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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08

Delaware and North Dakota Each vessel Is $40
feet In length and S5 feet beam, and they go
their predecessors better In the matter OF
shooting irons" for each has Ave turrets In
stead of four and carries a total of ten instead
of eight of the 12inch guns. Moreover, the Della
ware and the North Dakota have EACH powerful
secondary battery made up OF fourteen OF the ef-
fective 5-inch guns. Next year Will see another
brace of "Dreadnaughts," the Utah and Florida
take their places among the ships of the line.
They are almost identical in size with the Della
and North Dakota. After them will come
the Arkansas and Wyoming-each 554 feet In
length and 90 feet beam and carrying full dozen
OF the 12-inch guns, but 1t will be several years
ere these record breakers ready to report for
duty.
Next to the Importance of providing fighting
ships for Uncle Sans navy is the task OF prepar-
ing the ships and the men who handle them for
the work they intended for-fghtng the bat
ties of the country, should the dread specter at
any time descend upon us. The thrilling expert
board big ships playing at in
terestngly described In the following account
written by one who witnessed the recent naval
evolutions.
The plain red pennant for Commence firing"
was hanging like stain from all yards. LOAD"
from the ordnance officer The stains glide down,
to the shrill peals of the standby bells Never
stood men braced and rigid as those spoilers,
staring through the soft rubber eyepieces OF their
binoculars, as the ordnance officer gravely syl-
labed the final range and detection. as he got
them from the substation prophet, who had been
advised by the performance OF the ranging shots:
"The range is 10000; DETECTION AZ"
II is the last suspense. Slowly, far below. the
moving turrets begin to upward their guns
like intelligent creatures. The big fo'castle deck
is empty slim, fiat. cigar-shaped finger lazly
dealing forward slippery ruffs Of whiteness Foam
oozes up complacent around the anchor chains,
and your eyes rest unwittngly a fourmasted
oh wit I'D fpn.
nel astern the waiting targets. Every ivn
sinew scattered on our fafaway decks is trans
fxed-on the bridge screen the shippers arms.
bright with their four gold stripes, the midshp-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08

badly soiled when he squats In the cir
Gle with Komalty, Kiowa Bin. Little
Wolf. Prairie Chief. Little Calf and
the other wise men.
The long pipe and many grunts are
the most apparent features OF this
council, which sometimes lasts as long
as the night session of a state con-
vention.
The ghost dance, however. enliv-
ened things. When time came for
the dancers to take their places, II
became evident what had been going
on in the tepees. The participants
appeared in full glory of feathers. war
paint, blankets. buckskin garments.
beads and gaudy trinkets. These In
dians justified any colored picture OF
painted red man that has ever been
printed.
All dancers, squaws and braves to-
gether. Join hands and form a circle
around a group Of few Of the oldest
and wlsest OF the chiefs The latter
sing or chant n tribal song. Their
voices are pitched In a shrill, high
key. which might be compared to the
treble" of the early-day white folks
class meeting, and the song usually
ends with war whoop. which is q
bit disquieting to timid spectators. Oc.
casionally the dancers join in the
chant and also In the whoop, espe.
cially when the dance Is given by the
light OF a campfire and there is bet.
ter opportunity of impressing white
folks.
The dance is given In five-minute
rounds. between which the Indians
walk about and converse with each
other much as at fashionable ball.
Conversation with white visitors is
limited to the younger Indians. those
Who have attended school. The older
ones, when addressed. answer mo
savee," but II the person speaking has
something of interest to the Indian to
impart and will continue talking, he
usually finds that the brave under.
stands all that he cares to-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
CRICAGO BOY IS LOCKED IN
A CHICKEN COOP TO SLEEP
MOTHER ADOPTS THIS PLAN OF
KEEPING CHILD SAFELY
WHILE SHE'S AWAY.

