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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1907)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, ' 107. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 1 BRITISH FOURm England's Equivalent of Our Inde pendenoe Day. t ' J THE LEGACY OF GUY FAWKEsJ FolUd In Ml AHtmpt to Blow Up tht Houim of Parliament, th Qunpowdor Plot Conspirator Qav to tho English Boy a Joyous Holiday. Th day In England most nearly cor- rotpoudluy with the Aoiorlcau Fourth' of July in It manner of celebration In ' Ouy FawkM day, Nov, B, tho anui-! vewary of tho' attempt to Mow up tho British bouse of parliament, king, lord aud common by Guy Fawkea iu 1005. Tho celebration, although grad-' uaJly lotiluir ila national and hlatorical I Iffildcanr, in still olnred at a bull-: day by children iu many part of tho country. J For several week before "tho Fifth" tho lad scour tho countryside for tree trunk and bram-ho. boxes, barrel, anything thai will burn, in fact, and they trail their finds to some old barn I tulle away, wlwrt they aro atortd in anticipation of tho (treat day aud guarded with n aeal that often leads to prutty atlff fljthW. Marauder from other localities wilt, If uot carefully watched, secretly ra move invitlnti "chump," u the, toga art called, and add them to their own collection. Between (hl Intermittent warfare aud dodjjlujr the pollee aud owuera of woodland property the younfier ele ment of Great Britain baa quite a live ly time during tho few wtwke prior to Gay Fawkea day. The day Itself I occupied until duk la building bonfire, "cadging" coal, coke and oil and eating "parkin a cake inseparably associated with the celebrations. Tola cake la made of molamca, ginger and oatmeal or any other coamo meal, la noon n Mm, first nlirht almdow falla tho fires tiro lighted, firecracker begin to simp, arid pyrotechnic display of every description are In evidence In all direction. The fun la kept up with a vim similar to our Fourth of July epliit until far Into the nlKht. when potato, roasted la the Ores, are Indulged In. Tito name Riven to tho day I some what mlleadltiK perhaps, and the whole credit or onus of. tho plot., ha been popularly laid upon the shoulder of Guy Fnwkiw, whereaa' ho was far from being the numt iiuiKirtaut of the plotter find secttm to have been chosen bythKchlcfconaplrntoraenUrwIyiwauiw of hi suiwrb cournga and coolness. The plan1 vim originated by Uobert CatMby, a man wIhmo natural ntnto I'bero waa one t plot, but a tnuu of extraordinary eninnl charm. The Roman Catholic had cxirted great thing from tho accession of Jituie I. to the throne. Tho law of Kllstubeth were cruel and ' uujuat toward fheto. and they were led by Jauie to expect amelioration aud tolerance. Instcsd of thin, tho law agalunt them were enforced with renewed vig or, aud the great discontent resulted In tjie. giinjil'wiler, plot. The, conspir acy wn elaborately and carefully con ceived, nud great hardship were un dergone to curry It out. It wmt not until the conspirator, all (eiitlciiieii unused to physical labor, Imd excnviiled through ilne feet thick lie of atone wall In order to- get be neath tho boil of common that they found that a vault underneath the ed ifice waa to let. The vault wo taken In tho name of Guy Fawkea, aud tho aeTere phyalcal work waa ended. Un der cover of night thirty six barrel of gunpowder were conveyed to the vault, aud all waa Jn readlneaa for the meet ing of' parliament on Nov, 5. Then came the flrat weakening Which waa to end iu th failure of the scheme. The conspirator could not agree upon a plan to warn the Cath olic lord end member who would oth erwise be blown up with tho rent, The plotter were all prominent gen tlemen and had personal friends among the apparently doomed legislators. An anonymous letter waa received by Lord Montengle, one of the Catholic peers, warning blra uot to lw preeeut. The author of the letter Is not really known, but it is commonly believed to have been Gresbaiu, In aplte of hi vigorous denial when accused by Cate by. At all event, this Is suppled to have been the key to tho dlcovery. Monteagla showed the letter to Bails, bury, who in turn took It to the king, and all sort of Ingenuity were exer cised to discover Its moaning. A clone watch was kept, and in order to take the plotters redhandod the arrest waa palpably postponed until tho dramatic moment In order to allow Catesby to scape, though he was shot few days later while attempting to raise an In aurrectlon at Worcester. ' ' Gay Fawkes, whoso work It was to Are the train, waa taken aa be was leaving: the house through which ac cess was gahied to the vault, and the rest of the plotters were either killed or captured at tiiinchurcb, to where they fled. Fawkea was put to the torture, but nothing could shake his magnificent fortitude, though be was so weuk from agony and sickness that he could scarcely mount the scaffold, The day (Sot. B) was proclaimed a day of thanksgiving forever by an act of par liament, which wri only repealed after 200 year. For nearly Wx year the celebration were carried to riotous exce. Kfflgle of Ouy Fawkes wore paradr-d In towns and village all day amid shouting and slnglnp and burned at night In huge eonflagratlons'to the Accompaniment of thousands of fireworks.