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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-08
Who Is the Patriot of Today =?

Bishop CHARLES CHENEY Chicago
ATOTISM is the spirit of sacrificing oneself for the high
H. ~ est good Of the nation.
E% We need patriots of this in the critical times in
~ which are living. Who is the patriot Of today2
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-08

Stay Near the Stove.
While nice to spend the time with her
Who holds your heart in thrall,
n wise and don't a cold incur
BY kissing in the hall.
st. Louis Republic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-08
&THEzGEH azAg9!E "
Tommy's Delight.
II like to see little dog
And pat him on the head.
Then tie a tin can to his tail
And see him rum he said.
Houston Post.

Damaged.
Algy-Was Willies suit case dam
aged any by water in the accident?
Reggie-Yes. Every one of the labels
have got soaked or.-Bohe mian Maya
zine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-08

The most remarkable undertaking ever made by
newspaper other publication. Eighty pages
devoted to Lincoln. Four color sections.
At great cost The Chicago Tribune has secured
the right all of Ida Nj. Tarbes rich collection
of Lincoln pictures, caricatures made of him during
the war; illustrations Of his earlier and later home and
business lfe relics etc., with full privileges of conden-
sing into minute form her keen sympathetic and
highly dramatic life of Abraham Lincoln.
Besides, there are hundred pictures of Lincoln
from the Oldroyd collection special articles on differ
aspects of his life and DEATH his personal and moral
qualities, his relation to those Immediately about him.
to nation, and to the whole human race; and his
sayings, anecdotes, and his sorrows.
This yaIuab addition to the Lincoln literature will be pub
shed in The Chicago Tribune Sunday, February 7h Order
from your newsdealer early to be of getting it.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-05

cOrnfeld His eyes are bright as an
eagles but blue as sapphires- He is
much taller and bigger and stronger
that you are Do you not see why
want MIN for a husband Why old
he not desire me for his WIFE, Am
crooked. am I blinded by the small
pOx, or have l six fingers on both
hands and a hump on my shoulder
like the Witch Of Altai? Was my por-
ton a cotton shift. one brass bangle
and horn comb for my hair gave
him the riches of the world to take
me. and he would not, / do not IN
derstand Am I an evil sight in d
mans eyes? Tell me the truth, for
you are a friend!"
You are good to see" Logotheti
answered, stopping and pretending to
examine her face critically as she
stood and faced him.
q do not desire you to speak for
yourself" returned Baraka 4 wish
you to speak for any man, since go
about unveiled and any man may see
me What would they say in the
street if they saw me now. as wom-
an? That is what I must know, for he
is a Frank, and he will judge me as
the Franks judge when he sees mel
What will he say?"
Shall I speak as a Frank? Or as
they speak in Constantinople?"
Speak as he would speak, pray.
But sneak the truth -
1 take Allah to witness that I speak
the truth" Logotheti answered. IF
I had never seen you, and if I were
walking in the Great Garden in Lon
don and I I-et ~e,, nv the H2-ll OF -
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-05

you are wise as wen as great.
Baraka said
They left the rail and walked slowly
forward. side by side. without speak
ing: and Logotheti told himself how
utterly happy he should be if Baraka
could turn into Margaret and be walk
ing with him there; yet something an
sWered him that since she was not bv
his side he was not to be pitied for
the company Of a lovely Tartar girl
whose language he could understand
and even speak tOlerah!y; and when
the first voice observed rather driIy
that Margaret would surely think that
he ought to feel very miserable. the
second voice told him to take the
goods the gods sent him and be CRATE
full; and this little antiphone Of
Ormuzd and Ahriman went on for
some time till it occurred to him to
stop the duo by explaining to Baraka
how a European girl would probably
slip her arm, or at least her hand.
through the arm of the man with
whom she was walking on the deck of
a yacht. because there was generally
a little motion at sea, and she would
like 10 steady herself. and when there
was none. there ought to be. and she
would do the same thing by force of
habit But Baraka looked at such be
hayior quite differently.
That would be a sort of dance"
she said. Il am not a dancing girl
have seen men and women dancing
together. both Russians in Samarkand
and other people in France. It is dis
gushing ! would rather go unveiled
among mE own people,
Which may Allah forbid" an
swered Logotheti deyouty. But
where there are Englishmen, Allah
does nothing; the women go without
wells, and the boys and girls dance to
gether"
Il have done worse" said Baraka,
for ] have dressed as q man. and if
a woman did that among my people
she would be stoned to death and not
buried My people viii never know
what l have done since I got away
from them alive. But he thought he
was leaving me there to die"
Surely. I cannot see why you wish
to marry man who robbed you and
tried to compass your death, I can
understand that you should dream of
killing him, and ne deserves TO be
burnt alive. but why you should wish
to marry him is known to the wisdom
Of the blessed ones"
You never saw him" Baraka an
swered with perfect simplicity. He
is a beautiful man; his beard is like
the rays of the morning sun on a ripe
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-05
(Continued)