Chicago. Robbie Effert, five years
cid, was dragged forth. tired, cold and
sleepy. by two policemen from chick
en- coop filled with chickens In the
rear of 46l0 Warwick avenue, this
city, where. It was said. he had been
locked In by his mother TO sleep
while she went out to spend the even
ing with friends. The little fellow
was sound asleep. when discovered by
the officers, upon piece OF burlap
and an old skirt. which the neighbors
had thrown over the fence TO keep
him warm. what are you doing
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08

uct and she bazed path in battleship de-
sign. Prior to the advent OF this new-pattern
peacemaker the average battleship whatever her
nationality had been armed with 12-inch or 49,
inch breech-loading rifles and with variety OF
less powerful hitters including S-inch. 5-inch and
3-inch guns, and on down through the whole
catalogue of naval weapons to the one-pounders.
The British naval architects and shipbuilders
when they produced the original "Dreadnaught."
pointed the way to a new policy. In arming the
style vessel they cut down the number Of
guns of lesser mportance-partic the weap-
OF intermediate size, such the S-lnch and
the 5-inch, and placed almost all the responsi-
bllity for offense and defense guns Of the
largest size.
The whole naval world was immensely i'm
pressed with the naval novelty which John Bull
produced and all the leading nations, including
the United States. straightway set about follow
ing his example by constructing such ships Of
their own Thus II came about that the name
"Dreadnaught" which originally applied to only
one ship came to stand for the whole family OF
"allbg-gun" ships no matter under what flag
such vessel might be in service. The United
A.. States now has four battleships of the DREAD
naught" class in service; two more will probably
be ready TO Join the big fleet within year;
another pair are under construction, and yet 9TH
ers will be contracted for this winter II is cost
ing pretty penny, too to assemble such an ar
ray OF heavyweight fighters, for each OF these
argest-size vessels costs complete upward OF $l2,-
600 900. Likewise does II make big tug at
Uncle Sans pursestrngs to keep these huge
armorclads In active service. for each OF them
requires the services Of nearly one thousand OFF,
GERS and men-haf as many again as were re-
quired for the largest Of the old-stye batteships
The first American "Dreadnaughts" the bat
tleships South Carolina and Michigan, yet
new that few of the people even In our large sea
coast cities have had peep at them They are
sister ships-that is, exact duplicates of one an
other-and are 450 feet In length and 80 feet
H.
eight of the big 12inch guns arranged in pairs in
turrets This is Just double the number of the
big barkers to be found on any of the battleshps
that were the accepted thing up to few years
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
HUNGRY BIRDS ATTACK BAKER
Driver Kills Score of Them Defend
ing Himself and His Load of
Bread.

Chester. Pa.-When Thomas VII.
son, driver of a Philadelphia bakery
wagon, stopped to water his horses.
en- route to this city. he was attacked
by flock OF hundreds of blackbirds,
which flew upon him, pecking at his
hair and eyes and making a general
onslaught on his cargo of bread.
Wilson used the butt OF his
whip to fight off the birds. killing and
crippling score Of them. A dozen or
more OF the blackblrds were taken
from the wagon after It reached Ches-
ter. Wilson thinks the birds were
prompted by hunger.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
LEOPARD WAS ONLY A WOLF
Missouri Girls Description Of Scrub
Animal Causes Nelghborhood
Army to XIII II.

Kansas City, Mo.-For a few days
Kansas City supposed that 1t was be.
ing terrorized by a feroclous leopard.
but It turned out TO be only a scrub
gray wolf, good deal more fright.
ened than frlghtful.
Its Identification and extinction were
brought about by 20 men armed with
a great assortment of weapons and
about thousand humans bearing no
arms but making much noise.
1t was after several chickens and
dogs had met untimely ends that a lit
tie girl ran upon the wolf in one OF
Kansas City's famous ravines. II
snapped at her, by way of informing
her that It wished her to go away.
She went home and told her mother
that a terrible animal had attacked
her. The neigkbors were called In
and from the description of the beast
given by the little girl 1t was conclud-
ed that 1t was probably an icthyosau-
rus or maybe worse. IL was finally
identified as a leopard. A hunt was or.
ganized and everybody In the Holly
street neighborhood took part.
They made so much fuss about It
that the wolf came out of hiding N
see what the trouble was. The 1926
took after him and he ran up on the
roof of Joseph Carey's house. The 20
fired a volley and the thousand shout.
ed, and the wolf died. 1t may have
been the bullets and it may have been
the noise that was fatal
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
INDIANS COME TO
DANCE IN AUTOS
WELCOME, TWO BITS" GREET.
ING OF kioWA BILL, TRIBAL
COUNCIL HOST.
RED MEN CHARGE GATE FEE
Ghost Dance, with Frequent War
hoops. Features Of Big Three-0ay
Meeting Near Hobart, Oklahoma

