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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
Completely Stamped Out.

There is no hydrophoba in England
or Australia. This happy state Of af-
fairs has been brought about by medi-
cal science and legislation combined
One of the fundamental principles Of
rabies Is that no animal can contract
the disease unless 1t comes in contact
with another animal afflicted with It,
1t does not develop in an animal from
any circumstances of nature, but is
transmitted from one to another by
contact. In England and Australia the
disease was first completely stamped
out by drastic measures and then leg
islatiOn was called into service to reg
ulate the importation of CANNES, If n
tourist desires to take a pet dog into
England the animal is quarantined for
several days. during which it is ex-
lmined by experts. This Is to ascer-
ain If the animal has rabies. and &C.
cunts for the fact that rabies are 40
rare.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

under consideration by the Postotflce
Department. A route must be from
twenty to twenty-five miles In length.
must feed" ut least 100 dwellings. and
must be so planned that the carrier
shall go out by one road and come
back by another. To obtain rural de-
livery. the farmers Of neighborhood
must forward to Washington. through
their Congressman. a petition. with n
diagram Of the proposed route. Then
a special agent will be sent to look
into the matter. and, If his report is
favorable. the route will be estab-
lished.
The rural free delivery system for
some years to come will considerably
augment the annual deficit of the
POstoffice Department; but in the long
run 1t will be source of profit to the
government, through the increased use
Of the mails which it will bring about
Already 1t has done away with large
numbers Of fourth-class postOffices
and with numerous star routes In
out-oftheway parts Of the country
Its value to the people, however. is be-
yond estimate In money. and the farm
folks. into whose lives 1t has brought
SO much that helps to make them
worth living. have every reason to
bless this new and benevolent enter
prise of Uncle Sam's.-DetrOit Free
Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
ACCIDENTS WILL BE FEW.
Double Track ing Railways 10 Reduc.
Ing the Dangers of Travel.

Double Track ing Railways IL Reduce
Ing the Dangers of Travel.
In order that he might see the i'm
provements made of late years In the
railway service of the country the first
telegraph when employed on Yer
mont line recently made a trip on one
Of the leading Southern railroads and
was asked to tell what he thought
was the greatest advance in American
railrOading-the modern locomotives,
the heavier rails, the signal systems,
the improved cars. the new roadbeds,
the automatic brakes or the new meth
dds of switching. Allowing all the i'm
portance Of all these he declared the
chief improvement In the safety, celer-
ity and profit In American railroading
to be the present system Of double
tracking which Is being steadily ex-
tended to all main lines Of the country.
At the beginning Of 1901 there were
10000 miles of main or single track
on the railroads Of the United States
and 1900 miles Of second track. Ten
years before that there were 10000
miles Of main or single and 5000 miles
Of double track.
In the ten years intervening the
amount Of double track increased so
per cent. while the amount Of single
track increased less than 25. At the
present ratio Of growth in a few years
the chief railroad system will have
their main lines all double tracked. all
the branch, subsidiary and feeding
lines, which constitute very large
part Of every railroad system, do not
require dOuble-track service.
On single-track line having a large
business the running Of trains on
schedule time Is practically impossi-
BILE and the danger Of accidents by col
lision or derailment is much greater.
A single breakdown paralyzes the
whole line and the maintenance Of
sidings is continual item of cost re-
curing great care in operation.
For all three reasons double track
ing has come to be considered an es-
sental to up-tO-date railroad service.
There were even. at the last computa-
ton. 1000 miles Of third track on
American railroads and 900 miles of
fourth track. The remainder of the
mileage is made up of sidings and
yard track.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
OntariO's Rude Awakening.

