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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS. ETC

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
THE
WISCONSIN
CENTRAL
LINES

Two las. trains daily between -. Faul
Minnea, polls, and Chicago. Milwaukee and
all points III Wisconsin. making connec-
ton in Chicago with al lines running
East and >oI,h.
Tickets sold and baggage checked
through 10 all points in the United States
and Canadian Provinces.
For iu,l information regarding Routes.
RA:eS. Maps. folders etc, address you-
ueanS, Ttka. Asen. ot
Jas {. Pond. GEM. Pass. Ast.
Milwaukee. Wis.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29

ITY, STAT
COUNTY H
FROM
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In Easter visit
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{ streets this
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9 by the fish
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.ssnce at West
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srs. Nodine
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Fry, OF OF
ian New l.
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friday night
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Markham.
IN new mill
to run, br|
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29

friend soon made the discovery that the
bird was prisoner to its nest. \ ladder
was brought and the bird and nest were
taken down and examined. One leg Of
the little sufferer had become cnsnarled
in the wool with which the nest was
lined. and it WAS only after twenty min
utes OF painstaking efforts with sharp III
struments that the limb was loosed from
tho snarl This done the spectators were
surprised TO see birdie fly away. appar-
emily rs we'll rs though never tied TO \
nearby apple tree. The birds parents or
some other Of his iea;heyed friends had
KEEP. i, supplied with feed during inn
priscnmsnt Lewiston Journal.
SrEwgp CglgRY.-The green stalks
tina. are not attractive on the table may
I've used in this way: Scrape and wash
them clean. Cut in pieces one inch long
and soak in cold water for fifteen minutes;
then put them into \ saucepan OF boiling
water. add \ teasyccniul OF salt and boil
thirty minutes. or until tender. When
done drain into 4 co'snde, and throw into
cold ws,er while You make the sauce.
rut one tablespoonful, Of butter il frying
pan; and when melted add one table.
spoonful Of flour; mix until smooth add
\ half pin, OF milk and stir continually
until it hollis then add three tablespoon.
iuls Of the water in which the celery Was
>ciisd, sal, and white pepper TO taste.
Add the celery 70 this sauce. stir until
thoroughly heated through. and it is
resdy 10 serve.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
TIME SCHEDULE.

Fe- information. ;.-.e os-:s ~4r$ Sa3 tickets
cz,i -, - VIE
" :. NAcx. C::Y T.cks: Az. Aberdeen.
a 1 CLARK. Agent. south Aesccse-.
\. \ Cg,EL-cN. Ass-s.S-: Genera PzSsscss.
Agent. -. :. =: S.-te.. Portland. ore.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Coming Girl.

Writers on social problems. who dis
cuss the question OF poverty, surplus pop
ulaiion and all that sort Of thing. are sim
gu,ariy silent in regard 10 the place
which girls are taking in the various in
dustrial spheres. There has been during
the last twenty five years displacement
othundrsds Of thousands Of men by girls
81 the process is going on. There is
idly All avenue Of life into which
woman does not enter. and with such sue
cSss that she stays therc, and the lords
Of creation are being slowly bu, surely
pushed to the wall. Is it \ case OF the
survival Of the ti,,..stF Will male human
ity in general soon like Othello. find its
occupation Soncs" The question is y SER
icus one. for upon its answer the future
social condition OF the country depends.
At the rate things are going. the next
generation will probably see \ congress
Of woman assembled to DISCUSS what
shall We do with our men,
1t is said tina, there are in the United
States considerably mors than y million
tramps. all oi them men. who toll not.
neither do they spin, and ii is quite safe
to SAY that solomon in all his glory was
no: arrayed anything like them. This
army ot surplus humanity is Increasing.
The girls sre ioncins out men from lNasi-
ticns and these again are iorcins OH, in
ferior men trcm their positions, and - it
E~s on down the line until there is i
vas, horde who have given up the idea Of
working. Wha. will the coming Siil do
with this surplus portion Q: hum ,nityS
She certainly will not marry il. Tca rea-
sonable ex,sn. she will b Icn.sn: ~ :sSNi
it. but unless she changes her a,.ire twill
be impossible for her to clc,he il. \ man
seems rather on. Of place now rs school
teacher. We have women doctors. law
ycrs, dentists and clerks Il Sll kinds. II
is lair - say that the positions which
they fill are well tiilsj Is \ ,ale, quite IS
well As they would IL ~ere they flls<i by
men. Certainly this SLY; Il thing cannI
NJ N.l ".sss>sss
creature who exists by suffrage uHon a
plane: where he orte ,crIis>; i: around as
ii Re owusI il. They tell Us .hs: the iu:-
u-e ci civilization IS threatened by the
CossSeS. Others say ,hS; the h.aSsys>i
MonSc,iau will sweep ike dsluse over
ali the wN.i. This may N. eu: The c>,n-
inS sir. IS more likely - ovsr.urn sxsisi-
ing institutions than either Q; the s,ea,en.S
above mentioned, The sub,sr. IS crs up
on which there will t>e sucI deal q Ns;
irS, HI: IL sn,c,,s. 4 s!>oy. cssn t>,ltsAl
the iSes ,ha. The rapid increase III the
number .: women engage. ii SailtUl o.
cGIS.ir,,s IS giving use 10 s,N3A, questions
* the srsvss' magnitude. Telegraph
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29

