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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
vAGABONO BOB.

Gan incident of the Kansas City flood)
Bob was a vagabond. If you had seen
The limp of his legs and the lay of his
His gaunt, yellow body, disgracefully
lean,
You had vowed he was only a vaga-
bond cur.
The torrent swept down on world UNI
aware;
And women and children and men
were his prey;
And Death was his brother, who walked
everywhere,
And the faces of mortals We're white
with dismay.
A babe in a cradle was rocked to and
fro.
Tossed hther and thther mid flotsam
and wreck,
With only grim Death and the angels to
know.
\ mariner wee on pitiful deck.
With only grim Death and the angels?
Not 80.
On mound over yonder a vagabond
cur
Heard the wall of the babe, like the sum-
mons of woe,
And the spirit of heroes in him was
astir.
Now, vagabond Bob, now, outcast--what
now?
The chasm is wide by the mad current
torn,
And rescue's bark with Death at the
Prov
Still over the waters that waiing is
borne.
think that he shivercd one moment in
dread;
/ think that he doubted ere outward he
sprung
See now in the current the vagabond
head.
The debris. the hotsam, the wreckage
among.
He reached her! lie saved her. No
mortal had known
How long was the struggle. how cruel
~ hard;
But the rescuers found them, the two
waits alone.
And the babe was asleep. and Bob was
on guard.
New York Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
DARING CYC.!ST RISKS
DEATH TO As.USF Crowd

The latest sensation in the cycling
world is the daredevil flight of Cyclist
Schreyer, who. after Il swift run down
n lattice-work chute, disenga gcs him.
self from the machine and, like Il bolt.
shoots into space and dives into tank
of three feet of water Il terrible dis
lance below. The turn of an inch,
or the fraction of one, and he would
be dashed to pieces. Yet he asserts
that the attempt is made under the
most pleasant of conditions and that
he remains perfectly cool-headed. 1t
is said the performance has never been
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Planting Seeds by Cannon.

Nasmyth, landscape painter Of re-
pute. was held in great esteem as a
landscape gardener. and in this capa
city helped to compose some of the
finest park and forest scenery. The
estate of the then duke of Athol was
disfgured by an unsightly crag, the
rocks Of which We're inaccessible to
climbers. BY happy thought Nasmyth
determined to make bold bid for
success with a cannon, which was at
hand. By his advice tin canisters were
prepared, and loaded with tree seeds
Fired from the lannon's mouth. these
novel shells burst against the face of
the crag, and scattered their fruitful
contents among the rocky crevices.
Nature carried on the work so clever
ly begun. and in the course of years
those barren heights were clothed and
crowned with trees of luXuriant
growth. Nasmyth's son. James, the
Scottish astronomer, is said t. have
repeated the experiment with equal
success,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Concerning Women,

Nine. LOubet, wife of the French
President, believes in coeducation. Re-
Gently at society of French mothers
she brought down upon herself severe
criticism by advocating American
methods Of training girls.
The Mothers Birthday Club Of Ger
many" has just been formed in Berlin.
Its object Is to prevent race suicide.
and each member ION the birth of n
child will receive from 5000 to 5000.
There Is an entrance fee of s. and n
quarterly subscription of ST.
J. Pierpont Morgans great rival in
the iron world is Miss Antoinette Der.
tina Krupp, heiress to the great KrIlDn
gun and iron works in Germany. Miss
Krupp probably is the richest Young
woman in Europe. She is the elder Of
the two daughters of the late Baron
Alfred Krupp. His last will and tesla
ment made her heress to all his mil.
lions, including the gun works at Es-
sen. the ship works and wharves at
Kiel and all his iron ore and coal
mines In Westphalia and in Spain
Conservative estimates make tho
value of this great property at least
S75,oooooo. When Miss Krupp be-
comes of age all this wealth will he.
come hers absolutely. She is 10 years
old
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

equaled. and Schreyer, to prove his IT,
tie to the distinction. has standing
offer Of $1,000 to the wheelman who
will successfully duplicate it.
When the trip is to be made the
wheelman mounts his bicycle at the
top Of the incline. Once started. he
shoots through space at terrific
speed. and. when the end of the chute
is reached the man is going at the
brea th-taking pace of two miles Il min
ute. 1t is at this time that the driver
must do rapid calculation, for in less
than half-second he will have reach
ed the chutes end. To control his
wheel; to be alert; to jump at the mo-
ment the brink Is opening beneath him
these are the requirements. SO far
he has not failed to render them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Wor,,- in church Government.

