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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
PRESIDENTIAL VALENTINES
Large Number Of Caricatures Reaches
the White House.

Quite a lot of valentines reaches the
White House by mail at this season ev-
cry year. There are always good many
people scattered over the country who
are ever anxious to write to the Presi-
dent and the festival of the patron saint
of lovers affords them n great opportu-
nifty. The senders of these missives, as
a rule, believe that the President will
personally open them. and II they are In
tended to wound his feelings, that he will
personally grieve over the slurs they cast
Presumably in some cases they obtain
great satisfaction from dispatching such
anonymous cartoons, with their accom-
panying derisive verses. But, unhappily
for their nims, the chief magistrate new
er sees any communications of the sort,
all Of which are opened by a clerk and
promptly consigned to the wastebasket,
save only a few notable ones that are
deemed worthy Of being put on file az
curiosities.
However. II 10 only the rare and ex-
ceptional presidential valentine that Is
In any way malicious. OF course, every
President Of the United States has enc
mies-a rule to which Mr.. Roosevelt IL
no exception-and now and then dis
gruntled Office seeker or some person
who has been put out Of Job In the
government employ, considers that he
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01

on the pavement unconscious, with one
little arm broken.
Men rushed to pick her up; but one
tall form was ahead of them all. Lin
coin, with all the tenderness in his great
heart aroused. stopped and picked the lit
tie form up in his arms.
Where does she live?" he asked, and
a man standing at his side, with Madge's
basket in his hand. volunteered to show
the way to her home.
Lincoln could have called an ambu-
lance or sent her home in n carriage, but
that was not this great mans way
Where help was needed he gave it him
self and so it was that those who We're
on Pennsylvania avenue that Lincoln $
birthday saw the President pass along
with n little injured girl in his arms
A short walk and they reached the
house. where Madge's father steadying
himself on crutches, met them at the
door.
Your little girl has been injured;
show me a bed and I'll place her on il"
Lincoln said.
a doctor was called and soon Madge
opened her eyes and said.
Papa, the President"
yes. dear. the President is here and
only waits to know you're all right, be-
fore leaving"
Lincoln bent over the bed and placing
one arm around little Madge said: Wont
you give the President kiss before he
goes?"
Madge raised her head and Lincoln,
lover of all children. kissed her and said:
"GOod-by, little one | shall look for YOU
when ! pass down Pennsylvania avenue
again"
Many times after Madge was well the
President passed and gave her n pleas
ant greeting. Then came the night of
the 18th of April, when the news slEead
like wildfre that Lincoln had been shot
and when the story of his death was told
the next morning one pair of eyes were
filled with tears and one little heart was
full Of sadness at the passing away of
the great. kindly man, whose heart was
filled with love and tenderness for all
misunderstanding Eagle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01

1t was the first time In his life that
he had been continually obedient to
anyone except his father.
Then came two or three days when
Mr.. MunrOe couldn't sit still. but wan
dered aimlessly about the house and
scolded everyone that spoke to him.
The next morning little yellow letter
came to him. After he had read it he
locked himself into the library, and
Jacks aunt wouldn't let anyone 60
near him all day.
The next morning he told Jack that
the menagerie had gotten away and
eaten up all his money. At least Jack
supposed 1t was menagerie, as there
were bulls and bears In it. The great
house and it's contents were sold, and
they went to Boston to live in a fat.
Jack had forgotten all about Miss
Brown amid the novelty Of his new
surroundings until one evening when
he found his father sitting discOnso-
lately by his desk, holding her photo
graph in his hand.
wouldn't it be sport to have Miss
Brown here now, pa?" he inquired.
Did you love her, too, Jack?" his
ia Their asked sadly.
Sure. She's daisy"
''Well, Jack. I'll tell you secret. l
was going to ask her to marry me and
he your mamma. But l can't now,
when everything we have is what
can earn"
Jack pondered the situation over I'M
Til the next day. After his father had
gone to work he posted the following
letter to his former school teacher. hav-
ing labOred long and valiantly in It's
compositions:
Dear Miss Brown.
PA wants to know if you will be
my mamma He says he can't ask you
because he lost his money should
think 1t would be a good time to ask
you, because you could earn some for
him. And | should think you would
he happy enough to be my mamma
and not have any money. Pa looks as
If he had the stomach ache all the
time. Your friend. JACK"
Soiiie udvS Idtef JACK Tatler came
home from the Office and handed Jack
the letter he had written.
Did you write that. Jack?"
YES. Where did you get it?'
Mr.. Munroe went away Saturday
and when he came home the next week
he brought lady with him that he
said was not Miss Brown. but Jacks
new indianapolis Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
AUCTION SALE OF HEARTS,
Novel Way to Celebrate the Feast OF
Cool st. Valentine.

