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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1905)
THE MORNING ASTORIA N, ASTOKIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1N9. A LEVEL HEADED GIRL Copjnrijht, MM, by T. C McClui. I waa only twenty four yenm oM nd yet I bad been cashier of th big dry gooda bouse of Thomaa ft Co. for tve yeere. One of U department manager a cousin of Tbomaa, named York bad been friendly with me ail this time, and be waa looked upon by all aa a pattern of morality. One busy afternoon Mr. Tbomaa . gave me two or three extra thing to do, and when it came time to make our bank deposit I had several irons In the Ore at once. Trade bad been rushing and sales heavy, and Jt so happened that about everything was cash. The sum for deposit waa $3,800, and I bad just counted It when Yorke came into the office to ask about a check that bad been mailed by a coun try customer and bad not turned up. I waa. in a hurry to get out the Items for a statement of account want ed, and aa Yorke bad his bat and coat on and waa evidently going out, I asked him to take the money and the book and make the deposit I did not dm him when be returned. I found the book on my desk and placed it in the safe without opening it It waa not until next forenoon that 1 made the discovery that no deposit bad been credited the day before. I at once went upstairs to see Yorke and ask him for an explanation. ' The man stood right up and dented everything. He even stated that be did not go out on the street It so happened that no one had seen bim in the office, and so it was a question of veracity. 1 bad seven or eight years of faithful honesty service to my. credit. Yorke was a relative, a church member and above reproach. He denied asking me about the check or being in the office, and be lied so easily and gracefully that everybody was deceived. I waa asked to resign. I was engaged to a young lady, and one of the first results was that her father forbade me the house. I shouldn't have blamed the girl bad she added a postscript to his message, but instead of that she lost no time in coming to see me at my boarding place, and there we discussed the mat ter in all Its bearing. She was a sen sible, level beaded girl, and she said: "Your story sounds ail right to me, but the trouble is to make other folks believe it He denies being in the office at alL Our first move must be to prove that he was. Can you re member of no one calling to ask ques tions or to use the telephone at about the time he was there?" "No. Hold on a minute. Yes, I do remember. I am almost sore that Harry Johnson was in and telephoned about a horse, but the matter bad en tirely slipped my memory." "Then lose no time in finding bim." When I started to look him up I found that Johnson was in a city 250 miles away. Xext day I walked in on bim. He hadn't heard of my trouble, and I hadn't finished telling my story when( he interrupted me with: "JW u, going any 'further,' my boy. jTVhife f "stoM with the trumpet at my ear I saw yon hand Yorke thfr money and the book, and I heard you aay 'that he had only time to reach the 'tank $ Johnson's statement was put in the iorm of an affidavit and I returned Aome rejoicing that my disgrace bad been removed. ' f "You have hardly begun yet," ob served the level headed girl, as she :finished reading the document. "This satisfies me, but it won't satisfy the firm.' Johnson is a friend of yours. and they will argue that be is trying to help you out" j "But what else can we do?' I asked. "Trap the thief. We know that be has a bank account but he is too harp to deposit any of the stolen . money as soon as this. His boarding Jbouse is in Vine street I believe that a search of bis rooms would discover the money. Can you remember the denomination of any of the bills?" "There was a good deal of small money, but there waa one $503 bill. It did not come from a customer, but I changed it for Slater, the drnggist It was a brand new treasury note, and be said he got it from Williams, the real estate man.' While I set out to trace the bill the girl started to investigate Yorke fur ther. Knowing that he had a sister In a distant town, she provided herself with a traveling bag and drove up to the house in a back, and claiming to be the sister come on a brief visit she was passed up to Yorke's room. She found that money in ten minutes' search. It wasn't hidden away in closet or be tween the mattresses or under the car pet but between the covers of a big Bi ble ostentatiously displayed on a cen