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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
TROUBLE OVER MERRY WIDOW
The Hat So Named, Of Course, Is
Meant, and the Tale Is a Dis
NAL One, indeed.

There's a weeping bride In Borough
Park and an angry bridegroom, too,
and a frenzied halter, which does not
matter as much as the brides boo
hoo" writes the poet reporter OF the
New York Tribune.
When subway trains and rushing
crowds OF men from every nation had
jammed the stairs and platforms of
the Twenty.third street station the
ticket seller, Charlie Holt, whose TEN,
per seemed erratic, held up a ticket
buyer with n question most emphatic
The buyer. Israel Cohen. a milliners
errapd boy, with hat az big as ever
seen. had caused the clerks annoy
The hat was just linear yard across
from brim to brim, while half that dis
lance up and down made other hats
look slim. For the hat a bride was
waiting and the hour was getting late
but t.le subway. Holt insisted. was not
built to carry freight
So Holt emerged from out his box
and made a pass at Cohen. while Is
rael seemed inclined to think twas
time Sat he was goin' But ere the
luckl>ss messenger was able to es
cape the "Me-ry Widow" outfit had
assumed woeful shape, No longer
high and lofty. but mashed so badly
that 1t looked more like a pancake
than "Merry Widow" hat.
But while the fight was at its heigh,
copper came around, arrested Hoti
(heaven help his lott before. he'd
fought one round. To the neares,
station OF police, In Twentieth street
they tell. he took poor Holt. charged
with assault. and locked him in q
cell.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
AN OLD TIMER
Has Had Experiences.

A woman who has used Postum
since 1t came upon the market knows
from experience the uisdom OF US
Ing Postum in place II coffee IL ono
values health and q clear brain. She
says:
AT the time Postum was first put
on the market ] -ls suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, and my physician
had repeatedly told me not " use
tea or coffee. Finally / decided to
take his advice and try Postum. l
got a package and had it carefully
prepared. finding 1t delicious to the
taste. So l continued its use and very
soon its beneficial effects convinced
me of its value. for got well OF my
nervousness and dyspepsia.
NY husband had been drinking cof.
fee all his life until 1t had affected
his nerves terribly, and / persuaded
him to shift to Postum. 1t was easy
to get him to make the change for
the Postum Is SO delicious. 1t Ger.
tainly worked wonders for him.
I'VE socn learned that Postum does
nol SAniidrdte nor uepreSs ana does
not stimulate. but steadily and honest
ly strengthens the nerves and the
stomach.
ITO make a long story short. our en-
tire family continued to use Postum
with satisfying results. as shown In
our lne condition OF health and we
have noticed a rather unexpected i'm.
provement in brain and nerve power"
Increased brain and nerve powsr
always follow the use of Postum In
place OF coffee. sometimes n very
markeu .nanner. There's Reason"
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book. "The Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above lett~rf A new
0ne appears fro1 time 20 time. They
are Eenuisr. true, and fuu " hsaaa
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

20 tell OF facing lions with a small
ealiber military rifle. ar adventure to
thrill army sportsman.
In the first place, scouting played a
very prominent part In the prelimin.
aries to major operations.
This scouting. to be successful, me-
cessltated ones going With the very
slenderest escort-frequently with
one man only. to look after the horses,
and for long distances awa.' from our
main body. into the districts occupied
by the enemy and by big game. Thus.
one was thrown entirely on ones own
resources. with the stimulating knowl.
edge that II he did not maintain a suf-
ficient alertness of observation and
action. he stood very good chance,
indeed. not only OF failing to gain in.
formation which you were desired TO
seek, but also of getting himself wiped
out, and left In stress on the yeldt.
"Spooring." or tracking. was our
main source OF guidance and informa-
tion and night the cover under which
we were able to make our way about
the enemys country with impunity.
The pleasures of the pursuit OF
game were all the more enhanced by
the knowledge that the meat was
really necessary to us, and especially
by the fact that we often carried out
our sport at the risk of being our.
selves the quarry of some sneaklng
band of rebel warriors.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
ROSE OUT OF THE ROCKS AND STOOD FACING US.

