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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1907)
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1807. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTOIUA, OREGON. 3 CULTIVATED MIND Utilized Odd Moments But is Dis appointed in Results. FOUND LIFE TOO STRENUOUS Rsad tmerton, Carlyle and Ruskln in Barbershops and at Odd Mlnutss Findi Hlf Mind Hsrrowsd lntead of Cultivated. "I rend souit'wui'ru who Any that do ont was jmtl(Hl In wnstlnif a single oioinont of bl tlmo." mild the reflec tive man. "Tho nrtlcln milil that In ordiT tn tonka unit of npiin moment one should alwsys carry n small vol oino of out! of tlm world' unnt think ers. Odd moments could limit be lined In tho cultivation of tho mind. The Idea struck mo na n imx1 oho, and I felt a little utility ih I (ImiiKht of tho many vnlnablo moment I hud squan dered, lu arcontaiii with my mow ro; olvo I purchiiNttd a smiill iiwkot edi tion of Eiuorson, and whim riding backward and forward lxtwcon my homo and my work I read Emerson. Whi n 1 had to wall In n Imrber whop ! pulled out my Kiiiitkuii, . When wait' log for nil iiudlHirt with eomo bulnea man I filled In the thin !y communing with Emcntn, When my wlfo waa a half hour Iwliltul tlmo lu mating ma t a place agreed iijkju I did not Odgot about, but calmly produced by Emer son, When Emerson wn flnlhod; I substituted t'uiljlu. Curly lit dltfONtiv, I took up Ilimklii, Thl went on for several week, "Ortdually I noticed that I wu be- ginning to feel heavy and 'dopey.' My eyea began to puff out u If I were 1l alpatlng. My fancies being curried ho constantly tutu a hinder world, I be came abcutmimlt-d and rouceiitratcd my thought upon business with dim culty. I woht to xd dead tlrod at night and woke up unrefrcshed Jn Uie morning. Still my anxiety not to won to a moment of tlmo Increased. When one I went off from home with out my book, I felt the hour I wanted that day In hort wnlu waa gouc, nev r to be restored. The Ion of that hour weighed upon me like a thoiwund In tt'.ll .lra,,l Uilll !,. tmt Ul WJ.J '.4 , 11 nil r t . , ttll, IMHl tvrf Ing of hearlneea lucres!. My brain aeem.nl to le covered with a sort of rll or mint. 1 could not account for It. "Finally 1 went to a friend who hap pen to be a Npeclullitt lu ncrvotia dla orders. Ho examined me, Baked 'jura tion and then ssld: 'You nre snflforlna from a Try bad cane of brain fag. What hare you Itceii doing?1 I told him nothlnit uuusunl. except that I now filled in all my odd moment by reading. I explained my plan of culti vating too mind. "Ho listened to me aareiitttlcally and then aald: 'If you keep thin alleged cul tivation of.the mind up. In n year yon will be a ttturk, ntarlng munliic. You aro an office man, you line your brnln all day long, and the few minutes It get to rent you utilize by forcing It to go to work on Curlyle! Cut It out! You are HtiS'ug your brnln by never giving It o chance to breathe. Throw all thono pocket edition nway. Hereafter you let thne wnNted minute take care of themHelves. "I followed hi advice. I threw Km enton. Oarlylo and Ruskln Into the dls cord. 1 frittered away my odd Ino nieiita a of old, mid In a week or two I wim feel tig normal and active again. And now when rtny highbrow talk loftily of tl'e cultivation of tho mmri during odt! moment by comniun'iifi with auporlor mind I stab him to the heart with my own experience." New York Pre. "Teetotal." Much co'ifiisliin cxlut regarding tlso origin of the 'word "teetotal." Not many atuiuilnera probably know the real atory or recognize tho fact that the Introduction of tho word marks an epoch In tho annals of temporance. There are two traditions current aa to flio maltlnf of the war which are "0 TIDE TABLE, MARCH MARCH, 19&7T High Water. A. M. P. M. Date. h.m. ft. h.m. ft. Friday 1 8 1:47 8.7 8.4 8.1 7.4 6.7 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.6 7.2 7.7 i 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.2 7.7 7.0 6.4 5.9 :! 