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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-27
"KlDDY."

00OU had better let me ride to
W Marville and take that money to
- the bank; there are ugly rumors
abroad concerning Lord Jim and his
band. Three times within a fortnight
a lonely settlers shanty has been
rushed by these gentlemen. and the
third was at Miners Corner not twen-
ty miles from here! Besides, you
ought not to expose your wife and
Kiddy to an invasion of that kind; the
fright would be enough to kill a nerv-
GUS girl like Lucy"
The speaker. Jack Hartley. was a
tall. sunburnt young man. brother to
the owner of 1.-The Bungalow" newly
erected. low-roofed house. to which
some four years back the latter had
brought his young bride.
After months Of hard work and
many a disappointment, the grounds
surrounding the house had been re-
claimed from the bush by the young
fellow. who. like many another, having
found it impossible to make a decent
living In his native land, had decided,
on receipt Of a small legacy from a
maiden aunt, to try his luck Mt cattle
rearing and sheep-breeding in Austria
liza.
For once tickle fortune. less blind
than usual. was in a generous mood,
and, after a few years of hard work
and ceaseless efforts. Ned Hartley
found himself sufficiently well off to
marry the girl he had left behind
him." and to bring her to a home
which he had literally built for her
with his own hands. In the course Of
the following year son was born.
and "Kiddy." as he was called by rela-
tives and friends, soon became a very
important member Of the small COM
munity. Jack Hartley. Ned's younger
brother and Kiddy's most devoted
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THE SONGS,

wonder In what distant place
Sweet "Annie Rooney" still IL heard,
Where Daisy Bell'' has hid her face.
Where Doris tells of hope deferred?
If still some tender chord is stirred
BY Henrietta" blithe and gay,
Who never at a feast demurred p
Where are the songs of yesterday?
If. in some dusky. moonlit space,
20 Promise Me" is gently purred
BY some old tabby, whose embrace
Was never asked heart to grid?
And, with barbaric accent slurred.
In some strange country, far away.
II Tommy Atkins" cause is spurred p
Where are the songs of yesterday?
And where lives in its ancient grace,
Loves Old Sweet Song" by Time
unblurred?
Where does ben Bolt" his thoughts re-
To feed on sorrows whey and curd?
Does "Only Me" still beg n word.
Has Golden Hair" turned to gray,
Does Nancy" mourn her vanished bird ?
Where are the songs of yesterday
ENVOY.
Princes. whose loyalty has erred
To these, who wore in turn the bay
The sad, the joyful, the absurd
Where are the songs Of yesterday?
Life.
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1t Was q Homeless Case.

A balky horse is an annoying creature
under any circumstances. but the story
of an incident which happened during a
regimental drill raises the question
whether such horse may not simply
be overconscientious.
The sun blazed down on a field Of
hot, tired horses and excited men. all
waiting for a big. raw-boned animal to
succumb to the urgings Of the starter
and get into line.
Bring up that horse" shouted one
of the officers at last. his patience hav-
ing given out. you'll get into trouble
If you don't!
The youthful rider Of the refractory
horse looked at his officer despairingly.
"I'm as tired Of 1t as you are, sir"
he said, with dull resignation. but I
can't help It. He's cab horse, sir,
that's what he Is. He won't start till
he hears the door shut. sir. and I
haven't got any door to shut"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-27

for the presidency EA-ooV' hoADAEi'
for 1884. He was sidetracked by the
Cleveland boom.
He was born in New Haven, Conn.,.
July 81, 1926. but the family went west
when he was a child and he was edu-
Gated at Western Reserve College. In
1s47 he was admitted to the bar and in
1851 became a judge in Cincinnati. He
declined positions on the Supreme
Court bench Of Ohio, but was a judge
of the Superior Court up to the time Of
his election as Governor. After serv.
ing his term he went to New York
and was the head Of a big law firm.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-27
LIFE OF A TEACHER IN PHILIPPINES

