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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10

rocks. He heard the cracking of a
twig, and then the creaking Of II sad
die The next instant cowboy rode
into view.
Hello. there, captain. Seen any
stray steers up this way:'
mary steer Antonio; nary n
steer. Hows things down the can
yon?"
Hotter than ever. Water holes all
dry except old OLA Grady's lost
thirty head in the last week"
1T won't last, it won't last Mark
my word, Antonio, We'll have water;
plenty Of it,
you've preached water for the last
five years. and it's getting scarcer all
the time
Antonio slid off his horse, tied it to
q tree, and. clearing a space on deck
among the scattered papers, he sat
down to a chew with Pete.
Good tobac, that. Got any more
in the hold:"
PLENTY, so long as 1t lasts"
The two chewed in silence for a
while. Pete continued his mending
his strong frame bent to the task
his brown hands deft with the neddle
Antonio tipped pebbles at the cat till
she came down and disappeared aft
Say, Pete, what's the use wasting
time OH them sails
Wasting time. you call 1t. Well
I'm not going to be caught with tori
sails Ports the place to get ready
IN. I've been laid up here for five
years waiting for favorable breeze
and it'll come, mark my word, It'll
come"
Breeze enough. captain. but dom
you think you need little moisture
just a little?'
Pete shifted his tobacco uneaslly
spat overheard and replied
That's just it, Antonio. You've
struck 1t right. l was telling Matilds
last night that was all was lacking
for smooth sailing. And We'll get 1t
too"
His eyes grew bright with enthu
siasm.
We'll get it," he continued. "Tha
blasted hole OF a desert down Their,
was once the bottom of the sea. an(
what was once is going to be again
God Almighty's too economical t
waste good basin like that. Weir
partial to water. He and l. Didn'
He make three-quarters sea and onl.
one-quarter land? That's proof enough
Antonio. He's mighty partial t
oceans, and He won't waste such
chance as that" waving his hand to
ward the hazy desert. His face wa
glowing with conviction.
$50, you see, keep thinks ship
shape, ready to sail"
"Well, good luck to you. Pete. Yo
don't want water more than we d
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
SALOON neN TAKE UP CUDGeLS.
Will Wage War Against Methods OF
Antl.SalOOn leaaue,

Seattle. Aug. 1.-THE Washington
State Liquor Dealers Association has
settled down to two years fight with
the Anti, Saloon League. Funds are
on hand to wage the war with VEN
geance, and the pathway of the league
would appear not to be strewn with
roses.
Arthur Gerbel, secretary of the Liz
uor Dealers Association, in an inter-
view, arraigns Ernest H. Cherington,
secretary of the league and manager of
the campaign. He declares that when
Mr.. Cherington says local option does
not mean prohibition he does not know
what he is talking about. He also
adds that the association is ready to
fight the league in municipalities and
legislature just as long as it remains
active in this state.
The league is allying itself with the
various church hes of this city and the
battle will be started in a few days.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Anti.SCalpin0 Law Upheld.

Portland, Or, Aug. I'm a deci-
sion rendered Saturday, Judge Frazer
ruled that the anti -scalping law passed
by the last legislature was constitu-
tional and that violations ct its provi-
sions could be prosecuted under the
criminal law. He denied the applica-
ton for a writ of hsbeas corpus for
Charles J. Murray, arrested for violat-
ing the anti. scalping law, and his de.
cision will have the effect Of putting
an end to the business in this city, for
in the course of his decision Judge Fra
yer knocked out the prop" on which
several ticket scslpers have been evad-
ing the direct provisions of the law.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
! PE1ES PULL WITH THE powers !