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.7 i'.i 8.6 8.7 8.4 Saturday t 8.7 2:28 SUNDAY .. Monday .... Tuesday . . . Wednesday Thursday . Friday .... 8.8 8:14 4:06 5:03 6:18 7.45 9:12 8.7 8.61 8.4 8.8 8.1 S.3 ... Kit 7:15 1:30 Saturday 10:22 SUNDAY 10 Monday Tueaday 12 Wedneaday ....13 Thuraday .. ...1 Friday IS Saturday 1 HTJNDAY 17 9:41 8.4111.15 10:4 1.7 11:68 12:25 11:87 8.9 0:85 8.2 8.6 1:10 1:09 1:50 2:80 8:11 1:43 2:17 8.7 8.8 8.6 2:60 8:25 Monday 18 8.4 8:56 Tuesday 1 4:00 4:40 6:27 8.2! 7.9 4:41 Wednesday .. ..20 6:40 6:50 8:10 9:20 Thursday ... ..21 7.6 Friday .. ......22 8:22 7.3 Saturday 28 SUNDAY 24 Monday 25 Tuesday 26 Wednesday .. ..27 Thursday .. ...28 7:30 8:88 9:80 7.2 7.8 7.6 7.8 8:2 10:12 10:66 10:82 11:20 11:32 0:06 0:40 8.2 12:05 12:60 Friday 29 Saturday ... ...SO 8.7 lilS 8.9 9.1 1:84 2:20 founded oa fad. It I mild that ltJcli tird Ttifuv, the npotlo of tempera .iro, when delivering mi udilreHii nld; "W.o not on I M'uiit total nlMtlneuro; w wunt t,inT--we want t-toliil slistl- nonce," Another legend I that Mr, Hwlndtitluimt of Preston, who had un Impeillu.tMit In lil Mpeoch, pronounced the word "t t total," which waa adopt od aa a lilhholoth. Tim true origin waa exj Ulned by the hit Dr. Drawer, Previous to 1H.T1 the temperance pledge did not absolutely forbid tho uAe of atlmulani, but at tliut time tho Total Abtlui,e party nroso. 'fbo Moder ate, to dlatlngulah thorasolve from tho oUime. put tho letter "0. V meaning "old pledge," after their diiiiiw, while tho total abstainers ued the lotto- "T," meaning "Total."- Dundee Jdvertlaer. , terns Tall Chimneys. The htghet chimney In England 1 that at Harlow and Itobson'a mill at Bolton. It U 3ilH feet In height, and the iiihUrlul ued lu It conatructlou waa HOt',000 bricks and 122 tuna of atone, TIU hi ( amokoxhK'k I excelled by at lei i f.v i l i Hcotland. Tho Bt. Itollox .'tluiney lu fihwtow U 41.1 fM't, a'el u Tow n him I chimney In the daunt U WH feet hlh. Hut the iU'epli j. ti iH mil It e no more of climbing audi alafu tli.i i one n third of their height, though lie' vlhritiloii la niiicle greater ind more nci-Ioii at time. All chlmneyt vibrate, eM'cliilly In a gale. It 1 a condition of their aafety, but tho oaclltatkm at tho top la a aerlou matter for any oiih at work there during a high wind, and In auch condi tion the Job I poMtpouad to a calmer day. IjnunHliIre nNo xantn one of the crookedcKt clilinney In the world -a abaft at Hrook mill, Hey wood -which I nearly 200 feet blifh and more than lx feet out of plumb. It ha boon ballad with Iron' band aiK) la consid ered aafa. Bayond CrltleUm. "Why do you a I way a lnlt on play ing difficult and unuaual mnalcT" "ncan," anwered Mia Cayenne, 'It 1 very Improbable that any of my auditor will know whether I am per forming correctly or not." Washing ton Star. Don't Complain. If your cheat palna and you are un wwon't lat long A cure for ail pul monary Jlseaaea. MrM. J, Oalraa ton, Texas, write: 1 eaa't eay enough for Ballard' Hoarhound Syr up. The relief It has given me la all that tt la n ocean ary for me to say." For ele at Hart'a drug atora. Get a bottle now and that cough Buy a bottle of Ballard's Hoarhound Byrup, and you won't have any cough, able to sleep because of a cough. How Many olmi en Our Start T Moat of uw, If aaked bow many points a star should have would say Ave and cite the flag a proof, but the director of the mint has corrected this mlsap preheuHlon In atiNwerlng an Inquiry on the subject He call attention to tho fact that the tar on the great seal of tho United Btatee and on the aeal of tho prceiduut are five pointed, but that the Btars an six pointed on the seal of tho houto of representative, and, further, to