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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
human intercourse began to seem a
sweet and ueedful thing But the

human intercourse began to seem a
sweet and needful thing. But the
Massons did not know how to break
down the barrier of feathers and sill
ver-mounted harness. Jack Mason
could not pull up his horse in the mid
die of the county road and talk an
hour or two about the best time to
plant pumpkins, or the cheapest rem
edy for hog cholera, because his horses
were too mattlesOme to stand. Mrs.
Mason could not send her children to
the public school, and thereby show
her friendly feeling, for the simple rea-
son that she had none to send.
Therefore was the Ostracism Of the
Massons complete. Then, when the
price of wheat began to drop life on Il
great Western grain ranch began to
show it's sterner side. Mason found
he could get along without his fore
man by doing the work himself, and
by degrees dropped into looking out
for the machinery, devising means of
saving labor, experimenting the care
of the horses, and even, in emergen-
cies, taking a hand himself in any
thing that was to be done. In the
house, matters were similar. AS, year
after year, the price of wheat con-
tinued to drop, the little chatting dish
arts, practiced on cozy evenings among
her congpnial Eastern friends, were
called into use. and "A Practical Cook
Book for Beginners" bought and dill
gently studied.
AS with each seasons harvest con-
ditions became worse. the smart trap
ceased to be seen on the county roads,
and the offending feathers became
drabbled and were not replaced by
new ones. Thrown back upon them
selves for entertainment and divers on,
the Massons found. to their surprise,
how uninteresting they had become to
each other Books, to a man harassed
by the care of an Improbable ranch,
had no charm; and music from hands
stiffened by housework lost its mel
ody.
Hard manual work roughens mans
disposition and manners, but Mason
was not the man to notice this degen-
Grafton in himself. Isolation from con-
genial company and want of interest
in her surroundings makes a. woman
careless of her appearance; and long
watching over scar and yellow eX-
pense of grain fields burns hair and
complexion. of whatever hue. to sal
low. towny sunburn. And Mason was
the man to notice this change in his
wife keenly and feel aggrieved.
At length, after the tenth. long, dry
summer in this sun-scorched, sun
cursed valley. things reached crisis.
Their domestic tranquility was dis
turbed by rupture caused by the in
tolerable monotony of their lives set
Ting down on their nerves. Then. after
more days, more discomfort, more des-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
WHY SOME MEN FAIL.

My song is this: Why some men miss
In life their chosen goal
They seek to ill, with half the will
a plan that needs the whole.
They SOW the seed on mount and mead
And wait to see it spread;
While, half concerned, they leave un
turned
The clod upon its head.
They waste in play the light of day,
Knowing that there will come,
At eventual, the welcome call
TO eat the unearned crumb
Thus down the tide of life they glide,
In poverty and pain,
Leaving undone, from sun to sun,
The things that lead to gain.
But when the last lone hope is past,
No more to light their way;
And all is lost-they learn the cost
OF doing things halfway.
Success.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
A LOud-Talkin2 Telephone.

Among recent French inventions Is
the loud talking telephone. BY it's use
a speakers words are transmitted to
the other end Of the connection with
all Of their original force. and that,
too. while the speaker and the listener
need not disturb themselves to go to
the telephone. That Is, man may
sit in his easy chair, putting away at
IA cigar, or may even be In room ad-
joining that containing the transmitter,
and talk to another man at distance,
who may be conducting himself sim
ilarly, with as much ease and distinct
ness as though they were conversing
face to face.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
Regarded as u Delicacy.

The general living in Russia. except
that Of the muzhik. is described by Mr..
Barry, In Ivan At Home.' as per-
laps bit too unsubsiantial for West
ern ideas, but on the whole fairly sup
portable. The muzhik's liking for
grease in his food is carried to the ex-
rene.
l remember, writes Mr.. Barry, once
calling the attention Of one Of the
footmen to the candle. which was not
properly fixed into the candlestick. He
very simply rlghted the matter by TAX
ing the candle out, putting 1t into his
mouth. and biting half an inch Off.
which he swallowed and seemed to
enjoy.
TO show that the muzhks are not
particular as to what they drink, l
must mention the case Of a man who
was nearly ruined by their taste for
petroleum.
He had made contract to light a
suburban village with petroleum. One
morning he came to the director of
the department with very long face,
and announced that he must give up
his contract and forfeit the money
paid.
why do you want to give up your
contract? l thought the price of pc
trolaum was going down." said the
director.
Yes, so it is" responded Ivan. at
is not the price that frightens me-"
Then what is the matter?' asked
the director.
"Why. you see, excellency, as fast
as I put the petroleum into the lamps
the pigs Of muzhks come and drink it."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
Tea Services OF British ROYALTY

