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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
BEAT THE GAS METER.
Il Was . Cold Swindle, and the Com.
panv Paid For the Secret.

Il Was . Cold Swindle, and the Com.
pany Paid For the Secret.
The most adroit scheme yet reported
to beat the gas meter and get gas for
nothing was discovered in Honolulu,
and its success was due to the use of
modern scientific laboratory apparatus.
The customer was supplied with gas
coming through a common quarter In
the slot meter. a quarter dropped into
the meter supplying gas to the burners
until quarters worth of the illumi-
nant has been used. when the flames
begin to die out and warn the custom
err that another quarter Is required.
pany regularly opened this meter to
take out the expected quarters, but
they never found any. A watch kept
or the house showed that gas was be-
ing used every night. The customer
explained 1t by saying that he was
using gas as he had done for years.
but that he did not drop any quarters
In the slot because the gus kept COM
ing without them. A new meter was
put in. but the next collection trip did
not bring any quarters. nor were there
sugs or any other substitutes found in
the meter. Every few days then
newly tested meter was put In. but
the customer continued to use gas. and
the company found no quarters.
At last the company surrendered and
offered to pay the customer a sum Of
money If he would tell his scheme.
promising not to prosecute. He agreed
and took the inspectors to his little
laboratory. First he showed little
mold to cast disks about the size Of
quarters. In this he poured water. and
then in a few seconds. by means of an
ether spray freezing machine. such as
ia In common use In science, he frOze
the water. Thus he had an ice disk
the size Of quarter. This was drop
ped into the meter slot, and the gas
came
The ice melted inside Of the meter,
and the few drops Of water quickly
ran out, leaving no trace of his trick
Saturday Evening Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
A Christmas Game.

Pictorial contest is IL game for older
children. In fact. 1t has proved very
interesting to those still older children
that you call grownups. First Il short
Christmas story is read by some par.
ent. When the story is finished the
children are given scrap books Sheets
Of manila paper tied together with
holly rlbbOn). table full of maya
zines. scissors. pencils and pins. Each
person Is to illustrate the story just
read by cutting pictures from the
magazines and pinning them into the
scrap book. A line or two are then writ
ten underneath to explain the meaning
Of the pictures. 1t Is surprising what
really clever books can be produced
with just little ingenuity.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
An Old Bottle Piano.

You can probably find sixteen or
eighteen empty bottles, and ! am going
to tell you how to make Il bottle piano
on which you can play real tunes. and
which will give you any amount Of
fun. says writer in Cassels Little
Folks.
You will require two poles-broom
handles will do-a couple of chairs,
the bottles and some water.
Place the two poles across the chairs
and suspend the bottles from them,
using pieces Of string with double
loops. If the bottles are all the same
size you obtain different notes by pour
ing water into them: the more water
you pour into bottle. the lower the
note will be. But IL the bottles are Of
different shapes-and there is no rea-
son why you should not hang up all
the empty bottles you can lay your
hands on-upon striking them with a
gives forth a different note and can be
tuned by pouring in little or lot of
water, according to the note required.
II the bottles are all alike you will
pour a little water in the first bottle.
a little more in the second. still more in
the third and 50 on until the eighth
Is almost full. On the second pole you
can get in the sharps and flats, and If
you wish you can add II third pole and
go an octave higher by using smaller
bottles.
For playing the bottle piano use a
wooden stick or cane: for quick tunes.
use two sticks. one in each hand. aud
for still faster work. two performers
are required. one on each side Of the
piano.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12

NnpOeuns last home on the Island
Of st. Helena is in Il deplorable cOndi-
ton. The doors are open night and
day. All the rooms are empty, save
the one In which the exiled emperor
breathed his last. This contains
small altar and bust of the conqueror
of Europe. The historic house Is 60
ing to rack and ruin Longwood and
the surrounding grounds. including the
first tomb of Napoleon. were purchased
from the British government by Napo-
leon III. in 1858. The French govern
ment still pays a caretaker. but no
funds for upkeep are provided.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12

