FAGE FOUR.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1904.
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: IS IRELAND A "DYING NATION t"
The Anti-Irish Emigration Society of Ireland
has issued an earnest appeal to Irish people in the
United States, begging them to cease sending money
to Ireland in order to bring relatives and friends
over to this ciuntry. The appeal points out that ' ' the
greatest danger that threatens the English isle today
is the extinction of the Irish race within her own
shores;" and it closes with aji entreaty to Irish or
ganizations in the United States to help "hold Ire
land as the cradle-land of the race."
There can be no doubt that the danger to the Irish
race that is here pointed out is-yery real. It would
be an exaggeration to say that the native population
of Ireland constitutes a "dying nation," but it h
certainly fast dwindling in numbers a fact that i
rendering constantly more improbable the relization
of the dream of Irish national independence. Since
1841 the population of that country has fallen off
from 8,200,000 to 4,500,000, and this depletion in
numbers is still going on. In that period about 4,
500,000 persons have emigrated from Ireland. In
the meantime the population of England and "Wales
and of Scotland has steadily increased, that of the
- former from 14,200,000 to 32,500,000 and that of
Scotland from 2,600,000 to 4,500,000.
Let us put the matter in another way: Sixty
years ago the Irish constituted 30 per cent of the
population of the United Kingdom ; today they con
stitute but little more than 10 per cent. In 1841 the
relation of the population of Ireland to that of Eng
land and Wales was as 4 to 7 and to that of Scotland
as 4.1 to 1.3; today the population of Ireland to that
of England and "Wales stands practically as 1 to 6
. and to that of Scotland as 1 to 1. "While the populai
tion of Ireland, in this interval, has diminished 80
per cent, that of England and "Wales has increased
130 per cent, and that of Scotland 80 per cent. Thesu
are mournful figures for Irishmen to contemplate
who cherish a tender attachment for the "ould sod."
It is to be borne in mind that Irish emigration
to this country and the great bulk of Irish emi
grants has sought American shores tends steadily
to the extinction of the distinct Irish strain. Descend
ants of Irish emigrants (and often Irish emigrants
themselves) intermarry with persons of other na
tionalities, and in three or four generations the Irish
strain is so mixed and blended as to become practi
cally lost ; and about all that remains are Irish names
in multitude of cases not even these.. What is
true of the Irish in this respect is, of course, true of
most other foreign immigrants, only in the latter
cases the population of the country from what the
immigrants come is constantly increasing, thus re
plenishing the loss caused by emigration.
It may be questioned, however, if the appeal of
the Anti-Irish Emigration Society will have much
effect in checking Irish emigration to this country,
The Irish emigrate hither to better their condition
and any decided check on this outflow if Irish popu
lation would only result probably in making the
struggle for existence in Ireland harder than it ifj
Still it is impossible not to sympathize with the
motives that prompt this attemp to "hold Ireland &
he cradle land of the race."
justly convicted of an infamous crime, and he died
in prison while undergoing a just sentence. It is not
agreebale to dwell upon these things $ but it would
be revolting to the community's sense of decency
for any one to attempt to apotheosize such a char
acter. Let him pass in silence.
The trade unions must realize now that they
made, some of them, a shocking mistake when, at
Schenectady not long ago, they attempted to array
themselves against the state and to punish one of
their members for obeying the call of the governor
in performing his sworn obligations as a citizen. It
would be a greater mistake now to attempt to exalt
and glorify a man whose chief title to any notice
whatever was the fact that he was a lawbreaker.
Neither this nor any other civilized community would
give sympathy, even in their just demands, to those
who persisted in defying the law and in making
heroes and leaders of lawbreakers, and martyrs of.
those who fall in conflict with just laws.
VALUE OP OUR FISHERIES.
The United States fish commissioner in his annual
report says that the salmon industry of the Pacific
in 1902 reached larger proportions than ever before,
and became the leading branch of the United States
fisheries, if the value of the product as prepared for
market is considered. The pack of canned salmon
was more than 3,500,000 cases of 48 one-pound cans,
and in addition upward of 42,000,000 pounds of
fresh, smoked, and salted salmon were marketed. The
pack of canned salmon in Alaska was over 2,500,000
cases, an increase of half a million cases over 1901.
