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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1903)
ASTORIA, ORKGON, MOITPA TfP DECLMbur - A GOOD INVESTMENT. v ' '- -i " - ' ' ';l ' " i ' Eeal EstateVttlues may tall, Stooka of any klDd may ' ' . . 1 decline, banks may suspend, and so, also, may In- i ' ... insurance companies, but If you want tomake a safe vestment and be sure of converting; your cash into something that is bound to appreciate in value, Buy Diamonds. . And now that the rainy season is at hand, remember : v ' i , t , that we oan furnish, at reasonable cost a handsome Bilk XJmrella for yoursels, your wife or your sweet heart. - v . , J. H. SEYMOUR, IN A. G. SPEXARTH'S i SHOW WINDOW ' You will find every morning during the months of November and December 150 Solid Gold and Gold-filled watches, with ' , i the finest .Walthan, EIe;in and Hampden . : movements, all away below eastern prices. Change of entire display daily. Come and see. Count them. : : : BLACKSn ITHINQ. Carriage and Wagon Building. First -Class Horse Shoeing Logging Camp . Work, All kinds of wagon materials in stock ' ifor sale. . We guarantee the best work done in the city. Prices right. ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Dttane Sts. Plumbing and Tinning est Work est Prices est Material Prompt Attention Given to All Orders W. N. SfllTH Commercial Street HOME COOKING treatment to our patrons. The Central Hotel I K. M. HANSEN & CO. NOTHING PLEASES ' so well as nicely laundried linen. We have the neatest ', and most sanitary laundry in the state and do the best work.--AU White help. w ( ,",'". Oor. Tenth and Duane &Tf a HTtOY ESttMlClry Ihonel991. A Scow Bay) Iron 8 jRrass Works ; a':i.,Rlaniifactufcfs cf "-''i ' ; Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundrymen and Patternmakers. . ... .'.Absolutely firstelass work, f Prices lowest. . . , ' " a rijLlAAMAli Anil EffnnfISn 2451 le- corner ciMueeuiu ami nauium '" YELATERITE U Mineral RrtHf) - MKTS ncjvxirr Epv r a ER'ITE ricwfnd infomaaom mnivr. CO.. 66CommmM Street Astoria, Oregon 'Phone 921. Astoria, Ur. Proprietors ' ROO F I N G Worcester Bui'ding, Portland "As the r Crow Flies' The shortest line . between Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago is , tfSKi-i twxm . the route of the famous ) North western "Limited 1 " T(,( Train for Comfort.'" " ' every night ' in the year. Before starting on a trip no matter where-wrlte for Interesting informa tion about comfortable traveling, H. U SISLER, General Agent. :,',., 132 Third St. Portland. Oregon. ' .' ' ' T. W. TB48DALE, General Fasaenircr Agent, St Paul,' Minn. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points east; Louis ville, Memphis, New Orleans, and all points south. See that your ticket reads Via the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod ern trains connect with all transconti nental lines at St. Paul and Omaha. ' If your friends are coming west let us know and we will Quote them direct the specially low rates now In effect from all eastern points. , Any Information as to rates, routes, etc., cheerfully given on application. iB. H. TRUMBUfjL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third street, Portland. Or J. C. LINDSET, T. P. & P. A., 142 ;Third Btreet, Portland, Or. P. B., THOMPSON, J". ft.- P. A., The Scenic Line TO TAB EAST AND SOUTH. Through Salt lake City, Leadvllle, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and s Perrrtr, ilOlHAN! Offers the Choice of Three Routes Through the Famous Rocky Moun tain Scenery, and Five Distinct Routes East and South of Denver. 3-FAST TRAINS DAILY-3 Between Ogden and Denver, Carrying All Classes of Modern Equipment. Purfect Dining Car Service and Per sonally Conducted Tourist Ex cursions to All Points East STOP OVERS ALLOWED On All Classes of Tickets. For Information or illustrated litera ture call on or address , W. C, McBRIDE, General Agent 12 Third St, Portland. Or.. NORTHERN PACIFIC Time Card of Train h PORTLAND, r , . Leaves Arrives Puget Sound Llmlted.T:2S a m l:4S p m Kansas Clty-St Loula Special 11:18 am :46 pm North Coast Limited t:IO d m 7:00 a m Tacoma and Seattle Night ' ' Express 11:4S pm 1:06 pis Take Puget Sound Limited or North Coast Limited for Grafs Harbor points Take Puget Sound Limited for Olym. pla direct Take Puget Sound Limited or Kan sas City-St Louts Special for point! on South Bend branch. . . Double dally train tervice on di-fi Harbor branch., , Four trains dally between Portland, Tacoma and Beattlav POLLY.' ' By Addison Allen.' .i J ' Some years ago, one whom I had not previously known to be my enemy sent me a parrot, when first seen by me tlw bird inhabited a cage about a foot square, and on the under side of its roof was walking around and cursing everything In sight in three languages. On one side of the calge was a food cup containing two or three crackers and several human fingers, ears, and scalps. On the other side was a drink' ing-cup filled With clotted gore. I gath ered from the bird's actions and re marks that he was in an unchristian frame of mind., ,1, therefore, instruct ed ni wife to remove him to a larger cage which we had prepared, and with drew, as the sight of bloodshep is al ways distasteful to me. It