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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17

The character Of Peter in Il. Hop
kinson Smiths latest book of that
name is fine old gentleman who lifts
his hat to the statue of George Wash
ington.
This is the way the author tells 1t:
Peter wheeled and lifted his hat
to the statue. Good morning, your eX-
cellency,' he said in a voice mellowed
by the same respectful tone with
which he would have addressed the
original in the flesh"
His companion laughs at the strange
conceit, whereat Peter says:
HE wasn't put there for ornament,
my boy, but to be kept in mind, and
there Is no place In the world where
his example is 50 much needed as in
Wall street Nobody reverences any
thing nowadays. Even our
presidents have to be murdered before
we stop abusing them
Afterward, moralizing, Peter says:
Unto our nav go respect for ira
dition, reverence for the dead, decency,
love Of religion, sentiment, beauty.
They are back numbers.
"Do you wonder, my boy, why
touch my hat to his excellency"
Nor was Peter a crank.
He was the hard headed paying
teller Of a Wall street bank.
BUT-he had old fashioned ideals.
Indeed, this novel itself Is story Of
the clash between modern business and
idealism.
Perhaps Peter was too sweeping in
his Indictment, but it is true that lack
Of reverence Is the crying sin Of our
day.
Fancy one Of the money mad brokers
lifting his hat to that statue of Wash
ington across from the subtreasury!
ImpOssible!
To such a man, absorbed in money,
tradition has no glamour, greatness
has no precedence, goodness has no
prestige, heroism makes no appeal, and
the tender grace Of day that Is
dead" is nothing to him.
And what Of the boy who calls his
parents 1.-The old man" and 1.-The old
lady," to whom fathers advice is only
dope" And the girl distressed at
mothers accent and ashamed Of her
table manners? What Of these young
sters who deprecate the experience Of
the old folks?
Imagine such youngsters saluting the
statue Of that old party" George
Washington!
Peter Grayson was right. Lack of
reverence for parents, teachers, the
aged; lack Of reverence for tradition
and for righteousness-for these the
statue Of George Washington is a per-
petual rebuke.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
nd rolled with the steam roller.

and rolled with the steam roller.
drove over this two years from the
time it was built and can say it was in
better condition than some state roads
l have seen built at the same time. |
have taken pains to talk with people
living on this road and find them en-
tirely satisfied with their investment
and planning to build more of this road.
l think on one mile of this road four
farmers live on the average. The road
cost them $3.50 per mile, or about $163
each. The interest on the investment
is less than $40 and I think all can
see that no farmer can make a better
investment. Here they have road
bed that will last for many years, and
the yearly road tax will keep it in
repair. Farms have been cleaned of
stone in providing material, work was
provided for home labor road has
been made in the right way, according
to the principles Of good road build
ing. and the benefits that follow are
beyond estimation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
The Constitut ional Emperor.

The Constitutional Emperor.
BY words rather than deeds the i'm
pulsive and strenuous kaiser has i'm
pressed himself upon the American
people as an emperor of the kind that
reigned before divine right was seri-
ously challenged and whose iron
hand" or "mailed fist" stands for FIRE.
sistible sway. william II. is not Of
that kind. and it needed but a clash Of
his will with the aroused will Of the
German people to show that the impe-
rial power conferred in Berlin Is moth
ing to make the earth tremble unless
backed by the national spirit.
Politically the German empire Is a
union governed as federal represent.
alive system. The parliament is cleo
tive and democratic. There IL no mon.
arch in the usual sense, but q mo-
narchical feature is retained BY making
the presidency Of the federal council
hereditary and vesting the imperial ex.
ecutive power In the king Of Prussia
Prussia Is the strongest member Of the
union and holds the balance Of power
In parliament. But the powerful states
Of Wurttemberg, Bavaria and Saxony
hold special privileges guaranteed by
the constitution as inviolable. In brief.
the kaiser is president having unusu-
al powers and privileges. which, Now.
ever. stop far short Of being supreme.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
RURAL ROADMAK|NG;
How Some Farmers Built a Good
Highway CheapIy.
STONES FROM FIELDS USED.
Nothing Paid For Material-No Large
Profit For Contractor-Only Cost
Of the Road Was the Cost of Home
Labor.

