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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
THE BLACK BASS.
Mysterious Habits Ct the Fish That
Puzzle the Naturalist.

Why the black bass bites on one day
and refuses every bait the next; why
he takes helgra mites and only he'll
GRANTEES Oh Monday, grasshoppers on
Tuesday and frogs on Wednesday;
why he bites only on dark days for Il
fortnight and then shifts his biting
humor to days bright and breezy; why
you find him today on sandy bottom
and tomorrow on mud and the day
after on the rocks. are battling traits
Of the bass that relate merely to his
sporting relations with the angler
But there are other mysteries that
puzzle the naturalist and bear on the
organic life of the fish.
Up in Maine are two bass rivers not
to four. even to five. pounds: in the
other rarely above pound and half.
In one of the largest lakes Of New
Hampshire the writer's score for
whole season once ran up to 399 fish.
Food was evidently abundant. for the
bass were chunky" and the viscarea
thick with fatty tissues. Yet the post
mortem showed in the stomach only
glutinous. unacceptable white mat
ter. and the largest bass Of the whole
season drew the scales at but pound
and three-quarters. What did those
bass live on. and why didn't they grow
bigger? Again. in the uplands Of Con-
necticut are two large lakes some eight
miles apart. In the one bass are Of
ten caught In winter ice fishing; in
the other lake almost never in winter.
though in its open summer waters
bass fishing is the better. Remember
ing that the bass are supposed to hi
bernate and in fairly deep waters.
would not that fact argue in the late
season darker outward hues and deep
er bronzes? Yet the head Of large
bass hatchery has observed silvery
change Of the bass at the approach Of
winter when his habit and habitat
would imply the exact reverse. Such
are a few Of the anatomical enigmas
of the black bass that make him and
his paradoxes an interesting study for
that open minded angler who blends
the naturalist with the sportsman.--
Golfers Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25

speaker is not good republicanism.
This is strange notion. This con-
test was originated by republicans,
and conducted by them. The great
issue that has thus been created was
created by republicans. The repub-
lican party has never declared in
favor of an autocratic speaker, and
1t will never. On the contrary, the
defenders of the Russianized system
in recent debates on the subject
notably Dalzell and Smith-have
time and again declared and argued
that it was democratic system, in
augurated and maintained under
democratic speakers. But the Ameri-
can people are not going to stop to
inquire under what party it was in
augurated. 1t is a decadent excres-
cence, and is already doomed at the
bar of public opinion. The party of
Lincoln and Roosevelt cannot be
made reactionary bourbonism.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
A PAIR OF GLOVES.
The 'mpudent Store People Wouldn't
Take Them Back.

The 'mpudent Store People Wouldn't
Take Them Sack.
Mrs. Pinkerton's first question was
about the gloves.
Ibid you exchange them?" she asked.
mo" said Pinkerton. II didn't"
'"There," she complained. Il might
have known you would forget 1t. How
careless. told you the very last thing
before you left the house to be sure to
attend to it. Really. | don't see how
inen can be so thoughtless.'
81 didn't forget said Pinkerton. II
tried to change them. but they
wouldn't take the things back"
take-them-back?" she
said. why not"
"They said they were Soiled."
"Soled? Well. of all things. If they
are they got soiled in their own store.
! didn't soil them, | have never had
them on my hands couldn't get
them on They were half II size too
small. They gave me the wrong num-
Der. Why didn't you tell them so?"
81 did"
"N'hom did you tell?"
1.-THE clerk and the 1oorwalker and
everybody who would listen to me-"
"And what did they say?''
'They laughed"
'The impudent creatures. I'll never
buy cents worth in that store again.
you see if do"
''That's just what said" Pinkerton
put in. II said you never would"
"And what did they say to that?"
'"They laughed again"
"Well. that settles it. never will
buy anything there now. Where are
the gloves?"
'In my pocket"
"Let me have them, please. Soiled.
indeed. I'll see if they are
Mrs. Pinkerton unwrapped the pack
age. AS she took out the gloves she
blushed slightly.
"Well," she said.
"Well?" echoed Pinkertcn. "What's
wrong?"
"N-nothing much." she said. only
this is an old pair Of gloves. cleaned
them last week with gasoline. made
q mistake and sent them back instead
of the pair | bought yesterday."-New
York Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
A GREWSOME PRISON.
Tho Famous and Terrible Russian
Fortress Of Schluesselburs.

