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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
MaseuIInity Has Never Lost Its vearn'
ing for Brass Buttons and
Gold Lace.

There Is no doubt that the human
male. like the males of other species.
and for precisely the same reason. has
an instructive yearning for personal
decoration, says the New York Times.
And though In recent years this In
clination has been fought and to con-
siderable extent conquered by the men
who are or call themselves civilized.
there still remains IN them all the old
belief that fine feathers do make fne
birds. and not . few gladly avail
themselves of any decently good ex-
cuse for returning to the bright colors
and elaborate ornaments which all
men who could AFFORD them wore only
q few generations ago. Almost be-
yond question, therefore. gay uniforms
with many brass buttons and much
gold lace would appreciably increase
the attractiveness OF military service.
But that buttoes md lee would
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Cabinet Mystery Is Solved

rotary OF state. Mr.. Washburne con-
fessed knowledge Of that prestige and
honor. and yet he frankly stated that
IL he were TO have any oficial APP
pointment from the new administra-
ton. he much preferred TO be made
minister to France.
So the matter stood between the
two men until General Grant declared
fatty that only by appointing Mr..
Washburne secretary of state could
he express fully his appreciation OF
the relation that had been estah
lished between him and Mr.. Wash
burne But" the general added. IF
you still desire TO go TO France after
you have been secretary OF state for
awhile. you can resign-you can re-
sign as soon as you care TO do so after
you have taken the ONCE. and then
your name will be sent TO the senate
Immediately as that OF the new minis
ter to France"
So EIihu u. Washburne became sec
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
A Tragedy Narrowly Averted

the United States dispatch boat Tai
lapoosa. With him was Secretary Of
the Navy William r. Chandler A very
close personal intimacy had been os-
tablished between President Arthur
and Mr.. Chandler
President Arthur was entertained
with characteristic southern hospital
ity by the city of Savannah and by
some OF the leading men Of that city.
At about midnight he returned 10 the
Tallapoosa, pretty well tired out What
later occurred was told me confden.
TALLY by DR. Black. the surgeon and
physician attached 10 the Thllapoosa-
Il should say II was about two
o'clock I'm the morning when I was
summoned by President Arthurs valet.
who told mo that the president was
suffering excruciating pain" said DR.
Black, who several years later lost his
life when the Tallapoosa went down
I'm Buzzard's Bay Il went az soon as
could hastily dress myself 20 tho
stateroom set apart for the president
saw instantly that he was grievously
III. knew that speedy and heroic
treatment was necessary and after
making a few Inquiries. | diagnosed
the trouble as acute indigestion.
was certain that n was due TO shrimp
salad. OF which the president had eaten
heartily, n Wand for which Savannah
is famous.
Between his paroxysms Of pain the
president said that he ought 20 tell
me something OF which no one but
himself and one or two OF his imme.
t.f. a.. 10 LnAxnI.Ipa ThnW
he said that certainly functional
and probably organic disease OF tho
kidneys had attacked him. I was sat.
isfied that this statement was correct,
for some OF the symptoms of the acute
indigestion were those that are fire.
quently observed when attacks Of that
kind are associated with Brights dis
ease. You can imagine my sense OF
responsibility. Here was the president
OF the United States on board n little
dispatch boat, desperately Ill. and, for
a while, feared mortally III. And he
was suffering agonlzing pain.
1T was at least two hours before
In began 10 observe any Of
the first symptoms OF relief And In
that period shudder sull 10 recall
it-there was an interval. should say
of about ten minutes, when ] feared
gravely that the president would not
recover. Happily, those dread minutes
passed, but even after the trouble Ind
yielded partially TO treatment, ! did
not dare authorize the president 20
return TO Washington by sea. He was.
therefore, carefully and tenderly car
ried from the Tallapoosa 20 "A private
car which had been obtained, and
while still very sick man was taken
to Washington.
IF the people Of the United states
had known at the time how dangerous.
ly I'll their president was. J am sure
there would have been universal con
Germ and sympathy. But ~ WINS the
part OF political as well az Of personal
expediency that there should DO no
revelation OF that kind"
| Copyright, 1911. by T.. = Edwards All
Rights Reserved
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
BIG CHANGE IN SOUTHLAND
Farmers VIII Soon Be Growing A.
most Every Farm Product Needed
on Own Farms.
RY q. II. ALFoRDo

