Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-10-24
An Aquatic AiIment.

"Now" said the schoolteacher, glanc-
ing around the small class of more or
less bright looking boys during a read
ing lesson, 'can any of you tell me
what is the meaning of divers dis
eases""
Then silence reigned for few min
utes, while the teacher scanned the
faces of his scholars in the vain hope
that he might see a ray Of dawning in
telligence on one Of them.
"Yes, Tommy" he said eagerly to a
little chap holding up his hand. Don't
be shy. You generally have an answer
for everything. Come, now, speak
up"
please, SIR" said Tommy, with su-
perb confidence, divers diseases Is
water on the brain!'-London News.
Tho Sick Wife.
A wife said to her husband. Il feel
very sick and do not care to eat any
rice" On being urged by her anxious
husband to eat something. she said,
perhaps l can eat Il few really good
dumplings." Hereupon her husband
ordered large bowlful from neigh
boring restaurant, intending to take
one or two himself to encourage her.
While he was getting some chOpsticks
the wife was eating away most rapid
ly, picking up the dumplings out OF
the soup with her fingers. When the
husband entered the room there was
only one dumping left in the bowl.
II IA To Anic
the remaining one" She knitted her
brow and replied, II am too sick to
finish this Oue."-From the Chinese.
Nubia's WhistIing Trees.
Natives Of the Sudan call the acacia
the whistling tree. From the larvae
of insects which have worked their
way into the inside the trees white
shoots are distorted in form and swol-
len into globular bladder an inch In
diameter. When the insects leave this
through a small hole it becomes a sort
of organ upon which the wind plays,
producing the sound Of a fute.-Lon-
don Globe.
Worry and Hurry.
1t is not work that makes one so
dead tired" 1t is worry and hurry.
A clever woman once said to a nerv-
GUS, excited sister, my dear, don't use
q pile driver to pin on a bow Of rib
bon"
It's good advice. 1t means simply
don't use a double or a triple amount
Of nerve force in the performance Of
some duty that can be done as well or
better with less.
A servian Custom.
In Servia there still survives a won
derful old institution known as the
Zadruga. It Is the living together Of
q whole tribe, numbering sometimes as
many as 100 persons, all under the alb
solute authority of one chief. He
keeps all the money, makes all pur-
chases and decides the minutest de-
tails of family life. As family grows
the home has to be enlarged, and some
times 1t reaches the length of q street.
His Quick Turn.
He adored her. but his pride was
very great.
"Elsie," he faltered, do you love
me?'
Above the boom Of the sea her voice
sounded clear and cold.
NO." she said. "No, Mr.. Manners"
"Well," he said, II feared you did.
that was all. and just wanted to
warn you that am already engaged"
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Waotc Land In Austria.
Austria provides an object lesson In
dealing with waste lands. Prizes are
given to farmers to encourage them to
recover waste lands and lay them
down as pasturage and also to erect
shelters or stables for cows in high
attitudes. The Importance Of this may
be seen from the statement that one
quarter If the total fodder required
for cate ana horses in the empire
is derived lro.n Alpine districts.
1t is estimated that tie total first cost
Of England's present navy was $780,
100000 and about $390,000OOO has
been spent in the last ten years.
Before the trial of suit for dam
ages was begun in & London court the
other day it was remarked incidentally
that the defendant, a laundry proprie-
tor, had been dead eleven years.
An innovation in English county
cricket was seen in the Yorkshire
versus Sussex match ut Sheffield. Be.
fore each delivery the ball was wiped
with n towel. which was intrusted to
the care of the umpire while the ball
was in play.