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oittAir, OCTMtJ H, lrA THE MOIIXIXII ASTORIAN, ASTOniA. OIIEGON. ENGLISH DISARMAMENT; $ AMUSEMENTS. 0 THE MORNING ASTORIAN EaUblishe 1873. PubUtbed Daily Except Monday by Ilk J. & BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION SATIS. By nafl, par -year ,.$7.00 By canter, par montb. . . , .0 WEEKLY ASTORIAIf. B mail, per year, In a4ranc..L00 SO. 1IM, at tht potm t Astoria. Ur- mUWUtMMllOIIITNIW HUUi, I ' tarOrAtn tot Uw M) win of Tm 3f aM IMiaiaBiAatocUhw mifoma or ptec of bJMBMoo nap oo aado by postal cord or ttpoocfa Msffeon. AST Irraicuiwrttr la da inty ohooM bo immediately reportaa to tha offlo o( publioaUoa. ... .. , , , . TELEPHONE HAIH 661. Official papfr of CluUop county and ttoatyofAitorla. WELSHES. Oregon and Washington Showers. UP TO THE PATRON. ' There is a disposition to blame the lessee and manager of a theater if a poor troupe puts on a poor show. This Is wrong. The manager, like the ho ,tel proprietor, must rent his house to the troupe that applies for its use; be cannot go into the qalities and quan tities of excellence, with which the company may or may not be equipped; be is in a quasi-public line of business that precludes any exactions on his part (are that the mora tone of the show shall be up to the legal and to. dal standards of his eity and of good aociety generally. , , ...... If the patron is disappointed, it is the patron'a fault. The advertising of the show indicates the quality of the people and their offering in the way of entertainment; this is done by the sh men themselves and not by the manager unless he has made a special effort to get a certain play and it players to his house, (and it is not likely he will make any extraordinary efforts to se eure a snide outfit). Bead the adver tising closely, see what the tronpe has to say for itself, what others . say about it, and if it fails to advertise clearly and frequently and boldly, stay away from it. The patron must use dis crimination in the matter; it is his dol lar that is at stake the manager is only too eager to bring the finest plays and performers to his theatre this he is not always able, to do; his house is for rent, and it goes to the people who pay him the required rental and ob. enre the customary rules of decency and good order. There is nothing else for him to do. The patron is the ar biter in all things theatrical. It is bis patronage that keeps both the good and the' bad shows going. It is strict ly np to Mm; and while he is discrinv inating, it were well not to confound the relative values which he must pay for each, the good and the bad. 0 ITS KNAPPTON NOW. It sounds strangely to hear of Rritan ni, who "rules the waves," eoonoml. lug on the means whereby she rules. The retirenRT.-,! of a score of efficient warships, of the Majestic, the Fownid able and Royal Sovereign class, from the Channel, Atlantic and Mediterran ean fleets, shows one of two things either that Great Britain feels her in terests at distant points are eompara Uvely safe, or that it i deemed ad visable to cut expenses. This temlen, cy, by the way, has been observable since the new ministry's advent. The retired shipa will be placed on the home reserve with a mere nucleus of crews, while the entire Royal Sovereign class. eight fine vessels, will be placed in re serve without anv crews whatever, and four armored cruisers will be paid off, and put "out of commission." This is the nearest approach to disarmament The Jew Is Not a Natural Barterer By OSCAR . STRAUS. Twice MlnUur to Turkey 9 I STAR THEATER if ' NSTEAD of the Jew being a natural barterer, he la the most II spiritual man alive. Ho has been hounded by the agca, II robbed and massacred, but he yields neither his tradition! nor HIS IDEALS. Ilad he been materialistic ho woul have sold out long ago and BOUGHT PEACE. If he reached by any of the great powers, would join the Greek church he would be safe in Russia. Rather than do that he will walk into the jaws of hell. The Jew, denied his civil rights, despoiled of his property, scourged and murdered, iaa only been made tougher and longer lived. Ilia enemies have given him strength and TRAINED IIIM MOST AD MIRABLY for the battle of life, no matter in what part of the world fortune may lead him. , Years ago Americans did the rough and heavy work of the nation. Then camo the Irish, and the Americans MOVED UP. By and by The shortest cut to Missouri river the Italians swarmed in, and the Irish graduated from the tronche. improvements: tiert sixteen Republi can congressmen, a full delegation, from Missouri. Brooklyn Union. 0000000000000 0 0000 0 EDIIOSAX SALAD. 