brush to the right and bounding into
the moonlight giving terrible voice.
came his mate. She stopped as she
caught sight of us. Never have
broken and loaded a gun mo: quickly.
Drayton had pumped in another shell
and without pausing to more than
swing on his knee and cover. he let
drive and missed, barely raking her
shoulder. She, bit hastily al the wound
and then came for us lie thunder
bolt. | meant TO pull both barrels,
but gave her the right. She wavered
a trifle. but was on us before | could
fire again. She Knocked Drayton nat
and his head, striking rock, he lay
senseless. while her outstretched
talons tore his rifle fror, his hands
and tumbled 1t clattering among the
bushes. Her momentum carried her
over him and her body merely
brushed me, leaped one pace to the
right and swinging my piece without
even bringing 1t to shoulder drove The
bucks into her throat She was In
the act of vh,rling to rush upon Dray.
ton. but now dropped in her final
agony rolling over and over on him,
one blind blow from her paws tearing
half the clothes from his body but
leaving him unhurt. l did not know
thea but that she had crushed his
skull as she leaped. but Tagging him
aside | saw that lie was merely
stunned and was now coming around.
BY permission OF Longmans. Green 4
Co. New York.
Copyright. isos by Benz B. Hampton.J
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
0utwitted by the Jungle King

We halted on the riverbank during
the intense heat OF the day. aud be-
fore resuming our march in the even.
ing we sailed out once more to search
the river-bed and an islet grown with
bushes, where We hoped he might be.
And while We searched the hussar,
who had been assigned to me to hold
my horse. and who was the man who.
In the morning. had been posted to
watch the riyer.bed. asked: How
many lions are there supposed to be
here?" | told him "only the one we
fired at this morning"
Whereupon he grimly said, "Oh, |
saw him so away up the river when
you went down IT, He was dragging
his headquarters after him."
II appeared that the man thought
he had been posted to guard against
surprise by an enemy. and did not
realize that we, being down among
the rocks, could not see the lion which
was so visible from his lookout place.
And so we lost that lion.
But | had better luck another time.
II stands thus recorded in my diary:
10th october,-(To be marked with
a red mark when can get q red pen.
cil) Jackson and native boy ac.
companied me- scouting this morning:
we three started of at 3 a. IN. In
moving round the hill that overlooks
our camp we saw match struck high
up near the top OF the mountain.
This one little spark told us a good
deal. 1t showed that the enemy were
there. that they were awake and alert
Il say they because one niger
would not dare to be up there by
himself In the dark); and they were
aware OF our force being at Posselt's 5
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

to a mortal end under the paws
of Nubian lion. 1t would be
the irony OF fate, but that Is what
nearly happened to me some years
ago. With perils innumerable behind
rs the two white men OF the party.
one a gold-seeker the other a pure
adventui of the type of Tanner,
nearly came to an end.
We frequently left the river and
navigable tributaries which we were
working out slowly, to explore the ra-
vines for high bars. never taking with
us more than four bearers, though at
times we were absent from the main
party outfit for a fortnight, knowing
II was entirely safe In the care OF a
thin cross-eyed Arabian ex-chasseur
who was a born voyageur with tinge
Tom In him. He was true as salt
Arabian and the blood brother Senegal
negro are two types of dark skinned
men with whom | would as soon face
danger and difficulty as with any
white men that live.
One night we were about to make
camp when We encountered party OF
women and girls bearing water Jars
and they told us of village mile
further on. Before We reached the
village We were met by the chief and
his induanas who begged us to make
stay with them as they were seri.
ously troubled with lions. Two of the
chiefs horses and two OF his wives
had been killed among the losses
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
A
Soldiers
Big
Game
Hunting
By Lieut.. Gen. X. S. S. Baden
Powell, r. X. G.. S.

