THURSDAY, AUGUST tj, 1904.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON
BIRTH QF TM moon
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ITHE foOMNG AST0MAN
LUNA. WAS FLUNQ OUT OF THE SARH
" INTO SPACE.
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Ike Once Filled, Perhaps, tk GrMt
bit in Now Ucrnplrd br the rclo
Orrnn I.ntrat Idvaa of Science mm to
Condition! Our Satellite.
Millions of years ago the earth was
not the land bound, sea swept globe
0 familiar to us, but n liquid mass on
which floated crust some tlilrty-flvs
miles thick. At that period, says tho
Strand Magazine, it turned on Its axis
nt a constantly Increasing siieed that
finally shortened the day to three hours.
When that terrinc velocity was ob
tained 5,000 cubic million miles of mat
ter were hurled off by the enormous
centrifugal force,, and our moon was
born. The cleaving of so large a body
must have loft some scar ou the earth's
surface. It has accordingly leen sug
gested that the great basin now occu
pied by the racifle ocean was once
filled by what Is now the moon.
Our moon has the distinction of be
ing the largest of all planetary sat
ellitesso large. Indeed, that to the
Inhabitants of Mars it must appear
with the earth as a wonderfully beau
tiful twin planet
Because the moon rotates on Its axis
la exactly the same tttn that it re
volves around the earth we are des
tined to see little more than one hemi
sphere. 60 slow is this rotation that
the lunar day Is equal to fifteen of our
days. For half a month the moon la
exposed to the fierce beat of the sun;
for half a month it spins through space
la the densest gloom.
" Smaller In mass than the earth la,
the moon's attraction for bodies must
be correspondingly less. A good ter
restrial athlete could cover about 120
feet on the moon In a running broad
Jump, and leaping over a barn would
be a very commonplace feat. A man
In the moon could carry six times as
much and run six times as fast as he
could on the earth.
Although separated from us by a
distance that at times reaches 253,000
miles and is never less than 222,000
miles, we kuow more of the physical
formation of the single pallid face that
the moon ever turns toward us than
we know of certain parts of Asia and
the heart of. Africa Towerful tele
scopes have brought our satellite with
in a distance of forty miles of the
earth. Physicists have mathematically
weighed It and fixed its mass at one
eighth of the earth, or 73,000,000,000,
000 toUs.
Tb muoa presents aspects without
any terrestrial parallel. Rent by fires
long s.'nce dead, its honeycombed
crust seeuis lite a great globe of chill
ed slag. Cratere ere not uncommon oa
the earth, bet in number, site and
structure they bear for the most part
little resemblance to those of the moon.
A lunar crater Is not the mouth of a
volcano having a diameter of a few
hundred feet, but a great circular plain
twenty, fifty, even a hundred miles
In diameter, surrounded by a precipice
rising to a height of 5,000 or 10,000
feet, with a central bill or two about
half as high.
Water cannot possibly exist aa a
liquid, for the temperature of the
moon's Burface during the long lunar
night to probably not far from 460
degrees below the lero mark of a
Fahrenheit thermometer, and the at
mospheric pressure is so low that a
gas under pressure would solidify as
It .escaped. Ice and snow are the
The Kind You Havo Always Bought, and which has been
In use for over 30 yours, 1ms borne tho signature of
and has boon made under Ills per-
tyffif-j" . ' sonal supervision since Its infancy.
3j JCUC4M Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations wul Just-aj-gHHlMare but
Experiments that tritle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age Is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic It relieves Teething: Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's PanaceaThe Mother's Friend
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Me Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMt CCNTAUM (WH, TT auMUY .TWIT, NEW VORN IITI,
torms, then, which "lunaf water must
assume.
