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A WIPES CONFESSION.

Of course every one knew when {keJ were engaged and every one pretended to
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
The Word Picnic,

The derivation of the word pirnic is
uncertain. In London Notes ana cue
ries of 1853 attempts We're made to
trace its origin.
One correspondent says:
Under Il French form the word ap-
pears in speech of Robcsp.erre, 'C'est
lei kqu'il doit maccuser. ct non dams
les piquesniques. An earlier instance
occurs in one Of Lord Chesterfield $
letters. dated October, 114S,,
Another writer of the same date
tries to trace the word from France
into Italy. Starting with the assuml,-
ton that piquenique in French implies
party at which each guest provides
some particular dish or performs some
special duty. he finds the Italian ey-
pressions nicchia duty ana piccola "a
1ritling service. and from these he
coins pircola nccha pcnici.
A French encyclopedias, 1873. has il
that the word is compounded Of the
simple English pick Ito choose, and
nick Gin the nick OF time. on the spur
of the moment. In France the term
is also used for indoor picnics.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
(ro lie continued)
The Other Fellows Job.

There's a craze aWong us mortals that is
cruel hard to name.
Wheresoe'er you find Il human you will
find the case the same;
You may seek among the worst of men or
seek among the best.
And you'l find that every person is pre-
cscly like the rest.
Each believes that his real calling is
along some other line
Than the one at which he's working
take, for instance, yours and mine.
From the meanest "me-too" creature to
the leader of the mob.
There's universal craving for 1.-THE 9TH
er fellows job"
There are millions OF positions in the
busy world to-day.
Each drudge to him who holds it, but
to him who doesn't. play;
Every farmers broken-heHrted that in
youth he missed his call,
While that same unhappy farmer is the
envy of us all.
Any task you care to mention seems q
vastly better lot
Than the one especial something which
you happen to have got.
There's but one sure way to smother
Envy's heartache and her sob;
Keep too busy, at your own. to want
1.-The other fellows job"
Success.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24

not been man of toll.
When the hair was pushed back
from his face broad intelligent fore
head was exposed. Had those fisher
men been able to read chronological
signs they would have discovered that
the aged man before them was no or
binary being. His intellectual fore
head, small feet and hands, dress and
general appearance indicated that he
had followed one of the professions.
In the meantime the village physi-
clan arrived and aided in resuscitating
the old man. The child gradually
passed away to sleep after its wants
were satisfied and slept as soundly as
if its own mother still lowered over it,.
1t was soft sweet sleep such only as
is seen in the repoee of the innocent
before the trials and tribulations of
life have come to their knowledge.
1t knew not of its lost mother and
father, the fearful storm at sea, the
hours in the water, the terrible night
among the driftwood on the beach. 1t
slept in repose akin to perfect bliss.
shes a darling little GIRL" said
the woman who had shared her own
child's clothing with the little sleeper.
what pretty blue eyes she has,"
remarked she who had warmed the
milk.
"Such dainty little limbs,' said the
woman who had run about the place
nervously trying to do everything and
hol ,oI bat Al
"But look what pretty features and
sweet lips" said the one who had
nursed the child to sleep, with an air
of superiority.
The child did not exceed one month
in age. 1t was probably younger. Its
light hair, fair skin and pretty blue
eyes even at SO young an age showed
that it was a born beauty. Still its
features were much like those of the
Finlanders, so many of whom had set
tied along the Columbia in the fishing
districts.
"They think the old man is dying"
said one of the women in whisper
who had been watching the men work
with the aged sufferer.
ooh, such pity" remarked the
women in subdued chorus
ave will never learn the child's
name or anything about the tate of its
mother or father"
cit must have been born on the voy-
age" said one, "for they say the ship
was Finnish vessel and has been
many weeks at sea-"
cold Seadog's action in tie matter
is mystery to everybody. Why he
made such quick haste to board the
ship is beyond all understanding. And
he actually pointed firearms at the men
when they attempted to go aboard the
vessel" said woman who had just
been talking with her husband on the
outside. "But the officers will ravel
the matter OUT she continued as she
remembered the details OF the episode
as given her by her husband.
Then there was commotion out
side. A fisherman had just arrived
from the sand spit. He had brought
news of the arrival of officers at the
scene of the wreck.
cold Seadog and his boys are all un.
der arrest" was whispered from lip
to lip.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
BY Paul De Ldney
to work with renewed vigoi

