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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
ri mean IT," said Mrs. Patrick. 81

HlcHD IL. Sultl .NTS. IutIitk. 1
don't see why you mightn't as well help
me for money as to wait on customers
In store for money. All the accounts
of the year are to he gone over and bal
anced. You could help me about that.
for, to tell the truth. Mr.. Patrick hates
accounts. You could help me in my
business correspondence, which is quite
large, for Mr.. Patrick hates business
letters. l will tell you what I do not
speak of generally-Ar. Patrick IS not
strong Things wear on him and annoy
him that do not affect me in the least
He likes to supervise the outdoor work.
and 1t agrees with him to do it. But he
hates business and SO | attend to that.
You are the one person that ! have
ever had about me that needs no super
vision. / will give You forty dollars Il
month and your board the year round
If you will stay"
Mrs. Patrick called one OF the
maids. putting her head in AT the door.
And, with her accustomed prompt
ness, knowing that she was needed.
Mrs Patrick obeyed the call.
Left to herself, Mary slipped up to
gloves. Then she went quickly down
again. and out and away through the
flower garden. where she stopped only
to pick the nearest blossom and then
went on. She wanted to be alone 10
think over how good, how very GOOD.
m IN yt-hn 40 on hot
the gift Of being particular In little
things-the gift that lies ut the bottom
of every solid success in life. no matter
In what line that success may be. Her
heart was filed with JOY, for, under her
calm exterior, Mary was very emo
tiOnal
She had not gone far from the house
1T was only out of sight among the
trees behind her and at her right. And
bark! from n tree In the row that Dor
dered her left. bird began to sing. As
the liquid notes fell on her entrancel
ears she raised and clasped her hands
that still held the flower and gaZed ear
nestly up to see as we'll as hear. She
felt as II that were her bird. and she
knew that he voiced the ecstasy In her
own heart. No more for hrr the city
and its crowded loneliness. but always,
as long rs she did her best, the wide
fields that were full Of companionship.
But Nettie, when she heard Of it.
could not understand. She could only
wonder what Mrs. Patrick had done
to get around Mary and make her
stay on "a horr1d old farm"
AS for Mrs Patrick. seeing from
month to month Mnry's contentment
and proficiency, she said to herself.
1.-THE only true way to help anybody is
to help her to get where she belongs.
I've an idea that Eettie Burchard be-
longs In the store. But Mary-Mary be-
longs er'-Wellspring.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
Round the Corner.

An amusing incident of DR.. Lyman
Beechers student days was told in a
sketch of the famous clergyman. writ
ten by John Ross Dix over forty years
ago.
One night he was awakened by n
sound at hi window, as if some one
were drawing cloth through broken
pane of glass. Springing up, he dimly
say his clothes disappearing through
the broken window, IA thief having tax
en- n fancy TO them.
Waiting for no ceremonies of toilet.
Young Beecher dashed out after the
burglar, who dropped the clothes at
once and put himself to his best speed.
But Lyman was not to be easily out
run, especially when thus stripped to
the race.
After turning several corners, the cal
tiff was seized and marched back by
the eager student. He ushcred him
into his room. compelled him to lie
down on the floor by the side of his bed.
while he, more comfortably ensconced
In the bed. lay the night long watching
EllIl. Tie SIltltt 'tiiib piphGlI 'AiiJ ~
an occasional Lie still. sirr'
In the morning the cnlprit was taken
before magistrate. who was evidently
a lineal descendant of Justice Shallow.
The magistrate, after hearing the par
ticulars asked Mr.. Beecher whether,
In turning the corners, he lost sight Of
the man ut all"
-
sight but a second, for he was close
upon him.
"Ah, Well" said the magistrate. 'if
you lost sight of him at all, you cannot
swear to his identity"
SO the man was discharged Mr.
Beecher met the fellow several times
afterward, but was never able to ''catch
bts n1-o
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

pay the inevitable license fed
be fail tn this he was sold ou(
and homo sent to prison, Of
according to the pleasure and
his Spanish master.
He had to pay a tax Il bel
beast Of burden Of any sort
was spain's helpful method .
aging him to thrift Every
furniture he used WIS taxed
g townsman or vfnager and '
keep a shop he was taxed for
nege; not content With this,
scales and measures he used h
Tying on Of his business were {
an additional tax. He paid q
he married, and taxation KEEP
pling grip upon him up to tb
hts death. and then the very
filed was made to render trib
oppressors. It could not be
a tax Of $50 had been paid
his family or friends. As q
rapacity-the Spantard's rule
bly, without a parallel The
thus collected found Its wa
northern country, where It
important item in the budget
for the maintenance Of the
navy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
DAKOTA FARM lABO2ERS.
Men whoee Homes May Re Thous-
and Miles Away.

