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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
mot Miss Diana"

Sir John Sinclair, in his time one of
the foremost men in Scotland. lived at
Edinburgh. and his house there, some
forty years ago. was the home of his
four daughters. all noticeably tall wom-
en-. They made up, as the father said.
about -four and twenty feet of daugh-
ters." A good but not n romantic story
Is told of one Of them, in connection
with Lord Glasgow, who. when dining
one day with Sir John. told his host
that he had made up his mind to be
married.
II have decided" said he. "after care
full consideration. that cannot do bet
ter than to secure the hand of one Of
your daughters"
Sir John bowed, and expressed his
gratitude for the compliment. "And
may l ask. Lord Glasgow" said he.
(which of my daughters has attracted
your choice?"
"That, Sir John" returned his lord
ship, II leave entirely to you. l feel
that your knowledge of your daugh-
tiers will enable you to make a far wiser
selection than could make"
"Your prudence is highly to your cred
it," said the father. Let us join the
ladies upstairs aud will at once indi-
cate to you. in a manner you will I'M
derstand, the choice which advise you
to make"
They walked upstairs to the draw.
ing-room. but just as they were about
to enter one touch Of nature asserted
itself. Lord Glasgow plucked at the
tail of Sir Johns coat.
zone moment. Sir John" said he.
mot Miss Diana!"
Sir John bowed, and they entered the
room. A gesture indicated Miss Julia,
and the matter was settled.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
TIME TO ANSWER.
Northern Securities Company Gets
an Additional Thirty Days.

Washington, D. G., Oct. 15.-The
supreme court in the case of the State
of Washington against the Northern
Securities Co., the Northern Pacific
Railway Co., and the Great Northern
Railway Co., granted the request of
Former Attorney General Griggs, coun-
sci for the Securities Co., for thirty
days extension of time in which to file
an answer. This places the case On the
regular docket, but on motion it ma.
be advanced for special hearing. Its
importance indicates that this course
may be taken by the State of Washing
ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
Threaten General Strike.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 15.-News has
been received here that if President
Keefe of the Longshoremen's union
here fails to settle the strike the Seattle
lonhoremen with the stevedores of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company and
all the unions on the coast will likely
be called out and an effort made
absolutely to blockade all shipping
until the employers are brought to
terms
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
The Macedonian Revolt.

London, Oct. Is "A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Volo, Greece, says
that twenty-five villages in Macedonia
are in complete revolt, and that half a
battalion of Turkish troops had been
annihilated by insurgents in the Kres-
ma defile. This news, continues the
dispatch, emanates from sources which
have hitherto minimized the trouble.
The situation, consequently, appears to
have suddenly grown worse.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
SMOTHER TO DEATH.
Two Young Men of Waterville
Buried in Sand.

Buried in Sand.
Waterville, Oct. 17.-Leonard Pep
per and Toni Theirs, two well-known
young men of this place, we're killed
almost instantly by being buried be-
meath caved-in sand bank. Rescues
might have been possible had there
been any witnesses to the accident, but
it was not known that the young men
had been entombed until late in the
afternoon. The young men had gone
out early in the morning to get load
of sand. They were not missed until
several hour after noon, when friends
went out to look for them. Surmising
they were buried beneath the sand
when the fallen embankment was seen,
a party went to work Immediately dig
ging away the earth. After short
time the lifeless bodies were found.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
AT SUMMER STANDARD
Northern Pacific Will Keep Winter
Service to Coast.

st. Paul, Oct. 1S.-Owingt to the
heavy passenger traffic the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company has announc-
ed that the North Coast limited train
will continue with all it's features
throughout the winter, the old practice
of reducing the number of trains having
been abandoned. The North Coast
limited schedule is unchanged leaving
here at $3.50 a. M, but the night train
to the coast will leave here at1O:15 in
stead of 1885 as heretofore.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
Ministers Appointed.

Washington, Oct. Is. - President
Roosevelt has made the following di-
plo,natic appointments: Henry L.
Wilson, present minister to Chill, to
be minister to Greece, in place OF
Charles Francis, resigned; John B.
jackson, now first secretary of the Ber-
lin legation, to be minister to Chile.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20

Paris has 1876 factories.

