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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-17

What q blessing it is for republican
politicians that the war tax obscures the
deficiency produced by the Dingley bill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-17
Tired Of Life
Could Not Sleep. Was Nervous,
and Had Headaches
All Those Troubles Completely
cure,; nv Icca'c SarsapariIia.

Cured ny Acod'c Sarsapari'ia.
"Ithink it duty to express my thanks
for tie rood have derived from Hood s
Ga-separi,ls. bout year ego } became
perfectly worthless. | could sleep bub
few minutes i. = time during the whole
night, and wbsu rose in the morning
felt worse taan " hen went to bed.
l became very nervous and had sick ana
dizzy headaches. l was almost tired OF
life, ard did not care for anything. |
made up my mind to try Hoods sar-
saparilla. procured bottle and began
taking it. Finding the first bottle
helped me got the second, and kept on
until l had taken four bottles, when l
was implicitly cured" SAMUEL WHITE,
Birch Bay, Washington. Get only
Hood s I pa$i'ia
The best 49, ia tact TIE One True Blood Purifier.
only nil 70. .,l-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-17

Now that the election is over the ad
vancelnent Of Aberdeen is in order
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-11-17

Criticism OF the conduct OF the Spanish
war is no longer high treason.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
A Movable Code,

"'Other time, other manner, re- marked the man in the big leather arm- chair, fought to be amended to read Other countries, other manners Not long ago went back to the small coun- try town of my boyhood to make short visit, and while there the whole town was set agog by the appearance of highly interesting foreigner-a Hun- garian of noble birth. No, he wasn't barber in disguise. He was a genuine titled Hungarian. One of the clever. pretty girls in Smalltown had gone abroad to study music and had there met and made Q serious impression on this Hungarian gentleman, who had crossed the water to make her a visit. He held Q military position in his own country, and the tails of his military coat, lined with a brilliant red, near ly prostrated the entire community.
 "One Sunday morning he accompanied the young lady to church, and of course Smalltown was out in full force to get good look at him. Certainly his church department differed widely from anything ever witnessed in this coun- try. He was seated in the pew with the young woman when her father came down the aisle. AS the father entered the pew the tall Hungarian arose, placed his hand across his breast and bent double in a ceremonious bow, then seated himself, the red coattails being much in evidence during the salute. When the girls mother entered few minutes later, the same formal recep- tion bow was made to her. AS rule, Americans do not rise and make sweep ing bows ill church; but, as is evident, such is the Hungarian fashion, and Smalltown was naturally much inter ested and agitated over this unusual dis play of foreign manner. "-DeTroit Free PraSS
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

Whoever thinks art is an easy mis- tress let him study biography. One of the foremost of American actors re- gently told an audience of young men that for something like seven years he was almost on the verge of starvation. Night after night, after the play he would invest one of his few pennies in hot baked potatoes, put them in his pockets, and after warming his hands on them would swallow them. "Sar- gent and l." said famous painter and sculptor to an art student, as he cor rected her drawing, spent some months in Spain when we were young artists. We were very, very poor. Sar- gent could talk better Spanish than I, so he went out and bought the beans, and cooked them. Beans were all we had to eat" Yet Mansfield and Sar- gent and Duveneck, like thousands of other brave and successful men, have persisted against terrible odds, until success was assured.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

An hour later there came another message from the presidents office. It was that he would be detained still later, and telling me to send word home to that effect.
 ''Is that all?" I asked.
 The message came back in sharp staccatO notes:
 That is all." I leaned back In my chair cold and faint, for the hand was the same that had sent me the message on the night poor Tom Brown was killed.
 The next day I came to the city on leave of absence to investigate the life or Anson Tryson, president of the At lantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. 1 found that three years before he had been laborer on the Sioux City Rail- road, with not dollar to his name, and that his sudden rise had been the talk of Wall street.
 Well, did not let it drop there, but hunted down the case until I proved that Anson Tryson, with a gang of accomplices, had robbed the express train that night, and killed my old friend Tom Brown. And one day I took trip up country to see him swing for it.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
DAGGER STICKING THROUGH HIM. PINNING HIM TO THE DESK
up Dismal Point, and Tom

