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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
As You Like u.

The aged. worn. and guileless.look.
ing individual sauntered up to the
desk OF the clerk In n southern hotel.
and quavered. as he drew from his
wallet yellow bill. Friend. will you
kindly give me five silver dollars in
exchange for this memento of the
good old confederate days?"
The clerk glanced quickly at the
proffered bill smiled to himself. tossed
II into the drawer. and counted out
the five dollars When the guileless-
looking individual had gone, the clerk
examined the bill he had Just taken
in. He found that It was. or was not
a good u. s. bill. Either way you
take It. It makes a story. It has never
been decided which is the better way.
Puck.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Engineering In Hospitals.

Practically all the important IN
firmaries and hospitals in England
have their own electric generating
stations, and the size Of the installa-
tions would surprise the majority OF
engineers. The equipment has to be
designed with unusual care, owing to
the special conditions which prevail
in hospital work. Even where pub
lie supply is available. the use OF an
independent system is justified on ac-
count OF the security which 1t gives
against failure Of current at a critical
moment. The installations are used
for lighting, heating, ventilating. tele-
phoLing and other purposes, and
many hospitals have laundries op-
Grated electrically. One county asylum
has its own private electric railway
for conveying supplies from the near
est railway station.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
THE Difference IN RANK
Policeman on Foot Did ihe Work
While Mounted conpatrlot
Looked On.

On the other afternoon horse and
truck became stuck in the soft earth
thrown aside by the workmen repa-
wing the street, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. The truckman swore at the
horse and the policeman swore at the
truckman.
A mounted policeman OF the trafflc
squad rode up and sat on his we'll
groomed horse-himself well.
groomed rider--while he ieisurely
took in the situation. When the po-
liceman on foot had exhausted his vo-
cabulary and had also failed TO coax
the horse by the rein. he turned an
appealing eye TO the brother OF the
more distinguished service on the
horse.
Say F1annery," said the mounted
policeman. raising an immaculate
wbite-gloved hand to his well-trimmed
moustache and gently stroking the
hirsute adornment. you're handler to
It than me. Lay holt O. the wheel and
give II a yank."
Two minutes later the horse and
truck were on their way, the police
man on foot was ruefully regarding
the mud on his big hands. and the
brother OF the equestrian service was
trotting down the street among the
automobiles. still stroking his care
fully trimmed moustache with his i'm
maculate white. gloved digitsl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
FOX Committed Suicide.

During a run of the Gedworth
(Eng.) foxhounds recently the fox
in order to escape from the hounds
jumped down 30-foot well. and 1t is
presumed that he committed suicide.
After being told the story an Official
Of the Geological society said that no
animal ever Intentionally ends its life.
II can only recall two creatures"
he said, who are supposed to com.
init suicide, and they are the scorpion
and the wasp. l have never quite
satisfied myself as to these creatures.
They both appear to kill themselves
by their own stings, but have always
thought the death was accidental"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
THE PROPER IDEA IN READING
thors Who Have Enriched the
Worlds Literature.

II was oliver Wendell Holmes, was
1t not, who owned up to his preference
for reading in books to reading
through them? when | set out to
read through a book" the Autocrat
wrote, 81 always felt that | had a
task before me-but when read In
book 1t was the page or the paragraph
that | wanted. and which left its Inn
preston and became a part OF my
intellectual furniture" II we were
only franker, most Of us would confess
to being like Holmes in this matter OF
our reading. To be sure, we have an
old-fashioned disinclination to set
down a book in the middle OF 1t; we
feel 1t our duty to finish whatever we
have once begun at the beginning; yet
II we yield to our New England con-
science herein. we are only deferred
from beginning very many books. And
by beginning" books | mean neither
reading straight through their tedious
opening pages. nor Fastening, like a
woman, TO learn by the concluding
chapter how 1t all turns out" Open
your book in the very thick of 1t; that
is the true way of getting at Its soul
The Atlantic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
TACKlNG ON WALL PAPER
Sometimes That Method 10 Preferable
TO Paste-How II 10
Accomplished.