In the middle Ut the river Neva.
where 1t flows out Of Lake Ladoga.
there lies II tiny island surrounded on
three sides by the mighty. turbulent
waters Of the river and hemmed in
upon the fourth by the cold and
stormy lake Upon this island stands
very ancient fortress inclOsed by
high walls more than twenty feet in
thickness. This IL the Fortress Of
Schluesseburg. Day and night senti-
nels relieved every two hours pace
around the top of these walls. keeping
q vigilant lookout on every hand No
one from within the fortress. not even
the soldiers or gendarmeS. Is allowed
to communicate with the people who
dwell upon the banks of the river. Ii
the unwary fisherman chances to drift
in his boat too near to the walls OF
the fortress he is greeted by the shout
of sentinel. aiming his rifle:
Away. or | shoot
Not even the Dead sea in the deserts
Of Asia il so utterly isolated and cut
off from the living world as is this
within forty miles of 81. Petersburg.
They gre very ancient. the high
walls of the fortress In many places
they are cracked from Old age. and in
the cracks little trees have taken root.
The lower part of the wall has grad
ually become covered with thick dark
moss. just as the face of Il very Old
man becomes covered all over with
hair. They look sullen and OminouS-
ly silent as II they hid dark and grew
some secrets And. in truth. in the
whole world there are no other walls
that have witnessed so many and such
terrible human tragedies as the For
tress OF SchlueSSrlhurg.- David Sos
kice in McClure's Magazine.
1t IS queer how nice unpleasant
things sometimes appear-when there
is an unbridgable gulf between them
and ourselves.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
How's This2
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foy
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known T. j. Che
ney for the last 1t years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactionE
and financially able TO carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O
WALDING, KINNAN IL MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood ana mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists. Testimonials frc"
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
RENTING A BRIDAL VEIL.
An Incident Of q Fashionable Wedding
In New York.

An Incident Of q Fashionable Wedding
In New York.
Not long ago one of the wealthiest
department store in New York pur-
chased $500 wedding veil for her
daughter. which was charged to her
account and duly delivered. The we'd
ding was large one and celebrated at
high noon In one of the downtown
churches
1t happened that one Of the girls
from department store went out for
luncheon at this hour and. seeing a
fashionable wedding in full swing
slipped into the church with the crowd
and into one Of the back pews. After
the ceremony was over she hurried
back to her place behind the counter
too busy with her special sales to even
think about 1t.
The next morning. however. when
she read an account Of the "magniti.
cent wedding In - church and n de-
tailed description of the wonderful
veil worn by the bride. valued at
$780," she laughingly told her nnmer.
GUS friends in that department that
she had been one of the honored
guests and had seen that $500 veil
with her own eyes," Just at this thrill
ing point Of her story one of the floor
men stepped up to her and said:
You are wanted at the managers
office. Miss B.
Az she entered the Office. to her pei
feet amazement. she beheld the identi
cal bridal veil just under discussion.
Miss B.. can you tell me If you ev
saw this veil before?" asked the man
ager.
Eyes, sir: saw 1t yesterday"
'Where did you see IT,
She took from her pocket the clip
ping from the morning newspaper
with the account Of the great we'd
ding. the costly veil and a picture Of
the bride. Laying it upon the desk.
she said:
This is picture of the veil"
How did you happen to be at this
wedding instead Of in your place here
in the store?''
1T was my luncheon hour. and
went to the wedding instead Of to
lunch"
The manager smiled.
Can you positively identify this veil
as the one you saw yesterday"
Miss b. took it up in her hands and.
unfolding it. ran her fingers through
the mesh and into the tiny folds where
the orange blossoms were caught. then
with some difficulty picked out three
little pieces of rice and handed them
to the manager.
She went back to her counter. and
the "charge customer" whose az
counts ranged in the thousands each
year. was rendered bill for $500
for the use of bridal veil worn by
her daughter"
A check for the $500 was immediate
ly sent. and the wealthy charge GUS
toner still continues to charge-Chi-
cago Record Herald
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
How Cheney Became Pitcher.