] called up Dismal Point, and Tom answered.
 "Tbe ezpress train Is one station up the r0ad,' said he, "and is ahead of time. will wait here five minutes. I'll let you know as soon as it leaves here. TomorroW@"
 There vas a sudden pause In the ticking and then a strange hand sent the mage, That is all"
 J called up Tom again, but he did not a1swer l kept calling, but no re- eaa1sa came, and I thought that the w.l-s had become entangled.
 { waited for the express with It's S12.G.G050 in bullion until S:15, but 1t dfI not arrive. Then telegraphed up road -9 T om, but there was no answer. ! waited five minutes longer and tele- grauhel 2gain, but still no response.
 The V res must be down." I said.
 ] walked out upon the platform and looked u- the road. To my surprise I saw in tae distance an engine coming toward ne, slowly swinging down the track. AS it came nearer saw it was empty. and as it passed me I board ell it.
 Baversi 1g the engine, I started back up the road. I went with such fire as I could get up, back to Dismal Point. Here, in -ront of the station, stood the express car, rifled of its contents. Across one of the trunks the express messenger lay dead. The engineer and fireman were so badly stunned that at first , fought they, too, were killed, but after some time brought breath back into the life of the former. He, poor fellow, was too dazed to speak, and l lifted him into the car, thankful that he vas alive.
 When l stepped into the little station where Tom always sat, an awful sight met my eyes. There sitting at the in- stTument with his back to the door was my old friend, a dagger sticking through him, and fairly pinning him to the table. l grasped the wooden ham, de, and pulled 1t out with all my strength only to receive his cold body in my arns.
 Well. t1ey never found out the rob- bers of he train. The engineer had been struck from behind, and could re- member nothing; and after waiting only long enough to see my old friend buried, 1 resigned my position at Rocky Forks. md struck out again. But on Toms grave, back in the woods at Dis maj Point, l put shaft of wood, and Ou it ! c2rVed these words: Living,
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

It requires only mOdicum of ability to rouse a crowd in these times to the point where it is moved to shout or applaud or stamp or cheer. The man who has the spirit of a demagogue in him, or who is willing to trife with the excitable feelings of the populace, or who, possessed with the lower in- stincts of an orator, is forgetful of all else but the temporary victories of the platform, can easily evolve from any crowd, in either a church or theater, enthusiastic signs of popular approval. He has only to say something about our public schools" or "Old glory" or medieval Spain," or struggling Cuba" or ''the conspirators against lib erty," or ''the effete dynasties of Eu rope" or ''the old man by the Tiber"- and at once he may draw out from some of his hearers "great applause" Some so-called ministers of the gospel have recently introduced clap-trap stuff into their alleged prayers, and these have been applauded. The man who professes to be a minister of Christ and who forgets his high calling so far as to use the methods and utteranceS of the demagogue in his prayers and dis courses, deserves to be rebuked and hu- inflated until he repents of his sins and changes his ways.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
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THE TELL=TALE TICK.
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will pursue you to the end of the world Dead, I will come back to you"
 Below 1t I put Toms name and age, and vowed aloud the oath that I had there written, to find the murderer of poor Tom Brown.
 Three years later, I found myself stationed at New Ellsworth, a suburb of New York. was in charge of prI- vate wire connecting with the New Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Con- pany, which communicated with all parts of the world. It was one of the richest organizations of the new world, and I was proud to be an operator in its employ.
 My duty here was to transmit the private messages of the company; for here the president had his summer home, and here also were the trustees, and those who manipulated the road. Many confidential messages passed through my hands, and 1 treated them with becoming confidence.
 I never liked the president of the company, though he lived In the hand somest house in the place and treated me with uniform courtesy. He had a cold uncertain manner that did not seem to be worthy of trust. Certainly I should not have put my millions into his hands.
 One night, when he did not reach home, his wife came down to the tele- graph office and asked me if I had heard from him. I was forced to tell her no This happened frequently; and one evening, when he had been late and she had made three trips in her carriage to the telegraph office, he said to me: "To-morrow will have pri- vate wire put in my office in Pine street and when I am detained, I will tele- graph you, and you can send mes sage to my wife"
 The next day the wire was put in, but as the president came nome promptly that night, it was not used. But on the following day at o'clock I got a telegram from him telling me that he would not be home until 8 o'clock, and ordering me to send word to his wife. I did so by the station messenger.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

