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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
THE CHINAMAN IN
THE UNITED STATES


opera tons performed, such as pound
ing the back, cleaning the eye-balls,
and scraping the ears. The queue is
universally worn in China, having been
introduced by the Tartars as a badge
of subsection when they conquered
China, and having since become merely
a national custom. Some Cinnamon in
the United States dispense with the
queue, but let it grow again when they
are about to visit their native land.
When at work the queue is often coiled
OH the top of the head.
When Chnaman dies his body is
dressed in his best clothes and laid on
the collin; pigs roasted whole and other
Wand, are spread out to feed the
spirits of the dead. and in many cases
mourners are hired to chant the praises
of the deceased. When the ceremony
is over the body Is placed in the coffin,
and the procession moves out to the
cemetery. Children dressed in white
often walk barefooted behind the coffin
of their father or mother. Strips Of
brown paper pierced with holes are
scattered along the road to keep of
any bad spirits that may be lowering
near.
The Chlnaman, though hardwOrking
and frugal in the highest degree, Is
rarely free from the vices Of gambling
and opium smoking. In city there Is
an exodus Of Chinese house servants
every night from the suburbs to the
Chinese quarter, and if one happens to
be ont late one will certainly see China
men stealing quietly to the employers
homes after a night Of gambling and
dissipation. But in the morning the
incrutable oriental will be ready with
breakfast just as usual.
The Chinese are idolators and have
temples containing the images Of noble
characters. whom they ask to present
their petitions to the Great Being
"Shng,' who dwells somewhere In the
sky. Roasted pigs, chickens, and
sweetmeats are presented to the Joss"
in whose honor candles are lighted,
incense and joss sticks burned. The
worshipper kneels and touches the
floor with his head as he utters his
prayer.
In every Chinese quarter are under
ground opium dens, to which narrow
flights Of tottering stairs lead. They
are deathly still, and the atmosphere
reeks with the fumes Of the drug
Every lodging-house. restaurant, and
guild-hall supplies facilities for indul-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

ella inns Il large percentage of the vic
tins. Among forty centenarians who
have come under his notice there was
only one smoker, while nearly all pro-
feSsed TO moderate use of alcohol
What Prof Phuger most seriously
warns people against is the thought
and fear Of death. The mind must
be occupied, he says, in order to Sc
cure longevity. handwriting men
who retire rarely live much longer
The German census statistics show
that in 1871 the centenarians number
ed 147 men and PSI women, but in
1900 only five men and thirty women.
AS Is well known, in Munich the con
sumption of beer per capita is grea T.
the percentage of heart disease is
higher. Beer has worse influence on
the heart than either wine or whisky.
Tobacco Is better borne by adults and
the aged than by youth. No child
should be allowed to smoke before the
age Of 81. Wine has been said to be
the milk of old age; it should not be
used until past the noon of life. That
the German census shows a reduction
of old men since the war with Franco
is natural. Only the sedate and tbs
temperate in all things can expect
length of days.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
RAVAGES OF CANCER, A DISEASE
OF WHICH We KNOW VERY LITTLE

HE British Medical Journal comparative
statistical study mortality dealing with statistics in
world number the
United States Switzerland and Italy made the subjects for discus
Is said have Of 1856
519 1OOOOO
heavily hills
and paeaus 5 100000 prairie region 430 100000 Atlantic
IOwesGulf
Mississippi belt
The death from and 100000 White 667 Chi
494 indian will
whites
stc also show half
life and the
The death rate from of four of the important American cities
the
small veil
of modern life knowledge of less The
the situation
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

1t is estimated that there are about
100000 Cinnamon in the United States,
ard that 10000 of them are in San
Francisco There is IL considerable
Chinese colony in New York. and there
are small coionies in Philadelphia, Bos-
ton and Chicago. Though they do not
belong to the educated classes, ninety
five per cent. of them can read and
write. A daily paper in the Chinese
language is published in San Fran
cisco. and another in New York.
Nearly all the Cinnamon in the Unit
ed States come from the single prov
ince of kwong Tung the most pop
ulous of the eighteen provinces of the
Chinese empire. Its capital is Can
ton. In 1889 an educated Chnaman
from the province OF Shan Tung said
that beside himself there We're only
two Cinnamon in the United Sta ties
that came from any province in China
other than Kwong Tung. The nhabi-
tants of this province have for cen
turtles been more adventurous and
fonder of travelling than the rest of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
How to Hold Your Friends.