0 000000000000000000 The Missouri mule went through the recent Cuban insurrection without a scratch. He was not even startled. When Broadway was much shorter than it is now ALL OF THE NAMES on the signs were American. But those old timo merchants became opulent, they no longer desired to be small shopkeepers, and so they went into the banks and manufactories. Now the Jew have their stores. In a generation tho signs which hang and swing today in Broadway :n t. - j 1 ;n 1 ti 1 . . mi v. t.i The Western clergvman who invent- m " wwa BUU 0UKra wui 06 UP- x prnoP8 lno nnrapa 00 ed a language without any unpleasant A o race goes back m this country, but each, wing prudent, industrious woras in it rijrnt at tne becinninir of In administering the affairs of Russia Premier Stolypin is said to be favoring the OctobensU, probably from the the ory that the czar needs prompt relief. campaign is probably not working overtime filling orders. . 0 . In the last six months CS2-5C0 immi grants have arrived in this country, a number never before reached in a like period. If this stream is to continue the next census will go far beyond the former estimate. Most of the public-spirited citizens of Cuba express a willingness to have the island taken over by Uncle Sam. They want better service in the various governmental departments than they can get under Cuban rule. ' and ambitious, goes onward TO BETTER CONDITIONS, I have spoken of tho spirituality of the Jew, a characteristic for which, in my opinion, he is particularly distinguished over some other races, but generally he is like tho rest of mankind. I believe, how ever, lhat he is INTENSELY PATRIOTIC, and I am proud of the part he has taken in tho development of this country. I think the Jews to be equal in patriotism to any class of Americans. You hear that tho Jewish mind is exceptionally ACUTE. That is an exaggeration. All of us want tho things which are withheld. THE JEW, DEPRIVED OF AN EDUCATION IN VARIOUS PARTS OP EUROPE, COMES HERE AND, FINDING FREE 8CHOOL8, SAT ISFIES THE HUNGER FROM WHICH HIS MIND AND HEART HAVE LANGUISHED. HIS INTELLECT IS THE AVERAGE AND NO MORE. Some little time ago, the dream-city of the northshore was Rt. James. Where it was located was as much a myth as the rest of the yarn. Now it is Knappton. We all know where Knapp- ton is and all about its relative values as an embryo seaport. There are still McGowan's, Ilwaco and North Head to hear from in relation to Mr. Hill's phantom city at the mouth of the Co. lumbia river. But when the next Hill Harriman love-feast shall have trans pired, we are prone to believe the ghost-town will be laid, the dream harbor vanished, the spirit-venture evap orated into thin air. Our credulity has been strained until it will take the solemn and public assurance of James J. Hill himself to bring us to any con viction in this matter, and then we shall claim the right to reserve a few guesses of our own. 0 - SALVAGE AND ROBBERY. There is 'a radical difference between entering upon a wrecked ship with a view to salvaging what may be saved and restoring it to her owners upon the legal basis of remuneration, and visiting the ship with deliberate pur nose to steal, and stealing, all that; mav be carried away. It is the differ- ence between honesty and dishonesty. The man who cannot distinguish be tween these brdad elements of action had best stay away from' all manner of temptation. . He is in a bad way, and eo is the community that counts Ms citizenship., Enlightenment . for such minds is not to be had short of the penitentiary. JCew Zealand seems a long way off, but in nine years it has increased its purchases in the United States from $3,500,000 to $10,600,000. American farmers and manufacturers are climb ing np fast in foreign estimation. 0 A Londoner who drops a penny in r- the slot gets 28 cubic feet of gas for his money (2 cents, American meas. nre), which is about 72 cents per 1, 000 feet. The largest consumers in the United States are not allowed as low a rate. v College training cannot be detrimental to common sense, after all, when the president of Princeton positively refuses ' the office of Senator from New Jersey on the ground that nobody has asked him to take it. '(The World Will End In 1982 By EDMUND SCR1BNER STEVENS. Ph.D.. of W..binlon fgHE earth is out of her place, or upright position. It is gradually m resuming it. Whenever there is an acceWutad or faster motion then in that period EARTHQUAKES OCCUR. We are now in one of those periods, from Mont Pclce, 1900 to 1915; again, from 1925 to 1946V2 ; again, from 19C5 to 2000 A. D. IN 1982 THE EARTHQUAKE IS OF SUCH EXTENT THAT ALL THE CITIES OF ALL THE NATIONS FALL. From 2035 to 3144 A. D. the earth is in continual perturbation, and in the latter year settles to its upright position. This brings in the new heaven and NEW EARTH. The Prohibitionists, who refused to endorse the Democratic and anti-ma chine Republican candidate in Pennsyl vania, have endorsed the Democratic and Hearst candidate in Massachusetts. The Prohibitionists are consistent in their desire to play long shots. 0 Now they are disciplining under the anti-hazing law an Annapolis cadet who gave another a nickname, when the reforemrs get through Annapolis will make a fine co-educational school, pro. vided some inducements are offered to men to go there. 