"You never heard OF tacking on
wall paperH Oh. dearl yes" said Mr.
Flatdweller. I'VE often do that We
don't put the paper on with tacks
originally, but we tack It on in ma.
king repairs.
You know how the paper curls
away from the wall sometimes, stiff
and hard with the paste on Il? Some
times II it's left that way pieces OF
the hard paper may be broken on.
Well, you couldn't very well paste
that paper down again, because you
couldn't make any paste strong
enough 10 take out the curl and make
the paper hold; and then with paste,
even II 1t would hold. you might not
make a nice Job OF It around the
Joints. might get on too much paste
and SO get some OF II on the outside
OF the paper. So we Just tack down
the curled up paper and tack on the
pieces that may have fallen on.
But don't the tack heads show in
the paper? No. not at all. not
aheml-as We do the tacking. That's
where the fine art OF tacking on pa,
per. as we practice It. comes in.
There's pattern on the paper and
sure to be here and there more or less
dark places In the coloring and we
simply drive the tacks in the dark
spots. where they don't show"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
AS THE DUKE or DURHAM"
American Dealer Sat In chair oncs
Occupied BY Hero Of
Waterloo

The late Mr.. Washington Duke. OF
Durham, North Carolina. at home
known as Uncle WASH" who manu-.
factured tobacco products so exten-
sively FOR quarter OF a century, used
to tell a quaint little story on himself.
"The first time / travelled abroad" he
said, 81 visited Brussels and went to
see all its sights. In one Of the pub
lice buildings found an ordinary
looking armchair carefully rallied OF
and with a chain across its front Be-
ing tired with a hard morning OF
tramping. stepped over the fence,
let down the chain and, with big
sigh OF relief, dropped into this chair,
the only one | had seen in the build
ing. A guard In lace and buttons was
on me at once.
"'No sitting in that chairl' he blus.
tered. See the card on the back?
The Duke of Wellington once occupied
that chairl
"'Well. and what OF it?' returned.
cool as a cucumber I'm Duke OF
Durham, and alive at that
This settled the matter. Down to
the floor went that fiunky, brushing
the dust from my American shoes
with his handkerchief OF real Euro
pean title. A way-up English title
catches them every time. had my
rest out in that solid old chair OF the
Waterloo hero."-The Wasp.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
School Of Brothers and Sisters.

The doting father and mother OF an
only child lavish money like water
upon It, and would not wish 10 be told
that they are only half educating the
little life that they cherish with such
devoted care. Nevertheless. the only
child can never be but half educated.
because It misses the better half OF
the precious early school-brother and
sister playmates. The teachers in that
school are the youngsters themselves.
and the lessons they teach one an.
other are not written In books, but
are none the less Indispensable. Also.
what is there learned is last forgotten
New York Press.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Cook Without Pans.

A missionary in an account OF life
in the South Pacific says: "The prob
lem OF cooking without pots or pans
is already proved. The natives Of the
South Pacific cook their food in a hole
in the ground. wood fire being made
at the bottom and covered with stones
On these the food is placed, wrapped
In leaves, and the whole covered with
earth. The result is delicious When
cooked the food is served on leaves,
thus doing away with the necessity Of
crockery. lived in the South Sea
Islands without crockery. cutlery.
chairs. tables or beds"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
How Far Can You Seer

What is the farthest limit to which
the human vision can reach? Power
In his book. "The Eye and Sight"
gives the ability TO see the star.
Alcor, situated at the tail OF the Great
Bear, as the test. Indeed. the Arabs
call II the Test star. II is most ex.
ceptionable to be able to see Jupiters
satellites with the naked eye. though
one or two cases are recorded. the
third satellite being the most distinct
Peruvians are said to be the longest
sighted race on earth. Humboldt re-
cords a case where these Indians per-
ceived human figure Is miles away,
being able to recognize that II was
human and clad In white. This is
probably the record for far sight
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE
Excellent Reason for Believing II
Originated In Central Europe
Its Use In China.

