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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
GERMAN WOMEN INCREASE.
Latest Census Shows Figures Opposed
to kaiser's Views

The predominating feature of the
German national census is the grow
ing preponderance of the female ele-
ment, and this IS exercising the minds
not only of the government, but also
Of all politicians and social reformers.
There is deep rooted idea in Ger
many, which, as we'll known, is shared
by the kaiser and the ruling element,
that woman's sphere is the home and
that it is the destiny of woman to
seek mate and find her happiness in
the upbrnging of her children.
The increasing preponderance of wo-
men is forcing Germany further and
further away from this ideal and is
making the position more and more
difficult for those who still oppose the
entrance of women into all sorts of oc-
equations and professions.
Strangely enough. in France. too, the
same increase in the excess of women
over men is noted. Although the last
census in France was taken in 1906,
the detailed results We're only made
public recently. The census gives the
number Of males as 19,099,721 and
the number of females as 1874 ,032, Il
difference of G45211 In favor of the
latter sex. Twenty years ago the fe-
male sex in France outnumbered the
male by only 10000
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
DENSITIES OF POPULATION.
Rhode Island Has Most Persons to
Square Mie-Nevada Fewest.

Rhode Island has 5OS.5 persons to the
square mile. thus, according to census
bureau figures, leading the list of
states in the matter of density of pop
ulation. Nevada, with only seven
tenths of person to the mile is at the
lower end of the table giving these
facts.
Second in the density list. Massachu-
sets supports 41S.9 persons to the
square mile, New Jersey 33I7, Con
necticut 231.3 and New York 1912
The other states possessing more than
100 to the mile are: Pennsylvania. III;
Maryland, 1903; Ohio, III; Delaware
1903, and Illinois. 1907.
Wyoming, with one and half per
sons to the mile more than doubles
Nevada, while Arizona. with Is. stands
third from the bottom
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12

The last way train out will be the
only one filled. OF course other rail
roads will enter into competition with
the Pennsylvania. The New York
Central may invite commuters to a
free horse show; the Central of New
Jersey will give a continuous minstrel
show, perhaps. and the fascinating
Miss Phoebe Snow will skirt dance
Day and night
With all her might
For the road of anthracite.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12

For six months Antoine has not |
spoken a word to any one People |
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
SILENT HEALER
AMAZES EUROP |:
Ey- Miner Antoine Has Following
Numbering 10000,
Cures WITHOUT PAYMENT.

Ceremony Consists of Long Periods of
Quiet and a Lifting of Right Hand
Over Conerea aton-"Good Father"
Passes Hours In Electric Lighted
Garden In Belgium.
Antoinism the new religion founded
in Belgium by an examiner named An
TOME is attracting considerable atten
ton in Europe
Antoine, the good father" or the
"parent one as his followers call him,
is Il man of siXty-fve, with flowing
white locks and Il patriarchal beard
His followers now number 100000, of
whom 300 including his wife, "the
good mother" are adopts.
Antoine's home is at Temeppe-lcz-
Liege. Hidden in n block of similar
small houses. the prophets dwelling is
only conspicuous by the spire of his
church, which adioins it. The door of
the church is also the door of the house
and bears Il notice, Ring bell at night
for NJ. Antoine"
For three years Antoine has not left
his house or garden. He lives entire
ly on vegetables, which he prepares
himself. He sleeps little, resting only
for two hours during the night. the
greater part of which he spends walk
ing in his little garden, which has cleo
trio lamps fitted up all around the
walls He never reads anything, he
will not see newspaper men and only
holds communication with the outside
world by means Of the telephone.
Ceremonies Are Simple.
He confines his healing to ceremonies
in the church, where the services are
of the simplest description. They take
place at 10 o'clock Il. III. on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
At o O'Clock a. III. the congregation
assemblies. and an adept, NJ. Dcregnap-
court, the publisher of the sect's litcra
ture, takes his place at a desk under
a raised platform. There is complete
silence for half an hour: then NJ. Dereg-
nancourt announces that operations
will take place at certain hours on GER
tain days: and that all who wish to be
curod must havc perfect faith.
He then continues sitting perfectly
still, not muscle moving and his eyes
fixed in an unb,inking stare straight
before him. At the stroke of ~ every
one rises, and the parent one enters
by side door and slowly walks up the
steps to the rostrum.
Wearing Il hacl; casSock and with his
gray, hair falling around his shoulders,
Antoine faces the congregation for a
full minute without moving or utterine
sound. He then lifts his right hand
toward them and holds it thus extend
ed for another minute. That Is all.
Those two minutes make the service
The good father" walks slowly out,
the adept remarks, every one whose
faith is strong enough must be cured"
and the church empties silently. No
collection is made, but subscriptions
are taken for the maintenance of the
| church. which Antoine built himself
/ with a legacy Of 1900.
Silent For Six Months.
( For six months Antoine has not
| spoken a word to any one. People
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
!. :.
TO INTRODUCE CHANGE IN
BILLIARD PLAY.