Among the many beautiful sets of
tea services in the possession of the
King and Queen of England Is one
sion Of their silver wedding, in 1883,
by the King and Queen of Denmark,
and which Is both for tea and coffee.
Prince Waldemar of Denmark gave at
the same time case Of antique spoons
which are also frequently in use. The
King Is quite connoisseur In coffee.
and has his own coffee maker from
Turkey, always preferring to drink the
beverage In the real Turkish way.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
Wooden Menagerie
OF an Ohio Man.

"Menagerle Farm" near Columbus.
O., looks like scene out Of alice in
Wonderland"
Hugh 4. Jones Is the owner and ope-
rator of the farm, and for years he
has been hard at work with jackknife,
saw and plane fashion:ng strange and
wonderful creatures. Snakes that can
not crawl, CRATES that have never
looked behind them, wild boars with
legs they can not bend and tails they
dare not move, elephants with no taste
for peanuts-such are the animals to
been seen at Menagerie Farm.
Mr. Jones frankly admits he is re-
sponsible, but has no apologies to Of
fer. Although he has come within
speaking distance Of 80 years. he keeps
right on whiting, saving and plan
ing, always adding animals to his
menageries. When he wants an ele-
plant he does not correspond with
his agents over seas. He hunts up a
good thick stick for body, shapely
root for trunk, smaller one for
tail, small straight sticks for tusks
and legs, some broad pieces for ears,
and, going into his "studio" in the
wOodshed, soon turns out an elephant
that cannot be bribed with barrel of
peanuts. To turn out a good, respec-
table looking snake requires little
more research. for roots shaped in
snake fashion are not found every
day. But once in hand, Mr.. Jones
can turn out of such root a snake
with more real characteristics than
would be supposed. Mr.. Jones read
lily makes wild boars when he has the
1t. a coal-scuttle-shaped snout, legs like
a saw-hOrse. a pair of fanlike ears, a
brace Of wooden tusks and an apology
for a tail and there it Is. Giraffes are
not hard. either; little more root and
patience, and there the beast is. more
or less lfe-like.
But Mr.. Jones has not confined him
self entirely to animals in his so-called
artistic career. Occasionally he carves
a man. and although he cannot be said
to have improved on the original de-
sign, he has developed some points
that might be desirable in the real ar
ticle One of his men Is loom Paul."
mounted over the entrance to Menag-
erie Farm. He Is associated with the
American eagle and a plebian rooster
is plainly labeled with the distance
to Columbus and Lockbourne, in adj
dition to other information about the
postal service in that region.
Mr.. Jones gets almost as much fun
out Of his farm" as do his visitors
In shirt sleeves and overalls the old
man welcomes the visitors to Men,
agerie Farm and points out the differ
ent animals scattered about over the
lawn, relating the peculiarities and
history of each. He allows the little
ones to ride the wild boar, but draws
the line at letting them climb the neck
of the giraffe. Older persons are al
lowed to sit on the baby elephants
back and fan themselves in the shade
of the trees.
Mr.. Jones was born on board his
fathers ship when about three miles
off Alexandria, Egypt, and he had an
adventurous youth in the Holy Land.
That may not be responsible for Me-
nagerie Farm, but the stories Mr..
Jones tells of those days are interest
ing. 1t is forty years since he came
to America and set up his farm" in
Ohio.-New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
THEIR ORIGIN is PROSAIC.
Vehicles Now in Com on Use Were No,
Christened in Romance

