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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19
THE FAD.
Science of Shadow Portraits as Laid Down
by Lavater.


The fashion for silhouettes is gain
ing a strong hold in New York, and
in the fashionable drawing rooms
very many will be seen hanging
about the walls. Fantastic ideas in
photographing appear to be the
popular method just now.
1t is a word that every one is famil.
lar with, but no one probably has
thought of its origin, and the ex,
PLANTATION of that origin shows upon
how frail a basis some of our popu.
lar words are constructed. Some.
where in the neighborhood of 10C
years ago q man started in Paris
what he called Chinese shadows, il
which the exhibition consisted OF
throwing upoua sheet the black out
lines of an object and making these
objects perform a play. About that
time the finances of the country
were very low, and a banker of the
name of Silhouette was called upon
to take hold of them and bolster
them up. This he did, but failed
eventually to accomplish the results
that the people wanted, and this fail.
ure largely came about through q
scheme that M. Silhouette was inter.
ested in and upon which he published
a book called "A General Idea Fol
the Government of the Chinese
The popularity of the Chinese shad.
W caused many people to say that
the minister of finance was publish
ing this book as an advertisement fol
the shadows. The show was called
Silhouette in derision, and that name
has chung to that particular picture
ever since.
Lavater, who is about the only
man who has made a study of thi;
shadow art and certainly the only
II who has acquired any fam,
through it, reduced it to a science
and said that there We're nine sec
tons to be considered in makins
these portraits: % The arc from tn,
top of the head to the emu of tn,
hair, (2) the shape of the forehea;
to the eyebrows, (3) the space be
tween the eyebrows and the top o
the nose, (4) the nose to the begin
ming of the upper lip, (5) the upre.
lip, 60 the point where the two liz
meet and the completion of til.
lower lip, ca the portion betweer
the lower lip and the chin, (8) tn
chin, and (9) the throat.
The method pursued by those few
artists who make this sort of thin.
a feature is to employ a chair mad
especially for the purpose and whicl
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19
Why They Can't Spell.

1t is said that spelling correctly is
q lost art in the city schools, where
so much time is given to fall festi-
walls, Thanksgiving fetes, Christmas
entertainments, Washington birth
day celebrations, spring festivals,
May day and Decoration day rites.
The children are kept sc busy learn
ing poems and songs for these occa-
sions and the teachers arc so busy
hunting up proper material that
somehow there is but little time for
teaching such an ordinary study as
spelling. That is the reason a high
school boy spelled agency "ageshun-
cy" recently. Another high school
boy, asked to define and illustrate
"antedates," said: "Antedates
means going before. The policeman
antedates the procession. Indian
apolis Sentinel
December London's Sunless Month.
It is common in continental Europe
to speak of December as London S
black month" or 1.-The dark month
of the British isles, and on that ac-
count December, the month of merry
Christmas, is the month in which the
worlds metropolis receives the few
est visitors. The records made at
Greenwich observatory, which IS a
British institution and would not
purposely malign the climate, is au-
thority for the statement that for the
mast IA years London's December has
had an average of 10 perfectly sun
less days and an average total OF
only 20 hours of sunshine for tie
entire month.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19
With an Eye to His Welfare.

Mrs. Flannagan-Arrah, that Mickey
Of yours is the shmart boy, Mrs.
O'Brien! Is it to college Yell be send-
in him whin he grows up?
Mrs. O'Brien (indignantly)-An do
yez t'ink, Mrs. Flanagan, thot I'd be
trustin me boy to the brutalizin sur
roundin's of college, as ruffianly as col
leges, wild their foighting an football.
be these days, at all, at all?-Truth.
The New and the Old.
Popper-I feel like a new man since the
baby has come to bless us.
Bache-Youn feel like an old man ait
er you've walked the floor with him some
nights.-New York Advertiser.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19

Ethel-Cousin Lou, is Colonel Bras.
ser a brave soldier?
Cousin Lou-Oh, l guess he isn't
afraid of the smell of powder!
Ethel-No; I guess not, for I saw his
nose against your face last night -
Brooklyn Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19

Many Partisan drinking cups have
been found in the ruins of Persepo-
lis. They are shaped almost exactly
like our saucers.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19
Strange.

ssTimmins says he is welded to his art.
.sYou don't say! It's a wonder to me
that he doesn't sue for divorce on the
round Of nopsupport. = Texas Siftings
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-19
Mexican Methods.

