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here recently and B. w. Finley
is now the railroad agent.
Mr.. Nichol was over from the
Long H headquarters Saturday
and returned the next day.
We had a large rain here Fri
day and Sunday and also plenty
of wind Sunday and Monday.
Word has reached here that B.
f. Whittick, of Fort Wingate, is
dead. His death was caused by
a rattle snake bite.
F. H. Reayes went out to the
Wide Ruins Friday and returned
Saturday. He reports that the
Indians have plenty of corn this
year.
The school trustees met here
Saturday and decided to hire Miss
Gardner, of St. Louis, Mo-, to
to teach the district school this
winter.
J. F. McCarrell was down from
his ranch Sunday and rem
ted house so that he could
move his family to town this
winter so that his chileren could
attend school.
Roxy.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1903-09-12
Navajo Nuggets.

MI. Sayen, l.. B. Putney's
travelling salesman, was in town
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Meyer left
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1903-09-12
Crop Report of Apache County.

Eagar-Several heavy rains
during the week; warm days,
cool nights; range good; grain
cutting in full progress, second
crop Of lucern ready to harvest,
but some a little damaged by
rains. Mrs. ]. Udall.
Weather nice for grow
ing crops, showers are quite fire.
quent; grain so tall and heavy
that some is falling down; some
grain is ripening Ellis w.
Wiltbank.
Nutrioso-Raius first and last
of week, but too late to do grain
much good, which is very light
crop; gardens doing we'll; range
is good and cattle are doing we'll.
Lucinda Wilkins.
Pinto-Local rains every day;
nights cool; cloudy nearly every
afternoon; range is in good con-
dition. "A. E. Henning.
Who says the Rangers are not
worth all they cost and more?
Only last week they found and
secured conviction of Lynx
Creek man who killed his muley
steer and sold a hindquarter
without a licence. This county
must be ridded of her desper-
ate characters. Phoenix Enter
prise.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
HANGING OF THE HOLLY.

With Polly l CHANGED to be hanging the
holly.
With Polly, the roguIsh, with Polly, the
With Polly. who's trimming with frolic and
folly.
A quip on her lip and jest In her eye.
The wind, 1t was grieving. and shadows
were weaving
Their dark web without Ger the face OF
Within a"n It S Wss merry with green leaf and
And Folly, close by. with CLEAN in her
eye.
''Ths holly: / know, sir you wish mistIe-
toe, sir
Cried Polly. as DER us a wreath we hung
high;
looked at her, laughing, to see were she
chaffing,
And OH what a CLINT there shone out
from her eye!
How like the rose petals on which the bee
settles
Her checks were! Her lips were the holly
fruits dye
"Be 1t mistletoe, dear. minute or so,
dear."
"A minute?" breathed Polly. with mirth
In her eye.
So It's oh. to be hanging the holly with
With Polly, the mlschievous. Polly, the
With Polly the genius of all that is jolly
lure on her lip, and with love in her
eye!
Smart Set.
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mo more than l do" she answered.
AN it seems to me that l jest couldn't
bear to see it go away. But we must
have little money for Christmas, an
the's that SO balance to the DOCTOR"
II suppose tn chil'ren'll feel putty bad
If they don't hev no Christmas" said Mr..
Shaw, refectively. "Well, I'll see Per-
fesser Wilson to-day"
Times had once been good with the
Shaws, but an ambitious brother had
dragged Samuel into indorsing notes,
with the almost invariable result. He
had to mortgage the place, and the in
terest kept them poor. Then came the
mysterious loss of a thousand dollars in
carefully boarded government bonds
There were two boys at home, Fred and
Egbert. To-day they were out coasting
Recently a chum had become possessed
of number of literary works. bearing
chiefly on the adventures of one Keen
Knife, otherwise the prince of the Prai
ries," and the boys had spent long and
delightful afternoons in hay NOW in
perusal of the books. But even these
novels were forgotten now in the atmos-
phere of Christmas, and possibilities of
new carpenters tools and a small print
ing press.
The melodeOn was always treated with
great respect in the Shaw fnmily The
boys had not heard it in years. The
when Mrs. Shaw's young sister was
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mother, sure's you're born, they're the

