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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
"Pshaw." said the fly. Look with

"Pshaw," said the fly. Look with
your thinkers. then
oh" said Edward.
LAS I was saying" continued the
fly, IF you had three eyes you could
see that instead of toes 1 have suckers
on my feet. and when 1 press them
on anything they cling tight until l
lift them off again.
Il know what a sucker is" said Ed
ward excitedly; you make it OF leath-
er and put a string through IL and
stick it on a brick. and you can lift
that brick clear off the ground with
the sucker. 1t sticks fast. tell you.
THAT is just the way my feet cling
to the glass. and that is the reason l
don't slide down." said the fly. only
I can loosen their hold when I like"
What fun that must be-" said Ed
ward.
Yes" said the fly proudly walking
up and down the window pane to show
how well she could do it. Then she
spread her wings and circled twice
around Edwards head and then lit on
his nose.
Edward make a slap at her before
he thought.
Why did you do that?" buzzed the
fly angrily. You might have killed
me. "
You tickled." said Edward. land il,
I was a fly / would know better tina &
to light on a boys nose"
"Ah, would you?" said the fly; "bUA
you see you are only a boy and haVs
no wings, so you couldn't light on =
boys nose if you wanted to- Now, x
you had a third eye you could see hoks
beautiful my wings are, how tranSz
parent and delicate, and yet hoI
strong. You could see my balancerA
too. -"
do you mean a pole like the tight4'
rope dancers carry? That is a balN
ANGER" said Edward.
Not exactly" said the fly. II have
two, and each has a ball on the end,
but they answer the same purpose and
keep me balanced when I fly"
Where are they?" inquired Edward.
Just behind my wings" answered
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the fly.
Il wish I could see them." said Ed
ward.
Then get the third eye" responded
the fly.
Perhaps I will" said Edward.
And then" said the fly, Il eat all
the sweets 1 can get, and your aren't
allowed to do that"
No" said Edward gloomily, but
how do you eat them? You have no
teeth, have your
Il have something better than
teeth" replied the fly. II have a pro-
boscis"
What is a proboscis?" asked Ed
ward.
why. mine is a kind of a tongue,
you know" said the fly.
Il would rather have teeth. You can't
chew with tongue" said Edward.
Il can" said the fly; that is be-
cause my tongue is rough and scrapes
off little particles that l can swallow. +"
oh" laughed Edward. that must
seem queer"
Not at ALL" said the fly hufily; ut
is much nicer than teeth
But l have a tongue. too."i said
Edward
Indeed" said the fly. "one would
never suspect II. you use IL so seldom"
and with that she darted away and hid
in a dark corner.
Edward wished he had thought to
mention before she left that he had
two arm. which they fly had not And
don't believe she had any pretenders
either" he said. Besides. Tn tired
of the house and would rather talk to
boys than flies any way"
Would Vou2
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
How the Buftercup
Was Made

Little Josephine and her mother
were looking out over the Hudson
river as it shone under the heat of a
July afternoon.
What are you thinking about, lit
tie one?" asked her mother.
Josephine seemed surprised at the
question. Il was not thinking; I was
listening" she said.
DO you hear anything interest
ing?"
"Oh, mother, everything talks if you
just listen. I hear the wind stories
and the water stories. and the flowers
talk to me, and in the night, if l wake
up, hear the big elm by the window
singing little songs"
See the buttercup, Josephone," said
her mother. How yellow it's little
cup is and how green the leaves are,
and how prim and straight it stands
in the grass. Do you ever hear the
stories that field flowers tell?"
lust wait" said the little girl, and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