One fact people are slow to learn is
that the soil nature made for growing
plants In does not make good road
bed. Soil Is decomposed or pulverized
rock with some humus or vegetable
matter. When this is wet 1t Is mud;
when very dry it is dust.
When soil is used for road the
most of the time it is in either one of
these two conditions. but there are
short periods when there is just the
amount Of moisture in the soil that
makes 1t so compact as to be firm
road. For many years rural roadmak-
ing has been some process of getting
more soil into the road and the stones
out. l can remember how under the
supervision of the path master" we
used to work out the road tax by
draw wing soil in the road with a team
and scraper and afterward throwing
the stones from the roadbed into the
ditch. The next year, after the soil
had been flattened out by travel. the
same soil was scraped into the center
of the road again and the same stones
work has been more cheaply or easily
done with the road worker. This plan
of roadmaiing may give fairly good
country road, where heavy loads are
seldom drawn, for two or three months
in summer, but for the greater part Of
the year there Is no firm, smooth road
bed. but mud ruts and dust, says w.
III. Jenkins of Sidney Center n. Y.
in Hoard's Dairyman. For the same
reason that we need better school
houses and rural schools we need
better country roads. Institutng stone
or macadamiZed roads in agricultural
localities is most wise and farseeing
ter agriculture and civilization and
adds to the value Of real estate.
Man always finds nature has antici-
pated his needs and is only waiting
for him to work up to a point where
he can use what she provides. He
must learn to make his roads from the
rock before the glacier has ground
them into soil, not afterward. For
many years in many sections the agri
culturists have not known how to get
rid Of the stones on their fields or what
use to make Of outcropping lodges Of
rock that could be quarried. Now the
modern machinery for making macad-
amized roads and the need of them
and learning the uses Of concrete will
make these among their most valuable
assets on the farm. AS / am able to
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17

o~A9 S~Ao - vs. sA Va A3OAAOSs
Since the national election advocates
Of ballot reform in many states have
renewed the agitation for a ballot
which shall eliminate the party col
umn. The object is to make the cast
ing Of "split" vote easier than it IL
sometimes thought to be with the or
binary blanket ballot
Objection is made to the form Of
ballot which requires the voter to
mark each candidate Of his choice on
the ground that this system demands
Intelligence beyond tho mind Of the
average voter. Agitation for ballot re-
form Is most vigorous In communities
where the vote Is close, and It L. no
ticeable that in many states where tho
form Of the blanket ballot has been
radically modified since It was nrst In
troduced the form in use at the last
election has been found wanting By
those who seek the ideal ballot.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Following letters remain uncalled
or in the Aberdeen postoffice for the
week ending December Is, 1908:
Astrom, e. o.
Amlaw, Mrs. Geo.
Arnold, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Barnes, j. e.
Barnett, Mrs. S. B.
Bernier, E. j.
Birkmaier, j. D.
Broone,, G..
Bebic, Nikola
ampbell, Walter J.
Clark, Ralph l..
Collieno, Harry
Christensen, Axel
Dawson, r. CD
Dennis, II. ].
Dixon, Harry
Donnell, D. o.
Erving, E. l.. 60
Flanagan, Pat
Flowers, Mrs. e. G.
Fuller, Miss Orietta CD
Gerritsen, G.
Glavo, Mrs. Beta
Glennan, Jno. l..
Ben, Phillips
j. r. O'Neill.
Howard, John w.
Laafire, Krost
Marshall, Mrs. Grace
McManus, Beatrice
Nethery, Fanny
Olsen, John
Penkalsky, Charles
Peasy, James
Peterson, Mrs. P. L.
Peterson, August
RambO, Maud
Reynolds, Clarence
Reynolds, Mrs. May
Reynolds, H. E.
Ruffler, Jakob
Smith, Orbie
Slocum, P. M.
Starkey, II. D.
Stephan, M.
Stewart, Mrs. Effie
Stohl, Mrs. Geneva
Thompson, Mrs. Ray
Thomas, Lewis o.
Will, M. Schener
Warinner, Code e.
FOURTH CLASS.
Mrs. J. B. Martinez
When calling for the above please
ay advertised"
w. B. CRAMMATTE,
Postmaster.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17