There could be no gayer plan for cello
brating the feast of good Saint Valen.
tine than an auction sale of hearts. Be-
yond suspending sheet in the center OF
the drawing room. In case it is not con.
venient to devote two rooms to your
guests no arranging is necessary.
If there are two rooms employed let
the girls OF the party all withdraw into
one Of these, the men remaining in the
other. The folding doors are closed or
partly drawn and the girl whose heart il
first to be auctiOned is decided upon
among the ladies'. The men are kept in
total ignorance of the results of this
decision
Some one. who Is a clever talker. then
mounts chair, and. armed with a ham.
mer, begins to auction off the heart of
the girl chosen. He does not describe
her In such way that she can be rec
ognized, but dwells upon her particular
charms. Her wit. il she is witty. her
beauty II she is beautiful her vivacity IL
she Is vivacious, and so on.
When his wares have been sufficiently
extolled he asks for bids Bids can ONLY
be made by pounds or ounces (etcetera)
OF love, the man who would like to can
ture the heart offering so many pounds
or ounces for it. This bidding continues
for about minute, the heart going to
the highest bidder.
AS soon as the purchaser has been
decided upon the man who wins Is led
into the adjoining room and presented to
the lady whose heart he has won. The
men who were not purchasers remain in
the outer room and do not learn the iden-
tity OF the lady whose heart they failed
to carry OF.
Another heart is now proposed by the
auctioneer, and her charms described.
This also goes to the man who bids high
est. who is promptly admitted to her
society.
The game continues until all the hearts
have been disposed of, when, of course.
all the young people will be together.
The man who purchased and the girls
whose heart has been won become part.
ners for the games Of the evening.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01

onstrations were of physical character.
At length rappings were heard beneath
the Presidents feet, and the medium
stated that an Indian desired to cOmmu-
nicate with him.
II shall be happy to hear what his
Indian majesty has to say" replied the
President, "for have recently received
a deputation Of our red brethren, and it
was the only delegation. black, white or
blue, which did not volunteer some ad-
vice about the conduct Of the war"
The medium then called for pencil
and paper. which were laid upon the
table, and afterwards covered with a
handkerchief
Presently knocks were heard. and the
paper was uncovered. To the surprise
of all present it read as follows: Haste
makes waste. but delays cause vexations
Give vitality by energy. Use every
means to subdue. Proclamations are use
less. Make bold front and fight the
enemy; leave traitors at home to the
care Of loyal men. Less note of prepare
tons, less parade and policy talk, and
more action-Henry Knox"
That is not Indian talk" said the
President. "Who is Henry Knoxy'
The medium, speaking in a strong
voice. said: THE first Secretary Of War"
"Oh. yes: General Knox" said the
President. stanton that message Is for
you; 1t Is from your predecessor.
should like to ask General Knox when
this rebellion will be put down"
The answer was oraculnrly indefinite
The medium then called up Napoleon,
who thought one thing. Lafayette an
other, and Franklin differed from both
"Ah" exclaimed the President, "opin-
ions differ among the saints as well as
among the sinners. Their talk is very
much like the talk of NV cabinet"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
COLLEGE BOYS AND MONEY.
Something of the Cost of Getting
Through the Big Schools.