Grattan'S parliament was so named
from the fact that it had been largely
ergy of Henry Glnttnn. Its independ-
ence was declared by act of parliament
In England In the year 1882 1t came
to an end by the passing of the act OF
union In July. 1900. In lStMi Grattan
said OF his pariament Il have a pa
renta! recollection of it. sat by its
cradle. followed its hearse. New
York American
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
Has Made Many
Strong Trends
Seattle Man Tells Interesting Story
Of Benefits He Received With
Plant Juice

Mr.. d. r. Smith, who lives at 1888
West 59th street in Seattle, is an EN-.
plOyee in the mills and has lived in
that city since 1892, told the follow.
ing interesting story about Plant
Juice, the new tonic:
Il am buying this bottle of Plant
Juice for friend of mine. He has
rheumatism and have great faith in
this helping him. l used it myself
for stomach and kidney troubles
with good results. l never had any
appetite, my kidneys were getting
weak and was afraid of rheumatism.
Plant Juice has given me a good ap.
petite and my food digests perfect.
ly, my kidneys are getting all right
also and l think it is the best spring
tonic to be found"
AS a general spring tonic, vitalizer
and system builder, Plant Juice is
without an equal and the best to be
had. 1t clears the blood of all poi.
son, dissolves and removes uric acid
and thus cures rheumatism, soothes
and heals diseased kidneys. If you
suffer from pains across the back,
if the urine is too scanty or too high.
ly colored, If you have dull headaches.
puffy eyes, soreness of the joints in
digestion. no appetite with gas and
bloating after meals, sour stomach,
coated tongue and foul breath, wake
up in the mornings tired and listless
with no energy or ambition, then you
need Plant Juice to put you right.
For sale at the Eaton 4 Swaney drug
store. (19).
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
An Unfortunate Drawback

A detective was trying to get few
facts from the man who had employed
him to hunt for a runaway boy "IInS
he any distinguishing marks about
him?" he asked
YES" said the father. frownlng III
patiently. "rhe distinguishing mark
about him. sir. is that he looks like
me-"
Him." unused the detective; ~
should scarcely call that a distinction
That's a handicap!'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
To Find Your Collar Button.

Here are two sure ways TO lind a
collar button that has dropped on the
floor and rolled away where you cant
see It:
Rule l..-Walk around the room In
your bare feet. You will soon find the
collar button embedded In your heel.
Rule Put on II pair Of heavy boots
and walk around the room. You will
soon step ON the collar button and
mash 1t fat Cincinnati Enquirer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
Multicolored.

"Father." said boy. i've got pen
ell which will write green. purple.
crimson or any color you like" mot
the same pencil. my SON" You daren't
bet me dime it won't. daddy" "Tll
give you a dime If it WILL" said his ia.
ther. The youngster dived into his
pockets. produced the stump Of CON-
mon lead pencil and wrote on piece
Of paper the words. green. purple.
crimson" There. daddy. say 1t won't
write any color You like now! Hand
over that dime"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12

a drag. l was irreg-
ular, had cramps so
bad that l would
have to lie down, al
so a distressed feel
ing in lower part Of
back, and headache.
My abdomen W a 8
sore and / know l
had organic infam-
nation.
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
caruso's Dinner Ensa 90 ment.

When the late j. PierpOnt Morgan Of
fered Enrico Caruso 81 200 some years
ago to sing at an evening party In his
house the singer cOolly answered that
he could not possibly cblige. as he had
invited his lifelong friend. Leoncavai-
10, to dinner the same night-Bostop
Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
kiltad and Armed.

