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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
PUTTING PINS IN PAPERS.
Two Little Girls and a Machine Pack
Thousando in a Day.

According to the Merriam census
there were used in these United States
during the year 1900 no less than L.
100000 pins. This count excludes hair
pins, safety pins and others, which,
for various reasons, bear the common
family name, and confines itself mere
ly to the familiar and necessary adj
junct Of the every day toilet. The
first pins made in this country were
very crude indeed, merely bit of
wire twisted into knot for head
at one end and sharpened to point
at the other. Their successors of to-
day undergo surprising variety of
operations before they are considered
fit for use.
In comparison with the size of the
object manufactured the operations
seem Overwhelmingly numerous. but if
there be one process more remarkable
than another it is 'papering the pins"
The papers. having been passed
through an ingenious machine. which.
at regular intervals. according to the
size Of the pin. pinchcs up Il fold and
pricks hole In it, are ready to re-
ceive the pins.
For this purpose there Is another
machine. worked by two children. One
feeds the pins, the other the papers.
The first part Of the machine is a
box about twelve inches long. six
broad and four deep. The bottom is
composed Of small square steel bars.
sufficiently far apart to let the shank
Of the pin fall through, but not the
head. These bars are just as thick
as the space between the papered pins
The lower part of the bottom of the
box Is made to detach itself as soon
as the row Of pins is complete Row
after row. at regular intervals is re-
ceived and passed down a correspond
ing set of grooves. until 1t reaches
the ready pricked paper. BY the incest
possible adjustment these pins come
exactly to their places and are press
ed into them. BY this method two
little girls can in one day put up many
thousands of papers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
STEALING SERVANT GIRLS.
The Desperate Straits to Which Some
Housekeepers Have Come.

Housekeepers Have Come.
A new phase of the everlasting serv-
ant girl question has recently come to
liYht-the hiring of servants by wo-
men going actually to other persons
houses and offering girls higher wages
This prevails to an alarming extent in
nearly all the large cities.
woman who will do this-weil
she will do other things of which
strong language could be used and yet
these women are to be found among
the best people-that is, 1t should he
added that they live on the best streets
In town. but woman who will hire
away her friends servants cannot be
strictly said to be entitled to any po-
sition. This happens every day and
can be accounted for to certain eX-
tent by the scarcity Of servants, ana
the desperation of hOusekeepers, who
will resort to almost any means to OBJ
tain them.
Not so long ago something Of this
kind happened to a Chicago woman,
and in recounting the affair TO a friend
she said she felt II pardonable degree
of pride for the manner in which she
handled the matter. This woman lives
In fiat and had just hired a general
Homework servant.
About two days afterward the bell
rang and when Annie, as we will call
her, went to the door she noticed thai
the girl went out and closed the door
and stood talking to some one in the
hall. So the mistress of the house sus-
pected something and went to the door
and opened 1t. There stood woman
whom she knew by sight. but had new
er met. and she was evidently endeav-
oring TO hire away Annie. for the girl
was very red in the face and the wo-
man was very white when the door
opened This conversation ensued:
Mistress of the HOuse-Whom did
you come to see?
Visitor came to see Annie; she is
a-frend of mine.
Mistress of the House-Annie, is this
woman a friend of yours?
Annie (feebly)-Yes III, she Is
Mistress of the House-Well, Annie
invite your friend into the kitchen to
sit down.
,ad silence, Aud presently the
n departed. and when the mis-
the house interviewed Annie
d she had never seen the wo-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

and she fell against the baby's high
chair. on which there was another
RATHER. Sprinring up. she hurled the
two gallons of milk that she carried
at the reptile on the floor. at tn same
time deluging the baby. The reptile
instantly ceased Its rafting and start
ed for the door Mrs. Button seize! a
broom and broke It's neck. At the
moment tho snake on the high chair
struck at the woman ana H.! 5 d iier.
Il broOmstick.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
Startling Act OF Heroism.