~ n the dry. sun-parched crest Of
" the mountain. four thousand
feet above the desert dust. re-
posed the Nymph, the "Sea Nymph."
little scow schooner, twenty tons bur-
den, Pete Nicholson. master; master
and builder. mate and owner, crew
and cook, in one. The ships cat alone
shared watch with Pete. She was
crouched on the end Of the bOwsprit.
alertly watching bevy of quail,
scratching in the shade of the PROV.
Suddenly she prickcd up her ears, her
eyes dilated. and without further hes
itation she scrambled aloft, upsetting
In her flight a stack of survey maps
Pete was mending sails by the cabin
door.
whats alloy. Mati.da!" he cried
whats ahoy:'
Then he listened. lie caught the
sound Of horse hoors on the fiinty
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Lessened Opportunities.

The clerk In the following story,
taken from the New York Tribune,
was evidently one of those who ac-
quire honesty by having it thrust upon
them. The incident is in the words
of Mr.. PinkertOn, the detective. who
was praising the various cash register
ing devices that of late years have
come into worldwide use.
These machines have undoubtedly
diminished crime, says Mr. Pinkerton
| heard of a clerk in grocery the
other day who was getting eight dol
lars week. He had to be on duty
at I o'clock in the morning. and he
was not through till and sometimes S
at night.
He found time. though. to get mar
ried, and a week after the ceremony
he asked his employer for an increa sc
of salary.
"Why, Horace" said the employer
you are getting eight dollars week
What ails you? When l was your age
| kept a wife and two children or
eight dollars week. and saved money
besides"
"They didn't have cash registers II
those days. replied Horace, bitterly
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
EQUITABLE REAL ESTATE.
Norton Fears II Nav Have Been
Overvalued.

New York, Aug. 1.-Two experts
have been appointed by President Paul
Morton to value every piece Of real es-
tate in which the Equitable Life As
surance Society has an interest. says
the Tribune. He is stated to have tax.
en- this action late last week, wren he
received the reports Of expert account.
ants. These reports, it is alleged, in
dictate the possibility of extensive over
valuation. The society owns in this
country and abroad real estate valued
at, approximately, $50, 100000. Ac.
cording to the Tribune it is thought
possible that this amount will have to
be reduced, while the value Of parcels
on which loans are outstanding may
have to be reduced at least ten per
cent.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
GOODe ON COMMISSION.
Portland Nan to Investigate rluniCi.
pal Ownership Of UTILITIES.


New York, Aug. 1.-THE executive
council of the National Civic Fedora
ton, of which August Belmont is pres
ident, have held meeting and ap.
pointed commission to make thor
ough investigation in this country and
in Europe of national and municipal
ownership and operation of public util-
tiles.
The national federation appointed
the commission at the request of the
department of the industrial economics
and of trade agreements, which are as
ISOLATED with the federation. These
departments of the federation had de-
cided that a thorough investigation of
the matter was necessary SO that the
public could act intelligently.
Among the mem 5ers of the commits
sion appointed is H. W. Goode, presi-
dent of the Portland General Electric
Company, Of Portland, Or.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Want LabOrerS for canal.

Washington, Aug. THE admins
tration will meet the action Of the Jap.
anese officials who recently determined
that Panama was not fit for Japanese
laborers, by issuing advertisements for
laborers to work on the canal. 1t is
the intention to point out the advan.
tage of this work, the good wages, the
improved sanitary condition and thu
care exercised by the government over
the men in order to attract laborers to
the isthmus.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
TAFT NOW At MANILA.
The Party Received With Great En-.
thuSiaSm,

thuSiaSm.
Manila, Aug. Secretary of War
Taft and party arrived here on the
steamship Manchuria at 10 O'Clock, a..
m. Their arrival was made the occa-
sion of gorgeous water pageant. Gov
ernor General Wright, Major General
Corbin and Rear Admiral Train, with
their stats and the official reception
committee, met the party when the
Manchuria entered.
The battleship Ohio fired the regu-
lation salute for the secretary of war.
After the party left the steamship they
proceeded to the governor general res
idence, where the official welcome was
maue and where the golden keys of the
city were presented to Secretary Taft.
Thousands lined the streets, which
were deliberately decorated.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Lone Journey for Small Child.

