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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1908)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908. HIE MORNING ASTOItlAN, ASTOltlA. OREGON. THE SANDERS MERCANTILE COMPANY'S STOCK BOUOIIT BY US AT 5Sc ON THE DOLLAR. Me Salad!0 Stock RAPIDLY MELTINO AWAY. TWO OTHER MERCHANTS WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK AND WILL BUY THOUSANDS OP DOLLARS WORTH FOR THEIR OWN STORES. THE CROWDS CROW BIGGER EACH DAY., SOME ARE COMPELLED TO WAIT FOR HOURS TO GET WAITED ON. FIVE MORE CLERKS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR ALREADY BIO FORCE OF SALES PEOPLE. low on Sale AT ess THAN MANUFACTURERS' COST This Morning at 9 o'clock We Will Put on Sale Thirty-five Boys' Wool Suits, sizes to J 4 years, worth $3.50 to $7.50, one to a customer, only ... . $1 I2hc and J 5c Fleece Back Waist Outing, not over 10 yards to a customer, a yard ............. .elyC FROM 9 TO 10 A. M. ONLY. 1 Best quality of 20c and 25c table oil cloth, not over 3 1 five yards to a customer, for only, a yard O3 C Ladies not ies' $1.50 Fine Wool Union Suits, all sizes, (foQ over two to a customer, only - - - - - -1 w C FROM 9 TO 10 A. M. ONLY. Today, as long as they last, we will sell Boys' $3.50 and $4 Overcoats for $1.50 25c Kid Baby Moccasins, a pair 7c $3.75 Axminister Rugs only... $1.98 $6.00 Extra Large Axminister Rugs $2.88 $2-25 Lovely Brussels Rugs only $.39 $1.50 Extra large cotton blankets for 70c $2.50 Extra large heavy blankets.. ,..$ ,Q Big lot of good 50c Dress Goods... m 20c Men's $1,50 Fine Wool Underwear, sale price ... 07c $2.50 and $3 finest silk finished Iambs' wool underwear $1.10 Watch the Paper for Saturday's Sale It Will Interest Every Lady in Astoria TO GET THE BEST OFFER INGS OF THE DAY BE ON HAND WHEN THE DOORS OPEN AT 9 O'CLOCK. 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Eighteen of fices in the United States. Cor. Commercial and Eleventh Sta., over Danziger store. ALLING BALLOON Fearful and Tragic Experience of , Three Aeronauts. ONE SAVED AS BY A MIRACLE V Truth For O'nee. i ih parent stood with the ;jr. - - tic exclaimed sternly, "this i ( than It does you." .i i! the resolute parent was slipper was two sizes too and he had six corns i. -Chicago News. Morning Astorian. 60 cents per month delivered by carrier. The Terrlfio Cold and the Peoullar 8tnutloni That Encompassed the Daring Voyagers at an Altitude of Ovar Five Mil The Desoant One of the most terrific eiperlences In the history of ballooning waa that of throe aenmnuta who In 1875 made an aacensiou In a large and well made balloon, the Zenith. In tula voyago the object was to reach tho greatest possible altitude. The balloon rose to a height of 23,000 feet-tlmt la, about five and a half miles from the earth. At this point something happened what, no one will ever know, since the only surviving balloonist, Tlssandler, was at the time Insensible. But tho balloon began a rapid full aud Dually struck the ground with such a fright ful shock that Slvel and Croce-Spln-nolll were killed Instantly, whtlo Tls Handler's life was spared by a miracle. The account of this voyage Is per haps best told In Tlssandler's own words: "At 23,000 feet we were standing up In the car. f!lvel, wbo had given up for a moment, was relnvlgorated. Croce-Bptnnellt waa motionless In front of me. I felt stupefied and frozen. 1 wished to put on my fur glovea. But without being conscious of it the ac tion of taking them from my pocket necessitated an effort that 1 could no longer make. I copy verbatim the fol lowing lines which were written by me, although I have no very distinct remembrance of doing so. Tbey are traced In a, hardly legible maunor by a band trembling with cold: "'My hands are frozen. I am all right We are all right. Fog In tho horizon, with llttlo rounded cirrus. We aro ascending. Croee pants. He In hales oxygeu. Slvel closes bis eyes. Croco also closes his eyes. Slvel throws out ballast.' Slvel seized bis knife and cut successively three cords, uud tho three bags emptied them selves, and we ascended rapidly. "When SI vol cut away the bags of ballast at the liolglit of about 24,000 feet I seemed to remember that be was Bitting at the bottom of tbo car and nearly In tbe same position as Croee Splnnelll. For my part, I was In the angle of tbe cur, thanks to which sup port' I was able to hold up, but I Boon f-alt too won u even to turn my head to look at my companions, tun about 130 p. m. At 2:08 p. m. I awoke for a moment and found the balloon rapidly descending. I was able to cut away u twig of ballast to check the speed uud wrote In my notebook the following nurds: "'We are descending. Temperature. 8 degrees. I throw out ballast I!a rometer. 12.4 Inches. We are descend ing. Slvel uud t'roce still In a faint ing state at the bottom of tho car IHscemtlng very rapidly.' "Hardly hnd I written these lines when a kind of trembling seized me, and I fell buck weakened again. There was a violent wind from below up ward, denoting a very rapid desceut After some uilnutee I felt myself shaken by tbe arm and recognized t'roce, who hnd revived. Throw out ballast,' he said to me. 'We ore de scending.' But I could hardly open my eyes and did not see whether SI vel was awake. I called to mind that Croee unfnxtened the aspirator, which ho then threw overboard, and be threw out ballast, rugs, etc. "At 8:30 p. m. I opened my eyes again. I felt dreadfully giddy aud op pressed, but gradually came to myself. The balloon was descending with frightful apeed ami making great oscil lations. I crept ' on my knees and pulled Slve 1 Croee by the arm, "SUvei; Ciou:' I exclaimed. 'Wake up!' My two companions were huddled up motionless lu the car, cov ered by their cloaks. 1 collected all my strength and endeavored to raise them up. Slvel's face wus black, bis eyes dull, and his month wus open and full of blood. Croee's eyes were half clos ed, and his mouth was bloody, "To relate what happened afterwurd is impossible. 1 felt n frightful wind. We were still 0.700 feet high. There remained In the car two bags of bal last, which I threw out, I was draw ing near the enrth. I looked for my knife to rut the small rope which held the anchor, but could not Uud It I was llko a niadumn and continued to call, 'Slvel, Shell' By good fortune 1 was able to put my hand upon my knife aud detach tho anchor at the right momcut "The shock on coming to tbe ground was dreadful. The balloon seemed as If it was being flattened. 1 thought It was going to rctmilu where It had fall en, but the wind was high, and It was dragged across fields. Tbe bodies of my unfortunate friends were shaken about lu the car, and 1 thought every moment they would be Jerked out At length, however. I seized the valve line, and the gas soon escaped from the balloon, which lodged against a tree. It was then 4 o'clock. On step ping out I was seized with a feverish attack aud sauk down and thought for a moment thnt 1 was going to join my friends in tbe next world, but 1 came to.IJo.unci the bodies, pt my Wends , rold anil nf inf. I fiiul tbeih put under shelter lu an adjacent barn. The de scent of tbe Zeultli took place on the plains 155 miles from Paris aa the rrow flics. The greatest height at tained In this ascent la estimated at 28,000 feet."-V. R, C. Lataon In Min neapolis Journal. With a Satirical Streak. French tact Is proverbial. A rather tiresome marquis came up yawning to tbe Prince do Llgnc of the court of Louis XVI. 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