Hobart, Ok.-"Welcome, Two Bits
was the greeting Kiowa Bill gave the
white visitors who gathered at his
farm 10 witness the ceremonies at
tending the council and ghost dance
of the Cheyenne and Kiowas during
their fall visit. good sprinkling of
the Indians present made the trip
from their homes In automobiles.
Kiowa Bin is a crafty business man
and he knows the value of his chief
tainship and also OF Indian ceremo-
malls. The gathering at his farm was
to last three days and provisions cost
money, ~ he proceeded to make the
show SCI sustaining. Beef was the
chief article on the menu and often
there was not time enough to cook It.
The visitors found as much attrac-
tion In the personality OF those gath
cred for the council, as In the proceed
ings themselves. The Indians still
take these councils quite seriously. or
at least appear to.
Lone Wolf. In his clerical garb, was
there. Wolf represented the Kiowas
In the opposition to the opening OF
the Kiowa-Comanche country In 1901
so perslstently that he lost standing
with the authorities. II was con-
cluded that he was more OF a spokes-
man for wealthy cattlemen than for
HIS tribesmen and the government
has since ignored him. dealing with
his tribe through others. He is Bap-
tist clergyman and always appears in
civilian dress which hecomaa nrattv
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
~ S0OzN ClaRoE rNa

TAFT recently de-
clared that this nation ought to
build two battleships of the
"Dreadnaught" class every year
until the Panama canal is com
pleted and open for traffic.
After that water way is com
pleted and the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of the United
States are in effect brought
nearer together in a naval
sense-that is. it is made pos
sible for our warships to get
from one coast to the other
more quickly in the event OF
trouble-it might, in the presi-
dents judgment. be advisable
To slow dawn in the matter of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
Find Boy In a Coop.

here?" asked the policeman. Mamma
told me to sleep VIII the little chick.
ems" replied the little chap. rubbing
his eyes sleepily and shivering with
the cold. He still clung to the precious
skirt and the old piece OF burlap was
found to be still warm from contact
with the little sleepor's body He was
taken TO the Thirty.sixth precinct po-
lice station and turned over to the
juvenile officer. Neighbors called up
the police station and informed the
sergeant that the boy was locked In
the chicken coop. and officers were
sent to investigate. The boys father
is waiter and works nights In a
downtown hotel When arraigned the
woman confessed that she had locked
her son in n chicken coop In the back
yard while she spent IL hours from
home. She told the court II had been
her practise to lock the child In the
chicken coop because she thought he
would be safer there during her alb
sence. She was fined S25.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
orasshoL .,srs Ate His Coat.

Washington, Pa.-Recently Oscar
West of Venetia attended a Sunday
school picnic. He dofred his coat.
rolling 1t into bundle and placing
Il in grassy place When he was
ready to start home and went to get
his coat he found It literally eaten up
by the hoppers
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08
Marrles His Niece.

st. Louis. Charles NJ. Vancil, sixty
eight years old, will continue TO be
Uncle Charlie" to the woman who is
now his wife and who was Mrs. Ida
Corzine, niece of Vancl's first wife.
She has always called him Uncle
.harlie" and the marriage will make
10 change in the title OF the husband.
This is the fourth marriage for Van
ca and he has ten children living
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08

ago. Neither battle
ship has any other
weapons except the
three-inch and three
FOUNDER guns that are
provided to repel tor
pedo attacks.
It was only a few
months ago that the
second pair OF DREAD
naughts." twins, made
their appearance In
navy. There are the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-12-08


battleshp building. Perhaps after the canal dig
gers have cut the continent in two 1t will suffice
to build one battleship year, but for the time
being two year-and Dreadnaughts at that
are needed. In the opinion Of the administration.
Now "Dreadnaughts" a comparative novelty
in the United States navy and for all that there
are several OF these vessels flying the Stars and
Stripes, and more building. there is consider
able share of the public that has never grasped
the significance OF these newstyle sea warriors.
To put the matter in a nutshell, It may be ex-
planned that "dreadnaught" differs from the
ordinary battleship principally by being larger
and heavier and carrying increased number
Of guns Of big caliber. The term "Dreadnaught,"
1t Will be understood. has come to stand for a
whole class or family of battleships rather than
for any individual vessel
All the same, this new nickname for the lat
est fashion in floating fortresses did originate
with one particular vessel--the first of her type
The pioneer "Dreadnaught' was a British prod
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Selected for Our Use From Hundred
Stories and illustrated by Will Jones
Use For Holiday Cards.

