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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-23
Hidden Gifts
Of the....
Christmastide.
By ALOYSIUS COLL

Copyright 1907. by Aloysius COLL
THINK you, my little baby boy,
= That the gifts are all for you
The picture books and the painted
blocks
And the soldier mon In blvsf
But what Of the Joy In mothers heart
When she saw you dance for oiss,
Whom you woke 70 see the candles burn
On the bouehs Of the christnnas tree
Voo eiappsd your hands and yeu
L laughed aloud
When you found the little pio>w
With the oxen team that loaaed On
whesIs
In the shade Of the greenwood bouoh,
But what Of the silent tenderness
That stirred in mothers breast
When you drove the oxen to the barn
In the twilight hour to rest?
VoUR eyes In wonder opened wide
When you saw that The littie
train
Would rattle down the carpet track
And then run back again
But what Of tho golden train Of thought
That follows your baby feet
To scatter the flowers Of mother love
Where the way is bright and sweet7
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-23
New Ironing Boards.

Ironing boards have one end covered
with zinc, with edges slightly raised at
three sides. This serves as an iron
stand and saves the laundress the la
Dor of lifting the iron to and from the
board every time she pauses to adjust
her work-a small thing, 1t Is true, but
1t tells at the end of long day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-23
Crown Of Great Britain.

The crown is already Of great weight
-thirty-nine ounces and FIVE penny
weights-no light burden for the king
on the occasion when his majesty per-
forms the ceremony Of opening parlia.
nent. To add to it the Cullinan dia-
mond would increase the weight by
about three-Quartcrs Of pound avoir-
dupois, which, 1t is estimated, is what
the jewel would weigh after 1t was
cut. The crown as it is seen today In
the Tower Of London contains 2S1S
diamonds, 297 pearls and many other
exquisite jewels. Its chief gem is
the ruby, the value Of which has been
estimated at 100000, which was CIV
en- to the Black Prince in Spain in the
year 1867 and was worn by Henry v.
in his helmet at the battle Of Agin-
court.-London Observer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-23
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DR.. WATKINS.
Office in Crow:her- Wooding block,
corner OF G and Heron Streets. Office
hours-l0 SOTO II 80 a. m. l 80 to 4 80
and 200 to 500 p. m. Telephone 1856.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-23
Her Best Friends Gift.

Wickers Isn't 1t unfortunate that
dark Miss Manley has just the faintest
suspicion Of mustache?
Her Best Friend-1t Is. indeed. I
sympathized with her last Christmas.
Wickers-Sympathize
Her Best Friend-Yes. Without the
poor dear knowing 1t sent her mus
tache cup.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-12-23
A Qisappointina Feature.

twas there any disappointing fea-
&ure about your appearance as Santa
G|eps2"
"Well, rather! The nose Of my false
face melted Off,
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
EaHrttttal pntnt 1T
Ennrattntt
By ARCHBISHOP GLENNON.
St. Louis.

knowledge that
the better him.
coming closer together the matter of how education
impaired teach" being studied
that the pupils learn
greater facility past Indeed begin
think that making education easy inviting fail
purposes for what easily acquired easily
education made easy" sometimes fails to educate
whether the theory of the struggle for fe-and
Certainly struggle
few there who fail of obtaining
the reach of all.
Again. agreed that the soorooms should properly
lighted heated and ventilated that around the pupil should be
oyousnes work commentator as it
give And in this regard Also great progress
within the century from the dngy caerhouse the
great school of our modern cities.
There is however, feature of modern school life
problem That point the methods teaching
question peagogues chow teac teach
should taught all truth and the the teaching
poportonate the of the truth presented
Quite the chde the truths Of the Faerhood
de of God should be brought before the pupil that daily
task should be the question of the whence why and whittier m
all honesty and faith the given Christ great teacher
for OBLIGATION We believe that nothing will give
meaning the cs than
eternal truths which lie outside the sphere deal
with the soul of God.
We would lead the child back where the Springs
e the depths and the law law And we
hold that these great truths found
the of religion absolutely necessary any broad liberal and
education Deny them place school curriculum Won
destroy the completeness of the truth cycle no
peteness and muaon Set these primary truths aside the
balance of curriculum left only mpa without
vason actions without principles and duties without sufficient motives
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
MAY USE STREET CARS TO
IMPROVE POSTAL SERVICE

