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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
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BY CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME

to the conversation, and wondering If
her father would touch on the subject
of their identity during Jacks visit; but
Mr.. Malett did not wish to be made the
topic of gossip among Miss Malling's
guests, and therefore kept his own coun-
sci.
When Jack was about to leave, Mr.
Mallett decided to walk part of the way
with him. and accordingly went down
stairs first. Jack turned, with the door
handle in his hand, to thank Ethel for
what she had done-yet hardly to thank
her. either.
Il can't go without thanking you l,r
being so candid with me, Ethel" h.
said. "Of course | was very surprised
when l received your letter breaking off
the engagement; but equally of course
there was nothing for me to do but ac-
quiesce in your wish"
Ethel felt how ungcnerous this remark
was, seeing that his neglect had led to
what had happened; but she would not
be driven into reproachlng him, and so
give him cause to justify himself. Her
feelings were too real to bear dissec-
ton, and she avoided the discussion.
That is all passed" she said, grave
ly; "better let it rest"
Though she did not say one word in
self-defense, there was world of re-
proach in the subdued tones of her ad-
vice: though her speech was SO ndif-
ferent, her whole manner asserted her
right to be considered more than blame
less throughout the affair
Jack felt miserably small under her
calm gaze. and his respect for her was
vastly increased by this little passage at
arms and as he was carried by the af
ternoon express back to Malllngford
Park. he could not shake from his mind
the fable Of the dog and the shadow.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
EVILS OF WEALTH.
What President Roosevelt Says OF
some of Them.

some of Them.
In recent address President Roose-
lvelt said
The chief harm done by the men Of
swollen fortune to the community is
not the harm that the demagogue is
apt to depict as springing from their
actions, but the fact that their success
sets up Il false standard, and SO serves
as Il bad example for the rest Of us. II
we did not ourselves attach an exag-
gerated importance to the rich man
who is distinguished only by his riches
this rich man would have most in
significant influence over us. 1t is gen
orally our own fault if he does damage
to us. for he damages us chiefly by
arousing our envy or by rendering us
business relations he is much more apt
to benefit than harm the rest Of us:
and though 1t Is emnently right to
take whatever steps are necessary in
order to prevent the exceptional men,
bers OF his class from doing harm, it is
wicked folly to let ourselves be drawn
Into any attack upon the man of
wealth merely as such. Moreover. such
an attack is in itself an exceptionally
ugly and crooked state Of mind in the
crooked and ugly tribute to wealth, and
therefore the proof of an exceptionally
ugly and crooked state Of mind in the
man making the attack.
"NenOmOus envy of wealth Is simply
another form Of the spirit which In one
of its manifestations takes the shape
Of cringlng sevility toward wealth and
in another the shape of brutal AFRO
gance on the part Of certain men of
wealth. Each one Of these states of
mind, whether it be hatred, servility
or arrogance is in reality closely akin
to the other two, for each of them
springs from Enthusiastically twisted
and exaggerated idea Of the import
ance of wealth as compared to other
things. The clamor of the demagogue
against wealth. the snobbery Of the
social columns of the newspapers
which deal with the dolngs of the
wealthy and the misconduct of those
men Of wealth who act with brutal dis
regard of the rights Of others seem
specifically to have no fundamental
relation. yet in reality they spring
from shortcomings which are funda-
mentally the same, and one OF these
shortcomings is the failure to have
proper ideals.
1T IS absolutely necessary to earn
certain amount of money; 1t is
mans first duty to those dependent
upon him to earn enough for their sup
reached money making can never
stand on the same plane with other
and nobler forms of effort. The roll
of American worthless numbers men
like Washington and Lincoln. Grant
and Farragut, Hawthorne and Poe,
Fulton and Morse. Saint-G audens and
Macmonnles; it numbers statesmen and
soldiers. men of letters, artists, sculp-
tors. explorers road makers, bridge
builders. philanthropists, moral lead
ers in great reforms; it numbers men
who have deserved we'll in any one Of
countless fields of activity: but Of
rich men it numbers only those who
have used their riches Alright who
have treated wealth not as an end but
as a means, who have shown gOod
conduct in acquiring 1t and not mere
ly lavish generosity in disposing Of
r."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
DanKerA of ReaNe

