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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

'i"r' 10 'i""H"' and pour Ii e
stream of water upon 1t for such
length of time as might be deemed
necessary. This mode of holding the
stream is more or less defective, in
that the stream of water could not be
poured upon the exact spot for any
great length of time on account of the
person holding the hose becoming tired
and unable to direct it uniformly. In
order TO Obviate these difficulties and
to produce an apparatus not requiring
continuous attention, the device here
illustrated was produced.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
Strong Force.

II see," said the pretty girl. that
some literary critic claims that great
many poems appearing these days are
forced. What would force a poet to
write verse;"
His appetite or his landlady." re-
plied the young man who sold rhymes
ut space rates.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
Roof Painting Posts.

The roof wears out. unless kept
painted. faster than any other part of
n wooden building. 1t pays better to
keep the roof painted than it does the
sides and it will also need to he paint
ed oftener. When shingles are used
from clear, straightforward wood and
kept always painted. they will last Il
very long time. one of the advan-
tages of painting roofs is to keep wa
ter from the nails. where rusting soon
rotS the wood where they are driven.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

You'd the first-clasS material, Of course,
are the submerged cutoff wall at each
end to prevent undermining and the
wing walls at each end. In every sec
ton there are maSOnS who are famll-
lar with the working of concrete and
highway OverSeerS should consult
these men before investing money in
the oldtme and expensive wooden
clllvertS. The Illustration shows the
side wings of the cement culvert
which add to its durability. INDIAN
auOliS News
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

of a hOrse-is by
pouring Il stream
Of water upon the
limb at a point af-
fected. Heretofore
it has been univer-
sally customary
for the person in
charge of the ami
NAL to hold the
end Of a hose AT
the point desired
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

Il have seen several WIG men,
remarked the lady who had been
throurh the Midway. but | don't be
licvc there are any real ones.
You are mistaken, replied her
FRIEND. You should see my husband
,,hon no finds breakfast is ten minutes
lata"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
ENJOYS AT frisco dual TARIFF Rates
Chinese Commission ARRIVES
ON STEAMER SIBERIA.
Welcome OF Distinguished Visitors
was Cordial, Government Being
Repre- Sented by Prof. JenkS-COm.
mission Appointed to Study Social
and Economic Conditions.

San Francisco. Jan. l3-The steam
er Siberia has arrived from the Orient,
having on board the imperial Chinese
commissioners, Tuan Fang and Tai
Hung Tseu, with their subordinates
and suites, go persons in all.
The steamer was delayed by adverse
weather and did not arrive till late,
but the welcome of the distinguished
visitors was fully as cordial as had
been anticipated. They have crossed
the Pacific to study the political and
social institutions of the United States
and Europe, and this government has
received them in most kindly spirit
Heading the reception committee
was Prof. w. J. jerks, of Cornell uni
versity, who came here as the personal
representative of President Roosevelt.
With him were Gen. Sumner and
staff, Adjt. Gen. Lauck, representing
Gov. Pardee; Gen. Funston and staff,
the Chinese consul, vice consul and
secretaries, leading merchants and
other prominent citizens.
The Chinese officials were cordially
greeted. and after the steamer had
passed quarantine were landed and es-
corted to the st. Francis hotel, where
they will remain during their sojourn
in this city.
They will be given banquet by the
Chinese consul and vice consul, and
during their visit will probably meet
representative officials of the city at
reception of the Merchants Elk
change.
Were Named by the Emperor.
Both of the commissioners, who are
appointed directly by the emperor, are
high in the estimation Of their coun.
trymen, and they have expressed them
selves as greatly pleased with their re-
ception in America.
Tuan Fang Is scholar of recOg-
nized standing, an art critic and d
collector, who has the finest collection
of Chinese antiquities to be found in
the Chinese empire. He has been a
governor of four provinces and vice
roy of two important provinces prior
to his present appointment as viceroy.
While governor of Shensi province at
tue liult VI tuc DOAtI tIouDicS, liz
gathered all the foreigners in his prov
ince and afforded them official protec-
ton.
Tai Hung Tseu is one of the great
scholars of China. While quite young
he graduated from the Hamlin col
lege, which is the highest scholarly
distinction to be secured in the Chi.
nese empire. He has been chief ex
aminer in several of the provinces fol-
the civil service. Recently he has
filled the position of secretary of the
board of revenue.
The other members of the commits
sion were appointed by the various
viceroys, and are all men of excep
tional attainment.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
Comes Natural.

