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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
HOW TO BE GRACEFUL,
Proper Exercise Will Bring About
Some Fine Results.

The one rule to be always observed
by the woman who seeks to be graceful
is to keep the chest active. 1t should
never be relaxed; the body should benz
from the hips. whether one Leans for
ward, backward, or sideways,
If. however, lifting the chest is a
painful effort, exercises should be
taken to strengthen the enfecbled pow
erS. Standing, posing and bending
movements are of first Importance. Inc
correct standing position is one which
most women find it very difficult at
first to assume. The chest should be
raised the head held erect, the abdO-
men drawn in; at first topping senSa-
tion viii be produced. and the back VIII
feel uncomfortable. but continued prac-
tee OF the movement will properly adj
Just the muscles and cause the first un-
pleasant consciousness to disappear.
poising movements consist in hold
Ing the weight of the body on the balls
OF the feet, and rising and descending
for several times in succession. holding
the hands. with arms extended. upon
an active chest. Other movements
throw the weight of the body upon one
foot only. while the other foot, after de
Scribing Il circle, is held suspended be
hind the active one. Excellent practice
for acquiring a graceful carriage COLI
siSts in posing as far forward as posi-
BE with the right and left foot alter
nately. moving across a large room in
this manner.
Proper walking results from stepping
so that the heel shall fall upon the
ground at nearly the same time as the
toe. and always in a line with it, but
with the weight of the body falling on
the ball. and the chest leading 50 prom
incntly that Il line dropped thence to
the foot would fall to the toe; While Il
line dropped from the chest of the per-
son who walks Incorrectly would strike
the instep.
Correct positions in standing and
walking are often cures for weak and
lame backs. Let one who doubts this
note the pull upon the muscles of the
back when correct attitudes are at first
assumed. Other excellent exercises for
strengthening the muscles of the back
are the bending movements. Lifting
the arms as high as possible above the
head. bend the body at the waist. i'm
mediately below the floating ribs. and
bring the hands gradually to the floor
The knees should he kept firm, and the
exercise taken directly in front, and
also at the right and left sides.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

,,,-od Before this is done, however,
tho representative of every parry WV
hns , ticket in the field has To ne pre-
ont and. by turning certain collloln'.
~, a,1,,{ts thn voter to the bOotn. ne
oonnot enter if one be absent. 80 So''li
~. +ho combination of the machine Is
4hrov,n anon and ready for action 'iie
'.,.,n r,o,, sop the ticket he desires To
vote. The row of keys III me 'op az,
for a straight ticket foF pA''iI'''' -
he desires to east straight l'c'''o'i"
ticket. he presses a Key opposite 'iio
name on that ticket ana at the SAM
time every other key on the hoaru i
lacked. Say he wanted to Vot' TOT
certain man for Governor on one lck-
Of He presses the key Opposite MS
name At the same time the Keys are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

Following the visit of their President
tn Russia the French papers have been
inStructng their readers on the forces
possessed by that country. The Rus
sian army. founded by n ukaSe OF 1870
on universal liability to service, can
draw upon annual recruiting lines
something Hike 10000 in Europe and
14O.OOO in Asia. hut in time of peace
many cases of exemption are admitted
and only about a quarter of the above
numbers. or some 100000 in all. are
called out. The liability is for twenty
years service. commencing ut the age
of II. OF this period five years have
to be passed with the colOrs, but this
may be reduced to four for men of bet
ter education than the average. and
even to three and two for young men
Joining direct from the secondary and
superior schools
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
An Interesting Venture.

The new daily Paris newspaper. La
fronde, is to be conducted wholly by
women. The office boys" and .print-
er's devils are active young maidens
smartly attired in simple dresses and
coquettish aprons. The press men,,
machinlsts, compositors, telegraphers.
photographers, photographers. proof
readers, clerks, advertising agents da-
livery and circulation agents, the fore
man OF the press room, the foreman
OF the composing room, reporters. ar.
lists, foreign correspondents. dramatic
musical and literary critics, writer's
aiu eui'ors' are women, one and all of
them, and as In Paris all the newspa.
per stands are kept by women, It NAV
talrly be said that La Fronde is even
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
hat He Meant,

III legal phrases are sometimes puz-
zling to the untutored mind, certain col.
loquial expressions may be equally
plzz!inS to the legal mind. An exam
pie Is given in London Law Notes.
At an examination before Lord Mans
held witness exclaimed, Il was up to
him."
Up TO him. said his lordship. "What
do you mean by being up to him?'
Mean. my lord: Why, l was down
upon him."
Up to him and down upon him." said
his lordship. What does this fellow
mean"'
why, mean my lord, that as deem
as he thought himself, stoCged him.
When his lordship still insisted that
he did not understand what was meant
the witness exclaimed:
Law, what a fiat you must be-
IF he had only said ON to him. )"
said his lordship later, Il should have
tumbled to him."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
VOTING MADE HONEST.
Mr.. Ross of Ohio Has n Straightfor-
ward Machine.

