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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1903)
ASTORIA, OR5GON.- FBIJXAY.: DECEMBER 18," -vm. A GOOD INVESTMENT. , Real Estate values mar fall, 8toeki of an; kind may' decline, banks may suspend, and so, also, may In- ' Insurance companies, but If you want to make a safe vestment and be sure ot converting your cash Into something that is bound to appreciate in value, Buy And now that the rainy season is at hand, remember that we can turnish, at reasonable ooat a handsome 811k Umrella tor yoursels, your wife or your sweet- heart. ;"; ,," . . H. SEYflOUR, 466 GommmM SUtx IN A; G. SPEXARTH'S SHOW WINDOW , , ' . You will find every morning during the ", months of November and December ;?'':r::".':J;."-v"-.:;V Solid Gold and Gold-filled watches, with the finest Walthan,. Elgin and Hampden movements, all away below eastern prices. Change of entire display daily. Come and see. Count them. ' . : : : BLACKS!! ITHING. Carriage and Wagon Bonding. First 'Class Horse Shoeing Logging Camp Work, AH kinds of wagon materials in stock for sale. We guarantee the best work done in the city. Prices right. fl' ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Duane Sts. iumbi 6 W. N. SrliTn limercial Street pie rates. Home cooking and wholesome food, and courteous eatment to our patrons. The Central Hotel M. HANSEN & CO., tenth and Dnane St. 1991. Scow Pay Iron 8 Brass Works : tELATEMTB Is Miners! Rubber) " and intormation. ' Diamonds Astoria, Oregon 'Phone 921. nq and Tinninq est Work est Prices . est Material pmpt Attention Given to All Orders Astoria, Ur. HOME COOKING We nrenared to furnish rood table board at the most reason-' Proprietors O THING P L E A S E S so well as nicely laundried linen. We have the neatest and most sanitary laundry jij the state and dp, the best work.-7-All White help, I M iU i S7&UlUU fX . The Troy Laundry ' RIanufacturers ef Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundryuieri and Patternmakers. : Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest. ?.s 2451. , - Corner EUnteentb ana franklin. ROOFING ib plao of shingles, tin. iron, tar and gravel, and all prepared roofinga es. Beaaonable in cost. Sold on merit. Gnsranteed. It will pay to ask for ELATERITE ROOFING CO., Worcester BuiMing, Portland BLOCKADED j. :i . . -v.-. Every Household In Astoria f Should Know How to I f'':, Keslstlt. '.ytj' The back aches because the kidneys are blockaded, -. ,,,':'. i f Help the kidney with their work. ' The back will ache no more. 7 Lots of proof that Doan's Kidney Pills do this. . ' .,: - It's the best proof, for It cornea from Oregon., , : ' T, W. , Shankland, who is' a street car conductor on the Woodstock street car line, residing at 710 Ellsworth St., Portland, says: "Some time last fall I began having considerable trouble and' annoyance from a dull aching pate; in the back over the kidneys.', ! think it was caused from the: constant shaking i-and-; Jarring .of the ' ca.b.V'1 thought at first it would disappear quickly as it came, but this was. not the case. Learning of Doan's Kidney Pills X procured a box and took them according to directions. The result was entirely satisfactory.)-' The "backache grew less and .- less and soon disap peared and as far as I can tell It has gone for good for there have been no symptoms of reoccurrence." Plenty of similar proof In Astoria. Call at Charles Rogers, druggist for particulars. . .".... For sale by all dealers; price 50 cts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T., sole agents for the U. S. Remember ihe name Doan's and take no other. j House Moving j AND General Contracting House Moving a Specialty First Class Work ' Guaranteed at BIRCH & JACOBSON, MOM, ORE, WPP'S. BEER HAitli v Astor Street Pool and Billiard Parlor Astoria's Most Popular Resort. Kopp's Celebrated Beer Always on Draught. Imported Goods; For- eign and Domestic Cigars AL. SEAFELDT Depot Exchange 8TEINER & SNOW, Props. The Finest and Best Liquors in tbe City Kopp's Celebrated Beer Always on Tap. ...Your Patronage Solicited... O. R. THOMPSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 48 Commercial Street. ASTORIA AN 9 COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD LEAVE I PORTLAND ARRIVE 8:00 a m' Portland Union De- 11:10 a m 7:00 p m pot for Astoria and 8:40 p m I War Points ASTORIA 7:46 a ml 6:10 p m For Portland and 11:80 a m Way Points j 10:30 pm SEASIDE DIVISION 8:15 a m Astoria for Waren-I T:40 a m ton, Flavel Fort 4:00 pm Stevens, Hammond 10:46 a m 11:35 a ml 6:50 p m and Seaside 8:15 a ml 9:30 a m 2:30 pm Seaside for War-I 12:69 pm renton, Flavel,) 7:20 pn, Hammond, Fortj 9:26 a m Stevens & Astorial Sunday only , i n " AU trams make close connections at Goble with all Northern Pacific