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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
GATE FOR A WATER GAP.

OF proper length to reach the low
water mark. This gate is hung to a
log or beam extending across the
stream attached by chains or wire. In
q Natnr rAn"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
ReDekah Officers.
Qualified for Rhodes Scholarship.

Seattle, June 9.-Joel M. Johanson
and l.. r. Railsback have received no.
tifcation that they have passed the ex..
aminations and qualified for the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship. Which one of
the young men will be selected as the
university representative and the first
person to 60 from the state of Wash
ington must now be decided in accord
ance with the other terms laid down
in the will of the late South African
magnate. Both men are exceptionally
bright students. The scholarship means
that the one to which it is awarded
will be given $1,000 annually to at
tend Oxford university for three sue
cessive years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
Cultivate RepOse Of Nerves.

the nerves Irritability is one OF the
surest signs OF old age. When annoy
ances arise in household or social af-
fairs cultivate a spirit of calm tolera-
ton. You will be surprised to find
how. after the first moment Of strug-
gle. the annOyances seem slight.
This irritabillty affects the gait. You
will always notice that an elderly per-
son walks with short. jerky steps This
Is due TO the stiffening OF the muscles
natural to old age. The luhricatng oil
has become scarce
Now, II youthful person whose mind
Is not at ease will walk In similar
manner If you would retain the buoy
ant, elastic step of youth think about
II while you are yet young.
DO not bang the pavement with
your heels at each step. Let the step
be taken from the hips instead Of from
the knees The shoulder should not
move, but the entire body must be
relaxed, and so will sway slightly with
each step.
Old age Is not betrayed by the face
nearly so much AS by the figure and
general compartment. These latter
are wholly within our own hands and
even the appearance of the face can be
controlled to great degree. New
York News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
H--=---a-a-.--------
Strike Il Balance.


The difficulty with most OF us ia to
learn to live sensibly and sanely. We
are in danger OF going to extremes.
We either take life too seriously. or we
dawdle about II like lazybones. The
thing is TO strike an effective middle
course. Most of us nowadays seem
to regard II as great mill in which
the earlier we go to work and the
later we stay. the better for all con-
cerned. We want to do great deeds i;
TO accumulate lot Of money; to re-
form somebody or something. Now. 1t
Is certainly wrong not to he awake to
our privileges and opportunities for
work. and not to get JOY out of doing
something that will make the world
happier. But there is time to LOAF
and be glad, also. There Is virtue in
being happy citizen. as we'll as an
active one. Life Is serious. but not
80 serious that we need 20 about with
a sour cOuntenance and book Of
rules. The wise man is the one who
hits a nice balance In his affairs. who
is neither wearisOmely strenuous nor a
tlaccid shirk-WOman's Home Com
panion
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
The Bsne of Bashfulncss.

The shy little girl who burles her
face in her mothers skirts on the APP
proarh of II stranger makes charm
ing and picturesque figure that same
child. become Il young woman and sur
ferlng the agOnes of dittidence as a
wall flower at party. is an object OF
pity. says Youths Companion.
with the sufferer if she has herself
once endured the miseries of self-con-
scious shyness: the fear Of social blum
der; the sense of physical awkward
ness; the envy detested. yet cherished
of the more easy and graceful friend
the bitter apprehension that no one
will ever have the desire to brea
through the barrier of apparent cold
ness and discover the real woman.
Yet this shyuess has it's root in a
quality of character both noble ana
servlcea ble-in that admiration of the
admirable which reaches to fear The
Germans have two words for fear
Furcht, which represents the fear Of a
tOWuTu. dIlN TsnTl uTtllt. " uI'u iCPiV
sents the fear OF the man already wise,
as he stands before his superior in
wisdOm--honOr fear
1t may seem idle to try to overcome
grlish diffidence by an ethlca argu-
ment. but If once the timid girl can
bring herself TO regard the terrifying
social group as simply her lessons and
examples. she may gradually find her
fear melting into admiration. and so
into wholesome imitation.
Social grace is largely the self-for-
getting ability to put oneself in anoth-
er's place. All the easy give-and-tak @
which is the chief charm OF the husk-
ing in the country or the afternoon tea
in the city, is the result. not OF genius
for conversation. but Of practice In the
art OF entertaining That art Is ac-
quired with far less toll than skill in
playing the piano or in embroidery or
in cookery.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
ODD FELLOW OFFICERS.
Grand EnCampmenl at Tacoma
Holds Election.


