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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1905)
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1909 THft MORNING ASTORf AN. AKThtha nuvr.nxj ASTORIA SAVINGS BANKl AN ALIBI Capital tvtym. Hnrplus Un.llvMo.1 1'roflts ,'iB.OOt iransaots a w,mnl Unking husjmws. Juturwt j.aU on tuns dimwits. J.Q.A.BOWLUY. O.I.PETKHHON, FRANK PATTON, J. W. OA NEK. arMHMDI. Vio rrcsldont Cashier. AMt.CoKl.iw TENTH SJREET, ASTORIA. ORE. HOTEL PORTLAND The Finest Hotel In the Northwest PORTLAND OREGON. The TROY Laundry Is the only White Labor Laundry in the City. Does the Iicst itr ..... oi now at very reasonable rrices, and is m everyway worthy oi your patronage. Uor. IUUi and DUANE STS. Phono 19!U KxxxxxixijinxxxxxxxxxtxxxrTrttxxxrxxHxxxxraxxxxx FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholenulc nntl Retail Ships, lagging Camps and Mills supplied on short notice. H liivft stuck IHH'UHT AND SOLD S 5 WAM1INQT0N MARKET CHRISTENSON Q CO. I1ITTTTTT1 I T I T T TTTTTTTTTTTT.... M aaaaaa. aajx in""'rn -. . . T 1 We are thoroughly prepared for mskloir XvCllallCw estimates ami MooutiriK orders for int, of ltrl'Bl imitalling sad FlPPf tira 1 ramnir. Huppllra in stock. We JLWVlX Itai the (VtobratHHELUY LAMP. VT Ul Xa Mn.,,, 428 BOND STREET wii li 1U1 J a Beer ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH. Having luMtiilU'd a Rubber Tiring Machine of tht luteal pattern I urn prepared to do nil kind of work In that linn at reasonable prices. Telephone CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS. NEf ZEALANDFIREINSURANCE COMPANY Of New Zeolaticin; jVV. P. THOMAS, Mgr., San Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SI1REII0LDERS Ha been Underwriting on the- Pacific Coait for twenty-five years EXMORE $ CO., Sole Agents Astoria, Oregon. The MORNING ASTORIAN 60 CTS. PER MONTH Astoria's Best Newspaper Guarantees to its Advertisers a a Larger Circulation than sny Paper Published in Astoria. Our DooKs are Open to Inspection by Our Advertisers. Orlslnal.1 It waa a winter ulirht The wind wo driving a tunipest of snow-flakes. The street lamp sbono dim. Except fur the storm Uiore wai not a count!. No footfall could b heard on the anow. and there was no one abroad. I had reached the town of M. few minutes before by train and. flndina no conveyance at the station, had atartal to walk to my hotel. Suddenly, midway between street latnpa, where It waa dark, 1 ran against a man. I stood stock atUL The snow on either side of us was deep, and I waltod for the man to divide the way with ins. I uk toad of that be began to talk to himself Incoherently, seeming to be unconscious of my presence. "Horrible," be muttered, "horrible! Death death that might be prevented by a little loose change he may have had lu his pocket, and he wouldn't give It He's a dog, a murderer. I bono I may see hlra burn with an everlasting Ore." You seem lu trouble," I said In a kindly tone. Trouble! Isn't It trouble that there's but one person In the world who can help and who won't help? I told him mother waa dying; that I had been sent to the drag store for a prescription and hadn't a cent to pay. He told me to get out" I remembered that all my chance had been spent, and I hud only a ten dollar bill. I would go with the young man to a drug store, puy for the medicine be required and give bltn something be- "Come," I suld, "lead the way to a drug store." "I only fear they are all closed," be said. "It's very late." He led mo to one drug store after an other. We found every one closed and no one to antwer a nlcbt Ml. 1 had been with him nearly an hour. This I knew, for I had arrived at ten minutes after 11 and the town clock was now trlklng 12, and, having made a failure, I was obliged to let him so home with out bis medicine.. As we were about to part I was fumbling in my trousers pocket with my keys and other articles, lien I clasixtl a sliver half dollar. "Here," I said, "take thin coin. It's a pocket piece of the year of mv mar riage, with my wife's and my Initials scratched on It Take It. You'll need It, and more." He seized the niece eairerlv. then turn. ed and vanished In the darkness. It was three months after this that I had occasion to go to M. again. I am a lawyer by profeaslon and had a case to come ou In court there. Having some time to spare at the courthouse before uiy cane would be called. 