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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09

the retail markets. common in all the
poorer parts of London, who deal on
commission in studs and boot laces
for the stockholders. Much higher in
the scale, van boys think small beer
of errand boys, and the contemptuous
pity of the choir boy for boys employ
ed in theaterS is superior to considera-
tons of pay.
The common sense Of this is that
child workers are drawn from many
social strata. To sell songs a boy
must have capital or credit to the ex-
tent Of Sd. For cough tablets the sum
Of 712d. The hours worked have moth
ing to do with the case. On an aver
age the 5000 schoolboys In London
shops work longer than the $4,000 or
10000 who haunt the markets.
These informal and toll-less markets
of the side streets, of which there are
no fewer than 1870 in the metropolitan
area, swarm with boys and girls to
the latest hour of night. Attendance
officers rarely try an inglorious hunt
there, and the police never. There is
bylaw of the London County Coun-
ell forbidding girls under 16 and boys
under IA to sell in the streets after 8
p. m, but it has broken down at Il
weak point; it requires proof OF 1.-The
consent and knowledge of the par
ents." Boys who like the life go from
one market to another and sleep out.
1t is hard to run them down. There
have been cases of boys frequenting
such markets for seventy hours week
ly.
Other boys have set up new trade
there, that of replenishing costermon-
gers lamps with oil at penny each.
1t is an irony that children vs1Ek I'M
considerable hours at makilG chill
dren's toys. A boy who paifAe ~
wooden ones has no playtime, aad
gets no pocket money. Another boy
cuts wire and tin for nothing thirty
grimcracks his father shows ON
board in Ludgatc Hill.
Pantomime children earn from Is. to
SIS. Cd. per week-as the theater is out
Of the way or central, and they are
small or big. Call boys are worth IS.
or IS. Cd, at least, and the actors tip
them well. Many working lads go
later still to bed than they do. Be-
sides, who has numbered the illustri-
Gus men that once We're call boys, from
Mr.. Toole to Shakespeare? In days
gone by they did not usually get off
with four-and-twenty hours week,
and the same amount of time spent in
mangling is paid with Is. Cd.
Christmas crackers are made up in
poor homes. by women who would
earn more if they were strong enough
to take in washing. Weary little chaps
help with these, too. How much bet
ter it must be, though still little tire
some when the novelty goes, to work
on a merry goround till II at night
and all day long on Saturdays!-Lon
don Daily Mail
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09

Of them. With her accession to the
throne the barnyard was forgotten,
but perhaps the royal state has become
matter "of course" allowing the
Queenly thoughts to travel back to the
more prosalc pleasures Of other days.
Whatever the reason, not long ago
Prince Henry bought for his royal
wife several cows, which are placed
on the rich land adjoining the palace
at Loo. These prospered so we'll, and
their milk and butter aided so much
to the delights Of the palace table,
that the queen decided to engage in
the business Of dairying. The mana
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09
lONDON'S CHILD WORKERS.
Quaint Occupations by Which Many
Little TOilers Earn Pittances.

Quaint Occupations by Which Many
Little Toilers Earn Pittances.
Poor children hit upon queer expedi-
ents when they must help to make
ends meet.
In the East End Of London boy
was found taking the place Of blind
mans dog. He did not simply lead
the blind man to and from some
pitch" two or three times day or
walk him down a gutter in the even
ings. He was with him all the time,
and part of the time the blind man
passed in public houses, where charity
it seems, is sometimes freer than in
the streets. When found and sent to
school again this boy confessed that
he had led the mendicant about for
twelve hours every day, few hours
on Sunday mornings excepted. He had
been employed eighty hours in the
week for 3s. Cd. The standard rate Is
penny an hour.
The Hard Nanny girls" of Manches-
ter and Liverpool, like the more estab-
lished class Of step cleaners in third
rate London suburbs. owe their trade
to the discovery that many people too
poor to keep servant are yet too
proud to be seen doing housework.
The pay Is penny step, and in
Finsbury girls are known who earn as
much as IS pence in a morning. They
90 to school tired.
The strictneSS of the Jewish Sab
bath has evoked class of child work
ers known as Jews fire lighters. These
are girls who make the house fires for
Jewish women on Saturday mornings.
or boys who bank up the fires of Jew
ish bakeries. The work Is light, and
they earn a shilling or two by morn
ing's work.
1t is noteworthy that there are no
complaints of work interfering with
the schooling of Jewish children They
do little, except to carry bundles for
their parents.
These humble industries. In most of
which, though not in all, there are vic
tins Of long hours, have grades and
social differences no less marked than
any In the great world.
1t is a shade more respectable to sell
chips than to run about the streets
with matches, which ranks next to
begging. To trundle a barrow with
cats meat Is to have a trade. The
newsboy, selling a known article, looks
down upon those casual peddlers Of
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OLD
FAVORlTES
Rock Me to Sleep,


