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WfHW rm Iff- Ttnp . jH- wpp- , ti c r if H: k h i p I-. r, if 1 1 BEAVER HERALD, Maud O. Thomas, Pub. BEAVER. OKLA. Martian Life. Whatever Its actsal age, any Ufa sow existent on Mars nraxt be la tbe Jacd stage of Its deretepEaeaL a tbe whole a much high or oao tbaa tie marine, writes Perdval Lowell la tie Century. Bt more tbaa tbls. It should probably have gose nMch, fxr ther if It exist at alL for la its erMr ing of terra Craw, Mars has far $ tripped tbe earth. Mara swrface If now &u land. Its forats of Mfe awi: b not only terrestrial as icatat aquatic, ht eren as opposed torr qceoes ones. T?ay mast bare rciei cot simply tie stage ef load dwettag "here the peuiMHUes are greater fr those able to embrac them. bt that further pdat of pincMag poverty where braJs Is aeeded to svrrtra at a!L The straggle for eoi4ecc la their planet's decrepitate aad decay would tend to erere isSeMgeace to cope -with droeusslaaces grwtag mo mentarily taore aad taore advcrre. But, fartheraore. tie sMirtty that the cocditioas prescribed -sooti ceo duce to a breadth of waterstaragfag suSdent to ctlBxe 1. Ister-cocimBi"-cation over the whole plot Is mad4 cot only po&iiMe, bat obligatory. This woeM kad to the easier spread In? over It cf Mae dominant creature especially were this being of an ad vanced ocd-ec of Intellect able to rise above Its tcdity limitations to ameli oration ci the conditions through ex ercise cf rated. What absence of eas would thus entail, nbsenco of mountains would further. These two obstacles to distribution removed, life there would tend tho quicker to reach a highly organized stage. Thus Mar tian conditions themselves make for intelligence. One who merely skims the news of the day can hardly help being Im pressed by the frequency of accidents due to the clothing of women and chlL dren catching Are from kitchen ranges or oil stores. In a largo proportion of such cases, the aeddent results fatal ly. Not only does such an aeddent seldom happen to men or boys, but It rarely happened to women in old times, even when cooking was dono by open fires. Tho reason is the sup planting of woolen clothing by cotton and linen. It Is not to bo expected, ot course, that there will be a reversion to the older custom in this respect, but it would bo a perfectly feasible thing for women to provide themselves and their children;' if they arc to be about tho Are, with soma sort of a fire proofed apron or outer wrapper, eas ily put on or off. Tho leaving of email children alone in rooms with un guarded Ores is another matter. So many deaths of ycung children have resulted from this cause in England that a bill fixing penalties for It has I been introduced In the house of com mons. ' The history of Armenia is not cheer ful reading. With the exception of oc casional brief periods," the Armenians have been almost continually under some foreign rule. Assyrians, Baby Jonlans, Medes, Persians, Macedoni ans, Romans, Partblans, Saracens, Mongols and Turks have each in turn dominated the country, and of all .these successive foreign yokes, the 'present one, that of tho Turks, has been tho longest and the heaviest. The highest activities ot the Armenian peoplo to-day aro not to bo found In Armenia proper, but rather in the mart- of prominent cities tho world over. This Is especially noticeable in Constantinople, Smyrna and other cities of tho Levant, whero the marked aptitude ot the Armenian In business enables him practically to dominate tho commercial situation. Dne example Is tho Oriental rug trade, which Is practically controlled by Ar menians, cot only in the east itself, but also in. many western countries. A Judge down in Kings county, New York, has Issued what may be an cf fectlve mandamus against Black Handers. He received a letter threat ening his llf, the writer evidently be ing one who had taken umbrage at tho wart's dealing with criminals. There ipoa the 'edge applied for and re ceived a permit to carry a revolver. As the Judge is a crack shot and the winner of a number of mf-dals for Eharpihootiag he thinks he can hold his own with anyone who has murder ous designs against him. A little zcoro of the same sort of determina tion might tend to decrease greatly the cowardly Black H,and business. , Wo welcome the story of the enor ircous meteor thil fell into the Atlan tic ocean a few days ago, carrowly .missing a ship in Its descent. It Is a pleasing variation from the conven tional sea serpent story that usually .appears about this time of year. ! Some of the new spring hats fof women have most ot their brims bo ibind. This fact gives one some IdM .of how helpless a man will be wheu h!s wife asks him it her hat is on straight. TWO HOME DRESSES Home-dress Here- Is a Tery pretty home-dress in Saxe-blue fine serge. The skirt bas a narrow front breadth and circular sides. A strap of galloon In darker shades of the same color trims each side front The over-bodice Is cut with kimono sleeves, and has a deep fold over the shoulders to waist each side It is trimmed with galloon like the skirt; the rucked undersleeres and tucked front are attached to lining. The fastening is down the center back. Materials required: 6 yards 46 Inches wide. 62 yards galloon. 