Mr.. Graham found that the spirit
Of religion in Mexico seemed to be
confined almost exclusively to WON
en-. He says: I'm one church I saw
200 women kneeling, some with their
small children and babies, others &C.
companied by their dogs, both large
and small. Only a very few old men
and cripples were among the worship
ers. The mass Of the men and the
boys were to be found loafing around
the gambling houses, which were all
open and running full blast. We
looked into some of these dens, but
were most shocked at one frequented
mainly by small lads and children,
some even as young as 7and 8 years,
betting their copper cents. The
amoun staked upon the turn of the
wheel rarely exceeded - or Is cents,
and the owner of the den raked in 8
or a cents as his share, and the bal
ance went to the lucky boy.
Speaking of children, the girls
and boys of the public schools are
taught in separate buildings. They
L instructed to study their lessons
aloud, and it is a very noisy place.
Imagine SO boys, with good. strong
lungs, studying their reading Or
spelling lessons aloud while the teach
er is trying his best to explain a
problem in arithmetic to a small
class in another corner of the room,
but a be scarcely heard above the
liz !"-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Poor Rich Man.
There are so many things which
one has to have nowadays in order
to be comfortable that it seems al
most improvident to inquire how
much one ought to save before facing
the question of what one IA posi-
bly, do without. Here the people who
are said to have too much for their
own good have an advantage over
the rest of us. The future of their
children is secure If they dread
death, it is not because they fear to
leave their wives and children unpro.
vided for. Many of them go on saw
ing just the same and talk poor if a
railroad lowers a dividend or there
is not a ready market for their real
estate at an exalted profit. Are there
more irritant men or women in the
world than the overconservative per.
sons of large means who are perpetu'
ally harping on saving and worry.
ing lest they may not be able to put
by for a rainy day, as they call it, 2i
per cent or more of their annual in
come? The capitalist careworn by
solicitude of this sort is the n foo
in creation who is not entitled tt
some morsel of pity.-Scribner's.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
HIGH BRED BROWN LEGHoRNs.

HIGH BRED BROWN LEGHORNS.
early maturity makes the Leghorn a
very profitable fowl for the farm. Long
before the heavier fowls think Of laying
the Leghorn pullets have begun. and if
matched early will frequently pay in
eggs for their raising before winter sets
in. Broiler raisers often use cross Of
Leghorn male Oh some heavier breed to
increase tho growth Of the chickens in
the first two months Of their lives.
Brown Leghorns are reasonably hardy,
but do best when they can have liberty.
They are excellent foragers and will on
farm during the summer months pick
up q good share of their living.
In winter they need a good, warm
house. to prevent the freezing Of their
combs, and If provided with such a
house will lay quite we'll, even in very
cold weather. But it is during the warm
days Of spring and the hot days of sum
mer that they produce the greatest
number Of eggs. The eggs Of the Leg
horn are a pearly white, all, or nearly
all, Of the same shade, giving them a
very uniform appearance. Once in a
great while there will be Leghorn hen
that will lay an egg with slight buff
tint, but so rarely does this happen that
one is almost safe in declaring that their
eggs are always pure white. They are
Of good marketable size, and, being
white, really look to be large.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Remarkable Cases Of Its Occurrence In an
Eject on Human Bodies.

