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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1903)
! ASTORIA, ' OREGON; SAnfUDAl:. DECEMBER 191903. NEV GOODS Chafing Dishes, Havilahd China, -'New Shops" German China Rich Cut Glass, Steins, Silver-plated ware, Carvers, Door Mats, Baskets, Priu-Olas, Domino Sugar, Meat Roasters, Pre ferred Stock;, Can Goods, Nuts, Raisins, Anti-Rust Tinware, Bran.,i Olive jpil, Christmas Candles and Holders, Tablets, LoiViH-v's Chocolate and Cocoa and lots of good things to eat. hi KOSS, HIGGIN5 & CO. V good goods our specialty December, 1903. THE TIDES December, 1SS. jLow Water. A. M. P. M. Low Water. A. M. j P. mT 1 Date. h.m. ft. h.m. ft" Date. h.m. ft. h.m. I ft. tJNDAT . . ..13 1:88 8.1 8:B7 1.6 SUNDAY . . . 13 8:10 7.9 9:02 6.2 londay 14 2:45 1.6 4:01 1.0 Monday . . . . 14 9:05 8.1 10:10 6.8 uesday . . i . 16 8:61 2.8 4:69 0.4 Tuesday . . ... 16 9:67 8.2 11:10 6.4 fednesday . .. 16 4:52 8.0 6:50 -0.1 Wednesday .. 16 10:45 8.8 liursday . . . 17 6:46 8.1 6:34 -0.6 Thursday . . . 17 11:28 8.4 flday 18 6:32 8.2 7:16 -0.6 Friday 18 0:48 6.8 12:10 8.4 hturday . . . 19 7:14 8.3 7:50 -0.4 Saturday . . ..19 1:29 6.8 12:49 8.8 First-class meal, for 15o; coffee pie or doughnuts' 6c. tauraut, 434 'Bond street 1 nice cake, IT. S. res- Ole Bakken, a native of Norway, , to day declared his Intention of becoming a citizen before County' Clerk Clinton. Justice Godman, County Clerk Clin ton and Auditor Anderson are busily engaged this afternoon canvassing the vote cast in the special ; election. The formality is uninteresting, but essen tial. j . Preparations are complete for the Letter-Carriers' Ball on New Tear's eve and the carriers and their many friends are looking forward with pleasant anticipations to 'the Affair. Good music Is assured and jvery one can depend upon having a sood time. remainder ot the provisions of the in strument are expressed as follows: "To my daughter, Laconia G. Boysse, leave myj sewing machine; to my daughter, May B. Wallingford, one acre of land on the east side of the road; to my son, Starr T. Smith, one acre of land on the west side of the road; to ray son, Goldwln T. Smith, all the remainder of my real estate.' County Judge Trenchard made an or der appointing as appraisers of the es tate, George Oeffler. W. I. Morrison and C. F. Lester. i - . Presents r Worth Buying Smoking Jackets Neckwear Suit Cases... , - Mufflers" Silk Handkerchiefs Hosiery Underwear Gloves Pajamas Dress Shirts Suspenders Hats The first of the new style of self playing piano, or so-called tonophones, has been received in the city. It was purchased by Proprietor Wirkkala of the Louvre, and is quite an entertain- J er. A feature of the instrument Is the I asyium about a year ago. absence of the disagreeable grinding i becomes violtnt at times, and only a Sheriff Ltnvllle returned last night from Salent where he had taken Ab raham Jurvria, who was recently com1 mltted to the Insane asylum. While at Sjilemhferlff Llnville saw Mat H!U etrom, the Lewis and Clark ranchor who killed Lake Moores when the offic ers went to arrest him.- Hillstrom Is hopelessly insane, the sheriff says, and, while be Is semi-rational at times, fois face usually wears a blank expression. The asylum authorities have been ex periencing considerable trouble with Ed Blrchard, who lived at Jewell, this county, and who was committed to the Blrchard noise so common in instruments of the kind. Mrs. A. Garner learned yesterday of the death of her mother Mrs. James Blackburn which occurred at Milwau kee. Mrs. Blackburn's home was In Ironwood, Mich.. but she had been In the .Wisconsin city for some weeks with u daughter. She had been a sufferer from brlght's disease for some years. LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S UMBRELLAS With Gold, Pearl and Silver Trimmed DETACHABLE HANDLES erman Wise The Reliable Clother. ri The wedding of Miss Maud Kindred and Mr. Albert C. Ross will take place at Tokeland next Tuesday. Mr. Ross is the well known and popular book keeper of the local cannery of the Booth Packing Company, and Miss Kindred is a resident of Tokeland. The young lady has often visited in this city and has a wide circle of ' Astoria