trains to and from th East and Sound points.' J. C. Mayo, ' General Freight and Pass. Agent . Repair Shop. The business, of the late O. A. May will be conducted by hla son, George May. who is no prepared to give personal attention to general repair work. - .. Dr. Oswald H. Becttman ' ' PHYSICIAN AND SUEQEON , Kinney Building. Pbooe No, 2481. Office boon. 10 A. M. toTU M., 1 to 4 P If 7P. Uloe.H. uudy loll e K THE MODERN 'SALESMAN. B RaaltoM tk lfeeeasltil' For Cor ; net Dicn 1m Baslmess. . It baa become the unwritten bill none tbe less stringent law that young men shall dress well and neatly during business hours. In many of the lar gest banks and financial institutions none of the clerks is permitted to go costless, and In the mercantile estab lishments where' salesmen are em ployed "loud" attire Is actually dis couraged. Tbe old time salesman glo ried in his flamboyant cravats and shirts, his diamonds and his peculiar clothes. His capital in trade consisted of flashy appearance, vulgar stories, a constitution that would stand intoxi cating liquor and an unlimited amount of cheek. He did not have to know anything about the goods be sold, ex cept in a general way. He slapped men on 'the back, took them out to din ner, got drunk with them and then booked their orders. The modern sales man Is a well educated, neatly dressed gentleman who knows all about the goods he sella He is never called upon to drink, he never needs to dine out be trades on honor and brains, and bis customers are men who only admire men who .know as much as or more than they do about their business. Dress plays the most important part In the game of commerce, no less with the salesman than It does with the man ufacturer,, the mill man, the banker or tbe financial man. They all dress to Impress their fellow men favorably. -O. M. Connolly In Success. Got the Oysters. A captain of a Massachusetts regi ment, stationed In Washington at the time of the civil war, was noted for his love of good things to eat and one day dispatched one of his soldiers, a man named Bailey, to Alexandria to get some, fresh oysters, giving him instruc tions not to return without them Tbe man started, and no more was seen of him for nine days. .The Washington Times prints the story of bis return: After a lapse of nine days Bailey came Into camp leading a train of four horse wagons, loaded with oysters. Approaching and respectfully saluting the amazed captain, 3alley said: "Here are your oysters, captain. Couldn't find any In Alexandria, so I chartered a schooner and made a voy age' to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk for them. There are about 200 bushels. Where do you want 'em?" Bailey did really make the trip, hired his men and sold oysters enough In Georgetown before "reporting" -to pay all expenses and leave him a profit of about $100 The 200 butfccls were di vided among the numbers of the regi ment and Bailey returned to his duty. Paper Making; and the Egyptians, The art of paper making is almost prehistoric. It is believed that the Egyptians Invented the first crude process. This Is shown in the name Itself, which .Is derived from the word papyrus, a reed which grows in Egypt and other warm countries. The ancient Egyptians made their primitive paper from this plant by tak ing the smooth, fibrous layer between the rough outer bark and the Inner flesh of tbe reed. This they dried and glued together In long rolls, which served as a means to , convey their thoughts in hieroglyphics. This proc ess bas been so improved upon during the succeeding ages that today the most perfect paper can be made from the meanest substances. Borne Treatment. In Ohio, as in several other states, persons condemned to death are taken to the state capital for execution. Recently in the Greene county court a Jury was being chosen to try a mur der case. '. ; 1 One member of the panel had been asked the usual questions and bad giv en satisfactory answers until tbe law yer for the defense Inquired: "Do you believe in capital punish ment?' . "No, sir," was the prompt reply; "I believe in banging them right here at bome."-What to Eat. ' When. abeautifu.Lwoman smiles some (wcketbooli is weeping.