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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-03-06

Christy Mathewson, idol of the New
York fans, is bound to get in another
record breaking season in the big
leagues. Last year the veteran was
the most consistent winner in the Ma
tional league. and he is now working
out in the warm air of southern Cali
fornia in an endeavor to strike win
ming stride at the seasons opening.
Matty figures on thirty victories dur
ing the coming pennant chase and pre-
Giants.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-03-06
BOXERS ACTIVE
THE COUNTRYOvER
Mcfarland Meets Mike Gibbons
on March 9.
4 GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED

Mcfarland Makes Demand For $4,000
Guarantee - Knockout Eggers tho
Man Of the Hour In Bantam Circles.
Jack johnson Won't Meet Langford
For $4,000 Purse.
Another long established practice at
boxing shows. which had increased to
such an extent that 1t became a nuis-
ance. was legislated out by the New
York state athletic commission at
weekly meeting 1t Is the custom of
introducing numerous boxers from the
ring previous to the start of the main
event In some instances the list Of
introductions ran up to a dozen or
more and they OccasiOned much delay
as we'll as WEAKNESS to the spectators
The rule adopted by the commission
provides that there shall be no intro
auctions from the ring except that re-
lating to the boxers who are to take
part in the next bout.
Another rule adopted by the commits
sion was that no cases will be cOnsid-
cred In the future unless both parties
to the agreement in dispute have sign
ed contracts.
Fight fans are commenting on the
effective showing Knockout Eggers
Is making in his bouts and predict
great things for this scrappy lad, who
has fought twelve battles since New
Years day without Il defeat.
His next fight will be his thirteenth
for 1914. But Eggers is not supersti-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-03-06
When Angry.

There Is something better than stop
ping to count ten when you are angry
count hundred.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

We took luncheon in a little village.
Here the hotel keeper who consented
readily to an interview upon the sub
ject, fully appreciates that the welfare
Of the villages and cities as well az
that Of the country depends absolutely
upon cooperation. Anything which
makes the farmers prosperous helps
u.s." he says. When the farmer gets
a krone in his pocket some Of US In
the villages and cities get our share
of Il before long" While there had
been originally some opposition to CO
operation, particularly when It includ-
ed an effort to buy comparatively, the
village business men now realize that
unless the farmer receives a good
price for his product there Will be no
money In the country and the pre-
perity Of the village a. well as to
country win suffer Immediately.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

besieged house against attacks by
process servers and the curious pub
lie.
The name Is only recalled to mind.
now by the dispatch the other day
announcing the death Of Dora Richard
son, the erstwhile child wife OF the
aged warrior and statesman.
It was one Of the strangest ro-
mances In history, that strange amin
ity between the old man, the aristo-
crat, scholar, diplomat and soldier,
the scion Of one Of the proudest lines
in America and the little, untutored.
unkempt girl Of a poor white family.
He was ninety, she was thirteen. He
was old enough to be her great-grand'
father. yet he married her.
II was the old mans dream to take
the untaught child, accustom her to
the ways Of culture, educate her,
make her a fitting heir for his name
and estate. He carried out his part
OF the plan, but the poor child could
never dCCublOm ucEoCAl ~ hCA AH
usual surroundings. After she tired
Of the dolls and the other toys he
bought her she pinned for her own
folks and, when he saw 1t was newt
able, Gen. Clay yielded gracefully,
lowering her with some Of the pre-
cious heIrlooms Of the Clay family
and giving her q house. The girl. In
turn, having married Riley Brock.
youth Of her own station and age,
named her first born Clay Brock.
And now her little day Of fame is
ended. Death has closed the most
unusual romance Of the old Blue
Grass state. Finis IL written. Gen.
Clay was all but forgotten prior to
1908 when his marriage to the slip
Of q girl brought once more into
prominence the hero Of a departed
aga Now he win recede into history.
The events growing out of that mar
rage. the beleaguered state Of his
house. the opposition Of his children.
the sensations that developed were
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
PASSING Of NE-T|ME CH|LD-W|FE
RECALLS CAREER OF CASS|US N. CLAY
Strange Marriage AsOcratC, Fire Eating Southern Abolition
list at Age Of Ninety and Dora Richardson the Thirteen
Year-OId Child of Poor White Family, Union
That Caused Siege at Clay Mansion.