A New York woman has been
granted a patent on a simple but eff
fectfve spoon rest for cooking uten-
sis, made of bent wire.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-05
Offers

Exceptional opportunities for the homeseker
Situated very the of the Rio Grande
beyond all danger o overfow- bound to make good
The under S750000O
viii be one of the prettiest in the State.
Six other brick business houses residences Immediately
constructed, including 50-room hotel
Chaplin year DID, and has population Of about 600andi
growing every day The Song of the Saw sweetest music
pay any attention the the "Knock Come look
for yourself
Lots will soon be on sal"s will make reservation for YOU
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
The Job Ne wsrs.A.

Dear Sir" said an applicant for
a position to the secretary Of the
treasury. according to the Satur-
day Evening Post, II am very anX-
ious to obtain remunerativs en-
ployment in the treasury depart
ment While my educational ad-
yantages do not qualify me for any
of the higher places, | could Eli
one of the minor places TO advan.
tage. and ] respectfully apply for
the position Of chief cuSpidorian
of the department"
The letter went TO the assistant
secretary for reply, and he wrote as
follows:
Dear Sir--i regret very much
that nothing can be done for you.
There Is no such place as chief GUS
pidorian. You have coined the
word. but ] cannot coin the job.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14

Mechanically the interviewer
droned out his we'll worn questions.
"And how, Sir William, did you
get your start in life? ?"
Il got my start in life, young
man." said the pork merchant,
Through picking up q pin in the
street. | had been refused en-
plOyment by a butcher. and on my
way out ! saw a pin. r.
"Quite So" chimed in the sea-
soned interviewer. "You picked il
up, the butcher was impressed by
your carefulness, called you back
and took YOU into partnership. I
know that pin so wellw
"EScuse me-" broke in the pork
vender, "but YOU proceed too fast.
| saw the pin and picked it up
quite true. But ! sold it for ElO0.
1t was diamond pin." London
Mail.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
THE WORD "SHIP."
From Digging Out the Tree Trunk For
the Primitive Beat.

the Primitive Beat
There il no doubt Of the evolu-
ton of our great modern ships
from a floating log on which our
earliest ancestors sat astride and
with hands and pole navigated the
small streams, and just as surely
has our word ship" come from
the first improvement Of that prim-
tive craft. The etymology OF the
word tells US of the evolution Of
the craft.
When the superior mind of our
Aryan ancestors conceived the idea
of following out the floating log
and thus decreasing its weight,
adding to its buoyancy and better
fitting it for their transportation.
they had to find word TO express
what they were doing, so they nat
urally used a root that they under
stood, which was "skap." This root
signified the idea of digging, hol-
lowing out and scraping. That is
what they did to make their boats,
and the "skap" became a noun to
designate the boat.
That root "skap" has lived and
grown during the 10000 years and
more that have passed since it was
first used to give boat its name,
and after the breaking up and di-
vision Of the Aryan race it followed
all of its broadly divided branches
to their new homes to be used in
all of their tongues.
The Greeks have the root in
their word "skufes," meaning a
hollow cup, and the Latins have il
in ''scabere," signifying to scrape.
In those languages, as well as in
Sanskrit, it is in many words Of q
similar Specification. 1t came t.
the English through the TeutoniC
| type, "skepa." meaning ship, OF
vessel, or what was followed out
In the middle English it was
"schip," and Chaucer used the
plural, "shippes. In the Anglo
Saxon it was "scip," while the Ice
lander made it skip" and the Dan'
"skib" The old high German haC
"scif" and the German "schiff."
So we see the change through
the century of centuries has beef
slight, the same sound with tn
same Specification having gon,
from father to son through all o
the generations, giving us the sam
word when we speak Of the Lusi
tania as our Aryan ancestors use,
when they spoke of the floating
log that they had followed by dig
ging and scraping with stones an
shells.-New York Herald.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
How to Learn.
''The best way to study nature
is to go right up to it,"


"The best way to study nature
is to 60 right up to it,"
81 suppose So"
ooh, | know it. | was once dis
posed to doubt the industry of the
ant, of which so much is said"
"And you learned better?"
81 did. ] had controversy
with naturalist over the question,
and ! thought ! had him beaten
until he gave me a demonstration. F"
"Took You out. and showed you
the ants at work, did he:"
"Well. not exactly that, but he
took me along ON one of his scien-
tific expeditions and then ma
liciously pitched my tent over an
ant hill. BY the time | discovered
what was happening the conviction
was forced upon me that ants are
really and truly industrious. They
are small, but they made me move,
and some of them went right along
with us to the next camping place. !"
New York Times.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
A Good Enough Excuse.

