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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16

societies. These festivals are dances,
ceremonies and raids combined. The
dancers, both male and female, are
covered with masks made of pino cloth
and wear a limited amount of clothes
made of the same fiber. They visit the
villages, have feasts, in which the bill
of fare consists of such dainties as
roast baboe, piscow, mangos, bananas,
cocoanuts, guineamoos and rice, with
TUDOR elum or dulce, and vino as the
drinks. They then perform their GER
emonies in which there are many &C.
tions that are similar to the pranks
practcied by our college students.
These dancers have much freedom:
they can tear up mans garden, pull
down his nipa hut, or they can give
him fearful beating, much as the
whitecaps do in several of the states.
No matter which occurs the unfortu-
nate native has no redress. But taken
ss whole the effect of these societies
is good, for if any member of the tribe
is inclined to do things that are wrong,
or tries to impose upon the weaker
ones, there are no courts that can COM
pei him to be just. But he knows these
societies are to be feared, and that if
he does anything that is harmful to
other members of his tribe, his punish
ment is sure to come upon him in this
unlocked for way.
Stripped of their fantastic ceremo-
nies, the force of these societies Is one
which tends to establish peace and jus.
tlce in the tribes, and to restrain per.
sonal injustice on account Of superior
strength. 1866.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16

as publishers are gradually excluding
them from their columns, but at one
time such advertisements were the
mainstay and almost sole support Of
the press. The country weekly is now
being supported by their local mer-
chants who, by fighting fire lin the
shape of mail order houses) with fire,
are using more and more the columns
of the country weekly in the fight for
their share of the county trade, and
nothing in our mind is more indicative
of wide awake and prosperous COM
mInity than the fact that the columns
of the local papers are filled with the
business announcements of their home
merchants. Whereas, community
whose local merchants do not advertise
can generally be set down as decay
ing one and the message which they
send out to the world in the shape of
their local paper is desperately Lone
some-looking representative, and the
outside verdict must be that the COM
munity has nothing worth advertising
as the present day rule is, that what is
worthy, is worth advertising.
The results Of advertising are far
reaching. How many of the thousands
of the United States who settled in
Western Canada during the past few
years were Influenced by the glowing
advertisements and intelligent follow
up work of the Canadian government? /?
Has not advertising had much to do
with the great development of our own
Southwest? Then again it has made
possible the popular-priced magazine
of vast circulation and weighty adver-
tising sections. A recent consignment
of such magazines, was received at one
of the camps of workers on the Pana-
ma canal, from which the advertising
pages had been carefully removed-to
save freight.
Its influence is felt in Northern Min
nesota where pulp-paper mill is built
today and taxed to it's utmost capacity
tomorrow to supply the ever increasing
demand for paper-more paper upon
which to print the story Of the man
with something to sell, the inducements
of the city needing more factories, and
the advantages of the country wanting
more settlers. E. j. G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16
Siberian Butter.

If 1t be true that Siberian butter Of
good quality, despatched from Obi by
rail, has recently been sold in London
at profitable prices, the unfortunate
British dairy-farmer may well feel
troubled in mind. There are, as he
knows, practically no limits to the Si-
berian supply; the enormous area served
by the great trunk lines is always pure
ly pastoral, and milk commands hardly
any monetary value. The initial cost
Of manufacturing butter must, there
fore, be much less than in most parts
of Europe, but when transport charges
are reckoned in, it is difficultto make
out how the business of expectation
can be profitably transacted. In the
case of Australian butter, not only has
it the advantage of cheap water car
riage without any handling between
port and port, but all consignments
fetching specified price are subsidized
by the exporting colony. It seems
highly probable, therefore, that the
Siberian export is also bounty-fed,
while the State, being the owner of the
railways can so modify the usual freight
charges as largely to lessen the cost of
transmission. Be that as it may, ex-
perts in the trade confidently predict
this new addition to the food supplies
of the United Kingdom has come to
stay, and arrangements are already
perfected, it is said, to insure regular.
importations on continuously increas-
ing scale-unless, that is, England re-
sorts to such fiscal expedients as ara
essential to beat back the threatening
invasion and so save her dairy farmers
1 from utter ruin.-London Globe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16