There Is a season between May and
the middle Of July, during which the
army Of hands" who work on these
North Dakota wheat farms wait for the
crops to ripen. In fact, except the half
score Of men who are regularly EN-
ployed upon each place, all the men
who are engaged upon the big farms
in blowing season. nj seeding time.
during harvest, and when the season
for thrashing comes-the men who do
the most important work-are transient
. laborers. Frequently they are birds of
passage, whose faces are familiar TO
the foremen, but whose homes may be
a thousand miles away. Men Of this
character are not 'hoboes;" yet now
and then tramp does rest from his
loved employ" and work with the "har-
vest hands"
\ majority Of the laborers come from
the South In harvest time. These men
are regular harvesters, who begin with
the early June harvest In oklahoma
working nOrthward until the season
closes In the Red river country. Men
va 'Aii" NAtAt~ AZ VI IdS l"AAiVt'a AGA ~
Thousands Of theln--perhaps fifteen
men on every thousand acres In wheat
ride into the bonanza district on the
blind baggage" on passenger trains.
When they have leisure and a taste for
scenery they jolt placidly across the
continent homewnrd bound in what the
lingo of the cult calls "side-door sleep
ers." Many of these workmen live in
the larger towns in the middle West
In st. Louis, in Omaha. in St Paul. In
Chicago. or In Milwaukee. And they
bring home probably million dollars
in wages. They are steady. industrious
men. with no bad habits. and small am
billions. On the best farms there is no
drinking, and card-playing is strictly
prohibited. The foremen say that cards
keep men ont of bed at night, and they
have not their best strength TO work
during the day. There are amuse-
ments on the farm. and at 8 O'clock
the fatigue usually drives the men to
bedroom The Business of a Wheat
Farm" by William Allen White, In
Scrbners.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
Time to Stop.

Among the best stories recorded by a
well-known angler Is one about Scot
fish laird who was one day relating to
his friends at the dinner table the
story of fine fish he had caught. Don
ald." said he TO the servant behind his
chair-an old man. but new servant
how heavy was the fish | took yester-
dayT Donald neither spoke nor moved.
The laird repeated the question.
"Weel" replied Donald. ut was twal'
pund at breakfast: 1t had gotten to ach-
teen at dinner-time, and it was sax-and-
twenty when ye sat down to supper wi
the captain" Then, after a pause, he
added: I've been tellin' lees a my
life to please the shooters. but I'll be
dashed If I'm going to tell lees moo, In
my old age, to please the fushers."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
A DREAMER IN THE GRASS,

Far away the toilers reap;
But in grasses cOoi and dcc,
Winds are singing me to sleep.
And the river. as it streams,
III the shadows and the CLEANS
nipples music through my dreams
Far away the noisy town
Where the clouds of traffic frown;
Here the blossoms bending down.
Here the winds sweep DER the plains;
Here the bee the honey drains;
Here the tinkle OF the rains.
Here the waters, as they pass
BY the dreamer in the grass
Are the Iily's looking glass.
What's city? Bricks and towers
Where they toll the heavy hours.
Here's kingdom in the flowers!
Here forever let me lie
Where the river sings to sea,
With Gods blue sky covering me!
Atlanta Constitution.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

an ingenious system of spoiliation. He
wants the natives last copper, and gen.
orally speaking he gets it. One must
fake into account in considering this
question Of taxation that the laborer or
small farmer In the Philippines earns
on an average of from five to perhaps
10 cents day, and work is no more
steady there than elsewhere, vet he
yielded up by way Of poll tax the neat
little sum of $1S year, while his wife
paid tax Of S14. This tax was COL
lected, too Any attempt at evasion
was promptly and sternly dealt with;
If the culprit was a man the thumb
screws were used, and If a woman she
was stripped and publicly beaten.
But this poll tax was merely the
start. If the native was small farm
er, he must secure license before he
could pick and market the cocoanuts
from his own trees. If he wished to
butcher COW or bullock or shear his
sheep, or cut down tree, he must first
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

then only upon necessary Dua|
When they are at meals book y
and every Friday they eat their q
kneeling. II one of the sisters loa
father or mother, she Is not told
loss. The mother superior simp'
sembles the community and says,
father or mother Of one Of you Is Q
In this way the silent women ces
have individual interest tn mythil
anything to talk about Seven
is spent In prayer, and the rest Q
day In cultivating gardens ana
different kinds Of laborious WORK.
wear white flannel clothes with q
of black on their backs when Of
on week days. On Sundays ana
walls they wear black.-Tid-BNs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
TAXES IN PHILIPPINES
spain Had Worked Out q System OF
Absolute Robbery.