i"N'' Receivers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
Drink Weinhard'S Beer once and
Won will have no other. [. f.. RurrowS
i Co. agents. Aberdeen.
AEEHNEEN MARKETS.

Prices sss given IS ii Day III publication. sad
Ars SUN.sc: ~ marie. ta&nsss during the week,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
COAST LINES NORTH AND SOUTH
TEENrt,u TRAINS tn

0s-c1 IKE. Cs-S,e. Cc-zs-vssa, N:ci
lei Ns&Scc All NA-.sc1 -. sa.::..s.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
E,ls Wheeler Wi,>>ex. the yxSss;ca g>,w

E,is Wheeler wi,,ox. tie yxsss;c:, p~:-
ess. said
Il wes,.i 70; Re S;-. xssiu re-
escSe believe ,As; re sre thrown into
this world uris. cccCii.ic-S res, suited -
ieve,eo oGs characters, Az! - learn by
exyes.sa;s. mistakes. srr,-s a,si suffering
WIS. lie n.eSaS ! woa.>: - sxSe:ly 4>
I have t.,cs ws.s rv lie - * lived ave-
"Eve-v mistake ever made saw: re
- warning s,i srstss every ;,,isS,sY
rs. saa.,,sI n,s - have charity il. c:hs,s:
every sN.cw has sSer scGrvs II kcew,
eSsss :eeN:cse ~cU.G hsvs !. - :; :. "
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29
GREAT ACROSS
NORTHERN c Eye
"RAIlWAY STATES

Runs Butte. Cars. containing library.
writing and card :lb,eS. barrier shop ba:h
rcoin. easy chairs. ( reservation windows.
e.c., III cOrrer;ier wiki Palace Dining
arI Sleeping Cars. Frs: ana >eDcond-C ass
Coaches am. Family roGr;s: Cars.
Trains leave Seattle daily !: i p II. for
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THROUGH TRAINS TO
NANC0CNgR WITHOUT CHANGE.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

moved and carted off 80 as to carry
the seeds with them, but other vari-
cites, especially purslane and chick
weed, grow too near the ground to be
cleaned up in this way; the hoe is the
only tool that will do it.
On farm lands, where it will not
pay to take so much pains, the best
way to get rid of weeds before plough
ing is to pasture the land with sheep,
and then seed heavily with rye and
clover, which will usually choke out
the weeds pretty well.
To the rich man who farms for the
fun of the thing, weeds are reproach
and nuisance; to the poor man they
are robbers which are yearly stealing
the substance of his farm and robbing
his family of their heritage. Both
should use their best wits to be rid of
them. - Massachusetts, Ploughmon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
Banquet OF Paris Undertakers,