Vehicles Now in Com mon Use Were Not
Christened in Romance.
Men who in these days "hire a hack"
never stop to inquire how the vehicle
they engage to wheel them to their
homes or to depot got its name. 1t
suffices to know that everybody else
calls 1t hack. and to them 1t Is sim
ply that and nothing more. The orig
inal hacks were termed hackney coach
es because they were drawn by "hack-
neys." name applied to easy-going,
safe-pacing horses.
Coach is derived from the French
cOche, diminutive form of the
Latin conchula, shell. in which shape
the body of such conveyances was Or
iginally fashioned. Seldom. If ever,
is the full term, omnibus" applied to
those heavy, numbering vehicles found
in so many large cities. With the
characteristics brevity Of English
speaking races the title has been
changed to bus"
These were first seen in Paris in 1927
and the original name of omnibus Is
derived from the fact that it first ap-
peared on the sides Of each convey
ance, being nothing more than the Lat
in word signifying "for ALL"
Cab Is an abbreviation Of the Italian
word capriola, which was changed to
cabriolet in French. Both words have
common derivative-cabriole- signi-
flying goats leap. The exact reason
for giving 1t this strange appellation Is
unknown, unless because Of the light
ness and springiness of the vehicle in
its original form.
In some instances the names Of spe-
cial forms Of carriages are derived
from the titles of the persons who in
troduced them. The brougham was
first used by the famous Lord Broug-
ham. and William w., who was orig
inally the Duke Of Clarence, gave the
latter name to his favorite conveyance
The popular hanson derives its name
from its introducer, Mr.. Hansen; and
the tilbury. at one time very fashion
able two-wheeled vehicle. was called
from a sporting gentleman Of the same
name.
Landau. city in Germany, was the
locality in which was first made the
style Of vehicle bearing that name.
Sulky, as applied to a wheeled con-
veyance, had it's origin in the fact that
when it first appeared the person who
saw it considered that none but a
sulky, selfish person would ride in such
an affair. which afforded accommoda-
ton to but one individual. The strange
title was never changed.
Coupe Is French in origin, being de-
rived from the verb copper (coopay),
to cut. This was considered an appro-
pirate designation because it greatly
resembled a coach with the front part
cut off.
The old fashioned gig was given that
name from its peculiar jumping and
rocking motion, the word being from
the French gigue, signifying jig or a
lively dance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23

% W er branch at
Washington while
still a student. Six
years ago he was q
farmers boy with
out political ambi-
ton and with little
idea of politics. In
1898 he entered the
s t t e University.
and there his first
political honor came
to him when he was
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23

says a writer III
Munsey's In an In
teresting article on
The Perils of AL
pine Climbing" The
real dangers, the
tremendous difficult
ties that beset the
way, are potent fac
tors in rousing men
toaction. The height
and t h e apparent
inacessibility of the
summit are in them
selves q constant
challenge. In the
daylight the DpakS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23

Townly-IIello, Hayrix! Is the
sleighng good out in the country?
Hayrix-Gosh, yes! IT'S when we
hev emmy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
British Trade Returns.

British trade returns for 1902 show
an increase in exports of f3,517 ,6O4, and
In imports of f6.S7O,OS6.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23

A diplomat is man who knows how
to get what he wants without fighting
for it.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
Uniforms Too Light,

The tight-titting British uniform is
alleged to be the cause of much heart
disease among soldiers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
Record for Scotland.
Electricity in Paris

Scotland shipped 11,279,422 tons OF
coal last year, constituting a record.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
THE STUDENT CONGRESSMAN.

Idaho Elects n Young Man While Study.
in Chicago University.
Burton L. French, the Congressman
elect from Idaho. enjoys the unique
distinction of having been elected to the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23

Never judge a woman's mind by the
time it takes her to make it up.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23

Paris is supplied with electricity by
seven different companies.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
Ping-POng Afar

Natives in the Punjab have taken to
ping pong.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-23
ALPINE ClIM BlNG.

Perils and Dangers Which Man Courts
Amid the Eternal SHOWS.
There Is something wonderfully eX-
bilarating in the suggestion Of the
hand to hand conflict with mountain,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
The Summer OF 1908.

It will be a fine thing when the years
have slipped by
And a new generation appears to the eye,
AS happy happy can be,
To tell. while young hearts are with SYM
pathy warmed.
OF the year when the summer got good
and reformed.
The summer of nineteen-three.
The zephyrs that used to be parched were
so mild
That they seemed like the sigh of a COM
forted child
AS they swept DER the blossoming lea,
And the sky overhead as it smiled on the
bay
With a canopied cloud kept the sunshine
away.
The summer of nineteen-three.
1t was like some old rogue who is chang
ing his mind
And resolves TO be generous gentle and
kind
To atone for life overfree:
And, though some backslidings occurred
now and then.
II cooled off and tried not to do IL again,
The summe- OF nineteen-three.
Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
AT THE HOTELS.

