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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26
LEARNING A LANGUAGE.
1t Does Not Require Much Time. If
One Has Patience and Per-
tinacity.

1T doesn't require any great length
of time to learn language if one has
patience" said man who has mas
tered several languages, according to-
the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat. land
when l hear man regret that he is
una BILE to speak French or German. or
Spanish or some other language I'M
known to him. | cannot conceal my
amusement. In nine cases out of ten
| might say that the men who express
regret Of this sort handle English very
poorly if that happens TO be their Ian
guaee. The chances are that their vo-
cabularies are extremely limited. and
ii would probably surprise them TO
know that. despite the advantages of
birth and education. they could not
command more than COO or 700 words
in English if their lives depended upon
it. Yet they are able to carry on in
telligent conversation and many of
them may become forcible and even
automatic in their sayings. and they
plunge into discussions of literature,
art. music and other subjects of such
fine elegance, and do il rather success
fully. too. Now, how long ought it
even 900 words in nay language?
Certainly ii ought not to take any
great length of time. and from my own
experience | know that it does not. Of
course | am not speaking now of mas
tering so that one can get the full ben
eft of all the refinements of speech in
a particular tongue. But | have in
mind the idea of speaking intelligibly
in a given language and being able to
understand perfectly what Is said in
return. | have a system which | have
worked out, and il has been of vast
benefit to me. and has enabled me TO
learn number of languages. 1t &C.
CURED TO me while | was in Mexico a
few years ago on important business.
| could not speak a word of Spanish
and could not understand the Ian
gauge concluded that would learn
the language. My plan was simply
this: | made up my mind that would
not retire at the close of any day as
long as | was there without learning a 1
least three words in Spanish. how TO
pronounce them and what they meant.
That would give me 80 words per
month, or something over 1000 IL
years time. / stuck to the task, and |
was there nine months and as a result
of my system | was not only able to
converse in Spanish. but | carried on
my correspondence in Spanish. ! don't
suppose l could write an essay in the
language. but l can speake it. write it
and understand ii and it was all
brought about by the three words
daV SVstem''
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26
"KEY MONEY" IN LONDON.
A Curious Phase of the Invasion Of
the English Metropolis by
Foreign jews.

Key money" in the east end Of Lon
don is the fragrant sign of oyercrowd-
ing. 1t is also an engine devised by the
enterprising foreign Jew to push out
a native population.
Most is heard of it IN Stepney. In the
window of one of the mere five per
cent. of houses tenanted still by Gen
tiles in that borough the recent an
nouncement, This house to let. No
key money. No Jews need apply" was
like the last ditch to an invading army
1t meant that some poor tenant had
refused & or 81, not so much to
please the landlord-whose acceptance
of the offer could not bind-as to sat
isfy patriotic idea.
Key money is a consideration paid
to an outgoing tenant by a would-be
successor who wants to have the first
word with the owner of the dwelling.
If it is accepted he goes to that for
tunate person and says, in more or less
broken English: Il have bought the
key of your house. l viii give you Il
shillings a week" The landlord does
not trouble to explain that the key
was not the tenants to sell. He gen
orally says: III take Is shillings,"
and gets that after the necessary bag
Cling. The Jew-it is always a pale,
overworked Jew-knovs quite well. in
fact, that his purchase of the key was
without legal effect.
Rents are rising fast in Stepney and
in all the poor residential streets near
the city. If Jewish tenants are APP
pearing in streets further afield, it is
only because they cannot now find
houseroom in the business heart OF
London.
Their eagerness to pay high rents,
seeing that they are a thrifty race. is
excellent proof of the ease with which
they make a living where the native
population could not They pay them
regularly and without fail. After
ward, they buy the houses, put new
coat of paint on them, and raise the
rents still higher to their coreligion-
lists coming later. Key money ten
years ago for 16-shilling house was
half a crown 1t is now never less than
two pounds. That is sum which
makes it worth the while of a Gentle
with a few sticks of-furniture to think
about looking for another house.
If he takes the money, it is not evil
dent at . first sight why the original
East ender should feel aggrieved. He
does. What he says is that these
'Ebrew Jews can't be satisfied without
driving him out of 'ouse and 'ome.''
The fact is that their ability to do
this, and not the key money, is his
grievance. Key money is the hateful
sop thrown to him as he quits.
Besides, English house owners have
of late years accepted the situation in
ever-increasing numbers. andsoidsout;
whereupon their tenants have had TO
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26

