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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Acting the Part.

Now, Henry" said the bride, IT
want you to understand distinctly that
I do not wish to be taken for bride.
l am going to act exactly as If l were
an old married woman. So, dearest,
do not think me cold and unloving If
treat you very practically when there
is anybody by"
II don't believe I can pass for an
old married man." said Henry. II am
so fond of you that l am bound to
show 1t. l am sure to betray myself"
mo, you mustn't. It's easy enough.
And l insist that you behave just like
all old married men do. DO you
hear!
well, darling. I'll try, but l know
/ shall not succeed"
On the first evening Of their arrival It
their hotel the bride retired, and the
groom fell in with a whist party, with
whom he sat playing cards until 4
o'clock In the morning. His wife spent
the weary hours in weeping At last he
turned up and met his grief stricken
bride with the hilarious question,
well, aln't 1 doing the old married
man like a daisy?"
She never referred to the subject
again, and everybody in future knew
that they had just been married.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
COpy the Yankee Modes.

French swindlers, about whose meth
DDS a good deal has been written Of
late, are for the most part copies Of
American crooks. The trick of follow
ing a woman into store, and just as
she goes to make a purchase in as
Stunning the role Of an indignant hus-
band, taking her money away from
her and getting away before she has a
chance to recover her surprise, was
worked for some time In the West.
1t wasn't successful long here, because
American women are harder-hearted
than their French sisters, and, unlike
the latter, do not assist the crooks by
promptly going into Mysteries or faint
ing when robbed.
A simple little swindle that was sue
cessful In this city for years was
worked by man and boy. The boy
would walk up the street swinging 4
pitcher around his head. The man
standing on an opposite corner would
call attention to the boys recklessness
and offer to bet s. or some larger
amount that the boy would break the
pitcher before he reached the corner.
The crook rarely failed to hook a VIC
tim. OF course, just as the boy reached
the corner he would break the pitcher
and the crook would win the bet
New York Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
The American Girl.

The real typical American girl Is not
n society girl. Portraits typifying her
as such are untrue. She has her social
diversions; she has her parties and
picnics and her social merry go round
Of pleasure, but they are not her life.
they are mere incidents Of her life,
for her life Is work. OF course, there
are girls who have nothing to do but
to amuse themselves year In and year
out. Pictures of these girls, with their
kind, in festive gear, In full dress, In
golf clothes and In yachting rigs. are
doubtless typical of the class. But
the entire class, does not number one
hundred thousand among seventy mil
lion people, and members of this
leisure class are merely flies on the
wheel. Typical Americans must be
drawn in their working clothes If the
drawings represent the type So the
typical American girl will not be found
in her party dress, though she wears
1t becomingly and with real grace
when the occasion demands, but
ing clothes. In her working clothes
be they Of the kitchen, the factory
the shop, the office, the household or
the schoOlroom-she is as real us God
intended her to be. But, mark you,
even then the chief point about her Is
that she knows how to wear her
frocks, knows how to dress tastefully
at a small expenditure, and that what
ever her work, she is at pains and is
ambitious to make herself look well.
And she succeeds. Whatever her sta
ton, you will be pretty sure to find a
girl worth looking at. The true type
of the American girl will always show
pretty young woman attractively
dressed.
The typical American girl, then. Is
one who is charming and cookbook
ing, who lives in the spirit Of fraterni-
ty and who works for living. But
In this connection the word living"
does not mean board and keep" 1t
means living in the broadcast sense of
the word-growing, aspiring, becom-
ing. The American girl who works
with her hands does SO only that she
may rise to better condition Of soul
and mind and heart. 1t is not the
bread-and-bu butter problem that is max
ing a wage-earner Of the American
girl. Fathers and brothers can take
care Of that. 1t is the soul problem
how to live; how to get all the best out
Of civilization; how to grow in grace.
Young men are not the only beings
who shall "see Visions" The Amer
lean girl also sees visions, and she is
fired with an ambition as restless as
her brother .-William Allen White, in
Woman's Home Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