In the Puget Sound region the supply of fish was
much smaller than in the previous year, but the
season was considered successful owing to the good
prices received. The fall run of salmon in the Col
umbia river was remarkably large, and for a period
of three weeks the canneries wese unable to handle
the catch. At some of the seine fisheries 20 tons of
ehinook salmon were sometimes taken in one day,
and the gill-net fishermen had no difficulty in loading
their boats in a night. From a careful computation
made by the commission it appears that in 1902 the
wonderful Pacific salmon fisheries yielded abiut 280,
000,000 pounds of round fish, whose first value, as
placed on the market, was $18,000,000.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
The county clerk's office will be
open again this wwiii between
the hours of 7 and 8. Voters who
have not registered and are unable
to do ho during the day aw thus en
abled to observe the formality. This
thing of keeping open the office is
merely a matter of accommodation
ou the part of County Clerk Clin
ton, and voters should show their
appreciation by calling to register,
The street committee of the coun
cil was to have opened bids yester
Jay for the improvement of Frnnk-
in avenue between Twelfth nnJ
Seventeenth , streets and Franklin
avenue from the west line of
Adair's Astoria to Thirty-sixth
street. Opening of tenders for the
first-named improvement will be
deferred until tomorrow, and a
numerously signed remonstrance
against the other work will have
the effect of delaying it. The prop
erty owners are not satisfied with
the grade.
The Salem Statesman, whose editor is a member
of the Direct Primary Nominations League, and,
therefore, under obligations to the abortive measure
which reformers now seek to force upon the people
of Oregon, commends the Oergonian for calling at
tention to the fact that the law will (the chances
are, in fact, that it will not) have the effect of ending
the facional troubles of Mulnomah county. The
Statesman says this consideration alone does not
commend the measure, but that its merit lies in
its prevention of undue interference with the work
ings of one party by another's members. .There is
no certainty that this proposed measure will do any
thing of the sort, and if the Statesman were to give
little careful consideration to the bill it would
doubtless arrive at an honest opinion that the law
should be beaten. It commends the bill to the voters
without discussing its terms, or offering any explana
tion of the alleged necessity for two elections instead
of one. The Statesman ought to be ashamed of itself
for urging voters to support this measure, in which
there is not one redeemable trait.
NOT A HERO NOR A MARTYR.
The old rule, to speak nothing save good of the
dead, may generally be salutary. It ought not to
be enforced, however, to the extent of wronging th
living; but even in its fullest application it cannot be
made to justify the speaking of undeserved good of
the dead. To forbid the speaking of evil is not to
command the speaking of good. To refrain from
telling unpleasant truths about the dead may be at
times commendable to utter flattering falsehoods
about either the dead or the living.
It is, therefore, to be hoped that the members
and friends of organized labor will discreetly resist
all impulses, from whatever source they may pro
ceed, .to make a hero or a martyr out of the late
"Sam" Parks, say's the New York Tribune. He
was neither. The plain, if unpleasant, facts are that
he was a bully, a blackmailer and an enemy to honest
labor, whether organized or unorganized. He was
"working for his own pocket all the time." He did
the trade unions far more harm than good. He wasj
According to the evolution theory it takes a
million years for a monkey to make a man, but a man
can make a monkey of himself in less than two minutes.
There is said to be a man living in Astoria who
has become so accustomed to lying that it seems to
worry him when he is forced to tell the truth.
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The young man who falls in love at first sight is
pretty apt to find out that second sight would have
been better.
There is said to be a man in Astoria who does
not want to go to heaven for fear of meeting his first
wife there.
Councilman Lebeek, who strong
ly opposed the Franklin avenue im
provement in the east end, is not
yet convinced that the undertaking
will result satisfactorily to the city,
lie says the people of the district
tapped by the street are nl ready be
ginning to complain, as the cut
necessary will have th" effect, in
many instances of ruining prop
erty. He adds that much of the
land assessed for the improvement
is of the wild-cat variety, and that
property owners will permit tin
city to sell the land rather than pay
the assessments for the improve
ment. "I am satisfied the city will
yet be 'stuck for no inconsiderable
sum for this work," said Mr. Le
beek yesterday. " When I opposed
the ordinance providing for the im.
provement I did so on the ground
that property owners should pay
for all street work. My opposition
had the effect of causing a material
increase in the assessed valuation
of the land in the improvement dis
trict, but at the same time much of
the property is now assessed for
more than it is worth. Mark my
words, the city wilt have on its
hands an extensive variety of wild
cat property when the time comes
for collection of the assessments,
Already the people are complain
ing, and there will le more com
plaint when this street through the
wilderness is finished, if such
thing will ever be possible, which I
seriously doubt."
