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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
Germany and Her Fairy Tale Place,

Germany and Her Fairy Tale Places.
One Of the delights Of travelling III
Germany IN the familiarity one soon
acquires or. more properly speaking
perhapa renews with the familiar folk.
lore and fairy legend Of the country
II In England one can scarcely escape
the Charles Dickens characters. in Ger
many one Is constantly meeting the
types immortalized by the brothers
Grimm. Indeed. 1t would be quite US
difficult to imagine Germany withou,
Mother Hulda. Goldiiocks. Red Riding
Hood. the Brementown Musicians. Han
sci and Gretel and the rest of the
company of dear familiars rs it would
be to think of old London without the
Pickwickians. German painters. sculp
tors. musicians invariably try their
talents at portraying their ideals among
the children's fairy tale folk. and II
must be fne bit Of work indeed that
passes the muster 1T German criticism
One of the strongest bonds that hold
the German In the characteristic grip
Of loyalty to the fatherland Is this very
pronounced love Of children and fairy
tales.-Christian Herald
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26

A young Virginia woman who was
very III was approached by her colOrpd
servant, who said. Miss May. NAH
mothah dun had cousin what had d..
same ailments what you dun got" n.
that No. Cora ?" replied the lady. eyes.
sum-" responded Cora. encouraged.
but NAH mOthah'S cousin she died,
deed she did" well. Cora" said her
mistress. angry that she should tell her
such n tale at such an tnOpp0rtune
time. III that's all you have to say I.
me you can leave the room and dun I
come in again. don't want to hcnr
such stories" Cora was thoroughly
frightened at what she had done and
wished to ameliOrate her III ch0.eu
story. SO she thought for a moment
and. turning to 90. said. well. Mis-
May. nah mothah tOie me she died
mighty easy"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
Plea For the Children.

The indigestion of ones children Is
continually the concern OF mothers
The best qualities OF food and sterilized
milk may form the diet, and yet there
IL trouble. Only too often the diff
Guilty lies not with the diet. but with
bad mental conditions. physical fatigue
or chills. Mothers should never repri
mand the children about table man
ners while ut the table. but give in
structions at some other time and let
the children practice at each meal
While It is not good to pamper young
tastes. nevertheless Indigestion will re
suit when a poor. unhappy child Is
commanded to swallow what It does
not want.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
Placing Of Building Stone.

It ia. generally speaking. the rule of
usasons that stone used in building
should be SO placed that It will be AZ
1t lay In its natural bed when Quarricd.
This familiar rule Is not. however.
always to be depended upon and IN
many cases needs to be supplemented
with other precautions. There are
three planes Of fracture known to
Quarrymen. The rift" is the direction
Ia which stone splits most easily: the
grain" that which IL next easiest; the
"head'' that which offers greatest ~
sistance. In a paving block the two
sides represent the rift fracture. the
top and bottom the grain and the ends
the head. Hat In quarry the natural
bed ia sometimes considerably inclined
TO the plane Of the rift: hence the I'm
perfection Of the ordinary rule for
placing stone In building. Rec
0rd-Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26

menting men dig and bore and blast.
driving tunnels through its vitals.
scooping holes for subcellars five floors
underground. running water pipes and
gas mains. puncturing its skin with n.y.
podermics of steam. weighing 1t with
skyscrapers. the dismal streets below
dark as sunless ravines. piastering it's
sides with grass bordered by asphalt
into which scraggy trees are stuck. and.
az a browning indignity. crisscrossing
its backbone with centipedes Of steel.
highways for endless putting trains
belching heat and gas.-F. Hopkinson
Smith In Worlds Work.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
JUSTICE TO THE ARABS.