Thomas Foley, the father Of
billiards." is going to try out a
new style of play for three cush-
ion billiards Mr.. Foley com
plains that the trouble between
the public and public billiard
matches was the lack of action.
too little excitement to hold the
attention of spectators The
idea Of his new style of play,
therefore, is to eliminate this
trouble hy compelling more ac-
; ton.
The change suggested is sim
: pie. 1t is merely the withdrawal
. of that rule which restricts n
player to the use of one cue ball.
. Mr.. Foley will allow each player
to use either white ball he wish
. es and thereby do away with
safety play and putting every
. thing up to the execution of the
player
. One of the causes of SLOW
ness" of the three cushion game
. IS the attempt to play safe in
case of a miss, the player there
. by devoting as much of his skill
to determining where the ball
. shall be left as to the making of
a point. This would be practi
cally impossible if the next man
. to shoot had the option of using
either white ball and would
. compel the players to put forth
every effort to marking up
. points.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
Aluminium Wires Best.

Not only are aluminium wires fol
the transmission of electricity cheaper
than copper. but they shed water more
readily and are less liable to damage
by sleet storms
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
New Test In Gold.

Investigation by French chemist
showed that gold boils IN an electric
furnace at temperature Of 2,400 de-
grecs c.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-12
Moving Picture Shows to Willie
Away Hours Between Trains,
ONE TICKET GOOD FOR ALL.
Pennsylvania Railroad Announces In
novation to Begin at Pittsburg and
Spread Over System-Opportunit
For Family Basket Picnics, but Last
Trains Are Sure to Be Crowded.

The Pennsylvania railroad is going
to amuse its commuters with moving
pictures. 1t will give a near-continu-
GUS performance too. The fine show
will be free or, rather, admission to it
will be included In the price of rail
road ticket.
walk in, walk in ladies and gen
tlemen; bring the little ones. Next
way train for Podunk leaves in twenty
minutes. Meantime the railroad in.
vites you to enjoy the dazzling, delight
full, delirious series of lifelike pictures
entitled The Wooing of Fawn Who
Trembles; or. a Chippewa Chiefs
Love No charge All free, but show
your tickets for Podunk.'
The voice of the railroad barker will
be heard in Pittsburg first. Up to this
time the bankers, chosen for their fog
horn voices. have been train an
nOuncerS.
Fine For Commuters.
A dispatch from Pittsburg states:
commuters who use the big Union
station of the Pennsylvania railroad
in this city will no longer be bored
while waiting for trains. The an
nOuncement is made that moving pic
ture shows will be presented to them
In the station hereafter. The appara-
tus will be installed in two weeks, it is
expected. The films will be changed
daily, but the railroad officials pur
pose to act as censors and to eliminate
all Objectionable pictures. There will
be none showing train rObberieS or
train collisions. They might have a
bad impression on the minds of trav
elers. This innovation will dispense
with the raucous voiced train callers,
for five minutes before trains leave
announcement of their departure will
be thrown on the canvas on which the
pictures will be shown
Such Interesting and instructive
shows must be a great success III
Pittsburg Then, it is fair to presume
the paternal Pennsylvania will give
them in its huge New Yorl, station. 1t
is a vast place, that station but it
needs no prophet to forcsee that it is
not half big enough to hold the audi
ences that will gather to the free pic
ture shows. Each audience will never
change New York families will bring
along lunch baskets, buy railroad tick
cts to Long Island city or iioboken.
throng the station and revel all day in
perfectly good and moral films-and
new films daily
Take Next Train.
The announcement will flash on the
canvas:
"NeXt train for Sunnyside-by
Sea, Celestial Abodes, Peoples Para
disc and all other towns on the north
shore of Long Island will leave in five
minutes
And all the commuters who should
hurry home to dinner will smile at
each other and say:
1--WE will wait for the next train
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
RESULTS OF FOOD.
Health and Natural Conditions Como
From Right Feeding.