In ten years time there will not be.
in old Ontario. any firewood to sell.
and while some farmers will have
enough wood for therir own use, most
of them will be compelled to burn coal.
In the southern part Of Ontario Coun-
ty. about 90 per cent Of the farmers
are using coal, and 60 per cent Of them
have no wood on their lands. In other
long settled districts the condition Is
pretty much the same. The bush was
the enemy of the pioneer, and his sons
and grandsons have kept up the feud,
although the pioneer Is long dead. and
the bush long ago whipped into SUBJ
mission.
The country needs trees, however.
quite aside from its need for stove
wood. The streams Of the province
are shrinking visibly, and the climate
is undergoing change. because Of the
Of the trees with which
nature clothed the country.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
True story for Boys.

a stage coach full of passengers was
held up by robbers in the Indian ter
ritory. Every one was required to leave
the vehicle and stand with their hands
above their heads. A boy among the
number laughingly said to the man who
was relieving the others of their valu-
ables:
This is mighty high handed piece
Of business I'm getting tired"
The robber laughed and did not in
vestigate the little mans garments,
where there was $1,000 hidden away
The Little Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19


OF the o o
political people
time exists till changed explicit authentic the whole
sacredy obligatory upon all
smallest, democratca
Of
a S.
il
already mtmaed
take comprehensive and in the
to
ma and
he
t avoided
all
Indispensable
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
HER SOLlCITUDE FOR HIM.
She Expressed 1t In IA Vague and I'm.
comforting Way.

comforting Way.
1--WE been thinking Of it ever since |
started on my present trip" said the
drummer, thoughtfully, land I'm
hanged if can make up my mind just
what she was aiming at You see, some
time ago realized that travelling about
the country as | am l was taking a
take out an accident insurance policy"
MY dear said | to my wife, after
had acted upon the thought, i have
done something to-day that should
have done when | first started on the
road. l hav takeu out an accident in.
surance policy on my life. If am killed
the company pays $1,000. If am in
jured then | get $25 week
For how long?' she asked
"'As long as | am laid up
"'But it might be only a week
Yes
"'And you would only be entitled to
$25?'
" THAT Is all
"'And if you get killed you get
SCOOP
"'You would answered patiently.
"Well. the next morning when l start
ed on my trip" he continued, according
to the Detroit Free Press, she threw
her arms around me and cried:
"'Now, John, for heavens sake, what
ever you do, don't get injured"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

ployed without their sex being known
to the government. and as they per-
formed their duties just as we'll as the
men they have been reta ned.
= ie ,irupie ~ .i:ion.
The rural delivery boXts are so ar
ranged-be,lg ncaly painted and fas-
tened to posts at Il height Of five feet
above the ground-that it is not neces-
sary for the carrier to dismOunt from
his horse, or from the little wagon
which he more commonly employs in
his business. He is obliged to furnish
both horse and wagon at his own eX-
pense, but he Is permitted to transport
passengers. as we'll as to carry unmail-
able packages and other odds and
ends. so that he earns n good deal of
extra money. incidentally, he Is news
agent and newspaper distributor, and
thus, with multiplied activities, he de-
rives an income from quite Il variety
of sources.
The rural carrier is likely to be just
about the most popular person in the
neighborhood. All the world loves the
postman, of course but in the country
districts it Is out of the question for
anybody to get the job of Transporting
the mails unless he is liked by the
neighbors. That Is the first REQUIRE
ment made by the Postotfice Depart
ment. In addition. the applicant for
such place must be sober. able
bodied. and able to read and write.
His age may be anywhere between II
and 30.
Just think, If you please, that up to
within the last four or five years every
farmer In the United States was
obliged. whenever he wanted to mail
a letter or expected to receive one, to
go from two to twelve miles to the
nearest postofiice. Usually he had to
perform this task once or twice a
week. and, If he was a subscriber to
a newspaper or magazine, he had
no other means Of obtaining the litera-
ture in question. But now, thanks to
the Introduction Of the rural free de-
livery system, the situation Is wholly
changed. The agriculturist, far from
the throng Of towns, Is in touch with
all the world
Extending the Privilege.
Six million farm people already en-
Joy this comprehensive privilege,
which has so marvelously enlarged
the horizon of their lives. The same
privilege is to be extended to $4,000 900
additional rural residents within the
next three years, bringing more than
100000 square miles within the scope
of the system. There are now 1850
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