was after ward told me that the bird in proc. ess of removal not only used language unbecoming , a gentleman, .but tore three strips of leather from, my wife's nosp, which he then wove into a, mat for his cage. ; "'?. v , In the' course of time, we beeam better-acquainted with Polly, so that we learned to love him; and my famr lly and I spent many happy hours in observing him in his gymnastic exer cises, listening to his ; improving re marks, et cetera. His disposition was pre-eminently social, and he held a pas sion for shaking hands. The amiable visitor would insert a finger in, the cage, and Polly would seize it in his beak, and shake hands cordially until the 'guest sometimes lost all pleasure in the ceremony. Some visitors did not attempt to conceal their impa tience to go away while shaking hands with Polly. Although Polly never openly pro fessed religion, he was of a devotional nature, and his conversation was larg ely in reference to the future state of sinful Bouls. His observations were weighty and forcefully delivered, as were also the missiles discharged at him to intercept their flow., PateTlt leather shoes Were a favorite ProjeC' tile with me a,t first, but Polly soon learned to catch them In his beak and make hash of then! without interrupt ing ,his flow of eloquence; and I fell back on other articles of bric-a-brac. Tolly was not tacking in the flner feelings of his sex; he admired fem inine beauty as represented by Biddy Higglns, our cook, and frequently pur. sued her across the verdant Bward back of the kitchen, in the endeavor to secure some anatomical specllnen whose rare beauty and graceful out line he might admire at his leisure. His honorable motives were always misconstrued by the coy maiden, v ho incontinently fled at , each approach, and the ensuing display of agility by both parties beggars descriptions, It was my practice, just before Biddy's hanging out clothes in the yard on Mondays, to invite a select party of friends, and after seeing them safely up a tree, cautiously to liberate Polly with ft long pole. The entertainment that invariably followed was of tle highest order. We knew from the first that Polly possessed a thoughtful mind, and we thought it highly probable that he had received a college education, but we had no idea what an inordinate fondness for books he had until one night when he escaped from his cage BLOCKADED Every Household in Astoria v i- Should Know How to Iteslstlt. The back aches because the kidneys are blockaded. ' '"'i i' Help th? kidneys with their work. ! The back Will ache no more. Lots of proof that Doan's Kidney Pills do this. , It's the best proof, for It come 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 1 began having considerable 'trouble and annoyance from a dull aching pain In the back over the kidneys. I think It was caused from the constant shaking and Jarring of the car. I thought at first It would disappear quickly as It came, but this was not ihe case. Learning of Doan's Kidney Pills I procured a box and took them according to directiona. The result was entirely satisfactory. The backache grew le 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." j Plenty of similar proof In " Astoria. Call at, Charges Rogers, druggist for particulars." ' " ' For, sale by all- dealers; price 60" cts. Foster-Milburn . Co., Buffalo, N. T le. agent for tbi V-.'t. t V ' ' j Remember the name Doan's and take do other. it ! and made "his Way to the library. Like the religious bird he was, he referred first to the family Bible, unearthing it from Its enshrouding dust with the fire-shovel. ' He' devoured ' it slowly page by page, with great relish. When he had finished he took the major por tion of Gladstone's "Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture", and t9e whole of Balfour' b "Foundations of Relief." He then followed with Baxter's "Saints' Rest" and the "Paradise Lost," taking a few pages-of Webster's Dictionary as a side dish. Then he made a sand wich of Tennyson's poems. ; Brad shaw's guide, and the Brooklyn direc tory. Next he took alternate mouth fuls of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall," and the works of Old Sleuth. Feeling then a taste for hfgher, literaturej he turned his attention to a book of wall paper samples. ,, Next morning the cheerless rays of the winter sun stole through the shut ters and rested on a mass of plumage that should never flutter , more; .or clawa that nevermore should climb; on a beak forever dumb. Preserved by taxidermy, he Bits beside a bust of Socrates, and opinions are quit evenly divided as to whch ' looks the wiser. And when Biddy Higgins leaves that room she backs out, with her eye on the late lainented. , .,,. j . ; , In Case of Accident. Accidents will happen. Mother strains her back lilting a sofa.. Father is hurt in the shop. Children are forever fall ing and bruising themselves. There is no preventing these things, but their worse consequences are averted with Perrv Davis' Painkiller, No other remedy approaches It for relief of sore strained muscles. There Is but one Painkiller, Perry DavlB. A chamber maid in the Central hotel had several fits of an epileptia nature last evening, and for a time fears were entertained that