I was that l slipped over the stern
of my boat several times and ducked
myself in order to be able to remain.
for l didn't propose to miss a bit
of it.
1t babe fair to be a spectacle that
would last all night, for even the
men on the fireboats, brave and inn
petuous as they were, could not get
within reach of the flames. The heat
set their boats on fire again and
again. There really was nothing to
do except to wait till the giant walls
fell in and thus reduced the spread
of fame; in the meantime the firemen
fought hard to save the surrounding
buildings.
The fire had been burning an hour
or more when l felt a bump at the
side OF my boat and saw a floating
barrel that was evidently full. The
next minutes another one bobbed into
view, and then l saw that the river
was full of them, all coming down with
the ebb tide.
Like all river craft, my boat had
rope in the bows and stern. and true
to the instinct bred in me by my river
occupations l made fast to three Of
the barrels and towed them into the
nearest pier where l hid them in one
OF the many water hooks known to
the river men.
went out again and saved more.
until / had more than a hundred bar
rels all deposited under the various
piers. | did not know what they con-
tanned and do not know to this dav
But l soon learned that II was valu-
able stun, for tugboatman, whose
crew also were busy Saving" the
barrels, shouted to me to get all I
could, and told me that they were
worth 5000 each. He mentioned the
kind Of stuff that was in them. n
was some chemical with a queer
name.
I did not 90 to bed that night. but
Kept watch over my precious barrels.
In the morning when the tuRboat.
loaded down 10 the waters edge with
its cargo. came in 70 the pier. / went
aboard and asked the captain what /
should do with them. I had once saw
ed this tugs pet cat from drowning
and the captain sad 10 me
For my part, my owners will claim
(Conunued on Pare Twsnty.ssvsn. s
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
A Beetle Menagenie
The Interesting Root Cage Where
Mimic Combats May Be Held.
BY ]. C. BEARD.
Illustrated by the Author.

Beetles do not, as a general thing. at
tract much attention from the ordinsrv
human being. They seem of small i'm
portance; we crush them with uttla
thought or conjunction when thew
come in our way. Yet their structu-o
exhibits a wonderful mechanical nare
lection that makes them the most in
teresting of all the insects.
Many, if not the most, of beetIes
Whlle IN the grub or larval state fees
on the roots of plants and spend their
time underground. To keep them IN
der observation. therefore, seems a.
first to be a difficult matter. The
only way to accomplish it is by the use
of a root cage.
But to make this sort of a caxa !.
exceedingly easy. The root cage is
nothing more than a narrow boz tba
front side of which is a pane of win
dow glass. ~
A little way back in the box. bebind
the glass and parallel to it, is fitted a
wooden frame on which canvas is
stretched.
The space between the glass and III.
the canvas is to be filled with soil ~
which seeds are planted and H+4 ~
plants set out. This space must he
wide enough to allow the beetles ~
move around easily, but it must not
be wide enough to give them a chance
to conceal themselves.
The back part of the box is wood
and the space between this and ~
canvas is packed with moss or evcaio
sior or something similar, and alwavs
kept wet to prevent the thin section -
soil in the cage from becoming 100
dry. 'oo
A dark cloth must be kept over the
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getting out on the water whenever 1
wished. Soon 1 became a good boat
man and l earned many nickels and
dimes helping the professional boat
men row at times when they were
towing logs or working against the
tide with heavy load of junk bought
from some ship or recovered from the
bottom.
Several years passed in this manner.
1 attended school every day. sold pa
pers until 7 or 8 o'clock, and then went
down to the river and picked up odd
Jobs with the boatmen.
One night 1 was sitting on a pier as
usual waiting for one of them to come
along. He had asked me to help him
tow a small raft of lumber While 1
was looking out over the river, sud
denly there came a flash from the 9TH
er side of the stream, and the next
moment a mass of flame rose from the
tall black buildings of a sugar refinery.
The river ran red in a moment
In another moment the water was
filled with boats and noise. Every
tug in sight blew its whistle to call
help, and just as the first puff of hot
wind reached me the squat black form
of fireboat came up from under the
big bridge, piling a huge white wave
in front of it.
1 did not wait to see more, but
scrambled down into small rowboat
that was moored under the pier. In
jiffy I was pulling hard toward the
blazing buildings. which were afire
from base to top by that time.
/ expected to pull close under them
and thus see the ever-a absorbing spec
tacle of a great fire from an unusual
cantage point. But I was destined
not to get nearer than midstream. for
the heat was so great that it blistered
the face at distance of half a mile.
The history of that fire tells of ships
lnoored at distant piers that were set
ablaze from the heat alone. Win
dows in houses thousand yards
away cracked from it. People on the
opposite bank of the wide river were
able to read small print by the light
of the fire.
So hot was 1t in midstream where
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
The Story of a
Tenement House Boy
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY,

