesn't kill himself by
his own hand. He appoints his near
est relative-his wife, son or daughter
to do the deed. And the delegate
never rebels, never declines this sad
and horrible task
"1nnumerable are the causes of sui
cide-jealousy. unrequited love. an in.
durable disease, melancholy, poverty
and so on.
II knew a man who was prosperous
and apparently happy. Suddenly de-
sire for death seized him. In three
months he said, L will go home to
my fathers. And he calmly settled
his affairs and at the appointed time
bade his wife to knot a cord about his
throat and his two sons to pull upon
this cord till he should be strangled.
He died. they told me, joking.
THE death coat which hangs in
every Chukchee house has hood. 1t
is for use in suicide The hood hides
the facial contortions of the dying.
There are Chukchee families where.
in suicide is hereditary, wherein it is
a point of honor for the sons to kill
themselves, natural death being re-
garded in such families as disgracefUl
and scandalous, sign of the most un
pardonable cowardice.
''The Chukchees, despite their sui
cidal tendency, are a happy and
healthy people, moral, truthful, brave
and temperate"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
WOMAN KNEW WHAT SHE MEANT
And Others Around, Who Guessed
ONLY Smiled

Oniy SHnllcu.
During the recent strikes in New
York city, when II was an even thing
between apprehension as TO what the
strikers might do and apprehension
as to what the green hands pressed
into service by the railway manage
ment fail to do. passengers on the Sub
way and elevated roads felt that they
were taking their lives in their hands
whenever they boarded train.
In the nervous throng descending
one morning from Ninth Avenue ele-
waited station was a woman whose
pretentious and inappropriate attire
would have informed a Sherlock
Holmes. even before she opened her
mouth, that she was another one OF
the first cousins of Mrs. Malaprop.
AS she reached the bottom of the stirs
and her feet touched the solid ground,
the anxious look that her face had
worn changed to one of relief and sat.
isfaction.
MY" she exclaimed TO the persons
round about, "mebby you think | amt
glad to git my feet on terra Gotta once
more!"-New Yorl, World.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS OF
WHEAT TO the ACRE
Means q pro-
d ctive ca
pacity in dol
lars of over
SIG peV acre.

This on land which has cost tho farmer moth
ing but the price OF tilling IL. tells its own
story.
The Canadian Government gives absolutely
free TO every settler 400 acres Of such lana
Lands adjoining can be purchased at from =
to $40 per acre from railroad and other eorpos-
ations.
Already i75,ooo farmers from the unito1
States have made their homes In Canada
For pamphlet 'rwentieth Century Canada
and all Information apply tc supt. Of lmmixvA-
ton, ottawa. Canada, or to following authorized
Canadian Government Asentr-J. S. Crawford.
No. ls5 w. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri
tMention this paper)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Goddess of SMALLPOX.

They worship smallpox in western
Hindoostan," said the missionary.
His audience gave a gasp of horror.
But don't misunderstood me, don't
get wrong impression" he resumed.
81 don't mean to say that they love
smallpox and desire it. On the con-
trary, they loathe and fear it. Hence
their worship. worship born of hate
and terror.
: ''They have goddess of smallpox
She has a cruel face, two mouths, four
red hands. They pray to her regular
ly. Fresh flowers are always lying at
her feet. A special priest tends her
shrine.
"And much time and money are
wasted on this goddess that might bet
ter be devoted to the purchase and
application of some good, pure vac
cine virus. Chicago Chronicle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
HEALTH AND STRENGTH
RESTORED BY
PE-RU-NA.

Mrs. Emma Fleissner, l4i2 sixth
Ave, Seattle, Wash, Worthy Treasurer
Sons of Temperance, writes:
~ suffered over Two years win ir-
regular and painful periods. My health
was in a very precarfous condition and
Twas anxious TO find something 90 re-
store my health and strength.
81 was very glad 10 try Peruna and
delighted TO find that it was doing me
good | continued to use il little over
three months and found my troublcs
removed.
~ consider II a splendid medicine
and shall never be without IL, taking q
dose occasionally when ffeej rDn-d0wr
and tired"
Our files contain thousands of testi-
nonials which DIR. Hartman has re-
.,cived from grateful, happy women
who have been restored To health by
his remedy. Peruna-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
DESKS OF FAMOUS AMERICANS.
Elaborate and Primitive Furniture on
Which Great Work Was Done.

