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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Children In Syria.

In Syria the names of children are
very odd. They suggest those of our
Indians, inasmuch as the child's name
Is apt to be something which occurred
at the time OF it's birth-something
which interested the parents. For in
stance, II you were a child OF this
country your name in all probability
would be Stuffed Cabbage" or "Ho-
tel" or civil War" or something
akin to these If child falls sick his
name is Immediately changed. In
stead of his parents thinking that a
piece of pie or too much pudding dis
agreed with him, they attribute his
sickness 10 the fact that his name did
not agree with him. When one un-
derstands what these names are one
does not wonder that the child may
have fallen sick because of them.
When the children get angry they
call each other names very much as
children have habit of doing the
world over. What is strange-to US
ls tnat they do not heap abuse on their
enemy, but on his father, grandfather
or great-grandfather. The further
back the angry one can go the more
insulting his companion finds him.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Suppose You All Trv.

DO you ever realize how much un,
necessary noise there is in the world?
You know there is a story told of how
It was decided once upon time that
all the people in certain place should
meet In an open space at a given
time, and upon signal all should shout
together. Everything went well until
the signal was given, and then, so
anxious was each person to hear the
shout that no one shouted, and in the
great open space the only sound was
an old woman's sneeZei We are a
noisy people. We slam doors, when
1t would be just as easy to shut them
gently. We talk very loud, we laugh
in manner to cause foreigners to
gaze at us in amaze, and almost every
one does hp1dred things day with
SO much unnecessary noise and so
carelessly that should he act differ
emily he would DO much to bring about
more comfort.
Would ii not be interesting for
every boy and girl to try, for Just one
day, to see how little needless noise
he or she could make? How many
tired heads would ache less How
rested great many folks would be.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

he had left It. Now in the story that
follows there is word in every SEN
tence that gives you one letter OF the
name Of the vehicle In which the wit
ness went away.
For instance, in the first sentence.
1T was after tea time" the letter T Is
hidden. In the next one, I'VE are too
late" Is the letter II. See IL you can
discover what kind Of vehicle the
missing man departed in.
II was after tea time when the de-
tectives reached the scene. I'VE are
too late said one. "Oh, / was sure
Of that" said another. Let us elimi-
nate all false clues" said the third.
That is an elementary rule of our
trade" said another. "E'en So" re-
sponded the rest. Then the really
wise one spoke. 81 can see very
well, said he, what is the matter. A
swiftly moving vehicle took our man
away" I'VE are on the trail!" cried
all
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
NYENIICN/.
AND
ENIPRSYENlENI)
Purity Water hy Eleetrlelty.


Philadelphia's notoriously bad water
Is now wasted and made clean by
ozone. Water from the Schuylkill
river contains as much as 100000
bacteria per cubic centimeter; but
after preliminary straining this rot
some populace Is reduced to 100000
and after the ozone treatment to from
to 55, end these few survivors are
said to be innocents. The water is also
deodorized and freed from color. II
is al, done in this wise: motor
generator, producing a current of 100
alterations. is operated by n current
taken from the city supply. The cur
rert from the generator is raised by
transformers and condensers to volt
age of 10000. Voltage arcs are pre-
vented and sparks are limited by
means of resistance coils and con-
densers, and the current In form of a
pencil of blue light passes from each
OF some millions of metallic discharge
points across a short air gap to nickel
receivers. by means of a pump air
is drawn across this gap, ard in its
passage is partially converted into
ozone; 1t Is then forced through q
stand pipe in which It meets cur.
rent of water flowing in an opposite
direction. The bacteria contained in
the water are instantly destroyed by
the ozone and the water is purified.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
zorene's Wonderful Property.