Paris has 1916 factories.
Chicago tailors will erect an Office
building.
The Gear of Russia has established
ten-hour working day.
Omaha, Neb., street railway men
have organized a union.
About 1000 diamond workers in Am
sterdam, Holland, are out of work.
1t takes the constant labor Of 10000
people to make matches for the world.
A single perfume factory at Cannes
uses 10000 pounds of flower petals in
a season.
It Is estimated that there are over
$4,000 union electrical workers in
North America.
At Sacramento, Cal, 400 women were
recently initiated as members Of the
retail clerks union.
A Canadian has invented a machine
for laying bricks which does the work
Of six or seven skilled bricklayers and
costs $500.
Over 100000 hogsheads Of tobacco
are now in storage at Liverpool. which
has the largest tobacco warehouse in
the world.
At Brooklyn, N. Y, 1000 iron work
ers and helpers have returned to work,
as they were unable to induce the boil
ersmiths to strike in sympathy.
A threatened strike of San Juan
(Col.) miners was averted, a compro-
mise having been accepted by both
sides for period of three years.
"A national technical institute will be
located in indianapolis. The fund for
its erection has been started by pres
cnt Of $4,000 from George McCul-
Tough.
The richest farm in the world is an
acre, worth $2SS,OOO. in the heart of
New York's ultra-fashionable district,
between West End avenue and River.
side drive.
There are 2S7 trusts. The total
amount of capital stock issued by the
trusts scheduled is $5,SO3, 231 900, and
of bonds outstanding, $1,169, 217, 251,
making total capitalization of &c.
972, 44S,S51.
The Wisconsin Central management
has advanced the wages of all shopmen
from 10 cents to 20 cents per day, max
ing pay for skilled mechanics $3.50 a
day. The advance was voluntary on
the part Of the road
The Mason Contractors Association
is a newly formed New York organiza-
ton which has for its real purpose the
placing of it's members in position to
make binding agreements with trade
organizations Of wage-earners so as to
regulate yearly wage scales.
The present year will show a very
large falling off in the amount of pulp
that has been manufactured in Canada.
In fact, so great has been this falling
off that nearly all the large pulp COM
panies have definitely decided to dis
continue manufacturing pulp and in.
stall new machinery that will enable
them to manufacture paper.
The Big Four engineers wage scale
has been settled. The new scale Is:
Freight engineers, 81 per 100 miles; old
rate, $3.50; passenger engineers, $685.
per 100 miles; old rate, 1925; special
runs, increase Of S. a, month; yard en-
gines, 20 cents an hour; old rate, q
cents. The day was reduced from thir.
teen to twelve hours. Overtime Is paid
at the rate of 35 cents an hour addi-
tional.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
Cuts Down the Army.

Washington, d. c., Oct. l5.-Under
the special direction of President
Roosevelt an army order was issued to-
day reducing the army to the minimum
figure of $4,000 men. The president
considers the present Philippine situa-
ton sufficiently peaceable to obviate
the necessity of maintaining the present
army rating of 65, 900 men.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
Engineers May Strike.

Portland, Oct. 15.-The engineers of
the Columbia river. 0. r. 4 N. and
Frisco lines have given ten days notice
of certain demands for increase of wages
and regulation of time. Boats are like
ly to be tied up and it is thought that
the river line will probably be discon-
tinued. The officials OF the road are
roticent
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
ARRANGE FOR TRANSFER.
Transports To BE Turned Over To
the Navy Department.

ING Navy department.
Washington, Oct. 18.-Acting Secre-
tary Darling, of the navy department.
conferred with Secretary Root, Quar-
termaster General Ludington and Gen.
Gillespie, chief of engineers, at the war
department with regard to the transfer
of the army transports Hancock, Law
ton and Relief. which are no longer
needed in the transport services, to the
navy department for use as hospital
or receiving ships.
Arrangements for the transfer of
jurisdiction over the transports were
practically completed yesterday.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
For Government Control.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-A resolution was
unanimously adopted by the city coun-
Gil, memorializing congress to obtain
control of undeveloped coal lands in
order that the monopoly may be broken
by competition with the government.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
END OF WAR IN SIGHT.
Haytien Government Forces to DC.
cupy GOnaives,

