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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08

A LIVELY CHASE.

And the Poor Dear Girls Didn't En-
joy 1t Bit.
aren't you afraid to so home
alone, girls? If you'll wait just
few minutes John will be home, and
he will be glad to go over with you.
Thus spoke Mrs. Smith to three
Young ladies who lived 200 yards
down the road and who were about to
leave her house after an evening call.
"Oh, no, we're not afraid! Wen
lust get out our hatpins, and then il
any one comes for us we'll give bat
tie" This was from the youngest OF
the three, and she fourished long
and dangerous looking pin. finally
1abbing it into an imaginary foe. The
two others took their hatpins in their
hands, and the three, bidding GOOD
night to their hostess, made their way
down the path to the gate, all on the
alert and in readiness to repel attack.
They were as brave and bold as ever
warriors were. They turned from the
front yard into the road and started
toward home.
"Girls, what's that?''
The three stopped and listened, but
only for moment Away back on
the road they could hear the FOOTBALLS
OF a man. They went on at a rapid
walk. The footsteps of the man grew
nearer. and they could hear that he
was walking more quickly than he
had been.
The girls walked faster.
The man walked faster.
The girls almost ran.
The man was coming nearer, and he
almost ran.
The girls broke from their walk and
scurried rapidly On. They were but
little distance from their front gate
now.
Then. oh, horrible! The man began
TO run after them! They did not
| have the strength to scream out. 1t
| was all they could do to keep on run
| ming. The villain was almost on them
now. but they were just few feet
| away from their front gate. They
got to the gate. opened it, and their
pursuer was upon them. They would
probably have tainted, but they
caught a glimpse Of the man who had
chased them, and-it was the brother
| of two Of them.
well" said he, all out OF breath,
| ssyou're nice ones to run away from
me that way. / was going to stop In
at Mrs. Smiths to bring you home,
and then I saw you starting out"
The girls did not speak just then,
nor for many months did they say
anything Of the fact that two OF them
could never afterward find their hat
pins.-Detroit Free Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08

imported July 10
1905. Foaled Apr.
B. 1901, Sired by
Gaillard 1892.
Dam, NJ artins
1905. Weight 1885
lbs. Bright bay
color. Ackn wi.
edged to be the
finest draft stallion
in Stevens county.
For further inlor.
nation address
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
Killed by .sUnloaded" Pistol.

Spokane-Tom Hagarman, L.
year-old boy, is dead from an acct
dental discharge of a pistol. Young
Hagarmsn was visiting at ranch
and had been using blank cartridges
to scare a girl who was employed on
the ranch. BY mistake the boy, in
tending to load the pistol with blank
caps or cartridges, placed in the gun
q loaded shell. He pointed the gun
at the girl, it is said, two or three
times and snapped it to scare her.
Then to show her there was no dan
ger he carelessly pointed the pistol
at his head and pulled the trigger.
The gun was discharged and the bull
let entered the right temple and
passed through the head.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
Sells Farm for 5000.

Pullman-W. l.. Lafollette, the
fruit king" of Wawawai. has given
an option ON his fruit farm at Wa
wawai, IA miles south of Pullman,
on The Snake river. The consider
alton is placed at $95, 900. White
Bros. & Crum, of Lewiston, Idaho,
fruit buyers and shippers, are the
purchasers. -.
The land consists of about $50
acres, of which $50 acres are in
bearing fruit. This is the largest
fruit orchard on the Snake river
and one of the largest in the Inland
Empire. Shipments from this or
chard run from so to 100 carloads
annually.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
DIR. Peacock Sentenced.

Cathlamet-In the superior court
here Judge Rice denied the motion
for a new trial in the case against
DR.. Fred Peacock, the physician of
this place recently convicted of irst els:
slaughter on a charge of causing decid-
death of Madeline Longtaine, thS rented
year-old girl who died in AMI E. L
toria hospital last December ahd will
result of an alleged unlawful ole wants
ton. The defendant was sente Krause
to serve an indeterminate sent in the
of from one to twenty years init Lake
penitentlary. anloYi
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
Many Athletes to Meet.

