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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-04

saer bayOnet wounds In the Crimean War the English
French had 22 of such wounds in the Schles
wig fiosein War about cent. while In the Franco
Prussan War the records show that the Germans received
than third Of per
"A striking commentary this upon the advance OF mod
military science showing that with the general ado
ton OF long range firearms the saber and bayOne
rapidly falling into disuse and the time is coming If it
has not already arrived. when those old and hOnored
weapons will become obsolete"
Is the bullet the artillery fire which strikes
down the largest number OF 1t Is disease. In the
civil War out of every 81 wounded in action
every 81 died of his wounds Of every APT
killed in action or the total mortality among colored
soldiers 80 per cent from disease or the total
taly among the white volunteers. 20 per owing
to disease among the white regulars 60 centChi
Tribune
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-04
What Kills Men in War.

\ n the last issue of the Army and Navy Journal
some data are given ms. TO the number of
wounds actually inflicted by the bayonet and
saber as compared with firearms and artillery
or all wounds treated by medical officers Of
j the Union armies in the Civil War about four
tpnthS Of Dpr cent ont of $40 10 were
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-04
lime to Close the Gates.

@ONDON newspapers are gloatng over the fact
that the slums Of that city are being depleted
by reason OF the $3.50 steerage rate which
enables the riffraY of Europe to come to the
"A tfnited States As result this country Is
&ak threatened with deluge Of the ofscourings
~ of the world We are mpnAced with an over
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22

Public worship is absolutely essen
lial for the spiritual life of the average
man. Some years ago country boy
was riding in the cars toward Phila-
delphia. In the seat sitting next to
him was an old man. After long
conversation, IN which the young man
told his seat mate that he was going
10 Philadelphia TO find work. the aged
man asked him for his letters. "Oh.
yes" said the young fellow. here is
one from my old employer. Here Is one
from my schoolteacher Here is one
from my physician" rs that alli
Have you not one from your minister?"
asked his seat mate. "Yes, have that /
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22
nc Fireaide standnrd.

Every mans home to a certain extent
is his own castle. He can lift what
standards he pleases over his own fire
side. He can emphatically say, as did
Gods servant Of old, Let others do as
they will, but as for me and my house
we shall serve the Lord" Or he can
open his own home to shelter and en-
terrain evil temptations of all SORTS
But let no man think if he surrenders
his house to evil practices and yields
himself and his home to the seductions
Of the world that he can at the same
time live a spiritual life, nor can he
expect that those around him, who are
bound to him by ties of blood and love,
will lead spiritual lives. He must, if
he would live right, not only conse-
crate his own life every morning to
God, but in the presence Of his chill
dren he must offer a petition to God
for them to conseerate their lives to
f'hris+ al.s,,
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22

SO completely do l believe the true
spiritual life to be dependent in many
ways upon the family altar that
would have the fathers and mothers,
as soon as possible, teach their little
children to publicly pray at family
worship and to publicly ask the bless
ing at the daily meals | remember,
many years ago when travelling in
Scotland, noticing how general was the
custom for the youngest child of the
household who could utter the words
being called upon to ask the blessing
at the family meal. I thought then, as
l think now, that it was an excellent
practice, tending to accustom the child
from its earliest years to acknowledge
the goodness Of God and to address
him in prayer. AS soon as my chill
dren were born l made up my mind /
would teach them when very young to
ask the blessing in public and to pub
licly pray at the family altar. would
teach them when very young so that
they should never be ashamed to lift
their voices in petition to God, no mat
ter where they might be. And in
their young lips praying at family
worship have found my own spir.
itual life as a river widening and deep
ening in strength every wear
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22