but "reminiscences of the old time
bellicose nature OF the man who
fought with pen or bowie knife or
tongue with equal facility. 1t was
because he was a fighting man that
the marriage with the child wife and
the reluctance to be interviewed on
the subject attracted attention.
Those we're the days when faithful
servitors OF the old aristocrat guarded
every approach to White Hall, the
manor house Of his estate at Rich
mond. KY. with loaded guns: when
the house itself was in state OF
siege, guns bristling from its win
dows and sentries keeping incessant
watch.
That impertinent curiosity Of the
public regarding his private Affairs
irritated the old fighter. The bitter.
ness that arose between the doughty
old general and his kinsfolk follow
ing his strange marriage aroused his
luminosity. He did not hesitate to fire
on a couple Of deputies who ap-
preached to serve a writ demanding
furniture which belonged to his
daughters. His Spartan spirit did not
hesitate even to threaten to fire at
his own son, when the latter would
have made peace. He was OF an i'm
placable nature.
He was a fighting man born and
bred. and he died a fighting man, de-
nying entrance to a physician. with
his trusty bowie knife near his pill
low and his guns within reach. The
body OF the old man might decay; his
spirit nothing could quench.
A food of memories comes with the
mention Of the death Of the child
wife of this fighting Kentuckian,
memories that are now beginning to
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

Of an unpopular cause. Garrison be-
came q hero to young Clay. It may
have been because the great aboli-
ZIONIST was with bravery putting up
a losing fight that the Kentuckian
admired him.
At all events when he went back
among his Kentucky slave holding
friends he went back an ardent abo-
litionist. Fearless espousal Of that
cause lost him the reelection to the
state legislature in 1871. In "a he
stumped the North with all the i'm
petuosity of his fiery nature for the
election of his fathers cousin, Henry
Clay, to the presidency.
In q barricaded building, more re-
sembllng an arsenal than a printing
office, in the city Of Lexington on
Kentucky's slave soil he issued in 1886
The True American, openly advocat-
ing anti-slaVery.
And all but forgotten was he, had
II not been for his strange marriage
and his child wife, whose passing the
other day revived memories.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

member, for Of the descendants OF the
general there has been none yet to
break into print with bellicose threat
enings.
To the old general II made little
difference whether the fight were with
drawn pens, with revolvers, broad
swords, fists or guns. But perhaps
he liked best the bowie knife. That
was Kentucky defense. Old Colonel
Bowie had devised It. The long, keen
blade, q certain weapon In the hands
OF q strong man, II was the common
thing among those who resorted to
brute strength. No story OF hunter
or outlaw was complete In the old
Nick Carter days without the bowie
knife. II is obsolete now, but It was
the weapon General Clay knew; when
his fingers gripped its hilt his own
valor did the rest. He once stood of
a dozen men in a hand.to-hand con-
fiict, ripping them to ribbons with his
bowie knife and bowie knife It was
that he kept near him as long as
breath remained In his body. In that
last warm fight with death.
A fight was natural for General Clay.
He got his title for leading troops in
the Mexican war. He used to say
that no man could get political pre-
ferment in Kentucky without q mill
tary title and that he went to war
with that purpose in view. His Mexi-
can campaigning days he endured
with distinction.
His main fights. however. were in
connection with slavery. He was one
OF the few southern abolitionists. To
what fortuitous circumstance we owe
It that he went to Yale college to
complete the studies he had begun in
Pennsylvania college does not appear.
But he went. And when In New Eng
land he was deeply moved by the
speeches OF that prophet OF abolition.
William Lloyd Garrison. Champion
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
DECLARES DOGS SEE SPIRITS
Miss Lind Also Believes That All AMI
mails Have Souls-comeS to Fight
VlVlseetlon.

