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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-02
Tales Of tht Town Terse|y Told.


Take your prescription to Evans
Drug Co. If
S.
Lowney's candies are sold by the
Evans Drug Co. tt
S.
Ask driver for ROUGH DRY prices.
Aberdeen Steam Laundry. tt.
S.
Mrs. w. D. Stuart of Tacoma, is
the guest of Aberdeen friends.
S.
Tell 414-Aberdeen Steam Laun-
dry--for ROUGH DRY price list If.
Light or heavy hauling. Quick
service. A. A. Star Transfer Co. Tel.
IA.
Invitations are out for card party
at the home of Mrs. w. b. Mack, to-
morrow afternoon.
Pocket cutlery, razors and strops
and all kinds of barber supplies at
Evans Drug Co. tf
S.
Chas Ingram, who has been confin-
ed to his room with La Grippe, is at
tending to business again.
S.
New departure in laundry work.
ROUGH DRY. GET list from Alb
erdeen Steam Laundry list. tt.
S.
The infant son of J. f. Nelson,
who has been seriously i'll for some
time, is reported on the road to re-
covery.
McKenzies Photo Gallery requests
their patrons to have pictures taken
for Xmas to call or phone 1112 for
appointments. 2o-2t
Miss Regina Shaker entertained the
G. E. e. club on Monday evening. The
evening was pleasantly spent in
games. music and refreshments.
S.
December II. is set as the date tor
the first basket ball game between
Aberdeen high school and outside
schools. The game will be played
here.
Only s12,15O in building permits
were issued during the month or
November. This is accounted for by
the heavy storms and the uncertain
tv Of winter weather.
The regular meeting of the Blrth-
dav club has been postponed TINS
week on account of the Methodist
fair. Mrs. 4. \. Jones Of 500 West
Wtshkah street will be the next hos
tess.
A. P. Stockwell and A. L. Davon-
mort. who went up the Humptulips
river Tuesday to inspect the log BOOM
report everything intact so far as
loegers' interests in that section IS
concerned.
s.
If has been reported that Mrs. NC
Clure. of Aberdeen, who Is at Sd
tarium at Hot Lake. Ore. for 'he
benefit of her health, has not lmproN,
ed and grave hopes are entertained
by her many friends for her recovery
SIS
Capitalists of Hoquiam and MO
clips have subscribed about So'ooo
with which to build a natatorluh
at Moclips. Plans have been dawn
bv architects of this city and WORK
will be started some time before 'ne
opening of the summer resort sea-
son.
S.
The Young Married Women cruz
will be entertained tomorrow aiter,
noon. by Mrs. c. II. Allburty at 4Vo
East First street. The ThanksgiV,ns
season and the inclement wea'he'
have interfered with recent meet
ings. The special stunt for tomorrow
viii he sewing of Christmas gifts.
S.
Mrs. Charles James ana dauS n'e'
Marion, have made arrangements ~
leave Aberdeen tomorrow altei ~" s
aftor having spent the past few
months with the formers parents.
Mr. and Mrs. James Birmingham or
121 West Fifth street. They go TO
Rochester, New York, from Seattle
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-02

She-You love me like q novice.
He-Do I? Then we are both i'm.
perfect. should know more and you
shouldn't know so much - Boston
Transcript.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-02
The Humorous Nature.

"Haw. haw. | see that old Jones has
been swindled out of 1000"
Anything funny about that?'
"Why. yes. Jones is an old friend of
mine. '-London Scraps
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-02
Ask driver for ROUGH DRY prices

NDVTUttU oItI1II 4dUIIUTy Ut
S.
A telegram was received here by
Mrs. Mary Daniels of Palisades, Neb
the serious illness of her
SON. Mrs. Daniels has been in Alb
erdeen, the guest of Mrs. Roy Young
and Mrs Harry Coles, for the past
eight months and left on last Sun
days train for her home in Nebras-
ka.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-02
THE EAGLES EYE.
A Screen That Froto cts 1t Against a
Too Brilliant Light.