wondered n the world wide had
heard my heart a-beatin'.
with Sally waikin at my side along the
way 70 meetin'7
IL seemed 20 time my every step-Jest
keepin' time accordin'.
An sayin: There's no rest fer you 'cept
tother side OF JOrdani'
ia tried an tried 20 nv 1.-The word
with patieutest endeavor-
The word that might. or mightn't. make
her heart my own forever.
But somehow. when ~ reached my lips.
II seemed too much 10 utter.
with my poor heart a-keepin' up that
cverlastin' rutter,
'Twuz shore my trfbulatIon day-ciose by
my side 90 view her
To pull the vgild flowers hy the way. an
then not give EN- TO her,
But. sudden come this word from her
'twuz like benedictlOu9-
I'm thinkiu. John. this meetln' day
you're under deep couviction"'
An then. ] up an told her all my heart.
go sore afflicted.
/ loved her more than all the world
that's how I stood convicted
An then. as close she come 20 me. with
sveeter looks am fonder.
read ms ehlulu' titles clear TO earth
am over ypuder.
Frank r. stanton. In Atlanta Consti-
tuition
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26
The Volcano Bird.

One curious result of the Soufriere's
eruptions has been the loss on the is
land of ST. Vincent of the beautiful
bird known as Buildings Amazon par
rot This bird was formerly found
only on the slopes of the Soufriere
and was called the volcano bird by
the inhabitants of the island. 1t was
driven away by the eruptions of IT'S
and sought shelter in other parts of
the Antilles. The great hurricane of
1898 still further reduced its num-
bers. hardly leaving a single bird in
St. Vincent. and now it is feared that
whatever survivors there may have
been were destroyed by the recent
eruptions or have fed from the scene.
Not a bird can ~be found anywhere
within the range of the volcanoes ac-
tiSity. Unlike man. birds and beasts did
not risk returning to such a danger
zone.-Detroit Free Press.
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ARP ON CHRISTMAS.
he Loves the Old Superstitions That
Cluster About the Day.
Tells of when and How 1t Began e
he Celebrated-SuEEea New
Years ResOlutiOa fOr the
Youngsters.

Christmas day is about here once
more. Its joyous week is right upon
us when millions of dollars viii be
spent to please the children and mil
lions of hearts be made happy. One
day in seven is not enough-we want
a whole week at the end of the year,
and according to Scripture it is a
good thing to have a whole year N
seven-a year of jubilee when even
the land we till shall have rest ana
time to recover itself and renew its
wasted energies. Blessings on the
holy fathers who established the
Christmas holidays. and on the good
men who for is centuries have preserved
it for US and our children 1t is a
blessed heritage and belongs TO all
alike-the rich and the poor, the
bond and the free, the king and his
subject But these good old ways
are changing and becoming cireum-
scribed. Mankind is growing too
stingy of time. Christmas used to
last from the 25th of December TO the
9th of January, and for Il days there
was neither work nor toll. nor Off
cial business, nor suits for debts,
dunning. nor preparations for war,
but all was peace and pleasure and
kindly feelings. The peasant was on
Il level with the prince, and the girls
and boys wore chaplets of ivy and
laurel and holly and evergreen, and
it was no sin for them to take sly
kiss while the rosemary wreaths en-
circled their brows, for a kiss under
the rose was an emblem of limo
cence and had the sanction of Heav-
en-, and love whispered while wearing
the mistletoe crown was too pure
to be lost or betrayed.
/ love the old superstitions that
cluster around this season of my
JOY and gladness. Long did / lament
the day when my childish eyes were
opened and l learned threre was no
Saint Nicholas nor Santa Claus, no
reindeer on the roof, no coming down
the chimney to fill the stockings that
hung by the mantel. Even now 1
would fain believe, with Shakespeare,
that for these i days witches and
hobgoblins and devilish spirits had TO
fly away from the haunts of men
and hide themselves in the dark pits
anu caves OF the earl0, While the gOOd
spirits who love US and watch over
us nestled their invisible forms
among the eyergreens that hung
upon the walls. il was pleasant to
think that ON the last day of the
twelve the cattle knelt down at mid
night and humbly prayed that souls
might be given them when they died.
so that they, too, might live in Heav-
en- and worship God. l hope the poor
things viii have a good time in the
next world, for they see a rough one
in this, and l reckon they Will, con
sidering what a splendid pair of
horses came down after the prophet
Elijah. Heaven wouldn't be any the
less Heaven to me to find my good
dog Bows up there, all renewed III
his youth, and to receive the glad
welcome that wags in his tail.
Now children, let US imagine we are
around the cheerful Christmas fire and
talk about Christmas and tell what it
means OF course you know that il is
the anniversary of the birth of Christ,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26
CHINESE GIRLS STRATEGY.
BY Deceiving Her Lovers She Kept
Large Army Constantly at
Her Call.