Through all the world the name
of Baden PoweH, soldier and scien-
tist, is celebrated and but fer people
hnow that he has the ability TO shine
by right of his pen and brush as
ueI. The hero q MafeSiag and a
dozen other canpaigns PIED in the
gaps betweea military engagements
With huntiag and this Sport in
War contains some dramatic adj
ventures sprinkled With bits of rare
humor and caustic comment. A most
unusual feature is the reckless way
n which he hunted wih military
arms instead Of the customary weap-
ons for big game.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

(as otherwise they would not be oc.
cupying this hilD.
However, they could not see any.
thing of us. as II was then quite dark.
And we went farther on among the
mountains. In the early morning
light we crossed the deep rlver-bed
of the Umchingwe River, and, In do.
ing so. noticed the fresh spoor of a
lion in the sand. We went on and had
a good look at the enemy's stronghold; !;
and on our way back, as we ap.
preached this rlver-bed, agreed to go
quietly, In case the lion should be
over the bank, my heart jumped into
my mouth when ] saw a grand old
brute just walking in behind bush.
Jackson did not see him, but was off
his horse as quickly as | was, and
ready with his gun: too ready, indeed,
for the moment that the lion appeared,
walking majestically out from behind
the bush that had hidden him, Jack.
son fred hurriedly. striking the ground
under his foot, and. as we afterwards
discovered, knocking off one of his
claws.
"The lion tossed up his shaggy head
and looked at us In dignified surprise.
Then fired and hit him with a leaden
bullet from the Lee -Metford. He
reeled. sprang round, and staggered
a few PAGES, when Jackson. who was
using a Martini-Henry. let him have
one in the shoulder. This knocked
him over sideways, and he turned
about, growing savagely.
Il could scarcely believe that we
had got a lion at last, but resolved
to make sure of It; 80. telling Jackson
not to fire unless it was necessary
(for fear of spelling the skin with the
larger bullet of the MartinD, | went
down closer to the beast and fired a
shot at the back of his neck as he
turned his head momentarily away
from me. The bullet went through
his spine and came out through the
lower jaw, killing him.
"We were pretty delighted at our
success, but our niger was mad with
happiness, for dead lion-provided
, he is not man-eater-has many in
valuable gifts FOR Kaffir, in the shape
of love-philtres, charms against dis
ease or injury. and medicines that
produce bravery. II was quite de-
| lightfu to shake hands with the
mighty paws of the dead lion, to pull
at his magnificent tawny name. and
to look into his great deep, yellow
eyes. Then we set to work to skin
him; two of us skinning while the
other kept watch in case of the enemy
! sneaking up to catch us while we were
thus occupied. We found that he was
fat, and also that he had been much
wounded by porcupines, portions Of
whose quilts had pierced the skin. and
| lodged in his flesh in several places.
Our niger cut out the eyes, gall.blsd.
der and various bits of the lions
anatomy, as fetch medicine. | filled
my carbine-bucket with some of the
fat, as | knew my two boys Diamond
and Mtini, would very greatly value
1t. Then. after hiding the head In a
neighboring bush where We could find
II again. we packed the skin on to
one of the ponies and returned t.
camp nightly pleased with our
selves"
BY permission Of Longmans. Green s.
CO., New York.
| Copyright. 1909, by Benz. 3. Hampton.)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

/ were on the spot. but no lion was
there--an occasional splash of blood
and here and there, where sand lay
between the rocks, the impress OF a
mighty paw showed that he had moved
away after being hit. But soon all
traces ceased. and though we searched
for long we could find no other sign
OF him.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
Objection to Women Golfers

Farmers don't mind renting their
fields to golfers. but they are strongly
opposed to women"
"Why?"
Because woman golfers are alwayA
losing hairpins ard hatpins and stick
pins in the grass. Follow the trail OF
womans foursome with pushiopful
a woman's foursome with pincushion
pins at the end of the ninth hole"
"But why does the farmer MIND
that?"
Because afterward when his sheep
and cattle Craze in those fields they
swallow pins Pins, needn't tell you,
are injurious to the health"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
WilIinu TO Obliue.

Lady (sitting Tar portrait) Please
make my mouth small. know it is
large, but | wish 1t TO appear quite
tiny.
Artist (politely)-Certainly, madam.
If you prefer, will leave 1t out alto
gether.-Boston Transcript.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
No Romance About IL.