mother. sure's you're born, they're the
bOnds!
Yellow and dusty and wrinkled-there
they were. those precious bonds, a thou
sand dollars worth of good negotiable
government promises. The couple looked
Mt each other in establishment.
They've been there more'n three
years. exclaimed Mrs. Shaw.
Eyes, an reck'lect now how it was,
too" said her husband. "'Twas that
warm night in September I threw my
coat across tn melodeon. never thought
about the bonds not being in my pocket
till went to the bank in tn mOrnin'"
Mrs. Shaw again seated herself. "We'll
sing one verse. even If it does wake the
boys" she said, and the little instru-
ment enthusiastically responded to
Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow"
The snow was still coming down when
the family were at breakfast Christmas
morning. The window sashes were piled
high with it, and the drifts were deep in
the front yard. All hands went into the
shoveling business, and way to the
front gate had scarcely been cleared
when the big sled belonging to the Beebe
house came around leaving the arrivals
from the early train.
What on earth is it stopping here
for?' exclaimed Mrs. Shaw.
But when pretty young lady ran up
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21

desired to stop train Of cars due at
any point the custom now is to send a
fiagman to signal the engineer of the
due train. At other times lantern is
set at the side of the track and still at
other times torpedo is placed on the
rail. But flagmen have gone to sleep,
engineers have failed to see the Ian
terms and have not heard the torpe-
does.
The new invention requires the
equipment of trains with automatic
brake arrangements which are to be
operated by means Of 'shoe' fas-
tened to the rail. One Of these shoes
having been put in place near the point
Mt which it is desired to stop the train.
the railroad men can proceed with
their duties without fear of the OncOm-
ing locomotive and it's cars passing
many feet beyond. As the train pass
es over the ''shoe" lever on each set
Of trucks is thrown by the Shoe" and
that when the whole train has passed,
every wheel has been set firmly and
there is no possibility Of the train 60
ing any further.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
touch of nature which makes the
whole world kin.

touch of nature which makes the
whole world kin.
few years ago. as result Of the
fierce fractional fight in Pennsylvania,
Quay reached Washington with a GER
tificate of appointment to the Senate
from the Governor of the Keystone
State. The Legislature had been dead
locked; the question Immediately arose
In the United States Senate--ls the ap-
pointment constitutional? The lawyers
Of the upper house of Congress debated
the proposition for weeks; the practical
Senators counted noses. 1t was admit
ted by both sides that 1t was neck
and neck confessional single vote
would decide the issue At that time
it was asserted and believed that if
Quay were not seated it would sound
the death knell of his political suprem-
acy. The Quayites claimed Vest as a
matter Of course.
The Missouri Senator had been very
i'll, and 1t was feared would not be in
his seat when the vote was taken. On
the morning of the fateful session the
green baize doors Of the Senate were
pushed open, and Vest, looking hag-
gard and worn. was assisted to his
place. Surely the issue must be mo-
mentOus to bring man from his sick
bed? The roll call proceeded amid the
most intense interest. Every senator
was in his place keeping tab on the
vote. The names were called in al
phabetical order and the clerk was
near the end of the roll. 1t was n
tie.
Amid heart-breaking silence every
man in the chamber almost at the same
instant realized that Vest would have
the deciding vote. Would he vote
Eyes" to accept the questioned creden-
tails Of his fishing chum, or NO" to
reject them?
"Mr. Vest" called the clerk with a
mOnOtOnous drawl
Every eye was turned in the direc-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
Babies Are Always welcome.

