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ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1904. PAGE SEVEN. REGATTA SALE! : , 3-. .if Muaicu! instrument nt fully 1-3 off of Itcgular Prices J. N. GRIFFIN J ( L. H. HENNINGSEN $ CO. Furniture, Stoves and Ranges, House Furnishings All kinds of matrasses made to order. Furniture repaired, iiiholHUirltiK. Absolutely the dieapeat place in towo. Neooud haud goods bought ami sold. ;: :: :: : 5041BOND STREET, Next Door to Wtlli-f trfo E. Co. PHONE, RED 2303 IJkooks & Johnson, Proprietor. l'honc No. 831 THE WIGWAM CIS BROOKE, Manager Great Palace of Art of the Pacific Coast Fine Bar and the Best of Liquors and Cigars SEE Hit ILLUSTRATED PICTURES Kighth and Astor Sts. ASTORIA r CIGARS TT In all Brands and Sizes. We have them in stocK. The Trade sup- 1)licl at ab.so uteiy bottom prices. TOBACCO Wc.ihavo added a pipe repairing department. Best work in thiline. GOODS EXCEL, PRICES RIGHT WILL MADISON km commkhcmi- st. iu klkvkntii ht. ttnnuunnntt aaaaaaaaaaaaa Some People Are Wise And some are otherwise. Get wit to tha valua -of our Pre aerlption Department when you want Pure, Clean Druge and Mediolnee aeourately compounded. Anything In our stook of from our preiorlptlon counter, you ean depend upon aa being the beet.. Get It at a and Commercial Street Hart's Drug Store aaaaaaanaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN. Manager ! Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furniture Wagons Piano9 Moved, Boxed and Shipped. GILLETE SAFETY RAZORS Wafer Blades, No Stropping or I Honing. Always Sharp. Sold Only By & x? FISHER BROTHERS COnlPANY PRAEL'IO COOK TRANSFER CO. T Telephone 221. , 'J ., ' Draying valid Expressing All goods shipped to our care will receive speotal attention. 709-715 . Ccnisncf clal Sittttv o o o o o o o o o BAD WRECK ON SANTA FE Train Running Only 30 Miles an Hour Ditched Near City of Topeka, Kansas ONLY FOUR PERSONS HURT TIME TABLE T. J. POTTER DATE 1904 Wed. Aug.24 Tlmre." 25 Friday " 26 . Sat " 27 Sun. " 28 Tuea. " 80 Leave P. M. P. M. PORTL- ArrWelLeaee LAND Ait'rla Aii'rla am 8.80 am 2.30 2.80 am 9.80am 8.80 8.30 am ' 9.00 am 8.00 $.00 P. M, I.wive Arrive Ilwsoo II who o rtoclt Doofc P.M. 9.30am 3.45 10.4Qam 4.45 11.00 4.15 .... Arrive Leave Arrive Astoria I Astoria Portland P.M. p. M. A. M, 10.45am 10.45am 5:45 pm 12.15 12:15. 7:15 pm 12.15 am 12.15am 7.15 i eeee I G. W. ROBERTS, Agt., O. R. N. CO. Wemhard Lager Beer. Kntlre Train Dltclied With thf Exception of the Kngine and One Hleper On a Nearly Mtralght Track. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 23. Santa Fe train No. 17 was wrecked this morning shortly after midnight, alx mile east of Topeka. The entire train with the exception of the engine and rear sleeper were ditched and only four peo ple Injured. The accident flgurea a one of the most remorkuble In the his tory of the road. The Injured: Mall Clerk I. J. Curry. Express Messenger Buckley, serl oualy. Lyon Murray, negro tramp, fatally. Unknown woman passenger In day coach, rib broken. The Injured were brought to To peka on a relief train at 5 o'clock thl morning and taken to the Santa Fe hospital. The track was torn up for a dlatance of 200 yard and In aome places not even the tlea were left where they were formerly placed. The wreck occurred upona nearly straight piece of track and what caused It Will probably be hard to learn. The train waa behind tlm a few mlri ules, but had alowed down for Tecum aeh, and waa not running to exceed SO mllea an hour, according to state menta of the passengers. The train waa In charge of Engl neer John Haveland and Conductor George Colbert. An official Investigation will be made today. The wreckage wilt be cleared up by noon. terns. Underground construction la ao costly that It la necessarily confined almost entirely to cities, but telephone cable la excellently adapted to the uses to which it I put, and has been the means of greatly improving telephone service. He Got Hie. According to Llpplncott's Magazine, Edwin K. Lee of Hitltlmore, manager of a wlckerware house, Is a fiend after coupon collecting. He had been collecting all kinds of tags und coupons bearing premiums for some time, when he one day no ticed un advertisement of a Xew Jer sey firm thut upon receipt of IS of their tags they would forward one chance of a series of prizes, the first prize be ing a horse and a runabout. Mr. Lee began industriously to get all the tugs he could find until he had the requisite number, which he for warded. A few days later he waa noti fied that he had won the first prize. Immediately following this letter came a tiny rocking horse. He sat down and wrote a sarcastic letter to the