to work with renewed vigoi.
"Pry down to the left. boys, pry
down to the left" shouted the father.
Already the exhaust of the govern
ment launch could be heard as it slowed
up to weigh anchor at a safe distance
from the sandbar.
1t would only require the lowering
of boat and few strokes of the oars
to land the officers upon the fishermen.
Fortune had always favored old Sea-
dog and it favored him again. With a
heavy lurch they brought the chest
from under the timbers that held it
down.
Fortune doubly favored him. When
the iron receptacle had been turned
round it was found that the keys still
remained in the lock. The captain
had possibly attempted to open it at
the last moment and had been driven
out by the waves.
Crush outside, boys; rush outside
| will do the rest.' commanded the
stern old parent. The boys were
barely in time. They were confronted
by the officers Immediately upon climb
ing to the deck.
''In the name of the government,
men, we proclaim you our prisoners. b"
calmly spoke one OF the officers.
The boys looked bewildered but
spoke not in the absence of their faith
er, to whom they had always looked
for advice and guidance.
But the old man was busily engaged =.
With a surprising quickness he had
opened the chest and tore from it the
register roll. Then he closed the
chest, locked 1t and cast the keys into
the water at the lower end OF the hole.
Then he climbed out through port
hole at the rear, hurriedly secreted
the roll in the sand at safe distance
from the vessel, climbed back through
and joined his boys who were prison
ers on deck. But before he had hidden
the parchment upon which the ships
register was made he had turned
through it quickly. His eyes had
rested upon two names. This brought
from him the ejaculation:
cold Seadog rejoices at last; old
Seadog rejoices at last old Seadog has
cause to rejoice In the language of
the convict who swan to the Diamond
Isles. the woi Id belongs to old Seadog
now!'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24

listen to twaAlle In such way that
the face shall express all the depths Of
pent UP emotions. while the ears drink
in the trivialities or the tongue echoes
the gossip of scandal of the hour
This sentiment was uttered with
much JUNCTION by man of uncertain
age. whose face and figure have for
years been familiar in the clubs, in the
ball rooms, and other places of social
resort in Chicago. His nearer was a
much younger man. whom by precept
and by example he was trying to init
ate into the mysteries Of social life.
The two men We're at a theater large
ly attended by the men and women
who collectively constitute the mystic
rious entity, Chicago society, and they
were watching couple seated in one
Of the boxes. Now watch the young
man and woman closely continued the
mentor. "and tell me what you think
they are talking about You see. that
they are both young, both handsome. l
can tell you that they are both rich
and OF high social standing. If you
don't know them yet you must make
their acquaintance at once, for no one
can be In society without knowing
them. Their conversation seems to be
interesting, doesn't it,
What are the words" continued the
elder man. 'Of which that pretty pic
ture is the accompaniment?
is he telling her one of those fairy
tales which all maids love to hear, Of
respectful admiration and changeless
affections? Are those arched sidelong
little glances exclamation points by
which the maiden signifies her delight
at the picture which the young mans
imagination has painted? l can tell
you just what the subject is. You
know that a scandalOus story about
two we'll known people began to circu-
Late yesterday. That young man knows
all about it. for he has excellent
sources of information His compan-
ion knows something about it and Is
anxious to know more. He is satisfy
ing her curiosity. and they are both
gloating over the charming little bit OF
ScdHudl Dui. III! IVY, iHty are DOtH
artists. and you must school yourself
to play your part as we'll as they The
next time that you have occasion to
tell a girl how many thousand dollars
are involved in the latest engagement
transaction you must do it with the
same caressng grace in your glance
and in your gestures that this young
fellow brings into play. Then, as
reward for making a fool of yourself
the girl will perhaps reply by one of
those half smiles which you seem to
admire so much. Chicago Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
HOW TO IRON A SHiRTWAIST.
This Way 1t Will Look as if Fresh
from the Laundry Service.


