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THE MORNING A8TOMAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1001 Plan ?hbo;. gentlemen's shoes AI Popular Prlwt $3Q $3o $4:22 W buve id especially ex . cedent stock of medium priced shoos to tulcct from such IB the celebrated W. L. DOUGLAS WALK-OVER Good enough for Anybody! PETERSON BROWN For the BEST DECORATOR Ekst Slock of y all Decoration ond the Most Prompt Service Goto B. F. ALLEN G SON . THE LEADERS Confectionery for Easter, Fut nn in the moot attractive form suitable for otferitiK. and of the moat select candioe, 1hii bona, etc., U now rend? for the choosing at tbe EASTERN CANDY STORE 508-608 Commercial 8t. Next Griffin's BvU Store. Their widespread ri'pntatlon for furnishing the most healihfnl, pure and delicious confectionery in a full tfimrautee ol the Ligb quality of their gooda, . 1 OAF Red Cross Savon Use Red Cross Savon, you will not make a tnis - take. (Sold by FOARD STOKES COMPANY, Astoria GOING EAST TRAVEL IS GENUINE PLEASURE ON Baltimore & Ohio R. R. ROYAL BLUE TRAINS BETWEEN- Chicago and New York via WASHINGTON, D. C. Finest and Fastest Beries of trains in the world. Palatial Coach es, Pullman Buffet Parlor and Drawiug Room Cars. The Finest Dining Car Service In the World. Is operated by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. B. M, AUSTIN, General Pass. Ait- - Chicago, III. LOOKING UP . RELIGIONS Japanese Commission Consider ins Advisability of Adopt ing Christianity. EN ROUTE FOR AMERICA Com ml anion IJiecidcftThat Chrls tlan Itelfffion la Failure In Kngland-MlnUtfr Trem ble for America. CHICAGO, April 4. Whether Chris tianlty or Buddhism la the Ideal re llgion for Japan has been discussed by Dr. W. N. Clarke In a aermon at the Second Baptist church. He referred to a Japanese commission aent to Amer ica to Investigate the practical reaulta of Christian teaching. "It la reported that thla commission U to determine whether Chrlatlanlty should supplant Buddlam In Japan,," aid Dr. Clarice. "It la to decide from a.tua'. observation whether our re-j llgion can be recommended, and it la Mild, the commiaalon already has de cided that In England Chrlatlanlty la a failure. "What of America? Ia It not true that there la a great deal of nominal Christianity, not worth transplanting? We aay we live In a Christian country ;in ! atlll the saloan flourishes here aa we:l aa the church. We aend ber and whisky to foreign countrlea In the same hlpa with our missionaries. It la niveiMury that the Japanese commission hould be able to Judge be Itwn nominal and real Chrltlantty or ele-i It might decile that a heathen re ligion ta better." VICEROY IS SATISFIED. Alexieff Viaita Port Arthur on Teur of Impact ion. TIEN TSIN, April 4. It ia atated that Viceroy Alexieff, who for the paat four daya haa been at Port Arthur on & visit of Inspection, haa found every thing satisfactory. The damage done by the bombardments of the Japanese fleet la aald to have been Insignificant Viceroy Alexieff will return to Mouk- den Tuesday. The coal salee of the Hal Ping Mining Company for the post week show a record of over 22,000 tons, which, considering the existence of the war, la regarded aa highly satisfactory. It ! generally believed that the Jap anese will not attack Nluchwang. It 'a .thought that their opportunity haa nad. The Russian foicea are pre pared to defend the place. The task of l he Japanese If they ahould be even tually successful la becoming dally more difficult. thla year's product The Russians are paying well also for transports, giving Ave rubiea (12.5) a day for carta and 4A roubles for cart hire from Llau Tang to the Talu river. There is not the slightest sign, the correspondent says, of 111 feeling to ward the Russians among the natives. EMPLOYERS ARE WARY. A THOUGHTFUL MAN. M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Irtd., knew what to do in the hour of need. Hla wife had such an unusual case of stomach and liver trouble, physicians could not help her. He thought of and tried Dr. King's New Life Pills and she got relief at once .and was finally cured. Only 26o at Charles Rogera' druf store. Child Labor Law in Naw York Being Strictly Enforced. NEW YORK. April 4. Since the recent .decision of Judge Roesch, in Manhattan, whereby an employer Is held responslple when he employs a child whose age certificate does not show It to be more than 14 years old, employers all over tbe city have taken warning and are