earnestness and conservation Of oul
private deyotions.
Our public Christian usefulness to {
great extent is dependent upon the in
tensity Of our prayers uttered in Sc
cret. Christian brother. never allow
your prayer closet to become dust Gov
! cred and musty. Never let a time come
when you will break the telegraphiC
| communication with the heavenly head
quarters for prayer. In Gods great
whispering gallery may your lips learn
| to utter the divine pleadings so softly
that they shall sometimes only be
heard by his ear and answered directly
only by his loving voice.
The closed lids Of Gods Bible are
often used to extinguish the divine
flame burning within the Christians
heart. They can become the barred
and bolted doors of superstition. barred
and bOlted by gross ignorance. endun-
geoning the most monstrous of here
sizes in the darkest of cells. They may
become redhot irons putting out the
calm, deep blue eyes Of faith and love-
By an ancient eastern law no blind
prince is allowed to sit upon the throne
of Persia. BY a divine law no Chris
tian can reach that stage of enlighten-
ment fitting him to occupy one Of Gods
spiritual thrones without earnest and
prayerful study of the Bible. "Tolle,
legel Tolle. leger' c'Take and read!
Take and readrD was the divine COM
mand given in vision TO young Angus
tine in reference to the Holy Scriptures.
'-Iake and read! Take and readr' is
the divine command given to the young
Christian of the present day.
My friends. how are you going to
find out what is the law of God and
the will of God unless you read his
holy word? In Isaiah he distinctly
says, My thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways" Are you and l trying to find |
out by studying the Scriptures what /
are Gods thoughts and to harmonic
our lives with his life? Are we trying |
to find out what is the deeper. richer
Of the Saviour's name? Are
we seeking to understand what is the
mission of the Holy Spirit and how
God with the weak things of this
world is going to confound the mighty?
Dr. are we going around day after day
singing n senseless, silly, siren song:
Jesus will save! Jesus will save. Oh. l
I'm so happy. Jesus will saver when
Ome Of US merely look upon the name
# Jesus as an amulet, because we do
lot know or care who Jesus is or take
he trouble to read the words which h- /
as spoken for us? Are we going to look {
pOn the closed lids Of the Bible in
uperstitiOus way, as did the peasants Y
f Europe during the dark ages. as
hough they were something they had {
o right to touch? Up to twenty years {
age the great Martin Luther was q
Dtally ignorant of Gods word. f
hough studying TO be priest. he had {
ever been allowed to personally touch
Bible and was not aware that the
Ospels and the epistles comprised s
lore than the few chapters read by the u
RESTS in public worship. Shall we "
'ntinue to be as ignorant of Gods q
ord as that? Or are you going to a,
ok upon the Holy Scriptures as di- u
ne letter written by the Heavenly il
ather to his children, which letter n
lght TO be carefully studied and its 6
TO be strictly followed out? p,
r a'As.. .ssggstz- n
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22

's IRE brea'I for your spiritual lungs
IS ~ be fa1ld in the atmosphere Of
lis Advice.
+a young Timothy. "Preach
ar my to you. study the
Str5v It in the church and in
Ae. lGy it on your knees and
oe-i and in your bed Study
os9r g1ly and as intensely as
Joln Locke s.uCied it. who gave up his
last fourteen years to an earnest search
after divine truth as revealed in the
Scriptures Study Gods word as ear
nesily and as faithfully as Samuel
johnson commended his young friend
TO study it when upon his deathbed he
turned and said: Young man. attend
to the voice of one who has possessed
a certain degree of fame in the world
and who is about to appear before his
Maker: Read the Bible every day Of
your life" Yes. new convert, read the
Bible and continue to read it. because
God commands you to read it. Read it,
because your deeper spiritual life de-
pends upon your reading it or in hav-
ing it read TO you. Study it. and con-
tinue to study 1t. because when you
read the Bible God is talking to you,
as when you pray you are talking to
God.
But there is still another way for the
Christian to queneh the spiritual flame
which is now burning within him.
That way is to neglect the family al
tar, which should be raised in every
home. That way is for the husband
and father to hurriedly arise in the
morning and quickly dress. and then of
10 business without gathering his chill
lren about him for family worship and
without having any blessing asked at
he breakfast table. That way is for
very father to think that all that he
las to do is to say his own prayers and
10 his own Christian work, and then
lis children will say their own prayers
nd fulfill their own Christian tasks.
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22
Development OF Cnaracrer.