Tacoma, June 8.-Over two humid
red members are in attendance at the
Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows
now in session here At the morning
session of the encampment the follow
ing officers We're elected:
Grand patriarch-H. b. Madison,
of Kent.
Grand high priest-G W Stocker,
of Spokane.
Grand senior warden-R W. Starr,
of Wenatchee.
Grand scribe-Louis f. Hart, of
Tacoma
Grand treasurer b. krein-
buhl, of Spokane.
GRAND junior warden-W. Fl. COT
fin, of Buckley.
Grand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS B.
Hathaway, of Seattle.
ReDekah Officers.
Tacoma, June 8.-During the after
noon the Rebekah assembly, in session
at Eagles hall, elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. Margaret In
man, of Colfax; vice president, Mrs.
Alice Hathaway, of Seattle; warden
Mrs. Estella Walls, of Rockford; sec.
rotary, Mrs. Nellie M. knott, of Seat
tie; treasurer, Mrs. FAME l. Ellis, of
Blaine
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13

Don't stuff the baby until nature re-
bells by an emesis.
Don't forget that it wants cool wa
ter to drink occasionally.
Don't expect the baby to be perfect
ly we'll unless you feed il on nature S
food mothers milk.
Don't forget that regularity in meal
time Is just as necessary for your lit
tie one as for yourself
Don't keep the baby in the house
one minute that 1t Is possible to have
1t out Of doris. A baby kept out In
the air and sunshine will not be cross
and irritable.
II the little folks are troubled with
constipatio give them powdered llcor-
ice. 1t can be obtained at any drug
store and children like it. 80 1t will be
no trouble to get them to take it,
Don't put too many clothes on the
baby. and. above all, don't infiict 1t
with long clothes. Least Of all should
this be done during its first few
uIOHluS Vi Illt, wien IL Is WedNCI tudii
at any other time.
Never try to make baby walk II he
seems unwilling to learn. The sockets
of the joints are very shallow In tiny
children. and the bones so feebly con-
nected that they are easily dislocated.
Besides which. bow legs are much cas-
Ter to avoid than to cure, and standing
before the legs are strong enough to
bear the weight Of the body may re-
suit in permanent defOrmity.
If the baby has the thrush mix a
level teaspoonful Of powdered bora
with eight teaspoonfuls Of clear honey,
and apply ii to the sore places two or
three times day. The best plan. how
ever, Is to prevent thrush or infants
sore mouth. and this is easily done by
washing It every day with weak so
luton Of bOraX and soft water This
will do the baby no harm IF he swal-
lows little OF It, which cannot he
said OF many things thai are used for
this trouble.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
BAD WRECK AvERTED.
A Lucky Circumstance Saves Trair
From Destruction.

Abba, Feb. S--What came near be
ing the most terrible railroad catastro
phe ever chronicled in the history o
Iowa railroad wrecks was averted b.
a circumstance so lucky and so oppor
tune that it seems like an interven
ton of divine providence to save from
death train load of innocent ant
helpless human beings.
This story Of imminent peril an,
K. .e',',rS e js.Asge ss ,s1a,, ;s
Iorz sI6 81 - s. ~ rs
ken, re- operators an t6aDy the writ
er from a thoroughly reliable source.
On the morning of January %, No.
/ west bound passenger loaded with
human freight sped past ThayerI
where Operator Duncan mad orders to-
mold the train, as four mile bridge
a short distane beyond was being re-
paired from the wreck of the day be-
fore and the center span was entirely
out, leaving an opening twenty feet
wide and eighty feet deep. When the
train had gone by he terrified oper-
ator examined his signal light to find
it had gone out. Almost paralyzed
with fear he dashed into his Office
and with trembling hand that would
hardly obey his will he called up
Creston, ordered all the doctors in
the city to hold themselves in readi-
ness to respond to the call that would
take them to the mangled dead ana
the writhing, grooming mass of MAIN
ed and bruised living, which he fully
believed would soon be lying helpless
beneath the spanless bridge where
the rain would plunge eighty feet be-
low to destruction "~+
Judge of his delirium Of joy and a
reaction that almost unseated his
reason when he learned that the fatal
wreck had been prevented by Conduc.
tor Heller on an extra going east on
the other track 1.-THE @ is double
tracked at this point who for some
unknown reason had stopped his train
at the point of danger, saw the un-
warned train rushing madly on to Ger
tain destruction, tagged it and saw
it stop on the very brink of the yawn-
ing chasm of black ruin that waited,
hungry for its feast of doomed vic
Tins
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
MATRIMONIAL BUREAU HE FOUND THE GOODS
State Of Iowa May Set Up an In
s,itution of Its Own.