she would not survive. Eventually, however, the care of a physician restored he? q normal condition. ; Jose'phPhillipS fat this city is in receipt of a letter from his brother- Harry, who has been In Alaska for several years. The letter comes from Dawson City, and says in part:; "I have' done fairly well this' summer that is, I have worked at $10 per shift all Bummer. Now, that will sound like bfg pay to you. but "if you understood the country and , conditions VAll would thine nothing of it I will give you an illustraton: I have been sick, and have had to pay a doctor $10 per visit; any old prescription 'i or more, and other things in proportion. So you see wagss are nb more than conditions demand. I saw the account of Joe Leonard's death.' We have ex perienced a temperature of 43 degrees below ,but winter has not yet fairly set In." The remainder of the letter is of a private nature. . : To The Public Having assumed the management of the saloon known as the La Tosca we beg leave to state that it shall be our aim at all times to sell only the best goods and to assure to all of ou patrons courteous treatment. A, con cert will be given every evening by the best musical talent to be procur ed on the coast, and in evry possible manner we shall endeavor to make our house attractive to the public. . , JES& CHESHIRE.' ; ' THEO. BRAKKE. Always. Rei Member the Full Nam linOneDay, Crfpin 2 Dayi axauve Cure nCoidinOneDay, The! Pioneer Limited There is no train in service on any railway in , '5v;,!;. the ...world ; that equals in equipment The ... ,r , , .,.. .,.. Pioneer Limited train from St. Paul, to Chi- . . ," . , .., cpgo via. the ,;- ... , ..;... Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul: Railway The railway company owns and operates the sleeping and dining cars on its trains, and gives to its patrons an excellence of service ,. , ' , not obtainable elsewhere. The buffet cars, , o ' ' compartment cars, standard sleeping ' cars r and dining cars of The Pioneer are the t ,; ' v handsomest 'ever built. ' i . H- s- tQW 134 Third Sireet, Portland WEST SIDE NOTES." - " Rev. William S, Short held a regular service in St. Thomas chapel Friday evening, On Monday, St. Tito mas day. a special service was held at 1 p. m.i Fred Bidwell went to San Francisco last week where he will remain until after the holidays with his mother. : fiss C. v, Hess will ispend the Mt- days In Portland. ' Miss Belle Brown- returned to her ; home In Portland last Saturday. She has been making a long visit with her sister, Mrs. Harman Cables at Sklpa non. e t V ' it Rev. Levi, Johnson held serlvlces In AVarren's hall Sunday evening. Mr. Johnson resides in Portland. "" ! Hon. W. C. Carnahan was In Sklpa non Wednesday to Vote for etate sena tor. " .':;;:V.',. Miss Cora Johnson will spend her holt days at her Hillsdale home. . ' i Frank Sweeney and George Warren have gone to Mexico ia look over the business prospects ";r! s 1 j V The children of school district No.; t will enjoy a Christmas tree In the school room Thursday afternoon, , to which all are invited. Warrenton schools also have a Christmas tree the same afternoon. And in the evening the Sunday school will observo the ' event In Warren's hall where the ses sions of the school are held. ' 'i Fred Blaisdell has just returned from La Grande, whither he went to see John Stalker, formerly of this county, Who was suffering with typhoid lover and Blight's disease and expected to die. Mr. Blaisdell was too late in or riving, his friend having passed away thn day prevtouB. ( : : :: , , ;, ',j4' ,t NOTICE ; Notice Is hereby given that the un dersized has been by the County Court of Clatsop County, .Oregon, (July appointed executor, bf the at Will ant testament of May gtnith, deceased, an4 letteri ttamerttry have been duly, Issued to him as uch executor. All persons having claims afajnst said de ?fiased are requested to' pfesent the same, properly verified, to the under signed, at W(arrenton, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated at Astoria,' Oregon, this 19th of December, 1908. ; j,'; GOLD WIN T, SMITH, ' 12-22-Bt , Executor.1 Under date of the"' 20th Inst, a cor respondent Ment ' to ithls office a letter in which he makes the following refer ence to the dredge Chinook: "The Chi nook like an Indian, Is a little dirty. For a long time they have been lying off Smith's Point dredging themselves, and It has been darkly whispered that once or twice they fetched the bar a terrible clip that made things rattle. As I said before, the Chinook is in a , bad situation. v. if they lay where they are they will go to pieces on the middle sands, and If they tie up to an Astoria - dock the fire department will clean them out In fifteen minutes. There te no safe place for the Chinook unless they could go far away and dredge themselves into some land-locked har bor where nobody would hurt them and they would be at rest," The corres pondent then goes on to criticize the officers and crew of the vessel, but gives no reaBon for his criticism. The commander of the Chinook is a splen did sailor, and any such attempt as that of the correspondent whose letter is given above must not be taken ser iously. jt - on every YTtrtTL box. 3 So KE OJtftKlTft-- ' I