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MONDAY, JUNE is, 1906. 8 THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 10c WILL BUY, AT A. V. ALLEN'S 7-Inch China Decorated Plat, 6-Inch China Plat, Cut Sugar Bowl, 4i-Inch Fruit Saucr, Tall Spoon Holdr, Cop and Saucers (4 Styles), Full Sie Tea Pot Stand, 7-Inch Oatmeal Saucer. All Above in Pink, Light Blue, and Green Shades. New Line; Just received iim Q fZf w wil1 8H yu Ful1 Site 7-Piece Deco JT Ur Crated China Berry Set. Don't forget. We are headquarters for Jell Tumblers, Fruit Jars and Rubbers, Jar Caps, Etc. Latest Patent Simplex Glass Tops for Mason's Jars-far Superior to the old style Only to be found at CROCKERY DEPARTMENT A. V. ALXJEN'S WHERE PEOPLE GO FOR BARGAINS. 1 J CURIOSITIES N COINS Astoria's Authority on Numis matics Writes Interestingly. THINGS GENERALLY UNKNOWN Are You Going to Paint this Season? Painting is always expen sire and you want to have it done as cheaply as possible. HIl HOWE? By buying a cheap paint and saving a trifle in the be ginning 'or by using PATTON'S Sun Proof Paint which looks best and wears longest B. F. Allen & Son Sole' Agennts MPa!eBohemIan Laser Beer" THE BEER FOR THE HEALTHY WEALTHY AND WISE on draught and in bottles Brewed i rider sanitary condition and property aged right here in Astoria. QUEER CUSTOMS t IN OLD NAVIES. Many quaint and curious customs will be found by the inquisitive visitor to the warships lying off the Jamestown Expo sition to be held at Hampton Roads in 1907. These customs derive their great est charm from the fact that they are a survival of olden days and events long since forgotten. For instance, the visitor will see 00 the sleeves of many British officers a patch of lighter colored cloth with row- of three buttons. If the visitor is so curious 11 h to ask what rank that sign indicates his host will tell him that it is not indicative of rank but is a sur rival of the time when ''My Lords of the British Admiralty" found it necessary to curb the young midshipman's tendency to use his sleeve as an impromptu hand kerchief. Hence the three buttons. Chevrons worn on the sleeve of petty officers survive from feudal usage. Chev ron is the French word for "rafter", and the chevron worn on the sleeve was put there to show the wearer belonged to the house of the lord whose heraldic emblems were displayed underneath the chevrons. For a long time the United State Army wore their chevrons point ing down. Considering the origin of the custom of wearing chevrons, this wai wrong and when it was called to the attention of the War Department, the custom wa9 immediately changed so that now army chevrons point upward as do the rafters in any well behaved house. The visitor will observe that in the British navy the officers leave and enter their ship by means of the port or left gangway instead of the starboard gang way which in on the right side looking toward the bow, as is the custom in other navies. This custom also prevailed in the British navy until the great mutiny at Nore in 1750 when the crews of the vessels 'n the mutiny si'nt the officers over the port gangplank as a mark of disrespect and set them down on the beach. When the mutiny was sup pressed the officers came back into their ships over the port gangway and have ever since used that as the mast honor able entrance to the ship. Time is counted on shipboard by bells, The day is divided into six periods of fours each. The periods or watehe commence at noon, 4 p. m., 8 p. m mid night, 4 a. 111., 8 a. m. At 12:30 p. m. the ship's bell is struck once. Two bells announces 1 o'clock, 3, half past 1 and 4, 2 p. m. This goes on until 4 p. m. is sounded by eight bells when the count for that watch is ended. At half past four it is begun again with one tap on the bell. This custom is followed in all navie.-, except the British which instead of striking four bells at 0 o'clock, strike only once. This also is in memory of a mutiny. The legend as still told in the British navv is of a great British fleet lying at anchor in a British port crowded with mutinous men who had pledged each other to arise and overpower their officers when the last stroke of four bells in the second dog watch (0 p. m.) were dying away in echoes. With his hand poised to strike the bell four times, the marine who duty it was to keep the time, first learned of the mutiny. His A Betllker, a Student, captain and the admiral of the fleet were both absent. If he struck the full meas- North Pacific Brewing Co. ASTORIA, OREGON. For Kidney and Bladder Troubles: RELIEVES m 24 Hours ALL URINARY DISCHARGES Each Cap- sule bearslMIQY thenameW V Beware of counterfeit ( For tale try all JnicEltfc Matters on Gold and Silver Money of Country Never Put There by law Private Mails of Early Days