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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
PIPE SMOKED By RALEIGH.
Quaint Relic that IL De.cen led from
Elizabeth's Time.

During the last fortnight Americans
in London have been tiocking to the
shipping exhibition in Whitechapel to
see relic Of United States history
which will be interesting likewise to
their countrymen at home. This Is
nothing less than the pipe smoked by
Sir Walter Raleigh, which is also, of
course, the first ever smoked in this
country, the famous cOurtier of Queen
Elizabeth having introduced the fra
grant weed" in England on his return
from America. The pipe belongs to
the Prince of Wales, who always has
seen to its being guarded most care
fully. There is little doubt that this Is
the pipe that Sir Walter was enjoying
when his servant. frightened at the
cloud of smoke, dashed a pail of cold
water over his master to extinguish
the flames which he thought were
threatening the knights life. 1t is
probable. too, that Raleigh used this
pipe when he demonstrated to Queen
Elizabeth the weight of giEen
amount of smoke by weighing some to-
baccO smoking IT and weighing the
ashes.
Even more interesting than these.
however, are the associations Of the
pipe with the latter part Of the court
favOrite's life. 1t was his constant COM
panion when he placed the battlement
outside the prison at the tower of
London while composing his history of
the world
To this day the window in the white
tower is pointed out where Sir Walter
smoked his pipe us he watched his
rival. the Earl of Essex. walk to the
scaffold erected on the green just be-
low. and there is equally trustworthy
substantiatiOn for the tradition that
this was the pipe the knight carried
with him to the block when it came his
turn to take 1.-THE sharp medicine but
cure for all diseases"
For many years the pipe was part
Of the Duke Of Cambridge's collection.
who. though not a great user of to-
bacco, has one OF the finest collections
Of pipes and snuff boxes in the king
dom. While the present Prince Of
Wales was an active naval officer the
duke gave him Raleigh's pipe and his
royal hghness has guarded it as a
cherished possession. Before he allow
ed 1t to go to Whitechapel exhibition
he insisted that it be insured for
$1,000. and 1t Is doubtful whether it
will ever leave the royal cabinet again.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
eRuFF's APT REPLY SAVED HIM.

Story of a Reporter Whose Quick Wit
Disarmed an Angry Woman.
THE nerve of newspaper men fire.
quently keeps them from serious trou-
BILE, as we'll as getting them into II"
remarked Representative Livingston of
Georgia while talking to a group OF
friends in the clOakrOOm. LAS whole
they are generally pretty clever lot
and prepared for any emergency, and l
suppose that they make about as few
mistakes as the average run of men.
II shall never forget an incident
which happened several years ago in
Atlanta, and I laugh now every time
I think Of it. A dashing young woman
came to Atlanta and engaged the
SWEETEST suite Of rooms at the Kim
ball, and she sported diamonds as large
as walnuts and drove a fourth hand.
1t was given out that the young beauty
was Miss So-andSo, the cattle queen
Of the West, and that she had money
enough to burn up stock yard Of wet
cows.
ED Bruffey of the Constitution had
an idea that the woman was a fake,
and he soon had the wires hot with
messages making inquiries about her,
the result being that he got corking
good story to the effect that the wom-
an was the rankest kind of humbug
Bruff printed the story next morning
and it caused genuine sensation but
the woman never lost her grip, driving
out that afternoon with her fourth
hand
Late that night Bruff was in the
lobby Of the Kimball talking to Ed Cal
lOway. the night clerk, when the cattle
queen swished down the steps and,
walking up to Bruff, asked If he was
responsible for the story in the Con-
stitution.
81 have that honor was his reply.
"'Then, sir. l am going to kill YOU
almost yelled the woman as she drew
gun from the folds Of her dress.
This didn't alarm the little news
paper man in the least, but. lifting his
hat. he quietly remarked:
"'Fire away, madam; l had rather
he killed by pretty woman any day
than to die natural death
"Bruff won out, for the woman
laughed and retreated upstairs
Washington Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07

