THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER I, ig
THE
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Rain.
-WITH REASONABLE CERTAINTY."
The law of the land is not likely to
hother itself with the universal huhtmh
now noticeable in relation to reformed
spelling. For ajiei, ever sine human
communication ha been had by mean
of marks ami figures ami types, the
common-sense, orjjanie rule of law ha
been that alt Is admissahle if it slMI
be eonttrued "with reasonable eertiiin
iy This being the ca. the seekers
after phonetic brevity may proceed
with all care and dilli'iice in their self
imposed task; hut they are respectfully
warned not to to distort the current lan
guage that it cannot be construed in
open couit with reasonable certainty,
or they will invoke an agency that may
dampen their ardor and disrupt their
ideals.
ASTORIA'S PEREMPTORY DUTY.
In the light of all reasonable probabil
ities it is, absolutely essential that the
city of Astoria shall get herself in
line for the proper reception and care
ful nutture of the good things that are
due to arrive in a fairly near future.
She must clear her municipal skirts
of everything that discredits and ham
pers her; get on the credit side of her
ledgers and stay there (a very small
natter at this moment and easily ac
complished); adopt a safe and work
able charter and adapt herself speed
ily to its wisest provisions; purge her
self of some of the civic uncleanliness
from which she suffers, not all unde
servedly, abroad; reduce her taxes and
get her markets within the scope of the
ordinary-poor man's income; clean up,
externafly arid internally, and do those
things tacitly required of a healthy nor
mal city of her sire.
This ia plain home talk and it is meant
for the utter and only good of the mu
nicipality. Her leading men must take
things in hand and bring about radical
changes (irrespective of politics), that
will conduce to her popularity abroad
and her rightful development at home.
She expects to be a railroad and ship
ping center very soon and the signs are
favorable for these realizations, but to
bring them sooner and in more effective
shape and volume, to achieve all that is
wrought of such development she must
be in civic and moral aptitude for its
assimilation.
She has every natural advantage in
the world to make her one of the great
depots of the earth, but she, like the
individual about to be invested with
new responsibilites, must take on the
status of worthiness and innate strength,
inseparable from the trust. Her growth
demands it. The wise Astorian knows
it; and heedlessness has gone far enough
to make the task very hard, yet cer
tain of accomplishment if the potential
ities of pride and prudence are in
voked. o
THE CANDOR OF THE FELON.
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The candor of the man behind the
bars is the most merciless of all testi
mony when it is given against his fellow-criminals
on the hither side of the
jail door. S. A. D. Putcr is a case in
point. His shameless and bitter story of
the complicity of Mays in the dreadful
scandal oppressing Oregon, may be in
dubitably true, but there is not a man
in the state but will apply the kindly
"grain of salt" to the tale for sheer
humanity's . sake. All would far rather
see the record built upon some other
predicate than the vicious and vengeful
revelations of this arch-thief. Such
evidence as bis, can never pass in public
review, as unbiased, unadulterated and
entirely convincing. .
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The island of jftva contains 40,000
louare miles, not half as large as the
State of Oregon, and only one-half of
its surface is land that can be cultivated
or about 20,000 square miles, and it sup
ports a population of 30,000,000 peo
ple Oregon has perhaps twice as much
tillable land as Java, having more than
twice as much area, and with as great
a population to the square mile would
support 60,000.000 people, or almost as
many as all the inhabitants of the
United Statei at this time.
CUBA IN ERUPTION.
now long will Uncle Sam put up with
the "pup"1 rebellions over in Cuba! Hi
patience will not last through many of
the "uprisings" we opine, because he is
not used to the theory of rebellion and
has strict notions of hi own about loy
alty and good government and peace and
a few other concomitants in the art of
national control. Of course. Cuba be
long to the Cubans, in a far-fetched,
polite sort of way. but the responsi
bility for Cuban independence and pros
perity is one of Uncle Sam's vest-pock
et mems' to which he will revert in
good time, and when he does there will
be a period of "licking things into
shape" over there that will be a refla
tion to the swarthy denizens of the
"Pearl of the Indies."
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O EDITORAL SALAD. O
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A Micnigan capitalist who died re
cently left twenty-seven wills, ne must
have been determined that his heirs
should not live in idleness.
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The pope showed his knowledge of
practical and temporal affairs the other
day when he greeted two American au
tomobilists: "God bless you but go
slow"
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It is estimated that the coal fields of
China and Japan are 200.000 square
miles; our are 194.000; Great Britain's
P.OftO; Germany's 3.600; France's 1.600;
Russia's 27,000; India's 35,000.
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The eight muscles of the human ja..
exert a force of about rive hundred
pounds and yet they are at times un
able to drive the teeth thru a mouth
ful of packing house beef that has been
under treatment in the hospital of one
of the institutions.
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If you are a married man do not let
your wife convince you that the new
dress with the short sleevs is cheaper
than the other kind. To be in fashion
she must have a pair of silk gloves over
two feet long to cover up the bare
places.