Careers of Some Coiners. The Morning Astorian is indebted, as its readers mu-t al-o be, to Mr. 1'. H. Browne, of this city, for the following very interesting article on the curiosities of American coinage and the early inci di'iita of its mintage by those responsible for its initial utterance, and other mat ters of peculiar importance attending its ue aud non-uoge: Of coins of the tenth century I might state there are very few people who know anvthing alwut them. 1 mil re- brought in their gold, in either from the North Carolina, tieorglu or South Caro lina milieu, for coinage into denomina tions of $1, $2..f0 and ..00. ho receiving a certain per rentage of the gold for his work, This mint was in operation from until ltcehtels death in 1HU The eoiiiH were tjniiiod and minted bv 11 pre and die made bv Hcchtel himself, The dies were cut with the denomina tional quality of llnonen of the gold, name of the coins and the uhhrevntion of the name of the stat" in which the gold was mined. N'o alloy was use. I in the minting, Bechtlcr was so conscientious in denot ing the fineness of the gold llmt imuiy of the coin of hi mint that have ben melted down and nitycd at the govern ment a.iy otllce at Charlotte, have proved to bo liner thiin the mark on the coin declared them to be. Ilcchtlcr made a fortune from the trigitoragp of his coining, and although the I'nitcl State brunch mint was established at Charlotte in ISI1S, the Ilcchtlcr money wa for year thereafter the popul.tr currency of a large portion of the south, Kven today some way back mountaineer occasionally present one of these rtir coins at the village stole in payment for purchases, it having be -n perhaps hoai de l for yeir in hi family. Yet, curious as it may Hceiu, these old coin of that private mint in the wild lull of North Carolina, rare a tliev are. If 1 II U iwiwC7ii'iiiiiiiiiwiiuiimiiiiiiii'iii)iiiiiiwi I pi gftSTfltil cflcblJcTrcparaFtoiirorAs slmilMliig ihcrood andRcti ula ting ihc Stomachs ondlJowds of minded of manv curious facts about an . arid of ueh interesting association, have early coinage which is very little known out-Mde of numinmtie circle. For in stance how many know that the word 'E Plurihus I'num" which hae appear ed on varknu United States coins, and are on the standard silver dollar aud the nickel five-cent piece of today, were never authorized by law to Ik so placed? Very few, and yet, no doubt, as many know it as know that the later motto, "In God We Trust," which appears on all the minor coins, wa likewise origin ally stamped on them without authority from the government. The motto "K Plurihus Unum" first appeared on an American coin in 17-Sii. There was no mint then, and. in fact, no United States j the constitution form ing the Union not having as yet been but their face value among collector. I). H. 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Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the uro of signature Y.U AW f For Over Thirty Years VMf ttTV tfMMV, Ml tT Mill nlfhop In thfi fundi nn sn Dpa.,1. adopted. There was a private mint at ; Newbury. X. Y.. and "E. Plurihus Unum" was first placed on a copper coin struck at that mint. Very few collections have specimens of this coin. It is very valu able. In 1787 a New York goldsmith coined a piece of money which was known as the i.vteen-dollar gold piece; and upon it the motto was stamped in this form "Unum E Plurlbtis." Only four of these coins are known to be in existence. They are valued at more than $2000 each. New .Jersey is sued various copper coins in 1787 with tho." New York Press. Munlli Curiosity. At Eaton hall la the days of the old Duke of Westminster there stood on the mantelpiece of the principal guest chamber a clock of somewhat remark able design. Underneath hang a card bearing the legend, 'Tleaae do not touch me." This room was set apart for bachelor visitors especially. An eminent politician to whom this room had been allotted asked hla boat one evening after dlnyier the reason for the a Society Beau or a WorKingman. IT'S ALL THE SAME, IN THE RANKS OF ALL THESE, YOU WILL FIND WEARERS OF THE W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE. ALL STAND UPON A SOLID FOOT ING. YOU WANT A DRESSY OXFORD FOR THE1 SUMMER TRY A DOUGLAS. S. A. G1MRE 543 Bond St., Opp. Fisher Bros. ) Best kind of" logging shoes; hand made; always on hand. lire the mutineers would be on him be fore help could reach him. To confuse them iind gain time, the marine struck the bell but once and for some time the mutineers supposed it to be only half past 4 o'clock. Their first intimation that tli -ir plot had been discovered was when the soldiers appeared among them and arrested their ringleaders. Still another curious fact for the visi tor to the Jamestown Exposition to re