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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

really is not needed. OF course, there
is no objection to putting a good cellar
under a little house like this and fit
ting IL up with a good furnace and
plumbing in the usual way, but that
expense is not necessary when 1t is
wanted just for summer use. Other
things, however, are necessary for
comfort, one of which is the proper
screening of the porch and window.
improvements in window and porch
screens have kept pace with other
house furnishings.
IL is impossible for the growing
generation to realize what we owe to
our fathers and grandparents for the
many house comforts we enjoy One
of these comforts that may seem, on
the face OF It, Insignificant is the
modern fly screen.
When we were boys IL was common
to see red and yellow cotton netting
tackled over window openings or flap
ping back and forth over rough
wabbly frame hinged outside the
kitchen, but that primitive method of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
FASHIONS FADs AND FANcIEs.
New Color Shades That Are Popular
Idea for Floor gs.

What craze there Is for the shade
known as taupe! 1t cannot be con.
sidered a pretty color, but it certainly
is a popular one.
Even stockings are made in not
one tone of this color. but in several to
match costumes, and II is said that
the demand often exceeds the supply.
Bronze is another new shade and
looks something like a copper touched
with pale gold
Silk stockings in bronze or taupe
are SIPS a pair, and pink. pearl. hello
trope, navy blue and cardinal are also
shades that are included in the line
at this price.
Among the new floor rugs is mis-
sion" tapestry, carried out in the dull
colorings its name suggests. that will
be an ideal background for mission
furniture.
rug measuring 9x12 will be about
$40, and a smaller size. 6x9. may be
purchased for $40 Small fur rugs, 2S
x6l, In white, gray and black, are
s375. lined; while unlined goat rugs
the same size are $3.50.
A cheaper quality can be bought in
the same size for $l.95.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
Alloys of Great Merit.

Before the Faraday society. recent
ly, Mons. Ad. Jouve described the re-
markable resistive property OF ferro-
silicon and other alloys of silicon. Nj
trio acid, even as yapor, does not
affect these alloys at all Sulphurlc
and hydrochloric acid also have no
effect. The same is true OF acetic
acid, The high price OF platinum
gives importance to ferro-silicon as a
substitute TO be used in the manu-
facture OF acid.reslsting vessels, but
the alloy possesses disadvantage in
its brittleness, and the thickness anf
weight of the vessels made Of II.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
Floor Plan.

liscouraging flies has given way TO
thoroughly well.made factory screens,
neatly put together and covered with
a metal netting made from steel wire
so fine that Il hardly obstructs the
light, and these screens slide in
grooves so you can move them up or
down and they fit so snug and close
that fly or mosquito has no way of
finding its way through.
Such frames are made to at porches
just as carefully, so you can sit out
in the open air summer evenings and
enjoy an after-dinner smoke or chat
with the neighhors and not be pcs
tered to death with insects.
Mosquitoes and flies may have their
proper places in the economy of the
universe, but they are not especially
necessary inside of our dwelling
houses. In fact, flies and mosquitoes
both are recognized as carriers OF
dangerous diseases, One reason why
we live better and longer is be-
cause OF modern appliances to protect
us from such enemies. Tho great
advantage of modern houses is the
facilities for promoting health.
One great advantage OF a summer
cottage is that II gets us away from
town, out of the noise and dust, the
sewer smells and the foul air. away
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

Into the country where we get more
sunshine and an opportunity to
breathe our lungs full of pure natural
atmosphere that nature has so gen.
ously provided.
But to enjoy such privileges we must
surround ourselves with Just such
safeguards. Many cases of typhoid
fever and malaria are contracted in
the country at vacation time.
II we would be free from malaria
we must spend a little money and
little time in fitting our summer
houses with screens to keep out mos
quitoes. and II we would protect our
stomachs from the filth carried by
flies we must also bear in mind the
importance of fly screens, because flies
are free lances. They wallow in filth,
then being attracted by the savory
odors from our kitchens they crowd In
to walk over our carefully prepared
foods. We are learning these things
slowly and we are learning how to
avoid the disagreeable consequences.
Another pleasant and most neces-
sary feature or this bungalow Is the
open-fire place. No summer home is
complete without an open fire, for
there are chilly mornings and even
ings, both early and late in the season
and there are rainy days even In the
middle of summer when a little fire
Is pleasant and acceptable.
The chimney is built with two fiues,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
With Hiuh Scarlet Heels.

