THE MORNING ASTOltlAN. ASTORIA, OREGON,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1908.
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ST. VALENTINE.
As Santa Claus stands the patron
saint of the children, so stands St
Valentine for the youngsters of larg
er growth, yet in the bloom and blush
of youth; and fastival that engages
these heirs of ours ,in an open expres
vsion of their joy, that brings them
'distinctive pleasure, is to be cherished
and made the most of. There is
nothing too good for the young; they
are entitled to the fulness of happi
ness in the years when all the world
is sweet and clean and before they
have taken over the wearing and
warring experiences that are wrought
of the cares and hazards of life.
A happy youth fortifies against the
sterner things that follow and makes
for kindlier and gentler views, and
reviews; the cheer and light and!
wholesome joy of our younger days
have their play and influence at re
moter seasons when they are needed
and most welcome. Laughter and
smiles and all the rapturous elements
that go to garnish the life of the
young are just so much tribute to
the peace and beauty of old age, and
it were well that none of these shall
be abridged in the hours of childhood
and youth. The memory of early de
lights, simple and pure and unalloyed,
lives longest, marks deepest and
serves best, for all mankind.
MORE HOMES NEEDED.
Astoria is peculiarly a city of homes
and homes that are occupied by their
owners. The tenant-element here has
to make the most of the old and worn
out homes (that have been abandon
ed for newer ones), and of the flats
and suites and second-story utilities
from which all "homey" elements
are excluded. What is needed in As
toria is a line of four, five and six
room cottages (or even larger ones)
that are separate and give one a
chance to live without someone etern
ally at the elbow. There is a de
mand for this kind, of service and
any number of lots, vacant and un
profitable, waiting for such an enter
prise; and that the city is notorious
for the old and ramshackle tenements
that disfigure it, is another reason for
the substitution of the better class
buildings. People are not going to
put up with these "discards" always,
and their perpetuation is a menace to
the up-building of the city.
THE TRUTH SINKING IN.
Day by day the people of America
are being told a series of home
truths about the conditions of the
country, that are sinking into the
inner consciousness of the masses
and awakening a sense of interest and
solicitude that means much for re
demption later on. These tales come
from men who are in the high places
of the nation and bear the weight
and stamp of authority that admits of
no gainsaying. The President, Secre
tary Taft, Secretary Garfield, and
other notables, all clean, knowledg-
able, trusted servants of the people,
are responsible for the unfoldments,
and those who, hear and read and
think are beginning to realize the
extremity to which ' the commercial,
political and industrial evils of the
day have gone.
It is time the nation was awaken
ed; it has been perilously blind and
indifferent to the ravages and ruin
that are impending; it would not be-.
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
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MONEY TO LOAN ON
GOOD SECURITY
lieve until conviction became impera
tive for salvation; it went its happy,
prosperous, busy way, until the signs
and warnings became so thicK antl
pertinent, it had to halt and note the
trend of danger it was following.
We are convinced there shoum be
no let-up on the reveltions that are
to make the people wise to their own
laches and their own jeopardy. Such
lessons are essential to the purg
ing of the public mind of its inertia
and worse, and can but contribute im
menselv to the clearing away of the
false and vicious standards and to the
accentuating of the lines that must be
adhered to in the campaign of re
demption.
THE CHATAUQUA.
We shall be infinitely glad to see
the Chatauqua grounds located in
this neighborhood, and everybody is
hoping no impediment may be raised
to deter nor baffle the acquisition. It
is an advantageous element to-have
at hand, in any community; aside
from the fact that it brings in thou
sands of people, season after season,
to the certain profit of local com
merce in all lines.
The moral influence of the associa
tion is of the highest type and re
flects to the credit of any community
engaging it; and it is always a
source of interest and entertainment
Anyway one looks at such an attain
ment, it is of pronounced value. Re
course should be had to all possible
agencies to make the winning of it
here, or hereabouts and to its main
tenance ever afterward.
A 12,000-MILE CUT-OFF.
A little 700-ton steamer out of De
troit, and bound for San Francisco,
via Cape Horn, is now at New York,
fitting out for the long-leg of the voy
age. She is headed for a port that is
distant from her point of departure,
2000 miles as the "crow flies," but she
will travel 17,000, before she casts
her mooring lines on the docks at
San Francisco.
If the Panama canal were finished
and in working order, she would save
12,000 miles of that huge traverse.
