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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

II just grabbed at those relns. Alice,
I said, you stop this instant
Il jumped out and made Pearl and
Alice get out, too and stand at the
horses head. l held on to one side
and Pearl and Alice to the other, and
we stood there, and. my land O mercy
l thought my heart would stop beat
ing. with that awful thing coming up
behind and not knowing what minute
the horse would dash away and smash
the buggy and us into splinters. Why,
1t was terrible."
ut must have BEEN"
"And 1t came on and on, hOnking
every minute or two, and at last 1t
came up to us. 1t wasn't going very
fast then. guess they saw me wave
at them and they slowed down"
Did the horse scarce"
NO. but It's mercy he didn't. I
simply don't know what we would have
done But Alce's husband says he
won't scare at bunch of firecrackers
tied to his tail and set off. because
the boys tried 1t last Fourth"
ut must have been awful" relter-
ated the caller.-Chicago Daily News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10
Stalking wild Geese.

In number of counties lying on both
sides of the Sacramento River, in the
central portion of California, the farm
ers are greatly harassed every winter
by the depredations of countless fiocks
of wild geese. which swarm over the
broad grain fields and destroy the
young, sprouting grain stalks. Indeed,
come that nearly all the large farms
have employees who regularly patrol th'
fields, and do nothing else but keep t -
feathered pests on the wing
One of the most novel blinds or ST.
ers ever used In that section, or any
other, for the purpose of destroying the
geese, is that Of a Colusa farmer who
lives on the bank of the Sacramento.
He has big red steer which he has
trained to stalk geese. The steer walks
round flock of geese in an ever de-
creasing circle, his master, armed with
a repeating shotgun. walking beside
him, but OH the farther side from the
flock.
The geese have become so used to
seeing animals grazing near that they
pay no attention to them so the farm
err Is enabled to get within shotgun dis
lance and pour a brOadside into the
flock while it is feeding on the ground,
and two more shots before the birds
are out of range when they rise.
This dumb hunter is held in great es-
TEEN by its owner and his family, it Is
needless to state, and receives the best
Of everything.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

bottle labeled "Spiritus." He poured the
contents over the wood and struck a match.
In a moment the blue flames leaped up
and the wood cracked. He crouched down
to the leeward side, so close that his
clothes were singed and gave forth q
sharp, acrid SMELL He withdrew his
mittens and held his bare, SCARED hands
right into the flames.
"Ah" he murmured in gurgling
voice. that is good"
But it did not last long. The wood
was light and very dry, and in five min
utes there was nothing left but a few
smoldering ashes.
The doctor rose to his feet and looked
long and steadily out to the north over
the broken ice. His eyes fingered over
each white mound and hllock-not loving
ly, for it was horribly dismal. almost too
dismal to be part of this world at all.
Strange to say, his eyes finished their
inspection by looking up to heaven. The
great snow-clouds were rolling south,
bearing in their huge, rounded bosoms the
white pail to cover a continent for many
months to come. But this man seemed
to be looking beyond the Clouds seeking
to penetrate the dim ether. He was not
looking at the sky, but into heaven. At
last he gave a contemptuous little shrug
Of the shoulders, full of terrible mean
ing. The next moment he sought for
something in the inner pocket of his fur
tunc. There was a CLEAN of dull, rusted
metal, and he raised his hand toward his
open mouth. At the same instant a sharp
report broke upon that echoless silence,
and little puff of white smoke was borne
southwark on the breeze.
(To be continued.)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10
CHAPTER XNVI.

swell, at all events, we have tried it '"
These words were spoken by the mere
remnant of a man to a solitary compan-
ion while both looked out-peered through
the twilight-on death. lie who spoke
crouched in a singular way on the hard
snow, supporting himself on one fur-clad
arm. He could not stand, for he had
but one leg. The other had been cut of
Just above the knee-a recent amputation.
rudely tied with rope, was stained a deep.
suggestive color. His face was horrd
sight to look upon, for here and there
In the pasty yellow flesh were deep in
dentations Of half-healed sores, the re-
suit of frost bite. One eye was quite
closed by swelling which deformed the
features and drew them all up. He spoke
In mumbling way. as if his tongue were
swollen or diseased, and the language was
most dramatic of all tongues-Russian.
His companion, short. thick-set man,
stood beside him; but he stood weakly,
and the terribly sunken lines of his cheeks
told story only slightly less horrible
than that depicted by the face and form
OF the cripple. Both faces alike bore
that strange dry look which tells unerr-
ingly Of starvation.
Within few yards of the two men,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