Pullman = Three hundred high
school athletes will meet in Pullman
May IA and Is, when they will par
ticipate in the seventh annual inter-
scholastic. track and field meet which
will occur on those days under the
auspices of the state college
Medals and cups to the value of
s4OD will be awarded to the win
ners of the meet, gold medals going
to first point winners, silver to sec
onds and bronze to thirds. The big
McCroskey cup will this year be de-
Tended by the South Central high
school of Spokane.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
The Root of the Trouble.

BRADSHAW was too crippled with the
rheumatism to leave the house, so his
wife went to the doctors to get some
thing for him.
$50 your husband would rather have
medicine to take internally for his
rheumatism. remarked the doctor.
"Why does he object to the linimentT'
HE doesn't" replied Mrs. Crab
shaw with Il weary sigh. "You see,
doctor. 1 object to it, because have
to do the rubbing. "-Harper's Weekly.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
Tacon,a to Have Women police.

Tacoma-This city is to have
three women policemen. One Of
them will meet ali boats, another
Milwaukee railroad trains and the
other interurban trains and look out
for the interests Of unattended girls
entering the city. Northern Pacific
trains are already being handled un-
der the auspices Of the travs1ers' III.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08

During the season
of 1909, commenc-
ing April 25, will
make the follow
ing stands.
Proctor's,
II NJ. Sunday.
Browns,
2P. NJ. Monday.
LeClerc's.
| 8 A. M. Tuesday.
Locke,
4 P. NJ. Tuesday.
Usk,
II NJ. "Wednesday
Dalkena,
10 A. NJ. Thurs.
| Newport,
: 2 P. M : Friday.
| All day Saturday.
| Terms:
| One service :. $40
! Season SIS
Insure mare $40
! Insure standing
| Colt $25
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
All the Same.

What is the size Of your large
mems handkerchiefs? asks the shop
per
"They are just the same size as the
small mems handkerchiefs, madam"
explains the affable sales person. 1.-The
size of the man doesn't make any DIFF
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
The Practical Kind.

de tsavageiy)-So another judge has
decided the same old thing-a wifes
right to search her husbands pocket.
She (suavely)-Don't say same old
thing | am sure that is q matter In
winch there is seeking after q great
Zeal OF change.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
The Old Maid STAGE.

Patience-When your sister was
younger they say she liked to see IN
up to date man.
PARTNERSHIPS getting to that are
now when she's content to see any
0nd Of mant-Xonkers Stataauaan
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
Art vaiues.

Artist would like to paint that
Old Rosinante OF yours. How much
WOULD you charge me for two hours 4
day on him? 49, sg@ ssA ~ {
Farmer.-0ne dollar, and in ten days
You can keep the horse F1iegende
Batter.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08
The GAntle Art.

'I'm going to have one of these arti-
fetal figures made to have my new
gowns fitted over" states the first
lovely damsel
Going to-" smiles the second. Il
thought you had one made every time
you got n new gown"-Chicago Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
In the Land of WindmiIls.

The Dutch when they invite you.
and they are not guest seeking race.
are extremely hospitable and make
you at once welcome. Sometimes.
however. when it comes to dinner.
their active hospitality demands an en-
ergetic recognition. The table is laid
with piles of plates before each chair.
On your first visit the spoons and fork
are heavy silver. the knives of the
finest steel and ivory. You never,
however. eat with them again. When
you have been shown that family
possesses them that ends it. You eat
thereafter from everyday ware.
what would the silver be like for
our descendants if we used it often?"
an old lady asked me. What would
we have if our ancestors had been
careless "-Eva Madden in Harper's
Bazaar.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
How Attraction Acts.

Attraction acts very curiOusly. Thus
If there were a man in the moon and
if he were like the men on the earth
he would be able to leap over a three
stored house with as much ease as
an ordinary jumper springs over a
three foot fence in consequence of the
forces of attraction being much less
at the moons surface than at the
earth's. An elephant there would be
as light footed as the deer here. A
boy throwing stones might easily land
them in an adjoining county. On the
other hand. the reverse of all this
would happen in Jupiter or Saturn.
They being so much greater than the
earth. their attraction would so i'm
pede locomotion that Il man would
scarcely be able to crawl. and large
animals would be crushed by their
own weight.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09