Ironing shirtwaist is always a
more or less difficult job, but for the
woman who knows how the process is
greatly simplifed.
In the first place iron the collar on
the wrong side. then on the right, I'M
til quite dry; smooth out the yoke if
there is One) and iron it on both sides.
Next attack the sleeves. Stretch
out the cuff smoothly. laying a piece
Of cloth over it. and iron so that the
cuff is partly dried. Then remove the
cloth and iron the cuff on both sides.
Slip the iron up inside the sleeve TO
dry the gathers and to smooth the
hens at the opening. Then fold the
upper part; then turn it over sleeves,
as the starch may have made it stick
together and iron the shoulder por-
ton from the wrong side. Next. lay
the sleeve on the table and put the
iron into the gathers. working from
right to left. holding the wrist with the
left hand.
Place the blouse on the table. with
the neck at the left side. and begin to
iron the front next to you, running the
fatlron well up into the gathers at the
neck. Next take the back and then
the other 'front.' smoothing out the
gathers as you go along, gradually
drawing the blouse toward you as it Is
finished. The hens and tabs and the
binding around the armholes are
ironed on the wrong side
The sleeves are the most troublesome
parts of the waist to manipulate and
some persons get better results when
II sleeve iron is used; but once the art
has been acquired with an ordinary
iron the process is quicker If there is
n frlll down front of the shirtwaist it
should be ironed before the body part.
The collar and cuffs, If desired, may
be polished with a polishing iron and
when the little creases which come
from handling are ironed out the waist
is ready to be hung up to air.
After the shirtwaist Is aired and
dry. the folding process comes. and on
this the whole success OF the ironing
depends. Pin the neckband together
and plat the front so that it will be
no wider than the back. Turn the
waist over on board and lap the
sleeves down at the sides; then fold
them upward so that the cuffs show
above the neckband. Pin them to DO
ston. Now fold the sleeves back so
that they meet in the center of the
back and pin them there; next double
the waist up in the back. just below
the waistline. This folding process
should be done without creaslng. and
your waists are ready for shrtwalSt
box or bureau dra wer.-Philadelp
Record
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
MARRIAGES IN FRANCE.
They Are Arranged by the Parents =
Breaches of Promise Rare.

Breaches of promise are rare in
France, where marriages are so care.
fully arranged by parents, trustees and
lawyers on both sides. Recently, how
ever at the first chamber of the Tr-
bunal Of the Seine there was decided
an action in which a widow sued
merchant for refusing to marry her
daughter. to whom he was engaged.
The merchant Is established in Paris,
and the plaintiffs mother and daughter
lived at Tours. Last year the defend
ant saw the young lady, who is very
prepOssessing. and in due course of
time he proposed marriage to her. She
of course referred him to her mother,
who had 10 objection whatever to the
match. Everything then worked
smoothly. Rings were exchanged, the
merchant walked out with the young
lady and her mother, banns were pub
lished, the marriage contract was
drawn up by the notaries, rooms were
selected for the young couple and in
vitations to the wedding were sent out
A few days before that fixed for the
wedding the merchant changed his
mind. He said that his affection for
his tancee was intense, but he was
dubious about her mother He had
serious apprehensions as to the results
of having a mother-in-aw, so he pre-
ferred to remain free from any of the
shackles imposed by matrimony The
young lady was so disappointed that
she became seriously ILL., Her mother,
seeing that the merchant adhered to
his decision suggested that he should
give some compensation. as prepara-
tons for the marriage that failed had
obliged her to disburse good deal of
money. The widows suggestion was
secuted, so she went to law acting in
her own name and as her daughter's
guardian and trustee. The judges Of
the tribunal of the Seine decided in ia
vor of her daughter They held that
the defendant in the action had with.
drawn his promise without any seri.
GUS reason and that he had acted in an
unjustifiable and abrupt manner, which
caused prejudice to the young lady TO
whom he had been engaged. He was
accordingly compelled to pay the per.
son who had suffered most from his
conduct f2OO damages. Nothing was
allowed to the mother the court con-
sidering that she had sustained no NOR
al prejudice personally by the breach
of promise of the defendant
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
CHAPTER ".
Odd Companions,