New York.-"You've got to stop
kicking my dog around"
The lady is here to make you stop.
Miss Louise Lind Of Hageby, cham
pion OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., OF
worldwide fame, arrived on the Luz
sltania from Liverpool. Miss Lind says
that size is far from being opposed to
science, but she is violently opposed
to cutting up live dogs and other ami
mails for the benefit OF science. She
SAYS that It Is not necessary. Some
years ago she had erected In Lon
don a monument to The Little Brown
Dog: the Victim Of Vivisection."
College students tore down the mon
ument and a few riots followed. But
the champion OF the little brown dog
says that the monument served It's
purpose in directing attention to the
sacrifice of live animals to science
Miss Lind says that It was visit
to the Pasteur institute in Paris which
originated the crusade In aid OF the
dog and other animals subjected to
torture for science. She Is on her way
to Washington to attend the interna-
tional Anti-vivisection and Animal
Protection Congress.
The friend Of the canine Is interest
ed in a number Of. women's move
ments. She is q suffragette but does
not believe In militancy, she says. Nil
itancy. she believes. Is as bad as vivi-
section, in its way.
Miss Lind - also q student Of psy-
chic research. She was friend OF
the late William T. Stead, who went
down on the Titanic. She believes
that dogs and other animals have i'm
mortal souls as well as human be-
ings.
ut Is Just as reasonable" said the
lady, ito admit that animals have i'm
mortal souls as that We have. / be-
lieve that dogs may see spirits. We
often see exhibits Of q high order OF
intelligence in animals. How often
have you observed dog lying at your
side suddenly rise, with his hair bris-
thing and a strange look in his eyesI
He sees something which you eAnnot
SEE"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

Louisville, Ky.-It is more than ten
years now since the name Of Gen.
Casslus NJ. Clay figured in the days
dispatches from Kentucky. We used
to read of him in 1903 as an old man
with q bushy white name in state OF
siege at his family mansion near
Richmond, Ky, with faithful retain
ers, armed with guns. defending the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

Dora Richardson, at Thirteen, When
tehe Became Wife Of General Clay.
harden into formal history with the
passing from the stage Of the men
who recall the day when the name
Clay was a name to conjure with. In
the halls of congress, in the secret
chambers OF diplomacy. on the bat
tlehelds Of the country a Clay has
ever made his influence felt Ever
since the country has been q coun-
try there has been q Clay to ngure
in its history. II there were no con-
troversy to take part in q Clay would
start one. And now the last Of, the
family is gons-the last nghting
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Tungsten In the United States.

The tungsten resources of the Uni
ed States are probably considerably
arger than have been generally rea
lied. Many new deposits have been
discovered in various parts of the
Western states, accordins to the Uni
ed States Geological survey, and
should prices advance, it is probable
hat the output could soon be in.
creased much above the record year
II 1910, when 1921 tons were market.
I'd. Most of these new discoveries are
lot sufficiently developed to show how
arge an output can be expected from
hem; but it is probable that some
viii. prove to be of considerable ex.
ent, and one or two new large pro-
lucers would make a noticeable diff.
erence in the American market. Sim
lar discoveries may also be expected
q other parts of the world.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
KIND WORDS ALWAYS TIMELY
This Struggling World Would Be Hap
pier and Better If Expressions Of
Good Cheer Were Used.

1t is often told that Eugene Field,
one day wandered into a basement
restaurant, sat down at a table, put
his chin in his hands and gazed mood
lily into space. A waiter came to him
and after the manner of his kind emu
merated the long list of dishes that
were ready to be served.
mo, no." said Field, dejectedly, 81
require none of those things. All 1
want is some sliced oranges and a
few kind words"
Whether or not the incident be
true, it is suggestive. Unquestion-
ably, deeds weigh far more than
words, and yet it is almost tragic to
think how much happier and better
this struggling world would become
if kind words were more often heard.
We all, every day, come in contact
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Cancers That Cure Themselves.

In the annual report of Doctor Bash
ford of the Imperial Cancer Research
fund an announcement of great i'm
portance is made. 1t is to the effect
that transplanted tumors fall into two
categories, a very small group thai
grow progressively because they dc
not produce resistance to their own
growth, and large group that tend tc
disappear spontaneously because they
induce in the body powerful resist
ance to their growth.
While this remark is applied only tc
tumors artifcially produced in animals
for experimental purposes, it may be
that some at least of the apparently
extraordinary cures Of cancer in hui
man beings have been due to this
power Of the body to resist the growth
Of the cancer. If further experiments
shall result in the discovery of the
method by which certain resistant
bodies throw off the cancerous growth
1t will be long step toward finding a
way Of comforting this power upon
those who do not nossess it.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
WENT BACK FOR KNIFE
FRENCH SOLDIER RISNED LIFE
FOR VALUED MEMENTO.
Incident of the War of 1870 Recalled
When Bravery Amounting to Fool
hardness Was Exhibited to
Little Purpose.