Real Estate.-Our real estate is not
here. 1t is in heaven. and we must
serve God properly to be with him.
Rev. NJ. W. Stryker, Presbyterian,
Clinton, n. Y.
Wrath and Pity.-The wrath and
whole Bible. in the new as well as
the old.-Rev. II. Q. Willard, Presby-
terrain, New Orleans, La.
Club Iife-The husband takes his
pleasure at his club, the woman at her
club. The children, well, they take
theirs any old place. oftenti"es.-Rev.
r. A. White Universallst. Chicago. Ill.
Harmony.-We cannot have the ideal
Of Christian living continually before
us without trying sometimes to bring
our lives into harmony with it.-Rev.
]. c. Ager, Swedenborgen, Brooklyn,
n. Y.
Music.-Music needs religion, and
religion needs music. God has Joined
them together. and what God has join
ed together let not man put asunder-
Rev. David Gregg. Presbyterian, New
York City.
Prayer.-Prayer is the strongest
thing in the world. 1t Is the lever
which lifts the throne Of the Almighty.
No one can hope to be faithful and not
pray.-Rev. G. F. Hall, Independent.
Chicago, Ill.
The Mighty Hamburger is thus
the pathway along which the soul
meets Its helper. 1t is the hand that
moves the hand that moves the uni.
verse.-Rev. John Reid. Presbyterian,
Brooklyn. n. Y.
Immortality.-The doctrine of i'm
mortality has become fixed principle
Of faith. No one who understands the
Bible would think of questioning the
fact.-Rev. c. l.. Palmer, Episcopalian,
Kingston, n. Y.
The Gospel.-The freshest thing, the
most winsOme thing, the mightest
thing, the foremost thing in this fore
most age of human history is the ever
| lasting gospel.-Rev. Z. s. Henson,
Baptist. Boston. Mass.
Egotism.-There Is something sub.
lime about an egotist. We who live in
the valley Of humility look up with
reverence to those mountains of self.
confidence.-Rev. Frank Crane Uni
| versallst, Worcester, Mass
COMMISSIONING is what we all
need in all our work for God. All dis
enlargement comes from lack Of
| courage. When we are discouraged we
are lacking In courage.-tev. \. II.
Holderby, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
The Pioneer.-AIan has been the
pioneer in truth seeking and finding.
or some 600 religious sects, only eight
were founded by women. and these are
unimpOrtant. comparatively-Rev II.
A. White, Universalist. Chicago. III.
Dependency.-No man liveth to him
self. We are like trees in forest
struck by some tempest, broken, bent,
twisted, interlocked. bearing down or
borne up by one another.-Rev. Il. Mac
kenze, Presbyterian, New York City.
Unselfishness.-Let love conquer
your hearts and the world will make
way for your coming, and we shall
startle the world by the originality of
our unselfishness-Rev. ID. ID. Mac
Laurin, Methodist. Rochester, n. Y.
Northumberland of all the
student learns in school or college Is
speedily forgotten, and by the time he
has been out six months the great bulk
of 1t Is already on the road to oh.
livion.-Rev. w. ID. Hyde, Congrega.
tionalist. Boston. Mass
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

with each letter forwarded to adressee
or returned to writer from the division
Of dead letters a card containing a
model form Of address on mail matter
as we'll as brief instructions in con-
nection with the writing of addresses
The card bears the suggestions that
ink be used in writing addresses that
the name of the addressee as we'll as
the street number. post office and State
be written plainly, and that the writer's
name and address. with return re-
quest, be placed in the upper left hand
corner Of letters, etc.
Mr. De Graw believes that If these
suggestions are followed there will be
marked reduction in the number of
pieces af mail mater that fail of de-
livery. Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

When your little brother or sister
has birthday party and you want a
novelty as a centel.piece for the tea
table try the "Enchanted Pumpkin"
guests.
1t ought to be prize pumpkin and
a big one Scoop out all the inside {;
that will do we'll enough to make pies
out Of for grownup people on days
that are not birthdays. Then stuff it
full of toys tied up In mysterious look
ing bundles.
To each package tie bright ribbon,
letting the loose ends fall out over the
sides Of the pumpkin. Then carefully
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10
short.