Zorene is the new chemical wonder
and 1t is wonder. Hungaria has
found 1t. and states through Prof
Brunn that a piece of ordinary and
easily breakable Stag, after INNER.
sion In the new liquid compound, de-
fies the blow of a hammer. The same
effect was produced on ordinary brick
and on block of red jarrah wood
When immersed In water for a long
time none of the three when taken
out shows the slightest increase of
weight by the addition of moisture.
Two pieces of steel which had been
soaked in the liquid were submitted
to an ammonia test equal to five years
exposure TO the air and emerged from
the bath as they entered It. Prof.
Brunn states that he can make roads
germ, dust and waterproof from Stag
which is now useless, and that he can
double the life of metals exposed to
the air.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Some of the PropelIers.

model of passenger vessel designed
by Mr.. Richard Painton, an American
inventor, who claims that the ship will
be able to cross the Atlantic in three
days. According to Mr. Painton's
design. the present single or double
propellers are replaced by rows OF
propellers, from sixteen to twenty in
number, placed along the sides and
stem of the vessel, and worked by in
dependent motors connected by wires
with the generating dynamos. AS the
engine will occupy considerably less
space than the present type of en-.
gine, much larger quantity of coal
can be carried.-London Telegraph.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
The chlnaman,s Queue.

Who has seen Chinaman's queue
"pigtail," YOU probably call Il? Most
OF you. expect. But how many know
that when little Chinese boy starts
TO grow his queue It Is Just as great
an event in his life as It is when an
American boy dons his first pair OF
trousers? Very proud OF his queue
is the young Chinaman. and he puts
II to may queer uses. Surely one of
the queerest is when he employs II to
strike an arc or draw a circle in his
geometry class. Don't YOU think the
Chinese schooiboy is lucky? II Young
America loses his compass and has
no string handy, there is nothing for
him to do but dunk" in HIS geometry
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Drawing Room Blizzard.

a new and pretty game is drawing
room blizzard" To enjoy 1t best GO
into the hall or longest room in the
house. Sometimes the door between
two small rooms may be opened. and
thus give plenty of room.
Divide the players. Send half to
one end, half TO the other.
Fasten two extra wide tapes near
each end for the goals. For a ball
make a large one of the paper. some
thing like those used for shaving
papers. Place this ball in the middle
of the room, and at a given signal let
each player, previously armed with a
small fan, try to blow the ball over
the opposite goal. The number Of
goals TO a game must be planned be-
forehand. and each success is scored
to the winning side. This game makes
a wonderful lot of fun.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

A one-inch pipe would be too small
for a length of 600 feet and lift of
60 feet. The delivery would b. too
slow. The pipe should be 11s inches
in diameter. Through a pipe of this
size an S-foot windmill would pump
about $50 imperial gallons of water
per hour, when running full time in
a good wind, or 1,200 to 1900 gallons
per day on the average. II pumping
is all that the windmill is required
to do, probably an S-foot mill would
be large enough.
A Pinch pipe would be unnecessar-
lily large, and therefore, on account
of the considerable length unnecessar.
lily expensive. The total weight of
water does not count in pumping. but
rather the weight or pressure per
square inch, and this depends on the
height of the water column that is lift
ed, and not at all on the size of the
pipe. The pressure per square inch
would be the same at the base of a
Pinch pipe as at a i-inch pipe. On
account of the fact that the friction
is relatively less in a large pipe than
in a small one, it would be much cas-
ier to force water 60 feet high through
a Pinch pipe than through a 1-inch
pipe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

It so black that none can see where
the fish is. Thus it makes its escape.
The ink is called sepia, and is very
useful to artists in painting pictures.
Because Of the great size and
strength Of the cutie fish many won
derful stories are told about It. The
Norwegians tell OF these monstersi so
large that their backs are often mis-.
taken for islands. When they are
covered with tangled sea weed the re.
semblance is even greater. Every
now and then sailors, seeing them,
would land on them, and even light a
fire to make themselves more comfort.
able. OF course, the fish would OBJ.
ject when they felt the hot Goals upon
their backs, and, descending beneath
the sea. would take the mistaken sail
ors with them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Buccaneer Fish,

