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THURSDAY) MARCH , 1905. TIIE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOKIA, OREGON. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. THE EPITAPH KATES: First Insertion, One Cent t Woril. One Week, Each Line, 30c. Two Weeks, Each Line, 45c. One Menth, Each Line, 75c. - ICopyrlgM. by T. C. MoClurel . It was quite like Taber. Anotbci man would bare marched stiffly dowi the path and banged the trout gate But Taber stilt aat on the top step ol the plana and placidly surveyed thi dwldod on tho epitaph yet' Terhaps," ht aald. "one Isn't ueej. ed-Just yet." 11 A HUT PRESTON. HUGE STATUE OF BUDDHA. .Mammoth Havllalagr Flaara at Haaaaa, Unrata. To the eastern traveler the statue ol Buddha ia a familiar eight From Astorian Free Want Ads. AByone Desiring & Situation can Insert an Advertisement in this Column , of Three Lines I wo 1 lmes r res 01 unarge. changing colors ou the clouda in th 1 J-w,no. W on Japan, I uc is rverjwurrr greviva 07 UlS SaulS I calm, impassive and mysterious face HELP WANTED. 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B fnaranu to mr ia, woe intou, rawiniallai, nanaeB. unr, titnm aw.: aaa ai UHmoalali Uaargai axxWaU. OaU aai an atak Pattnia oot af la My ra tm hlaaka aaS draolan. aneauau OUMCb. TATioai rasa. jDitaa , Tk C Gtt Wo Obex Eo&dac O. UJ AMa aTKtMM A Few Precious Japanese Swords FOR SALE" AT Yokahoma - Bazar. Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works Manufacturers of Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundryinen and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest Fkne.245. . Comer Eighteenth and Franklin. west. , Agatha Vane was annoyed. She bad expected ber words would crush bine or at least rouse him to unreasoning wrath. Instead be had looked at hot qulsslcallv and said. "Of course you'r quite sure of this?" In a queetlouliuj tone which Implied his disbelief, aftci which he sat in doggvd silence on tin top "tcp. apparently pondering ovet the matter in the calmest of manners. Ills composure Irritated the 'lrl From her low rocker behind the vluw she studied the back of his head and his broad, square shoulders. She sud denly discovered that the bead win very shapely and that the shoulder suggtted a comforting, manly strength, aud with this discovery oh, daughters of Eve she cudgeled bet bmtn for some cutting phrase which would penetrate the armor of his sell control and wound his pride. Taber, all unconscious of this. Idly watched the sky and thoughtfully blew clouds of curling smoke luto the wtlli air. Presently be drew from his pockci a pencil aim a ntiuiiHr or old envel opes, on the back of which he begun to write rapidly. Now and then In paused to read the scribbled lines ami chuckle softly. Agatha grew moiueutarlly more an pry. one little root tapped the floor and she bit her lip? "What are you doing?" she demand ed at length. "Writing," siiid he laconically. "Writing what?" she asked. "Epitaphs," siiid he. "I'm trying to compose a suitable one Jo JH yy w caslon. Wult a moment. See if an) of these will do." Ue deliberately assorted the envel ope and turned halfway round on the step that be might make the beat use of the fading light In the west. In a solemn voice he read: 'Sacred to the memory of Love, who died from the effects of a chill, aged two years, three months and eleven days." " Agatha was silent "Here's another." said be cheerfully. He lifted the envelope to the light and read slowly: Under this stone rests Love, who, after a precarious existence of some two years, departed this life Aug. 25. The only wonder is that be managed to hold out as long as be did.' " He glanced quickly at the girl, ner lips curved scornfully. "Sorry It doesn't meet with your ap proval," be observed. "Perhaps you'll like this one better: 'Here Ilea Lore, foully murdered by the green eyed monster Jealousy.' " There was a long silence. "Isn't this last the most truthful of the three?" he asked. "Jealous:" she said. "Do you imag ine for a moment I'm jealous? Your conceit doea you credit" Taber smiled lmperturbably. "I hoped you were," he said simply. "lndtd!" she exclaimed. "Why on earth should I be jealous?" "Well," said he slowly, as if he were pondering a matter of the gravest Im port, "she's a rather stunning girl, and ber getuplsn't that the proper term? is a wonder, besides