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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
The Boat.Dw Hers OF Japan.

Young people who live in London or
New York may fancy that our cities
are crowded, and that many families
must live without very much air TO
breathe or space for the boys and girls
to play in. What would they say 10
the boat-dwellers in Japan? In that
crowded country hundreds of families
spend their lives and bring up their
children upon the water, and know
nothing Of the land, except as they
make an occasional visit 10 1t when
obliged to purchase supplies or attend
to some unusual business.
In every bay along the coast are
found hundreds, if not thousands. of
small craft called "junks." These are
small. tiat-bottomed boats. and are
owned and inhabited by a man and his
family just as houses are in other parts
of the world. Their business is the
transportation of goods and merchan-
disc of all kinds. and their navigation
is a sort of family affair. One traveller
says:
Il have seen boat twenty feet long
most adroitly managed by three chill.
dren all under years of age. | am
told that. Notwithstanding their apt
ness at swimming. many bOatmen get
drowned. for no boat ever goes TO an
others aid. nor will any boatman save
another from drowning. because. as he
says. 1t is all fate. and he who inter-
feres with fate will be severely punish
ed in some way"
Among these wonderful aquatic fam
lilies children of 3 years old will some
times swim like little fish. and If one
Is backward in learning. he Will be
thrown overheard. and leased and tor
mented until he is obliged TO learn the
art in self-defense
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
CLEVER RUSSIAN COUNT.
He Found Way of Beating PERSIAN
Creditors Unique Method.

In Persia. when a creditor fails to get
his money IN any other way, ne appears
IN the debtors house and sits down.
Then he does not move away Til lAe
delinquent pays up. He enters ule
debtors sleeping apartments II posi-
BILE. and has his meals brought IN. y
few years ago a Persian held an I'M
satisfied claim against the British Gov
eminent, and he presented himself De
fore the British minister one day ana
camped out in his private office. Inc
minister did not see the joke. and sent
for a policeman. That made lot OF
noise and trouble, and the Russian rep
resentative in Teheran evidently learn
ed a lesson from Il, for he managed
case Of the same kind much differently
q few weeks ago.
The Persian who demanded money
from the Russian Count kolomeisow)
was holy man, a dervish, ana when
he sat down in the Russians anteroom
to wait till the latter paid his disputed
claim, Count Kolomeisow knew that
he could not get rid of him without
much fuss and explanation Ii IS
against the laws, or az least the custom,
which IS just as firm, TO touch cred
itor who takes this means of collecting
money. so the Count did not throw him
out He thought over the matter, and
one morning he sent for a lot of ma
sons. Then he ordered them to build
wall around the dervish who was sit
ting in the middle of the room. The
dervish watched them placidly at first,
but when the wall grew. and it became
apparent that it would be completed
soon. he jumped over it, ran away. ana
has not been seen since. They say that
the Count is the first man in Teheran
who has beaten a creditor Of this kind
without recourse TO the police.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
COrean Won; n Not Named.

In her childhood the Corean woman
receives nickname by which she is
known in the family and by her dear
friends. but which. when she arrives at
maturity, is employed only by her
parents. To all other persons she is
1.-THE sister" or the daughter" Of such
and such a one. After her marriage
her name IS buried-she is absolutely
nameless; her own parents refer TO her
by mentioning the district into which
she has married. Should her marriage
be blessed with children she is the
mother of So-and-so. If it happens
that a woman has to appear in law
court the judge gives her special name
for use while the case lasts in order TO
save time and to simplify matters.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Soon Tire of a Pretty Face.


A clever woman. provided she be not
sarcastic and too fully alive to q sense
of her own Importance, is generally an
attractive one. Men may be charmed
for a time by a pretty face, but they
soon tire Of mere prettiness. Nor does
it follow that all women of good sense
and sharp intellect are necessarily
plain. Bright thoughts enliven the
most ordinary face until the reflection
of the mind shining out in all its ra-
dance makes one forget that the fea-
lures are not pure Grecian. and leads
us to believe that such a woman is in
reality great beauty.
The vivacious creature of varying
moods and quaint fancies Is the one to
charm. a man forgets the type of
beauty she may or may not possess. so
interested does he become in the pleas
ing study of a mind that renders her
face ever winning. Irresistible and
pleasing, because like the surface of a
varying motion.
The attractive woman should cult
vate the mind, for grace of soul and
education of spirit count far more than
limpid eyes, rosebud mouth and a
dimpled chin. She should be ever
teachable, for there Is not one iota of
lOvableneSs in the man or woman who
thinks he or she knows it ADHESION
Herald
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
MRS. SHAFTER.