Remarkable Cases Of Its Occurrence In and
Effect ON Human Bodies.
Medical literature Of this country as
we'll as that of England and continental
Europe relates many remarkable in.
stances Of the spontaneous combustion
of the human body. In all such cases,
which are the more interesting on &C.
count Of their comparative rarity, tho
victim has been person addicted to the
immoderato use Of spirituous liquors,
either as "a beverage or in the form of o
bath. Little by little all the water and
other liquids Of the body are replaced by
alcohol, and then all that is necessary
to cause a catastrophe is to find some
means Of applying flame to the spurious
gases which are escaping from every
pore. Occasionally the breath Of the
poor victim is fired while lighting
pipe or a cigar, or it may be that q
fame comes in contact with and lights
the alcoholic vapors which are escaping
from some other portion of the body.
When once the fire is applied, a blush
flame extends very rapidly to all parts
Of the body, leaving it a shapeless mass
Of charred flesh and calcined bones In
many instances attempts have been
made to extinguish the flames with wa
ter, but always without success. When
the affected parts of the victim are
touched, a fatty matter attaches itself to
the finger, still continuing to burn and
giving off very disagreeable odor,
something similar to that which arises
from burning a mixture of horn, hair
and wool.
During all this time thick black
smoke arises from the body and attaches
itself to the surface Of all objects with
which it comes in contact, the "set-
things" from it being in the form of a
sweat, unctuous to the touch and of all
unbearable fetor. In the majority Of
such cases combustion is only arrested
when the flesh has been reduced to
cracklings and the bone to powder.
Vincent, in his "Curiosities Respecting
Man." says, Commonly the feet and
portion of the head are not burned, but
usually when the combustion is finished
it is difficult to believe that the inciner-
ated mass is all that is left Of human
body st. Louis Republic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
To Written the Hands.

Coarse and red hands may be whiten-
cd by using few grains Of chloride Of
limo added to warm soft water for
washing. All rings and bracelets must
DO removed before this Is used. as the
chloride Of lime will tarnish them. A
soap containing this ingredient may DO
prepared as follows: White powdered
CASTLE soap, pound; dry chloride Of
lime, ~ to 2 ounces Mix and beat
this up in q mortar to Il soft mass with
q sufficient quantity Of rectified spirit.
Divide tho mass into tablets and wrap
it up in oil silk. 1t may be scented BY
adding to the mixture couple Of drains
Of oil OF verbcna. In using chloride Of
limo it is very important to be careful
TO avoid getting any of the powder into
tho eyes, as it is exceedingly irritating
and may even cause blindness. -Popu.
lar Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
TOO MUCH CODDLING.
Facts Thrown at the Heads Of Thorough
bred Fowl Boosters.

Facts Thrown at the Heads Of Thorough
bred Fowl Boosters.
When anybody, and especially breed
er Of thoroughbred fowls, says Fanny
Field in Farm Poultry, runs down the
common hen-says that she never did
and never will pay her way on the farm
or anywhere else, and that no farmer
who is anything Of farmer anyway
will keep anything but the very thor
oughest Of thoroughbred poultry-it
makes me mad clear through, and gen.
orally throw some facts and figures at
the heads Of the thoroughbred boosters.
Today have some new facts for those
who claim that the common hen doesn't
pay. For the ten weeks ending Sept.
6-13 very common hens (about half Of
them molting, and some Of them 8
years old) laid ASK dozen eggs which
sold (market price-cash at the door,
for $5.26. Food for the time cost 81. IS,
which leaves IS. 60 clear profit.
The food was wheat bran. cracked
corn and q few old potatoes, and not an
other thing. The potatoes, while they
lasted, were boiled, mashed, mixed with
bran and given in the morning. The
cracked corn was fed at night. Between
meals they wandered at their own sweet
will, and at night they roasted in a tree
or under an open shed, just as they
pleased. How do know that these hens
got nothing beyond what have men.
toned and what they picked up in their
rambles! Because, my dear. I took care
Of those hens myself part Of the time,
and my daughter the other part. "Noth-
ing to brag about-an average Of only
fraction over four eggs q day for Is
hens, says the thoroughbred Leghorn
man. That's all, my dear sir, but can
you scare up bakers dozen 2 and
year old hens Of your favorite or any
other breed, half Of them melting, that
you feel sure could have done any bet
ter on the same food and with the same
lack Of care and ooddling?
Critical period Of noting" is one of
the strings that some poultry writer's
have harped upon so much that some
poultry keepers actually believe their
hens won't come through 1t alive unless
they are we'll housed and petted and
pampered and coddled generally.
Now, when I look at those ragged,
disreputable looking common hens who
roost where they please. and who eat
and scratch and lay right along. I Won
der II they are aware they are passing
through "oritioal time" and also
wonder If some of the hardness of the
despised common hen wouldn't be
good thing to graft ON to some Of the
standard breeds.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at OLYMPIA. WASH
May %, 1893.
To W. b. MCGERRY and all whom il
may concern
Notice is hereby given that the follow,
ing-named settler has filed notice OF his
intention to make final proof in support
OF his claim, and that said proof will be
made before IL. NJ. Sutton, Commissioner
Of L. :. Circuit Court for the District OF
Washington, at Montesano, Wash, on
Saturday, July 90, 1895, viz:
WILLIAM II. S. GAVIN,
Pre-. ID. :. No. 40, for the n + / OF
section 81. in township p north Of range
8 west. lie names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of, said land, viz
Alfred +. Coats, Edward K. Spence,
Rory X. Mcdonald, Grant kinnison, all
Of liumptulips, Wash.
And viz:
RUDoIpH PETERSON,
Pre-. ID. S. No. lSG, for the n l., SW 1,
and lots. !, ., OF section 50 in township u
north of range west. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continu-
Gus residence upon and cultivation OF,
said land, viz: Rory X. Mcdonald, Ham
nibal Wilson, William =. TAFT, John q.
Harvey, all OF Humptulips, Wash.
JESSE +. MURPHY, Register.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18