The blue buccaneers are among the
most voracious of all fish. Swift,
strong, armed with efficient teeth,
they possess unlimited appetites and
they know not the meaning of mercy
or fear. Most destructive of all sea
fish, they rival the worst of the car
nivorous species of South American
waters. They are the wolves of the
sea and very frequently they destroy
for what appears to be a mere love
of butchery. They move in large
schools and they never hesitate to at
tack fishes of almost twice their own
size.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

The layering of plants is one of the
Oldest and simplest methods of null
tiplying them, and with the plants you
wish to propagate you will have but
little trouble. The woodbine and hon
eysuckle will only need to be laid on
the ground and to have several nodes
or joints covered with three inches OF
soil. With grape vines and roses, hav.
ing harder and more fibrous wood it
would be well to make an oblique cut
on the under side of the cane at the
point of contact with the soil. Cut
ting the cane about one-half in two, in
the case of the rose, it would be well
TO insert a small stone into the cut
to keep 1t open; then cover with dirt
and press down firmly. II the canes
are stiff and do not readily stay In a
bent position, a stone or a crotched
stick will usually hold them in place.
Roses are also propagated from cut
ting of young wood. but If one has not
the facilities such as a propagating
bed of sand with heat below 1t and
shade above, or where one wishes only
one or two plants of variety already
growing, the layer method would be
the safest one to use.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Fair for Dolls.

A dolls fair Is always Of the great
est interest To children, but 1t nay be
no less charming to grown people If
Il is skillfully planned. Indeed, it
may be more than n mere fair, and an
admission fee may be charged that
all may come in, at least to see what
It Is like. Booths should be made
to represent the different rooms in a
dolls house, and those who serve I'm
them may he dressed to represent
dolls. The first booth may be the
Kitchen, hung around with saucepans.
pots and kettles, with small range
and kitchen table at the back.
The dining room booth Is managed
by some one dressed as n waitress doll
and about the family table Is seated a
group of dolls from father and mother
TO the baby All the doll furniture
and the papier-mache food on The
table may be for sale as well as the
dolls. The third room, the parlor.
has sofas, tables and chairs, and here
are the most fashionable dolls. men,
women and most beautiful young lady
dolls. Beyond this may be the nurs.
cry, with baby dolls being bathed,
dressed and fed, with the cradles.
high chairs, nurse dolls and furniture
for sale; and last there may be the
slckroom, with white enameled beds
and cribs and lovely trained.nurse
dolls
Besides these rooms there may be
booths with doll tabeauX; a wedding,
OF course, a football game with play
orS In appropriate costume; a golf
field with players and caddios using
or carrying scarfpin sticks, and tour
list parties of dolls with suitcases
and shawl straps Marper's Bazaar
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

A mem'ry OF Knowlson's cherries
Just topping the lichened wall;
mcn'ry of peoples flaming.
OF a dusty road and all
All the world stepped in a silence
OF summer afternoon.
And the lichcucd wall
And the poppics tall
And tho boys-and youth-and June7
Oh. stream where bubbles skimming,
Float over the Cddy's deep.
where the salmon darts and flashes
And the trout and tho Crayling sleeps
Ana a deep pool waite the splashlng
OF boys ana their Wild hailoo
Oh. never you call
With the coaNing thrull
That forbidden cherries do7
lts Just the forbidden cherries.
Atop Of forbidding wall
That all OF our lifetime bocks us
To climb and to dare a fall.
To pant and to gasp and Chamber
With never n loss Of zest;
To forget the pool
And It's water cool
Forbidden fruits and best.
Houston Post.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
The JaDanese.

Could we not learn much from the
Japanese? They are thrifty. practical,
useful and dainty. Even the highest
class of japanese women are brought
up TO be able TO sew, cook and to
make good housekeepers and moth
ers. Nearly all the Japanese women
even the richest cmbroider their
robes themselves. Is there anything
more beautiful than their embroidery?
Housekeeping is different in Japan
from here. They never go TO market.
The market comes TO them--that Is,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

There have been fishermen ever
since the world began. We read OF
them in the Bible, and one old Eng
lishman was SO fond of fishing tha:
he wrote famous book about IT, See
II YOU can guess his name from this
picture.
Generally, boys and girls fish from
the shore; but when t.ey do FISH from
the water they want TO be very sure
their boats have no holes to leak.
Girl fishermen do not like horrid wet
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Miraculous Apple.