pended on symbols in the buoyancy
chamber of the torpedo. Attached to its
axis is steel spring connected with the
tooth gearing. A rod to the air lever
actuates it. When the lever ia thrown
back the spring Is released. and the
gyroscope spins around at the rate of
1900 revolutions a minute. In his book
on "Torpedoes and Torpedo Vessels"
Lieut.. Armstrong, of the British navy,
says:
THE gyrOscope works a servo-mOtor.
actuating a pair Of movable vertical
rudders placed In recesses in the YER
tical fms. These rudders. be 1t re-
membered. are therefore supplement-
airy to the small adjusted vertical rud-
ders ordinarily fitted. but which may
be discarded If a gyroscope is being
used. If. now, the torpedo from any
cause, external or internal. be de-
Elected out Of the line of fire, the gy-
roscope, by maintaining its axial posi-
ton in the line Of fire. acts on the
vomotor, and by means Of the ver-
teal rudders steers the torpedo back
again to its original position"
Thus the torpedo is endowed with a
brain. so to speak, that directs its
course through the waves on its mis-
sion Of death.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
THE OLD AUTOGRAPH ALBUM.

Among the relics Of the past.
The links of Memorys clinging chain
That. with it's meshes, binds me fast
TO DAYS that cannot come again.
There is no prize more precious than
This booklet; thoughtfully scan
Its yellow pages, scrubbed DER
BY many whom | knew of yore.
Here a refrain expressing love
Beneath the picture of dove.
And here half sarcastic quip.
All traced in childish penmanship.
"If YOU love me as love you
No knife can cut our love in two"
Meath that trite sentiment l see
A name once passing dear to me.
Across the past my memory flies
| see pair of laughing eyes.
l press little hand that lay
Within my own that summer day.
mo knife can cut our love in two"
Still. it was but an earthly strand.
And what a knife could never do
Was. as a higher power planned.
Accomplished by the reaper's hand.
o treasured names! o memory!
w nuI were existence WltnOul tHce3
For art thou not the magic key
With which we penetrate the seal
That locks away the musty past
And, in our leisure moments, steal
Great solace from that storeroom vast
Bereft of thee, how man would grope
Into the futures unknown scope.
As up some storm-swept, rocky slope,
The shipwrecked mariner doth crawl,
Before him dread uncertainty,
Behind, the cruel. yawning sea
And darkness hanging over all.
milwaukee Sentinel.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
FORTUNES ON FINGER ENDS.
Queen Of Slam Has Gem-Set Thin BILE
Worth $4,000.

Queen of Slam Has Gem-Set Thimble
Worth $4,000.
The cOstliest thimble In the world Is
undoubtedly one possessed by the
Queen of Siam, says the Queen 1t was
presented to her by her husband, the
king, who had it made ut cost Of
rather more than f15.OOO. This Thin
BILE Is quite an exquisite work Of art.
1t is made Of pure gold, in the fashion
or shape Of half-Opened lotos flower.
the floral emblem of the royal house
of Siam.
1t Is thlckly studded with the most
beautiful diamonds and other precious
stones, which are SO arranged as TO
form the name Of the queen. together
with the date Of her marriage. She
regards this thimble az one Of her
most precious possessions.
Not long since a Paris jeweler made
a most elaborate thimble to the order
Of a certain we,l-knOwn American mill
icnaire. 1t was somewhat larger than
the ordinary size Of thimbles and the
agreed price was $4,000. The gold set
ting was scarcely visible so complete
" was it set with diamonds, rubies
and pearls, in artistic designs, the
rubies showing the Initials Of the in
tended recipient.
This thimble was made as birth
day present to the millionaire's daugh-
ter. who can now boast the possession
of the second most valuable thimble in
the world. Her father was so much
pleased with the fine workmanship it
showed that he ordered another but
much less expensive one to be made
for presentation to the school compan-
ion and bosom friend Of his fortunate
child.
Five or six years ago jeweler in
the west end Of London was paid a
sum of nearly $4,000 for thimble
which the pampered wife of South
American CrOesus insisted on having
made for her. This was one mass Of
precious gems, diamonds and rubies,
which as thimble ornaments seem to
almost monopolize feminine taste.
The eccentric prince, the late Maha.
rajah Dhuleep Singh, never did things
by halves, and one Of the most beauti.
full and costly thimbles ever made was
that which was supplied to his order
~ O. present for a great lady In Rus.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
How to Pay or Church Debt..

