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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-07

Or. Smith, OsteOpath, rs L. y. block.
The Herald twice a week tells It all.
DR.. and Mrs. a. 5. Austin are visiting
friends at Spokan-.
Dean for best Tea and Coffee. Phone
l4ll for prompt delivery. tt
Ervie Phelps has sold the Palace res.
taurant to Pave'itch 4 Brojec.
County Assessor Archer was doing
business at the metropolis Saturday.
Dean for good values in crockery and
glassware. Investigate. 2l1 Il st. II
Miss F. Deming, OF Aberdeen, South
Dakota, is visiting relatives in this city
Miss Inez Robinson, Of Seattle, is Wis
iting the city, the guest of Mrs. Waldo
w. Hart.
For Quincy. Express or Dray, call A.
"A Star Transfer. Your orders prompt.
ly filled. tt
Miss Jean Hayes left this morning for
Portland to resume her studies at ST..
Helen's Hall.
Don't forget our White Pine Cough
Cure. 1t will also cure sore throat
Evans Drug Co. ii
Chas. Holmer, the grocer, has pur-
chased house and LIT on Eighth stree
fom +. f. Jones.
Jay G. Weatherwax has cold his resi-
dence property on West Wishkah street,
to John Carlson for $1,000.
Small house on corner Of Second and
Jefferson, LOT 50xl30 feet. $3.50. Will
tanning, Room IA. Dabney block. II
No. 606 West Hume, five room house,
rents for $lO per mOnth-Sl, 600, terms.
Will Lanning, Room IA, Dabney block.
Mrs. Fred Heron and Mrs. Chris
Aven ana baby were able to leave ST.
Joseph's hospital for their homes Satur
day.
Four lots, corner OF Wishkah street
and Michigan avenue. 13Ox200 feet
50 500, terms. Will Lanning, Dabnty
block. If
w. T. McB,ide, wro has just bought
the business OF the Aberdeen Transfer
Co.. Is thoroughly conversant with that
line of work. If
If you have money to loan can place
it Tor you on first mortgage, 10 per cent.
net to you. Will Lanning, Room II,
Dabney block. tt
Charlie Beasley has leased the Koch
Ter building, 416 East Heron street,
which he will use As Il bath house, boot
black parlor and barber shop.
Fred II. Green left for Saginaw, Mich,
yesterday. He was called there by a
dispatch stating that his father was to
undergo a serious surgical operation.
The ladies of the q. a. X. club will
! entertain all old soldiers and their wives
at the parlors of the Congregational
church tomorrow evening. Chicken pie
supper at 7 p. m.
That's tho honse the Doctor built,
The biggest house you see;
Thank goodness he don't get our money,
For we take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. W. b. Paine & Co.
George J. Wolff, the popular A berdeen
merchant will leave in couple Of week s
ior a visit to his old home in Germany.
On his tour, which will extend about
three months, MIR. Wolff will visit Chi
cago, New York and this principal cities
OF Europe. 1t is needless to say that
MIR. Wolff will do big stroke of pur.
chasing the worlds latest goods on his
trip.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
He Paid for the Dinner.