1 stroll ed luto the criminal court room. A man waa being tried for the inur- der of his unrle. It seemed to be a very plain cane ng.iluat the accused. He waa very poor nml bis uncle waa ery rich, and the accused was sole heir at law. The prom-cHlliis: attorney proved con clusively that the young man had every Inducement to kill his uncle from the fact that the olii iu:in was making ar rangements to leave all his inoportv to endow certain Institutions. It did not appear to me tli.it the defense had any case at all. Indeed, the last nerson know n to have been with the murdered man, and that only an hour before his death, was the accused. Then were so many heads between me and the prisoner that I did not for some time get a good look at him. When I did, there waa something about his face-and figure that waa familiar to me. The prosecuting attorncv was Bumming up to the jury. "We have proved." he said, "that the prisoner was with the murdered man m late as 11 o'clock; how much later wp cannot prove, but no one aaw him leave. At half naat 11 a crv waa heard; a maid entered the old man's bedroom and found him dying. There was a convenient door for the murder er's escape without being seen. At half past 12 the prisoner was arrested on the street muttering maledictions against bis uncle." The last words brought back a nle- ture that had appeared to me on that stormy ntgnt tliree months before. I waited till the speaker had finished, then said to the judge: "Your honor, I am an attorney. I believe I can throw some light on this case and request your permission to examine the prisoner." After much wrangling permission was granted. "Have you em seen me beforel" I asked. ."Not that I remember." "Did I not meet you one nleht three months ago when you were going for meuicme for your mother?" "I met a mun. If I could find him I could prove my inuocenee." "Wnat did you do with the coin he gave you?" "I gave it to mv mother. It is nw In the bands of my attorney." "on that coin,", I sold, turning to the Jury, "are mv initials and thine nf my wife. It is a half dollar coined In 18UI. I met this young man on the night of Jan. 20 last a few minutes after 11 and remained with hlra till shortly after 12." Amid a sensation the coin wan npo- duced and found to be as I had stat ed. The Jury found a verdict of not guilty without leaving their seats. About to be convicted of killing his UDCle, the accused In a twlnkltnr found himself exonerated and heir to a for tune. I met him and his mother anon after the trial at their home and found her recovered from an Illness that last- Dr. Lyon's classified advertising. PERFECT Tooth Powder Cleanses, and beautifies the teetn and purifies the breath. Seed by people of refinement r oyer a quarter of a century; Very convenient for tourists. PREPARED IY ed till her son's acquittal.' r f bey : hart? since wen among my best friends. CHARLES I. THURBER. RATES: Fit Insertion, One Cent a Word. One Week," Each Line, 30c. Tw Weeks, Each Line, 45c. One Menth, Each Line, 75c. Astorian Free Want Ads. Vecklarra That Avert the EtU Ere and ISadu That Are I'iiImI Cbarat If or rrllHir-Lf-Krnil of the Kaaba Stoae-Tbe Soi ri J Signet lilac. The oriental's love of luxury, splen- aor or attire and personal adornment acta as a strong Incentive to the eastern jeweler in the production of those ex quisitely carved and multicolored crea Hons over which the modern world raves and marvels. Nor are such deco rations mere ornaments without other Use or meaning. The oriental Jeweler, seated upon the floor of bis little ahop. Inhaling the fra grant odors of his pipe and coffee, con celves his desigu and Jealouslv envoi ops It with mysticism, adding to it the qualut charm of symbol and supersti tion. The bracelet, the earrings, the necklace, the clasp, the buckle and the button grow step by step into a special ornament according to the rank, means, tastes and wauta of the wearer. au evldeuco of class and dignity. llracelets are by orientals worn In pairs. Kach hand Is provided with one, as otherwise Jealousy will spring up between the Manual members and evil deed .Mill Ut'.U-x. Earrings are popu lar among both sexes in certain parts of the orient. The e.irs a-e pierced at birth. The perforations are made un necessarily large so as n .t to permit a residue of gossi;. Then ornaments are offered the ears as consolation. Neck laces are worn wont conspicuously to avert the evil eye and to denote dig nity and distinction. Festoon neck laces seem to have been In vogue from time Immemorial, and not Infrequently do they adorn the whole chest of the wearer. In India the men often bor row their wives' necklaces to decorate themselves with. Masculine vanity of certain sects of the Persians far ex ceeds that of women, and, aside from wearing earrings and necklaces, they almost monoHIUe the tiuy seed pearls by stringing them lu their lieards, each uair nemff nicran.v covereii witu a lus trous pearl. Heads are among the earliest forms of ornaments and are considered po tent charms for felicity, as these are often cut and sold by priests or sheiks, who maintain themselves solely by this means. The pear shaped drop' so much In vogue In Europe and America Is of dceidediy oriental origin and has at tached to It a quaint myth. The Kaa ba stone in Mecca has this peculiar shape, ami. according to the theorv of tiie Mohammedans, this stone was the actual guardian angel who was sent to watch over Adam lu Eden and was present nt his fall. As a punishment for not having more vigilantly exe cuted his trust the angel was changed Into a stone and hurled from paradise. Most Mohammedans wear pearl shaped pendants made of wood or some pre cious stone as a reminder of Allah's wrath, and these are held among them lu the same esteem as Is the cross among the Christians. Armlets are regarded ns caste marks and are worn only by women. Anklets have a healing