CUpy GOnAfVeS,
Port-au-Prince, Hayti, Oct. 1S.-The
foreign consuls at Gonaives, the head
quarters of the revolutionists, after ne
gotiating with Gen. Nord. commander
of the government forces, have brought
about the capitulatoin of that town.
Government troops will enter Gonaives,
and it is hoped there will be no clash
with the revolutionists. Detachment
of marines from the Cincinnati, D'As-
sas and Falk ale at present guarding
the foreign consulates there. The con-
sulates are filled with refugees.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20

Lexington, KY, Oct. 16.-Onward
Silver, the great chestnut son of On
ward and Sylvan Maid, went two miles
in 4:2e1a, breaking the great American
record of 4 :32 made by Greenlander in
1898.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20
Not Intimately Acquainted.

First Pupil-Do you know your null.
tiplication table?
Second Pupil-Only by sight.-Bostop
Transcript.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-20

Old people bore young people. And
young people should remember that
they are great bores TO their elders.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
zETA PSI HOUSE, YALE.


Mary IN l'',e It's aims Were to eheour-
age scholarship. ana THESE aims II mas
maintained unJil the present day. I'm
beta Kappa / y called \ hundred
years ago IL p'calhe merely ah hohor-
AIRY organization election TO WhIeh ae-
pended ON Nehhi'tNA.p, FROM H. row
ever ana patterned after ii grew the
present lIilef'illIes. ih'|, t'o' Were
hltt'rE Socie'IeS pure ANA Simple III
tHeif carry days.
There are scores "t THESE IratefhitieS'
all designated by Crock letters winch
FORM the Initials OF Their notices ANA
representing the academic. medical ANA
scientific courses ln various colleges.
Kappa Alpha, Which oates back to
49,, was long regarded rs Tie leading
fraternity. During recent years others
have forged to the front Fiji Kappa
Psi is said now to be one of the stron-
GeSt organizations. 1t claims a MEM
bership of 10000, having at this time
forty chapters located in as many lead
ing colleges and universities and TWEEN
tylive alumni associations.
Psi Epsilon is also one of the big
ones. as are also Delta Kappa Epsilon
and Alpha Delta PHI Most of these
have thirty or more chapters, and
among their alumni are many of the
brightest college men in public life.
The older Greek letter societies have
alumni all over the United States who
Keep close wssch of the high school
boys about to enter college. Before the
high school commencement time the
prospective freshman has met some
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31

you have sucked out. leaving a little
hole on one side as shown in figure.
The shell is filled with water up to the
little hole and represents the boiler,
placed on the two pieces of wire with
the hole to the rear somewhat above
the rear wall of the boat. To heat the
boiler we use half Of an eggshcll placed
on piece of cork underneath the
boiler, with Il small piece of cotton in
the center. Pour some alcohol on the
cotton and set match to it. The wal
ter will begin to boil in few moments
and fine stream of steam will leave
the hole in the eggshcll. The pressure
of the steam on the air will move the
little boat in the opposite direction
that is. forward-and we have steam
boat steaming without wheels or
screws.-New York Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
THE BULLET FROM AFFAIR.
dow Modern War Methods Try the
SOIhiers' NerNes.

Today n man may die as soon as the
enemy's guns, hidden away in the dis
tant. cloud topped mountains seven
miles away, begin to talk. And over
that seven miles he must walk with
caution, with a wide interval between
him and his pals on either hand He
must lie down at every short halt and
scratch the ground hurriedly with his
little spade at every long one for the
great shells are sailing toward him.
and he sees by his officers eye ana
hears by his commands that ii is con.
sidercd that he may perish ut any mo
ment ana that precautions are neces-
sary to preserve him. He sees, more
over. how futile those precautions must
be if one Of those monsters bowling
overhead should land as near to him as
the last one did To that blasted tree,
for instance. with its scorched. dan
CLING limbs and the huge clmrred lis
sure in its stout trunk. or as the on'
before did TO the team OF mules in the
ambulance wagon. now ii scream.3-.
struggling tumble OF harness and
bloody flesh.
An this Is diSpriiing aud appears uu-
necessary. The country on all sides is
MS peaceful MS his native dale. not Il
sign Of an enemy. Even the great blue
hill ahead. on which he is told the enc
my'S long guns are posted. looks as
quiet as ihc mountain an a Christmas
carl Vet fpr two miles ne walks
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
Word Guessing.