see 1t. the building Of state roads by
state funds does not best solve the
problem Of good roads for the farmer,
but by the farmers cooperating with
the state.
The local interest and effort are need
ed. Then they will get better roads at
less cost. In many sections farmers
are complaining about poor state
roads. In one road district in New
York two miles Of macadamized road
were built at cost Of $1,000 per mile.
One half Of this amount was subscrib-
ed by the people living in the road dis
trict, and the state paid the other half.
This road was built under the super
vision Of the town road commissioner,
and the steam road crusher and other
machinery owned by the town were
used. No large profit was paid to a
contractor. Nothing was paid for ma
terial. The only cost Of the road was
the cost Of labor would call atten-
ton to the fact that the process Of
scientific road building as 1t was done
In this instance Is the reverse OF that
so long practiced by farmers. The soil
they try to keep In the road is first
all removed down to the bedrock or
gravel, and when the grading Is done
the understratum Of the roadbed Is
made Of the common field stones one
or two feet thick Next quarry stone
or refuse from the quarry is broken
to make a layer several inches thick,
then finished with a layer Of hard
crushed stone from the stone crusher
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
Tho Billboard Fight.

Pleasing progress in fighting the bill
board Is reported from all quarters.
Even from London. Paris, Berlin.
Honolulu and many foreign cities re-
ports come Of new and more restrictive
measures. Every city In the United
States enacting new ordinances ON the
subject strikes a harder blow at these
landscape blots. In not a single In
stance have we heard Of municipal
II relentiug or allowing any to dictate
an ordinance giving greater license to
the billboard evil.-Los Angeles Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
Heart toHeart
Talks.
SALUTINC A STATUE.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.

Copyright. 1908, by Edwin A. Nye.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17
No Man is STRONGER
Than His Stomach

a strong man is strong all over. No man can be
strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its
consequent indigestion, or from some other disease
OF the stomach and its associated organs, which i'm
pairs digestion and nutrition. For when the stomach
is weak diseased there is loss of the nutrition
contained in food, which is the source of all physical
strength. When a man doesn't feel lust right"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17

The character Of Peter in +. Hop
kinson Smiths latest book of that
name is fine old gentleman who lifts
his hat to the statue Of George Wash
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-17

feeling the stomach after laneid, irritable
en ne is losing the nutrition needed to
S.ch a man should Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery IL diseases Of
0rasns OF daesdon and nutrition !! enriches the blood
xnvlo0rdfes nOursheS
the nerves. and 50 GIVES HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO
THE WHOLE
alcoholic medicine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31