-Scrap Book. Th Hatch experiment station has been devoting Its attention to the Im provement of conditions on the farms where milk I produced. It baa been giving particular attention to the bac terial content of milk. The two cows shown in the Illustration represent tbe average and tbe extra way In which herds are kept, The cow which was kept In tbe clean dairy will be easily recognised. She SAVED HER SON'S LIFE. Th happiest mother in tti town of Ava, Mo is Mrs, & Ruppee. Sfee writes: "On year ago my son waa down with such serious lung trouble that our Dhyslctan waa unable to help him; when by our druggist's advice 1 began giving him Dr. King's New Discovery, and I soon noticed tm provement I kept tht treatment up for a few weeks wnen n waa per fectly well. He ha worked MeaJlly since at carpenter work. Dr. King's New DUcovery saved his life." Guar anteed best cough and cold cure by Chaa. Rogers, Druggist. 50c and 11.00. Trial bottle free. Morning Aatorlan, SO cents a month, Jctlvered by carrier. THE DISCOVERER Of Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, tht Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. 1 mtim aps at(S LYDIA E. PINKHAM No other medloina for Woman'a Ula in the world has received auoh wide, aoread and unqualified endorsement. u No other medicine has suoh a record of cures of female illneasea or auoh hoaU of grateful friends aa has Lydla E. Ptnkham'a Vegetable Compound. For more than 80 years It haa bcenourlny all forms of Female Complaint, Inflammation and Uloeration, and consequent Spinal Weakness. It ha cured more oases of Backache and Local Weaknesses than any other one remedy. It dissolve, and expels tumors In an early atage of development. Irregufarltlea and perlodlcalpalns, Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloating, Nervous Prostration, ffeadache, General Debility quickly yield to itj lao deranged organa, causing pain, dragging aensationa and Uokache. Under all circumstances it acta In harmony with the female aystem. It remove that wearing feeling, extreme lassitude, "ionh care" and ant-to-be-left-alona1' feelfng, excitability, '"iw'h clness faintness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy or the "blues . These Il Tdlntkmi i of Female Weakness, or some derangement of the organa. ihlS this medicine cures aa well as Chronic Sidney Complainta and Bft - Those WomSwhoXrefuse to accept anything else are rewarded a hundred thousand tto; for they get what they want-a cure. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutes. ' Kirr ra a clrax daisy. 1 perhapN no better bred than her sis ter, but ah looks a whole lot better. Her product Is more desirable, too, lie cause by actual test It was found that the bacteria in her milk waa much ices than In the milk of tbe other cow. The unkempt cow look aa If she might be affected with tuberculosis. A a mat ter of fuct, she Is healthy enough, but tbe stable In which she wss kept and the care which sb got necessarily gave her this appearance. On March 24 her milk wa tested and showed 11,500,000 bacteria per cu bic centimeter. A cubic centimeter Is about 1.900 of a pint The other was tented on March 31 and allowed 4,050 bacteria, per cubic centimeter. These figures are hard to "comprehend, bat bacterial tests do not lie. Another series of tents was made on July 2i and Aug. 15. At this time tbe mm KJUT IX AS VHCLUM VUtl. cows had been upon pasture for some weeks. They would naturally be clean er than whim the testa were made Iu March, because that date represented tbe end of the winter season. The spring rains and living upon tbe clean pasture produced a more sanitary con dltion than sleeping on filthy bedding in dark barns. Tbe clean cow tested, on Aug. 15, (WO bacteria per cubic centimeter, and the other one tested 1,000.000 on July 20. One way to ac count for this great variation Is the difference In stables and surroundings at milking tluie, says Kimball's Dairy Farmer, Most of the bacteria get Into tbe milk after It leaves the cow's ud der. Vsntllatlon of Stables. Kvery good cow stable should have about 800 cubic feet of air apace per cow. That sounds like a big space 800 cubic feet per cow. It Is not, how ever, too much space. You should hot have your cows, all dumped up In a heap. And I would not advise you to have the air space all above the cattle. Have it all nrouud them-that Is, have good wide passages and give the cows lots of room in their stalls. Do not crowd them down to two and one-half feet, but give them three, or, better still, three and one-half feet. I speak from experience when I say that that kind Is a profitable stable. I have seen both kinds tried. Where the ven tilation was practically equal and where a much larger space was given the cows they were In very mut bet ter health. I have In mind two farms. In one I should Judge tho air space U about 700 feet, not quite up to the standard, and In the other I should Judge there is about 300 feet of air space, a long way below. In one tbe cows are continually getting sick, and the milk is not up to the standard of qunllty or quantity. In the other stnblo there is never any complaint about the health of the animals or the