64 yards sateen for lining. 2 yards silk 22 inches wide. Blouse Costume. -For morning wear a skirt of some plain material, such as fine serge, cashmere, or wincey, with blouse to match, always looks trim and smart, The skirt we show here is in navy blue cashmere lined with sateen. It is a nine-gore pattern. Just off the ground all round The blouse is quite simply made with two tucks over the shoulder to the waist back and front, then one over the shoulder nearer the front, and one up to the collar. The front Is fastened by bone buttons. Linen collars and cuff3 are worn. Material required: G yards 46 leches wide. LACE COATS FOR SPRING. Beautiful and Desirable Ornament Is to Be Fashionable. Cluny lace shows signs of being the most popular of the laces for summer suits and voile dresses, although dur ing the season Just passed It baa di vided honors with the ever fashionable Irish. Even the lace coats for sum mer use are made of this pillow lace, and during the last three years It has relegated renaissance lace to Its proper use for curtains and table cov ers. Cluny is a very beautiful and desir able ornament for any costume and because It Is made of a linen thread it is especially appropriate as a dec oration for linen dresses. At the same tjme it l not as expensive nor as heavy as the Irish" crochet. Some of the lace coats are tinted to a deep shade of tan, while others of white arc lined with silk in some light shade The popularity of duny will also prevent coats of embroidered filet cot from coming strongly Into vogue, for the darned net. no matter haw beautiful it-may be, always has a darned look, while lace should really look like lace. It Is yet too early to tell definitely how smart the lace coats will be made for ordinary wear, but certain it is that. It they are worn on the street, they will not be strictly good form. DAINTY NIGHT DRESS. The neck of this dainty sight dress is square In the front aad round In the back. The sleeves are shaped circular pieces, full at the top and trimmed In lace. The New Shield Clamp. A bandy little device that will prove a blessing to the busy woman who loves neatness has appeared In the shops. It Is a very small metal clamp for attaching the dress shield to tho waist or underwalst without sewing or pinning. It grips the edge of the shield and waist, holding them firmly, and is so flat as to be entirely unno ticeable. The damps arc made of gold plate and" nickel, and range from 15 cents to 25 cents per set, one set being four clamps, enough for one waist Enter Pinafore Style. The womac with a passion for ren ovation will find much comfort In the fact that some ot the nevest Paris models snow the pinafore outline round the shoulders. For, by remov ing the sleeves ot last year's gown, cutting away the bodice both back and front, and edging with silk passemen terie, presto, there is conjured forth a little garment ready to be drawn over the dainty ucderbodice demanded by the pinafcre style. HOME-MADE AROMATIC VINEGAR. Toilet Necessity That Is Comparative ly Easy to Prepare. While that familiar old saying. "A peck of dust is worth a king's ran som," may have truth for its founda tion, it brings in its wake bad colds. Inflamed eyes, headaches and a host of minor discomforts, writes Emma Paddock Telford. Our grandmothers used to make great use of aromatic vinegar at such times, claiming that It afforded relief to headaches, relieved dizziness and faintness and even pos sessed great aati-epidemic qualities. At all events its pungent scent and fragrant odor rendered It grate fully refreshing. And what more can we ask? Slost of the aromatic vinegar pur chased In shops Is nothing but sul phate of potash put up In small vials Impregnated with acetic acid made aromatic with oil of rosemary or lav ender. A far better article can be made at home after this old recipe: Ta'e four ounces each dried rosemary tips and sage leaves, two ounces dried lavender flowers, two drams bruised cloves and four quarts distilled vine gar. Macerate these ingredients in a wooden or earthen vessel for a V.ek, then filter the liquor and bottle. Some add camphor. Garnishing for Lingerie Gowns. Embroidered linen and lace medal