III.
II was our study Of Dickens that led
indirectly to the great change in my
life. The English writer's descriptions
of the scenes on the River Thames took
a great hold on me. and in particular [
was impressed with the tales Of the
river at night
Naturally it was not long before I
began to look at our own familiar East
River with new eyes. and soon l was
so overcome by the greatness of its
rushing black waters with the thou-
sands Of lights from the tall tenements
cleaning into Il. that I haunted the
piers, sitting in some dark nook where
! would be safe from the dock rats
and other waterside characters.
This association with the river led to
my getting into boats al every oppor-
tunity, and as scores Of small craft
ranging from fat-bottomed skins TO
Whitehall boats constantly ply up and
down the stream, had no difficulty In
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whole cage continually, except when
the inmates are under observation.
Tor they cannot live and work for any
length of time except in the dark.
Among the beetles or their grubs
well worth collecting is the so-called
June bug or, as entomologists call il,
Pelidnota punctata. 1t is a we'll
known beetle. found on the grape
vines in the Eastern United States.
1t is browish yellow above. with
eight distinct black dots. The legs
and the underpart of the body are
shining greenish black.
Keep 1t in the upper part Of the
cage and feed dt with grape leaves
until it is ready to dive underground
and lay its eggs.
The larvae or young of tiger bee
ties are very interesting. The tiger
beetles are those quick, active bee
tbs that can run so fast on hot. sum
shiny days on stretches of sand or on
roadside paths. When you draw near
to them they remain perfectly mo-
tionless, but before you can reach
them away they go. The make
short fight and always alight facing
the pursuer.
These beetles live in slipping bur
rows in the earth and only come 10
the surface in bright weather. Their
AoA vac i've III DufTOWS which are Jus
straight down where the soil is hard
and dry. The largest burrows are
about the sixth of an inch In diam
eter and extend fully twelve inches
into the earth The holes are smooth
and neatly finished.
The holes always look empty, open
and deserted. Wait a while Re-
main perfectly still and motionless.
and YOU will soon see one hole after
another plugged up by the earth-ool-
ored head OF its tenant
Let an animal or person approach
and all the heads disappear. 70 reap
pear only when quiet Ia restored.
While lying IN wait for is prey
the larva rests motionless az the
mouth OF lie hole. lis dirt-colorei
head IL bent squarely down a. right
angles TO its body and fills the cavity
so completely that II looks AZ n there
were no hole there az ell.
It's wide-open, rapaclous Jaws pro
jeet upward, ready 20 fastsn upon ang
teentinusd On PAss zWansrssSsAl
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
THREE EYES
A Conversation Between Edward and
the Fly.
BY ADELIA B. BEARD.
Illustrated by the Author.

44luSNld NGO ny AAC AutAoA'
The fly was buzz. buzz. buzzing on
the window pane.
why do you do that ?" Taid Ed
ward.
Because I can't get out" said the
fly.
"Ho! don't believe that" said Ed
ward. You wouldn't go out if
opened the window; you know you
wei. then" said the fly. Il am
Just pretending.
turned Edward, you haven't any pre-
tenders"
Have you?" asked the fly"
"Of course" said Edward
Where are they?" inquired the fly.
I'm my thinkers said Edward.
Where are your thinkers" per-
sisted the fly.
that" said Edward.
Did you ever see them?" asked the
NO" said Edward, shortly.
How many eyes have you?" asked
the fly.
1.-TWO" said Edward.
"Only two?," said the fly; then of
course you cannot see my pretenders.
II takes more than two to discover
what a wonderful creature I am. Why
don't you get another"
Another what" asked Edward
Another eye. stupid" said the fly.
Fly" said Edward with dignity, Il
won't let a little thing like you call
me stupid. I know lots more than
you do"
That remains to be seen" returned
the fly. Il know that creatures like
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

then she told her mother the story
of the first buftercup.
"All those buttercups over there in
the meadow" said she. came from
one that lived long time ago right
around here. She was not flower
at first. but a tall. young girl that
made butter. She made 1t nicer than
any other girl that ever lived
Zach day she took the best OF It
to. the King and the Queen. and the
princes and the Processes and all the
chamber maids and pantry maids and
the cook and the butler ate all they
could, because II was so nice. So the
King used 10 praise the dairymaid
that brought IL.
But the praise. instead OF making
her glad that she could do good work,
made her vain and foolish. First she
said that her home was not good
enough for her because her father was
a poor man and had no nice things.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