Of wheat ard cotton moves eastward
and southward to the ocean gateways,
where the great ships are waiting to
take it across the seas, more money Is
put into circulation. millions of It,
Against this time when the endless
trains viii BEGIN to journey to the
grain ports on the lakes or to the
cotton cities on the gulf the money
fer the moving Of the crops is being
hearcd up now in the great financial
ccntcrs of the country.
Last years crop of cotton was H.
5S1 500 bales. The average price was
a little under 10 cents pound and
its total value Il little more than 500
100000 The Indicated crop this year,
according to the governments experts
reports. will be at least 100000
bales. 1t is likely from the present
outlook that this crop will be mar
keted at not less than Is cents a
pound. $50 bale. $7SO.OO0,O OO-over
$2C0.000000 more than last year, with
but Il small increase in the yield.
Throughout the country every line
of industry feels the quickening i'm
pulse of good crops and good prices
1t touches impartlally the little sod
house far out on the Dakota prairie
and the palace Of the mlliopaire The
section hand putting in new ties on
the railroad feels it, the toilers in fac
tories, the clerks in cities-there is no
life so remote that it is not affected
when the crops are abundant.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
THE GIRL AND THE PEACH BASKET.

ance. The poor husband begged leave
to demur. He said it was the only
hat he had He thought he was ent-
tied % one when he had bought his
wife seven in thirty days. This inter
ested his honor, who leaned away over
the woolsacl and asked in a pitlful
way. You don't mean to say you
bought your wife seven hats in thlr-
ty days?" Sure" was the worldly
answer. And then the husband added
that every time his wife got mad at
him she seized her hat and tore it up.
and then he had to buy another to get
her back to the pleasant post. The
court unused. And such hats as they
are wearingw Yes" replied the man,
"the peach basket variety" "Seven
hats in one MONTH" sad the court in Il
sorrowful way. and of the basket va
ricty. Well madam" continued his
honor. turning to the woman in the
case. there is no ground for complaint
here The prisoner is discharge 4
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
A SOUTH SEA ROMANCE.
The Mutiny Long Ago on the Bounty.
British Man. of war.


Who has not heard of the mutiny of
the Bounty: The romance of it still
fingers from one end of the Pacific to
the other. The descendants of the mu-
tineers of the British man-of- war and
their dusky wives are living and bear
English names made famous. or in
famous. more than century ago.
The British man-ofwar had gone to
Tahiti. The commander. Blythe. was
harsh and cruel to his men. The
women of Tahiti loved the fair skinned
sailors and sought to hide them from
Blythe. their oppressor, but they were
captured. and the ship sailed away.
but only to return. When it returned
in command was Fletcher Christian
midshipman. and score of mutineers
The brute Blythe and his loyal com
panions mad been set adrift in an open
boat. Marvellous to relate, after trav-
ersing thousands of miles of open
ocean they reached the Australian
coast. Here they found haven OF
refuge at British outpost. For TWEEN
ty years all trace of Fletcher Christian
and his companions was lost. although
searching expedition after expedition
was sent to Tahiti by the British gov
ernment.
Each of the mutineers save the re-
morseful Fletcher Christian took unto
himself a wife. AS it meant death
to their husbands to live in Tahiti.
they helped the men they loved to man
the boat that bore them away to seek
some desert island. After sailing for
many days in the extreme southern
tripical sea the rock of Pitcairn arose
before them.
Twenty years later British mer-
chairman sighted by chance the lone
rock in the southern Pacific and sent
boat ashore. TO the establishment of
down to the beach to welcome them in
their own tongue and claimed to be
"English." Only one old man among
them. Adams. of pure British blood
still survived. He was found, Bible
in hand. teaching in the little Sunday
school which he had built and where
he had educated the children of the
colony and taught them the tenets Of
the Christian faith.
When the news reached England
British man-of-war was sent for the
last of the mutineers of the Bounty.
Aboard was kings pardon for
Adams. so that, after all. he died
British subject. surrounded by his
dusky children and grandchildren. The
colony was then removed from the
faraway southern isle to Tahiti. but
inconsistencies overcame its members,
and they returned to the verdant
rock.-New Idea Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
FLYING MACHINE TARIFF.
A New York Lawyers Discovery About
Payne Bill.