There is considerable talk nowadays concerning the decadence of marriage; nevertheless, marrying and giving in marriage is going on every day, and there is no good reason to suppose that the ndofthis is anywhere near. Court ing Is just as delicious nowadays as twas hundred years ago, carping critics to the contrary notwithstanding. The prospect of a little home of their own is just as alluring to young men as it was to our forefathers, and, everything taken into consideration, 1t is not much more difficult to maintain family now than it was then. There are always foes to fight, contingencies to provide against, always chances of disappofnt ments; but in the main the sweet old story gets told with quite as much sen timent as ever, the good-bys are just as hard to say, and the welcome just as warm. It would seem that people might be great deal better employed than in worrying over the decadence of matrimony. Nevertheless, there is one phase of the momentouS question which should be well considered. Early mar riages are seldom happy ones. The ''undying love" on which boy and girl pride themselves proves of a very ephemeral character, and Is frightened away at the least hint of trouble, and just when life should be at its bright est and best for them, they are con fronted by the terrible alternative of making the best of it," or of living their lives apart. Neither can be held directly responsible for this state of things. There may be no grave faults on either side. But they are thoroughly disiIlusionized; when they made the ir- revOcable VOW they were too young to understand the real nature of the re- responsibilities they were taking upon themselves, and to judge correctly of their own hearts. They mistook the very transient affections which woke in them for the love which comes to most of us but once in a lifetime. With age comes experience, and a better knowl- edge of ones fellowmen, a knowledge which will prove of the utmost use in the troubled sea cf matrimony, and wider experience means, too, tact and sympathy-two lnfallible aids towards a happy married life.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

I had knocked around in Australia for five year. put in q years service in India, ard had a Whack at the Transvaal Irsurrectionists as Volun- teer, only to settle down at last, as telegraph operator at Rocky Forks, a telegraph station between Omaha and Sioux City. It was my business to transfer messages between the two places, and t. connect with points fur ther along.
 The next station. fifteen miles fur ther up the road, was Dismal Point, and here To- Brown. my oldest and truest friend, operated. Tom and had roughed it al. over the world together, and when we ser-iea down here t was to be near eacb othe-.
 One day Tom tel1-raphed down to me that he would meet me at Rocky Forks next Tucsday for a days shoot ing. He said he Wclld come down on the o'clock train ln the morning and wait for me 10 get off at noon. After that we would go up Into the hills and shoot along the points of the ravine.
 l liked nothing better than 8 days outing with Tom. and I quickly licked back word that he could rely on me next Tuesday, as that was my day off.
 The following day there cane a mes sage through Omaha that the United Express would ship S12.000,000 in bull lion over the road to Sioux City the next Monday night. and that the train would pass through ny station, Rocky Forks, at S:15 in the evening. tele graphed back that understood 1t, and then opened ID the instrument and asked Tom i he had received bis mes sage yet. Ee sad that he had, and would look for the train seventeen min utes earlier e Dismal Point.
 That day and the next l passed in. my usual Way. Sunday was unevent- full, and would have seemed long, ex- cept for the constant ticking Of the in- strument, which was kept busy send ing message about the important ship ment to be made the next day. Mon- day evening at 7.30 I looked a: my watch. "The train will soon be aIong," I said. "I guess I will call up Tom, and see if he knows where 1t is."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

