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THE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIAi OREGON; WEDNESDAY, MARCK f, 199 THE JIOSMG ASTORIAN EsUWi!h4 1873. , , yr 1 . , faMlshed Bally (KxcwM Kosiay) y I iHE J. . DELLINGER COMPANY. UBtCRIPTION RATES. ' Br vuJL yw;r.....'tl By ffifttt, per month .M rorriAr. er month : y mall. r year, U advanca ..$1 Entered at the pastofflce at Aatoria, Oregon aa second-class matter. ? W-OrdrftirlbefMwlWf TBI Xonnm Arreaux to iUr tmkmx or ptaee ot bwtai Mf t fey Ptl card urtth iBuuedktaly reported to the office ot publication. Telephone Main Hi. , v Teday'e Weather. Westers Oregon and .Washington-- Wednesday, generally lair, except oc casional rain, except along north coast. - , -;. , Eastern Oregon, continued fair "weather. , Eastern Washington, partly cloudy and occasionally threatening. . o : NORMAL SCHOOL GRAFT. There seems to be an abnormal pro pensity among certain members of the legislature to regard a public office as & private snap: and that their only mission In representing their constitu ents, is to graft oft from the state. This is exemplified in the Normal school graft which has been so con spicuous in every session of the legis lature. A normal school is not a state Institution. It is simply a high school of some city changed into a normal school to be supported at the expense of the state. During the existence of the normal schools at Ashland, Weston and Drain, for the past 10 years not a single teacher has been graduated. These schools teach all the rudiments from the primer class to the grama r school, but they turn out no teachers. and never intend to. One norma school In tha state Is sufficient for all requirements in eJu eating teachers, and no one will object to supporting the one institution. But when It comes to supporting three high schools under the euphonious tt tie of normal schools, the taxpayers rebel Stealing from the public treaa ury ,is made a political issue in the counties of Union, Jackson and, Doug lass.. No man can be elected to the legislature that will not agree to plunder the state treasury to foster a normal school whose only evidence that it belongs to that class is the sign ever the door. Another graft to which the people object is the appropriations . made for building additions, buying new appa ratus and employing more professors. None of these are needed. The present educational institutions are ample for all present needs, and very dollar se cured! for alleged betterments are grafts pure and simple Of th amount of the general appropriation bill over 1300,000 was for the state university, agricultural college and normal schools In excess of the adequate nppropfi- tion now provided by law. Not $150,300 of the appropriation will be used tot the purposes Intended but will go into the pockets of the promoters of the graft There are more professors and teachers in each of the state institu tions than are required, and the ap propriation is used in part to support a gang of 4 worthless pedagogues who would conserve their constituents bet ter by chopping cordwood, an avoca tion they are .more atted for then at tempting to teach, children new islm In educational institutions. , . . . f- - ADAMIC EXCUSE. The tragedy at Detroit two days ago, In which a prominent man of that place shot himself and a woman, then leaped out of the 11th story of an office building to his death, bears one of the sadly familiar features of similar cases which, from time to time, occupy the columns of the press. For in a letter found on his body in which he attempts to Justify his actions, are these words, "she tempted me and I fell.", Here is the old Adamic excuse, be dragged and feeble from world-oU use: "The woman whom Thou gav est to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." Man with his broad shoulders and mighty muscles his mind which compasses the wisdom of his own world and leaps the Inter stellar spaces and his will which beats down mountains and shackles torrents still throws the blame on the frail frame of the "weaker sex," when he hears the footsteps of exposure walk' ing throug the gardens of convention ality at noonday. He has had many ages in which to Improve his powers of plausible evasion, but the same old shambling, unmanly excuse with which he tried to delude omnipotence at the dawn of creation does its phlmperlng service in the twentieth century. - Is It not high time that the creature who arrogates the title of tha "suDe rior" sex, assume the burden of hisj own moral lapses, , instead of drop ping it on the shoulders of her that has credulously eaten the bread of his love only to find it husks? He boasts hla prowesa in all tha fields of human endeavor, he gibly quotes "he that ruleth hla own spirit Is stronger that be that taketh a city." h peers at the poor weakling who cannot free himself from the livery or failure or drink then ia willing to admit or rather assert that when tempted by little frail woman, his courage and resistance "ooiea out of his Anger tips like wine from an Ill coppered cask." There is, of course, no disputing the fact that In sporadic Instances the woman has been the temptress and the man, the Innocent, helpless vie time it nearly approached that condi