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. r THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER is, 1007. THE KORNIKG ASTORIAN litabUebet ilr abllenea Dily Ixctft Mondsy by fla, J. 8. BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. j mall, per ysar IT.00 jr carrier, p montt -0 WESXXT ASTORIA!. Ht mall, per yw, In advance. .il.W Entered u twond-elaM JJ under Uie sot ot Centre., ot Mrob I. ..sr. of mmn omj be md by porta card or tbrouiH MntHOM. itf lrrgulrity ! o" Uwt tbould be tmaedittelT reported to Uw offloaotjnbUeattoa, TELEPHONE MAW Ml. OffleUd wiper of CUUop county end the City of Aitoria. WEATHER. TTestera Oregon Cloudy with occa sional rain. BEAUTY, IRISH OB AMERICAN. men tie United States Government commissioned the late Augustus St. Gaudens, the famous artist, to select, and furnish an etching of the profile that is to adorn the new gold coins of the nation, he was given carte blanche in the matter; and acting solely as an artist, searched for, and found, an ideal face for the purpose. It was the ex quisite profile of a radiant Irish beauty, a Miss Cunningham, of Vermont, a waitress, but possessed of a perfect face. His recommendation was evidently ap preciated and accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cortelyou, without reference to Mis Cunningham's nation ality, and the dies were ordered cut. Xow, the Independent Order of Amer jeans, of Pennsylvania, in state conven tion, protest against the use of this ideal istic face on the current coin - of the realm, for the reason that Miss Cun ningham, unluckily, in this case, was bora in Ireland; the claim being that there are thousands of native born girls of a type to fill the bill and that it is necessary and proper that the beautv adornin? our money should be typical of the native woman in all her elory. This is a loyal stand to take, and a safe presumption to enter' tain by the unartistie masses, but not so easily confirmed when the real article is sought among the countless types of which the lovely American is composed. Exquisite as our women are, there is but a meagre percentage of their vast number that supply all the artistic ele ments requisite in such a quest, and it is due to the fact that St. Gaudens, as a profound artist in such, devoted to the exact fulfilment of this high com mission, adopted the face that met the peculiar essentials of the work and never gave a thought to the sentiment involv ed, that this splendid type of a splendid beauty, was chosen. There is infinite comfort in the whole transaction for Miss Cunningham, how ever, and that is, that though born in Ireland, though a loyal, American-bred girl, thought repudiated at last in de ference to the protest from Pennsyl vania, and elsewhere, she has received the highest compliment that can be paid to her perfect beauty, the open confir Batkm of one of the greatest artists of hie time, as to the rarity, the purity, tha ideality of her classic lineaments; this eu never be taken from her, and stamps her at once and for all time as possessing the attribute to which the very universe bows in grateful recogni tion. ' It is not known yet what the treasury department people are going to do about the protest, noi would not be very sur prising if Mr. Cortelyou should ignore it, out of sheer adherence to the canons of art, the prime principle in the pro duction of such an expression of that art as a national gold coin, which, in many instances is destined to live through the un-numbered centuries, as a sign to the unborn generations that we knew what we were about when we set np our standards of female beauty. ANOTHER VICW OF THE OregonTrust&SavingsBank FAILURE Ou account of one nienlber of the National Shoe & Clothing Coropauy en dorsing heavily for parties owing the Oregon Trust A Savings Bank he has of necessity disposed of his shares of stock in the National System of Stores for spot cash to meet his obligation and save publicity. To meet this immediate demand for ready money The National Shoe 4 Clothing Company of Astoria will hold a ten-days' Forced Sale during which phenomenal and un precedented bargain inducements will be offered the men, women and children of this city. This sale will be an eye-opener to , the money-saving people of Astoria for The National must have the money at once aud no effort will be apared to induce the purchasing public of this section to help them out in this money-raising forced sale. to the accomplishment of the remark-! ' MEXICAN OFFICIALS INSPECT. able innings of the inventive faculty ;j the stories told are brimming over withj IMPERIAL, Cal., Sept. 24. Senor An succinct data as to the history of the.,irC4 AUiasore. assistant secretary of the man who made the discovery, the nature I interior of Mexico and Senor de Puga. of the appliance, its relative value to-meu,ber of the Mexican boundary corn commerce and the people,, with the in- ( mission, escorted by H. T. Corey, gen variable promise that' in a few months,- era manager of the California Develop- INVENTIVE GENIUS, AND MONEY. Every once in a while the press of the country heralds the wonderful achieve ment of some genius, in elemental, or mechanical direction, and presents an alluring program of an abated cost of living in some particular line, but we rarely see the perfected device or realize the benefit of it. There is no doubt as or a rear at most, it will be in full op erstioji to tha sure defeat of souid gigantic and long-borne