CBY O. H. ALFORD)
The farmers of the north and west
nave for many years furnished US
mules. horses. pork, lard and other
farm products. A mighty change is
taking place in the southland. We
will soon be growing almost every
farm product needed on our farms.
We will soon practice diversified
farming and stock-raising- We will
soon have thoroughly good pastures.
grow leguminous crops to enrich our
land and fatten our pure bred stock.
More leguminous crops, good perman-
emit pastures. pure bred stock. deep
blowing, the rotation of crops and the
turning under of vegetable matter,
good seed, and diversified crops will
soon make the south the most pros
porous section Of the world.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
THE era OF investigation has begun
il in washington ald soon will affect

THE era OF investigation has begun
! in Washington ald soon will affect
every corner of the United States.
1t is impossible to walk around
Washington without running across a
Sherlock Holmes. There is no branch
of the government too inconspicuous
to escape attention. The Democrat
microscope Is being cleaned for use
in matters ranging from the action Of
the president In mobilizing United
States troops on the border of Mexico
to the sanitary conditions in the pub
lie buildings.
The various committees cannot get
actively at work in this direction un-
til December. when the estimates for
expenses will be submitted by the
president, and this affords an opportu-
nifty for the resurrection of a number
of committees. The Investigations
these committees will conduct are as
follows:
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Posts for Wire Fence.

In my opinion farmers can save
themselves a lot of time and bother
In putting up . wire fence. especially
barbed wire. There IL no use in spend
ing time to dig holes and set the posts
In the old-fashioned way. / cut my
posts, sharpen them at one end. and
early In the spring take heavy crow
bar and make a hole where the post
II to stand, says . writer in an ex-
change. Then I put In the post and
with q heavy maui drive 1t In good
and solid. A box to stand on may
come handy. While this may sound .
cheap way of setting posts to put up .
fence. experience has shown me that
such posts win stand just az long and
just as securely rs those set IN the
old way.
Prunings Of all kinds OF fruit should
be burned
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Quick but Costly.

They are going the wrong way
about it," said Champ Clark. at a
banquet in Bowling Green, Of a tax he
had opposed. They remind me. In
this expensive scheme for raising
revenue, OF Mrs. Calhoun Webster
Cal, said Mrs. Webster, one love
ly morning in early spring. ! wish
you'd save up your money and get "a
biplane or a monopiane.
What for? the astonished Web
ster asked.
oh said his wife, we need 30
many things this Easter Easter hats
and harem skirts and new carpets and
talking machines and 50 on--and win
ming aeroplane prizes seems such n
quick way to earn money
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
MODERN SCHOOL OF MARINERS.

The old saying that there is no loss
without some gain Is borne out by the
change which has been wrought In
the country's shipping. There has
been much lament over the decadence
OF the famous Yankee seamanship.
but after the passing OF the clipper
am whaling fleets at last has come
TO the high seas a new breed OF Amer
leans who are the equals IL not the
superiors of the old The mechan-
zeal genius of the nation has sent
many young men to the steamships
~of the navy and the merchant marine.
says the Cleveland Leader. Ninety
per cent of the sailor-mechanics Of
Born. Twenty years ago. the proper
tion OF Americans on merchant yes
sells was only about 30 per cent. In
1910 the proportion was 40 per cent.
the natives heavily predominating
ever the naturalized The showing
for this year will be even better, as
the movement of Americans TO the
sea has been steadily increasing for
several years. In many ways the ma
riners OF the new school are better
than the old shellbacks that heaved
1T the cap'stan bar and lay out on the
end OF the yardarm- The demands
of steam and electrical machinery re-
quire a different kind of skill and
more intelligence. The constant adj
vance OF mechanics and electrical
science makes 1t necessary for them
10 keep mentally fresh and alert
They know more and are more pro-
Eressive than the old-time sailor and
in their habits they are cleaner.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