John G. Shedd, Marshall Fields sue.
cessor in the great Chicago business
house, said recently that success and
failure were matters of luck much Oft
ener than the world supposed.
"The race" said Mr.. Shedd, "is not
always to the swiftest. nor is victory
always TO the strongest. nor great sue.
cess to the most Industrious and tho
most intelligent. No; luck plays its
part often, Just as IT, did In the case OF
the three men who bet each other tur-
key dinner. II was luck, pure luck.
that decided their bet.
These three men sat rather lato
over their bridge at the club one night.
As they were separating they discussed
a little nervously the reception that
awaited them nt their wives hands.
and, more for mischief than anything
else. they agreed that he who didn't do
what his wife told him on getting home
should have to treat the others to q
turkey dinner.
We'll, the first man, after reaching
his house. stumbled about In the dark
bedroom till he kicked the cat. Tho
cat squealed. and the mans wife. rails.
ing her head from the pillow. moancds
Well. go on; kill the poor cat and
have done with IT,
"The man frowned and muttered to
himself:
It's case OF kill the cat or pay
for the dinner
$50 he killed the cat
"The second man. on his arrival.
could not find any matches. AS ho
looked for some in the drawing room
he bumped against the piano. and his
wife complained:
Why don't you break the piano.
careless?
Determined not 10 lose his bot. tho
man got hatehet and the sound Of
crashing blows soon filled the house.
"rhe third man. getting home. stun.
blod on the way upstairs. His wifo
screamed nngrily:
Go on. fall downstairs and break
your neck. do!'
' Not me. said the third man. after
a moments thought. III pay for tho
turkey dinner
The state herald., 1907-11-22
Soil Binding Grasses.

Many grasses have great value as
soil binders. and II IL certain that In
many places the shifting sands can
be held down by the growing OF
grasses Just suited TO them. The
United States government has been
experimenting with grasses 10 bind
the sands OF the acnahorcs. and many
experiments have proved successful.
There are also many steep banks Of
rivers that can be held In their
places by such grasses ms have
rhisomca or running root stalks that
send down now roots at frequent In.
toryala and send up new stems, The
preventing OF land from washing h
made possible by the growing OF such
grasses. The fastening down Of the
drifting sands of tho lako shore by
the growing Of Marian grass ID n pro.
lection 10 tho lands that lie inside Of
those now covered with sand.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
POINTS FOR THE FARMER.

a teaspoonful or two OF oilmeal u
day may be fed TO breeding ewes. es.
pccially during the winter.
England's potato crop averages over
six tons an acre. Russia grows bare.
iy two tons TO the acre. and Italy 1T.
tie over one and three-fourths tons.
Most hired men chnfe under nag.
cling at trinlng omissions aud commits.
sions. The farmer who has the habit
OF picking flaws is sure TO lose love
. and respect
Oats may In some Instances bo
prontably used as n nurse crop by
sowing less quantity of the seed than
is usual and then cutting tho oats for
hay M soon as In head.
while II is nil right TO have the
milk cows In good. thrifty condition.
u COW that is giving mess of rich
milk will hardly be fat In fact II
milch cows put feed onto their backs
they are not putting It Into the pail.
The average man In pretty liable to
forget NIL about being Kind TO tho
cow when he II compelled 10 milk
kicking heifor IN hot stable. to.
gelher with the iiica and mosquitoes
hummlnK around like swarm Of bees
hup,ing for n place TO hive" It's
sood.by theory then.
The state herald., 1907-11-22

into third stay chain put aro"nd the
front axletree just outside Il front
hounds. The purpose of the block is
to keep the tripletree away from the
tongue so that the horses can work
freely. The draft all comes on the
chain. The tendency of the block Is
to push the tongue to the right: the
tendency of the chain, to pull 1t to
the left. They balance each other and
the draft is straight.
Our meadows were so soft this sum-
mer that most farmers used four
horses on their hay leaders. used
three, with this hitch, and did the
work well, writes an Illinois corre-
spondent OF Wallace's Farmer. 1t can
be changed from one wagon to another
in less than three minutes. To do so
remove bolt from tongue and unhook
chains. 1t is SO simple and cheap that
any farmer can make one In few min
utes.
/ have used such hitch on my land
roller for 25 years. except that have
a rod instead OF n chain for the draft.
Any three-horse hitch fastened to the
tongue rs a doubletree will crowd the
middle horse and make the team work
hnrd.
For driving the team put lines on
the outside horses, swapping checks to
the bit OF inside horse; fasten inside
bits OF outside horses to hame rings
of middle horse with hitch reins.
With such hitch rs this in front and
behind there is no need of fast horse
or slow horse. of urging one forward
or holding another back. The draft
is equal on each. and each horse is
equally well guided or backed with
the lines.
often wanted to take an empty
out or bring loaded wagon In with
two horses. To do so. put common
doubletrce cleyis through the ring that
connects the two clevis at the short
end OF trlplotree. put clevis pin
through hole In doubletrec strap. The
draft is straight and hitch 80 short
that ,ripletree Will not rub wheel
The state herald., 1907-11-22

