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2 THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY jo, i9ofl. THE MORNING lASTORIAN litaMlaaed ityj," Publiabed Daily bj TBI J. S. DELL1NGEB COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION SITES. By snail per year By mil, per month By terrier, per month 97J00 .10 .85 WEEKLY ASIOKLUI. 8, mail, per yer, in adTanee. .11.00 Entered M tecond-lMe matter June B, MKW, at tbe postomc at Attone. ore ron, ander the actof Conjrou ol March 8, 1ST , nrOnlan for the deUwniur of TBI Hour iMUnroBuir to either residence or place ot buahmt may made by postal card or through tolechone. Any Irregularity in de liTerr should be immediately reported to tbe office oi publication. , TELEPHONE MAIN Mi. the City of Astoria. Official paper of Clatsop county end eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee WEATHER. Oregon, Idaho. Washington Fair continued warm. QUITE COMFORTABLE, THANKS! The current news, as it drifts over the Columbia river from tbe northshore communities likely to be invaded by Mr. Hill's new railway line to the mouth of that stream, is of a cheerful sort and indicates an honest belief, over there, in the genuineness of the enterprise. There is a noticeable readiness on this side of the river to take a bit of stock in tbe reputed project, and as long as the confidence lasts, all hands are entitled to the comfort it brings. We, of Astoria, . have something altogether definite to engage our especial attention, namely, the positive assurance of the extension oi the A. & C. as far south as Tilla mook, and within a certain time. This is meat for us, and we are digesting the unctious morsel with quiet satisfaction. All things come to them who wait, and Astoria is, and haa been, for many years, a "star" waiter. Mr. Hill cannot come to the Columbia bar without bringing this city its modicum of largess; this city cannot be ignored in any scheme involv ing the establishment of permanent im provement of any sort, in this vicinity. The Columbia river basin will contribute something .always, to the city that lies at its gate, no matter what agency may direct the movement. We are glad for the Wasbingtonians that Hill is com ing to develop their share of the dis trict; we hope it will be something immense for the whole state on tbe north. What we want is to see the mouth of tbe Columbia taken into the commercial calculations and maritime ventures of the future. We do not care how far the benefits may extend, nor to whom they innure; Astoria will get her share of the increment. Between the two men who are "doers" of things, Astoria is going to the front, despite the influence that lurks twelve miles up the Willamette from its mouth. o : THE LABOR FAMINE. There ia a widespread dearth of com petent, common laborers on the Pacific coast. The farms, factories, mills, mines and railways, are short-handed every where. Even the trades are none too well supplied with trained men. Wages are going up all over the land, and the wilfully idle man is in a class with the hobo. Just where the shortage is going to land the newly broached enterprises all over the country, is a mystery. That the reaction will come is infallible. And the wisdom of the employer, and the employed, should be eagerly at work fore-stalling the conditions of that hour. It is one of those things in which capital and labor are indissolubly and co-extensively mixed up; and the blunder of either falls heavily on the other. In the moment of prosperity provide for the day of reversion. It will come just as surely as the sun shines. The work of the world must go on; commerce cannot stand still, and exigencies like the present, make for the labor of the alien. The Japanese, the Chinaman, the South Sea islander, the foreigner of any and all sorts, is impressed, to carry on the imperative junctions of the work-a-day world. It may not be right in the sense that the white man has the first right to the task of the day and its emolument, but it is the inevitable outcome of labor famine everywhere, and it must be Iwne, in good part, by nil concerned, When the situation eases up, and tlv demand is more easily met, will be time for adverse expression. 0 THE HOTEL. Every day that pastes over the heads of Astorians but amplifies tlie necessity for a first-class hotel in this city. It is the one thing the ha not trot. Not another season must pass with such delinquency. The city is growing too rapidly to longer ignore so palpable an advantage a an up-to-date hostelry There is wealth enough right at home to provide this thing, and there is the amplest sort of return awaiting the in vestors. The continued absence of this csntial adjunct to the business life of Atoria, is injuring her; she is discred itel everywhere, as tiie city without a hotel. The proprietors and managers of such house aa we have are making the best of the situation and doing all in their power to keep the local houses at a margin of excellence that will