ut is too honest to be popular" was
the rather caustic observation of q gen
tlcman who was examining the good
qualities of Mr.. y. b. Ross newly pat
cnted voting machine.
The inventor of the machine is the
present representative of Putnam
County, Ohio, in the House of Repre-
sentatives. Mr.. Ross is an old minis
ter of the Gospel, and has had ample
opportunity TO see the necessity of some
automatic and incorruptible voting ma
chine that would register the vote of
the people.
He started in about eight years ago
to perfect a machine for that purpose.
and has succeeded far beyond his orig
inal hopes or anticipations. If the Ross
voting machines We're used the result
of any election would be made known
within few moments after the polls
are closed. or as soon as the different
sum totals of the precincts could be
added together.
The machine is box about three
feet wide by three feet high 1t is
shaped on the top much like the key
board of the ordinary typewriter. vita
keys similar to the key of the type
writer, in rows at stated distances
apart. The surface is inclined. Over
the top of the machine fits down close
a sheet of platinum around the keys.
Under this platinum Is pasted between
the rows of keys the various tickets
to be voted. There is room for half a
dozen different ones, and If there were
more tickets placed in the field then
more space might easily be provided.
1t Is so arranged that the minute a man
steps into n booth his weight upon the
floor throws the triggers of the MA
chine open, and 1t is ready to be mai,ip-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

1t Is not long since Jules Verne first
entertained the world with his marvel
Gus submarine boat, yet his conception
became reality in less than a genera
ton. Hence it will not do hastily To
ridicrle the scheme of young Balti-
MORGAN named Alfred Riedcl to reach
the north pole under the ice. True.
there seems nothing in his plan. so far
as the newspaper accounts 20. mucn
better If as good as that of Frank
Stockton, recently elaborated in one of
the popular magazines. and certainly
Stockton's story was more interesting
even though lacking n few elements of
fact. But history may repeat itself In
making Stockton the Jules Verne of
the north pole. Who can deny the pos
Sihility?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
.iIMAN BuRDEN-8EARERS-
Columbian Pack Carriers Trans port
Burdens 900 Heavy for Mules

nh. ubrgsr "as strong as horse is
onnrrallv used ALPHABETICALLY, but 1t is
~, uncommon thing in some lands for a
whole class Of Hicn 10 be required 10 Ia
stronger than mules, or IN any ease l."
carry burdens which those much-rh-
during animals would not he able I"
stacger under. Mr. c. i. Atatiliah, III
an article ia the Engineering magazine
ON t1,e difficulties of transportation II
fnr tropics, tells some Wohderiui S'ofIr'
Of the strength and endurance ol lHe
i,ack-carriers in Colombia.
lie gays that on some roads 'lere are
professional pack-carriers VINO make Il
speciality of carrying burdens to" htaNy
for mules. The traveller Will sometimes
snp whut appears To be an animated
hoX. staggering slowly and painfully
down tile mountain-Sidc ahead ol INN.
As he draws nearer lie becomes aware
that distressing gIunt5 are proceeding
from that uncanny-looking ami hys-
Notwithstanding box. 1t mas no NlSi-
bic means Of support, ana WIch nc
comes close enough to read such falilll-
far words as "Aiason & IIamlin Organ
Co,nuuuv." or the name Of some other
manufacturer of heavy articles, he
wonders where the legs are that sup
port 50 weighty Il burden.
Not until he gets ahead Of that per
arnbulating box does he see the short,
sturdy figure that is the motive power
of the machine. The mans muscles
- ..f ll4NF, an
IN his hand he carries long, stout
cane. with which he steat.ies himself Oh
the slippery clay, and when fatigue
comrcls him to rest. he backs up to the
bank Oh the side of the road, settles the
lower end of his load against the higher
ground. and props up the upper end
" til his stick.
Then Ire is free TO slip Off the plated
ntagtley-libre bars from his shoulders
and forehead, and rid himself of his
burden.
Stranger still is it to e1ertake woln-
an pacli-calrier, her skirts tucked up to
her knees. and below the skirts great
knots and masses of corded muscle III
prominent view. 1t Is wise not to he
lnlSlcd by appearances IHto coliihi4net-
ating the wrinkled burden-bealer, and
kindly remarking that her load Is over
large for one of her years to carry.
Ten to one she will answer contclnp-
tuously, "Oh. two hundred and twenty
pounds is nothing. You should see my
grandmother. She does carry heavy
loads am not full grown yet"
The traveller passes Oh with strange
visions of what an old woman in such
a land may be.
The maximum weight for man to
carry is generally three hundred and
thirty pounds, and for Il woman three
quarters OF that weight. Two hundred
and forty and a half pounds Is no
triile for woman TO carry up ana
down hill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
How the Whaief