Up to about hundred years ago the
highland clergy not only wore the kilt
on all occasions. but they had their
own tartan. the main color OF which
was dark blue. Further. the highland
cleric of the old days usually went
about armed to the teeth. Even on the
Sabbath he would be preceded on his
way to church by his servant bearing
ais broadsword and pistols. When the
minister assembled the pulpit he took
his weapons with him. placing them
In a conspicuous position on the pulpit
ledge. York Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
Puzzled,

Half an hour after Mrs. Richly had
given her new maid an order she be-
came uneasy and went to investigate.
Well Mary what has detained yOut
Have you found my Keats. M request
ed?" "LOr'. num-" Mary nmlogiZed.
II was lust comm hack to ask what Is
a Keats"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
Nine Points Of Law.

l, A good deal OF money: 2. good
deal of patience; 8. Il good cause: 4. a
good lawyer; 5. a good counsel: 6. good
witnesses: Z. good jury; 8, good
Judge; Q, good luck.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
Wait Awhile.

rs she very much in love with
him?"
VERY She still hplievpS II IL the
other fellows fault when he stays out
late at night Detroit Free Press
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
Moving Pictures.

"Are you fond Of moving picturesr'
II should say not. l never can hang
them again to suit my ."-Detroit
Free Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
The Way Of Il.

"JOnes tells me his sou Is making a
noise IN the world"
$50 he Is. He's ringing the bell for
the auction IN the next block to begin
now Baltimore American.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
EyeIashea.

The simplest way to increase the
growth OF the eyelashes is to trim
them regularly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12

Pain and despair and heartache cast
you down for awhile. but afterward
they help you to understand.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12
CRAMPS,
HEADACHE,
BACKACHE,
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 81 was always
tired and weak and my homework was
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-12

No man ever wpttpd clay and then
left 1t. M II there would he bricks by
chance and fortune. l'lutnrch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
WAGNER'S REVIEW
Morning Stock letter

New York, July 1.-THE Balkan sit
u on and uncertainties overhanging
eastern railroads wage question will
keep stocks irregular today and to-
morrow. Roumanian troops, it is re-
ported, have already begun to invade
Bulgaria and a new element is intro
duced, but absence OF uneasiness
abroad is shown by the firmness of
British consols, which are fractional
ly higher. Some close observers think
the pressure being brought TO bear on
Bulgaria and her series of defeats
make for early peace. 1t brings things
to a head. Bulgaria has already
begged for peace. Roumania intends
to take what she has been demanding
all along as price for keeping her
hands off. II seems unlikely that
there will be a trainsmen's strike on
eastern roads. This is the view taken
by the men on the roads, who prob
ably keep we'll informed. The ground
work of the market is good. 1t is based
on probability of fully average crops,
with winter wheat and cotton large.
Corns may be better than expected a
month ago. We do not expect stocks
to do much for the presen,. They will
back and fill and may be brought on
drives for turns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
FELINE FAMILY HISTORY.
Here Are the Facts, Although You Map
Not Believe Them.

Why shouldn't a respectable cat sit
on the fence and howl when extracts
from its family history read like this:
Throughout the tertiary formations,
from the upper eocene onward. there
appears a remarkable family Of cats.
with a dentition still more specialized
than that of the felinae. the true fe-
lines. retaining other skeletal features
of a more primitive type of cats.
These were the machaerodontinae
which survived until the pleistocene
both in Europe and in America
The information was found in a
geology students paper. The Evolu-
ton of the Domesticated Cat" Per-
haps you are a little rusty on cat his
tory and you find it difficult to remem-
Der. This Illuminating bit Of informa-
ton will freshen it in your memory:
THE pliOcene period was the period
of the carnivora. The fields included
the macherodonts. machaerodus and
aelur Opsis. besides varieties anala
gous to the leopard and lynx. In this
epoch appeared the servals Felis chris
told. At the time of the Felis chris
toll there appeared also the European
wild cat. Felis catus. The earliest
feline IN America was Felis hillianus
1t appeared in the middle pliocene."-
Kansas Industrialist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
MUSCATINE WILL
HAVE FARM CAMP
Innovation for Country Boys
and Girls Follows Hir-
ing of Adviser.