To boom the poultry business as a
bonanza for gathering in the shekels so
dear to every one is cruel wrong. To
deprecate tho business and dwell on its
unfortunate victims is equally wrong.
There are hundreds Of successful poultry
breeders In this country, and there are
thousands Of unsuccessful ones 1t will
be ever thus. not only in the poultry
business, but in hundreds of other pur-
suits. Let no man or woman be deluded
by rosy promises to expect large reve-
nues from poultry raising, and at tho
same time let no man or woman with
American pluck and sand be frightened
at the failure Of others. The American
hen is breadwinner, but it takes ex-
perience, hard work and common sense
to make her shell out her best. -Ameri.
oan Fancier.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
Tacoma Markets.


WHOLESALE.
From West Coast Trade:
FLouR-Standard, 50. l0@s3.O0.
BuTrER-Creamery, 22c; dairy, lac
Ice; cooking, Zoe.
ClIEEsE-Washington fall, 13c; half
skim, Zoe; California, S@1oc.
EGGs-Strictly fresh ranch, l2la@l3.
PouLTkY-Dressed chickens, 12c per
h.; ducks 1l@l2c; geese Ice; turkeys
Ice; live chickens (spring). $4UO@$4.5O
per doz. ducks, S3.o003.50; geese, $40
8.
VEGETABLES - Cabbages, Caliiol MIA,
S1.50@$ - per GENITAL; potatoes, Yakima
~ per ton; home grown, $7@$S; Onions,
Silverskin, % per GENITAL; Turnips, soc
@75c per sack; Beets, 50cM75.
MILLsTurFs-Bran, $l2 90; shorts, $l4
rolled barley, $3.50; chorpd feed, $l4.OO
a Is; chicken wheat, $500
OArs-Sound, $19MS22 per ton.
HAy-i'imothy, east of-the-mountains,
10000 1900; Sound timothy. $4,000
1000.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Olympia, Wash. !
july 8, 1895.

Land Office at Olympia, Wash.,l
July 8, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
OF his claim, and that said proof will be
made before Ii. NJ. Sutton, Commissioner
of U. $. Circuit Court for the District of
Washington, at Montesano, WASH, on
Thursday, August 20, 1898, viz;
LYMAN +. BABCOCK,
lid entry No. 1472, for the n f OF sec
ton 81, in township u north, of range 8
west. lie names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of, said land, VIZ: James
II. Rowland, Ben. S. Weatherwax, Alfred
S. Coats. John q. Harvey, all of Hump.
tulips, Wash.
And viz:
BEN. s. WEATHERWAX,
Hid. Entry No. 1856, for the lots 3, i and
N !, Of 5 l. of section 80 i'm township
2l north of range vest. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continu-
GUS residence upon and cultivation of,
said land, viz: Lyman +. Babcock, James
II. Rowland, Alfred +. Coats, John G..
Harvey, all Of IIumptulips, Wash.
And viz:
JAMES H.. ROWLAND,
Hid. Entry No. 1889, for the N + a OF see
ton 30 in township p north of range 8
west. lie names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of, said land, viz: Lyman
+. Babcock, Ben. $. Weathcrwax, Alfred
+. Coats, John q. Harvey, all OF Hump
tulips, Wash.
JESSE +. MURPHY, Register.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
Timber Land, Act June 3, lS7S-Notice
for Publication.