johnny Ralston was very good boy,
declares Answers, but he had one fau,t
which 1t seemed impossible for his
mother to overcome; he would fight
with other boys. He had been reprov-
ed, and at last Johnny had made q
faithful promise that he would BATTLE
no more.
That very evening he returned from
school with cut cheek and swollen
nose.
johnny" said his mother "you
promised me this morning that you
would not fight again"
But | haven't been fighting, ma.
This is an accident"
IAN accident?"
Yes, ma. I was sitting on Tommy
Biggs, and l forgot to hold his feet {"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
CHAPTER X.-(Cont:auedO


She began methodcally to remove ev-
cry article singly, placing them neatly
In heap on the table, after reading or
looking at them. Then she turned to the
other side, going through it in the same
way, and reached the bottom without
discovering anything more than is usually
to be found in a lady's desk. With a dis
appointed air. she began to replace the
articles when Miss Malling's address
book fell from her shaking hand on to
the floor.
She stopped to pick it up as it lay
open; and in doing so, she saw the edge
of photograph peeping from the pocket
In the cover. She took it out hurriedly.
scattering, as she did so, some dead
pressed violets on to the table. She
shuddered when she raised the tissue
paper for it was the photograph Of a
grave.
She went to the dressing table. where
the candles were still burning, to read
the name of the photographer at the
back of the card. The printing was in a
language she did not understand; but she
guessed it must be Spanish. She turned
to the picture again, and in the strong
light she could almost make out part
OF the inscription on the plain headstone.
The first name, she was sure, began with
the letter "P." In order to assist her,
she procured Miss Maling's magnifying
glass, and. with the aid of that, she
spelled out the name, or as much of it
us she could see
"P-a-u-l-i-ne" she could clearly trace;
then came blot, followed by '-l-in-g,
died May IS" The remainder of
the inscription was undistinguishable.
Il never expected this! The grave of
Pauline Mailing. Then who is my mis-
tress! An adventuress-a usurper. And
1 shall have u hand in dethrOning her."
She wiped the perspiration from her
white, quivering face, placed the photo
graph in her dress, and locked the desk.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18

begged for set of men. None was
to be had. Then the prisoner carved a
set for himself.
But he must have antagonists One
by one his warders learned the game.
The peasants Of the village were TAX
ing turns to guard him. Soon they all
knew how to play, and all became en-
thusiasts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
Afghan Justice,

In a native irregular force raised nv
an afghan chieftain the following
amusing incident took place: A man
was brought before the chief for steal
ing shirt, and this Is how the case
proceeded:
Chief Ito prisoner)-You are charged
with stealing a shirt.
First Witness-Your honor 1t was
my shirt.
Second Witness-I saw him steal tho
shirt, your honor.
Result-Prisoner ten days for stenI-
ing the shirt. first witness ten days for
not looking after the shirt better and
second witness ten days for not mind
ing his own business.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18

In sweet October's shortning days
When comes the purple, smoky haze
OF many an Indian summer morn.
When through the rustling blades of
corn
The wnsome winds of autumn play
No trace of winter. cold and gray
Then fancy takes a backward fight,
Forgotten pleasures come to light,
The fun and frolic, rigid rule,
Of childhood's joy-the country school.
The course of study was not high.
But small boys oft were made to sigh,
With eyes upon the dog cared book,
Not daring otherwheres to look
'The rule of three" they pondered DER,
And sadly unused on Webster's lore;
McGuffeys Readers We're the joy
OF every story loving boy
The teacher Mt his desk and stool
Was car and sultan in the school!
But minds Oppressed would soon rebound,
When came the call Of "fox and hound; !"
And ''townball'' had its devotees,
Who scorned all games that proffered
ease;
With laughing eye and rosy cheek
The girls would play at hide and seek. !"
When books" were called with tinkling
bell
A thirsty crowd stood round the well,
Waiting their parched lips to cool
Before the grind of country school.
Where are the boys who played with me
In long gone days of used to be?"
All, some are sleeping. calm and still,
BY Salem church-on Goshen hill!
And some are living, brave and strong,
To lift their voice against all wrong,
And in the pulpit or the pew
Uphold the good, stand by the true
Thank God for all-the kindly rule.
And lessons learned in country school.
j. S. Cheavens. in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Before long, the dodo itself will not
be more extinct than the old time
country school. AS people we have
had mania for multiplying school
houses. We dotted on a landscape we'll
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
Where Deafness Is Valuable,