mail box and the people paXnize
them literally. The cars stop to re-
ceive letter, the same as a passen-
ger. If the scheme works we'll where
it has been tested, Mr. McCleary can't
see why it will not work we'll on all
street car lines. At first the system
may be installed only on the main
street car lines of the various cities,
but will be extended gradually to take
in all the lines.
The cost of the service is to be
investigated Officials at the depart
ment are of the opinion the expense
will not be great, as the street car
companies will no doubt furnish the
necessary letter boxes and permit
their conductors to handle the mail.
In many cities street cars are now
used to transfer mail from one postal
station to another and the postal au--
thorities believe the system for The
collection of mail can be successfully
developed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
Household HELPS.

Egg spoons that are stained should
be rubbed with damp salt before pol
ishing.
If bedstead creaks at each move
ment of the sleeper, remove the Stats
and wrap the ends of each in old
newspapers.
Have small horseshoe magnet fast
ened to the end of tape of ribbon of
sufficient length so that it can be drop
ped to the floor to pick up scissors
and needles.
Turn your coffee mill down very
tightly, fill the hopper with granu-
lated sugar. grind it through once or
twice. or even three times, and you
have an excellent powdered sugar
To clean a carpet without taking up
take cup half full of cornmeal mixed
with salt and sweep well. When spots
are left take oxgall or ammonia. Both
are very good things to make the car
pet as bright as a new one.
Iron rust on stoves which have not
been in use this summer can easily be
removed by going over the parts with
coarse sandpaper, afterward covering
the places with hot tallow or any
warm grease. The next day wash with
hot soapsuds in which there is a lib
eral supply of kerosene. Tenders,
CRATES and stoves can be cleaned in
this manner.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
Variety Cake.

Half a cup of butter, one and one
half cups of sugar, five eggs, half a
cup of milk, two cups of flour, one
teaspoonful of baking powder, half a
teaspoonful of cinnamon, quarter of a
teaspoonful of nutmeg, half cup of
chopped raisins, boiled icing. Cream
the butter and sugar, put in the yolks
of the eggs and beat well; beat in one
cup of flour and the baking powder
sifted in it, Reserve two whites Of the
eggs for the boiled icing; whip the
other three well and fold in the but
ter last. Divide the cake into three
parts, add the spices and raisins, well
Toured; bake one layer of this fruit
part and two layers of the plain part.
Put boiled icing on all the layers, and
put together, with the fruit layer in
the middle.-Mrs. G. Vinton Henry.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
QUENTIN HAS FUN WITH
SNAKES In WHITE HOUSE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roosevelt

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roosevelt
w caused chills to chase up and
down the spinal columns of Attorney
General Bonaparte, Representative
Hepburn, and eX-Representative Lac
ey, of Iowa, the other day when he ap-
peared in the presidents Office with
two live snakes coiled about him.
Quentin is somewhat impetuous, es-
pecially when on roller skates, and he
skated into the office of his father,
who was having conference with At
torney General Bonaparte. AS Quen-
tin approached, the snakes Kissed and
the attorney general side-stepped with
great agility. President Roosevelt
suggested to Quentin that he disap-
pear Quentin FASTENED into the cab
met room where Representative Hep
burn and Mr.. Lacey were waiting to
see the president. They thought the
snakes were harmless wooden affairs
and began to admire them. Then the
larger snake began to wriggle and
wrap itself around the arm of Quen-
tin and the distinguished Iowans in
their terror made frantic efforts to
walk up the walls.
Regaining their composure it oc-
Cured to them that Quentin might be
in danger, and that they should rush
to the rescue, especially when they
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