firm: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of the horse," he wrote, "but you failed to in close the runabout." In an early hiail he received this letter: "Dear Sir We have your letter ac knowledging receipt of the horse. As for the runabout, go chase yourself. Yours truly, - ." REAL FLOW OF LANGUAGE. Pressure of Talk Over 1200 Wires in a 8ingle Telephone Cable. Saturday Evening Post: Twelve hundred wires are now enclosed In a telephone cable two and one-half Inches In diameter. Until recently 800 was the largest number of wires placed in a single cable. Through one of the new cables words spoken Into 600 tel ephonea may flash simultaneously to be heard by the persona at 600 other telephones, each message undisturbed by the hundreds of others with which the wires are alive. The cable looks like a lead pipe Intended for carrying water, but should water enter It the cable would at once become worth less. Each of the 1200 wires In the ca ble Is wrapped In paper to secure in sulation, but the paper la not the in sulating medium. Dry air in the folds of the wrappings and In the paper it self Prevents the wandering of words from one wire to another. To coun teract various electrical influences that would impede transmission, the wire are twisted and transposed at frequent intervals. Many processes are necessary in the manufacture of the cable. Among other things, it Is thoroughly baked in grent ovens that every vestige of mois ture may be driven from among the wires. When the lead sheath has been closed It is absolutely air-tight, and In suspending the cable from poles or drawing it into conduits under the streets, grent care must be taken to prevent injury, for a hole no Inrger than that made by a pin In a piece of paper will admit moisture and make a section of cable worthless. Equal cars is necessary when two sections of cable are being Joined. Then the ends of the wires must be exposed to the air, but after the 1200 in one sec tion have been spliced to the 1200 in the other by twisting them together, melted paraffin is poured over the Joint to keep out the moisture and a lead sleeve la soldered over the connection. When telephone cables were first used the largest contained less than 100 wires. Now the companies are us ing the 1200-wire cables. Insulation was formerly Secured by fining the spaces between the wires with paraffin. When dry air waa first used as an in sulating medlmu the wires were wound with cotton. Then the cotton was dis carded and paper adopted because it would hold a larger amount of air than the cloth covering. Even in Its present perfected form cable cannot be extensively used in long-distance telephoning for a mile of cable offers as much resistance as 21 miles of unenclosed wire. For this reason long-distance lines are carried around cities to avoid the conduit sys- Puts an End to It All. A grievous wall oftlmei comes as a result of unbearable pain from over taxtd organs. Dizziness, Backache, Liver complaint and Constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they put an end to it all. They are gentle, but thorough. Try them. Only 25c, Guaranteed by Chae. Rogers drug store. Tha Orotto handles nothing buf straight liquors; no blended goods In the house. A reproduction of liberty bell, carved out of golden creamery butter, is dis played In the dairy section of New York's exhibit In the palace of egrt culture. Exact measurement of the bell was made by Charles Brown, the famous butter sculptor, and the but ter bell was carved In accordance with them. Every feature of liberty bell is faithfully reproduced even to the crack and the historic inscriptions. Stereoptlcon views of California' 28 richest counties, and lectures on their resources are given daily in the palace of agriculture at the world's fair. 8uicide Prevented. The startling' annncement . that a preventive of suicide had been discov ered will Interest many. A run-down system, or despondency invariably pre cedes suicide and something has been found that will prevent that condition which makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self-destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up the , system. It's also a great Stomach, Liver and Kidney reg ulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guar anteed by Chas. Rogers, druggist. The beer that made Milwaukee fam ous Schttti Is always on draught at The Grotto. Otto MIkkeUon, proprietor. Distinctly the Lesser Half. In any Swedish restaurant of the old fashioned sort a woman's meal can be had for much less than the charge for what would be served to a man. The theory Is that woman is physically unable to eat so much as a man. , In traveling a husband and wife are charged at hotels as one and a half persons. On any railroad train their fare is for one and a half persons. Sweden, therefore, is the one re malning spot where no trace of fiction lurks in that antiquated epithet of "the better half." It is even said that In Sweden woman is happy to count at ail. The Call. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR 8ALE At Gaston's feed stable, one Landia harness machine, one 20-horse motor, one starter box, 35 feet 8-inch leather belting, 30 feet 4 play 8-inch rubber belting, 1 pair butcher's wall scales, 1000 grain sacks; one Smith-Premier typewriter. FOUND Net containing about 7 papers twine. Owner can have same by applying to Warren Packing Co. and proving property. HEALTHY PLANTS Reaalre tke Meat Carefml Atteattoo) aa WcU aa Geed Sell. Did you ever see a rosebush which despite the most beneficent environment of soli of sunshine and of etmospnere, -seemed never to achieve a healthy growth. A ton of manure will not help a plant that has a canker eating eut its heart. You must destroy tha cause before yotl can remove the effect - You cannot cure Dandruff and Bald ness by rubbing on hair lotions, and .rubbing In vaseline, etc You most look to the cause of the trouble It's a germ at the roots of your hair which causes it to fall out Newbro's Herplclde destroys the germ, and healthy hair la the sure result. Sold by leading druggists. Bend 16. la tamps for sample to The Herplclde Co.. Detroit. Ml oh. Eagle Drug Store Owl Drug Store 351-358 Bond St .-. 649 Com. St. Astoria .Oregon. T. F. LAURIN, Proprietor. Special Agent FOR RENT Te man and wife, un furnished rooms for light housekeep ing; no children. . No. 1661 Grand corner Thirty-fourth. LOST Net, about srz paper twine, 9-inch mesh by 44 meshes deep; Vz papers sewed together in the center. Buoy marked T. J. Lost en Desdemona light, August 12. '" Re ward for its return to Warren Pack ing Co. Upper Astoria has a place where you can get a fine glass of beer, aa goad wines and liquors aa yeu ean find an place in th city. HARRY JONES. Opposite North Pacific Brewer. JAPANESE GOODS, New stock of fancy goods just arrived at Yokohama Bazaar. Call and (he latest novelties from Japan. BEST 15-CENT MIAU Yeu CM always find the beet 15-oent meal nj the city at the Rising 8un restaunAnt, No. 612 Commercial street SEE those new bsthroom fixtures at Montgomery's, 429 Bond street. Most improved tubs, shower baths and sanitary fixtures of all kinds. Union hand-made heating stoves and tin ware of all kinds. Phone 1031. ' wood, wooa wood. ; Cord wood, mill wood, box wood, any kind of wood at lowest prices. Kelly, the transfer man. 'Phone 2211 Black, Barn en Twelfth, opposite opera house, i PIANO TUNER. for good, reliable plane work see your local tuner, Th. Fredrickson. 2071 Bond street 'Phone Red 2074. Lump Coal Large Lumps Ring up 8. Elmore a Co., Main 1961, and or der a ton of Lady smith cos I. The deliver it.. Select lump eoal. THREE parti furnished rooms rent in the Astorian building. for PLUMBING, steam heating, tjnn.in,gf roofing, gaa fitting, repairing, eta etc, promptly Bd satisfactorily at tended t reasonable prices by John A, Montgomery, 425 Bond etreet, Phent 101. ..BtfttiH:'.-:,.. First-class meat tor 16 J nice eaka, eeffee, pie, or doughnuts, Se. U. 8. restaurant, 434 Bond street . Wanted At Gaston's feed stable, hides, wool, furs, sacks, rubber, metals, etc. The a s a a a a a a a a a aaaaaaaaaaaa Palace Cafe HHtttisa tutsan asutttttsSBitaaa The Best Restaurant 8 a a t; Palace Catering Company I aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa eBlar Meals. 25 Cents SootUy Dinners t Specialty' Eterytnlnf tie Matket Affords ASTORIA- IRON WORKS JOHN FOX, Pre and Supt - r.L BISHOP, Secretary A. I.. FOX, Vice President ASTORIA 8A VISGS BANK, Treat Designers and Manufacturers of V THE LATEST IMPROVED CANNING MACHINERY, MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS. COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Foot of Fourth Street, - ASTORIA, OREGON. HATS TRIMMED FREE A big reduction sale on hats. All kinds of ladies' and childrens' furnishing goods, hair switches and pompadours. :: :: :: MRS. R. llGLETON, - - Welch Block. ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH. , . . ; Having installed a Rubber Tiring Maobine of the ; ' 1 1 1 latest pattern I am prepared to do all kinds of work iu that line at reasonable prices. Telephone 291. CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS. The TROY Laundry Is the only White Labor Laundry in the City. Does the Best of Work at very reasonable Prices, and is in every way worthy of your patronage. Cor. 10th and DUANE STS. Phone 1991 Always Open Day or Night RUSSIAN, TURKISH or TUB. L THE PALACE BATHS SUBSCRIBE. FOR THE ASTORIAN