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The colored American., 1904-09-17
ST. AIMS ACADEMY.

st. AIMS Academy has con-
Quoted a day school since Sep
tember 9, 1895, and wishes to an
nounce that the school will be
ontinued this year Every one
welcome, regardless of race,
olor. or creed. The terms are
1000. Mexican drawn work,
ancy needle work, and different
musical instruments are taught
Pupils of every religious denomi-
nation are received, their Opin-
ions are respected and no infu-
ence is used to change them !;
vet, for good order, they are ex-
pected. during their stay at the
Academy, to conform to the out
ward exercises, such as going to
church. morning and night
prayers, etc.
For further particulars adj
dress Sister Mary Juliana, o. P,
80 Sth ST., n. E., Washington,
d. c.
The colored American., 1904-09-17
THE WRECK OF THE RIVER
QUEEN.

The steamer, River Queen, ran
amuck last Saturday night, run
ming into lumber barge, two
miles this side of Alexandria, had
it's starbOard deck destroyed, and
was beached in three feet of water
to saves the lives of the two hun
dred odd passengers on board.
The cOlOred people who persist in
riding on this boat were greatly
frightened, many of them making
their way through the water to
Anacostia, and some of them re-
naming on the boat until they
were rescued by skiffs and other
small boats. The River Queen is
probably put out of business for
this season.
The colored American., 1904-09-17
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National Negro Business League.
This is as it should be. A race
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
ITO be con tinued)
Effect OF Army Routine.

Visitors to army headquarters on
Governors Island often notice that Of
ticers have habit of referring to the
tri1ing questions Of fact. They never
rely upon memory for even unimpor-
tant matters of routine which civilians
would no more think of forgetting than
a hardened commuter would think Of
forgetting the time of his morning
the adjutant generals or quartermas-
ters department, for instance, where
the First Battalion of the Sixteenth In
fantry is and he will consult his rec
Ords before answering. even when a
letter to the commanding officer of the
desk.
The other day visitor to the island
asked an officer high in command what
time the parade Of troops took place
next morning. The man in khaki look
ed at his printed copy of the general
orders before answering: Ten
o'clock" Yet the parade had been 60
ing on every day for mcTtns right I'M
der his Office windows
1T is habit that grows upon us
with the routine Of garrison work" he
said. III tried to remember where
one company in the department of the
east is quartered | might as we'll try
to remember them all. If l carried in
my memory the time for parade I
might as well try to learn the general
orders by heart Experience teaches
army men never to burden their memo.
ries with facts and figures that they
know they can find on the instant by
turning to the record."-New York
Press
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12

but pain to the poor.
The Christian race is not going to be
won hy a jog-trot
None smile in summer like those
who wept in winter.
A man has to forget his name before
he finds true fame.
It's poor collection that has to be
taken with corkscrew
Heavenly music is set for a congre-
CATION rather than Il choir
Persistency in prayer is one secret
Of consistency in practice.
The church loses her grip as soon as
she gets cold in the heart
There can be no health of heart
where there is no happiness
It's hard for Il man with corns to
feel sure Of his conservation
The church that lives for figures is
apt to have Il figurativc faith.
IT God has work for every man
lie has man for every work.
Satan is the only one who makes
anything out of sinful pleasures.
Greater is the man who climbs an
inch than he who slides a mile
Christ is more than an exponent Of
truth: He is an impulse to truth
When the parents are consecrated
the children are early converted.
If you can bind your Bible within
its covers you might as well bury II.
When a child can trust his father on
earth he can trust his Father in Heav-
Ell.
The man who does what he feels
like doing usually feels like doing
nothing.
lot of smoke may come out Of the
temple of the Holy Ghost when there
Is no fire on the altar
If our sins are behind His back it is
certain we cannot get to them and see
His face at the same time
There are too men talking about
Christian work who think they are too
big for the Almighty to handle
When the preacher is worrying over
what the people think of him he will
not lead the people to think of His
Lord
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
CREATED FOR YOU.