Hon. r. s. Tharin, Attorney at Law
and counsel for Antitrust League,
writes from Pennsylvania Ave-, N. W..
Washington, d. c., as follows:
"Having used Peruna for catarrhal
disorders, l am able TO testify to its
great remedial excellence and do not
hesitate to give it my emphatic endorse
mcnt and earnest recommendation to
all lpersons affected by that disorder. 1t
is also tonic of great usefulness.
Mr.. II. Barnecott, West Aylmer, On
tario, Can, writes: Last winter was i'll
with pneumonia after having Ia grippe.
| took Peruna for two months, when 1
became quite well. also induced q
young lady, who was all run down
and confined 10 the house, TO take Pc
runa, and after taking Peruna for three
months she is able to follow her trade
OF tailoring. lean recommend PerHna
for all such who are i'll and require
tonic"
The state herald., 1907-11-22
Rather Out Of Hand.

Professor Ogden Chalmers Lorimer.
Toledo's veteran educator, is one Of
the few remaining schoolmasters who
still cling to corporal punishment.
II believe in corporal punishment"
he said stoutly, lii a recent address.
81 take no stock in moral suasion.
Good, healthy boys under moral sua-
sion have too free time of 1t. They
get out of hand.
There is a friend of mine," said
Professor Lorimer, with n grim smile,
"who is raising family of six boys
with the help Of moral suasion. The
mild little chap argued about the mat
ter the other night at club.
And do You pelieve.' said /, that
moral suasion Is better than corporal
punishment for big. lusty boys like
yours?'
Yes said my friend.
For may part, / sneered.
And do you mean to say that you
have never whipped your boys?'
asked
' AS true as | sit here my friend
declared earnestly, 4 have never
struck one of my children except in
selfdefense.'
The state herald., 1907-11-22

she had not come away from her hus-
band against his desires-so she saith
ever-she would at least have died
with him.
THAT is wicked repining,' said the
aunt sententiously. she ought to be
dealt with by the meeting. She
should be thankful that her life was
spared when her neighbors We're
taken. Doubtless 1t was leading of
the Spirit that caused her to come
here e'er the sayages fell upon Wy.
omlng. She. above all others. surely
has reason to be thankful. You
should deal with her. sister. and check
this untoward spirit" said Mistress
Lovejoy sternly. Mistress Prudence
sighed
Il know not rightly how To do IL
when she IL In such sorrow" she said.
"She hath ever been willful and un-
reasonable child. but very loving
one
you have ever spoiled her. and her
husband did the same. Perhaps this
is a punishment TO you both" said
Mistress Lovejoy.
Mistress Patience. bride of year
had left her home In Wyoming valley
for visit with her mother In an
older settlement. She had begged and
pleaded TO make this visit with a will.
full demand that would not be denied.
II was an unusual occurrence. The
journey through the wilderness was
too long and tollsome TO think of Wis.
its. Most OF the mothers who said
farewell TO daughters going to plo.
neer homes could hardly expect to see
them again. But Mistress Patience
who WAS anything but patient In spite
Of her name-would not submit TO this
state OF things, She begged and
pleaded 10 30 until her husband-to
whom her llghtcst wish was law-gayo
his consent lie was the more ready
TO do this as there were ugly rumors
Of alliance between the British tory
forces and the Indians and tn. settle.
mont OF Wyoming. standing on dis.
putod tract, and not no well protected
M other regions was peculiarly liable
TO attack, But Mistress Patience did
not know this or she would not have
gone. She was very much In love
with this grave mlddlc.agcd husband,
who treated his young wife like a pot.
ted child. Many OF tho settlers had
shaken their heads over Mistress Pa.
ueneo's going. lie ought not 10 let
her do IT," they had said.
II will only stay little while. !
will come back soon" nho had said
at the parting. fcRfotful nj the last
minute for her action. hut the Hay.
age Indians had come down upon the
village OF Wyoming and swept II on
from the face Of the earth. Tn. houses
were burnt. the people maHaacred or
carried away captive. Every day
brouEh, fresh story Of horror. cspe
cially dreadful had been the tale Of
John llaloomb and 10 companions who
had been CARED on and sacrificed In
u sort OF religious ceremony.
"sho must be reused She must sec
people I would make her 10 10 tho
Thanksgiving service" said Mistress
LoyeIoy She was notable manager.
aud her Hlsterln'law, with all the VII
iage. were wont TO submit 10 her
sway. and Patience went to tho Hefy.
Ice
There can never more be- . day
The state herald., 1907-11-22
Leuuminous Forage Plants.