Man, physically. should be like a
perfectly regulated machine, each
part working easily in its appropri-
causes undue friction and wear, and
frequently ruins the entire system.
A well-known educator Of Boston
found a way to keep the brain and
the body in that harmonious co-opera-
ton which makes a JOY Of living.
Two years ago." she writes, being
in a condition Of nervous exhaustion.
/ resigned my position as teacher,
which l had held for over 40 years.
Since then the entire rest has, Of
course, been benefit, but the use Of
Grape-Nuts has removed one great
cause of illness in the past, namely.
constipation. and its attendant evils.
~ generally make my entire break
fast on a raw egg beaten into four
spoonfuls Of Grape-Nuts, with a little
hot milk or hot water added. like
II extremely, my food assimilates, and
my bowels take care Of themselves.
/ find my brain power and physical
endurance much greater and l know
that the use of the Grape-Nuts has
contributed largely to this result.
1T is with feelings Of gratitude that
I write this testimonial. and trust It
may be the means of aiding others In
their search for health" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's Rea-
son."
Ever read the above Ietters A new
are geaulns, true, and full Of hunaa
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
(Cooyrlght 1908 by bobbs. Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Capt. Nathaniel Plum of the sloop Ty-
phoon, lands secretly on Beaver island.
stronghold of the Mormons. Obadiah
Price, Mormon councillor. confronts him.
the ammunition aboard the sloop. He
binds Nat by a solemn oath to deliver n
package to Franklin Pierce. president of
the United States Near Prices cabin
woman who disappears in the darkness.
leaving an odor of lilacs. 1t develops that
Mats visit to the island Is to demand set
Element of the king, Strang. for the loot
Nat the kings palace, and through a
window he sees the lady of the lilacs.
who Price says is the kings seventh wife.
Calling at the kings office Nat Is warned
by young woman that his HE Is In dan
ger. Strang processes Indignation when
he hears Mats grievance and promises to
punish the guilty. Nat rescues Neil. who
Is being publicly whipped. and the king
orders the sheriff. Arbor Croche. to pur-
sue and kill the two men. Plum learns
that Marion. the girl of the lilacs, is
Neiis sister. The two men plan to escape
on Mats sloop and take Marion and
Winnsome, daughter OF Arbor Croche.
that the sloop is gone. Marion tells him
that his ship has been seized by the Nor
mons. She begs him to leave the island.
telling him that nothing can save her
from Strang. whom she is doomed to mar
ry. Plum finds Price raying mad Recov-
ering. he tells Nat that Strang is doomed,
that armed men are Depending on the
island. Nat learns that Marion has been
summoned to the castle by Strang. Nat
kills Arbor Croche. and after desperate
fight with the king, leaves him for dead
The avenging host from the mainland de
scends on st. James. Nell and Nat take
a part In the battle and the latter is
wounded. Strang, whom Nat thought he
had killed, orders him thrown into a dun
geon. He finds Neil fellow prisoner
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
SENT HAIL TO THE MOON
Embryo Man-of-War's Man at Least
Convinced Officer He Was At
tending to His Duty.

This is the story of one of the mem
bers of the Massachusetts Naval Re-
serves. On the second night of the
cruise of the San Francisco one Of
the amateur tars was on watch. The
night was clear, and myriads of stars
twinkled in the sky. but there was no
moon. Suddenly the reserve sang out,
Light ahoy!" Where away" asked
the officer of the deck. Far, far
away" replied the would-be man-of-
wars man. When the officer had re-
covered from the shock occasioned by
this unseamanlike answer he looked
over the rail in the direction indi-
Gated by the reserves finger, and
then he had another fit. What's the
matter with you?" growled the officer.
Cant you recognize the rising moon
when you see it?" Moon! moon!"
stammered the embryo sea dog. 81
beg your pardon. sir!" Then he
shouted. as If making amends for his
error, Moon ahoy!"
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

