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clan and received her education most ly abroad. Since her fathers death she has resided partly in Washington and partly at Coburg. ont. with her mother who is still remembered as the life of the White IIonSe hi the days of President Grants first administration
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Games II. E{iGgins.

The elections last fall in the states where governors were chosen brought several new men to the front in ps- ties. One of these is James II. IIig.
 gins, the "boy mayor of Pawtuckct."
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The Vanderbilt
 Cup

The Two Mile a minute Automobile Musical comedy.
 Lyrics by Raymond Peck.
 Music by Robert Hood Bowers.
 Cast of so and Barney Oldfield's s Great Automobile Racing Effect. Showing Two Monster Racing Cars Travelling at 8 Rate of One Hundred Miles an Hour.
 Prices 25c to $1.50 Boxes $2O0.
 Matinee 25c to $10O. Boxes $1.5O. Mail orders must be accompanied with check.
 Seats on sale Thursday. Positively no Free List.
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MT. and Mrs. Frank Arnold will re- ceive the Married Peoples Euchre clua this evening"
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gate In congress from Alaska was ere ated by an act of May <, 1906, Was keys popularity with fhe miners led to his nomination OH the so called Alas ka ticket and his election. Waskey is a Democrat. but party lines were not strictly observed in the voting.
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Loans and Discounts. $23.33 l. .Gs Stocks, Bonds and Warrants =32.S5' v Oyerdrafts .....-.-......-.=.z. ,-6l. |. Real Estdes. Furniture and
 flNilIfta .-,,,...=..-,a =s',"t l''' Cash and Si4hs Exchange. 1o.923.5@
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cency and civilization" About year ago it was reported he had been con fined in fortress for grossly insult, ing his late tutor, Major I4evasseur. Two years ago he eloped with an ac' tress and went to Vienna, where they were found drinking in a cafe in the midst of a band of gypsles.
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o of al solemnly knowledge and belief A. Cashier.
 
 H. C. Public. My g, Correct: Attest: w. B.. Alexander H.
  l. Directors ~ lt.a. A-1~4,rr>aA@ Vi '~s1 s7
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
sELsY ABBEY, OF ENGLAND, AND
ITS HISTORY.
One Of the Historic Editices of Great
Britain Recently Destroyed
by Fire-A World
Calamity.

A fire which brought Crief TO the
art lovers all over the Christian world
was that which destroyed Selby Alb
hey. in Yorkshire. England The old
abbey was a relic Of the highest in.
terest, both architeC,mally and his.
torically.
All Gothic IL is hardly too much TO
say, was epitomised in this building
from rounded Norman arch 10 fam
boyant window tracery OF the later
time. Nor do many churches possess
history comparable in interest with
that OF Selby Abbey II was founded
by the ConQUcror in I06S The tradi.
ton runs that Williams son Henry
was born i'm the ancient town. The
early Benedictine settlement became
in after time the only mitTed abbey
with single exception. north of the
Trent Gradually the Abbots, fay-
ored both by Pope and King, grew
wealthy, as their lands and stock in
creased. In 1892 the income amount.
ed TO ES32 year. equal to GlG,OOO
at the present day And this great
wealth was available for community
whose members numbered no more
than 80.
AT its zenith of wealth and beauty
the Abbey was 3 magnificent pile 500
feet in length, rich and splendid with
the glories Of Norman, Early English.
and Decorated architecture But its
| choir, separated from the aisles by
seven-pointed arches with clustered
pillars. rich with carvings and ira,
ceried windows, and splendid with
stained glass, was the chief glory OF
the building before its decline As
for the great east window, with its
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
BOYS HEAD ONE SOLID SORE
Hair All Came Out-Under Doctor
Three Months and No Better
Cufcura Works Wonders.