-ScbooTmaVter. Mice That Snbaiat on Scorpioua. Among the queer forms of animal Ufa tbat inhabit Death valley is a mouse that hits acquired such a taste for scor pions tliut they form Its entire bill of fure. TUe scorpion carries Its formida ble armament In the end of its Blender elongated abdomen in the shape of an exceedingly venomous hooked sting. When disturbed it elevates this in the air and goes in search of its disturber. But it is comparatively slow In Its mo tions, while mice are proverbial for their quickness the world over. , The mouse learned many generations ago where the scorpion carries its weapon, and when he meets It he leaps at the uplifted abdomen, takes off the sting at a single bite and proceeds to make t moal of his helpless prey. It Is sup posed to be the only animal that rel ishes scorpions. Gladstone and the Actor. , All English speaker related this an ecdote to an audience of theatrical em ployees:, Mr: Gladstone, - when Mr. Beerbohm Tree- was Introduced to blin, hardly knewnpon what topic to con verse with blin.. but at length asked Mr. Tree's opinion as to tb politics oi the stage, whether it is, n ij rule. Lib eral or Conservallve. "B'hIj. sir,' salt Mr. Tree wickedly, i rrall 1. bnve not studied the qus;ion. b it I tuoald think the actors, arermo tly Cmsertfatlrc.' 'Dear me.' replied' Mr, if'dftone.. ') wonder whether there U a y .exception to that rule;1 i rhor.hl ui7.' replM Mr. Tree, tbe ex-en.- ibK n are Bud lea Is to a msiu:" "GOLD CANNON BALLSn, Jka Jmaal HMaaa Vraaaar f mm ... Baat laatam rrlsmii j Not long ago an old peasant was (Pandering is the jungle about half a mile from the city of Abmadnager, in India, when he found a round ball of metal. - It was black and looked Ilka an old iron round shot but when the old man lifted It be was strnck with Its Immense weight He carried It home and found on scratching it tbat it was a lump of solid gold. It weighed eight pounds and its sale made the finder rich for life. There are many more of these can non balls, each worth a small fortune, lying bid or buried in tbe recesses of this Jungle, and their story is a curious one. At the end of the sixteenth cen tury Akbar, the greatest emperor Hin dustan ever 'saw, was at the height of his glory. At tbe head of his con quering army he summoned Abmad nager to surrender. The city and its rich treasure were then under tbe rule of the Princess Cande. Knowing tbat resistance could be but short, and in bitter rage against the oppressor, she caused all the treasure of gold, and silver to be melted down. She cast the metal into cannon balls and en graved upon each maledictions against the conqueror. ' These were fired Into tbe Jungle and when Akbar entered the city, instead of the rich board he had hoped to win, he found a treasury absolutely empty. That this Is not the only occasion upon which cannon balls of gold have been cast Is proved by the fact that in the treasury of tbe shah of Persia there may be seen in the same room where stands the famous peacock throne two small globular projectiles of gold. They were estimated by a re cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one pounds each and are roughly made. Their origin or purpose is, however, totally forgotten.( It is only known that they are very old. Chicago Chron icle. BU Tima-Was' ITot tTpV A man of a mercenary spirit had several sons, one of whom was on the eve of his twenty-first birthday. The father bad always been a strict discipli narian, keeping his boys well under pa rental charge, allowing them few liber ties and making them work hard. ; It was with a feeling of considerable satisfaction that the young man rose on the morning of his birthday and be gan to collect his personal belongings preparatory to starting out In the World. . ' The farmer, seeing his son packing his trunk, which he rightly judged to be evidence of the early loss of a good farm hand, stopped at tbe door of the young man's room and asked what be was going to do. , The boy very promptly reminded his father of the day of the month and the year and declared his intention of strik ing out in the world on his own ac count "Not much you won't" shouted the old man, "at least not for awhile yetl Yon wasn't born until after 12 o'clock, so yon can just take off them good clothes and fix to give me another half day's work down in the potato patch." Fate's Ironies, 1 Fate at times works some strange Ironies. t Mr. McHugh, an Irish member of par liament some years ago brought for ward a bill for the amendment of the law relating to contempt of court In Ire land and was soon afterward sentenced to three months' Imprisonment for that offense. Mr, Mcllugh's bill was sent to him in proof form while he was under going bis sentence and revised In EU malnham Jail. Two convjets were executed at the Icblgaya prison in Japan, and one of them as he ascended the guillotine re marked that be had built It himself while serving a sentence for larceny two years before. : A few years ago a story came from a town In Staffordshire, England, of a man who took bis dog to tbe river to drown it In order to save the expense of a license, but slipped and was drowned himself, while the dog re turned borne. ,, ; , , ; Aren't the perfect trust and confi dence engaged people have In each ether perfectly beautiful I" u-! ; "Perfectly Idiotic, I should say " "Whyr i ; "Because when. I-was engaged I tola my future fife all about' my income and prospects, 'and how I can't spend a dollar on myself without her knows lng about It." New tork Times. XT inn fil WOi j They have) ailments and weaknesses peculiar to their sex causing; ' 'them distress 'and anxiety. Thousands are carried to the grave) by Decline, Consumption and other diseases of a fatal character by not correcting the evil in time. Tirrio' and trial have proved that no medicine will equal Beecham'a Pills to combat these ail ments and give happiness and health. Millions of women in every part of the world take no other medicine to keep them io per feet health but , ,1 - . 