The most profitable way of raising
church funds is flower carnival.
Work should be commenced as early
as April If the carnival is to be held
In July or August.
A list Is made Of all the annual flow
ers-as pansies, sweet-peas, roses and
foliage plants. These are catalOgued.
and prizes are solicited for each group.
The prizes have always been donated
In our church. and have been Of every
description-as clocks. dishes, silver.
pictures, clothing. shoes. rugs, fancy
work-anything that any one is willing
to give. We have had as high as one
hundred prizes-first, second and third.
Then advertisements are solicited in
our town and adjoining towns or cities
at from one dollar to five dollars, ac-
cording to space. The pamphlets are
then printed and distributed in the
town. We have always held it in
August in our church, and for two
days. no fee being charged to enter
flowers or plants. These are arranged
in the hall or church In separate
groups. We charge an admission fee
Of ten cents. and serve ice cream and
cake, coffee and sandwiches for fifteen
cents; we also have candy booth, and
in the evening an informal entertain
ment. Three judges are generally an
pointed-one from another town. one
from our church ana one from another
church-to award the prizes.
The work moro than navc for ma
never raised less than three hundred
dollars, with very little EXPENSE
Woman's Home Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
liked Shorter Miles.

The late John X. Proctor, president
Of the Civil Service Commission, was a
student Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania in 1868 and 1864. and in his col
lege days liked nothing better than to
set out early on frosty morning and
walk twenty-five or thirty miles
through the country
Once he met an Irishman on the road
to Morristown. lie and the freshman
plOdded along together a matter of six
or seven miles They stopped and read
each milestone and Proctor said:
Il think that milestOnes cheer Il road
up wonderfully. don't your
Faith an do that" said the Irish
man. II find them great comfort. 1t
would be an improvement. though, IL
they was nearer one another, wouldn't
it?"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
[TQQElw@GS OF MXlR]
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Hear the sullen roar
or the guns on the shore
1.-THE dogs Of war are loose"
See the flying shells,
Hear the victors' yells-
1.-THE dogs of war are loose"
Now the slow retreat.
OF beaten. shattered feet.
And pursuit by the enemy bold
IT'S story old
That will ever be told
When the dogs Of war are loosA
Hark! The bugle call,
| In line columns fall,
''The dogs Of war are loose"
Marching to the front
To stand the battle brunt--
1.-THE dogs Of war are loose"
Flag they must defend,
To the bitter end,
BE their country right or wrongs
Join the battle song.
AS they march along.
when the dogs of war are loose"
Many tear dimmed eyes.
And many good-byes-
1.-THE dogs OF war are loose"
Mothers heart must ache,
All for her country's sake.
"Thedogs Of war are loose"
She'll recall with pride,
How her dear boy died.
When nation pays him honor's need,
Scrolls of fame should read:
THANK his mother for the deed"
When the dogs Of war are loose.
Frank Nj. Shelley, Jr.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07

Then, as he did not answer immedi-
ately, she said, gently: II don't think
that you quite understand what scene
l referred to, but I'll show you in a
moment. If you'll just hand me the
manuscript"
"The manuscript he queried,
blankly.
He took two turns up and down the
room. then faced her, crimson and
crestfallen.
I'm extremely sorry to tell you,"
he said. hoarsely. that yOhr manu-
script is-(the arctic blue Of her eyes
froze the truth upon his lips)-is left
not need 1t Immediately"
MOO" she admitted. mot to-day,
but l really must dispatch it to the
publishers Tomorrow"
"All right" he said. IN call in the
morning.
"With the manuscript" she asked
him. smilingly.
with the manuscript" he echoed,
despalringly.
And as he went out Of the house he
held brief Intellectual conversation
with the butler, punctuated with IS
bill, and then paced the street for
many hours-prey to thought Of for
gerry and fight.
1t was the next morning. and he
had been talking volubly and long on
different subjects when she at length
managed to get In a word.
"Well." she asked, have you got
it,"
WHAT" he answered. quickly. THE
measles! No! Although you seemed
to think So Judging from the way in
which you avoided me at the reception
last night. and again Mt the opera aft
erward. You wouldn't give me so
much as bowl
Il didn't see YOU" she told him.
"Where-where was IT. he inter
rupted to explain. I'm the dress cir
Gle. on the opposite side. with my
glasses leveled on your box"
THAT was waste Of time" she
said, ilupatiently. land so is this. What
Is the Use hiding the truth any longer?
Why will you not acknowledge that
you've lost my manuscripts
Because I haven't" he answered.
doygedly. MOI CAS- she stared at
him in amazement) "If that manu-
script has disappeared vanished ire
parably, you are responsible. and you
alOne.'
He strobe to the door, then wheel
ing round. faced her.
"If forgot your story" he said.
harshly. at was because | was think
ing only of you. If was absent
minded, it was because you were pres
ent. IL I-er-lOst that manuscript. it
was because, well! suppose you
know tt had already lost my heart.
That's all. Good-by!"
And he turned to 90. But she was
already at his elbow, and there was
something in her hand-a typewriter
parcel-a manuscript.
ut has been a pretty bad quarter
of an hour. hasn't it?' she asked him,
and her eyes were neutrality-suspicious.
to your stories and mine. But you're
not going YETI" Tor he was turning
the door knob 1T isn't late, and be-
sides"
Here she looked up at him, and
all. we'll! The clock licked loudly
and the fire cracked!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
Consistent.