Because of the present paucity of
water the moon's atmosphere is so ex
ceedingly rare that startling effects
are, produced Ferbaps the most strik
ing Is that of the sunrise. Dawn and
the soft golden glow that ushers in
terrestrial day there cannot be. The
sua leaps from the horizon a flaming
sickle, and the loftier peaks Imme
diately flush Into light
There Is no azure sky to relieve the
monotonous effects of Inky black shad
ows and dazzling white expanses. The
son gleams tt fierce splendor, with no
clouds to diffuse its blinding light
All day long it la accompanied by the
weird zodiacal light that we behold at
rare Intervals.
Even In midday the heavens are
pitch black, so that, despite, the sun
light, the stars and planets gleam.
with a brightness that they never ex
hibit to us even on the clearest of
moonless nlghta at sea. They shine
steadily, too, for It is the earth's at
mosphere that causes them to twinkle
to our eyes..
In the line of sidit it in impossible
to estimate distances, for there Is no
such phenomenon as aerial perspec
tive. Objects are seeu only when the
rays of ,the sun strike them.
At times there may be observe!
spots which darken after sunrise auu
gradually .disappear toward sunset
Thoy canu't leciiuseTl ty iJhflCTOws,
for shadows would be least visible
when the sun is directly overhead.
They npjvar most quickly at tho
equator nul invade the higher altt
tudes aftt a lapse of a feT days. Iu
the polar nylons they have never been
seen. What are they? Orjranlc life
resembling vegetation, answers Pro
fessor Pickering of Harvard, univer
sity, vectatlou that flourishes luxuri
antly while the sun shines and withers
utnfcht.
A single day. It may be urged. Is
not sulficiejitiy loas for the develop
ment and decny of vegetation, but six
teen hours on fiis moon is little mora
than1 half an hour on the earth; a day
lasts half n month and may be regard
ed as a miniature Season.
The expressions "Halleluiah and
"Amen" are s:iid tj have been Intro
duced Into Christian worship by St
Jerome n Ik-mi A. P. 390.
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IS OUR FIELD, AND WE COVER IT.
Our field is the district tributary to the
mouth of the Columbia River. We pene
trate into all the outlying districts, into
lumber camps and isolated neighborhoods.
The business of these places belongs to
you, and it is worth going after.. .Space in
THE MORNING AST0RIAN is reason
able; contract for some and let these out
siders know that you are still in business at
the old stand. You may have a "grouch"
but that won't get business; forget it.
Let the people know what you have to sell;
they may "forget" or have "forgotten"
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nominal cost by the publication of the want in the 44 Want Ad."
columns of the Morning Astorian.
A necessity which may arise for buying pr selling horses,
carriages, furuiture. pianos, ical estate, sewing machines, bicy
cles, safes, watches, jewelry, typewriters, or thousands of other
articles, can be met at once by the insertion of a suitable adver
tisement in the morning Astorion.
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lost articles, to secure board or boarders, lodgiug or lodgers,
borrow money, obtain any kind of security; any of these wants
may be supplied by using the "Want" columns of The Morning
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ONI INSERTION ONI CINT WORD THREE LINI3 THRU SATS, 30 CI NT!
Count Six Words to Lisa. to Cents a 11ns) wMk.
"SITUATION WANTED "
For the btnaflt of persona out of employment, ads unto tat head of "Situa
tion Wanted " will be printed tan days fres of eharga.
EXLP WANTED.
WANTED SECOND GIRL; MUST PE
neat and competent. Apply 383 14th
treet. 9-21-t.f.
WANTED GIRL TO WORK IN PRIV
ate family of 3. Inquire at Attoriaa
oilice.
WANTED -A FIRST-CLASS SALES-
lady. Apply at Simlngton Pry Cood
Company. t.f.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
WANTED YOUNG MAN WANTS
work learning the con feet ionery trade,
with room and board. Addrea "V. K.,"
Astorian oflke. 8 l0-7t.
LOST AND FOUND,
LOOT FOUNTAIN PENj LAUGHLIN
make; Under return to Attoriaa office.
S-ll-et.