Mrs. Graftleigh's little boy Is aw-
fully polite. isn't he? l called on his
mother this afternoon and when took
my departure he told me to call
again"
Yes. He has heard his father say
If to fine bill collectors so many times"
detroit Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
Xiye ,Jenuie.

Aice-Genevieve's young man in
Chelsea sent her Il lovely locket for a
birthday present.
Maude-Did he?
Alice-Yes. Marked with the initial
~. -Somcrvillc Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

If sheep are not kept constantly in
good condition the quality of the wool
is affected.
You can't grind corn ana get wheat
flour. Neither can you feed straw and
get butter-fat
4 proper poultry house is not nee
essarily one with limerick roof and
IL gilt weather-cock.
Profit in dalrying depends upon -four
things-good cows. good and cheap
feed. good care and good market
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

Long and hard pulling makes wind
broken horses.
Hens are without exception the
most sadly neglected of all the living
creatures that are profitable to the
farmer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
Small FarnlinG.t

1t is not always the man: who i"s
200. 300 or 900 acres of land who is
making the most money in proportion
to tic amount he has invested in it..
There are those who with 10. -. 20
or p acres. re making more than tn"
average farmer with five or ten times
that amount of land As rule it
is because the farmer has Il part Of
his means reserved as working capi-
tai. With it he can secure labor. inn
PIGMENTS. fertilizers and al that is
necessary to bring his. little farm up
to the highest point of successful pro-
duction. Many OF our farmers would
do better to sell half their land at
even half the price and devote the
money thus acquired to better man
aging the remainder Of their farm
than to pay taxes upon the entire
amount they now farm or rather half
farm.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18

Money makes the mare go. but It
often takes a mortgage to run an auto
mobile.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
IT'S Up TO Congress Now.

1t may now be stated that the adj
ministration feels that it has eXhaustd
every effort legitimately within its
power to avert the application in
March of the new German tariff to
American goods, and that if any relief
is to be had, it must come from con-
gress. Even the effort to postpone the
date of the application of the German
act through an arrangement in the ma
ture of modus vivendi ameliorating
the irksome customs regulations COM
planned of by Germany has failed.
Secretary Shaw is still with his experts
considering some plan of relief i'll that
matter, but it is admitted that what
he can do by administrative order is
not of sufficient Importance from the
German point of view to warrant the
hope that the date of the operation of
the German tariff act can be post
poned.
Already some of the large American
producers and exporting interests have
addressed themselves to the state de-
partment in an appeal to be prepared
against what they fear is the certain
destruction of their vast business.
These people have been told, as was
ex- Senator Harris, of Kansas, the
otherday, that the executive could do
nothing more. and that it was cup to
congress.
Secretary Root for a time contem-
plated the submission to congress of
German reciprocity treaty. He has
abandoned that project because he has
now definitely satisfied himself that
there is not the least ground for hope
that such treaty would be accepted.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
Curative Apparat un.

An efficient mode of treating bruised,
irritated and sometimes diseased limbs
of animals-as, for instance, the leg
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
pAUL SHIFTS, NJ. D.
EVERETT E. LANE, D. D. s.

Office hours-S:0O to 1900 a. m.
1 90 to 500 and 700 to 500 p. m.
Hayes & Hayes Building. Telephone
1T.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-18
LEADERS PROPOSE DINGLEY RATES
AS MINIMUM.
Advance OF rs Per Cent NAY Be
Made Applicable to Countries Dis
eliminating Against the United
States - Especially De signed to
Meet the German Situation.