An accident to Il fellow player was
the cause of Larry Cheney of the Gin
ciDnati Nationals becoming pitcher.
Larry broke into baseball when Il kid
as Il first baseman and catcher. but
one day. when the pitcher of his team
at Bellville. Kan. was injured early in
4 game. he went into the box and
made Il good showing. He had moth
ing but speed and became a winner al
most Immediately.
Chcney's professional career began
In Topeka in 1906. He played with
that club about half of that season
and was then sent back to Blrtlctts
vile. In 1907 he was secured by the
Chicago White SoX; but. rs the SoX
had won the worlds championship
the year before, he was not looked
over very carefully.
Last year he pitched for the Indian
apolis club of the American aSSocia-
ton and made as good record as
any pitcher in the league The first
game he pitched after recovering from
the injury which kept him out of the
game for long time was one hit
battle. the lone hit being made Off
him In the tenth inning.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
European Baseball Invasion.

President Charles a. Comiskey of
the Chicago Americans has planned a
European trip which may be the fore
runner Of veritable baseball invasion
If success again should perch on the
south side team. Immediately after
the close Of the present baseball sea
son Comiskey will leave Chicago for
New York. sailing for Queenstown.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25

1t IS queer how nice unpleasant
things sometimes appear-when there
Is an unbridgable gulf between them
and ourselves.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25

Two Americas cup yachts were sold
in New York recently to be sent to
the Caribbean in the turtle fishing
trade. They are the Volunteer, the
last of the old guard of racing craft,
and the Vigilant. the first of the new
Edward S. Ress bought the Nolun-
teer from Captain Charles Barr and
the Vigilant from William - lscliu
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25
nresnal1an 70 g On TIE -.

Manager Roger Irc+Na,iHn of thc
st. Louis Nationals STATES that he win
catch rs many games Hs c.',.t..,a
and circumstances win permit th@
season He would be able to give hi.
club more service were he to avoid too
freuuent elections by the umpires.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25

Rich Uncle Ebenezer-So Won are
named after me. are you? Small
Nephew Yes: ma said it VAS too bad,
but we needed the money
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-25

John Haskings. who Is credited with
the one armed golf championship Of
England. is about to descend upon this
country. He Is due to arrive within
the next two weeks or so. and as he
is coming for the sole purpose of try
ing to arrange q match for the worlds
cha mpionship one armed players had
better be preparing to look after their
laurels. IlaskinGs is said to have beat
On all the one armed golfers of Eu-
rope. played around the famous cham
pionship links of Hoylake In seventy
eight strokes and done other marvel
Gus things. and all with the one hand.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
He Couldn't Shake
Them or ian


CALI
them this bedtime
animals cunning. and be
turkeys the watch steal
them.
once time family foxes lived hill near and
much teaching the cunning
caught She showed them how steel
how that the
thought he knew all and and dug house
another hill
But there thing least that this did
chickens that the
ngbors together with their
they TO XIII greedy robber
when tile dogs began barking
running
jumped through bushes
fences shhke
world.
Enny tired ready
ahead
little sound then the
bin dashed the
sleeping g the dogs along but
him around the off to the
did She felt soft little fox beside
his called this thinks
only her kitty TINT lay painting beside her.
when al hurried
home his mamma and be he stayed there
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03


not among the clerks merely hut ali
along tie line Of waste that has be-
come institutional. dominant defiant
Mhat patented article can cope
with such figures as these: Army,
ss5,0QQ,OoO; navy, s1ss,OOo.OOo; post
ONCE, s241,OOO.0oo; sundry civil. sl17-
100000; buildings, 100000; rivers,
and harbors, 100000; pensions,
lS155,OOO,0OO? These sums do not call
for d labor.saylng machine. On the
contrary, they invite men in high
Office to days and nights of exhaust,
ing toll !, In particular they challenge
the President OF the United States
to retrenchments which will carry
'far.reaehins reforms into the very
lives and habits of the people.
old.fashioned work and courage
lwill accomplish, much in this sphere
Hope placed anywhere else will lend
only to disappointment. 9,!s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
WORK FOR A MAN.