Too Grilian. LIGHT.
The eagle that stareS proudly at the
sun has now been found 70 be no fig.
ment Of tradition.
NJ de Chardonnet, in paper com
municatcd to the French Physical so
ciety. has shown that the eagles eye
has IL special apparatus adapted to this
feat. though it seems probable that he
is not the only bird with this useful
possession.
The apparatus is not. however. the
"nictitating membrane" which all Of
us have perceived in looking even at
the barnyarG fowl. That is Il mechan-
ism designed merely to wipe the eye
and to keep it clear of dust.
NJ de Chardonnet's discovery was
made while lie was studying the trans
parency of the central part of the eyes
Of animals He had already noticed
that the eyes of night birds, such as
owls. were more transparent than any
other for ultra violet rays, and he had
tried to push the experiments further
by ascertaining whether they would
be affected by ultra violet rays alone.
These experiments failed because Of
the absence of responsiveness on the
part of the birds, which did not ap.
pear to manifest any sensation in pass
ing from darkness to light. whether
this list was visible to human eyes or
not. NJ. de ChardOnnct's failure led
him to inquire whether there was any
Of hn ifr11O In, "a
birds eye. such as would intervene in
such circumstances.
While disscctng q birds eye he was
struck to find an organ to which
French naturalists have given provi-
sionally the name of the peigne or
comb. A better idea of its function
would be obtained by calling it a para
sol
This organ is formed Of very thin
membrane, black-opaque and situated
in the eye where the optic nerve pene-
trates it. The structure of this mem
branc is such that the retina is COM
pletcly masked whom the "parasol' is
open. 1t is reasonable to suppose that
the parasol is therefore a screen to
protect the eve against too brilliant
light. whether the light is visible in
the ordinary sense or whether it CON
sists of ultra violet rays.
Frances Kennedy, Elizabeth Rrfce,
II. Hassars short, Frank BushWorth
and Elsa Ryan are in the company Of
~ Belle If Brittany" of which Frank
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG

served with respect to the ARA nge-
ment of the constellation. II is enough
II only the whole number be there
upon that azure felo-the blue 10 be
em6lematical of perseverance, vigi-
lance and justice, the star TO signify
the glory of the state IL may repre-
sent, and the whole to be eloquent
forever OF a union that must be "one
and inseparable.'
What precious associations cluster
around our flag Not alone have our
fathers set up this banner in the name
Of God over the well won battlehelds
OF the revolution and over the cities
and towns which they rescued from
despotic rule; but think where also
their descendants have carried It, and
raised II in conquest or protection.
Through what clouds of dust and
smoke has II passed-what storms of
shot and shell-what scenes of fire
and blood, Not only at Saratoga, at
Monmouth and at Yorktown. but at
Lundy's Lane and New Orleans, at
Buena Vista and Chapultepec It is
the same glorious old flag which. IN
scribed with the dying words of Law
renee, Don't give up the ship was
hoisted on Lake Erie by Commodore
Perry just on the eve of his great naval
victory-the same old flag which our
great chieftain bore in triumph 70 the
proud city of the Aztecs and planted
upon the heights Of her national pal
ace Brave hands raised It above the
eternal regions of ice in the arctic
seas, and have set 1t up on the sum
mits of the lofty mountains of the dis
tant west
Where has 1t not gone the pride of
its friends and the terror of foes
What countries and what seas has IL
not visited? Where has not the Ameri-
can citizen been able TO stand beneath
sts guardian folds and defy the world2
with what joy and exultation seamen
and tourists have gazed upon its stars
and stripes. read in II the history OF
their nations glory. received from IL
the full sense of security. and drawn
from il the inspirations of patriotism!
their country
What bursts of magnificent elo-
quence it has called forth from Web
ster and Everett What lyric strains
Of poetry from Drake and Holmes!
How many heroes its folds have COW
cred in DEATH How many have lived
for II. and how many have died for it.
How many, living and dying. have said
IN their enthusiastic devotion to its
honor, like that young wounded suf-
ferer IN the streets of Baltimore, "Oh,
the hag2 the stars and stripesi" and
wherever that flag has gone, ii has
been the herald of better day-it has
been the pledge of freedom, of justice.
Of order, Of civilization and Of Chris
tianity Tyrants only have hated 1t,
and the enemies of mankind alone
have trsmpled il to the earth. All who
sigh for the triumph Of truth and
righteousness love and salute it.-Rev.
A P. Putnam
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
White "Rhinos"