Muscatine county is to have farm
encampment. This feature is being
planned by K A Kirkpatrick, agri-
cultural adviser, who is employed by
the county. Rock Island county farm
ers, who are agitating the question Of
hiring an expert adviser, are interest
ed in the work being done so near
home.
The camp will be established short
ly after harvest on the Cedar river
north of Muscatine Here for two
weeks or more farm boys and girls
will play and study under the leader
ship of Mr.. Kirkpatrick and others
selected because of fitness to superin-
tend. Camps for the boys and girls
will be separate. For amusements
there will be aquatic sports, baseball
and other games. Girls will be given
instruction in domestic science, while
the boys will be taught live stock
judging and crop work Expert in
structors WI be secured from the
state agricultural college at Ames to
give lectures. Tours by automobile
to farms nearby for the study of meth
DDS and results will be taken.
The farm camp is in line with the
latest ideas in the campaign to inter
est young people on the farm in th' ir
work, thereby inducing them to keep
away from the cities and assisting
them to get the most possible out .:
| life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Morning Grain Letter.

Chicago, July 11.-Temperatures
were cool everywhere on Thursday
and it has been a cool week. Sales
of American wheat for export are
enormous. Wheat looks in low ground
for July and while advances may be
limited, the breaks will also be lin
tied. Deliveries of provisions on July
contracts are small-only about 10000
tierces lard being passed around. Sub
stantial bear party has been created
In oats. They are out in the newspa-
pers predicting the burden Of the old
crop carried over is too much. Oats
and corn resemble wheat. They are
two sided, but in all three grains the
immediate chances OF sagging mar
kets are not good. Corn has been in
a trading position for three or four
weeks. On the basis of the govern
ment figures there was far more rea-
son for a break in corn than in oats.
II the coarse grain receipts keep small
the bears will be robbed of valuable
help. Bulls are patiently sitting on
the thermometer awaiting the next
hot spell. Visible changes of Monday
in any of the grains cannot come out
bullish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

1t was the French assassin Lupi who
escaped TO sea from Cayenne in cof-
fin. He managed to get some nails. tar
and cotton. and one dark night he got
into the coffin shed. He selected a fine.
stanch and seaworthy coffin and fas-
tened the lid in order to turn it into a
deck, leaving a cockpit sufficient to en-
able him to crawl in. He calked all
the joints as well as he could. ana
when this work was finished he made
a pair of paddles out of two pIanks.
Then he brought out his craft with
great precaution. Without much diff
Guilty he reached the waters edge. 81
lently and slowly he proceeded in the
hope of reaching either Venezuela or
British Guiana, 80 nautical miles dis
tant. Fortunately or unfortunately for
Lupi. the steamer Abeille. returning
from the Antilles. off ParamaribO
picked him up half drowned and al
most in a fainting condition. and a few
hours later he was in irons in his cell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
AN ENGINEERING FEAT.
Building Railroad Across the Ice and
Against Time.

Building Railroad Across the Ice and
Against Time.
Along the Copper river valley lies
a standard gauge railroad. 191 miles in
length, the building of which was filed
with romance. Its construction is re-
garded as a distinct feat in worlds
engineering. The road crosses. the riv-
er between two glaciers (ChiIds and
Miles,.
The false work of the bridge was
laid on the ice in winter. Men were
hired to work night and day. NJ. ].
Heney. the contractor, the man who
built another impossible road across
the mountains from Skagway. and his
chief engineer. E. c. Hawkins. con-
ceived the idea of using the river ice
for the bridge scaffolding.
As the spring approached hundreds
Of men were kept busy every minute
of the day and night. for if not COM
pleted by the time the ice burst all the
work and material would have been
lost
The ice went out. carrying the false
work with it. less than an hour after
the spike was driven in the connecting
span and the work was completed.
The bridge cost S1,40O.OOO. - Alaska.
an Empire In the Making" by John ].
Underwood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