81 YOUNG lady who is teaching
/o\ school in the Philippines, writes
go brightly and entertainingly Of
some conditions there, In the following
paragraphs:
We have just moved the girls school
In Dagupan into a new building, pri-
yate native house, hired for the pur-
pose. But we chose the date of NOV
ing badly, for 1t Is the beginning Of
the fiesta, and the cock-ighting will
last two weeks. 1t will be impossible
during that time to get any one to do a
days work for us. The benches are
too long for the rooms and We will not
be able to get carpenter to saw them
of or any one to put the blackboards
in place. We are so near the cockpits
that the noise is deafening. School
has to be carried on largely by signs
The cocks crow continually, the
swarming children shrek and cry and
the women are forever pounding rice
In going to school we have to cross the
river in a banca. 1t Is nothing more
than a log followed out, In which we
crouch at the bottom and are padded
across by small Filipino boy.
The islands swarm with insects Of
all kinds. Ants are most plentiful and
most troublesome. AS l am writing,
the "tickeys," as the children call them,
or little lizards, dart across my writing
table and catch the bugs that fall
m k1n In In
ards have fallen from the ceiling on to
my neck. Now and then it Is a cent?
pede that annoys. COckroaches are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-27

JOHN IT, BROWN. thoughts TOWARD
the new world and he at once took his
departure for New York. Making his
home in Brooklyn, he went to work
for a glassmaker and then took to
painting scenes Of street life. He made
speciality Of newsboys and boot
blacks. a class of subjects which have
made him the most popular Of Ameri-
can painters. OF equal merit are the
canvases on which he has depicted
rustic and humble life. In which men
and women are the chief and only
figures. One critic has said that every
human being, no matter from what
part of the earth they might come. for.
got for the time the vanities Of life.
while looking at his picture Of 1.-THE
Passing Show" Some of his most
notable pictures he positively refuses
to sell.
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slave, had been a resident In 1.-THE Bun
ct~

slave, had been resident In 1.-THE Bum
galOw" about six months.
Nonsense. Jack! When you have
not be so ready to believe all the ru-
mors that are spread among the
hands And then. you see, received
the six hundred pounds from Barton
only last night, and no one with the
exception of Lucy, you, and myself
can have the slightest notion that such
a sum of money Is in my possession.
Lucy has been ailing lately, and
promised to take her to Melbourne as
soon as l could spare the time and
money. Now the shearing is over, 1
mean her to take the holiday with the
Kiddy and myself. l know you will
look after things for me, old man. Now
don't wear such worried look! It
doesn't suit your style of beauty half
as we'll as your elegant sombrero and
cloak. not to speak Of that six-shooter
l see in your belt! Going for a ride
Well. ta-ta, see you by-and-by"
Jack did not seem much convinced
by his brothers arguments and ban
tering manner. The "rumors' he had
heard were alarming; there was no
doubt that the desperate and ex-con-
Wet known as Lord Jim" had been
seen in the neighborhood and that dar-
Ing attacks had been made on solitary
settlers. STILL" thought the young
man. 1.-THE results might have been ex-
aggerated. and after all Ned is not
likely to run any unnecessary risks.
However. l will ride as far as The
Copse.' and bring Sergeant Gilpin and
a couple of his men back with me. Ex-
ira precaution can do no HARM"
AS he was about to mount his horse
a shrill voice called out: Uncle Jack,
Uncle Jack, take me with you! Kiddy
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DO NOT sCOLD.