spain Had Worked Ont system OF
Absolute Robbery.
The revolt Of the natives Of The Phil
ppines is the result Of Spain's worse
than prehistoric methods Of colonial
government. M!sruie on gigantic and
lnconceivabfe scale fiourished tn this
island empire-~The Pearl of the
Orient
The actual number Of these islands IS
as yet unknown, for the Span1ard
makes an unprogressfve pioneer, but
there are estimated to be about 1.400 Of
them great and small, Nesting away
Just north Of the equator. The total
area Is In the neighborhood Of LAC, 900
square miles. The population can only
be guessed at; perhaps 10000 900 Of
souls Is fair figure at which to place
1t.
The native population Is Of the Malay
family, and from all accounts q simple,
easy-going people when left to them
selves, but capable Of both persever-
ance and courage Of high and CON-
mendAble order when keyed up to the
lighting pitch. There is often large
admixture Of foreign blood In the veins
Of these islanders. 1t may he either
Spanish or Chinese, and this mixed
race, "Metlzas." as they are called,
forms one of the most influential class
es in the Philippines.
The Philippine islander has been
probably the most persistently taxed
creature the sun shines on in the world
to-day, for the Spaniarti's whole theory
of taxation is nothing more or less than
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
An Iupa from ReiOiuYn,

In Belgium, according to Il correSpOn-
dent of the Chicago News, they have
what Is known as the hospital car, and
when an accident occurs the car may
be run to the spot. where the wounded
may be picked up and carried to the
nearest large city for treatment. in
stead Of waiting hours for the arrival
of surgeons.
Again, the car can be used to trans
port large companies Of invallds from
place to place at certain seasons Of the
year. The interior of the car Is divided
into main compartment, corridor
on one side and two small rooms at the
end.
The hospital proper Is In the larger
compartment 1t contains twenty-four
isolated beds on steel tubes hung from
powerful springs Each patient lies in
front of two little windows which may
be opened or closed at will. Each bed
Is provided with a little movable table
to hold all objects required.
On the outside Of the hospital cham
Der the corridor leads us to the linen
closet ana the uOCtOrS department. IN
which there Is a huge cupboard used
for drugs, surgical instruments and q
folding bed. Various trap doors In the
floor open into receptacles for ice. a
provision cellar, etc. Arrangements are
made for an operating chamber, and
there Is even small chapel for relig-
ious worship.
The car will be used principally to
carry !nvalids from Belgium to the
miraculous cure at Lourdes, France.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
Retter Chance

do you think" said the man who
had bought large tract of arid land.
that l shall be able 10 water this
waste?"
Il dunno" replied the native. TT
strikes me, though. that there's a heap
better chance of your wasting the wa
r."-Washngton Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

But while yoUr mfrtn holds cafI
That every man is shot.
In the rear you'n never find bid
Where clash Of arms sounds "a
He'll not let lips Of others
His own word pictures paint.
He's In the thick Of battle,
He's where the strife runs rel
He's grinding out his story
In that flying sleet Of lead
He loves to write Of others
In whose vulor be delights:
He ofttimes makes them famouI
'Twixt darkness and daylight
He longs to spread In detail
On the flaming scroll Of fame
The WY that they won glory,
But be never tells his mama
He dies to serve his paper,
His life's the price Of news
There's no one to sing his pfai
And few cnn fill his shoes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
Silent Nuns.

There are several community
lent monks, as, for instance, u
pists, but these are not at all SUI
in comparison with a communi1
lent women, such as are to be I
the convent near Biarritz. The
cieuses, or silent sisters, nevel
except to their mother superi
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
COnCerniuy HfrsUte Growth

1t is a peculiar fact that with most
men the growth of hair is stronger on
one side Of the face than the other. 1t
Is said that hair always grows moro
quickly on that side on which we are
stronger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

~ tory,
" " OF battles fought and won,
How the army Of invasion
Made the hated Spanish run;
Did you ever pause u moment,
While the dons receive their dueas
And sort Of take tumble
To the boys who wrote the news?
Perhaps you think II ensy
Amid the cannons' roar
To rattle off good copy
While your paper cries for more
Let me tell you gentle reader,
War reporting Is no joke,
For your soul may quickly mingfe
With the raking battle's smoke
While pen ts flying swiftly
Tide Of conflict to record
Some sw1riing Spanish bullet
May pass you DER deaths ford.
Oh. It's well enough TO laugh
At written on the spot"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
No difference in the scxcs.