The New York World takes n very
sensible view of the great questions
Of the nation and the necessity for
care in holding down large expend-
itnres IN the following editorial:
3 Abandoning extensive travel for
the present, the President will this
week resume the study OF economy.
I'VE are sorry to say that he is not
Ito pursue his researches on a large
scale, The army and the navy will
not interest him. He will pay little at.
tention to the administration OF the
colonies, to the postal service, to
rivers and harbors or to public build.
ings. Systems and policies will be
ignored. What he intends 10 take
up in earnest is the installation Of
labor and money saving devices in tile
departments to the end that clerkhire
may be reduced. 2.
r. Economy is an excellent thing in
its place; Just as salvage is desirable
after fire has been brought under
control. First OF all, however, when
there is waste the big leaks should be
stopped, exactly as In the case Of
fire the heaviest hose should first be
Z turned upon the flercest flames. Trim.
ming, pruning and shaving here and
~.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03

Under the caption Another Big One
for Editor Lough," the Weston indie
pendent says:
"The attention of Myron Carleton
Tough is called to another big tree
story. Down at the Mrs. Susan Hall
home on McCann's run is an apple
orchard OF old trees, one of which is
eleven feet and five inches in circum.
ference at the base. 1t has five
prongs which are four feet three and
a half, four feet five, five feet six
and five feet eight inches in clrcum.
ference. Three trees average eight
feet In circumference. All are bear.
ing. San old tree fell year or two
ago. which is said to have been 12 or
10 feet in circumference, and a pear
tree yet stands and bears fruit,
which is six feet in circumference at
the base. Please pass this one along
hack to Preston county. and tell Al,
bright's big tree admirers TO kindly
sample the cider"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
orr "a: The l TRACK AGAIN, PHINEAs.

The Times wobbled of the track
again and failed to answer the West
sYirginian's question. 1t went off on
"a rambling argument to the effect
shat the gas company ought to pay all
the tax on the gas well Instead of the
man who gets $500 u year from 1t and
undoubtedly; has an individual prop
erty interest in 1t. : We have no OBJ
lection to that, provided 1t is right
and the property pays taxes in pro.
portion to It's value, for that is the ba.
I sis OF taxation in this fair land Of
ours. Our constitution contemplate
that the owners OF property in West
Virginia shall pay taxes thereon &C
ieording to its value. Heretofore, the
special Interests adm large corpora
lions have been escaping with only a
fraction of their Just share of taxa
I tion. or recent years, under the new
tax laws, an effort has been made TO
correct that condition and the effort
has at least partially succeeded. True,
! every inch of the way has been con-
I tested In the effort TO shift the bur.
den from the shoulders Of the poor
masses to the rich few but 1t has
gradually been shifted until to-day
the small home owner and farmer is
not bearing an unequal share of the
tax burden. We win not argue the
question of whether the gas company
ought to be taxed the 5000 addition.
alfor each producing well. Just so the
tax Is paid by some one who is get
ting the benefit, Of 1t. 1t is some,
thing unusual for the Times to argue
that a corporation should pay the tax
assessed to an individual for 1t Is
\ recognized that the paper is partial, to
corporate interests, hence we5don't
want to be too harsh on II In its first
efforts to shift the tax burden from
the owners OF gas wells. Perhaps this
matter ought to be gone into more
carefully and II 1t can be done make
the gas companies pay the additional
tax on all the wells In the country
What would the gas companies think
OF that? In the mean time, what
about the question. Mr.. Editor of the
Times, will you take for your prop
critics in town the value placed OF
them by the assessor? II not, why
mot? 5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03