To prevent the same trouble in the
customs service which grew out Of
disputes over the classification of auto
mobiles imported into this country
when those vehicles first became Of
general use, the attention of congress
has been directed to the failure to
provide in the new tariff bill Il classifi-
cation for flying machines, which have
come into such prominence through
the work of the Wrights. Glenn Cur
tiss, NJ. Bleriot and others.
1.-The work of the Wrights and others
feat of NJ. Bleriot in flying across the
English channel" said Harvey Il. An
drews, Il lawyer of New York. re
minds me of the trouble and confusion
that arose over the classification of
automobiles when they were first i'm
ported. | was then attached to the
force Of the appraiser of the port, and
we had great difficulty in arriving at
any definite conclusion because no pro-
vision had been made for these ma
chimes in the tariff law Now congress
has just agreed upon a rate for auto
mobiles in. the new bill which will
be of benefit to importers and will
not hurt American manufacturers. but
1t has overlooked the most modern of
all inventions"
Mr.. Andrews sent telegram to
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee calling his attention
to the fact that no tariff wall against
flying machines had been erected.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
The Builder.

The Builder.
This is the song of the builder:
My hammer swings and rings
In harmony with the vital Key
OF the song at the heart OF things
The chord OF the Master Builder
That sounds when the worlds have birth
Is the music sweet l seek to repeat
AS | rear the homes of earth.
From rock from mine and from forest
| shape the cities OF man.
The ships that flee down the ways OF the
sea
fashion. improve and plan.
The jungle | make a garden.
The distance / dwarf with steel
Till a continent wide is a few hours rids
When spanned by the spinning wheel
So busy am | with helping.
Constructing the good of earth.
That 1 cannot halt for finding fault.
But have plenty of time for mirth
If there's 10y or cheer or laughter.
| am there with all my heart.
For a right success spells happiness,
And that is the nobler part
There is room FOR work and for eladness
.tnd NaKlnG tie "not prevail.
But there - no : lace tor the carpi1g race
For the spite and the Weaklinw's wall.
There is space for the lie constructive
And tor helping the world along
To create is the sign OF the power oIvir
This-this is the builders song.
JAMES A. EDGERTON
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09

raA THRASHING ENGINE AT WORK.
little below the record crop of 1906.
But there has been a shortage in the
wheat crop all over the world for the
last two years, and it looks as if this
years yield was going to be scant also.
Outside of America. Europe depends
largely on the vast wheatfelds Of
Argentina for her bread. Thirty per
cent less wheat was sown there this
year than last, and it is estimated that
the yield will be 50.000,O0O bushels
less. All this benefits the American
farmer.
The American farmer will get over
S6OOOO,O0O more for his crop of oats
this year than he did last. In 1908 the
yield was 7S9,000,000 bushels, and 1t
sold for $321 100000. This years es-
innate is 9G3,OO0,000 bushels. which at
the minimum price of 40 cents bushel
would bring in the huge sum of $780,
100000. Only about million and
half bushels of oats are exported. Not
all the rest goes to feed horses and
cattle by any means. The 100000
automobiles in this country have cut
down the number of horses and the
consumption of oats correspondingly.
This decrease has been more than
made up. however. by human beings
eating more oats than they used to.
Many Of the cereal breakfast foods are
made from oats, and their consump-
ton in that way cuts a big figure.
To recapitulate the way the record
runs in this years increase in the
value of the four great staples, so that
the eye can take it in at glance, here
are the figures:
Cotton ........................... $500 Ooo, 900
Cotton byproducts ............... 27.0cO.OO0
Corn ......................... oOoOV).oo0
oats Observation-Disclosures. of,WTO,OUO
WHeat '.'''.'''''''''''''''''''' Ao''ooV''o'
Total $780, oOo, 900
Beside these. the crops Of hay. alfal-
IA. potatoes, tobacco and the other
products of the soil are either no less
or else far greater than usual. Ex-
perts estimate that the added wealth
that these will stow away in the pock-
cts Of the American farmer this year
will be not far from $1OOOO0OOO. Add
this to the total of the three great
cereals and cotton, and the total Is a
thousand millions of dollars-the vast
sum by which the national wealth will
be increased this year.
The farmer will not get 1t all. He
will pay out vast sums for labor, for
machinery with which to plant new
crops, for new buildings In which to
house them and his other belongings,
for luyurios and comforts which he
has gone without when crops We're
poor and prices low
Getting the crops to market will
bring the railroads and steamship lines
tremendous flood of added revenue
over the leancr years. The farmer no
longer stores his grain in the fields. as
he used to years ago, lie sends it
first to the elevators that rear their
huge bulk beside the railroad tracks.
There he holds Il until he @ets the
pri he thinks l. ought to bring. #
he wants to borrow money meanwhile
the slip Of paper tint the grain ware
house gives him is good collateral for
al he wishes. Then whan the flood
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
NO GROUND FOR COMPLAINT.

