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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
A l~onu-pauter,

Mary. aged IL. a found one day
by an older sister sobbing and crying.
what Is the matter?" she asked,
with great concern.
Three boys have asked me to go
to the dance tonight" was the unex'
pected reply.
We'll, my dear child, certainly that
is not such n terrible misfortune"
yes; but ] told the first one
would go with him, and the last one
was a long panter"-Harper's.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Snake Story.

Before he went fishin'," said the
town story teller, he swallowed
bout a pint an a half OF snakebite
remedy. an OF course o. know what
that is. Well, after the snake bit him
the reptile cut all sorts o. capers, kaze
the remedy went straight to Its head
Last thing It tried to do nj to swal
Ter its tail. an 1t got itself in the form
OF a hoop an I'm a liar ef the chill
dren didn't roll 1t around all day."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

tired all the time and very nervous. I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and
after taking a few boxes was cured
and have been well ever since"
Remember the name--Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Two of a Kind,

Mrs. Boggs-I hate to have a man
always complaining about some little
thing. Now. my husband is continual
ly harping on the lace curtains.
Mrs. Woggs--Yes. and my husband
has keen kicking on u front door
every morning at three o'clock for the
last 20 years.-Puck.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Pay for stock DESTROYED.

The legislature OF New York has
been asked to levy an appropriation
for the commissioner Of agriculture Of
$4,000 to pay one-third Of the full APP
praised value of live stock destroyed
on account Of foot and mouth disease
and for the expense OF suppresst,y
and Graduating that disease.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Rough on Rats. unbeatable exterminator
Rough on Hen Lice. Nest Powder. 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs. Powder or Liq'd. 25c.
Rough On Fleas. Powder or Liquid. 24c.
Rough on Reaches. Pow'd. 15c. ,Liq'd,2 5c
Rough on Moth and Ants. Powder. 25c.
Rough on Shelters. agreeable to use. 25c.
e. s. Wells. Chemist. Jersey City. N. J.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

OF the ] a d d Q r
reached its climax
last spring and / suf-
Tered terribly. My
back ached a d
panied SO / could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty. fire.
quent of passage
and painful. / was
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Rough on Rats fools the rats and mice,
but never fools the buyer. The secret is,
you mot the maker) do the mixing. Take
a hint, 10 your own mixing; pay for poi
son only, then you get results. It's the un-
beatable extcrminator. Don't die in the
house. l5c, 25c, Zoe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Whv He BOUGHT n.

Conductor - Say! aren't you old
enough to know that you can't ride
on a child's ticket?
Silas Filkins - Sure ] be. But only
yistiddy Samanthy sed ! wuz gittin' Z
be childish-like. an so ] thought
mebbe I'd let me ride half-fare.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
MAJOR OR MINOR.

Mr.. Lunnon-I suppose | may ad'
dress you as major. sir! Every mar
in these southern states seems to be
q colonel or a major.
Texas Bill--l'm no major: I'm a
miner.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Found!

Knicker-What is your definition OF
a gentleman?
Bocker-He was evidently my wife's
first husband.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Fools in glad rags are often permit
ted to rush In where unlaundered
hobos would be knocked down and
dragged out.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

In the prisons Of Bengal. India, tn
berculosis kills about two prisoners II
every 100.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Some people would drown with a life
preserver at hand. They are the kind
that suffer from Rheumatism and Neural
Oh, the best Of all pain remedies.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsICHrLY.
Keep them white with Red Cross Bali Blue.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

An office seekers love for his coun'
try is a good deal like that Of a titled
foreigner for an American heiress.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Anything a woman won't talk about
isn't worth mentioning.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Dr. prerce's Pellets small, susAr-ccated, easy d
take as candy, regulate and invigorats stomach
liver and bowels and cure constipation
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

When the end Of your work Is GU
OF sight, look aloft.--De Lesseps.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf. 3ss W. Morgan
st., Upton, Mo-, says: inflammation
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

Some family skeletons r padded
beyond recos, ition.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

After ConvaIescence.
Geraldine-You haven't been I o see
me. since you asked father tor my
hand.
Gerald-No; this Is the FIRST time
I've been able to get about.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

ARE YOU LOSING FLESH
through . racking cough that you cannot seem .
cheeky A bottle OF Aliens Lung Balsam Will cur
shs trouble and help ron back 10 health
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Anti-Ciimax.

Anttciimax.
"How's yer wheat?"
First rate
pigs dom well?"
Fine
THAT puny colt come round all
right?"
HE sure did"
"Glad to hear things Is SO likely.
Bill. How's your wife ?"-Washington
Herald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
important TO other

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that 1t
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02
Hardly.