4 whale is seldom ca
When. however. one lsv
after-dinner sleep by 81
he makes off from tine id
haste. The author OF
With Russian Pilgrn'
story TO tell of a whale
One day at sea, wneu
lain on the Nanc0u'a,
created Il sensation, y
was covered with loune'
lovely summer afterno'
deck chairs had their N
cupants.
The whale was eie0F'
shine. and suddenly lev
by the passing mons''
bodily out of the wa.u
to hurry away. The ~. !.
gave a shout; novels ,
emptied themselves ~ y
one rushed to the ran'
dived. and an infants
did the whale jump v
window q
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
After thirty-siX years of faithful ser

After thirty-siX years of faithful ser
vice William j. Quinlan Jr.. cashier and
director of the Chemical National Bank
of New York, made n mistake. The
president of the bank and his fellow
directors. on whom much of the burden
of his act must fall, call it by no harsh
CT name, and the world has not the
right to do 50. Quinlan lent the banks
money Oh securities which now appear
to be worthless. He seems to have been
the victim of some of those most dan,
gerous of lunatics, the oversanguine
promoters OF the Col. Sellers type. He
had Il legal though not Il moral, right
TO make the loans. He did not profit a
dollar by them. When he discovered
that he had made II mistake ana that
his bank would probably be a loser to
the amount of nearly 1893 eco, he made
n simple. direct and frank confession
of the fault. and resigned. The bank
can stand the loss. The heaviest blow
falls upon the devoted gray head of its
faithful servant. For he was faithful.
For thirtysiX years he had worked for
the bank. He had occupied Il position
of the greatest trust. He had held the
institution in almost equal affection
with his family. He had given to its
growth and development his most
watchful care and the acutest powers
of his mind. He had passed upon hun
dredS of dollars worth of securities for
ii. placed millions of dollars of its mon
ey. always with the feeling that what
he did would be of benefit to the inSti-
tuition he served. and taking deep salts
faction in it. How, then. did he do the
bank this injury? That is the urles-
ton. The directors say it was tempo
rary alteration, They say he lent thou
sands to a man to whom no sane cash
Ter would have lent n silver quarter.
This IS charitable and possibly incor-
rect. 1t may be that long success de-
ccives, and that as age advances men
must watch themselves more and more
closely, lest they blunder. At best It IS
n MYSTERY
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The latest fad in London is perfumed
butter. You can get most any odor you
want by calling for it. and if they don't
have it in stock they will send out for
the extract that will give it. There is
butter here in America that would be
improved, perhaps. by little outside
seeming. but most of ii is too strong
10 be trlhed with. On the other hand,
there are cggs-well. there are eggs in
tanning which the inventor of the per-
fume fad could win eternal fame
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

1t is announced that the Italian Gov
eminent as revenue measure intends
to sell the title of prince for 5000.
marquis for $1,000. count for $1,000.
and baron for $1,000. The story I'M
doubtedly is canard; but if it were
true it would be Il great advantage to
the heiresses Of this country, who
could then buy title without being
compelled to accept the baggage which
now goes with it.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
More Deer than Sheen in Maine

twenty-five years ago there were
very few deer in Maine. especially in
FRANKLIN and Oxford Counties. They
were there unknown. In fact. l never
saw deer track In the State till about
1850. Since that time they have in.
creased very fast. l have no fear for
deer in the future. They are to-day in
every county of the State. Indeed. I
may safely say, am sure that there
are more deer than sheep In the State
to-day. And that this is so is due, in
my opinion. to protection afforded
Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

Wars and rllmOrS of wars. in which
the United States might be concerned.
either as principal or ally, have drawn
the attention of the public to the
strength or weakness of our army and
navy. VIM. T.. Curtis, the well-known
correspondent, throws light upon the
latter when he says: 'Thc strength of
navy is measured by arbitrary rules.
and not by the courage, experience and
skill of the officers and crews of the
ships. 1t is possible that the people of
the United States are able to wallop the
British without the slightest difficulty
and that we are equal to the Germans
and French combined. That IS a mat
ter of opinion. and perhaps several peo-
PIE who have written to criticisc my
statement that the United States is
fifth in the list of nations may be en-
tircly right. but practical experts do
not look at things that way. They
measure Il navy by the arinor. the ton
mage. the horse power and the speed of
the ships, and the number, the caliber
and the effective range of their guns.
bOctllltI W ltIl tIlt llulllcTltiI
their crews. For example, ship of
5000 tons protected by armOr is consid-
cred at least 30 per cent. more powerful
than a ship of the same tonnage with
out armor. a ship of 1000 tons with
five rapid-fire siX-inch guns is cOnsid-
cred more powerful than ship of TO-
600 tons with ten old-fashioned. slow
firing guns of twelve-inch calibcr
These measurements are made by rules
that are as unintelligible to laymen as
the computations of astronomers con-
corning the heavenly bodies or those of
engineers in calculating the strength of
bridge. While the public mind may
cXaggcrate the strength of the United
States navy, it can be estimated with
the greatest accuracy from military
standpoint, which measures the cour-
age, skill and experience of combat
ants the same in all nations"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