quantity or quality of the milk. This Is a result of having sufficient air space. J. II. Grlsdale In Kimball's Dairy Farmer. Going It Blind. Why are dairymen so willing to go It blind? I heard a man say the other day be did not Intend to take time to test any cow iu his herd until he had a hundred registered cows In milking. He said hfe had no time to run the Bab cock, though he had a fine steam one connected with the boiler. I thought how much money he could save by weeding as he grows the herd. The undesirable sire could be spotted at once when his heifers came In and dis carded, while the valuable one, the one that nicked kindly with his strain of cattle, could be used more freely. Numbers In a herd amount to little. I had at one time twelve cows at the head of the herd that made In a year 6,182 pounds of butter, while at the foot of the herd It took over nineteen to equal them In production. TbSse last nineteen made an average of 303 pounds of butter Tln a year, jojthey were not so awfully poor, after all? Mrs, M. rt, 8):crmnu In California Col. Ovator. HE GAINED HIS POINT. To Do It 1he Aetr Sooiltd th Play and Lost His Poiitlon. . , , An American actress who bad toured In England whi telling her experience and related un Incident that amused her, Hhe said: "In a play produced in tbe provinces there I a scene in which tbe hero strikes the villain, who slinks away without seeUiitf to defend himself. One night iu n largo manufacturing town the young fl!ow who played the deep dyed scoundrel remarked to tbe leading man before ihe curtain rose: " 'I say, old chap. I've jrtit my fiancee out In front tonight with her father and mother. Now, of course they don't know anything about our business, and I'm afraid It would rather hurt me with thm if 1 received a blow and got awaV hi tbe usual cowardly fashion. 8o, desr old chap, can't you omit the blow tonight? ' " 'But, my Iwy, the management will fine me 2 shillings!' - " 'Well, I'll pay the fine '"Oh, yet! That' all very well for yon, but what do I get out of It? Nothing but a bad name with the pow ers that be.' "'Oh. well, I'll give you 2 shillings extra, or, better yet. you bit me as usual, and I'll hit back! They'll fine me, not you. ond I'll give you the 2 shillings Ix-Mlde. Yon see how I'm sit uated. I shouldn't like the gtrj to mix me up with thr- character 1 play. Out siders are so fiiniiy that way.' "8o tbe Compact was made, and, that night when the in ro cried. 'Rlr Daniel Deepwater-or something of that sort 'hno iiffnnrlnff of n noble race, take tbatr Sir Dfiulel not only 'took that,'! but gave it back with such force that 'the nit in cheers rose at him,' Includ Ing his relatives to tie by marriage, and he walked off the stage In triumph. "I am sorry to add be lost bis situa tion, but he 'gained bis point." M4U444444M4tf4 tt4Mj BIG REDUCTIONS ON Wall Paper 30 PER CENT OFF X On account of tht large new spring stock coming and w make room in our store we otter au per cet off lor the next few days. Buy your wall paper now while it is cheap. Eastern Painting & Decorating Company, J Commercial Street, near Eighth. WT HnMMMHH)MIIMHMtKtMMIMMttttHHMtf Nine Hundred Pieces of New Sheet Music Received last Friday from all the leading music pub lishers of the United States. We are going to make this an important part of our bnsiness and have bought accordingly. Both show windows full and display inside as well .as stock on shelves. All the latest, both instrumental and vocal. Come early and get your choice. E. A. HIGGINS.CO., MUSIC BOOKS STATIONERY An Odd Animal Community. .Natural enemies of the animal world are sometimes found living together in extraordinary communities. J. G.'MIl lals In a volume on animals quotes this experience of nn o'werver: "On one oc casion when ferreting I bolted a for, a cat, a stoat and several rabbits and rats out of tbe same earth. The fox bolted first, after giving the ferret n nip across the back, from tbe effects of which It died an hour later. Next came the stoat and then tbe cat, both of which I Rhot. Then followed the rab bits and rats promiscuously. It was a large burrow on the bank of a deep, dry watercourse and often held a fox when I ferreted It afterward." Talking Through a Human Body. To talk through a human body or a row of human bodies, for the matter of that, Is one of the weirdest of the electrician's feats. If u telephone wire be severed and the two ends be held by a person, one in each band, but .far apart, It Is quite possible for two indi viduals to carry on a conversation through the body of the medium as readily and ns distinctly as If the line bad been properly connected. Johnny's Horrid Finish. "If you don't quit eating so much, Johnny." exclaimed Mrs. Lapsllng, hor rified at the gluttonous propensities of her youngest, "the first thing you know you'll be a regular fllIbuster!"-Ch!cago Tribune. Fmin!n Bravery. Tom Do you think women are braver than men? Dick Yes, I do. I never saw one yet that wouldn't take a chance at marriage. Detroit Free Press. ' Sot So Very Jbvlnal. "I cannot be your wife," she replied and added, "ThU is final." He paced swiftly to and fro several times, than halted abruptly In front of her. 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