Hardly.
Would you." he asked. care "a
live to be 100 years old?"
"Not n anybody knew H." she re
piled.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-02

signature asaas ,ss Of IMNzM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
oats an a Poultry Food.


Oats make an excellent food for the
poultry, providing they are of the right
kind. The long, slim oat, with plenty
of husk or hull is poor feed for any
thing, but the plump, meaty oat Is
good feed for all stock, including poul
try.
Hulled oats for young chickens after
they are three or four weeks old will
help them to make bone and muscle
faster than any other one feed, and
this is the most desirable element al
this period of growth.
/ For grown or feeding fowls we have
at most seasons of the year fed one
feed of oats daily with most satisfac
tory results. We have fed some oats
after boiling them for fall and winter
feeding, but they were of poor quality
and the boiling was to soften the hulls
rather than because the boiling added
any other value to the oats feed itself
Boiling is not necessary with good
oats except by way of variety in feed
ing. The best way is to feed them in
the litter, scattered well and deeply sc
the fowls will have to do considerable
scratching Epitomist.
in the country.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Chinese Girls Sold Into Slavery.

At Chaotong, city of some 10000
souls, l was told that one of the briskest
directions of local trade was the selling
of female children into slavery, and at
the time l passed through prices were
fairly high, girl who could boast good
taels--this was the highest flgure reached
while small children could be had for
anything up to 20.
This wholesale disposal of young girls,
although the traffic in some quarters was
emphaticalIy denied to exist, is one of
the chief sorrows of the district And
dren are annually disposed of for few
taels by heartless parents who watch
them being carried away as so much
merchandise to be converted into silver.
Shanghai Mercury.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07

or died, when I read about Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so I
began to take it, and am well again and
relieved of all my suffering. - Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40, Marion, NJ.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousandsof voluntary testimonialsare
on file i'm the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, I'LL
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her.
self to give Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial
LII you would like special advice
about your case write q cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Telling the Age of a Fish.

The age of fish can be determined
with accuracy oy inspection of the oto-
liths or bony concretions which are
found in the auditory apparatus. These
otoliths increase in size during the entire
life of the fish, each year adding two
lavers a light colored layer formed in
summer and dark layer formed in au-
tumn and winter. The alternate layers
are sharply contrasted and very distinct,
SO that there is no difficulty in counting
them The number of pairs of layers is
equal to the number of years the fish has
lived. BY this mothod Wallace has
made an interesting study of the dlstrl-
button of fishes of the plaice species over
various sea bottoms, according TO age:
In this way the rapidity of growth of
fishes and the effect of fisheries on the
population of the sea can be determined.
Scientific American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
FISH FROM THE CLOUDS.
Picked Up on an English Hillside-In-
stances from India.


On Friday last a number of towns
people taking a walk on the slopes of
Knockscalbert hill were surprised to see
on the grass near i5ummerhill a large
number of very small fishes, varying i'll
length from u to inches. The fish ap-
peared to be the young of the herring,
and their presence on the hill in consid-
cradle numbers created much specula-
ton.
In August, 1904 q shower of herring
fry was experienced at the head of Long
row, but there was no doubt as to
whence the miniature fish had come, for
they fell from above on the hats and
clothing of several men, and at the time
small black cloud of remarkable dens-
ity was directly overhead.
The phenomenon of fish falling from
the clouds is, says our contemporary, of
more common occurrence than is gen.
orally supposed. 1t is undoubtedly due
to some small fry of fishes having been
lifted from the water and carried over
dry land by what is popularity known
as waterspout.
Many cases are reported from abroad,
and they are common in India. Last
year Caithness reported a shower of
small fishes which were identified as
herring fry, and there was also a SINH
lar occurrence in ROssshire.
Frogs, insects and other living crea-
lures have also been known to be thus
transported through the air.-Campbell-
town Courier
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
WHEN CAT AND EAGLES MET.
Story Explaining Tabby's Home Coming
and Death of Two Big Birds.

Some days ago two large eagles de-
scended upon the town of Milo and car
ried off Biff, the big Persian cat belong
ing to Mrs. l.. III. Ryder at the Silver
Lake hotel No one ever expected to see
her again, but Monday morning she re-
appeared outside of Mrs. Ryder's win
dow apparently but little the worse for
her experience.
Some of the long fur about her throat
was missing and there were several
scratches on her back, but she was pur-
ring contentedly and has taken her Gus
tomary allowance of milk and sardines
since without the slightest difficulty.
The final act in the drama was I'M
folded when Dave Hutchinson arrived
here from his Bee Pond camps with the
bodies of two eagles which he found
in the Ten Mile Shanty road about five
miles from here. The head of one of
them had been shaved terribly and the
throat of the other had been torn open.
That they both met their death at the
hand of the cat there can be no doubt.
But how she managed to despatch them
without herself sustaining serious injury
is complete mystery which even Bill
Mcbride, the Houston Mountain bee
fancier doesn't attempt to unravel.-Ken-
nebec Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Maine Pearls.

