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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

In North and south Europe.

Norway has a beautiful Christmas Gus.
tom. In front of every home on Christ
mas morning is fixed a pole, and from
it are hung offerings Of corn and wheat
for the winter birds. The Norwegian
system Of gift giving Is peculiar. Pres
ents wrapped in huge trusses Of straw
are thrown into a house through win
dows or open doors, and the recipients
are left to guess where the offerings
come from till the following Christmas
day. when there is a general confession
all around.
In Spain all work ceases at noon on
the day before Christmas and the people
make ready for the great midnight mass
Three hours before this every person in
the land is visited by judges. accom-
panied by advocates of men confined for
minor offenses. and all Of these are re-
lea ed with a benediction and present
OF little money. In the morning the
front door of every home is left open and
scavengers, postmen and porters enter
and ask for a Christmas gift. which IN
most cases Is freely given
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
One Hundred Years 400,

James Monroe was appointed min
lister to Spain.
The French governor of Guadalupe
forbade the shipping of newspapers to
the colony.
Owing to n long dry season the
coffee crop of Mexico was IA complete
failure.
Three hundred slaves were employ
ed at the shipyards at Antwerp. Ger
many.
AS the south wing of the capitol at
Washington was not completed, the
members of the House of Representa-
tives met in the library of the build
ing.
All talk Of war between England
and Spain had ceased. notwithstand-
ing the capture of the treasure frig-
ates. for which no reparaton had been
made.
The Hibernia. at that time the larg-
est man-of- war ever built in England,
was launched at Plymouth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Seventy-five Years AGO.

Spain ordered 5000 stands of arms
to equip her soldiers who were going
to Mexico.
Political riots occurred In London.
President Guerrero of Mexico relin
pushed the extraordinary powers
granted to him by Congress on account
of the Spanish invasion.
The City Council of Washington
passed law prohibiting gambling.
The Siamese twins We're exhibited
In London.
Troops Of Monterey revOlted against
the governor of California. with q
view to give all offices to CalifOrnians
Sam Patch killed himself by jump
ing the Genesee Falls at Rochester
~ Y
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
PeCu lar Clock.

of clock In the world Is a clock fan
manufactured by a Swiss jeweler. The
clock consists of twelve leaves hinged
like an ordinary fan. The number
Of the hour Is marked from one to
leaves. The fan timepiece starts at
six o'clock and expands regularly for
twelve hours, when it suddenly closes
I'D and starts all over again. The
half-hour is indicated by the leaf Of
the fan being only half extended.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Fifty Years AGO.

The American Ship Herald was fired
on by British man-ofwar.
The Canadian legislature voted
100000 toward the British patriotic
fund.
New Granada prohibited the expor-
tation of guanO.
The city of Boston adopted a new
charter.
telegraph line was opened be-
tween Paris and BaStia.
Eighteen British and twelve French
ships were lost on the Black Sea.
The mosque of the Sultan was
blown down by the storm which
wrecked many other buildings in Con-
staptinOple.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

is a pretty custom to tuck half-slice OF
bread in the fold Of each napkin and
sticking out at the corner, to be eaten
with the soup. The carving knife and
steel are set at the right Of the platter.
and the fork at the left. Any fancy pieces
of silver, such rs spoons. soup ladies' and
the like. look pretty scattered careessly
over the centerpiece. The arrangement
Of knife. forks and spoons around each
plate is shown in the accompanying dia-
gram. A simple dinner without multi
plicity Of courses Is assumed in this plan.
At the right of the plate. farthest away,
is the soup spoon, for the first course.
Then comes the teaspoon, for cranberry
or other sauce. and the knife The forks.
at the left. are for the salad, the turkey.
and the dessert. respectively. The butter
plate is shown between the plate and the
tumbler. which latter should stand at the
side of the knife and spoons. II a bread
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

the ancients. In England all classes and
ages deliver themselves up willing vic
tins of the long established custom.
There are the jolly bachelors, who kiss
every girl that comes their way.
At later period mistletoe had been
for a time abandoned in the Christmas
decorations of the places of worship. as
also the promiscuous kissing at the close
of the service. which usage was trans.
ferred however, and flollrished In the
home at the Christmas and New Years
celebrations. when it became a kissing
game, the mistletoe being tied with other
greens high up against the ceiling In the
center Of the room
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
THE COUaTHY SCHOOL HOUSE.

