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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
The Plain Girls Innings.

The Plain Girls Innings.
"The other day. when our class had
Its tenth annual luncheon" wrote the
Elderly Girl to friend, Il realized
for the first time the advantages OF
being plain; for while the years had
marred the class beauties, leaving the
plump girls fat and the tall willowy
and scrawny, time seemed to have
stood still with the plain girls
One Of our members In particular
who had been rather remarkable al
college for her utter lack of comeli-
ness, actually shone out on this occa'
sion as the belle of the class.
This girls name. like her face, was
homely. for among the many Ethels
and Ediths and Gladyses, she alone
was simply 'Mary'-just plain Mary
she had herself laughing good-na.
turedly. assumed the pseudonym which
chung to her until the day Of her grad.
uation.
Look at Plain Mary" gasped my
chum. as a magnificently -gowned crea'
ture, with a swish Of silken draperies
took her seat to the right of the toast
mistress: isn't she elegant"
And elegant expressed her. from
the chic toque. set at just the right an
gle on her dark hair. to the tip Of her
patent Gather boots She had retained
her proportional figure and her
brilliant teeththe only beauties she
ever boasted--and her complexion
which had always been Of the russell
orange variety, had worn better than
the erstwhile roseleaf skins; in add
ton. she had acquired the poise. the
easy grace, and the taste in dress that
sometimes comes with the thirties.
1T needed not the big bunch of vic,
lets at her belt when violets were al
their highest. to proclaim her prosper
GUS. Prosperity was writ large all
over her. Plain Mary had married q
railroad magnate.
LAS for Airy, Fairy Lillian, a
dainty bit Of Dresden china. bewitch
ing little blonde (ten years agoD, who
had spent her first free year abroad
and who accordingto the class proph
etess was to return duchess-she
was teaching In the public schools.
And Dolores-a dark beauty with
glorious eyes, In whom the same
seeress had seen the future leader OF
the Four Hundred. was stenogra
pheri
mo one had considered It worth
while to foretell Plain Mary's future
Two words we thought would compass
it: Old Maid.
1--WE might have the class prophecy
reprinted with a tenth anniversary re
vision suggested my chum. as we dis
cussed the unaccounta bility Of things.
Indianapolis News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
AFTER WAR WHAT?
QUESTION RUSSIA is NOT EASY
ABOUT.
Preparations Being Made for the
Eventuaiity of the Interference
of the Powers When the Time
for Final Settlement Comes
Around

London, April 1.-THE Paris cor
respondent of the London Times says:
According to private information re-
ceived by your correspondent from st.
Petersburg, the Russian government
refused, at all events for the present,
an offer of a loan coming from French
quarters, and declined also large
number of proposals for war supplies
made by foreigners. Your correspond
ent hears on the same authority that
the powers that be in Russia have be-
gun to manifest increased concern as
to the sequel to the war in the far East,
that is to say, the posi- Utility of being
hampered by the interference of for
eign powers in the conc fusion of peace.
Neither Japan nor Russia seems to
apprehend foreign Intervention during
the continuation OF hostilities, there
fore it is possible that the vast scale
on which the Ru 'sian military prepar-
ations are being made contemplates
not only the requirements of war
against Japan, but also has in mind
the Russian position at the conclusion
in so far as other powers are concerned
in this connection.
General Kuropatkin considers that
about 400, 200 men should be available
pending the campaign. Taking that
figure as a basis of calculation, the
rate at which Russia is mobiliizng
and arming must be duly considered
in contemplating what will possibly
be the state of things from an interna-
tional point of view at the end of the
war.
Several Paris newspapers in their St.
Petersburg correspondence refer to the
possibility of general Russian mobil-
ization.
One correspondent telegraphs that
he had an interview yesterday even
ing with colonel of general staff,
who infor med him that general mo-
bilization is being prepared in case of
complica tions, and there was sinis-
ter emph asis placed Oh the word ''com-
plications. There is little doubt that
decree ordering the general mobiliza.
ton will be issued shortly by the czar.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
MINNESOTA MERGER CASE.
Supreme Court Decides State Courts
Had Jurisdiction.