The recurrence of disturbances in
southern China, reported in the tel
egraph dispatches, make interesting
some details of the personality of
Lao Kuan Yin, the beautiful wom-
an Boxer. who, during the first trou-
bles, acted as a sort of Chinese Joan
of Arc. She rallied to her standard
large number of we'l-known deS-
peradoes, until her followers num-
bered something like 10000 fighting
men, reports the Detroit Free Press.
She held the chiefs of these forces
faithful to her by making love to
them and permitting Thrm. as many
as six at a time, each to fancy that
he was the chosen one. Soon, how
ever. her duplicity was revealed, and
when she showed special favor to the
youngest and handsomest of the six,
the five others, driven mad by jes.l-
ously. passed their swords into the
favored ones body. The rivals then
began to fight among themselves,
with the result that three of them
We're killed. Next morning one of
the remaining chiefs, being old and
hideous to look upon. packed up his
goods and chattels and departed. He
took away with him nearly all the
troops. and practically the whole of
the ammunition. Lao kuan Yin now
found herself with. one lover and
very few followers. and when the
government troops appeared on the
scene went into hiding.
She is now again in power, and has
more troops at her disposal, but she
has learned wisdom, and contents
herself with one lover.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26

leave without any key money what
ever. No Jews need apply" means
only, in many cases, that the land
lord VIII not countenance key money
because he hopes to put the equivalent
of it in his own pocket at one transact
ton. He refuses Jewish tenants, and
waits for Jewish purchaser
On the other hand, says the London
Mail, few good-natured landlords
viii neither let nor sell over the heads
of old tenants. IN one row of Stepney
houses, where the occupiers are all
English, two widows have lived 5 and
81 years, respectively. The landlord
says they shall die there. lie has not
raised his rents a penny.
House agents are strangely sympa-
thetic TO this attitude. one reason
may be that the Jewish landlord i has
own rent collector.
1t may seem curious that feeling
should be stronger on this question Of
key money than on that of Industrial
competition. But the jew Is not so
much an industrial competitor as
merchant lie lands At Blackwell
without a word of English, and next
morning YOU see him in some market
street with bundle of hand3erchiefs
and the word penny" He gets rich
without anyone knowing how his com
petition pinches.
The East ender does not take him
light-heartedly as a neighbor. He IS
undesirable in that capacity till Angli-
cized.
What makes this now a burning
question is that the skirts Of the jew
ish area are being spread more rapidly
than ever.
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which is full of wise suggestion Again

We quote:
after all. this danger must be met. as
all dangers in the republic must be. and
must be overcome by the virtue OF the
people. We must so far as possible. pro-
tect our small land; holders. In their hands
is the future OF the republic. If you VIII
read the history of the empires and re-
publicS that have persisted. you Will find
that their failure dates from the time
when the lands drifted into large holdings
and were cultivated by tenants or slaves
So far. therefore. IL can be done by leg
islation our small property holders should
be encouraged. and they should be pro-
tected: their burden should be made as
light as possible. and capital should be
made pay its fair share of the burdens
OF the state. Large ownership OF Iano
should be discouraged and prevented
Our system OF taxation is the cru6eSc
on the civilized earth. with possibly the
exception of Turkey and some of the ORR
entail countries. The laws OF every state
are different. and by means of this. sarge
aggregations OF capital avoid paying their
share of the cost OF government We are
just learning that a franchise tax is the
easiest collected of any. and probably one
of the fairest ways of raising revenue OF
course. those who manage corporations
will object. as everybody does. 70 pay
ing taxes. but nevertheless. IL is right and
proper. Those that have the protection OF
the state should bear their share Of the
burdens
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26
Hunt for Missing sroIars.