A 1O-year-Old boy at Arvada, Colo
RADIO, recently displayed an act Of hero
ism and devotion to his brother that
entities him to almost any honor that
may he paid him.
Two little sons Of Rev. ]. r. RAIDER,
aged 10 and &. were walking up the
track. of the electric road and were
crossing a cattle guard when the little
fellow caught foot between the bars.
Everyone knows how the cars speed
over the Arvada line. like a railroad
express at times Soon the boys heard
car coming at the rate Of perhaps
80 miles an hour.
The foot was wedged In so fast that
their combined strength was not
enough to release 1t. although they
tugged and strained Then the eldest
boy. whose name Is Cranston, started
down the track towards the car and
began to wave his hands and shout.
MotOrrnen became very much accus-
toned to little boys doing that sort Of
thing and then jumping aside before
the car strikes them. so they do not
pay much attention to them. This lit
tie boy did not intend to leave the
track. although the motoneer blew the
air whistle and shouted to him. The
motoneer finally realized In time that
something was wrong and got the cars
stopped within few inches Of the boy.
The little Cranston declares that he
would have let himself be run down
before he would have let the car pass
him and strike his younger brother,
Miles.
The motoneer went to the assistance
Of the younger brother and had to re-
move the shoe before the foot could
be relea sed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

harrington and their descendants. The
bowlder, which Is five feet high, stands
in Princes Hill Cemetery and was
erected by the residents Of the town.
Rhode Island was one of the last Of
the New England States to abolish
slavery, which was not done until
1884. At that time there were about
5000 slaves in Rhode Island, and of
81 families In Darlington 10 years pre-
viously % made return Of SO slaves.
The Rhode Island slaves had varied
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
Interest and Enter
tain Young Readers

ted space that there Is but a small
earth to Chamber over. says a writer
in the National Magazine. According
to DR.. Emory X. Johnson. professor of
transportation of the University Of
Pennsylvania. it takes steps only one
fifth as long to get around the world
to-day as 1t did in 1900 In the sun
rise OF the century 1t took all but "a
DAYS in the year to get once around
the world. That was when men trav-
eled in sailboats. post chaise, on horse
back and on foot. Ocean steamers
came in 1898, and they cut the ancient
time table in two, for then 1t took only
Mother Earth. In 1860 the Suez Canal
shrunk the world still smaller and an
enterprislng man was able to get
around the world in 100 days. Since
then Jules Verne has been Outdone,
for by the development of the speed
of steam vessels and railroads trains,
one can box the compass and get home
in 60 days.
When Mother Tucked Nc Into Bed.
Oh, long ago it was, and still sometimes
it seems so sweetly near
The tender lilac-scented air, the frogs
full chorus, shrll and clear.
The drowsy, clinging, smoky scent OF
bonfires smold'ring in the yard.
The sweet, far call Of some late bird.
the bark Of distant dogs on
guard
All, me. tits all 80 wondrous clear-her
lingering touch upon my head,
Her tender kiss-her brooding eyes when
mother tucked me into bed.
How family sweet the lilac-scent. How
soft the gentle stirring air.
How dear that loving. work-worn hand
SO softly laid upon my hair.
Her motherface. her mother-eyes. Oh
childhood's sweetest memory.
Through all the years, through sorrow
tears that note of music comes to
Outside the smoky, sprngtime scents
the frogsong coming clear and
shrll,
The cow-bell's drowsy monotone out in
the pasture on the hill
The murmured fragment of prayer
her touch upon my drowsy head
Oh, dearest memory of all-when mother
tucked me into bed.
Youth Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
So Interesting.

Bah Jovew suddenly exclaimed
Cholly Borem. after lull IN the con
versation. this is the lawst day Of
June, isn't it?'
Yes" replied Miss Patience.
"Why?'
"Why if it was the lawst day Of
September instead of June it would
be my birthday -Philadelphia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