Among the rare equatorial animals
of which former President Roosevelt
and his son Kermit, who is accompany
ing him across the plains and forests
of eastern and central Africa, expect
TO get specimens is the so called
white" rhinoceros. This creature is
not really white. It is a sort of vel
lowish gray, not much lighter in color
that the common rhinoceros 1t is
taller. however, and has larger and
squarer snout
The white rhinoceros feeds more ex-
tensively upon vegetables than does its
commoner relative. One of its two
horns is dwarfed, a fact which has
given rise at different times TO stories
of a 'one horned species of rhino.'
Its skin is covered with many small.
warty tubercles, and altogether It's ap-
pearance is scarcely beautiful. It's
keen scent and rapid gait make 1t ex-
tremely difficult to approach. The
species is rapidly disappearing In
1890 ii had practically vanished from
east Africa, except for a small reserve
in Zululand. where number of speci-
mems Still haunted.
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The Water! The Water |!

The water! the water, -
The joyous brook for me,
That tuneth though the fet night
It's ever living zgiee- s.s1
The water, the water,
That sleepless, merry heart,
Which gurgles on unstintedly.
And loveth TO impart
To all around it. some small measure
OF its own most perfect pleasure.
The water the water
The gentle stream for me.
That gushes from the old gray stone
Beside the alder tree
The water. the water,
That ever bubbling spring
1 loved and look'd on while a child
In deepest wondering
And ask'd It whence 1t came and went
And when its treasures would be spent
The wateri the water
The merry wanton brook
That bent itself to pleasure me,
Like mine old shepherd crook.
The waterI the water,
And sweeter still ali night, to win
Smiles from the pale, proud moon,
And from the little fairy faces
That gleam in heavens remotest places
William Motherwen.
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Why Does the Moons Reflection
Follow Us on the Sea?

Wherever we choose to stand on the
seashore 1t looks as if the moon throws
its light on the water just opposite us,
and as if when we move the moon
alters the path of its light on the water
just to suit us. But II two persons are
together and one walks and the other
does not, they both see the light of the
moon on the sea And If we placed
long row of people all along the shore
they would all see a line of light, and
they would have TO agree among them
selves that the whole OF the sea and
not merely the line of it between the
moon and any one of them, is brightly
lighted. That is, of course. the fact;
the whole sea is lighted as brightly
as the line we see. AS the light strikes
the sea from the moon. it is reflected,
and passes onward in the same line.
just as a ball does when it is thrown
on smooth surface.
So our eyes catch the light that re-
bounds from the sea straight to them,
and miss the light thar is reflected on
either side The line is broader when
the sea is rough, because then many Of
the little waves are placed at angles,
so that they turn the light toward
our eyes-Monitor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
Boy and the Drum

In Prof Nathaniel Shaler's ~AutObi-
ography." now running in the Atlantic.
there is delicious glimpse of baby
hoods recoIlectiOns. He says. The
first recOllections are of the parade
ground and of the soldiers. above all OF
the music and the bugle calls. Those
notes are so embedded in me that they
seem a part OF me and strangely move
me TO this far off day The earliest
trace of any activity that / recall Is
an adventure with the musician who
beat the great drum OF the barracks
band 1t was my delight to see the
band march around the parade ground
and my cherished ambition to have a
whack at the drum So, craftilY. stick
in hand. hid behind a boxed tree and
managed TO get in a stroke. only TO be
bowled over by the marching drummer
I could not have been more than
years old at the time, yet the delight
of that deed stays by me-"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
GOOD STORIES IN FEW WORDS AND BRIEF, POINTED PO
Only a CUP of Tea

China is the land of tea. yet, strange
TO say. it is sometimes very hard to get
good cup OF that beverage there The
tea the Chinese drink is quite different
from ours, and that suited to American
taste is sent out OF the country.
1t is also in many parts equally diff
ficuIt TO get good milk; the cows are
poor. lean creatures. and the milkman
is not particular about keeping his
utensils clean. In one instance two
missionary ladies found so many for
eign substances in the fluid that they
decided to take only timed milk In the
future. The day after the decision.
as they were sitting on the verands
of their little house. the garden gate
opened and the milkman appeared
leading a miserable looking cow by the
halter He had brought the animal to
milk it in the presence of the ladies,
to assure them that the milk was
pure.
When missionaries make an after
noon call they are expected TO take tea.
and it is an offense il they do not do
So This is a trial. especially when
several calls must be made in one day.
On. one occasion the missionary. chat
ting while tea was being prepared. saw
the hostess take the cup that was in
tended for her. and. finding il not quite
TO rub off the dirt The poor lady
wondered how she could drink her tea.
but. happily native Christian. who
was present and had observed the in
cideut,. game to her rescue
Advancing TO the table, he politely
said to the hostess:
May I be allowed TO pour out the tea
for our visitor. as I know exactly how
the ladies like it2''
He then took the cup poured a little
tea into it and thoroughly rinsed il out
before putting in that which the mis-
sionary was TO drink
This gave no offense TO the hostess,
who watched the proceedings with In
terest, thinking that the rinsing process
was a foreign popularity The act
was that of true gentleman, and yet
he was only poor Chinese whose finer
instincts had been Quickened by Chris
tfanity-Globe Democrat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
A Pretty Incident