monopoly. ' The latest that we have seen is the marvelous attainment of one Patrick Delaney, a master-telegrapher, who has invented a mechanical process for the sending of an interminable lot of mes sages on one wire at one time, to the incomprehensible cheapening of telegra phic service and almost putting the art of despatching into the hands . of the layman himself, who, it is said, will be able to send his messages with the same celerity he does, his mail; in fact, the new system of correspondence has been given the name of "telepost" to signify its relation, as to simplicity, to the postal function. , These things make good reading to the millions utterly tired of the exactions of the vested corporate systems that "hog" the last cent the dumb public will stand for the service, in every conceivable line; but they so seldom materialize, and so certainly fade away never to be heard of again, that the popular faith in the discovery and discoverer is shat tered, and the stories of the day in this line are read as were the fairy tales of our childhood, and scarcely with the sincere faith the child awards the pretty illusion, for we have learned to read with all the reservations that crucial disap pointment, repeated a thousand-fold, has forged into habit It is the same old story of the play of money against the brains and comfort and pocket of the masses; the wearisome history of monopolistic greed that denies the gift of development and surcease of extravant cost, because the new device will dispose of the clumsy paraphernalia of today, and add expense for its adop tion, at the same time lowering the rate of profit so long exacted; therefore, it is bought up and "smothered" and in definitely. This will be the fate of the Delaney device; it will not live an hour longer than the Western Union, the Postal Telegraph, and all the subsidiary concerns, can formulate a plan for its purchase and submergence. The tale is an old one and will lose none of its effectiveness by being told again. meut Company, J. h. Camllo of the Southern Pacific construction' depart ment, Senor Andrade of the Mexican Company; Messrs. Chandler and Ander son of the California A Mexico Land & Cattle Company, and C. E. Tait, repre senting the irrigation bureau of the agri cultural department, have been at Calexieo and across Jhe line in Mexico, inspecting the irrigation system and dis cussing its neds, and at 1 o'clock today they went to the heading. These representatives of the Mexican i government have been to the irrigation eongrss, and on their return Senor Al dasore was anxious to inspect this sys tern, in which he, as a representative of his government, Ms great interest JAP POACHERS ARE FREED. Sealers Convicted at Valdes Pay Their Fines and Sail Away. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-The De partment of Justice announced today that most of the Japanese seal poachers who were recently convicted at Valdez, Alaska, have paid their fines and were today sent to Unalaska, where they were allowed to sail on their schooner the Nitto. Three members of the crew of the-Kaiwo, another poaching vessel, are still in jail. Ten of the Japanese who were in small boats sealing within the American three-mile limit were con victed. , They were sentenced to fines ranging from $500, for the captain of the Nitto, to 1200. AUTO TSAGE TO COOS BAY. EDITORIAL 8 A LAO. acs6 Sir Thomas Upton has his choice of rules, but the people know who wins as a rule. 9 The society fad "The White Elephant Party" ought to be a great success just now especially if Wall street is called upon to contribute to the menagerie. The rcilroads are combining to re lieve themselves of the tramp evil. W should think any good working arrange ment would answer. That movement for an eight-hour day for wives has been laid on the tame until after fall house-cleaning and dust ing of the table. i Mr. Carnegie complains that his taxes are too high. There are plenty wno would like to have as much reason ior paying them. . e The anouncement comes from Lovetts- ville, Va., of the marriage of Miss Dr. Cost. Evidently a social event 01 some account. Mr. Bryan's silence on the Southern race question is not only eloquent but entitled to a unanimous vote of thanks. The cost of living is never so annoy ingly high as for the first few weeks aftr a summer vacation. EUGENE, Sept. 24. Thos Wolfe, of Florence, left here this afternoon for Portland to purchase an automobile for an autostage line which he and his as sociates, D. M. K.emp and Warren An drews, will establish between Florence and Coos Bay. If it is proven that the venture is a success they will purchase a second auto for tlie route. The dist ance bctwfen Florence and Coos Bay is 40 miles and the run can be made be tween the two places in an hour, but it is not probable that an attempt will be made to make such fast time. The autos will make the run up and down the beach, which is the finest road in the country, the wet sand making it just right for automobiles. This is an enterprise which will no doubt succeed, and will be the means of quicker transportation between the Willamette valley and Coos Bay, and persons who desire to reach that section of the state can take the stage at Eugene, and reaching Florence the next morning can reach the bay at noon. The auto will be brought up from Portland by Mr. Wolfe, end will arrive in about three days. It will have , a carrying capacity of seven passengers. TO SOLVE BRIDGE