not wear out IN Cav lay: if she STAYED
| here-and she meant TO stay-she would
be good Tor another ten or fifteen wears.
| lie did not offer to pour out the tea.
and IN response to the expectation
which was so evident in .lim. she moved
to the head OF the table and sat down
by the tea tray. Her soiIed FINGERS
played round the white cups with car
lands of roses. She looked at Them onco
| with careless smile.
She drank her tea, but would eat
nothing
Afterward, when sne was alons in tie
tiny bedroom above. with its spotless
muslin curtains and prim furniture she
Drought bottle from her pocket and
drank feverishly. She muttered II he
| most played out this time; it were q
near 60 She pulled off her dusty bon.
net, and cast it ON a chair.
The bed with its white Quilt seemed
to amuse her. She leant anainst the
end OF 1t and laughed consnmedlv the
color which the brandy had brought in.
to them still in her cheeks.
but she stripped the quilt back and
TOOK OIL her, broken boots before she law
down, her black skirts, bedragpled and
dusty, spread over the bed.
When Thomas came stealthilv nm "a
look at her she was asleep. He went 81
the window and pulled the blind down
with his tremulous fingers. There was
still a lingering sunlight, but the heat
of the day was past.
She lay heavily, like a log. as # the
tired limbs were incapable of restless
ness. The Old man watched her for .
moment or two, then Ms glance went
round the room, full OF pity and regret.
Il KEEP this room same as She liked 4
for twenty years an more. waiting for
her. 1t be changed now-an she ba'
come"
The light began to 90. He scarcely
needed it in his occupation. which had
become mechanical; but absently. from
habit, he drew up the window blind
Habit touched him again, and he took
Off the cloth which had been covering
his wares. As he stood folding it. his
eye wandered. Suppose she awakened
and went?
lie climbed the stairs so quickly that
he was out of breath when he reached
the room. He paused by the door with
beating heart. Here was glamor and
witchery, she had said-and of such.
things he knew naught.
rushing the door open, he went into
the room. He need not have feared;
she still lay on the bed
He stood irresolute. There was
sharp silence in the room-a sweet, cold
silence. He noticed it now. 1t did not
puzzle him. 1t was one of the simple
things of life, and he understood
He leant over the bed. "Keziah," he
said sorrowfully, laying his hand
against her still cheek.
He knew that she would never leave
Cuverley now.-Agnes Grozier Herbert
son in the Sketch.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31
THE CALL.

Ger ,violet-dotted height and king-enp noi-
The Spirit summons. and fain wouId fol.
low.
l need no staff,
It's prop enough to hear the rushes laugh.
And, Jocund, see
The frolic of the leaves upon the tree
Whate'er 1t be,
Or gracile elm or supple hickory.
l am aware all nature feels with me
The impulse of the call;
The vine upon the wall
Raptures and thrills to every tendril tip,
And cherry chalices. sweetly virginia.,
Pulse to the very lip.
Yellow and red and rimpling russet throat
Have caught the mandate note,
And, while | hearken,
From birchen coppices that greenly iarken
It's fiuted with ecstatic variation:
And loi the feet citation
kindles along the swale-lands where I'M
fold
The torches of the bright marsh-marigoldi
The trilllums ethereal trumpets blow
What no! what hol
Below,
Even the tiny creepers Of the sod
Have listened and responded;
Wry-rooted mandrakes beck and nod
The ferns are freshly fronded;
Agile ephemerae, winged VIII iuttering
game.
Tlngie and tremble,
Circle afar, updart. and re-assemble
AS though in key with earth's meodious
laws,
Over the pebble
The Rhythmic water tinkles with new
treble;
swift-futtering Psyche as in keen delight
Beguiles the fancy with strange loops Of
The shy moth apprehends in the lush
shade;
The MOSES simmer with a liyelier lhster;
Mushrooms upleap in sudden creamy cluster,
And lichens shine, in silvery gloss arrayed.
o fragrant fires,
Sprinkled with vernal incense! o desires
l.enascent, with your billowy resurgenee,
Your all-imperious urgence,
Yol teach me how the soul of man aspires.
Spirit, like Truth,
Keeps its eternal youth,
And quickeneth me until l fam would fol
low
Ger violet-dotted height and king-cup hoI-
low!
Clinton Scollaru in Smart Set.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31
COLLECTION OF GOLF cuR1os.
Clubs by a Famous Maker-0ld Tom
Morris Putter.