Of time of nconceivaby long Duration and 80 far the
controversy removed without the confines OF everyday
computaton But the problem is nice taken as 1t
stands The biologists have always stood out for im
able dua tion least for periods which so great
that the ordinary simply appalled, by the attempt
to compute 1t is tire physicists. with their views
regarding the cooling Of SObe. who endeavor to place
curb on geological aspirations and demands
geological time sheet has to be compiled Inherently
indeed from chronooges of man. If we reckon his
1orcal events estimate the lapse Of time which has
occurred happenings in II 1t were nee
essary would enough to calculate the hours that
since the great eruption OF Nesuvus or
the invasion Of Britain This historical chronology
takes us back, Of course hsorys beginning Beyond
this prehistoric period where In the lack OF def
mite dates yet conrive from the evidence Of hero
glyphs and such like data to estimate correctly the times
and events figuring in the early history OF man
record Of the rocks there have to face the
problems Of relative chronology The geologst can only
determine the age Of rock other object Of his study
by comparing 1t with some other formation The age of
to be calculated in relation to whole series
Of circumstances If that the coal is younger for
marion than the old red sandstone. know this to be
because invariably the coal lies above the sandstone In
the succession Of the rocks with the old
red above the COAL and the older rock the lower
Its place In the earhs crust thus settle the Of the
OF world. If in certain series of rocks find quite
different set and higher rank OF fossil animals and
plants than in another SERIES justified in regarding
the former representing than the latter
All through these considerations 1t will be noted there
Is no mention Of years Unless could be Of the
periods required for rock formation 1t would be imp
to say in years or historically how have elapsed
since the coal formed, since chalk out
Of the main to form part of these islands ours
Needless to say do not such data for the cal
cuatlon of the worlds in least Of the
forma Ions whereof Its consists This is why the
historic method cannot apply to cosmical affairs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
A MOTHER AWFUL PLIGHT.
Finds Her Baby Between Two Rat
tiers and Saves 1t.

A sight which made her mothers
heart bleed was encountered at lianey
Vile, Center County. Pa. the other
day by Mrs Joseph Button. She had
gone to a pasture to milk the cows.
leaving her baby asleep on Il mat in
the kitchen. When she returned she
on the floor. within two feet of the
ahy. The mothers srength gave way
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
Curing His Heart Disease.

Physician-Your heart seems to be
affected You must either stop smok.
ing or give up your girl.
Patient-Thats easily rem. died
Doctor hand ME my pipe please
Chelsea Gazette.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
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not water taken internally, not COM
presses and comfortably warm at
mosphere are quite often useful in
cases Of sluggish livers. to assist in
improving their circulation The syr-
inging Of the lower bowel with suitably
heated water is excellent In many de-
bilitated cases. This empties the rec
tum and leaves moisture without the
irritating debris which the water car
ries away.
In a sick room there should be no
standing liquid, not even the purest
cold water. The tainted atmosphere Is
sure to settle upon It's surface. which,
II not drank, is evaporated. mingled
with the air. and taken into the lungs
to be Incorporated with the blood.
Everything perishable by evaporation
should be removed from the room, as
foods and fruits. as the air is contain
mated by their civilizations.
There is some support for the theory
that the cholera falls in with the tide
of travel, and follows the railway
lines. One thing Is sure, 1t revels in
filth and foul vapors. Uncleanly and
Incorporate people. and people whose
misfortune 1t Is to live where drainage
Is imperfect are its readiest vic
Tins. People who breathe pure
air, eat wholesome food. let
drink alone, and keep clean con-
science need take no violent alarm for
themselves when it becomes epidemic.
They will die sometime, but are not
half so likely as those Of the other
classes to die of cholera.
Cleaniness-"It Is believed that
much can be done to prevent conta gion
by teaching habits Of cleanliness But
if such instruction Is to be effect,Ial 1t
should notice and correct violations Of
these rules as habitually as violations
Of the more formal school rules are
corrected. Even if the question Of
disease and cOntagion did not enter
into the matter at all the subject ought
to be given more attention by teach
ers. Our schools should not only teach
+ reading. writing. and arithmetic but
it is, perhaps. quite as important that
they should inculcate cleanliness. de-
cency. refinement and manners Clean
illness should be taught for it's own
sake. even II 1t had no relation what
ever to health"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
Shrinking of the Earth.

Measured in thought transmission
this old planet is no bigger than dot.
Steam and electric. pneumatic and
hydraulic inventions have so annihila-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
In the Jungle.