man has helped, but has accounted for
but small percentage of the eggs put
out of business.
Trees of which the foliage has been
injured or even totally destroyed by
these marauders may be seen on al
most any street of Washington, the
caterpillars attacking by preference
poplars, soft naples, elms, alders,
birches and willows. But other trees
by no means escape their depreda-
tions, though the gingko and tulip are
almost immune. Besides destroying
the foliage, the caterpillars are often
sively intrusive, invading the homes
of the residents and otherwise becom.
ing a nuisance.
- AS usually seen, the tussock cater
pillar has two big, hairy protuberances
like horns sticking out of where his
forehead would be if he had one, and
another one-really two close togeth-
er-projecting like the rudder of an
airship. He is excessively hairy and
ugly, and his hairs are stuck in loose
ly and are apt to fall out on any per-
son upon whom he drops, causing in
flammation and swelling. These hairz.
are finally tangled up in the silk a.
the caterpillar weaves his cocoon, and
become part of the egg receptacle,
leaving the caterpillar smooth
worm" not "woolly one" and look
ing far unlike his original hirsute self.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
ARMY OF CATERPILLARS
is DEVOURING FOLIAGE

FOLIAGE on Washington trees is
1 being devoured wholesale by an
army of tussock caterpillars, the
larvae of the tussock moth, and APP
parently nothing can be done to check
the ravages of those now doing the
damage, though precautions can be
taken against a repetition of the pest
next year. Aiding and abetting the
tussock caterpillars are the cohorts of
the fall web worms" which are by no
means so numerous, but which, never
theless, are doing an immense amount
of damage.
For many years the tussock cater
pillar has been the most serious of the
shade-tree pests in Philadelphia, New
York, Brooklyn and Boston, but it was
not until 1895 that it appeared in
Washington in sufficient numbers to
be regarded as menace to the foil
age. In that year also the fall web
worm was more abundant in this city
than it had been since 1886. In 1901
the pests of both kinds again appeared
in great numbers, and now there is
another invasion, giving period of
six years between each great attack.
Hitherto the chief check upon the
insects has been the parasites that
come in great numbers in the same
years that the caterpillars abound and
destroy most of the multitude of eggs
laid by the pests. Destruction by
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

EVERY street car in this country
Il may be made travelling postof-
flee before long. Such a plan is now
under consideration by Second Assist
ant Postmaster General McCleary,
with the object Of still further improv-
ing the mail service.
Mr.. McCleary's idea is that when a
person writes letter the sooner it is
on it's way the better it suits him.
If mail facilities are still further i'm
proved the man will write two let
tiers where he now writes one and
the government will receive just that
much more revenue. Postoffices on
street cars, he believes, will place the
writing public in close touch with the
postal department and the convent
ence will add materially to the gov
ernment's income.
The system has been tried on the
line between Minneapolis and st.
Paul and has proved successful. Every
car on that line is equipped with
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

saw the larger snake, three faN long,
gliding up the sleeve of the presi-
dents son. In the most gingerly man
ner they took hold of the collar of the
boys coat and gently removed the
garment, taking care to keep out OF
range of the snake. Disdaining rescue,
Quentin seized his coat, and while he
toyed with the squirming reptiles
skated outside, where q party Of
women viSitorsA-were thrown into hys
terics at sight of the snakes.
Quentin brought three snakes from
Oyster Bay with him. He found that
he could not take care of them prop
erly and turned them over to an ami
NAL fancier. But Quentin got lone
some without his snakes, and the fan
cier loaned him a king snake and a
smaller reptile Quentin went to the
executive Offices to show his new
treasures to his father, who observed
that the king snake was about to
make a meal of the little. one, and
warned his son to be careful to pre-
vent such calamity.
Quentin finally left the White House
to the great JOY of everybody there.
His father remarked to a caller that
Quentin's taste was inherited for he
not only liked snakes, but had scotch
ed few in his time.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
HUES nv HEADGEAR.
Combinations That Look Pretty In
Fall and Winter Hats.