Il was cleaning our silver on Sunday
when Mrs. Straitlace called on her
way from church. Fortunately, though.
she didn't find 1t out"
"She's very strict about the Sabbath.
isn't she?"
"Yes. She apologized for calling up
on me on that day. but she thought she
ought to tell me that scandalous story
about Mrs. Gidday." - Philadelphia
PresA
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
OLD
FAVORITES

e~.~-~.~.~~~~~~
Marco Bozzaris.
At midnight in his guarded tent,
The Turk was dreaming Of the hour
When Greece, her knee in suppliance
bent,
Should tremble at his power;
In dreams through camp and court he
bore
The trophies of a conqueror:
In dreams his song Of triumph heard !;
Then wore his monarch's signet ring;
Then pressed that monarch's throne-a
king!
AS wild his thoughts and gay Of wing
As Eden's garden bird.
At midnight in the forest shades,
Boxzaris ranged his Suliote band.
True as the steel of the tried blades,
Heroes in heart and hand.
There had the Persian thousands stood;
There had the glad earth drunk their
blood
On old Plataea's day;
And now there breathed that haunted air
The sons Of sires who persisted there,
With arms to strike and souls to dare
An hour passed-the Turk awoke,
That bright dream was his last;
He woke--t0 hear his sentries shrek.
ITO arms! they come. the Greek, the
Greek"
He woke-to die mid flames and smoke.
And shout and groan and saber stroke.
And death shots falling thick and fast
As lightning from the mountain cloud:
And heard, with voice as trumpet louJ,
Bozzaris cheer his band;
"Strike till the last armed foe expires,
Strike for your affairs and your fires!
Strike for the green graves Of your sres ,
God and Your native land!'
They fought like brave men long and
we'll;
They piled that ground with Moslem
slain;
They conquered. but Bozzaris fell,
bleeding at every vein.
His few surviving comrades saw
His smile when rang their proud hurrah.
And the red field was won:
Then saw in death his eyelids close,
Calmly az to a nights repose,
Like flowers at set Of sun.
Bozzaris! will, the storfed brave
Greece nurtured in her glory's time,
Rest thee. there Is no prouder grave,
Even In her proud cline,
She wore no funeral weeds for thee
Nor babe the dark hearse wave its
plume,
Like torn branch from deaths leafless
tree,
In sorrows pomp and pageantry,
The heartless luxury Of the tomb.
But she remembers thee as one
Long loved and for season gone:
For thee her poets Tyre is wreathed,
Her marble wrought, her music breath
ed;
For thee she rings the birthday bells,
or thee her babes first lisping tells,
For thee her evening prayer is said
At palace couch and cottage bed;
Her soldier closing with the foe,
Gives for thy sake a deadlier blow;
His plighted maiden when she fears
For him, the Joy Of her young years.
Thinks Of thy fate and checks her tears.
And she. the mother Of thy boys,
Though in her eye and faded cheek
Is read the grief she will not speak,
The memory of her buried joys.
And even she who gave thee birth
Will by their pilgrm-circled hearth
Talk Of thy doom without sigh;
For thou art Freedoms now and Fame's,
One Of the few, tn immortal names,
That were not borne to die!
--Fitz Greene Halleck.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
Court OF Arbitration.

