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TODAY'S WEATHER.
Portland, Out. 12. Oregon and
Wellington; Friday, fair and war-
mer.
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CHEAP LABOR CURSE.
The terrible news from Romberg, of
the death of Mr. Peterstein, wife of the
Southern Pacific railroad foreman at the
hands of an infuriated mob of Greek
section hand, and of their wild assault
with fire-arms upon the overland train
conveys a lesson at once imperative and
impressive. The herding of such rattle
in such numbers upon the public works
of the territory in which thousand of
idle American are vainly looking for
work and cannot find it because of the
presence of just such irresponsible and
irrational fiend, is a wicked blunder for
which the employing company i
chargeable.
It is needless to plead that the Ameri
can will not work for the beggarly
stipend the Greeks jump at as compen
sation, every one who knows anything
at all, knows that no self-respecting
white man tan live on the pitiful wage
these etarvling foreigners manage to ex
1st upon; it is needless to plead the lie
that they are better workmen, and
equally futile to say the American can
not be had to do the coarse and ar
duous labor: Thee sophistries have
been urged Jong enough to cover the mis
takes and evils arising from the employ
ment of the hordes that ravage and kill
when the slightest pretest offers: It is
simply a question of decent wages. The
companies know this better tran any
one else.
Hie life of this one good woman has
a value transcending the wealth of
property owned by the road and its
exacting directors and can never be com
pensated for, unless, by some fortuitous
act of the managing conscience of the
road, the low and dangerous gangs of
aliens are supplanted by a native
class tltat, at least, respects the law and
womanhood. That she wm killed by
accident does not in the faintest degree
mitigate the crucial sacrifice; the only
marvel of the whole situation is that
a score of others on the train were not
slain by the same fusilade.
The splendid gift of freedom bestowed
by this country does not include the
web of racial violence in the warp of
U goodly mantle, and it is time some
legal steps were taken to abridge the
evil, that will be effective and final.
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WISDOM AT LAST.
Automobile driving is getting to be
pretty serious business these days.
Press dispatches told yesterday of two
serious accidents; one at Athens, Michi
gan, in which two were fatally injured
and one seriously hurt, and another at
Newton, Massachusetts, in which three
are likely to die. Both mishaps were
due t faai- Turning,.-
When one stops to consider the ter
rific speed at which these powerful cars
are hurled along highways, the only
wonder is that more violent deaths are
not recorded. Auto racing is likely to
die out; every year adds to the already 1
long list of killed or maimed. It is an
nounced that the mt prominent auto
mobile club of Kngland and France
have decided to discourage haiardous
jmling. Plainly it would I a good
thing to discourage in this country.
The manufacturers of motor cars
have come to the conclusion that rac
ing victories are no longer valuable as
advertisements. It would follow that
they will not footer auto racing to
any extent hereafter, and the twen
tieth century crate for record smash
ing will be diverted iuto leas danger
ous channels.
It must be remembered that the
dangerous machines are not the or
dinary runabouts of the streets and
country roads. The big machines, which
often have seventy, eighty and ninety
horsepower geared to their flying wheels
are the ones which leave the trail of
death. The automobiles in general use
are comparatively safe, swift and valu
able. With the announcement that Har
ney Oldfield, Walter Christie and other
daring motorists have abandoned auto
racing, it may be safely predicted that
the motor cars of te future will 1
built for safety firt and comfort next.
Speed will be a minor consideration.
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UNFORGIVABLE BLUNDER.
When Sculptor Burglum, of New York
City, destroyed his carven angles to put
an end to the foolish controversey en
gendered by the clergy and wardens of
the Pnttestant Kpiscopal cathedral of St.
John, the Divine, who inited that the
sex of the angelic group should be mas
culine, instead of feminine a the great
artist had carved them, he made a big
and unforgiveable blunder. The beau-
tiful types of his handiwork were hi
to do as he elected to do; but there is
an inherent title, an intangihe pos
sessory right, vested in the public, that
even a great artist is bound to recog
nize, before obliterating the exquisite
creations of hi brain and hand that
mean so much to humanity. There i
nothing left to do but to deplore the
irrepareable loss, and hold the bumpti
ous critics of that famous pari-h wholly
responsible for the almost criminal de
privation consequent upon their judg
ment. 0
By the way, it is about time some
thing was done in behalf of the big.
new, modern hotel that Astoria is to
have. She will need it next summer.
There will be more people here than
ever before, and she must not suffer re
proach on this score.
than half the pupils enrolled were pres
ent yesterday. The trouble started
over the refusal of many parent to
allow their children to lie vaccinated.
I'nder the system of credits whereby
the Mate allows 8 cents per day for
attendance the city will lose consider
able sum of money.
Physicians have discovered that
George Williams Gatt died front the ef
fect of a withered pancreas. The pub
lic was already aware that the man
was dead.
Columbia University has dropped two
football players from the. team just
because they were deficient in 'their
studies. The faculty in some college
expects altogether too much from it
students.
