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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1907)
TRICKS DFTHE TYPES '' ft'1.'. "'"'' r l" . : '" '., . , kicked Deeds Done by the Imp of the Perverse. AMUSING ERRORS IN PRINT. .i;;jfj Hfty'V"' ' " '' y Example of What It Liable to Happen ) Whan tha Compositor Blunder or ; Whan tha Usually Alert, and Cart t ful Proofreader Node. , , ; ' Sometimes the proofreader noda, and la this . connection the ; late - Lord Ooschen told at a public dinner a story of a reader s who worked for his (Lord 'Goschen'B) grandfather and who, In answer, to a denunciation from his em ployer, cried; V''",'l " "Let eoine other man work at cor rectness of typography. I despair. . My own thoughts often hinder roe as they seize and hold the authors otherwise than they ought to do. It Is quite pos sible that niggling about words and iayllables may often go to Jhe wall when my soul cannot tear Itself loose from some thought or picture. Errors ihave been found In sheets which I (thought I had worked backward And forward with the greatest particular ity. I read always as It should be." i It Is when a reader Is In this soulful eondltlon that the general public are permitted . to; read, as; then ld one sq a morning paper not given to humor, (that a celebrated politician, to a iepeech, described som one as "sitting tat the feet of the game bird of Blr ingham," instead of "Gamaliel" In ,the tame Journal, too, the following WtarUlng announcement ' appeared nn ,er the heading of "Births:" KICH0L80N.-On the 12th Inst, at Bu tton load. Bldcup. the eon of Alfred Nlch lalaoa, of a daughter. J la another newspaper a most pathet ilc account appeared of a doctor who idled owing to having accidentally In fected himself while injecting some iplagne Tiros into a "gnat" The mys tery was solved the next day, when an japology was printed explain ting that tie word should have been "rat" , "Come over and" try some new ioup," a lady novelist did not write; rsongs" was the word. "It Is a sickly opJ of the real article" was perhaps xcusable. It appeared In a paper aluruur the Boer war. ; These mistakes are curious enough, tint they pale Into Insignificance before come of those that never reach the printed sheet " "Cold milk, fatberr once demanded m compositor in cold type, and he was aggrieved to have to alter It to "Caed enllle fallthe!? "Brer Fox" was made 'Boer Fox" that was also during the South African war. , ; . On a hot summer's day another tired typesetter turned "The Ides of March" tato,"The Idea of Work." In a sermon a celebrated divine was made to say, "And they erected a ma rine store at' the mouth of the sepul cher." "Massive stone" were the cor lect words. 1 Abbreviations are at times the bane f the compositor, but he had no ex cuse In Betting up, in an account of a Mansion House function, that among those present were "Old Isaacs and Old ffteloar." He should have known that rAKL" was an abbreviation of "Alder man." . In the same "take" of copy the "Lord Mayor was received with , a rash" (should ; be "eclat") and was fkIlowed by the sheriffs In their "mar: parine (mazarine) gowns." "Let the gulled Judy wink" appeared In another first proof, and the proof reader wearily made it the "galled Jade wince," "Die, lusty platter!' has quite a transpontine flavor, but the "copy" aid "Die Lustige Blatter" (a German weekly paper). "Pignut of the enunciation" does not eem convincing; "figment of the Imag ination" is better. "Petticoats long on Sunday morning Is a disgrace" Is all right , when the first two words are Bead "Petticoat lane." i :" In a police court assault case the prosecutor was made to say that the erisoner had given him "twins." What the prisoner really did was to give the prosecutor a "turn" (a fright). 