Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1906)
t V THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE n, 1906, 8 r Pillsbury's lest THE FLOUR THAT HAS A WORLD WIDE REPUTATION. Fresh Vegetables of All Kinds Received Daily. A. V. ALLEN'S SOLE AGENT BAKER'S BARMNGTON HALL STEEL CUT COFFEE, Are You Going to Paint this Season? I Painting is always expen site and you want to have it done as cheaply as possible. I WHERE Will I VMW. , I By buying a cheap paint and saving a trifle in the be ginningor by using I PATTON'S Proof Point which looks best and wears longest (Continued from page 1) Sun B. F. Allen & Son I Sole Agennts 1 Rooffnej Malthotd on your booses, shed and all farm buildings will help yon raise healthy, thrifty stock. Cover your cattle sheds, hog houses, chicken houses and sheep folds with Maltboid and give your stock warm, dry and comfortable quarters. Malthoid is wind right, water tight, heat tight and proof against dampness. It is fire resisting and will last for ages. Send for booklet. The Paraffine Paint Company FISHER BROS., CO., Sole Agents. More than two thirds ol your life you wear shoes, did you ever think of that? The Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoe was built to give your feet, comfort two-thirds of your lfe, the rest you sleep. S. A. G1MRE 43 Bond St., opp. Ross, Higgins & Co. phenomenon." K should be noted that in this statement ilr. Eddy capitalizes the word Mind thus making H synony nous with deity and thus designating the divine Mind as the only cause or creator. It follow, in her philosophy, that the universe is in reality spiritual though it does not so appear to our present immature apprehension. Chris tian Seleuce thrtu bases its entire modus operandi upon the proposition that God U the only real Mind. In Christian ; .Science it in maintained that through the realization of tbe supremacy of the di vine Mind healing i effected eve as light itispel the darkness, ou the Wis that light is real while darkness i un real and therefore cannot remain in its presence. Thus it is that in Christian Scicuee healing there U no pretence of human force, but rather a yielding of human will to the divine. j History declares that from early child hood Mrs. Eddy had been spiritually in clined and that even in her youthful days she was interested in de p, religious subject and philo-onhie studv. One who i knew her well in her girlhood ha4 re- ferred to her gift of expres-ion as yery marked, and that she often conversed with her pastor upon subjects which were too deep for him to follow. jllcr Mierior ability, ber breadth and inde pendence of though, and her spiritual mindedness, wew all prophetic of jthat eminence as a teacher, an organizer; and a leader to which she has attained, and to those who have followed the course of events in te advance of the Christian Science movement. Mrs. Eddy's far-see-ing wisdom, initiative insight and execu tive ability have become more and more impressive. The original "Mother Church" which adjoins the new building seats about 1200, and yet .three Sunday services are required to accommodate the attendance. It i- said that when this edifice was planned some of the members were dis turlied on account of its size. Thcv 1 j thought htat the provision of . so large un auditorium was entirely uncalled for. the atendanee at that time being only about 550. Mrs. Eddy organized t lie First Church of Christ, Scientist in lioston in 1ST!' with twenty ix members. So slow was the growth of the movement at first that in 18VJ, ten years later, there were only eleven churches. From that time, however, the growth was more rapid. In lS!m, there were .".01 churches. At the present time, 1000. there are G57 churches and 257 societies and not yet organized as efmivhes, making 932 Societies holding church service. In 1883 there were only 450 members in the entire connec tion. In 1804 the total membership was 2530. Five years later it had reached 18,134. These figures (show that the principal growth has taken place during the past seven years. The membership at the present time is about 72,000, but that there ai multitudes interested in the movement outside of the actual church membership is evidenced by the large attendance at the Christian Science service, and the fact that nearly 400.000 copies of the Christian Science text book are at present in circulation. Christian Scientists ar particularly careful to deny the allegation that their attitude toward Mrs. Eddy is other than that of grateful and loving recognition of their debt to her and respect for her undoubted ability. In a recent letter to the directors of the Mother Church. Mr. Eddy herself says "Now it the time to throttle the lie that students wor-hip me, or that I claim their hom age." In keeping with this thought Mrs. Eddy issued the following state ment, which appeared in the Christian Science Sentinel of April 28, 1900. "To the beloved members of my VATICAN OPPOSES BOOK BECAUSE OF PLAGIARISM Leading Rome Journal Tells of the Condemned Book. ROME, dune 10, The