The Usage country is land where
baby may always be sure Of large
welcome. For one reason, he has an
earning capacity from the day he is
born which Is often quite as great as
his fathers. One of the next things
after naming the little pappoose is to
go to Pawhuska. the capital of their
nation, and have its name put upon
the pay roll. Once every three months
Uncle Sam pays up the interest on
the money which he holds in trust for
them, and the amount paid to each
Indian varies from time to time &c.
cOrding to how many have gone to the
happy hunting ground and how many
wee ones have come to take their
places since last payday. The latest
arrival of the newest built wigwan
receives just as much as does the old
grandfather or the most athletic war
riOr." So that when Chief Look Out
not long ago had the happiness to be
blessed with twins. he was not only
eligible to the usual congratulations
due a new father, but at the same
time, unlike most new fathers, he
found his estate increased by the snug
little sum of $4,000. For, until the
children reach the age Of eighteen.
their incomes are paid to their parents.
World To-Day.
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there She was to sail for Europe the
next day as companion to rich woman
who had taken a great fancy to her. and
played and sang such sweet, old-fashiOn-
ed airs as "Then You'll Remember Me"
and "Home. Sweet Home" That was
four years ago, and some sentiment re-
specting the absent sister had caused
Mrs Shaw to generally keep the melo-
deOn locked ever since.
Mrs. Shaw was engaged in her usual
occupation OF mending when her husband
returned. 1--WE sold the melodeon," he
said. putting three S. bills in his wife's
hand. "Perfesser Wilson said he
wouldn't send for it till the day after
Christmas"
So they sat and planned what should
be done with the money-about "a for
presents for the boys. 81 to the doctor,
$3.50 for little tokens for others, and
the balance was to be expended on good
things to eat. Monday was a busy day
in the Shaw household. The boys pres
ents were safely hidden away. A minia-
ture pie was made for each, and the tur-
key was. for the time being. of more alb
sorbing interest than even the venison
steak and the roasted ears Of corn upon
which Keen Knife RECALLED himself in
spare moments.
When the boys had gone to bed. the
stockings were filed. There was n rous-
ing snow storm just beginning; the air
had a penetrating chill. Mr.. Shaw took
but brief survey of the scene, remark
ing:
well. l guess, mother we're goin' to
hev real Christmas weather."
wouldn't mind anything Samuel, s
longs the boys had good time, except
tn melodeon," she responded, patting the
instrument tenderly.
Mrs. Shaw sat down before it and be-
gan an old air she had known when a
girl. and then suddenly the sound ceased,
though her hands still touched the keys.
why. what's the matter with itY'
she exclaimed. 1T must be broken"
Mr.. Shaw looked it over Then he
carefully removed the top. Some papers
lay upon the bellows.
Something the boys have dropped i'm
exclaimed Mrs. Shaw.
mo, faint" he replied. "Let me have
'em. They look like-like-they are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
eytER JIoR'E5


River Jordan water Is now exported
regularly for baptismal purposes.
A horse eats nine times its weight
In food in year, sheep six times.
The experiment Of tobacco growing
in Ireland is now meeting with sue
cess.
1t is estimated that the population
Of Europe doubles itself every go
years.
Great Britain supplies many "Brus-
sells" carpets and small foot rugs to
Turkey.
Servant girls are becoming scarce in
Berlin because of the greater popular
ity of factory labor.
The Kansas wheat farmers are or
ganiAlng independent shipping arrange
ments with Liverpool.
A fast penman will write at the rate
of thirty words a minute, which means
that In an hours steady writing he
has drawn his pen along space Of
three hundred yards.
The main wheel Of watch makes
1,46O revolutions in year; the second
or center wheel $3.50, the third
wheel 7O,OSO, the fourth wheel
525, 600 and the fifth, or scape wheel,
4,731 800. The number of beats or vi.
brations is 141, 012,OO In a year. !
Some Of the wooden churches Of
Norway are fully seven hundred years
old and are still in an excellent state
Of preservation. Their timbers have
successfully resisted the frosty and al
most Arctic winters because they have
been repeatedly coated with tar. ii
In the famous cellars of a hotel at
Bremen there are a d zen cases Of holy
vine which have been preserved for
2oO years. If the cost Of maintaining
the cellar, payment Of rent, interest
upon the original value and other in
cldental charges are considered, a bot.
tie of this choice wine has cost ST.
100000. each glassful $27OOOO and a
single drop could not be sold without
loss under $500.
The cargador. or carrier Of Mexico,
Is remarkable Individual Nothing
seems too bulky. nothing too heavy for
him to carry, and 1t Is quite wonder.
full how he manages not only to lift.
but to balance his cumbersome loads.
1t is nothing for a man to carry load
weighing four hundred pounds, this
being borne either on the top of the
head or on the shoulders and kept In
place by fat braid passing across the
forehead.
The peninsula of India Is famous for
the excellence Of its mica deposits. On
account of its delicaty mica quickly
suffers from the crushing effect of
earth movements. and the superiority
Of the Indian deposits is ascribed to the
geologically long and perfect quies-
cence that the great peninsula has en-.
jOyed. In the Nellore district crystals,
or books" Of muscovite mica have
been obtained, measuring ten feet
across the basal planes. Usually they
are much smaller and even in India
the stability of the earth has not been
sufficiently continuous to prevent the
destruction Of large quantities Of this
delicate and valuable mineral.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
Youngest Bank President.

