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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
WHERE is SUBMARINE
japan May Be Using an American
Boat that Went to Holland.

japan May Be Using an American
Boat that Went to Holland.
AS far as Uncle Sam knows. tor
pedo boat made in this country. may
have been sold to Japan within the last
submarine type, is known as the Pro
tector, and was built at Elizabeth y.
j.. by the Lake Submarine Torpedo
Boat Company. X C. Wilde of Merd-
ian, Conn, a stakeholder of the con
Germ. who Is at Newels Hotel. said
last night that the boat had been sold.
and. to the best Of his knowledge. it
likely now Is part Of the Japanese
navy
The sale was made two months ago,
he said. TO private person. and the
transfer was made on the high seas.
The price was about 100000. The boat
was taken apart for transports ton.
and 1t easily could have been lai.ded
in Japan without the interference of
Russia.
Il know that the Protector has been
sold" said Mr.. Wilde, land that it was
bought for use in the Eastern seas. The
stockholders Of the company have not
been acquainted with the name of the
purchasers. if they ever will be. We
have been given to understand that
our interests have been looked after
in the sale. and that the fewer ques
tons asked the better. | attend the
stockholders meetings only by proxy
The company is regularly chartered
corporation. with Simon Lake. the in
ventor. as president. Ex-Governor
Voorhees, Is director.
This sale, | understand, was effect
ed by President Lake. A person acting
for a government opened negotiations
! over three months ago. The greatest
secrecy was maintained concerning the
DEAL
| 1t is said that when the Protector
i was first taken apart, or knocked
down." the company endeavored to ere
ate the impression that 1t was going to
Holland for tests At first this was
discredited. No one in connection with
the company made the voyage with the
boat, and this gave rise to the suspicion
that Japan was the third party Mr..
Wilde would not deny that such Is the
case. although he would not admit that
Japan bought ght--Pittsburg Dis
, patch
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Growing Special Crops.

Each year there are numbers of
GROWERS among farmers who wish
they could find some branch Of agrl-
cultural work less arduous than mixed
farming. 1t is admitted that on some
farms hard work Is about all there is
to be found, and yet the conditions
surrounding many such farms are
such that only mixed farming can he
carried on with any degree Of success.
On the other hand, there are farms de-
voted to general farming which should
he turned into speciality farms. Then.
too, we find farmers who are peculiar
ly successful in growing some one Or
two crops.
In such cases the way is plain. II
the soil and conditions seem suited TO
these one or two crops one can grow
better than his neighbors. such crops
should be made specialties-not the
entire farm devoted to them. but suf-
ficient Of it to bring proper returns.
We believe the ideal farm to be the
one which is made to produce the liv-
ing-that Is. the food-for the people
and the stock on it. and the remaining
acres devoted wholly to specialties
which experience has proved Of value.
In this way one Is sure of living and
of money crop varying according to
climatic and market conditions; but
generally. at its worst, sufficient to
bring in what cash is needed for the
year.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Late Chickens.

It is not usually profitable to carry
the late Matched chicks into winter
quarters. for they will not lay until
midwinter or early spring, hence will
consume more food than their eggs
will pay for. We have found it an ex
cellent plan to keep the late-hatched
chicks on the range as long as possible.
and when they must be brought in and
fed place them in quarters by them
selves. Then they are given just
enough room to take moderate exer-
else. some green food and for grain
mainly corn. only enough other grain
being given them to keep them from
being corn sick. The idea is to,fatten
them as quickly and inexpensively as
possible after they are brought in
doors. They are then marketed and
bring price which makes 1t profitable
to raise them to this point.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

beach that they might find whether an,
evidence of the vessel or her crew had
driited ashore. This had always been
their custom and small boats and dead
bodies had often been found even 80
soon after great catastrophes.
In few hours the searchers began
to return to the village empty-handed.
AS they came each reported in turn
that nothing had been found. 1t had
been a severe storm, however, and
everything had probably been dashed
to pieces against the rocks about Cape
disappointment, and the bodies of the
crew, they thought had been sent to
the bottom of the sea or were dashed to
the remnants of the vessel where all
must be dead.
The forward party which followed
the beach toward the ocean, and had
proceeded about mile was startled by
a noise while climbing among the drift
wood in little cove.
"a wharf rat" exclaimed one.
"No, weasel,' said another.
ut is the voice of u human being, as
sure as you live." shouted a third,
who was nearer the sound than the
others.
"On then," replied the man who
had first spoken.
The members of the party all rushed
to the place from which the sound en-
anated.
Didn't tell your" said the man
who had proclaimed it human voice,
when he reached the place.
"Well, told you that it was a
small human being, and it Isl" replied
the man who had pronounced the cry
as coming from wharf rat.
OTIS mate is old enough for you,"
remarked one of the fishermen.
eyes, but he is of little use now, he
is Dead" was the reply.
"Not much, see, he opens his eyes!"
shouted one of them joyfully.
A sad picture. yet one that gave
pleasure to the fishermen, presented
itself. A short, stout old man, with
gray hair and whiskers, lay dashed to
broken epar of ship. He was
probably three score and ten. The
spar lay upon his right leg and he
could not move. Had this not been
the case he could never have released
himself +, ON the timber, for he was
numb and dazed, more dead than liv-
ing and the chords had drawn deep in
to his body. But in the aged mans
clasp, like that of the dead, he held
close to his heart crying infant.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Plan of a Stock Barn.