r Gates the growth of business In
this country and the general
prosperity of the past decade,
than the great amount Of advertising
that now appears in the monthly mag
azines and daily and weekly news
papers.
The past ten years has witnessed an
unparalleled growth both in the num-
Der of firms that advertise and the ex-
tent of their announcements. From
the few pages devoted to advertising
few years ago in the leading magazines,
some of the publications now seem to
be fairly Overcrowded with advertise
ments of every nature. "Everybody's"
carries over one hundred and fifty
pages, and in a recent number of the
Ladies' Home Journal no less than
three hundred and fifty distinct adver-
tisements appeared, and the latter is
the most exclusive publication in the
country and one that demands the very
highest price for the use of its columns.
The last cover page for May is occu-
pied by an ad in seven colors which
must have cost Colgate & Co., for the
one insertion, more than their entire
annual advertising appropriation of a
few years ago. There seems to be no
end to the articles which are advertised
today. Tools, building material, dia.
monds, heating and water systems are
now extensively advertised, but we
dare say the time is not so long past
when even the most optimistic ad-man
did not predict that they could even be
proftably exploited. The addition OF
substantial and well known firms and
even banks, to the hosts of advertisers
have added dignity to the business, and
by asserting their right to be protected
from fake and unscrupulous adver
tisers, the advertising columns of most
of our publications have taken on &
higher moral tone and Objectionable
advertisements have almost been elm
mated. The activity of the Postoffict
Department has FASTENED this work Of
''cleanlng up and with the exception
of some doubtful investment and min
ing propositions which are difficult tt
reach. present-day advertisements ar,
almost entirely legitimate. The arti
cles advertised must be of high meri
In order to make advertising profitabl,
as the expense is hardly ever covered
by first sales, and it is from "repeat or
ders' and future sales that the adver
tiser expects to be reimbursed for hi
Investment.
Patent medicine and medical adver
J tisements are growing less in number
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16

It's as easy to get the reputation of
being "good fellow" as it is hard to
get rid Of it when age brings wisdom.
Lex. f9 ~ fsffffsFF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16

Many a man is unable to meet his
expenses because he Is headed the
wrong way.-Ex. ~ sa Z
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-16
Advertising.

HERHAPS, nothing better indi-
- Gates the growth of business in
this country and the general
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Architects and Closets.

An architect says a writer, com.
plains that women have a mania for
closets and that when a woman is al
lowed any liberty in the matter she
changes his whole architectural plan
In order to make room for them This,
he says, makes him laughing stock
among his fellow architects. This is
very interesting, but why do architects
make plans if not to make every effort
themselves to secure conveniences? A
house may be architecturally perfect
and yet not fit to live in, and it certain
iy is not if there is not closet room
enough.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
CAME PRETTY FAST FOR PAT.
At That, He Had Had Only What the
Doctor Ordered.

A Philadelphia physician says that
not long ago he was called to see an
Irishman, and among other directions
tCld him to take an ounce of whisky
three times a day. A day or so later
he made another visit and found the
man, while not so sick, undeniably
drunk
How did this happen?" the physi-
clan demanded of Pats wife, who was
towering about solicitously.
Sure, dochter, an It's just what
you ordered, an no more, that he
had" she protested.
Il said one ounce of whisky three
times a day; that could not make him
drunk" the physician said. "He has
had much more than that"
"Divil drop more, dochter, dear"
she declared. Sure an oil didn't
know just how much an ounce was so
oil wint to the drug store an asked,
an the lad--he's a broth of boy,
too-told me that an ounce was 16
drams and Pat has had thin regular,
an no more!"-Harper's Weekly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Need Protection.
CopyrIght: 1sO7. by BYRON wInIams.

While there is much in poetry to
discourage the action, it is true, never
theless, that something must be done
to protect our newly married.
No sooner do two young things get
through with the trembling and the
wedding cake, than they become the
prey of over-active friends, loaded to
the ramparts, as it were, with volleys
of old shoes, placards and rice. Get
ting married is strenuous experience
and by the time the advancing hosts
thunder down upon them, 'lovie" and
"dovie' are ready to capitulate, re-
.ceive the old shoes in the ear, the rice
in the neck and the placards on the
trunk.
The bride, trustful clinging vine
that she is, has been wont to shrek
Historically shake the Chinese show
er out of her back hair and lingerie,
and turn to the groom for consolation
and protection. The groom, after rip
ping the tell-tale placards from the
nuptial baggage, swears mildly and
continues to be delirious.
Now comes a society. however,
which demands protection for the
newly married. This society processes
to disbelieve Quarles' assertion that:
The way to bliss lies not on beds OF
down.
And he that has no cross deserves no
The society insists, on the ground
that it is cruel to strike a man when
he is down, it is wrong to persecute
"the truly beautiful and the good,
when they are about to start on their
honeymoon. The members assert that
Gray had what Chimmie Fadden
would dub bum steer" when he de-
clared:
1.-THE hues OF bliss more brightly glow,
Chastis'd by sabler tints of woe!'
In other words, they ask that the
honeymoon be not filled with distract
ing effects, and that the bride and
groom be left to the full enjoyment OF
their roseate dream. They desire that
the newly married be fully rested be-
fore they wake up and tackle the prob
lens and morning fires of married life
They argue ii is shameful sin to hi;
great JOY with a CASTOR Trilby'
cover. Let the two hearts beat a.
one without foreign interference.
You have noticed, no doubt, thu
autumn sun setting on the placid bos
ON of a miniature lake. All the
glories OF the sky are there depicted
1t Is so with love. The honeymoon is
| like the lake with it's beauteous re
Elections. Imagine a country lout
throwing an old shoe into the middlf
of that beautiful picture!
Yes, the newly married must be pro
tected. In this sentiment we will be
ridigly upheld by the old clothes man
"Op clos! OF clos! OF clos anC
shoes! Who has 'em? Who has 'em
Who has 'em to-day?"
BY the Way.
Too many people treat their religion
hN;, oil
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