'The government were suffering from men tal aberration," must have been set up by a compositor of the opposition politics. The real charge was mutual admiration." , , ; ... J "De mortar ivil nice loreum" would trouble a Latin scholar. "De mortuls nil nisi bonum" is more correct "Jim Che Pieman" Is easily recognizable as the hero of a play, and "Putty Polly," the ' racehorse, would throw up her pretty head in disdain to see herself so described. 'f ,v. ....',;'' For "a pair of scandals completed the costume" read "sandals," and for "Here, Is Indeed a sundial" substitute "scandal." He lived in the 'hubbubs" . should, be "suburbs," and "Call her, Herr,' In" Is understandable .; when printed "Caller herrln." f A well known descriptive writer was startled to read in a rough first proof that he had described the fields sur rounding the Derby course as "covered with boots and shoes." He was pla nted when Informed that it had been altered to "booths and shows." , Columns could be filled with the amazing and amusing blunders of tha compositor, but here space forbids of Bore than a final "howler," which Is a Classic In the printing world. "0 tem poral O mores!"! wrote a leader writ er ai ten minutes u x iu iue uwiums. "Q Moses, indeed!" ' exclaimed the proofreader a. quarter of an hour later when he "caught and bowled" the com positor who had Improved the phrase Into "0 Tennyson! O Moses" London Emress. ' - .' ' QOEER LIZARDS. - Thaaa Have tha Power of 8pout1nf B'ood From tha Eyet. That certain' lizards have the power to emit a stream of blood from their eyes has been a tradition of the south' west from time out of mind, but many scientists have classed it with the Jew el In the toad's head and the hoop snake. Raymond Lee Dltmara, curator of reptiles in the New Xork Zoological society, made exhaustive research to ascertain what foundation in fact, It any, there is in the tradition of the blood spouting lizards. He had nearly made nip his mind that tt was purely mythical when he' came upon a star tling demonstration of Its truth. He had received a particularly fine speci men of the Mexican horned lizard and after photographing It proceeded to measure it The result he tells In his "Reptile Book." "The latter process," he says, "seem ed to greatly excite the creature. It finally threw the head slightly up ward, the neck became rigid, the eyes bulged from the, sockets, when there was a distinct; sound like that pro duced If one pressed , the tongue against the roof of the .. mouth and forced a small quantity of air forward. This rasping sound, consuming but the fraction of a second, was accompanied by a jet of blood at great pressure. 7Jt hit, the wall four feet away at the same level as that of the reptile. The duration of the flow of blood ap peared to be about one and a halt seconds, and toward Its termination the . force gradually diminished, as noted by a course of drops down tha wall and along the floor to a position almost under the spot where the rep tile had been held. . The stream of blood seemed to be as fine as hone hair and to issue from the eyelid, which was momentarily much swollen. ' "For some time after the perform ance the eyes were tightly closed, and nothing could induce the lizard to open them. Within two minutes after it was. placed on the ground the protrud lng aspect of the eyeballs and the swelling of the eyelids had disap peared.. '' ' ,V.y..i. - "Most surprising was .the amount of blood expended. The wall and floor showed a course of thickly sprinkled spots about one-eighth of an inch la diameter. There were 103 of these spots." Philadelphia North American. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. HELP WANTED. WTANTED A COOD BOY. TO DRIVE bus. Apply Northern Hotel, Eleventh and Duane streets .7 1; 10-16-4t. WANTED A GOOD GIRL ABOUT 12 or 14 years of age, will give her a good home. Address Mrs. L. Beneke, Jewell, Oregon. ; . , , , xu-ia-at. WANTED A TEACHER FOR SCHOOL district No. 11, Skamokawa, , Wab klum county, Wash. term, nine months, salary $50 pW month j don't answer this except prepared to fill position at once. " -: ":;.; v .-. 10-10-7t. WANTED A POSITION BY A YOUNG lady of experience an stenographer. Address to Astorian office. 10-0-121. SITUATION WANTED. POSITION WANTED A GIRL OF 14 wants a home in Astoria while going to school; will work for her board. Telephone Scandinavian Cannery. . 16 2t SITUATION WANTED IN WARE house, dry goods store or hardware in city where willingness to work will make up for inexperience; object not wages, but desire to gain practical experience; aged 42; married; speaks American, Finn, little Norwegian and , Swedish. Address, "A. J," 127 Seventh St. l0-7t. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. , . fi 0B 8AUWCWO LOTS IN ASTORIA and one in Warrentonj will sell cheap. Address "J Astorian office. V '., A BIG BARGAIN 100x100 FEET IN center of city on Bond street Apply to Western Realty Co. THE PAY CAR. Its-Coin Rack, Crammed With Yellow Boys, a Tempting Siflht The good old days are gone. In these heathen tltnes railroad men are paid by check. Of the pay car and Its luxu rious travels C. F. Carter writes In the American Magazine as follows: v .' "A metal coin rack crammed to the FARM FOR SALE. $2250160 ACRES; six acres cleared, good house and barn. Western Realty Co. MISCELLANEOUS. ' MISCELLANEOUS. " PROTECT YOURSELF FOR $1 PER month against accident, ilokneis and Jeath; furnishes dootort, dentistry, med icines and hospital service. Call or write, National Hospital Asn., room 3. Page block. . i 0-8-tf. HOUSE M0VER3. .AMUSEMENTS. PLEASANT HOUR , ; . OF . , ' . , ENTERTAINMENT NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Portland, Oregon, Seaooast Railway Company will be hold at the Company's office, 670 WorcesterDuildlng, In the. city of Portland and State of Oregon, it 3 o'clock, on Saturday, the 26th day of October, 1007, fot the following pur- REDRICKSON iBROS-We. make a Roseaj ' f , .,. iipeolalty: of house moving, earptntera, FIRST. To increase said Company's tractors, general jobblngt prompt at capital stock, now $500,000, to $1,100,-1 tentlon to all orders. Corner Tenth and 000, and when such inoreae of capital ; putne, Is approved by said meeting of stock holders to issue not more than 11,000 shares in all of $100 each for the flftt 100 miles of rallwey to be built and owned by it, apportioned as said meet ing of stockholders shall direct, f SECOND. To ratify, confirm and ap prove of contracts heretofore made under authority from aald Company's Board of Directors for the sale of 100 miles of this Company's first mortgage five per cent bonds, and alo of the deed of trust or mortgage securing payment of same to the holders of said bonds. THIRD. To ratify, confirm and ap prove in whole or in part of contract, or any portion , thereof made by said Board of Director! for the construction of this Company's first 100 miles of railway, commencing at the Lewis and Clarke river, and at Clatsop station Oregon; westerly therefrom and east erly to the Willamette river near to Portland, and f FOURTH. To transact and consider whatever other business may be brought before said meeting, of which notice la hereby given to stockholders of said Railway Company. ' (Signed) H. HAWGOOD, of Los An geles, California, President. William Reid, of Portland, Oregon, Sec retary of Portland Oregon Eeacoaet Railway Company, Dated at New York, September 13, 1907. FOR ' SALE STORE 22x40, AND LOT 25x125, Warrenton, Price, : $1600. Western Realty Co.,495 Commercial St FOR RENT. FOR RENT A SUITE OF FURNISH ed housekeeping rooms. 