FRIDAY, JULY 0, 1900.
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
"Ai ll Wind1;
By HONORE WILL3IE
Conrriilit, two, hf (I, M. paulsli
' Except fur a solitary berth fur down
the aisle Wlltou bad the Pullman to
bluiHoir. In sheer loneliness be bad
turned la early and lay etariug at Ui
tut and Hitting telegraph poles hour
after hour. HI month of vacation at
tiit old lioine bad been a disappoint
rui'Dt, The Texan ranch would be
gtiod, be thought, Ilia foreman would
bo glad to see him, and ao would bla
puppy, and yet, after all, there waa no
000 who really cared, i, ' '
"Hang It," he murmured a bo tout
ed buck Into tho net bla coat which
tudden slewing of tbe train bad thrown
yiohmtl Into, hla facC "Hang It, 1
wonder why ou earth Hetty Allla bad
to take December, of all month, for a
pleasure trip wittlio ou month out'
of five years Hint might haw given me
a chance to see her and know her again,
I wond"
There was uddn darkness. WITton
found himself groveling on the car
floor. There waa the maddening aenae
of tha helplessness with which in
nightmare one fights for breath and
apace. With fearful momentum, with
grinding, tearing and upheaving, the
car rolled halfway to Ita aide, aeemed
to elide down and down, then, with
violent ehock; atood still' The ghastly
alienee that succeeded waa aa appalling
aa the uproar had news. Wilton lay
Mil for a moment, welting for be
knew not what. Then ha crawled to
bla feet, gathered hla clothee from tbe
opposite section and rapidly dressed
nlmaiMf. : , ,
"wonder what's happened," be
thought breathlessly. "Gee, ametl Uiat
gear And be atarted toward ttie rear
of the our. .
Aa bla band touched the atatoroom
wall at the end of the alula a glrl'a
Tolre rang tliroiiKh the car, 'Tort er,
potter, I wish you would coma help mo
out" Wilton stopped. "Oad. she's cool,
anyhow," be thouirht aa be listened for
the porter's response. None came. The
odor of gaa wna Oiling the car. Tit
tEtl UM OAVS k OMAT OABP OP ASTOH-
WUX KMT.
leaped to the opposite window and
kicked out a pane, letting lu a flood of
cold air. Then aa quickly aa Ita angle
would permit be dashed down tbe aisle
to tha other berth.
, "Let me help you, madam," he aald.
"Tho porter baa deserted us."
"I aeem to bo In a sort of well, my
berth la ao tilted," answered the girl.
"If you could Just lend me a band."
In a moment a girlish form waa
itandltig besldo him. "Are we killed!"
she asked, her voice trembling a little
In inltft of Ita lirnvn totm.
1 '" "m'!vmJ'ir''fm'yn
asm
, "Not yet,' answered Wilton, "but
we'd bettor get out at once. Tbe gaa
tanks are leaking."
Together they groped down the aisle
to And a brakeman forcing bis why In
to the wreckage at tho end of the cur.
"Any one hurt In bore?" he asked,
Cashing bla lantern In their faces. "Tha
porter didn't stop to see."
"All snfo," answered Wilton. "Whafa
the trouble?" , '
"Open -.switch. Banged Into coal
chute. Engineer and fireman killed.
Lot of conch pnssengers hurt You are
the only Pullmans. Better get out of
this." And bo led tho way up to the
Itcep embnnkment down which the
' train had plunged, then trottod off
(own the track, leaving them nlono be
tide the tangle of trucks and mils that
marked tho path of the wreck.
' Wilton picked up a forgotten lantern
- and for the first time turned, to look nt
the girl whom he hiid rewound. Then he
gave a great gasp of astonishment
"Betty Alllst Where ou earth!"
"Jack Wilton! Where"-
The two stood "slloiit- la' n hearty
band grasp. Suddunly Jack IVI1 to
trembling, and for u moment u panle
telssed hhn.
"Betty Allla," he" repeated, "to Ihuil;
that soino one that I knew nd-runt t
knew was In this cntustrorhe ra.ul no
near death! It makes 1110 It '4iakw
- me"- ' .-
Hero, Betty broke tho tension with u
trembling little laugh that was none
the less merry. ' ' ' .