WashintgOn, Jan. 15.--The revival
of sentiment in favor of the enactment
of maximum and minimum tariff to
meet any determinations practiced by
foreign governments against the prod
ucts of the United States has resulted
in conference between senate and
house leaders to determine where such
legislation should originate. This be-
comes an important question at this
session for the reason that the advO
Gates of such measure are DESTROYS
of having it first considered in the
body most likely to accept it.
A tariff bill of this character ordi
narily would be construed as a mea
sure affecting revenues and therefore
entitled to originate in the house. 1t
has been argued nevertheless, that
there is precedent for its introduce
ton in the senate. The precedent
brought forward is the meat inspection
act of 1890, which authorized the pres
ident to suspend importation of prod
ucts of other countries making dis
ordinations against those of the
United States
The maximum and minimum tariff
bill, as introduced by Representative
McCleary, of Minnesota, provides that
the minimum tariff shall be the pres
ent schedules as fixed by. the Dingley
act, and that the maximum shall be
% per cent ain addition to these rates.
The maximum, it is believed, would
prevent any foreign country from
competing with countries receiving
the minimum rates, and only differs
from the act of 1890 in this, that one
provides for exclusion absolutely and
the other through the enforcement of
prohibitive schedules against discrim-
mating states.
1t is not proposed to make the legis.
lation retaliato,y, especially against
Germany, but it is asserted that the
need of such Il measure is pressing as
regards our trade relations with that
country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03
Rioht Sort of Porch.

BY Elizabeth Knight Tompkns in the
September Indoors and Out.
In all parts of the country the passer-
by sees innumerable porches on which no
one ever sits-a waste of more things
than space and lumber Deluded
home builders attach to the fronts of their
houses a shelf eight fee wide in full
sight of the street, or encircle their sit
ting rooms and libraries with twelve
foot nght-snatcher, making the legitimate
functions of the rooms impossible on
cloudy days and sending the family up
stairs to their bed rooms for cheer and
comfort A better plan, however,
is to put the porch in an angle made by
the main house and a wing, to build
out a large square porch projecting in
the fashion of porte-cochere and
screened by glass, perhaps at one end
to give the sense of the outdoor room
rather than the exposed platform; for
to possess the livable quality a porch
must have a certain quality which we
will call cosiness. for lack of a more ex-
act word. Such porches as these can be
can have all the fancied charm. They
can be partly or completely, glassed, If
the climate demand, heated and made
available for all weathers . Per-
sonally, / should put my porch and all
my family life at the back of the house,
RELOCATING my kitchen to the side, or
even the front. Better still, I should de-
wise a spacious upstairs balcony. A prop
erly planned balcony is a delightful place;
1t lends itself to negligee and intimacy
in way that no downstairs porch can
do. not to speak of its use as a sleeping
room in warm weather. A roof garden
is the best of all. | cannot imagine
building house without one. I should
put my servants on the lower floors, as
well as all the unindividual rooms, and
reserve the top floor for the holy of
holies-a library worthy of the name,
opening wide upon a roof garden. awning
shaded or even temporarily rooted, open
to breezes, vet made private and cosy by
a hollow railing two feet wide, filled with
earth and drained at the bottom, fun of
blossoming plants. What a delightful
retreat 1t would be, out of the way Of
the work and confusion of the household.
a place to bring ones favored guests to,
a place to dream, work, eat, or tend one s
babies in Why do we not have more
of them and Danish our unused porches?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03
And she is calling Gibson home.
TROUT BEFORE THUNDERSTORM.
Some Reasons Why He Does Not Rise
at Flies.

From the Nineteenth Century.
The other day, in casus conversation,
an eminent naturalist touched upon the
well known fact that trout never rise free
ly during the time of languorous atmos-
phere which precedes a thunderstorm.
myself had thought that the cause of the
fish lying low was the lack of oxygen
in the water.
The naturalist replied: II would" ne
said admit your theory to be concelv-
ably correct If 1t were not that / have
one of my own. Yours seems to fall in
with the facts all right but so does
mine. Mine simply is that the reason why
trout don't rise freely for an hour or two
hours before thunder, even for long
er time. is that there are then no flies
on the water or very few. Usually there
is great heat before a thunderstorm The
heat accelerates the Matching of the In
sects' eggs, the flies fiutter up from the
bed of the stream and the reeds by the
side prematurely. Thus before thunder
there is a lapse in the orderly rises of
flies. Nature for short time Is in adj
vance OF herself. She has exhausted her
stores"
That was a striking theory. 1t seemed so
reasonable that at first | was disposed to
acquiesce, but a few moments thought
showed that 1t involved some questionable
assertions.
Il understand" said I. that sometimes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03