Those who would make friends must
cultivate the qualities which are adj
mired and which attract. If you are
mean. stingy, and selfish. nobody VIII
admire You. You must cultivate gen
crosby and rge-heartedncss; you
must be magnanimous and tolerant,
Won must have positive qualities; for Il
negative. shrinking, apologizing. round
about man is deSpised. You must "ul-
tivate courage and boldness; for n COW
ard has few friends. You must believe
in yourself If you do not, others will
not believe in you. You must look up
ward, and be hopeful, CHEEKY and OPP
timistic. No one will be attracted to
a gloomy pessimist.
The moment man feels that you
have real live interest in his welfare,
and that you do not ask about his
business. profession, book or article
merely out of courtesy, you will get
his attention, and will interest him.
You will tie him to you just in proper
ton to the intensity and unselfishness
W NOtlI lHttIcSl III iiiIH. i'ul II sOu
are selfish and think of nothing but
your own advancement; If you are
wondering how you can use everybody
to help you along; if you look upon
every man or woman you are intro
duced to as so much more possible
success-capital; if you measure people
by the amount of business they can
send you. or the number of new ell
ents patients. or readers Of your book
they can secure for you, they will look
upon you in the same way.
If you have friends, don't be afraid
to express your friendship; don't be
afraid to tell them that you admire or
love them. If you love anybody, why
not say so? If you enjoy anyone's
company why not say so? 1t costs you
nothing; it may mean everything to
your friend and to your friendship.
A lady was asked how she managed
to get along so we'll with disagreeabl BILE
people. 1T is very simple" she re-
piled; "all 1 do is to try to make the
most Of their good qualities and pay no
attention to their disagreeable ones"
No better formula by which to win and
hold friends could be found.-Orison
SWEET Marden in Success.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

ciSiOn for the work to which they have
devoted their lives. are sent out 10
every quarter of the habitable globe,
10 India. to Australia, to China Japan.
Canada, to all points In the United
States and Europe. this school sends
each year its graduates to become sec
retares aud physical directors-mem-
beers of the big army of the Young
Mems Christian Association workers.
But the young men thus sent are not
all natives of this country by any
means. The training school is rightly
called international. Experience has
shown to the Young Mems Christian
ers are able to accomplish more in a
given field than man who must first
adapt himself to the ways and GUS
toms of the people. This fact has
brought to the school students of near
~ every nationality. Visitors are as
tonished to find full-blooded American
Indians, shy sons of far off Syria,
swarthy Italians or Jolly little Japs
pursuing their studies side by side
with some Of the best types of Amer-
can manhood the North 81 South is
capable of producing.
The cosmopolitan character of the
eighty odd students enrolled is feat
IRE of life at the Young Mems Chris
sian Association Training School.
Again, this school is unique in the
prominence it gives to sports. While
In some other schools ana colleges
there has been talk of either limiting
the time devoted to or prohibiting Ger
tain sports, the Young Mems Christian
Association Training School not only
gives place in its curriculum to the
best known sports. but is constantly
looking about for new ones that shall
serve to develop new muscles.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
A Husba and to a Wife,