Rock Me to Sleep.
Backward, turn backward, o Time, in
your flight,
Make me a child again just for tonight
Mother come back from the echoless
shore,
Take me again to your heart as of
yore:
Kiss from my forehead the burrows of
Smooth the few silver threads out OF my
hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch
keep;
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep.
Backward. flow backward, o tide of the
l am so weary of toll and of tears
Toll without recompense, tears all in
vain
Take them. and give me my childhood
again:
have grown weary of dust and de-
cay
Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away;
Weary of sowing for others to reap
Rock me to sleep, MOTHERHOOD me to
sleep.
Tired of the hollow, the base, the I'M
true,
Mother. o mother, my heart calls for
Many summer the grass has grown
green,
Blossomed and faded. our faces be-
tween;
Yet with strong yearning and passionate
pain,
Long ! tonight for your presence again.
Come from the silence so long and so
deep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep.
Over my heart in the days that are
flown,
No love like mother-love ever has shone;
No other worship abides and endures-
Faithful, unselfish, and patient like
yours;
None like mother can charm away pain
From the sick soul and the world-weary
brain.
Sumbers soft calm DER my heavy lids
creep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep.
Come, let your brown hair, just lighted
with gold.
Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
Let it drop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the
light
For with it's sunny -edged shadows once
more,
HAPPY will throng the sweet visions of
yore;
Lovingly, softly. it's bright pillows
sweep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep.
Mother. dear mother, the years have
been long
Since / last listened your lullaby song:
Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall
seem
Womanhoods years have been only a
dream.
Clasped to your heart in a loving en-
brace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my
face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
Rock me to sleep, MOTHERHOOD me to
sleep.
Elizabeth Akers Allen.
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WOODEN WARsHIP OF NAVY.
The Hartford, Sole Survivor of Her
Class, to BE Kept Afloat.


Those who delight in war and blood
shed, with their accompaniment Of
thrilling stories of heroic deeds, or
those, even, who would have all inter-
national and domestic controversies
settled by arbitration, have reason to
rejoice that when Congress, few
years ago, had inserted provision in
the naval appropriation bill that re-
pairs to all wooden vessels should be
discontinued, it excepted the famous
old ships Hartford and Kearsarge,
says the New York Tribune. Since
then the KearSarge has met the fate of
so many other ships, having been
wrecked on reef in the Caribbean
Sea. But the old Hartford, in commits
sion, with her officers and crew on
board and in their distinctive and fas-
cinating uniforms, and the ship with
her lofty and symmetrical masts and
spars and her sails furled, and every
rope In place, has been most interest
ing to visitors during her recent visit
to the navy yard.
The old ship Is a different looking
vessel. so far as the interior is con-
cerned, from the one which Farragut
commanded at the battles on the Mis-
sissippi River In 1862, and at Mobile
Bay in 1864 And yet, although there
Is little left Of the old ship beyond her
keel and frame and name, she has not
lost her outward Identity, and any of
those who were familiar with her in
the days Of the Civil War would rec
ognize her now. She was originally
steam vessel, or sloop-of- of 1000
tons displacement, and was built at
Boston, in 1888. She has the same
graceful and symmetrical lines that
she presented on that hot summer day
when she led the wooden fleet past
the guns Of Fort Morgan, in 1864, at
the battle of Mobile Bay, when Farra-
gut won another of his great victories
and coined the phrase that has gone
down into history, when he called out
to the commander of the BROOKLYN
(who had hauled his ship out of the
line when he saw one Of the monitors
go down by an explosion of torpedo):
d the torpedoes; go aheadw The
famous old ships have all gone except
the Hartford, and she is destined to
remain afloat so long as she can he
Kept in seaworthy condition, SO "a
to remind the present and future gen.
rations Of the kind of ships and the
manner Of men their ancestors were
in the days when men and ships were
needed to preserve the nation.
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Wer
CIT KJNW

