THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTOJUA, OREGON. '
THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1907. j
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rt'HUlctlou. and the Uu.it oust will huve
a noble purpose to fulfill. The sola
(Ion of the sooIoUtglel problems with
which we are alruKSltint lie splendid
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t EDITORIAL 8ALAD. e
The Morning Astorlan vespoctrully
nffeata that the municipal officers
Involved. In the police controversy here.
In dault of any amicable settlement
among themselves, netul for Mr. lleney,
He has a fashion of determining such
problem once and for all.
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It's a cold day for a city when she
cannot govern herself or any element
of her people. .
Tongue Point people evidently be
lieve in competition between water and
rail; hence, the new launch that la to
run from the mllla to tbe heart of the
city, carrying freight and passengers.
Romance of Ellis Island
WEATHER.
'Oregon, Washington, Idaho, a
Showers.- 4
THE PITTSBURG FLOODS.
Which would you rather be, a coun
cilman, a police commissioner, or Jut
a plain dtlienT
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If, after Mr. Jerome had drawn In a
long breath, expanded his chest and
delivered that thlrteen-thousand word
hypothetical Question, the Jurors had
risen up in a body and exclaimed,
"What did you say?" wouldn't It have
jarred him?
Pittsburg, Allegheny and other
towns and cities along the Mononga
hela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers will
lose several millions of dollars on ac
count of the floods now submerging
the valleys through which these water-ways
flow. The cities are so dis
posed that they are Absolutely help
less. It is remarkable today that
Pittsburg and Allegheny are in greater
danger from flood than ever before.
This is" due to their greater expansion,
while nothing of a scientific nature
ever has been done to overcome the
volume oi? water that pours down tbe
two great streams that form the Ohio
There is apparently no means of curb
ing it, no means of hastening the flood
on Its course, When the rivers begin
to rise the Ohio cannot carry It off fast
enough to prevent the flooding of all
the lowlands in Greater Pittsburg, and
there they rest, wth business at a
standstill, until the flood subsides.
Many lives have been lost, and It Is
expected that the loss from enforced
suspension of the mills and furnaces
will run Into millions. It IS a pity that
Pittsburgh cannot escape the occa
sional flood in its great highway of
commerce, when, at the proper stage,
is invaluable to the city's' commercial
interests.
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1907 A MARKER.
An explorer turn up in Milwaukee,
claims to have discovered the nortn
Pole and nobody believes him. Isn't
It odd that we never doubted any man
who cams back and said he didn't
find It
If we ever come up with that auda
cious Chicago men who sat In a big
easy chair In a Lakewood hotel and
broke our stock market into kindling
wood we'll slap him on the wrist
Railroads presidents are beginlng to
point with prd to their lines that
never had a fatal accident Awfully
sorry they don't run the way we want
to go.
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The satisfactory settlement of the
Butte mining troubles this week and
. the signing of an agreement staving
off for at least five years another ar
gument over wages strengthen by one
more substantial link the chain of
good times. Had tbe differences of
'the thousands of miners in this great
copper camp been beyond the power
of adjudication by peaceful confer
ence, the result would have been al
most Incomputable loss. At any other
time it would have meant principally
the loss of thousands of dollars a day
to the miners and allied workers and
the suspension of the industries of one
of the country's busiest towns; but
Just now it would have meant much
more. ."With copper at a high price, the
to produce it and keep pace with the
demand, the loss to them and to man
ufacturers would have been enormous.
Happily, however, the possibility has
been averted and the miners will pros
per aa long as tbe mine-owners them
selves enjoy the returns of the ap
parently endless demand for the red
natal.
A MAGNIFICENT BA8E.
4 The foundation of a fund of ten
millions of dollars by Mrs. Russell
Sage, for charitable works will give
the substantial income of four hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars annu
ally to those who are in real distress.
That this fund is to be applied not in
useless giving, but in practical assist
ance to improved conditions of living
among the poor, is the best predic
tion that It will be fruitful of good re
sults. The difficulty is not so much
to provide for the hunger of today
and to alleviate the misery of the
passing moment as to discover and
apply the means of permanent good,
bringing to the poor more hopeful to
morrows.. The broad scope of the gift
lifts it into a different field from the
usual charity, though Its purpose is
TURPENTINE.
Moths. will leave If It is sprinkled
about
Turpentine and soap will remove Ink
stains from linen.
Turpentine will remove wheel grease,
pitch and tar stains.
Clean gilt frames with a sponge mois
tened In turpentine.