One of the new fancies in footgear
is to have high scarlet heels put on
black slippers. This is an old French
fashion which comedies with the di.
rectoire clothes.
Then the men wore them as well as
the women, but now they are restrict.
ed TO the gentle sex. These heels are
either Spanish or French and the color
is a vivid crimson.
The slipper on which it is placed is
usually the patent leather with a
large rhinestone buckle in front hold
ing rosette of satin or chiffon.
They are not dressy enough for
dancing, but are worn for informal oc.
casions in the evening in the house.
They are especially pretty with the
popular indoor gown of black satin or
chiffon, made empire with an open
square neck trimmed with jet.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

Electricity is the one branch OF SCI
ence which honors the great names In
its history In its fundamental termin.
ology. The other day a tablet was un.
veiled at Ampere. N. j.. In honor OF
Andre Marie Ampere, the French ply
sicist, who first measured the current,
and for whom the unit Is named. The
ohm bears the name of Georg s. Ohm.
German man OF science, who dlscov-
cred the law on which the unit OF elec-
trical resistance Is based. The volt is
named for the Italian Volta, the great.
est electrical authority OF the eigh-
teenth century. who was the first man
to construct a rude electric battery. A
farad, the unit OF electrical capacity, Is
named in honor OF the English physl-
cist, Faraday; the coulomb, the unit of
quantity, for the French physicist Cou-
lomb, and the watt. the unit of power,
for James Watt. the Scotch inventor
who improved the steam engine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

The concern felt for the teeth of the
children by Brooklyn alderman, who
proposed to save their grinders by clos.
ing the candy shops to all consumers
under 16 years of age. is eminently
praiseworthy, but II will never be ap.
preciated In yoathful quarters. The
children will! take all risks. What is
toothache when a nickel is burning
hole In the pocket? Very likely there
will never be an ache Better to roll
q sweet morsel under the tongue with
pain in the left blcuspid than to have
the pain Of self-denial eating some
little heart out. Nevertheless, says the
Boston Herald, the Brooklyn alderman
might be made to see his way to re-
pairing defective dental works In such
reckless spendthrifts without closing
the sweet shops. 1t Is an extreme
measure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

Mr.. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building for the readers of this
paper. on account OF his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
tsrer. he is. without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William a. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago. ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A bungalow that Is well liked is
shown In this plan. There are FIVE
rooms all on one floor, so arranged
that the two bedrooms and bathroom
are shut away from the living rooms.
a feature that seems really necessary
in the building of bungalow In order
to have 1t right Usually II is difficult
TO lay out living and sleeping rooms
or. one floor in such way as to secure
this division without wasting a lot of
room, but II is accomplished salts
factorily in this design, and that in a
size only 29 by 3S feet
There is no hallway to cut into the
space, so in this plan you avoid one
difficulty that you get into when you
undertake to make bedrooms in the
attic. There are advantages and dis
advantages both ways, but bunga-
low has its limitations. You cannot
make two-story house OF 1t without
in certain measure destroying the
bungalow effect
Houses like this are splendid for
summer homes. where heating plant
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

A day off in bed has a wonderful
curative effect on the temper The
person you could cheerfully kill before
resting Will seem harmless when you
rise with nerves unknotted.
Change of scene and occupation will
break the chains of irritability when
moral suasion and pricking conscience
fail.
The mother whose children are OBJ
streperous, the housekeeper whose
drudgery has struck in, the worker
who has grown one-sided-these
should take a vacation in the interest
of those around them If not for their
own sakes
They will only realize how strong
the habit of crossness was when they
no longer feel an inclination to be
disagreeable. A digestive tablet is an
other easy breaker of the cross habit.
4 bad stomach or disordered liver is
responsible for half the unhappy
households.
Children are not the only ones who
get rabid from overheating; a course
of dinners and luncheons In a modern
season would have upset the amicable
reputation of Moses the Meek. The
debutante who can go through her
first winter sweet tempered has the
disposition of an angel, the digestion
of an ostrich or a wise trick of not
eating.
Sometimes we get the cross habit
because our lives lack interest. To
be so "do-less" that life is a bore is
certain breeder of ill-nature. Get
an object in life. Ride hobby rather
than be terror to friends with your
temper.
If mothers would treat temper as
disease and doctor for it, or as a habit
that can be broken. there would be
fewer unhappy men and women.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE.
Question Over Which Deep Students
Have Disagreed.

II one could start away from the
earth and travel steadily in a straight
line, what would he find? Three an
swers have been made to this aues-
tion. According to the first, the trav-
eler might go on forever and would
always find stars, although he might
cross great void spaces between sys-
TENS. According to the second. he
might keep on forever, but he would
finally pass the outer limit of the ma
terial universe and then he would
never meet any more stars.
According to the third, II he trav-
eled on forever, no matter in how per-
feet straight line, he would keep
coming back to the point of starting
The first answer supposes an infinite
universe in infinite space, the second
supposes a limited universe but in
finite space, and the third means that
space itself is limited. This last
answer, which is given by persons
who cannot admit the possibility of in
finity, has no evidence for or against
1t. 1t is the result of pure specula-
ton
It is possible, however, to argue
about the other two. Those who be-
lieve in limited universe, as probably
most astronomers do, say that other
wise the sky would be one uniform
blaze of light, for an infinite number
of stars would send us an infinite
number of light waves, no matter how
distant they might be, This assumes
that there is no general absorbing
medium in space,
A recent contributor to an astro-
nomical magazine, w. H. s. Monck, be.
lieves II is more logical TO suppose
that much light would be absorbed Ir
the first place, he says, the stars would
ultimately be in one another's way.
Then we know that there are many
dark celestial bodies, like our own
moon, for instance. which would cast
shadows, and, lastly, the other itself
may absorb radiation. He pronounces,
therefore. in favor of the infinite uni
verse, which many students OF the
subject seem so anxious to avoid.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
For Elderly Women.