The largest seeds In the world are
those of the mora tree. which grows
ON the lsthmus of Panama. They are
six inches long. five inches broad and
four inches thick
The biggest lily IN the world is
found in the region of the Himalayan
mountains. IL has a stalk thirteen
feet high and eleven and one-half
inches in circumference. The flowers
are as big as goblets, white and very
beautiful.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

tree near there
she scoffed at him and was going
on with the butter when he began
to talk to her and flatter her and
make her more vain than ever. till
she was as foolish as she could pos
sibly be. and then all at once he
changed her into a plant. because, he
said, he was tired of her vanity and
unkindness, and II would be better IL
she were seen and not heard.
when the Kings servants came
to see why the butter was not being
brought, they found her there. stand
ing In the grass. on her head was
the golden bowl which she had car
ried. for the work she did was good,
and the good work we do never can
be taken away from US. and about her
was the beautiful green robe, turned
TO leaves and stems, but still as fresh
as ever
Continued on PAGE Twenty-seven.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

whereat Mr.. Elephant made response.
Il have followed out my part of
the contract. Do you expect me to
change my very skin to suit your
business ?"
In four folds the square on the ele-
plant can be made to show the COM
plete word, and no other letters will
be visible.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

When trade was duh in the jungle
a party of monkeys sign painters made
an agreement with Mr. Elephant by
which a sign was to be painted upon
his broad side.
1t was to advertise a commercial
article very much in demand, and the
scheme, on account of it's novelty.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

seemed destined to be a success.
The monkeys set to work and exc
cuted the work to the queens taste,
but when Mr.. Elephant walked off and
stopped his shoulders his hide wrin-
kled the sign until it was no longer
legible.
The monkeys complained to him,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
solution Natural History Puzzle Last
sunday.

The outline letters hidden In the
frog picture are swamp" spelling the
place he likes best; and the black let
ters are Insects" showing what he
likes best for breakfast.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
ROOT CAGE.

Tiger A' y.uu. :. - -.
Eight-spotted III Iser 1910
bug,
prize indeed the Dynastus tityus you can find the
est of North American beetle ' '-' 80 '"O A"s-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-06

Mrs. Leon Wakefield returned last
Saturday from an extended trip in the
east.
Mrs. Butler, of Seattle, arrived Thurs
day evening to visit her daughter, Mrs.
w. NJ. Harding.
Mr.. Crisp is getting the lumber on the
ground for an addition to his house 16x3S
two stories high.
o. NJ. Strickland has traded his Elma
property for George Coles ranch on the
hill north of town.
DR.. French is building five rooms on
to his hospital, his business having out
grown the old institution.
j. w. Strubel, who has been to the
Hot Springs, returned Monday evening.
He has not regained his usual health.
The interior finishing in the Combes
store is probably without superior in
the state. The room would do credit
to town Of $1,000 population.
The democrats honored Elma, last
Saturday by nominating DR.. Kent for
representative in the state legislature,
and Mrs. X. H. Moore for county super
intendent OF schools.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-06
G.. N. WILSON.

G. N. Wilson, democratic nominee for
county clerk, is no stranger to the old
timers in Chehalis county, where he has
lived, with the exception of two years at
Snohomish, for the past twenty one
years. AS was said Of Judge Ho1gdon,
the election of Mr.. Wilson will be no ex-
pertinent; he has been tried and not
found wanting. After serving four terms
was elected county treasurer in 1896, and
reelected in 1898, and his record as a
capable and obliging official is fattering
in the extreme.
G. N. Wilson is Pacific coast product,
having been born in Butte county, Cali
forna, in 1866. In 1876 his parents
moved to Oregon, and BUD went along
to look after them, and did likewise in
1888, when they came to Montesano to
make the family home. His education
was finished in the Montesano public
schools, and during his long resid 4nce in
that city he has gained an enviabe repu-
taticn for probity and sterling integrity
On quitting school Mr.. Wilson engaged
in business, and owing to his genial
manner and upright dealing, was sue.
cessiul. Upon leaving the Office Of coun-
ty treasurer, after serving the constitu-
tional limit OF two terms, Mr. Wilson
went to Snohomish, where he engaged
in the hardware business. Selling out
last spring, he returned to Montesano to
reside, and was casting about for some
business to engage in when the nomina.
ton for county clerk on the democratic
ticket came to him unsought, and rather
as a surprise. A vote for G. n. Wilson
for county clerk will be vote for the
conduct of that Office in the busnesslike
manner that characterized his admins
tration as county treasurer, and his cleo.
ton will give eminent satisfaction to the
county at large.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-06
HOOUlAM.