The iron age is commonly believed
to have begun in Africa and Asia. The
latest investigations prove that 1t was
not worked in Egypt until the ninth
century before the Christian era; or
in Libya until $50 B. c.; that the Sem
ties adopted its use still later, and
that II has been known in Uganda
only with the last five or six centur.
les. In China iron is mentioned In
400 B. c. Bronze weapons were em-
pfoyed in China until 100 A. D.. and
in japan until 700 A. d.
According to Mr.. Ridgeway. who
has investigated this subject, the
metallurgy OF iron must have origin
ated in central Europe, especially in
Noricum. which approximately repre-
sented modern Austria and Batavia.
Only at Hallstett and In Bosnia and
Pennsylvania. from which countries
the Achaians and Dorians are sup
posed to have migrated to Greece, are
found evidences of a sradual introduc-
tion of iron. at first as an ornament
applied TO the bronze, which 1t ulti-
mately displaced. Everywhere else
iron was introduced suddenly, a fact
which implies foreign origin.
Meteoric iron was known in Egypt
in remote antiquity. but not doubt 1t
was worked as fints were worked, by
cutting or chipping. and was not
smelted. In other words, It was the
metallurgy. not the knowledge of iron.
that originated In central Europe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Cleaning Gilt Frames,

Where la the home that has not its
quota Of gilt frames. be they tiny and
few or large and many2 And the
problem of keeping them bright. how
many know III This is information
that ought to be pasted in your scrap
book on one OF the pages &C" for
cleaning.
For cleaning gilt frames there Is
nothing better than a wad of fresh
bread sprinkled with a few drops Of
benzine and ammonia (benzine away
from fire) and you will find that the
moisture in the bread is enough to
absorb the stronger qualities OF the
ammonia and what remains OF Il on
the surface is sufficient to supply the
frames with pretty appearance Of
newness. Wash on the frame after.
wards with water In which a little
borax has been added.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
A judicial Expert.

The native with stogie met the
native with a pipe.
"Howdy. Zeb?" quoth the stogie ma
tive. Hear bout tn fuss down to
tb' courthouse7"
Nope" drawled the man with the
pipe. What was II aboutH
Why, Jim Simpson has been suing
Abner Hawley for alicnatin' tn affec-
tions OF his wife. an Judge Musgrove
told tn Jury to bring a verdick of six
cents damages. cause he thought
that was all the damage was worth
to Jim. An Jim's wife got mad an
threw chair at the jedge. an he
had her arrested an put In the
cooler"
But didn't jedge go a leetle too
Tar when he fixed her value SO low Y''
Not at all. not at all. Y see. he
was her first husbandl" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
His Enallsh Income.

"once you make American money"
said the man who had lived in Eng
land, you are forever spoiled for life
in England. You can't go back, that's
all. American money is so much more
reckless than English money. You
must make so much more OF II. Now.
when lived in London l made the
munificent sum of s35 week. and
had a valet on 1t. was pointed out
as the man who made seven pounds q
week. l was wonder, a marvel!
Tell me, how far would seven pounds
20 here In New York? Could you
keep a valet on It? No. You couldn't
keep a yellow dog in the style In
which New York yellow dog expects
to be kept"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Greatness.

In olden times great men existed
at the expense Of others, Alexander
and Napoleon we're great by despising
ordinary humankind. That will be no
more. Greatness will be pure. moral,
intellectual. In olden days contempt
OF humankind was necessary to be-
come great. / do not share the com
mon i'll will against conquerors. Those
who think Alexander madman. who
set Asia on fire for his pleasure, are
fools. Where would the human spirit
be II Alexander had not undertaken
this marvellous expedition? No, wars
and conquest were the instruments
OF progress. But this will be so no
longer when the whole world will
have become Acknowledgement Renan
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Didn't Want to Go Too Ear.

Joseph Jefferson had a favorite
story concerning a, small boy whose
cherished bulldog got into frequent
fights. After one such encounter trou-
bled Jimmy sought the aid of the late
family physician.
why. yes, can fix your dog up"
said this g ueman, kindly. "but I
thought your family had accepted
Christian Science. Why don't you try
one of your own healers? Don't you
think they could cure him?"
"Yes, SIR" hesitated the lad. nerv-
ously stepping from one foot to an
other, 1--WE have, an they could, an
! would only-only I'm afraid they'll
take all the fight out of him. that's
ALL"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
A lam Thief In court.