A good way to utilize the many
Christmas tags and cards and the nl,-
merous odds and ends of holly ribbon
from the different packages is to M
from them bookmarks for the Chris.
mas books.
In the smallest cards make a mar oyv
slit at the top, through which draw a
six or eight inch length Of narrow d.
bon, knotting it firmly with shols V
shipped end so it will hold. Tie three
cards mounted in this way together at
the farther end Of the ribbon In an
ornamental knot and you will have q
dainty, useful and most appropriate
place marker for your holiday books.
The larger cards should be slit at
both bottom and top and should have
a wider ribbon drawn through them
both. so that the card with sentiment
and ornament forms the center and
the card when the bookmark is In use
lies In the book and the ribbon pro-
truding from 1t above and below
marks the page.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
MAKING FARM HANDS TIDY.
How One Woman Accomplished II
Through a System Of Fines.

At meeting of woman's institute
for the benefit of farmers wives a
paper was read on the artistic decora-
ton Of the home, and especial stress
was laid upon the wife's having a
dainty table. 1t was written by a
woman whose home was luxurious
and whose taste was exquisite.
But" asked one woman, chow can
l have a dainty table? l have ten in
the family-,four children, four hired
men most of the time and my husband
and myself The hired men are gen.
orally foreigners, hopelessly untidy.
1t Is all l can do to get them to wash
their hands and faces and comb their
hair before they come to the table.
cannot set separate table and get
through with my other work. How
can l manage to have a dainty table?
The men soil the tGblecloth and wipe
their mouths on their sleeves, and Pm
well, I'm just discouraged. / tried
furnishing them napkins, but l would
have to give them fresh ones at each
meal in order to keep decently clean.
That meant more washing than l can
do, so it was out Of the question"
And the speakers eyes filed with
tears for this was one of her I'M
solvable problems.
"Well sister, I'll tell you how
manage" smilingly answered bright
faced woman. "In the first place,
put washstand covered with white
oilcloth, with pitcher and bowl and
tin slop jar, out in the back entry. |
hung up mirror, brushes, combs and
nail cleaner q bought them at the ten
cent counter; also long roller towel,
a shoe brush, small broom and a
big piece of soap. Then l said to the
men: This is your dressing room.
You must make yourselves tidy be-
fore coming to the table. In the house
l make the rules, and If you do not
comply with them l shall fine you 5
cents for each transgression and de-
duct it from your wages "-Delinea-
tor For April.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't Mistake the Cause of Your
trouble. A MorrisviIIe Citizen
Shows How to Cure Them

Many people never suspect their kid
neys. If suffering from lame, weak or
aching back they think that it is only a
muscular weakness; when urinary trou-
BILE sets in they think it will soon cor
rect itself And so it is with all the other
symptoms of kidney disorders. That is
just where the danger lies. You must
cure these troubles or they may lead to
diabetes or Bright's diease. The best
remedy to use is Doan's Kidney Pills. 1t
cures all ills which are caused by weak
or diseased kidneys. Morrisville people
testify to permanent cures.
John M. Miles, Main St., Morrisville,
w., says: During the past two or three
ears | suffered from attacks of back
ache. During these spells he kidney Sc
cretions were irregular In passage and un
natural, and as | was unable to get my
required rest at night | was languid and
worn out in the morning. After trying
many remedies without satisfactory re-
lief, began using Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured from A. L. Cheney's Drug Store.
l had only taken the contents of two
boxes before the pains became greatly
lessened and l felt better in every way"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., New York, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-anG take
no other
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Order of Publication,
PERLY J. HOEGKINS J
VS..
BERTHA A. b ODGKINS J