Violet is often combined with white,
with gray and with certain blues. One
model in white felt had its wide droop-
ing brim bound in violet velvet of a
lovely soft shade and was trimmed in
three huge knots or choux of velvet in
three shades of violet.
Such big velvet chouX in contrast
ing colors or several shades of one
color are a trimming much favored for
wide brimmed hats of moderately
high crown and otherwise without
trimming. Well developed, the idea is
very effective and the Partisan millin;
ors attain striking and beautiful color
schemes in this way.
Great velvet pansies, morning glor-
les, etc., are used as flowers, as they
have been upon the summer hats, and
one finds the summer fad for dead
white flowers and foliage inclosed in
velvet flowers whose blossoms and
foliage are white. Big roses are still
in demand, but feathers Of all imagin-
able-and unimaginable-kind wide,
soft ribbons of faille, satin, ETC., will
probably be more generally used than
flowers.
Wings come under the comprehen-
sive head of feathers and are shown
in forms and colorings even handsom.
er than those of the spring.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
Quick and Easy Laundry Work.

You can do a mornings work in one
hour and half by following these di-
Tections:
Put cents worth of bCrax, cents
worth of salts tartar, 5 cents worth of
powdered ammonia, and one package
of potash into five quarts Of boiling
water. Turn one quart of water onto
the potash first and let it stand until
cool, then add the rest. Let the mix
ture stand "a hours, and it is ready to
use. This makes enough for 20 washes.
When ready to use, take one cot
fee cupful of the Quick and Easy"
shave half cake Of soap, and add
them to your boilerful of clothes. Boil
half an hour. A goc'i rinsing in your
bluing wafer is all that is necessary,
unless some collar or wristband is
very much soiled.-Harper's Bazaar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

A South Dakota town has passed an
ordinance forbidding male and female
persons to loiter on the steps of any
church, public building or doorway of
any store for the purpose of visiting,
eating candy or peanuts, or in any
street, alley, or vacant lot, or other
obscure place, for the purpose of
flirting in the evening. In other words,
Gays the Houston Post, the South Da-
kota idea is to get married people d.
vorced and to embarrass as far as
possible the efforts of those who de-
sire to become mergered.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
SavorY Omelet.

Cut tender corn from two or three
small ears. Take the seeds from a
green sweet pepper. Mince finely
half a cup of boiled ham or the same
of dried beef which previously has
been fried to a crisp; add pinch Of
mixed herbs: salt to taste, using not
so much salt if ham or dried beef is
used. Beat four eggs well and add
a pint of sweet milk. Mix all together
and fry in oil or butter or bake ten
minutes in the oven. A tablespoon
of cornstarch dissolved in milk gives
body to 1t.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
Needlework Note.

A clever woman has put her knowl-
edge of basketry to good account in
the fashioning of whisk-broom hold
er. This consists of two disks of bas-
ket work similar to those used for the
bottom of fancy basket and caught
together at the sides by large fluffy
bows of three-inch satin ribbon. the
color being a delicate pink in harmony
with her room furnishings. A band Of
ribbons of narrow width, but match
ing in tone, is used to suspend the
holder.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

A New York bank cashier stole $780,
900 because woman told him to do
It. 1t is wonderful how well men obey
women sometimes. There are many
cases of this kind on record since the
day Adam took the apple just to please
Eve, but how few are the instances of
which we have record where MEN
have wandered back from the paths Of
sin and pleasure just because woman
told them to! And 1t is all the more
remarkable, too, because that has
been woman's chief occupation since
she made the acquaintance of man.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

AIO MORE green consuls are to be
~ sent abroad to represent America
If the plans of the state department,
which have just been put in practice,
realize expectations.
Ever since the establishment of the
consular service 1t has been customary
to permit a newly appointed consul 30
days with pay before leaving America
for his post.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
STATE DEPARTMENT TO
TEACH GREEN CONSULS

A room in the department has been
equipped as complete working Amer
lean consulate, suitable to transact the
business of any part of the world, civil
lized or uncivilized.
Appointees are no longer permitted/
to spend that 30 days period in their
own way, but are required to report
every day at the state department for
dut, and to spend a certain number
az hours In this model coneuiar ofson
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

The man who is said to have &C.
companied Gen. Phil Sheridan on his
famous ride from Winchester, "twen-
ty miles away died at his home in
a Pennsylvania village the other day.
He may have accompanied Sheridan
on that historical occasion, but the
part he played was quite too small to
bring him any personal recognition
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

The men behind the muskets are
protesting against their paltry sti-
pend of $13 a month. Better pay and
better treatment, remarks the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, will give the
war department better soldiers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
an I1r NrrA Il AmttpA
StatpH UnnHtttuttntt
By DIR. EDl~1UND j. JAMES.
President Of University of Illinois.