"But we are both safe and sound, so
what's to worry oaf lefa find dot
arbere wa both came from and"- Then
loddenly aha became aobor. "First,
let go aea If we can be of any ast
down there! And aha glanced beyond
Wilton, where flitting lanterns and
confusion of voices marked the place
of real catastrophe, Together they bur-
rled dowu the tracks, to dud that all
that eoli Id be don waa being done for
tha aufferara and that now all that waa
possible? waa to wait for the wrecking
train.
Wilton drew Betty away from tha
crowd. ;
we can't ucip," na aald, "and yoo
ire ahlverlog with tha cold. I'm going
back to get your coat and my traps
and yours. Then w will make a camp
nore on me Dank."
A sew mlutites later found them
toasting before a brisk, little lira that
Wilton bad kindled, while over In tha
ast low streamers of pluk silhouetted
the dull outlines of A mining vlllago.
"Hhttll we try to find shelter In tho
towar asked Wilton.
"Oh, no," anawered Netty. "Let'a
wait bora." .
Wilton spread bla banda contentedly
to the flames, while ha at red so Intent
ly at tha girl oppoalto that her eyea
waverea. yes, it waa the same Betty
of Ave years before-yet not the same
Betty, She of Ave years before bnd
been a child of eighteen. The womau
of, twenty-three befow him was tha
fulfillment of all t! earlier promises
of loveliness. Wilton's heart beat mora
quickly aa he looked at the glowing
sweetness or her fuce.
"Hetty," bo said abruptly, "Betty
why have you never written ma all
these yearn?"
Betty looked at him quickly. This
Arm, clear cut face waf different from
tha Jolly boy'a featurea aba had re
membered, and there, waa a new, m
peiung quality In bla tones that aba
rather liked.
"Been use, Jack," she answered slow
ly, "because you never wrote m:l
"Oh, but I did." ha replied! "three
aurerent tlmesr
never received tho letter," she
said, "You might have known that
Aunt Jane would take care of that"
wntori walked up and down rest
lessly half a doten times and threw
some atlcka on the Are before stopping
In front of the girl. "And now" ha
continued, "would you mtnd telling me
why you acnt me away from you flva
years ago?" , 1
"That waa not Aunt Jane'a fault.
Jack," ahe aald eagerly. "Indeed, you
must not blame her for that She
could pursue hor own methods, but
she never could Influence tna in my
own porpows," s .:
"Thank heaven for that!" Interrupt'
1 Jack grimly, - "Tou aeot ma away,"
a prompted. , - ", ,-. ? .,,
Bolt? jifted her head bravely. "X
sent yoa a way," she aald, 'that you
might prof., to me whether or not you
were a man. Yon were only a college
student then."
Jack thrust his banda mot deeply
into bla pockets. Ha waa hwldlng In
well, considering the flood ttaa with.
In. I, Tha sunrise and firelight Tied with
each other in lighting up the sweet mo
bility of her face. Y, It waa the sumo
dear Betty, , '
"And now," he said, a little hoarsely,
"see how useless It was, for you don't
know what tho years have done for
me, and you are Ave years grown
awoy " t
Betty rose slowly and looked Into bis
clear, dark eyea. Hue looked at the
fine, firm mouth, the clean cut tanned
face, tho straight strong alertness of
bis flgure. . Hue spoke slowly and
softly.
VYes." aba aald, "we did not write
to each other, but," hero aho emllcd a
little, "your face tells mo all that I
wont to know."
Jack took an eager step toward ber.
"And does It tell you that I have
loved you always, loyally, for the long
Ave yelirs?' ;
Betty's voice trembled a little. "Yes,
Jock, It"- But the rest of her reply
wu lost In Jack's arms.
Tbe Terrible Corkatrlr.
The explanation of the origin of that
remarkable organism, the cockatrice,
leaves nothing to lie desired as regards
accuracy of detail. We are told that
"when the cock Is past seven years ola
an egg grows within him, vhorat ho
greatly wonders." Wo can well Imag
ine the dismay of any well conducted
masculine bird of that ago on fludlug
himself in such a compromising pre
dicament but how did bo communi
cate hts feelings to the hlatorlan? That
tho embryonic cockntrlco bad some
mysterious power of self advertise
ment is evident, for we hear further
that "a toad privily watches him and
examines the nest every day to see If
the egg bo yet laid. When tho toad
finds the egg he rejoices much and at
length hatches It, bringing forth an an
imal with tho head, neck and breast of
a cock and from thence downward the
body of a aerpehf-rall Mall Gazette.
Ilow Death Feel.
