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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
EAR DRUMS AND DROWNING.
Why Good Swimmers May Meet Sud-
den Death In the Water.

Sudden death of swimmers has new
or been explained satisfactorily. but 1t
Is generally assumed that 1t Is due to
cromps that affect the respiia tory mus
Giles The Medical Record says there
is another theory that has never re
ceived the attention which it merits.
This is that cold water penetrating the
err sets up an irritation in the delicate
messages of the inner ear. 1t cites an
address delivered by Or. Guettich be
fire the Berlin biological society. In
which ne revived this theory.
The irritation of the labyrinth or the
inner ear by cold water might cause
sudden paralysis. just as shock to II
through a sharp blow on the chin VIII
c,use "knockout The symptoms OF
RI. swimmer and. the fighter are sim
il,r They can make motions. but can
NOT direct them; they may become tenn.
nororily unconscious In the case OF
the swimmer, of course. drowning FOL
lows unless some one helps him.
The Medical Record says that persons
with nerforated ear drums are those
oh,ofv menaced by this accident, al
though It may occur to others, Ana
this in spite of the fact that chi'dreh
with large perforations of the ear drum
often swim and dive with tmpunlty.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
THE TURKISH HERCULES.
Ahmet Bey's Feat Of Daring. Strength
and Horsemanshp.

and Horsemanship.
The Turks tell Of Ahmet Bey. an
Ottoman officer who served against
the Russians. Ahmet was possessed
of daring i'm keeping with his heroic
proportions and physical strength. lie
VAS the beau ideal of soldier. one
whose military knowledge seemed In
>tinctive.
1t appears that Abdul Krrim Pasha
the commander in chief. while i'll
speeding his troops one morning cash
ally expressed the wish to capture a
Servian prisoner from the Servian
lines Ahmet Rey. overhearing the
remark. saluted and asked permission
to get the commander prisoner. He
received the permission. although Alb
duI Kerim wondered ut the request
Ahmet wheeled his charger, dashed
spurs into its TANKS and gallOped
straight for the nearest Servian ont
post.
As he approached half n dozen rifles
cracked but. Ahmet galloped on un
harmed and marked down one sentry
for his prey The sentry fired at the
audaciOus hOrSemhn. missed and start
ed to run. Ahmet Swooped on him
like a hawk upon n chicken. He bent
down. grasped the Servian by the col
lar and swung him across the saddle
in front. Then he gallOped back.
bending over his horses neck to es-
cape the bullets. and handed over the
prisoner to the Turkish commander
amid the shouts Of the soldiers. st
Louis Republic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

Being bank president is one job
but 1t doesn't appeal to George Stone
one time champion swatter Of the
American league. Back in the near
championship days of the St Louis
Browns George could clUut that pill
In 1906 he blew himself to II 500 aver
age. He later passed from the big
show and eventually drifted back to
Nebraska to make his home in Cole
ridge. Last season the fence buster
advertised in baseball publication
seeking job--any old job would suf
fee. Failing to connect. he discarded
the spangles for all time and blossom
ed out as president Of the CoIeridge
bank. At the recent meeting Of the
Association of Minor Leagues mt Oma
ha. Neb.. George bobbed up again
This time he applied for position as
umpire.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
ENGLAND AS AN ISLAND.
Changes Channel Tunnel and Perfect
Aviation Would Bring.

Changes a Channel Tunnel and Perfect
Aviation Would Bring.
Great Britain Is un island. Unless
there Is some great CONFUSION Of ma
ture to all time the strait Of Dover will
separate 1t from the continent Of Eu.
rope. Yet every now and then re-
newal Of the scheme for q channel
tunnel Is heard. and ut this moment
men are flying from England to
France and France to England
Suppose the channel tunnel to be
made; suppose flying to be improved
and it is improving every day-what
will become Of the island? What will
become Of the sea? They will be there
and will be shown OH the map. but to
all human intents and purposes the
geography will be changed The sea-
will no longer be a barrier: it will no
longer be the only highroad from Eng
land to France There will he going to
and from on or in dry land and going
to and fro neither on land nor sea,
Suppose this science of aviation to
make great strides and heavy loads
to be carried in the air. what will be-
come of the ports. and what will be-
come of the seagoing peoples!
The ports will be there. appearing as
now on the map. but Birmingham
goods will he shipped at Birmingham
for foreign parts. and Lithgow will ex
port mineral direct. saying goodby to
the Blue mountain and even to sgd
ney hnrbor Sir Charles =. Lucas IN
Sf.i.npA
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