Corriere delta Sera publishes from its correspondent, who is generally well informed in mat ters concerning the Vatican, it statement which, if correct would throw some light on the mystery of the condemnation of Signor Koguwtaro's novel, "II Santo." The decision to condemn this Umk cer tainly required tomo explanation, in view of the apparent tolerance shown, not so much by the delay of its final condemna tion, for the machinery of the congrega tion of the index always works slowly, as by the good humored comments of event the most uncompromising organs of Catholic opinion when it first appear ed. That it would be denounced to the Congregation of the Index was, of course, a foregone conclusion. But no one was prepared to believe j that it would be condemned, or that the I author, who has been always a staunch champion of his church, would 1 numb-red among the enemies of the faith on account of a work so sincere and apparently so harmless in chancier. The hook was, ncertheless, put on the index! and what bus caused still greater sensa tion and surprise to hi friends, the au thor, Sign or Kogujuuiro, after n period of silence, has published his submission to the decree and proi'ifd his complete obedience to the Congregation of the Index, The tKsenatoic Itomuno accounts for the action of the Congregation in an article which, if it is intended to repre sent official views, mot Miivefiillv hides them iu a mate of feeble criticism and incoherent rhetoric. The gist of bis remarks seems to Iw that, the author of 11 Santo" was nit unfortunate, ignorant and misguided person, who might buve been ignored if he had not drawn the attention and shocked the conscience of the faithful majority. Hut the 0cr tutor lionntno gives 110 specific reason for the actual condemnation. The isirresKtmlciit of the Corriere dellu Sera suggests a very different tvtiise, lb says tbnt Sigtior I'ogiiKaro has !een accused iu the Vatican, whether lightly or wrongly he doc not know, of having translated into Italian a well known brochure which was published by the Corriere dell Sera, entitled "Confident iul Letters to 11 rrofeoi- of Anthropology." Agency Standard Gas Engines STATIONARY TYPE AN HONEST ENGINE AN HONEST PRICE "Standard" 'Standard" "Standard" J. H. ARTHUR & P.fl , Machinery Merchants PORTLAND. OREGON. N fS Vtl J 1 r ) i I Is 1 The Art of Fine Plumbing Km progreucvi with the development of the klence of imitation ind we hive kept pice with the improvement!. I live you f Or it your bathroom one of the old Uihioncd, unhealthy kind f If you ire itill uilng the "doted In" future! of ten yein ago, it would be well to remove them in inmll in their itetd, inowy white "tdMd Porcelain Eninv eled Wire, of which we hive iimplei displayed in our ihowroom. Let ui quote you prices, illmtritcd catalogue free. I, A. Montgomery, Astoria. 52 Church, The Mother Church. The First Science, it cannot ! denied that iU UNION GAS ENGINE COMPANY Our New Works Twenty-third Avenue, Eat Oakland, Cal ifornia are completed, and we will be ready to deliver Engines from time to time. "The Union" Engine needs no recommendation, Our Motto is not "How Cheap" but "How Good" an Engine we can produce, and we shall maintain our past reputation. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. F. P. Kendall, General Sales Agent, Church of Christ, Scienti-t. in Mo-ton: Divine Love bids me say, Aseuible not at the residence of your Pu-tor Kind it us. at or about the time of our Annual Meeting mm Communion servie ,-, for the divine and not the human should engage our attentiou at this sacred season of prayer and praie." A eaual observer cannot fail to ree- ogni.e that to t'.ie 1c ill of Mrs. Kddy as an organizer and to hep genius as a religious leader is due the present im petus of the Christian Science move ment, and the completion of the splendid edifice dedicated in Boston today, may be counted among her most brilliant achievements, for the funds which were thus exiM-ndeil have Wn given as an expression of appreciation and love for her no les than in recognition of the needs of this great movement, the credit foe the initiation and successful guidance of which is due thi- remarkable woman. It has been said that the Christian Science denomination is made up largely of recruits rescued from the grave, a very large percentage of Christian Scientist converts having become inter ested on account of the healing benellis which they have rec-ived. In fact, Chri tiau Science has drawn its adherents from all clue, the clergy ami medical fraternity included. Scareely a village or town can be found which has not a band of Christian Scientist, and hardly an individual who has not some friend or relative that has lx-i-ii a beneficiary of it. So numerous have Christian Scientists become within tho last few vears that public criticism of its teachings can no longer be indulged in without awaking prompt protest. The street-car and the railway coach- may contain an ardent believer, and the dissenter frequently meets a prompt but kindly challenge when he makes