extremely wary. If a child la found in their employ who cannot prove that , he or she Is more than 16 years old, they are liable to prosecution. Children under 14 and over 14 must have awork certificate from the department of health, which keepa records of birth and schooling of all children in the city, that is, of all cildren In the city, that is, of all children whose births are reported. It is along thla line of reporting births to the health department that trouble haa arisen. Employers receive applli'-atlons from children, especially of thoao who wish to get employment In department stores, out no positions can be given by the employera until It Is learned that the child labor laws will not get them Into trouble. The law la that work certificates may be Framed to those who have been 130 days in school between their 13th and 14th birthdays. The difficulty found here Is in finding out whether the child is 14 years of age. Many chil dren come daily to the health depart ment rooms to get their certificates, but they cannot prove their age. These are children of whose birth a report hits not been sent to the department "It is a fact that we get only 60 or 70 per cent of the births recorded," said Dr. S. J. Byrne, register of rec ords, today. "People and their phy sicians do not send In reports of the children's births, and when the chil dren want to go to work there Is no record to show their age. Then they blame the department for not getting the record, and ask why we didn't get It from the doctor. "Few people realize that there la a provision In the sanitary code whereby laxity in reporting birth is made a misdemeanor, punishable by not more than two years' Imprisonment "The trouble, however, ia that we can not prosecute after two years from the time of birth haa elapsed. And we don't find out until the births were not repotted until the child becomes old enough to work. Then there is trouble." One of these cases came up yester day when Miss Jennie Horstmann. who lives at 297 Liberty avenue, came to the health officials to try to get proof that she was 18 years old. Her birth, it seems, had not been reported, and she had no proof to show men who would employ her that she was 16. The girl's father, John Horstmann, was very indignant when he learned that there was no tecord, and scored the health department for negligence. He threatened to appeal to Borough President Littleton, but was some what taken aback when he waa told that he himself ought to be prose cuted for not reporting hla daughter's birth. Russians Encourage Natives, NEW YORK, April 4. Supplies are plentiful In Manchuria and the Rus sians are doing, everything to encour age the natives to furnish provisions In the future, saya a World dispatch from Yinkow. It Is said they are even pay ing farmers half-prices In advance for To Improve Young Men. NEW YORK, April 4. Announce ment has been made by the interna tional committee of the Y. M. C. A. tlmt James Stokes of this city has for warded an offer of $50,000 to the So ciety for the Moral Improvement of Young Men of St. Petersburg. One of the conditions named by Mr. Stokes Is that $100,000 more be raised in Rus- Rheumatism eta, the whole to form a fund for the erection of a building for the society. The head of the society In Russia is i'rince Oldenburg, a close relative of the emperor. The movement has received permis sion of the government to extend Us branches throughout Russia.. REACHING AGREEMENT. Miners and Mine Owners Confer Re garding 8triks. DENVER, April 4.A special from tiidgwny, Col says: The negotiations began several days ago between the Telluride Mlneowners' Association and the executive committee of the Miners' Union, with General Bell aa a third party are proceeding rapidly to a satisfactory ending, according to an official high in the union and who Is a direct party to the arrangement He snys an agreement will be reached not later than three days hence, the terms having already been practically set tled. The exact terms are not given out. but It is said they are fully aa favorable to the miners as to those they agreed to under the compromise at the commencement of the strike. It Is for the purpose of seeing the strike settled. It is believed, that General Bell remained in Telluride, Instead of departing with the members of the national guard, who left the district yesterday. It Is understood the terms will be agred to by the executive com mittee and not submitted to a