carried him 40 miles, to Little Fork,
in six and one-half hours. When
there is a crust on the snow he can
travel anywhere In the open timber.
regardless of roads. He says his
team is worth $500 to him.
Sometimes he is caught out at night
and is obliged to camp in the woods
He has a small tent and builds fire
In It, cuts boughs and fixes a bed on
the snow. and with a dog on each side
OF him he sleeps comfortably and with
a conscious security. He feeds the
dogs but once a day-at night He
generally shoots a rabbit or two dur.
ing the day. Sometimes he cooks a
part of one for himself and gives the
dogs all they can eat of the raw meat
His territory extends from Duluth
200 miles west. south to Brainerd and
north to the Rainy river. There are
$50 camps in this region.
When the camp breaks in the spring
and the boys go to town in search
of their own ruin in the guise of the
only pleasures they know, they find
him waiting for them, watching over
them still.
There is no cant or grand stand.
ing" about his work. Following his
congregation into the haunts of their
temptations is simply part of his
duty as he sees 1t. And the men recog.
nze It as such. 1t does not occur to
them that they are witnessing an ap-
plication of practical Christianity such
as the modern world seldom sees.
1t is easy to listen to the tale of the
good Samaritan II you see him exem.
plified before you in the person of the
man who is telling the story.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
"Winnsome croche Demands the Death
Of Her Fathers Murderer"

like the thrilling twinges Of an cleo
tric shock. He darted across the cell
and found Marion's brother with his
shoulder against the door.
It's open!" he whispered. THE
door-is-open!"
The hinges creaked under his
weight. A current of air struck them
in the face. Another instant and they
stood in the corridor, listening. crush
ing back the breath in their lungs, not
daring to speak. Gently Neil drew his
companion back into the cell.
There's a chance-one chance in
ten thousand" he whispered. AT
the end of this corridor there is a
door-the jailer's door. If that's. not
locked. we can make a run for It, I'd
rather die fighting-than here!"
He slipped out again. pressing Ma
thaniel back
wait for mel
Nathaniel heard him stealing slow
ly through the blackness. A minute
later he returned.
Locked" he exclaimed.
In the opposite direction a ray of
light caught Nathaniels eye.
Where does that light come from?"
he asked.
Through a hole about as big as
your two hands. 1t was made for a
stove pipe. II we were up there we
could see into the jury ROOM"
They moved quietly down the, cor
ridor until they stood under the aper-
ture, which was four or Ave feet
above their heads. Through 1t they
could hear the sounds of voices but
could not distinguish the words that
were being spoken.
"The jury" explained Neil. They're
in devil of hurry! l wonder why?"
Nathaniel could feel his companion
shrug himself in the darkness.
"Lord-for my revolver" he whis-
pered excitedly. "One shot through
that hole would be worth thousand
notes to the girls!" He caught Ma.
rion's brother by the arm as n voice
louder than the others came to them,
"Strang!"
"Yes--the--king!" affirmed Neil
laying an expostulating hand on him.
"Hush!"
II would liks to see-"
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
CHEAP MILK REFRIGERATOR
A Wooden Box and a Tin Pail the
Essentials for a Serviceable
Ice Box.

If milk is not kept cold It is a dan
gerous food for babies. for every min
ute that 1t is much above the tenn
increase in II at an alarming rate
Very many babies die of summer COM
plant merely because their milk has
been allowed to stand for hours in a
warm room.
Many are unable to buy enough ice
in summer to preserve milk in ordi.
nary refrigerators for twenty-four
hours Most mothers, however, buy
a FIVE or ten-cent cake every morning
and by following the suggestion of
DR.. Alfred F. Hess can make at home
at small cost an excellent milk re.
frigerator that requires only a very
little ice:
obtain box from the grocer: any
wooden, box a foot in depth will an
swer the purpose. Buy n tin pail
with cover, one deep enough to hold
quart bottle of milk and a slightly
larger pail without cover. Place
one inside the other and stand them
In the center Of the box. Now pack
sawdust or excelsior beneath and all
about them to keep the heat from
getting in: complete the refrigerator
by mailing about fifty layers of news.
paper to the under surface of the box
cover. .
THE refrigerator is now ready for
use. In the morning as soon as the
milk Is received II should be placed In
the nail and Ave cenfa worth of ico
should be cracked and placed about
the milk bottle. The cover should be
replaced on the can and the lid on the
wooden box. Every morning the melt.
ed ice should be poured oR."-survey.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
PILOT OF THE PINES
breaches to Lumberjacks in
the Timber Region.
Rev. Francis e. Higgins an Evansel
Who Ministers to a Congregation
Of 10000 In $50 Northwest
ern Camps.

