Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-19
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longer and longer.
| According to an official report, the
British War Office spent last year $1l5
on powder puffs.
Sir John See, Premier Of New South
Wales, says he began to work for
his living at the age OF six years, and
earned 81 cents week.
In thirty years 1,391,O76 Italians
have come to this country. Prior to
1890 the percentage of women was
less than 10, but since that time 1t has
gone up to 81.
The bashi-bazouk shaves his head
except tuft at the crown, which Is
to be used by the angel to jerk him to
Paradise If he should be slain by his
intended victim.
Col A. A. Pope has founded church
without any sectarianism In Cohassat,
Mass, in memory Of his son. All are
welcome to worship in the cruch, pa
gan or Christian, Jew or Gentle.
w. r. Frome, the recently elected
borough treasurer of Pen Argyll Pa,
Is the first Democrat to hold an Office
In that town. He owes his success
largely to his personal popularity.
Fifteen thousand cubic feet Of sand
from the dunes Of Indiana are now
brought into Chicago every day and
made use Of In the work raising the
tracks Of the city in order to abolish
grade crossings.
The Bride-George and I have told
each other everything. The Brother
And did George tell you that Ethel
had already refused him? The Bride
o, no! We agreed not to confess any
thing unpleasant.
Mrs. Upton-How did your garden
party come out? Mrs. Highmore-
Hadn't you heard? 1t turned out to
be warm, beautiful evening. and ev-
erbody came that l had invited. /
never was so provoked in my life.
The surgeon Of well-known Allan
tic steamship has crossed the Atlantic
9O4 times, and is extremely anxious to
raise the total Of his voyages to nine
hundred. But as he Is now seventy
seven years old, the chances appear
to be against him.
The price of sugar in France has
recently been reduced by less than
half. and the consumption has been
nearly doubled. Formerly sugar was
luxury which rarely reached the homes
of many workingmen, but now Its use
Is much more common.
The experiment Of raising ostriches
in Australia has been successful.
Twenty-Five birds were first brought
from Africa and placed on farm near
Sidney. These raised in Australia pro-
duced beautiful feathers twenty-seven
inches long and of pure white.
More relics Of Roman London are
being brought to light with the clear
ing away Of Newgate's old foundations.
Further remains Of the Roman wall
which once inclosed the city have been
discovered OH what was once slope
above the now vanished river Fleet.
There Is hotel In the lower part
Of New York which boasts a continued
existence OF eighty-five years. One
Of the traditions Of the place Is that
game of penuchle started forty years
ago Is still In progress, although the
men who first sat in have long ago
been gathered to their fathers.
The Prusslan Minister of Education
has issued to all schools under his con-
troll circular, In which attention is
drawn to the ever increasing num-
Der Of automatic machines for the sale
of chocolate and other sweets, and
asks teachers Of schools to use every
excuses.
It is said Of the late William s. Bis
sell that when he became Postmaster
General he mastered the enormous
amount Of detail In that Office months
earlier than any Of his predecessors
had ever been able to do. The tradi-
ton of his systematic and thorough
business methods still fingers in the de
partment as a high-water mark.
Look year, chile" said Nanny
Brown. you come away from dat
thermometer" Il was jes' lOokin' at
It," protested Pickaninny Jim. well,
you stan about two feet away an
keep you hans benin yoh back when
you looks at 1t. Yoh's made trouble
enough. Member dat day you fooled
wifi de clock? Fus' ting l knowed 1t
was half pas lev0 an de chickens
war goin' to roos'. You'll 60 OH tam
perrin wifi dat thermometer an dis
here curious weather Is liable to keep
up till Christmas. "-WashingtOn Star
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