7III MORNING ASTORIA V, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1908.
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' Bargains in MEN'S SUITS
Men's $7.50 Wool Suits $4.50. ' - Men's $8.50, Wool Suits $5.25.
Men's $1100 Sweaters 75c. Men's Cotton Trousers, broken sizes, regular
price 75c, 90c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.35 and $1.40, ONLY 50c
Closing out prices on Men s Hats ond broken Hues of Underwear. J
SHOES-Broken lines of Men's Shoes at any old price to close.
A few pieces of Apron Check Gingham, 3c. bargains in Ladies' and Children's Underwear. Misses' Hats joc" itc and
ud. Ladies' Hats at vour own trice. Greatest Wwainc in .QtnVt 0
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COME IN THE MORNING TO AVOID THE AFTERNOON RUSH
arm, tw, m- m .1 . j. aa
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The Modern Laundry
DiK-ird the uie of Jeskj wooden with tub, quit carrying clean
water in and wuh water out, by fitting your Laundry with ,
Laundry Trayi
If your Laundry b not modem,
don't you think It ihould be? If
you make it to, the household du
tiei will be pleasantly performed,
and in caK you with to sell your
borne it will increaie the telling
value. Let ui give you prices. .
J. A. MONTGOMERY, Astoria, Or.
Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works
Manufacturers cf j
Iron, IStccl, Rrnns ami Bronze Castings.
General Fouinlrymeu and Patternmakers.
, Absolutely lirsftclnss work. Prices lowest . '' .
Phone 243!.
Corner Eighteenth and Franklin.
PRAEL G COOK TRANSFER CO.
' , Tolopbone 221.
DrayinS and Expressing
Allgoodshipied toourcara will receive special attention.
709-715 Commercial Street.
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CIGARS. PIPES,
TOBACCO. ETC.
WIjL MADISON
two '"osniFitcnLwr. : ; t-i iu:i:lhvestii st. ,
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COAL HOD
. that won'tjspill coal all over at
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We sell Stoves also.
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Staple and Fancy Groceries
FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
Suppliea of all kind, at lowest prloc. for Fisherman, Farmer. andLogRer.
Branch Unlontown, ' Phones, 711, Uniontown, 713
A. V. ALLEN,
Tenth and Commeroial Street.. , JASTORIA, OREGON.
THE AGENT DIDN'T. KNOW.
Th Happr Oo Lnrbr llarkne ! ' A itory of Editor aa4 Llf la
the IrUh Mrtropolla. . J anranrc 8ollrltr.
Th Dubiiu Jiirvlc ure not what you Tliere nr today some thousands of
would call good whips. They drive, as ' varletle. of ll(e insurance policies, each
unladylike people say, like the dlvll; of which bns a techulcal name and is
thi'y cut around roruers featly enough capable of being made quite unlntel
and go tlathlnu up heartbreaking bills, Mhjlble to the average man. Some un
but nine out of ten of them drive wltb : scrupulous agents trade on this. Many
t loose rein. They talk to the fai, j do not really understand the meaning
and the little horse runs on, doing the of term, themselves, but Lave learned
best be can and following bis cwn, their lesson parrotlike, and most of
dauntless will. I lay no fault upon the
Jarry. The Irish horse shares 1'addy'.
gragh for independence. Of him, too,
them apparently find It unnecessary to
describe In plain English to those
about to insure what they are contract-
It may be said that be serve, without bag for. The result is a mas. of mls-
sorvlllty.
Tbe Jarvy light bearted lad. be be
young or old -gains in tbe run of the
day. an average of 0 shillings. Tb
fares are Jolly cheap. For "set
down" within the boundary the charge
for two pcrsou between 0 a. in. aud
10 p. m. Is only sixpence. By time
tbe charges are one and six an hour,
with an added sixpence for each sue
ceediUK hour. Still the Jarvy does fulr
ly well. Barney, who l no better than
the others, took mo to his home. It
was lu Spring Gardens, where there
are rows upon rows of neat little red
brick cottages, with gurdeus and sta
bles. They reut at 20 a year. Own
Information and confusion about tbe
whole subject
For Instance, an agent was trying to
Insure an editor on some new plaa
Tbe editor had a theory that any fact
could be put. into plain, everyday Eng
lish If the man behind the fact really
knew, what he was talking about Aft
er listening to an Involved flow of
"premiums," "deferred dividends,"
"cash surrender values" and "optional
choices" he said gravely:
"See here, I don't understand what
you're talking about But I'll tell you
wlint I'll do. If you'll write that prop
osition out in ordinary English so that
an ordinary man can understand it I'll
lug bis car as be does, Barney pays no ' not only take the policy, but I'll putf
enr rent to any one, and if be drives1 ,lsI ne explanation as an' article and
Lnwler's mare 'tis more for love thuu : Py ru hundred dollars for it"
profit Year in and year out be puts by "Will I? Sure, I will." exclaimed the
a hit for the "chllder, God bless 'eiu!" overjoyed agent thinking be had in
are growing and will have need of edu- i dpftl 8truck an Job- Anl he de
cutlon. In his smart little home, with ' Parted, adjuring the editor not to for
his smart little wife, there are un- i S01-
luckier men thau be. A week passed by. The agent called
"If 'twere not for the flghtlnV says CP ou tue tnone to say that be was
Mrs. O'ilea, "a better mun than Barney 1 worklug on the thing. There was less
never pulled a shirt over bis head." 1 ltatlon in bis voice.