DISASTER. OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 24. The Do minion commission that is investigating the Quebec bridge disaster is to goto New York city, it is said, to examine Theodore Cooper, the engineer. The body of Harry Briggs of New York, one of the victims of the collapsed bridge, has just been found in a fishery IS miles below the bridge. Work For Educated, Women. By JAMES IkRYCB. BrltUh Ambassador to the United testes. I CAN remember a timo when those of vis who were founding colleges for women wore 'obliged to defend their claim to receive a university education at all. In those day peoplo asked what womeu wanted with a higher teaching in lan guages or science. It would, so they argued, turn a young woman into what was theu termed a bluoatoeking. Learning would mako her vain of her acquirement. Pedantic alid disputatious, SHE WOULD FRIGHTEN THE YOUNG MEN AWAY FROM HER. She would rqfuso to marry any one less learned than herself or, if she did marry, she would neglect her domestio duties and refuse to sew buttons on her husband's shirt. Well, none of these things happened. ' ! THE WOMEN WHO HAVE RECEIVED A UNIVtMITY 1DUCA. TION DON'T DISPLAY THEIR ATTAINMENTS. THEIR HUSBANDS ARE A3 WELL CARED FOR AS ANY OTHER HUSBANDS AND HAVE THE BENEFIT OF NO LESS INTELLIGENT ADVICE. There are TWO FIELDS OF WORK which tho average edu cated citizen of the male sex does not find timo to enter, but into which women have more thno to enter. One is tho cultivation of THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND A FINE TASTE IN LIT ERATURE, the habit of reading that which is not ephemeral, the habit of study, the acquisition of a critical faculty which disooTers and enjoys what is of permaneut literary value. The other field includes tho study of economics and social phe-. nomona,' how to mitigaW the contrasts of wealth and poverty, how to adjust more fairly tho burden of taxation, how to deal with intemper ance, with unhealthy dwellings, with discharged criminals, with va grants, with neglected children, HOW IN VARIOUS WAYS TO; HELP THOSE WHO NEED HELP. Rimra Dvupepsia Tablets do the work. Stomach trouble, dyspepsia, indigestion, bloating, etc, yield quickly. Two day's treatment free. Ask your druggist for a free trial. Sold by Frank Hart's Drugstore. NAVY GETS1 ONLY ONE BID. WASHINGTON- Sept. 24.-As the re- nilt of two attempts to let the contract for dredging for the new 12,000,000 naval training station at Chicago, only one bid has been received by the Xavy De partmcnt. That was submitted by. the Edwards Dredging Company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and was opened to day. The proposal was 81 cents per cubic yard. Bad Tetter For. Thirty Years. I have suffered with tetter for thirty years and have tried almost counties! remedies with little, if any, isllef. Three boxes ot Chamberlain's Salve cured ms. It was a torture. It breaks out a little sometimes, but nothing to what it used in AnT). It. Breach. Midland Cltv. Ala. Chamberlain' Salve is for sale by Frank Hart and leading urugiiis. General Robert E. Lee. was the greatest General the world had ever known. Ballard's Snow Liniment is the greatest Liniment Quickly cures all pains. It is within the reach of alL T. H. Pointer, Hempstead, Texas writes : "This is to certify that Ballard's Snow Liniment has been used in my house hold for years and has been found to be en excellent Liniment for Rheumatic pains. I am never without it. Sold by Frank Hart, Drugstore. jawsire'-tai((a)MMjasj r0 spices, (j mam powder, Fi;cn:;;GEXTnACT$; Ataoiuhftfty. flrusl Flavor, Qtittf$hrtnlh.foo5orvkfrtoJ CLQSSET6DEVEBS f PORTLAND OftEOON. C Oliver typewriters stenographers at A. Commercial street. and automatic R Cyrus, sit in .... ..a Be Cheerful Worry and gloomy thoughts wcr cn the nerves and injure tho ditfentiim. When you frcl blue, try to look on the mH side of thiiiiis, cultivate health-thought nnd eorrect the sys tem by taking Soideverywhcre. Inboxeil0csnd2lic No Students, No Cocaine No Gas. MR 1 11 We will forfeit $1000 to any ohsr itabte institution for any Dsntial who can compete with us In erowa and bridge work, or teeth without plates. Pay no fancy fees until you nave con sulted us. Our continued success In our many offices Is dus to the uni form hlgn-grads work done by yssrs of experienced operators. The prices quoted below are absolutely the bet opportunity to get your money's worth which has evsr been offered. Wo use nothing but the best ma terials. Prices Until Sept. 30th Best Silver Fillings S Platinum Fillings I" Gold ft Platinum Alloy Fillings. I i.ss Gold rulings Iio to IS-oo S. 8. White layon Crowa Ioo Gold Crowns, best sak sxtra hesTy 'fr00 Brfdgewotk, per tooth, best work..l$ Best Rubber Plate, S. a white teeth . , loo Aluminum-lined Plate Iio to lis A binding guarantee given with all work for 10 years. VEGETABLE VAPOR Used only by us for Painless Extrsc- tion of teeth, 50c Seed What Mrs. Jessis Level Says. I had 13 teeth extracted by the use of Vegetable Vapor, absolutely pam 1pm the mint pleating effect and highly recommend the method. Yours truly. jmS. JESSIE LEVEL. . Lafayette, Oregon. NERVOUS PEOPLE. 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If you live you will receive the money yourself, and if not, your loved ones will be benefited. Have you seen Eftc Equitable Life's Standard Policy? )' - ' ' ' Consultation an Office Treatment Free. I 495 Commercial vStreet, Astoria, Oregon T Ji