4 lcguminous plant In one that has
pods, Some OF tho pods are very
small. like those on tho clover. whii.
other pods are large. like those ON the
bean and pea. There arc many wild
plants whose pods are Ho small aa
not TO attract attention from the
casual paasofby nut In all cases
the lcgumeA are good things 20 grow.
for the reason that they are them.
selves rich In nitrogen and aa forage
plants supply protein TO the animals
eating them. and also gather nitrogen
from the air by which they MI their
roots and so leave tho soil richer IN
nitrogen than they md H. Every
farmer should cndcayof 10 grow some
legumlnoun plants.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
SELECTING SEED POTATOES.
Importance Of Securing Best Of Crop
for Next Years Planting.

That improvement of plants and
animals may be accomplished by se-
lection of the parent stock has become
generally accepted theory. Some
species of the domestic animals have,
after several centuries of selection,
been bred to almost perfect type.
Within the past few years a great
work has been done along the line Of
improvement of plants by selection.
especially corn and the other cereals.
Probably less work has been done to-
ward improving the potato than with
any of our other great food plants.
Yet enough has been accomplished to
prove that no plant can be more
quickly improved both in quality and
yield than the potato.
1t has been a common practice in
the eastern states, and to certain
extent in the west, among those who
grow potatoes for family use, to plant
only the small potatoes and culls that
are left in the spring after the sup
ply for the house has been picked out.
This is, of course, the worst possi-
BILE kind Of selection, and always re-
suits in degeneration, or what Is
known as running out" of the stock.
Because of this, varieties of one gen.
Grafton are unknown In the next.
On the other hand, there are locali-
riety of potatoes has been grown for
the past 25 years, and is better and
more productive now than when in
troduced.
A potato tuber is not seed, but a
part of the plant from which 1t came.
consequently the characteristics Of the
parent plant are more sure to be re-
produced in the new plant than in
plants that are grown from seed that
are the union Of two parent plants.
A little observation in the field
when digging will show that there is
great variation in the different hills
of potatoes on a given area. One
plant may have ten or twelve good
sized, smooth. marketable potatoes
The next may have one good potato
with three or four small or inferior
potatoes, or possibly hill may have
but two medium sized potatoes OF the
same type as the first hill.
Now, II the selection is made in the
cellar. about as many Of the seed po
tatoes will come from poor hills as
from good. and the result will be &c
produce more poor hills. and this car
ried on from year to year tends to de
crease the yield OF potatoes.
The best way to select is to take
only good potatoes from hills that
produce nothing but good potatoes ant
goodly number of them. This worl
may be done by digging by hand, buI
so many hills have to be discarded
that II makes the work slow and ex
pensive. II the potatoes cling to the
vines. the selection can be made b,
following the digger.
The system used at the Colorad,
experiment station is to plow out the
rows with a common mold-boart
plow. This leaves the potatoes on tn,
vines with most Of the tubers exposed
on the surface OF the turned furrow
Not more than ten per cent. OF tn,
hills will be suitable to select from
the first year. but these planted ough
to produce n much higher grade o
potatoes from which to select the mex
year.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
of thanksgiving for me-" she thought