lions and galloons make wonderfully effectlve garnishing for lingerie gowns, whether placed at Intervals upon the skirt or arranged ontre deux with tucks, smaller sizes or similar pattern being employed for the blouse. The lingerie costume, of course, is worn over a silk slip, preferably of chiffon taffeta, which, having no dress ing, does not crack nor make th rustling sound that Is now considered as an Indication of vulgarity, for the refined young woman, however ath letic is expected to bo a soundless, velvet-footed, soft-voiced person of re--tiring manner, although entirely self possessed. Therefore, lingerie gowns which look simple whatever their cost, perfectly suit her pose. The Corsage. It is only natural that with the prin cess and empire gown should come the silk corsage, that bodice that fits like a corset and can be made Into one ot the most elaborate bits of dress Imaginable. Just now the new corsage Is quite short and It Is rather plain across the front to give a princess ef fect, but the sides and under-arm piece will be furnished with finest metallic laces and glistening trim mings cf ever?' description. The cor sage is pointed at the front and back of the yoke outline, straight across the lower edge of the back and slightly rounded at the waist line. It Is sleeve less, though the gulmpe sleeves are bits cf beauty as well as the pretty lace yoke. Lace Luncheon Set. To make an attractive and inexpen sive luncheon set procure at tho cur tain goods department filet curtain lace for about 65 cents a yard. Four of the squares make a plate dolly, one square a bread and butter plate dolly, and one square a -tumbler dolly. Six teen squares make the centerpiece To make a set of 12 each only takes about a yard and a quarter of materi al. Then get Inexpensive torchon ot some other heavy lace and nevr around the edges of the dollies, making the seams In the corner, where they will J cot show. rbro ?ozo;o:o;orco:oio;o;oxo!: The Shooting of By J. B. Lq0----4-"--X--0!0 tCopjnsht) Eupbeala. I dedded. tlked young CotttecSrst. the admiral's barrister soa. hotter than tho curate. She cer tainly bad done bo at one time, but Cottiac&rs tost ground by his shoot ing of the Gilsey boy; which was un Jttsi. for. thoagh It Is not customary. when mm are invited to a house to shoot, to go round bagging casual vil lage boys, in this case he was cot to Name. He bad been staying at the Pen nington's, five miles off, for a week's shooting, and thither on one or two occasions 1 had gone over and made one of the guns. I suggested that when his week was up. if he was not too proud after the gorgeous Penning ton coverts, he should come over to me for a day or two at wood-pigeons. And. of course, he came, though I did not Imagine that either I or the wood pigeons were the attraction. One afternoon we agreed to have a match for the large stake of half a crown. The ladles came with us, and, Lucy sitting with Cottingflrst and Euphemia by me, well screened from the sight of the birds, we had great sport Suddenly, following immediately on a shot of Cottlngfirst's, there came a scream and another and then a series of the most blood curdling shrieks that I have ever heard. I saw Cottingflrst plunge Into the wood at a point some 40 yards this side of where he had been sitting, while Lucy stood on the field side of the ditch looking up Into the trees, whence we could now tell that the screams were proceeding; and when we Joined her, there In the topmost branches of an oak was a boy! He was In his shlrt-sleeve3, hanging below a branch by his hands and feet, like the pictures of the giant sloth, screaming continuously. Cottingflrst, under the tree, shouted at him alter nately to come down or to say how badly he was hurt. But how In the world such an Inappropriate thing as a boy had got up there we could not imagine. It appeared subsequently that he had been trespassing in the woods when we arrived, and, hearing us shooting, had climbed into the tree to get a better view of the sport with out himself being seen, as he must have been If he had come out through the hedge Into the ditch on our side. We soon had him out on the grass in the open, and examination showed that he had been reasonably well peppered. The boy was undoubtedly hurt, but he was not, as he supposed, killed. "Why," said Euphemia, as soon as she saw him, "it Is the little Gilsey hoy." I did not know that Mrs. Gilsey, who did our washing, had a boy; but Euphemia Is the friend of every child in the village. And I was glad It was the Gilsey boy. Kot that I wished him any harm, or had anything but admiration for his mother; but there was less likelihood of unpleasantness with her than might have been the case with a stranger. With