Sweetheart, my wife, the sky is gray
And hidden is the sun.
Yet happy is my heart to-day
For that the day is done
And you are one day nearer me
And so l sing right cheerily
When first the birds began to thrill
Dawn's soul with matin song,
l Weakened, and my heart did fill
With JOY most sweet and strong
And my song answered to the birds,
Unworded joy and joy in words!
l cared not when my room grew dun
When storm came In from sea-
My happy thought armed like the sun
And made the shadows flee;
For you were one day nearer me
And so l sang right cheerily!
And now tha night is shutting down
And stars recall your eyes
The vesper bells ring Ger the town
And still my song replies.
Hope, peace and JOY, sweet trinity,
Link me to loves affinity.
And soon l shall be wrapped in sleep
And may my dreams all be
Of gifts the days a-comng keep
Of love for you and me
And Weakening one day nearer thee
| shall sing on more cheerily
Charles M. Williams in Housekeeper
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

down in health that her physician or
dered change in occupation as the
only permanent remedy. In her diff
Guilty she bethought herself of her girl
hood days. Back on her fathers farm
she had been fond of horses and skill
full In managing them. Collaborating
had been her greatest delight and she
often rode horseback in Indian fash
ion, bareback and without saddle or
bride. And so. to regain her health,
she began colt-breaking as business.
She has been very successful and now
conducts large training stable Many
Of the speediest horses in La Porte
county have been broken to harness by
her own hands.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
And soon l {
Woman's Artificial beauty.


A German once estimated. from data
he said was reliable, that the money
American women pay for cosmetics
each year would paint 1000 houses,
allowing $75 for each house. But the
modern American woman is not the
only one who uses cosmetics. Cleo
pltra used every cosmetic known to
her time, and also wrote book on the
care of the skin.
When Ovid wrote about women and
their ways he said that a fancy for
looking i'll and delicate and playing on
the feelings of the men had taken pos
session of them. and that it was
smart thing to get fetching pallor on
their faces by white lead and other
stuffS
In the ruins of 1'hehes an n,ire toilet
case was found with bottles of per
fumery. jars Of powder and tubes Of
paint. with brushes and clothes. evil
IDENTITY showing that the belle of that
day was not unaware Of the advant-
ages of artifciality in color.
The bellies of Ninevah were willing
to suffer to be beautiful. They had
their skins made smooth with brim-
stone and then they were enameled.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Duration or Human Life.

Medical men are discussing a lecture
by Prof. Ptluger of the University OF
that the average length Of human life
is steadily increasing, says the Indi
ana Medical journal. He maintains
that one-third Of all the deaths reg.
isterrd in Munich are due TO heart dis
ease. brought on by the immoderate
use of beer and that tobacco also
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Music in Her Heart.

Prof. Reitter recently introduced to
the Society for Internal Medicine in
Vienna woman with Il musical heart.
For the last four years she has suffer
ed from palpitation and about eighteen
months ago she noticed for the first
time a peculiar singing noise In her
breast which was also audible to 9TH
er persons and rose and fell in strength
and pitch. The sound is said to be due
to malformation of the heart valves,
which sets up vibrations.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

MISS GlLMORE. VI lcHlSdH anu was
admitted to practice at the Indiana bar
few years ago.
Miss Gilmore owes her distinction
entirely to her ability and ambition.
She was clerk and secretary to f.
Finley johnson when he was professor
Of law at the University of Michigan.
While thus employed she devoted her
sl.arc time to the study OF law and
Wis eventually rewarded with a diplo,
ma Professor Johnson was appointed
judge in the Philippines in 1901
when the judiciary was first establish
Cd there, and Miss Gilmore went with
him. She took the civil service exam
ir<tion and was appointed stenog-
rAkIler in the office of the attorney
1eneral.
Her marked legal ability attracted
the attention of Governor Taft. WHO
appointed her assistant attorney gen.
eral Miss GilmOre's salary as ste
nographer was 81, 400 year, which is
doubled under her new position.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

ippine Islands, and
she Is the first wo-
man ever appoint
ed to such an i'm.
pOrtant position,
Miss Gilmore is
the daughter Of A.
NJ. Gilmore, Of Ell
wood, Ind. and is
twenty-four years
old. She was grad
uated from the
U n | v ersity of
NJiobiuop op1 u-oS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
An Oh. iOus Inference.