WON II nurCn
The question of the eligibility OF
women to serve on veStries is good
deal discussed nowadays in the coun-
ellis and conventions Of the Eplscopal
church. The vcstrymen are the civil
officers of their churches. and, unlike
the wardens, do not necessarily incur
the imputaton Of piety by holding
office. Their most important duty Is 10
see to it, With the warden's help, that
the temporal affairs of the church are
'prudently conducted and the bills paid.
Strong churches in cities, commonly
have no trouble in getting suitable YES
trymen, but weak churches are often
hard put to it to fill out decently their
tale of officers, because while they may
have fit women enough to manage
their concerns. there are sometimes not
enough men who are decently available
even az figureheads. 1t is not ques-
ton who shall have the power, for that
is commonly determined not by office,
but by force Of position, energy and
character. Women have voice enough
In churches. 1t is only a question
whether they shall act directly or in
directly. In most of the older church.
es tradition and conservative sentiment
favor the employment of men to pass
the plate and perform the other official
acts, but in the newest church of all
that of the Christian Scientists-ihe
power and the glory seem to have gravl-
ated SO overwhelmingly to womenkind
that it may be no need is felt to prefer
men as the representatives of church
government The question is curious
rather than important, and, however
the church authorities settle it, the in
dispensable support of pious women
will not fail them, nor will the wishes
of the churches Indispensable support
ers fail to be spected.-IIarper'
Weekly
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
vere around her and her face was hid

were around her and her face was hid
den on his shoulder
The band still played and the dane
ers whirled as they had done half an
hour ago. Miss Delaunay's disca de |
partners searched anxiously for her,
and finally and very wisely gave up
the search and consoled themselves
with less evasive attractions; she
moon shone brightly as ever and the
waves rolled up and broke with their
st ady, monoton sound. but for two
people standing at the window the
world had changed. - Indianapolis
Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
a Lock OF Hair.

An old attendant of Emperor William
|. of Germany had quaint stories to tell
Of his royal master One Of them
was thus set forth to an English gem
tleman who had been admitted to the
emperor's private apartments The
visitor was looking. with perhaps Il
pardonable curiosity. at the combs,
brushes and shaving apparatus lad cut
on the dressing table. when the old at
tendant told this story:
zone morning great lady asked to
see the rooms. 1t was quite early, and
his majesty had just gone into his
study. The lady had permission, and
oneof his ma esty's aides-de-camp came
with her to give orders that everything
shOAld be shown her
Il brought her in here, ard she look
ed at his majesty's toilet things. Just
as you are looking ut them now. |
had been mbing my masters hair,
and had not had time to set everything
to rights. so there were still a few
hairs left between the teeth of the
comb. Before l could put out my hand
to stop her, she had snatched up the
comb. disengaged the stray hairs from
it, and hidden them away in the bosom
Of her~lress. And she a princess. to !,
'l1ighness, said l, that won't do.
Nobody must take my kings hair
without my PERMISSION. But tn
aide-de-camp said:
His majesty will be battered
so, the attendant remarked, what
could | do? And when | told his
ma, sty he only laughed"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
How to Acquire knowIedae.

Any young woman who can take a
university course should do so. But
If that advantage is impossible do not
fancy for moment that you cannot
get a first-class Al education by other
means. BY reading good books you
may inform yourself pretty well.
There are plenty of young men and
women who have gone through college
who do not know enough to hurt them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Venice, April 10.