A strong movement Is to be started
in England to limit the reading OF
trashy novels. which are perverting
the emotions and lowering the thought
OF the youth. Some of the most in
fuential men In England have Joined
the movement. AS a general thing.
parents do not realize the harm the
fndiscriminate reading of novels is
doing their children. The constant
reading of novels, even of good ones.
weakens the mind 1t has about the
same effect on the mind that loung-
ing in hammock or floating down
stream has on the muscles. The mind,
To appreciate truth. has to deal with
truth, and encounter and overcome OBJ
stacles that are in its way. Lacking
this exercise it grows weak and fab
by. The parent might as well. from
the very start, give up his child. SO
far as worth and noble destiny in this
world is concerned, who Is a constant
reader of novels.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

Among the Indian tribes fnhabiting
the valley OF the Putumayo river. in
the Upper Amazon region Of South
America, there exists system OF
wireless telegraphy" which shows no
little ingenuity. The apparatus con-
sists OF two logs of hard wood. through
which holes have been burned with
heated stones, in order to vary the
notes given out when the logs are
struck with . uninterrupted club. One
of the logs IL thicker than the other
the heavier log gives the lower note.
A telegraphic code is based upon the
differences of tone, and the number
and interval of the blows. The sig
mails can be heard at distances of six
to nine miles
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

visiting school girls and their teach.
ers doomed into view from behind q
bush abutting the path TO the execu-
tive Offices. The girls saw a dignifed
looking gentleman with a white beard
looking directly at them and apparent
~ throwing kiss They giggled. they
blushed and they retreated
The old villain" muttered the b.
specialized teacher.
He wasn't bad looking. was her"
murmured one of the tenderest OF
the chickens.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Raising Turnips.

Turnips. to insure their sweetness
and brittleness. must be grown in cool
weather, either early in the spring or
late In the fall. on soil not deficient
in phosphoric acid and organic mat
tiers. You cannot raise good turnips
on depleted soil or in hot dry weather.
The very best place for turnips. or
rutabagas is on newly broken lands.
When the breaking is done in July. or
evlA earlier. sow the seed on top OF
the burrows Summer fallowed clover
sod IL also good. Before frost you
win have a splendid field OF turnips.
good alike for the table and for fatten-
ing steers or milk cows. Sheep alss
thrive upon them.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

story comes from a New York town,
where a man who had deserted his
wife had the uncomfortable expert
ence OF having her Unexpectedly walk
in on him and have him arrested. II
this variation could only replace the
original practice. 1t would be much
better for the community in general
and have the effect of reducing the
number OF these wanderers from their
own fresides, who have formed q dis
tinct class Of public nuisances
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Men and the Gay Uniform

also increase the military efficiency Of
the men who wore them cannot be as
easily maintained. ON the contrary.
the recent tendency I'm all armies has
been 10 minimize the visible difference
between officers and privates an much
as possible. and 10 make them both as
inconspicuous objects in the landscape
as severely plain uniforms OF neutral
tints rendered feasible. Just az war
ships are painted dull drab, so sol.
diers are dressed In sad khaki Long
range rifles and the pageantry Of war
do not go well together.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

A Michigan lawyer has found a new
way to break a will One of his eli
ents spoke his will into the trumpet of
a monograph and had the record put
away His lawyer. by dropping the
record. smashed it into a thousand
pieces 1t seems to be impossible to
make will that some lawyer can't
break. somehow.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

81 have just been looking up the
word 'chromosome' in the dictionary"
well. did you find out what It
means?"
mo. The dictionary says IL is ono
of the segments into which the chro'
moplasmic filaments OF cell-neucleus
break UP just before indirect division.
See karyokinesis.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
DISCARD ONE-HORSE PL0WS
Man or Boy With Three or -Four
Horses or Mules viii Do Three
or Four Times a. Much Work.