In her girlhood pretty May Shafter was
a society favorite. She met a gallant
soldier and ere long her place AT the
family fireside was vacant 1t is sew
eral years ago that she married Mai.
W. H. McKittrick and they have since
lived on ranch few miles from San
Francisco. not far from her parents.
The loss of her mother was great
blow to Mrs. McKttrick. Then came
the war and father and husband both
marched away. The husband went out
a captain and returned a major. 1t was
he who raised the flag over Santiago
after the surrender.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
q TALK WITH THE HUSBANO.

FCATSE a man Is tired he
X need not be Indifferent or cross
IL But, alas, when he comes home
and finds everything prepared Tor ms
comfort. he too often accepts IL as MS
inc. as a matter OF course. and never
thinks of the worrying detail Whlch
has occupied so much time in bringing
II about. He never thinks how mex
pres sibly tired" his wife is OF II all
though she may be too much or Woln-
an to shirk 1t. sunday. too, when there
Is. or should be, no "business-when
a husband should do his part toward
making that day social and bright
how often does he retire to his room
that he may spend his time readihs
and smoking alone.
No wonder the wives of such men
get discouraged. No wonder they say,
as they often do, What is life worth
if my husband only values me as
housekeeper. and. worse still. one
without a salary-when, after all my
unrecognized services, l have the NOR
tification of asking. every time need
money. as if l We're beggar soliciting
charity:r "Tired?" Does he not talk
with animation enough If a friend
drops in? If you won't go out with
your wives TO seek agreeable company
Or relaxation, you are certainly bound
TO be social and agreeable at home
bound by your marriage promises
bound by your wife's performing her
luty with regard TO your comforts
bound by your little children. who see
their mothers sad, weary face.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
a BATTLE ROYAL.
Doubly Fatal Duel Between an Ante
lope and Lion.

M.d-Africa and east Africa climate
excepted. are still the sportsman's par
ad!se. In Somaliland AMI German East
Africa are found the largest herds or
wild antelopes. And here occurred the
thrilling fight between an oryX ana
lion which a returned traveller thus de-
scribes:
THE oryx-spietzbock the beers call
him-is a graceful antelope with ex-
tremely long slender sharp horns. lie
IS not much afraid of any OF his forest
neighbors, for six reasons. -Four OF
these are his legs two are his horns.
African hunters have often seen an
telopes grazing in full sight of a lion
and making no effort 70 get away,
knowing that their fight would be
swifter than the lions charge. Unless
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

dozen, and DR.. X. one dozen. After
having suffered blindness and convul-
sions he became unconscious and died
in eighteen hours, in spite of all the at
tending physicians could do. DR.. K,
who had eaten one half as many as the
Count, experienced no pain, was uncon-
scious nine hours and recovered twelve
hours after the mushroom breakfast.
DIR. Prentiss investigated another
case of mushroom poisoning at Cham
bersburg, Pa, last August. George
Jetfers, of Philadelphia thought he
knew wholesome mushroom when he
saw it. While walking about the coun-
try paths with his wife and an S-year-
old daughter he gathered in a mess of
the proper breed and the family ate
them for dinner that day, the father
taking a dozen, the mother eight and
the daughter five. The third day there
after mother and daughter died, after
dreadful suffering. The father pulled
through. 1t transpired that the collec-
ton was of the species amanita mus
carn, or fly mushroom, and amanita
phalloIdes. or skunk mushroom.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
How the Brahman Cleans His Teeth.

