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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
How He Got Even.

One of my most successful excursions,
says the author of an entertaining ar
tclc on Modern Jerusalem In Frank
Lcslic's Popular Monthly. resulted from
the opportune appearance of II goat on
top of Il stone wall. 1t was down near
the haZaarS.
What Is the goat doing up therc:"
inquired.
"llc has gone up there to eat" said
the dragoman.
''ro rat!'
Eyes. to what you call pasture"
pasture on the roof"
'Yes. it is large. Many things grow
there. You wish to 80 up:"
1t ended in our getting two MOslem
lads to show us Il place where 1t was
possible to climb the wall with the help
OF cracks for hands and feet. At least
it was possible for them to climb it. but
slipped wnen aDOut nalfwuy up. and
came down sprawling. The Mos!em
lads laughed heartily. which was morti-
flying; so when we finally got safely up
Il was pulled and bOOsted) ! made the
dragoman translate the proverb which
says that every man is good ut his own
game. And offered them plaster
each to initiate me in Il little thing that
any lad in my country would do easily.
They wished to try.
''Stand on your left foot" said |. like
this. Bend your right foot up and hold
it in your right hand-so Then go
down slowly until your right knee
touches the ground-so, and come up
again"
The Moslem lads tried this several
attempt, while I laughed.
''rell them that Is my game" said,
and felt better.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
In 1887. on the n ght Of the 10Th Of

In 1887. on the night Of the 10Th OF
July. the BeOwawe stage, with passcn-
gers aud mail, broke uOWn in Il swallow
ford through Stony Creek. AT the same
time two horsemen rode up ana volun-
teered to aid the driver. They rode
alongside of tie stage and, tax NJ the
passengers on the Group OF their sau-
dies, carried them to dry land. Then
with lariat they made fas: TO the
stage and helped to pull the vehicle to
the bank. This being done one OF them
ordered the whole parry. soae uinc IN
number, to clap hanos and to hold
their arms high in the air. This COM
mand was enforced with pistol by one
of the riders, who sat astr.de OF his
horse smoking Il gareite. HIS com
pan.On dtlbe a;eiy cut open tie man
pouches, opened the letters and slowed
their yulxab.e contents into his pOnchO.
Neither of the robbers woe Il ma *.
but both had long black boards which
were afterward found to be false aid
were used for the purpose of disguise.
The passengers We're titn ordered to
deliver their valuahlps, and the h.yl-
waymen with a knocking laugh rode
away.
The pursuit was at once begun. ana
continued for days until tie thieves
were run to earth at a spring Wh'ch
issues from a cleft in the mountains
and flows into Lake Tahoe. The only
approach to it was by "A narrow passage
through which the stream flowed. ana
here Bud Vance made his last defense.
Three persons who approached were
shot down fatally. but 1t was not until
the surrounding hills were Il c"nd"d,
from which fusil ade after fusillade
was poured down into the robbers re-
treat. that their answering fire WAS
silenced. Then a rush was made up
the gorge. The man was dead. shot
with several bullets, and the woman
was lying by his side, her hip broken
by ball from a Winchester express
rife. She was in mans dress. and WIS
heavily armed. Being taken to Wasloe
County prison, she was recognized rs
Esther Vance and was indicted for rob
berry and murder.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
So Eri0ndlv.

After they had kissed each other and
each had disposed Of a chocolate to
show that there was no Ill feeling be-
tween them. the blonde said:
$50 Mabel is married?'
$50 I've heard" returned the bru-
nette.
"Nice girl" ventured the blonde.
"Oh, yes" returned the brunette.
II wouldn't say a word against her
for the world"
Neither would I. How do you sup
poe she ever got himY'
I'm sure don't know. DO youY"
mo. | would give anything to know"
so would |. 1t certainly wasn't her
beauty"
ooh, MOI"
"Or her cleverness."
1.-THE idea Is absurd"
II cant understand 1t at ALL They
say she was married by the registrar
first and afterward at the church"
II shouldn't wonder. She naturally
wanted to make awfully sure of him "
"Of course. 1t Is the only way she
could keep him. But am glad she has
caught some one. Mabel Is a dear girl.
and 1t would be cruel to say anything
against her."
Indeed 1t would. wouldn't do n
for the world!'
"Neither would I."-New York Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
RECENT INVENTIONS.