which, you know, she Is well fixed financially In her own right. Agatha, if you had gone auto moblling with a man as fascinating ns the Mortimer girl Is I should have been green with jealousy. You might do tin much for me," he ended in a hurt tone "If that is your defenne" she bewail. "Defense:" he said. "Oh, pardon me. but you misconstrue. I'm not making excuses for myself, but for your lack of Interest In my doings. It Is surpris ing, most surprising, Agatha." Agatha laughed scornfully. "Ingenious to the last," she observed. Taber sighed. "I see plainly that my epitaphs are misfits," said he. "Love was slain by an automobile and a girl with red hair. The girl with red hair seems to be the fatal part of the combination." He looked . thoughtfully at the sky for several moments. Then he rose from the step and stood by the girl. "Can't you be the least bit jealous of her?" be asked. "No," she said shortly. "Nor of me?" he pursued. "Nor of you," she said. "And you meant all yon said about oar not being suited to one another?" "Every word of It" "And, Agatha, does Love need an epitaph r "It seems to me he was such a pau per that an unmarked grave In pot ter's field would do for htm," she said. Taber came a step nearer. "Happiness Is wealth," he said. "He wasn't pauper because be was very happy." Those few words and the tone In which be said them made her look up quickly. Taber followed np bis ad vantage. "I wish, since he was such a happy little chap, that be might have lived longer," he said. The girl rose from ber chair. "Oood night:" she said. "Hold. anJlsaMJ.'alif i.!UVe haven't' , of the eastern preceptor of perfection. ' Hut in no city In the orient do the ! form and face of Buddha constitute M frequent or ao essential a part of the I rlty's decoration as In Rangun, Bur ma, starting place of Mr. KIpllug'a famous "Road to Mandalay." the stronghold of Buddhists. Notable even among the countless statue of Itaugun la tlio mammoth Buddha, rep resenting the strange teacher not staudiug or sitting croasleggod, aa lu the majority of statues, but reclining on a huge raised couch, hi mighty form stretched out for 200 feet, while his shoulders rival the width of that wonder of the ancient world, the Colos sus of Ithodea, their titanic breadth reaching fifty feet Rut one among the wonders of Ran guu, this mighty figure rests uear the famous Shoay Dagou, tho center of the Burmese Buddhist world, crowned by the golden pagoda, which rises 300 foot above It, Its walls covered with pure i gold, the gift of a prince who coutrtlv ! uted his weight In gold to the pagoda. . In tho Shoay Dagon there are countless other Btatuca of Htiddha, as well us relics of tiautama, tb last Buddha. ' All. equally with the huge reclining ' lUiddha. form a part of the religious ! rites of tho Buddhists, for the e settee of Buddhism consists In tha struggle to become like Buddha, to at tain his perfection by obedience, to his , precepts. To do this It is necessary al ways to hare Buddha In mind, and it Is for this reason Uiat every city ia the Buddhist world Is literally crowded with his Images. Buddha himself is not deified. Potentially every Bud dhlst may attain his perfection, but only by the eternal Imitation of his practice. But, while statues such aa Uauguu's huge colossus are important In Bud dhist worship, of even more Importance are the relics of Buddha. It was about the Shony I "agon that the Burmese made their last fierce tight when the Rrltlsh csme to Rangun, A Venetian traveler of 300 years ago vis iting the Shoay Dagou has left a de- ! scrlptlou of this famous temple, con. j red! in; Its claim to rivalry with his i ow u Venice, that would serve as a con ; temporaiieous description, slid today, ! ns In untold centuries paxf, the Bur I mese still bring their offerings of flow- ers and fruit, caudles and paper flaps. to lay iM'fore the hut'o reclliilug Bud j dha, whoso bands would afford com I fortable standing room for four of the worshipers and whose gigantic face ! wears the strange, inscrutable expres- slon of calm which Is the outward mark of spiritual Buddhism. New Tork Tribune. Order Your Calendar for 1906 OF The J. S. Dellinger Co. Astoria, Oregon. Fine Line of Samples Now Ready. ;We furuish all the latestZdesftfns at prices lower than Eastern Houses and save you the freight. 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