friends. The couple will make their home In this city. The mammoth British bark And,orln ha is en route from San Francisco to this port. She Is of 8187 net register tons. The bark Is capable of carrying1 4,000 tons dead weight. She is the larg est sailing vessel that flies the union jack, though there are German ships that discount her. The bark is now about due to enter the mouth of the river, but should.she be outside at the present time It Is doubtful If an en trance could be effected. Teach Lansuaite to Parrot. queer business which is carried on frith considerable success In certain nrts of London is the teaching of lan guage ti parrots. There are several persons engaged in thia. strange educa tional work. The country into which Ihe bird is to be seat is first ascer tained, and a sum of 10 shillings a yeek Is then charged for a period va lng from two to three months, ac cording to the capacity of the parrot. With a year's tuition the teacher guar antees a bird with a polyglot vocabu lary chosen haphazard from four dif ferent languages. Golden Penny.' Cockflarhtlna; In England. For centuries cocknghting was en couraged In English schools. Fltzsts- phen in the twelfth centnry mentions it aa an amusement of Londoners and that yearly at Shrovetide the boy of every school brought tocks to their schoolmasters, and all the forenoon was spent in school witnessing these birds fight. As late as 1790 the in come of the schoolmaster of Apple cross, in Koss-shire, was drawn partial ly from cockfight dues. Down, to 1815 at least there was an annual exhibition of cockflghtlns nt the Manor-ester-gram-mar school. rt' j FINE ART PICTURES A COLLECTION NOW ON DISPLAY NOT EQUALED ANYWHERE. 0 To see ! these handsome pictures will dispell all anxiety about what to buy for Christmas. We have them in plain and fancy etchings, oil, crayons, etc. j CHARLES HE1LB0RN & SON ASTORIA'S LEADING HOMEFURNISHERS Everything for the home; Ask to see our Jewell ranges, j As no further competition is to be feared rom The Dalles Transporta tion Company, for a time at least, the Regulator line has announced that the rates formerly In effect will be restored tomorrow. This means that single tar iffs from either Portland or The Dalles will be $1.50 and the round trip $2. B0. The restoration was brought about through the steamer Spencer , retiring from the(run because of having broken a shaft.' The officers of the Regulator line have contemplated the step for several days. They state the cheap rates will not be enjoyed again unless the opposition company places Its boat on the route again. short time ago attacked one of the guards 'and injured him severely. In deed, had assistance not arrived at an opportune moment ,the guard would becomes violent at times,and,N)nly' a doubtless have been killed. Blrchard labors under the hallucination that en emies are trying to kill him, and the sheriff considers it remarkable that tlhe man did not end the lives of several persons before his arrest. He was armed with a shotgun and spent nearly all of his time In the hills looking for his imaginary enemies. Friends advised him to come to town and have the sher iff arrest the would-be assassins, and in this manner his detention was brought about without loss of life. Blrchard Is regarded as one of the worst cases at the asylum. i We are exclusive ag'ents for ; . IS , WHERITY, RALSTON Successors to John Hahn AMONG THE CHURCHES. METHODIST At 11 a. m. sermon on "Christian Requirements" followed by reception of new members. Sun day school, at 12:15. Evening sermon at 7:30, Bubject, "Does Christianity Meet the World's Needs. " Epworth League at 6:30 p. m., led by the pas tor. "Subject, "A Choice for Eternity." FIRST LUTHERAN Rev. Oscar Os trom. the pastor, will conduct the usual services tomorrow.1 On Christ mas day morning tlhe early service will be held beginning at 6:30. The Sunday school exercises , will ; take place Saturday evening or day -after Christmas day,' beginning at 7 o'clock. Music by large chorus will be an ex tra feature this Christmas. - NORWEGIAN-DANISH M. E.-East Astoria. Rev. C. J. Larsen, pastor Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Preach ing at 11:00 a. m.; and f :5'.'p..