An Oberlin professor certifies that
during all my experiences as q pro.
fessor-21 years In ALL have never
observed any difference In the sexes as
to performance in recitation" The bows
may now pick up courage.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
A Birthnark,

Joe jefferson was born in Philadel
phia-"
Yes; that's the reason he is so slow
In losing his hold on public affection"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
Facts About New York's school Army

i
The school army of New York, num-
bering 100000 young Americans would
make 400 regiments of the American
Guard-allowing the girls to enroll
each regiment numbering LOCO. an
army equal to forty full brigades of ten
regiments
The length of stride of the average
school boy is two feet six inches.
Drawn up in the single line, the last
boy In the line would be up the State
200 miles, somewhere in the vicinity of
Syracuse.
Marching In platoons of sixteen. close
order, practically filling Broadway
from curb to curb. the column. when
ready to move. would be twelve miles
long, extending from the City Hall up
Broadway TO Fordham.
To carry the comparison further,
what a monster Of schoolboy this
army of 100000 would make. Assum-
ing an average weight of fifty pounds
each. all the schoolboys made into one
would produce a giant of 20,0O0.0OO
pounds weight. AS 4 feet 6 inches is an
average schoolboy's height this Great
or New York boy would be $40 feet
tall, his girth at the top Of his knick-
erbockers a mere trihe of $50 feet. and
the length of his feet sixty feet.-New
York Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
MARY HALIBUR-
TONS CHANCE.

WONDER II this Is q
chance" unused Mary Hall
burton. The cares of the
day were over, and she sat
alone in her tiny city room.
She was very tired Of being
II clerk-something her en-
ployers would have been
sorry to know, for what
ever Mary did she did with
her might and successfully.
She went back over the
story of her life that even
ing as she sat there. She
\
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

When It comes to raising vegetables
The amateur gardener isn't in 1t with an
old hen.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

\ womans idea of wrong is some
thing a man does that would be mis-
take If she did 1t herself.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

When a girl thinks man doesn't
care for her she begins to try TO make
him.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
Useless Worry.

Useless Worry.
"I'm afraid Wixey thinks q HUE
Of me-"
You're foolish. There's man
can't think hard on any suDJecs
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

Two gossips never get together that
they do not long to talk about each
other.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

i hsyoc is G.
/ nlds. is 8
lIlDg Christn
Inset, ia,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

q rife has
4 DE produe
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;1passes whicl
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

ElaHhilline's
N Cuch success
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5asertising Q,
IApvdear. I
{rIsd with the
knssived an o.
", YEA and
IN Increase
Asl sells 80 y
|lusised in I'll
ra.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18
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p of tight. 81
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Ilunions Of all
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stores for
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

Exemption
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ko4lernber H.,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-18

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The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The police have under ar
rest three men suspected Of being the mur-
derers of Charles A.. Brart. They are Ed Hell
man, alias Murphy, and o'Donnell and Nor
Sydney, N. W. T.-The Northern colony.
through the United States consul, have cabled
to Washington praying the government the.e
to retain possession Of the Philippine islands.
Milwaukee. VISA collision between
two freights and an empty passenger train.
on the Chicago C Northwestern road, occurred
today. There was no loss of ltfe but DANA I'd
to stock was considerable.
Ch1cago-The manufacturing plant of the
American Cutlery company 1878 Mathei
street, was damaged SIS, 900 by fire today.
Angola, Io.-Leonard Roby and Lena
Rempis were drowned today while returning 2
from a swimming party.
Oswego, Kan.-An unknown man aged
about 81 years, was run down and killed on
the Missouri. Kansas G Texas track today.
Washington. postoff1ce department Off
cials are making preparations to make new
contract for stamped envelopes and newspaper
wrappers and have prepared forms for pro-
pasals.
Snow Hill. Md.-Summerield Dennis ne.
gro boy, less than il years old, was hanged
here at 10:15 a. m. today.
Westerly, R. HI. G. Schooley trick BIZ
cycle rider, Of San Francisco, is in jail here
to answer for his alleged connection with the
death of Maria A. Flynn, laundress.
Cincinnati, O.-The National Association
of Garment Workers completed the revision ol
the constitution today.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-13
FIELD, SCHLICk & GO.

had been much exaggeration in the reduc-
ton Of corn yield. The recent rains at the
West had done much to dissipate the un-
favorable actions on these matters, and the
work was completed by the exceptionally
favorable character of the government crop
report published on Wednesday last.
''The belief that railroad traffic and earn
ings at the West were on a par with those
of the past year has made the granger stocks
the feature Of the market. This has reduced
the speculative attention paid to the indus
trials and caused slight declines in the
recently active speculations on that class.
On the other hand, the activity of the gen
eral market and the bullsh tone and temper
has facilitated movements in minor stocks
and neglected parts of the list. while the
inevitable accomplishments Of bull market Tat
and of increases of dividends-have not been
lacking. Nor has the bond department been
neglected. The investment buying Is large
and is supplemented by more or less specu-
lation in bonds Governments were strong,
though the old issues receded fractionally on
realizing, but the new per cent war bonds
after slight reaction, recovered to 1O51s:
The railroad bond list has been strong and
active new records having been made in
many issues. and especial interest has been
taken in the 4 per CENTS