When the Brahman cleans his teeth
he must use a small twig cut from
one of a number of certain trees, and
before he cuts it he must make his act
known to the gods of the woods. He
must not indulge in this clearly habit
every day. He must abstain on the
sixth, the eighth, the ninth, the four
teenth, the fifteenth, and the last day
of the moon, on the days of new and
full moon, on the Tuesday in every
week, on the day Of the constellation
under which he was born. on the day
of the week and on the day of the
month which correspond with those of
his birth, at an eclipse, at the commune
ton of the planets, at the equinoxes
and other unluchy epochs, and also on
the anniversary of the death of his
father or mother. Any one who cleans
his teeth with his bit of stick on any Of
the aforementioned days will have
hell as his portion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

very expressive sketches. He Wouiu
draw a woman IN a couple OF dozen
strokes. yet somehow would bring out
the very texture Of her gown. he cane
across during the Worlds FAR anu
brought along some of his r'siha!
drawings. They were perfect webs OF
blue pencil study, and every de'al n''n
been worked out with an elaboration
that was simply incredible. Then ne
had selected the lines that really 'o4u
the story and mixed them over. IL was
simple enough after you once kAo"
how. but the trick was 70 make tIie
first drawing. That was where the
sure-enough artist was required
New Orleans Times-Democrat'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Graveyard Latin.

Ignorance is never shown more Of
fectively than in an attempt 10 con.
ceal it. y countryman wandering
about cemetery. says Harper'S Bazaar,
came upon stone which bore the in
scription. sic transit gloria mundi."
What does that mean?' he asked the
sexton. who was at work near by. The
sexton. not wishing to confess ignor-
ance, replied: We'll, it means, that he
was sick transiently, and Went to glory
Monday morning"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Sunshiny Women.

know man who says he fell in
love with the woman who Is now his
wife because she was always cheerful
in dull weather; that one summer they
found themselves under the same roof
for number Of weeks, and that the
other folks would always make the
discovery long time before this girl
did that it was raining and insuffer-
ably dull says writer in the st. Louis
Republic. The damp, dull weather did
not seem to dampen her cheerfulness
and that she always came down in the
morning smiling and CHEEKY. Such q
woman, this man rightly concluded.
was worth her weight in gold. She
would always be able to get the hest
and happiest out of life and she al
ways has.
When a woman greets YOU at her
door with smile, and starts her chat.
ting in a happy vein, you are at once
glad that you have gone to see her. and
You forget your own worries. if Won
have any. and join with her in discnss-
ing only the happier affairs of your
life. and hers, and the lives of otbo,.
people that you know,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
GEN. SKATERS DAUGHTER.
His Only Child Is the Wife of a Gal.
liant Soldier.

1t is generally known that when Gen
Shafter went to Cuba he carried with
him the burden of great personal
grief. But few months before, death
had robbed him of his LIES companion.
Mrs. Shafter was woman of charm
ing manner and was one of the most
popular women in army circles. Her
daughter closely resembles her.
This daughter, Mrs. W. II. McKit-
trick, is the only child of Gen. Shafter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Railway in China

The Chinese railway from Shanghai
to Wusung is nearly completed. About
twenty years ago the government
bought this road. engaged several thou.
SAND coolies to tear up the rails and
sleepers, put them on a ship, and dum,,-
ed them in a desolate spot on the COAST
of EOrmoSa
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
CandOr,

What is your opinion of the popular
songs of the present time:" asked rho
young woman.
oh" replied Willie Washington. Il
guess I'm like most people on that
point. | enjoy EN-. but l don't like 10
own up 10 the fact in the presence of
my musical friends" Washington
Star
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