Softness without exaggeration must
be the foundation of any coiffure.
When part in the middle OF the
head is becoming 1t should be adopted
by every woman over middle age 1t
gives the effect of dignity and quaint
ness, and is also good for the hair
If there is pompadour II must be
soft and loose but thoroughly tidy.
One of the best arrangements is a
soft figure eight at the top of the
head.
'Frizzes" are objectionable. but a
slight wave, though it must needs be
done artificially, is pretty and near y
always becoming.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

The patriotically inclined will prob
ably be Mortified to learn that when
'he officers and men of the fleet at.
tempted in foreign ports to sing their
own national anthem when those of the
ports visited had been sung few could
go beyond three lines of THE Star.
spangled Banner" There is some
cause to suspect that this ignorance of
our national hymns is not confined to
the fleet and the fact is not creditable.
Every child who goes to school and is
large enough to sing should be taught
me words OF "The Star-spangled Ban.
nor" one OF the noblest patriotic
poems every written.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
PRETTY MATCHBOX HOLDER

The tin matchbox holders so often
given away with packets of matches
are useful but by no means orna-
mental, A simple plan by which they
may be rendered more decorative is to
cover them entirely with white ena-
mel. They should then be left until
dry, when some pretty floral design
and the name OF the room to which
they belong can be painted on them
A holder so treated is shown in our
sketch. and as a suggestion for IN ar
ticle for sale in a bazar it should not
be forgotten.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

be used for the foundation and this
is covered both back and front with
any material that may have been
chosen, such as sateen, or art serge.
On both sides some pretty floral de-
sign may be worked, and the screen
Is entirely edged with cord drawn
into three loops at each corner and
a handle of cord is arranged at the
top. When not in use, it can be cas-
lily slipped away behind a sideboard, or
at the side of a bookcase, and be out
of sight.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
Kid Belts on Goats.

A few of the handsome topcoats
that have little trimming and are to
be worn for the street show leather
belt around the figure at the empire
waist line.
1t is run through a slide of the mate
rial at the back and two more under
the arms. Ii is fastened In front and
about three inches above the proper
waist line with kid buckle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

The young idea is to be taught liter.
ally how to shoot in the project for
rifle practice by schoolboys. 1t is n
trife appalling TO think OF the havoc
TO property and animals, to say moth.
ing OF the human sacrifices, while the
necessary skill is being attained; but,
then, there must always be some TO
suffer for every good cause, and this
VIII have its quota unless the outraged
mothers OF the nation rire in their
wrath and interfere.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice OF Starch matter of great i'm.
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all Injurious chemicals. is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics, Its great strength as stiffen.
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary. with the result of
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
Henna Paste.

Use one part of henna and three
parts of lump indigo. Reduce the hen
ma leaves to coarse powder, also the
indigo, and mix together with suf.
ficient water to form paste. The
longer this remains on, the darker IT
will make the hair. The paste is to
be washed off well. II the scalp is dis
colored 1t can be washed with SOAP
and water without affecting the hair.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
AN IMPROVEMENT
Oldest Iron shIp.

In paper read before the Society
OF Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers Henry Penton states that the
Oldest iron ship In the world Is the
United States warship Michigan, the
material for whose construction was
dragged across the mountains from
Pittsburg to Lake Erie" where the
ship was built. as long as &c years
ago.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

The Japanese emperors satisfaction
In contemplating peaceful relations
and growing friendlness with all the
treaty powers is all the more impress.
sive. coming as 1t does from ruler
who has the men and the means be-
hind him 90 upset peace II necessary.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18
CHAIR BACK FIRE SCREEN.
Designed to Protect Sitter from Too
Much Warmth.