The youngest bank president in the
world is Carl r. Schultz, president
of the Equitable National Bank of New
York. Mr.. Schultz is only q years old,
says the New York Tribune. He was
graduated from Yale only six years
ago
This young man was asked recently
TO what quality he attributed his sue
cess, and he replied that he attributed
it to discretion and GOODNESS. Then he
was asked to give an instance of that
quality's manifestation. but he would
not give personal one. He said, with
laugh. that he would give an in
stance of GOODNESS and discretion,
but it would be one somewhat diff
ferent from the kind he meant and 1t
would pertain not to himself but to a
Scotchman.
There was Scot" he said. "whO
owned fine orchard. surrounded by a
hedge. One day, as he entered this or
chard. he saw neighbOr Of his creep
ing on hands and knees through the
hedge so as to steal some fruit.
'Sawney. boot boot, mon! excla i'm
ed the Scot, reproachfully, 'whaur are
We ganginY
'The discreet Sawney answered.:
"'BOck agen.'"
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bring other than happy thoughts and
memories. Sorrows are harder to bear
on festal days than at any other time.
But no sorrow should crush the Christ
mas spirit from our hearts. 1t is not III
the amount that we do. or are able to do,
that we shall find happiness for our
selves and for others. The simplest
pleasures and acts ofttimes make the
hearts Of others to overflow with happi-
ness. To fail to do something because
you feel that you cannot do much Is
wrong. What seems ever so trifiing to
you may make some heart sing all day
long, which but for you might pass the
day without note of happiness
Let us not disturb the Christmas tradi-
tions. 1t Is duty to ourselves to keep
this day as unlike any other. And we
can only do this by flaming into fame
the smouldering embers Of the Christmas
spirit which is in every one of us. God
implanted it there. 1t was good that we
should have it, or he would not have Civ
en- it to us. In childhood the fire burned
brightly enough within us: in old age the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21

ton Of the Missouri senator. He sal
mOtionless. unheeding the call.
mr. Vest" repeated the clerk. in 4
rising voice, as If piqued at the physi
cal effort required to call a name twice
Once more every eye turned toward
the veteran from the south. and every
ear was trained to hear his response
He half rose in his seat, and then in a
voice that was trembling and husky he
answered:
II vote No."
Then the man who could not over.
come his constitutional convictions
sank back in his seat exhausted, and
the wires flashed forth the news that
his bosom friend had met with disas-
ter. Quay's partisans were furious,
but Quay's voice was silent and his
face inscrutable.
That was the act of the drama that
was only half seen and not under
stood by the public. But it's sequel was
truly Quaylike. Two years later the
Pennsylvania Legislature reelected
Quay to the Senate. His journey to
the national capital was like tri-
umphal tour. Flowers We're dumped
into the Senate by the wagonload;
Quay followers packed the galleries.
He took the oath calmly, possibly with
an inward feeling Of citation over his
victory, but after that disappeared in
most mysterious manner. Admirers
who wanted to give him dinner were
nonplused. When he returned four or
FIVE hours later a member Of the fam
lily inquired anxiously:
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light Of Christmas will reflect in our
faces and our natures. But in the mean
time we must keep the spirit alive, SO
that 1t may glow the warmer and softer
in old age. Let us have an old-time mer-
ry Christmas this year-a real, old-fash-
toned, happy one. Let us make every
body forget that there Is anything in
the world but good fellowship and happy
laughter To the sick let us bring for
getfulness Of pain; to the sorrowful, the
sweet balm Of happy smile; to the
aged, loving thoughts Of consideration; to
the poor, a suggestion of the greater ma
terial blessings which are ours Then,
as we bring light to other eyes, color to
other cheeks, happiness to other hearts,
we shall be happy ourselves. The Christ
mas spirit will keep alive within us.
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the sidewalk, Mrs. Shaw burst into joy
full tears. 1T isn't Lucy?" she cried.
But it is, sister" answered the young
woman. The boys crowded around. and
helped carry the many packages into the
house. Lucy explained how Nine Bron-
son had died three months before; had
left her several missions to perform in
Europe, and had made the young girl
her heiress.
And I'm coming back to live with
YOU" she announced. And when they
told her Of selling the melodeon, and how
they found the bonds in it, Lucy said:
You can give it to me for my Christmas
present. New York Mail and Express.
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Where have you been? Your
friends have been looking for you
everywhere"
II have been taking dinner with an
old friend" he said, quietly.
WHO was it?"-
Quay shifted about, like school
boy about to he scolded. and said,
with just a touch Of defiance:
1T was my friend Vest
And so it was, and the friendship
Of many, many years still continues.
Utica Globe.
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WHAT CHRISTMAS BROUGHT q
eY oENEvIEve uLMAR.