member will be that the three white stripes running around the wide collar of the bluejacket was originally placed there to commemorate Lord Nelson's three greatest victories, the Nile,, Copen hagen and Trafalgar. Not knowing what they represented at that time the French navies also adopted the idea and to this day the three white stripes run around the collars" of French and Spanish blue jacket, commemorating their own defeat at Trafalgar. the motto stamped upon them A peat pUed. haTe conU.ndw, wUl my wife that women are more curious than men. To satisfy me of the con trary fact she haa placed the clock to which you refer In the bachelors' room with the notice affixed to It. The re sult has been thnt every man, with one notable exception, who has occupied the room has asked mo the reason of the notice." "And who," Inquired the visitor, "who, may I nsk, was the nota ble exception?" "Mr. Fawcrtt, the postmaster general," was the reply, "but then, poor man. he was blind." manv of our earlv coins, lietore there was any legal authority for national coinage were made in Kngland, most of these were coppi-r and were coined for different state and all bore the words 'K Plurihus Unum." The United States Mint was established in 1702 but the use of the national motto on tiny of the gold, silver or copper coins was not, au thorized or directed by any of the pro visions of the act establishing it. The motto remained on our early gold and silver coins until 1834. when it was omitted from the gold coins. In 18:10 it was oinitU-d from the 25-cent pieces, and in 1837 from all silver coin. It was not stamped on any coin ngain until it appeared on the nickel and the standard silver dollar. The words "In Clod We Trust" were fir-t placed on the 2-cent piece which came, into our sub sidiary coinage in 1800, but is now no longer part of it. The motto was placed there by direction of James Polloc then director of the mint t Philadelpha, and no by any legation of congress author izing the minting of the 2-cent piece. The motto was subsequently stamped on our silver half and quarter dollars the mint thus boldly declaring the theologi cal status of the country regardless of the constitutional attitude on the sub ject. In 1703 the first gold coins were stamp ed by authority in the mint from gold found in North Carolina. 15y the way, it may be another fact but little known, that the first gold diggings and mines in the United Htaes were in North Carolina, and that the placer pit mines of that state, together with tho-e of Georgia and South Carolina, discovered later, were so full of gold that they supplied the mints and the demands of trade in this country with the precious metal from 1830 until the discovery of gold in California, the mint having regions alone more than $25,000,000 worth of gold. It was. the gold yield of North Carolina and Georgia that led to the establishment of the branch mints at Charlotte, N. C, and Dahlonega, Georgia. Long before that, however, gold dust being the universal circulating medium in lower North Carolina and Northern Georgia, and the adjacent regions of South Carolina, and the risk and incon venience attending its use being very great, a German goldsmith, named 'Chris topher Bechtlcr, establishedj a private mint in the South Mountain district of North Carolina, in Rutherford county, and scat for the turning, of gold into money. He stamped from the mines that THE UNION GAS ENGINE COMPANY Marine and Stationary Gas and Gasoline Engines. WE ARE NOW FILLING ORDERS FROM OUR NEW WORKS. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. F. P. Kendall, General Sales Agent, 6a-66 Front SU Portland, 0r. Women Boxers. Many modern Englishwomen smoke. Some of them used to be expert box ers. 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They visit a building which has been gutted by fire, the tottering walls of which are still standing and which ac cordingly are a menace to pedestrians. It Is the business of these wreckers to pull the walls down, and a half hour spent watching them at this work brings tho (juick thrill ns nothing else In our humdrum urban civilization can. They swnrin over the swaying walls with reckless iiupunily, fastening ropes here and there, preparing for tho long and strong pull. Frequently the walls go In simply because of the weight of the men nt work upon them. The bod ies aro dug out of the mass of Iron and brick, and the work goes on cs If noth ing had lmpenod. Technical World. DECORATE YOUR SHOW WINDOW DO IT NOW. BE IN LINE. MAKE THEM AS ATTRAC TIVE AS POSSIBLE. ATTRACT ATTENTION AND YOU WILL ATTRACT CUSTOMERS AND INCIDENTALLY D0L LARS TO YOUR STORE. SEE OUR WINDOW OF DECO RATIVE MATERIAL, THEN COME IN AND LOOK OVER OUR DESIGNS. 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