After releasing the old man and the
child from their ENHANCEMENT they
were carried to the nearest fisherman's
cabin. The man, though dashed to the
spar and pinioned to the earth by the
driftwood was he Id no closer than was
the babe. His arms held it like a
wise. They had been so long about it
that they had formed like clasps
around the body and, benumbed by
the cold, they were as difficult to pry
apart as are the cleepers which hold a
vine in its upward climb.
Young as it was, only a few weeks
old, the infant posse sed more vitality
than did its aged protector. 1t
stretched forth its little hands and legs
with surprising strength and cried pitt
fully, though in voice that showed
that its lungs were still strong and
healthy.
But tho old nan scarcely breathed.
He opened his dull eyes for moment
and stared blankly into the faces of
those directly in the line of his Wis
ion, and then closed them. He was
unconscious of all that was going on
about him. His long gray hair hung
in strands about his face and neck
His silken gray beard was matted with
the sand and trash of the beach. But
for the slow pulsation of his heart he
would have been pronounced dead by
those around HIM.
The women were running about as
busy as only women can be when they
are doing some great act of charity,
and their devotion was increased by
the tact that some dead mother 8 CHI d
had ia len into their hands, and each
felt double responsibility on this ac-
count.
Some were bringing dry clothing
from the wardrobe of their own chill
dren, others were warming cows milk
in a small basin on the stove, white a
more thoughtful mother was sharing
the breast Of her own babe with the
little waif. And those good women
smiled with tears in their eyes as the
little stranger tugged greedily at its
new found mothers breast.
ooh, it will get along all right"
said one.
eyes, so long as it eats, the signs are
good" said another.
"Just so you don't give it TOO much, "
remarked an elderly woman who was
watching the proceedings.
"But | fear it is all over with the
old gent" whispered one of the women
who had just returned from the adjoin-
ing room where the men were working
with the child's elderly companion.
The men were rubbing his arms and
legs, and irons were being heated TO
place at his feet. Some brandy had
been forced through his lips. but it
was slow in showing encouraging
effects.
His eyes We're fixed in his head, his
features were as pale as death. His
firm lips were set as ii in his last con-
scious moment he had fixed his determ-
nation upon some given object.
He was little more than five feet
as he lay upon the bed. Still he was
rathe, pIump and well-kept for his age.
But his skin was smooth and his mus.
Giles soft, which indicated that he had
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24

When faith fails seliishness prevails.
Doing His will will lead to delight III
It,
Where God is least wanted is where
He is most needed
The force of gravity is surpassed only
by that of happiness.
God hides nothing from him who
holds nothing from God.
Every home liallowcd by an altar be-
comes a harbor for the heart.
The miracles that men demand would
almost always be catastrophes.
The church does not keep men whole
some by the refrigerator method.
No man knows the reality of life till
he recognizes the unrealty of the
world.
You can afford to discount popular
opinion when you have Gods precious
promises.
The importance of Il thing is TO he
measured by its power for business
rather than by its bulk
1t is good deal easier to forget what
we ought to know than 1t is to know
what we ought to forget.
There are those who think that if
their brand of soap had been known
the world would have been cleansed
without Il flood.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
LIVED LONG ON THE EARTH.