Profeor Miller of the University of
Berlin announce that the bite of a girl
is more deadly than the bite of a ser
pent. The professor announces that he
has made a special study of the hac
teria of the mouth but he neglects to
say under what conditions the experi
ments were made.
Germany's meat famine is so alarm
ing that horseflesh is no longer obtain
able. A few slices of the American hoir
j would lie acceptable in that country
now.
An advertiser in an eastern pajer ha
conceived the unique scheme of having
his "readers" and space matter set upside-down
in the paper. He pays double
rates for the -erviee and the paper car
ries a foot-note with each ad.' fixing the
re-tonibility. but the advertisement is
effective all the same. Contemplate for
a moment the appearance of the sheet
if the majority of the u-ers were per
mitted to do the same thing.
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Do the appointed police commission
ers of this city hold their otlice until
the charter tenii of their predecessors
have expired, or only until the general
diff election next foiTowing their ap
pointment! This question is to be set
tled some dav soon.
JUGGLING WITH P I RE.
NOTE AND COMMENT. 4
The driver of a Seattle ice wagon has
been arrested at the instance of his em
ployer who claim that he gave short
weight to customers and sold the ice
thus saved and oeketed the proceeds.
It is said that there is nothing new un
der the sun, but when the driver of an
ice wagon can "knock down" and give
out any ice at all to regular customers
it is very nearly time for department
storey' to begin advertising ascension
robes at reduced rates.
In the course of a busy life Joeth
G. Cannon has had all kinds of ex
periences, but it remained for a Penn
sylvania man to take him for a Metho
dist preacher. The man who made the
mistake had a marriage license in his
hand at the time he accosted Mr. Can
non and he asked the congressman to
come with me and perform a marriatre
ceremony at once. The speaker of the
house was np a stump and all he could
say was, "You are mistaken in the
man."
Mrs. Mary S. Holladay proposes to
get what she wants, if money will buy
it. The manager of a Missouri rail
way line refused her request for a pass,
although she was a director of the line.
She then bought the road, which is sixty
miles long, so that she could have all
the paes she wanted. This happened
tenitiopths a,gq and, yesterday shfsold
the road for a million, a considerably
larger sum than she paid for the property.
The city of Bellingham, Wash- faces
a revolt In its public schools, and less;
trlrka and Deceptions That Ware
Practiced la Aaeleat Times.
Fire tricks were practiced lu very an
tlcut times. Many of today's best
known tricks were employed to deceive
the public of long ago. There is &oth
Inj even now which astonishes the Ig
norant more than the breathing of
flame, au cct-oiuplisbiuent handed down
from remote antiquity.
The first known fire breather was a
Syrlaa slave named Euuus, a leader lu
the servile war lu Sicily, 130 B. C. He
pretended to have Immediate couiuiuui
cation with the gods. When desirous
of lusplrlug bis followers with courage
he breathed flumes and sparks from
his uioutb.
In order to perform this marvel Ku
uus pierced a uubdiell at both ends,
and, bating filled It with some burn
ing substauce, he put It In bis mouth
and breathed through It. The same
trick Is iterformed today In an Improv
ed manner. The Juggler rolls together
some flax while it Is still burning. Ity
tbls tr en 11s the fire Is retained In the
ball for a long time. He slips this ball
Intobls mouth unpercelred and breathes
through It. His breath revives the fire,
and he sustains no Injury so long as
he Inhales through his nostrils only.
Tor deceptions with Ore the ancients
also employed naphtha, which Is so
combustible that It kindles when It
only approaches a flame. The prlesta
of old took ndvantnge of this property
of naphtha to make their offerings
catch fire as If spontaneously.
Varlvus theories have been advanced
to account for other feats. An ancleut
ordeal tvns the holding of a redhot Iron
by the accused. Such trials were con
ducted by the priests, who covered the
hands of those whom they desired
should efcape with a protective paste.
The peculiar property of mineral salta,
such as rWutn, In protecting articles of
dress from fire has long been known. J
An old Milanese devised a costume con
sisting of a cloth covering for the body ,
which bal been steeped In alum. A
metallic dress of wire gauze was add
ed ta thl.'i, and thus protected a man
cou'd walk on hot Iron In the midst of
flames.
Very fpterestlng experiments have
shown that great heat may be endured
by the human body. Two doctors In
the course of their researches on the
subject stayed In a room where the
temperature was 2W degrees. A beef
steak wns cooked In the same atmos
phere and was overdone In thirty min
ute Kir Francis Cbantrey remained
for two minutes In a furnace much hot
ter, the thermometer Indicating 320
degrees when he came out. Washing
ton Star.
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The third quarterly convention of the raclflo Coast Adrertlalng Men's
association will convene at Seattle, October 23 and 24.
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agenta and advertising solicitors and every one who Is interested la ad
vertising. Paper on advertising salmon, shingles, rtUil stores, tiport trade, etc.,
will be read and discussed.
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Astoria Savings .Bank
Capital Paid In 1100,000. Bnrplat and Undivided Profits 135,000.
Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Tims Deposit
168 Ttnth Street,
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ESTABLISHED 1880.
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