A recent issue of the New York Her
aid devotes IA page to the subject
'Weath and Work in College Life"
in which some interesting statements
are made. 1t says. for instance. that
the class that was graduated at Yale
last spring numbered many young
mllOnaires and many others who will
inherit great wealth. This class in
four years spent 81 .1O4. 800. an average
for each man of $4.3l6. BY way Of
contrast, it mentions the fact that
some students in the class have gotten
along on as little as $3.50 a year. The
wealthiest member of the class was
Clifford Alexander Cochran. Of Yon-
kers. y. y. Another rich member was
Robert Rutherford Mccormick. son OF
Robert Mccormick. United States am
bassador to Russia. and a grandson Of
Joseph Medill, who founded the Chi
cagO Tribune. Other rich members
were Franklin Farrell. Jr, Of An
sonia, Conn. son Of a we'll known man
ufacturer; stephen Carleton Clark, Of
Cooperstown. n. Y. whose mother re-
Gently married Bishop Henry c. Pot
ter; Henry Wilfred De Puy, a steel
and coal promoter
The graduating class Of Harvard
last spring was conspicuous In its
lack of wealthy students or members
of wealthy families
The great ma jority at Yale and Har-
ward are poor men. many of them
working their way through their col
lege courses. DIR. Kitchel, at the head
Of the Yale Bureau of Self Help. saws
that more than $4,000 is annually Civ
on at Yale to students needing aid. A
part Of the work of the bureau is to
assist students in getting work and
making themselves self-supporting.
The cost of getting through Yale
University is stated as follows: Lowest
per annum. $3.50; general average,
S445 very liberal, $500. OF those
working their way through the courses
last year twenty-five were in the senior
class, twentyfour in the junior class,
thirty-two in the sophomore, and thir-
tyone in the freshman class.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
Jacks First Proposal

q was Jacks doing. But as Jack
had been responsible for every I'M
usual thing that had happened in
the neighborhood ever since the day he
was horn, II years before. no one ever
thought OF giving him credit for it.
He began 1t by capturing a nestful Of
young ladders and letting them loose in
school while the superintendent was
making tour OF inspection. Miss
Brown, the new teacher. sent a note
To the culprits father. asking him to
call at the schoolhouse after school
hours. Mr.. Munroe grumbled and
went He stayed an hour. and when
he went away said that he would like
to call occasionally and talk over
Jacks welfare.
But Jack must have deteriorated
sadly, for it was only short time be-
fore his aunt. who kept house for them.
had to invite Miss Brown to dinner
once or twice a week After 1t was
over Miss Brown and his father would
sit in the parlor and talk about him
In tones so low that he couldn't hear
what they were saying. or course.
they had to sit very close to each 9th
or to do this. and 1t was about this
time that Mr.. MunrOe's eyes began to
trouble him so that he couldn't bear
to have the gas lighted. But even this
did not prove sufficient to insure his
sons wellbeing. and they began to
take long rides in the evening. They
both went around looking so happy
that Jack thought they must have So
lected some grand profession for him
driving the ash team. perhaps.
As for Miss Brown. the boys said
she was good locker and regular
brick And you can depend upon the
judgment of boy every time. Jack
had finally decided that she was to he
trusted and had consigned to her with
out reserve the direction Of his actions
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
GEiSHAS AS They ARE.
Avaricious and Am bilious, They De-
light In 1ntrigues.


As the pagan society Of Japan Is or
ganized, the geishas are simply indis-
pensable, and they are not ignorant Of
their advantages. For one thing, they
serve as social substitutes for those
wives, sisters and daughters who are
not allowed to be present at dinner
party in a japanese nObleman's home,
much less In tea house. But, as a
matter Of fact, many Of the more re-
fined men lose their youthful enthu-
siasm over the feminine destinations OF
the geisha, and tire of her falsetto
voice and her dance. which, as Mr..
Finck truly remarks. Is rather panto-
mimic than saltatorial.
These same refined men. however,
know that the geisha, quite apart from
her more sensuous merits. has a pc
culiar value from her superb tact in
entertaining a guest by talk and cha n
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
bout him every time he mounted a

about him every time he mounted a
stump.
The applause he won was sweet: and
frequently he INDUCED his gifts when he
ought to have been at work-so thought
his employers and Thomas, his father.
1t was trying. no doubt, to the hard
pushed farmers to see the men who
ought to have been cutting grass or chop
ping wood throw down their sickes or
axes to group around boy whenever he
mounted stump to develop a pet theory
or repeat, with variations, yesterdays
sermon.
He wrote as well as made speeches,
and some Of his productions were even
printed through the influence of his ad-
miring neighbors; thus local Baptist
preacher was so struck with one Of Abra-
hams essays on temperance that he sent
it to Ohio, whore it appeared in some
local paper. Another article on "Nation-
al Politics" so pleased lawyer of the
vicinity that he declared the world
couldn't beat it,"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01
A New Lincoln Story.