The latest Australian newspapers
contain particulars Of some expert
ments, which are said to have been
more or less successful, Of novel
method Of producing a downfall Of
rain, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
The inventor makes this statement:
II claim to produce rain by send
ing up continuously from three centers
column of gas made by certain
chemicals. The gas. If sent up for a
maximum of thirty-two hours, will
produce rain over range Of ninety
miles at any altitude, with any sky,
and with the wind from any quarter
l do not need to wait until the wind
Is from the usually rainy quarter. In
one experiment l made the bnrometrIc
conditions were quite unfavorable yet
I produced rain. The gas, you see,
atmosphere a vacuum. This vacuum
Is the center Of heat storm and Is
filled by dense clouds that contain
rain. These clouds come down with
the gravity of the earth, when the
rain descends
1.-The rain Is different from ordinary
rain found In districts in which expert
ments have been made. 1t Is tropical
rain, coming from the very lofty re-
gions, being slight at first, and then
later descending in heavy showers
and bucketfuls. My operations have
been conducted In an Enclosure twelve
feet by eight. Though l cannot. of
course, give away my secret, may
tell you that the chemicals have to
be changed In accordance with the
conditions"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
AN OLD.FAsHIONED GARDEN.

Strange, is it not? She was making her
garden,
Planting the old fashioned flowers that
day
Bleeding hearts tender and bachelors
buttons
Spreading the seeds in the oldfash-
toned way.
Just in the old fashioned way, too, our
quarrel
Grew, until angrily she set me free
Planting, indeed, bleeding hearts for the
two of us
Ordaining bachelors buttons for me.
Strange, was it not? But seeds planted
in anger
Sour in the earth and, ere long, a de-
cay
Withered the bleeding hearts, blighted
the buttons,
And-we were wed-in the old-fash
toned way.
Frank Lesle's.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

Inside decoration of the home, if
done in the proper manner, has no
slight influence upon the character of
growing members of the family.
Healthfulness should be considered of
prime Importance, and from this stand
point there is nothing that equals hard
wood floors, these being covered by
rugs instead Of carpets. Carpets are
not only unhealthful, but are source
of much labor at house cleaning time.
Beauty in arrangement does not neces-
sarily go hand in hand with the null
tiplicty of furnishings. Neat photo
graphs Of good paintings are much
more to be desired than large, cheap
chromos. BY the use Of paper, and
especially the ingrains, much more
pleasing effect can be produced than
in the case of staring white walls.
The upholstered furniture in tapestry
is no longer considered to be as beau
tiful or as hcalthful as the plain wood
and leather. Neither is it so good
taste to have stiff sets Of furniture,
odd pieces producing much better
effect.-Iowa Homestead.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
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soaring irons. Public cruelty has un.
doubtedly declined from age to age,
and always the progressive element of
civilization has been that which has
been on the side of the law of kind
ness which we have come to call Thu
mainly" Man grows to be human
in proportion as he grows to be gentle
and replaces his old british instincts
with instincts Of protection.
Nowadays, when we read Of the fe'
rocities Of Nero and Caligula, and OF
legal barbarities of much more recent
date, we can hardly believe that they
ever happened. Our imaginations can
not even conceive of world In which
they could have happened. We read
of them less with horror than with in
credulity.-Julius Norregard, In Sue
cess.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Hair Sigma.

In Japan the women arrange their
hair in a manner so ingenious that a
person can tell at once whether any
woman whom he sees Is a maiden who
desires to get married, or u widow
who is inconsolable or one who IL
willing to be consoled If the proper
sutton presents himself.
Young girls arrange the hair in front
in the form of a fan or butterfly and
adorn 1t with silver or colored orna-
ments; widows who are looking for
second husbands fasten the hair at the
back Of the head by means Of tortoise
shell pins, and widows who are re-
solved to remain forever faithful to
their departed spouses cut the hair
short and wear no ornament in It
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
A LOng.Felt Want.

