SATURDAY, AUGUST j, iq8.
THE MOANING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
Laxative
Inward cleniln(r li i necenary 11 outward bathing, To keep the
bowel free and reuular it of even greater importance than to keep
the ikln-porei from becoming clogged. The neglect of , either in
vite tlinraie, Everyone needi natural laxative-occauonally, to
free the bowcli of accumulated Impuritiei. For this purpose taka
amnm
the greatest boon eve offered to tho who aufTer from the ilia
that follow constipation. For over fifty years Beccham's Pillshave
been famous as a Stomach corrective, t Liver rgulator and Bowel
laxative. They never grip nor causa Mm. Powerful purgativea
MCThngerous; . Avoid them. Use Uechams I'llls-lhey give re
lief without doing violence-to any organ. Their action is in har-mony-with
physical laws. Take them regularly and the necessity
for their use becomes less frequent. They are a natural laxative
and a positive cure for Constipation, Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick
Headache and Dyspepsia.
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told BwrjrwMr. In Dot,
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT HOMOUTH
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Additional work la both general and wial Method) aUo, achool manage
ment for graded and ungraded school will be given tbla coming year. .
Longer term, higher wag and better opportunities are open to Normal
graduate. School director appreciate the auperlor ability of Monmouth grad
untes, and the demand far exceeds the nupply. Catalogue containing full in
formation will be tent on application. Correspondence invited, Addreta,
J. B. V. BUTLER, REGISTRAR
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T. A. BORCHERT, Prop.
D. J. CUMMINS, Mgr.
PARKER HOUSE BAR
CHOICE WINES. LIQUORS
AND CIGARS
Parker House
9th and Astor
SCOW BAY IRON & BRASS WORKS
ASTOIUA, OltKUOX
IHOM AND BRASS FOUNDERS! LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS
Up-loIt 8w:Mtll Muchlneryi I'ron ft tiiti()ii.'tilvii?(i(iit.ri'alrirork
18th flinl Franklin Ave, Tel. Main 2481
Often a person is sized up by his appear
ance; by the tone that surrounds him. And
more often a business house is sized up by
the stationary it uses. A cheap letter
head or a poor bill head gives a mighty
poor first impression and makes business
harder to transact. Good printing costs no
more than poor printing. The first im
pression is half the battle in business.
You wouldn't employ a "sloppy" sales
man; why put up with "sloppy" station
cry, that gives a wrong impression of the
importance of your business. Let us do
your printing and help you to make that
ten strike.
The J.S. DellingerCo.
ASTORIA, OBEG OX J
C. F. WISE, Prop.
Choice Wines, Liquor
and Cigars
Hot lunch at all Hours
Merchants Lunch From
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
as Centi
Corner Eleventh and Commercial
OREGON
FOOLING
BENSON
By Ckarlea Freeman
"No ou lias been la your compart
ment since tbe money came la, baa
there r demanded Hubert Cable.
"No one," admitted Jack Nlblo, "but,
ra the other hand, I have handled 00
money from that drawer," . ,
"Therefore It rouat have been a mil
take In your addition. I am aorry,
Jack, but we ahull bar to look to you
to repay the l."
"But thla la tbe third time this week
that till baa happened," pleaded Nlblo.
"All the more reaaon why you abould
be mora careful," aald tbe prealdent
abortly. "It la Inexcuanble that a re
ceiving teller abould make three mla
takes In a alngie week. It there la a
repetition of tbla trouble I am afraid
that I aball have to replace you."
Nlblo bowed and left tbe private of
fice. It acemod pretty bard to blm that
be abould be required to make good a
200 abortage In a alngle week, but
three timet when be had coma to bal
ance bla account ba bad found that ha
waa abort Once it had been a hun
dred dollar bill that waa mlaaing, and
twice bla abect abowed a fifty dollar
abortage.
He bad tba money with which to
make up the !oa, for be bad been ear
ing up ever alnca Nettle Cable prom
Ued to marry him. At tbla rata tba
aavlngs would aoon vanish, yet If ha
waa forced to give up hla position be
cause be waa unreliable bla aavlnga
would be gone before he could obtain
another position without a recommen
dation from the bank. -
It waa with a heavy heart that ba
went to meet her. They were to go to
a concert that evening. The guTa
xjulck eye perceived hi despondency,
and a they walked along he drew the
atory from blm,
"Who do you think It lr ahe asked.