ran Oh STOCK Drill
Here's a plan Of barn with silo
suitable for three horses and fifteen
cows The plan shown is for a barn
SO by 80 feet. The framework above
the basement consists Of an eighteen
foot bent above the horse stable, then
a twelve-foot drive way. then twen-
ty-foot bent. In order to have room
for team to be taken out beside Il
loaded wagon there should be an over
lay of six feet in the NOW over the
cattle; this will give plenty OF room
on the thrash floor. The stairway to
the basement goes down from the
drive floor into the feed mixing ROOM
The hay or feed from above is put
down through swinging door beside
the stairway.
The basement consists of sixteen
single COW stalls, box stalls, and four
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Farm NOtea.


Sheep will not bear neglect and
thrive.
Cropping the orchard generally does
not pay.
A garden must be rich, mellow and
kept clean.
There is no animal more unprofita-
BILE than poor sheep
Currant and gooseberry bushes
should be pruned every year.
The tools and teams should ALWAYS
be the best circumstances will allow.
No Improbable animals should be-
kept a moment longer than necessity
requires.
1t Is usually best to defer trans
planting trees until the frost has killed
the leaves.
1t is not what IL eaten but what Ia
digested that furnishes the strength
and muscle
Early maturity Is one OF the accept
ed methods Of lessening the cost of
stock raising
"a slaTp pow VIII sometimes save
great deal Of strength in the team
besides do better work.
Unless the manure Is well rotted
and fined IT should not be allowed to
come in direct contact with the roots
Of fruit trees. but be scattered broad
cast over the surface.
Condition makes or unmakes the
horse, and on its proper conditioning
depends the development Of its mus
cles and its powers of endurance. and
on these depend it's speed develop
ment.
Weeds are continually dra wing from
the soil the plant food which sbould
go toward the development of the
growing crop, and the larger the
weeds are allowed to grow the more
of the plant food will they consume.
Weeds. making the best out of them
possible, are parasites not only on the
soil and farm crops, but also on the
revenue Of the farmer
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
CHAPTER III.
Old Seadog Rejoices

Old SeadOg ReJOlces.
Long before the old man and the
child were found, other fishermen had
launched their boats and had pulled out
on the bay.
Some went to the tishtraps and 9TH
ers made straight across to the wreck.
But old Seadog had prepared to go
aboard the stranded vessel and to hold
it against all corners until he should
carry out his plans. Firearms had
been secreted in his small boat before
leaving shore and these were trans
ferred to the wreck.
One OF the boys was left on guard
while the old man leading the others
went on searching tour of the ship
They soon found that the vessel pos
sessed but little that was OF value for it
had discharged it's cargo at San Fran
cisco, and ha come to the Columbia
for return consignment
But it was not wealth OF the kind
that the world considers valuable that
old Seadog was looking for, it was that
which would remove all cloud from the
title to his own wealth.
1t was while thus engaged in ram
sacking the unfortunate vessel that the
advance guard of the fishermen arrived
in their email boats. Old Seadog was
always first appealed to by his sons be.
fore action was taken and the one on
guard called to his father and informed
him of the approach of their neigh
bors.
The old man rushed upon deck and
seizing a gun, he presented ii and said:
"Upon your lives, come no closer,
men! Stop where you are and return
to your boats or l will shoot"
"What right have you to the craft?"
asked the holder of the party.
"The right of salvage men, the right
of salvage. We were first to board her
after she went aground" replied the
old man.
"Well, we will report you to the
law" shouted one of the fishermen as
they left the place, some returning to
the village and others pulling for their
traps further up the bay.
] ITO be continued)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
ITO be continued)