Timber Land, Act June 8, ls7s-Notice
for Publication.
United States Land Onicc,l
Olympia, WASH, June 4, 1898
Notice is hereby given that in compl-
ance with the provisions Of the act Of
Congress Of June 3, 1873, entitled can
act for the sale OF timber lands in the
States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and
Washington Territory" as extended to
all the Public Land States by act Of
August 4, 1892,
CYRUS II. GILBREATH,
OF Aberdeen, county OF Chehalis, state OF
Washington, has this day filed in this
Office his sworn statement No. $780, for
the purchase OF the N + "a of Section No.
13, in Township No. 81 north, Range
No. 8 west, and will offer proof to show
that the land sought is more valuable for
its timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim to
said land before the Register and Receiver
Of this office at Olympia. Wash, on
Tuesday, the 18th day Of August, 1895.
He names as witnesses: f.. IL. Skeen, OF
Aberdeen, Wash w. +. Parker. of Aber-
deem, Wash. w. Z. Gilbreath, of Aber-
deem, Wash. +. W. Cook, of.Cosmopclis,
Wash.
Any and all persons claiming advei sely
the above-described lands are requested
to file their claims in this Office on or be-
fore said 18th day of August, 1898.
JESSE If. MURPHY, Register.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18
THE TALE OF A DOVE,
a Strange Incident In the Closing Scenes of
a Murderer's Life.

Il can recall a strange incident that
has never found its way into print, I"
said a member Of the New York con.
gressional delegation to Post reporter
at happened in Long Island, in the
Queens county Jail, and, to say the least,
Is tinged with strangeness. Patrick
Casey, Il Long Island City policeman,
was an inmate OF the Jail, under the
sentence of death for the deliberate
murder of his superior officer, Sergeant
Cumiskey. The representative in con.
trict Of New York, James W. Covert,
was Casey's counsel and succeeded in
having his sentence committed to i'm
prisonment for life. On the day Casey
was sentenced to death pure white
dove few in the courtroom window and
alighted on his shoulder.
1.-The dove refused to be removed, ac-
companicd Casey back to his cell and
became his constant companion. At the
same time Charles Rugg, the notorious
negro murderer, was also an inmate Of
the Jail, awaiting trial for the murder
Of Mrs. Lydia Maybe and her daughter.
Just previous to tne day set for his trial
Rugg escaped from the Jail, but two
days later was captured and returned to
the Jail. The day of his capture was the
day set for Casey's removal to Sing
Sing to serve his life sentence. AS he
was being taken from the Jail and while
in tho sheriff's office being prepared for
his journey Rugg was led in by his
capturors. All this time the dove had
been perchod on Casey's shoulder, but
as soon as Rugg was led in the dove flew
from Casey's shoulder and over to Rugg,
alighting on his shoulder, cooling as if
it had found a long lost friend.
''All efforts on the part of Casey to
call it back were in vain, and as Rugg
was led back to the cell from which he
escaped the dove went with him. 1t re-
manned with him up to the morning Of
the execution. On that morning as Rugg
marched up the scaffold the dove was
perched on his shoulder and remained
there until the black cap was drawn
over his face. AS soon as that was done
the dove flew out one of the Jail Win
dows and was never seen around the
Jail again. Washington Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-07-18

A little salt and water used as an eye
wash will cleanse and strengthen in
famed lashes and rest tired eyes. It is
safe to use it at any time that irritation
is felt. A New York surgeon prescribes
Che ocean for bad eyes, particularly
young eyes. SECT off, he says, "when-
ever you can and let the salt and the sea
breeze wash and blow around your eyes,
1t will do them good. 1t will dislodge
the germs of disease, for the air breath
cd by half the world is germ laden, and
sore eyes are more quickly caught than
smallpox and more fatal. 1t will bright.
en- and strengthen them and prolong
their beauty and usefulness.