Princeton football for 1914 Is history
and not Of the sort that makes follow
ers OF the team shout for JOY. For the
next year however. there may he
considerable utilization among the tt
ity Of the Princeton players who took
part in the game against Yale will he
lost through graduation next June. and
II this years experience counts for
anything the Tigers now have good
start toward a winning team next sea
son. The Ellis of year hence will be
minus seven OF the eleven men who
started the game against Princeton
The Tigers will be shy only three Of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

In selecting the all star first baseman
from the two big leagues there has
been much contention among the ex-
pert dOpesters as to whether Stuffy
McInnis of the Philadelphia Athletics
or Jake Daubert of the Brooklyn
Dodgers should be awarded the palm.
Some hold that McInnis is unsurpassed
as guardian of the first sack. while
supporters Of Daubert point to the Off
cial record OF their champion. The
figures show that Danbert has the bet
ter Of 1t when figures are considered.
The records Of the two guardians Of
the first sack are far ahead Of any of
their competitors. No other first base
man in the game approached the bat
ting and fielding marks set by this
pair for 1914. Daubert. however. out
hit Mclnnis by ten points. He also
outfieldpd him. stole three more bases
and scored fourteen more runs. al
though he played in thirteen fewer
games Jake therefore has the edge on
Stuffy, which certainly is going fast.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
LOND0N'S SLUM BABIES.
Gutter Children That Thrive Where
They Court Death.


London gutter babies are immune to
ordinary diseases and thrive under con
ditions that would be death to other
children, said DR.. Thomas. health of
fcer of the Finsbury district DIR
Thomas works in the most congested
of the London boroughs. where 6.Wk'
families live and sleep in 5000 rooms
"Some Of these babies" he says, las
soon or even before they nre able to
crawl. are placed on the sidewalks
early In the day, to be watched OF
nursed by girl Of four or FIVE years
They are true gutter children. Some
times the immature nurse falls asleep
wearied by her task, and the baby
crawls to the other side Of the road
needless of traffic. Both are filthy
and gutter stained. but they seem to
live. In fact, the stock from which
they have sprung rises superior to the
ordinary diseases Of childhood" Among
the cases reported are these:
A baby four months old was given n
piece Of raw fat and bacon to chew
because the grandmother said bacon
was good for babies and canaries.
One baby was dosed with stout and
aniseed by the mother as cure for
collie.
Another baby of nine weeks was fed
chiefly ON weak tea.
DR.. Thomas complains of the Sal
rey Camps. who act as nurses in the
district, undoina the work Ut the doc
tors In many cases. He says their ar
rogance is equaled only by their ig
norance.-New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
HIGH COST OF ACTING.
Salaries Of The Past as Compared With
Those of Today

Those of Today.
Our imaGinatiOnS are so nimble in
this world of dollars that we have al
ready ceased to notice the bagatelle of
vaudeville salary of $1,000 week.
such us some Of our actresses are said
to have received. We are already cal
culating on the salary of the future.
The salary of the past was not so am
bilious. 1t waS thing to very over.
not to speculate upon
In the late fiftieS of the last century
Mrs. Drew and her mother received
SIG Il week for the two Mr. and Mrs
G. IL. Gilbert received the same sum
At this time the custom was to give
two plays ii night, with singing and
dancing betwren The regular actors
also did these specialties They sup
piled their own wardrObes az well. and
as the thenter going public was smaller
there was necessarily a constant
change Of bill. The SIG was undoubt
eddy well earned.
The first person to receive q salary
Of three figures was Rose Eytinge. the
most popular emotional actress Of her
time. Her first salary as Lending wO
man had been $50. and ut the time she
considered it great sum. for she had
started on the stage ut 81 u week.
Hamlet called the players 1.-The alb
stract and brief chronicles of the time"
and indeed in no other business today
do we find SO clearly the characteris
tics Of our age. No other profession
Is more overcrowded or more of a gam
be. yet those members of it who sue
coed in finding engagements should
have little complaint to make against
the high cost Of living. with such
changes in their remuneration within
our memory - New York Tribune
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
Not a Suuare Deal.