In a sermon nt St. Pancras parish
church, tho bishop of London gave an
Indication of his views as to what tbe
sensation of death would b like. lie
laid: "At an operation, when you re
ceive whatever It Is that makes you
for tho time bolng Insensible, you seem
to he carried for tho moment out of
tho body. You are, In fnct, out of tho
body. Tire body Is for the time dead.
Your spirit, your mind, Is perfectly ac
tive I dure any It Is tho experience of
many others that you seem to be swept
awlftly - under the stars toward your
God. When you ore out of the body,
or seem to bo. If ouly for a few mo
menta, yon realize what dentb will bo."
London Telegraph..
Bowser and '
HisBaroain
Capture! a Marie Antoinette Bed
stead at Auction and Sendi
It Home. '
FAILS TO DELIGHT MRS. B.
Troubles EnueIts DUgtuted Owner
Descends to Cellar, and Makes
KindEfig Wood of It"
ivupyriaui,
AT3o
' tin
(CopyrUfbtU01.br McCture, Phillips k Co.
T 3 o'clock the other afternoon aa
Mrs. Bowser waa getting ready
go downtown and do a lit-
tlo shopping Mr. Bowser made
(Is appearance. If there hadn't been a
cmlle on bla face aba would bare been
frightened, Aa it was, she started back
and exclaimed: -
"What! You home at this bourt I
bop there Is nothing wrong?"
"Nothing wrong, my dear," be re
plied, r 1 : ;
"la business alack at tha officer
"Not so very, but bad reason for
wanting to coma home at this hour.
I'll have a surprise here for yon di
rectly." 1 7 '
What kind of a surprise?" sha cau
tiously Inquired. 1 ?-
"Tbe 'other night you were saying
that you 'wanted to get rid of that
three-quarter bedstead In tha apart
room and get a full sfte la its place."
"And you've gone and bought oner
"That'a tha surprise, my dear."
"But-but I wish you .hadn't I saw
a brass bedstead yesterday that Just
WITH k B1DBT1AD AS BIO AS k BtUBOASO,
suited ma, and I waa going down to
day to ask tha price of it Where did
you buy itr
J mat Ilappta4 A loaf. .
"Well, I happened along to where an
auction waa In full blast and I stepped
in for a minute. This bedstead waa
going bo cheap that I bid and got It
What are you putting on auch a long
face about?"
I-I wish you hadn't I don't want
a bedstead bought at auction. la It all
braaa?"
All braas! No; It'a aU wood. It'a
Just the finest piece of mahogany you
ever aaw, and there's a history attach
ed to It There It cornea now."
An express wagon and two men came
driving up to the house with a bed
stead aa big as a billboard. To get
tha bend and foot boards out and Into
the house Mr. Bowser had to take hold
with the two men, and when the pieces
were leaned up against the wall in the
back parlor they looked like the sides
of a house Mrs, Bowser waa upstairs
crying while the unloading was going
on. When it was finished Mr. Bowser
called ber down and said:
"You talk about bedsteads, but if I
haven't got something here to make all
tho neighbors turn green I'll eat my
hat Think of the mahogany in it when
It takes two men to lift either piece!
That wood will take a polish so you
can use it as a mirror. While the bed
stead Is now fully 200 years old, it will
last hundreds of years longer. Any
furniture man will tell you that It is
worth all of $130 as a piece of furni
ture, to say nothing of the sentiment
connected with it, but how much do1
you suppose I paid for it?"
I am aorry that you ever paid 2
cents for it" aho replied aa she choked
back a sob. .
"What's that? Are you kicking al
ready? . By thunder, but I might have
known it would be Bo! Here I go and
buy a bedstead worth $150 for $15, and
you are shedding tears over it!"
"But it's a a wooden bedstead."
"And what of that?' Hasn't every
king and queen in Europe slept on a
wooden bedstead? You have read
about Charlemagne, I presume? Well,
Charlemagne gave ' this bedstead to
Marie Antoinette for a bridal gift
when she married whnt's-hls-name.
Marie slept on this bod. for fifteen
years. She was sleeping on it the night
before she was taken out and thrown
over a precipice. All this, and yet you
kick." '
Hiatorjr Somewhat Mixed.
Mr. Bowser had- his historic facta
somewhat mixed up, but he was very
much in earnest in his admiration of
the souvonlr.