First Floorwalker-Poor old Bjones
has completely lost his hearing. I'm
afraid he will lose his job.
Second Floorwalker Nonsense.
Hes to be transferred to the complaint
desk -Philadclphia Record.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
Knew What He Wanted.

Wedderly-lf there Is woman in
this town who Is a better cook than
my wife I'd like to meet her.
Singleton-Your wife is an expert,
Ell?
Wedderly-Expert nothing. Didn't
just tell you l was anxious to meet a
better cook?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18

A sign of polteness in Thibct on
meeting a person is to hold up the
clasped hands and stick out the
tongue.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18

Il notice that Nat Goodwin has
scored a failure In Beauty and the
Barge"
which did Nat yT-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18

Many man who processes to love
his enemies more than balances the ac-
count by hating his friends.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
Starting Him Right.

They had been engaged all of ten
minutes.
"Horscless carriages and wireless
Biography may be all right in their
way" she said, "but@'
But WHAT he queried, anxiously.
Il don't think much of kissess court
Ships" she continued
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
SECRETARY CORTELYOU MAY
STEP INTO HIS SHOES
NEXT FEBRUARY.
Will Quit Cabinet Position to Devote
Entire Attention to Development
o; Presidential Boom.

It is known that Leslie M. Shaw
of Iowa will relinquish the office OF
secretary of the treasury next Feb
ruary, but it is not known who will
be chosen to succeed him.
There has been a great deal of talk
about Cortelyou for secretary of the
treasury, and in some quarters it is
looked upon as a foregone conclusion
that this remarkable man will sue
coed Secretary Shaw. There is, said
to be some opposition among fnan-
cial men to the promotion of Mr.. Cor
telyou. These men argue that this
office should be filled only by skilled
and experienced banker.
This opposition is apt to be backed
by some of the prominent senators
who have had no love for Cortelyou.
Cortelyou has not the same regard for
senatorial influence that some of mis-
predecessors have displayed; he cares
more for the merits of a case than for
the influence behind it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
"FRENZIED" FINANCE LAWSON
SAW HIS COUNTRY HOME
AUcTIoNED OFF.
Was Just a Little Oversight On His
Part When Taxes Amounting to
$4,000 Went Unpaid.

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 11.-Many
interested spectators will attend the
public auction in front of the court
house this afternoon, wnen Thomas
w. Lawson's back bay property, in
Guiding the homestead, stables, etc.,
will be sold for taxes. 1t seems that
the property was transferred by Mr..
Lawson to his wife, Mrs. JEANNE A.
Lawson, two years ago. Mr.. Lawson
at that time overlooked the fact that
the taxes for 1902 and 1903 mad not
been paid. Tax Collector Mcdonald,
failing to collect the taxes and &C
crued interest, amounting to $5540,
advertised it for sale and set the auc-
ton for this afternoon.
When Mr.. Lawson, of "Frenzied
Finance" fame heard of the announce
ment of the SALE he was at first
inclined to send his agent to the col
lector and let him pay the taxes, but
on second thought he decided not to
spoil the fun of the auction. In re-
gard to the matter Mr.. Lawson said
to friend: Il do hope the city will
get sufficient to pay that fifty-fve
hundred. Otherwise we would have
to throw in a dog or two" 1t is ex-
pected that Mr. Lawson or his agent
will bid in the property at the auction.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11

The Statesman prints today's news
today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
SCARE MAN INTO EATING.
Bringing Armstrong, Who Was Kill
ing Himself, To His Senses.