Women Of that Temper Are Disagree
able to All and Usually Unhappy.
No one is SO disagreeable as the
habitual scold, who is continually crit
icising and finding fault with those
who surround her in daily life. Sons.
daughters and husbands have been
driven away from home because of
her, and thousands fall into dangerous
temptations. The scOld sOws seeds
which bear a rich harvest for the sa-
loon and clubrooms. says writer In
the Pittsburg Press.
All women In authority. be it at the
head Of home or a business depart
ment, should study consideration of
other peoples feelings. The common
scold or the continual fault-tinder Is
perhaps the most disagreeable person
In the world, not only unhappy herself.
but making others SO.
Scolding. in one light, is really an
accomplishment-tha Is, when used
for the proper correction of servants
and children. II you feel called upon
to deliver a rebuke to a servant make
it clear to that offender that your dis
pleasure is justified; never lose your
temper, but be calm and dignified. for
remember that your bearing has much
to do with the respect that you are
held in by those under your authority.
Never let a scolding degenerate into
nagging. for IL you do you lose all
claim for respect from the delinquent
and the person at fault becomes your
critic, and very scornful one at that.
Let all scolding be gagged by the
error, but do not make any one re-
buke long drawn out Give each a
hopeful ending.
When properly administered mer-
tied scolding quickly bears the fruit
Of better behavior on the part of the
offending one.
Many wives have spoiled the good
nature of their husbands by selling
upon some fault, trivial perhaps. and
constantly dwelling upon It.
The art Of pleasing consists in maxi
ing our daily lives agreeable to 9TH
ers as well as to ourselves. To throw
a grain of the ideal and of poetry into
our surroundings is going to make
them less commonplace and more con-
genial. 1t a woman has the tact Of
making others comfortable, then she
il endowed with the gift of making
life happy. The gracious woman
shines through a collection Of beau
tiful qualities. She not only pleases
the eye by her outward air of fresh
ness and health. but she charms the
mind by a characteristic worth. The
cultivation Of the physical body. pro-
duces the bloom of health; but quite
as necessary in making a woman beau
tiful Is the cultivation Of the intellect.
which gives her the inimitable attrac-
ton Of knowledge. Then there Is the
cultivation of the heart, which gives
her those gentle graces which are to
her what the perfume is to the flower.
Where home is made unhappy by a
great fault Of the husband. If he is
worthy Of loving and saving. he is
more effectually appealed to by tender
ness than by denunciation or scorn.
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wants a ride on your big horse! Wait

wants a ride on your big horse! Wait
for met"
But Master "Kiddy" found himself
suddenly seized from behind, and an
immediate stop put to his flight from
the nursery.
"Never mind. Kiddy," called out
Jack. you can't come out with me to-
day. you know; It's your bedtime,
isn't It? Besides, people don't go for
rides in night-dress! There, don't cry;
you shall fire uncle's. revolver all by
yourself. seev'
And, having assured himself that the
revolver was unloaded. Jack proceed
ed to instruct the child in the art OF
aiming, pulling the trigger, etc.. and a
wild romp succeeded, in which imagin-
airy wild beasts were KILLED dead" the
said wild beasts being represented by
himself. running on all fours, and
Tom. the retriever. who, entering fully
into the spirit Of the game. would
stand quite still while Kiddy, labori-
ously aiming the harmless weapon ut
him, called out in his clear treble voice.
"Shoot! Bang! Fire!" This was the
signal for the wild beast" to fall
down.
Kiddy's delight at this new game was
boundless; and when at last Jack.
GREATNESS with the exertion of his re-
peated death struggles" declared that
it was time for him to be of and re-
took possession Of his revolver, the
child sobbed.
"Kiddy wants the gun! Kiddy wants
to shoot evlybody! Nasty, unkind un-
Gle! Give me the gun! Give me-the-
gu-u-u-un" he cried.
BY this time his uncle had mounted
his horse, and, with wave of the
hand, rode away. while Master Kiddy
was recaptured by his mother, gen.
tie, delicate-looking girl, and after. a
prolonged struggle, was finally dis
posed Of in his little bed.
Two hours later Ned Hartley and his
wife were sitting out on the verandah.
he smoking a short pipe, Lucy slowly
ueISclk " anu lIO anu AOW anu
then applying herself to some needle
work.
They had been discussing their plans
for the long-talked-of and often-defer-
red trip to Melbourne. and there was
an unwonted look of animation in the
young wOman's face.
"And you really think we shall be
able to 60 this time?" she said. "Oh,
Ned. how l do long to get among peo-
pie, to see houses. streets. carriages.
anything and everything-to get away
from this eternal. monotonous bush.'
And with a sigh she hid her face on
her husbands shoulder.
Nothing will prevent us this time,
dear; unless''-with a short laugh
Jacks croakings should take definite
shape-unless. in short. we should be
rushed and the money taken. Then
there would be no trip for US this
year, at any rate"'
Don't" she exclaimed. looking fear.
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NEw.sTYLE cATTLE.PUNcHlNo.