referen dum vote of the union members. DEATH TO THE JEWS. 11 Is Not a Skin Disease, Most people hare an idea that rheumatism is contracted like a cold, that the damp, chilly air penetrates the muscles and joints and causes the terrible aches and pains, or that it is something like a skin disease to be rubbed away with lini ment or drawn out with plasters; but Rhuematism originates in the blood and is caused by Urea, or Uric Acid, an irritating, corroding poison that settles in muv elea, joints and nems, producing inflammation and soreness and the sharp, cutting pains peculiar to this distressing disease. Bowline- Green, Kr v.,i?IPT.? W "in w-A? Abo.t;yWira,oIwM.tUckedl,raouU dulling of tbe body will hasten an at- rnenmatira in my shoulders, arms and tack of Rheumatism after the blood and leg below the knea. I oouid not raise my system s in the right condition for it KXtwo to develop, but have nothing to do with jngme any relief. IsawS. 8. B.edertTwd the real true causes of Rheumatism, and decided to try it. immediately loom which are internal and notexternal E&&fXgS?i$2tS2&& Liniments, plasters and rubbing rellM? I continued it. u.e andam will sometimes reduce the inflamma entirely wll. I will always feel deeply tion and swe'Hng and ease the pain for n'r,",t,, in tu tM ot B-B' 8' "no time, but foil to relieve Permanently J& "TfijOT HOBTOff. because they do not reach the seat of "L"" mjia the trouble S. S. 8. cures Rheumatism because it attacks it in the blood, and tha TTrl Arirl noisnn is neutralized, the alutrtrish clt culation stimulated and quickened, and soon the sys IVT1 tem la purified and cleansed, the aching muscles and joints are relieved of all irritating matter and a lasting cure of this nvt painful dUeaa effected. c o G - t.mVu vfffwtehl iml nnttinalld as a blood m lifier and an invigorating, pleasant tonic. Book on Rheumatism will be mailed frt s. fj SW7FT SPECIFIC CO.. ATUU3TA. CJL Pernicious Circular Being Circulated in Southern Russia. NEW YORK, April 4. Among the anonymous circulars said to be gping the rounds In various Southern Rus sian centers and against which the government baa Issued stringent meas ures for the maintenance of peace and order is one qquoted in a Times dis patch from Vienna, In part as follows: "Satan, who has assumed the shape of the Jews, continues to disturb our holy Russia.. Behind the Jew our foes at home stand Innumerable Jews abioad, In alliance with the unbeliev ers, the English. Americans and Jap anese. "Godless England and usuriousAmer lea, threaten us and wish Japan to tear us down, but danger lies at home. The peril la with the Jews, who drink our chlldren'a blood; poison our youths with foul and pernicious ideas, and overthrow the pillars of our hcly state and faith. "AgaiiiHt this hundred - headed hydra, this venomous reptile, we must battle. Death to the Jews." Old Steamer Daya. A paity of gentlemen were discuas lig IrT the .'orri.lor of the Palace the peculiarities of different people In the manner of conducting business in dif ferent parte of the world. "One thing lhat struck me as peculiar when I was in Victoria, R, C. a few weeks since," said one, "was the fact that during the noon hour one cannot make any pur chases In the .tores.. Every business man closes at the lunch hour to par take of the noonday rieal." ' - 'That reminds me," said one of the listeners, a gray-haired California pioneer, "of Sap Francisco when we were 30 days away from home. This was before the days of ocean grey hounds, pony express or telegraph. It was when the malls came by way of the Isthmus of Panama and were car tlel on board of the old sldewheel steamers. When a sidewheeler waa slchted at the outer station the long black arms on the Telegraph Hill sta tion would be put in position and It was always about two hours before the steamer would come to an anchorage. That signal was for several years a signal to Ignore business. If a cus tomer who had not noticed the signal entered a store to make a purchase he would be told, "Come In later; haven't got time to do any business; steamer's coming In. The Intending customer lost interest in what he visited the store for and became engrossed with the topic of the hour wondering If he would gjet a letter from home. The thought of receiving news from the dear ones at home after a silence of 30 days unfitted all the old San Fran clBcans for business on those occasions." Correct Clothes for Men SNT this the best planto buy the