DR.. Holmes had an odd liking for
Ingenious desk accessories In the way
of pencil-sharpeners, paper weights.
penholders, etc. The latest contriv-
ances In this fashion probably
dropped down to him by the inventor
angling for a nibble Of commentator
were always making one another's
acquaintance on his study table. He
once said to me: I'm waiting for
somebody to invent a mucilage brush
that you can't by any chance put into
your inkstand. 1t would save me fire..
quent moments of humiliation."-
fury.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
More Than His Share.

Terence. a lusty, goodnatured Irish
man, was one Of a number Of work
men employed in erecting a new build
Ing. The owner OF the building, who
knew him, said to him one day:
Terry didn't you tell me once that
a brother Of yours is bishop?"
"Yis. sor."
And you are a hod-carrier! The
good things Of this life are not equally
divided, are they, TerryY"
mo, sor," rejoined Terence, should
ering his hod and starting up the lad
der with 1t. Poor felly! He couldn't
do this to save his loifew
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

Napoleon in his strong, clean-shaven
face. His voice is rich and musical
and his speeches. well-rea soned, close
ly-knit and finely -phrased, are suffused
with the genuine spirit Of oratory.
The wife Of the noted leader Is a
great help to him in the arduous du-
ties Of his position. Naturally, she is
in deep sympathy with his work, and
although born in England, Is well
versed in Irish affairs. Like her hus-
band. she takes n great interest in
things literary. Mrs. Redmond was
formerly Miss Beesley, the daughter
Of an Irishman, who had settled Mt
bennington. England. They were
married In 1890.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
oLlMPSEs OF MARY LAMB.
With eome Notes About Her Famous
Brother CharlsA,

With eome Notes About Her Famous
Brother Charles.
Through the kindness Of the Rev. G..
3. Davies, Of the Charterhouse, Godal.
ming, says the London Bookman, we
are able to print the following very in
teresting notes on Charles Lamb:
My mother was born in 1900 and
died at "a. and must have been either
the last, or last but one, of the friends
Of Charles Lamb. Lamb was neigh
Dor and a constant visitor at the house
Of her mother, Mrs. Hume, when she
was girl. and to the day of her death
there was no name which ever seemed
to bring such light into her eyes
1t was houseful Of girls, in which he
seems to have been delightful elder
brother, and Mary Lamb often a fairy
godmother. Miss Lamb 20 often an.
piled for a half holiday for the girls
on the ground that 1t was her birthday
You know, Mrs. Hume, that to-day
Ii my birthday"-that my grandmoth-
er had to say: ooh, Mary, YOU seem
to have a great many birthdays" but
believe the appeal was irresistible.
have heard my mother say that
when poor Mary Lamb used to feel the
fit coming on her she would saw;
"Charles, you must take me away"
And they had seen the same sad sight
which some one else records Of Charles
Lamb taking his sister to safekeeping
My mother said that Lamb was terri
bly, depressed at these times.
The male members Of the family,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

and believe my father also, used
sometimes to go for walks with
Charles Lamb. On these occasions a
strict control was kept on Charles
Lambs thirst. When he thought the
distance was unduly great he would
turn and say, Don't you think l have
walked a pint?"
My mother always told me that no
likeness of Charles Lamb which she
had ever seen at all brought back the
man to her. She said that this was
great deal due to the total failure to
catch the expression of his face. She
said that Lamb had very sweet and
unforgettable smile which 1t would
have been quite impossible to catch.
l remember that when she was very
old she made pilgrimage to the por-
trait gallery, and came back much
disappointed. She would not allow
anything she had seen there or any
where else gave her Charles Lamb as
she knew him. She would have moth
Ing to say to Hazlitt's picture Of him.
She always told me that Lamb was
as delightful and as full of irrepressi-
BILE fun and humor, expressed In the
same incompatible but quite natural
style in his life as in his essays, but
subject to deep fits Of melancholy at
intervals.
He was man Of very strong dis
likes, and sincerely loathed anybody
that he thought a mean-mlnded man,
especially Goodwin, the publisher.
She told me, but l dare say this Is
Lamb had made an entry in his diary,
went to a funeral and made joke"
l believe 1t was Campbell's funeral.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Mothers, Read This Carefully.


