Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-09
After Waterloo.
This morning -four days after the


Che IL Eft Nas too !. a2i e to bt'..',i
toif sick in the stomach ard MI.
obi. i to POUR. 1Ae r.uit.tu2e d
care. .e5. tie l,aV3 81 WuU SEED men
with man4ird limbs. unable to move
ard rnrlelinE from not having their
wouIts crc..rd n from Mn- T. as .r'
alins were. Of .cUr.o. obi, I'd IT, t...
their surgeons and wagons with thon.
formed Il spectacle ! shall not Tor
Get At IiOugOmont. where there
is an orchard. every tree is pierced
with bullets. The barns are all burnr"
down, and iii the courtyard 1t l. SAic
they have been OBLIGED to burn np-
ward If Il Thousand carra", :. "a HW i.
holocaust to The war Gc!Aon, From
''HcminiScen cs Of Euro can Travel.
1Sl5-lS19." by Major W. +. Frye.
etrsightened it Out.
Archbishop Ma"cr WAS once present
ut full dress debate ON the eastward
position. when doubts wcr" eNprr'Sr"
as to the exact meaning Of the words
"heforc the table" After It spec h 'r
two DR.. Magee seized a piece of paper
and wrote: AS To the phrase. TN"
pircr PLAYED before Moses doubts
have arisen. Some believe its mean
ing to be that the piper played before
Moses-that is. at Il period anterior to
his birth Others hold ur't the piper
played before Moses in the sense of
preceding the great lawgivcr when ne
danced. while others teach that the
piper played (coram Mose) before or
| In the presence Of Moses when the son
Of Amran dined. All these are wrong.
| The phrase is to be understood as I'M
plying that the piper played ut the
north end Of Moses. looking south"
The document was handed up to Arch
| bishop TAFT, who looked grave.
Musical Accent.
"Now, sir" said the barrister to the
musical expert witness. you say the
two melodies are the same. but differ
ent. What do you mean by that. sir?"
Il meant the notes We're the same.
but the accent different"
accent. What Is musical accent?
Can you see it,
mo"
Can you feel lt:'
"Yes."
"Come, sir. None OF this beating
about the BUSH Tell the court and
jury the meaning Of what you call nc-
cent"
accent in music is the same as EN-
phasis in speech. If l were to say.
You are an ass the accent rests on
ass But if l were to say, You are
an ass it rests on YOU"
This concluded the cross eXamina.
tion.-London Express.
Striking a Match.
| Its woman" said LecoQ, the de.
tective. heatedly. "We'rc on the trail"
at looks like a man to me-" the re.
porter murmured.
"But didn't you notice how she
struck that match" said Lccoq. she
struck 1t away from her-a sure sign
Of her sex. Men always strike matches
toward them"
l
woman, sure enough-I.ecoq amplified
his match statement at Is tobacco
that causes this difference between the
sexes in match striking" he said. ".All
of US uncOnsciously strike matches to-
| ward what we are going to light
Woman always Is going to light q
lamp or fire--that is. farther off than
a%.I t,.t1 t,1,
away from her. But man is always
going to light pipe or cigarette-that
Is, nearer-so he strikes his match to-
ward him."
A Monument to a Horse.
There are some very curious mOnu
ments to animals scattered over the
countryside. The one with the most
remarkable story crowns Farley
mount, near Winchester. Underneath
1t lies buried, as an inscription on the
exterior records, "A horse, the prop
ierty Of Paulet st. John, ESQ., that III
the month of September 1893, leaped
into Il chalk pit twenty-five feet deeI
a-fox hunting, with his master on his
back, and in October. 1874. won the
Hunters plate on Worthing downs
and was rode by his owner and en-
tered in the name Of Beware Chall
Pit" This inscription, which is Il copy
Of the original. was restored by the
Right Hon. Sir William Heathcote
Bart, in 1870. A duplicate is in the
interior, which is provided with three
seats intended for the accommodation
Of wayfarers.--Wide World Ma SaZine
The Wise Though Gentle Reader.
In an armchair Of Pullman smok
ing car on the way east from Louis
vile Il polite but resourceful man wa!
trying hard to read a novel while hi,
next neighbor kept up running fire
Of chatter. With the light Of des
perate resolve in his eye, yet cloakin:
determination with exquisite polite
ness, the reader presently said: Par
don me, but my memory for names Il
not to be depended upon. Your nam'
is
shepherd" replied the voluble on,
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