Two Hampden men who have been up
in Greenfield on a pearl fishing expedi-
ton were in Bangor recently with their
spoils, which, according to the state
ment of local jeweler. are worth sew
eral hundred dollars. Pearl fishing is
most lucrative industry and fortunes
are made in it every year, but the state
ment above will surprise a good many
people who never supposed pearls We're
ever found in Maine. The pearls found
are fresh water pearls, to be sure, but
they are pearls nevertheless, and to the
inexperienced are quite indistinguishable
from the oyster pearl These men, in
the short time that they were at Green
field gathered about two hundred pearls,
but only ore or two of them are of any
commercial value. The largest one was
shown to local ieweler Tuesday morn
ing, and he stated that it was worth
several hundred dollars. There being
no market in Bangor for pearls of such
value. he advised sending it to Tiffany,
in New York .-Kennebec Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Deep-Sea Rivers.

The bottom currents of seas and
oceans, such as those which possibly
bring amber to our shores. are strangely
disposed. The Seigneur of Sark some
fifty years ago was shipwrecked in his
yacht near the island of Guernsey. He
lost, among other things, well fastened
strongly made chest containing silver
plate. 1t was found a year later in
deep water off the coast of Norway and
restored TO him.
In the really deep sea. over 1000 faith
oms down, there are well marked broad
currents which may be described as riv
ers of very cold water (only four de-
grees or so above freezing point. They
flow along the deep sea bottom and are
sharply marked off from the warmer
waters above and to the side. Their
inhabitants are different from those of
the warmer water. They are due to the
melting of the polar ice, the cold water
so formed sinking at once owing to its
greater density below the warmer water
of the surface currents. These deep
currents originate i'll both the Arctic and
Antarctic regions.-Sir Ray Lancaster
in London Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
COVERED WITH HIVES.

Child a Mass of Dreadful Sore, Itch
ing, Irritating HumOr for Two
MOnths-Ltttle Sufferer I'm Terri
BILE PliGht-Cured by Cutfcura.
MY six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with children who had it. By
scratching she caused large sores
which were irritating. Her body was
a complete sore, but it was worse on
her arms and back We employed a
physician who left medicine, but it did
not help her and l tried several RENE
dies, but without avail. Seeing the
Cuticura Remedies advertised,
thought / would try them. / gave her
a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment The first treatment relieved
the itching and in short time the dis
ease disappeared. Mrs. G. L. Fridhof.
Warren, Mich, June so and July Is. 'OS.p
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
A Dainty Toilet Article.

Every lady who desires to keep up her
attractive appearance, while at the The
alter, attending Receptions, when shop
ping, while travelling and on all occa-
sions should carry in her purse a booklet
of Gouraud's Oriental Beauty Leaves.
This is a dainty little booklet of exquis-
itely perfumed powdered leaves which
are easily removed and applied to the
skin. 1t is invaluable when the face be-
comes moist and flushed and is far SUI
perior to- a powder puff as it does not
spill and soil the clothes.
1t removes dirt, SCOT and grease from
the face, imparting cool delicate bloom
to the complexion. Sent anywhere en-
receipt of Five Cents in stamps or coin.
+. L. Hopkins, 81 Great Jones st.
New York
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Moles Destroy Crop Enemies.

A distinguished naturalist carefully
examined the stomachs of fifteen
moles caught in different localities,
but failed to discover therein the
slightest vestige of plants or roots
On the contrary, they were filled with
the remains of earth worms. Not sat
isfied by this fact, he shut off several
moles in a box containing sods of
earth, on which fresh grass was grow
ing, and a small cage of grubs and
earth worms. In nine days two moles
devoured $40 white worms, 1913 earth
worms, 25 caterpillars and a mouse
(skin and bones) which had been alive
in the box. He next gave them moth
ing but vegetables. In twenty-four
hours two moles died from starvation
Another naturalist calculates that two
moles destroyed 10000 white worms or
grubs in a single year. If this is cor
rect, it is a strong argument in favor
of multiplying rather than destroying
the moles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
ALASKA NEEDS RAILWAYS.
Territory Has 100000 Square Mile:
Untouched by Explorer.

