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PAQE TWO. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1904. Morning' Astorian Established IS73. Application made January 4, 1904, to be entered as second-class man matter at the post- office at Astoria. Oregon. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. prise and push, and areeajier to "sot on in the world." In this.rvspwt the Japanese present a sharp contrast to th mental alumnNhneaa and hrinesa of much of Kusaia'a population. Still it was this same Russia whoso warriors nt toerushintr defeat some ;W odd years hs the fiVreo, fanatical lejrionarios of Turkey, than whom there are probably no more inaguiiieant fighters on the earth. ' " r mmwl RATES. Sent by mail, per year Snt by mail, per month. .'. Served by carriers, per month . . . .$6 00 50 60 SOLDIERS AND CWARKTTKS. There's something wrong with the British army, or at least that part of it which is new, according to British army authorities themselves, and the trouble is traceable from the class from which reeruita are taken. These recruits are far from being the sturdy, rosy-cheeked, hearty, much enduring young coun trymen the world has Ixvn accustomed to picture in the "raw recruit" who "took the n'ueen'a (dulling," or, before and after Victoria's time, the king's, but are described as "physically immature and of a low- standard of intelligence," by General Lyttleton, .commanding the king's forces in South Africa. According to one officer on service there it will take three years of good feeding to make them capa ble of doing a good day's work, while another of General Lyttleton's officers ventures the opinion that I,.... 4l.. 1 1 , . . . ... 0F OP THE PROBLEMS 3 c mver uone a KOWa work 111 UU'IP That then' is an increase as to certain types of ! "V "" u" ""l mu'm w uo um! 11 uu'.v cnH n,,l 1 ! . ... 1- I iCI"- erunes or violence mere can oe no ueniai, says iue THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAX. Seat by mail, per year, iu advance $1 00. ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. Ledger. Robbery is getting startingly common. It is conducted by murderous methods. The robbers st-em to have no compunction on the1 subject of killing. The man who does not quickly obey their orders is shot down, while the one bold enough to So serious is this matter regarded that it is excit ing the solicitude of members of parliament, who are seeking the cause or causes of it. One of them, him self a physician, quotes Professor Cask, spoken o as a leading authority on public health, as declaring make active resistance usually is left dead on the ?e Pr,nclPal cause of th,s erioation to bo"juven ile cigarette smoking." Some of the symptoms pro duced by this habit are tints scheduled: "Chronic spot, while his assassins escape. . . . . I hoarseness, lack of annetiti ilvKtwnuia nuil.v f a streetcar at salt Lake were siam at tneir posts . . ', , . " ' -vi-i- i Wans thPv ivfiise.1 to viel.l to han.lita. In this "r" M,uuu iiuii, mpiu ami imermiwnt city a number of laboring men, who work hard for f.' .pam b, he.on.of the heart, difficulty in their money, were stopped by an armed gang andr'T"' u ' "uol""V Pa " nmany stripped of all their money and valuables.' They VJS0 "auacne, mental wear.ness wis nonaV, not t rst tlmt tW 01 WongM, causing muddled ideas, defect ..K-anto . oil n tv,0 nthr tw , , 01 'oy. impatience and irritability." JSVa WUWflkV. ' UF . aaav- V V aav a uivtv I V UIV lUV . A samnles of the news nrinted everv dav from one . v v -l""'"", to say noining - - . i nw ......1::. . vi. nurtiun-s niung a man lor trie ordinary pursuits of life. This condition of things is perilous for Great Britain in her future wars, and she is likel as any nation to haw them. The suggestion is made by Mr. Robert Farquharson, M. D., that England follow the example set by this country ami Germany in forbidding and penalizing the sale of cigarettes to any one under 16 years of age. The idea is a khh one. coast to the other. There naturally arises some ques tion as what is to be done about it. No answer has been formulated yet. When men are so mean, so degraded and so brutal that they had rather go out on the highway as footpads than to earn honest liv ings, the circumstance presents a puzzle. Of course. the police try to catch these miscreants, and the courts to punish them. "While this is being done there spring up new bands as ferocious and greedy. To exterminate them does not seem to be more ef fective than the worthy effort to sweep back the tide In theory the system of education is at fault. It SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL i IMPROVE! !v; i ae county (:!