Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21
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The Beers have during the war con-
sumed large quantity Of diluted vine
gar In order to overcome the lassitude
dite.
SILK Is likely to go up in price, as
there Is an epidemic among the Italian
and French silkworms. They refuse
to eat and are dying by myriads on
their mulberry leaves.
Several new 1O-inch guns mounted
OH disappearing carriages have been
placed In the Notifications guarding
San Francisco harbor. Experts say
the harhor is now proof against any
thing that may try to steam into it.
1t was Cecil Rhodes who made 1t the
fashion in South Africa to use Dutch
furniture and he bought up all the good
specimens which were to he found in
| old Boer houses. Every piece of fur
| niture in his house Is pure Dutch and
| antique.
Coal has been selling In Austria at
| $40 a ton. and some of the German
schools have been closed for lack Of
fuel. Exports Of American coal to Eu-
rope are becoming common. An Eng
| liSh syndicate Is said to have contract
cd for 2.mONOO tons of Alabama coal
to he forwarded by way of New Or
leans.
Prof. Kolle of Berlin declares that a
large portion of South Africa is very
healthy and would be very suitable
for phthisical patients If trees We're
more plentiful. Water. however is
very scarce. so that the rain water has
| to he collected and stored in reservoirs,
and better methods of filtration are re-
CURED.
| The town trustees of Benton. Ky.
have granted George Riley a license to
open a saloon on an agreement that he
is to keep his doors open all the time.
Use 10 screens whatever and that no
one be allowed to treat" or "set EN-
up in his place of business. Every
man who drinks must pay for his own
| liquor.
1t Is but a short time since Verdi
| founded his noble asylum for aged and
invalid musicians and composers. \
Milan correspondent says that the
maestro has further endowed the asy-
lum by making over to 1t all the royal
! ties due to him upon his music during
his lifetime and also the greater part
of the profits after his death.
That voting would take women from
their homes and household duties was
recently at Philadelphia meeting adj
vanced as an argument against women
| suffrage. But woman In the audi
| ence testified that one day when she
! went to vote she took her little girl to
school, did one days marketing. cast
her ballot and got home inside of
twenty minutes.
1t Is proposed in France to establish
a court of justice run by women and
for women, to which may be carried
all those cases concerning which the
most learned men know nothing. This
will relieve man judge, for instance,
form determining questions as to mt In
their clients. and 1t ought to do away
with much expert testimony in such
cases.
A man from ST. Louis recently rode
in an electric car in Cape Town with
eight other Americans from different
parts Of the United States. The car
was made in Philadelphia. the rails
in Pittsburg. the motor in Lynn; the
motorman was from San Francisco
and the conductor from Boston. In
the friendly competition for the trade
of the world this country is beginning
to take Its share.
Yonkers people are interested in a
movement to buy the Manor hall. built
in 1852 and of historic interest as be-
ing the scene Of George WashingtOn's
courtship Of Mary Phillipse. The
Yonkers Gazette says that two sub
scriptions Of $1,000 each have been
made to the fund and the Yonkers His
torical Society and the local Daugh
ters Of the American Revolution are
interested In the matter.
4 well-known leader Of fashion in
Philadelphia Is making a quaint little
collection Of tiny dressed dolls that are
models OF the frOcks she wears herself.
When the dressmaker sends home n
new garment she duplicates 1t by a
tiny model on doll. Everything must
be perfect, even down to the real lace
and solid silver or gold buttons and
diamond buckles. The dolls are ranged
in a glass case In their owners dressing
room. with the date Of their creation
underneath.