The little country school house-you
Remember it; OF course You do.
Within the angle snugly set
Where t"o long yellow highways met.
And saplings planted here aud there
About the yard, and boxed with care
As if to typify. in turn.
The Youngsters caught and Gagged, to
learn.
Around. the rolling pastures spread,
With woodland patches garlanded.
From which the breezes gladly bore
Sly invitations to the door.
Across the slls the bees soft hum
Was mingled with the muttered sum.
And from their covert in the vale
la p,aintive pleading piped the quail.
With basket and with pail equipped.
Ciear-eycd, tan-cheeked and hcrrylipped,
Athwart the pastures. down the road,
They trudged to learnings poor abode;
The pink sunbOunpt, brOad-briinmed
The bare brown feet that knew no law
OF fashions last; the bundled forms
That laughed aloud at cold and storms.
late
OF trinnphs gained with book and slate.
What lore the claphoarls loose possess
Of feats ut noOntime and recess.
And doomed how oft the panes to see.
Back up the road, and DER the lea,
Haste boy aud girl, new worlds to find.
The little school house left behind.
. little country school! In vain
May critics hold you in disdan.
The greatest lessons that you taught
Were not by chalk and pencil wrought.
As oped your door on fields aud sky,
30, likewise just as wide and high,
You opened to the eyes of youth
The principles of love and truth.
Youths Companion
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
AFTERMATH ROMANCE.


S7 + length Rlakely was called.
Isl and III" Old woman arose and
hurried out to the platform of a
small country station.
Her heart sank. There was long
Imprinted wooden building. which she
afterward learned was cotton fac
tory. She could hear the harsh clack
OF the looms. Around the mill were
several dozen small houses, all alike,
and all without shade trees or yards.
She looked eagerly for mansion.
with piazzas and lawn. but there were
only the Imprinted factory temenents,
with two or three buildings in the
midst of them which might be stores
Or Offices.
+ II seemed unutterably dreary and
lonesome, and Mary Hutchinson turn
I'd longingly toward the train which
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

was disappearing In the distance.
Gould there be mistake:
She drew letter from her pocket
and reread it perplexedly
Sister Mary-Since you have lost
your money l suppose You will have
to come and live with me. But ii was
very foolish thing for you to indorse
note. even for your own nephew. |
had refused him, and even turned him
from my house.
Il do not think you will like 1t here,
though the house is large and the vii
lage pretty. You were always a great
hand for young people. and we do not
allow any on the grounds; they make
too much noise and dirt. Maybe we
can find enough for you to do about
the house to keep you from getting
lonesome. DO not bring any cats or
dogs or birds. Your sister,
'ELIZABETH"
1t was not very cordial letter, and
Mary HutchinsOns lips trembled a lit
tie as she returned 1t to her pocket.
A''''i"S" hci 6ioNViOSS HcpueW, LllZd
beth was the only relation left.
The station master was dragging her
trunk across the platform.
Can you tell me where Mrs. Hutch
insOn lives?" she asked.
Nom. nobody o. that name I'm these
parts. know every family for ten
miles round"
Isn't this Blackley?"
Nom, Blakely Blackley's forty
miles farther on"
She drew long breath when is
the next tramp
Not till tOmorrer."
rs there hotel near"
"Fact'ry boardin' house, but | guess
It's pretty full That's 1t down yon-
der" pointing with his finger; 1.-THE
house with the blind swinging on one
hinge. Be you lookin' for a job? l
hear they're needin' two or three more
weavers. That's the only Job know
Of. unless it's the night Waterman
He's worked here ever since nobody
knows when; but he's been sick now
for a month or so. l heerd this morn.
In that the womans who's been nuss-
h' Tom is going Off to-day. Mebbe We
could get her job"
The old woman nodded her thanks,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
MYTH OF THE MlSTlETOE,
Customs Surrounding the Plant Are
Relics from the Druids.