of thanksgiving for me-" she thought
drearily, as she sat in her widows
weeds in the square wooden pew.
The long, long prayer was finished.
Patience liked the prayer, for in 1t she
could hide her face. II was never too
long for her, although modern
church-goer would be aghast at having
to listen to even sermon Of such
length. The psalms of rejoicing had
been sung, These had been harder
TO bear. The preacher had settled into
MS discourse. He had turned his hour:
glass, and was already at thirdly"
God in his providence has ex-
ceedingly blessed us in delivering
us from danger-he was saying. Pa
tience shuddered. What good was 1t
to her to be delivered since John had
perished under the Indian tomahawk!
A hgure appeared in the doorway.
Such figure! Gaunt, tattered, wild
eyed, unkempt, barefooted, bleeding
a mere skeleton covered with ragged
shreds of garments. 1t stood in the
doorway quivering and motioning
strangely
Patience! Patience!" it cried.
'ris some crazy exhorter such as
used to come and harrangue the con-
gregations in my grandfather's time"
said Judge Fletcher. whose ancestor
had been judge in the days of the
persecution of Anabaptists and
Quakers. The tithing.man stalked
down the aisle to put out the intruder
Some of the men half rose, but sat
down again when they saw that the
matter was being attended to. 1t was
a dreadful thing in those days to dis
turb a meeting. But John Halcomb's s
widow, unmindful OF disturbance, start.
ed up at the cry and fairly ran down
the aisle.
1T is John! 1t is John!' she
cried.
Never had religious service in
Bethlehem Hill been broken up like
this one. The minister stopped in
the very middle Of his most important
sentence. The dreaded tithing.man
himself, who bore upon his soul the
awful responsibility of every man and
woman, boy and girl in the meeting.
house, forgot 1t all and cried out like
n frightened boy: 1T is ghost!"
But 1t was not ghost. 1t was
John Halcomb himself. safe.
The story OF the Indian attack on
the village of Wyoming In ITS is a
story of marvellous escapes as well as
of torture and massacre. No adven.
ture in II seems more marvellous than
that Of John Halcomb which is one of
the well attested stories of his.
tory
With l5 other captlves. John Hal.
comb had been ranged around large
fiat stone while woman fury called
Queen Esther" who seemed at the
head of this ceremony OF sacrifice of
prisoners. crushed the heads OF one
after the other with great stone
death maui. Two of the captives sud.
denly leaped TO their feet and dashed
into the forest. The Indians pursued
them but did not shoot. probably be.
ciitse their plan was to bring them
The state herald., 1907-11-22

- sNe 'ppss'Np - WV V""J'
back alive and torture them 10 death.
one OF the two-and II was John Hal.
oomb-trippcd on vine and rolled
down the steep river bank. Then he
gave himself up for lost, But tho
fall, Instead OF bringing him TO death.
saved his life. lie lodged under the
heavy branches of fallen tree and
the pursuerH. sure that he was ahead.
dashed past n without dlscoyerin.
him. He lay concealed In this lucky
hiding place until darkness came.
Then wounded. lame. and almost fam.
ished. he started out ON the journey Of
days through the trackloss forest In.
tested with hostile Indians that lay
between him and Patience A man
less brave OF heart would have given
up score Of times. but there was no
give up TO John ilalcomb, He might
be 30 weakened that ho could only
crawl. but he orawlod on. TottorinR.
stumbling. crawling. dragging him.
self along his painful way by inohca
and In danger Of his llfo nll the way.
ho covered the toilaomc miles aud
came TO mako for his wife Patience
a real Dny Of Thanksgiving
copyright igri, by Wright a. patisrnonD
The state herald., 1907-11-22
G4FEss3|::l1ske!E;!!|'[;|Es1IIl! 80!
THREE HORSES ON A WAGON.
Successful Method Followed by One
Farmer in Illinois.

