Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-02-15
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in Paris close to the exposition build
ings and will conduct services daily ior
the benefit Of visitors.
II the plans Of the French minister OF
marine shall be carried out the navy OF
France will be increased as speedily
as may be by the addition Of $lOO.UOO,-
600 worth Of ships. guns and other ma
terial of elaborate modern naval equip
ment.
The special train in which the Rus
sian emperor travelled during his recent
German trip carried, among other
things, two cows to supply the three
princesses with pure, fresh milk. Fresh
food for these cows was always order
ed ahead by telegraph.
Requirements for public school teach
crs in Alabama are very simple. Appli-
cants for third grade certificates, which
allow the holder to teach for two years.
are obliged to be examined In arithine-
tic only through fractions, and In geog-
raphy only through the primary grade.
The project Of building shorter rail-
on the continent. 1t Is estimated that
the laying of about twenty kilometers
Of rail, including the cutting OF tunnel
through the Jura mountains, Will be
sufficient to effect q reduction or more
than 100 kilometers in the length of the
line.
In Revue DIES Jeunes Files, a leading
Paris journal, has taken plebiscite OF
its readers on the question Of reform
in female costume. The remarkable
thing Is that opinion Is unanimously
against any change. Every reply de-
nounces attempts for the masculization
of woman's dress noticeable during the
past few years.
The Russians are preparing for the
Paris exposition Of 1900 map OF
France In stone, which will be re-
markable specimen Of the lapidary's
skill. 1t will show each separate de-
partment in Jasper, while the sea Will
be represented by lapis lazuli, the riv-
ers by platinum and 1O6 towns marked
by precious stones.
Land in Cuba Is not measured by the
acre. A planter buys "cabaleria" OF
land, not an acre. When 1t Is said that
n cabaleria Of land Is in the form OF
circle it will be seen mt once that there
Is unlimited room for dispute. THESE
circles overlap each other and chunks
are left out. and the result of land
transaction Is bewildering.
It is common In Samoa for girls to
bear boys names and for boys to bear
girls names. II a girl IS born soon AZ
ter the death Of a brother or boy
soon after the death Of sister 1t Is
inferred that the spirit Of the deceased
has been transferred from one child TO
the other and the name OF the dead
child is given to the latest arrival.
Foreigners who visit the Paris expo
sition in 1900 will have an opportunity
Of seeing a typical American machine
shop in full operation. Not only Will
the machinery in the building. such as
travelling cranes, hangers. shaftlng'
electric motors, etc, he OF American
make. but the structure itself will have
been made on this side of the Atlantic.
Thousands of young women and girls
find employment in dressing the dolls
for the large factories in Germany and
Switzerland. One factory in the latter
country puts 100000 dolls on the mar
ket every year. They must all be pro-
vided with dresses and tresses. the lat
ter being made Of cotton. silk or real
hair. One factory in Switzerland pays
about $1,000 year for real hair for
dolls, shorn from the heads OF peasant
girls In Italy, France and Germany.
Onions are kind of all-round good
medicine A whole onion eaten at bed
time will, by the next morning. break
the severest cold. Onions make a
good plaster to remove Inflammation
and hoarseness. II an onion IS mashed
so as to secure all the juice In 1t 1t will
make a most remarkable smelling sub
stance that will quiet the most nervous
person. The strength Of 1t inhaled for
a few moments will dull the sense of
smell and weaken the nerves until
sleep is produced from sheer eXhaus-
ton. 1t all comes from one property
possessed by the onion and that is a
form Of opium.
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