81 hear some scientists are going to
try to make the north pole with an air
ship. Do they intend to stay long?"
"Oh, no. They're only going to make
a flying trip. Free Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

Did you ever hear of the young
housekeeper who refused to buy a
fresh lobster at the market because 1t
was not bright red in color? And of
the poets bad blunder. who called 1t
1.-THE cardinal Of the sea-" The point
OF the Joke Is that the young house
keeper and the poet both though that
red was the Holsters natural color. As
most Of you know, perhaps. the natu-
raj color Of the shell Is mixture of
two pigments, red and blue. When II
IL boiled, the blue washes out" and
the red remains.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

Necessarily the man who leaps before
he looks doesn't take much stock in the
theory that procrastination is the thiei
Of time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

Loafers seem more out Of place
around c bank than anywhere else.
And loafers are out of place anywhere.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

The President of the United States
has special flag 1t was designed
and first used by President Arthur, In
1883. 1t has blue ground. with the
arms Of the United States in the cen
ter. Whenever the President is on
board a government vessel, it is hoist
ed at the main.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10
Chickens at sunday school.

A bright and winSome little girl.
daughter Of one of the editors friends.
was sent out to the hen-house one day
recently, to gather and bring In the
fresh eggs. but she came back almost
Immediately without any eggs. and
when her mother asked about them,
the little one answered:
well. mother, the chickens were
holding Sunday school, and l would
not disturb them"
The mother afterward found out
that the hens We're all cackling at the
top Of their lungs, and this made the
Sunday school.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

Trouble is about the only thing that
you can borrow that Is not wanted
back.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10
TT, which you

replace the cap or stem-part, which you
cut Off, so that it will look as II it
were still whole, and place 1t on your
tea-table. Surrounded by ferns and
colOred autumn leaves, and decorated
with the dropping ends Of the ribbons,
1t will make a pretty centerpiece.
When the feast Is over, set the chill
dren to guessing how many seeds are
In the pumpkin. When all have
guessed. tell each to take hold Of one
Of the ribbons, and when you say
Three" they must pull on the rib
bons. and in that way they will find
out how many seeds are in the pump
kin.
OF course. each little guest secures
a pretty gift.--Chicags News.
Run, Boys. Run!
Every American boy should learn to
run. In Greece. In the days when men
and women took better care of their
bodies than they ever have since. every
boy. and girl, too, was taught to run,
just as the American child Is taught to
read. And so far as we can judge by
the statues they have left behind
them, there were very few hollow.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10

Rich Indians.
II 1t be permitted to call an Indian
tribe people" as that term Is used
In statistical matters, some Of them, 1t
Is said, are the richest in the world.
According to figures that the editor
saw recently, the English are the rich
est civilized people in the world. with
an average, per capita, Of $l,266.
France comes next. with an average
Of $1,102, and the United States third.
with an average of $l,O29; but some
Of the Indian tribes out west. by rea-
son of the sale of their lands to the
government. are worth 1t Is said, from
$1,000 to $4,000 per capita.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-10
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chested, spndle-legged boys among the
Greeks. The Persian boy was taught
to speak the truth, to run, ride and
shoot the bow.
The English boy is encouraged to
run. In fact, at some Of the great
English public schools. boys Of 13 and
II years Of age, like Tom Brown and
East at Rugby, can cover six and eight
miles cross-country in the great hare
and-hounds run. Every 10y is turned
out twice week and made to run and
fill himself full Of pure, fresh air and
sunshine.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-05-01
Poultry Sayings