Supposing that your mother died of
consumption when you were a child OF
four years Supposing that when the
3 hectic roses Of that fatal disease were
blooming in the garden Of her pale,
sunken cheek she one day had you. her
sleeping baby. placed by her side.
Then while you slept she wrote you a
long letter. In this letter she gave her
maternal advice and parting benedic-
tion. Then she folded that letter and
gave it 10 your father, saying: "Hus-
band, give this to my baby boy on the
day he graduates from the public
school. Before he decides upon life's
work want to give him my advice
and tell him what I want him to do"
Supposing twelve years had now pass
ed and you. at sixteen. were now given
that letter What would you do? First
you would kiss it. You would say:
Mother wrote it with her dying handl
Mother wrote it with lovew Then YOU
would reverently open the yellow
leaves and carefully read that letter.
line by line. If you were true son. II
sires-ef that maternal letter word bv
word. New convert in the gospel life
and Christian of older standing, the
Holy Scriptures are Gods letter to us.
If we are the Heavenly Fathers true
children we will take the letter and
study it. We will translate the ee-
sires Of that letter into our own lives.
We will make Gods thoughts our
thoughts and his ways our ways
But" some new convert saws. '.if
The knowledge Of the Holy Scriptures fs
essential to Il truly developed spiritual
character then am not true Chris
ian. practically know nothing about
he word Of God except that God So
owed the world that he gave his only
'egotten Son that whOsoever believeth
N MIN should not perish, but have
verlasting life That is all I know
'annot | now accept Christ as INV
'aviourF Oh, yes. my brother. YOU
an. You are now a Christian, If Won
Fant to be. If you accept and truly be- 4
eve that one verse just quoted. Won
re as much a Christian as a little
edgeling just Matched out of an egg is
bird. If you accept truly with your
hole heart that profound truth and
hould die tonight. he who promised
aviation to every soul who believes ,
nd trusts him would take your soul {
ITO his safe keeping. But if you live .
Du should grow and develop. You are !
wed that you may serve him as an (
Iample and as a soul winner, and this I
III can never do unless you learn to /
low him and his teaching through t
e study Of his word Remember a
~ are now a Christian only as the t
rd just hatched out of the egg is a v
rd. You are a spiritual fledgeling; you {
ust eat spiritual food. That spiritual L
cd is to be found in the Word Of God.
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22
In Touch with Christ.

Thus, no matter which way we may
look at the Pauline word 'quench," the
whole trend of the matter is this: As
Christians we cannot live true spirit
ual life unless every moment Of every
day we are in touch with Christ. We
cannot preach to others unless by
searching Gods word we hear Christ
preaching 10 us. We cannot pray for
others in public review unless we have
had much knee drill in secret prayer.
We cannot give ourselves wholly to
Gods service unless at the same time
at the family altar we give our loved
ones also to him. Are we ready to
come into touch with all these spiritual
sources Of power? BY coming in touch
with Christ's life shall we have the
spirits flame leap and glow and re-
slstlessly move on and scatter and CON
sumo our sins and our brothers sins.
even as the prairie fire makes serpent.
buffalo and deer fee for their lives.
In welcoming the church members
10 Christ's altar | have but one more
question to ask and to answer. In
what. o struggling friend. does the
'hief definition Of being a Christian
consist? Ought you to say. Il want to
De Christian to escape the evil effects
II sin?' 81 want to be Christian to
% happy" Il want to be Christian
n order that l may reach heaven?"
Jh' no. You should want to be a |
christian, not for your own beatifca-
ION but in order that God may be
'loritied. In order to glorify God we
mould work for him. In order TO
,lorify God we should give to him Of
ur temporal substance. In order TO
.lorify God we should pray to him.
We should read the Bible that we can
urther find out how Christ may con
lnue to be glorifed May our lives
e hlled with holy zeal for the glorifica
ion of the blessed Saviour on earth
nd in heaven. congratulate you in
MS the supreme moment of your life.
men you start in the service of Jesus
'hrist. Christian brother, give me
~ hand.
Copyright, 1904 by Louis Klopsch.1
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22