Relics from the Druids.
The custom connected with the mistle-
toe at the Christmas holidays is a relic
OF the days Of Druidism, handed down
through a long course Of centuries. In
the religion Of the Druids the mistletoe
was regarded with the utmost venera-
ton. though the reverence which they
paid to it seems to have been restricted
to the plant when found growing on the
oak tree. Oaks were the sacred trees
OF the Druids. Whatever was found to
grow upon them was regarded as sent
from heaven and therefore set apart for
devotional observance. At the period Of
the winter solstce the ancient Dr,lids
With men. women and children. sailed
forth with great pomp and rejocings to
gather the mystic parasite which, in
addition to religious reverence. was be-
lieved to possess marvellous curative
powers.
When the oak was reached on which
the mistletoe grew two white bulls were
bound to the tree and the high priest
OF the Druids, clothed in pure white as
cended and. with golden knife, cut the
sacred plant, which, as it fell, was caught
by another priest in the folds Of his
spotleSs white mantle. The bulls, and
sometimes human beings were sacri-
. feed Various festivities then followed.
in which the mistletoe thus gathered was
divided into portions and distributed
among the people. who hung up the
sprays over the entrances to their dwell
ings "a a Precipitation and charm to the
sylvan deities for the season Of frost and
cold.
The mistletoe with its curious white
berry, so long puzzle to botanists and
naturalists of all ages, remains as of old
sacred to love as when the Scandina-
vians dedicated it to Frega, their god
dess of love and beauty. The custom
of kissing under the mistletoe is an in
tocent survival from the saturnalis q.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Students Think likewise.

Sir William Ramsay, the eminent
british chemist now In this country
does not believe in examinations as II
test of the work Of students in col
leges and universities. He thinks that
competitive scholarships and fellow
ships are evil influences, in most cases
because they tend to make students
strive for parrot-like ability to repeat
what has been taught them, instead Of
aiming at really creative and valuable
work
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

Of world Its the
with
pcrcptible enghening
religions peecng until festival that
jubilee
the
added and To him
Jerusalem
life
him thrill
dwes
whatever Details his soul though crumbe and time
hollow
o
from o
a
childhood traditions ennobins
santed Under self brief
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Thirty Years Ago.

Forty persons We're drowned by the
sinking of the packet Empire at New
Orleans.
The government of SaxOny forbade
the practice of cremation.
Gladstone and Archbishop Manning
were engaged In spirited exchange Of
press interviews on the relative de
nand Of church and state on Roman
Catholic.
England was thrown into state of
excitement by the reported death Of
Queen Victoria in Balmoral castle.
st. Petersburg newspapers announc-
ed that the government had deter
mined to introduce a system of COM
pulsOry education.
Lieutenant Governor V. V Smith
proclaimed himself the lawful COVER
nor of Arkansas instead Of Governor
Garland, elected under the new consti-
tuition. and appealed to the President
to sustain him.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Twenty Years Ago.

The French forces captured and oc.
cupied Tamsui China.
The official canvass Of New York
State was completed, assuring the
election Of Cleveland as President,
A treaty of commerce between the
United States and the Spanish West
Indies was concluded with Spain.
The tribunal In Paris proclaimed the
absolute divorce of Nine. Patti from
the Marquis de Caux.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Forty Years Ago.

A school census made by the con-
troller placed the population of Chi
cago at lG9,353.
Sheridan sent an army through
Front Royal in the Shenandoah Val
ley. capturing many prisoners. guns
and horses.
Chicago was the hiding place Of hun
dreds of men who had fled from their
homes to avoid the draft. and many
army officials were searching for them.
Three bounty jumpers. arrested and
convicted of desertion in Chicago and
st. Paul. We're sentenced 10 be shot
at Fort Smelling. MINI.
Reports circulated throughout the
North that the movement of Sherman
through Georgia toward Charleston
was intended to give Georgia and
South Carolina an occasion, desired by
them to secede from the COnfederacy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

and butter plate be used, set this at the
left Of the plate and forks, and place the
half slice Of bread on it instead Of in the
napkin. The butter also ia placed upon It,
This should be in balls or neat squares
After-dinner coffee is served from the
kitchen, small coffee spoons being brought
in on the saucers. Nutpicks are passed
around with the nuts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Years of Korea,

In Korea two years OF every three
have twelve months each. Of twenty
nine or thirty days. The third year
has thirteen months, with $50 days.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
COuldn't Give Herself AWAY.