Supreme Court Decides State Courts
Had Jurisdiction.
Washington, April 12.-The case of
the state of Minnesota against the
Northern Securities Company and the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railroads, which was not decided in the
federal supreme court..when the merger
decision was handed down, has just
beeu decided. The supreme court held
that the federal court has no jurisdic-
ton and the case was rem anded to the
state courts.
The case was brought to sustain
Minnesota 3 statutes of 1876, forbid
ding the consolidation of parallel and
competing lines, also to prevent illegal
combinations in restraint of trade and
commerce The decision was unani.
nous.
The object of the suit was to declare
the combination of the two roads and
the holding of stock by the securities
company unlawful and against the
laws of the state. BY petition the case
was removed from the state court to
the circuit court of the United States.
The case was decided against the state
by the federal circuit court, which in
vited briefs on the question of jurisdic-
ton, and both sides argued that the
had been properly removed to the Uni
ted States courts. JusticeH arlan held
that the suit does not really or substan-
TALLY involve suit or controversy
which the circuit court could have ia
ken up for final decree, hence the
circuit court should not have taken
cognizance of Fit, but should have re-
manded it to the state court.
Ip view of the decision of the main
case in the federal court the further
action of the state authorities is prob
lematical.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
Cheap Poultry House.

Cheap Poultry House.
The illustration will show that even
piano boxes may be utilized for poul-
try house where only limited num-
Der of fowls or chicks are 10 be &C
commOdated; or with a number or
houses thus built. ii may be possible
to furnish comfortable quarters for
the usual number Of birds kept on an
average farm. Z. r. Fishel Of Indiana
tells Poultry News of his twenty col
Ony house constructed Of piano boxes.
He says:
I'VE take two upright piano boxes
and four pieces of timber 2x4 and 10
feet long; we take the piano boxes
apart keeping the fronts. backs. ends
and bottoms all together We place
three Of the 2x4s on the ground and
lay on these 2x4s. mailing them solid,
making the bottom of the house (sOme
will have to be sawed off of the 2x4s).
The four ends of the two boxes will
make the entire back Of the house,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14


a smaller straw. with the spokes fac
ing each other and interlocking. they
will hold together well enough to form
q windmill with six or eight vanes,
turning easily on its straw axle. The
ends of this axle are inserted into Sits
made very carefully in the middle Of
two long coarse straws, which are fast
ened together by two short and smaller
straws Inserted near their ends in the
same way.
This makes an OblOng frame. On
the frame may be made single very
long straw bent into a narrow triangle
with the small end stuck into slit near
the big end. In either case another
cross-pIece must be put In near the
windmill and long straw passed
through Sits In the cross-pieces and
the end of the frame. This long straw
Is to blow through. II must be in
line with the windmill ana its top must
be bent upward slightly and very care
fully Now, II you hold the apparatus
by the blowing tube and the opposite
end Of the frame, and blow through
the tube, the windmill will turn mer-
rily, to the great delight Of the young
sters and to your own satisfaction at
having been dexterous enough to make
real moving and fairly strong ma
chine entirely out Of such unlikely
ma tcral as a few straws.
OF course you may fasten the straws
together with wax. instead Of Sitting
them. but anybody can do that.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
Candy for the Soldiers.

One of the important items OF the
United States army cOmmissary il
candy. and why not! If Uncle Sam
can supply United States Senators
with free quinine pills-3O.OOO of them
there need be no criticism Of candy
tor our soldiers. In fact, nothing can
be too good for them. The only Ques-
tlon to be asked is whether it is good
candy or not. We want no glucose
and white earth served out to our
boys III blue or khaki in the far-off
Philippines and in sweltering Panama.
None but the best, In lace paper trim
med boxes. tied with gold cord. will do.
We'd rather see them eating candy
than drinking vino.
We are not In sympathy with these
experiments of feeding them on hash
or on vegetables only. The hariships
Of army life In tropical country are
hard enough to bear. There would he
no great complaint II ice cream were
served every day at mess. The army
Of the Philippines will suppress as
many Moro Instructions with ice
cream AS without it. Spartan diet
does not necessarily make IL Spartan.
Our soldiers won In 1S61-lS64. not
because of bareback. hut in spite of
1t: they might have won more quickly
on roast beef and apple dumplings If
they could have been had. With 10O
rounds Of ammunition and twenty
rounds Of butterscOtch there is no tell
ing what young Americans might do.
Why don't they try 1t Instead Of all
these hashes and pemmicans and other
things which inspire no enthusiasm =
st. Louis GlOhe-Democrat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
MUCH COAL IN ALASKA.