Miss Mason was explaining to her
Sunday school class the lesson for the
day. the subject being the tares and
the wheat.
Now. remember, children. the tareS
represent the bad people and the wheat
the good ones
why. Miss Mason" exclaimed a
rosy checked boy. who had been listen.
ing through the lesson with deep in.
terest. did sou say the tares are the
bad folks and the wheat the good
oncsY"
Yes. James" replied the teacher.
pleased at the lads interest
We'll. that's funny, ! think" re-
marked the matter of fact child. Its
the wheat ~ gets thrashed: the tares
don't"-Country Gentleman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
-.L;no Ancient Industry.

The toy industry is one OF the oldes'
,,,d,St,ies in the world. The British
,p,seum can show us a doll (with
strings of mud beads for hair ana oth
ORC with movable arms. with when
tho children Of ancient Egypt played
ON the banks Of the Nile. Jointed do''s
and dolls furniture have come down
20 us from the days of Greece ano
Rome. and we know that balls, tops
and +ov animals were favorite play
things at an even earlier data Aaan'
chester Guardian.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
Military AGE 10 Montenegro.

In Montenegro in peace times the
military age runs between the gen
crous limits of sixteen and sixty five.
and on the first runor of war the vet
eran and the schoolboy alike flock to
the flag. And a story is told 'in sober
works Of history of one warrior Of
eighty. who, on being told he was too
old. drew his pistol and shot himself
as bein. or no further use to his cOun
try.-l.Ondon Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
Aberdeen p
Company, In
Phone 568
3O9 f. WiShkah St.
their regulars. and most Of the second
string men will be available.
Soccer Clubs Aid War Fund.

Up to date $1OOOOO has been sub
scribed by the British soccer clubs to
the Prince Of Wales national relief
fund. All the clubs throughout Eng
erous manner. The receipts of prac.
tice games. special donations. a per-
rentage of gate money each Saturday
and every professional giving up : per
cent of his weekly salary have helped
swell the fund
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
lowing:

lowing:
The Majestic. OF l5.0W tons. was de-
signed hy Sir William White. When
finished and armed she WIS exactly. to
q very few pounds. the weight which
he had estimated beforehand. while
her center of gravity WIS within two
inches OF the point which he had pre-
viously fixed on. London Answers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

Home pride is mighty valuable as
set. and the farmer who has none is
carrying a heavy handicap on the
road to success.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

We do not know how cheap the seeds
of happiness are or re should scatter
them Oftpnsr.- Lowell.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

The b,essedne~s or misery Of old
Age II often hot the extruct VI our past
iife.-De Maistro
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

In every field Of human activity the
demand for more competent men and
women is growing every day Espe.
cially so III agriculture.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

There n no man that has not nh,
h"uf, nor IA there anything that has
not In place -Kabbi tse1 An
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
SENTENCE SERMONS.

OF nothing you can. in the
long run and with much lost
labor. make only-nothing.- Car
lyle.
A fat kitchen makes q lean
will.-Franklin.
Everything is twice as large.
measured on three-year-Olds
three foot scale, as ON a thirty
year-Old'S six foot SCALE
Holmes.
In life it Is difficult to say who
do you the most miSchief-ene-
mics with the worst intentions
or friends with the best.-Bul-
wer.Lytton.
We are nearer neighbOrs to
ourselves than wilderness to snow
or weight to stones.-Montaigne.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07
THE CONQUEST OF THE AIF