:,
Never use immature stock as
oreeders' IL means "e"N
Some OF the best chickens the
world over arc hdtchcd ~ May.
Don forget mat
bood healthy breeders Should
he active. atcrt' Win hcai'hy
rlo" TO the comb and wattle>.
Male birds run down easily in
the hrecdin, season and their
,ond .u,,iv .hooit hc ,hund,n,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-05-01

Farm Gazette, vet the :aCt re-
mains that all three arc essen
TIA! 10 good results. i fact that
we OF the South are desperately
SLOW 10 comprehend or practice.
No successful poultry bust.
ness can bc built up from COM
mon. mixed or cross bred fowls
and the man or woman who per
sists IN attempting u u every
bit "a foolish ~ the old woman
who attempted To- dip tho o,can
dry with i pint cup. The umc
~ come when people vii not
buy scrub or MIXED stock clcu
tor The table a. long ~ well
bred tow - IN sight, The same
~ true 81 a mixed or dirty lot al
eggs. Nice large. clean. white
eggs are the preference at a.
disseminating buyers ~cruh
stock and scrub eggs ind the
last aud poorest buyer at The
lowest price
When IL comes 10 housing. no
fowl can be healthy and yigor.
Gus N filthy. wet. draurht,,
sinking, vcrmIn.intcStcd house
Il breeds and harbors disease.
keeps the fowls IN an unhealthy
condition and units them for
breeders or use for food. md
the person who makes his Tow i
roost on fences or IN the trees
ought 10 be tied out on the same
perch himself Tor a couple OF
cold rainy nights, iu~, 10 cNpc.
ricnce the delights - cApcri.
enced by the poor neglected
fowls Good. no, expensive.
houses are the most profitable
Inycsimcn, the pouiiryman or
farmer can maze. and until he
does tins, he VIII have no great
difficulty finding repository
for thIs surplus cash and bonds
derived from his chickens.
The dry feed system has
rcvolu,ionizcd poul,rydom from
the cradle TO the grave. II ia
life saver Tor the chick and !
health promoter for The adult,
the only exception beng the
finishing touches for iattcnlnp
market poultry. |, - the cor
rect thing now even 10 use dry
food for the breeding and LAYING
pens. the only wet food ever sun.
m ned h..tnu ~ II
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-08
CHARLTON.

Charlton, May 5.-A. H. Mccullough
returned home yesterday from a BUSH
ness trip to Melrose.
Mrs. I. G. Smith Of Leon, visited in
the city Friday with relatives. while
enroute home from Newburn.
The Entire Nous club gave party
last evening at the home Of Mrs Clar-
ence Blake. Their husbands and few
outside friends were the guests.
Rev. j. P. Berg is home from at
tending mission meeting at Fairfield.
Mrs. Nellie Gillaspie of Fowler. Cali
fornia, came Saturday for q visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Rodg-
ers, at Lucas, and with her sister, Mrs.
Sam Porter, in this city.
Mrs. Louisa futile left Thursday
for ST. Johns, Kansas, for visit with
relatives.
Simon Press is able to be down town
again after being laid up two months
with an injured knee.
On tomorrow afternoon, on the
streets of the public square, the dedi-
cation of a gospel wagon will take
place by the Rev. Ezra Temple Of Des
| Moines, who will travel overland this
season, preaching the gospel from his
wagon He will be assisted by Rev. F
B. Palmer. Rev. Temple will fill the
pulpit at the Baptist church Sunday
evening.
George Newman made a business
trip to Buxton Thursday.
The Concordia society Of the Swed-
ish church met with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Plattehgreen on last evening.
Mrs. Nancy Law went Friday to Po-
! % hn} taa To visit har dan1htan-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-08
OLD SETTLERS DIE.
Uriah Rominser Passes Away Sudden
Iy at His Home in Bloomfield.