IL Now Done by Electricity, with Re.
markable Results.
The employees Of the Schwarschild &
Sulzberger Packing Company here
now employ electricity to drive the cat
tie into the beef beds instead of shouts,
clubs, whips and prods.
The application Of electricity is made
by two insulated wires connected
with the light wires over the CATCH
ing pen and the knocking pens. The
current passes through a stick and con.
meets with two brass points on the
end.
"Punchers" Is the name given the
sticks. There are two punchers, each
six feet long, in the catch pen. and
I'VE. four feet long. in the knocking
pens. The insulated wires are about
twenty feet long. thus covering a dis
lance in the pens Of about thirty feet
each.
One hundred and twenty-five volts
Of electricity are turned on. 1t is
enough to make sharp. singing SEN
sation. without leaving q mark or
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fully around her. 1T could not hap
pen! l cannot think that"

fully around her. 1T could not hap
pen! l cannot think that"
The sentence was unfinished. Before
them stood man who had seemingly
dropped from nowhere. Ned threw
himself in front of his wife.
The stranger was attired in shabby
corduroy brooches and a tattered wool
len shirt, the color of which might have
been once blue; tall cowhide boots en-.
cased his feet and legs; in one hand
he held with mock politeness an apollo.
gy for a hat. in the other. pointed
straight at Ned's head. was a murder.
ous-looking six-shooter.
'Sorry to interrupt the billing and
cooling. but might l trouble you to
hand over to me that six hundred
pounds you received last night from
Barton's? Stop! No humbug-hands
up"-the drawing voice changed into
a sharp growl. "Never mind your
wife; I'll look after her." Poor Lucy
had tainted and was lying in q heap
on the floor of the verandah. "You
walk in front Of me and show me
where you put the swag; make an at
tempt to get at your iron or to call for
help and I'll shoot you like dogv'
There was no help for it. Ned. his
face contracted with rage and hopeless
misery. led the rufflan into his room.
where. in little cot, Kiddy. fast
asleep, was smiling In his dreams.
In a small cupboard which Ned had
built into the wall by the side of the
bed lay the result Of two years hard
work and privations-the money that
was to have brought back health and
happiness to Lucy.
In silence he handed the bag and
notes to the rufflan. who. still keeping
Ned covered with his weapon. forced
him back to the verandah.
NOW. mate. having called upon you
just about supper-time, 1t would not be
manners for me to depart before I've
had the pleasure Of sharing the family
mealw Lord Jim remarked in pitiless.
hooking tones. Ladies' company is
always pleasant. even when they are
in faint! How long does this young
lady generally stay in hers?"-with a
grim chuckle. mot having the felicity
Of being married myself. am not ac-
quainted with the means Of restoring
young and sensitive females to their
senses! Perhaps kiss might do IT."
AS the brute approached his wife
with the intention of fulfilling his vile
threat, Ned. with yell Of fury. re-
CARELESS of consequences. unarmed as
he was, threw himself upon the ruff
fan. Surprised by the sudden and
unexpected onslaught. Lord Jim"
dropped his weapon. which rolled a
few feet away from the two comba.
tants. Each then endeavored with all
his might and main to throw down his
adversary and take possession of 1t.
Physically the men were well match.
ed. but slowly Lord Jim" was getting
the upper hand. Ned's breath came in
short gasps. He knew that now 1t was
no longer for his money alone. but for
his very life that he was wrestling!
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some baby. They do not live long
after they are captured and sometimes
baby will still be dragging a poor
little feathered thing about even after
1t is dead. Once I had present Of
three of these little birds. but they
were all dead within twenty-four
hours. When l next received like
present walked to the school house
window and let 1t go. also had
given to me three little parrots. beauti-
full red and green birds about six inch
es long, but these, too. after a few
days, I freed. The children bestow
flowers and fruit on their teachers.
Sometimes they make little baskets Of
bamboo and wind them with red, white
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everywhere. One feels like standing
and holding ones umbrella and hat all
the time, that the cockroaches may not
riddle them before they are used again.
They will eat the stamps Off letters II
they are not hurried into the mail
pouches.
Birds are the principal playthings of
the native children. There are several
kinds no larger than humming birds
that are often to be seen tied by
thread to q stick or to the hand by
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The Wit or General Grant.