-.tu. Miss Elsie Larsen will .render t vtoMn solo at the morning and even ing services. . 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Slckau, recently of Clatakanle, and been opened with a flrst-class harness and saddlery establishment. There is now no necessity for Astorlans or resi dents of those portions of the country that are tributary to tb city to send away for anything In the harness line, as Mr. Slckau's stock .to a good one nd will be kept up so, as to meet ail tequlrements of the trade. Merchants and other owning horses should bear in mind that there Is a home institution In every manner deserving of support, and that to send elsewhere for such goods as can be bought at home only serves to drive out a home institution and thereby Injure themselves. The last will and testament of the late May H. Smith was filed In the county clerk's office this morning. By its terms the clothlng, Jewelry and trinkets of the deceased; are left to her daughters, Agnes O. Day. Laconia, G. Boysse and May B. Wallingford. The FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST The latest cure for internal cancer reported in England is a tablespoonful of molasses four or five time a day The London city council now makes 69,000 a year from tramways. Leeds corporation secures from a similar source an Income of 21,000. In the south of Ireland near Inch' Igeelah, Ib the "Cats Well" the waters of which are supposed to exert mar velous remedial effects upon ailing tab bies. It is reported that 2,573 out of 2,894 Congregational ministers In England and alis ure total absstalners, while In Ireland and Scotland ihe proportion is still larger. ; Through tattooing on his right arm h nkftLch of ' a young woman's head a Crewe workman has met his death by blood-poisoning.;;',, The outline was drawn with copying Ink pencil. A London eating house Is to be op. ened near the bank, at which the wait resses will be octoroons of the genuine chocolate cream tint, specially im ported from the southern states. Some of the old Nile lakes,, which were formerly dry salt plains In sunv mer and covered with a few inches of alkali water in the wet season, nave been reclaimed by the British govern ment and are now worth from $200 to J300 an acre. They produce magnifi cent crops" ' About w'per cent of all modern ag ricultural implements and tools used in Mexico are imported from the United States, the! remainder being Imported from Germany, latter principally with single handle and wooden frame, all r Apart from the goodness of Schilling's Best how do you like the dealing in them? Moneyback. c - - CIGARS All Kinds and All Sizes From twelve to one hundred in box. Also fine line of MERCHAM and BRIAR Pipes. Have a few MOISTENING BOXES for CHRISTMAS TRADE. AT: WILL MADISON'S S64 COMMERCIAL 8T. and 114 ELEVENTH SJT. 88K888& 888888888888m8tttmm88888888888888U8tt The Boston Restaurant 530 ICOMMEKCIAL 8TKEET; tttttttx Best and Neatest Eating House in Astoria , Try Our 2 5-Cent Dinners Prompt Attention High Class Chef MARINOVICH & CO 8888S8ttt 18888888: Us being usually of the cheapest construc tion, ; A Leipzlc trade paper, In reporting n the recent fair neld in tnai city, speaks favorably of s, new line of doll heads made of tin and covered with celluloid. The opinion Is expressed in the paper quoted that this novelty is a desirable improvement, as many lines of doll heads now on the market are composed of celluioid and are of great danger to children on account of the liability to explosion to which celluloid is subject. The paper says the use of celluloid in the manufacture of toys Is making steady progress. Far Eastsrn Situation Orsvs. Toklo, Dee. 1J. The situation here Is more unfavorable than yesterdiy. Pub lication in the papers of, the letters of Mrs. 'Anita MoGee, president of the Association of Spanish-American War Nurws, offering t the government of Japan, through th Japanese minister at Washington, the services of trained nurses In the event of war with Rus sia ham produce dun excellent impres sion and Is warmly appreciated m a niarki of the ; traditional ; American friendship or Japan. - 1 C. W. Barr-Dentist f HanseU I Building 673 Commercial Street, Astoria, Orsi TELEPHONE EED 20CL