The Manchester canal was built at
a cost of s75,000,000 to reduce freight
rates for a distance of 35 miles, and,
while it did not prove a good inter
est bearing investment on such a
large expenditure, it's indirect and
more permanent benefits are said to
have warranted it.
Germany has 5000 miles of canal,
carefully maintained, besides 1000
miles of other waterway. France,
with an area less than we would con-
slider a large state, has 1900 miles of
canal; and in the northern part,
where the canals are most numerous,
the railways are more prosperous.
England, Germany, France, Holland
and Belgium are all contemplating
further extension and improvement Of
their canal systems.-Century Maga-
zine
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
FOOD
FACTS
Grape-Nuts
+ 90 ID
A Body Balance

People hesitate at the statement that
the famous food, Grape-Nuts, yields as
much nourishment from one pound as
can be absorbed by the system from
ten pounds of meat, bread, wheat or
oats. Ten pounds of meat might con-
tain more nourishment than one pound
of Grape-Nuts, but not in shape that
the system will absorb as large pro-
portion Of as the body can take up
from one pound of Grape-Nuts.
This food contains the selected parts
of wheat and barley which are pre-
pared and by natural means predi-
gested, transformed into a form of
sugar, ready for immediate assimila-
ton. People in all parts of the world
testify to the value of Grape-Nuts.
A Mo. man says: Il have gained ten
pounds on Grape-Nuts food. | can
truly recommend it to thin people"
He had been eating meat, bread. etc,
right along, but there was no ten
pounds of added flesh until Grape-Nuts
food was used.
One curious feature regarding trus
health food is that it's use will reduce
the weight cf corpuleat person with
unhealthy flesh. and will add to the
weight OF a thin person not properly
nourished. There is abundance of
evidence TO prove this.
Grape-Nuts balances the body in a
condition of true health. Scientific Sc
lection of food elements makes Grape.
Nuts good and valuable. Its delicious
favor and powerful nourishing prop
critics have made friends that in
turn have made Grape-Nuts famous.
There's a Reason" Read The Road
TO MELVILLE" In pkgs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

When the hired girl takes her time
at washing the dishes and doesn't
break even plate, you may know
that she isn't going anywhere in the
evening.
A Nebraska editor says he wouldn't
mind wearing mourning If he could
pick his subjects.
A New York editor says it is easier
to be rich than happy. And yet some
of us have to skip the easier task and
just be happy, anyhow
When a firt does fall in love she
takes Sinker, hook, line and all.
man who marries on $40 a week
is safe from the evil of alimony for
some time to come.
1t was fine wedding party. Those
who We're not struck with the bride
were hit with old shoes and rice.
When there is storm and the light
ming flashes. my wife always gets up
and lights the gas. She wants to see
the lightning when it strikes her.
Among the presents received" at a
Kansas wedding was an overcoat for
the groom and a set of false teeth for
the bride. This is an incident that
needs no establishment, especially
during August.
Some women's pin money would be
diamond-pin money for others.
There are people who do not have to
learn to love another-it comes nat
ural.
1t is said that they sometimes dope
horses to win-but l never seem TO be
able to pick the one that's doped.
Rar.,M@ens
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

Sheer white goods, in fact, any ms
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching, tho first essential
being good Starch. which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Rule Of cnrnlsn ,,hansl.-

In Cornish (Eng) chapels the In
variable rule is for the men to sit
on one side Of the building and the
women on the other.
A visitor and his fiancee. who are
staying in the district. went to chapel,
and just before the service began the
young man was greatly astonished
when the chapel steward, observing
that the couple were seated in the
same pew, came over to him and. in
an audible voice, said: Come on out
Of that, me son; we don't ave no
sweetheartin' ere"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Used Ink for Blulnu.

zone can never be too careful about
apparently harmless articles setting
about the house, said housewife the
brought home one of those big tail bot
ties of ink from the Office. II had got
to be such nuisance buying one of
the small five-cent bottles every time
we ran out of ink. that he said he
would bring home a supply
About a week after that got a
new maid, and when she did the wash
ing she took the big bottle Of ink for
bluing. OF course every stitch of our
white clothes in the washing was
ruined"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

The scrap between the married cou.
pie had died down to few listless
mutterings, and the canary bird in the
cage was beginning to think about
singing again, when she remarked, as
q sort of afterthought:
AT any rate, everybody in my fam
lly thinks | am very intelligent"
"Yes, by the side of them you are"
he replied with bitter snort.
After this the scrap was renewed
Iubilantly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
He Was Not to Blame.