Fruit Jars can he quickly and easily
sealed or opened by new machine.
which has two independent levers, pro-
yidcd with adjustable collars. to CHI
gage the cover and jar respectively. II
pull on the levers tightening the collars
and turning the cover.
Type faces of n new typewriter are
arranged Oh nine type bars in rows or
three each, with shifting keys for adj
justing the bars to strike the letters
desired. using only nine keys to print
the letters and two shift-kcys to raise
and lower the type bars.
improved hooks and eyes have the
central portion Of the eye broadened
and tiattened with shoulder on either
side of the center. which prevents lat
eral movement of the hook and the two
members can be separated only at the
widened portion Of the eye.
A detachable tie retainer has been de-
signed for use with plain collar-but-
tons, a fiat piece of metal being slotted
through the center, with an enlarge
ment ut one enu Tor the INSERTION oI
the head. the ends Of the device being
bent over to form an open loop.
A Canadian has designed Il water
cycle which offers very title resistance
to the water, the floats which support
the propelling mechanism being COM
posed of two long cylinders of small
diameter, with the ends brought to a
point to decrease the resistance.
10 rapidly decrease the area Of a
canoe sail new reefing device has
light brace set in the sail parallel to
the boom, the latter being suspended In
brackets which allow it to be revOlved
by pulling cord. thus winding up tho
sail and drawing 1t down on the mast.
A Connecticut man has patented a
switchturning mechanism which can
be operated by the foot. comprising a
vertical spring-controlled rod set in the
car floor, with foot plate ut the top
and wedge shaped head ut the lower
end to swing the switch In either d.
rectiOn.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
ODD lONGINCS OF CHILDREN,
They Want Money Purses, Scent Bot.
ties and Gold Headed Canes.

They Want Money Purses, Scent Bot.
ties and Cold Headed Canes.
"Childrcn's wants are often surprS-
ing" said the matrOn of an institution
for homeless little ones. "Once there
came here Il poor, little, neglected. half
starved, lame girl.
"A charitably disposed woman took
her for drive. On the way home SHE
brought the child through the shopping
district.
Now. tell me what you want most
dolly
"'Tleasa ma'unl, I'd like Il bottle Of
scent was the unexpected answer. as
she pointed to a bottle Of cologne"
On another OCCASION II lady who was
visiting the institution asked small
boy what she must bring him for
Christmas. "A walking-stick with a
gold head" he said quickly.
THAT is the way with the children"
the matron explained. "They have
never been used to playthings and they
don't miss them.
AN instance Of this was an orphan
who had been banged around during
her seven years of life from one poor
family to another. None Of them had
been able to give her more than barely
enough to eat and Il few old cast off
rags for clothes.
~ wealthy woman became interest
cd In the unhappy tot after she came
to us.
new hat she told the wnif. and some
thing else nice. Now what is that some
thing else!'
els 1t Il p,lrSc--n money purse" she
shouted. That's what I've always
wanted moren anything in the world
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
GREAT JUMPING BY A MULE.
Over q Manager and Through an Open.
ing 21x3O Inches in size.