IL Is unfortunate TOT the Ara
bians that their literature should
be locked up In a character and
idiom so difficult Of access to Eu-
rOpean scholars. Their wild.
imaginative poetry, scarcely ca
pable of TRANSMISSION into a for
eign tongue. is made known to
us only through the medium Of
bald prose translation. while their
scientific treatises have been
done into Latin with an inaccu-
racy which. to make use of Il pun
Of Casiri's. merits the name of
perversions rather than versions
Of the originals. How obvious
~ inadequate. then. are our
means Of forming any just esti-
mate of their merits! 1t Is un-
fortunate for them. moreover,
that the Turks 1.-THE only nation
which, from an identity of re-
ligion and government with the
Arabs, as well as from its pOi1t1-
cal consequence. would seem to
represent them on the theater
OF modern Europe, should be a
race so degraded. one which. dur
Ing the five centuries 1t has been
In possession Of the finest eli
mate and monuments of antiQ-
uity. has so seldom been quick
ened into display Of genius or
added SO little of positive value
to the literary treasures descend
ed from its ancient masters. Yet
this people, so sensual and slug
gish. we are apt to cOnfOund in
imagination with the sprightly,
intellectual Arab. Prescott.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
A FLAT FAILURE.
With a Musical Combination
That Was a Success.
Dy CECILIA A. LolZEAUx.


Bang went q window in the right
hand third story Dat. From the left
hand dat in the same story directly
across the hall there came a crash. fol
lowed by the shiver of broken glass
An old gentleman stepped out into the
hall and waited. In a moment a Sec
ond old gentleman appeared at the
open door Of bis nat. evidently intend
ing to slam 1t shut with all the power
that lay In his strong right arm. But
he. too. stopped as he saw his neigh.
Dor and then gave q shamefaced laugh
Broke a windowpane trying to keep
out the noise. That girls dancing a
polka on her piano. and she's been at
It four mortal hours. It's shame. and
won't stand 1t any longer. There's
going to be a change here!''
IF change IL what you want come
over to my side. There you can hear
singing. The young wretch down there
aspires to be q tenor. He has been
singing for 20 long that II he should
stop now I'd be lonesome. guess"
The piano player stopped long enough
to get a new piece Of music. and in the
interval Of comparative quiet there
noated through the Railways the walls
Of a stringy tenor voice reiteratine
with long drawn out sadness:
'Oh-h-h. I ha-ave sighed to re-est met
"Now. Just listen to that, will your
said one disgustedly.
Soon the strains Of my Old Zen
lucky Home" embellished with un-
heard Of variations. drowned out the
walls Of the tenor.
Eyes. I'll listen. Don't see how
can help myself" said the other
'Come in here. Adams" and he led
the way into bis rooms and out to the
piazza at the back. It was the least
noisy place he could think of.
"Now. what are we going to do about
this thing7 We've signed leases for
two years for these OATS. and we'd only
had four months before this chunk Of
Signor Squalls conservatory Of music
came out Here to stir up this peaceful
neighbOrhood. I've questioned the par
ents Of 'em. and they've signed for a
year. Now. what'll we DOR
II don't know" said Adams az he Of
fered his neighbor cigar and bit the
tip from bis own. II went through
more or less noise during the war. but
this-I've got 20 can't tell when they
stop and when they begin now. the
stun Rugs In my ears 60 My wife
saws I was urging 'em to run race
in my sleep the other night and put
ting all sorts Of money on the tenor"
III he'd use all that energy doing
something he'd be rich some day"
growled Mr.. Bolton between puffs.
'Work3 Oh. nor biazed Mr.. Adams
suddenly.
There was q few moments silence
while they listened to the tenor. who
was holding his own:
'oh. 1 have si-ighed to re-est NEE
Deep In the si-ilent graver'
"Huhr' groaned Adama I'D like to
dig It for him. I think It would be
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
A Historic Tankard.

A curious historical relic of London
IL the large tankard Of solid silver pre-
sented by Charles II. to Sir Edmund
Berry Godfrey for his valuable serv-
ices during the plague and the fire Of
London. for which be received the hon
or Of knighthood in 1866. The tank
ard. which Is Of plain silver. has
hinged cover and weighs nearly thirty
six ounces. Its front Is engraved with
the royal arms and the crest of the
recipient. together with inscriptions
In Latin and engravings Of scenes
connected with the FIRE. which are still
in excellent preservation. The engrav-
ing of the ppSthonse men carrying
corpses to the dismal plague pit and
that Of the crowded blocks of no Uses
surmounted by flames are very quaint
and curious
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
GOVERNMENT, OF CHILDREN.