Chinese beaten again and again, April l5
1885, peace signed at Shimonosekl
BY this treaty Port Arthur, with practically the whole
Of the Liaoyang Peninsula and the adjacent islands,
coded to Japan Now it that Russia always prompt
seize opportunity. began to lay her schemes pos
sessng herself of Port Arthur. Japan warned by
Russia backed by France and Germany that the natural
result of her deserved could not be allowed
that her troops must be withdrawn from Manchura
China had paid the war indemnity. Japan was however
allowed to occupy the fort and harbor of Weha
to keep the island Of Formosa. 1t Japan
to insist what she felt to be her rights. She
Power to whom to turn except Great Britain and that
government had decided to remain neutral. In
Russia began to China for the price to be paid
keeping Manchuria free from the Japanese Consequently
it agreed among other things, that Russia might
nue her Siberian railway through Mancluria Talen
Russia also authorized to Introduce her
troops for the protection of the road Thus began
Russian occupation OF Manchurla. The Chinese nlabt
ants incensed at this invasion Of foreigners.
November 1897 occurred event which precpitaed
tiers. Two German priests were murdered in Western
Shantung Now hear Of the mailed fist" for the first
time. Kiaochau was, part of the reparation claimed
leased German coaling station in perpetuity Hardly
had this matter been arranged, when it
the Russians had obtained lease Of ninety years
Port Arthur.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09
A FADING Dream of Empire.

pWA ONTINUED disturbances i'll the Russian cities
| ~ and the frequent flight OF conscripts to other
I countries notify the Car that neither the GOV
L n eminent as conducted nor the war In the
kN4GVygJ East popular with the Russian people, One
lIxGA Of objects of the great railway across to
Asia with the seizure of lands and the build
ing cities the shores of the Pacific, was to dazzle
the 30O0000O subjects of Russia by the prospect OF great
achievements in the future But that appeal to ma
tiona racial vanity has spent its force One OF the
costly cities that reared the coast of Manchra
In the hands of the japanese. Its fleet In Eastern
has been destroyed. Its armies burrowing in
the earth behind ntrenchmcnts, all acting defen
slvely, while Port Arthur has been compelled
to surrender.
In defense of a principle the japanese have made i'm
military adaptveness 1t is believed that Japan would
to liberal terms of foregoing anything In the
nature Of indemnity But it would require Russia
to leave Manchura, 1t agreed to do yet ut the same
time advancing Its armies and building forts for per
Eanen occupation Practically, Russia seized Manchuria
and there Is proof that intended to let Japan
has closed the door with flaming sword and with fleets
that cnch for battle promptly as those of the creates
Fighting almrals in history The Russian people sick
of the of the auocratc denial Of constitutional
Russia but not given to such encroacment that
attempted by the empire In the East.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09
Had His Own Burial Place.

The family of member of parlia-
ment from Yorkshire has private
graveyard and has had it for several
generations. The founder of it was a
Quaker and the rector of the parish In
which he lives said to him after n dis
pute on religious matters: well, If
YOU don't come to church when you
dead" But the Quaker thought other
wise and founded the burial place,
which is used to this day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09

Queen who Engaged in Business.
'Tis an old story that the kings of
Bavaria have long derived very con
siderable profit from their brewerles
In Munich, and now, from a neighbor-
ing corner of Europe, come the details
OF another instance Of royalty in bust
ness. Wilhelmina. Queen Of Holland
Is making money by selling milk and
butter.
AS a child Wilhelmina kept chick
ems" She loved them dearly, had pet
names for most Of them. fed them to
the queens taste literally, and. quite
Incidentally, made pocket money out
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09

ger of her estates has since visited all
Of the famous stock farms of the
country, and has purchased 81 Of the
best cows to be had in all Holland.
These have joined their fellows who
led the way in the experiment, and
dairy products are now on sale under
the palace auspices, for the venture
has proved far more than self-support-
ing.-Success Magazine.
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Awkwardly Expressed.