The traditional annual banquet OF
the ''sour herring" SO called, come of
on Wednesday-All Saints day. II
was numerously attended by the fra.
ternity of the undertaken assistants,
and derives its name from the fact
that when the custom was first estab-
lished, and these assistants were only
called "porters" they assembled once
year for social entertainment, the
time coinciding with the arrival of the
sour herrings in the Paris markets.
Wednesdays festival was succeeded by
a ball, at which, as a matter of course,
the fair partners were treated tc
"bier" and offered floral tributes in
the shape of bouquets aud wresths.
-lAmericsn Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Never neglect small matter like
sailing the cows.
Live queen bees are shipped from
this country to Japan.
A dirt floor is best for young pigs.
There is less cause for dampness.
1t is nonsense to talk of profitably
dairying with poor class of COWS.
For health of poultry feed plenty
of oats, for fat feed plenty of corn.
Fowls like mustard seed OCCASION
ally; cook chopped onions in winter.
The full-grown goose should aver
age pound of feathers during the
season.
Oyster shells, being rich in lime,
may profitably be crushed and fed 10
laying hens.
Don't keep colt tied up in stall
without suitable exercise. 1t is
likely TO spoil III.
1t is said that one bushel of wheat
will do as much for the poultry as n
bushel and II quarter of corn.
If you must winter oxen with moth
ing to do, be getting them in shape
for beef after spring work is done.
Anything like roots, cabbage, peas,
sweet corn, and bran is suitable for
feeding the COWS when the pasture is
short.
The bull should be made to do
much more toward earning his living
than he does. How? is the problem.
He is not always governable in team.
Making him work tread mill to saw
wood, churn milk, ETC., has been sug-
gosted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

ent, he held in his hand the mysterious
bag. 1t was tiny affair of chamois
skin tied with narrow dark blue
ribbon, and marked plainly in red
figures, $40. "It has not been united
yet, but we think it probably contains
gold dust" and he proceeded to give
its history in detail A lady clerk sit
ting near, and almost choking with
laughter, said, as, as,plainly aa she could
under the circumstances, "Why, Mr..
P, that is an emery bag" A
general laugh followed, and the chief
clerk hastened to divert the attention
of the party TO a new subject. Never
theless the emery-bag was as careful.
ly preserved and treated ms though il
had contained gold-dust in very truth.
But it had lost its value as n show
piece. - Harper's Young People.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
II Was His Nature To.

A savage looking bulldog, which be-
longed to schooner lying at wharf
in San Francisco, fell into the bay the
other day unnoticed by anyone on
board. After vainly trying to scram-
BILE up the vessels side, says the Call,
he caught hold with his teeth on rope
attached to a small boat lying along
side. Then he attempted to place his
fore feet on the line to use il rs a rest,
but in this he was again unsuccessful,
for every time he made the attempt
the small boat would back, the rope
would sag, and the brute would duck
beneath the surface. Every time he
came up again he was hanging by his
teeth with sort of deathlike grip to
the line. This exercise, without bene-
fetal results, seemed to exhaust him
even more than his attempts to reach
the deck of the vessel For few
moments he rested, then turning his
ugly face and his wicked eyes toward
those on the wharf he set up howl.
A Newfoundland leaped into the water,
true to his instinct, and swan toward
the struggling bulldog. The latter,
also showing his nature, regarded the
rescuers's approach as a challenge to
fight. Releasing his hold on the
painter, he turned and not only put
himself on the defensive but growled
and snarled, and finally made an at
tempt to bite the one that would have
helped him to a place of safety. The
Newfoundland, not coward by nature,
but not fighter, realized that his good
intention was not appreciated or un-
derstood by the brute that had given
such howls of distress, turned and
swan to the boat steps, from which he
made his way to the wharf, shook him.
self, and trotted away. In the mean
time the unappreciative TERROR swan
back to the painter, got another grip
with his teeth on it and howled anew.
Abo-lt this time some one belonging
to the schooner seized the rope, hauled
the shivering brute alongside, and
seizing him by the skin of the neck,
hauled him on board
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
A Fortune From Tarpaulius.

Samuel L. Brook, better known as
"Sam Brook, the Tarpaulin Man, who
died recently in New Orleans, proved
the value of the faculty of excepting
ones eyes open," ''Sam" landed at
New Orleans about forty years ago, a
young sailor "before the mast" The
ship he was on discharged portion OF
her cargo on the pier, and before the
uncovered goods could be removed, a
shower seriously damaged them.
''Sam" saw his opportunity, and
grasped it. He obtained his discharge
from the ship, and with his wages
bought lot of secondhand canvas
and oil. Then he set to work, and in
short time had stock of ''tarpaulins"
on hand, which he rented to ship
masters, who used them to cover their
inward or outward cargoes while on
the wharves.
Business was good, and "Sam"
stuck to it for forty years, accumulat-
ingthe snug fortune of $4OO, 900. This
property will go to his relatives in
England, of which country he was
native. No mention of charitable in.
stitutions or bequests of public ma
ture were found in his will. There is
hardly shipmaster who has visited
New Orleans within the last forty
years who has not had dealings with
"Sam Brook" and approved his bills
for the use of his sheltering tarpaulins.
New York Tribune
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
The Dead Letter Office.