statements derogatory to the cause or its Leader. Two young Mies- on the front seat of an open street car having just passed the Christian Science church in Boston, quite naturally began to speak on the subject of Chris tian Science, and it was noticed that a gentleman in the same -eat began to move about uneasily as the conversation was more orless uncomplimentary. At length he leaned over and said to the ladies: "I trust you will pardon the in terruption of a stranger but I cannot re frain fro mtelling you that more than fifteen years ago, after having lost nil, hopes of recovery, I was healed of con sumption through Christian Science, and this to me is the strongest possible argu ment in its favor." The fair clitics look ed up in surprise at the strong, athletic man and speedily expressed a more con siderate attitude of thought. ' ' Not long since two gentlemen entered a railway coach. One of them was de nouncing Christian Science in a heated manner. Ily artd by bis friend left the train, and a Christian Scientist who had overheard the conversation politely oc cupied the vacant seat and lcgan to speak of some of the benefits which he had observed in connection with Chris tian Science treatment. The critic at once changed his tone and began to refer to benefits which be too had observed. This incident serves to suggest that which fosters and perpetuates the ap parently unabating interest in the Chris tian Science movement. Whether or not we are ready to endorse Christian propagation is follow. d by good icsiilts; 1 that Christian Siciitists arc an iniiisiiul , ly healthy, happy people, and I hut thev , are richly endowed with that rare I coiuplUmeut, brotherly kindness. ' The Sunday sen h e of the ChrUtiaii J Seicnee Church eon-o-ts of opening ami j ; closing exercises similar to thoe of other ! denomination. The distinguishing fea-1 lure is the l.eori-ermoti which Mr, Kddy has instituted i lithe plac of the clerical address. The l.cs.on-wrmoii is a compilation of S-riptural passage in-ter-perscd with correlative eliction from the Christian Science lct took, Sciem-e and ellalth With Key to the Scriptures, by Mrs. Kddy, NOTICE TO FOURTH OF JULY SUBSCRIBERS. Mr. L. E. Selig, seertary of the com mittee, will call on the subscribers for the amount of their tibcription. early this week, and trust they will le ready ' to respond at first call. rnCMTI OF .JULY COMMITTEE. 10 2t. WANTED VOl'NO MAN WISHES place iu private family to room and board; cav walking di-tancc Smith's I'oint. Address "K.' Astoiian (ifliis-. o-ii-:it. PROPOSALS FOR CLEARING LAND. Hids are hereby aked by the Astoria Water Commission. First: For slashing and burning the brush and standing timber on about eleven aoreg of land. S-cond: For clearing said land of all brush, trees, logs and stumps and burn ing same. Uids to be filed with clerk of the Water Commission at City Hall by noon, June 23, 1900. I'roposal to be accompanied by certi fied check of 5 per cent of amount of bid. Plans and specifications may be procured at superintendent's office. Right is reserved to reject any and all bids. 0. W, LOUNSBERRY, Clerk. 610-2wks. July Magazines NOW IN Monthly. Smith's All Stoiy, l'hiiaJ Culture, IiiuliK Mayaiuet, Svs'eiu and ftu in,-. Mvt'. Magainc, Don't Forget The Pacific Monthly San Francis. 11 Special Ntimb -r, 2t0 picture, 16 pge in color. 1 3c, Now in ami going like wildfire. lleautiful color froiripag to dune Hnn Companion and U well woith the price of whole magazine. Price lc. See the window. J. N. GRIFFIN JP BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC. AND SP0RTINO GOODS. V-"V . - fa I It you knew the value of Chamber lain's Salve you would never wish to be without it. Here are some of the dis eases for which it is especially valuable; some nipples, chapped hands, burns, frost bites, chilblains, chronic sore eyes, itching piles, tetter, salt rheum and eccema. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. ,, , , . For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought AVf flttable Preparation for As simiiating fccToodandRciula bng theStonadtt aM Dowels of Promote sTKcsBon.Ckwf ul new and Best.Contalns neither Opnjin.'Morpttind nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Wm SmJ' Ammim 'SoXmLXtm A perfect Remedy forCoftstipa tion. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .fever ish oess and Loss or Sleep. Tot Simile Signature of : 1 TO YORK. EXACT COPT Vf VBAPPCB. n a For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ivAtf II iWjj Use W For Over Thirty Years iuinin)iio VHtINTAim COMPANY, HtW VQM f ITf. 1 Bears the signature of y noticed yesterday by the reporter, peace fully slumbering in the middle of the street in I'ppcitown, about two 'block from the Tongue Point Mill. They weee oblivious to till their surroundings, and did not mind tho crowd of the curious which surrounded them. At last accounts they were still "in dreamland." A policeman and a patrol wagon would have come in handy. Will Cure Any Case of KIDNEY or BLADDER DISEASE Not Beyond the Reach of Medicine