( should be so enlarged as to embrace all of society. tion of expenoing not less than $60,MM) in the eon- f It should take the child at the cradle and supply a 8lrucllon 01 1 " 'P 8 n,'w (,(,rt house. The cost of wholesome environment. It should set up a loftier t,ie structure may exceed this figure, but will' not fall standard of conduct. As a theory this is pretty 'M''ow n every respect the structure will be a enough. It lacks to some extent the quality of being substantial one, and the new proposed building will practical. Tlmre are people born to crime; the wlua' to the needs of the county for many de taint of it ,is in their blood. The liest that can be ca(lts to come. done is to restrain them, to discourage the breeding ne eollrt 's to be commended for this determi- of them. nation. All public improvements, national, state. The footpad is a despicable wretch, with a certain cou"t' aml municipal, should be permanent. A courage, but a large element of cowardice. If any "mm-v Pvernmenr, ror instance, is not a temporary have a plan for the subjugation of this creature it corPOTtKn, f)nt a permanent one. Its administra would be listened to with respectful interot tion must be carried out with due regard for futuit generations as well as the present "one. After we I i i : , ., ..... FIACIG FOR WR . ' ouneu me county will b greater in I I..: - i ... The Japanese government has been authorized to r"",,"lM"1, BI1U more imponant in every rwpect draw upon. 50,000,000 ven of the Chinese indemnity a,lu our coue Hnouia P'ned with due consider fund-a ven is nraetieallv SO eents in Amerien atlon for those whP wil1 the present manage money-and the Russian government is contemDlat- ment of public Affairs- Temporary improvements inemakini? the sale of tea and unmr n stute mnnnn. F excasable only in small .communities. . ' f I titi.:i- ..., . . . . oly, just as the sale of brandy already is. The profit K w"ne 01 m' PernaP8., wre not favorable to on the sale of two such prime necessities as tea and plan for constructon of a new court house at susrar in a conntrv the mnrmiturle of Unifl eanm.t u"; vm time, mere will be general satisfaction fail to ha enormous. These financial movement in. with the Plan of the Vunty court to erect a sub- dicate pretty clearly that both Russia and Japan fAantial buildinR' which nml not be pliN for believe that war is not far off. 3 n l" wtm' Which of the powers is better prepared to stand the strain of war financially it would probably be t,rno J,I(mia hack up slie takes two long hard to say off hand. Russia, it is true, statrcrers str,,lw torward. Rumors of probable settlement of under a national debt amounting to over $3,000,000,- , lar imtorn fi'brolio mean only that Russia finds 000, or about $25 per capita, a stupendous figure !t Poss'ble again to gain her point without recourse when the deep poverty pr-vailing among the Russian 10 1,'"IH 11 W1" D recalled that all of the powers masses is taken into consideration. In addition ,m,,'r,'l her out of Manchuria, notwithstanding Russia's revenues per annum statistics for 1901 w,nc" her troops still occupy that country. Now she are the latest available amount to nearly $9,000,000, ,s mmfi ber H(,enpatioTi of Manchuria in treating a sum which, if wholly raised by taxation, would iVn lor Lorean concessions. For consummate mean an average yearly assessment of aboit $7 for " ai"' H'"'w'ss at the game of bluff, Russia eer- every man. woman and child in the whole imperial y ia,iKS nm "mnK ine powers. domain. The fact, however, that Russia's indebted- , ness and revenues are so vast implies at once that Mr. James J. Hill, president of the Northern Pa she has resources of eorresnondiriL' nronort.ions. cific T?:ii! " ' I ' -'iw vimiui;, ntijn tuut Mill III Will ;I1IU Japan, fiinancially, appears to be much better off will be a koikI thing for a man with an ani.et.ite for ..... ... . . . . just at me moment man her gigantic neighbor and bananas. In this connection it miirht nertinentlv rival. Besides possessing a Chinese indemnity re- be observed, on' the other hand, that a tranSconti serve on which she is able to draw, her national debt ncntnl railrnml hvin -nt,. rw.tu:.. : is only about $200,000,000, or about $4.73 per head, mighty good thing for the man who wants some one while her national revenues amount to only $120,- to hold him up for all his money. 000,000 per annum, or about $2.75 per capita. In 1901 her foreign trade aggregated something like A Baker City man took an incandescent lfoh't t $250,000,000. Her population-estimated to be about bed with him and the bed elothincr caught, fire ,lnin,r 45,000,000-is only one-third as great as Russia's, .some damage. The necessity for blowing out the but most of the Japanese are bristling with enter- gas is thus happily done away with. Prices Talli I have but few expenses and can sell lower than the lowest. X? & See These Prices Overcoats now only it 4 Suits $15.00 $IO.OO I5.05 $12.50 $10.00 Young Men's Suits 9 $ 7.30 " $ $ 5.00 Boy's Suits for $3 to $ $ 2.00 " " $ $10.90 $ 6.90 .$10.90 $ 8.90 7.25 5.50 3.73 M3 Shoes, Hats, .Underwear and all Furnishing Goods marked down to the last notch. 7 u? & & Charles Larson CORNER FIFTEENTH AND COMMERCIAL STREETS ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA FIVEH RAILROAD LBAVBI POHTLAND 1:00 ft ml PortUnd Union D-l 7:00 p ml pot for Aitorlft and ARRIVB ltilirin AITORIA T'.tfaml 1:10 pm ror Portland and Wy Points U:NiM 10:10 pm BOABlUa DIVISION l:l m tl:m Mtpm Astoria fur Warm! T:W a m Ion. riavtl rortl 4:06 n m Btavtni, lUmmood l9:tf a n land Staildt ( llanvl Saaalda (or War-I 1:10 am t:pm ranton. naval.) Hammond, Pert Bttvani Astorlal U:Mpm tiMpa. lain Sunday only Alt trains mak eloat oonnactkma at Ooblt with all Northtm PaeUla tralai to and front Ui Baat and aound points. J. C. Mayo, 0nral Pralg ht and Paaa. 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