| At the Harper-A. w. Gentry, Chi
cago; NJ. j. Shrader, Chicago; l.. NJ.
Marks, Davenport; c. Frink, Chicago;
NJ. Harris and wife. Cincinnati; l.. j.
Beeson, Peoria; Gust. Keippel, Indian
apolis; W. A. Buepend and wife, lieu
tenant L. s. army; W. ID. Van Setback,
Milwaukee,; W. II. Allyn, Chicago; n.
f. Baster, Rock Island; j. n. Collins
Chicago; w. ~ Hitchcock, Peoria; l..
j. Walther Chicago; F. c. Culley, Bos-
ton; w c. Randall, New York; F. l..
Gregg, Kansas City; c. A. Barnard,
Beardstown; S. L. Bell, st. Louis; ).
c. Clifford, Rock Island; c. Z. Bentley,
| Aledo; G.. W. Stuck, Peoria; A. Gittig.
Peoria; J. l.. Adams, Jr., Springfield;
+. q. Adler, New York; W. S. Hopkins,
New York; G. w. Reilly. Danville, H.;
J. T. Walker. Kansas City; w. q. San
derson, Chicago; F. c. Allen, Chicago;
F. \. Burke, New York; DR.. S: W.
Cary. Fremont, H.; j. Guntzburger.
New York: j. b. Entriken, Des
Moines; r. w Gardner. Detroit.
At the Harms (European)-B Les
ser. New York; John Il. Voshins. Chi
cago; NJ. j. Willis. Pittsburg; II. John
son. Calumet; S. Jacoby, New York;
f. L. PesIey, Boston; John j. Cole
man, New York; c. f. Osborne, Chi
cago; \. NJ. Baldman, DeS Moines;
o. +. Cornitins. St. Louis; NJ. Rienick,
Philadelphia; y. Harder, st. Louis; y.
\. Hills. Milwaukee; j. f.. Williams,
Peoria; j. Il. Hayes, Burlington; c. j..
Moley, Burlington: George Green,
Omaha: II. H. Atkinson, Chicago; w.
e. Harrison, Chicago; H. Browne, ST.
Paul; u. L. Dunn, Pittsburg; j. c.
Lettle, Chicago; c. +. Eales, Peoria;
o. II. Smith. Burlington; f. G. Greg
CORY, st. Louis; u. S. Hilton, Chicago;
+. y. Thomas, Buffalo; {. L. johnson,
Chicago; n. X. DoOlittle, Peoria; p. r..
Harrington, New York; c. II. Bisby,
Cincinnati; +. o. Moeller, Milwaukee.
At the Rock Island-G. +. Sander
son, Chicago; Il. \. Baker, Chicago;
f. j. Morse. Fulton; c. f. Gaines, Full
ton; d. T. Little. Milan; b. c. Fried
holdt. Rock Island: \. Wray, KOlona,
Iowa; y. Garvey, Davenport; f. Bre-
mer. Davenport; \. II. Dalcs. Chica-
go: f. c. Temple, Chicago; George S.
Sullivan. New York; f. l.. Honeywell,
Chicago; T. II. Lees, Coal Valley;
Charles George, Cordova; r. Lupien.
New York; Miss Fan Nixon. New
York; y. Kramer. Chicago; f. f. Kerr
and wife, Kinrose, Iowa; f. y. Cook,
Peoria; James c. Rowe, st. Louis;
Emily Lyle. Kewanee. ILL.,; Lanthe NJ.
Lyle, Kewanee, ILL.,; b. l.. Rosenberg,
Viola; \. H. DOrman, Rock Island;
j. b. Pence, Reynolds; Minnie Brueg-
TSlaU1- 4 SInpIIm
Chicago; Rev. c. Hawk, st. Joseph.
ILL.,; f. \. Sowell. Peoria Heights; w.
t. Craiglon, Springfield; George H..
Cox, Rock Island; l. II. Pitney. Poo
ria; j. f. Ryan, Cable; f. L. Streed,
Rock Island; s. D. Wait, Reynolds; w.
r. Carey, Carbon Cliff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
A Nice Little Task.

An expert mathematician once set
himself the nice little task of calculat-
ing the number of different ways in
which fifty-two cards of pack can be
distributed among four players, thir-
teen to each, taking every possible COM
binatiOn and Formulation.
1t would be no use to present the
answer here in q long row of figures.
for no one can realize TO himself what
such a numerical array really conveys,
nor would it be much better to play
with the words billions and trillions,
seeing that these are mere words and
nothing more to most of us, but the
following illustration is more likely to
be appreciated by the ordinary reader:
If the entire population of the earth
were to deal the cards necessarily day
and night for 1O0.OOO.OOO years, Mt the
rate of deal by each person a minute,
they would not have exhausted the one
ndred-thousandth part of the num-
Der of essentially different ways in
which the cards can be so distributed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
Cation Ginning Facts.