3 eecham's c '. v j vi . c? v 0 (t n " t v i" tt r -, .-, -", e, Women of middle age will find that Beecham's Pills strengthen . and invigorate the nervous system, purify the blood and lay the foundation of health and strength. '.,, ; Full directions will be found in the pamphlet wrapped around . each box of pills,,, ,., ; . -iMVfn 1 Fir's Im Hoar. , An Illinois congressman said tbat daring a hot summer day he sought rest in a hammock beneath the scant shade of an old- tree that stood at the corner of a down state hotel. 7 '1 had no sooner stretched myself In the hammock," said be, "than these files attacked me, seemingly by the million. It was Intolerable, and in no. pleasant frame of mind I looked op the proprietor. - - 1 :'' T "V J " 'What Ao you mean,' I demanded,! y stretching your hammock In tbat fly haunted field of torture you call a lawnr ( " 'I know the files are bad out there' now,' he answered, 'but you ought to use tbe hammock during tbe hammock- hours, and you'd have no trouble from the flies.' . ' J , "'What are hammock hours P I to-: quired. . ! ' ". ' - I " 'From 12 noon to 2 p. m. dally,' be replied. 'During those hoars files will not attack you In tbe hammock.' "I was much interested In tbe man's. Socratic skill In evading the Issue, and wishing to draw him out I asked: .i"'Why are there no files around the) hammock between 12 and Vt j " 'Oh,' he rejoined, 'at that time, they're all In tbe dining room.' " Chi-i cago Inter Ocean, 'i f ; . ts j Tha Docs of tna Itefl Kefi. I - When Columbus discovered America;' he found that the Indians possessed dogs. They were direct descendants of the wild coyotes of the plains. You can find a beautifully mounted group of coyotes In a glass case at the National museum, a male, female and young one. Their resemblance to certain do mesticated dogs Is very striking. ; Wasted Time. "' 1 . "You want that book bonnd, sir! Yes, sir. It will cost 8 marks. But there are pictures In it That will make It B marks, sir." v.' "But why is it more with picturesr "Oh, you , see, sir, my helper will waste so much time looking at them!" -Fliegende Blatter. V , Forgotf at Father-in-law. , "I've bad another quarrel with my lon-ln-law, Count Fuscads," said Mr. Cumrox gloomily. . '. "Have you refused him money?" ; "Certainly not But I forgot to take my hat off and address bin. by bis title when I handed blm the check." Wash ington Star. A Trick With an Egg. Place two V shaped wineglasses of the same size near tbe edge of a table,, In the right hand one put an egg, Just fitting the rim of the glass. Hold the bases of the glasses firmly down, tbs top rims touching each other. Now,, with a quick, sharp breath, blow uponj the line where the egg and the glass meet. The egg will jump to the other! glass.' With a little practice this canl be done every time. Be careful to blow in a line with the left baud glass. or the egg will jump In the wrong di rection and land on the table with dls-l astrous results, j ;' ' Her Objection. 1 "Don't you think you are taking the wrong stand when you say you do not wish your son to marry, Mrs. W11- : loughby?" asked an Intimate friend. "Don't you know it Is natural and best for a young man to marry and that he will not think any the less of his moth er because be bas a wlfer . "Oh, It Isn't that" protested Mrs.) Wllloughby. "I don't mind bis marry-1 lng on general principles, but I don't' want to be called 'tbe old Mrs. Wll loughby.' "New York Press. 1' . 1 . Awake. ' ;. t Sharp Why, I almost lost money on ' the goods I sold to you. How muclt ; ip you think I made on the order? . : Byer About twenty-five times ai much,'., . ,,. . j,. Sharp Twenty-five times as much ! as what? I ; Byer As you were going to say you ) made. Philadelphia Ledger. it ' lot Cni to it. : ' '' Hostess I wonder . why your little! brother seems so restless and uncom fortable? , ' Little Ethel-i think it's 'cause his hands is clean. Stray Stories. AH Ona to Him. "Look. Dana I The duke has brought his coronet"' - f f?, 2 U "Ten binr to' go ahead and play It rij don't mind the nolse."-Llfe. . :k Litis wJ l. THX3 PiiiS IB wi