with at least one aviator In mon
oplane turning somersaults in the air
In France, and another in biplane
In California performing the same ev-
olutjons with his hands behind his
back. the announcement that Qust
now scomes from Orville Wright ougnr
not Ito be surprising, however. mo-
mentous it really is in the history
OF mans ceaseless war of conquest
over natures laws and forces. Not
only is the problem Of stability in
the air on the point OF solution say >
Orville Wright. but the solution is
complete in the sense that the secret
OF automatic stability has been found
Mindful OF former troubles over pat
ents. Mr.. Wright gives no hint of the
nature of his discovery. The great
Ohio experimenter is never sensa-
tional and his announcement will be
accepted at its full face value. What
this meansSis that within few short
years the generality of people will be
flyings Flight is one the eve of be-
coming common. II not as service
able, "a means OF locomotion as the
railroad train or the automobile As
seryiceable OF course It can not be
for MANY years to come. The genera
tion u specially favored that happens
to be "on earth at the time that
this immense triumph is won Or
Vile Wright says the first regular
use Of the aeroplane will be as a
mail carrier in the rural districts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07
Matthew 2O.2e- "a.

And as they departed from Jeri-
cho. great multitude followed him.
And, behold. two blind men sitting
by the wayside, when they heard
that Jesus passed by. cried out, say-
ing, Have Mercy on us, o Lord, thou
son OF David.
And the multitude rebuked them,
because they should hold their
peace but they cried the more, Say
ing. Have mercy on US. 0 Lord, thou
son OF David.
And Jesus stoo5 sir aud called
them. and said, What win ye that
! shall do unto yon?. 4tsa
They say unto him. Ierd. thai, our
eyes may be opened. et +
So Jesus had compassion or. them.
and touched their eyes; and imrne-
diately their eyes received sight. snd
they followed him. )
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in the United States alone has de-
creased from fifty one millions to
thirty millions, and sheep from fifty
three to fifty one millions, remarks a
writer in Harper's Weekly, while the
population in the same period has
increased ten millions.
Fish for teef is the battle cry Of
DR.. Alsberg, chief OF the national
bureau of chemistry, says Mrs. Will
sey, in Current opinion Magazine.
Even the sea mussel, SO repulsive
to esthetic eyes, is eaten in Europe
in large quantities, says Mrs. Willsey
DR.. Alsberg, successor to DR.. Wiley,
in the national bureau of chemistry,
says fish is the solution of the high
cost Of living.
The dog fish once banished from
American tables as unfit to eat, is
coming into its own. In many
European countries it has long been
highly telshed but until recently
American stomachs rebelled at it, but
the high cost of living in recent
years, and the fast diminuton in the
number of beef cattle, is bringing 1t
to the front, and its excellence as
Substitute is now being acknowledged
even by epicures.
A pound of oysters, says Dr.. Ais
1erg, is only equal in nutrition to a
quart of COW 5 milk.
A quart Of oysters, it is said con-
tains the food value of three quarters
Of a pound of beef.
1t is claimed that there are ap-
proximately 3OO,O00,000 laying fowl
in the country, and that the annual
product aggregates 000,000,000
dozen eggs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07
Mother ShIpton's PrOphesies

Mother Shpton lived in England
more than five hundred years ago and
uttered several so-called prophecies.
The following lines We're first pub
lished in 1855, before the discovery
OF America and before any of the
discoveries and inventions mentioned
therein. Adj events predicted hap
pened except the prophecy in the last
two lines:
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with
woe
Around the world thought will fly
in the twinklings of an eye.
Waters shall yet more wonders do,
Now strange, yet shall be true.
The world upside down shall be-
And gold be found at root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse nor ass be at his side
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the. air men shall be seen,
IN white, in black, in green.
Iron in water-shall float,
AS easy as wooden boat.
Gold shall be found mid stone,
In a land that's now unknown.
Fire ana waters shall wonders do, 3.
England shall at last admit Jew.
And this world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty one.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07

oTATOES ENOUGH TO
GO AROUND


IT IL very reassuring TO have Sec
etary Houston Of the agricultural de-
artment tell US that the potato crop
so large. He has practically ex-
ended the quarantine agains' foreign
potatoes until nov it includes nearly
every! sountry which has been ship
ping tpbers TO America. The object
OF the embargo Is 10 protect this
country from infections Of the potato
plants
This action has been foreseen and
It was feared that the exclusion Of
potatoes from abroad would send the
pricesl for the home grown product
soaridt There was a charge that
. pot tlo trust was being formed a I'd
that isDdfd Tse bdtaa shott time Be-
fore the vegetable so necessary for
the sustaining OF lie would be be-
yont the reach of the poorer classes.
Secretary Houston has investigated
the matter and says the department
can find nothing on which 70 base
euch a condition he says the po-
t2to excitement is evidently based up
on a Misunderstanding Of the 'Aid
Of this year, which was 33i.575 r'g
bushels. considerably above the ten
year sxzrsse anc exoeedine tho af-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07