this s1100O.000 figure, one being the fire
in New York city in 1896 while the other
was the fire in San Francisco in 1851
Dana's statistics appear to be quite COM
plete-probably as complete as could be
gathered. The aggregate produced by his
researches makes a total of s19l 900, O00
caused by so-called large or conflagration
fires.
Fifty years later-or, to be exact forty
eight years-the national board of fire UNI
derwriters, IN its report for 1906 publish
list of what it calls eonflagrations,
which occurred between 1866 and 1905 In
other words, they practically cover the
fifty years succeeding Dana's record. No
fire enumerated by the national board in
volved a loss of less than 100000, and the
largest were, of course. the well-known
Chicago fire in 1871. of $165.ooO, 600. and the
Boston fire Of the succeeding year, of
$4,000 600, while the third is the Baltimore
fire of 1904 with a loss of s50000,000 The
total amounts to s557 100000
1t should be noted that the minimum
fire enumerated by the national board is
twenty-five times greater than the mini
mum fire enumerated by Dana, and yet.
in the second half century, with mini
mum twenty-five times higher than in the
first century, the loss from large fires
or eonflagrations is nearly three times as
large as 1t was in the earlier period The
maximum fire enumerated in the first
period is 81 1900, while in the second
period 1t is fChcago) s165,000000. or prac-
tieally ten times as large.
The statistics for the last period are
from the national board of fire underwrit-
ers up to the close of 1905. Since then the
San Francisco conflagration has occurred,
and with a fire loss of S250,000, 600 a new
maximum is established This maximum
is fifteen times greater for the latter
period, as compared with the arlier The
first period has twenty-six fires with loss
es equal to or in excess of $1,O00.90O while
the second period has, to the close of 1905,
seventy-eight such fires. These million
dollar fires thus show an increase of three
times for the later as compared with the
earlier period.
The totals given above are the total
fire or property loss. distinguished
from the insurance loss. The first repre-
sents the total loss caused by fire, while
the latter is that portion of the loss
which is returned to the insured by the in
surer, In the long run the insurance loss
is about 60 per cent of the total property
loss. Thus, for a period of thirty years
1875 to 1904. inclusive-the Chronicle fire
tables report a property loss of $36o0090,-
000 while the insurance loss was 81. s07.
900 900 which is 81 per cent. During this
same perlod-1S75 to 1904, inclusive-the
property loss from large or conflagra-
ton fires as listed by the national board
amounted to $272,000 900, and the insurance
loss. being 90 per cent of this, was s16S,
900, 000-practicaly ~ per cent of either
the property or insurance loss caused by
all fires
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03
Eastern and Western Heads.

From the Commoner.
Senator Warner of Missouri is wonder
Ing If the size of mems heads averages
larger in the west than in the east. Sen
ator Warner, who wears a ~ size hat,
tired to buy new headpiece in Wash
ington just before he started home He
says: "In Washington l made a tour of
every hat store there of any size and
within reach, and in Philadelphia, where
they make the things, l tried to get a
lid to fit me. Going afterward to New
York, If | tried one shop | tried twenty.
Not a place had "a hat. My itinerary
took me to Cleveland. |, was thoroughly
ashamed of my old hat by the time
struck that place. made famous by Cas-
sic, and once more l started out to lind a
7s4 hat Nary one. did not make much
of an effort in st. Louis. because by the
time | got there 1 was almost without
hope However. / managed to screw up
courage enough to go into four places.
They all had up to 711. but nothing big
ger Now, for the odd part of the expert
ence: The very first shop | went into in
Kansas City resulted in this hat. / guess
there are more ~ heads in this neob of
the woods than further east"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03
PRuNEs FOR THE MILLION.
Great Consumption of Stewed Standby
of Boarding Houses.