the hIx pointed star on the obvorae of theialf and quarter dollar colua and the Ave pointed star on the reverse. The reverse of these coins la a copy of the great seal with tho clouds and a tar omitted. So far aa known, tho alx pointed atar comes from copying the colonial coins made after the manner" of English heraldry, which aanct!on that atar. The stars oa tho flag are copied from the Wash Injjtou coot of arm. Youth's Com panion. FOUND AT LAST. J. A. Harmon, or Liiemore, Weat Va., ays: "At lat I have found the per fect pill that never disappoints me. and for the benefit of others afflicted with torpid liver and chronic dissipa tion, will say: Take Dr. King's New Life Pills." Guaranteed aatlsfactory. at Chaa. Rogers, Druggist. There's naught o swoet as love's young drenm, And it would aweeter be. If lovere would only take A little Rocky Mountain Ten. Frank Hart MRCTi7l907. Low Water. 1. M. 1 P. M. Date. I h.m. ft. I h.m. I ft.' Friday 1 7:56 1.6 8:10 0.1 Saturday 2 8:80 1.2 8:45 0.6 SUNDAY .. ... 8 9:12 1.0 9:20 1.1 Monday ,. 4 10:00 0.8 10:06 1.7 Tuesday 6 10:56 0.810:61 2.4 Wednesday .. .. 6 ,. 18:00 0.9, Wednesday .. .. 6..; 11:46 8.0 Thursday 7 ..... .... 1:18 0:8 Friday 8 1:00 3.6 2:37 0.6 Saturday 9 2:29 4.0 3:49 0.2 SUNDAY ...10 8:62 8. 3 4:50 -0.2 Monday ..i.ll 4:6 2.9 5:40 -0.5 Tuesday 12 6:62 2.8 6:23 -0.6 Wednesday .. ..13 6:40 1.8 7:03 -0.5 Thursday 14 7:22 1.3 7:40 -0.1 Friday 15 7:59 1.0 8:12 0.4 Saturday 16 8:87 0.9 8:45 0.9 SUNDAY 17 9:18 0.9 9:20 1.6 Monday 18 10:00 1.0 9:65 2.2 Tueaday 19 10:44 1.210:81 2.8 Wednesday.. ..20 11:82 1.3 11:13 3.3 Thursday 21 12:29 1.5 Friday 22 0:08 8.8 1:82 1.6 Saturday 23 1:30 4.1 2:40 1.8 SUNDAY 24 2:53 4.0 8:40 1.1 Monday 25 4103 8.6 4:30 0.8 Tuesday 26 4:55 8.0 5:13 0.5 Wednesday .. ..27 6:87 2.3 6:62 0.4 Thursday 28 6:15 1.6 6:29 0.4 Friday 29 6:50 1.0 7:05 0,5 Saturday 80 7:30 0.4 7:43 0.7 SUNDAY 31 8:13 0.1 8:23 1.2 ANCIANTSHORTHAND System Can Be Traced to Fifth Century Before Christ USED SIGN FOR EACH WORD Xenophen Said To Have Used Abbre vlated Writing When Taking Notes Of th Leotur of 8oorats Method Ws Quite Rapid. ITaorthand U no clrwely aix.'latod with tho hurry and ruh of modern bUHliie that it i Ntiirtllug to think Of It having hfcn In uie among the ancient (Srcek itml Itoiunn. Yet there aeem to l no dmihl (lint the oration of Cicero -.''re c-m.inltted to paper with n inin !) kU!1I ami rapidity as the modern xtctri;Mphcr cun boast, JUHt how old the system of abbre viated writing I which tho ancient Greek culled tachygrnpliy It U Impos sible to any. Xciiophon I believed to bavo tiseil It In taking notes of the lec ture nt Hi crates, which would take It back to tho fifth century before Christ. ThU Is iINputed by some authorities, but there 'in1 to be no doubt nlmut It use lu the !rnt century. A writer In the Cbl'-ag'j Tribune give some In teroKtlng facts about It The development o' (loihimd wa due especially to Mnrcu TmI'Iii Tiro. Born in Latlum In 103 It. C, Tiro, who waa a slave, was brought up with Cicero, who was some yenr his Junior. Freed, be became Cicero's wrrctnry and In thl capnclty aided him greatly. In the famous trial of Catiline (03 B. C.) Uie stenographic rapidity of Tiro waa at It height. In the first century lieforo Chrlat a discourse of Cnto T'tlcensls, according to Plutarch, was taken down by ahort hand reporters. Early In tho third century Anne Domino 1 found tho terra setnclograph (stenographic character), used by the Greek orator. Flavlu Phllostratus. Orlgen of Alexandria MH."