w. f. Curtis tells this new Lincoln
story: President Lincoln once invited a
famous medium to display his alleged SUI
pernatural powers at the White House,
several members of the cabinet being
present. For the first half hour the dem
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01

When a man takes up the reins Of
government he always finds himself
behind a team Of kickerR
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

Tue. EA-COuSTeSS-
man Worthington was made a repre-
sentative from Nevada near the close
OF the civil war and he arrived in Wash
ington just in time to take part in the
proceedings necessary to the adoption
of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to secure which Nevada was made
state. Afterwards he represented the.
United States in Uruguay and the Ar
gentlne Republic He was selected to
serve as pallbearer for Abraham Lin
coin during the brief time of his service
in the house. He is to-day the sole sur
vlvor OF those who bore the body of the
martyred president to his grave. There
Is little left for the old man now. He Is
poverty stricken and ill and yet he con-
tlnues to hold the regard of those men,
bers OF congress who remember what he
was and who help him to exc out scanty
existence by giving odd jobs about the
capitol. In all his misfortune this vener-
able derelict has kept up his good
spirits and has not lost the power to en-
tertai1 He has seen many interesting
men and scenes and he knows how to
tell about them. In his earlier days he
was said to be strikingly handsome and
extremely popular. That may be easily
imagined by one who sees him now. for
he has the fading memory of such things
In his face.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

from publts life he viii he missed more
generally than any other man now in
the senate, for his are the qualities which
always attract attention and when he is
in business the rest Of the senate are
kept busy guessing. He is one Of the most
delightful men in public life. In CONVEX
sation he is fascinating. Anecdote, wit
ticisms and literary illusions fall from
his lips in continuous stream. Scores
of vastly entertaining volumes might be
compiled by one who would follow the
Massachusetts senator about and take
down his daily gossippings. A part of
his memories he has compiled himself
in the random autobiography which has
just been published, but they are only a
fraction of the interesting things he
could tell: CAUTIOUSLY enough, Senator
Hoar has. never been quite on the "in-
side" of national politics, great as is his
prestige in the senate. He has never
been one of the managing men of con-
gress, but has rather been regarded as
sage. He likes to talk of himself as an
old man, yet his mind is as clear and Wig
orous as it ever was and age has only
ripened and enriched it. He is as quick
In repartee as any man in the senate and
ne does not fear anybody In debate. That
he may live long to~enjoy his honors and
has prestige is the wish even of those
who lose patience with him at times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

when he made one
of the happiest RESPONSES imaginable,
catching his auditors, who included the
leaders of congress and other prominent
men, with the aptness and thorough good
feeling Of his remarks. He had been in
the United States less than week and he
had hardly freed himself of his sea legs.
He knsw nothing about American habits
and traditions except what he had read
in the somewhat uncongenial atmos-
phere of Persia, India and Madrid. Yet
he showed an appreciation of American
ways that some foreign representatives
spend years in Washington without &C.
quiring. 1t is little of a puzzle to the
new ambassador that so many Amer
leans seem to have the faculty of public
speech. In his own country it is not near
ly so frequently found as here, and the
readiness and aptness Of the average
Yankee on his feet are source of con-
tinual amaZement to him. Probably
after he has been here awhile and has
made few after dinner speeches in his
own tactful vein he will be less at loss
to account for the universally of a
talent which he has possessed uncon-
sciously all these years. Sir Mortimer is
assured already of great popularity in
Washington, and from present prospects
he will occupy worthily the place left
vacant by the demise of Pauncefote and
Herbert, two of the most attractive per-
sonalities who have ever graced the
Washington diplomatic colony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