Animal food once day and in small
quantities. If the teeth can masticate
is necessary to rapidly growing
child.
Avoid too nourishing diet in q vio-
lent-tempered child.
meats, pastry, uncooked vegetables
unripe food, wine and rich cake.
Never tempt the appetite when dis
inclined.
Insist on thorough chewing; child
who eats too fast eats too much.
Vary the food from day to day. but
avoid variety at one meal.
Take care that the child's food Is
well cooked.
Wine, beer and CONNECTIONS should
never be given.
Give no food between meals; the
stomach requires rest. like any other
organ Of the body.
Remember that overlooking and the
drsn than any other disease Of the
body.
Give no laudanum, no paregoric. no
teas.
Remember that the summer COM
plant comes chiefly from overlooking,
and the use Of improper food, but
never from teething.
When children vOmit and purge, give
them nothing to eat for four or five
hours.
Do not bring a child under 3 years
of age to your table to eat.-Mother-
hood.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
The Future IL with the Gentle.

Kindness Is coming In again. and
before long pity will be once more the
fashion. The hand does not really go
back on the dial, however 1t may seem
to, and time never loses anything 1t
has once gained. The future is with
the gentle. and, some far-off day, the
meek shall inherit the earth. The
world has been steadily growing kind
en- since the beginning, and, little by
little the cruel instincts Of human ma
ture have been checked, II not tanned.
The world, of course, is very cruel
still, but 1t Is not so cruel as when ats
portals were lit with live torches"
and beautiful women gloated over
dying gladiators. Nor is 1t as cruel
as 1t was when it tortured its prison.
ers, hung men in chains for petty
thefts, and branded It's slaves with
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
An Expensive Steak.

The other morning Denver woman
cooked 3O-cent beefsteak worth $500
She drew $500 from the bank and laid
the money, inclOsed in an envelope, on
morning she gathered handful Of pa.
per and kindled a fire In the kitchen
stove. When the steak was cooked II
dawned on her that she had used the
greenba cks for kindling. She gathered
the ashes and took them to the mint
to find out If she could get her money
back, but of course the deck hands
down there gave her the horse laugh.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