Little Willie. nine years old. was
noticed by his stepmother to pay
many quiet visits to his bedroom. She
followed and found him eating from
Jar of jam. She beat him until he
told her he had stolen It, so she took
him and the Jam to nearby shop.
Willie was charged at Oldstreet with
stealing the jam, but the magistrate
said 1t was perfectly ridiculous to
bring such a little boy when his IA
ther. II not his stepmother. could deal
with the matter himself. The boy
was discbarged.-New York Fress.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
MAN OF FALLEN FORTUNES
He Was stirred to New Ambition BY
the Act OF Cigar
Salesman.

Cigars OF the brand used TO
smoke" said the man OF fallen for.
tunes. ARE, like those OF many others.
made In various shapes and sizes. TO
be sold at various prices. and OF my
favorite brand there was one partic.
ular size and shape that especially
pleased my fancy and that l always
smoked. Stogies | usually smoke now.
but occasionally. when feel that
can spare the money. go In and
buy a few Of those fine cigars.
For one OF these occasional fond
smokes | went In this morning and,
looking down into the case. | named
my brand and reaching into the case
the salesman brought out a box. But
these were not OF my size and shape;
indicated the ones | wanted. and
the salesman brought out that box
cigars at six for a dollar, OF which
now took three. noted casually the
card on the box which the salesman
had nrst brought out. and that card
confess gave me little thrill OF
pleasure and then. what was better.
a stir OF ambition.
The cigars in that other box were
three for a dollar, and had not the
salesman brought them out to me con
hdenty as II | were that sort OF a
customer? He certainly had. and |
must look IT, And II | looked 1t. why
should ! not be it7 Why should |
continue to be a stogie man? Why
should | not retrieve my fallen for.
tunes and far surpass them-come to
be not merely a six but a three for a
dollar man7"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Financial Genius.

DO you think there is any such
thing as financial genius?"
81 am sure there is. know q
young man who has It in a marked de-
gree. After he had persuaded the
beautiful daughter OF one OF our most
prominent jewellers to become his
wife, he went around and induced the
old man to let him have an engage
ment ring at the cost price"
II don't see any indication OF re-
markable financial genius about that"
Wait When he and the girl broke
their engagement he took the ring
back to her father and got him TO
pay eight per cent interest on the
money that had been invested"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
WHAT TRUE EDUCATION IS
Rev. Charles N. sheldon's Idea Of
the Right Development Of tho
Human Mind.

What is an education? II is the
ton. all the time. of the whole being.
for the purpose of giving one as much
life as possible for himself and to
share with others.
This means that the whole person
must be taken into account. Educa-
ton means more than a one-sided de-
velopment of one talent or ability. IL
means symmetrical and many sided
growth. The reason why there are
not more interesting people in the
world Is because SO many people are
content with a one-sided development
They are willing to be musicians and
nothing but musicians. They are
willing to be newspaper men and moth
Ing but newspaper men. They are
willing TO be lawyers and nothing but
lawyers: teachers and nothing but
teachers; ministers and nothing but
ministers. And so their range OF
thinking. OF conversation. and Of ac-
ton is limited. True education takes
into account whole being. with many
different possibilitles-a life which
has in It the elements of surprise and
an eagerness to know everything
which can be known about a very
great world in order to sympathize
with and enter into the thought. SO
far as possible. OF all sorts and con
ditions of men.-Rev. Charles NJ. Shell
don In the Christian Herald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Good Snake story.

This story is told of the late Dr.
Emil Reich. One day while travelling
he lay down to rest In the shadow OF
bush and fell asleep. He awoke
with start to find that night was
coming on and that rain had begun
to fall. Quickly snatching up his um-
brella. he tried to open It and. finding
1t worked stiffiy. he pressed the spring
vigorously. Suddenly there was q
sound OF ripping and tearing and a
snake fell to the ground split in two.
The reptile had apparently swallowed
the umbrella 80 far as 1t couldl-Ex-
change.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Tha, masher Ordinance.

Judge.-You two are charged with
having violated the masher ordinance
By having precipitated an acquaint.
ance on a public highway without ever
before having seen each other. What
have you to say for yourselves?
Bessie from Boston.-Because, may
II please your honor. we simply knew.
by some psychic resonance Of basic
kindred chords in our respective be-
ings, that We would understand each
other. 1t was the sheer momentum Of
our natures.
Judge.-oh. very wen. You are
discharged"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Fable Of the Mloa.