Here is story. the truth of which
is vouched for by an English lady
resident in Florence She has a bal
cony that ovcrhangs a street in which
are some shops. and Il few days age
an American mother and daughter
paused to look in ut the window. and
interchanged the following remarks
mamie are you quite sure that this
Is Nenicet"
why, yes. mamma" was the reply
you know it says in our itinerary that
we are to be inNenice on April 10, and
to-day Is April 10, sure.'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
THE World CHANGED.
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co HE strains of a dreamy waltz
were filling the big ballroom
when Guy Maxwell came to claim
his partner. 1t was the beginning of
the winter season in Southern Cali
forna. and the Hotel del Carnado
was filled to overlooking with guests
escaping from the cold Eastern win
ter The dance was merely the ordi-
nary Saturday evening one, but the
floral decorations had the appearance
of some large function.
Neither Maxwell nor his partner
spoke. and before the music ceased
playing he stopped rather abruptly and
saying: shall we go OUTSIDER led
her through the door on to the glass
veranda which runs the whole length
of the hotel ON the side fronting the
sea.
A sudden shudder on her part broke
the spell that held them, and she
turned suddenly toward him.
ut is strange that We should meet
like this" he said, striving to keep
the passionate longing out Of his voice.
when we last danced together-do
you remember?'
Il remember everything" she an
swered. softly. ut is two years ago
now, isn't it?'
1.-TWO years ago." he repeated, land
to me it seems lifetime.'
Sybil De!aunay shivered Il little and
her figure lost some of it's naughty
alel tEess.
IL hoped you had forgotten" she
said, TREMENDOUSLY.
He laughed bitterly.
Il heard you had left New York, but
had gone"
Yes, left New York, gave up my
profession and came here, as far away
as | could get, my one desire being to
escape from anything and everything
that reminded me of YOU
You live here them"
"Near here. in the mountains. l
have Il ranch"
You are happy now; you have for
gotten" she almost whispered.
II thought so until tonight. But
when ! saw you knew that was hope
less; that all the flight, the striving
to keep back the memories and put
you out Of my life We're In vain You
are and always will be the one woman
in the world for me-
Don't you think" she said, new
tone to her voice and speaking very
slowly and softly, "that-lf you had
waited a little-had not been in such
a hurry to get await might have
been better? Women do not ALWAYS
know their own minds, you know"
Her voice was so low that he had
to bend down to hear, and then he
saw her face and a new light flashed
into his own.
He put his hands on her shoulders
and, turning her around, forced her TO
meet his eyes.
"Do you mean it. Sybil? Oh, my
darling. don't mislead me again: don't
say it out Of pity, Or"
For answer she leaned forward and
kissed him on the forehead.
Still he held her away from him and
continued in the same eager, passion
ate voice.
You know what you are doing
you will come to me, live as ranch
er's wife in the mountains, give up
society and your work that was so
much to youY"
For better or for worse; for richer.
for poorer in sickness and in health
until
She got no further, for his arms
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

Why the College Girl Is So Strenuous,
Raw eggs have been added to the
menu of the fragile, nervous woman
whose love Of doing things" Is out OF
proportion to her strength or endur
ance. Brown bread, oranges, milk and
olive oil. singly and combined, have
been recommended for nervous women
and now comes a college girl who sings
the praises of raw eggs-not raw eggs
in sherry or raw eggs beaten up In
milk. but raw eggs straight" without
any frills or accessories.
This college girl went through a
course of studies with basket ball. ten
mis-. golf and gymnastic side issues,
VIII the family physician had warned
her family that she was not strong
enough to stand a year of such rigor.
GUS living. The girl confessed to keep.
ing eggs in her room all the time
breaking and swallowing one at odd
times throughout the day, growing
fond Of them and consuming some.
times five and six without thinking
singly, Of course. They had the effect
of tonic
Another girl in her last year at
school is kept up to working condition
by tri-daily dose Of raw egg. AT
breakfast she swallows one, directly
she. returns from school another, and
at dinner one is broken into her SOUP.
The iron in the egg holsters her up
finely, and she no more complains Of
a weak back or enervation. The treat
ment is recommended to other growing
rls.-Philadelphla ENQUIRER
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Fall to the Nurses Charm.