Our sketch illustrates a somewhat
novel suggestion in the shape of a
small screen for placing on chair 1t
so often happens that the member OF
n party who is sitting nearest the fire
has to be protected from too much
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

The plan is now for chauffeurs to
wear womens wells One reason is II
spares their bushes when they run
over victim, and also allows the
wearer to escape aetectlon.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

Only an uncompromising optimist
could rejoice at the enormous decline
In liquor drinking and simultaneously
at the alleged fact that the internal
revenue taxes continue as heavy as
ever.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

Wouldn't Take Him Seriously.
He-But ! need you in order to be
happy.
she-I couldn't think Of marrying .
needy person.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-03-18

warmth. and the little screen of which
we give sketch is designed for this
purpose, and can be rested against the
back of a chair in the way shown in
the upper sketch.
A good size to make it in is about
20 inches square, but II can. OF course,
be made larger, IL desired. A square
piece of very stout cardboard should
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
Dbe Jeffersonaan

letters of "Junius" proved it; the success of
Dean Swift proved it; the influence. Of such
books as Uncle Toms Cabin" proves it; and
it was but few months ago that we saw
weekly paper in Berlin shake the Kalser,s
throne to its foundations.
Because the Federalists-in the days of
Adams and Hamiltor1-undertook to fetter the
Press, the democracy, led by Jefferson, won
control of the Government and held for half
century The Sedtion Laws, under which
President John Adams cast editors into dun
geons, were not more undemocratic than the
policy of repression which is now foreshadoWed
in the prosecution of the New York World.
1t is the patriotic duty of men of all parties to
resist any effort to shackle the Press.
Civilization rests upon liberty-liberty of
person, of thought, of speech. To liberty Of
speech, the freedom to print is a necessary adj
iunct. Without the one, the other is incom
plete Restraint of freedom to print should go
no further in principle than go those necessary
restraints which the law places upon liberty OF
person and of conscience.
In every state of this Union there are laws
which punish those who abuse the freedom Of
the Press. In the Federal statutes will be
found laws of like kind. These regulations are
sufficient safeguard for pirate individuals and
for government officials.
Further than this we cannot go without re-
leasing public servants and private citizens
from that admonitory observation, criticism
and censorship which is SO necessary to keep
keenly alive to the fact that every citizen, pub
lie or private, is responsible to his fellows for
the kind of life he leads.
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crowd, if you'll just OPEN YOUR EYES,
1T RIGHT.


A book more impressive than Dante's In
ferno is Charles Reades lizard Cash" Dante
pictures the woes of men and women who
lived centuries ago For their fate one can
feel no more than vague and general sym
pathy But Charles Reade describes the hor-
rors of living bells, wherein men and women
Of our own day are tortured, and done to
death In England, these dungeons are known
as private Warehouses. Confined within the
walls of these, will be found unfortunate hu-
man creatures who are not insane, but who
have been buried alive, by relatives or others
who wished to get rid Of them.
In the private and public asylums and san1-
tariums Of our own country there is no doubt
that fearful abuses exist,-just as frightful con-
ditons are inseparable from Our penitentiaries
and chaingangs.
. Wherever human beings are given arbitrary
power over their fellow men, terrible abuses
of that power are inevitable.
In every state there should be commission
composed in part of medical men, whose duty
should require them to overhaul every asylum
and sanitarum, once per month.
This commission should report in writing,
and this report should be given to the public
The commission should be elected by the
people; and it should make prompt and spe-
cial Investigation of any particular case
brought to its attention by any citizen Of the
state.
This commission should be additional to
those which now exist, AND SHOULD BE
INDEPENDENT OF ALL OTHERS.
PO This editorial is suggested by the let
ter Of Mr. George H. Bell, which appears else
where. Mr. Bell may have his mental pecul-
iarities and DEFICIENCIES, but it is nothing less
than disgrace to the state to imprison such
man against his will
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
The Sch0OLBOOk OntyaQe.

So, the mighty ones who lord it over us, in
Georgia. have decided to change the textbooks,
again!
Great is the Trust Whether it deals in cof-
inns or kerosene in mowers or sugar, in Pull
man cars or school-books, it's word is law.
The State? I am the STATED" This AFRO
giant assertion of Bourbon king is the stock
illustration Of the climax Of divine-right abso-
lutlsm. We fancy that we are free, that no
king is our master But we are the veriest
slaves on earth. 1--WE, the people," don't rule.
We have nothing to do with the making Of
our laws We can't even boss state, much
less the Union of states
The Trust is our over-lord,-o Louis
Fourteenth Our Gar Peter Were it not SO,
we would not calmly look on while laws are
made which conhscate the property of the un-
privileged millions in order that the privileged
thousands may have money to burn
The School-book Trust is one of the most
hateful Of the whole thevsh, remorseless, glut-
tonous gang. 1t pinches the poor Like the
Coffin Trust no man may escape it's claws.
Because its ravenous appetite clamors for
MORE, school-books to the value of hundreds
of thousands of dollars must be thrown awav.
1t those books were good enough for last
year, why are they not good enough for this
year? The language hasn't changed Gram
mar, arithmetic geography are what they were
two years ago Why then, throw on to the
trash-pile the textbooks Of last year?
Because interested parties make money bv
the change.
Just that, and nothing more
Here we are, in the midst Of the panic. The