; "Well. . are you. going to jrcouch
arotlnd afl day or afa yoti g8ici ta
praise ma for finding auch a bargain?"
aa many atkao. wt .i i $. I
1 thought you understood that ev
erybody bad Iron" or" bralf "bedsteads
these days," replied Mrs. Bowser.
"But did Charlemagne bare, an Iron
or brass bedstead?"
"They were not made In those days."
"Did Maria Antoinette sleep on ao
iron or brass bedstead r
"Probably not, but I wish sha had to
Bleep on this old thing now, now on
earth are you ever going to get It up
atalre? Even when yon get It up then
It will take up nil the room In the bed
room,"
"Don't you worry about those trifles.
My Idea is that in buying furniture wi
might as well buy something of bla
toric Interest If I'd bad mora money
with me today, I should bare bought a
bureau belonging to Queen Elizabeth,"
"I wish you hadn't hod enough t
buy this bedstead. If I'd known yoa
were going to do auch a thing, I'd hav
bought a brass on yesterday out of
my own money. If any aecondband
man would buy It"
He la ObdaraU. ,
"What! go this Marie Antoinette
bedstead to a aecondband man? Nev
art Ills touch would be pollution. No
aecondband man should have it fot
$200."
"But no one would give yon even a
collar. There la no aala whatever fot
wooden beds."
"But I'm telling you that thia was
Marie Antoinette's bedstead r shouted
Mr. Bowser aa bla anger began to rise.
"And who cares for that?" retorted
Mrs. Bowser.
"Look here, woman, my name la
Bowser. I am at tba head of thia
bouse. I run things. I discover that wa
want to throw out a three-quarter bed
stead and replace It by a full size. I
drop Into an auction room and And a
historic piece of furniture worth I2O0
going for $15 and send it home. You
kick. You even tell me that I couldn't
aell It again for a dollar."
"And neither can you. You have Just
throws away $15, and $15 more put
with It would have bought the bed
atead I wanted."
Mr. Bowser walked down the ball
and put on bis bat and overcoat
"Where are yon going?" she asked.
"Down to the nearest furniture store
to sell this bedstead for $25. You can
get a brass bedstead on which Captain
Kidd baa alept If you want to."
After a walk of two blocka ha turned
Into a furniture store and said to tba
proprietor:
"I've got a mahogany bedstead up at
the house that Marie Antoinette used
to sleep on. It'a worth every cent of
gzw, but you can bare it for $25."
i "I wouldn't give you 25 cents," wu
the reply.
"Do you mean that?"
"Certainly.. If you have got a fur
nace In your house, yon had better
split tha bedstead up for firewood."
"But it once belonged to Maria An
toinette." : "Or your grandmother!"
Mr. Bowser glared at htm and want
ed to call him a sordid minded wretch,
but choking back hla temper, he walk
ed out and along to the establishment
of a aecondband dealer.
"I have got a wooden bedstead" be
began, but got no further when tha
dealer Interrupted him with:
"Then keep It"
"But it's a mahogany bedstead."
"Might as well be pine."
"And It once belonged to Marie An
toinette." "Or Susan B. Anthony. I'll draw It
away from your house for $3, but not
a cent cheaper." '
Mr. Bowser waa red in the face when
he passed out and along to another
shop, and there was a menace In his
voice as be asked:
"Do you want to buy a mahogany
Deasteaar
"Not on your lifer.
"Why notr
"For the same reason that I dont
want to buy any last year'a cabbags
Heads." ;
"Will you take It and draw It away?"
"isot much. Tou might try a wood-
yara man."
Mrs. Bowser waa upstairs crying
again when Mr. Bowser returned. She
beard him clattering down the cellar
Btalrs aud clattering up again. Then
came a war whoop and blows of the
ax. Whoop followed whoop and blow
followed blow, and she gave him flf-
teen minutes before coming down. She
found him standing amid the wreck
and ruin of that Marie Antoinette bed-
siena, ana mo iook on nts race was
fairly fiendish. They looked at each
other for a minute, and then he drop
pea tnc ax and folded his arms and
said:
"Well, madam, I hope you are satis-
Oed now!" M. QUAD,
Norway Seaweed.