Newlywed-You bachelors are fool.
lsh Now, when married man gets
few dollars saved up he doesn't go
and spend it on some woman he adj
mires. Bachelor-Doesn't he? Newly
wed-No. He buys something for his
wife,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09
A Difficult Feat.

"That fellow l just brought In. lieu
tenant, is awfully clever"
I'm what way?'
Il caught him passing S. counter
felt and he said he'd make 1t good."--
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Her Age.

Tom-Did Maud tell you the truth
when you asked her ages Dick-Yes,
Tom-What did she sayl Dlck-Sbe
said 1t was none of my business
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09

reluctant virtue of plain living Probably many who are
forced by circumstances do without costly foods and
drinks, soft beds and whatever wealth achieve would
prefer shorter life and seindulgence; but having
in the matter they boast of their expecnt length Of
years.
There Is of comfort for the luxurious how
ever in recent English facts, which prove that
long life is not incompatible with riches OF 20G English
who died last year, leaving each estate Of more
than half million dollars six 90 years old,
fifty so years. and the average 70 years
This is shown to be much above the Of equal
group poor people taken haphazard 1t is specified that
many of these longived rich inherited their wealth,
lived from infancy to death in luxurious crcum-
Not of this group had the benefit of
dietary.
The late Professor Owen threshed ont this question OF
wealth and longevity thoroughly. 1t his conclusion
that if be true that the dietary Of the rich is opposed to
health the absence Of of anxiety the living Of
themselves and their families the absence Of toll
and the like than compensate for digestive
troubles they incur Probably most rich people eat
much and their dietary Is too stimulating but this Is
dangerous life than is frequent hunger with
work. anxiety and exposure happy medium, Of course,
is the suggestion Of and experiencePhia-
delphia Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09

AS you grow older. you are surprls
ed when you go to church to see bow
many who are near your age fall
asleep during serviceA
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impaired by any falling off in the wealth Of the Russians
Without counting the investments that the French have
made in private business enterprises in Russia
borrowings made in France the amount Of the Russian
Government debt held in France In 1000 400
O00-tha Is considerably than $2.5OO,0OOyOOO. 1t
would thus appear that than half of the entire Rus
sian debt Is held by the French, all but small part
this borrowing having been made in the last fifteen years.
evidence of the faith that France had in her Russian
ally. While the bankruptcy of Russia would not ruin
France, would take away the savings Of millions
French people, hence they not DESTROYS that the Rus
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09
Wealth and LONGEVITY.

HAT the simple life" favors longevity, that
luxurious living must be paid for by an UNI
timely death, is a common and not unreason-
able opinion. Statistics seem to uphold this
view, though statistics are by no means con-
elusive. Sociologists draw impressive lessons
of the rewards of the often involuntary and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-02-09
The Russian Debt.

NE reason why the French are DESTROYS that
the war in the Far East should be brought
to a speedy conclusion is found in the fact
that the loans of money which France has
made to Russia now foot up to an enormous
amount, and the French are naturally not
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reports. 1t has been suggested that Rojest-
vensky had shifted his flag before the battle
and ma have beon on one of the other ships
that went down.
Rear Admiral Sinovi Petrovitch Rojest-
vensky was 81 years OF age. Although
he had served in the Russian Navy for
thirty five years. the fight of Saturday was
his first great action. In the Russo-Turkish
war he displayed great gallantry in
minor action and became a popular hero.
He was in command of a small gunboat,
the Vesta, which went up against Turkish
ironcad and wiped her of the water in
broadside duel. After the war he spe-
cia lized on gunnery. He became COM
mander in 1885 and was attached to the
Russian Embassy in London, where he
made special study Of the British navy.
He had great deal to say in the construc-
ton of the new Russian navy. He had
commanded two vessels which have since
gone down in this war-the battleship
Peresviet. sunk at Port Arthur, and the
cruiser Vladimir Monomach, which went
down in the feet action of Saturday.
In the Chino-Japanese war in 1894
Rojestvensky was Alexieffs second in
command Of the Russian feet which kept
an eye on proceedings and helped stake
out Port Arthur.
Rojestvensky was attached to the Cars
personal staff when the war broke out.
He was held in reserve until it was decided
to send the Baltic fleet on its forlorn hope.
Rojestvensky's known ability. his reputa-
ton as commander and his popularity
marked him as the man for the job 1t
has also been believed that his honesty
had something to do with it; for he was
/ one Of the high officers in the navy whose
name had never been associated with graft.
Cool courage and scientific knowledge Of
modern naval warfare were Rojestvensky's
specialties. Like his successful opponent.
Togo he was of the student type Of Admiral.
Rojestvensky left behind him one cpl
gram-a cable despatch to the Gar when
he cut loose and went for the Japanese
fleet.
IF / am victorious ! shall inform you.
If am vanqushed. Togo will inform you
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total of injuries to the American material.
RUssIA's TERRIBLE LOSS.