tion In Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis." Even in cases of e this na ture when man feels his conscience and his virtuous resolves melting be neath the weight of his baser nature there, is the open course of retreat, honorable, praise worth, Judtcious re treat for both himself and the worn- an a fact which he thankfully realties which Infected hlra has left him sane iiea when the unwholesome fever which Infected him has left him earn and responsible. How much more of ten, however, are the circumstances reversed and the sad, somber drama of Tarquln and Lucrece enacted in real life? ' "., ;,. . The man, almost from childhood, Is thrown Into Intimate contact with the world. He knows its "pitfalls and its gins," and he realises fully the moral, social and Individual stigma resting on both parties to such lapses The woman, , carefully sheltered knows leas of these things. The seamy side is hidden from her eyes, and ahe has not the weapons of de fense which observation and experi ence have placed in reach of the man. And yet. In tha conscious possession of his superior knowledge he can bring her forward as the guilty party, paint ing her in the old role of the serpent that he may screen himself from criti cism and disaster., ft is not specially savory, but better for the traditional reply of a certain royal celebrity to the question of his course should a woman's reputation or happiness be endangered, when he said, "I would like like a gentleman." When people challenge certain firm ly established laws of religion and so ciety, laws made to preserve the In tegrity and purity of the race, and for the development of the nobler side of character, they must inevitably ex pect keen suffering and harsh criti cism. But the roan in such a plight will never gain the sympathy or extenua tion of his neighbors, or even the ap- proval of his own manhood, when be seeks to shift the blame to the frail shoulders of the woman by a confes sion that his own strength did not fur nish him the power to flee the present evil. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Epitome of Anneedotes and Incidents With Comments by a Layman. In Aberdeen companies applying for a telephone franchise pay 1500 for them as an evidence of good faith They ought to be worth more in As toria. It will be an accommodation if some Astoria people arrange to celebrate their birthday during the summer sea son so they can go to Seaside. Some Idea of the rigor of the winter in Germany may be gathered from the fact that one man in ' Munich has stolen 44 overcoats. The majority of the Missouri legisla tor persists in support of the theory that it is better to indict the prominent citizen prior to his election to the United States senate. A prominent Astoria man advises a strong man for head of the police force, but there are statesmen who know pol itical jlu jitsu that makes the strong man look like little Lord Fauntleroy. The North Sea, commission appar ently feels that fishermen have no business getting near a lot of warships on which every morning is the morn- j lng after. . The country is advised to be patient In view of the fact that the digging of the Panama canal Is proceeding more rapidly than could be expected toward the beginning of the prelimi naries. Stoessel is charged with cowardice; the czar with moral weakness and stu pidity; the grand dukes with cruelty and tyranny; Grippenberg with in subordination and Kuropatkin with in effeclency. The list is long, but most of the charges seem to be supported by the evidence of events, i It Is not yet quite plain whether Buf falo Bill's divorce case is a scandal or an advertisement.' . Secretary Noonan of the Longshore men's union has received a messagt from McGugan that the Russian fleet will come to Astoria to coal before pro ceeding to Vladivostok. THE LAST CHANCE Jury Will View tht Remains of . Local Option. QUESTION OF JURISDICTION Did Handriekson Sell Liquor In th , Front Part ef the Saloon or In tha Rear, and It the Saloon In the , Limits of Astoria t The case against John Hendrlckson charged with a violation of the local option law, occupied the attention ot the circuit court all day yesterday When the first witness Vas put on the stand the attorneys for. Hendrlckson raised the question ot jurisdiction. It Is contended that' the Last Chance saloon is not within the corporate limits ot tha city ot Astoria, nor with in the boundary described In the na tion for local option. The petition described the precinct as being; bound by low water mark ot the Columbia river, when It Is con tended by the defendant's attorney tha the tide goes at least 50 feet south ot the rear end ot the saloon, and tt this Is a fact, it does not come with in the prescribed limits of the bound ary line of the city. The. state contends thai the tide come to about the center of the sa loon, and If this contention is true, the question arises, did Hendrlckson sell liquor in the front end ot the salooi. or the rear end? If he aold it In the front end he has not violated the law. In order to settle this question the court adjourned at 4 o'clock yester day afternoon to enable the jury to. visit the premises, Which they will do at o'clock this morning. The whole case rests on this