A sad feature in travelling over the
south is the view of many farmers
following one-horse plows. Every
horse or mule requires a man or
grown boy. The man or boy is thor.
oughly competent to drive two. three
or four mules. BY driving or blowing
three or four mules. he can do three
or four times as much work and do II
better than the one-horse farmer. Let
us stop just one moment right now
and ask ourselves this question: Why
do we follow one-horse plows? We
are unable to give a sensible answer
Then let us quit IL fight now.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
WatergIass for Eggs.

The requisites for success in keep
ing eggs are strictly fresh or new laid
eggs kept in q cool. dark place. says
the Poultry Journal Place the eggs
n . stone jar or wooden tub and COW
er them with . solution Of one part
Watergiass (sflicate of soda) in 10
parts Of pure. soft water. The cellar
II . good piece to Get the jar. Water
glass can be obtained of most drug
gists- II II . heavy. almost colorless
liquid. costing from 10 to 80 cents a
pound. Eggs viii keep perfectly In
this solution for eight months Or .
rear
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Miqht as Well.

What kind OF a career have you
mapped out for your boy, JOSH"
I'm goin' 10 make a lawyer of
him" answered Farmer Corntoescl.
He's got an unconquerable fancy for
tendin' TO other folks business. an
be might as well git paid for it,
Western Christian Advocate.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

scrub flock changed into pure-bloods
by home-raised fowls Matched from
pure-bred eggs. Do you know how
the value of poultry and eggs COM
pares with other products in the
United States? II not, find out, and
the doings of the hen will surprise
you.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

David Starr Jordan would abolish
college baseball because of the
scientific muckerism' in joshing the
players. In professional baseball the
muckerism is far mo-, scientific but
less classical
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

Blind psychic impulse leads beau
tiful women to the selection Of ugly
men, according to a Canadian obser-
yer. who adds that 1t not infrequently
leads to a fat bank account Blind :?
no; psychic? relatively: impulse?
hardly.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

People who have nothing else of I'm.
tion. Does the robin sing or does he
merely chirp?" 1t is almost as exciting
as playing chess.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

The Krupps have = monopoly In a
projectile which will hit a balloon. II
Is likely that two or three men will
have a monopoly in being in the bal
loon.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

not 10 anything smaller than a bale
OF aaEton. The poultry OF the south
do MT get attention"
Carloads Of eggs and poultry are
brouSp BIT to Memphis every year from
the ' et. This should be produced in
this ction and the money kept here.
Agaity every farmer should have
ample poultry and eggs for home use.
Ono of our big bills In the south 10
for neat. and this would be saved.
You will be agreeably surprised to
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

The Wisconsin boys who save them
selves labor by having a monograph
call the cows out OF the pasture are
perfectly willing to rely upon human
lungs for the dinner announcement
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

A tunnel nine miles long through
the Alps has just been completed. 1t
had to hurry up to get finished before
the airship made it a back number.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
HE Ability.

odd man Bings has been Dragging
that his boy he sent to college 10 60
ing to make . noise in the world"
sIs he showing any signs Of doing
.itf~
-Oh. yss: he's leading the class col
leeo zen"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

"All the epidemic and local diseases
thrive upon the family cat" asserts an
authority. This may explain why the
animal is endowed with nine lives.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

A rope manufacturer has just been
made director in a cigar company.
Almost anybody could say something
about the fitness Of things here.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

Thieves In Brooklyn stole a ton OF
coal from q citizens cellar, which
shows that the simple life cannot be
entirely extinct
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

please, 50 long as the name was ne
culiar. The postofnce authorities took
him at his word and Peculiar il the
name of the once to this day.-New
York Press.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

Washington has club of girl avi,-
tors Women refuse to stay down In
these days Of change and reform.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

In Massachusetts cities Of over So
900 can have Sunday baseball This
viii boom the cities.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

The ny ought to die. But ron win
tan to reach him In many cases, =
that screens are still useful.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

spread e Scientific FarmIna
Fully three million acres II Me-
Mexico are under cultivation b. oe3on,
tic farming
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