Charley Easyman-Well. Willie. your
sister has given herself to me for a
Christmas present. What do you think
of that?
Willie--Huh. That's what she done
for Mr.. Brown last Christmas, and he
gave her back to herself before Easter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Rather SUSPICIOUS.

Tom-Niss Willing said she'd give me
what was in her stocking Chrstmas
morning for what was in mine.
Jack--Say. that strikes me as beins
in the nature of leap-year proposal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
Unkind.

Miss Komin--What did your brother
George give you for Christmas, Lizziei
Little Lizzie-Mamma says she il
afraid he gave me the mumps.--Wom
ans Home Companion
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15

An heiress is always suspicious of
man who declares he can't live without
her.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
CHRISTMAS DINNER TABLE.
of Knife, Forks and
Spoons Around Each Plate.

6pOOn8 ArOUnu Facn FiH0e'
A bunch Of holly in a cut-glass bowl on
the embroidered centerpiece will beautify
the table appropriately. If holly be not
available laurel. pine or other green foil
age will do. Lay spray Of the holly or
other green on each napkin. too. The
napkins, as the reader probably knows.
occupy the places Of the plates being TAX
en- into the lap when the latter arrive IT
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-15
MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HATE'ER may be state in life-br1ght youth
poverty, wealth. dogmas beliefs hopes fears
christmas is the day OF sweetest Joy the day meet
with kin and kind feast the gladstone day
of charity the dear day of giving gifts and CHEEKY
words and being glad in making hearts of others glad The
observance of the day the anniversary Of the birth
of Christ is without historical founda ton The date Of
iS vii TOD nd nd
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
POISONING is SUSPECTED.
Stomach of Albert Lea Man Is Sent to
State Chemist.

Albert Lea, Mimi. Nov. 1.-Corone,
Spicer has had the remains of Annun
Boon, who died in the town of Hart
land nearly a year ago, exhumed and
the stomach sent to the state chemist
at the university to ascertain if Boon
came to his death by poison. When
Boon died there were rumors among
his neighbors that poison had caused
mis- death. So strong was the talk
that the coroner had the grave
opened and the stomach taken from
The body and sent away for analysis.
There appeared to be traces of poison
and the chemist asked to have the EN-
tire body sent to him. Boon was
married man. His widow protests her
ignorance of any indications of poi.
son.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
FARMER HANGS HIMSELF.
is Found Dead by His Wife in Black.
smith Shop.

Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. Julius
Amundson, aged forty-six years, who
worked renter farm three miles east
of Johnstown, this county, hanged
himself in a blacksmith shop ON the
farm. No motive for the act can be
conceived of by his family or friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amundson retired about
10 O'Clock, and when Mrs. Amundson
awoke at 4 o'clock she was surprised
to find her husband up and gone. She
thought he had gone to the kitchen
to build a fire, but, not finding him
there, became alarmed. She visited
the barn and the granary without find
ing any trace of him, but in the black
smith shop she found the body, per-
fectly cold, hanging to a rope at
tached to rafter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
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ROBBERS ARE LIBERAL.
Take $50, but Return IS So Victim
Won't Be Penniless.