question. It the court has no jurisdiction, he will a Instruct the jury, which will bring In a verdict of not guilty. ' If the defendant Is acquitted, he can go ahead and sell liquors, but wheth er the city will have any jurisdiction to Issue a license, or whether it must be procured from the county under the old law, and does the local option re peal the old law, are questions for further consideration. The case Is at trading considerable attention and several ladles are present, presumably to show their Interest In the result of the trial. A NOTED WOMAN COUSIN OF LATE U. S. PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR. 76 Years of Age, Recommends Vinol for Old People. Mrs. Sarah 3. Wlndrom of 429 W. Erie St., Chicago, a member of one of the most distinguished families in the country, cousin of Zachary Taylor, 12tb President of the U. 8., and grand - ntce of Alexander Hamilton, who signed the Declaration of Independ ence, writes: "Vinol is a godsend to old people. I am 78 years old, but I feel active and well today, thanks to the vitalizing ef fects of Vinol My appetite is all that could be de. sired. I sleep well and my mind Is clear, and I am interested In the af fairs of life as I was SO years ago. "When I was young cod liver oil was dispensed in a greasy, unpalat able form, and it fairly gagged me to get it down. Vinol is so different, pal atable and nourishing to Impoverished blood. "I feel so much stronger, both men tally and physically, since I used Vino) that I feel it my duty, as well as a pleasure, to recommend Vinol as the finest tonic 1 ever used In my life." Such words, of praise from a per son of such high standing must be ac cepted as unquestionable proof of the superiority of Vinol. Do you wonder that our Vinol has such a strong hold upon the esteem of doctors and patients? We know of nothing else that will accomplish such wonderful results; and, remember, VI. not is not a patent medicine. 't There are hundreds of old people in this vicinity who need just such a strength-maker and tissue-builder as Vinol. Their blood is thin and slug gish Vinol will enrich and quicken the blood and build up the system. It is so much better than whisky and strong stimulants, which always have a bad after effect and weaken and break down. There is nothing in the world so good for the weak, the aged or the run-down system and to cure a hanging on cold or hacking cough ae Vinol, and because we know so well what it will do we are always ready to refund every cent paid us for it if It fails to do what we say. Try It on our guarantee. Chas Rogers, druggist ever; if '-'"vTO,!- Everybody wins and no A FEW DAYS ONLY. These suits are worth from $13.50 to $20.00 per suit, consequently in buying one ypu win from 0450 to $11.00 on each suit We guarantee each and every suit to give entire satisfaction or money refunded. See display in centre window. p A. KEEPS A DRESSY SHOP FOR THE STAR THEATER Astoria's Fashionable 1 Vaudeville house in connection with Star ad Ar cade theaters sf Portland. Changs sf Program Monday. Changs ef Aeta Thursday MATINEE DAILY AT 2i46 f. M MONSTER BILL , Week beginning February 27, Matinee dally at 2:45 p. m. THE HOFFMAN'S In the original Madison Square Gar den . CYCLE DAZZLE Introducing the Champion Lady rider of the World PATRONELLA D. ARVILLE The Great Violinist HOMES A HOMES Presenting their big laughing success ' entitled Uncle Jonathan's Visit ETHEL JACKSON Coon Shouter BOB KENTON Singing Pictured Melodies The Village Belle" Projectoscope will show the following subjects: Rock of Ages On the Window Shade Alphone and Gaston The Dude and the Burglar A Railroad Quick Lunch A Nigger in the Wood Pile A Kiss In the Dark Admission 1 cents te any seat Special yTX Sale in My Boots and, , Shoes. sj for 30 fj Days. M ' FINE LINE OF. Men's Women's and Children's HOES iS; A. GIMRE; 543-545 Bond St I kes tiny Captulai are tuperiof Cubebs or Injections andAswwA CURE IN 48 HOURSlV tha tarna ditsasai wiuW out Inconvenience. ! chance to lose when you buy have placed on sale at 8.95 PER SUIT. -MEMBER tSTO First NMonal Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 ASK, Makes the Lille Dries quickly. Has a Fine Gloss and is Very Durable. f, ! B. ALLEN,(a SO Agent! Ihi'lJntttihreiaCo. SALIOJJ:TPECOTP TJVINE, ROPE Fishermen and . Cannery SoppUef , illl ASTORIA-IRON WORKS "JOHN TOX. Pres. and Bupt tf ' A , L BISHOr, Secretary . . Xl , 1$ Designers and Manufacturers of ' THE LATEST IMPROVED ' CANNINO MACHINERY MARINE ENGINES ANb'BOiLERS:: COMPLETE ',CANJER QtJTFItlFyRNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. , , r Footof Fourth Street,.' , ... ... ; ASTORIA, OREGON. one of those suits that wc A FEW DAYS ONLY, DRESSY MEN. FOR Floors Loolt New Pin your faith to us. Wa will sup ply you with the best and freshet, quality of drugs and druggist's sund ries that your money can buy. Just now we would call attention to th sale of r-'r"- .. .' Fine Toilet So tip Which has cualltjr aa lta keynote. Hers are a few samples of the good ' values your money will buy: Conte't Imported Castile Soap, (So a bar; fancy Toilet Soal from 25c to lOo a box. FRANK IURT, Broist. Corner Hth and Commercial fits 1. 1 ro. yiee President ' HiOUlA biVlMMN BAUt, tress EES o 9 O 9 O 9 O 9 O 9 9