Geological Survey Reports Deposit
Near Controller Bay.
Washington, April l2.-The geolog-
ical survey has received report Of an
extensive. deposit of Alaskan coal, ac-
cessible to the Pacific ocean, located
from twelve to twenty miles inland
from Controller bay, Alaska. The coal
fields lie behind the Controller bay oil
fields, at the foot of the Chugasch
mountains.
The coal and oil were found to be in
two distinctly separate formations that
lie in roughly parallel belts. The coal
area, as at present reconized, includes
about eighty-tive square miles. The
coal resembles the harder bituminous
Goals of the East more htan it does an
thracite.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
SAYS Glover will Grow,

Tacoma, April 12.-From investiga-
TORS made recently by Deputy State
Grain Inspector S. S. King and from
reports received from many wheat dis
tricts red clover and other nutritive
grasses will grow on the worn-out or
foul wheat lands of Eastern Washing
ton the same as in the East. 1t was
the prevalent opinion among the pio-
neer wheat growers of the Inland EN-
pire that on account of the lack OF
moisture, especially during the middle
of the summer, red clover stood no
chance Of growing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
How Many Seed to n Pound ?

Number of farm seeds in pound
varies greatly with even the leading
farm crops. Red top 6O3,OOO, reed
canary grass 100000 smooth sta led
meadow grass 2,40O.OOO. rOugh-Stalked
meadow grass. 100000, sleeps fes-
cue. 6SO,OOO. various-leafed fescus 4OO.-
coo. creeping fescue 600. awnless
bronze grass 10000. perennial rye
grass 336.SOO. Italian rye grass 2S5,.
GOO. orchard grass 578.5OO. meadow
fescue 1920. meadow Oat grass 159.-
600, yellow Oat grass 2045,0OO, velvet
grass 1.3(A 600. timothy. 1,17O5OO.
meadow foxtaii 100000, vernal grass
924, 600, crested dogs tail 1.127 600.
alsike clover 7O7,OOO. sainfOin 22,5OO,
red clover 279.OOO. white clover TAO 900.
common kidney vetch 1000, alfalfa
or lucern 2O9,5OO. trefOil 5000. birds
foot trefoil $4,000, official goats rue
1900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
He Got 1t.

"My names Smith," said an English
tourist. going into II Highland post
Office. Il want to know if there Is a
registered letter lying here for me-"
"Smith," said the cautious postmas-
ter. taking some letters out Of pigeon
hole. "S-m-i-t-h.'
Yes, that's me-" said the English
gentleman.
well, sir there's letter here but
you see l would need to get somebody
to identify you before giving you It,"
''There is something in that" said
the English gentleman. Let me see.
I don't know anybody in this place
but"-and he dived his hand into his
pocket and produced photograph of
himself-"you will see that is me-"
$50 1t Is, SIR" said the postmaster,
after inspecting the photograph, and
he handed over the registered letter
without any further ceremony.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

II the eldest of several daughters tine
calling cards should read Miss Doug
lass" without the Christian name.
When it Is necessary to reply to a
wedding invitation the answer should
be addressed to the brides parents or
to the one issuing the invitation.
A letter Of Introduction may be mail
ed with the calling card Enclosed or left
in person with ones card: but without
calling for the person to whom it is
addressed.
Never send a calling card with re
grets or accepts" written across 1t in
reply to a written invitation; as has
been stated before written invita- ton
requires a written answer.
The letters X. s. V. P. stand for the
French words Responder. S'il Vous
Plait." literally Answer. If you
please" When Oh an invitation a
WRITTEN answer is required
Notes between ncquaintanrcs may
begin: My dear Miss Gordon" or
Dear Miss Gorden." ana IN closing
sincerely yours" Yours sincerely"
or Yours cordially" may be used.
An informal note written in the first
person should be- answered In that
person: be careful to avoid changing
from the first to the third person as
is often done through carelessness.
In giving an afternoon tea in order
that your friends may meet friend
visiting you the calling card may be
used with the hour written upon II and
across the top ITO meet Miss Barker"
Persons in mourning do not accept
invitations: but wedding invitations
marriage announcements and invita-
tons of a general nature are sent to
them. Their cards are sent in ac-
acknowledgement for such invitations.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
Horse Notes to Remember.