also" "Wel, my young friend" said
the old man. Il would advise you to
present that letter to some church at
once. am an old sea captain. and
have found out by bitter experience
that it is safer when in harbOr to tie
my ship up to a wharf than TO anchor
it out In midstream, to be dOated
around in the tides. By bitter expert
ence l have also found out that no
young Christian is safe unless he is
bound up in Christian fellowship with
other Christians in Sunday services
and in the week night prayer meet
ings." The old sea captains expert
ence has been mine. l never saw in
my life church member go astray un-
less you could first trace his spiritual
degeneracy in growing absence from
the prayer meeting and Sunday serv-
ices.
How may the new convert in another
way smother the divine flames burning
within him? By throwing away the
golden key which unlocks the closet
door of secret prayer? By neglecting
to have a trysting place, where, as a
lover, he can meet with God and talk
over his plans and hopes? By thinking
that there is any wakeful hour day or
night when he can afford not to feel
that
Prayer is the Christians vital breath,
The Christians native air;
His watchword at the gate OF death,
He enters heaven with prayer7
Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22

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through three waters, then stretch
the piece as tight as you can, and
press over a large window pane OF a
clean board. When the ribbon is
dried in this way it will not have
to be irOned as it is perfectly smooth.
Nice ribbons often become faded
while they are still quite good, and
the light-colored ribbons may be
cOlored any of the rich dark shades
by dipping them in diamond dye for
silk; and if a girl cannot make much
pin money, she can certainly say a
great deal by taking proper care of
her small belongings and renovating
them when they become faded or
soiled. A. M. H..
Scott Co., Ky.
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How to Have Fresh Ribbons.

Dear Aunt Jennie Ribbons for
neckwear still retain their popular
ity, and they will repay their wearer
by a long lease of service, if they are
we'll cared for, and cleaned as 500
as they show traces of soil, and a
pretty and becoming neck ribbon
will redeem the p~lainest waist and
give it's wearer an air of daintiness.
Ribbons often become shabby from
neglect more than from real use,
and they may be kept fresh looking
a great deal longer if they are kept
smooth by winding over a roller and
never creased by folding. When rib
bons become creased from wearing
they may be restored by laying
smoothly on a clean board or table,
and then happening slightly and let
them remain until dry. 1t pays in
the end to purchase ribbons of the
best quality of silk for neckwear, as
they can be washed a number of times
and come from the cleaning looking
as good as new if the work is care
fully done. Many use Gasoline for
cleaning ribbons, and while it cleans
readily, it may leave a yellow tinge,
and there is nothing better for
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Where to Keep Your Milk and Butter.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I wish to tell
the readers of Social Chat of a great
convenience hat I should like to
see in use by every farmer now
without its advantages. It is this:
[ have a shelter built over u we'll.
This shelter rests on eight posts,
eight inches square,; at the north
end of this shelter / put in two other
posts SO as to take only half of the
width of the shelter to build my milk
house. The other half is a shelter
over the milk house door. Now
board UP or seal up with matched
four-inch boards the inside of these
posts, beginning about one foot from
the ground where a tight floor is put
in Qeaving of course the space for
the door,. Now board up the out
side and fill in the space between
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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

on, leaving the edges unturned to
catch each stitch on the right side
and it is ready for more rough wear,
besides being tidy.
Be watchful, patient, steady and
Industrious, and you will be "lucky."
AUNT JENNIE.
P. S.-For the best letter written
for Social Chat between now and
May Goth, we shall pive as a prize a
copy of Ellen Glasgow's popular new
book, "The D~eliverance," which |
understand the Editor is to review
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these walls with saw-dust packed
down hard. Cover over head also
with eight inches of saw-dust. Now
put in a close-ftting door, which
should be doubled or two thickness
of the plank. Put in your shelves
above and a wide fat trough in foot
of floor. Fill this trough with water
just so it will not float your milk
tins, and set your milk in and also
your glass jars with your butter, and
all is done. [ have a loose frame
covered with fine wire cloth, which
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cleaning them than a warm soap
suds, as it leaves the ribbon sweet
and fresh with no odor or tinging,
and if the ribbons are very soiled,
a little ammonia should be added to
the suds. No soap should be rub
bed over the ribbon, but it should be
placed in the suds and allowed to
remain for ten minutes, then lay
them on a clean table and rub gently
with the fingers or a piece of silk
of the same color as the ribbon.
When the ribbon seems clean, rinse
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in this weeks paper. OF course, it
will be somewhat difficult to say
just which is the best letter, but I
shall leave the matter to two or three
competent judges, and l am III
that all who write will cheerfully ac-
cept the verdict. The prize is well
worth trying for, and l hope we
shall have many interesting letters.
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Aunt Jennie's Letter.