The subject of mushrooms IS one of
never-failing interest, because Of the
tragic excitement usually experienced
in eating them, particularly If they are
served as fresh" The mushroom IS
the Jeykll-Hyde of edible fungi. 1t is
q mystery among esculent excres-
cences, delightful 10 the palate and
dreadful to the imagination; savory to
the taste and the object OF fretful sus
picion to the senses. The world over
the wise have taken pains 10 enlighten
the ignorant as TO the capacity for
crime that turks in the mushroom.
The Agricultural Department of the
United States Government, under the
administration of such past grand mas
ters of scientific research as Jerry
Rusk, has published ream on ream of
profound inquiry into the nature and
Mafaism of the mushroom. Not alone
the American farmer and the retailers
who chase the marvel among foods
that grow in a night have been inform
ed and warned as to the pervert char
acteristics Of the mushroom: every citi-
to share the scientific knowledge of the
Agricultural Department on this fasci-
mating subject.
Shoulders for Mushroom Eaters.
Notwithstanding the industry and vc-
hement disclosures of the bucolic phil
osophers at Washington. the American
mushroom continues TO get in its dead
"
much or too many mushrooms, but the
wrong kind, is FREQUENT verdict of the
newspaper paragraph. Everyone who
likes and eats mushrooms shudders at
the stereotyped news and agrees with
himself again to make sure that the
next time he eats mushrooms he will
see 10 it that they are mushrooms. Then
this resolution gets cobwebbed like
many another, and when he Is devour-
ed with a desire for mushroom and
meets a plate of this delicious sponge
food en- face he has forgotten the tech
nical earmarks of the creature and in
the spell Of the appetizing odor decides
to depend upon the technical knowl-
edge Of the fungi huckster.
To the American knowledge of rnush-
room differentiation. Dr.. Prentiss, of
Washington, Is the latest contributor.
He has attended lately some historical
cases and consequently has mastered
a goodly part Of the mushroom prob
lem.
OF all men at the national capital
Count De Necchi. attache of the 1tal-
ian legation. was mortally deceived by
the Virginia type Of mushroom last
winter. He was proudly familiar with
the correct or healthful trademarks Of
the mushroom. but to make assurance
doubly sure he purchased from coun-
tryman, who grew up among nush-
rooms at home.
The Count complacently identified
the specimens as the orange amanita,
an edible species. He ate about two
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
The Worlds Biggest Tovn

IN London each day 400 children are
porn, sixty enter school for the firs4
time 200 begin their apprenticeship
lou persons enter married life, and 200
PERSONS die ~
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

A very comfortable pillow to hang on
2 chair back or to use when travelling
Is given in the illustration. 1t may be
emitted or crochered in squares of diff
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

ferent colors. Almost any stitch may
be used, according to ones fancy, and
and tassels and hung over the back of
the old rocking chair, 1t will form no
small addition 10 the comfort and orna-
ment of the room.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Pay of Steamer Captain and Crew

The salary of captain of a British
transatlantic liner is $1,000 a year
The wages of the men are about 500
per month.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Made by Begging.

IL was stated in London police court
recently that eight or nine shillings Q
ia! can be made by begging.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Teaching Babies to F,+

\ rather Whose many olive branch.
es do such credit to early training MS
70 render him authority in that direc-
uon' says a writer in Table Talk do
clares that when child can eat at the
family table in civilized manner bo
Iesarus II as half-educated. While
.hls may be an extreme view, his meth
Oh OF gaining the important point is 50
pfactical and simple that it is worth
thoughtful consideration at least. II
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Business Abilityd

AbdSAACSS AbAAbeyW---
1t is said that throuatold is com
clubs women are detpous Jesse
ah,litv axecu,iro c.mAd wholeso
49, ~ on,n;a all phys
Tor the opinions an Hessity.
people and a broad ~ --
and loyalty towantk ganai MAJ
will materially strssAa'ational by
character The achru Thee." WI
and Queens and nrines pcis Smith
all of history nv ann rucan library
,ngs of rho conn mon = was Owne
class which Rooms ~ bridgeport,
true and helpful-maht - LIN
tory. and women who's "''ol
are women sharing w :. o"
their sex the highest D
made q d,scorerv thu stion Of q
feren+ co,or and mata,l history
sih;,ir,es riso - Tho noaRtinct fall
true club woman Is ugitly Cured.
and intellectual patrdr' s Ssys s use
student of political m0ee: Or. r
Indeed. women claim t-..
ans club Is a fine scs4 so LITTLE
and broad mental octq4s q won(
true. wideawake w0ng ncle San
herself a power in txSldiers.
that Is a permaneny.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