The Town Mouse and the Country
Mouse engaged in friendly rivalry
~ see which could best entertain the
other.
The Town Mouse led on. He intro
duced the Country Mouse to a great
many people of the right sort. who
graciously Tapped up all the cham.
payne he cared to buy-in short. ex.
bausted the resources OF urban hos.
pitality.
Pretty good!" the Country Mouse
admitted. But say, you come out to
my place In your car and run as fast
as you like. I'm Justice OF the
Peace"
Thereupon the Town Mouse had to
acknowledge that the rustic life held
khe greater possibilities.-Puek.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
To the Pearl Buyer.

For every pearl you wear you win
shed a tear" says an old adage; but
the modern woman who knows the
worth OF the button pearl or the
baroque is undaunted. The value OF 9
pearl depends largely upon its tint
but there is a process Of staining
which often produces the pink OF the
oriental pearl. Only connoisseui
should invest in pearls alone. The
good pearl is large, very round
smooth and iridescent
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22

PERRY T. FRYsINGER,
County Treasurer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
FIRST ACROSS SEA IL S5 YEARS.
savannah ship 10 Ree.t"bish 'h"'
por, in ocean Trade.

II has been a long TINE since vessei
y,i,, steam and owned b! men OF SaNah-
rsh crossed the Atlantic. in fact II was
,vay back in 1919 and the name OF the
.,acyet was the savannah. Now anot.eI
min owned chiefly by savannah men
toins to do tre trick. She is the CITY OF
Macon OF the Savannah Line and Is
.rhsd,,ed to sail on Monday for Bremen
r II she cannot make that port iot HoI-
,erlam. with 10000 bales OF cotton lot
German consignees whose names are ho'
even. ,- ,t..,.
The city OF Macon is sturdy niue
Mn that has been plying coastWise LOT
no last eleven years, mostly between
savannah ard Boston. and there Is no
doubt Of her ability to negotiate the sea
snace between New York and Bremen, II
n. Is going to that port. The original
savannah did 1t easily and SIZE measured
only 500 tons.
Represerl atives OF the British CON-
,llate mere went TO the savannah Line
a.e- Yesterday morning With powerful
N-,ay outfit TO take peep at the interior
~ some OF the cotton bales, wnich' II was
suspecled might contain ammunition or
conner or other contraband material
lotion, rot being contraband, can get
f1rcugh T. Germany without being con-
dscated by the uaut cal sleuths OF the
Allies The N-ray men picked bales AT
rlndom and their exam lnat!on showed
nat all were made up OF cotton alone.
Il IS said other cotton cargoes destined
ultimately for Germany will be similarly
rspected
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
PATERNO BUYS WEST
END APARTMENT SITE
VIII Erect 13 Story Building at
88th Street-89th Street
Negro Church Sale.
RUSSELL HEADS ARTISTS

The vacant plot ioo.sxs0 at the south
west corner OF West End avenue and
Eighty-eighth street. reported many times
In the last few years as having been
secured by apartment house builders. Is
at last TO be the site OF tall apartment
structure. DR.. Charles " Palermo, builder
OF many fine West Side structures, is the
buyer. He has taken the plot and the
house at 302 West Eighty-eighth street.
which gives him 100 feet on the street,
as the site for a thirteen-story building.
similar to the apartment he has erected
AT Seventh avenue and Ffty-eighth street.
The house and It's site will stand DR. Pa
terno about $1,000. 900. an amount which
he and his financial hackers are willing
to invest, because OF the success of the
thirteen-story houses being built on
Eighty-fourth street. from Broadway to
West End avenue.
Though these houses are months from
completion. Ave of the eight stores In the
Broadway building have been leased and
a number OF suites In both buildings have
been leased from tho plans. The property
secured yesterday Is the last unimproved
corner available In the section. Meta
Malchow OF Baltimore and Grace Brun-
ming OF Brooklyn are the sellers Records
show that the Huner estate has owned
the property since 1858. Slawson & Hobbs
negotiated the sale of the property.