FOUND A LADIES' BLACK JACKET
on the trail to Young River; owner
can have tame by calling at this office
and paying for advertisement, 8-21-tf.
LOST-ON NIGHT OF AUGUST 18T1I.
on the "Republic," 6 papers of 9J-
inch meHh net; new line; leade brandcl
T. P.; finder notify Warren Packing
Company and receive reword. 8 22-3t,
FOUND-100 FATHOMS RIG MESH
net; owner call at Union FUliennenY
8-22-3t.
LOST-AX ELK WATCH FOB OX
eonntv rond between the Allen and
Abbott places; finder return to thU
office and receive reward. 28-3-7t.
DRESSMAKERS
DRESSMAKING Mendamca Hawke A
Smith, 619 Duane street. Phone Red
2325. tf.
B0ASDIN6.
THE LEYDB.
Rooms with or without board;
rates reasonable; good accom
modation for transients. 14th
and Commercial.
WANTED Boarding quarters for a fe
male pointer dog. Addresu "L. R.,
Warrenton, Oregon. ' tf.
HOUSE MOVERS.
FREDRECKSON BROS. We make a
specialty of house moving, carpenters,
contractors, general jobbing; prompt at
tention to all orders. Corner Tenth and
Duane. tf
WOOD YARDS.
WOOD
Cord wood, mill wood, box wood, any
kind of wood i t lowest prices. Kelly,
the transfer man, Thone 3191 Main,
Barn on Twelfth, opposite opera
bouse.
ARE YOU A BON VIVANT?
The pith of life, after all, is a good
feed. The good things of this life are
not as a rule easily found, so that it is
a pleasure to find so close at hand a
first-class up-to-date establishmeent,
whre one gets those good things at
eyery meal, like the Palace Restaurant,
on Commercial street. The home of the
bon vivant. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARD.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CHAS. H. ABESCSOMBIX,
Attornsy-at-Law.
Gneral Practitioner. Notary Publlo.
Rooms 33-34 Phone Mala 2931,
Page Block. Cor. Commercial Jt 12th 8t
r. D. WINTON,
Attorny-at-Law.
Practices In all United States and
State Courts In Oregon and Washing
ton. Notary Public Phone Main Ml.
rooms t and 3. Logan Building, corner
! Commercial and Sixteenth streets oppo
site 0. R. A N. Company dock.
OtTIOPATHISTt.
DR. KNODA C HICXJ
OSTEOPATH
Office UaaseD Bid. Pnoae Black 101 1
171 Commercial St, Astoria. Ore.
DKNTItTt.
DR. T. L. BALL,
DENTIST.
524 Commercial 8t Aitoria Oreaon.
Dr. VAUGHAN,
Dkxtist
Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon.
Dr. W. C. LOGAN
DENTIBl
7 8 Commercial St., Sbanahan Building
NURSES.
MRS. JULIUS DAVIS
(late of Portland)
Graduate Nurse Royal London (Eng.),
Hospital. Maternity cases requested.
Hammond. Oregon.
MUSIC TEACHER.
WANTED THREE MUSIC PUPIL8.
Inquire at Astorian office.
MANDOLIN LESSONS GIVEN MRS.
C. D. Stewrrt, 127 Seventh street.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
RESTAURANTS.
FIRST-CLASS MEAL
for 15c; nice cake, coffee, pie, or
doughnuts, 5c, at U, 8. Restaur
ant. 434 Bond St.
BEST 15 CENT MEAL.
You can always find the best
15-cent meal in the city at the
Rising Sun Restaurant.
612 CommercialSt.
LAUNDRIES.
BUTTON HOLE AT THE BACK.
Your experience with it has no doubt
lead to much vexation, posaibly pro
fanity. Broke your fingernail trying to
pry it up frclm the neck-band, eh?
You won't have that that experience if
you send your shirts to us; we save you
this trouble, and danger of tearing the
shirt. Try us and see,
TROY LAUNDRY,
Tenth and Duane Sts Phone 1991
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