Ii is quite evident that the modern
business man is tired--tired OF being
abused. tired Of being legislated
against, tired of being regulated, tired
OF being oversuperyised. tired of all
the handicaps that the theorists and
socialists have piled upon him. In
this country the policy should be
freedom. But our books are iammed
with laws that restrict enterprise and
capital at every turn. II may soon
be time for a new Declaration OF
rndependence = + &
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07
A MAN AND HIS WAY

There was Man in Our Town who
has acquired the habit OF viewing
everything out of the lower corner OF
his eye Nobody was able to say
whether he inherited the habit or
caught il like one gets the smallpox
or mea sles, or whether some enemy
wished it on him. They only knew
that he had ii in the worst form.
On New Years day he wrapped
himself in his gloom and refused 10
see any promise in the months that
were to come His corner eye view
showed him only the slush under
foot. He didn't discover that the air
was crisp and pure and bracing. that
the sky was clear, that the sun was
warm; he didn't see the smiling faces
of those. who passed him by, nor be-
come imbued with their happy hope
fllness He was looking down not
up-and OF inspiration he had not any.
This Man OF Our Town had heard
somebody say to somebody else that
somebody had declared times were
bad. and he straightway put his faith
in the evil report and hugged 1t to
his heart, because he would rather be-
lieve evil than search out the good
He had heard someone remark to
someone that a certain someone had
reported ready cash was not as ready
as once upon a time, and he forth
with accepted it as fact that all the
money in the land had gone on a long
vacation and forgotten to buy a re-
turn ticket.
1t did not occur to this Man in Our
Town to look around and see whether
someone's and somebody's libels on
things that are we're true or untrue.
A few front-eyes gazes would have
told him that there was much reason
for optimism and little cause for de-
spair.
He could have seen a promising
new year unfolding. All around him
persons were buying and selling in
the same old way, depositing money
in goodly sums and writing checks OF
several figures. Every messenger
from the farms brought tidings Of
great crop prospects and of the
ranches and the industries the reports
were the best. Nowhere could there
be found any foundation for fear or
uncertainty.
But this Man Of Our Town, with cor
ner-eye vision, was not one whose
range of view extended through or
beyond the little envelope Of gloom
in which he has sealed himself. True
If he should suddenly emerge into the
open into the sunlight, 1t would cause
him to blink few painful blinks OF
surprise until his corner-eye vision
adjusted itself to a full view ahead,
but eventually 1t would pay tim
richly.
Are you the Man in Our Town?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07
Sane Statistics.

According to statistical writers in
a popular magazine the inhabitants
of the world in 1856 amounted to
75l 900, 600; 42O.001,0O0 Of whom were
still in pagan darkness; 100000
the followers OF Mahomet; 10,0gl, 900
Catholics; 44.00O,000 Protestants; 3d.
100000 of the Greek and Armenian
churches, and perhaps 1905, COO Jews.
And the same statisticans go on 20
say that a century later, 1876, the
inhabitants Of the earth amounted to
one billion, four hundred and fifty
millions, and they give Bishop Car
penter as their authority, that there
are now in the world 500,000,000
or one-third of the total
population OF the world. They sum
1t up that the coming struggle for
supremacy will be between Christi
anlty and Mohammedianism
II should be borne in mind that the
latter part of these statistics are
from Christian missionary sources
and may bear little the coloring OF
enthusiasm Of the writers.
Beef Eaters History.
DO the people know that since the
year 1907 the number Of beef cattle
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-07

nual food and planting consumption
of the United States
The secretary further says that
prices are still reasonably low and
the problem seems to he ono rrac-
tically Of distribution. There Is no
shortage atimsteat and tho sl.tH1i3 in
the farmers hands .is yeryilaFse.se
These are kind words, but suppose
a potato trust corners the market
between now and spring. Win the
governMeHthe able to do any more
to IL than ii did to the egg trust?