boo walls Of tho shack. and began a
long. steady fight. 'Reddy' quietly
told the sergeant that he had been
shot, but that he was still strong
enough to help the men load So he
and three men loaded while the others
kept up constant fire for over an
hour After this time the enemy's ar
dor was somewhat cooled, though our
party had to keep constantly on the
alert. Then 'Reddy' crawled noise
lessly to corner and laid down on
his back. The Filipino line was SO
closely drawn that our men could not
possibly risk a dash for the creek.
Their water supply was soon gone,
and the poor lite corporal must have
suffered the tortures of damned
soul; but not once did he call for drink
or ask any one to turn him over or
try to ease his position. The rest Of
the men We're almost dead from eX-
haustion, and each man took his turn
walking about the shack and kicking
his companions to keep them awake.
THE next morning at daybreak the
and it looked for a while as though
the little fort must be taken. Through
all these sitting hours, 'Reddy' breath
ed on quietly. The little room was
| filled with smoke and splinters Of
bamboo, the roof had leaked and tho
floor was soaking, and the crashing Of
rifles and singing of bullets never for
an instant abated. Finally at noon
the shooting subsidized, and one of tho
men discovered a small spring about
twenty yards from the house. Driven
to desperation, a sortie was effected.
and the men returned with some wa
ter. 'Reddy' was given his share like
the rest, and the men told me after
ward they never saw such a look Of
gratitude on a mans face before. Aft
ernoon had drawn on and the party
had been twenty-four hours on water
and bareback. The men then realized
that the poor boys end was near, and
one of them was detailed to care for
him and ease his last hours as much
as possible. 'Reddy' protested that he
was all right, and insisted that the
fellow go back to what he called the
firing line. Never mind me, old man.
he said. get back to the firing line
and stay there and for several hours
longer the little chap lay dying with
out murmur.
Toward 6 in the evening 'Reddy'
called a man to his side; he was so
weak he couldn't talk above whis-
per, and the man saw he was dying.
4 guess It's all up now said the little
corporal and l wish you would say
a prayer for me. cause was always
used to 1t at home The comrade
knelt down, and with his head close
to the wounded mans Qor the firing
was still sharp, he repeated the
Lords Prayer. And then 'Reddy'
peacefully closed his eyes and let his
head fall back without sound. We
found the party about twenty-eight
hours after they had been ambushed,
and eight Of them were still alive"
For some time after Oldsborough had
finished nothing could be heard but
the even swing of the punkah over
our heads, and then some one said.
Heroes don't always wear the white
plume Of battle, do they Y-New York
Evening Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Not as Crazy as He Seemed.

A Toledo real estate man paid $500
for an old dock at Manhattan, O., a
year ago and his friends said he was
crazy. He has been selling the oak
and walnut logs Of which the dock was
constructed and has thus far cleared
$4,000, with prospects Of making as
much more. The dock was sixty years
old and the water curing has made
the logs more valuable than they were
when newly cut
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Don't Com plain,

We all Of us complain Of the short.
ness Of time, and yet have much more
than we know what to do with. Our
lives are spent either In doing moth
ing at all. or in doing nothing to the
purpose. or in doing something that
we ought not to do. We are always
complaining that our days are few,
and acting as though there would be
no end to them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

mond, the head Of
the Irish National
list party. AS a
leader and tacti-
clan he is without
an equal, and as
an orator and de-
batter he has no
peer in his party
and few superiors
in the House. He
has a fine pres
ence. There is n
touch of the great
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

chairman Of the
Industrial Co m
mittee Of the ILL
nois Federation of
WOmen's Clubs.
She labored UNI
ceasingly in be-
half Of the bill. in
specting factories
In all parts of the
city, and compil-
ing statistics. The
Illinois Federation
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
A Marvellous Menagerie.

The strangest menagerie In the
world is on an Ohio farm. Through all
the gardens, orchards and fields of
this curious place one meets wild
beasts Of many kinds ingeniously
fashioned out Of roots, trunks, and the
branches Of trees. 1t Is a yerltable toy
Noah's Ark grown up.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Plate Glass.

Good morning." said the old gentle
man, I'D like to look over your spec.
tacles to see"
Good idea" interrupted the fresh
clerk, who had been told he could
leave at the end of the week. You
can see just as we'll by looking over
them as through them"
Public Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

IS proud OF her
work and club women have given her
the warmest praise. Mrs. Van Der
Vaart lives at the Neighborhood Set
Element, In Chicago, where she has
formed a woman's club. She Is a
member of several other organizations.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

You often read Of the steel enter.
ing her heart but the only steel a
woman actually has trouble with is In
her corset.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17

Mrs. Harriet NJ. Van Der Vaart, one
Of the chief factors in the passage Of
the new Illinois child-labOr law. Is
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
The Proper classification.

De Style-Is he a chip Of the old
block?
Gunbusta-No, he's a claw Of the old
lobster.-St. Louis Lumberman,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-17
Mrs. John T., Red m Ond.

The most adroit parliamentarian
whom Ireland has ever sent to Lon
don's Westminster Is John e. Red