Mr.. A. c. Barnett, proprietor of a
general store in Award Oklahoma,
tells in the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his son Of a ter
rible eczema MY little boy had &c
zema. His head was one cola sosh.
all over his scalp; his hair aii CANE
out, and he suffered very rluch.
had a physician treat him, but at the
end of three months he was no t.t-
er. l remembered that the Cuticura
Remedies had cured me, and after
giving him two bottles of Cuticura
Resolvent, according to directions,
and using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment on him daily, his eczema left
him, his hair grew again. and he has
never had any eczema since. We
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and they keep our skin soft and
healthy. / cheerfully recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all cases OF
eczema. y. c. Barnett, Mar. 30.
1905"
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7H--"er-s-~ar-.-aN-s
Old Church is Destroyed.
>~i,>-ss-.-ss7lt-ss

storied glass, representing the Tree
OF Jesse. restored by Mr.. William Liv-
ersidge some years ago, it is con
side-ed the second finest of its kind in
existence Fortunately this escaped
disaster. like most OF the monuments
and tombs. which are very interesting.
But the flames have consumed the
Lathom Chapel and north traRsept:
the chapel windows, large and small,
have gone, and the roofs also. The
magnificent choir was burnt out COM
plC,ely, as well as the east end. The
inside OF the tower was burned from
base to roof, clock. belfry. and bells
falling in shower of sparks. The
nave has gone and the great organ in
course Of erection at n cost of e1,2OO;
many a pillar is ruined, and carving,
tracery. and a thousand details o.:
Gothic beauty, with the lovliness Of
age upon them, are destroyed.
Yet is hard not to fancy that his.
tory had been wiped ont with this
ancient building. OF which the main
walls and Norman and Early English
columns are the sole sound remains
For IL will be difficult to imagine, in
the newness of the restoration. that
here King John walked, that here the
two first Edwards stayed when the
war with the Scots was raging, or
that here Qupeen Margaret wor-
shipped, as we are told in histories.
The Selby fire brigade. with its
single engine, could do little to check
the flames. although il was quickly
on the scene. In fact, Notwithstanding
the arrival afterwards OF engines from
Leeds and York, the fire pretty well
worked its will, and only stopped
when its fuel was all consumed.
The flames appear to have oriCi.
mated in the Lathom Chapel, which
contained the new organ This was
blown by a Kinetic blower. driven
by a gas-engine. and something went
wrong here The fire spread with
astonishing rapidity from the Lathom
Chapel,
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Its four-post bed and open fireplace
reminded me OF home, which, ! be-
lieye. was the sole reason that l pre-
ferred it.
In one corner stood an old secre-
taire, priceless to a collector of an
tique furniture. the stiff, high-backed
chairs were to match. and over the
chimney piece hung large Scriptural
print in a heavy black frame, repre-
senting The Death Of Jehu;" under
meath was inscribed: Had Jehu
peace who slew his master?" The
window curtains were of faded chintZ,
and the floor was dark polished oak,
in places almost black.
| flung open a window and gazed
down the great avenue. The air of the
room was close and musty.
An old man entered with a great can
Of water; as his eyes met mine he
shook his head, saying:
4 berry sorry massa take dis room" 4"
"Why?" l asked.
He made no reply beyond a more
solemn shaking of his head, accom-
panied by a lamentable grOan, and a
call that dinner was ready hurried
me below.
A sufficient supply OF plate, glass
and crOckery was forthcoming, and,
on our expressing our amazement at
such luXurles, the negress, showing
every tooth in her head, replied:
House belongs to our massa-he
live in Europe-nebber come here"
After dinner we took short walk
and found our steeds installed and
picketed in what had once been a
rose garden, and comfortably To-
Gated for the night. good
many peering. dusky faces watched
US as We strolled past the roof
less stables, and the long lines of
half-deserted negro cabins. As VIC
were returning We passed a thicket
Of magnolias and IL seemed 10 me that
among the white blossoms there
peered forth a black, malignant face.
looked away for moment,
then glanced back 1t was
gone. What tricks imagination does
play, We hear Of faces in the fire
that had been a face among the
flowers,
When | al last entered my room,
was agreeably surprised remember
ing the cold chill of the room 10 find
that a large wood fire had been lit,
and was blazing cheerfully up the
chimney, Illuminating the. whole scene.
The light caught the lower part OF
the gloomy print. and threw out in
grim relief Had Jehu peace who
slew his master9"
l was very tired and l was soon
asleep. undisturbed by the hoarse and
clamorous crOaking Of the frogs in
the marsh.
I must have been asleep for a con
siderable time when. half between
sleeping and waking. was aware Of
o curious noise and, BY the still bright
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light OF the fire, was not little aston
ished to behold the empty rocking
chair in vigorous molten!
Presently the chair creaked and was
jerked back-the sitter had evidently
srisen.
with deliberate heavy footsteps he
Cfor it was surely a mani walked to
the door, and an invisible hand shot
the bolt with murderous emphasis.
Another silence-the thing moved
towards the old bureau. and | heard
the clink, clin of coin; presently
/ was aware OF loud breathing beside
me- and conscious Of stealthy touches
lingering the bedclothes-of a cautious
fumbling with the coverlet, and then
suddenly, with a force that made my
heart leap-an enormous hand was on
my mouth Before / could move its
fellow had seized my throat with the
grip of steel trap. | struggled fierce
ly and with all my strength; l flung
my arms out, but of what use was my
feeble resistance? The air was
empty! Yet the terrible hand never
once relaxed its hold-my life seemed
to ebb away from mel was-dying
i was sensible that l was 10 the
clutch of Death!
And now l began to realize that l
was about to be taken away and bur
led. My limp and Hfeless body was
thrust into what l supposed was
sack-the bolt was withdrawn was
hauled across the gallery and down
the stairs with a bump, bump. bump
then out of the house into the gar
den and dragged through the high, wet
grasses. Death was taking me to a
nameless grave.
At last my grewsome journey was
ended, and the sole noise that fell on
my ears was the thud of a working
spade, The digging ceased; the task
was evidently complete, slow footsteps
came towards me-then-I heard no
more.
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Art of Boomerang Making