compen sate in some measure for the dearth of the real accessories that the ordinary traveling public is used, and entitled, to; but it will take something bigger and letter and more modern in the hotel line than we possess at present to fill the exactions of & discriminating pa tronage. o DOPED MILK. There in considerable talk round about Astoria these days regarding the habit of the milk dealers doctoring the milk they sell with some kind of dope to keep it from souring. It may be harm loss enough stuff, but in the light of tie late, lamented exposures throughout the country, as to doctored edibles and drinkables, it is expedient that our milkmen stop it, and stop it at once; for the people are not in a humor to telerate anything of the sort at the present time. The comments are becom ing very geneiul, and not at all compli mentary. "A word in time." etc. o oooooooooooooooooo O EDITORAL SALAD. 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO There are over 7,000 parts in a well known 24-horse-power motor car. 0 ' i The American Farm Products com pany, according to its prospectus, ia one of the "good trusts." o "Two pints of milk make one quart," J says an exchange. So does one pint of milk and one pint of water. o - Adams and Eve were lucky. They had no fool friends who wanted to be funny when they started away on their honeymoon. o Bernard bhaw's assertion that "we are all more or less rascals" looks like a lame attempt to justify the villains in his plays. SHAKESPEARE DOWN TO DATE Modern Translations of the Bard of Avon's Historic Masterpieces OTHELLO By STRICKLAND W. GILMLAN. rO HKRK was .once a brunette gen loman living1 in Venice among nvVv the white trah and other nubil ity. His name was Booker T. Othello, and he w the only man of hi complexion who had ever put hit bro gans umW the Venetian white house's napery. Whenever he came up from Tuskegee he was consulted about affair of state and made a perfect fool of. He was wise one in the matter of war, and a Venice usually had one war on hand anJ two on the waiting list, she kept thl" African immigrant busy planning how to clean somebody. A French doctor declares that all man has to do to live 150 years is to make up his mind to do .so. That sounds like a New Year's resolution. o If, as the poet says, a room hung with pictures is a room hung with thought, what would a village barnyard fence be called after the circus poster has been around? o - Goods sold by a trust in Missouri need not be paid for, is the latest ruling. There are lots of goods sold on trust in Astoria that" are never paid for, whether they ought to be or not. o The postmaster of Detroit declares the women workers in the postal ser vice look for the eay jobs. For reasons cot necessary to mention, he fails to give the names of the men not looking for the soft places. o A Connecticut preacher has declared that Adam was not the first man. The Connecticut gentleman, it will be noticed has taken the precaution to wait until there would be absolutely no danger of Adam's bringing witnesses to substan tiate his claim. o The census committee of the house at Washington has made the interesting discovery that the schedules of the first census taken in 1790, when the United Slates were but a year old are still in e?:istence, giving the names of all the inhabitants at that time. It is now pro posed to reprint that report verbatim, as a great service to people who wi'h to trace their ancestry back to the birth of the republic. o Any husband who, tiring of the wife of his early years of struggle, seeks to divorce her in his later years of buc cess, and stops not at the most infamous accusations to gain his point, must needs have sunk to a very low level. His moral degeneracy would need no other proof, even though he were able to substantiate his charges, which in the present case seems unlikely. One of the sugar senators at Venice at that time was Brabant io, who was i" enthusiastic as other with regard to the ex-Pulman porter. He thought Othello woud be a good man to manage the af fairs of Cyprus, a territory with an al kaline reaction, which had not yet been admitted as a state. So he concurred in in the appointment of hi dingy nibs t' that job. As soon as the new appointee took his place he fired an under secretary to the governorship, named Iago, and appointed friend of his named Casio. He give Iago some sort of- dinky job that wasn't under the civil service rule, and that made the lttte secretary sore. The latter job paid nearly as much sulary, but the chances for graft were very seldom. So ago begun to plan to get even, and from the latest acounts he sure did. Now, while that inuu Bialantio thought Othello was a right and proper person to entrut with the management of Cyprus, he had never thought of the coon in the light of a son-in-law. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," but, preserving the figure of peech, a negro by the name of son-in- law would smell worse, though Brab. He had had Othelo at his houe to spend the evening many a time, and the man had told yarns of his African campaigns and fights with the cannibals and other non- egetarians, while Senator Brab't daugh ter sat around with her mouth looking like the entrance of the Hoosac tunnel. Thell had noticed this, and was keen nough to know that the girl was pretty groggy on him. So next time he would make' up and hand out a worse thriller and Dcssie was a whole lot willinger thm she cared to admit, but she let him know it was a go. Now, this tired secretary, Iago, had said to Rodrigo, a friend of his who was crazy about Des: "Rod, I'm sore about getting the guil lotine when the smoked savage turned the rascals out; and I think I can make trouble enough to help us both some. A tin-badge detective I employed tells me that Senator Brabantio's girl is about to skip with this patent-leather finish governor of ours. AH we have to do is to put Bmb next, stir him up good and plenty about it, and let nature take its course. I'm going to come up good and strong as Thell's confidential only one-to-be-trusted friend, and play both ends against the middle. You can do a man lots more dirt as his friend than you can as his enemy." So they got alantern and went around to Brab's dump, and hollerr-d him out, Iago asked him if his daughter was home and Brab's answer was all it should have been. Then Iago and Rodrigo got busy hinting to Brab that Dessie was out with the ebony. Again Brab arose to the lin guistic emergency, and Rod and Iago squatted until the words quit biting the ground around them. Then Iago said: "Of course youhave always been sore on Rod for fooling around yotiu girl, and, of course, I'm a well-known liar. But if you'll search your Dessie's boo-dwor at this present moment you'll find her miss ing. Cherwise, you can come out and go around the corner with us and say what you'll take." So down to Dessie's stall todlcd papa, but no Dessie. Then there was more trouble than you could shake a stick at. He said he wished he'd married her to Rodrigo or anybody that was white. He joined the two muck-rakers and got a lot of innocent bystanders to fall in, and away they went to Othello's shack, the old man swearing at every jump that the girl had been hypnotized. When they found the pair, Iago hud trotted on ahead and innocently warned them that he believed some one was coming, and that they had better hit the grit. He knew mighty well how that would affect 'Thell. No sprinting for the coon. He would stay and see what was what. But about the time the mob got its tar warm and the feathers dumped in, somebody threw a scare into Venice by announcing that the Turks were com ing with about a million big ships to make the Venetians hard to catch, and 'Thell was needed right away with his razzer. So he and his wife went with Senator Brabantio to- court, and after the matter had been presented to the au- atiy sine, While he did It, lit culled her a mi me occiilnimlly mid told her h loved her, goh bin nut liar, , Alwiiit the time i WA through quint- lug her .Mealy fame breaking In, tint explanation began, everybody' told on Iago at once, Rodrigo and Cnlo add ing tlii'lr dying testimony to J)eeN, the bandit nit Incident whs elujifd up, the Moor w whit a fool he had been, turned Iuo over tit nn "Ulant to kill as many wy he could think of, then festooned himself on hi own sword. Mural-If a Mirehend Isn't killed pretty quick after he lo tils lob, ho can do a lot of dirt. Mornlnf Aitortan, 63 cents par month, Jcll-tf Ice Cream Powder, 2 Packages make nearly a uauon; Costs 23 tents Stir the content! of one package Into a quart of milk and RMU, No cooking or heating, no gar or flavoring to add. Everything lut th lot la package. EC!M 1001 tWO. 8 Flavor. I pock, oaeuirci far a (atta, M el. U til ftvtmtt, ot by bsIIU h tutu Ik Approved!)? I "urn foot CuauttiMioo' Vbt featMt rare td C. U lr. . t. let Cream the main plotter got him ami Rodrigo to meet nud atab one another, That dis posed of the two person who had been annoying him on the hie, aid be was ready to go on with hi devilment' lii-clilef. The blank governor lu the meanwhile had becu having another lon with lilt wife, ami a often a she denied he thoritie the man that corresponded to Ing what she wa icruted of. h said tha president aldt Innocently, the very thing that would "If your daughter want to go on with make her man believe the wa all kind this nies allium .and U really in Iovtof a yaraer. It wasn't nice of Mr. with hi black sheepship, let her take I Slmpespeare to have her y thoe him. It' about the only thing to do. I things, for It mad matter worse for Speak up, lVssie. Is he your only only I'M both of them. Before Del had gotie "Right along," said lVle. "I take to I to her room she had told Mr. Iago that him jus the same a ma took pa. lt'li belief vd something wat going to him, or none for mine.'' I happen, Her corn were hurting her Tlien Brab said: Hike the mischief, and her left ear was "Run