To divide an apple into several
parts without cutting the skin. pass a
needle and thread under the rind OF
the apple, which is easily done by
putting the needle In again at the
same hole 1t came out Of, and so pass
ing on until you have got round the
apple. Then take both ends OF the
thread and draw them tight, by which
means the apple will be divided into
two parts. In the same manner you
may divide IL into as many parts as
YOU please, and ye; the rind will re
main entire. Present the apple to any
one to peel and IL will Immediately
fall to pieces.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Self.Dumpinu Fruit Pail.

The accompanying illustration
shows pail for use in apple picking,
which can be lowered to the ground
to empty the fruit without bruising.
The hook A Is placed over the limb
while picking. When the pail is to
be lowered A and B are hooked to-
gether and on reaching the ground b
instantly unhooks and single pull
on the rope dumps the pail and
brings 1t back to the picker. An old
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Q . o o
O 9 q q
q o o .
O . d @
,ut holes, With this he mended his

out holes. With this he mended his
boat.
What little fisherman can tell the
answers TO the following questions?
l. How did the unlucky fisherman
get the wood for his boat? Take a
piece of wood or pasteboard two feet
six inches square, pierced like the pic
tlre, ard work II out.
2. What four fishermen are men.
toned in the Bible? Who Is the great
Englishman who wrote about hsh ng
and what was the name Of his book?
8. What fish that is very wary or
hard to catch. very delicious to eat
and is To .e found chiefly in noun.
tain streams. must not be caught II
. smber?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
LARGE or Small Pipe.

]. NJ. OIL have a spring COO feet
distant and 60 feet lower than my
house. wish to lay a pipe and build
a windmill to pump the water. One
man tells me to lay two-inch pipe
the entire distance from the spring to
the tank, as the friction on a one-inch
pipe would be too great. Another
man advises me to lay a one-inch pipe
as the weight of water in twoinch
pipe would be so great in a 60-foot
rise that the pump couldn't work
Which is the better size TO use?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
The paradoxical Relationship.

Why We're you talking SO conf
IDENTIFY with Old Skinhint?"
Pm his nephew"
What! The nephew of that cl
pawnbrokcr?"
you know him, Ell? Then I migf
as well tell YOU that I'm not exactl
his nephew-he's my uncle"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

the dealers go from door to door and
offer their wares for sale.
suppose you would laugh at their
way of serving dinner This meal is
eaten a little before dusk all the year
around. A small table, about one foot
square and eight inches high, Is set be-
fore each person. On this is a lacquer
tray, with space for four or five dishes,
each four or Ave inches in diameter.
The Jap's appetite is measured ac-
cording to the number of bowls of
rico she eats at sitting.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Worth While.

Passenger ton trunk line OF rail-
way) Somehow the scenery along
here looks different from what 1t used
to.
Conductor-Yes; the road used tc
run around this hill. We go through
it now, in a deep cut. 1t cost the com
rany $5O,0O0 and two months work to
make the cut. but it shortens our run.
ming time neprly three seconds. Chi
cago Tribune
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
New Buildinu Material.

The new building material hnown as
"kremnite" is made in a factory near
st. Petersburg and consists of pow.
dered clay sand and fiuorspar melted
together at high temperature. The
molten pass may be used like iron
for nodded castings as well as blocks.
The material can be colored in vari-
ETY. of shades. may be ground or pol
ished. takes glaze well, and gives a
good imitation of colored marble or
other natural stone. II may be cast
in large pieces of any desired form. 1t
Is well adapted for architectural and
artistic purposes. yielding such prod
ucts as hollow bricks for buildings and
stoves. fancy marble-like bricks. tiles
for floors and sidewalks. and even thin
corrugated plates for roofs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Lookinu at Himself.

we had quite a prominent actor az
guest at our house the other even.
ing"
Gracious! didn't you find it hard
TO entertain him?"
ooh, no, we just handed him a
bunch of photographs and his own
was among them. He amused him.
self for hours"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Man Is a Good Walker.