When one thinks OF all the boarding
house breakfasts In the country it is not
surprising that more than 100 900. 900 pounds
of prunes are eaten yearly in the United
States.
Prior to 1856 the supply came almost
wholly from France and the Danubia l
provinces and sold under the designation
of Fernch or Turkish prunes
In that year prunes of American growth
appeared on the market and with each
succeeding year the supply has increased.
until the Importation of foreign fruit has
been reduced to extmely small proper
tions
According to What-to-Eat most of our
prune supply Is from the southern part Of
California In Santa Clara county alone
there are 10000 trees growing on $1,000
acres 100 to the acre. The quality of
prunes raised there exceeds 1lO00O,O00
pounds--more than enough for the re-
ouirements of the whole country, but the
excess is needed to supply the export de-
mand
In September the fruit ripens and Is
gathered by spreading sheets under the
trees and shaking the branches. The
green fruit is taken to the warehouse,
where it is graded in size aud passed
through a boiling hot liquid in which pro
cess 1t Is cleaned and the outer skin sort
ened II is then spread out in trays eight
feet by three feet in size and exposed 10
the heat of the sun for three to eight days.
depending upon weather Conditions.
Ten thousand trays of fruit spread OUT
in one unbroken tract may be seen III
Santa Clara in the drying season. When
sufficiently cured the prunes are stored
In separate bins and there allowed 10
sweat, this process taking from ten TO
twenty days, when they are ready lor
u1arketinR
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03
Great Ocean Depths.

From the Scientific American.
The greatest ocean depths are not in the
Atlantic, as the veritable abysses are to
he found on the other side of the globe.
Close to New Zealand the water attains
depth of five and half miles in the
Kermadec and Tonga ravines, which in
themselves attain a depth of 29,53O feet
while they are separated from each other
by a chain of mountains of 1850 feet in
height There is also the Aleutian ravfne,
which reaches a depth of 5000 feet. Most
~ subaqueous scenery is monotonous;
there are no abrupt decllvities or preci-
pieces, excepting In the vicinity of the
coasts or near islands of volcanic forma-
ton, everything being rounded off and
smoothed down by the action Of the water.
Close to the land there is somewhat more
variety. The European plateau slopes
gradually away down into the cepths and
fair view can be obtained there pro-
vided a maximum depth of 1900 feet be
not exceeded At first abundant vegeta-
ton and animal life are met with, but be-
low the depth mentioned the scene
changes; first, the light grows DINNER
and DINNER. and the deeper we descend
the lower does the thermometer fall, ex-
cept in the case of the Mediterranean
where the temperature is, relatively
speaking, high, as this sea is contained in
what is practically a closed basin In the
Atlantic the temperature of the water was
taken from a depth of 1866 feet. The
surface temperature of IS degrees fell TO
3S degrees at a depth of 6562 feet After
1852 feet the temperature falls but slowly
as greater depths are attained. the cold
being practically Uniform and not SUBJ
ject to any changes of season
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-03
Bacon.

From the Indiana Farmer.
Professor Snyder of the Minnesota
bacon has become SO popular. In a
reference to tests made he says 1t was
cut in thin slices and baked or broiled
In the oven until crisp or brown. All
the fat which was cooked out was
saved and eaten with the bread and
other foods which made up the daily
fare On an average about 80 per cent
of the protein and SO per cent of the
fat of the ration containing bacon were
digested and about SO per cent of the
energy was available. Calculated
values for bacon alone showed over 80
per cent of protein and SO per cent
digestible fat, figures which compare
favorably with those which have been
obtained for other animal foods.
Allowing per cent for waste.
pound of bacon will contain from OIL
to 0.3 pound digestible protein and
and from GA to 06 pound digestible
fat. which is about two-thirds as much
as is found in butter.
Lean bacon contains as much pro-
tein and about twice as much digest
tible fat as other means" says Profess
sor Snyder, making it at the same
time and even at a higher price per
pound cheaper food than other meats.
Bacon fat is easily digested, and when
combined with other foods 1t appears
to exert favorable mechanical action
upon the digestion"