What started the fire in the UNDER
brush by the swamp last night? ask
ed the tiger of the monkey.
Il don't exactly know said the
monkey: but | understand that lie
lightning bug ignited the tapir.'
And then the monkey vent Up 4
tree, not desiring to buck the az +.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
The COMMON SENSE OF RULES FOR DRESS.
by r. p. O'Connor. n. p

One Of the most striking examples Of the
meaning Of clothes Is shown in the institution of
evening dress, which some hasty people despse
as mere ridiculous and hollow Journalism "a vor-
ing of contemplate ostentation. But the man
who puts on evening dress with an understand
ing mind says this: "The days work Is done;
l will cast ali it's preoccupations from me. Until
to morrow morning there Ia a truce to the fero-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

Some people talk as if they thought
everything that dropped from their
Inns wes a bon mot"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

Difficulty in securing jury isn't
always a sign Of decreasing stupidity
In given locality.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

a married man has more trouhi '''
ting some one to laugh At his ..
than any other man in tbs W0..l
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

1t takes lot Of switching to get
some boys on the right track.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
MONUMENT TO SLAVES.
Memorial Erected to Negroes Who
Fought in the Revolutions.

Fought In the RcV0Imtinn.
A white. unhewn quartz bowlder,
bearing an appropriate Inscription,
was recently dedicated at Darlington
II. L.. to the memory of the slaves of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

Lend men thine ear, but no IT,. ia.
brella.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
RECKONING TIME IN MILLIONS OF YEARS.


The biologists and physicists do not deal with
time in the everyday Their current coin
Is not centuries but epOchs, and they draw on
the bank Of time not for thousands but for mil
lions of years There may to be little
difference, indeed. between the views Of one man
who asserts that the age Of the earth Is 100000
900 Of wears and those Of another who is content
with. say, 100000 Both deal with periods
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03
VINO CONTROLS THE WEATHER?

Without pretending to know definitely who
or what it Is that controls the weather though
there are those who claim to possess full knowl-
edge thereon. we suggest that If the management
Of the weather could be turned to COM
mittee composed IF our most learned and con-
scientious citizens. a great many Of the period
cally occurring disasters on land and sea might
be prevented
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-03

The control of man over natures forces In various
spheres already fact This greatly improved our
relations with the elements about If control
could be extended the weather. there no reason to
doubt that similar Improvement will take place in the
present anarchc conditions which, times least char
acterize the conduct of American weather
The first thing for instance committee could
do would be to bring the elements under restraint and TO
check their unnecessary violence. The storms could no
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08

White Ants as Food.
A recent book on the Kongo FREQ
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08

On this edlhce. according TO tradition.
81. Paul once prcachcd)
secntion of the Christians In that part
OF Lebanon near Damascus. and
many OF the victims fed TO the city
for safety. Shortly afterward the
Mohammedans there. at given sig.
nal. rose In a body and commenced a
general massacre Of the unfortunate
refugees. Hundreds who fed out OF
the city were oyertaken and killed.
It il estimated that at this time 5000
adult male Christians were murdered,
and many OF the women and girls
were reduced to slavery
Thus has the ancient city Of Da'
mascus struggled for existence
Hebrews. Assyrians. PersIans, Mace
domains. Romans, Saracens-each
have been It's rulers at some period
while to-day II is controlled by This
Turks. still. under every change o.
dynasty and every form OF govern
ment. Damascus, unlike most cities
has retained It's prosperity and 4
to-day busy city OF 10000 NOLAN
mediums and Druses, $4,000 Christian
and 5000 Jews.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08