We wouldn't give to our dogs some
of the patent medicine dopes that are
frequently sold to ailing folks. If you
are sick, consult a competent physician.
Don't buy medicine which your physician
can not indorse.
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If every crow in the United States
eats 112 grains of corn) after it is
planted, the amount of corn lost that
would have developed would be 07.
413.088,000 grains of corn, or enough to
plant 511,488 2-3 acres which, in turn
produce 3,581, 32 2-9 bu-hels of corn
enough crops to treble the corn cob
pipe crop of Mis-ouri and make 3,542
gallons and 3 pints of pure Vermont
maple sirup.
Kansas is to have about the queerest
issue on record in the coining political
campaign in that state. The farmers,
in order to use up the surplus cotton
crop, demand the passage of a law that
every shirt and shirt tail in the state
shall be lengthened one inch. The
chairmen of both the Democratic and
Republican committees decline to enter
tain the proposed issue on the ground
that in case of an extreme shortage of
the cotton crop, a reversal of the rem
edy might prove exceedingly embarrass
ing. ' " '
grain or other things that now are prac
tically wasted. It can be used a
substitute for gasoline, wood, coal of
almost any other fuel, and at so low
a cost as must soon render its use gen
eral even for house wanning.
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John Jacob A tor i said to be the
largest private owner of automobiles In
this country. They number twenty
four, the average cost of about WKNi,
making a total of l'-H,tHH. invested in
hi machine.
The Scientific American gives this re
cipe for a cheap and durable paint for
farm buildings: Stir into a gallon of
milk about three pounds of Portland
cement, and add sufficient Venetian red,
or any other colored paint powder to
give a good color The mills will hold
the powdr in solution, but the cement,
being heavy, will sink to the bottom.
So it is necessary to keep the mixture
well stirred up with a paddle while ap
plying it; and, as its erticiency depend
upon administering a good coating of
cement, it is not safe to trust its ap
plication to tint rust wort by hands. Six
hours after applying this paint wilt be
as immovable and unaffected by water
as a smooth-old paint. We have known
of bulidings twenty years old in which
the wood is well preserved by it.
STARVING TO DEATH.
Because her stomach was so weak
ened by useless drugging that she could
not eat. Mrs. Mary H. Walters, of St.
Clair St., Columbus, 0, was literally
starving to death. She writes: "My
stomach was so weak from useless drags
that I could not sleep; and not before
I was given up to die was I induced to ;
try Electric Bitters; with the wonder
ful result that improvement began at
once, and a complete cure followed.''
Best health Tonic on earth. 50c. Guar
anteed by Chas. Rogers, druggist.
sep
Jcll-0 Ice Cream
Powder.
2 Packages
make nearly
a Gallon.
Costs
25 Cents
Stir the content, of
on package into a
quart of milk and
frees. Ko cooking or
heating, no syga, u.
gar or (Ueorutg to
add. Everything but
the ieeln pickaA
mart to( vox.
6F1toi. I pcltf, "tti r .
M cU. at all enwen. or by nail it t fcaoat it,
Awmdb liu Food CoaMUattoM'
. TV imnn twt T4 Ta, U 1T. . Y. .
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let Crwm
Parker House
Oregon Restaurant
NEW AND FIRST-CLASS DINING-
ROOM. ALT. JUT, PKST THE
MARKET AFFORDS
OPEN PAY A.VD XWUT.
fmier Ninth and A.tor street.
FOR 8-HOUR DAY.
WELL WORTH TRYING.
W. H. Brown, the popular pension at
torney of Pittsfleld, Vt., says: "Next to
pension, the best thing to get is
Dr. King's New Life Pills." He writes:
They keep my family in splendid
health.' ' Quick cure for neadache, Con
stipation and Biliousness, 25c. Guaran
teed at Chas. Rogers' drug store.
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What may be expected from the free
alcohol bill just passed by congress may
be gathered from the result of a like
measure in Germany. There the amount
of alcohol used for industrial purposes
amounted in 1004 to 101,000,000 gal
Ions. Of this 80,000,000 gallons was ex
tracted from potatoes, 18,000,000 from
grain and 3,000,000 from molasses, or
the by-products of beet sugar. The
cost in Germany was about 15 cents a
gallon. It is mixed with 15 to 30 per
cent of benzole, so that it cannot be used
for drinking purposes. In this country
alcohol can be made much cheaper than
in Germany. It can be manufactured
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-A fight for an 8
hour working day, which will affect
more than 200,000 workers in the va
rious metal industries is to be launched
in Chicago next Monday. Delegates
from every local organization of metal
trades workers in America will meet
to form an international federation,
which will collect funds and carry on
the fight.
These organizations do not expect to
ask that the change actually take place
for probably four year4, but a commit
tee will take up the work of secur
ing funds, educating the workers and
loing all the preliminary work neces
sary to prepare the men for the strug
gle if one must come.