He-Now, there's woman l can't
help admiring She is so easily salts
fled: has such plain tastes.
She-I didn't know you knew her.
He-I don't; it's her husband | know
Brooklyn Life.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Why He Was Rejected.

McJigger-Poor fellow. He's terri.
bly, cut up because Miss Oldenritch re-
jected him.
Thingumbob - Rejected him?
thought she'd jump at proposal.
McJigger-She was going to. but
first she asked him if he would love
her when she was old, and he absent.
mindedly replied II do."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

Ole and harness
and then trains
a II d conditions
them for the track.
recently at the La
Porte county fair
she drove in the
gentlemen's driv-
ing class and won
the race.
Fourteen years
go Mrs. Pontifax
was a dressmaker,
hVrN rryr- - l.r,lv
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Y. M. c. A. TRAINING SCHOOL,

College Which Sends Its Graduates
throughout the " ord.
school Of which the general public
knows little. but which is exercising an
enormous influence throughout the
world exists at Springfield, Mass 1t
Is known as the International Young
Mems Christian Association Training
School and from it every year young
men, trained with almost military pre-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Home Made Garnet CIeauer.

They have in the shops some mix
ture that cleans carpets beautifully.
of such things. Here however, is a
connection that cleans carpets and
brightens the colors. 1t Is, as one can
see. perfectly harmless. 1t is simply
the ordinary combination Of warm
water and ammonia for cleaning pur-
poses, to which tablespoonful of
kerosene has been added. A carpet
wiped with cloth wrung out Of this
will show vast Improvement In
looks
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
All the Essentials

WAS she happily married?
VERY! Why, her trousseau alone
cost over six thousand dollars
Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

but they withdraw to a distance. and
then wait for especial attention, which.
it must be admitted, they do not often
receive. as people in Vanity Fair sci.
dom 20 out of their way for anybody
or anything unless some especial adj
vantage is to be gained thereby. Those
who have been unfortunate would be
less bitter If they realized this fact. il
they felt that it rested with them
selves to he or not to be socially ex-
istent. They must not seem down.
hearted. and they must not look shah
by. This is all that the world asks Of
them. If they can bravely hold their
own in these respects there is no need
of dropping out of everything New
York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

Ii a man trusts to luck for his
dinner he will never be troubled with
the govt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

They say a Panama hat will last for
years, but it looks pretty tough at the
beginning OF the second season..
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

Miss Floy V. Gilmore is the assist
ant attorney general for the govern
ment Of the United States In the Phil
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23

gence in the drug. The Chinaman's
favorite drink is tea, though he has a
spirit called "Samshoo." which is dis
titled from rice, and drunk from small
cups hardly larger than thimbles.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
The Comfortable Bed

y capacious. airy bedroom is one of
the essential luXuries of life. and its
central article Of furniture. a perfect.
~ equipped bed. is certainly the great.
est comfort that money can buy. There
are many instances in the list of house
hold appointment where. if the article
is not as good as it looks. there are
apologies to be made for it. and the
useful becomes subservient to the Or
namental Not so with a bed. BE If
ever so ornamental, the bed must still
be better than it looks The bedste,d
may be ever so handsome, and the
counterpart may consist of dainty
fabric, but neither one takes the place
of the bed itself. For. truth TO fell
never since the old-time feather he'd
was in vogue, when the four-poster
stood forth in all its unrutfled spiepdor
with its conspicuous patchwork COW
ers. has the bed been such a substan-
tial article of furniture as now.-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Woman rs n Horse Trainer,

Mrs Cora Pontifax of La Porte, Ind.
follows strange occupation for
woman. She breaks colts to the sad
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-23
Those Who Fall by the wav.id.

Inc reason why people who have
lost their money drop out of their
world is not that by becoming poor
they lose their friends. as is generally
said and believed by those who have
been unfortunate. but because thew
themselves are the first to withdra W
from the companionship of those with
whom they used to associate. The
world is very gOOd-natured and very
good-hearted. but it is also very busy.
and has no time to stop and pick up
those who fall by the wayside; but if
the latter struggle up and stagger on
it is generally very willing to lend
kindly assistance. If people who have
had reverses would act just the same
as ever there would be no difference
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Equally Open to Suspicion.