The child who can rouse in W.
anger or impatience or excite
ment feels himself stronger than
we, and Il child respects strength
only. The mother should con
slider herself as her child's sun. a
changeless and ever radiant
world. whittier the small, rest
less creature, quick at tears and
laughter. light. tickle. passionate,
full Of storms. may come for
fresh stores of light. warmth and
electricity Of calm and courage.
The mother represents goodness,
providence. law-that is to say.
the divinity. under that form Of
1t which is accessible to child
hood. If she is herself passion
ate she will inculcate in her child
a capricious and despotic god or
even several discordant GODS
Henri Frederic Auriel.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
A Gaudy vuIture.

In the South American forests b
found the most beautifully colored Of
ali vultnres. and It u the true king
over the black vuitures and turkey
buzzar1s lts plumage IL Of . delicate
cream. with black quilts. and the head
Is brilliantly colored with red and
orange.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
Suggestions For q Chiid's Room.

There are many suggestions which
are helpful in making the child's room
the healthful. cheerful. aesthetic do
main it should be. Above all things.
It should be simply furnished and the
color pleasing and restful. A splendid
idea was carried out successfully in a
child's room. At one end Of this room
a platform raised one step above the
level Of the floor and extending about
six feet from the wall was thickly
padded with a material that toned in
with the wall covering. This padding
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
undsrnround New York.

New York city below its man piled
coverings is huge stone lizard spra WI
ed 6at on its belly. its head erect
at Spuyten Duyvil. Its arms and legs
touching the two rivers. its tail fiop-
ping the Battery. All along the sptne
and tanks OF this reptile Of gneiss tor
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-09-26
He Told Her.

Teacher Willy. can you tell me the
difference between caution and cow
ardice? Willy-ies. maam. When
you are afraid yourself that ia caution.
but when the other fellows afraid
that's cowardce.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30
KILL BOIL WEEV|LS
Necessity of Reducing Number of
Insects Very Urgent.
Most important Step in Producing Cot
ton as Found by Experimenters is
Destruction CT Foliage and
Squares.

(By G. III. Afford. Special Agent OF the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
Work, Jackson, Mtss)
This is lesson No. one, and it should
be thoroughly learned The need of
so reducing the over-wintered weevils
as to reduce the cost and labor of pick
ing the weevils and punctured squares
TO the minimum is very urgent.
There are four methods of reducing
the number of weevils to the mini
mum: First. completely denude the cot
ton stalks of foliage. squares and
bolls. the weevils sole food supply,
pillow the stalks under good and deep,
or burn the stalks at the earliest pos
sible moment in the fall Second, at
some time during the winter, destroy
the rubbish in and about the fields
which might serve as alternating
quarters for weevils. Third, when the
weevils appear on the little cotton
in the spring pick them off and destroy
them. Fourth. pick up the punctured
squares ard destroy them for at least
one month after the first squares form
on the cotton.
The results obtained by the United
States bureau of entomology, the farm
ers' demonstration work. the Louisi-
ana State Crop Pest commission and
Thousands of successful farmers point
to the supreme Importance of the early
fall destruction of the boil weevil's
sole food supply, the squares, small
bolls, and foliage on the cotton stalks.
The conclusion reached by thousands
of experimenters justify me in making
the statement that the most impor-
tant step in producing cotton in boil
weevil territory is the early fall de-
struction of the foliage. squares, and
immature punctured bolls on the cot
ton stalks. In fact, l feel almost JUS
titled in saying that the early fall de-
struction OF the cotton stalks outbal-
ances all other remedies that may be
employed to destroy the wecvils.
In an experiment performed by the
Bureau of Entomology in Calhoun
County. Tex, the stalks growing on
40 acres of land were destroyed early
In October. Careful records kept dur
Ing the following season showed that
the destruction of stalks on this land
increased the yield $14.56 per acre.
An experiment was conducted on OF
posfte sides Of the Guadalupe river
near Victoria. Tex. The stalks were |
burned on one farm the latter part of |
September, and on the other they were
allowed to stand until in spring before |
planting time. Forty acres on the
farm on which the stalks were de-
stroyed made Is bales. Forty acres
on the other farm made and IL bales.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30
MILK DISHES.