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-O SPICES, cf
COFFEE, TEA,
BAKING POWDER,
FLOORING EXTRACTS
A Mult Purify, finest FIiyot,
Qmrnt Sfrenlh. flMorv&ble Men.
CL05SET&DEVERS
r PORTLAND. OREGON.
SHOULD REDUCE RATES.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7. President Stiek-
ney of the Chicago Great Western, dif
fers radically from most of the higher
ollicials on most phases of the rate
piestion, but he stands with them in
contending that there should be no gen
eral reduction of rates. Mr. Stickney
was in Chicago yerterday, having come
here to attend the Great Western's an
nual meeting,
"I don't think railroad rates on the
.. , . .1. r':i.l
average are loo mgn in uie i hhcu
Slate" said Mr. Stickney. "What is
needed is not a horizontal reduction, but
equalization. The Pennsylvania charges
about the Bame per tno per mile as the
Great Western, although the density of
its traffic is much greater. Probably
our rates are too low, while the Penn
sylvania's are too high. We are mak
ing money at the present rates, but
should the country become less pros
nemus there is no certainty that we
could continue to do so. Rates gencr
ally in the Northwest are too low, com
pared with .those in the hast.'
This annual meetincr of the Great
Western was the fourteenth. J. W,
Lusk, M. D. Flower, and R. C. Wright
were re-elected as directors.
Unprecedented
Success of
dr. e i i
THE GREAT
V ,V? ggy CHINESE DOCTOR
.VUW I U " U
..throughout the United
States on account of
his wonderful cures.
No poisons nor drues used. He guaran
tees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung and
throat trouble, rheumatism, nervousness,
stomach, liver, and kidney, female eom
plainU and all chronic diseases.
SUCCESSFUL HOME TREATMENT.
If you cannot call write for symptom
blank and circular, inclosing i cents in
stump.
THE C. GEE WO MEDICINE CO.
1C21 First St.. Corner Morrison,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Please mention the Astorian
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Day after day The Astorian
Want Columns show a procession
of opportunities opportunities to
buy, to sell, to lease, to hire, to
find people to work for you.
to find people to work for, to find
boarders, lodgers, tenants, or par
ties. The want ad opportunities
touch almost all phases of life
and living in the city.
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SEASIDE ADVERTISEMENTS.
New building, New Furniture, 100 Rooms
COLONIALHOTEL
LINDSLEY 4 SON, Frop-ietors
Modern and Up-to-Dabj
Electric lights, hot and cold water;
free 'bus to all trains. Rates, $2.00 per
day and up.
SEASIDE, OREGON.
PAYS BIG DUTY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.-The
Western Sugar Refinery yesterday paid
into the customs house $97,870 duty on
raw sugar brought from the Philippines
on the Hritish steamer Seminole The
total duty was $103,870, but $5,400 was
paid at Manila on export duty and taxes.
The amount paid here, 25 per cent less
than the amount on sugar from a for
eign country, does not go into the Unit
ed States treatury, but irto the Phil-
out of refuse corn, refuse potatoes, Jppines fund.
MORNING ASTORIAN
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Astoria at
J. H. GRIFFIN'S BOOKSTORE.
UTZINGEI'S NEWS DEPOT,
OCCIDENT HOTEL OFFICE,
FRED BF1WN Both Store
SHEET MUSIC
ANY SHEET OF J MUSIC IN
EITHER SHOW WINDOW OR ON
OUR SALE COUNTER IN THE STORK
AND ANY TWO COPIES Or OUR i
EDITION FOR
430 WORTH TOR I4C.
MONDAY TILL SATURDAY NIGHT.
J. N. GRIFFIN
Books Stationery
SoMVcnlcrs
STAR THEATER
LEEWILLARD COMPANY
TONIGHT
it
Mabel Heath"
Or "A Pother's Irott Will"
SATURDAY MATINEE, "OUR BOYS
SUNDAY MATINEE, "MABEL HEATH"
SUNDAY NIGHT THE FAREWELL PERFORMANCE
OUR BOYS
Summer Prices; lSc, 25c and 35c
JOS. JACOBS, CIGAR STORE.
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The Art of Fine Plumbing
progressed with the derelopment of the science of
sanitation end we have kept
pace with the Improvements.
Have ou? Or u your bsthroom one of
the old fiuhlooed, unhealthy kind
If you are kIO using the "closed In"
fixtures of ten jrean ego, It would be well
(o remove them end Install In their itcsd,
snowy white "jtatieMr Porcelsin Enam
eled Ware, of which we hsve imp!
displayed In our showroom. It ui quote
you prices. Illustrated catalogue free.
I, A. Montgomery, Astoria. I
: THE UNION OAS 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,
6J-66 Front St., Portland. Ore.
Weinhard's
LAGER
BEER 7
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
i:htahli8Iii:d nm.
Capital $100,000
Sherman Transier Co.
QHENIiY SHERMAN, Manager
Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks aril Furniture
Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped,
433 Commercial Street
Phone Main 121