Gig. IL was chiefly employed by ma.
uves for killing. as food. birds flying.
in small numbers or in focks, 1t was
also constantly used as an amusing
plaything, just as a sling for pebbles
or a bow and arrow might be carried
by a schoolboy All the best Austria.
lian boomerangs are closely notched
on both surfaces
The Australian gave his boomerang
this rough surface so that it might
bite the air in it's fight. For the
same reason the outside or cover OF
a golf ball is indentcd or pitted, as
when golf balls are made with a
smooth china-like surface (as was
formerly the caseD it was found they
would not a. far or accurately. There
have been many diagrams in various
periodicals describing the fight of a
boomerang, none Of which, in my
opinion. has ever clearly indicated its
career in the air. | will endeavor to
elucidate this subject in a manner
that | consider is easier to understand
than one conveyed in Il series of con.
fusing lines and figures. For exam
pie. take up your position facing the
north and throw your boomerang
northeast II should travel from right
To left-the north being the far apex
of it's circular route-and return from
the northwest 1t should then pass
close TO you towards the southeast
for a score of yards or more behind
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
HIS TROUBLE WAS INTERNAL
Indian Chief Had Peculiar Ideas About
Hydrophobia.

Mayor Stoy OF Atlantic City was
describing the cosmopolitan throngs
that visit his famous ald gay resort
Every nationality comes here" he
said. Greeks. Turks, Hindoos, Chi
nese. Moors-they all come.
Il was talking the other day to one
of the physicians of the Pasteur In
stitute-the hospital, you know. for
the prevention and cure of hydrophO-
bia The Pasteur Institute reminded
me of Atlantic City. its visitors seemed
TO be of such a diversified character.
The physician told me about an In
dian chief who had come to him for
treatment last year.
My name said the chief, is War
Eagle. Please take me in hand.
fear | am getting hydrophobia.'
Have you been bitten, the physie-
ian asked. by a mad dog7'
Not exactly bitten, War Eagle
answered, but have the gravest sus-
picions about a black poodle that was
served to me in ragout last Friday
afternoon
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TheMysferyOfMe
White Mansion
BY Mrs. b. ~. Croker
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bo~,sA,

One summer / visited my sister Ur
sula in her new home in South Caro-
lima. She had just married the
wealthy Mr.. George Middleton and
the newly welded pair had taken up
their abode in the old family home.
stead
There we're several other relatives
and friends visiting at the house at
the time of my arrival.
AS Ursulas eldest and favorite
brother an extremely kind reception
was accorded me by her friends-espe.
cially her girl friends.
One afternoon a party of four-two
cousins Of Mr. Middleton's. myself and
a rich financier called Van Boom
had been wading through rice fields
after snipe. We were IL miles from
overpowering, when Van Boom gave
out. He was a stout, short-necked,
self-indulgent millionaire, who had
come south for cure"
Having explained the situation to
our darkies, a young mulatto. point
ing to long line of trees in the dis
tance, said: Berry good house still.
everything same as in old massa' 5
time, they say. Best stop here"
To this suggestion a white-haired
veteran objected, but was silenced by
the young man, who had now installed
himself as our pioneer.
In ten minutes time we had arrived
before the sunken piers of what had
once been fine gateway, leading to
a long majestic avenue of walnut
trees. The avenue was grass grown
and at the far end loomed an unex-
pected sight-a stately white mansion
of commanding appearance.
l chose a large chamber with two
big windows overlooking the avenue.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
NEW YEARS CALLS.
A New Drink to Replace the old-T line
"APpls-Jaek."