677 Exchange street. 10-ll-7t. LOST AND FOUND. LOST-aAN OPEN FACE GOLD WATCH Elgin movement. Finder return to this office and receive liberal reward. 10-16-St at Cosy charges. Corner Saloon and paying 10-15-4t. MISCELLANEOUS. T?rTTVTLTTAMnvn TiYTKET' OWNER SSS?. JSTJi canhavesame by calling on Paddy Lynch j ciiv vv wv; Of uuuatu n tui ou v vs. ( uuu on the dekeebind It a very large wooden tray, on which were long col umns of yelJow coins d'ye ever see anything so pretty in all your life? No wonder your eyes stuck out until you could have used them for hat pegs.'. ; 7'- '" ". "And all the time an exquisitely mu sical tinkle, tinkle, clink-clink' welled up from coin rack and counter In re sponse to the calls of the assistant WANTED SEVEN HUNDRED VOL- lars on good security. P. O. Box 761, Astoria, Ore. ; .. 10-17-3t. paymaster. Talk about Beethoven's symphonies! ' r - "If it werfe not for that strong wire screen you could have touched that fascinating tray. For the infinitesimal fraction of a second a wicked thought flitted through your brain. Then you almost fainted as your roving eye Btared down the barrel of a monstrous revolver. It was only In a rack, but It was within easy reach of the paymas ter's hand and most eloquent for all that Half a dozen of its fellows lay in the handiest places, while as many Winchesters lying on tables and set tees came in strong on the chorus.. "Hurriedly your vagrant wits busied themselves with all' the Sunday school lessons you had ever learned. As your subconsciousness : perceived' that the head of the road's secret service de partment stood on the platform with his eyes intent on every man in the car at once, while Conductor Llnken pln stood on the ground outside very much alert, with his coat tall bulging suggestively, your bosom swelled with pride over the watchful care the com pany had exercised to bring its honest toilers their bard earned money." Long Winded. "It takes you a pretty long while to shave yourself, doesn't It?.' . "Not so very long. I can shave my self quicker than my old barber oould.'? "I don't believe it." "It's a fact. You see, he stammers terribly."-rhiladelphia Press. Studying how to help and benefit oth ers will build up your own fortune. Baltimore American. It is what you are not looking for that gives the spice of variety to liftv Detroit News. it NOTICE ON ACCOUNT OF SICK- ness, Tong Kee, the Ninth street laun dry man, has disposed of his business to Hong Hing. All persons owing long Kee are requested to call at the laundry and settle their bills. Hong Hing will not be responsible for any debts con tracted by his predecessor. . 10-9-5t. REPRESENTATIVES IN EVERY Lo cality, to sell our teas, coffees, baking powder,' etc, direct . to the consumer; good pay to right party; wagon equip ment and splendid inducement, as aids to secure business, furnished free of charge; no graft; investigation solicited. Address, stating experience and refer- . m tin t-tt . ence. Grand union xea jo., o vvasn- intrton street. Portland, Oregon. 10-15-2 o - ASSESSOR'S NOTICE -EQUALIZA-Uon of 1907 Assessment. To the Tax- VAUDEVILLE AT THE LOUVRE And Vaudeville that really Amuses and Interests you. Weekly Changes of Pro gram and Each Change an Improvement SPECIALTIES THIS WEEK LITTLB MISS FRISCO v Song and Dsnee Artist THELMA BECKS ' " Balladlst ' ALMA PIESCB Swedish Nightingale PRINCESS 0 ME ANA The World's Wonder Don't Fall to ADMISSION FREI VIC LINDBECK, Prep. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. RESTAURANTS. TOKIO RESTAURANT. 