"All along the coast of Norway sea
weed is gathered and burned," writes
tno cnrlstlanla correspondent of the
London News. "This seaweed grows
in veritable forests and Is not of the
common grass variety. There are ac
tual trees of it Ave or six feet high;
with stems like ropes nnd leaves tough
as leather. They begin to sprout ear
ly In the year and cover the ocean bed
with a dense, impenetrable brush. As
a source, of Income the seaweed indus
try now surpasses the flaheries, and it
Is- more valuable than agriculture even
tn one of the leading farming districts!
of Norway. Owners of land abutting
on the seashore are reaping a great
harvest. After the weeds have been
burned the ashes are exported to Eng
land, where valuable chemical sub
stances are extracted from them. The
most important of these products is
Iodine." , .
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REP0BT OP THE CONDITION OP TBS
IstoriiiialBBit
at Astoria, la the State of Oregon, at
the close of business, June 18, 1906.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ........ .$313,722.19
Overdrafts, secured and unte-
..cured 4.0M.79
U. 8. Bonds to secure circula
tion 1 . . , . , , 12.800.00
Premiums on U. S. bonds 800 00
Bonds, securities, ate 39,159.85
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures . 4.000.00
Othf-r real estate owned 8.233.41
Due from State Banks and
bankers 4.796.57
Due from approved reterre
agents 187,354.07
Checks and other cash items . 2.810.92
Notes of other , National
banks 1,830.00
Fractional paper currency,
nickels, and cents. 330.09
Lawful money reserve in bank, viz.:
Specie ..,...,....$63,271.75
Legal-tender notes 2,197.00 65.468.75
Redemption fund with U. 8.
Treasurer (5 per cent of cir
culation) 625.00
Total
........$645,571.84
LIABILITIES.
OapiUl stock paid la $ 60,000.00
Surplus fund 10,000100
Undivided " profit, lass ex- ' '
peases and taxes paid 37,603.06
National ; Bask Notes Out- -
standing 0.800.00
Ir dividual deposits subject
to check $289,227.78
Demand certificates of de
posit 30,444.15
Time certificates of ' . -deposit
218,496.55 633,169.43
Total ...... .$645,571.54
State of Oregon, County of Clatsop,
as:
I, J. E. Higgins, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best ef
my knowledge and belief,
J. E. HIGGLNS.
.Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 23d day of June, 1906.
. . E. Z. FERGUSON.
Notary Publie.
Correct Attests
t GEO. H. GEORGE,
GEO. W. WARREN.
, A. SCHERNECKAU,
. Directors.
REI ORT OP THE CONDITION OJ THE
At Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at
the close of business, June 18th, 1806.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts - $385,863.77
Overdrafts, secured snu un-
secured 4,439.83
U. S. Bonds to secure circula
tion 25,000.00
Premiums on U. S. bonds. ... " 600.00
Bonds, securities, etc 74,580.00
Other real estate owned ..... 8,000.00
Due from .National banks y
(not reserve agents) 38,523.96
Due from State Banks and
bankers 61,782.95
Due from approved reserve
agents 158,066.51
Checks and other cash items. 353.14
Notes of other National
banks .................... 6,030.00
Nickels and cents 137.95
Lawful money reserve In bank
vis:
Specie $125500.00
Legal-tender notes. 520.00 125,720.00
Redemption fund with U..S. .
Treasurer (5 per cent circu
lation) 1,250.00
Total 875,308.11
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ........$100,000.00
Surplus fund 10,000.00
Undivided profits, less expen
ses and taxes paid ' 24,034.00
National Bank . notes out- - - t -
standing 13,000.00
Due to . State banks and
bankers
181.02
Individual deposits subject
to check S575.973.44
Demand certificates of de
posit 146,068.96
Certified checks .... 150.00 723,092.40
' Total 875,308.11
State ot Oregon, County of Clatsops:
I, 8. S. Gordon cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
! ;.S. S. GORDON,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before ma
this 21st day of June, 1906.
- V. BOELLING,
Notary Public.
CorrectAttest: i
.; a C. FLAVEL,
- w.-f. McGregor,
jacob kamm.
J V ;. Directors.
-,sj MEN AND WOMEN.
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'klbi t I aiiichvK,iufluiuiatt)D(,
QiMrantM4 U Irruntioni or ulceration
l urlelurt. of mniiAul niambranffl.
IrHEEVaNSCHEMIRxlCO. font or.pomonous. .
BMBTW.r- "I Sold by IrulU,
V. S.A. i Of rent In plain wrappar,
First ilaiial Bail
1 lr axpreflH. prepata.
"Jt jS tl .00. nr 3 holtli'l 2.7,
UrcuUut teat oa reiiwftti.