"The reason can't get along with
my wife is that she wants to submit all
our differences to arbitration"
ITO arbitration?'
Eyes. She always wants to refer
disputes to her mother."-Town and
Country.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07

While
Manchua been delayed soldier
die
would
soldiers
and
For warmth the
a all.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07

kyrOScOpe. L Ills is
a delicate appar-
atus for keeping a
torpedo straight in
Its course, ev en-
through a distance
Of 1900 yards. 1t
is a small, weight
ed. wheel-like OBJ
ject, carefully sus-.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
Would Do A Well

Regular Guest-Have you any
CLAIMS?
Waiter-No; we haven't had clam
in the house for week.
Regular Guest-Oh. well, bring me
some clam chowder.-Exchange.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
Her Ideal of a Man.

6he-Gertrude says she will never
marry until she finds her ideal.
He--What is her ideal?
She-Oh, any man who will ask her.
illustrated Bits.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
COnlmOuDlaCe.

Her o'clock tea was terribly pie.
beian"
How so"'
"Why, she gave them enough to eat"
philadelphia Bulletin.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07
TIE DEADLY TORPEDO'S METAL BRAIN

1t has been stated that much Of the
Japanese success in naval fights
around Port Arthur was due to the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07

Many good man who engages IL
matrimonial warfare goes down to dc.
feat
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07

A train Of thought runs regardless of
timetables.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-27
Tying u Horse to a Hole.

It has been discovered that the des-
ert Indians, who have never been ac-
credited with superabundant wits, have
for many years employed method of
tying their horses to holes in the
ground that is clever, unique and eff
fective. The operation of tying horse
to hole seems an impracticable and
impossible one, for there is something
decidedly Intangible and unsubstantial
about the hole. The operation is per-
formed in this way: Kneeling on the
hot sands, the Indians dig with their
hands until they have made a hole
about two feet deep. They then tie an
immense knot in the end of the halter
rope, lower it into the bottom of the
hole, fill the hole with sand and then
jump and stamp upon it until the earth
over the knot is about as hard as sand
stone.-London Magazine
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-27
Poison IN Walls.

"As much as 46 per cent Of organic
matter has been found in plaster taken
from the walls of hospital ward in
Paris" Statistics tell us that it is not
uncommon to find air in public assem-
bly, rooms and even in dwellings con-
tanning from ten to fifteen times the
amount of carbonic acid found in pure
air. OF this gas Tomlinson says: cit
acts as a poison. If we attempt to
inhale it by putting the face over the
edge Of a beer vat the nostrils and
throat are irritated so strongly that
the CLOTHS closes and inspiration be-
comes impossible" One need remain
but half an hour in an unventiIated
room to have inhaled 600 times the
foul and poisonous fluid; the blood
will have carried it to every part Of
the body, and the entire system will
have become MISUNDERSTANDING
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-27
BANDITS EXECUTED.
Niedermeier, Marx and Van Dine
Hanged in Chicago Former
Carried to Scaffold.

Chicago, April 23.-The car-barn
bandits have paid the penalty of their
crimes. All three of them were hanged
Friday morning.
Peter Niedermsier, the leader of the
desperate band of robbers, was the first
to die. His nerve stood by him to the
last, but his physical strength gave out
and he was carried to the scaffold. He
died with only curse for religion. He
defied Heaven and man. His death was
consistent with his life.
Gustave Marx was the next to go to
his fate. He was brave and collected
Not once did he falter, and the words
Of his prayer: ooh, God, receive my
soul,'' came from behind the white cap
the very instant the trap fell.
Harvey Van Dine was the last. He.
too, showed the greatest courage in the
awful moments that preceded the
plunge. Like Marx, he kept repeating
the words of the itany for the dying,
and his tones rose clear and distinct up
to the last second.
The crime for which they were hanged
was the robbery Of the Chicago City
railway car barn, August 80, 1903. In
this affair the robbers secured $2,250
killed two men and wounded another.
The crime was brutal in the highest de-
gree. No warning was given. The band
its opened fire upon the startled clerks,
without even the accustomed command:
Hands up!" The robbery occurred at
three o'clock in the morning. Frank
Stewart, young clerk, was shot and IA
tally wounded where he sat. James B.
Johnson, motorman, was asleep on q
bench, and he, too, was killed before he
knew what was happening.
In addition to this crime the bandits
were guilty of robbing a number of sa-