Duluth Mfnn.-Pastor OF the Par
ish of the Pines" is the Rev. Francis
E. Higgins. an evangel, who ministers
to the spiritual and often the tenn.
poral wants of a congregation of thir.
ty thousand, and yet has no church.
He is the original Of Norman Dun
cans stories of the Northwest. His
followers are lumberjacks and his
parish comprises the vast timber
lands of the Northwest, which he
traverses with a dog-drawn sledge.
How he breaches in the language of
the woods and how he practices mus
cular Christianity are told here.
The Rev. Francis E. Higgins, who
goes into the woods to preach to men,
is a man first and a preacher after
ward. He is Higgins. just plain Hig-
gins, to the saloon keepers he has put
out of business and the councils he
has awakened to their duty out In the
numbering towns of the Great Lakes.
But to his parishioners, the men who
cut the timber, he is "the Pilot" He
has no church. His sermons are
preached in the low. dimly lighted
bunkhouse of the camp, with its dou-
BILE tier of straw-flled hunks and its
redhot stove, around which hang the
half dry "mackinaws" and mittens of
the men. And with blanket covered
barrel for his pulpit the Pilot breaches
In the lingo of his hearers. Perhaps
1t is the story of the Prodigal Son.
''He got tired of living at home with
the old man, boys. SO he packed his
turkey and went out to blow his stake.
Where did he land? You know. He
ended in the snake room. And there
the old man found him and took him
home and sobered him up"
Committees. officials and public SEN
timent are conserving the forests
Higgins. single-handed, is conserving
the lumberjacks. He has no church,
but he has a congregation of 10000
Irish. Scotch, French-Canadian, Amer
ican-they wait for him.
The missionary travels all over the
timber region Of Minnesota with his
team of dogs. Although Higgins is a
man who weighs more than 200
pounds, his beautiful team of dogs
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

all that she can to get her away" re-
piled Neil. III Marion won't go" He
clenched his hands with a moaning
curse and sprang to his feet. again
pacing back and forth through the
gloomy dungeon. IF she won't go
swear that Strang's triumph will be
short!" he cried suddenly. Il cannot
guess the terrible power that the king
possesses over her. but l know that
once his wife she will not endure 1t
long. The moment she becomes that,
her bondage is broken. know 1t. |
have seen 1t in her eyes. She will
kill herself"
Nathaniel rose slowly from the
bench and came to his side.
She won't do that!" he groaned.
MY God-she won't do that!"
Neil's face was blanched to the
whiteness of paper.
She will" he repeated quietly.
Her terrible pact with Strang will
have been fulfilled. And IL am
glad-glad-"
He raised his arms to the dripping
blackness of the dungeon ceiling, his
voice shaking with a cold, stified
anguish. Nathaniel drew back from
that tall. straight figure. step by step.
ing candle glow the betrayal that had
come into his face, the blazing fire
that seemed burning out his eyes. If
what Neil had said was true
Something choked him as he
dropped alone upon the bench.
If 1t was true-Marion was dead!
He dropped his head in his hands
and sat for a long time in silence,
listening to Neil as he walked tireless-
ly over the muddy earth. Not until
there came rafting of the chain at
the cell door and a creaking of the
rusty hinges did he lift his face. 1t
was the jailer with a huge armful of
straw. He saw Neil approach him
after he had thrown 1t down. Their
low voices came to him in an indis-
tinct murmur. After little he caught
the sound of the chinking gold pieces.
Neil came and sat down beside him
as the heavy door closed upon them
again.
He took It," he whispered exultant-
ly. "He will deliver 1t this morning.
If possible he will bring us an an
swer. l kept out hundred and told
him that reply would be worth that
to him"
Nathaniel did not speak. and after
moments silence Neil continued:
"The jury is assembling. We will
know our fate very soon."
He rose to his feet, his words quiv-
ering with nervous excitement, and
Nathaniel heard him kicking about in
the straw. In another breath his
voice hissed through the gloom in a
sharp. startled command:
Good God. Nat. come here!"
Something in the strange fierceness
of Neil's words startled Nathaniel.