Victoria. B. c., Aug. 7.-Violet
Bradshaw, years old, has arrived
here from England, having made the
tourney alone, with a label attached
to her notifying the public that she
was consigned to her father, clerk IN
a Victoria dry goods store.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Big Peace Dance.

Reno, New, Aug. THE war waged
for century or more between the
Washoe and Pluto Indians, two Of the
strongest tribes in Nevada, has been
brought to an end. Both tribes have
declared peace, agreed to forget the
past, and in honor Of the event will
hold big dance near here beginning
on Aug. 10. The dance will last for
six days, and Indians from both tribes
from every section of the state will at
tend.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
ROAD TO OPEN THURSDAY.
New Washington Water Power tIeC.
trio Line Nearly Completed.

Spokane, Aug. THE new electric
line of the Washington Water Power
Company, between this city and Medi-
cal Lake. is expected to be completed
end ready for operation by Thursday
next. 1t is seventeen miles in length
and for the most of the distance fol-
lows an abandoned grade of the old Sc
attic and Eastern road, which has not
been used for the past ten or twelve
years. The opening Of the road will
be the occasion of big celebration at
Medical Lake, to which an excursion
will be run from this city.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10

Many patent leather shoe covers q
cloyep hOof.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The spring exodus from Porto Rico
to the north has begun, and every out
going steamer booked to sail between
now and June will carry its full ca
pacity.
The Railway and Lighting Com
pany, which was incorporated in Hart
ford. Conn, in June, 1903, for operat-
ing electric railway and light plants
in the Philippines, began operations
the other day. Commissioner Cameron
Forbes started the first car on the first
railroad built by the company in Ma
Mia.
Rear-Admiral Train, cOmmander-ln-
chief Of the Asiatic feet. has ordered
two d%estroyers and the despatch boat
Alava to join the cruiser Raleigh in pa
trolling the Sulu archipelago, n ant1cl-
patton of the possible use of the'lsland
Of Palawan, the most westerly OF the
Philippines, by either the Russian or
Japanese feet as a belligerent base.
Brother Serapion Won Koop, of the
leper settlement at Molokai. near Hon.
olulu, Hawaii, is the victim Of leprosy.
His case is similar to that of Father
Damien. Brother Won Koop, who is a
native Of Holland, went to the settle
ment in 1895. Eighteen months ago
he detected signs Of the disease In his
system, and came to Honolulu. where
an examination confirmed his fears.
He returned to the settlement, where
he is now living as a ward instead o.
helm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
The MAN WHO FEELS.

The nan who feels is a happier wight
Than the man who is callous and cold,
Tor if he weeps in the gloom of night,
He laughs in the sunbeam's gold;
Ind if the tide of his life uns low,
4 It reaches the SUBMITS OF cheer;
lie knows the heights, as the depths below,
4 And he smiles through a pitying. tear,
And after it all. when all is done,
Y The world has most of the ~gladdening
For the twilight fingers when day is
done,
And the suns benediction is dear.
The man who feels is happier far
j / say it again and again
Than ever can be, or ever are,
1 The pitiless sons of men,,
For if he signs for his own gray woes,
i He signs for another's, too;
II the plant of pain in his bosom grows.
It is covered by sympathy's dew.
And after all, when all is said,
Still pity and love forever are wed;
That the heart unfeeling is chill and
Is true, and forever is true.
The man who feels is a dear Gods gift
/ To a Borrowing, Travelling world;
BIZ the hands that the burdens of life uplift
/ Is the flag of our peace unfurled.
We need not the souls that are callous as
fate,
And selfish, and welded to greed,
But the plying tear for our fallen estate
We need-and we ever shall need.
And after it all, when all is past,
IT'S the deed Of love that alone may
last,
v And the rest is chat in the w~innowing
blast,
In the garden of life a weed.
I Alfred Waterhouse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
The Car as q Man.