This game, which may be played by
any number II children, begins by
choosing word and then guessing
what word has been chosen in the fol
lowing manner: One of the children or
the mother thinks of word and de-
scribes it by saying, for example: Il
have word of five letters. The first is
E and the last is $"
The players are at liberty to begin
any time and all at once if they choose,
and they may ask any number of ques-
lions about the word, which the leader
Is obliged to answer as truthfully as
possible without telling the word. The
player guessing the word first has the
privilege of announcing the next one.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
The Table Napkin.

Curiously enough, that article now
considered almost indispensable, the
table napkin, was first used only by
children and was adopted by elder
members of the family about the mid
die of the fifteenth century. In eti-
quette books of an earlier date than
this among other sage pieces of advice
for children are instructions about wip-
ing their fingers and lips with their
napkins.
1t seems that the tablecloth was long
enough to reach the floor and served
the grown people in place of napkins.
When they did begin to use napkins.
they placed them first on the shoulder,
then on the left arm and finally tied
them about the neck
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
HER PET PIGGY.
1t Made Little RosnbcIIe's Heart sad
by Its Misdecds.

Little Rosabclle came running to the
house as fast as she could with some
thing round and fat in her arms which
made a terrible squealing noise.
oh mamma. mamma. Won't he
make a nice pet:" she cried. and then
she began rubbing her finger over n
soft pink little nose that stuck out just
above her arm.
why. Rosabelle, don't you know
any better than to bring a pig in the
house? Now, take it straight to the
barn. where you got it," commanded
her mother.
"But. mamma, | didn't get it Mt the
barn-it was right out here at the
woodshcd Don't scold me. Now.
know you won't" coaXed little Rosa
belle. He was eating something out
there. and he looked so cute Won
dercd how he would look in that new
dress you made for my Polly ycster-
day When caught him. he just jump
ed and squealed but held him tight"
But Rosabclle'S mother would not al
low the pig in the house. and so the
little girl and her new found pct start
ed for the barn. There she patted the
PIC ANA played with it until she be-
came tired and then left it run again.
Now, Rosabcllc had Il little garden of
her own in which she took the greatest
pride In that garden was n little bed
for flowers. one for the cabbage and
one for the turnipS. which were just
pceping out of the ground
Several days after she had captured
the pig She came running to the house
again. but in a much different mood.
With her head on her mothers lap she
told between sobs how something had
eaten up all her cabbage plants and
had dug the bed all around"
why don't you watch your garden
and catch the naughty person" said
her father to her when She told him
her troubles. He had an idea who was
doing the mischief. but thought he
would leave his little girl to find out
for herself
Rosabelle did as her father had sug-
geSted. and great was her surprise on
visit TO the garden to find her pet
pig standing inside the fence rs if he
were listening for the approach of an
enemy. well. pig" she said slowly,
at must be you who have been in my
garden. 1t does really make my heart
sad to think you would do such
thing"
RoSabelle had heard her mother
make such saying. The pig crept
through the fence and ran toward the
barn. and Rosabelle went to find her
mother and tell her of what she had
discovered. Rosabele's father prom
ised to put the little pig in Il pen the
next day.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31

Prissy had just moved into new
house. and now she was trying to get
acquainted with her neighbors. Little
Milly Mint who lived next door. had
made her a visit and asked Prissy to
come to see her the next day. So PrisSy
braided her hair very neatly and walk
ed slowly over to Mr. MINIS. with her
head down and feeling very strange
md shy indeed. But, oh, dear, how her
heart did beat when she stood ut the
door and heard Il queer. gruif voice
calling out: Go home Go home, Go
straight homew
So she turned right around and hur
ricd out at the gate, with very pink
face and hanging her poor little head
still lower than before. Such queer
ncighbors. She was sure she would
never 80 to that house again.
But She did. though When Milly
found out what the matter was. she
laughed and promised to show Prissy
her rude ncighbor. soon she came run
ming in with Il big cage in which sat
a green Poll parrot. 1t was naughty
Polly that had given poor shy Prissy
such fright The little girls were
good friends from that day. and now
Prissy only smiles when inhospitable
Polly tries to send her homc-Youth's
Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
A WAV OF ESCAPE.
Jhl<ewnv. the Widow Bnrsto,y and
the Preachers Text.