OSCEOLA, Iowa, Sept. 11.-After
holding out thirty-two days in an eff
fort to starve himself to death, Chas.
Armstrong, an old sailor and wealthy
man mere, yielded Sunday evening to
the desire to eat, and devoured
sumptuous meal. The threat of the
authorities to inject hypodermically
enough nourishment to keep him alive
brought the man 10 his senses.
Following this threat the family
served in front of the wealthy but
eccentric man a most tempting meal
of the delicacies of the season, and
his feeble hand would stay back no
longer.
Physicians here say that it is abso-
lutely impossible for a sane man to
starve himself to death if food is
within his reach. They say that when
the will power reaches the stage that
man can keep from supplying the
body with food insanity creeps in
and it is the demon and not the man
which must conquer if at all.
The Armstrong case is most pecu
liar Though worth $4,000, Arm
strong thought he would soon become
a burden to his wife and children,
and decided to die. He made up his
mind to starve to death. He began
Aug 1. Before starting on this awful
method of suicide he settled all his
debts and told all mis- friends that
Sept 8 would be the date of his funer-
al. He reckoned that within a month
he would die. For thirty-days he
lived on water. His wife, who is a
devout Christian woman, pleaded and
prayed with her husband to no avail.
Armstrong is an lnfidel. He does
not believe there is a heaven or a
hell. His philosophy of life is that a
man should commit suicide as soon as
he feels his period of usefulness is
over.
His first turn towards death by
starvation was caused by reading a
magazine article telling of Dr. Osler's
ideas. After reading the first arti-
Gle and comment, Armstrong began
to tell his wife that every man
should be chloroformed at 60. He
harped on the subject day and night,
and within three months announced
mis- decision to die by starvation.
Church people in Osceola became
excited over the approaching death
of Armstrong last Saturday. The
authorities were appealed to and it
was decided to scare the man into
eating. To make the scare good,
several hypodermic syringes and a
quantity of soup were taken into his
room. Armstrong was led to believe
that it would be easy under modern
science to squirt the soup into his
body and cause it to assimilate nat
urally and give him strength.
Since taking food Armstrong is
much better and will live He was
very near death. Doctors say he
could not have lived another week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
Offered High Position.

Only recently efforts were made to
persuade Cortelyou to accept the pres
idency of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance company of New York, and if he
has the brains and the tact to fill that
office, and to raise it from the mire
he certainly will have the ability,
with the cooperation of the presi
dent to successfully conduct the af-
fairs of the treasury department, it
is argued by his friends.
But it is not certain that George B.
Cortelyou is the presidents choice for
secretary of the treasury. Other
men prominent in financial circles
have been mentioned Hamilton Fish
of New York, Frick, the steel magnate
of Pittsburg, H. H. Hanna of Indiana.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
Shaw Retires Voluntarily.

Secretary Shaw will retire volunta-
rily and not because Of any friction
with the administration, or because OF
comment upon the great deficit in the
treasury since he became secretary.
Mr.. Shaw will have ended his four
year term next February, and that is
enough for him.
Once out of the cabinet he can give
mis- undivided attention to his presi-
Dental boom. At the time Mr. Shaw
was invited to enter the cabinet it
was reported that President Roosevelt
had made a snrewd political move
The presidential bee had been buzz
ing in Shaw's bonnet and he had let
his friends know that the buzzing
sounded good to him. But when the
president offered Mr.. Shaw a posi-
ton in mis- cabinet, and particularly
after Mr.. Shaw accepted that office,
he could not with good grace allow
MS name to go before a republican
convention which had before it the
name of Theodore Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt has announced
his aversion to another nomination,
but if the next convention clamors
for Roosevelt, it won't make any diff
ference whether Shaw has aspirations
or not.
But on the other hand, if the presi-
dent does not allow his name to be
used, there will be no restraint upon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
To ProIong Life.