Amid varied attractions OF The sci.
low.tinted east none. perhaps. lre
sents more charming pictures OF
oriental life than the city Of DAnas
Gus. with iis unking fountains It's
wealth Of fruit and flowers. ia smny
courtyards. where the art Of man les
with the skill Of nature In dOyslarng
great beauty. and los gllded AID lpSu
rious interiors. whore life may sell
be likened 10 a dream.
Tho site OF this ancient city DO.
lievod by many writer's to Do Inc
Oldest In the world and which wa
place Of some consequence in The
time OF Abraham is 1856 miles moth.
east OF Jerusalem. and about f0ty.
rye miles cast Of the mediterranean.
Here. In a very fertile plain 2s34 ret
above the sea level, a plain so re.
mArkeble for It's beauty as TO BIO
termed IN oriental phrase ono OF the
four terrestrial paradises, this quaint
old city was commenced by man At a
time 30 remote as to be lost In the
mists Of antiquity. For many niles
the city Is surrounded by fertile hsiis
and gardens which are watered by
sparkling streams and rivulets tow.
Ing from tho adjacent high range OF
AntlLlbanus
In strong contrast TO It's beautiful
setting tho city like most orieuial
cities, seems dlngy and repuliye
when viewed at short range Many
OF tho streets seem TO have been ballt
for the passage Of but one loaded
donkey at time. Think of tho upper
stories being so projected over tho
street that the occupants on one hdo
can shake hands with their noighsors
across the Wayl Such streets appear
like tunnels and compare but lily
with the broad, clean streets OF our
modern cities. Even the homes OF
the wealthy have q dirty. uncaresfor
appearance on their exterlos, though
once within the walls one Is atom
ished at the luxury and lavish adorn.
ment everywhere diaplayed-the
whole forming a strange contrast Of
magnidoenco and misery wrong side
out, as judged by our standard
Like an oasis OF the desert the
mart OF trade appears as a brlghtspot
amid the deariness OF this sonber-
hued expanse. Its covered streets
like our modern arcades. are lined
with booths In which rich stuifs from
many lands are displayed: heavy bro
cades richly interviewer with silk and
gold; other products OF the loon
which are light and feathery ant
have the mauy-hued coloringB Of tbs
dew-spangled tent.spidera ,silkoI
product; rich carpets from Contra
Asia; gayly colored shawls from Hin
dustan and Cashmere. and preciou
gems from Persia, Arabia and thu
Gulf Of Oman-Rll add their bright
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08
SAID TO BE OLDEST
CITY in THE WORLD
Damascus Known TO Hav- Been Place Of Conse-
qUenee in the Tim, q Abrunam-Fisree Conflicts Ia
Battle and Massaeres Within It's Walls.

During the reign OF saladin. whose
richly decorated tomb is yet pointed
out as one OF the sights OF the city,
II was the center Of art and learning.
During the siege Of Tamerlane-
better known as Tmour tho Tartar
which occurred early I'm the fifteenth
century the inhabitants resisted 10
stubbornly as to arouse his deepest
wrath. The moment he had obtained
access to the city. by reason Of its
surrender. no gave the command for
indlscrlmlnate massacre. His anger
was not appeased until the extensive
libraries and the magnificent palaces
lay IN ruins.
In 1916 II was the object OF an at.
tack under Selim l., Sultan Of Turkey,
who added II TO the Turkish empire.
Ibrahim Pasha wrested Il from Tur.
key in 1882, adding the unfortunate
city 10 the pashalic Of Egypt, but re.
stored II In 1910. In 1860 the Druses,
a peculiar religious sect. began a per,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08

The lady OF the house had been
genuine sufferer from the wasteful.
Ress OF her former cook, Repeated
analyses OF the garbage can at length
had led 70 the discharge OF the kitchen
autoorat After a short interval q new
cook was engaged and the lady OF
the house was doscantug enthusiasts.
tcally to her husband on the virtues
and accomplishments OF the newly
discovered treasure.
IL don't think that II | looked all
over the earth could find anybody
that should like as we'll" she said.
"I'm sure that even you could find no
fault with tho dinner Weren't those
chops done to a turn? Ard ! couldn't
ask for a better taploca pudding"
Neither could l." responded her
husband. after his kind, nor any
other sort OF a taplocn pudding. Pie
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08

The differences in degrees in ma.
turlty between boys and girls in the
freshman year is fundamental rea.
son for segregation, according TO n
statement just issued by DR.. w. II,
Harper, president OF the University
OF Chicago. DR.. Harper says; when
thrown together In new environ
ment on entrance TO the university
boys and girls become conscious OF
differences unnoticod. and the per
sonal element creeps In too strongly
for the best work. In the secondary
school this is not the case. for the
reason that the boys and girls there
have been growing up together and
do not notice that one group natures
earlier than the other"