A horse that is we'll trained Is worth
half a dozen that are but half broken
and are therefore unsafe and undesir-
able.
Teams that have been partially idle
for some time should come into work
again gradually. and their shoulders
should be washed and bathed in salt
and water
Never buy horse with Il narrow or
sallow chest, or whose foreIegs are
very close together. He has not sutli.
Gent room for set Of strong lungs.
and will not be long winded.
In the treatment of distemper an
English veterinary advises the benef-
cinl effect of biniodide Of mercury as
an anttseptic. Its good effects are due
more to its absorption than to it's bis
tering action. as 1t is the most power
full Of all antiseptics (microbe killers.
1t was used successfully in scores of
cases as a blister applied to the swell
ing under the jaws. Distemper is an
infective disease which usually confers
subsequent immunity on the patient
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

while the fronts will make each end
Of the house and the remaining lum-
Der will be used in the front Of the
house. The three remaining pieces of
2x4 are used as rafters to nail roofing
to. New ship lap lumber will have
to he bought for the roof. after which
the same Is covered with Neponset
Red Rope roofing paper. Two pairs
OF 5-inch strap hinges. one hasp and
piece of 1-inch netting to cover opening
of door above window and one pane
Of Sx10 light sash completes your
building. making poultry house Sx1O
feet. all complete for the low price
of 81. II you can do the carpenter
work yourself the house will not cost
you over $6.' This house will accom-
modate fifty growing chicks. or fifteen
to twenty capons, and the claim is
made that no bird kept in it and prop
erly taken care of. ever had its comb
frozen in the coolest weather. One
great advantage Of such a small house
is that 1t can be placed on runners or
on Il mud sleigh and moved wherever
it may be wanted on the farm. 1t
Is useful as a general purpose fowl
house. for hens with chicks. etc.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

ling, who for years was a butcher in
the stock yards, Il have known he
says. of turkeys being kept in cold
storage for twelve years and chickens
for eight or ten years. Chickens and
turkeys Matched the year of the
Worlds Fair are yet in cold storage at
the yards. Eggs of the vintage Of
1896 and 1897 are also there
Value of Dual Purpose Cow.
If a man has no use for the calf, or
milk he has no use for the dual pur-
pose COW.
In the former case he needs the Jer-
soy or Ayrshire. in the latter POlled
Angus or Hereford. Here we need the
calves to condense feed and thus help
get it TO market by condensing the
freight on it. A dual purpose cow Is
one that with paying quantity of
milk and a calf that will about top the
market when fed out. 1t is not possi-
bic to get the best dairying qualities
and best beef qualities in the same
hide but il is possible to get more
money out Of a dual purpose COW than
can be done with a special purpose
COW. l. e., milk or beef.
There IL no breed Of dual purpose
cattle. but there is a type OF dual pur-
pose cows common to all breeds. The
Herefords and Polled Angus breeds
have a few dual purpose cows. but
the Short Horns have a larger number
than any other breed. Whenever beef
bred cows have been MIXED for some
time they are on dual purpose quail
ties. The Short Horns. originally a
beef breed have been used as mixers
for years, and this is why there are
more dual purpose cows in this breed
than other breeds. If starting herd
of dual purpose dairy cows. | would
buy yearling heifers and use bull
from dual purpose stock. When these
heifers have their first calves they
would feed strong. and would then get
rid of those that fattened and keep
those that increased in dow Of milk,
but must not forget that to produce
milk. a COW should be fed balanced
ration.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
Beware Of Hot Water.