Talking about widows" said the
man with the stogy, did l ever tell
yor about Jakeway and the Widow
Barstow:"
Now. there hadn't been a word said
about widows, but one of the party re
piled, mo, sir; you never did"
We'll" said the man with the stOgy.
"Jakeway was n character. one of those
you read about He'd lived alone for
years When he was young man, he
had been disappointed in love or some
thing. and from that time he'd been
sour-a reg'lar woman hater-and the
particular object of his dislike was the
Widow Barstow. aggressive from her
head to her heels. The very sight of
her to old ,Iakeway was like the way
ing of a red flag to bull.
'They useter 30 to the same church,
but the ushers knew the situation well
enough TO put goodly portion of the
sanctuary between them. Unfortunate
~ on one Sunday there was a new
usher. The opening service was well
under way. and Jakeway was in a pew
by himself well down toward the front,
when down the aisle came the new
usher with the widow failing along in
his wake, and he handed her into Jake.
ways pew.
THE old man gave one look as the
figure rustled in; then he gathered up
his umbrella. his hat. his bandana and
his prayer book and cleared the back
of the pew in front with the agility of
boy, and just as he landed on the
front seat the preacher gave out his
text:
"'There hath no evil befallen you
such as is common to man but God
will with the temptation also make d
way of escape New York Mail and
| EXPRESS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
Rules For Dolls.

az wooden headed doll should be
careful not to hit her head against her
mothers lest she should hurt her.
"a wax doll should avoid the fire if
she wishes to preserve Il good complex
ion.
"Oftcn an old doll with cracked
head and a sweet smile is more beloved
than new doll with sour face
1T is a bad plan for dolls to be
stretched out on the floor, as people
may tread on them, and a doll that is
trod on is sure to 90 into decline
Madge was reading these rules TO her
dolly with very sober face. Then she
laughed
|. Dolly" she said. its funny, but l
really believe these rules are more for
me than they are for YOU Sunday
School Advocate.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
LlNCOLN'S DISPATCHES.
Why Many of Them Were Dated
From the War Department..


From the War Department.
Surprise is often expressed by very
intelligent people that SO large a pro
portion of President Lincoln's most i'm
portant tclcarams and some of his LEG,
tcrS are dated from the war dcpar,
ment instead of the executive mansion
and none of them from the navy, treas
ury or other administrative bureaus.
This is generally deemed very Sin-u
lar fact. and from it writers have
plausibly drawn the conclusion thar
Lincoln personally liked the secretary
of war better than any Of the otA"y
cabinet officers. While this indeed up
pears to have been true. it does not nee
csSarily so follow. He certainly he'll
Mr. Seward in high regard, yet he 81
dom went to the state department.
In the circumstances it was not at all
singular. The explanation is easy. War
was the business of that time and Lin
coins eyes Were always bent to thy
army, especially when great mil,tar!
events were impending. He habituau!
haunted the adjacent war departm, NJ
and army headquarters where ahol.
General lIalleck, his military adviser.
for news and views. Head and hear,
were StryuuouSly concentrated ON the
fight. wherever ii might he. Ills fertile
brain saw, too, the critical points in the
game oftcntimeS far more clearly than
some Of his SO called 'ablcst generals. 80
He not only wished to know what was
going ON in the field but performed his
own part n0hly. In the heat of actor
or at crucial moments his orders. SUI
gestions ana Inquiries were fired o.
spontaneously from wherever he mi. hi
be at the moment, ana at such periods
he was generally "over ut the war de
partmont" with Mr. Stanton. That is
the chief reason why SO many of his
dispatches are dated at that depart
ment and not because he perhaps held
Stanton in higher esteem than the see.
rotary of the navy or state or treasury.
-Lippincutt's Magazine.