Little Bartholomew mother over
heard him swearing like a mule
driver, says the Cleveland Leader. He
displayed a fluency that overwhelmed
her. She took him to task, explaining
the wickedness of profanity as we'll
as its vulgarity. She asked him where
he had learned all those dreadful
words. Bartholomew announced that
Cavert, one of his playmates, had
taught him. Cavert's mother was
straightway informed and Cavert was
brought to book. He vigorously de-
MED having instructed Bartholomew,
and neither threats nor tears could
make his confess. At last he burst
out: 81 didn't tell Bartholomew any
cuss words. Why should know how
TO cuss any better than he does?
Hasn't his father got an automobile,
too?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric IS
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality Of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great.
er strength than other makes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Punishment BY inches.

A Bergen (Genesee county, justice
Of the peace has adopted an original
scheme for the dispensation of justice.
Henry Meyer, q years old and seven
feet two inches tall, was a prisoner in
his court for stealing four bags of
oats. He was sentenced to 90 days in
Jail, one day for each inch of stature
and one for each bag.-Nunda IN. "
News
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
A Bic Loser.

Mrs. Myles-I see the 24year-old
son of London dry goods man is a
bankrupt having managed to get rid
of s2,10O,O00 since he came of age
Mrs. Styles-Oh, well, boys will be
boys!
Mrs. Myles-Well, this looks as IL
a boy had an ambition to be a
bridge whist player.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
left Army for Pork Trade.

Aladar Stolincki, an aristocratic
lieutenant of a Hungarian hussar reg
iment, has resigned his commission to
become an apprentice to a pork butch
er in Budapest. He says he can not
live on his pay-s4O0 a year-and that
he considers a man of intelligence and
energy can do well in the pork trade.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

could not do housework, and for two
years did not get out of the house.
Tie kidney secretions we're irregular,
and doctors were not helping me.
Doan's Kidney Pills brought me quick
relief, and finally cured me. They
saved my life
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Onions Net $500 am Acre
This is What They Are Raising on Land in South
Texas That You Can Buy-iO to GAO Acres
and Two Town Lots for $40 Without
Interest Payable $O Fer Month.
The Famous Simmons Ranch South Of San Antonio Now the Market
Investigate This and Get in Before it is Too Late.

Mesrs F L. Beatty and f. Iham of Carnegie oa and G. A.
Severns Mountain Oka all we'll reliable gentlemen
Okla, March r. 1907
Oklahoma
lands the land
neghbo who
that The soil
the S a good s be.
We have brought samples of soil taken from different places
al
Oklahoma.
thing that is planted il properly cultivated.
stood the hill could
in
is fgable
The only thing needed to make this country railroad and
this will be through this land within
and lot that have
build railroad
fndso one will roadw without delay.
We will be who wants anything
his lndto
truly
F.. L.
+ ISIIAM
Carnegie,
A.
telling
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
The Reason Why.

"How did you come heve" said one
Mexican bull to an old acquaintance,
as they met in the arena.
"How?" replied the other, with n
glance around. Il may say l was
roped in"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
with a smooth iron and Defiance

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear o. the goods,
and it will be positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
iron
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Not His Element.

"And if give you money" said the
philanthropist, will you promise to
go and take BATH"
Redface Leary drew himself up to
his full height.
"a bath? And is it a mermaid you
take me for?" he cried bitterly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

from kidney trou-
bles. My back panied
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
s h a p, S h o in g
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me,
and l had dizzy
spells. For ten years
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try it for both hot and cold starching.
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost
return it and your grocer will give you
back your money.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
All Buried by Government.

In some parts of Switzerland all the
dead are buried by the government,
without respect to wealth or position.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
LARGE Sum for pasteur Institute.

Daniel Osiris, the Jewish banker and
philanthropist. of Paris, who recently
died, left a will in which he disposed
of s13,0O0,OO0, giving s5,000,e00 to the
Pasteur institute.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Cause for Resentment.

London Punch suggests as a reason
for Raisulis hatred for Caid Mclean
that it was the latter who introduced
bagpipes in Morocco.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large 2 OF. package, ) cents.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10

TIC form devices quick is woman's
wit.-Euripides.