the family estate. The most curious fact about this strange burial place Is that the nobleman in question, Baron von Thummel, bought the tomb of his forefather by accident at a wood sale. He told an old servant of his purchase, who recognized the tree as one in which, seventy years before, her old master had been buried. In the hollow of the tree Baron Hans von Thummel had caused a sepulchre of solid mason ry to be built, large enough to accom- modate his coffin in a standing position. The coffin was placed there, as the church records show, on March 8, 1924. and the opening was closed by an iron grate. h the course of time a wall of wood grew over the opening, hiding for many years the odd use to which the old tree had been put.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
BEES CAPTURE A WAGON.
A Vagrant Swarm Force Themselves
 on an Expressman,

on an Expressman.
 A tribe of vagrant bees, following the lead of a near-sighted old queen who had lost her bearings, swarmed about HaswelPs drug store at the corner of 16th and Lawrence streets yesterday afternoon, and for awhile had the cor her all to themselves. The unusual sight of thousands of honey bees bug zing around one of the busiest corners in town soon attracted a big crowd of people, who at first stood off at a re- spectful distance and looked on The queen lit on the tail gate of an express wagon, and 1t was curious to see how quickly the bees swarmed around her until they were piled up a foot deep, while hundreds of the insects buzZed around overhead or lit on the horse, on the sidewalk and on the clothing of the bystanders. When it was found that the bees were pacifically disposed the bystanders moved closer, and some boys, bolder than the others, even pick ed up hundreds of the bees and were not harmed.
 Some one got packing box from the drug store, poured molasses in the bot tom of it and placed it handy for the bees, but they did not move into the habitation provided. A big policeman, seeing the crowd, sauntered up to find out what was the trouble It was de- sirable in the interests of the public safety to get the bees to move on, but he didn't know how to go about it, so he had to remain on duty and wait for developments.
 Occasionally a venturesome boy would stir up the pile of bees, just to see the crowd scatter. The bees would settle on passengers in the open cars as they stopped just before crossing 16th street, and then there would be panic. Women on bicycles ran into the cloud of insects before they were aware of their danger, and screeching at every revolution, they scorched down the street frantic with fear, just L2- cause few dozen harmless bees were tickling them on the face, neck or arms.
 Where the swarm came from or where they had set out to go was, of course, a mystery. Some farmer around Wheatland or Littleton is prob ably the loser, and the owner of the express wagon now has a swarm of bees which he has no use for, but was forced to take home with him because they took a fancy to his wagon and would not leave it. A young man who said he knew all about bees attempted to shovel the insects into box with paper fan. They offered no resistance, but would not stay in the box, and in the end the expressman had to drive home with halo of bees encircling hls head and the wagon bed half full of bees.-Denver Republican.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

spoken in condemnation of the atrocity. The murder of the postmaster is the sixth lynchlng that has. occurred in South Carolina since the beginning of the year, and the Charleston editor holds the State authorities indirectly responsible for the latest crime because 'they have made practically no effort whatever to stay the hand of violence" ]" He goes still further, and welcomes the opportunity now presented for the Fed eral Government to interpose, as "the State authorities have demonstrated their inability to deal with such crimes against the law"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
One Trait of Yankee Inventions.