produced e22, 100000 to 1,1S6. 100000
oats
In millions. the aggregate oats prom
Use in Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Indiana
is BIZ versus final results of SCI In
1912. 34S in 1911. 4S1 in 1910 and 3S6
in 1909. The July promise is AZ per
cent below the final crop of 1912 and
in the territory of biggest primary re-
ceipts maturity is the smallest in five
years.
Apparently there will be no endless
gush of new oats crop receipts. West
ern primary markets have taken 242,-
0O0, 900 oats since Aug. l, 1912. A to-
tai that defeats all records and COM
pares with $50, 100000 one year ago.
On the basis of the July outlook the
new crop movement to Chicago par
ticularly during September and the
| fall will be 40 to so per cent below
| last year On this basis to peek be-
low the Accent level is a fallacy.
For some weeks there will be just
one country where Europe can shop On
its wheat in huge amounts for quick
| shipment-the United States. Corn is
of to a flying start and its promise
should create the necessary buying
| chances in December corn.
If corn maintains its getaway, the
September premium may disappear
Oats should hold these levels with
ease Wheat firm. Season tops on
provisions probably ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Decidedly low pressures prevail this
morning from Saskatchewan and the
valley of the Red river of the north
southwark to Texas and Arizona, with
separate centers over Manitoba and
eastern Nebraska. This disturbance
has caused showers and thunder
storms on the eastern Rocky noun
tain slope and in the Missouri and
Mississippi valleys. Showers on the
Atlantic coast have resulted from the
northeastern low which is disappear
ing beyond New England At Norfolk
the rainfall amounted to 1852 inches,
and rains of more than an inch are
also reported from Huron, Memphis
and Winnipeg. The northwestern area
of high pressure, attended by cooler
temperatures, remaines central on the
north Pacific coast, but it is rapidly
overspreading the northern Rocky
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Iicorice Root.

Very few people, says writer in the
Wide World Magazine, have any idea
where the familiar icorice root comes
from. AS a matter of fact, the bulk of
it halls from Syria. Here it is gathered
and piled into great stacks, where it re-
mains until it is thoroughly dry. 1t is
then taken to the factory to undergo
certain processes. The finished prod
uct is used for fiavoring confectionery
and beer, as well as entering into the
makeup Of many brands of tobacco.
Some idea of the extent of the indus
try may be gathered when it is stated
that on the average 5000 tons of dry
licorice root is shipped from Aleppo
annually. while Bagdad yields another
5000 tons, Antioch 1000 and Damas-
Gus 500 tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
What Are Oats WORTH

Chicago, Ill, July 11.-Oats are in a
temporary sea of fiuctuation. Unusual
presence Of liberal old crop supplies
affects, yet must we remember the
merciless fall and winter consumption
which lies ahead. Two to flve-cent
downturns are secondary TO the big
facts.
The 1.40o, 1000, 100000 old crop rested
at the 35-cent level. The new crop is
worth 40 Gets or more. New crop
promise OF 1.0OO,OO0.0O0 equals the
three-year yield and consumption of
1910. 1911 and 19l2-three years which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
It's Easy to Learn.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor
Of the telephone, hit on his marvellous
discovery while studying and while
teaching the deaf.
Professor Bell once said, apropos of
this fact:
Yes, we can learn valuable secrets
from the most unlikely sources. A Per-
sian poet, famed for his wisdom, was
once asked by his king where he had
learned his philosophy.
From the blind, SIRE the poet re-
plied-'from the blind, who never adj
vance step until they have tried the
ground New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11
Diamonds and Glass.

The diamond, instead Of being a real
solid, is a mass of atoms all in rapid
and violent motion. The edge of the
stone is formed of these moving mole
cules as well as the body. Now, glass
is also made up of moving atoms,
though they do not move so rapidly or
so violently as the diamond atoms.
When the diamond edge, therefore. is
applied TO the glass surface the dia-
mond atoms drive the glass atoms out
OF the way and force a Dassars
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-11

The word lady has been variously
defined. Perhaps the best test. how
ever. of ''ladylikeness'' is that cited by
G. W. E. Russell in one of his books
"a good woman who let furnished
apartments in a country town describ.
ing lodger who had apparently
known better days said: I am posi-
tive she was a real born lady, for she
hadn't the least idea of how to do
anything for herself. 1t took her hours
to peel her potatoes The admira-
ton of the worker for the "out of
work. is one of the strangest phenom.
ena of our modern civilization.-I4on'
don Graphic.