It will exterminate roaches If sprin
kled in their haunts.
A few drops on a woolen cloth will
clean tan shoes nicely.
A few drops added to water in which
clothes are boiled will whiten them.
An equal mixture of turpentine and
linseed oil will remove white marks
from furniture caused by water.
Ivory knife handles that have be
come yellow can be restored to their
former whiteness by rubbing with tur
pentine. Carpets can be cleaned and colon re
stored by going over occasionally with
a broom dipped In warm water In
which a little turpentine Is added.
Splendors of Cafes.
Tbe cafes and hotels of New York
are rivaling each other In the almost
oriental splendor with which they have
fitted cp small rooms for dinner and
after theater parties. At one cafe near
Broadway the sides of one of these
rooms are composed entirely of mir
rors, after the French fashion, while
the celling Is covered with green leaves
and grapes, bunches of pink and purple
grapes of glass, within which are elec
tric lights. Tbe effect Is that of a beau
tiful arbor. Another' cafe has mirrors
reflecting small red lights throughout
the room, while the ceiling, also of
mirrors, Is an exquisite Imitation of
moonlight; the effect of which is ob
tained by electrics Inclosed In globes
of the color and sheen of moonlight
seen through a delicate tracery of faint
green leaves. Exchange.
A 8ad Case.
A Chicago physician was one day
called to attend a sick child In a
"shabby genteel" quarter of tbe Windy
City.
"Madam," said the doctor to the
mother, "you should send thla child
Into the country for several weeks
each summer."
"I am son y to say, doctor," respond
ed the woman, "that we are not rich
enough to do that."
"Then," suggested the 'physician,
"have her sent by the fresh air fund."
"Oh, doctor," exclaimed the woman,
"we are not poor enough."' Harper's
Weekly.
Too 8elfish.
Citlman- What's the matter with all
you Swamphurst fellows? You don't
seem to like my friend Backlotz. Sub
bubs No; he's selfish. CItlman Oh,
come now! Subbubs That's what he
Is. A barn near blm caught fire the
other night," and lie put It out without
waiting for the rest of us members of
tbe ' Swamphurst Hose to reach tbe
scene. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Why should story tellers rack their
brains for themes when romances are
happening every day uuder their noses J
Hero, like a flower peeping from un
der a heap of rubbish, is a romance
extracted from the most unromnntlc
thing lu the world, an emigrant ship,
It only remains for the story teller to
put It In form, It Is not a tale of
young lovers, iu the conventional
story romauce ends with marriage.
Nature knows no such division. Con
celve au old fruit tree bearing shortly
before It la cut down a slugle bit of
fruit Into which the tree's vitality has
been concentrated and you have tbe
kind ot romance you are about to get,
Forty years ago norman Gurllch, a
Prussian, came to America, purchased
farm, married, raised a family and
prospered. His wife died, and one by
on his children left him to marry and
raise children of their own. For ten
yean he worked bla farm alone, and
then It occurred to him to rellevt his
solitude by revisiting his former home
tn Prussia. He did to, but failed to
find tbe diversion he bad expected.
The place he had left as village had
grown to be a city, and the friends of
bis youth who bad not gone elsewhere
were In the churchyard. Disappoint
ed, he turned his fact again toward bla
desolate home In America.
Martha Looser, a widow living In
Berlin with her daughters, had a ton
In America, tier daughters had been
with her since tbelr birth, but her one
son had left her when he was a boy,
and she plued to spend the few years
that remained to ber where aha might
occasionally see blm. At last she could
resist the temptation to go to America
no longer.
Now It happened. This Is a short
sentence, au incomplete sentence, yet
bow much there Is In It! What would
ail tbe story tellers do If the two words
were blotted out from the world's on
going? It happened that Helnrlch Gur
llch aud Martha Leoser were passen
gers on the same ship. One day tbey
sat side by side and fell -to talking.
Gurllch rejoiced with the mother In
her expectations at meeting her boy,
and Mrs. Leoser grieved with tbe old
man when be spoke of his return to
his lonely farm. Tbey met frequently
on the voyage and on reaching port
parted with mutual regret
In New York harbor, where they
landed, is Ellis island, a danger point
for emigrants more to be dreaded than
submerged rock of tbe ocean. Here
they must satisfy the officials that they
will not be a burden upon the United
States. Gurllch bad no trouble In do
ing so and took bis departure. Mrs.