OFTEN times milk is the only food
which an invalid and child can take.
and when they tire of it the great
question is how can they be nour-
ished?
Ihere are so many ways of disguis-
ing milk in other forms and combin-
ing with different foods to make
wholesome and nutritious dishes, that
every one who has a family to feed
should make study of these things.
MIX that an infant cannot digest
Is worse than food A baby should
be carefully weighed each week, for it
is not always possible to detect a
slight falling off. When the child
SHOWS decrease In weight the first
thing to do is to consult good ply
sician, and carefully follow his direc-
lions In regard to feeding. The milk
may be too rich in fat, there may be
too much casein, or it may be too
hard to digest. so that the milk may
have to be modified.
One method Of modifying milk is to
use the whey, which is made from
using rennin tablets. Add this whey to
the milk and the casein content is de-
creased with an addition of salts.
sugar of milk and minerals, which are
necessary for the growth of the child.
Many babies die each year because
OF ignorance on the part of the moth
er in regard to their food.
Milk treated with rennin tablets,
sweetened and favored, is often rel
ished by invalids who absolutely re-
fuse to take pure milk as a food.
Milk is not a beverage, and should
never be taken as such. for large
quantities of milk entering the stom-
ach at once form hard mass which
Is almost impossible to break up. Milk
should be taken slowly in sips, so that
the gastric juice curdles it in small
amounts at time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30

me cotton stalks. ID pasturing. lzI
blowing under. go burning.
Pasturing cotton fields is good
method Of destroying the squares,
bolls. and foliage-the sole food sup
ply Of the mature weevils and the in
cubators of the immature weevils-
where the cotton fields are fenced and
the number OF cattle turned into a
field is sufficient to eat all the squares,
bolls and foliage in a few days. How
ever. let it be distinctly understood
that the practice of turning few head
of cattle into fifteen or twenty acre
cotton ana corn field accomplishes nc
particular good. We all know from OBJ
servAtion that two or three head OF
cattle per acre, even when confined
10 the cotton field will est 2ery little
of the green foliage in ole week. And
let us not forget that it is necessary
to completely destroy the food supply
Of the mature weevils and the breed
ing places of the immature weevils ct
the earliest possible moment.
Flowing under cotton stalks is a
good method of destroying the only
food supply of the mature weevils and
of ending the life of all the immature
weevils where there are few stumps
and roots, small cotton stalks. and
where large plows and strong teams
can be had. l have held the plow
handles in the piney woods, in the
prairie section and in rich bottom
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30
WAYS THAT ARE NEW OF sERv.
ING MEATS.

Take four to eight outlets of lamb
or mutton, trim off the superfluous
tat, scrape the bone neatly and dust
with nutmeg, celery salt, salt and pep
per, and sprinkle with little chopped
onion, add half pint of peas, an
ounce of bacon cut small, a few new
potatoes and cup of stock. The po-
tatoes must be parboiled before add
ing to the dish. Cook in a hot oven
and serve the chops with a garnish Of
the potatoes and peas
Outlets a la Espagnoi.-Take four
to six outlets prepared as above, dust
them with salt and pepper Have
ready cup of boiled rice, mix it with
plenty of tomato catsup. Put the
rice in creased paper bag and place
the outlets on top; place in the oven
and cook for thirty minutes in mod
erately hot oven.
If one is using gas and have only a
hot plate, paper bag cookery is not
prohibitive, for with little ingenuity
one may arrange a fine oven. A deep
skillet with good tight cover and
trivet of a wire dishcloth or any
metal which will keep the bag from
touching the bottom, may be used.
Light the gas and put in the bag and
roast as If it were an oven.
Get a pound of lean. chopped veal.
less two ounces. which supply with
two ounces of suet; season well and
make into cake. Put into a but
tered bag with slices of onion and to-
mato laid over the meat and few
pieces of well-foured butter Bake
on the trivet In the skillet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30