WHICH WOEN wa DOUCs
The desk of Salmon p. Chase
plain piece of furniture made from
mahogany, is in one of the rooms of
the Treasury department at Wash.
ington. There are many of these old
desks scattered about the country,
their chief claim to interest being
that once some well known man
leaned over them.
Alexander Hamiltons travelling
desk, made of mahogany and measur-
ing IL by 16 inches and 10 inches
high, is an interesting object Upon
this desk was written much of his lit
erary work, and the worn green baize
with which it, is lined attests to the
use to whichiN was put. There is a
drawer in one side, and several COM
partments for pens and ink, while up
on the top is inlaid a silver plate with
the name Gen. Alexander Hamilton"
engraved upon it. Within the top is
a strip of parchment which says;
Given by Mrs. Gen. Schuyler to her
daughter. Mrs. Gen. A. Hamilton" No
doubt the convenient size was what
recommended 1t to the general
Nathaniel Hawthorne's desk is pre-
served at the Custom House. Salem,
Mass. A desk at which he wrote
some of his inimitable romances was
just a board standing out from the
wall at an angle. This is still in the
tower room at Wayside, his home at
Concord Mass Victor Hugo had in
his Guernsey house study built a,
most entirely of glass and perched
upon the roof. Like Hawthorne, he,
too, stood at his writing, and his desk
was a mere shelf fastened by hinges
to the wall.-The Delineator.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
The Deserted House.

Life and Thought have gone away
Side by side,
Leaving door and windows wide;
Careless tenants theyl
All within Is dark as night:
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur al the door
So frequent on its hinge before.
Close the door. the shutters close,
Or through the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
OF the dark deserted house.
Come away. no more of mirth
Is here or merry making sound,
The house was builded of the earth,
And shall fall again to ground.
Come away: fo- Life and Thought
Here no longer dwell:
But in a city glorious
A great and distant city-have bought
A mansion incorruptible,
Would they could have stayed with us
-Tennyson.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Instructor Has Held Manv otic.,

DIR. David II. Buel. the new president
of Georgetown university, is a son of
Col. David II. Buel, u. s. A. He was
graduated from Yale in 1883 and has
been successfully instructor in classics
at Holy Cross college, in classics and
higher mathematics at st. Francis
Xavier's college, professor OF physics
at St Johns college and of physics
and mechanics at Georgetown uniyer
y.ty.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

II her system Is in deranged condi-
tion, or she Is predisposed to apoplexy
or congestion Of any organ, 1t is at this
time likely to become active and, with
a host Of nervous irritations, make lie
burden.
At this time also cancers and tumors
are more liable To begin their destruc-
tive work. Such warning symptoms as
n sense OF suffocation, hot flashes, diz
illness, headache, dread of impending
evil, sounds in the ears, timidity, pal
pitation of the heart, sparks before
the eyes, irregularities, constipation,
variable appetite, weakness and inqui-
etude are promptly needed by intelli-
gent women who are approaching the
period of life when woman's great
change may be expected.
Lydia Il. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound is the worlds greatest remedy
for women at this trying period, and
may be relied upon to overcome all dis
tressing symptoms and carry them
safely through TO healthy and happy
old age.
Lydia Il. PinlSham's Vegetable Com
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female organism, and builds up the
weakened nervous system AS no other
medicine can.
Mrs. A. f. G. Hyland. OF Chester
town, Nd, in letter to Mrs. Pink
ham, says:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"I had been suffering with falling Of the
womb for years and was passing through the
change of life My womb was badly swollen
/ had good deal OF soreness, dizzy spells,
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For special advice regarding this inn
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write TO Mrs. Pinkham for advice. 1t
is free and always helpful.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

Every housekeeper should know
that if 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 A-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz. package it is because he has
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, 1905-12-07
pisappointed Scientists.

There Is good authority for the
statement that at various times Her
bert Spencer, Charles Darwin. Thomas
II. Huxley and Louis Pasteur were
convinced that they had discovered
the secret of life. but repeated tests,
in which antecedent life was more
care lily e.cluded, showed in every
instance that they had been mistak-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Western Life Indemnity Co.

The Policy Holders Committee at No. n jackson
Blvd, Chicago, viii give complete Information about
the expenditure of s9OlO0 Of company funds as
commissions 70 Mr.. l,osenfeld for The purchase u
Life Insurance Company Of Pennsylyania business
made on or about February 10Th, 1906, and the er'
penditure Of t2OO0OD September 2th 1905, To Pur'
chase 5000 shares OF stock In the Security Life and
Annuity Company, tpar value 90 per share) Mr
Moulton, Mr.. Roscnfeld aud Mr. Moore, the ENecu'
tive Committee are now cited By Judge kohlsaat 70
show cause why they should not be punished for
contempt in making the last transaction. Make
inquiry at once HERNEY y. HICKS, Chairman.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
shaw's Abominable whiskers.