Over q Manager and Through an Opens
ing 21x3O Inches in size.
A most remarkable story. the truth Of
which is vouched for by Maj. Il. Il. Sci.
den, the well-knOwn street car man.
and several of his employees, concerning
two full grown mules jumping through
n small window in the old horse car sta.
bles in Manchester. has just come TO
light. The story. as related by Maj.
Selten, and sworn to by several of the
most reliable men in his employ. Is rs
follows:
The blacksmith. Henry DaMdr.d -e
(whO has since died) was required to 90
to the stables daily to examine ana re-
place all shoes that had become loose or
been lost while the mules were at work.
On the occasion referred to above he
had purchased Il new sheepskin ap.ol.
which the mules had never seen. ANA
when cambridge went into the stall
without warning. one of them. bet.
became alarmed ut the sight of the
leather and leaped through the open
window to the ground outside.
Mai. Sel1en says he came in about
this time. and upon learning the cause
of the excitement. ordered the man to
30 back into the stall. and when he
started the mule reared up and was
about to repeat the performance. He
feared the mule might not lie so for
tunatc in the second jump and tCld the
man to come out of the stall.
, The Maggie" mule. says Maj. Salden.
jumped through window the same
size on the opposite side Of the stable
and as far as he could discover. upon
close examination. neither Of them re-
ceived the slightest scratch. He says
tracks were plainly visible on the out
side where the Bet" mule landed and
made an effort to turn and again face
the window. she being still battered to
a scantling on the inside. The halter
chain, four feet long. was attached to
beam four and half feet above the
floor on which the mule stood
Window opening. foot inches ny
feet & inches. Trough. , feet wide. Top
Of trough to floor. . feet | inches. From
bottom Of window sill to ground out
side, feet inches.--Richmond Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10

seek new fields. About the same time
all the mining properties in the Sierras.
both in Colorado and Nevada, were
capitalized and operated by companies
using the hydraulic system and the
wild life Of these auriferous lands set
tied down into orderly ways. and Bud
Vance and his amazon partner tlisap-
peared. They Wee heard OF at Hele-
ia, Mont, at Leadville, and in Arizona,
aud finally came Il story from Chlhua-
hua, Mexico, that both had engaged in
q successful defense Of a roulette game
in which they were wounded, aud the
woman was shot in the SIDE and seri-
ously hurt
In 1885 Esther was back in California
and soon afterward occurred the rob-
berry of the California express In the
Napa Valley, in which she, her husband
and Mexican We're implicated. A
number Of other train robberies fol
lowed, chiefly ON the line Of the Cen
trail Pacific Road, and principally In the
Sierras. The method of these was
varied, but the description of the per-
sons concerned was repeated and the
figure and identity Of Esther Vance be-
gun to take form In all Of them. That
a woman took part In these exploits Is
we'll known. for, in female attire, she
made no special effort to conceal her
self, as one instance on the Denver and
Rio Grande Salt Lake City express will
show. The evening train westward
was Just pulling into Colorado Springs
when man and woman drove up on
a blackboard with large case contain
ing I'M enormous dog. The woman
hailed the agent and prepaid the ex-
press charges on the dog to Salt Lake.
She attended the box to the car door
and handed the express messenger a 81
gold piece.
"rake good care Of my dog. won't
you?" she said. II will send him some
thing to eat on the train-at Marshall
Pass, say-and give him water, won't
you:"
At Marshall Pass man appeared at
the car door with some meat and pan
Of water. Il reckon l had better feed
him myself" he said. Hes rather
fierce" And thus he gained admission
to the car. The pan would not 60 into
the box and the stranger began with a
knife to cut a larger opening for 1t. In
the meantime the train started and the
messenger told the visitor be must
leave the car.
I'm just moment" was the reply.
and as the messenger walked back to
open the door to give him exit the
stranger fired upon and shot him fatal
~ in the neck. He then admitted his
accomplices. who were hidden on the
front platform, and leisurely looted the
car. Then two Of them passed through
the train and deliberately robbed every
passenger. One Of those who gathered
the watches and money was told by the
other to let the women alone. mot ut
ALL" was the soothing retort. They
don't need the money they never
earned, and can get more the same
way"
This person IL supposed to have been
Esther Vance. and there IL some reason
70 think it was she also who shipped
the dog. entered the sleeping car,
changed her dress to a mans apparel.
and shot the mes enger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
Left CndOne,

When one invests ones capital in Il
vocation or Il mission Of life. one can
not afford to have friends. The expen
siveness OF friendship does not lie In
what one does for ones friends. hut In
what one. out Of regard for them.
leaves undone. This means the crush
ing Of many an intellectual germ.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
ON her subsequent trial, when she

On her subsequent trial, when she
was convicted and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment, she cursed mt the judge
and jury. She was sent to Carson.
where she spent four years In the prs
on hospital. Pity was then aroused for
her and her sentence was suspended.
She then took up her residence in the
house In Virginia City where she is
dying.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
Lord Farehaven looked gravely at