Husband Not Obliged to Buy Wits
Seven Peac! Basket Hats Per Month.
1t had to come. Anybody who thought
it out must have known that. sooner
or later. the freaks worn by women
freaks that We're billed as hats, the
sort that women have been induced to
wear for the last few months-would
land in the courts. A Chicago man
was Laled to temple OF justice on
complaint of his spouse. The man
swore that the rUmpus was precipi-
tated by his wife when she grabbed
his hat. The court replied that one
hat should not cause a family disturb
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
HurUCr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN ~. SMITH
THE HIGHER PLANE.

A 4 last the race is sproutng wings.
"A And in the upper air
Mankind is floating with the birds
And quite at home up there.
CavortinE in the ether blue
And sailing in the skies
AS IL he knew it all the time
That he was bound to rise.
For many, many weary years
Man Travelled on the ground.
And in this time twas all that he
Could do to get around.
For when he didn't have pass
Upon a train or boat
Twas up to him to walk or swim
Unless he paWned his coat.
But now at last he spurns the earth
And with n running start
Goes gliding moonWard like man
Who thought himself so smart,
Scots on like one determined he
Both time and space would Kill
And breaks record. too, unless
He bumps into a hill.
The latest wonder of the age.
The conquest of the skies.
And isn't it. when all is said,
A mighty fine surprise?
TO rise on light and airy wings
And sail away in style
1t sounds so good Still, we will take
The street car for awhile.
Trained For It.
81 am organizing a regiment of
clerks
"Do you think they would make good
"Thcy ought to be great on the
charge"
But how about the retreat?"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
OvershadoWed.

You are the biggest fool ever
saw
Thanks. did not expect such a
tribute from you"
You didn't. Why?"
Il knew you to be competing for the
place."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
~ c. SXMS CT d s 6

ETVHE tale that some western
n farmers had been seen wear
A ing high hats and full dress
suits while at work in the
fields may not have been stretched so
much after all when we learn from
the recent government report that 1909
Is to be such Il great year for crops.
In fact, never before have the fields
of America yielded such bounteous
harvests as they are Hg to this
year, it being estimated cat the total
value of farm products for the first
time in the United States will pass the
$S,OO0OO0.0O0 mark. Corn alone will
make the American farmer not far
from $500O0O,O00 richer this year than
he was last.
The wheat crop this year will be Mt
least 663, 100000 bushels, and experts
say that it is not likely to fall below
S1.10 a bushel for Il long time to come
That means 100000 worth Of
wheat will soon be on the way to the
elevators. Last years harvest was
100000 bushels, and it brought
SG2O, 100000. so the American wheat
farmer will have $lO9W0O,G00 more to
spend from that source than he did
the year before.
The reason wheat is worth more
than Il dollar Il bushel. which used to
be Il price that the farmers dreamed
of, is not because the crop in this
country is especially short. 1t is but
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
His Own Experience,

what does congress do when it
goes into executive session. MAJ"
1T closes the doors and shuts every
body else out"
"Who gets Il whipping?"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
Why She Stayed.

Does your new girl like being with
you:"
II think So"
"Then she will stay"'
"Well | think so. | notice that she
remarked that my wife's shirt waists
were just her size"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09
He Sure Is,

rs Brown an optimistic"
"Is he?"
Yes, is he?"
"Say. that fellow would pay his
debts cheerfully."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-09

Time gets ahead of all of us despite
the fact that some of us boast of never
being behind time.