According to the keynote speech
OF Chairman Cornwell, the tariff is
to be made leading issue OF The
Brown attempt 10 GUST Mr.. Sturgiss
from-kis seat In the house. Rcpub
licans uay look with some degree
of complaisaucc on this plan IL cam
paign, for the Second district of West
Virginia has never been unduly ex
cited over Nh alleged shortcomings oil
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. The
Republicans in the state generally
are quite cont4nt to await the grad
ual readjustment of tariff schedules
contemplated b. the Taft program in
accordance with the findings OF the
new tariff commlsslon.-Montgomery
Post Chronicle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03

, Be sure your sins will find you
out The! testimony in the sensa-
tional murder case at Parkersburg
shows that Attorney Watson, who
was accounted n respectable man, had
spent the night before his death in
a house of III repute. 1t was shown
that he ahad been intimate with a
young woman living near his office
and carried beer to her room the
ilnstjnight he was living. It is stated
that he had, planned a trip west and
the girl was to go with him. In the
midst Of these activities death over.
took the man. In what manner is
not known, but,it has brought enough
information about his personal con.
duct to shock the community and
-humlliate his family beyond measure.
Suef is the end Of life OF sin aud
shame.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
That eIlner "Kid.r

Our old friend. Col. Robert F. Kidd,
has at last landed and will again rep
resent the shoestring district in the
state senate. In order TO return
Friend Bob had TO defeat some good
Democrats like himself, but such are
the fortunes Of war. Mr.. Kidd is the
Oldest member of the state senate-in
point of service he is always careful
to explain, but some say age, too
and he ranks as the ablest. AS n
ready debater and quick thinker he
has no superior, and his services will
be invaluable in an important session
like tho next one is to be.-Parktrs-
burg Sentinel. 49, = Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
Babies
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Poor babies! They don't know any.
thing about weather statistics. They
can't read the thermometer. Maybe
they don't even know what pils them
when the mercury climbs to "a in the
shade, and the air is steam in their
nostrils and the blood runs boiling in
their veins. They Just die.
When man dies 1t may be his own
fault. Men are so silly about drink.
Ing ice water and alcohol and things
In hot weather, and eating absurd
foods Just because they don't taste as
bad as other things, and getting into
a nervous fret overstheIr work, and
imagining they have troubles until
their fancies become real. and allow.
Ing themselves to catch preventable
diseases just because they don't use
their brains except to make money
with.
But the babies can't help them.
selves. If they have SO many clothes
on that they bake. they can only wall
and suffer. If their milk is spoiled
they must drink 1t Just the same. They
don't know much about disease germs
and SO they think that flies are their
friends instead of their deadliest enc
mics. II indigestIble food comes their
way, they can only swallow 1t auto
matically. Mothers and nurses may
be careless with their bottles and
things, and then the babies have trou
BILE with their little insides and dom
know what it's all about. They SHREK
in protest. guessing Instlnctiyely thai
their woes are not OF their own max
Ing. And then they turn to cooling and
get well again, or they.grow thin and
fade away.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
Why Certainly, In Course.

The Bluefeld Telegraph says the
people Of Southern West Virginia want
a West ylrginian on the new court
of commerce. So say We ALL, Or
course and of course. We want n
West Virginlan on everything that
comes along, and, furthermore, We
are not ashamed TO make our wants
known.-Charleston Mail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03

Aside fromathe "old tree which fell
a few years ago." we still have Editor
Hall beaten and we don't believe dead
trees ought to count. 1t viii be re-
called. that "our tree" on Mods run
was. eleven feet and nine inches in cir
conference. : ~.
When the East Side Speedway is
put in good condition Fairmont will
have the incest run for automobiles
of any town in this part of the State.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
The Fault Of His EoresIoht.

B. The Fault Of His Foresight.
A man owned dog and his neigh
'Ht bors reviled him. psj"
Because 1t howled nights, so ut last
X one tbeguiled him mpif,' n
Into trading the canine Of nocturnal
For the old fiddle, thinking thus to
gain quiet.
The trade was soon made, yet lis said
by the neighbors.
On who'd gain quiet thus wins but
grief for his labors;
And that any who'd urge trading a
dog for fiddle
Has a foresight so long that 1t. says
in the middle.
Roy Farrell Greene