ter table. An hour later she met me to say: "Now you go to Mr. Thomas and chow him the affidavit. Then apply for a search warrant and have It served right away. Inside of two hours your name will be cleared, and Yorke will be a much astonished man." Mr. Thomas was a bit surprised at my call. He was a good deal more sur prised when I handed him the affidavit and told him alout the $500 bill and ; added that I should apply for a search warrant. It took the officer an hour and'almlf to "find the money, as" he 'was given no hint of its location." I met him at the store, and there waa a very solemn meeting in the manager roo Yorke was called downstairs an shown the affidavit and made acquain ed with the result of the search. I ex pected be would face the charge aa boldly as be had faced me, but the thing came so suddenly that be had no time to work up his nerve. . - 1 1 place back, and am holding tt yet and the father of the level head ed girl has no complaint against me u a eon-ln-law. M. QUAD. Iaa FtMt City Dtrweterr. The first directory dates from 1595, Queen Ellsabeth'a reign. A copy of it la In the British museum, entitled "The Names of All Such Gentlemen of Ac corapts as Were Residing Within the Citj of London." The next doea not seem to have ap peared for uearly a hundred years. It waa called "A Collection of the Names of Merchants Living In and About the City of London." This waa printed for Lee Lombard street. In 1077. The names were arranged alphabetically, 1.7P0 In number. In a separate Hat were the names of no fewer than forty four bankers under the heading "Oold amlths Who Keep Running Cashes," twenty-three of them being theu in Lombard street This book contains the name of the father of rope, the poet. , The first directory, expressly so call ed, was compiled by Brown In 1732, who soon Issued It annually and real ised through it t large fortune. The artiest postofflce directory appeared In 1900 and successive volumes bav been brought out yearly ever since. London Telegraph. Sar4 Hla Dlaraltr. One of the chief men in the early his tory of Weston. Mass.. waa Francis Fullam. commonly known as Squire Fullam. He was Justice of the peace and one of the pillars of the church and on Sundays always sat, with hla eyes fixed upon the minister aa if con scious of being a worthy example to the rest of the congregation. One Sab bath morning during Parson Wood ward's sermon an old colored woman In the gallery fell asleep and tumbled off the bench to the floor, making a lond noise. Squire Fullam, who was rather deaf, knew that something un usual bid occurred, and, feeling the dignity of his position as Justice of the peace, he rose to his feet and called out: "Stop, reverend sir!" Mr. Woodward ceased speaking, and the old squire said in stentorian tones: "If any one has discharged a gun In this meeting bouse, let bim be brought before me tomorrow morning at 0 o'clock." ' Some one explained to him the cause of the disturbance, and he added: J "If what I thought had happened, what I said was right Proceed, rever end sir." Thereupon Mr. Woodward resumed hla discourse, and the service proceed ed as usual. To Rich For tfc Blod. A tall, rawtwned. country looking fellow wandered into a Seattle restau rant recently and diffidently took a seat removing his hat and carefully putting it under the table. A. waiter brought bim a bill of fare and waited for some time, but becoming tired, left the fellow carefully studying the list In front of him. Every time the wait er came near, him he, was still burled In a perusal of the bill of fare, and at length, at the end of nearly half au hour, arose to depart "What la tlie matter, sir?' anxiously queried the waiter, thinking that the patron hud been '"offended. "Too steep fer me, yonng feller. I cr.ti't ?2S.-!5 for one meal. It's too rich f. r .my Wood." OP H- tcllc ct which the m ;n fc:tl been seated waa t:rx.