I believe that the world was created for
Oh, baby. with brown eyes and baby with
blue.
On. baby with gray eyes and baby with
black
Ii was made and whirled out on eter-
ntys track
To just make playground all colors
and gold
All sapphire. aud lumber. and green. and
| hold
That we who are old are permitted to
stay
To help You. and guard you, and watch
Ger Your play.
For we who are old yesterday were as
you;
We were babies with black eyes. and
gray eyes. and blue:
We romped in the meadows. and laugh
ed in the sun.
And AT night. tired out with our frolic
and fun.
We crcpt to our mother so loving and
And she in one hand held our two tiny
feet.
And one arm held around us. and taught
us to pray,
All, yes. we were babies like you yes
tcrday.
Our papa stood by MS as yours stands
by you.
And he stopped. just like this, for n
sweet kiss or two:
And his look ms he held out his arms
wide apart
His l"ok-why twas just like the throb
in our heart
When we stand by your mothers and
watch while you pray.
We grown-uI,s were babies like you yes
terday.
And the Lord lets MS stay here. and play
here with you.
Because when you're weary we know
what to do
Houston Post
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
A SHRINE IN IRELAND.
Pilgrims to 1t Always Leave in Inn
proved Health and Spirits.

proved Health and Spirits.
The following is AL extract from an
article in the Woman's Home Com
panion. Seumas MacManus describes
an Irish shrine. st. Patrick's Purga-
tory, a place to which thousands make
pilgrimage every year. He says:
1T Is remarkable thing that not
withsta nding the fact that many deli
cate. weak and unwell people, men
and women, boys and girls, who come
upon this pilgrimage. go through 1t
bareheaded and barefooted. under sun
and rain (for 1t Is one of the rainieSt
spots in lreland). sometimes getting
thoroughly drenched. there is no case
vet on record of any person. hOwsO-
ever weak or i'll they may have been
coming. having suffered any Ill effects
from the performance of the pilgrim
age. 1t Is a faith with the pilgrims
that no cold can be caught and no sick
ness incurred in st. Patrick's Purga-
tory. and their faith certainly seems
borne out by the facts. People who
have hobbled on to the island. worn
down with the weight of physical ills,
have been known to leave it strong
and well. and in almost every case the
pilgrims 60 away. if possible. far
healthier and hearter than when they
entered. The pure mountain air. the
fasting, the ater-drinking the eXer-
cises, the exposure Of the eXtremities,
as we'll as the social intercourse. re-
newing friendships. the beauty of the
place. the happiness Of mind and the
peace of soul there found. certainly
form a grand council of doctors I'M
equaled. perhaps. in any hospital of
the world. TO all this | can testify
by personal experience. as | myself
have performed the pilgrimage several
times. and hope. with Goh's help to
perform it many more times in years
to come. 1t is a beautiful means of
breaking with the artificial world for
a short period. getting back to things
elemental. getting in touch with the
spiritual. refreshing the mind and re-
freshing the soul. and renewing the
youth that is 80 wont to get quickly
lost in the brol of turbulent world 8
battle"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
CHAPTER XVIII,
Sankala Listens to the Plotters.

Sankala Listens to the Plotters.
Sankala had hard battle with the
surf but she reached the traps formerly
tended by Dan Lapham before the
storm was at its heighth. Dan, of
course, was not near the place. The
wind was already raging and the white.
caps were multiplying at a rapid rate
and leaping higher ard higher.
At her back the sea was boiling like
a caldron while to the south it was
not 80 much disturbed. Her home lay
across the raging sea while Sand Island
lay to the south. 1t was this great up
heavel of sand and the driftwood upon
its surface that broke the storm to
some extent and yet left means of es-
cape for Sankala.
But she would not have returned to
her home at this time had the sea been
as calm as an inland lake. She had
started out on mission and this would
she complete with woman's deter
mination. She was looking for Dan
Lapham. Her strong and handsome
young friend had aided her in fishing
the traps when her aged companion
was unable to assist. He had also, on
that very morning, left her money
with which to buy necessary supplies
he had promised her that Ringwold
should not 90 to the poor house; and
above all there was an underlined feel
ing in her heart for the young man
which only comes to woman once in
a lifetime.
Sankala did not understand this and
would have blushed had it been ex-
planned. 1t was the same old story
which has caused the joys, sorrows,
disappointment and happiness since
the days of Adam and Eve.
While clinging to the piling which
held the netting of Lapham's tishtrap,
to steady her boat, Sankala could see
that the water was rapidly rising and
that each food dashed higher above the
mark made by the former wave. The
pillows grew darker and more sullen
while the whitecaps looked like great
animals leaplng at random in the di-
rection of the bar.
Before it was too late she turned her
boat toward the island, where she
landed without accident. But she was
just in time, for old Neptunes work
farther out at sea was telling and
great waves from the mighty deep came
rolling over the bay, converting 1t into
a mad, seething thing OF destruction.
The rain began to fall in torrents.
The wind blew with such force as to
send the cold diops like heavy shots
in slanting course through the air.
These struck the thinly clad girl with
force that made her shiver with pain
and cold.
When cast upon her own resources
in time OF danger, woman is eaid to be
superior to man in courage and endur-
ance. Before she resigns herself to
fate, she employs every means in her
power to thwart it's disasters. If she
cannot turn it's cou Sc, she goes with
it as a companion. Death is thus
made less bitter and an example is
given to the world.
Sankala dragged her boat as fal as
she could and then tied the long line
attached to its prov to limb OF tree
which had been cast far upon the
sands. She began to look about her for
shelter. She remembered an old
fisherman's camp farther up the is
land, and taking the provisions which
she had prepared for Dan, she made
her way to the shack.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
Consider Her MOdeatY.