Iy at His Home in Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, May -(Specfal)-
Uriah Rominger, one of the oldest and
most highly esteemed residents of
Bloomfield, died suddenly at his home
about 10 o'clock last night. Mr..
Rominger had driven to his farm south
of town and when he returned, about
Z o'clock, complained of feeling tired.
He retired about 9 o'clock and in an
hour became suddenly worse and died
before medical aid could reach him. He
was II years of age and a lifelong
member and prominent worker of the
Methodist church. He is the father
of Ellsworth Rominger of Bloomfield,
and j. A. Rominger of Long Beach,
Cal. The arrangements for the flu
neral have not been completed.
Mrs. Ferguson Dies.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson died at i: 30
o'clock this morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. D. F. Baldridge.
Death resulted from heart failure.
Mrs. Ferguson was 81 years of age a
member of the Methodist church. and
mother Of twelve children, seven Of
whom survive. They are: Hubert
Ferguson, Maple City, Kan; Robert
Ferguson. Boulder, Col; A. r. Fergu-
son. Colorado Springs, Col: Henry
and Frank Ferguson, and Mrs. E. A.
Young, and Mrs. D. F. Baldridge CT
Davis county. Tho funeral services
will be conduct n the Methodist
church Sun9 noon at 2:30
o'clock. the c. L. Stafford,
officiating. J. he assisted by
Rev. B. F. Fer, .or of the Chris
tan church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-08
Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers.

Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers.
If you have offensive pinlples or
eruptions, ulcers on any part Of the
body. aching bones or joints, falling
hair, mucous patches, swollen glands,
skin itches and burns, sore lips or
gums, eating, fostering sores, sharp
gnawing pains, then you suffer from
serious blood poison or the beginnings
Of deadly cancer. You may be perman-
emily cured by taking Botanic Blood
Balm, (B. B. b. made especially to
cure the worst blood and skin dis
eases. Heals every sore or ulcer, ev.
en- deadly cancer, stops all aches and
pains and reduces all swellings. Bo-
tanic Blood Balm cures all malignant
blood troubles, such as eczema, scabs
and scales, pimples, running sores,
carbuncles, scrofula, Druggists, 81. To
prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm
sent free and prepaid by writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trou-
BILE and free medical advice sent in
sealed letter. For sale in Ottumwa by
Sargent, the True Druggist. Also j.
w. Edgerly & Co., Jobbers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-08
FARMlNGToN.

Pennington, May 5.-Miss Nellie
Cox left Tuesday morning for
Memphis, Mo-. to visit relatives.
Mrs. Benjamin Ketcham Of Bona
parte, was a Pennington visitor last
Wednesday.
Mrs George Donnell is seriously i'll
and her recovery is doubtful.
J. L. Zane and family have moved to
Pulaski.
Miss Winnie Therme went to Valley
Junction Thursday afternoon for an
extended visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Geo. Kouns.
Mrs. ira Brunk Of Des ,Moines, was
called here by the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Geo. Donnell.
DR.. S. C. Franks is in Wooster, Ohio,
where he Vas called BY the death OF
his sister.
Z. ]. Folker disposed Of his remain
ing stock of groceries at auction
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Mrs. Mamie Reesman has gone to
Des Moines for an extended visit with
her brother.
The Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows is puttinr in a large flower bed
at the park. 1t will be forty feet LONG
by eighteen feet wide, with cement
coping around it.
Louis Halfman and wife were
Franklin visitors this week.
wilbert Zane and family have NOV
ed out on their farm for the summer
Nelson Spurgeon and Ralph Allen
of Eddyville, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Spurgeon Tuesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-08
Christ by mob. no fault was found
with him, but public opinion demand

Christ by mob, no fault was found
with him, but public opinion demand
ed his death.
Joe Fee, the last speaker on the neg
and greatly pleased the audience. His
strong hold was the buy and selling
of the state legislatures, and condemn
ing graft In the present system, also
the Stunning up Of the negatives argu-
rnent in a torceable manner.
Lester Meyer again held the floor for
s minutes on his closing speech. He
made short rebuttal Of the last neg
ative's speakers points, and then
sumed up the argument of the affirm
alive side.
The strongest thing on which the
affirmative worked was directness in
their argument to the Judges, while the
Centerville boys talked to the audi
ence The affirmative held to the fact
that no government ever existed in the
history of the world as long as the
United States, whose legislative bodies
were wholly and directly elected by
the people.
These debates are good things for
the school and tits quite probable that
next year Moulton will arrange to have
a number of them with the neighbour
ing towns. 1t will be a new team next
year as this years team all graduate
the 25th Of this month.