best clothes at the best store in town? Here you get full value for your cow . a. a too. moneyt not nothing for something or some thing for nothing. For example, this label MAKERS NEW YORK marks the world's standard ready-for-service apparel. We can sell you none better, because it Is physically impossible to make better. Equal to fin cmtom-inadc In all bat price. The makers' guarantee, and eon, with every garment W art Exclusive CUtributars in this dry. Children should be allowed to eat sweets but the proper kind of sweets. Cheap, nasty confectloney should nev er be given them, neither should they be permitted to have too much Ja m nor any of that Indefinable hodge podge or stuff that masquerades under the name of cake. Beware of cheap, painted andies, they are poisonous. But give the children sweets in the form of pure chocolates, honey and syrup made from fruits. A lump of sugar or a stick of good candy now and then will not hurt them. Let them eat molasws, but be sure it Is a good quality. Fruit Jellies, if unadul terated, and plain cookies that are not too sweet are f,ood for children. Let the little growing children have sweets. The system craves them. They impart warmth and energy. They nourish and build up the tissues. The best time to give the children sweets Is at meal time. Let fruits, Jelly, syrup molasses, honey or cookies form part of each meal and then children will not no often plead for candy and cake. Let the children have sweeta But see to It thatthey are furnished the prop er kind, at the right time ahd in a sen sible quantity. Meaicai 'taut. Sweets For Children. Nearly all children, especially If they be normal, healthy children, crave for sweeta A great many parents, with out any thought or reason in the mat ter, deny to their children all kinds of sweets. They do this from some pre conceived notion that sugar and candy and cakes are bad for the children. Other parents go to the opposite ex treme and indulge their children in all sorts of confectionery, from the cheap est to . the most expensive, allowing them to eat rich, indigestible cakes, Jams, candled fruits, preserves, etc They both are making a mistake. World's Champion Talker. The champion fast talker of the world has been iiscovered In Balti more. He is Joyd Conway, about 30 years old, and holding a clerkship In the Baltimore and Ohio offices In that city. He claims that he holds the talking record, and In support of his claim he has issued a challenge to every man, woman and child in the world to .a long-distance talking con test. Conway claims that he can talk 65 040 words an hour, and that he can and has talked Incessantly eight hours a day for nine consecutive days with out any ill effects. He also expresses the belief that he can exceed this re markable record. Conway's claim for unparalleled rapidity of speech is almost Incredible, but hundreds of his friends can testify aa to his wonderful vocal powers. He says that by actual count he can speak at the rate of 1,048 words a minute, or about 18 words a second. The greater part of his dally duties consists In reading off pay checks, and he k?eps two clerks busy checking off the payrolls, and ten clerks equally busy making out the checks. The work is one that requires absolute accuracy, the slightest mistake meaning a loss in dollars and cents, and since he has been thus employed Conway has made but one slight error. The pay checks read by Conway one month recently totaled 42,000, and this was done with out a single error. The checks are written by ten different clerks, and, of course, are In ten entlely dlfteent styles ot writing. This Is one of the most Im portant particulars to be considered In order to realize Conway's accomplish ment. Were the checks all written In the sum hand, the reader would soon become accustomed to the style and learn to read It as rapidly as printed words, but the different checks are so mixed that almost every one he reads' la made out In handwriting different from the preceding one. The proper reading of each check involves the pronunciation of from 20 to 24 words, and Conway says that he can read about 1,800 checks an hour. As has been explained, however, the reading of the checks requires great care and accuracy, and is very differ ent from sight eadlng of a book or newspaper as a feat. Another thing to be tajcen into consideration la the great variety of names that he Is called on to decipher and pronounce In read ing the checks.