ELBERT HUBBARD. in his Little
Journey TO the Home of stephen
I-Girard,' tells this little anecdote:
'On one of his trips to the West Indies.
the ship of which Stephen Girard was
mate stopped at the isle of Martinique.
The captain and mate went ashore,
and were invited to dine at the house
of a merchant and planter up on the
hillside overlooking the sea. The
sugar with which the ship was loading
belonged to this planter. hence the
courtesies to the seafaring men. 1t
was q great event TO Girard. He would
have evaded IL if he could. and yet he
wanted to see how folks who lived
in houses really acted.
"Of that seemingly uneventful day
one incident stood out in the mind of
Girard TO the day of his death. 1t
seems the merchant and planter had
a niece who lived in his household.
This girl sat al the table next TO Girard-
She was only a child, about 2 years
of age. and her presence caused the
little first mate to lose ali appetite.
However. nothing worse happened than
the spilling of a dish of soup in his
lap when the girl tried TO pass the
plate 10 him. which was surely more
polite than 10 spill It in hers.
After dinner the young lady accom-
panied the party down TO the wharf.
Going down the Hill she talked, and
talked good deal, but Girard could
only say it was a fine day and looked
ss if there was going to be storm.
This girl was tail, angular and
strong. She climbed the rigging to the
lookout and then was scoldeo by her
uncle. who was really proud OF her
and chuckIed at her performance. Her
features were rather coarse but her
lustrous eyes and bubbling vitality
caused the one sound -peeper of Girard
to follow her in awe and reverence.
she went into the cabin and looked
at his books; this pleased Girard. He
asked her If she could read, and she
loftily wrote her name for him, thus:
Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la
Pagerie.
She handed him the slip of paper
and remarked, You could never re-
member my name, so L write II out for
you like this
I'm few minutes the order was
given. All ashore who are going
ashorey
"Girard kept that slip of paper. and
a few years afterward In a generous
mood, sent the girl a present of a blue
shawl She wrote in acknowledgment
and incidentally said that she was soon
to sail for France to get an education.
"Girard was surprised that any
woman should want an education. and
still more amazed at the probability
that she could acquire one. In fact,
when the girl had written her name
for him he kept the slip of paper more
as a curiosity than anything else-it
was the handwriting of q woman
Girard never received but that one let
ter from the young lady, but from his
shipping agent in Martinique word
came that Marie Josephine Rose had
married, when Is, the Vicomte Beau
harnais.
Some years after. Girard heard from
the same source that she was a widow
Later. he learned that she married
a Corsican by the name OF Napoleon
Bonaparte."
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Good Morning

Up, quit thy bower late wears the hour,
Long have the rocks cawed round the
tower;
Ger flower and tree loud huns the bee.
And the wild-kid sports merrily-
The sun is bright, the skies are clear.
Wake, LADY, wake, and hasten here
Up, maiden fair. and bind thy hair,
And rouse thee in the breezy air;
The lulling stream that soothed thy
dream
is dancing in the sunny beam;
Waste not these hours, so fresh, so gay;
Leave thy soft couch and haste away e.
Up. time will tell; the morning bell
Its service sound has chimed well;
The aged crone keeps house alone,
The reaDers to the fields are gone.
Lose not these hours, so cool, so gay
Lo. whilst thou sleepest they haste
away Joanna Baillie.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
The Sunbeam and the Tulip