Experiments conducted by the LOU
isiana State Crop Pest commission are
summed up in the following extracts
from Circular No. %. Where the cot
ton plants were destroyed before Oc-
tober 18th, only per cent. of the Vice.
wills survived the winter to infest the
next years's crop. Where the stalks
We're destroyed from October 18th to
October 9th, an average Of about is
per cent. of the weevils passed through
the winter successfully. Where the
stalks were destroyed between No
vember LIST and 25th, an average ap-
proximately Of % per cent. of the vice.
wills survived the winter. Postponing
fall destruction of cotton stalks until
the middle of December or later. per-
mitted over 43 per cent. of the vice.
Wis to survive the winter and attack
the next crop. Where the stalks were
destroyed before October 18th only
Der cent. Of the weevils passed the
.inter. Where the stalks remained
Ia the field until December 18th over
43 per cent. Of the weevils survived
the winter. These figures will GER
tainly silence all opposition to the
early fall destruction of the boil wee
wills food supply.
No definite rule can be laid down
as to the exact time for DESTROYING
the sole food supply CT the boil weeyil
In the fall. However, the rule should
be to destroy the squares, bolls. and
. foliage on the cotton stalks at the
earliest possible moment in the fall.
1t is much better to turn the cattle
In the field, cut the stalks into pieces
ind pillow them under good and deem.
or cut and burn the stalks at an early
liate and thereby destroy small
amount of cotton than to defer the
work until later date When the
weevil's only food is destroyed early
In the fall. they will either starve for
lack Of food before cold drives them
into winter quarters or will 20 into
winters quarters flank and lean" AID
very few will survive for spring depre-
daticns.
There are three methods of destroy.
Ing the squares. bolls and foliage on
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30
PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHING

when my little girl was about eight
months old, she was taken with very
irritating breaking out, which came on
her face, neck and back When she
first came down with it, it came in
little watery-like testers under her
eyes, and on her chin, then after few
days it wosld dry down in scaly, white
scabs. In the daytime she was quite
worrysome and would dig and scratch
her face nearly all the time.
II consulted our physician and
found she was suffering from eczema,
which he said came from her teething.
/ used the ointment he gave me and
without any relief at all. Then I
wrote for book on Cuticura. and pur-
chased some Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment at the drug store. / did as
found directions in the Cuticura Book
let, and when she was one year old.
she was entirely cured. Now she is
three years and four months, and she
has never been troubled with eczema
since she was cured by the Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
(Signed) Mrs. Freeman Craver, 81
Lewis ST., Syracuse, N. Y, May s,
1911. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere, SAM
pie of each, with 32-page book. will
be mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. L. Boston.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30

CIV BEAUTIFUL It would be
- TO live in a world where every
being we met unconsciously revealed in
look and word and action. in the slight
est gesture and movement the divine in
tention OF his creationi 1t is because lit
Tie children do so, for the first brief
months OF their lives. that they charm us
and captivate us. And it is in the simplicity
OF being without discrimination, and from
the depths of our souls, just what we were
meant to be. that we become as little
cniidren, and with them enter into the
kingdom of heaven The world seems To
force us to put on masks and wells to hide
what Is most real in us behind some con-
ventional caricature of ourselves
Lucy Larcom
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National Safeguard.

Let US believe in the great mass
OF the people-not because they are
Intellectually clever. not because they
are independent thinkers. but because
in the long run the safest and sanest
safeguards Of national character are
to be found not in the subtle jugglery
OF the mental attitude of the few, but
IN the sound, sane feeling laid down
in the fundamental character of the
great mass Of the nation.-Prof.
George e. Vincent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30
|MgJkATf6nEN


FEEL as weak as violet
AA Alone meath the awful sky,
AS weak, yet as truthful also;
FOR the whole long year l see
All the wonders of faithful nature
sun worked for the love of me-
winds wander and dews drip earthwari,
Rains fall. suns rise and set,
Earth whirls, and all but to prosper
"A poor little violet.
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Ne<kE M~,<s.eN
Mans Mind as a Garden.

A mans mind may be likened to a
garden. which may be intelligently
cultivated, or allowed to run wild;
but whether cultivated or neglected,
1t must, and will bring forth. If no
useful seeds are put into it, then an
abundance Of useless weed-seeds will
fall therein. and will continue to pro
duce their kind.-James Allen.
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Have Confidence.

Self-distrust is the cause of most Of
our failures. In the assurance of
strength there is strength, and they
are the weakest, however strong, who
have no faith in themselves or their
powers.-Bovee.