The throat Is shofte
rufiles and the Should
a square-cut dress.
There Is no DANCE
frock If skirts are ~
isian fashion, to faSte'
Ornaments appear :
buckles and long p
adornments of large I
cut jets, oblongs an
in color.
Black gowns OF hvs'
selni-diaphanOus wee'
satin, and in heavief :
wear, will take high
of fashion for the Y
fore US.
Fable, bengaline, Y
many other lustr0us y
brought out in char
these are used alike
fancy waists, capes z
ish combination t0D
Ribbons are nov
way for dress trim
one-eighth to three-
wide is used for en-
velvet, laces, clo@
bon now is scarce
liney combinahon
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Risks on Lives ofvns {;

The recent annual reNdSa g
insurance companies d
States show that they ans0 -eH.es'
S50,000,000 in risks on In IIl9 cure
en-. The woman whose
cause the heaviest loss n.O w AN
companies is Mrs. LAln
whose policies aggeu 'seo ota'
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst Isl nnsyAVah
list. with 100000. 'ital invt
Twenty-one women carolina l.
each and fifty $4,000 On
carry $4,000 each, and Minated
from $1,000 to $4,000. Dods used
of women insured, as Dducts of
men, ranges between ouko, NO.,
cent. in some older comp,. sarouo,
SO per cent. in the indnc oil l.ho
concerns cture pla
Among the women VI
amount to $4,000 or AZ AL
Mrs. Stanford and Mrs ' Mo, ~
-, ,o'-o " " W-oi,o. to do
Mrs. E. B. Crocker; Membership
ver. Mrs J. Sloat Fasglal Unto
ard, and Mrs. Martha Gsit'on 70
aach Mrs. ". G. Hin sft and tt
n Hall. Mrs. Sarah Hput 30 pei
son, Chicago, and Mrs. Gmany of
Chicago, 100000 each % may be
Gibson, Cincinnati, @l now. 81
mund Lowe, Grand Rapalready to
S. Standiford, Paducahl change.
oline Sinclair, Grand brted that
Mrs. Harwood, Atanulve contra
Louisville; Mrs. MaryLny cottol
A. II. Huestis, and MI ! mills b.
Muskego, Wis, S5O,Wt, where 6
80
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

demands that as soon :.
member Of the houseA,,
10 feed itself, 1t shoula ,
meal each day. His INA,
es the spoon as a hind,
ness, and substitutes I'm
little fork and the silver
and great convenience a
The food is carefully =
before the tot, who sooul
the dainty morsels to h
with great ease and N
a few trials, any fa!lurI
instant exile 10 the nm
Of the silver cup with h
in the same manner, and
ity of the napkin at meal
treated with this cerem
the dignity and impors,
ton, and behaves accord
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FaR Ur1E HB@M0U1ON@ %
OF TIH[I Nl(USLl[DWWNlo

The illustrations presented herewith
are from drawings made by DR.. Berry
of the kinds Of mushrooms eaten in
these two fatal experiences. The chief
poisoning principle of the fly mush-
room IS muscarin, a colorlesS. sirupy
alkaloid, without odOr or taste, which
forms crystalline salts with acids. But
another poisonous substance occurs in
tie plant, the chemical nature Of which
is not known.
Thus do mushroom mysteries multi
ply. The latter poisonous element ap-
pears TO be volatile, fact which may
account to some extent for the iinpu
nifty with which the dried fungus Is
taken by the native Kamchatkans as
an intoxicant. They became at first
very cheerful under its spell. This con-
dition Is followed by drowsiness and
sleep, from which they awake in a
state of trenulous exhaustion. In the
stages of excitement they have ecstatic
visions, like those of the hasheesh eat
ers. On the whole, 1t would seem that
If these wicked mushrooms We're saved
and dried, instead of being juggled by
digestive dynamics, they might be used
safely as a weird and unique stimu-
lanr
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24
Treatment for Poison,

The synoptic idea of treatment for
poisoning by amanita muscarin runs
something like this, but it rarely sue
ceeds If any quantity has been eaten:
~ Clear out the stomach and bowels
By any and all means, until not a shred
or "Reminiscences OF mushroom be left.
Croton oil, castor oil, saline purgatives,
stomach pumps-any old thing, so long
as the desired result is attained; %
hypodermic injections of atropia, which
Is the physiologic antidote to muscarin,
in doses Of one-one hundred and
twentieth to one-sixIeth of a grain,
until the drying Of the bodily secre-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-24

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