A French engineer who had been on a tour of inspection in the United States was not impressed by the big things of the country. ''I shall report to my gov ernment, said he, ''that the biggest things in America are the lRtle things. The French people are experts in do- mestio economy and live comfortably by saving what average families in the United States throw away. But Amer jeans are, on the other hand, experts in industrial economy. They make money by saving wastage in business and lose some of it by wastage in domestic econ- Omy. The attention paid to small de- tails in big works is amazing to me. have visited some establishments where believe that the profits are made not in the manufacture proper, but in the attention to details that are with us un- considered trifles
 "For example, saw little grind stone in operation at big works auto matically sharpening lathe and planer tools This machine costs probably as much as 100 of our ordinary grindstones cost, but l see that it automatically grinds all the tools for 300 high priced mechanics, and it only works a few hours each day. The skilled mechanics in our country frequently stop their reg ular work to grind their own tools, and then they do it imperfectly. In the United States tools are all accurately ground to the best shape by the ma- chine, so that they do more and better work on this account in a given time. believe that that machine has brains the brains of the inventor-and it has no doubt revolutionized work of this kind in American machine shops This Is but one case out of many that have noted. ."-InVentiOn.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
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Guy Boothby's new story of the ''fsf Nikola" type is called ''The Lust 5G Hate," and will run a serial course be fore being issued in book form.
 Stanley Waterloo has completed a new story, "The Coming of Armaged- dOn." In connection with the an nouncement it is said he will now pay a visit to England.
 pr. Samuel Smiles, the veteran au- thor of Self Help" is now in his eighty-siXth year. He Is living in re- tirement at his home in Pembr0ke Car dens, Kensington, and has just com pleted new WOrK.
 London papers announce that a new religious monthly is being projected there, to be called Ian Maclareu's Mag azine. It will be edited, as the tlde indicates, by the Rev. John Watson. assisted by his 'discoverer" and bosom friend, Dr. Robertson Nicoll.
 The Biblical World discusses editori- ally the relative value In Sunday schools of the uniform sche1ne and of the graded method, with a strong pref erence on the whole for the graded sys- tenn. The Sunday school, 1t is insisted, ought not to lag in the rear of educa- tional advance. Dr. Selah Merrill. who has given to the geography and arche- ology of Palestine lifelong study, has an illustrated article on Caperuaum.
 Nottingham, near Brighton, where Rudyard Kipling had his home last summer, once very nearly became the summer residence of Thomas Carlyle In 1855 Mrs. Carlyle desired Jc find place for herself and her husband to which they might retreat when wear jed. She wrote to him: "Posi sitvely fancy I have found the coming cottage. The name of it is ROttingdeau. The place itself Is an old, sleepy looking little village close on the sea, with sim pie, poor inhabitants, not a trace of & lady or gentleman bather to a- seen in fact, except in the end, there were no lodgings visible. 1 asked the maid at the inn was 1t always as quiet as this? Always she said iu hoIf a whisper, with a half sigh, almost too quiet The plan came to nothing. and Carlyle comments: "Dear soul. what trouble she took! What hope she had about 1t! Stunt lachryme rarum
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
Will 1t Come to This?

When airships shall fly gracefully over our heads and wires carry thoughts as well as words, and people live on their capsules of chemically prepared food, then names will probably be dis pensed with and symbol will be sutfi- cient to designate one's person. The most advanced scientists have always been unable to remember the names of their acquaintances. They never forget faces, and so they deem names unneces- sary. Symbols suggestive of the natu- ral characteristics of the person would be much better. Darwin once forgot his own name. Professor s. of Harvard, after committing to memory the string of names of a Spaniard to whom he wished to present an old friend, forgot the name of his friend at the crucial York Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21
NIGHT.

The sun has vanished out of my sight, And the moments sadly roll, For my heart is dark with the thought of
 night,
 And the night is in my soul. The day is set and never will rise, And my heart is sick and sore, For the sweet, sweet light of my true love's
 eyes
 Will shine for me no more. My very sleep of rest is shorn, am full of pain and care Sick with the thought of what have borne And of what is left to bear. see the rose with blushes fired, I hear the brook run by, But am tired, so sick and tired, I almost long to die. For know the sun will dry the stream, And the fiow'r fade in the frost, And know that my dream is all dream And the charm of the dream is lost There will never, never be any moro light, For my hope and must part, And my soul is dark with the thought of night And the night is in my heart.