The infinite pains taken by this
great government of ours with even
the most trihing interests of sixty mil
lions of people is most forcibly illus
trated in the workings of the Dead
letter office. The scrawl of the litter
ate receives as close attention as the
polished chirography of the univer-
sity graduate, modest penny as much
care in handling as pretentious one
hundred-dollar bill. Six million
pieces of undelivered mail matter are
annually received at the Dead-letter
office, and not one, however insight
ficant, is overlooked or slighted.
An amusing incident occurs to me
just here. A postmaster in the far
west sent an official communication to
the Office stating that he had found
loose in the mail IA small bag valued at
$40, which valuation was stamped on
the bag when found. He had not
ventured to open it, but was carefully
OBTAINING it until instructed by the
Post-office department how to dispose
of il Forthwith he was instructed to
forward said bag to the Dead-letter
office without delay.
In the course of another week the
precious bag arrived. A record was
made of its receipt, and it was given
to special clerk to be duly examined
and properly treated. Before this
had been done,a party of distinguished
visitors were being shown through the
office by the chief clerk. While they
were expressing wonder at what they
saw, the Offices remarked, "Wait q
moment and I'll show you something
curious that has just arrived" and
hurried away. Returning in . MON.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
FATTENING THE CHICKENS,

The old hens, if they have been we'll
cared for, need no special preparation
for killing but the chickens, and es-
pecially the cockerels, may need lit
tie extra feeding The following plan
we have seen followed with excellent
results: A lady whom we know, and
whose chickens had a reputation for
being fat, used to shut fifteen or twenty
cockerels in house made with a tight
roof and tight back, the ends and sides
being upright laths, nailed to simple
frame and placed about two inches
apart. The house might be eight
by ten feet on the ground. 1t
was moderately dark, and yet
not very dark, as the light came in
from numerous slits between the laths
on three sides. The furniture of this
house consisted of roost, n feeding
trough and drinking vessel. The
cockerels had all the water they
wished to drink and all the sound vel
low flint corn they cared to eat. Corn
and water for breakfast, water and
corn for dinner and corn and water
for supper made their rations. And
yet cockerels, lean when they went
into the house, were fat when they
came out at the end of two or three
weeks, A still better method of feed
ing is to give the chickens warm diet
of corn meal mixed with scalding
water and allowed to cook through. -
American Agriculturist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
BRUSH AND CURRY COMB,

The wear or waste which comes off
the skin of horse in the shape of
small flakes and constitutes scruf must
be removed with the curry comb and
brush. Perspiration goes on inces-
sanity, even when the horse is idle, but
it does not show because il is evapor-
ated as fast as it comes to the surface.
When the horse is at work, especially
il he is worked hard, even in winter
the secretion of watery fluid is heavier
than when idle, and comes to the sur
face in the form of sweat. If the
sweat is allowed to dry on the skin,
quantities of dust will accumulate and
mix with it, filling up the pores and,
in a measure, prevent the throwing off
of waste matter.
The closing of the pores gives rise
to many serious consequences. One
of the objects, if not the chief object
of grooming, is to keep these pores
open and is fully as important to groom
regularly in winter as in summer. A
horse will keep in much better condi-
tion with less feed if we'll groomed.
When the teams are at work
better results will be secured if the
grooming is done at night after they
are brought to the stable. The pores
of the skin will be open at night, the
animals will be much more comforta-
BILE and will derive more benefit from
their nights rest.
Generally the brush should be used
most. The currycomb in some cases
has tendency to irritate the skin,
especially if the work be done care
lessly. Ofcourse, much depends upon
the animal, as the skin of some horses
is very tender, so that rubbing with Il
harp-toothcd currycomb is positive
torture.
With the conception of cleaning off
mud or matter that has become at
tached to the hair good brush is
better than curry-comb for keeping
the skin clean and it can nearly always
be used with less discomfort to the
,tnimals.
By keeping the skin clean and the
pores open the hair will be soft and
glossy and the health and appearance
OF the animal improved.
When not groomed the pores of the
skin get closed up and the waste
matter that would otherwise escape
through these pores must accumulate
in the system and give rise to blisters,
boils and other disturbances. Not
only the skin, but the whole system
becomes diseased. / st. Louis Repub-
lican.