831 Bond Street. ' Opposite Ro, Jllgglns & Co. Coffee with Pie or Cake so Cts. FIRST-CLASS MEALS. Regular Meals is Cts. and Up. U. S. RESTAURANT. ; 434 Bond Street., Coffee with Pie or Cake 10 Cts, ' First Class Meals ij Cents. OPEN DAY AND NIOHT. ASTORIA RESTAURANT MANO HINO, Prop. ' U'hone 1081 Main. OIW Ilond St. The Finest sjc. Meal Served in Astoria, -Game in Season, Your Patronage Solicited. .Courteous Treatment to All. PROFESSIONAL CARD. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW r--iJiaiiir'iiiiJiT-in n m s - - JOHN C McCUE, , . , , Attorney-At-Law. Deputy District Attorney. Page Building, Suite 4 HOWARD M. fclOWNEU, Attorney-At-Law. Office with Mr, J. A. laUa, at Ne. 4S0 Commercial St, Astoria. DRUGGIST. Colombia Drug Co. ' Dr. Charles C. C. Rosenberg (Successors to Dr. Linton's Drag Co.) Drugs, Medicines ! ; : Toiiet Articles. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. payere of Clatsop County, Oregon: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Equalization for Clatsop County, Oregon, will convene at the Clerk's office (at the court house, In Astoria, on the list day of October, 1907, the same being the third Monday in said month and the time fixed by law for the meeting of said Board of Equalization, which will continue its sessions from day to day, exclusive of Sundays and. legal holidays. until the examination and correction and equalization of the assessment rolls, m ! . - l.1t l. .-n.nl.J. ..hint. ' ' , -t , -a jr - u """iDr. Rosenburg will a... nAa will ahn . inn. in .huam vnr i w one month from said date, unless the labors thereof are sooner completed. Petitions or applications for the re duction of a particular assessment shall be made in writing, verified by the oath of the applicant or his attorney and filed -with the Board during the first week it is by law required to be in ses sion, and any petition or application not 10 made, verified, and filed shall not be considered or acted upon by the Board. T. S. CORNELIUS, Assessor for Clatsop County, Oregon. , 'V 10-6-tf. PROPOSALS. NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL WAR- , Mints Notice is hereby given, that School "District No. 1, of Clatsop county, Oregon, will receive sealed bids from the bona fide ' residents 01 saia scnooi ais- trict, at the office of the Clerk of said district ,in the City Hall, at Astoria, Oregon, until 12:00 o'clock (noon) of Monday, the 21st day of October, 1907, for the purchase of nineteen tnousand dollars, par value, of interest-bearing warrants of said distwet, bearing in terest at five (5) per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, which .warrants will be dated November 1st, 1907, and will be payable as follows: ' $3000.00 in one year, $4000.00 in two years, $4000.00 in three years, $4000.00 in four years, and $4000.00 in five years. Said bids may be for warrants in amounts from fifty ($50.00) dollars to nineteen thou sand ($19,000.00) dollars, and must state the terms on which the warrants will be taken, whether at a premium, at par, or at a discount. Each person will be entitled to but one bid, and all bids must be addressed to "A. L. Clark, Clerk of School District No. 1," Astoria, Ore gon, and must be endorsed "Proposal for school district warrants,". All bids will be opened at the office of said clerk, on said 21st day of October, at 2 :00 o'clock p. m., ' : Dated. October 10, 1907, at Astoria, , Oregon. , . . 