- a mall piece of paper covered with f.jrcros. ne had added together tl'e prires of everything on the bill of f ir?. . Hot Water aa a Core. - No domestic remedy can equal hot water in cases of congestion of the lungs, rheumatism or sore throat if tried promptly and thoroughly. An acute attack of croup will be usually relieved in ten minutes if a towel or strip of flannel folded lengthwise and dipped into hot water, then slightly wrung out be placed around the neck of the sufferer and covered so as to retain the heat The same placed over the seat of pain will in most cases quickly give relief in neuralgia and toothache and laid over the stomach acts like magic in attacks of colic. Headache almost always yields to the simultaneous application of hot wa ter to the back of the neck and to the feet. Story of Gaarmede's Birth. A college professor .while giving an nemlnatlon in mythology in a country lhool called upon a bright looking girl ind asked the' following question "Who was Ganymede?" Promptly came the answer, "Gany mede was the son of Olympus and an eagle." . The class teacher blushed for he. pupil and exclaimed: "Why, Elizabeth: Where did you learn that?" "Indeed it says so in the book," re plied the girl. The professor then asked the girl to find the place and read the paragrnpn aloud, whereupon the class was botfl astonished and delighted to learn that Qanymede was borne to Olympus by an eagle. Lippincotfs. "The pale complexion of true love" assumes a warmer tint by the use' of Pears' Soap. Sold all over the globe. Mammoth vSale dnildrem's 1 Begins Monday, January 30, at 9 o'clock a.m. AT We have been fortunate in securing for this city the exclusive sale of Undermuslins made by one of the lar gest and best known manufacturers of popular priced undergarments in the country. This sale will be the best prepared from every standpoint that has ever occurred in Astoria. No such grand collection of Women's and Children's Superior Made Underwear has ever been placed on the retail counters of this city. Immense quanti ties, varieties and assortments, different than all or any other store can offer. We shall tell you in the quality of the goods, and cleanliness and purity and their speakiug prices what must perforce be omitted here. The following illustrations will give our customers a hint of these remarkable offerings. Sec Large Window Display. Lot 1. Includes values just as you see them pic tured only better. They would sell in the regular way at from joc to 35c; commenc ing Monday you get your pick for, each 12 1-2c Lot 3. Is composed of La dies' Gowns, Chemise Drawers and Corset Covers. Such values as these you can fully comprehend only aft er you have seen them. Come and take a look. Your pick, at a gar ment 29c Lot 5. This 1 t alone should be sufficient to send you hurrying to our store, and that's what you'll have to do if you get in, on the ground floor. Values that two months ago we couldn't buy for I1.25 we are selling to you now at, your pick for 70c Sale commences on Foard H Stofees Astoria, Oreg'on. The Modern Discard the use of leaky wooden water in and wash water out, g W4" J. A. MONTGOMERY, Astoria, Or. The MORNING ASTORIAN 60 CTS. PER MONTH Astoria's Best Newspaper TVw ttm tm W i tut IW tnm ww iiwit l m uk. ftwca Ht mi tn nitta lot Mum dut Loti Ik if ' fflKTo L7q 5 1 Lot 2 Una rrta mt tm t y M mth ywnrif w. n win H tt WW Mi m It no tf mtn mmt. M mm ma h a w f . m to f ." . Monday next. Don't wait too 1 Laundry wash tubs, quit carrying clean by fitting your Laundry with Laundry Trays If your Laundry Is not modern, don't you think it should be f If you make it so, the household du ties will be pleuantly performed, and in case you wish to tell your home it will increiie the selling value. Let ui givcyou prices. of ladies' and long, a few days at the most , 1 h ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH. Having installed a Rubber Tiring Machine of the latest pattern I am prepared to do all kinds o( work in that Una at reasonable pa. Telephone 291. CORNER TWELFTH AI0 DUANE STREETS. ASTORIA .SAVINGS BANK Capital I'aid In 100,000. Supine and Undivided Profits $25,000 Transacts general banking buiiness. Iutereat paid on time deposiU. ' J. a A. BOWLBY. 0. 1. PETERSON; FRANK PATT0N, J. W. OA: NER PrAailAh I l.t . JftS TENTH STREET. ASTORIA. ORE, 433 Commercial Street p0ne Main 121 Sherman IVansfer Co. i y- U tHENRY8HERMjT. Manager -i, h X ' Hacks, Carriages-rBaggags; Checked and TransferredTrucks and , , Furniture Wagon-, fianoa Moved, Boxed and Shipped. slms. Lot 2. 1 1 composed of Corset Covers, Drawers, Chil dren's and MIssch Waists and downs. The making alone is worth the price wc arc asking fur the whole garment. Take your pick at, each 19c Lot 4. Is similar to Lot j, only there's more of them. What's the use of you making your own garmcntt when such p ccs as these prevail. Your pick for 59c. Lot 6. The grandest and best assortment of all are pure, clean, union made garments. Style quality and price, all combined, go to make this what it isthe most stupendous value giving assortment ever offered by any mer chant. They're worth up to tyoo; take your pick at, a garment $1.18. will clean 'them out. Co 99 Cashier.