Tbat'a the worst f It," he declared.
"I have no ground for auspeeting any
one. When I come back from lunch to
"ronrr rirnia," h lapohkd. "do too
MAKB IT TBI 8AMB?"
relieve Benson tho money la right to a
penny. Tho losa or mistake or what
ever It la come after that"
"But you can't be making mlatakee
all the time," ahe insisted. "Isn't It
possible that some one cornea Into your
case for a moment r
'Not a soul was In there all the aft
ernoon," he said positively.
"And Mr. Fells cannot reach over
from his cace?"
"The monty Is all In the drawer. He
would have to open that first"
"Have you looked behind the draw
er?" eho asked hopefully. Terhaps It
Just fell down behind."
"I hud the drawer out," he explained,
"and looked behind it."
"Who la that In there?" she asked
suddenly us they passed the bank
building.
"It must I Benson," he auswered
carelessly. ' He works late on the for
elgu business. I don't know whether
be does It because he UUes work or be
cause be wants to make a good Im
pression on your father, but ho Is at It
all tho time."
"Is tho money nil locked up?"
"Benson wouldn't take It anyhow,"
he declared, "but tho money Is locked
with a time look. Benson merely uses
the small snfo with the books."
"I dou't like Mr, Benson," she said
decidedly. "Father refuses to inter
fere, but I know that Mr. Benson has
tried to get hhu to send you away aud
taki him as a son-in-law."
"You don't suppose he would steal
my money, do you?" laughed Jack,
"I'd think unything," she said posi
tively. "You may laugh If you want
to, but Bomehow I feel that he wants
to pet you out of the way,"
"Forewarned Is forearmed," he said,
lnuffUlng. "We'll fool him yet, or, rath
er, you will. I dou't think I'm clever
enough."
"I think I'm as clever ns Mr. Ben
son," she announced, "and I'm going
to fool him, see if I don't."
They turned Into the concert hall,
next the bunk, und In the music Jack
forgot the threat.
He did not even recall It a few days
later when Nettle came Into the bank
and, after u chat with her father, made
her way to Nlblo'a compartment. He
sprung the latch ou the lattice door tot
her and returned to counting the pile
of bill In front of blm. , .
She Moed the counter belde btiS.
and a be turned over tbe bills h
glanced at ber,
"Forty fifth!," he laughed. "Do you
make It the earner Nettle nodded, and
he tumod to (lie rest of tbe money, Si
lently she chocked the other Item on
the dcpoMlt slip, and ad tbe boy turned
away from the window ahe picked up
one of tbe bill.
"What la that?" aba demanded, point
ing to aome glistening particle.
Nlblo laughed.
"That from tbe foundry," be ex
plained. "Grcgson baa been buying
aome atecl." ,
"How do you know?" she asked.
"GregNon I peculiar. He paya cash
for everything be get. Tbe foundry
aenda blm stuff for the house be Is
building In the new section, and a tbe
last loud la dumped he send over to
pay for it, He will not use a bank, but
pay In cash, and be never lets a bill
run overnight"
"Does be buy much?" sbe asked as
she fingered a bill.
"They deposit cash about three times
l week." ,
"And always with this thing on?'
"It's steel filings," explained Nlblo.
"They are everywhere over at the foun
dry." II slipped the bill in tbe drawer
and atuck the slip on the spindle.
"Jack," abe said suddenly, "count tbe
money again."
"1 Just did," be said, In aurprise, aa
be opened the drawer. Tbe other bllla
had been banded, and jt waa an easy
matter to get only the foundry deposit
Be ran the bills over rapidly, then
turned to ber with a puzzled expree
alon. "What do you make it?" he asked.
"Thirty-nine," sbe declared as ahe
picked up the pile of bills and laid
them back in the drawer. "Don't find
tbe other even If you can. Just wait
A soon aa you are out of the bank
come over to George Castle'a."
AJ1 through the rest of the afternoon
he wondered aa be went about his
work. There waa trouble over the
abortage, and Nlblo left tbe bank with
a warning that the next mistake would
be his last
He went straight across the street
to the dental office In tbe postofnee
building, where Kettle bad told him to
meet her., and In tbe darkness they
watched the Interior of tbe bank. ,
At last Benson came Into tbe receiv
ing teller's pen and fumbled there a
moment With a little cry Nettie ceased
her vigil and went to the telephone.