some difliculty we led him to his home, sending other boys whom we met on the way back to gather up our birds. Mrs. Gilsey Is. I am sue, not a stern mother, but she took an eminently reasonable view of the case. At all events It was a view which commended itself to me. "And serve 'im right!" was her first remark, after she had heard our story. "P'raps he'll keep away from them woods now. I've told lm time an' again the keeper'd shoot him. an' properly, too; an' I'm glad someone's done It not you understand." she added, apologetically, "as I think you done it a-purpose, but I'm glad it's done." In this arid atmosphere the boy's grief abated considerably. "I don't think," said Cottingflrst. "that he's really seriously hurt " "Him!" interpolated Mrs. Gilsey. with some contempt "Nothing won't hurt him! I've tried to often enough, an hain't never done It yet Do 'Im good. I say." " "Not seriously hurt" Cottlngfirst continued, "but 111 send the doctor round at once to find out. Meanwhile, of course, I want to make what amends I can for my clumsiness. I want you to feel. Mrs. Gilsey, that I've done -what Is right; but it is hard to say what the right is. The more he is hurt the more 1 " feel I ought to do, and " and he tapered off as not cowing how to proceed. Then an Idea occurred to me. ' "Why not pay him so much a shot?" I suggested. There was a look of In quiry on the faces about me, so I ex plained. "Give him a shilling for every shot that has gone into him, and sixpence for every mark. The more ho is hurt the more you will pay. That seems- to make the punishment fit the crime. It ought to work out to something like a sovereign I should think." The boy no longer sniffed. On the contrary he was all agog with ex pectation. "I was thinking of a sovereign to start with," said Cottingflrst "SoTrin!" ejaculated bis mother. "It'll be the only soverign he'll erer earn in all his life." "Try my plan," I nrged. the Gilsey Boy & BARRETT "It Is perfectly satisfactory to me," said Cottlngfirst -Well," said Mrs. Gilsey. "It's a deal more than the whole boy's worth, let alone the little bit of 'im as you've shot But if yon gentlemen think it's right why, I'm sure we're satis fled." "AH right" I said. "We'll call that settled. Do you understand, my boy? The doctor will come up and look at you. Meanwhile this gentleman will pay you a shilling for every shot which has gone into you, and six pence for every mark besides. You can bring the shot around to me in the morn " But I had no time to finish. This conversation had been going on at the door of the Gilsey cottage, and a ring ot the boys and women of the village had collected round us as we talked. As soon as the thing was settled the boy broke away at a run. "BIHee!" be screamed. "Arree! Dick! Come an see 'ow many we can find. A shillin for every shot an six pence for every mark. Come on. Bill!" And, followed by a trail of other boys, he fled chattering up the road. He was a perambulating gold mine. That evening the doctor dropped In on his way home and told us that no barm was done. "Hasn't scratched him any more than he often scratches himself in birds'-nesting, I'll be "From D-D-Different Parts, Please. Sir," Said the Gilsey Boy. bound," he said. And he estimated the total number of wounds at about 20, with less than a dozen shot But the surgeons under the village lamp had extracted them all before the doc tor arrived. "You will get off under a sovereign,' I said; but Cottingflrst thought It would be cheap at a sovereign any how. The next morning it looked ai if It would be. We were still at breakfast when the Gilsey boy presented himself, and as we could see from the dining room window somehalf a dozen others were hanging about awaitlnf results. The Gilsey boy was sniffing when he came In, to convey to us that h( was still in almost intolerable pain and he was hardly able to speak ai he held out the handful of shot foi our inspection. "How many are there?" asked Cot tingflrst "For-or-or-orty-one." said the boy. "Forty-one!" I ejaculated. And then I looked at the shot I took them, anf shook them over in the ralm of mj hand. "Where do you get "your cartridges Cottlngfirst?" I asked. "You reallj ought to speak to them about tbeii loading." For there was every size o; shot, from No. 4 to No. S. "Where did you get all these?" I asked. "From d-d-different parts, pleast sir," said the Gilsey boy. "Out o m face an arm mostly." "Even that?" I asked, holding up a rusty, battered thing which was at least BB, which I bad not noticed al first "Yes. p-p-please, sir," said the Gil sey boy. "There's more'n a h-h-hun dred marks on me." "1 can well believe It Let's sec some of them." He took off his coat and rolled up his sleeve. The