When Frank Buettner. d wealthy
contractor, OF Cleveland. Ohio, awoke
on Il recent morning, he missed his
false teeth, and naturally inferred that
he had swallowed them. lie was taken
to hospital, where surgeons made IN
cisions in his stomach, 10 hunt for the
missing molars. Before they had
sewed up the incisions, his sister-in-
law rushed into the hospital, with the
grinders in her hand. She had found
them under the bed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26

Grandma Taylor, in lavender lawn.
white tie and new bonnet. had gone
10 visit an old friend. and Mrs. Ray
was at liberty 10 run over and con-
dole Mrs. John.
Il don't know what / would do il
il were ma. but I'd never consent
To her marrying again"
Pa Porter don't ask anybody's
consent. unless it's that girls. I guess
You couldn't help yourself. in my
place"
Maybe not. But ma knows my
mind too well ever TO think of such a
thing. Why" she added laughingly,
when she first came here i was q
little anxious about her and grand
pa. they took to each other so. But
she hasn't had much to say To him
since | spoke TO her about it,"
That would have been a suitable
match" Mrs. John replied, land we
couldn't have objected. But / sup
pose Grandma Taylor is too old, and
withered looking 10 suit Pa Porter"
she's Younger than he is, and
looks il. too. in her new things" said
Mrs. Ray. taking up the cudgels.
/ Then she added. smiling: We're talk
ing nonsense; for no matter what
anybody thought of ma. I'd never al
low a man in my fathers place.
well. You can manage an old lady,
| but YOU can't manage head-strong
old man." Mrs. John reiterated with
"A sigh.
Towards night Mrs. Ray hurried in
again. Polly Smith has come home
afoot and alone; what do you sup
pose she's done with grandma"
come with me and well find OUT
said Mrs. John.
The minN was Mt the gate. appar-
emily on the lookout for some one.
4 How did You hear?" she asked. her
face one radiant smile.
We've heard nothing" Mrs. John
answered shortly. II want to know
what's become of Grandpa Porter"
why. they're riding around some
where. | guess. / came away right
after the Wedding"
What wedding-where?" shrieked
/ Mrs. John.
Up TO the parsonage. Of course,
/ and"
And YOU came off alone as soon
I us YOU were lAA'i hRtNN
Mrs. Ray; Mrs. John was speechless.
But I'm not married" said the
mink serercly.
Then who" began Mrs. Ray. a
wild suspicion Selling her.
There they GOMEZ" the smiling
/ mink broke in. Don't they look
sweet..' rs a buggy whizzed around
the corner.
Ma Taylor" gasped Mrs. Ray.
Grandma Taylor-Porter." correct
| ed the mink. And we've had such n
time with her. grandpa and |. She
was SO afraid Of offending her folks
! that she wouldn't listen TO grandpa
at all. until she got wretchedly jeal-
| Gus of me. Poor grandpa was so
miserable over it-and grandma her
self wasn't happy"
No" added grandma seriously.
And | decided that you should not
break both our hearts with your no
tons. Emma"
Mrs. John went off into peals of
! laughter. aided by the mink and
! bridegroom. Mrs. Ray turned her
| back on the hilarious crowd and fed.
Eventually she relented and took
/ the happy old couple into favor. but
/ she never forgave Mrs. John that
/ laurh.-Nevv Orleans Times-Demo-
I
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26

Man of the world-You are a
critic. L believe?
Critic am.
Man of the world-Ever done any
thing:
Critic-Nothing whatever.
Man of the world-How's that?
Critic-Daren't. a man who has
ever done anything can't be critic
Town and Country.
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PRESIDENT INGALLS,.
Watterson Lauds Head of the Big
Y Four Railway.
Extract. from an Editorial Article In
Recent Number OF the Louis-
Vile Courier-JOurnal.