Des Moines, Feb. cit looks. as
though Iowa is to have matrimonial
bureau. Representative Dashiell, of
Warren, introduced a bill today pro-
viding for "state director of mar.
riage reform instruction" on $4,000
salary, appointed by the governor for
five years on recommendation of the
state board of health.
The headquarters of this matrimo-
NAL bureau will be in the state house
where the director will officiate. His
duties will be to prepare and publish
a course of study or instruction in
marriage reform and send copies Of
the same to every reputable practi-
TONER in the state. The doctors shah
have auhority to certify that an APP
plicant for marriage has been duly in
structed as per the course of study,
and on these certificates the county
clerk may issue the licenses. The
director may be called upon at any
time to lecture before public schools
on the subject.
Representative Weeks presented a
"bootlegger" bill in the house, which
defines bootlegger and provides
that he may be punished by injunc-
tion or otherwise.
A resolution on increasing the pay
of mail carriers was passed, and the
joint resolution to send committees
to inspect state institutions passed
the house.
The senate bill to increase punish
ment for the crime of assault with in
tent to commit murder was passed:
also the Hart bill to license itinerant
dentists and oculists. A bill was al
so passed providing for deficiency
appropriation for the game warden.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
NOW FIXED FOR TRADE.
Chas. Glover, the Veteran Blacksmith
Secures an Assistant.

Chas. Glover is the next man to
fall in line with business improve
ment for the year. Mr.. Glover has
taken an assistant into his business,
horse-shCeing and blacksmithing OF
all kinds. MrGlover has secured the
services of Walter Stanton, of New
ton, young blacksmith of excellent
reputg ion and known for his good
work Mr. Glover, whose shop is sit
uaed on South Second street, just
south of High avenue, has been find
ing his business almost more than he
could handle at times and an assist
ant was necessary to care for all the
business. The shop is now ready for
any and all Corners with any kind of
an animal from an untamed broncno
to the old family "hoss." Mr.. Glover
is one of the best known blacksmiths
in the county, and til additional ia.
cilities for caring for his trade will be
generally appreciated by his many
customers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
LIVE WIKI. kILLSlEAM.
J. M. c. Anderson Loses Animals
and j. Narrow Escape.

A horse and mule belonging to ].
M. G. Anderson, coal hauler and
junk dealer, of No. 1904 Second ave
nue. west. were killed by a live wire
this morning. The accident occurred
in the alley between the J. B. Bolton
and S. j. button residences a little
before twelve o'clock. The teamster
was driving through the alley going
north. The mule struck the wire
and tumbled down to his knees and
then dropped dead. In falling the
mule struck the horse, which drop
ped instantly. Mr.. Anderson did not
see the wire, WHICH was small tele-
phone wire, and seized the leg of the
mule to see if he could get it up. He
did not think the animals were deaf
but supposed they had become tan
gled and one had knocked the othe-
over. When he took hold Of the mule
he received a shtck IN his arm and
knew that mis- team had been struck
by live wire.
The trouble was caused by brolI-
en- phone wire coming in contact
with a service wire or the electric
company. The light wire was bare
where the phone wire struck it and
the current was thus easily carried
The light wire was what is known al
a secondary wire" and was carrying
only one hundred and ten volts, but
this was sufficient to put both Of the
animals out of commission.
At the time Of the accident Mr..
Anderson was accompanied in his
wagon by five small children and it
is fortunate that the wire did not
strike any of the occupants Of the ve-
nicle. 1t is hard to say just what
might have occurred.
The telephone men were soon at
the scene of the accident and cut the
wire so that it could do no more mis-
chief. Mr.. Garner, of the Traction
Company, was also at the place soon
after the accident to ascertain the de-
tails of the happening.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
Stolen Property is Recovered by
Constable Andrews.