After the Cars morning bath it is
his habit to mediate an hour before
dressing himself.-Loldon Times Cor
reSpondenee.
Viewing himself il the pier glass.)
Naked, what am 1? A lank, skinny,
spider-legged libel on the image Of
God! Look at the waxwork head
the face with the expression of a mel
on-the projecting ears the knoted
elbows-the dished breast-the knife
edged shins-and then the feet, all
beads and joints and bone sprays, an
imitation x-ray photograph! There is
nothing imperial about this. nothing
imposing. impressive. nothing to in
woke awe and reverence. 1t is this
that a hundred and forty million Rus
slams kiss the dust before and worship.
Manifestly not! No one could worship
this spectacle, which is Me. Then
who is it, what is it, that they wor-
ship? Privately, none knows better
than I; it is my clothes. Without my
clothes I should be as destitute Of au-
thority as any naked person. Nobody
could tell me from a parson. a bar
Der, a dude. Then who is the real
Emperor of Russia? My clothes. There
is no other.-Mark Twain, in the North
American Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
WHY Edmunds Left the Senate.

A recent witness in the Smoot in
vestigation, W. J. Mcconnell, of Ida
no, recalls the story that he is the NAL
who was credited with driving George
F. EdmundS, of Vermont, out of the
United States Senate. When Idaho
was admitted there vas a long term
and a short term. Mcconnell drew
the short term, and having only two
months to serve, made the best of 1t.
The second day after being sworn in
he took a station in the middle aisle.
and. in a foghorn voice, made a speech.
While Mcconnell was talking Ed
munds entered and gazed with aston
ishment at the speaker.
us that a member of the House,"
he asked.
"No, it is a Senator" was the reply.
"When did he get in" further IL
quired Edmunds.
HE was sworn in yesterday" was
the response.
"Sworn in yesterday and making a
speech to-day" unused Edmunds.
WELL, I guess it is time for me to
quit"
Then he got his resignation ready.
1t is a tradition of the Senate that q
new Senator must wait at least one
session before he makes a set speech.
Washington Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
being ripped by the boar in his furious

being ripped by the boar in his furious
onslaught.
Austin and Staples. whose horses by
this time were nearly wild with excite
ment. rushed up the steep together.
The boar was standing with the foam
flying from his jaws on a piece of level
ground. and after a few short trOtting
steps, charged Austin. but in doing so
passed directly across Staples path,
giving him a splendid chance which
was not thrown away. He made a
thrust with his spear and struck the
boar. At the same moment Austin's
spear struck across his horses chest,
and to avoid coming end On over the
boar he had to force his nag to jump
over it.
This. however, he did not succeed in
doing, and the next moment over they
went, horse and rider. and to u hor-
ror we saw our friend lying on the
ground directly in front of the now en-
ragged and bleeding boar which at once
made a furious charge at him.
Had I not been in q measure pre-
pared and close by when this occurred
there would have been but a very poor
chance for Austin, but, fortunately, L
vas just in time to prevent any such
catastrophe. Just as the boar had got
to within half a dozen feet from him L
drove my spear deep into his side.
This was the gallant boar's last
charge. He reeled, sank on his knees,
rolled over, and gasping out his last
sobs was gathered to his fathers.-NeW
York Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
FIVE DROWNED IN HUDSON.
Fisherman Who Started to Take Men
Across in Skiff Loses Life.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-James Malloy.
a fisherman, Of Barrytown, started
across the Hudson River in a rowboat
at that place at night with six men,
and before he reached the other shore
the boat capsized and Malloy and four
of the men were drowned.
The men whom Malloy started to
take across the river were bound for
Ulster Landing, directly opposite Bar
rytown. The little steamer that was
to have conveyed them across the river
had departed, and, as there were no
large boats in the water, Malloy Of
fered to take them to their destination
in his skiff. The men accepted the in
vitation and all six got in the little
sklff. A strong food tide was running
and a heavy wind from the north made
the river exceptionally rough. When
the boat was about two-thirdS across
the river persons on the Barrytown
shore heard cries Ior help. Two young
men, sons of Nathan Griffin, Of Ulster
Landing. put out in a. rowboat and Sue
ceeded in rescuing two of the men,
who were found clinging to the keel of
the overturned skif.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
without