acre. That is an
old story now; no land in that Alad-
ans nook of New York has been sold
Tor years, nor is any for sale or likely
to be, unless Uncle Sam should con-
clude to change the site of his SUBJ
treasury and assay Office. If he should
ne could easily get twice the price
PAID years ago for nearby space.
Then the operations for the Flatiron
building revealed the possibilities of
land on Madison Square. Between
$lo'ooo,o0o and $12,000,o00 per acre
were paid for the various plots united
IN this structure. And then the mad
dest speculation was let loose by the
announcement that the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad was to build a great uptown
station on the line of Thirty-fourth
street, with tunnels to Long Island
and New Jersey.
"A hasty scramble to get on en-
sued. In the rush a single parcel on
the best Broadway corner was sold
for $3.50 foot. This was not crazy
price. 1t earns five per cent. upon
$500 foot Yet even at the price paid
the dingy, battered old shop which is
now being replaced by a modern
structure brought $15,246,O00 per acre
though, of course, the whole plot
was but small part of an acre. One
dollar bought in this famous transfer
bit Of land one inch long and little
less than half an inch wide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

Nearly every visitor to New York sees
the long yellow wall pierced with WIN
dows that bounds the beautiful
churchyard of Trinity to the north
ward. 1t Is the Oldest of the great Of
flee buildings Of the city and has stood
for over half century. The plot is
25S feet deep and only 40 feet wide on
Broadway, widening trifle in the
rear. Upon this little plot of land, the
size of a good strawberry bed,
$5,000,000 building is to be erected. 1t
will not be by many the first to cost
that sum. But an interesting posi-
bility is presented that the new struc-
ture may be monumental indeed. Just
to the north of it is narrow lane
called Thames street-one of those in
teresting survivals whose very names
are forgotten by the public. If the
owners of the plot could get permis-
sion to arcade this street or give the
city an equal strip of land further
south in exchange they would erect a
building covering their present mar
row block and the one adjoining at a
cost of $4,000, 900 and to the height of
30 stories.
There are legal obstacles. Thames
street was once the farm lane of a
placid Dutch farmer, who generously
allowed his fellow citizens for all time
to make use of it. 1t is a public street
only by usage. The heirs Of the farmer
cannot reclaim it; it is doubtful If the
city can grant 1t. And so an interest.
ing architectural monument is likely
not to follow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

great Outcry was
made about this slaughter of the inno-
cents, and the present system was
adopted of having the foundlings cared
for by two societies, one Catholic. the
other Protestant, which receive the
babies, christen them and put them
out, where possible, as adopted chill
dren of childless families.
Every other child is turned over to
each society. Baby No. is Catholic,
No. is Protestant, and so on. No
foundlings are ever turned over to be
brought up as Hebrews, because there
is as yet no Hebrew society to care
for them. If a little Hebrew baby
does turn up in the pitiful grist of
poverty AID want, it is baptised at
once and becomes "krisht'' And hap
py to tell, only II per cent. of the
babies now die in their first year, in
stead of 80, in spite of their want of
suitable nourishment when found.
The founding used to be in the bad
old days, which can never come back.
in quite all their horror, whatever
happens, treated as rather joke. A
baby would be brought in by stall
wart policeman. Found in hallway
on Essex street. would be the report
All right. Call him John Hall.
way us ... &:
"A baby girl found in the gutter was
actually christened by the joculars
police as Jane Gutter another res
cred from an ash barrel sMaYme Bar
:rell.', Perhaps the names killed many
Of the unfortunate so per cent.
Z OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

In the Arctic regions, where only
the Eskimos find congenial climate,
is found the richest mine of cryolite in
the world. This composition is in
reality a quartz, but it looks like ice
flecked with snow, and the Eskimos
call it "tle ice that never melts." AL
though small deposits of cryolite have
been feeand elsewhere. the quarry, or
mine, at 1vigtut may be regarded as
the only one in the world. Very small
quantities of cryolite have been found
at MASK, in the Ural mountains, and
trace at Pixies Peak. A good deposit
of cryolite is worth as much as gold
mine,