Thursday was strenuous day with
Constable George Andrews, who went
to New Sharon armed with a search
warrant to locate property taken
from the feed stable Of E. A. Fahrney,
located on North B street, and with
warrants for the arrest of four men
charged with larceny. Arrived at
New Sharon the constable did not
find the goods--an overcoat and lap
robeat the livery barn for which
the warrant gave authority for search
ing. Some clues were secured, how
ever, that gave the officer hope of To-
eating the property at the homes or
some of the parties implicated and he
went before Squire Allen, Of New
Sharon, and swore out additional war
rants for the homes OF Scott Mitchell
tree and Mott Mendenhall. The ov-
ercoat was found at the Mitcheltree
place, but the robe could not be To-
Gated anywhere. Mitcheltree was ar
rested by the officer and brought to
0skaloosa for trial under the warrant
and placed in jail The others were
arrested and made arrangements for
appearance before Squire Stanley on
Friday afternoon. The members CT
the party. Mendenhall, Mitcheltree,
Oscar Gossage and Dave Curry do not
attempt to deny the fact that they
took the property. Mitcneltree
claims that Curry took the coat but
the accuser is himself implicated by
the others.
The property secured under the
warrant issued by Squire Allen was
turned over to him and he was sub
poenaed to appear with tfiS property
before Justice Stanley this afternoon
Officer Andrews says that he
searched about half or the town or
New Sharon before ne located the
property and the parties wanted. The
work was pursued in very quiet
manner, however, and very few of
the people in the place knew that
anything of the kind was in progress
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
IHESEREMONT BUDGET.
ws4 of a Good Town Scissored
From the Gazette.

Mrs Maggie Wilson was at home to
about thirty young folks last Friday
night in honor of the 10th birthdays
OF Miss Ollie Bryan and Ben Wilson
The evening was pleasantly spent In
playing finch and musical contest
All patrons Of the Fremont school
and all these from the country who
can, should attend the educational
meeting at the NJ. e. church at this
place on Saturday Feb.13, and by Sc
doing get in closer touch with school
work.
News came IRON Denver Friday
thai e. Il Newa,l who was reported
last week as dying in a hospital in
that city, was much improved, SO
much in fact that he came home with
his faher and brother, the three ar
irving Monday night.
The installation Of officers for Ma.
haska Chapter No 179, o. e. s., oc.
Cured at the Masonic hall Monday
evening last Several from around
town were invited to be present and
witness the impressive installation
ceremonies, which were made public.
After the officers were installed a so
cial time was had and dainty lunch
served
Canon & Gum have recently made
some much needed improvements in
their store room. BY tearing out the
old enclosed stairway and building a
new open one directly on tne north
side of the vault. They now have
easy access to the second floor which
has been tastefully arranged and
decorated especially for the MILL
merry, cloak, suit and carpet depart
ment
M e. Smith received word Monday
that his father, d. S. Smith, who re-
sides near Beacon, was a victim of a
serious accident Saturday. Mr.. Smith
was returning home from Oskaloosa
and when near the 90 crossing the
bob-sled was upset, throwing him vio-
lently upon the frozen ground and
piling 500 pounds of -four on top of
him. His hip bone was crushed and
he was injured internally, and is now
in a serious condition. The three
other occupants of the sleds were
considerably bruised but escaped
without serious injury Mrs. M. E.
Smith went to Beacon Monday and re.
turned yesterday noon, bringing the
unwelcome news that there was no
Improvement in his condition and M.
E. took the afternoon train yesterday
to be at the bedside Of his father and
care for him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
Hitler, Clark and StringfeIow Will
Represent Our College.


The fin.A debating contest of the
Athens society Of Penn college took
place Friday evening. The question
debated was Resolved, That the
United States government was not
justified in recognizing the Panama
Republic when it did. A week ago
six of the best speakers,-Cnauncey
Clarke, Harley Dill, Erwin Stringfel-
low, Verne Micnener, Grover Hawk
and Harry Harrington, were chosen
from the whole Athens society to con-
test for the three places on the de-
bate with Coe college The contest
resulted in the choice of Harley H.
gin, Chauncey H. Clarke and Erwin
e. Stringfellow as principals, with
GfSver Hawk as alternate, to repre-
sent Penn in the debate with Coe,
which is to take place some time this
spring. Penn has entered into a de.
batting league with seven otner col.
leges and if the successful speakers
OF Friday win the debate with Coe,
they next contest with the successful
speakers of the other colleges for the
championship of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
OTHER SHOCKS FELT.
The Live Wire Had Been Doing Bus
mess All Forenoon.