-254 A. D.J noted his sermons down in shorthand, and Socrates, the ecclesiastical his torian of the fourth century, said that part of the sermon of 8t. John Chrys ostom were preserved by the same process. The shorthand tlyit they used wa a form of writing In which each word was represented by a special sign. The letter of the alhatct, with modifica tion, connected so n to admit of great rapidity of execution, formed the element of these characters. MaullliH. who was a contemporary of Cicero. Vlrull and norace. mentions It In voree. He says: In shorthand skilled, whero little mark comprise Whole words, a ten fence In a single Ut ter Ilea And, whllo the willing hand It aid af fords. Prevent the tongue to fix th fallln word. The Ubiquitous Tin Can. -Tho ubiquitous American tin can is proving in It way a kind of universal clvlllzcr, since tt I found doing duty for a variety of purposes in almost every country on the face of the earth. In Japan tomato cana are utilized as flowerpots, in' China salmon cans are used aa soup ladles, and In tho Hima layas painted tin cans sorvo as head dresses for Idols. South sea belles use tin cons n hnnd mirrors, while Pnta gonlan chiefs wear them suspended about their necks as ornaments. The Eskimos use peach cans for bird traps, the bright flashing of tho tin on the top of a polo attracting the curiosity of the bird so that they are Induced to fly close to the hunters. A queer sort of drum was found by one explorer In tho Tlerra del Fuego Islands made out of tin cans. In Turkey oil cans are commonly used in tho place of palls to carry water, or, battered out, are employed for sheathing on huts. Tin plato ha been manufactured In Amer ica since 181)2, and tin cans have been mndo for a longer period. This Indus try Is now one of the most Important In tho world. Every month America makes enough tin cans to belt the globe if tho sides wore spread open. Zlon's Herald. "In the Neighborhood." After Eben Mason, a contractor, had put a new front on James Emmon's grocery store he suggested to WUUam Lane, whoso dry goods store stood next to it, Mat he ought to make a similar Improvement "How much will It cost?" Mr. Lane asked. "Well," Eben began judicially, "a flno plate glass, steel frame window Ml cost yon In the neighborhood of f 200." "Go ahead," aald Lane. When the job waa finished, says a contributor to the Boston Herald, Eben presented a bill for $500. Lane looked It over, hitched and hemmed several times, but said nothing. "Well," said Eben at last, "don't you think the job Is worth the price?" "Y-os." 'What's the trouble, then?" "Nothing," said Lane slowly, "only you said it would cost In the neighbor hood of $200. I was just thinking what a big neighborhood you must do your thinking In." Morning Aatorlan, 19 cent a moatfc, Turkish and Psrtian Pipes, The Turkish hookah, and tho Persian narglle are the rnoit magnificent and expensive of all pipes. The tube through which the smoke Is drawn are made of leather covered with velvet, or with gold and sliver among tiu? very wealthy, richly ornamented with pre cious stones, while the receptacle for the water I usually formed of giass handsomely cut, or engraved and gilt, or of precious metals decorated with enamels. The liquid In this bowl 1 frequently roaewatcr or other delicate ly perfumed distillation, adding con siderably to the fragrance of the smoke. The tobacco I lighted In a receptacle at the summit of the pipe, which I also formed of gold or silver and Ntudded with magnificent dia mond and other gem. Th- tu1j vary In length from five to ten yard, and the whole paraphernalia I often borne behind a nobleman on' horse back. o that by thl mean he can continue hi smoke a the Inclination takes hltu. A severe cold that may develop Into pneumonia over night, can be cared quickly by taking Foley's Honey and Tar. It will cure the meat obstinate racking cough and strengthen yonr lungs. The genuine Is In a yellow package. T. F. Laurln, Owl Drug A Question. "My wife thinks she will never find a better cook than the one we now have." "Humph! Uh-er-say, what would you call your wife, a pessimist or an optimist?! Cleveland Pre. The Wicked Clubs. Doctor (to wife whose husband Is III) la not your husband a hypochon driac? Wife Ob, doctor, be doesn't belong to any society at all! Meggen dorfer Blatter. It Is better to lose all In the search for good than to be content with the worst Van Dyke. Mind 1 the partial side of man. The heart Is everything. Illvarol. LIKE IT Tremendous Popularity of "Yeg. etable Prescription" RELIEVES CHRONIC CASES Mix It At Home No Sufferer From Kidney or Bladder Trouble Or Rheu matism Should Leave This Excellent Remedy Untried. That the readers of thia paper ap preciate advice when .given in good faith is plainly demonstrated by the fact that the one well-known local pharmacy filled the "vegetable pre scription" many time within the past two weeks. Most of these folk nat urally bought the ingredients only and mixed. them at home. The announce ment of thia simple, harmless mixture has certainly accomplished much In reducing the great many cases of kid ney complaint and rheumatism here, relieving pain and misery, espclally among the older population, who are always suffering more or less with bladder and urinary troubles, back ache and particularly rheumatism. Another well-known druggist asks us to continue the announcement of tho prescription.. It Is doing so much real good here he continues, that it would be a crime not to Jo so. It can not be repeated too often, and further states many cases of remarkable cures' wrought. The following is the prescription, of vegetable Ingredients, making a harm less, inexpensive compound, which any person can prepare by shaking well in a bottle; Fluid Extract Dandelion, one hnlf ounce; (Jompound "Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparllla, three ounces. Any first-das' drug store will sell this small amount of each ingredient the dose for adults la one teaspoonful to be taken after each meal and again at bedtime. There Is enough here to last for one week, If taken according to directions. Good results will be apparent from the first 8AVED HER SON'3 LIFE. Tha happiest mother In the town of Ava, Mo la Mrs, S, Ruppee. She writes: "One year ago my son waa down with auch serious lung trouble that our physician was unable to help him; when by our druggist' advice I began giving htm Dr. King's New Discovery, and I soon noticed Im provement I kept thl treatment up for a few weeks when he was per fectly : well. He has worked steadily since at carpenter work. Dr. King's New Discovery saved his life." Guar anteed best cough and cold cure by Chas. Rogers, Druggist 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. NOTHING 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. B. A. HIGGINS CO., MUSIC BOOKS - STATIONERY APPEARANCES 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 ery, that gives a wrong impression of the importance of your business. Let us do your printing and help you to make that ten strike. TheJ.S.DellingerCo. UIHMMIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIMIIHIIIIIIHmilMIIIU BIG REDUCTIONS Wall Paper 30 PER CENT OFF On account of Jthe large 10 maice room in our store we on er ou per cet off for the next few' days. Buy your wall paper now while it is cheap. t Eastern Painting & Commercial STEEL M ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS t In Business forJBusiness and Your Satisfaction. We make it our aim to do first class work at reasonable prices. 222 Twelfth Street. Next to the Astoria Theatre. -1 H. B. PARKER, Proprietor. B. P. PARKER, Manager. PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN. First Class In Every Respeet Free Coach to the House. Bar and Billiard Room. Good' Check Restaurant Astoria, Oregon ASTORIA, OREGON ON new spring stock comingand X Decorating Company.? Street, near ElghthT , EWART 1 ; - '-v'UltAN I I ' ' " f 'J 1 '."I 1 t Good Sample Rooms on around Floor (or Commercial Men. SUNDAY 81 1:49