shot, and waken up war that was to
last for sixty years, which was to cover
his own country and pass into Europe,
to cost France her American colonies.
to sever ours from us and create the
great western republic; to rage over the
Old world when extinguished IL the new;
and, of all the myrads engaged in the
vast contest, to leave the prize Of the
greatest fame with him who struck the
first blow
AS to the exteem and affection In
which the name and character Of WASH
ngtOn were held one cannot do better
than quote Lafayette, who wrote from
France as follows:
Were you but such a man az julius
Caesar, or the King Of Prussia. I should
almost be sorry for you at the end Of
the great tragedy where you are acting
such part. But with my dear general,
| rejoice at the blessings Of peace when
our noble ends have been secured. Re-
member our Valley Forge times; and,
from a recollection Of past dangers and
labors, we shall be still more pleased al
our present comfortable situation. I cam
not but envy the happiness of my grand
children, when they will be about cele-
brating and worshiping your name. To
have one Of their ancestors among your
soldiers to know he had the good for
tune to be the friend Of your heart will
he the eternal honor in which they shall
glory"
The poet Shelley. aboard an American
ship, drinking to the health of Washing
ton and the prosperity Of the American
commonwealth, remarked: "As a warrior
and statesman he was righteous in all he
did, unlike all who lived before or since,
he never used his power but for the ben
eft of his fellow creatures"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

ngs from the gossip Of the corner gro
Gerry, but upon the latest news dis
patches and editorials published in the
daily press.
Ordinarily the mail box stands fast
ened to its post, by the roadside near
the farmers door, but. where there
Is crOssroad. there Is apt to be an
assemblage OF boxes, each represent
ing dwelling in the neighborhood and
hearing the name Of the owner. In
this way the work Of the carrier Is
made easier, and 1t Is no trouble for
the children to come once day to
deposit letters, and to collect whatever
the postman may have brought. No
wonder that the folks Of the country
side. taking pride in their new postal
facilities, are eager to contribute mon
ey out Of their own pockets for the
purchase of uniform and appropriate
wagon for the governments messen.
$3.50 apiece for the mail boxes. Of pat
terms prescribed by the Pnstotfice De
partment, but the recepaces will cost
them nothing when the p an of owner
ship by Uncle Sam goes into effect.
The carrier leaves the town post
office after the arrival Of the morning
mail, and returns in time for the even
ing mail. Not on " does he drop let
tiers, etc, into the farm boxes, and col
lect from them. but he carries stamps
for sale, and atfixes the necessary post
age when money for the purpose has
been put into the box. He registers
and delivers registered letters. and
gives receipts for money orders. In
short. he Is himself veritable travel
Ing postotfice, performing all of the
functions of such an institution, even
to canceling the stamps on the matter
he collects.
In 1894 Congress made its first ap-
preparation, $4,000, for rural free de-
livery. but the experimentation such
1t was regarded-was not actually
tried until 1896, when $4,000 was
placed for the purpose at the disposal
OF the Postmaster General. The appro-
priation for the present fiscal year is
$7,529,5OO. In 1897 there was forty
four routes in operation; to-day 1850
routes are covered by carriers every
day, and the system has been extended
even to the mining districts Of the
West. which are held to be technically
rural. because non-urban.
How to Get 1t.
New routes are being started as fast
as they can be laid out. and 100, 900
petitions for additional ones are now
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
MANY A MILE OF COLLARS.
rroy's tremendous Output of Decora-
ton for the Human Neck.