Anyway. the Easter casualty M
v1ll not compare with that Of July {
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

TONES may be applied as the hair II
being combed by q comb invented by
Maryland woman. having hollow, per.
forated teeth and reservoir on the
back
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

ny @. H. AFFORD,

Th4 Infnyette County (lliss) Press
says5 Why cannot eggs and poultry
b u1nced It Z pro1t In every part
Of tie south? The answer probably
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

Protecteo Against Poison.
Mithridates. great ruler OF Pontus
gradually hardened himself against
every known poison by taking tiny
doses: that no poison could catch him
mapping.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

see the interest your wife a I'd daugh-
ter will take in poultry If you will
give them a few pure-blooded chick
ems. ducks and turkeys. II you do
not care to do this, then buy the eggs
and they will soon have the common,
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-15
THE LEASE
Continued from page o.

eight hours per month. - If, on ac-
count of serious breakdowns, a longer
period OF absence of service is re-
CURED, the same shall be granted at
the option OF Council for sufficient
length of time to enable repairs to be
made. If the leasing Company shall
excess the limit extended by Coun-
Gil, said Company shall be required to
pay a penalty OF fifty dollars for each
DAY or traction of day the service is
discontinued beyond the limit extend
ed. In the event OF the service being
discontinued for more than forty-five
days, under the penalty OF fifty dol
lars per day, this contract shall be con-
sidered violated and the bond amount
ing to ten thousand dollars forfeited.
Clause I7.-No disputes between the
Council of Newark and the Company
over any OF the terms or provisions OF
this contract shall release the Com
pany from its obligation hereunder
to supply electricity and water to the
said Town of Newark, its inhabitants.
and all other consumers, in accord
snce with the terms and provisions
hereof during the existence of this
contract.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The
corporate seal of the Council o. New
airy, party OF the first part, hath been
hereunto affixed duly attested by the
President and the Secretary of the
Council Of Newark, and the corporate
seal OF the said Newark Water and
Electric Company, party OF the second
part, have respectively been hereto
affixed, duly attested by the proper Of
ticers thereof, the day and year first
above written.
Sealed and delivered in the presence
Of
JOHN w. CHAMBERS.
CHARLES H. HOWELL.
The Council OF Newark,
]. H. WRIGHT, President.
GEO. D. KELLY, JR., Secretary.
Sealed and delivered in the presence
CHARLES H. HOWELL.
H. |. SALMONS.
Newark Water and Electric Company,
H. BEARD WRIGHT, President.
LYNWOOD B. JACOBS, Secretary.
The words Telegraph e. in Clause
4, line 4, were inserted before exc
cution of this paper.
GEO. D. KELLY, JR.,
Sec'y The Council of Newark
LYNWOOD B. JACOBS,
Sec'y Newark Water & Elec. Co.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-15
NEIGHBOR|NG STATES

w. Arthur Mitchell, of Elkton, has
purchased the Park Hotel property at
Chesapeake City. The property has
been leased to Baltimore parties who
will present the possibilities of its 10
cation as summer resort.
The Choral Society OF Oxford,
Pa, gave an excellent rendering OF
the oratorio. he Creation" last
week. The collection taken amounted
to over 500.
The Oxford Agricultural Associa-
ton has appointed committees and
named thedates for the fairs OF this
year. The spring fair will be held
june 7, s and 9; the fall, September
10, 20, FL and 22.
John B. McCloskey will add to the
Elk River fleet oil pleasure yachts, III
a few weeks, fine 40 horse power
speed launch, 80 feet i'll length and S
feet beam with speed OF IS miles per
hour now under construction at Cam
bridge, Md.
Il
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-15

PRE- SBYTERIHN CHURS7
Rev. Vim. II. Rowan, Pm. II.
Pastor
Services
Sunday School, GAS a. m.
Preaching, II a. m.
Christian Endeavor, GAS p. m.
Praise and Song Service, 7:3o p m.
Wednesday evening Prayer .mect'ne'
8 o'tock.
Teachers and Officers meeting, Ego
o'clock.