Harry B. Wood of Manchester posses.
SEES probably the most valuable collection
of golf curios in the world. His club
museum is unique. There is a fine spe-
cimen of a left handed club, once the
property of the famous champion Thorn.
as Robertson, better known at ST. An
drews as XIII the Cuddie,' from his
having accidentally killed a donkey with
a golf ball. Among other clubs collect
ed by Mr.. Wood are several by a ia.
NOUS maker named Philips, whose clubs
were in great demand in the early part
of the Nineteenth century. They have
been extensively initiated in conse-
auence, though not with more success
than has crowned the efforts of violin
makers who have sought to reproduce
the perfect form and rich tone of a
Stradivarius. Used and owned success
sively by old Tom Morris, his sons jim
my and Young Tom is putter which
bears all the characteristics of Philips
clubs-the gracefully modelled neck,
thin face, the rounded contour of the
head, the grain of the wood and taper
ing shaft.
Another specimen is fine baffy spoon,
formerly the property of Mr.. Fulton,
who used to play golf in the early days
of the Manchester club, founded in 1918.
The head is made of apple wood and the
joint is wrapped with thick, coarse
Irvine. the strands of which We're rolled
together and afterward waxed. There
is also putter made in 1870 by David
Brown. an ex-champion and brother to
Lang Geordie," st. Andrews player
famous for overcoming stimies.-Tit.
Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31
cortelyou,s Vacation Joke.

Three Gays of temperatures over the
1oQ-degree mark have driven George
Bruce Cortelyou, secretary of the treas
ury, TO Huntington, l.. L., where he will
spend his vacation. His family viii ac-
company him.
"Weaver. | have decided to take va
cation" said the secretary TO his private
secretary, forcing a strained smile INV
going will leave only Secretary Luke
Wright to represent the cabinet. and |
admit il does hardly look right, but
Willing hands dragged Weaver into
the corridor where he was held under the
spout of water cooler until conscious
great agony.
.sOh, it wasn't the pun" he moaned.
1T wasn't the pun, but il was that aw-
full. awful smile"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31
Sardines DESERVING France.

An unexplained phenomenon of sea life
has caused great loss to the sard'u fish
ers and packers on the west ,aist of
France. The French sardines have long
heen known everywhere for their superior
quality, but during the past season they
seem TO have deserted their favorite
eaunts, and most of the few caught have
been too large for packing. No satisfac-
tory explanation of the disappearance of
the FISH, upon which an extensive indus
try was based. has been offered. Some of
the packers say that the fishermen them
selves are 10 blame, because the price of
bait, imported from Norway and Sweden.
having increased, they neglected to strew
it in the usual quantities over the water.
and thus the shoals of FISH were not at.
tracted 10 the coast
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31
Wants a Comfy Bed.


Miss Clara Clemens he's come TO the
conclusion that things want adjusting in
this world. Need l mention" she
writes. that / refer to the glaring in
justice of having to go about labeled
Mark Twain's daughter when | am
doing my best to pursue a musical
career? Father is, of course, a genius
land that is what makes me so tired.
| have a mind to scour Europe for a
secret hiding place." she continues, "and
when | have found it to take to bed for.
say, a couple of years and arise-a
genius. For the led habit is the recipe
of fathers success. While | have been
firing myself out in an endeavor to rise
to the heights as anybody else's daughter
he has just lain in bed and thought
things and got out of bed now and then
TO loaf around on a lecture tour or
tramp lazily through Europe. That's
why I'm looking for really comfortable
bed. Genius is the art of taking-tc
bed"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31

previous service in citizens teeth W.,
the annual report of George W Ny -.te
United States assayer at st. I.onjs - Sl'A'
not say so specifically, it enumcr- rs
dentists among the sources of SIM
along with jewelers.. refiners. mines s ~,
smelters. During the fiscal wear a gap
ing June 80. the report shows tba ,i--
cious metals operated on at The lt
office aggregated 2I,7O3 standard ouncsl.
and 1116 standard ounces of silver lG,s
tinel. yaiued at $614.09. This toto} .
S461 ,54566 in the value of metals Io u
died by the St. Louis office duripc ' ~.
last year is an increase of ~ ne
cent. over the preceding year Vt. prI
the value of the metals M
ate6 on totaled only S260O1I g
Bullion is received, weighed. melted ' a.
paid for at the local assaying Office I'M
is shipped by Mr.. Mark to the MIN ''l ~
Philadelphia, where it is again ASH
and coined. gu