A man on foot can completely out.
strip the strongest and swiftest horse
on a long journey, 1t is very excep.
tional horse which can cover 100 miles
In day; but some years ago Harry
Vaughan travelled 140 miles on foot
in a few minutes over twenty-five
hours. TO cover 400 miles in six days
would probably kill nine horses out
of ten; and yet in 1888 Littlewood
at New York covered the extraordi
nary distance of G23 miles in the same
time.-Tit-Bits.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
A Feminine Comment

Here. Maria. here is a story about
thirty Buffalo women who cooked on
one stove for more than year and
didn't have single quarrel in all that
time"
What an amiably. stupid lot they
must have been"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Ahout Cutie Fish

Cutie fish have many enemies, but
nature has given them a means of de.
fense besides it's suckers and long
arms. There is bag in the body Of
the fish full of black fluid, like ink.
When the creature is frightened it
throws out a quantity of this ink-like
fluid. This renders the water about
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

A congress OF Belgian parents is
soon To convene at Liege to decide
what stories II is best for children tc
read, what plays to see and how the,
can best enjoy their vacations. Tho
sympathies of American boys and
girls will go out to them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

Having got about $4,000 as his
share OF the profits of the fight with
Britt. Battling Nelson is now going ON
the stage. at an alleged salary of 81 500
a week. AS long MS prizehghting pays
like that, II isn't any use for the NOR.
alists to preaca against II.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
A Dancing Hlahlander.

How many know how to make
Dancing Highlander. It is very easy,
yet you can have lots of fun with 1t.
Take an old glove and cut off the
first two fingers down to the second
joint; also a pair OF babys socks, and
paint them in bright plaids. Then
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Photographic Power in Lightning.

Is there some not yet understood
Photographic power In a stroke of
lightning? Many people say that
there Is and many scientists call the
claim absurd. The following item
comes from a recent English newspa-
per: "A young man named Frank
Goodson was killed by lightning while
standing under a tree at Wimbledon.
When the body was being placed N
the coffin at the mortuary II was OBJ
served that there were marks imprint
ed upon the righ thigh which bore a
remarkable resemblance TO ,eaves.
Goodson Was. of course fully clothed
at the time he was struck"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
The Whole l'hinu.

Yes" said young 'Benedick, we
went to Niagara Falls on our honey.
moon. Just as soon as we got off the
train my wife and walked right over
to see the falls"
Magnificent. eh?" remarked hicks.
You bet! You should have seen all
the men rubbering at her as We
walked along"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Preparing fer the Wedding.

Il suppose" said the facetious
stranger, watching workman spread
carpet from the church to tho curb
that's the high road to Heaven
you're fixing there?"
NO" replied the man. this is
merely bridal path"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23
Superstitious.

Mother, what sort of sign Is II
when you dream that you are mar
ried?"
They say that dreams go by con
traries. my dear"
Mother, III be afraid to go to sleel
now"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

An unexpected result of the war
Just ended is the marriage at Toxic
of the Associated Press correspondent
there to woman war correspondent
OF Leslie's Weekly. Cupid follows the
flag.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

A Babylonian love missive, ,
years old. has beon discovered. We
may expect a long novel, and later Il
drama from the rovel, based on the
few lines of Mr., Gimil to Miss Kasr.
buya, these being the romantic names
OF the lovers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

There are.' says James ]. Hn.
"plenty of chances for young men to-
day" This undoubtedly is true. There
Is hardly a football coach in the coun.
try who is not hunting for more good.
strong young men.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-11-23

Philadelphia man went right on
living for an hour while his heart was
out of his body. He did no. wake up
TO the fact that It was gone uutl tho
surgeons had put IL back again.