Twenty-Five years ago the custom OF
making New Years calls was a de-
nghtful one for all concerned, until
some Of the boys got more 'egg-nog'
or "apple-jack than they could sue
cessfully carry
Then the ladies tried to be charit-
able and the gentlemen tried To be
as chiyalrous as ever and stand up az
the same time,
If anyone thinks there has not been
considerable Improvement made in the
last quarter of century in the use
OF alcoohlic, beverages, le: him stop
TO consider, among other things, the
fact that the old custom OF New Years
calls and the genteel tipping is nearly
obsolete.
The custom of calling on ones
friends, however, at the beginning OF
the new year, is a good habit, and an
other good habit to start at that time
is the use OF well-made Postum in
stead of coffee or spirits.
4 Staten Island doctor has a SEN
sible daughter who has set Postum
before her guests as a good thing to
drink at Yule Tide, and a good way
20 begin the New Year. Her father
writes.
My daughter and / have used
Postum for some time past, and We
feel sure 1t contains wholesome food
material
Il shall not only recommend it to
my patients, but my daughter viii be
most pleased 10 give q demonstration
OF Postum 10 our Christmas and New
Years callers" Read "The Road to
Welyille' in pkgs. There's a reaso--
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practised with them for many years |
have not one that, IL may be said.
closely resembles another in its be.
havior. II is impossible 10 reproduce
with even approximate accuracy a
good returning Australian boomerang,
owing 10 the numerous twists and in
dentations contained in it's outlines.
These curious twists and hollows rep
resent the experience OF generations
Of native boomerang artists.
There are two distinct kinds of Aus
tralian boomerang-th one used in
warfare and the returning one. As
the latter is always more or less fat
on one side IL may be easily dis
tinguished. II will be noticed how
slight is its curve Gig. ~. If, how
ever. we make one exactly similar as
regards its size and curve It will make
no attempt TO return when thrown.
Fig H. shows the boomerang edge
ways and emphasizes the lateral
twists-rather resembling those OF the
propeller of steamship--which cause
the weapon to return TO the person
who throws H.
The Australian war boomerang Zig
lid is nearly twice as large and
heavy as the returning one has no
twists and is rounded on both sides.
1t does not return to the thrower.
This weapon will travel skimming
low over the ground. to n range OF
from $50 yards TO $50 yards, and the
blow it gives a tree trunk at 100 yards
is as II the latter were violently
struck with blunt and heavy sword.
AS an instrument OF savage warfare
II would have a terrible effect on
scantily-Clad opponent
Though the returning boomerang
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Wrong Method Of Teachlna.

Consul Paul Nash, of Venice writes:
Hundreds Of well-educated Americans
annually pass through Venice and, al
though probably nine-tenths Of them
have had several years of instruction
in a European language, not one
tenth are capable of speaking dozen
connected words of anything but Eng
lish. Even college graduates, fresh
from prize-winning in French or Ger
man, are generally unable to speak
either language, although capable of
writing an excellent thesis on their
history, phllology, syntax and litera-
ture. This is the result of teaching
French and German in much the same
way that Latin and Greek are taught"
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The black center spot represents the
thruwer The small arrows Indicate its
flight, and the large one points In the di-
reCtion the wind should blow from. OF
course the position OF the thrower will
vary in accordance with the wind and
he may be facing :, E. or W, instead
Of, as here shown, towards the north
your back-and, returning again, spin
down TO the ground within a yard or
two of your feet. In this case the
most favorable wind would be from
the northwest. To put It shortly
throw the boomerang TO your right
front. or at an angle that is halfway
between the point OF your right shoald.
er and the direction you are facing,
standing so that the wind blows to-
wards your left front
RALPH PAYNE-GALLOwAY.
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To Represent Italy and Spain.