along then, girl. I'd be a heap burning dreadfully. jollier If this wa your funeral, and It' "Mealy," she said to Mr. Iago, "I a mighty good thing for your sMer that I had a chiropodist who worked steady you're my only child." for me once who went bug over a man. Then they sicked Othello onto the an- and she took one of the worst caw of proaehing Turks aud meeting w out I the wootles ever noticed. She hung her lVsie went with Thell to the war, head one one aide In a way to make "for," she said, "there won't be anything (your back hair come loose, and ang doing at home if I stay, only have 'nig-1 ong, 'Willow, all the time. I've ger' thrown up to me all the while, I'd I simply had to hold myielf all evening juiit as leave go and lie In Cyprus with I to keep from singing that foolish song." the army. Mealy gave her ome soothing ayrup So she went, chaperoned by Mrs. Iago, and put her to bed. and after a bit the who stayed with the sutler' wagon .1 governor came along and dimlsed few mile in the rear. Mealy for the night, He told I)ele Then came the storm. What would about Cassio' injury; ti looked wor Niaketpeore play have iccn wit mm: men, sna ne wa sure the worst wa "tonus? He used a sxeat deal of sheet- 'rue, ron in his piece, and plenty of horse-1 Whirling gayly some popular air. he llil. lie windtorm. This storm that hit gathered Dessie up In a patchwork quilt Cyprus at the right moment was a corker her grandmother had pieced for- her, and It nearly broke the thunder machine, and loved her o hard she hasn't breathed two new ratchet had to he put lu the wind-maker next day. That Turkish fleet was as easily submerged as ii it luui neen a liusMan notuia ami met a Japanese torpedo pleasure expedi ion. Othello had no more fighting to do than a rabbit. His razzer stayed right in its case. In the intervening period Iago had been buy with that Rodrigo guy. Ho had contracted to make Othello jealous of his new assistant. Calo, and he pro ceeded systemntii-aly and with a cun ning that would make old Nick look like an amateur to get lu his work. He got Casio drunk and managed to let Othello stch him that way. Othello fired C'asio that minute. Iago went and told Dessie what Thell had done, and asked her to speak a word for Cash with the bos. She wa awfuly sorry for the fired lieu tenant, who was filled with next morning regret and promises. Iago coaxed his wife to get from Dessie a bamlnna hanukercincr ol peculiar put tern tliat Thell had given her for an en gagement present. He didn t tell hi' wife what it wa for, but he just coaxed and coaxed, till one day when Otehllo had been driven into a splitting head ache by Iago's kidding him about Dessi being untrue, Desie was tinkering with the Mor's think-tank and dropped the aforesaid bandana. Mrs. Mephisto picked it rip and took it to hubby. About that time Mrs. Iago began to smell a mice. She asked her husband two or thre times what he wanted with that rag. but he wouldn't tell. He jut snatched it and went anil dropped it in Casio's room so somelsidy else would find it there and so C'asio would have a hard time explaining it to his own lady friend. Iago alxo had Othello hide and hear Ca?sio talk about thin aforesaid mis guided Indy friend who wanted to marry him, Othello thinking all the time it was hi Dessie that Cash was luughing about and roasting, Like the intelligent beast he was, he believed everything Iago told him aliout his wife and Cassio, and when De, who was as innocent as a last year's bird's nest, kept her promise and tried to get him to give Cassio buck his bend clerk ship, that looked still worse to the en ameled one. He called her all sorts of names except a lady, and had her going south at a weat rate. She thought he was oft" his nanv, and treated him ncord- . UUWUir, President. incly. Mrs. Ino was all in the dark rJEKSUN, VIoe-Preldent and couldn't help out a particle, but she put in a great deal of time condemning the practice of inter-race murriuges. Still, thre was no peace for this busy Iago. Rodrigo came along and said: "See here, Mister Smnrty, when aro you going to have that woman so son at the liberian that she'll come to me? That contract of yours is about expired, and I haven't had any results that 1 can notice. I'm from Missouri." "Well," exclaimed Iago, making it up as he went along, "the woman has fallen in love with Cassio now, and if he were out of the way all would be right. The way Cassio talks about that woman is just awful, as I showed Thell himself the other day. You kill Cassio easy enough job, only take a minute or two Hack, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucke and Furniture and 1 11 see that the cocas are delivered. Wagons Piano Moved, Boxed and Shipped. SOMEOFOIIRSPECULTIES WALL PAPER Best Selection in the City at the Low est Prices JAPANESE MATTINGS Just the Thing for the Floor of Any Room; Easily Kept Clean PREPARED WALL BURLAPS ' ' ' For the Den or Dining Room. 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