An observer who has kept count
both through the newspapers and by
private statistics says that the trained
nurse stands head on the list of wom-
Ell who make good marriages through
heir business associations; that the
private secretary comes next, with the
pro 'essiunal housekeeper little in her
wake; that governesses and school
teachers appear to have n very slim
chance, and that the saleSw0men ana
women engaged in commercial callingS
bring up the end of the procession as
regards the converting of employers
into husbands.
model, IA chemist weds the assistant in
his laboratory, or a dentist takes for
his life partner the young woman who
helps him to keep office. But till now
the trained nurse has made more
havoc with the single blessedness of
her employers than has any other order
of working women. Whatever the Sc
cret, the trained nurse continues her
conquests, transforming her patients
and her patients uncles and fathers
and brothers into bridegroonis with
amazing facility. Even the nurse who
is professed man-hater, and who de
clares that the only advantage in
nursing men patients is that they pay
her better and have no long hair to
comb. will veer around and suddenly
annex some well-to-dO patient for bet
ter or for worse.
The apparently confirm d bach lor or
the widower whom his relatives be-
lleved sure to leave all his property to
them will succumb to the magic of the
trained nurse before the interested
have time to OBJ ect
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

l'iiHtll, uut MS la
ther lived but Il short time after his
arrival there. The family was in poor
circumstances and young Elijah was
started out at the age of T. to make
his way in the world. lie first went
to New Orleans but, as he proudly
says: Il was like Abe. could not
stand that Internal slavery"
Leaving New Orleans. Elijah went
to Robinson. H., where his mother
and brothers had moved during his
absence in the South. 1t was here
that he learned he had cousin prac-
ticing law in Springfield H., the first
time the family had heard of Abe
since he left his Indiana home at Lin.
coin City. Mr. Lincoln had started to
visit his cousin mt Springfield, but met
a party going to Colorado, and being
informed there were riches in gold
and silver, decided to join the party.
They made the trip on horseback, and
when they reached Colorado several
in the party were sick. They had not
been there long when they heard the
Southern States had left the Union,
and that Indiana would probably be a
battle ground in The coming struggle.
Lincoln started back TO Indiana, and
when he arrived at Princeton. de
cided to enlist in the Union army. lie
joined the Fifty-eighth Indiana regi-
ment. His comrades say there never
was a harder fighter than Elijah Lin
coin. He served in the army three
wears
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Faithful at School

A schoolgirl at Lee has been award
ed medal for seven years perfect
school attendance. All the members
of the family-nine in number-at-
tended the same school, and not one
missed single MISUNDERSTANDING
Tit-Bits
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
Women Are EOrbludeu.

By order of the city authorities the
practice of employing women to sifl
refuse at the corporations depot Lets
Wharf. Lambeth. London. is to be
gradually discontinued.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

a man of broad
character and ami
able disposition, he
is quite similar to
his immortal rela-
tive.
Mr.. Lincoln was
born in Musk ingum
County. Ohio. Sept.
II. 1882. When he
WAS 10 years old.
he moved with his
parents to Fort
Branch Int his fu-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

The fool shows his folly and knows
1t not, but the wise guy knows his folly
and shows it not
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

Women always pity a man during
his period Of convalescence because he
can't crochet
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06
lINCOlN'S COUSIN LIVES
IN AN INDIANA VILLAGE

Elijah Lincoln. n first cousin of
Abraham Lincoln, lives in the town Of
Fort Branch, near Evansville Ind. AS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-06

stitution. Nothing could be more tit
tinS.-New York Mail and Express.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-12-08
PASSING OF THE CAVALRY.
Replaced by Mounted Rihemen-- Horse
Still Useful in Army.