Yes said Miss Prude. that bed
stead and chiffOnier at Furnicher \:
Co.'S were just lovely. They would
have been so nice for my room"
Then why don't you buy them?"
asked her friend.
Mercy. | couldn't think of using
them now. Furnicher X Co. have had
them in their window for days dis
played to the vulgar gaze of the pub
lie. "-Philadelphia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
CHAPTER XVII.
" Where Is Sankala ?"


"Hello, lookout"
Hello, captain!'
"How does it look to the southwest
"Black and foreboding, captain"
81 feared 80. Watch close the river
and bay. They are covered with those
fool fishermen tonight. The light of
morning will find plenty of work for US
to do.
Thus spoke the captain of the life
saving station to the man on the look
out.
Night had already closed in and the
captain of the life saving station knew
storm was coming He was at the
station b low the rocks and could not
see out on the ocean ut had called to
the man stationed on the hill to verify
the evidence of the storm. The instru-
ments at the station indicated storm,
but the rising, surging, slashing, crack
ing breakers on the rocks gave more
formidable warning to the experienced
life saver.
1t is the same old story at the mouth
Of the Columbia. From fall until
spring, throughout the long white,
months, the storms rage with unceas-
ing fury. Three days of storm and one
of dim sunshine is liberal statement
in favor Of the king OF day. At this
point Neptune rules unchallenged
through the winter, but when summer
comes he is superseded by old Sol, who
w.elds his sceptie with a more charita-
BILE hand and makes this little stretch
of coast the most attractive spot IN the
great Pacific Northwest. Thousands of
pleasure seekers visit this coast each
summer to view the grandeurs and
beauties Of nature, but flee before adj
vancing winter, when gloom and dark.
ness settle over the place like the pail
OF death.
Men Injured to hardships and disast.
ers learn to scorn them. 1t is this class
that suffers most from them. They be-
come emboldened to stand in the teeth
Of death, yea, even to enter it's jaws,
while the mole timid fly for safety, and
escape its fangs. Day after day the
courageous go down, while the towards
live to tell of the chlvalrous deeds of
the brave.
A terrific storm was rising to sweep
the river and bay. The black horizon
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
CHAPTER XNI-Continued.

The island was soon reached and
the man taken ashore. The morning
was crisp and cold and fire of drift
wood was kindled for the comfort of
the wounded man and his companions.
AS the day Jagged away the man grew
worse. Dan was his most attentive
nurse. In the afternoon he persuaded
his companions that it would be better
to take the wounded man to his home.
They agreed upon this but they did
not know what to do with their pris.
oner. On the southside they could not
hold him, and if they left him on the
island he might be compelled to re-
main for several days without assist
ance. They wanted him to accompany
them to thier homes, but Dan had mat
tiers OF more importance demanding his
attention on the north side. He told
them to leave him on the island and he
would take his chances on reaching
shore.
The fishermen pulled out with their
wounded companion, reluctantly leav-
ing Dan behind.
Throughout the day Lapham walked
up and down the island viewing his
friends and enemies as they lay on
their oars in threatening attitudes.
He managed, however, to keep con-
cealed behind the driftwood from his
enemies, while he was too far away to
be distinguished by his friends.
He had searched the island from one
10, ho hat hr
southsiders had intended making this
sort of prison had they carried out their
original plans and had removed every
semblance of craft from the place.
Besides the island had always been
a sort of neutral ground and since the
quarrel had begun, neither side at
tempted to occupy it and all fishing APP
paratus and supplies had been taken
away by the respeC tive owners.
AS night came on, Dan became more
anxious to reach the north shore. He
wondered how many of his friends had
fallen under the fire of the southsiders,
and wondered more how Sankaa was
faring.
Old Seadog was too much absorbed in
tuc ttOubit ~ ndilu W CdTTy Out ulH
plan OF taking Sankala and Ringwold
to the county poor farm. but he knew
the girl was worrying her young life
away over the outlook for the future
and possibly by this time, go far as he
knew, she was grieving by the bedside
of the deceased Ringwold.
The impatient young fisherman could
remain an exile no longer. He con-
structed raft from planks and timbefs
which had lodged on the shores of the
island and with pieces of planks used
as po,es and paddles he started for the
main shore.
Before his work had been completed,
however. night had long since fallen
over the waters and storm was brew
ing.
The same sound from the clash of
the wave and current on the bar greet
ed his ears at that moment that made
the frail Sankala tremble with fear as
she left the north shore to search for
him that she might give him the food
she had prepared for him and of which
she thought he must by this time be in
such dire need.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
just Avoiding a Cuss Word.