There is in Philadelphia a young
architect who, though entitled by
birth and breeding to enter the sacred
precincts Of Quaker City society, has
always affected a supreme Indifference
to social distinction, even going so
far as to evince a Discrimination to OBJ
serve the conventionalities.
This young man tells a good story
IN himself. 1t appears that when he
had proposed to, and been accepted
by the young woman who is now
his wife. he began at once to talk Of
the wedding arrangements.
I'VE will" suggested the young man.
do without some of the ridiculous
Observation-Disclosures business Of mar
riage; we will go somewhere by our
selves. my dear; there will be nc
flourish. no cards. no ceremony"
Whereupon the girl Indignantly il
terrupted with tnlS observation:
my dear, We may dispense with
the flourish, but I shall certainly in
sist upon q LIIenory!" - E2rIc-'s
Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03

such commodities, but where it is of a
mixed character, like that handled by
river steamers or about railroad
freight yards, the old methods Of
trucking still prevail.
Where it is necessary to weigh this
freight, as Is often the case, much
time is lost in transferring 1t to and
from the scales, and in order to over
come this a new invention combines a
truck and weighing scales. The latter
are automatic and require very little
addition to the regular construction Of
the truck. The invention provides for
q skeleton framework of metal which
adds very little weight to that Of the
truck and is said to increase its
strength materially.
When it is not desired to make use
of this feature Of the truck il is out OF
the way, but to weigh the load Of the
truck it is only necessary to operate
a lever which raises the weighing plat
form slightly above the truck frame
and records the weight Of the load on
q dial.-Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
FOREIGN.

A second earthquake shock was felt
| at $50 o'clock the other morning at
Avellino. twenty-eight miles east Of
Naples, Italy.
A somewhat serious collision be-
tween workmen and police occurred
on the Gale San Bernardo, Madrid.
Spain. The police charged the work
men several times and numbers of the
latter were injured.
A Canadian United States joint COM
mission has been appointed to report
whether the various proposed ship ca
nal projects would endanger the navi-
CATION of the Great Lakes by reducing
the water level.
A Government wireless telegraph
plant is being established to connect
Colon, Panama, with our naval station
at Guantanamo, Cuba. and it is eX-
pected that it will be in operation in a
month or so.
News was received in New York
stable. the noted merchant. and head
of the firm of Arnold, Constable u Co.,
in Sicily.
1t is estimated that the total number
of victims Of the earthquake in North
ern India vas 10000.
The German steamship Germanicus,
Captain Behrmann, from Samarang,
Java. for Moji, Japan, and San Fran
cisco, CAL, has arrived at Kobe, on ire.
Mr.. Choate, American Ambassador
TO England, was elected a Belcher or
the Middle Temple. one Of the orders OF
the Inns of Court, in London.
Chinese said that the bulk Of the
Japanese armies is being moved
against Vladiyostok on the east and
Tsitsihar Oh the west.
The governor Of the Jail at Libau,
Russia. was fired upon by & would-be
assassin, but was not wounded.
The Sasebo Prize Court Of Japan
has rejected the appeal of the British
steamer Roseley, which was captured
by the Japanese in the Sea of Japan
on January II, and the British steamer
Lexington. captured in Tsushima
Straits by the Japanese on January II,
and both vessels and their cargoes
have been contiscated.
Telegrams from Vladivostok stated
that five Japanese officers disguised as
laborers were caught photographing
the d~efenSes there and were summar-
lily hanged.
Death to the Gear. the Assassin"
was the motto on a banner at the head
of a procession of COCO Russian work
ingmen in st. PETERSBURG.