A memorable instance of pres
ence of mind was the adventure of
a certain Desaugiers at the time of
a popular uprising in Paris, when
the people took possession Of the
Tuileries. The hero of the incident
sagely acted upon the theory that
a poor excuse is better than none
and sometimes better than better
one would be-
He was an inquisitiye person,
and, regardless of the danger, he
fastened to the Tuileries at mid
night to see what was going on.
At the gate he was stopped by two
revolutionists Of ominous appear
ance. "Why do you not wear a
cockade, citizen: Where is your
cockade:" they asked.
A mob gathered about him and
demanded fercely. "Citizen, where
is your cockade?"
Desaugiers took off his hat, turn
ed it around and around, looked at
it on all sides and then said in a
tone of mild surprise:
"Citizcns. it is strange. very
strange | must have left it on my
nightcap."
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
A One sided chass.

In an English paper appears the
following amusing anecdote: Some
servants were exercising three
horses and some of the hounds
from the Hunt kennels when an
inmate of the district asylum APP
peared on the scene.
'Eh. sic bonnie dogs" exclaimed
the man. who was supposed to be
daft, "sic bonnie dogs. And what
del keep they for?"
1t was explained to him that they
were kept for hunting the fox.
AN sic bonnie horses. Are they
for hunting the fox tae?" He was
told that they were, whereupon he
asked the value of a horse and a
dog, too. and. having been in
formed. he next wanted to know
the value of fox when caught.
ooh. about tenpence," was the
reply.
''Mercy mel, tenpence!" said the
daftie. ''Three hundred pounds
chasing tenpence! Let's ava"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
Msrmaids and Msrmsn.

The dugong, a species of whale
found abundantly in the waters of
both the great oceans, but especial
ly off the coast of Australia, in the
Pacific, is believed to have furnish
ed the slender basis upon which all
mermaid and mermen stories have
been founded. It's general length is
from eight to twenty feet. It has
a head much resembling that of the
human species and breathes by
means of lungs. 1t feeds upon sub
marine beds of seaweeds and when
wounded makes a noise like a mad
bull. Long hair in the female spe-
cies and hair and beard in the male
add to the human resemblance of
the head and neck. The flesh of
this species of whale Is used for
food and is said to have the flavor
OF bacon, mutton or beef, accord
ing to the parts of the body from
which the meat is taken.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14

A Berlin journal, Prometheus,
contains a letter from Africa, in
which the writer describes a fish
which is known to the natives as
the fahaka. 1t makes its appear
ance in the Nile at high water time.
The creature might properly be
named a balloon fish. Its whole
body, with the exception Of a part
Of the underside. is covered with a
thick layer of a jellylike substance.
On the uncovered part there are
many sharp prongs. When attack
ed the fish rises to the surface, in
hales air until its body assumes al
most a globular form, then turns
upon IFS back. leaving the protect
ing prongs upward in the water.
"Fish and man alike know how
sharp these are and what painful
wounds they can infict. aud they
give the balloon fish a wide berth"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
Tsmpus Fuaia.

Two darkies we're engaged in 9
lively dispute about the purchase
Of a mule.
Look heah. Mistah jackson" ex-
claimed one. .'you done tole me
tree week, ago dat mule was a
young animal. He hain't got a toof
in his head. he. 80 old"
Whereupon Mr.. Jackson thought.
fully scratched his head and 70.
piled, Time shua does hy in dis
heah eOuntTy."-Sucesss NaGaxinS.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
When the Poet Was t.,anv.

Bjornson. the poet, was once
asked on what occasion he got the
greatest pleasure from his fame as
a poet.
Ills answer was: at was when q
delegation from the Right came to
my house in Christiania and smash
ed all the windows. because when
they had thus attacked me and
we're starting FOR home again they
felt that they ought 10 sing some
thing. and 50 ihey began to sing
Yes. Ne love this land of ours.
They could do nothing else! They
had TO sing the song Of the man
whom they had attackedH-Ions
don Chronicle.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
ne MADE HIS KICK.
The Man Whe Had long Age BSUshR !
an Eiuht DAY Clock.