1t has developed that several other
teams had passed through the alley
where the Anderson team was killed
during the morning and severe shocks
were received by animals. The
team of Thos Thornburg, pulling a
dairy delivery wagon, were knocked
down but not seriously injured The
horses scrambled to their feet un
hurt and it was supposed by the driy
er that they had merely fallen The
wire that caused the trouble was Sc
small as to remain unobseyed.
Mr.. Dutton informs the Herald that
the alley wherein the accident occur
red is private property and not a pub
lie alley. 1t is owned by him and was
oper for the use CT the adjacent prop
eI owners
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
DIES MONIES is ILL.
Five Thousand People Suffering From
a New Disease.

Des Moines, Feb. Give thousand
people are confined to their homes
here with new disease, which starts
apparently from severe cold and
ends up with something more debili-
tating than la grippe. Prominent
physicians say the greatest danger
from it is on account of an approach
ing epidemic of pneumonia from the
east which has reached Chicago,
The new disease viii weaken the sys-
tenn Of thousands Of people here,
which win give the germs of pneumo-
MIA much better hold. The epidem-
ic is said to be the most fatal of any
epidemic which has visited America.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
HOMES FOR CHILDREN.
Fourteen Are Cared for in, and Around
New Sharon.

New Sharon Star: The orphan chill
dren arrived here Friday from New
York, having been detained one day
by snow blockades east of Chicago
There were fourteen, of which all bu
four were boys, and they ranged il
ages from 31a to 16 years, the mos
of them under s years. They wert
bright, clean, well dressed, we'll be
haved, and homes were quickly
found for all except one, which was
wanted in Chicago The children an6
their new homes are as follows:
Louis Lyucco, l.. f. Heath, New
Sharon.
Thomas Lyucco, Elmer Campbell
New Sharon
Ell stn Egan, W.T. >pSe1z
~ y; ssz'sSe Ups
-.
George Heintz, chas. Gosned, Tain
tor.
Matilda Heintz, w, ]. Stout, Tain
tor
Blanche Heintz, ]. c. Schooley, New
Sharon.
Ira Shongo, w. f. Harper, Taintor.
Ida Johnson, Cary NJ. Kisor, New
William Mansfield, w. A. Sexsmith,
New Sharon.
Charles Kimmel Alva S. Almond,
New Sharon.
Henry Dichting, 1. F. Farmer, Mon
tezuma.
William Dichting, Chas. Maine,
Searsboro.
William Holman, w. w. Swartz,
Brookln. ...,...
Samuel Thompson, V. P. WEIGH,
Chicago, Illinois.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11


search of land that floweth with
milk and honey, where roasted tur-
keys run around, sticks stuck in their
breasts, where land is cheaper than
it is here. He sold his farm near
Cedar at 500 per acre.
James Allabaugh, the prominent
farmer northwest of town, had an at
tack of heart failure Monday while
in the store Of Fasnaugh & Hall, and
was taken to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Scott, where he was cared
for. He was a pretty sick man for a
while but is now much improved and
little the worse for the serious attack.
The Mineral Springs Company are
meeting with tiattering results that
portend a great deal for the future.
A young lady stenographer from Chi
cago has been engaged and is expect
ed here this week. The Misses Sar-
gent are compiling book that they
will issue Immediately, of testimonials
that they have received from differ
ent parts of the country, all of which
speak in the highest praise of the
medical properties of the water and
of many remarkable cures effected
by it's use.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Miss Irene Roberts has accepted a
position in the business office of the
Hub clothing store and will install a
SYSTEM of double entry accounting.
A. w. Burdick, who has been with
the company as accountant, has been
promoted to the position Of collector
for the company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

About fifteen young folks of the.
Epworth League spent Friday even
ing at the Albert Cooper home on Col
lege avenue. The evening was de-
voted to playing finch. Refresh
ments were served and the guests
went home feeling that one had a
better time, visiting among the older
people than where nothing but youth
prevailed 1t is a nice custom Let
us have more of it,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Richland Clarion; Thursday morn
ing Gilbert Evans went to the Central
depot to meet the 6:13 passenger and
found the floor of the waiting room
near the stove on fire. The fire was
soon extinguished but had it not been
discovered just when it was, the de-
pot would have undoubtedly burned
to the ground
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
PETITION FOR PARDON.
Six Hundred People Speak in Behalf
of Mrs. Kuhn.

Des Moines, Feb. GA petition
signed by 600 people was introduced
from Keokuk county in the senate to-
day asking for the pardon Of Sarah
Kuhn, now serving a life sentence
for the murder CT her husband.
Many reputable citizens are said to
have signed the petition, on the
grounds that the evidence upon which
she was convicted was purely cir
cumstantial, and general belief in her
innocence exists in Keokuk county.