An OkahOman named Lawson had
an unpleasant experience while visiting
his brother-in-law, Milo Blodgett. who
lives near Adobe Walls in the Texas
panhandle. Lawson went wolf-hunt-
ing alone. Next day his horse was
found saddled, but without bride.
Blodgett summoned about thirty neigh
bors and began searching for Lawson,
who was located after nearly days
hunt His feet were sticking from the
top Of a wolf den and about three feet
of dirt rested on his body. Lawson
was so fastened that he could not ex-
tricate himself.
He had dug down in the wolf den
about five feet on a slant in manner
something like the entrance to dug
out, then lay down in his trench to
reach in after some coyote pups. He
caught one and threw it out and it is
supposed that this frightened his horse,
which was tied to a bunch of bear
grass near the hole. The horse. making
a lunge, caused the banks to cave, the
dirt falling on the PROSTATE body of
the man. covering his body and head.
The dirt caught him with his arms
stretched out in front so he could not
use them to much advantage. but he
managed to work his hands and shove
the dirt down the hole until his head
was uncovered and he could get air
from the top. He lay in this position
from ) o'clock Thursday afternoon till
10 o'clock Sunday morning.
City Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Southern Apples.

Attempts are being made In south
ern Florida to grow apples by grating
or budding on the Redhaw stock. The
CRAFTS are reported to be growing nice
~, and one apple has been shown
weighing fourteen ounces and excel
lent in flavor and color Heretofore
orchardlsts have not succeeded in pro-
ducing a good apple in the extreme
South.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

resistance that he offered to every at
tempt of the Japanese to attack the
fleeing Russians that enabled Kuro-
patkin to escape north with his main
army. Meyendorf CALAMITY fought the
enemy in his orderdly backward march
almost to the walls of Mukden. while
the artillery and baggage trains, 12.COO
wounded men and the main army es
capped in safety.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
FatteninR Beef Cattle.


Prof. W. A. Henry. whose reputa-
ton as an authority on cattle feeding
cannot be doubted. suggests that
American cattle can be fattened upon
must less grain than our feeders gen.
orally give them He says that many
feeders in the Western and Middle
States give to their fattening stock
from twenty to thirty pounds. and
sometimes thirty five pounds day OF
corn meal, while in England and Scot
land they seldom use more than six
or eight pounds day. They give with
this from fifty to one hundred pounds
of sliced roots, usually rutabaGas. four
to five pounds Of straw and from five
to ten pounds of hay. They claim to
send as good meat to market as we
can furnish Them which we may not
doubt, but we are not sure that we
can grow the turnips as the corn
which we feed here and whether beef
animals fed upon turnips would stand
transporta ton as well, either alive or
as dressed meat. as those fattened on
corn Professor Henry thinks ensilage
should take the place In our stock
feeding that roots do in England. and
we do not doubt that a judicious use
OF ensilage or some other succulent
better digestion SO that animals might
be as well fattened with less
amount of grain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
To Stop Rattle of SpOkes.

A good way to overcome the rattle
Of spokes Is to go over the wheel and
tighten all bolts. then make a water
tight trough large enough so that the
wheel may be set upright in it; this
trough should be about six inches
deep. Then buy gallon Of linseed
oil and while boiling hot pour it in the
trough. set the wheel in it, rolling it
around slowly so that the crevices will
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Gigantic Farms of the West.

twenty-five years ago the man am
bilious enough to attempt to cultivate
A thousand acres would probably have
been thought idiotic, but such has
been our agricultural progress that to-
day one can find farms in the West
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

take in the oil and then. with brush,
go over, with the OIL all portions
which are not covered while the wheel
is standing in the tub. Not only will
the rattle be stopped. but the wheel
will last a great deal longer under
this treatment. The illustration shows
the form Of trough which Is best for
the purpose.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
HERO OF REAR GUARD IN RUSSIAN
RETREAT NORTH FROM LIAO-YANG

General MeyendOrf was In command
of the Russian troops which fought
back the pursuing Japanese on the re-
treat of Kuropatkin's army from Lao
yang to Mukden. 1t was the logged
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

which must be 10 inches longer than
the No. .. The way the lines are
crossed is the way they must be put
on the horses. The bits in the dia
gram represent the horses.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17
Lines for Three Horses.

can be made the same as for two
horses, only the No. 3 must be added,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

horse stalls. with feed rooms. Provis-
ion Is made for concrete root-house,
arched over with concrete, under the
driveway. The slo is ON the outside
Of the barn. beside the driveway, and
can be made any size desired; one If
teen feet in diameter and thirty feet
high would be about the size required
would contain. II.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

ranging as high as 10000 acres. In
a single year the owner Of one contain
ing 5000 acres in Iowa has placed in
the bank $5O,OOO-the profits OF that
period after taking out all expenses.
In other words, every acre Of the farm
retted him over IS, counting In 400
acres Of woodland, roads, and soil on
which nothing productive was Guilt
waited.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

Laplanders have been known to skat,
q distance Of 100 miles in one DAY.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-17

A, mixing room: b, horse stable: c, feed
alleys; ID. COW stalls: e, box stall; r, pas
sage behind cattle; G, manager; II. root
house under driveway: /, silo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
EVOLUTION IN HoUsE-HEAT
From BonAres in the Main Living
 Rooms to the Dangerous l Suction Draft.