The stricken man constantly oaned
the name of the young woman who
had Tilted him.
"Tell her" he said to the medical
man that her cruelty killed me. Tell
her am dying from broken heart"
The medical man shook his head.
saw, go on" lie said. THAT would
be shamelessly unprofessional. Your
hearts all right ITS your liver that's
the trouble"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

Nubian
Lion
Hunt
By Baron Heinrich Albert

Baron Heinrich Albert, the Aus
tridn-SWiSS ddUenturer, has hunted
game in every part of the World. He
has an estate whtch proUideS him
wtth an income of $4,000 per year,
and for the past is gears, that is
since his majority, he has Travelled
ouer the globe facing dangerous ami
mails and laying them low. II is not
often that man is found who has
hunted puma, grizzly, moose, lion,
tiger, elephant, rolf, rhinoceros,
hippopotanus, leopard, oceolot, etc.
In these especially written papers he
has narrated for this series some Of
his most stirring encounters in the
territory through which Er-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will hunt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
Dangers Of Camping in the Lion
Country.

Moreover, TO all our fun seasoning
syas added in the shape of lions, whose
presence or propinquity was very fire..
auently impressed upon us at nights
by deep-toned grunts or ghostly ap.
partitions within the halo of our watch.
Ores. In defiance OF the rules of war
which forbid the use OF fires by
light. as guiding an enemy's night at.
ack-we had ring of bright fires
burning round our bivouac to scare
iway the lions.
BY day we saw them. too. One pa
troll. Indeed, came upon a group OF
niue lying doing In the bush: aud
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

((VKY HAT kind of sport did you
w have out thereG" is the
question with which men
have. as rule. greeted one on
return from the campaign In Rhode
sia; and one could truthfully say.
1--WE had excellent sport" am about
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09
Never Be Afraid to Doubt.

Never be afraid to doubt II only
you have the disposition to believe;
and doubt in order that you may end
In believing the trrth.-Leighton
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-09

VT WOULD be absurd after nego-
tiating the dangers of a passage
of the Upper Nile out of season
and after traversirg several hundreds
of miles of country in he hands
Of rebellious tribesmeh. to come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-16
OVER 10000 TO STRIKE
Open Shop Order in Tin Plate Works
Will Be Resisted.

Pittsburg.s Pa, June 16.-More than
$1,000 skilled workmen members of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin workers, employed by
the American Sheet and Tin Plate
company, will quit work June 80. at
which time the "open shop order of
the company becomes effective.
Many unskilled workmen will also
be affected.
The decision to take this action fol-
lowed a special convention held here
The following announcement was
made by President p. J. -McArdle of
the Amalgamated association:
1.-THE convention of the representa-
tives of sheet and tin metal lodges
held for the purpose of taking action
on the declaration of the American
Sheet and Tin Plate company to run
its plants non-union. has decided that
the Amalgamated association will re-
sist all efforts to carry out that
policy and will refuse to work after
June 80. 1909, unless a satisfactory
agreement is reached by that COM
pany-'
In the Pittsburg district a majority
of the mills of the American Sheet
and Tin Plate company, a subsidiary
of the United States Steel corporation
are non-union. The combined plants
in which strike order will be
effective total 1872 mills in the tin
trade and 81 mills in the sheet steel
trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-16
STALLS ANNUAL PICNIC
The Thirtieth to Be Held Week
From Tomorrow.

The thirtieth annual picnic of the
Shawnee and Usage county and Sun
day School union. will be held at
.Stahls Grove. 20 miles southwest of
Topeka, on Thursday, June gath. 1t
promises to be a big affair as the fol-
lowing Sunday schools have already
planned to help make the day sue
cessful one: Auburn M. E.. Auburn
Presbyterian, Auburn Baptist, Waka-
rusa Valley school, Sharon school,
Prairie Center school, Independence
school, Fountain Ridge school, and
the Bethel Sabbath school. others
will be invited to join the jolly crowd
picnic has a charter, being in
corporated with a board of twenty
directors, and has been an annual
event since the idea was first
originated in 1880 without a single
break
K. Codding, of Topeka, and Rev. J. M.
Dunlavy, of Kansas City and there
will be something interesting going on
every minute of the day. In the fore
noon each school will be in charge of
its own superintendent; during the af-
ternoon programme of speeches,
readings, recitations, songs. and drills,
girls-there is something to interest
everyone, and in the evening a play
will be given composed entirely of
local talent.
Among the attractions that will
please the children Is the fact that
the giant elm that guards the aud
itorium Is supposed to contain a
family of squirrels, a colony of coons,
and a swarm of bees. Then every
boy and girl under IL years Of age
will receive a ticket good for one
plate of ice cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-16
OCEAN GIVES up MAIL.
Six Bags Recovered From Vessel
Which Sank in November.