about decided that it consists in ris-
ing at six in the morning and not
spending more than half your in
come; minding you own business
and not meddling with other peo-
pies; trusting in God and your own
resources: keeping your appoint
ments and leaving nothing worth
doing to chance. If these things are
done by you, -ou will be accounted
lucky by the fellow who sits idle and
finds fault with his fate.
1t is the same with girls who al
ways look nice and neat. They try.
Why. that beautiful bow YOU saw on
her hair was not new, as you thought
it, but ribbon that has served her
for several seasons. She had the
good sense to buy white ribbon of
good quality. and you happen not to
know that it has been dyed several
times. You threw yours away when
it became soiled, YOU know. thus
robbing yourself. The luck YOU as
cribe to her Is simply forcthOught,
perseverance and industry. You lost
most of your little chickens last
spring, and that girl and her mother
saved theirs. Well, you forgot 10
bury the dishes of sour food and
simply threw them on the yard; then
the salt was left in the lot where they
could get it. Do you remember
that?
There are so many times we think
that i'll luck has overtaken us, when
in reality we have not been living
with our eyes open. You know, of
course, that a hard shower would kill
those little goslings and turkeys, but
you were too busy doing other things
to stop and see to them yourself or
call anyone else to help: so you lost
most of them. Well, that was i'll
luck; but who was to blame? You
remember that your early corn and
cabbage plants were destroyed by
cut-worms last spring. Perhaps you
did not know hat if you had crack
ed china berries and put one or two
in each hill when planting that they
would not have troubled them. And
that dried fruit you have saved for
spring and summer use will not be
troubled by worms if you will gather
some of the china berries from that
old tree now and drop a handful or
two in the sack. 1t will keep per-
fectly until fruit comes again,
and [ have seen it kept two years
this way.
You asked about the little boy
whose knees are always out because
he will play marbles. Well, the very
best remedy I have ever found for
this nuisance is to darn a piece on
the inside of the stocking just where
the knee fits. Do this when they are
comparatively new before there are
any breaks, but if you have neglected
it and the holes have come, put a
piece of the top of an old stocking
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OUR SOCIAL CHAT

All letters intended for this department
should be addressed to Aunt Jennie" care
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, n. c.
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"You say Bliggins has gone in for
writing verse;"
eyes. Scared to death because
he's getting bald and heard hal poets
all had long ~hair."-Washington
Star.
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II never heard Dinsmore acknowl-
edge hat he was growing old before
to-day"
GLOW did he acknowledge itY
"He announced that he felt just
as young as he ever did."-Detroit
Free Press.
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fits in the door. This is set in at
night and the door left often; the
door is closed in the early morning.
[ have used this little dairy house
nearly twenty years and it gives en-
tire satisfaction. Milk and butter
are kept cool all summer. In any
hot weather put water in your trough
in the morning and at night and you
will have nice, cool milk and butter
all the year round.
Your wife can put her leftover
victuals in this little house and she
and you will certainly find it a very
convenient place and the most useful
about the place. Just try one, and
you will always be glad you did.
II. F. FREEMAN.
Wilson Co., n. @.
P. S.-When we kill our pigs for
the barbecues in summer, before and
after cooking for the picnics, we
keep them in this little house and
have no trouble. No flies here: every
thing nice and clean. And your but
ter is solid all the year round.