Alaska, with more than 100000 square
miles of territory, has virtually 100000
square miles untouched by the explorer,
SAYS the Chicago Tribune. Yet in 1908 it
produced almost $20,OO0OO0 worth of
minerals, $19,O00,O00 of which was gold
Lack of transportation in the territory
is the greatest factor keeping back its de-
veIopment. In these 100000 square
miles there are only 452 miles of wagon
road. 397 miles of sled road, and 255
miles of improved trails. 1t has only 300
miles of railroad, IA considerable portion
of which is out of repair and idle.. and
only fifty miles of new road was built in
1908.
The cost of transportation has made
it impossible to work any but the rich
est of mineral deposits in many sections
of the country. Supplies must be fur
nished the mining communities, and ex-
cept in those remote camps where the
gold deposits are extremely rich, diff
culties of transportation make supplies
prohibitive Alaska is ripe for new
era in transportation facilities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Oak Mark for Government Surveyors.

The skyline north of Mountain Home,
Ark, rises in two long curves then fiat
tens out and leaves in silhouette above
the crest of what is known as Wallace
Knob a solitary tree. It is such strik-
ngly lonely tree that no visitor to the
town fails to notice it and ask how it
got there Then he hears that several
years ago the government engineers de-
cided to find out the exact fall of the
land from Denver, Colo, to Atlanta. Ga.
Wallace Knob, on account of its eleva-
tion. was chosen as one of the three
chief observation points in huge tri-
angle To mark this knob with a con-
spicuous object to sight at all the trees
on it were cut off but this one marker.
Ii is an oak. fifty or sixty feet in height
Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
picking Hops.

There are two drawbacks to hop
picking. One is so-called hop poison
ing, which is simply a sort of prickly
heat or rash, sometimes produced by
contact of face and arms with the
nettle-like fuzz on the stalks of the
hop vine 1t does not affect all pick
ers. The other is the dark staining of
the hands resulting from the resin OF
the blossom. 1t may be removed with
the crushed green leaves Of the hop.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
watch Recovered from River.

John Norris, a former chief constable
of Coventry, was the possessor of his
torical Tay Bridge watch. This was en-
graved with view of the Tay bridge
and was inscribed as follows: THE Tay
Bridge Disaster, December, 1879. This
watch lay in the River Tay for six
weeks; it stopped at the time of the ac-
cident, remained silent many days, start
ed again and worked nine hours under
water 1t was a gold keyless lever
which had been lent to Mr.. Beynan, an
artist of Cheltenham, who was drowned.
A charge of dynamite was afterward
used with a view to raising the body
from the river, and this doubtless start
ed the watch again.-London Standard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Foul Brood in Bees.

The worst enemies of the bee are
the foul brood and black brood. One
or the other of these diseases are in
some parts of the State, and black
brood have been very bad in New
York State. These diseases of bees
have been carefully studied by the de-
partment in Washington, and we have
some pretty definite information on the
matter. The treatment for both is
that of removing all the combs and
starting the bees fresh without any
contaminated honey in new hive, and
the use OF the old combs for wax.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
To Cure kicking Cows.

To cure kicking cow is often diff
ficult and tedious task. and unless
some method of restraining them
from kicking is adopted more loss
than profit may result through split
milk The person milking also runs
considerable risk of injury in some
form or other.
When the cause of kicking can be
assigned to vice or an acquired bad
habit, the following little arrangement
will be found useful, and, at the same
time, simple, harmless, effective, mex
pensive and easily applied. A strap
about one inch wide should be buckled
around each hind leg little above the
hook sufficiently tight to compress the
hamstring.
The animal cannot kick, and If flies
are troublesome and cause her to
switch her tail, the best plan is to
either strap it to her leg or secure 1t
to one of the straps with piece OF
cord Use the straps every time the
animal is MIXED, and after three
weeks or so omit, to ascertain wheth-
er cure has been effected or not
Irish Farming World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
The HENS Laying Possibilities.

TIC
The Maine Experiment Station de-
clares that two eggs day from a hen
is an actual possibility and proves it
by one of it's own hens with a trap
nest She has laid two eggs a day for
periods of five days in succession, and
frequently in periods of three or four
days. The writer also runs trap nests
on his farm, and can certify that every
year he has one or two hens that pro-
duce two eggs in one day-one is laid
early in the morning and one late in
the afternoon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-10-07
Floral Necromancy.

The Siamese are said to be peculiarly
skillful in botanical feats. Their most
wonderful achievement is known as the
"changeable rose" The bloom is white
in the shade and red in the sunlight
After nightfall, or in a dark room, this
curiosity of the rose family is pure
waxy white blossom When transferred
to the open air the transformation, takes
place Immediately, the time of the entire
change of the flower from white to red
depending on the degree of sunlight and
warmth First the petals take on a
kind of washed or faded blue, and rapid
ly change to a faint blush of pink. The
pink gradually deepens until the lily
white of an hour before is as red as the
reddest peony that ever bloomed.