A sparkling dewdrop lay in the cup
OF a blushing tulip. red:
'Tis nectar At for the gods to guam.
The elfs and fairies said.
But the sun. with a knowing wink.
bent low.
And drank from her lips kiss
Fusing her heart with his beams oK
gold.
And thrilling her being with bliss.
He stole the diamond dewdrOp gem.
That was spilled from the chalics
above.
Leaving a brighter radiance there.
As her heart awoks TO his love.
But alas, The sun. ere he shut his fan
At the close OF that fair spring day,
Had kissed each scented flower he saw
And wOoed her the self-same way.
The elfs and fairies caper and dances
The sky with deep crimson giovs:
flushed are the little song birds trillA
While dreamily droops the rose.
The tulip is lifting her biushing facs
In search Of her lover-ths sun
Yet he looks down upon many loves.
While the tulip sees but one.
Agnes Lockhart Hughes
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Placing the Stomach

Charlie was bright boy, with a
good memory. He was the prize pupil
in geography and physiology and when
the school had any visitors the teacher
liked to show him off One day a
member of the school committee hap
pened in as the class was reciting
geography and asked a few questions
and received fairly accurate answers.
When he expressed a desire to switch
off to physiology, however, the teacher
thought it was about time to show
him something particularly precocious.
So when he asked. Where is the
stomach located?" she called on Charlie
to answer. He did so with ready as
surance:
.sThe stomach he said, ''is situated
just south of the lungs in a hole in
the diagram"
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Snap

Nv little cousin, Marguerite,
Has everything her way
She doesn't ever do a thing
But run around and play.
She sasses back like anything
And gets her apron soiled,
And all the aunts and uncles- say,
TOO bad that she is spoiled.
Her mother says: Il wish you'd try
To be more ladylike-
1t isn't nice when you get mad
Like naughty boys and strike
But she pretends she doesn't hear.
And when her ma is through
She simply goes ahead and does
The things she wants TO do.
And all the neighbors in the row,
You may be sure. are shocked.
When she's around the hired girl
Must keep the pantry locked
She tears her dresses shamefully
And gets her stockings wet,
And no one round dares say a word
To papa's little pet.
She plays with little alley kids
And lets them call her sis,
And she has just a lot OF fun
That other children miss
Down in the basement with the cats
You're apt to find her coiled.
She always has a bully time
wish that was spoiled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
The War Horse

The fiery courser. when he hears from
far
The sprightly trumpets and the shouts
of war,
Pricks Up his ears and trembling with
delight.
Shifts place and paws and hopes the
promised sight
On his right shoulder his thick name
reclined,
Ruhies at speed and dances In the wind
Eager he stands-then. starting with
a boun6
He turns the turf and shakes the
solid ground.
Fire from his eyes. clouds from his
nostrils flow.
He bears his rider headIong on the
foe.
John DRYDEN (from virEiD.
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A GraphophOne in Africa

To get the shouts OF the half civilized
natives on the hunt for big game, the
weird music and songs, the conversa-
tion among those who have only a dia-
lect as q form of communicate as
well as those who have a language;
the roar Of the wild beasts of the jun
gle, the shouts of the hunters and
similar sounds in Africa, President
Roosevelt has had a graphophone of
aluminium specially made for him.
The machine is so light that it may
be carried about by a member of the
party without inconvenience and will
be ready for use at all times.-New
FORK Times.
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Chinese Ink

Chinese ink is made by carbonizing
a mixture of colza or sesame oil, var
nish and lard, and mixing the product
with gum water and a little camphor
and musk. The paste thus obtained Is
beaten with steel hammers on a block
of wood. A metallic luster Is given
to the ink by adding from 25 to 40
leaves of gold to each pound. The ink
is then pressed and dried In wooden
niolds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
The Line He Was On

Two telephone girls were talking
over the wire Both were discussing
what they should wear. In the midst
OF this important conversation a mas
culine voice interrupted. asking hum
bly, for a number. One Of the girls
became indignant and scornfuily asked :
What lire do you think you are on
anyhow ?? Well said the man. I
am not sure. but Judging from what
I have heard I should say ! was on
q clothes line
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A Charm

In the morning when you rise
Wash your hands and cleanse your
eyes;
Next, be sure ye have a care
To disperse the water far;
For as far as it doth light,
So far Keeps the evil sprite
Robert Herrick.
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Sweet sleep be with US. one and ALL
And If upon its stiffness fall
The visions of busy brain,
Well have our pleasures Ger again,
To warm the heart, to charm the sight
Gay dreams to ALI Good night, good
night Joanna Baillie-