There is something almost sublime
in the fact that a great mathematician
wrote Alice in Wonderland" 1t IS n
fact that breaches mighty sermon.
1t says that a fairy tale to be great
must be true. Mr.. DodgSon. the great
mathematician of oxford. won success
as fairytale teller because he was
able to bring logic even into a dream
story.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The 12-year-old King of Spain is
about to be betrothed to the Archduch-
ess Elizabeth of Austria on the verge of
the divorce soon TO be announced of the
Pearl of the Antilles from the crown of
CASTLE aud Arragon. The Austrian
dynasty has been unlucky heretofore
i'll America, as the memory of MaXimil-
Ian bears witness. and the Monroe doc
trne has had much TO do with this.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

A special dispatch from New Haven
says that Il young millionaire of that
place who has been smoking Il hundred
cigarettes a day has decided to go to
al insane asylum. Well, he has taken
the right route.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

New 1ork'S latest outbreak of asinin-
ity takes the form of new "Order of
the Crown" whose qualifications 70"
membership are that "all applicants
must he lineal descendants from royal
ty." There probably will be very few
marriage certificates among the arch
ives of that society
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The new counterfeit 500 bill Is n
quarter of an inch shorter than the gen
uine. To test this it is only necessary
10 borrow one of the counterfeits and
compare them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

Speaking CT Mrs. Aver. whom no
European prince was able to capture
matrimonially, an American correspon-
dent remarks that princes in Paris are
almost as common as colonies in Ken
lucky. And he might have added that
their titles are not half as honorable.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

and so prevent too minute n division OF
the new-found treasure. If the miners
could make their way from Dawson
City to Skaguay in the middle of De-
cember the journey is not IMPOSSIBLE
at any time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
An Indian SssW

The Santa Fe RahM
a full-blooded Indian = !,
at Wilmore, Kan. Hess
who once worked as I,
the road, but Learned 7 7
educated himself IN ~
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

Prof. Champion, of Columbia Uni
versity, has discovered that it is posi-
bic to ingraft part of one insects body
upon part of another insect. This is a
great scheme. Why not combine in
sects so as to eliminate the south end
of wasps and the north end of mosqu!-
topSr
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

"a Maryland widow set a bear-trap
In front of her smokehouse door" says
a current news item. land married the
man she caught in it, 1t must have
been desperate case; the average wild
Ow never uses any other snare than
1.-THE magical trap of an auburn curl"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

Gold-laden miners from the Klondike
continue to arrive over those terrible
passes about which we have heard so
much. and one party of them follows
another with a regularity that hints at
something much like a conspiracy on
the part Of the first prospectors to ex-
sggerate the dangers Of the journey
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The Philadelphia Inquirer says "Luci-
fer matches We're first made seventy
years ago" but there must be some
mistake about that. Lucifer made mat
rlmonial matches long before that.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The latest instance of dispensing
with the "middlcman" is supplied by
the scientist who proposes to make
butter direct from the plants and veg
etables which cows eat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

England has III war vessels in course
of construction. THIS means if she isn't
going 10 he the greatest power on earth
She means to be so ON water.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

"What shall we do to keep impuri-
ties out of our MILK" asks the Dallas
News. Keep impurities out of the city
water.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The man who has enough money
about his clothes to buy Il proper E.on-
dixie outfit can easily buy farm and
have a sure thing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

London may have Il monopoly Of the
pcrfumed butter business; what this
country really needs in that line Is an
agreeable odor for the decadont egg.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03
Yukon Bigger than Mjssissipn,

The volume of water issuing from
the Yukon Is greater than that dis
charged by the Mississippi. The Yu-
kon discharges every hour one-third
more water than the father of waters.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

'Cremate your English grammar"
advises the New York sun. The aver
age writer however, is content merely
to murder IT,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

Those back of the present rise in
wheat say its further ii cereal story IN
that it's going to be continued.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-03

The bohemian diet also seems to be
pretty hot stuff.