luwer and so are worn not as ornaments only. Little tiukliug le!Is are often attached to these, which lend a pleasing sound to an approach ing step and serve to denote the su periority aial rank of the wearer and thus in passing render due homage. An Arabian poet describes these as the awnkeuers of dormant senses." Rings are worn in great profusion and are made of all sorts of metals. However, they luvariably have ex quisitely curved or openwork shanks Even the stones have their symbols and are worn accordingly. In the orient no prejudice exists against opals. Signet rings were of great importance among the earlier orientals, and even to the present dav letters are rarMv otherwise signed by those who send them. Thus the authenticity of all orders and communications, even merchants' bills, depends wholly upou- au Impression of a siguet ring. The occupation of the seal cutter Is regard ed as one of great trust and danger. fcucu a person Is obliged to keen a rea Ister of every ring seal he makes, and If one be lost or stolen from the party for whom It waa cut his life would answer for making another lust like It. The loss of a signet ring Is regarded as a disastrous calamity, and the alarm which an oriental exhibits at the loss of the signet can only be understood by a reference to these circumstances, as the seal cutter Is alwavs obliged to alter the real date at, which the seal was cut. Tli only resource of a per son who has lost his seal is to have another made with new date and to write to his correspondents to Inform them that all accounts, contracts and communications to which his former signet li affixed are null from the day 6n which It waa lost-Jewelers' Circular-Weekly I PROPOSALS INVITED. PROPOSALS FOR BEEF AND,MUT ton Office chief commissary. Van couver Barracks, Wash., March 15, 1905. Seale J. proposals for furnisalne and delivering fresh beef and mutton for six months beginning July 1. 1905. will be received here and at offices of commissaries at Fort Stevens, Ore.; Boise Barracks, Idaho; Forts Casey. Columbia, Flagler, Lawton. Walla Wal la, Ward. Worden Wright and Van couver Barracks, Wash., until 10 a. m. April 15, 1905, and then opened. En velops containing proposals should be Indorsed "Proposals for fresh beef anJ mutton to be opened April 15. 1905." und addressed to Commissary of Post to be supplied, or to MaJ. George B. Davis, Chief Com'y. FOR 8ALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE SECOND-HAND FUR niture. Inquire at room t over Pet erson A Brown's store. NCTJBATOR FOB SALB-400 BOOS capacity; also thrse 100 mmhi brooders: flrst-clasa condition. AA. dress A. Asterlsn Offlce. HORSE, . BUGOT AND HARNESS far sale. Address M. Asterlan. FOR SALE SHETLAND PONET. cart anj harness. Apply to A. E. Al len, Clatsop, Ore. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE- celved at the office of the Llgnt- House Engineer, Portland, Oregon, un til 12 o'clock, 11., April 10, 1905, and then opened, for furnishing: and de livering fuel and provisions for light house tender Columbine, during; the ris en! year ending June 30, 1906. In ac cordance with specifications, copies of which, with blank proposals and ot'.ier Information, may be had upon ap plication to Major W. C. LangfiU, Corps of Engineers. V. S. A., Engineer. 160 ACRES OF FIRST CLASS TIM- ber land for sale, In Pacific county. near Columbia river. Address Box MO Astoria, Ore. FOR SALE LOT 1. BLOCK 1 Adair's Astoria; for particulars wrlU to J. P. Miller, Onleda, Wash.' NOTICE FOR BIDS BIDS WILL be received for the foundation anj basement of the New St Mary's Hos pital; plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the architect at St. Mary's Hosptal; all bids to be In on or before the 25th of this month; right reserved to reject any or all bids. March 6, 1905. FOR SALE STEAM TUQ IN FIRST- ciass condition; terms reasonable: suitable for seining purposes. For particulars apply at this office. SCOW FOR SALE AT M'GREGOR'S mill, 22x64; would make a good fish scow. Inquire of Dan Gambel at milt HELP WANTED. WANTED MEN TO LEARN BAR ber trade; 8 weeks completes; posi tions guaranteed; tuition earned while learning. Write for terms. Molefs Barber College, 641 Clay St, San Fran- 1 clsco. FISHER BROTHERS COMPANY Agents The Linen Thread Co. SALMON TWINE, COTTON TWINE, ROPE Fishermen and Cannery Supplies The New Way of doing the family washing thewaywhich changes it from dreary drudgery to a cheerful household duty b by using 1 ire Standard'' Laundry Trays Install a modern ".Stathiasf Laundry in your home and there will be no water to carry, no leakage or damp floors, and no tubs to empty or upset. It will increase the selling value of your home. CONTtNTMCNT" J. A. MONTGOMERY. Astoria, Or 32 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager Hacks, Carriages Baggag Checked and Transferred Trucks and furniture wagons-; nanos Juoveu, uoxed ana blnpped. Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works Manufacturers of Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundryuien and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest Phone 2451 . Corner Eighteenth and Franklin.