I'VE may not all pluck them" he said.
Perhaps it is because we do not dare
or do not care" she replied softly.
GLADYS" lie said, taking her little
gloved hand in his own will you
show me where to gather the roses:'-
Mainly About People.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10

When man f0rgets to ask HE wife
II she needs any money It Is a sign the
honeymoon IL on the wane.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
BOLD WOMAN BANDIT.
ESTHER VANCE. A BANKERS
DAUGHTER AND ACTRESS.
She Has Figured In Many Daring
Hold. Ups in the Wcst-NOw Reported
lyinu at Her Home in Virginia City
"A Dramatic Career.

The career of Esther Vance, bandit
and convict, who is said to be dying at
her home in Virginia City. New, SUIT
passes in dramatic interest the story OF
many writer Of fiction. She was born
in st. Charles, Mo-, the daughter of Il
banker, and received good educational
advantages. She had Il beautiful voice
and the better to develop 1t she was
sent to Paris to study music. After her
fathers death the fortune left by him
melted away and in 1914 Esther APP
peared in San Francisco as u candidate
for Stage distinction. Her success was
considerable. but she gave 10 effort to
make 1t permanent, but sought enjoy
ment in long country trips, riding on
horseback throughout the State, visit
ing the mining camps, and sometimes
with companions, but more frequently
alone, pursuing an erratic career. al
ways carrying IL considerable sum OF
money, and moving about In saloons
and dance houses equipped with a
handsome brace of p's OILS, in the skill
full use of which she gave exhibitions.
She had many suitOrs attracted by the
anlazonian novelty of her life. but she
preferred the company Of gamblers.
who had no interest in lovemaking, and
finally she chose as her companion Bud
Keece, one Of the most notorious of his
time. who changed his name to Vance
and became known as her husband.
L.. s.s:. IN
When the prosperity OF tie COmstOck
began to fade away and sterner bust
ness methods reduced the miners pay
from $40 to $50 Il day to 81 and So the
On mhliug fratcruity of XirCiuia had to
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10

A ship is probably called she because
the rigging costs 10 much and It alwaye
keeps man on the lookout
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10
CarncRie's scotch Manager.

Andrew Carnegle's manager ON bic
Scotch estates Is the man who taught
him to operate a telegraph instrument.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10

Fish has very high food value: In fact
Is very nearly as nutritious us chicken
or turkey.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10

Some men are bigamists. but one wife
is more than lac average man can man
age.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-10

Every woman objects to the manner
in which men shake hsnds,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Rocamadour. Its sanctuaries.

Scribners. ,
 A long, winding road gradually descends and brings us down from the levei or the upper plateau to the village, whlcn hugs the great rocks under the very foundatio stones of the sanctuaries rms road ends under huge sycamore. whose base is encircled by a broad stone seat and whose spreading branches shelter messy stone crucifix. Here, in this little place, overlooking the valley, the peas ants gather in the cool of the afternoon when the frowning mountains cast their long shadow far down over the valley. Here too, is the blacksmith. and here we may see the patient oxen shod. We en- ter the town through a fortified gate one of the four which still span the road-nay and once were it's meanS of defense-and then find ourselves in the single village street, so narrow that two wagons could not pass, though such q necessity never arises in Rocamadour! A few little shops. a so-called cafe. a couple of comfortable hostelries. contrib ute all the life there is in the little town.
 Midway between the two outer gates rises a broad stone staircase, which leads to the sanctuaries above. Many peni- tents climb all these 200 steps on their knees repeating an Ave at each genu- fexion We saw a party of six, five wo- men and a man, doing this pious duty
 the women kneelng, but the man. too old and stiff to bend the knec, could but stand and join in the responses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Shooting the Hat"

Shooting the hat Is a custom which prevails during the fall festivities in New orleans. The hat is always straw and it is shot on the date when in the gen eral opinion summer has ended. This year an early Sunday in October was chosen as the date beyond which the straw hat must no longer be worn, ample notice was given in the papers, and any straw hats worn anywhere in the city on that day were even more liable to destruction than Is tabooed headwear on the stock exchange. Resistance is sell dom made to the despoilers, and when it is the police act leniently. At two or more chosen places in the city the hat is actually shot. Boys gather the old straws. much as barrels are collected in New York for election bonfires. and the pile is blown to pieces by the explosion of bombs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Rabbits at Play.