Great bravery is rarer on retrea1
the excitement and thrill of attack il
then lacking, and the necessity o.
haste in order to get away is otter
real. This fact makes interesting al
incident related concerning a soldier
in the army of the Rhine in the wal
of 1870.
A battery of mitrailleuses had made
stand against the advancing Ger
mans near Metz. 1t was on the 18th o.
August, in the brave fight made, by tn
division of General Picard. The fiji
of the enemy was terrible, and seemed
to be sweeping away the whole French
division
In the midst of the final firing Of tht
French, prior to their inevitable re
treat, one of the mitrailleuses ceased
to work on account of the sticking O.
a shell in the barrel. A lieutenan
looked about for something with which
to remove the shell, and soldier of
fered him his pocketknife. The lieu
tenant had just removed the shell
when the order came to fall back. II
the confusion the officer dropped the
soldiers knife on the ground: Whe1
they had withdrawn little distance
the soldier came up to the lieutenan
and said, saluting:
will you please let me have my
knife?"
II have lost it. It's back there some
where on the ground"
The soldier showed signs of deep re
gret.
"Tll get you another in Metz to take
its place." said the officer.
1T isn't the value of the knife a
ALL" said the soldier. "I'm just font
Of it, that's all. I brought it from
home. If you will permit, shall e
back after it."
I'm the face of this fire and the ad
vance of the enemy?"
"Yes, sir"
well, if you care as much as tha
for a pocketknife it must be pretty
dear to you. Go on!"
The soldier started back. Shot ant
shell were flying; the enemy were
near, somewhere in the gloom of the
battlefield, and the man knew he nigh
be overwhelmed. And all this for al
old knife that he had carried since ht
was boy, and which was associated
with dear things at home.
He reached the place and found th'
spot where the gun must have stood
He groped about. Thee balls whistleC
in his ears and shells burst. He heart
the rattle of approaching artillery an(
the near blaring of bugles sounding
orders. It was the enemy advancing
Nevertheless, he kept on rummagins
about for the old knife. He found it
1t had been dropped while still open
and the blade glistened. He picked i
up and thrust it into his pocket. HI
ran so fast that before long he over
took his retreating company. The lieu
tenant saw him coming up and looked
inquiringly at him.
'T've got it, lieutenant" he shouted
slapping his pocket.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Tiuer Huntino and War.

In the last year for which statistics
are available, 767 human beings il
India were killed by tigers. Along one
line of Himalayan railway, the depre
dations of these ferocious brutes have
been so great that the company is
building tiger-proof stations for its
signalmen, many Of whom have been
carried off and devoured
Evidently there will be opportunities
after the war to use those "virile vir
tues" which militarism claims to de-
velop. To hunt man-eating tigers, on
foot takes at least as much valor as is
required to perform any ordinary feat
in battle.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Rheumatic Throat
Is Common Trouble
Should Be Treated in Flood
To Prevent Recurrence.

There are successful gargles that stop
soreness in the throat, but to prevent their
incessant return, the blood must be put IN
order. The best remedy is S. s. s., as 1t
influences all the functions of sthe body to
neutralize the irritants waste products
and to stimulate their excretion through
the proper channels.
Rheumatic sore throat is a dangerous
indication, as it means that the blood Is
loaded with ~more uric acid than the KID
neys can excrete, and may thus lead to
serious general disturbance.
The action of S. S. S. stimulates cellular
activity. 1t prevents the accumulation OF
irritants in local spots. 1t enables the
arteries to supply quickly the new red
blood to replace wOrn-Out tissue.
For this reason uric acid that finds the
throat an easy prey to it's breaking down
other words, S. S. S. prevents chronic con-
ditions by enabling all the mucous Innings
of the body to secrete healthy mucus. It's
influence is shown in a marked Improve
ment of the bronchial tubes, whereby the
tIskiness of voice with thick, graylsh eX,
pectorations is overcome. s. S. s., well
diluted with water, means a blood bath,
since it is welcome to any stomach ana at
once gets into the blood.
S. S. S. is free of all minerals and con-
tains ingredients wonderfully conducive to
Well-balanced health.
You can get it at any drug store, but do
not accept anything else. There is danger
in substitutes. S. S. S. is prepared only By
The Swift Specific Co., 528 Swift Bldg,
Atlanta, Ga. Our Medical Dept. will give
you free instruction by mail on any subject
Of blood disorders. Write today.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
CHILDREN KNOW GOOD CORN
United States Department of Agricul.
ture Outlines Twelve Lessons
Covering Important Points.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
School teachers in the corn states,
or, for that matter all over the coun-
try, who wish to encourage their pu-
pills to take part in the spreading
movement for better corn growing are
provided with the outlines of II les
sons in new publication Of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
Farmers Bulletin No. GIT, School
Lessons on Corn These lessons GOV.
er such important points as kind Of
corn, the best way to plant and culti-
vate corn, diseases that the crop suf-
fers from, selection of good seed corn,
and the ways Of telling good corn
from bad. To help the children to
become good citizens, the following
scorecard is suggested:
The pupil should bring, to school
samples Of corn and under the super
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Protecting Whales.