The two great Catholic countries Of
Europe, Italy and Spain, are sending
new ambassadors to the court of St
James. The marquis di San Giuliano,
who will represent Italy, is compare
lively young man. He comes OF an
old Sicilian family of Norman descent,
and is highly cultured, having Travelled
extensively with good results. He is
an enthusiastic student of Dante, and
is president of the Italian Geographical
society. Senior Villa Urattia, the new
Spanish ambassador, accompanied
King Alfonso TO London on the mo-
mentous occasion that ended in his en-
gagement TO Princess Ena, and won
golden opinions for his tact and cour-
tesy during that visit
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1t was broad daylight when | awoke.
| sat up in bed wondering if my ex-
perience Of the past night had been
a dream' My head ached abominably,
| felt feyerish, anything but refreshed
after a long nights rest. The face
that confronted me in the looking
glass was haggard and hollow-eyed,
and noticed deep red traces of finger
marks on my throat! And even as /
looked-they faded!
After breakfast | caught sight Of the
old negro and beckoned to him.
As he approached he looked at me
with a curious expression of interro-
CATION in his prominent brown eyes.
Tell me, uncle, what is the story Of
the room l slept in last night?"
NO story, massa," rolling his eyes
at me. NO story-no story"
Come" said, think again, Uncle
Tom. Can't you remember"
"Oh, massa, l was only piccaninny,"
and without another word he hastily
shufiled away.
l was about to pursue him, but
heard a call from Van Boom.
Come on, Vernon, unless you want
to live and die here; we're all wait
ing"
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Back home once more We were well
coined and made much of, especially
by the ladies of the party, and treated
like lOng-lost, civilized castaways.
OF course, We were compelled to un-
dergo an exhaustive ross-examination
as TO where we had been and what we
had been doing. Van Boom related
our experience.
AS he described it, l noticed that
the general interest waxed with every
sentence, and at last Mr.. Middleton
exclaimed
You don't mean to say you've all
passed a night at Whitehall, and re-
turned aliye?"
Very much alive" rejoined Van
Boom. What's the matter with the
place."
Il wish l could tell you," replied
my sister Ursula. George" (this to
her husband, you must know some
thing about it-don't you rent part of
the plantation"
"Yes-that's a different thing to
renting the house" he replied, eva.
sively.
"Oh, then there is a story?" said
Van Boom; "of couse there's never
smoke without fire"
Let US have the tale, true or un-
true" l urged
Mr.. Middleton deliberately sat down,
crossed his legs, clasped his hands
and began in a sort of monotone:
..NH-o11 ,-aare a,l ,aare ago ho1iovo
long before We came here, Whitehall
belonged to a Mr.. Hayward, man of
high English family; he was unmar-
ried and very eccentric"
"Of course, he was eccentric. IL he
was not married. put in Ursula.
He was reputed 10 be rich and a
bit of a miser. His health failed, and
he was nursed and assiduously attend
ed by black boy called Sam, a slave
who wGs greatly attached to him and
in whom the old gentleman placed
the most absolute confidence. Sam
waited on him, and sat up Of a night,
and, by all accounts, tended Mr.. Hey
ward as II he had been his own son.
The story goes on that one even
ing the two retired together as usual.
Next morning, when the inyalid's cot
fee was taken 10 him, his room was
empty. He and Sam had both disap-
peaTed, and from that day 10 this. no
trace OF either the one or the other
has ever been found. II was always
believed that Mr.. Hayward kept an
immense sum Of money in a certain
bureau in his bedroom; but l under
stand that the contents Of this bureau
were a severe disappointment 10 his
heirs,
Naturally, there was an outcry and
a strong suspicion OF foul play, but
whether Sam killed the old man, or
the old man killed sam, or someone
else killed them both, was never dis
covered. and. as the mystery is nov
buried under the dust Of so years, no
one viii ever know the truth"
Butt knew.
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Diligent seekers may now End the
ooundary-line between the United
States and Canada somewhere along
the middle Of Lake Erie Two war
vessels. one belonging to Canada and
The other to the United States. began
In October the work OF setting buoys
along the Boundary at intervals OF FIVE
miles Hereafter Lake Erie fisher.
men viii be able to learn whether
they are at home or in foreign coun.
Try when they bait their hooks for
whales or minnows.