George Bernard Shaw, who has been
indulging in some acrid criticism of
American literary taste has the most
objectionable set of whlskers which
ever grew out of mans face. A re-
cent critic remarked. There are
many things for which a man may
not be censured but his whskers are
his own fault" shaw has a set which
difIuses itself all over his collar and
shoulders and makes it impossible to
determine whether he wears collar
and shirt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
MarrIss Fourteenth Wife.

Philip Black, an aged Western pio
neer, who for forty years has lived
among Oklahoma Indians, was mar
ried at Ell Reno to Miss Euplaha Co
mer. OF Watonga, his fourteenth wife.
Several of Blacks former wives were
lndians.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Plan to Change Inaugural Date.

District Commissioner Mcfarland OF
Washington, chairman OF the national
committee to consider the adyisability
Of changing the date of the ceremony
for the inauguration of the President
Of the United States. has issued a call
for a meeting Of the committee on
Nov 8. The committee is composed
Of the governors OF all the states and
territories and fifteen residents of the
District of Columbia
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
important to Mothers.
Memoirs Of General Early,

Senator John w. Daniels, of Vir.
ginia, is working steadily on the writ.
ing Of the memoirs of General Jubal
A. Early, the distinguished Confeder.
ate leader The senator has but re-
Gently returned to his home in Wash.
ington from an extended trip in
search of material for notes and addi.
tons to the book.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

William J. Black. who has just been
promoted by the Santa Fe railroad
to be passenger traffic manager of the
entire system. with headquarters in
Chicago. was born October 3. 1864, in
st. Louis. and has been in the rail
way service since 1879, beginning as
an Office boy with the Vandalia at the
age of Is years. He retained his first
position five years, when he became
rate clerk in the passenger depart
ment of the Missouri Pacific. In
March, 1856. he was given a similar
position by the Santa Fe. He was
promoted to chief clerk in the passen-
ger department in April, 1887, and
to assistant general passenger agent
January 1, 1892. He has been general
passenger agent, with headquarters at
Topeka, Kan. since February /, 1897.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Paris Underground Railway.

After the underground railway lines
Of Paris have been completed the next
great piece of municipal work will be
the removal of the fortiications and
great dry moat around the city, which
works lost all military value many
sears ago. The space thus secured
gill be sold for building lots.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
loubet's Ambition.

President Loubet says he will prob
ably withdraw from politics altogeth-
er when his present term expires. He
could have a reelection, but will not.
Il could be OF use" he adds naively.
"as a member Of the senate. but while
my district would probably send me
to the chamber of deputies, the de-
partment would not elect me senator.
] am considered too conservative and
not sufficiently Republican"
From your neighbor's point of view
vonr phappu,ano1 curnacc iS p,ar.,ix,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Third Belmont to Join RACING Game.

August Belmont Ill, though he has
decided TO take part in business af.
fairs. evidently does not mean TO keep
out of the sporting game altogether
He has made application for member
ship in the Jockey club. which will
elect him no doubt at It's next meeting.
II is his intention 10 relieve his father
of much responsibility in connection
with eastern racing affairs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
storm Cloud Injuries Actors.

The head stage carpenter at the
Royal Opera House, Vienna. has been
discharged because, during an exciting
storm scene, he let heavy thunder
clcld fall on two actors severely in
iuring them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
THE CHANGE OF LIFE
lMTELLIGENTwOMEN PREPARE
Dangers and Pain of This Critical Period
Avoided by the Use OF Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

How many W o
men realize that
the most critical
period in a wo-
mans existence
is the change Of
life, and that the
anxiety felt by
women as this
tune draws near
is not without
reason +?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

Many man who processes to love
his enemies more than balances the
account by hating his friends.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

Few women are as good as they
look and few men are as bad as they
pretend to be.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

Talk as much as you please, loaf
er never cuts much ice.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
Greater London Houses.

Greater London contained s2l,14s in
habitec houses In 1901.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07
USE TIE FAMOUS

Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2-oz. package >
cents. The Russ Company. South Bend. Ind.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-07

When a baldheaded man has dan
druff, that is rubbing it in.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
HOLDS WIFE TO DIE ON TRACK.
Drink crsxed Farmer Of pe Soto, IIl.,
Does Murder and suieise by
Aid of Train.