Da. VAUOIIAN,
Dentist.
Pythian IlullJing, Astoria, Oregon.
Dr. T. L. BALL
DENTIST
821 Commercial street Astoria Ort.
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Prizes for Pendleton Event
Pendleton, May 12. The pro
gram of event at the northwest
sportsmeii' annual tournament to
be held at Pendleton June 23 to 25
was completed today, and shows
total prizes "of $2150; cash 'added,
$000 ; average money for each event
$200; in all, $2150.
A rich man whose father was a rich man is en
titled to some credit for having amounted to something.
The California number of the Pacific Fisherman
of Seattle is an excellent edition.
Man is like a carpet he is no sooner down than
people begin ti walk over him.
Some men are willing to live poor all the days of
their lives in order to die rich.
The show windows of the wise merchant are found
in the newspapers.
The crank always thinks it is his neighbor.
The drunkard dearly loves his worst enemy.
Register! Register! Register!
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bears the above cap label.
Contains fully as much
food substance per can as
the watery imitations In
larger cans.
It is smooth and perfect
because skillfully pre
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The most loathsome and repulsive of
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most degrading of all human diseases is Contagious Blood Tolaon. The
serpent si nks its fangs Into the flesh and almost instantly the poison puses
.vk.v.ium: vwj. v.u!uag;ious jjiooa j'oison, beginning with ft little
ulcer, soon contaminates every drop of blood and spreads throughout the,
whole system. Painful swellings appear in the groins, a red rash an
copper colored splotches break out on the body, the mouth and throat
become ulcerated, and the hair and eye brows fall out ; but these symptoma
are mild compared to the wretchedness and suffering that come in the latter
atagea of the disease when it attacks the bones and more vital parts of thf
body. It is then that Contagious Blood Poison is seen in all its hideous
?tes8'i. , c p eatinff abscesses and sickening ulcers and turaora shorn
toe whole system is corrupted and poisoned, and unless relief cornea aooa
this serpent disease tightens its coils and crushes out the life. The only
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posed entirely or vegetable ingredients. S. 8. S.
destroys every vestige of the poison, purifies the
blood and removes all danger of transmitting tha
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Strong mineral remedies, like merenrv and notash.
dry np th! sores and drive in the disease, but do not cure permanently.
Send for our home treatment book and write us if in seed of medical
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T1I SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA
The Northern Pacinc Hallway Com
pany will place round trip tickets from
Portland to St. Louis and return on
account of the world'" fair on sale as
follows:
May 11th, 12th and 13th.
Junt 16th, 17th and 18th.
July 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
' August 8th, 9th and 10th.
; 8ept 6th, 6th and 7th.
I October 3rd, 4th and 5th.
The round trip rate to St. Louts and
return from Portland will be $87.60.
Tickets will be good for return via any
direct Una. . - ... .
A round trip rate of $72.50 will alno
be made from Portland to Chicago and
return. "
If a passenger desires to take In both
Chicago and St. Louis the round trip
rate will be $70.00.
All tickets will be cood for 90 days
from date of sale. Tickets will be
good going ten days from date of sale
so that a limited stop-over can be had
on the going trip tnd on the return
trip pussciiKers can stop at their pleas
ure west of the Missouri river or St
Paul. Thee rafVs apply via direct
lines, but if passenger wlnhea to re
turn through California tickets can be 1
sold accordingly, but at an Increased'
rate of $13.50 added to above.
For any additional Information de
sired, call or address A. D. Charlton,
Asaldtant General Passenger Agent,
Uorthern Pacinc P.y 255 Morrison
street, corner of 3rd, Portland, Ore.
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and then the acme of man's handi
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of the Denver A Rio Grande Railroad,
the latter at the St Louis World's
Fair. Tour trip will be one of pleas
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mation and illustrated literature write
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Portland, Or. ,
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