other boys hhJ madf a thorough Job of It "I said that we knew shot-marks," T murmured, "but I begin to doubt It" Cottlngfirst and I tried to persuade him to tell us how It was done, but he persisted that nothing hadn't been done, and we had to let it go at that We learned some time later that the other boys -had hammered nails Into him until they broke the skin. At the time we gave him a sovereign and called It square. Whenever I go out with my spin now, 1 am afraid 1 shall find the neigh boring trees and hedges full of bo;s. As for the match, wo bad to -rail that off. Wo recovered "2$ birds, of which I declare I got 13, and Cot tingflrst Is sure he killed 16, but I tell hie: he counts the Gllaey boy as one. i -7 lV?'x j 4 kzwz7-t Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-informed In every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accor Ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna ts the only remedy of known value, but ono of many reasons why it is th best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase tho quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts arc known to and approved by nhysicians, as it is free from all objection cble substances. To get its beneficial effects always purcliase the genuine manufactured by the California Tig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug gists. ONE LESSON WHOLLY WASTED. Little Surprise Planned by Bllllger McSwat Not a Success. "Lobelia," asked Mr. McSwat, whe was rummaging in one of the closets "have you done anything with that old coat of mine that used to hang on the last hook in here?" "Yes," answered Mrs. McSwat "1 gave it to the Volunteers." "You did, did you?" Well, you'll be sorry to learn, perhaps, that thero was a five-dollar bill In it which I was going to give you If I found that coat undisturbed at tho beginning of March." "O. I think not, Bllllger. I searched It thoroughly before I gave It away." "You're a pretty smart woman. Lobelia, but It didn't occur to you to look inside the lining." "O, yes, it did. and I found tho five dollar bill. I spent it for the rubber plant in the front parlor that you have admired so much and wondered how I managed to buy out of my allowance. You're a pretty smart man, Bllllger. but there are times when you don't look the part" There being no further business bo fore the house, Mr. McSwat adjourned without form. Recommended His Wife. Irvin Cobb, humorist of New York, was recommended to a lecture man agement The latter sought an Intro duction through a friend, Mr. McVeigh. "Come here, Irvln, I want you to meet a friend of mine," said McVeigh. After a few minutes' conversation, tho lecture man broached the subject ot lecturing as follows: "I was Just wondering. Mr. Cobb, what you would think of a proposition to do some lecture work next sea- i son?" ' Cobb looked at his questioner for i Just a moment in blank amazement ; Evidently such a thought had never entered his head before. Then reach ing out his hand confidentially, ho said: "I've got it My wife will do It Sho Is the best one I know." Lyceum and Talent THE MEAN MAN, "I believe," his wife angrily de clared, "that If I wero dead you would be married again Inside of a year." "Oh, no," tho mean man renlled. "you are mistaken. Try me and I'll prove It" LOST $300. Buying Medicine When Right Food Was Needed. Money spent for "tonics" and "brac ers" to relieve Indigestion, whllo tho poor old stomach Is loaded with pas try and pork. Is worse than losing a pocketbook containing tho money. If the money only is lost It's bad enough, but with lost health from wrong eating, it is hard to mako tho money back. A Mich, young lady lost money on drugs but is thankful sho found a way to get back her health by proper food. She writes: "I bad been a victim of nervous dys pepsia for six years and spent threo hundred dollars for treatment la tho attempt to get well. Nono of it did me any good. "Finally I tried Grape-Nuts food, and the results were such that, it It cost a dollar a package, I would not be without it My troublo had been caused by eating rich food such as pastry and pork. "The most wonderful thing that ever happened to mo, I am sure, was the change In my condition alter I began to eat Grape-Nuts. I .began to Improve at once and tho first week gained four pounds. "I feel that I cannot express my self In terms that aro worthy ot the. benefit Grape-Nuts has brought to Tne, and you are perfectly free to publish this letter If it wli". send some poor sufferer relief, such as has como to me." Name niven br Postum Co ruiiln I Creek, Mich, Read. "Tho Road to Well jfllle," in pkgs. -There's a Reason." SrL AI .th&$L&, A,.AhwAAm i - fj US" l V&.HL1. iSn Pi.Jk T"" H-HCsi it ,