PROFESSOR MetchnlkOH, IN BRIEF,
holds that it is possible to arm man
to successfully combat old age in the
same manner that nature combats
the myriads of putrefactive microbes
that seek to enter an open wound.
This brings him to a discussion of
the mission of the white blood as
agents of protection against decay.
He gives, in this regard, the answer
made to Lord Lister, when the latter
asked why in the case of simple water
dressings of a wound the putrefac-
ton did not strike inward.
The answer was that the blood be-
tween the lips of the wound becomes
rapidly peopled with phogocytes.
which guard against the putre-
faction microbe and seize upon them
as they try to enter
Here the article plunges into a de-
tailed account of how mans life is
saved by these numberless little
agents who work with such masterlv
skill to prevent a fatal termination.
He goes on:
IF you have run a pin into your
thumb or received a bayonet thrust
at Port Arthur, precisely the same
thing takes place. A myriad of these
tiny (first add cells, from the sur
rounding blood vessels and Emphatic
glands at once come hurrying to the
rescue. They begin to clean uu
whatever wreck there has been made
in the skin and muscular tissue. They
eagerly absorb into themselves mat
ter or cluster opposingly about all
foreign matter that has been intro
duced into the wound Then thew
proceed to pile themselves tier upon
tier. around it, like so many little
sandbags about a broken bastion.
Later they gradually join together
and solidify into the layer of new skin
which appears beneath the sloughed
on scab They are at once worknen
and repairing material.
Greater Than Medicine,
Where we are protected once by
spoon administered medicines. We are
protected a thousand times by the
power of an innumerable army of mi
croscopic stomachs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11
leges as Root, Taft, Cannon, Foraker
and all the rest.
If Affability Were tho Test.

leges as Root, Taft, Cannon, Foraker
and all the rest.
II Affabilty Were the Test.
If presidential nOmina lions were in
ruenced by the affability of cand1-
dates there would be a mighty con-
test between Taft and Shaw when
Roosevelt steps from the field. 1t
would be hard 10 find two more genial
men in public life in Washington than
the secretary of war and the secre-
tary of the treasury. Each has add
ed greatly to his popularity since he
came into prominence in Washington.
And when they are together Mr..
Shaw and Mr.. Taft get good dea
of enjoyment out of each others
by the way, is keeping close tab on
what is said of his boom. He has an
enormous scrap book, and each day
adds some of the best cartoons and
newspaper stories that have to do
with his movements, his actions and
his ambitions. He enjoys these car
ICONS whether they are friendly or
critical
Secretary Taft has not the same
fondness for cartoons, but on the con-
trary, is often much displeased with
caricatures which he thinks are unfair
or which misrepresent him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-11

Good Meats, Fresh and Salt Fish
at Peoplef' Market. Phone 90. II
South Thu Street, A. E. Augustavo
Prop.
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Finally Professor Metcnnikoffs lat
est researches have shown that there
is every evidence that it is possible so
to avail ourselves of our knowledge
of the struggle between microbes and
plagocytes as to be able to arm the
body for a great length Of time
against old age itself.
1t was at Messina, in 1882, that Mr..
Metchnikoff, made his great discovery
In the grubs, or young, of starfish,'
10 quote again, "he was able to place
under the microscope organisms of
transparency in which the business
of the leucocytes could no longer be
mysterious.
Bodys Final Breakdown.
From the examination of the in
nate phenomena of each succeeding
malady, he professor Metchnikoff)
came at length to the body's final
breakup and decay. There is al
ways, when the organism has been for
some time at it's maximum, a grad
ual ebb of strength. But it is not an
ebb which should be greatly felt at co.
and which should reach its fatal max
imum a scant ten or fifteen years
thereafter. Other forces are at work.
Here, too, our scientists found the
action of the phagocyte underlying
ALL Not merely that, but the pne-
nomena were the same as those which
mark the progress of certain we'll
known and preventable, if not durable
diseases. The inference was one to
gasp at, but it was an inevitable in
ference. Age, also, was a disease!
Nay, it was almost as definite and
tangible a thing as the fungus-like
sickness which attacks and shortens
the lives of so many fish living the
unnatural life of the aquarium.