In the primitive fireplace the smoke was supposed to pass through an open- ing in the roof, but failing in this, says Country Life in America! it escaped, with the occupants, through the handt- est side opeing. The middle ages set the hearth against the wall and built pro jecting bod of brick or stone above 1t to carry of the smoke. Gradually the fire- place was built with two danking lAmbs, which supported it, and thus the present form of fireplace was evolved. As the armorial bearing was prominent fea- ture of decoration in these times, it's em- bodiment in the treatment of the fire- place became common and the already important fireplace became the central feature of the room. At a later period the fireplace was let into the wall, as is the common form to-day. At first the fireplace opening was of small dimen- sion, but, on the theory that the larger opening meant an increase of heat, it was enlarged to great size. Then, when the tendency to draw children and fur niture up the chimney or let in all the outside cold through the enormous open ing found little hindrance in the iron doors employed to remedy the defect, they went back to the smaller opening as a relief
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
MANY FISHING ON SUNDAY.
People of City Island Know the Day Under Peculiar Name-Early
 Corners Happy.

There is a certain Sunday in May that the people of City. Island know as "Fisherman's Sunday but it is not marked with red letters on the calen- dar, and to plain everyday citizen of New York who happens up that way any Sunday in May or June, or July even, it would seem that he had come on Fisherman's Sunday, says Bertha Smith, in Four-Track News. To be most sure of it he must start not later than six o'clock in the morning. for 1t is not only the early bird that gets the worm, but it's the early worm that gets the fish, and the early man that gets the boat to cast out the worm that gets the fish. Six o'clock is none too early in May, and it is almost too late from June to September to find a sun that is not ready to pelt you with hot rays; and so, for the few minutes be- tween that hour and the time when the first train for Barlow pulls out of the uptown station, every street car, and every elevated train contributes it's mite-a man, or two, or a half dozen-to the line at the ticket win dow Later in the autumn a later start can be made.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27

Lately Wadeslaw took to remaining out late o'nights Nowokowski, dealer in love philters, saw his opportunity.
 Your husband is weary of you" he said to Mrs. Bruniski. He is in love with my pretty niece. For the small sum of five dollars will restore his affections to you
 Mrs. Bruniski joyously paid the money She says NoWokowski gave her a piece of beeswax.
 Gather twigs at midnight he told her, switch cat with them, then set them on fire. Melt this potent sub stance over the fire and put 1t in your husbands food-thereafter he will stick to you
 The fond wife 9obeyed. She fed bees wax to her husband in pancakes, of which he is very fond TheA doctor, whom he consulted about the resulting symptoms, told him he had indigestion. He believed this until woman, who saw Mrs. Brunish making charmed pancakes, told him the truth.
 He hurried to Justice of the Peace Markley and demanded that his wife be arrested. He was told the law could not act in such a case His wife tear fully pleaded that she never would have given him beeswax if she did not love him so. He relented, they em- braced and together asked for a war rant for NoWokowski, who has van- ished.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
COIN DOLLARS IN PRIVATE.
Italian Tells of Money Which h Minted in Palermo -shows t Samples.

One evening ! was sitting with an Italian friend In restaurant, relates an Every body s Magazine writer, and we were discussing American laws and re- strictions. at which he was very much inclined to scoff.
 Did you ever see dollar that Is not a dollar?" said he. shook my head, and he rolled across the table to me a silver coin. It seemed to me to be a dollar. examined it with every care, and getting another from the cash regis ter, compared the two. They were ex- actly alike in weight, sound, color, milling and all. At last got them con- fused, and only my friend was able to point out which was which.
 That is what we call PaImero dol- lar," he said. Do you remember some years ago that western silver miners were caught taking about 97, 7,Oe0, ,0OO worth of silver into the Nevada City mint and having it turned into money without being recorded? Well, that is just what Is going on in Palmero to-day, with variations. Silver Is brought In San Luis Potosi, Mexico, or thereabout, shipped to Paris, taken to Palmero. and minted with reasonable privacy. The dollars are jumbled with stones to nick them and laid in greasy clay. then come over here in third class baggage for distribution. They cost about 43 cents and defy detection, except that the hicks are too similar, and 1t is said that the M on the neck is not quite deep enough, and that the T in pluribus Is a thou sandth of an inch crooked You know every counterfeiter makes some little mistake