Half an hour later Nettle, ber father
and Nlblo confronted Benson, still por
ing over bis books.
In his pocket was a bill to which the
ateel filings still clung, and Kettle led
the way to Nlblo'a compartment Pull
ing out the drawer, sbe fumbled be
neath for a second and drew out a
beavy magnet
"I noticed that the filings were pasted
on the bills," he explained. 'The
treasurer at the foundry Is Mr. Ben
son's cousin. They arranged that de
posits should be made In tbe afternoon.
when the drawer was already full and
the bills would reach high. One bill
would stick to the magnet on account
of the filings. The drawer Is not locked
after the money Is taken out and it
was easy when the watchman was In
another part of the bank to slip In and
take It off. If I bid not tried to pick
a speck off the bill Jack showed me no
ono would ever hnve guesseJ It ue
gained his end and the uirmey as well."
A little later Jr.ck left Nettle at the
gate. "With the salary that goes with
the cashier's job 1 picas I can afford
to get married now." be said.
"For what else did I fool Benson?"
asked Nettle ns ehe raised ber lips for
a kiss. "I told you I'd do it and I
did."
Facta Aboot Mankind.
Married people live longer than the
unmarried, the temperate and Indus
trlous longer than the gluttons and Idle,
and civilized nations longer than the
uncivilized. Tall persons enjoy a great
er longevity than small ones.
Women have a more favorable chance
of life before reaching their .fiftieth
year than men, but a less favorable
one after that period. The proportion
of married persons to single ones Is
as 75 to 1.000. Persons born In spring
have a more robust constitution than
those born at other seasons. Births and
deaths occur all the world over more
frequently at night than In the day
time.
There are at present 3,000 languages
spoken by the Inhabitants of our globe,
whose religious convictions are divided
between 1,000 different confessions of
faith.
The average duration of life Is thirty
three yenrs. One-fourth of the popula
tion of the earth dies before attaining
tho seventeenth year, Of a thousand
persons only one- reaches the age of a
hundred years and not more than six
that of sixty-five years.
Another Shocks
"Yes," said the waiter, "this cafe Is
thoroughly up to date. We cook by
electricity."
"Is that so?" said the guest, pointing
to a platter. "Then will you please
give that beefsteak another shock?"
Detroit Free Press.
Shavings.
"By the great omelet!" clucked the
old hen, ns she cuddled down upon the
thirteen , eggs, "this nest is made of
excelsior. No doubt about it, this Is
going to be a shaving set." Watson's
Magazine.
'TIs not necessity, but opinion, that
makes men miserable, and when we
come, to be fancy sick there's no cure,
lath ANNUAL
REGATTA
Astoria, Oregon
August 30, 31 and September i
1906
If there be any Doubting Thomases, they'll take
to the woods when the: Regatta opens ih gorgeous
splendor. When they say there will be no Regatta,
their wish is father to the thought.
HAIL TO OUR QUEENl , V
RAH! FOR OUR ADMIRAL! '
Don't m!ss the illuminated river parade.
Chief Fanner Bowlby is getting his ranch in shape.
Daddy Chester says his baby show will win the
Blue Ribbon.
The Council is expected to put a ban on sausage
factories until the dog show is over. Who owns the
prize Poodle, Daschund, Dane or Bull Terrier?
Won't we have fun, though! when the band begins
to play, when the flags flutter and the pretty girls
put on their best holiday duds and Regatta smiles,
The 'Two Dicks (Leathers and Smith) in their
famous turn, "How to Make Thifgs Hum."
Our handsome Assistant Secretary is a fine ste
nographer, but she writes jnst as fast on the type
writer; she's a daisy, sure.
With Nelson Troyer handling the water sports
there'll be something doing every minute.
The Event that Makes
Astoria Famous
AUTOCRAT
Choose your stationery as
you will, you wouldn't appear
before your best friend in
shabby, slovenly clothes. Why
clothe your written self in this
way,; The very best "clothes"
in paper are inexpensive.
"AUTOCRAT,'' the very latest, coming in all colors,
is the best for correspondence. A Come in :and look it
over. Try it with a pen. If you don't like it you
can go away happy we won't get mad if you do
ccme you will probably buy and both of us will be
happier. ;
J; N. GRIFFIN'
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for Commercial Men
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: EUROPEAN PLAN
FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT
, Free Coach to the House
Bar and Billiard Room
Good Check Restaurant
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