1 - . . A. JU UUAK1V, Clerk of School District No. 1, Clatsop rniintv. Oregon. ., , 10-lM0t. ' - ; d LAUNDRIES, THOSE PLEATED BOSOM SHIRTS The kind known by ihessy men la the summer, are difficult articles to launder nicely. Unless you : know just how to do It,' the front pleata won't Iron down smooth, and the shirt front will look mussy. Our New Press Ironer Irons them without rolling or stretching. Try it. Troy Laundry, Tenth and Duane. Phone Jkfaln 1991. B7 Morning Astorian, M tti far month, delivered by carrier. it . . . JT. .T;i give coniultations and examination free. is Eleventh Street : Telephone Main 1171, " Astoria, Ore. UNDERTAKERS. w U n 1 w a trt au. a. O, At UlbUAUUU Oi. VV., Undertakers and Embaliuers- Experienced Lady Assistant When Desired. ; r.rr ' CallH Promptly Attended Day , or Nlglit. , Patton Bdg. 12th and DuoaeSts ASTOKIA, ORE.OON Phone Main 211 J WINES, LIQURS AND CIGARS. Eagle Concert Hall ' , (320 Astor St.) - Rooms for rent by the day, week, or month. Best rates in town. - P. A. PETERSON, Prop, HOTELS TAKE YOUR CHOICE. SMALL RANCH, 45 ACRES, 20 CLEAR- ed; small house and barn 7 good milch cows, sell 10 gallons daily $ 2 good farm horses,:; 30 j sheep, 75 . chickens? plenty good wood and water) 10 miles from city, 21 miles from RR. depot; for cash or half down; easy ternis for bal ance; best bargain in this county. CHOICE LOTS FOR BUIIDfNGS. 12( HOUSES AND ' LOTS, VALUES from $4000 to $1000, or even less; afl on easy terms. NORTHERN HOTEL MRS.' J. COLLINS, Prop.' Steam Heat, Baths, Nw and Modern. Running water in every room. ' Rooms 76c, $1.00, $U0. . Suites V the week. $5 ' Eleventh and Duane Streets. ASTORIA, ORE Phone Main 3911 hotel Portland Finest Hotel in the Northwest . .... PORTLAND, ORE. TIMBER CLAIMS. TID k LANDS. " BALANCE , LIST CALL ' over. ' ' ... . AND LOOK O. F. MORTON. 430 COMMERCIAL. , ' :,,.v JAPANESE GOODS.. ; INEXPENSIVE JAPANESE FIXINGS, MADE OF BAM : BOO, LIGHT, STRONG, r HAND- MADE, TABLES, STANDS, CHAIRS, '' WHAT ?N0TSr BOOKCASES, SHELV- ING, ETC. ' l'V - - Yokohama Bazaar Nl25 Commercial St., Astoria.' w STENOGRAPHERS.' LENORA E. BEN0IT, Public' Stenographer, Telephone 3031 . 395 Commercial St, Dictation called for. DENTISTS. Dr. VAUGHAN, DENTIST ' Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon, DR. W. C LOGAN DENTIST Commercial St. Shanahan Balldln OSTEOPATHS. wsaWai : DR. RH0DA C HICKS OSTEOPATH Offlca afanseu Bid. rnone Black lell 171 Commercial SC. Astoria. Ore. MEDICAL. Unprecedented Suoceises of D. I U TEE GREAT CHINESE D0CT0S Who la known tbrousbont the United j States on account of jihla wonderful niree. No polsona or drugs used. He guaran tees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung and throat trouble, rheumatism, nervousness, stomach, liver and kidney, female com plaint and all chronic diseases. SUCCESSFUL HOME TREATMENT. If you cannot call write for symptom blank and circular, inclosing 4 cents in stamps. ' THE C. GEE WO MEDICINE, CO. 102 First St., Corner Morrison, Portland, Oregon. Please mention the Astorian. v TRANSPORTATION. rnitKnuini, rnaiUMT. The KM Une :SLkM 1 iriitDi'iNM1 if1 v- n-y Hi i ,, 1 JZr I- M rVfitfWMB- Kr 4 'SjA"VinT ),m 1 -i - 1 n 1 .'. ii.ittnT1' Steamer - Lurline Night Doat'for Portland and . Way Landings. Leaves Astoria daily except Sunday at Leaves Portland Daily except Sunday as 7 a. m. Quick Service Excellent Meals' ; , , Good Berths, .:;..!. Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf. Landing Portland Foot Taylor St -.'lism -fir:! ' 0. B.' BLESSING, Agent Phone Main 7Ji. ; sK;; ', Steanien:::?:',r,lt?';T TEtEGRAPH The only Steamboat maklm eiceptTnunHlay between Portland am a ronnd trip DAILY d Astoria and atv nnlnadl NO WAY POINTS ON SUNDAY f "Portland Laodlnii, Alder Btreet Dock Astoria UodlDg, Oallender Dock ImrtToftimA T:00 a, m.( arrive Astorla,l:89 p. m, Leave Astoria 2:30 p. m.: arrive Portland V ; SUNDAY EXCURSIONS Leave Portland B a. m.t arrive Astoria 1 p.m. Leave Astoria S p. m., arrive Portland 9 p. m. REALESTATEWANTED. WANTED TO BUY HOUSE AND LOT in Astoria. Address "H I.,! core At Wrlaa office; Give full particulars. ;