Saturday Review.
 Rabbits play n this way: Two of them | have not seen it played with more run quickly toward each other, and, when on the point of contact. each leaps into the air. but one higher than the other, clearing him completely. They come down with their tails toward each other, but instantly. with an as it were FIX crse my tail" both turn and run and leap again, and this they will do from two or three to half dozen times, all ways leaping up at the exact moment when they would otherwise come into collision, and one always taking the higher leap-sometimes an astonlshingly high One-right over his companion. They never meet in the air, nor can l see how this can be avoi led except by plan or figure being mutually followed by them, as with ourselves in a game or dance. l believe that each clears the other alternately. but I have not yet con- vinced myself of this. There is a less developed form of this game. as where one rabbit runs up to another that is ly ing couched aud jumps over him. Once 1 saw the invitation to game of jumps
 given. but not accepted. The offering rabbit sported up to another one, as he sat. stopped just in front of him, jumped frisked. round and round. jumped again rrd waited-but all tO no purpose; the other was mot I the vein.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

brought to him, or even to prevent. him nm
 iigbtIng n fire in his own kitchen if he should attemptt cook S,e2s,S for himssi ms@cceeded ,r, braaEing down the interdict put upon mi him 9rGS hy three several means, viz: d2 rfe He had In his house a supply of canned goods and ships biscuit with which ne slmnst always remained faithfully with him secretly assisting him, divulging to him him the plans of her own peeoplemas s,oI1 in the history Of c2rtez and the en conquest Sutna tacitIy upheld by her own family. The nosjtion of wife" to a white man was considered by the natives as an honof-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

able one. and was sought by parents for their daughters. It Was an exceptional source of wealthIor them. (3) If other means failed. the trader could almost al- ways break the boycott by bribes of rum. Time was money to him. Often indeed
 in a malarial country 1t was life to him, Though time was worth nothing to the native. the rum he had learned to love became a necessity to him. In cutting the white man from their ivory they had cut themselves from that white man s rum judicious expenditure of dHmi- iphns in proper quarters. generally on sbled Ukuku to revoke his own law. Then. perhaps, the white man would make some slight concession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
A Boycott in Africa.

Bulletin of the American Geographical
 Society.
 The white men were arbitrary not only in prices, but in other things also. Doubt less, also. the natives were often exorbi- tant in their demands When the differ ences became extreme the native chiefs called in the aid of JTkuku. The phrase was to put Ukuku'' on the white man. s house. The trader was boycotted. He stood as under major eXcommunicatlon. No one should buy from or sell to nm No one should work for him He was ne- serted by cook, steward, washerman. ana all other personal attendants. Sentinels IS stood on guard to prevent food oehs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
The Assailant of Max Regis Ac
 quilted.

The Jury of the Assze Court at Ak has just acquitted NJ, le Talhouidee, wh1 last April cd M Regis, the anti-Se Mayor of that city with a revolver shot. The encounter had its origin in a cafe at AFiers, where the revolver discharged.
 During his examination NJ. le Talhouidee said that he had shot at the Mayor and the and hustled. NJ Regis who was heard as a witness said that .t first he did not see who had fired. but that subsequently, after an Inquiry, obtained the conviction that he Crslhouidee) had been the unconscious instru- ment of another man. noaninS Lutauu,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

vlcanat
  postal will Piano Organ. Machine Nudcal educ in Sheet Nuic ocsea
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Standard, Paragon and New
 Home Sewing Mac

the department We wilse anonh, so cheapt Machine
 mporan 
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{, Mason X Hamlin, Kranich X Bach,
 Everett, Harvard and kingsbury
Chickeriing,
nd is today acknowl-

of and edged the wolPsb We also sell