The Man Who Had long Age BSVshR
nm Eight Day Clock.
ssYou don't remember, Ireckon,"
said the sour faced man, putting
his arms on the showcase, ''that /
bought clock Of you twenty-five
years ago."
81 certainly DO not answered
the elderly jeweler, ''but Iii take
your word for it if you say you
did"
''Well, ] did. 1t was twenty-five
years ago last Monday"
Remember what you paid for
it?"
Eyes. | paid you So"
Ever had to get it repaired"
esNo."
Its pretty good clock, then,
isn't it?'
"Oh, yes. The clocks all right,
but I've found out something about
it that you didn't tell me-"
"So?"
eyes. When / bought it | asked
you how often I'd have to wind it.
You said once week"
"Well?'
"Well, I've just found out that
it'll go eight DAYS without wind
ing"
Certainly! Most clocks are
eight day clocks. That's to allow
for your forgetting to wind it
sometimes"
81 never forgot to wind it, sir.
Regularly every Monday morning
for twenty-five years I've wound
that clock. That makes fifty-two
times year. If / had known it
would go eight days | would have
wound it on the eighth day, and
would have had to wind it only for
ty-six times a year. II takes me
| about two minutes to wind it up,
I've wasted twelve minutes every
year ON the thing. See! In TWEEN
ty-fve years l've put in 800 min
utes, or five hours, the half of q
mans working day, standing on q
chair and winding up that blamed
old clock when it didn't need wind.
ingw
"Well," said the stupefed jewel
er, what do you want to do about
| it?"
Nothing, sir I only wanted
you to know it, that's all. Wher
+ you sell an eight day clock to {
man you ought to tell him it's al
eight day clock. Good day. SIR"
Strengthening himself up ant
pulling has hat brim down in front
he turned on his heel and stalkeC
out of the store with the air of
man with a crouch who had freeC
his mind. Chicago Tribune.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
aeena D the psuiI.n

"Gone to the devil" has nothing
satanic in its history. 1t has been
traced TO a tavern in Fleet street,
London, known BY the sign Of the
Devil and st. Dunstan.s As it
supplied good food and drink, it
had a large clientele and was called
the Devil for short. 'sGone to the
Devil, read a notice at many an
Office when the occupants went to
dinner. Enhappily some went
there too often and STAYED too long,
until at last when their patrons
left them "Gone to the devil" be-
came q synonym for the neglsct or
the loss Of their business.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
A Crack In : Pises q Metal.

a crack in a piece Of metal is
prevented from extending farther
by the well known means Of drill
ing a hole where the rent ends.
But when the hole is not bored on
just that spot the crack is apt to
continue beyond the hole. A scien-
tife journal recommends moisten-
ing the cracked surface with petro-
leum. then wiping it and then inn
mediately rubbing it with chalk.
The oil that has penetrated into
the crack exudes and thus indicates
with precision where the crack
stops.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-14
REhINp THE scEMEs.
pIFieuItios With Which = Young Actor
Had to struggle.

NNN@ - Cet~8WF@~
An actors life, although often
interesting and frequently useful,
is BY no means easy. When Fred
erick Warde, the English tragcdian,
brought his wife and children to this
country to live with him while be
made his way here he was, after
various ups and downs, engaged BY
Mr.. Booth to play certain promi-
nent parts. In ''Talks In a liz
brary" Mr.. Laurence Hutton re-
lates some Of the difficulties with
which the young actor had to strug-
gle.
The company, long associated
with Mr.. Booth, with the single
exception of Warde, was not as
sembled. and there could be but
one or two rehearsals before the
first performance. Warde had new
er even seen the play Of "0thello"
and had no idea how to dress it,
a very important item to q man
who had little money to devote to
costumes.
There we're, Of course, profess
sional persons who could have fitted
him out from wig to sandal, but
to those he could not afford to 90.
He read the tragedy many times,
studied his part till he was what is
called ''letter perfect" and ct the
Astor library copied many draw
ings, colored by his own hand, Of
the dresses he had to wear. These
garments and effects we're made
out of the cheapest material from
his own patterns, cut and sewed BY
his wife, and for six weeks nothing
in that house was thought Of or
talked about but "0thello."
| The young man, realizing what
| it all meant to him, was exceeding
~ anxious about the results, a.
was his wife. They lived in = poor,
humble little apartment, and he
was to take a midnight train to
the scene Of his great effort only 9
day or two before he was to make
his debut in one Of the most i'm.
portant and trying parts Of th'
English drama.
! went to the train with him, and
just as we were starting Mrs
Warde came down and said:
"I'ye just been putting the chill
dren to bed, and l must tell yov
what Arthur PRAYED"
Arthur was then q lad not on
of his frOcks. Ii seems that tn,
child, kneeling by his little cot, haG
gone through the regular formula
sour Father" Nov l lay me,
'Please, God, remember papa anC
mamma and little sister and deal
grandmother in England" and hat
then added, as an impromptu, "and
0 God, do please help papa through
with '0thello. f"
told this story at a dinner on
night, as ] am trying to tell 1t nov
and was startled BY an inquir,
from the wife of a clergyman, who
with wonder and doubt in her voice
demanded. do YOU mean to tel
me that actors children say thei
, prayers 2"