Il do know as we can make much
Christmas fer tn children this year."
said Mrs Shaw to her husband few
days before the holiday. Il don't see
no way thout money, an l guess it's
Just about as scarce as it kin be this
year"
Its not only skurce. Mary" said Mr..
Shaw, 9Th simply amt any"
well we en- sell the melodeon, and
that's good for $15. v know"
"Yes. but Mary. | Civ We that tn fust
Christmas we KEEP house. and feel re-
pugnant to partin' with it," said her
husband.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
A Polite Prisoner.

The lady who was visiting the Jail
had been much impressed with the ap-
pearance and behavior of the prisoners.
and she took occasion to express her
approval to the warden
"They seem as courteous as any
body" she said, enthusiastically. even
If they don't say anything"
Eyes, they're polite enough" assent
ed the jailer. But I'm little suspi.
ciOus Of too fine manners"
II don't see how you can be- ex.
claimed the lady.
"Well, l am" declared the warden.
land have been ever since one of the
smOothest of them broke out of jail
and left note for me in which he
write, 4 hope you will pardon me for
the liberty I'm taking"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
QUAY AND VEST,
they Are the Damon and Pythias of
the United states Senate.

Senators Quay and Vest for years
were the Damon and Pythias of the
Senate, a fact that tends to prove that
oppOsites really did make congenial
companions. No two men, apparently,
can furnish more pronounced contrasts
than these two Senators. Quay a
Northern man; Vest from the South
Quay pronounced Republican and up
holder Of protection: Vest a dyed-in-
the-wool Democrat and believer in free
trade; Quay colonel in the Union
'rmy; Vest proud Of the fact that he
fought for the Confederacy. But given
two fishing lines and pot of bait. and
these veterans experienced that one
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
AUTOMATIC WRECK AvERTER.

A student of railway and railroad
accidents and their causes comes for
ward with an invention which is de
signed to avert the so frequently oc
curing horrors which have stained
with blood the history of railroading
in this and other countries.
When, from any cause or other, it is
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
MiuCe Pie HietOry.

Christmas mince pie was originally n
compound of the choicest spices and cdi-
BILE productions of the Orient. 1t was
eaten in commemoration of the offerings
of the three wise men who carried rare
spices, frankincense and myrrh from afar
to the infant Christ born in a manger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21

f. must not allow
ourselves to forget
the true meaning of
the Christmas spir-
it. 1t will bring
happiness to us just
in proportion as we
bring happiness to
others. To some the
1nv will thiS Vaar
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
Seventy ParAaitea.

OF the seventy parasites to which
the human body acts as host, fourteen
are flukes (Tremalota). eighteen are
tapeworms (Cestoda) and thirty eight
round worms (Nematoda). Thirty five
Of these have been found in the Uni
ted States.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
Female Wtgmakers.

Female wigmakers in Paris have
just formed federation to protect
themselves. Their trade soon ruins the
eyesight and they work eleven hours q
day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-21
Bowed Ont

l kissed her under the mistletoe bough
She said to ask her father. don't know
how
1t ended, but this Is a fact, | know,
Thai he had also a mIzzle-tOe.
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lie mon Pie.


Lemon Pie.
Two lemons: bake them short time.
then squeeze and strain the juice; boil
the rind In half pint Of water, then
pour the water in the following mix
ture: Two cups Of sugar, half cupful
sweet milk. one tablespoonful corn
starch, one Of butter. yolks Of six
eggs. Bake 1t In paste; then beat the
whites with eight tablespoonfuls OF
sugar and pour over the pie; brown
slightly. This quantity makes two
pies.