>WHEREAs-Perley ]. Hodgkins of Johnson
in the county of Lamoille in the State of
Vermont has this day filed in the Office of
the Clerk of the county court for said
county, his libel for a divoice against Bertha
A. Hodgkins, setting forth in substance that
he was on the 18th day of October 1897 law
fully married to the said Bertha A. II odg-
kins, and that he and said libellee lived to-
gether as husband and wife in the county of
Lamoille until on or about August 8, 1906;
that the ibellant has resided in the county
of Lamoille for the past year; and has
faithfully performed all the marriage obliga-
tlons incumbent upon him; that on or about
the Bird day of August, 1906, the said libellee
wilfully deserted the 1ibellaut and has con-
tinued such desertion hitherto for the space
OF three consecutive years and praying that
the bonds of matrim ony between him and
the said ibellee be dissolved, and that he
be granted a bill of divorce. Audit appear
ing that the said libe1lee is without the State
and that no summons can be served on her.
1T is ORDERED that the 1ibellant notify
the hbellee of the pendency of said petition
and summon her to appear at the term of
the county court, to be held at Hyde Park,
within and for the county of Lamoil1e,
the first Tuesday in June, 1910, on the first
day thereof, and answer to the same, by
causing the subs stance of said petition and
this order to be published three weeks Sue
eessively in the NEWS AND CITIZEN, a news
paper printed at Hyde Park in said county.
the last publication to be at least six weeks
previous to the commencement of said term,
Dated at Hyde Park, in said county, this
4th day of Adril, 1910
EDWIN c. WHITE, Dept. CO. Clerk.
F. G. FLEETWOOD, Atty. for Libellant.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Farmers! Mix Your Own Fertilizers

Doyouknow that home-mixing offertil.
izers has proved to be the most economi.
cal and satisfactory method of procuring
fertilizers? 1t is now generally conceded
by up-to-date agriculturalists that bet.
ter results are obtained by buying the
crude materials and mixing fertilizers
especially adapted to the different crops
you raise and the varying conditions ot
the soil found on the farm.
Hyou will send us your name on a pos
tai with request therefor, we will send
you free, postpaid, number of formulas
which were made up for us by the Direc-
tor of the Vermont Experiment Station
and which have been used by many YER
mont farmers with excellent success. We
wiz also give full directions for mixing
fertilizers adapted to allcrops commonly
raised on Vermont farms. When writ
ing please mention this paper. Address
Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park. VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
AQUATIC PLANT CULTURE.
How an Amateur Can Construct Lily
Pond In a Home Garden.


Pond In a Home Garden.
Aquatic plants for the home garden
are not grown as much as they should
be. Amateurs who hesitate for fear
Of failure are wrong, for water lilies
require far less care than tender bed
ding plants and are less expensive.
Any swampy or DOGGY ground can
easily be converted into an aquatic
garden. Flowering shrubs, trees and
ferns will grow luxuriantly near a
pond. When you decide on the loca-
ton Of your pond, which should be at
the lowest point Of the. garden, dig
out the soil from eighteen inches to
three feet deep, depending on the Sc
verify Of the winters in your locality.
The lilies must be planted deep enough
to prevent their freezing.
An inexpensive way to make your
pond hold water is to line it with COM
mon clay. Cover the bottom and sides
Of the pond with this clay three or
four inches thick and beat firmly until
solid and even.
The best method is to plant your
water lilies in boxes or tubs. Use rich
soil, as coarse as possible. Rough
pieces Of sod and Jumps of earth
should be mixed in. Boxes holding
five or six cubic feet will accommodate
strong growing plants, and others hold
ing half that much will be large enough
for the weaker growing plants.
If the pond is large, the soil may be
placed on the bottom and the plants
set out in it, but in smaller ponds I'M
der this method the roots of the strong
err plants will quickly cover the bot
tom, crowding out the weaker.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Make Washable Ruching.

Washable ruching may be made at
home by taking two widths of footing,
of the sort used formerly for edging
handkerchiefs and basting the oppo-
site edges together. Leave a quarter
in difference at the top and gather
into tiny plaits on a narrow band.
This may be done by hand or more
easily by a machine ruffier. After
washing, starch slightly, iron and
pinch up into little plaits. 1t will be
much prettier, however, If one owns
and uses a regular fluting machine.
This is not Unfortunately expensive and
comes into constant use for lace edges.
ruffies down the front Of shirt waists.
etc, and It certainly gives one trim
mer, more tailor made appearance.