The Social Service Magazine has an
essay upon the ruling conditions and
current outlook in the United States
from the president of the Big -Four
railway system, which. says Mr.. Wat
terson. in the Louisville Courier-J our
nal. is so suggestive. and drawn upon
lines so Jeffersonian. as to invite the
serious attention of intelligent readers
and to Justify more than passing COM
ment Mr.. Ingalls, is democrat.
Born. like so many successful Amer
leans. a farmers boy. he has merged
the man of affairs enough with the
man of books to evolve in one and the
same personality both the thinker and
the actor upon the stage of real life.
Whatever he says is weighty because
il springs from a mind richly endowed
and highly trained. and fortified by
varied experience
In this latest contribution to the res
ervoir of contemporary thought. Mr..
ingalls, recognizes the revolutionized
elements no less than the mo-
mentous problems with which we have
TO deal. Upon the very threshold of
the new century. as he clearly points
ditions are crowdfng each other so fast
that we stop and wonder what is to
happen next. New developments. new
methods. new conditions, new obliga-
tions. are upon us. To many the clouds
in the horizon have an angry look and
they fear for the future of the nation.
While optimists. like Mr.. ingalls,, may
not share their fears. they agree that
the national safety depends upon the
virtue and integrity of our citizens,
and il i just as well to look the sit
uation over and make up our minds
as to what should be done TO meet the
danger. if there be any. In fact. there
is nothing better for an individual or
a community than TO stop and think.
We rush along in our mad race. heed
lesS~of the future. To many people the
close of the nineteenth century and
the opening of the twentieth is not
full of promise for the higher ideals
of life: il seems to them that every
thing is being sacrificed TO the desire
of getting rich: that religion. con-
science. truth and virtue are at dis
count. and the world only thinks of
who will win in the race of piling UP
millions. 1t is certainly a time for
serious thought. Heretofore we have
been a nation in isolation, a law unto
ourselves. but fast ships, cables, the
intercourse of people, the demands of
commerce. circumstances over which
we had no control have forced us from
this position and we stand forth to-
day fun grown and compelled to take
our share of the possibilities of the
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26
Gentle Remind der.

Mr. Staylate-Was that ten or II
that the clock just struck?
Miss Cone (wearily)-WilI IL make
any difference Harper Bazaar
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She-It takes all kinds of people to
make the world.
He-Not for me- 1t takes only one.
Chicago Tribune.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26

Baron Smooth-Did Lord Outofcash
put up here last week.
Hotel Clerk-Yes: he did and he
6idn't baltimore American
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The Usual Way.

He-How did you come TO get IN
terested in that story?
She-I liked the way it ended--De-
troit Free Press.
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THE INFATUATION
OF GRANDPA.
BY Louise J. Strong

Do@o@%OD@o~ D
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

High tide. 400 am. and 4-54 pm.
Low tide ........l0.57 an and 1873 pm.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
CUBA TO DOUBLE HER
GENERAL POLICE FORCE
Rural Guard" to Consist Of
$500 Men.

The State Department has received
from Minister squiers a translation of
the law for the reorganization OF the
Cuban rural guard. Mr.. Squiers states
that the new organization cOntemplates
a strength Of $500 officers and men, as
compared with 500 at present
The provisions Of the Law are, in part:
The rural guard is a body with
military organization. whose functions
shall be civil and which has for its oh
iect the preservation Of public order.
The corps shall consist or $500 indi-
viduals. organized as follows: A gen
eraI directorate and three regiments;
each regiment shall consist OF eight
squadrons OF cavalry and two companies
OF infantry.
The chiefs and officers OF the rural
guard shall be mounted officers and
shall acquire on their own account their
horses. uniforms and equipment. Two
dollars a month shall Ae deducted from
the salary OF a noncOmmissioned ofhceT
or guardsman until the cost Of his horse
is covered. EnIistments shall be for four
years.
The following qualifications shall be
required. To be a Cuban: TO know how
70 read and write the Spanish language
TO have good habits and a good record;
10 be over twenty-one years OF age and
under forty-fve; minimum weight l2l
pounds. maximum 10 pounds; height at
least > feet inches; not TO have beer
convicted for any criminal cause, nor tc
have been discharged dishonOrably from
any civil or military ONCE.
The positions Of officers shall be filled
by examination, the appointment beinl
made by the president OF the republic
in accordance with the classification OBJ
tanned. The appointments OF chiefs arr
made by the president. Quartermasteri
/ and paymasters shall give suficien
bonds TO the state; the latter shall b
elected by the officers Of the respective
regiments"