Replaced by Mounted Rihemen- Horse
Still Useful in Army.
The statistics Of the medical
and surgical history of the civil
war show very small percentage
of saber wounds or of bayonet
wounds, which show that the in
fantry seldom come into contact
close enough to permit the use of
the bayOnet, and that when the
cavalry did come into close con-
tact the revolver rather than tho
saber was the weapon on both
sides, says the Portland OregOni-
an. Europe, that refused to be
taught by the lesson of our civil
war that cavalry was obsolete;
Europe, that persisted in charg-
ing as Murat charged, infantry
with cavalry, has at last been con
verified by the BOer war to a clear
understanding, not only that cav
airy must be replaced by mounted
riflemen, but that mounted rifle
men must compose the larger part
of an army operating in the open
field.
AS for the use of autOmo-
biles, bicycles and motorcycles
in war to replace the use of the
horse, it may be practicable in a
very. old country like Europe, but
in new country like the United
States there is a vast deal of ter
ritory where neither the bicycle
nor the automobile could take the
place of the mounted man. There
is some territory which a mount.
ed man could not traverse as
swiftly and safelyasamanon foot,
but over this territory bicycle
could not 60, and there are a good
many bride paths over which q
bicycle or an automobile could not
Srzurt, - ss.r =. .-.-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-12-08
OLD QUESTION ANSWERED.
Police Officer Tells What Becomes Of
Property Found on Criminals.

Police Officer Tells What Becomes Of
Property Found on Criminals.
"MaEy people are inquisitiye to
know what becomes Of the prop
erty found upon criminals arrest
ed and searched by the police"
said an ex-captain of the New
York police force, according to the
New York Times. THE question
as to what disposition is made,
for instance, of money and jewelry
found in the possession of Grim.
inals was frequently asked me
when l was on the force two years
ago. AS a rule, everything found
upon an arrested criminal which,
obviously is not his lawful prop
erty is held in trust, as it were, by
the police for possible claimants.
If no claimants turn up the prop.
erty is returned to the criminal
on being released from his term
of Imprisonment, providing the
commissioner of police IS perfect.
ly satisfied that the property actu.
ally does belong to him.
"If the commissioner has rea.
son to think otherwise, however,
the articles, often valuable, are
held indefinitely, or until it is Ger.
tain that they will never be
claimed by their rightful owners,
when the stuff is finally disposed
of and the proceeds handed over
to benefit one or another of the va
rious police funds Some Of the
money is also quite frequently
given to certain charitable organ
izations.
There are certain things, how
ever, which the police never re.
turn to those on whom they have
been found, such as burglarizing
tools, firearms, gambling devices,
begging letters-anything, in fact,
that might be used by criminals
again in their nefarious occupa.
lions"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-12-08
A HELPING HAND
Is Gladly Extended By a Hop
kinsvilIe Citizen.

There are many enthusiastic
citizens in HopkinsYllle prepared to
tell their experience for the publics
good. Testimony from such
source is the best of evidence, and
will prove a "helpiug hand" to
scores of readers. Read the follow
ing statement:
Mrs. O. p. Lewis. wife of o. p.
Lewis, blacksmith and general re-
palrer, living at sos North Virginia
ST., says: "Acting upon the advice
Of friends, ! procured a box Of
Doan's Kidney Pills at Thomas &
Trahern's drug store and tried
them for kidney complaint, from
which had been a constant suf-
ferer for long time past. My back
had been in such a condition that
it was the greatest distress for me
to stoop or lift anything, but 1 had
taken only few doses of the pills
when felt greatly benefited. The
kidneys were strengthened and the
aching in my back relieved. Ny
daughter-in-law, Mrs. VIM. J.
Tobie, who also complained a great
deal of her back, used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and was similarly bene.
fitted. take pleasure in recon-
mending this remedy to others.
For sale by all dealers. Price
SO cents. Foster Milburn Co., But
falo, n. Y, sole agents for United
States. Remember the name
Doan sand take no other.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-12-08

To improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion, try a few
doses of Chamberlain Stom ach
and Liver tablets. Mr.. ]. II. Seltz,
of Detroit, Mich, says, They re-
stored my appetite when impaired
relieved me OF a bloated feeling and
caused a pleasant and satisfactory
movement of the bowels. - There
are people in this community who
need Just such a medicine. For
sale by Cook & Higgins, druggists.
Every box warranted.