The too vigorous use of hot water,
soap and the complexion brush will
soon deprive the skin Of its natural oil
and cause 1t to look parched wrinklcd
and coarse. There is vast difference
between hot and warm water for facial
treatment. The latter Is essential to
cleanliness, but hot water should only
be used occasionally, and then only
when absolutely necessary.
Never neglect to follow the nightly
face bath with a cold DOUGH, to which
may be added few drops of tincture
of benzoin to assist in toning up the
skin. Dry the face on a soft damask
towel and use the brush only two or
three times a week,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14
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| D0|NGS OF N01EN.
- 81 SEES

If the skin is too dry. obtain re-
liable emollient, almond oil is excel
lent. and use every night after the face
bath. rubbing 1t in well. Use only
enough to make the skin smooth. but
not greasy Wipe away any surplus
that your skin fails to absorb, with Il
clean towel
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

which should be Oh every farm where
butchering Ia done. 1t needs but little
description. A post eight or ten inches
through and i've or six feet high Ia set
firmly In the ground. and cross pieces,
two inches or more thick and eight feet
long spiked to the pole. in the positions
sh0wn. 50 that they will project three
feet on either side. They are notched
near the ends as shown and braced un-
derneath. These racks will save one
much strength. for when the hogs are
hung on them they are easily cut
No Sale
The story is being told again Of a
Kansas farmer who decided to sell his
property and listed it with real es-
tate agent. who wrote a very good de-
scription Of the place. When the agent
read it over to the farmer for his np-
prevail the old man said: Read that
again" After the second reading the
farmer sat for several minutes in a
thoughtful mood. then said: Il don't
believe l want to sell. have been
looking for that kind of place all my
life, and 1t never occurred to me that
l had 1t until you described ii to me.
No. | don't want to sell out" kansas
City Star.
Turkeys In Cold Storage IL Years.
Poultry and eggs as old as eight to
ten years are being sold for consump-
ton by the packers of Chicago. The
statement Is made by Alderman Wend.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

A light tread power for churning,
turning grindstone, etc. is made by
mounting disk wheel nearly horizon
tally. the axle being inclined SO one
portion will be higher than the other.
The dog. sheep or calf used for motive
power Is tied at one side. headed to-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

There Is more or less work in the
killing Of small animals during the
winter on many farms. and always the
annual butchering; although II IL get
ting to be quite the fashion in the
more thickly settled portions of tine
country to sell the hogs in the fall and
buy the meat back from the town
butcher Mt double price during the
winter. Where there is more or less
butchering TO be done one should have
for ready use large boiler Of some
kind so that a quantity of water may
be heated at one time: tools such as
knives. saws and other things used
should be kept in proper shape and ev
crything be in readiness so that the
hard and disagreeable work may be
over with az soon as possible.
The illustration shows q rack for
hanging the carcass OF an animal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-14

Unless a man has sense he Is sel6vm
able to acquire dollars.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-27

Ter fbIs purpose. Sometimes the sudden
" famous who have advanced the nun
ared dollars get restless when the ble-
graphical volumes do not appear -
quickly as they expected, and someIlneS
saIits are threatened Sometimes very
harsh terms are applied to people who
have collected money for this purpose.
But fame, it is then pointed out IS q maj
Ter of slow growth, even when st1ma-
lated by the most modern ana seaehsine
methods, and the newly famous must 10
Datient. In most cases, the subject OF the
assisted biography prefers TO De sllenS
when the game is slow-eyen when noun
ing at all happens. 1t Is difficult to ap-
near to good advantage in controversy
over the publication OF ones HE. anu
ones tinguished-looking porera1s.
Hence the temptations to enterprise
There has just been row in wall street
aver a History of the New York Stock
Exchange" which is declared to pc an
entirely legitimate publication. Inc
promoter OF the enterprise has said TO an
interviewer: THE engravings are NOT
my property. but the property OF the men
who advanced the money to make thems
and if any of them are dissatlsned tney
can have them back The fact that they
have advanced the 500 does not entiele
them to copy of the book which will
cost s25 more after it is published. so
you see that none of these people nave
any claim upon me. :