Evidence that Man xisted Before Date
Fixed by Accepted Authority.
Fortunately there is no chance for a
religious controversy over recent dis
coveries that seem to upset the accept
ed chronology of the Bible. That chro-
BIOLOGY is admittedly of human origin,
and therefore likely to be fallible. Prof
Flinders Petrie, in lecture recently
delivered in London, presented some
rather startling theories as to the an
tiquity OF the human race that will
doubtless give rise to more OF less dis
pute.
The professors proofs as to his theO-
RES are said to be ncuntrovertiDe. He
contends that there is an unbroken
chain of historic record going back to
5000 Il. c.. besides objects of art and in
dustry that carry history back 1000
years further thus making the indubit-
able record of human history cover
5000 years. Yet dates 1000 b. &. do
not take us back to the beginning.
There are traces, he says, of civilian
ton that came to Egypt from some 9th
er country. The earliest graves have
figures of Il race of bushmen of type
Ike that discovered in France and
Malta. suggesting that one race former
- extended from northern Africa into
Europe. Beyond these bushmen there
are figures of women captured from
still earlier races-probably the palace
lithic age or this latter age there are
many evidences in the elevated plateau
east of the Nile, where. in a region at
present wholly unnhabitable, are
found the remains of many settlements.
7 he existence of population here in
dicates that there WAS Il time when the
climate of Egypt was totally different
from what it is to-day when rainfall
fortified lands now deserts. Such eli
mate could hardly have existed unless
the desert of Sahara was then under
NEEDING with n sinking Of the present
bed of the Mediterranean, would eX-
plain the indisputable fact that the
fauna. fora and racial atfinities Of
northern Africa are with Europe rather
than with the parts of Africa south OF
the Sahara.
Egypt supplies us, according to Prof.
Petre. with physical evidences of the
antiquity of man in the shape of 5000
years continuous remains, but other
countries, notably Mesopotamia, fur
nish similar indications. The finds
made by recent explorers In the sites
of old cities in the valley of the Euphra-
ties seem to prove the existence of an
empire extending from the Persian
Gulf to the Mediterranean at period
when Egypt itself was in its infancy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
How She interviewed the President.
Il III.1,. Il

Tyler's administration Ann Royal,
editor of Paul Pry,' sensational
sheet forced the then Chief Magistrate
into an interview by employing quite
unusual means. President Tyler occa-
sionally enjoyed Il swim in the Poto-
mac. whose banks were then far from
civilization. Ann Royal. strolling by
the river. spied the Presidential appar-
ell and seated herself thereupon. She
would not bulge until the irate EXecu-
tive. up to his neck in water had grant
ed the interview Ladies' Home Journ-
al
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
A Domestic Chef

Mrs. De Style (after giving her order
for dinner,-Can You remember all that:
New Girl--Sure, it's a French chef
yez think Oi am.
1T is our ordinary company dinner.
Guests are expec,ed, you know.
'Wull, mum. Ofll just make yez an
Oirish stew, an thin yez can sort the
things out to suit y'rsilves. an call thin
as many nose-crackin' French names as
yez loike.i
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24

LANCER. but Not Higher.

NAPOLEON was searching one day for
a book in the library of Malmaison, and
ut last discovered it on shelf some
what above his reach. Marshal Money,
who was present one OF the lallest men
in the army, stepped forward saying,
Permit me. sire; am higher than your
majesty" You are longer. Marshall
said the Emperor. with a froWn.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
Higgins Family Out ofIuck

so YOU are gong to keep that stray
cat?" said Mr.. BligSins
You know said his wife r,4,roach-
fully, that eat is lucky"
Yes. that eats lucky. but | don't
believe we are. Washington Star
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24

\ Eiti sinner is Il
suicide.
There is no fear
in faith.
Il @ II = depends
on believing.
Gods memory is
according to His
mercy.
Righteousness IS
the richest reward
of the right.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
Potato Water for silver.

Water in which potatoes have been
boiled is very effective in keeping sill
Yer bright. 1t can he bottled for use
and If required to be kept long time
n tenth part of menthylated spirits
will do this
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24

When woman has company to din
ner and her cooking is absolutely fault
less she always says it would have been
better had the range been in good
working order.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-24
MUST BE GOOD LISTENER,
Emotion Over Small Talk Necessary to
Social Success.

"One of the first qualifications for a
social success IS the ability to talk and