In recently published life of General
dotes connected with his Subject"
these two being refreshingly smart:
The General was not an admirer of
Mr.. Sumner, and when some one said,
"Mr. Sumner does not believe In the
Bible" Grant said, mo, suppose not;
he didn't write it."
Attracted by horse driven by
butcher, he purchased the animal at q
cost Of five hundred dollars, and invit.
ed Senator Conkling to a drive behind
1t. The Senator criticised the animal,
and said. II think l should prefer the
money to the horse" THAT is what the
butcher thought" said General Grant.
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His election as
Governor of Ohio
In 1888, when he
defeated the pres.
ent Senator Fora
ker, brought him
into great promin'
ence, and his name
began to be con
spicuously m e n
toned In connec.
ton with the Dem.
ocratic nomination
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and blue worsteds and make tassels of
the yarn. These they fill on the out
side with paper flowers and the inside
with real ones. The school children
will also buy and bring with great
eagerness any little cheap ornament to
their teachers.
Sometimes we take trips on horse
back. There are no side saddles and
we ride astride. The horses are very
small and easy to mount. There Is
only one fear-that our feet may drag.
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He had gone from
his home in Dur
ham, E n g l a n d .
where he was born
II years ago, and
t b ere supported
himself as a young
man by drawing
for painting on
glass. While there
8 IN e music hall
songs about Ameri.
ca turn e d his
4 y ~ A.
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MUSIC HALL SONGS.

They Brought to America the Gifted
Artist, John G. Brown.
1t was peculiar circumstance
which brought to America the popular
painter Of street life. John G. Brown.
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Little Mabel (who has been allowed
to join the diners at dessert. providing
she keeps very quiet)-Mamma. will
that dessert hurt me. or Is there enough
to 60 'round?-New York Times,
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The time comes terribly soon to peo-
pie when they quit staying out late
nights, and join those who lie wide
awake In worrying over those who are
out.
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Song.
Song.
Hark, bark! the lark at heavens ga1s

Hark, bark! the lark at heavens Ra1 q
sings,
And Phoebus gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs
On chaliced flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes:
With everything that pretty Il,
My lady sweet, arise,
Arise. arise.
William Shakespeare.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-27

The girls named Lille never agree
on the spelling. Some spell it Lily,
others Lilly, and others Lille.
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The Dinner Hour.

The Dinner Hour.
o hour Of all hours, the most blest upon
earth,
Blest hour of our dinners!
The land of his birth;
The face of his first love; the bills that
he owes;
The twaddle Of friends. and venom Of
foes;
The sermon he heard when to church he
last went;
The money he borrow'd, the money he
spent;
All of these things a man. l believe. may
forget,
And not be the worse for forgetting: but
yet
Never, never, oh. never! earth's luckiest
sinner
Hath, unpunish'd. forgotten the hour Of
his dinner!
Indigestion, that conscience Of every bad
stomach,
Shall relentlessly gnaw and pursue him
with some ache
Or some pain; and trouble. remorseless,
his best ease,
Al the Furies once troubled the sleep Of
Orestes.
We may live without poetry, music and
art;
We may live without conscience, and
live without heart;
We may live without friends; We may
live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks.
He may live without books-what Il
knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope-what ID hope
but deceiving?
he may live without 1ove-what II ra+
sion but pining?
But where il the man that can live with
out dining?
Owen Meredith.
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THE LATE Ex.0Ov. HOADLEY.

He Was Once Thought TO Be Man of
Destiny.
George Hoadley, whose death has
taken place, was at one time be-
lieYed to be man of destiny.