Portugal, of all powers, has en-
forced a closed season on whales!
This action is made possible by the
abundance of the huge sea mammals
in that part Of the Atlantic lying near
Portuguese West Africa It is of vast
advantage to whalemen to handle their
catch ON shore. Since Portugal
owns the only available shore, she
can make such regulations as she
pleases. She levies a whaling license,
limits the number of ships which may
engage in the business, imposes a 10
per cent duty on whale oil, and more
than all, prohibits all whaling from
November 1 to April 80. During this
half Of each year whales off the coast
of Portuguese West Africa may go
their ways in peace.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
L.ono-Drawn-Out Battles.

Whereas it used be 'the day" that
was lost and won, it is now anywhere
from the week to the fortnight, and
pne wonders what must be the "state
Of SOUP of officers and men during
these all but neverending battles.
Marked by great dullness, we should
say, if not by clearly defined fatalism.
Retreat means only another fight, as
bad if not worse. Death means relief.
Getting wounded means sojourn In
hospital, but the chance of being shot
even there. At a guess, we think we
should become fairly Indifferent as to
what befell us there in the trenches,
and, if any perceptible interest re-
lieved the boredom it would be Curl
osity-a vague, tired, dismal inquisi-
tiveness as to how the Internal set-to
was destined to end.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
TRAINING RULES FOR YOUTHS
old.Fashloned Movements SuppIanted
by Program of Hygienic and
Corrective Exercises.

Notable among the achievements of
the board of education of New York
city has been the introduction Of the
new course of study in physical train
Ing for boys. This supplants the old
fashioned one-two-three movements
with a consistent program of educa-
tional hygienic and corrective exer-
cises. New boylike athletic move
ments are brought into the gymna-
Sums and the boys engage in course
of moderate athletic training, includ-
ing hygiene, which is the basis Of all
athletics. Thus natural enthusiasms
are utilized for constructive school
purposes.
The 10000 boys who assembled last
June in Central Park to exhibit physi-
cal training work were given the fol-
lowing set Of training rules:
Go to bed at nine o'clock after a
thorough wash and a cold splash over
chest and trunk; teeth and gums well
scrubbed. Clothes and books ready
for tomorrow.
Bedroom windows open top and bot
tom.
Rise not a minute later than seven
o'clock Go through two-minute drill
and hygienic exercises for demonstra-
ton. Clean face and neck and scrub
hands. Finish up with a big cold
splash and hard rub all over. See
that feet and legs are clean and rub
them hard to get them into condi-
ton. Brush teeth and gums thor
oughly.
Breakfast and all meals:
No coffee. No tea. Drink milk, a
little at time. Chew all foods to a
pulp Ask your teacher what foods
to avoid.
No smoking. Cut out all habits you
know are bad.
Exercise in the fresh air, equivalent
to a slow mile run day. Walk ten
miles week. If you lose weight you
lose vitality; stop work.
Before school look yourself over.
Am I clean from head to toe? Are
all my clothes clean and in order down
to the skin? Do stand like an ath-
lete?"
The boy has no use for hygiene, but
he has for athletics, and the school
interested in hygiene makes use OF
this fact to gain it's end.