Preparations are being made to gath
er the cotton ginning statistics of the
crop of 1903. The census bureau has
sent out GIG field agents, each of whom
will make five reports. The reports
will give a complete history of the cot
ton crop from the time it is harvested
The first will run up to Aug. 81. the
second to Oct. Is, the third to Nov. is.
the fourth to Dec 13 and the fifth to
the end of the year. with careful es-
innate Of the crop remaining yet to be
ginned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

leaves Rock Island at p. M; returns
at p. m. Fare, only so cents.
Special shirt waist sale. Today
with every summer waist sold we will
give one free, of the same value
Young & McCombs.
II Preparations are under way for the
erection of the bridge across the Hen
nepin canal north of Geneseo The
material is already on the ground and
Will soon be put in place by the con
/ tractors.
Special shirt waist sale today
With every summer waist sold we will
give one of the same value free Sat
urday. Young & McCombs.
Twenty years experience and all
goods bought with good Judgment en-
! ables me to have the finest line of
second hand goods that was ever in
the three cities. Jones second hand
store.
Special shirt waist sale today.
give one of the same value free Sat
urday. Young & McCombs'.
The police gathered in two finely
bred bull dogs among the canine
Migrants today. They will be kept
out of sight of the eXecutioner for IA
day or two in the hope that the own
ers will be heard from.
Special shirt waist sale today.
With every summer waist sold we will
give one of the same value free Sat
urday. Young & McCOmbs'.
| Mrs. Albert Burton, 2S1O Fifth-and-
a-half avenue, was surprised at her
home by company of friends yesteT-
day afternoon on the occasion of her
birthday anniversary. Mrs. Burton
| received d number of valuable remem-
ORANGES.
My name, my number and my bust
ness are in good location and all
right. Now let's ee if you can find me.
am directly across the street from
the most uniquely built business build
ing on Second avenue. I'm the man
with the goods.
y special invitation is extended to
the ladies of Rock Island and vicinity
to call at Kramer & Co.'S, 15OS Second
avenue, four doors west of the post
Office, and get a cosmopolitan fash
ion sheet for October free. Don't miss
this opportunity; it means money to
you.
Miss Josephine NJ Hill, of Moline,
wishes to announce that she will con
tinue the kindergarten heretofore
conducted by Miss Clara WoItmann.
and respectfully asks a continuance
of the favors extended Miss Woltmann.
The school will open Monday morn
ing, Sept. IA, in the Lincoln school.
G. Washington McCaskrin. Rock ISL
and's Independent candidate for gov
ernOr of Illinois. will formally open
his campaign in this city Monday ev-
ening at FlatirOn square. near the
No. 1 hose house, on Seventeenth
street. George is laying his wires and
after the opening engagement in this
city will begin to hit the line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
the PIeasure of Eating,

Persons suffering from indigestion,
dyspepsia or other stomach trouble
will find that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet. This remedy is a
never failing cure for Indigestion and
dyspepsia and all complaints affect
ing the glands or membranes of the
stomach or digestive tract. When
you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure every
thing you eat tastes good, and every
bit of the nutriment that your food
contains is assimilated and appropria-
ted by the blood and tissues.
Sold by Harper House pharmacy;
A. j. Reiss drug store, corner Seventh
|ayenue and Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
COUNTY TEMPLE
T-o1afars

Sept. III. f. Decker to Gratia w
Decker, undiv. y. of so feet of 4o
feet, lot 9, block %, Old or Original
Town of Moline. 81 500.
George c. Witt to Henry Ruben, LOT
/, block 3. G. L. Davenport's add, Rock
Island, 81 roo.
George Pewe, ST., to c. j. Carlson,
lot and 4. lot 4, Pewe's add, Rock
Island. S425
j. d. Beecher to f. \. Rounds, lot
10, Beecher's replat of block IL, Chi
cago or Lower add, Rock Island, $3.50.
j. ID. Beecher to f. y. Rounds, lots
10 and II. Beecher's replat of block
~. Chicago or Lower add, Rock ISL
and, $1,1OO.
George Pewe. Sr., to George Pewe.
Ir., undir. u of lots l, 2, 3. 4, and 6,
Pewe's add. Rock Island, $3.50.
w. l.. Ludolph and r. Il. Reynolds
to j. B. Eckhart, lot ,, block ,. Co
lumbia Park add, Rock Island, 81, 100.