Bolt one end of 1x4 oak block 10
inches long (A) on the upper side Of
the tongue in the hammer hole, put
ting an iron brace on under side Of
tongue and block. Put bolt through
middle hole of tripletree and end hole
of block. Put that bolt through ring
in the end of common wagon stay
chain on upper side of tripletree, also
through another chain on under side
of block. Pass the two chains diagon-
ally across the tongue hounds. one
above, the other below. and hook them
The state herald., 1907-11-22

daughter, young Mistress Patience
Halcomb, bent languidly over the spin
ning-wheel.
Mistress Prudence made a sign for
silence, but 1t was too late. The
face of the pale young widow grew
whittier. and without word she rose
and glided away.
Mistress Lovejoy looked at her sis
ter-in.law inquiringly.
Hath she not yet become recon-
ciled to the decree of God?" she asked.
Mistress Prudence shook her head.
Nay" she said. "She saith ever that
1t is not by the decree of God she suf-
fers, but by her own wilfulness. II
The state herald., 1907-11-22
In the Church.

"of course" said Tess at Miss YER
ner's wedding to Mr.. Timmid. the
bride looks lovely. as brides always
do"
Yes" replied Jess. but the BRIDE
groom doesn't. He appears rather run
down"
Run down? oh, yes; caught after
a long chase"
The state herald., 1907-11-22

illustration at A and insert the handle
which has square knob at tho end.
ON the other side. Fnsten n small strip
OF leather at II. The head OF tho maui.
says tho Prairie Farmer. should be
about ten inches In length.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
In the Woods.

The Squirrel-Do you think there
is anything In the belief about luck
being attached to your left hind foot?
The Rabbit-Well, I'm sure that II
hadn't had mine with me awhile ago
/ wouldn't have been able to give
that dog the slip-Pittsburg Press.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
She Knew Why7

Daughter-Father went OF in good
hum0r this morning.
Molher-My' That reminds me.
forgot To ask him for any monoy.-New
York Christian Advocate.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
Pe-ru-0a Tablets.

Some people prefer TO take tablets,
rather than to take medicine in fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the solid me-
dicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each
tablet is equivalent to one average dose
of Peruna-
The state herald., 1907-11-22
TO MAKE A WOODEN MAUI.
How Head Can Be Put on Handle So
as to Stay.

A maui that never comes OF the
handle may be made by boring n one
and onehalfinch hole in the center OF
n suitable stick Cut mortisc In the
back as shown In the accompanying
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Very Proper Place.

~ see by the papers that they have
had another monkey dinner at New
port"
"What of it?" Where else would
they have it?"-Chicago Journal.
The state herald., 1907-11-22
Az NLDNzF
NllNlfyG yGzIINNG
nv 6y BERTHA E. 6llCN

HE parson hath appointed
a day of Thanksgiving for
this village that the cruel
tide of Indian invasion is
turned back and our lives
are spared" said Mistress
Lovejoy Goodwin, bustling
into the warm kitchen
W h ere her sister-in-law
Mistress Prudence Good
win sat knitting by the
fireplace and her listless
The state herald., 1907-11-22
IhanksulYInn.

Thanksgiving makes our prayers
bold and strong and sweet. feeds
and cnkindlca them M with Goals Of
iiro Luther,
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cnrn ailll Kim.

The corn crop Ia atll the king Of
crops In America. even In on years.
The state herald., 1907-11-22

Unfortunately. finding fault isn't so
difficult as looking for needle in
haystack.
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Denver Directory
TnE COLORADO SADDLERYCO.

pssisrp iroi-v Market ri- b"ns.r
Harness ~ even style Haddiss ~ every de-
.riiliiuh| Ash lguf dealer fuf "tha hna1ih
set l.ihs III the Meet