Carbondale, Ill.,. Jan. 1s4Fatrh Z
as the result cf debaurh. A gJ Y
Hemphill OF Desota accomplished :
wife's and his own death By h6IdV
the woman on the Illinois Central rail-
road track Hntil atrasn erus1ed theln.
Hemphill had come to. this cit s6y.
eraI days ago and drank freely. learn
ing the whereabouts Of her husband.
Mrs. Hemphill drove to CaItondale ia
a light wagon and induced the man
to leave bis companions.
The couple had only gone half q
mile on the journey home when Hemp
hill became insane. He started back
to Carbondale aud was followed by
the woman who pleaded with him to
remain with her.
Don't drink any more whiskey."
pleaded the wife, and then. pointing
down the track she called the mans
attention to the approach OF the tram.
Hemphill suddenly seized the unfo--
tunate woman and. throwing her 10
the tracks. he'd her.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
TWO MORE FORTS FALL INTO
POSSESSION OF THE JAPS
Port Arthur Noyakrai Admits Complete
!, Annihilation of Asiatic Fleet and Says
Sfferings Of Besieged City Can
not Be Described.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BulIetin=--TokiO Jan. l.---General NOgi
reports that he has received letter from
General StoesseI relating to the surrender
of Port Arthur.
Bnlletin=-Tokio, Jan. 2, 10 a. m.---The
Japanese stormed and captured Wan Tai
yesterday (Sunday.)
Bulletin--ToEio, Jan. 2, 10 a. m.--The
following cable has been received from Gen
eral N0gi:
Il received a letter relating to surren-
der from General Stoessel, commander of
Port Arthur garrison Sunday night at 9
o'clock
Observation-Disclosures Third Japanese
Army, Jan. |, via Fusan--The Russians are
preparing to eyacuate their entire position
east of Port Arthur.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02

fYates -Oeneen leaders assert. how
ever. that If the votes can be obtained
Mr.. Shurtleff may be elected speaker
and, If the Trautmann strength Is
easily disS- pated, it is said. Repre-
sentative Pendarvis Of Chicago may
ha lated. Al present, however. the
combination be1sos have little hope
apparently, of being able to land Q
Cook county man.
A Denecn-culiom Alliance.
re countefact the advertised De
neen-Hopkins combination, cul!on
men from Southern Illinois are figur
ing on a Dcneen-C CulIom alliance, but
personally. Governorclect Dsneen
probably has little to choose between
Hopkins and .Cnllom, except as a deal
in political futures.
Mr.. Deneen was called upon today
10 mediate in the contest between
former Senator James Willoughby of
st. Clair county, his cousin. and Major
Dan Hogan Of Mound City for internal
revenue collector Of the Beileyille dis.
trict.
Senator Hopkins Is backing Hogan,
and il is taken for granted that Sen.
ator CuIlom is behind Wiloughhy. In.
dieations are that Hogan will be ap-
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
NEW YORK TINES
Moves Into its New Building, One Of
Architectural Triumphs Of the
World.

BY the Associated Press.
New York. Jan. THE New York
Times tonight is published from its
new building in Times square. The
structure has been referred to By ex-
perts as one OF the notable archisec-
tural triumphs of the world The oc-
cupaney OF the new building was eele
brated by an elaborate display oi fire
works from the observatory Of The
building. more than 400 feet above
Broadway.
The moving. including the thirty
linotype machines brought from -
Park Row to 7 mes square, over dis
.sDee Of three niles. began after mid
night. A hundred and fifty expert ma
chinists accomplished The werk with
out the slightest hitch OF delay and
tonight the same machines we're set
ting up the paper that did similar
work hffeen hours earlier three miles
away The building is the tallest ID
New York ctr. being 81 stories nigh.
and 47e feet from base 70 top The
presses are s. feel below the street
level The editorial MONS oceur1 The
fourteenth to twsnty-iifsh doors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
MAY BE SEA Fight
Russian Warships at chefoo, With
Japanese Ships In Sight.
BY tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chefoo. Jan. @ 9:f5 a. m. FOui
Russian torpedo boat dcstroyers. the
Skory, Stratni, Vlastni and Serdity
accompanied by large launch. arriy
cd this morning from Port Arthur.
Two other desiroyers arc reported
20 have gone TO Tslngtau.
The activity aboard the dostroyers
seemingly indicates the intention o.
putting TO sea again.
What appears to be Japanese dc
stroyers can be seen with the aid Of
glasses in the dim distance
bundle of dispatches was sen
ashore from one of ehe destroyers.
The captain of the Stratni says tha,
they left Port Arthur because it had
been impossible for ships 10 live 10
the harbor since the Japanese cap
tured 203-Metre hill
The destroyers encountered no Jap
anese garships en- route 10 this pors
For the last five days the Japanese
arc reported 10 have been ce9seless
ly storming Por. Arthur on all fises