That some doubt is entertained re-
specting the entire good faith of the
administration onslaught upon the
octopuses is manifest from story
which comes from Missouri. One Of
two twin brothers-so runs the recit-
al-was found insane and ordered
committed to an asylum. The other
twin took him to the institution. That
evening the sheriff received a tele-
gram from the superintendent of the
asylum. 1.-TWO men who look just
alike here from your county. one for
commitment One talks of building
railroad to the moon and the other
says the Republican party is opposed
to trusts. Which is the crazy man"
Mr. Morgan is apparently the only
man in the country who believes that
our eloquent executive really means
any harm to the trusts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Washington Dictates to Iowa.

A Washington correspondent asserts
upon good authority that Gov. Cum
minis is to get his Iowa ideas about the
tariff as a shelter for monopoly from
Washington and that they will be the
ideas of the st. Louis platform. This
statement, he says, may be accepted
without reserve, all denials to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The history of the Republican party
in the West raises a strong presump-
ton in support of the statement even
in the absence of positive assurances
OF it's correctness. Much has been
said about tariff reform at one time
and another by western Republicans,
and no little zeal in the cause of such
reform, has been protested by western
Republican leaders at remote inter-
walls.
This is especially true Of Iowa Re-
publican leaders. In the late eos and
early '70's John A. Kasson and Will
fam B. Allison were more radical tariff
reformers, professedly, than Gov.
Cummins ever pretended to be. If
they were to make such speeches to-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Percheron Breeders Meet.

A special meeting of the directors
Of the American Percheron Horse
Breeders Association was held at the
Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago on
Wednesday, May 20. Reports were
presented by the secretary and treas.
,urer showing the association to be in
good financial condition and that the
registrations for the past four months
were in excess of those received in
the corresponding four months Of last
year. Resolutions were passed au-
thorizing the treasurer to pay all out
standing bills for advertising, etc. It
was voted that $500 in medals be given
to the American Royal Show to be
distributed as special premiums for
Percheron exhibit at their show to
be held at Kansas City, Mo-, this com.
ing fall; 1t was also voted that this
be duplicated for special premiums to
be awarded to Percherons exhibited
at the International Live Stock Elk.
position to be held in Chicago in De-
cember. A resolution was carried
unanimously recommending that the
association give $1,000 in cash to be
awarded as special premiums at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be
held at st. Louis, Mo-, 1904.-S. D.
Thompson, secretary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19

day as they d.1 then they would be
Republican organ in the land.
When 1t came to platforms the tariff
beneficiaries of the eastern states did
the writing. The Iowa idea was for
mulated in Pennsylvania by such men
as the late William ID. Kelley, and the
formulation always meant more rob-
berry of the west for the tariff barons
of the east, and the Iowa Republicans
always took the prescription meekly.
Presently Mr.. KassOn was dropped
too much in earnest as tariff re-
former. Mr.. Allison was foxy. He
stopped talking tariff reform in Con-
gress and made 1t his business to
soothe the tariff-reform Republicans of
his state and make them forget that
they had ever been tariff reformers.
Probably not many people remember
that he ever raised his own voice for
tariff reform.
Is Gov. Cummins made of sterner
1hCiC 10 Aothih6 W AhuiN"'S
that he is. His mission, like that of
Mr.. Allison thirty-fve years ago.
seems to be first to quiet those Iowa
Republicans in the ranks who are tired
of tariff for monopoly only by offering
to lead them out into the green pas
lures of reform, and next, after he
has quieted them, to lead them back
to the platform of 1896 upon the plea
that it would never do to create dis
cord in the party.
The Cumminses of Iowa, the Bah
cocks of Wisconsin and all the Others
who have been denouncing tariff as
shelter for monopoly will be found
when the time comes leading their
several flocks as usual to the tariff
slaughter