The Russian loss in ships was approx
mately only SO per cent, but TINS showing
assumes more significant proportions when
1t is Understood that four of the eight battle-
ships, five of the nine armored and pro-
tected cruisers, all three coast defense ves-
sells, which are known in this country as
monitors, and three of the thirteen de-
stroyers are included in the list OF Russian
casualties.
Eliminating the destroyers, which are
not classed as belonging to the line OF battle
formation, the percentage OF loss to the
effective fighting force is even greater,
being an even so per cent. According to
the accounts received here, the Russians
lost nineteen vessels out Of total fleet OF
ffty-cight vessels The vessels not in
cludcd in the list Of casualties number, ac-
cording to the latest information as to the
composition of Rojestvensky's fleet four
batteships, four cruisers, ten destroyers
and twenty-five of the twenty-five other
vessels, which embraced six auxiliary
ten transports, one tank vessel, one repair
vessel and two hospital ships.
1t Is supposed here that most OF the
auxiliary vessels of the Russian feet did
not attempt to force the passage Of the
Tsu Shima Straits with the fighting ships,
but remained at Saddle Islands, sixty miles
southeast of Shanghai. If this turns out
to he the fact, these vessels will probably
take refuge in Chinese ports and be in
termed until peace has been made.
TIME FOR PEACE.
A prominent diplomat said
40 my mind. peace is not far distant
1t is difficult to see how Russia can prolong
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TOXIC WILD WITH JOY.
Toso's Victory stirs the japanese Csp''ai
Reports Of Russia's Loss.
From TuR sun Correspondent at Toxic.

From THR sun Correspondent az io6'o'
TOXIC. May 29.--The city OF Toxic Is
almost in a delrium OF JOY over Iogo's
victory.
Admiral Togos report OF the naval battle
shows that the Baltic fleet was allowed to
pass through the Straits of Corea until 1t
rea ched Oki Island, where the Japanese
torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers
attacked the Russians on Saturday night
certainly sinking four of them,
The Japanese main feet then pursued
the retreating Russians, catching up first
with the battleships Imperator Nicolal j.
and Orel, the coast defense ships Admiral
Seniavin and Admiral Apraxin and the
protected cruiser Izumrud off the Liam
court Rocks on Sunday.
The Japanese Immediately attacked
The fast Izumrud fled, and the four Others
surrendered.
The battleshps Borodino and Imperator
Alexander ILL.,. the protected cruiser SENT
chug and three others were sunk on Satur-
day Rear Admiral Niebogatoff and 1000
other Russians we're captured.
Admiral Togo's commanders and look
outs report that the cruisers Admiral Maxi
himoff, Dmitri Donskoi and Svietlana, the
coast defense vessel Admiral Oushakoff, the
special vessels Kamtchatka and ltisch and
three destroyers we're sunk. The cruiser
Monomach sank after she was captured
A large commissary steamer and de-
stroyer we're captured. There was total
Of thirteen Russian vessels sunk and six
we're captured. Three thousand prisoners
were taken. The Japanese fleet suffered
no loss.
It IL reported that eight Russian Captains
we're drowned in the sinking Of their ships.