Take $50, but Return IS So Victim
Won't Be Penniless.
Con Tracy, harvest hand, reached
Grand Forks during the night and re-
ported bold holdup a short distance
from Arvilla. According to Tracy, he
and four companions at Larimore
boarded the blind baggage of an east
bound Great Northern train. They
We're put off at Arvilla, and started to
walk across the prairie. The man
walking ahead turned suddenly and,
with leveled revolver, halted the men
walking behind him. At the same In
stant the man in the rear pulled a gun.
Tracy had $50, which the robbers took.
but the men handed back IS with the
assurance that they would not leave
him penniless. One of his companions
had 81, and the men declined to take
it. t5
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
0rthWeSt News.
STEALS FOR BRIDAL FlNERY.
madison Girl Robs Employer Of Cash
and Jewelry.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 1. = Hilda
Johnson. Norwegian domestic SER
want in the employ of Daniel Trainor,
grocer, robbed her employer Of ST.
900. She is eighteen years old and
had been working for Mr.. Trainor
only three months. The stolen money
was in part checks and part bank
notes. The girl at first denied the
theft, but finally admitted to the po-
lice that she had concealed the money
in the stable. After the money had
been found the girls trunk was
searched, with the result that q valu-
able diamond ring belonging to Mrs.
Trainor was found. The girl said that
she was to be married and desired to
have some money for. fine clothes and
brilliant wedding outfit. Mr.. Train
or allowed the girl to get out of town
and escape punishment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
PUNISHMENT TO FIT.
An Almost Incredible Accusation
Against School Superintendent.

An ALMOST IncrSoipte ACCUSATION
Against School Superintendent.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov 2.-Relatives
OF Arthur Lovemore, a twelve-year-old
pupil in the public schools of Correc-
tionville, Iowa, it is said; will immedi-
ately institute proceedings in the dis.
trict court against Prof. Thomas,
superintendent of the schools, on the
charge that he compelled the boy to
stand up in the presence of the whole
school, smoke twenty cigarettes one
after another, and to swallow the
saliva while he was doing it. The
relatives will set up in their petition
that Thomas compelled the pupil to
smoke the twenty cigarettes and to
swallow the saliva as punishment for
the alleged offense of smoking upon
the school grounds, and will charge
that it made the boy deathly sick and
that it permanently injured his health.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
TO DEPRIVE 10 OF 100000.
States Swamp Land Notes Are Faulty,
Indian Aoent Saws.

Duluth, Nov. 2. = Maj George L.
Scott, the Leech Lake Indian agent,
was here yesterday and is just wind
ing up the payment of annuities to the
red men in his jurisdiction. He left
for McGregor, where the last band to
be paid this year will receive their
money. Maj. Scott says that the state
patents for swamp lands on the Chip.
pewa reservations, and which he has
caused to be held up, would deprive
the Indians of 100000 worth of tim
Der. He says that the state has Sc
lected lands under the old field notes,
tah not notes ' describe as swamp much
land that is of high, rolling character
and well studded with pine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
Robbers CAUGHT In Act.

Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 2. - A masked
man entered the saloon here yester-
day and, having lined eight players.
hands up. against the wall, was re-
lieving them of their money when
Policeman Wheeler entered and ex-
changed shots with him. The bandit
fell wounded, and as he lay on the
fioor shot himself In the head. He
was overpowered and taken to the
hospital His condition Is serious. An
accomplice stationed outside the SO.
loon fired one shot at the officer. but
missed. He escaped. 4
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
DOODLE CHARGES TO BE PRoeEp
Grand Jury to Meet Soon in Sioux
Falls.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Nov 1.--Wallace
D. Scott, states attorney for mime
haha county, on application by citi-
Zens of Sioux Falls and Minnehaha
county, has made application to Judge
Jones for the converting of grand
jury during the regular November
term Of court in this city. The grand
jury will contain eight members and
will be the first drawn in this county
co.. number of years. The calling of
the jury at this time was due to the
fact that for some time little charges
have been circulated accusing city
and county officials of being implica-
ted in grating. ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-04
MORE PRIZES FOR MINNESOTA.
Poultry Exhibit at st. Louis Gets 26
Votes.

st. Paul, Nov. 2.-Minnesota's poul-
try is keeping up the extraordinary
record of the other products Of the
state at the, st. Louis exposition.
Word was received yesterday by
Condo Hamlin, president of the Min.
nesota worlds fair commission, that
Minnesota had been awarded twenty
six prizes in the poultry department.
In view of the fact that only forty.
three birds from Minnesota were in
the competition the award of prizes is
considered most extraordinary and a
high compliment to the fanciers Of
the state. The average is the highest
OF any state having entries in the
poultry department.