0 In commenting on Boston's proposed return to New Orleans of the rebel flag taken flVim the staff nf the fiftr hnll . v. .. by GenT Butler, while he was In com mand of that city during the Civil War, the "Providence Journal" cannot refrain from a mean allusion to the old scan dal of the "silver spoons." If New Or leans shows no better disposition to ward Boston now than she did then, the "gracious act," as the "P. J." calls it, will hardly be graciously interpreted. 0 A South American fossil scientist Is convinced that South America, South Africa, southern India, Australia and the Antarctic lands were once joined together in an ancient continent. It is lucky that real estate titles stop short of the petrified records. The Sun Is Warm, the Sky Is Clear By Percy Bysshe Shelley In the last off-year election in Mis souri, the Republican vote was 87,000 less than in the presidential contest two years before. If there had been no decline the Republican majority in the state would have been over 40,000. The Republican who turng up mifsing on election day builds worse than he knows. .'' 0 Nathan Strauss, who distributes daily 10,000 bottles of pasteurized milk in New York city, declares that "75 per cent of the milk brought to New York should be dumped in the gutter." St. Louis would be interested to know if the milk supply there,' on which the price hag just been advanced, is the pure stuff, and steadily maintained at that standard. Paying a higher price for an adulteration would be tough. H poem for Coday P. CKVURTZ, Manager Theflack Swai n Theater Co. presenting tonight the sensational 4-act comedy drama The Westerner SPECIAL SCENERY Popslsr Prices; 15c, 25c and 35c box orncB open tusi cdstaihcou up at ims maw. fUTAHOAL. J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President. a L PETERSON, Vk President RANK PATTON, Cashier. J. W. GARNER, AsslsUBt Cbler. Astoria Savings Bank rplul hud la il0xw, Surpuu and Oudivldtd rruliu taMos. TrmnMtfl a 0url ttanklnf it tut !. Interwl liild on Tim Deposit Tenth Streat, ASTOMA, OKEQOM First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. I.STAIU,ISUi:i) IHM. Capital $100,000 'V i US . wmn w fc""! u 1". 4 1LB. PARKER. Proprietor E. P. PARKER, Manager PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAJf PUN FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT Free Coach to the Rout Bar and Billiard Room Good Check Btetiuunt Good Sample Room on the Ground Floor for Commercial Mea ASTORIA, qREGOlf " : ! . - ALTHOUGH Shelley's life, from An. 4. 1793. to July g, 1822, was filled with turmoil, he left lichlnd him an Im perishable monument In his beautiful verses. Chief among these are "Queen Mab," "Adonals," "Alnstor," "Prometheus Unbound," etc. Shelley was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He was expelled from the lulter for his athelxtlcul view. Ho was drowned In the buy of 8p-zzla, Italy, and his body was consumed on ft funeral pyre In the presence of Lord IJyron and Leigh Hunt, his intimate friends. The following stanzas, written near Naples, reflect a mood in the poet's own life. j HE sun Is warm, the sky is clear, The waves are dancing fast and bright, Blue Ixlos and snowy mountains wear The purple noon's tranHpnrcut light, The breath of the inolxt nlr Is light Around Its unexpanded buds. Like many a voice of one delight Tho winds', the birds', the ocean floods' The city's rolce Itself is soft like solitude's; I see the deep's nntrampled floor With green and purple seaweed strewn; I see the waves upon the uliore Like light dissolved In star showers thrown; , I sit upon the sands alone; The lightning of the noontide ocean Is flashing round me, and a tone Arises from Its measured motion , How sweet did any heart now share In my emotion! Alas, I have nor hope nor health, s Nor peace within nor calm around Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage In meditation found And walked with Inward glory crowned, Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor lelsurel Others I see whom these surround; Smiling they live and call life pleasure. To me that cup has been dealt In another measure Yet now despair Itself Is mild Even as the winds and waters are. I could He down like a tired child And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear Till death like sleep might steal on me And 1 might feel Jn the warm air My cheek grow cold and hear the sea : Breathe o'er my dying brain Its last monotony. ' A. : THE UNION OAS ENGINE COMPANY : i : ; T Marine and Stationary Gas and Gasoline;Eng!nes. WE ARE NOW FILLING ORDERS FROM OUR NEW WORES. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND ILLUSTRATED .CATALOGUE. I F. P. Kendall, General Sales Agent, 6a-60 Front St Portland, Ore. ASTORIA JOHN FOX, Pres. Y L BISHOP. Secretary IRON WORKS I Nelson Trotr. 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