Mrs. j. p. Harvies will leave this week
for Birmingham, Alabama.
Chas. Mcintyre who has been visiting
in the city the past week, returned to
his home at Copalis Tuesday.
Major w. S. Wilton left Sunday for
Webb City, Missouri, via the Union
Pacific, on a visit to friends and relatives.
MI. and Mrs J. X. Littlejohn, OF
Olympia, are visiting in the city and
looking up business location on the
harbor.
Mrs. Peter Hunley and family will
leave in few days Tor Tennessee, Mrs.
Hunley's old home state. where she will
visit her relatives.
The third annual ball of the Shingle
Weavers' Union will be given at the
Armory October q. The boys are max
ing preparations for good time.
W. H. Hay left Tuesday for Summit
on visit to his fatherin.law. While
away Mr.. Hay will visit Lost Prairie
lake, where there is some fine big game
hunting.
Mr.. John Olsen. the we'll known ran
cher and cattle raiser of the Quinault
brought fine herd Of cattle in on Satur-
dav, which he disposed OF to Ninemire
& Morgan.
The noquiam Rochdale company has
closed five year lease with 2. 5. Slack
for fine store building just one lot be-
You'd The Daily Washingtonian building
on | street.
Messrs. Campbell, Hussey and Neil,
of the Panel & Folding Box company
left for their homes in Spokane Sunday
after a few days spent here in the inter
ests OF the big plant of the company.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-06
Saved His Life.

]. w. Davenport, Wingo, KY, writes,
June IA, 1902: 81 want to tell you l
believe Billiards. Snow Liniment saved
my life | was under the treatment Of
two doctors, and they told me one Of my
lungs were entirely gone, and the other
badly affected. l also had lump in my
side. don't think that l could have
lived over two months longer. l was in
duced by friend to try Billiards. Snow
Liniment. The first application gave me
great relief two fifty cent bottles cured
me sound and we'll. 1t is a wonderful
medicine and recommend it to suffer.
ing humanity" 25c, SOC, 81 90. Sold by
w. B. Paine & Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-06
W HO THEY ARE
Biographical Sketches of
Some of the Demo
cratic Candidates.
CHARLES w. HODGDON.


Charles W. Hodgdon, of Hoquiam,
requires no introduction to the large
majority OF the people Of Chehalis coun-
ty. His reputation in this county as an
attorney with conscience has grown to
him in the fourteen years Of his residence
at Hoquam, while his record as superior
judge from 1897 to 1891 is one to be
proud Of, and of which his friends are
proud. His present candidacy for SUI
perior judge came to him entirely un-
sought, and In fact, his acceptance of the
nomination was somewhat reluctant. In
supporting Judge fIodg6on the voters Of
this county are making no experiment.
His record shows the fair minded man
and painstaking, we'll read lawyer. quail
fications that pre-eminently fit him for
the bench.
Charles w. Hodgdon was born in
Clinton county, New York, September 5,
1861. When nine years of age his parents
removed to New Hampshire, In which
state his father served two terms in the
Legislature, and was a member of the
constitutional convention. In 1890 Mr..
Hodgdon went to Iowa and entered the
Grinnell Academy, graduating two years
later, when he proceeded to take a
classical course in the Iowa University,
from whence he graduated ini1SS6.
superior judge was principal of schools
at Adair, Iowa. Later he read law with
ID. w. Morris, of Grinnell, and took a
law course in the state university, grad
uating in 1889, and was at once admitted
to practice in all the courts Of that state.
In the fall of 1890 he come to Washing
ton and settled at Hoquiam, where he
has since made his home, and gained as
many friends as usually falls to the lot
of man.
After having served Hoquiam as city
attorney for six terms, Judge Hodgdon
was elected superior Judge in 1896, where
his legal ability was attested by the fact
that mis- rulings We're almost always sus-
tanned by the supreme court on appeal,
and his fairness was SO apparent that
even the losing litigants were forced to
admit that, SO far as the judge was con.
cerned, they had had square deal. Il
in voting for superior judge you mark al
Y after the name CT G. w. Hodgdon you
| will he max inc no m kn