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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1906)
HUDAY, APRIL t7l iooO, THE MORNING ASTORIA!. ASTOliU, OilEGON. 0 k fsnniA Philncnrvhii I , Bu Upcle Silas t:'" ' -'' Stray Bit of ThoushU by the Old Whiltler--Story About UncU Jim Nub. tCopyHihl.lW.by MoClure, rhllllpi Co.J WHEN jrou com across a wan with a sharp knlfa la bla pocket, a loft pin shingle handy and plenty V time to loaf In, watdi blm. If he'd rather alt with til hand In bin pocket Hum to whittle don't bank on blm, 1 like to uiy follow man ambi tion, but wlicu It iromca to apendltig a whole wwk to trap woodchuck whoao hide Is worth only 15 cente It ff-mx to ma that ho liaa got off the tm. k a bit. I've known tit leaat Aft men who eouM alt down ami Diturtt out that Providence bud alwaya Iweu ng'ln 'em, but ua fur aa 1 bad time to inveatlitnto I fauud tbat liicintHM bad aleo stuck by 'em like brother. Wbeu a iiiiiu so rich that bo doean't know wbat to do with bin money he either becomes a ml kit and bung on to every n-ut like (rrlin deutb or bloaauin out a philanthropic and make a fool of bliiiHitlf, If a even up which la the wornt ' ; '.' -"' . Now and then a feeling cornea over tne that I outfit to triwt human na ture more than. I do, and I yield to II and leant my henbouao duor lUilwki! for the night. Wbeu I go out In tin tnorulng and find all tbe cblckena gone 1 gat the feeling tbat aomabody la an old fool and tbat It ain't tba critter who walked away with tba poultry, I bold that nature made the uinn to boss the romtt after getting married, but nt the muiie time am willing to admit that If I'd allowed the old wo man to butt lu uftener I'd have been worth dollar wbero I baln't now worth cent. Juat where heaven la or whether I aha!! ever roach It bua been a puule to me these many daya, but I have taken the aafe aide by -heaping up the muaa ore when I aell tater and not lying any more than I ran help when I g: down to the pOMtofllee of an evening. Wbeu I'uWo nilly WIUou fguud blm eif dying bo xeut fur me and owuct up that be bud Ikio .".lenlluK com umC latere' from me ror year ana mat a had robbed my orchard and run off my hog. He laid he couldn't die with tboao thing on bla coimcletice, but it a be didn't offer to aqiiar up and aa I found one of my plow la bla bnru aft er bla funeral I have never given hi a) tbe erodir that perbapa I ahoukl ha" dona, . , . , . , , . t , It la newr too late to flud out tblug. Old Uncle Jim Naab had lived for -fifty year without creating any atlr In tb'a world wbuu bla wife patched hla trou aera with a aheet of tin. After that hi triat wt are envious of any mm but It la tbat tbe rfood thing aboiil J naturally come otir way, I 'fully believe and am firmly con vinced that honea ty la the beat poH7 but when a men-beat aella me half cot ton for all wool I've Juat got to count him out 'leren egg for a down In aplt of all I can do. Tbe flrat Inmate ii our county poorhouae waa an hone man. . M. CAD. Morning Astorlan, (Wc. per month. r PATCH Kl) TIKU'KIIW WITH AHlllCKr Of r.itllml aimuud at audi a rate that bii fellow nieu went nt It and elected ii,jj ovi-raivr, of blgbway. There are In;. of men who'd it mount to Momethliig If t)i- only got a rattle atartiHl. I miido up my mind curly In the gnuie that when I been me old mid gray hen 1 ci I'd take tblug u they eume, but ) don't mind admitting that whenever I have paaaed a bottle of bulr dye alm-c arriving at the age of flfly I've Icid the linrdeKt kind of work to keep from milking a fool of inynelf. When you bear of a mau growing old gruceluity act blm down a a hero. Wbeu I bear that ray neighbor hai n alck child I feel aorry for blm. Wbeu I hear that be ban bmt n row by death I J give hint uo' xyimxithy. Wbeu 1 bear tbat hi mu le out went Im died iui-1 left blm J Limn I wimt to know of my aelf by wbnt rlk'ht Ninti n ivnu n bo I abould fall Into au-b luck while I enn't rCac st on? my taxo. It lau't ' Tk Thtmmtt llaklf. Hie clinical thermometer habit haa taken ucb a bold on many peraona that one pbyalclan ha forbidden hla patient to bare them on pain of re fusing to treat them If they djaobey. The clinical thermometer fiend 1 a per iion who keen one of tbene medic) register In the houae and tbe Inatant tbat he, more often abe, ha a head ache, real or Imaginary, thrnata the tube under her tongue and taken her temiH'rature. Kliidlng It varying one millionth part of a degree from normal, he tblnka abe I about to bare aoma deadly lllneaa, pack off. to bed and aenda for tbe doctor. J. Q- A. POWLBY, PmMeot. rtUXX FATTON, Cu&r. f . r 0. J. PETKItSON, Vlot-Preaideat J. W. GARNER, Aaalstant Caahlar. Astoria Savings Barik Capital Fata la fWDxx), Burpim and Oneilvldad froflta St, TraoiMti a CtaaaraJ Baaktog BalDt. Intercut raid oa Tim Hfplu ( .J-z,, zr rs n frp FT1 ml XVtgetaWe Preparation for As similating troodflndaetfula-tirtlarStomfldaa113ovv'el3ci PromotesTcsOon.Ctecrful neisandRcst.Contflinsncltner Otmjm.Morphine nor Mineral Not NAitc otic. bhw sou o-SMizzjmma PifAm Smi' JUJm fit nrti"r Uk - lyi7iw ADCrfect Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Dianrhoea, .. . , . worms MJnvuisionsjevcnsii' oess ond Loss of Sleep. TacSimiU Signature of NEW YORK. E EXACT COrrOF VHAPPES. ' I i ' t m n a - j! or xmanis ana vnuaren. j The Kind You llavo Always Bought Bears Signature tS Tenth Street, ASTORIA, ORISON. the t In Use For Over Thirty Years o) Sherman Transter Co. HENBY SHERMAN, Manager uaok, Carriage Baggage Checked and Transferred- Trucks and Furniture Wagont Fianoa Moved, Boxed and Shipped, 433 Commercial Street Phone'Hain 121 T.ia12 V That All Important Bath Room You have often beard people remark "If I were ever to build, I would plan my bath room cm and would not put all my money into the parlor with. fej finery.' That Is good common sense sentiment, for the bath room is the most important of all the household. We would Eie to help you plan your bate room and will gladly quote you pcee or Jtaadard Ware, the rest sk ion sanitary fixtures Risie. J, A. Montgomery, Astoria. , jS 1 mm MMMKT. mwvviiaefff. The MORNING ASTORIAN 65 CTS. 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