III
pretend to live principle and make attempt to do
pretend to observe law and yet habtuay violate it;
pretend to keep within the limits of written constitution
u ~ \ and yet constantly overstep them.
HcI k,U equally if more demorazing
do what we please without regard anything but
81 expedency and then maintain that all these things
harmony with professed principles accepted
laws and written constitution when in order to justify
view necessary interpret these principles laws contu
ton such violate all rules Of logic and accepted of
interpretation
doing United States today respect
Federal Constitution far has this process construction been
that the confidence of the average the projections and
Of the Constitution has been profoundly shaken 1t
remark that the Constitution the only thing which stands
proposed be found of evadng
ha'.
The have develop
with problems completely such magnitude that they
be solved without large cooperation of the Federal Govern
the Constitution isunes indeed we are willing to adopt new
and enlarged principles of construction which would nufy the most
important provision Constitution instrument
deegang functions vesng
limited overwhelming authority which, by its
magnitude would become ever more Irresistible
The fact our present Constitution has changed by
construction and Interpretation that its authors would recognize it.
And had not thus changed Union would have
long 1t is full of antiquities though the American
have spent blood and treasure definite meaning
spent all the defense oene which they
have waged the century and quarter of their existence
One of the fundamental purposes of constitution is to enable
people pass easily and quietly from social and industrial
another to enable it to forward dscardng the useless
while holds fast everything that good the
DID,
Our Constitution marvellous instrument study
its and development without being filled with wonder and ad
miration.
forget proved inadequate enable
nation progress peaceaby from state guaranteeing the existence of
African slavery in which that institution had disappeared
All the present indications point clearly the fact that it
adequate enable the nation solve the many pressing problems
lating on society," industry and politics.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

The later the fruit the better it has
Jared this year. Grapes and winter
pears, for instance, are pretty fair
crop. 1t was the early blossom that
the frosts caught.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

Gov. Woodruff of Connecticut says
that people are now so thoroughly
Informed that if they are robbed by
financial schemers it is entirely their
own fault. This seems to materially
reduce the ranks of the innocent in
weston
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

The news that the treasury depart
ment has decided to call in all the
outstanding $4,000 bills, says the st.
Louis Times, falls as a harsh and I'M
expected blow upon those of us who
have been collecting souvenirs.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

Many a man who can comprehend
perfectly the Nervousness Of illegal
liquor selling in beer joint after
hours can not see the slightest impro-
priety in his automobiles showing
Just what is in her.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

Aeronauts are basing vast expecta-
tons upon the. aeroplane type of air.
ship, but every public attempt to show
what these heavier-than-air flyers can
do has resulted in demonstrating that
there is no telling what sort of capers
an aeroplane will cut when it lifts
into the air.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

A San Antonio, (Tex.) school teach.
Or says it is impossible to make pc
,imist of a 12-year-old boy. Go wa.
nan. Tell one to whitewash 200 yards
Df fence and he will think the whole
vorld's going to smash.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

ed the depths of human woe take
heart in contemplating the fate of the
Nevada man whose wife gets drunk
frequently by eating onions.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02
TinWare.

Paste a piece of stiff brown paper
across the hole, by means of cold
water paste. Pour hot water into
the pan and allow to stand awhile
No amount of scraping will remove
it. The pan can be washed in hot OF
cold water.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

The record of the Alps, of eighty
people killed and twenty-five injured
during the season, almost puts them
in the automobile class.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

A property owner in Kingston,
London suburb, has posted a notice
that mo grandchildren or cats" will
be allowed on his premises.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

1t is now permissible In England
for a man to marry his wife's sister,
IL the wife is dead. Is it not about
time, asks the Brooklyn Eagle, to
enact law in America for the pro-
lection of the wife's mother from the
alleged funny man, who never was
funny?
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

A million tons of paper are used
year in the printing industry of the
country. That looks as If we, as
nation, were reading some.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-11-02

These mismated couples who Kill
each other and themselves might with
propriety lift up their eyes and see
how wide the world is.