New York, June 16.-After six months
of hard work under eight fathonns of
water in the ocean off Sandy Hook.
divers brought up six bags of; first
class mail from the Panama steamship
Finance, which was sunk there in col
hsion with the White Star liner George
on November 81. 1908
When the Finance went down three
miles off Sandy Hook causing the loss
OF three passengers and one member
OF the crew, her position was such it
was not believed anything aboard could
be saved The government, however,
made contract for the recovery of the
mails and since then the contractor has
been working day and night.
|. The second class mails were recover
ed several weeks ago and at that time
1t was said that the first class mails
were SO entangled with the wreckage
that they could not be brought up. But
the divers continued at work and the
recovery of the six bags indicates that
all of the first class mail. incIudine
the registered packages, will be saved.
The wreck of the Finance has caused
the light house department to main
tain a light over the spot as it is with
in a few yards of the channel used
by transatlantic liners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-16
CLARA RIsDoN KNEW.
Mrs. George Miller Says Her Husband
Didn't Deceive the Girl.

Mrs. George Miller. the wife of Geo.
Miller. for whose unrequited love Miss
Clara Risdon tried to end her life Mon
day night, has made the following
statement concerning the affair:
Clara Risdon Is wrong in some of
her statements My husband and
have lived together for number of
years and he has always claimed me
as his legitimate wife. He told the
Risdon girl repeatedly that I was his
wife but she insisted that she would
have him anyway. He has never been
false to her and has never shown her
any affection. She did not leave her
suit case at our house the night she
thought she was to have met my hus-
band when it is reported they were
going to Kansas City to be married.
She left the suit case at her own room.
Il is all a mistake and no one has
proved false. Clara Risdon is not the
name of the girl anyway. She has been
married before and I don't know what
her name is now"
| Meanwhile Clara Risdon is safely in
the hands of her brother who lives near
Auburn and all is happy and we'll
She had repented her rash deed and
says she does not love Miller after all
Such is life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-16
DELAYED AUTOPSY.
Wounds on Head of Woman Indicate
Probability of Murder.

New York. June 16.-After having
been buried since June the body of
Mrs. Augusta Roberts. late of Column
bia Conn. was disinterred from It's
grave in the North Tarrytown ceme-
terry Yesterday and an autopsy per-
formed The examination disclosed two
wounds evidently dealt by a weapon
on the back of the head.
The husband of the woman VINO is
confined in a Brooklyn Jail on charges
OF intoxication, refused to discuss the
reports that he had quarreled with his
wife Just prior to her sudden death.
He hanged himself in his cell last Sun
day morning, but was discovered and
cut down.
Examination of Mrs. Roberts body
was by a court order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VOID
A. A. Graham, Topeka Lawyer Calls
Attention to Conflict in the law

To the Editor of the State Journal
The full meaning and scope of the
prohibitory legislation enacted at the
last session of the Kansas legislature
may be condensed into a single SEN
tence:
ANY person or persons who shall,
directly or indirectly, manufacture or
aid, assist or abet, in the manufacture
of, sell or barter any spirituous, malt,
vinous, fermented or other Intoxicating
liquors shall be deemed guilty" etc.
Penalty).
The prohibitory amendment to the
constitution of the state of Kansas
reads:
eating liquors shall be forever prohib-
tied in this state. except for medical
scientific and mechanical purposes -
With these two provisions standing
side by side, viewed in the light of the
legal principle that all legislation must
be in conformity with the constitution
all room for opinion seems to be elini-
mated, and only one determination pos
Sible.
The constitution permits the manu-
facture ana sale of intoxicating liquors
for medical, scientific and mechanical
purposes, while the legislative enact
Incnt prohibits their manufacture and
sale without limitation. so that it must
stand as absolute for ali purposes. In
this. the legislature has attempted to
prohibit what the constitution permits
SO that the unconstitutionality of the
act seems too plain for argument
proposition plain that argument
would only mystify.
| The provision itself failing. the RENE
dial portion of the act necessarily falls
also, as the occasion for its application
has disappeared.
A. A. GRAHAM,
! Attorney at Law.
| Topeka, Kan. June 16, 1909.