rroy's tremendous Output of Decora.
ton for the Human Neck.
II all of the collars and cuffs made
in a year in Troy, n. u. were placed
in single line. end to end, that line
would be more than 1000 miles long.
1t would extend from New York City
to Chicago, with several miles to space.
Ninety-five per cent of all the collars
manufactured in the United States are
produced in New York State and IS
per cent of the entire country's prod
uct comes from Troy. That an indus
try of this magnitude and one whose
product Is Of such general use, should
be concentrated in a city Of $4,000 in
habltants is perhaps the most interest
ing industrial phenomenon in the coun-
try. From it arises variety Of unique
conditions.
Troy is called 1.-The collar city" of the
world. Here the very first collar de-
tached from shirt and bearing a SEM
blance to that article of apparel as it
is known to-day, was made: and since
that time, seventy-tive years ago. the
industry has increased. with Troy al
ways as its center, until now collar
manufacturing involves $2O,OOO,OO0 an
nually and gives employment to near
ly $4,000 persons, whose wages amount
in the aggregate to between $S,0OO,OO
and $9OOO,OOO.
Although the factories which con-
struct these finishing touches to a
mans attire are in some instances i'm
mense plants employing thousands Of
people-great buzzing nests of activ-
ity-a large and important part of the
work is done by women in their homes.
For this is distinctly wOman's work,
and while in the city Of Troy the
great factories are humming, through
all the country round, in the farm
houses and villages within a radius Of
fifty miles. the women sitting in their
own homes are helping to make the
collars of the United States. 1t Is the
skill Of these women, as well rs those
who are employed within the facto-
ries. that enables thirty manufacture
ers in and near Troy to turn out COM
plete every year about 60,OOO,OOO COL
lars. cuffs and shirts, and 1t is these
same women. in the small houses Of
the city, in the villages roundabout and
on the farms, that make it impossible
for this industry to live elsewhere
Leslie's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

world where the Gospel in literature
would fail.
The memory of blessings furnishes a
remedy for the blues.
Doctrines found by dissection neces-
state the death of truth.
The sacrifice that Is not consumed
will soon become corrupt.
What Is a gate to Imprisonment on
this side will prove the door Of release
on the other.
When you see sin ripening In your
neighbours garden look out for the
seeds in your own.
The beauty Of our lives depends on
the clearness with which God can
shine through them.
He who keeps the power Of passion
in his heart must not be surprised if
there Is an explosion.
Only the short-sighted egotist is ca
pabale of installing his little chip for
the whole mountain of truth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

from robbers as when deposited IN re-
ceptacles on urban street corners.
Another new departure Is likely to
be the employment Of women more ex-
tenslvely as carriers on rural routes.
Already few mail carriers Of the
gentler sex are In the service at the
customary $50 month. and they have
been found very satisfactory. The
work they are obliged to do is not Sc
we're or arduous. except occasionally
in stormy weather, and the official
uniform Of light gray cloth, cut to fit
the figure neatly. is noticeably becom-
ing. Thus attired the postwoman, with
her pack Of letters and newspapers. is
a most cheerful and attractive object
1t was not intended at the outset that
women should be employed as rural
mail carriers. but a number were en-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
Its Greatest Virtue.

Customer-But that umbrella looks
so very cheap and common that the
price you ask for it is ridiculous.
Dealer-That's the beauty of that
umbrella. It's made of the very best
material, but made to look as If it
wasn't worth Observation-Disclosures
DraSa
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

The Pos t o fl ce
Department h a 8
decided to furnish
every farmer with
out expense an OFF,
cial let ter box,
which. being the
property Of t h e
government. W Ill
be prote c t e d
against theft by
the lawful author
ity of the Federal
law. Thus. In fu-
ture, on the rural
free d ell cry
routes. mail matter
will be as safe
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
he Rura ...<,1 IN
Mail Carrier % y
CT NEW BRzNCH or AA
TIT P0S7ZL 4SERVvENxV EM I
TINT IS Il GRZc4T BO0W III ~
TO ZXzT X2RlIZR 4 .:A"%,N!AM

rural routes in actual operation, COW
ering 100000 square miles. The sys-
tenn three years hence will cover more
than onefourth Of the total area Of the
United States, exclusive Of Alaska.
and will require the services Of 10000
employees, with an annual appropria-
tlon of $24.000.0O0.
incidentally. the new contact with
the outside world brings to the farm
er more knowledge. He acquires fresh
ideas, which enables him to raise
larger and better crops. TO facilitate
the carriers trips. he is inspired to i'm
prove the roads; and. when there Is
snow blockade. he is eager to turn
out, with his neighbors. and open a
track for traffic-a work Of enterprise
that does good two ways. inasmuch
as It enables the towns to get their
regular supplies Of fresh country pro-
duce, which would otherwise be cut
off.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