Grayce-War. War. War.
Gladys-What Oh earth are YOU hol-
ering war" about
Grayce-I just struck my thuEb
With the hammer.
Gladys-Well, what's war got to d.
With it:
Grayce- Don't You know what war
$ ?-LOuisville Cuurier-JournaL
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
BLACK Snakes.

1t is true that the rattlesnake and
the black snake are mortal enemies,
and the black snake is the victor in
their battles. breaking the neck of his
adversary before the RATHER has time
to strike. The black snakes of this
country are as harmless as frogs. On
many Of the large plantations in the
South they are tanned and kept as a
protection from their enemy, as the
warm climate prevents keeping the
houses closed so as to keep them out
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12

he north, and war to finish was now
more imminent than ever.
"Will those soldiers never arrive?"
was the question old Seadog asked
himself as be directed his men to bat.
ale for the traps.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.

OURMANDS arc
seldom giants.
Keen thought
need not be cut
ting.
The graveyard
Is a great place
for uniformity.
Our own acts
permanently seal
our hearts.
Aping the rich
brings nothing
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, said to be
the greatest living botanist. has passed
his eighty-sevsnth birthday.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-01-11
B0LETD MERCADTIL DE- PUERTO RICO
INDEPENDENTS DE INFORMACION UNIVERSAL

naciones; la riqueza aumenta, el bien-
estar Sc manifesto.
Que hace falta2 La f6 en- los hom-
bres que vociferan y no tienen energia
nj coraje, nj Ia resignation de luchar y
sacri6carse por el bien general. La
manse redentores sin redimir y Green
|cumpiir CON quejarsei
CASTELAR, tuvo el coraje de manifestar
y propagar suS ideas en- las plazas p1-
blicas. en- los teatros. en- los ateneos en-
epocas dificiles; Rogue Barcia luch6
valerosamente con La palabra, y en-
Cartagena apunt6 cen los caflones al
coraz6n de Ia Nonarqufa. Estos son
los fundadores de la democracia en- Es-
pafia: SON constelaciones de primera
magnitud. gQu9 hacen sus discfpulos?
Fspafia ha iniciado una era de ven
tura, y SD j6yen monarea, inducido por
hombres patri6tas, piensa en- ell bien-
|estar, en- ia dicha del pueblo; pero no
es obra de an dia y Ia naturaleza Sc re-
nueva inceSantemente.
Ayuden toios, sin quejarse, que los
ayes son propios del cobarde.
We'd al Marques de Cabrifana; We'd
q Paraiso; We'd & Canalejas; We'd 4 los
socialistas; We'd muchos espaffoles
hacer manifsstaciones ostensibles; We'd
al pueblo impaciente provocar las
iras del gobierno y este castigar su
osadfa. Unid vuestros esfuerzos, soil
Icitad en- forma una y Glen veces y sed
juntos, y vereis que la nsci6n espafiola
sera Ia madre carifiosa de sus hijos y la
amiga sincera de sus hermanos de
America.
Perseverad, indicad Ell NAL y el re-
medic, que Espafia como todos los pue-
bios son felices 81 sus hijos son buenos;
pero 81 os trasladais al otro lado del
oceano y apostrofais q los hombres. es-
tos os miraran con desprecio sin oiros
porque reputan incorrecto el estilo y
la forma.
Todos deseamos el bien general y no
les impossible conseguirlo sin Ia fe, Ia
'constancia y el patriotismo.
Viva Espafial
Carmen Mondrang5aa b. de b.