Barney, it seems, believes that anl-! Two weeks more elP- Tbe dl"
mosltles should bo cultivated. Being a j tor hod forgotten the whole thing,
goKl man with bis hands and blithe ; wnea tne Rent's' card came In one
and gay in battle, he colors the week's' aa- u wa8 '0,lowl tne man h,m-
end with riot-Vance Thompson ln,8eir-
Outing.
SEA GAZING IN BERMUDA.
Well," said tne editor, "got my ar
tlcler
"N-no," said tbe agent sheeptsbly.
"Tbe fact is, I guess, I can't do it the
way you want It, after all. ' Let', call
It off."
It Is hardly too much to say that this
Woaderfal Life of Ctrata.1 Dtptaa a
Hrrealed to the Obaerrer.
It was a llftlo parrot fish that start
ed out ao briskly on this summer morn- ,a typical.-World's Work. x
lug. Whether he was eager to keep' ,
an appointment or had been unexpect-i WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS,
edly summoned to a distarit part of his! .
world ono will never know, but one The bridegroom who carries a mlnla-
may be certain that the matter was of ture horseshoe in his pocket wiy always
the greatest consequence so far as the be lucky.
Utile fish was concerned. Keeping his The bride who dreams of fairies on
bright eyes fixed straight ahead, he the night before her wedding will be
passed a corner of tho reef where the thrice blessed.
coral was Incrusted with mollusk. and Never give a telegram to a bride or
sea urchins and where a pair of beautl- bridegroom on the way to the church,
ful sqqlrrel fish, deeply engrossed in It la a sure omen of evil.
sentimental affairs, turned to look aft-. Marriages on board ship are consid
er him wonderlugly through their euor- ered unlucky. If you can't be married
UIOUS eyes. Below in a deep pool a nn rtrv lnn.1 mmnln nnnrwl
chool of .potted truukush played heed-;, Tbe flndmg of a , Mer on m wed.
lessly, while uudera projecting plate ,ung gown by , brUle ,8 cousidcred a
of stttghorn coral a uuge grouper wait- Bure tokeu of h&vpa t0 me.
ed expectantly, but as the parrot flsh, : flnrInir th nrrlilI?1 emmmr thB
warnea or his danger, turned ou ckly Z, 7 ,, . r ., .k
ok... , ii. .. , v wedding ring .should Jail down, the
away he gave bis attention to a pa r u-.,i.. L k,.
. , . . uuuvg ibis V ill uui w nu .utwun
of gray snappersgreat quiet, ghostly
ngures that seemed like two shadows . .. ....
drifUng along far down through the' " ' BT "luia
trrpon watAr , coffin a. she .tart, off on her wedding
A few feet farther on and the hurry- luurr onm ui
tog parrot flsh passed a tall sea fan, ' """ lurn "na ,uiri wvw
around which three dainty butterfly ! "gan '
flah, clad brilliantly In yellow, were' . ... .
KDLlh ?" 'nd ln "s n8 yo Well, didn't
Sh S K Lrt1 WW'f ' Bfl "V encouragement at
ober cowfish, with hi. two consplcu- ajjy
1' ,0k !edatly- u Su,d" "N. nt bit. She told me that be-
Sffi P0t fl8 tU.rnad .fharp'y, "re n, raider the matter again
I.? y k WhT 016 re1 " have to get a Job and prove that I
wa. broken by Jutting rock, covered nnd u ta me to support a famUy."-
SrMiim ' i? a fich0 Chicago Record-Herald,
of bright little tebra striped sergeant
majors were sporting, while Just to the 1 , ,
right an angleflsh. whose blue body GreeneMy wife and. I quarreled
ttWied with gold flrst-attracted the at- ,nst nlgbt for firet Um9 ln rear9.
tenUon of the mariners so many cen-1 Browne-What about? Greene-She
turies ago, sailed from under a purple ( thought the reason we had never done
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FOR 8ALE MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR SALE AT GASTON'S FEED
Stable, 105 14th St., one Landif
harness machine; one Smith-Premier
typewriter; one 10 h. p. moter and
starter box; 500 good sacks.
NOTICE FOR BIDS ASTORIA, FEB
" ruary 1, 1905. Bids will be received
for the grading and excavating for the
new St Mary's Hospital Plan and
specification may be seen at the office
of the architect at St Mary". Hos
pital All bids to be In on or before
the 14th of this month. Rlgit re
served to reject any or all bids.
NOTICE FOR BIDS ASTORIA, OR..
Feb. 10th, 1905. BUs will be re
ceived until 12 o'clock m. on Feb. 20th
for the construction of a two-story
frame building; plans and speclflca
tlos. for which can be seen at my offlc
No. 623 Commercial street The right
Is reserved to reject any or all bids.
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HORSE. BUGOT AND HARNESS
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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT THIS
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE OR
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Notice I "
AU persons are hereby notified to
not trust my wife Nancy C. Llbke, for
any goods, wares, ' merchandise or
money for nie, or on my account as I
wtJl not from this date, February 4. A
p. 1905, be responsible for any debt ot .
her contracting.
. ' E. F. LIBKE.
gorgonia with a dlsdulnf ul alr.-Metro-'
politan Magazine.
Important Notioe.
We have made another progressive
.0 before wa. due to her generous na
ture, and I thought it was mine.
The Deatlat'a Paa
"Mr. Dento, I want a tooth pulled-
step, we now carry at our branch i l ta P" coward when It come, to
tore ln the Flavel brick building on' enuring pajn, and yet I'm afraid of
Bond street a complete line of oil 1 Jjz laugning gas ana cniororonn.
clothing and rubber
Bros. Company.
boots. Fisher
"Ton might be happy with ether."
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