Leoser sent for ber son, wbo lived In
one of tbe environs of New York. He
came, and for a brief period the moth
er and her boy enjoyed their meeting
and the prospect of at least living on
the same continent But tbe young
man failed to satisfy tbe authorities
that he could support his mother. IIo
had a large family of his own and was
at the time out of employment His
mother, too old to support herself, bad
no one else on whom to depend. Tbe
decree went forth that Martha Leoser
must be deported to ber native land.
Herman Gurllch, In tbe turmoil of
the metropolis, was alone as much or
more alone than be would be when be
returned to bis farm. In years be bad
met but one person of his own genera
tion to give blm one spark of sym
pathythe woman be bad met on tbe
steamer. She bad shown blm a paper
bearing her son's address to ask how
she might find him. This address Gur
llch remembered.
One evening there was a rap at the
door of young Leoser, and upon Its
being opened there stood Gurllch.
"Is Martha here?" he asked. He re
membered only the widow's first name.
"No. and she will not be here. She
Is to be deported."
Gurllch went latp tbe house, and his
host told htm that there was no hope
of his mother remaining, since there
was no one to support her. '
"Yes, there Is one " said the old man
after a long puse.
"Wbor
"L, If your mother will marry me
and go to live with me on my farm (be
need not go back to Germany."
In half au hour the two men were on
a boat speeding for Ellis Island. Tbey
found the poor woman bemoaning her
fate. Her eyes lighted as she saw her
companion of the voyage.
And here the effort of the story teller
to put this humble romance In story
form breaks down. Never was offer of
marriage made in a form more widely
diverse from tbe conventional proposal
laid down In printed romances. Tbe
son took his mother aside and told ber
of Gurllch' s proposition. While mother
and son conferred tbe would be groom
stood making pretense of looking at a
family of Russian Jews eating sau
sages. In a few minutes Leoser return
ed and said bit mother accepted tbe
offer.. In vain the romance constructor
casts about; for some stretch of the
facts to give story form to the recep
tion by the lover of the news tbat be
was to be made happy. Yet why try
express what no words ever have suc
ceeded In expressing? Perhaps be said
"Yah," perhaps "Das Is goot;" but, no
matter what he said or how unlike our
conceptions of what he should have
sold, bis old heart experienced an echo
of the gladness of youth.
Upon Gurllch's promising the author
ities that he would be responsible for
Martha Leoser's support they at once
gave her permission to go where she
liked. With ber affianced husband and
her son she went to the lattcr's bouse,
where tbe marriage ceremony was per
formed, -. " " ' "
CRACK NUT SUNDAY.
Queer Mttbed of Mooring a Strmon
Still In Una In England,
"Ono One tuitimm Sumlttv I ntteudod
service la a north of KiiiiIhiuI coun
try church Unit would hint driven n
New York ptviu'licr clean rriuy," suld
tbe man who (ravels. "Tint cougregti
Uou didn't do n thing but sit around
and crack nuts. Fancy a New York
minister bilking (o a crowd of that
klndl The modem preacher likes to
have thing quiet when ho talks. It
disconcert titiit to hour t baby cry or
a woman cough or an old uinit snore.
If bo 1m put out by such trifles a these.
It la Interesting to conjecture what ho
would do if he were to take hold ot a
congregation where everybody brought
huts to crack during the sermon.
"WorNhhiers, It seems, . used to do
thla In Kuglnnd aud even In our own
states during colonial days. Thla dis
turbance was not weekly occurrence
by any means. If It bad been, the
poor preacher would have undoubted
ly left hit flock to administer spiritual
consolation to suit themselves. But aa
It happened only once a yeat be waa
forced to endure it This one day
which waa attended by such remarka
ble license came the Sunday before
Michaelmas day and waa called Vraek
ant Sunday.' Nobody, no matter how
pious be might be, hesitated to avail
himself of tbe peculiar privilege grant
ed him, and men, women and children
cam to church with their pocket
ruffed with nuta, which they compla
cently cracked and munched during
the sermon. - : I " A ; ! ;
"It waa that kind of a sermon that
so Impressed me with Its oddity. It
can be easily Imagined tbat when for
ty or fifty people get to cracking nuta
with all their might the noise la apt to
be something terrific, and many timet
the minister was bard put to It to
henr lihnself think.' That custom,
from Mug regarded with high favor
for many years, finally came to be
looked upon aa a nuisance, and the
habit was suppressed, except In a few
remote localities, although the act of
suppression was attended with consid
erable difficulty, so firmly bad tbe nut
cracking fever taken hold of the fancy
of tbe people." New York Xreta.
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