Trouble. instead of brewing so much,
should do little baking, washing OF
scrubbing occasionally.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

1t seems to be very easy for a good
husband to 60 Too Far, but a drunk.
en- husband who abuses his family
never seems to reach the limit.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

All contractors do not live within
their income, but most people who live
within their income are contractors.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
Distinction with a Difference,

"Mrs. Soanso has several marriage
able daughters, hasn't she?'
"NO-unmarried. New York Times
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
Bullock Swallowed a Tennis h

bullock SWHI1OWCU TennIS BAH.
AS it was apparently suffering from
Indigestion a bullock was slaughtered
near Spalding. England, when its i'll
ness was found to have been caused
by a tennis ball it had swallowed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked -
RepeutaucO.

NY fool can find
faults: the wise
man discovers
virtues.
f v cry vice
thickens the veil
between o U r
selves and virtue.
Since man can
manage matter
how could matter
make man?
The Gospel in
life will save the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
Helps the Far mer's Wife,

AS for the farmers wife, she benefits
not less than her husband by the rural
free delivery. The old-time isolation
weighed upon her even more than
upon him. but now she Is a woman of
the world; she takes in" the newest
periodical literature. and enjoys ac
quaintance with the latest fashions.
1t. Is her own fault II she Is more than
sixty days behind Paris in the pattern
Of her frocks, and her opinions on the
topics Of the day (as expressed over a
cup Of tea at the "nelghborhood So
cial) are based no longer upon CLEAN
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19
Fair Warming.

The voice at the telephone was q
roar.
Hello, central"
Hello" replied the soft voice.
"Give me Main $1,000. And say, CEN
trail, he's the agent of this fiat I'm liv-
Ing In. I'm going to ask him what's
the reason we don't get any steam
heat. Please take your ear away from
the phone while am talking to him."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-19

Thought and deed are the passports
to enduring fame.-Skobelo1.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-04-11
McCullagh.

McCullagn.
tits said that Engineer McCullagh
stated after the accident that he did
not know when the man was struck;
that the fret intimation he had of
the affair was when they stopped at
the Memphis junction, several hun
dred yards from the place where the
body was found. When the train
stopped at the junction he noticed
some pieces of clothing on the pilot
of the engine and upon investiga-
ton also found acme large blood
splotches. The train crew went back
along the track and found the body,
but no effort was made to pick up
the remains.
Ed Lane, night operator at the
Frisco. said he saw Medicine less
than a half-hour before the killing.
The Indian was somewhat under the
influence of liquor, but not enough
80 to be drowsy. Medicine was in
company it'll several men at that
time and said he was going home.
Lane says he doesn't believe Medi-
cine was drunk enough to 60 to
sleep on the track in 80 short
length of time.
It was limited and talked today
that possibly the Indian had been
killed and robbed and then placed
on the track, but there seems very
little ground for this theory.
The remains of James Medicine.
who was killed near Galena Sunday
night by a Frisco train, were
brought to Baxter Tuesday by
Undertaken Boice. From here they
were taken to the Frank Valiiere
farm three miles southeast of town
and inferred.
Medicine was cousin of Frank
Valliere of this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-04-11
FRISCO EXCURSION RATES.

FRISCO EXCURSION RATES.
Colonists rates,of $25 to Califor.
mia points as follows: San Fran
cisco, Sacramento. Los Angeles,
San Diego and intermediate points.
On sale daily until June Is. Does
not apply via Santa Fe System un-
til April l.
Colonists rates to the Northwest
during Feb, March and April as
follows: Billings. Mont, and in
termediate points $l9.40. Livingston
Logan, Cinnabar and Intermediates
points $22O5, Ogden, and Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Pocatello, Idaho,
Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Missoula
and intermediate points $2205. Spo-
kane. WASH, and intermediate
points $24.55. Portland, Ore, Taco
ma. Wash, Vancouver, b. c, Victo-
ria, B. c., and intermediate points
$57O5. Stopovers allowed in West.
ern Territory. CARL PETERSON,
49,. Agent.