This is another object lesson in
which the potentialities of that mag
nificent project are emphasized and
which indicate the enormous savings
of distances, jeopardy and cost that
will accrue with its completion.
One of the wisest things President
Roosevelt ever did was to take the
management of that great enterprise
cut of the hands of men easily subsi
dized by the antagonistic transporta
tion concerns, and put it in the hands
of the brainy, order-obeying, and
equally competent officers of the
United States army.
MID-AIR RACE.
Rival Gangs of Workmen on Bridge
Building Working for Prize Money
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-A mid-air
race for a cash prize of $3000 is now
in progress in New York. The con
testants are rival gangs of men at
work on what is known as Blackwells
Island bridge which . is to connect
New York with Long Island City.
The bridge is on the cantilever style
with one pier on Blackwells Island,
The company constructing the bridge
has offered the prize to the workmen
who first' connect with the Blackwells
Island pier. One gang is working
from the New York side, the other
from the Long Island side. The first
gang to couple onto the middle struc
ture will receive the prize. As there
are about ISO men in each gang the
cash prize to each member of the
gang first reaching the island pier
with the far reaching iron beams
which are slowly creeping out over
the two channels of the east river
will be about $20. .
WESTERN PACIFIC ASKS BID,
ARTILLERY CURIOSITIES.
Otd Tim Cannon That Were Made ef
Leather, Wood and Rook.
Among the curiosities ot artillery
odd lnveutlons bavo great place.
Canuou have been made ot the most
unlikely materials. Leather was used
as early as Henry VIII.'s day at tht
siege ot Boulogne.. The very articles
were stored In the tower once, and
Evelyn saw them there, Inscribed
"Non Marti opus est cut non deficit
Mercurlua." Are they still lying lu
some corner ot a forgotten lumber
room? The Scotch employed leather
guns In 1M0 to barter Lord Conway's
fortifications at Newbourne, and they
did the work well Describing the fe
verish alarm In Paris In 1703, Carlyle
says: "One cltlsen has wrought out the
scheme of a wooden cannon, which
Francs shall exclusively profit by In
the first Instance. It Is to be made ot
staves by the coopers, ot almost bound
less - caliber, but uncertain as to
strength."
Two small pieces brought to France
by the Siamese ambassadors as pres
ents from their king to Louis XIV.
were the only artillery procurable for
the atack on the Bastille of eccentric
model no doubt, adorned with dragons
and golden Inscriptions, but efficient
workmanship. We read of gold cannon
In India. There were two so de
scribed at Baroda In Burton's time,
"to which regular adoration was ot
tered." In fact, the tubes were of
steel, but the massive gold casing cost
20.000.
For the defense of Malta In the old
days the knights "Invented a kind of
ordnance of their own, unknown to all
the world beside," says Brydone, an
eyewitness. They followed out the nat
ural rock here and there In such fash-
Ion that the cavity was like mortar,
put a barrel of gunpowder into the
hole, plugged It with a wooden disk
exactly fitting and heaped miscellane
ous projectiles thereupon. About fifty
of these singular cannon defended
creeks and landing places. Some ot
them were six feet In diameter and
threw 10,000 pounds welxbt of Iron or
stone Thro ' the "air. Doubtless if an
went well they would do tremendous
execution upon an enemy trying to
disembark.
But there are eccentricities still mure
curious on record. In a tomb on the
Island of Chlnal, near Usumaclnta,
Mexico, was found a cannon four feet
eleven inches long of terra cotta, with
terra cotta bullets. It is suggested
that when Cortes retired after , bis
great flight at Ceutla, Tabasco, the na
tives copied the Spanish guns in clay,
hoping to produce the same results.-
DONT EXPERIMENT,
You Will Make no Mistake if You
Follow This Astoria Citizen's
Advice.
SIMPLE HOME MADE
MIXTURE
WHICH ANYONE CAN PREPARE
-RELIEVES i RHEUMATISM
PROMPTLY BY FORCINQ THE
KIDNEYS TO FILTER THE
URIC ACID.
To make up enough ot the "Dan
delion treatment," which it claimed
to be relieving nearly every sufferer
who uses it for backache, kidney com
plaint, tore, weak bladder and rheu
matism; get from any good prescrip
tion pharmacy one-half ounce Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one ounce Com
pound Kargon and three ounces Com.
pound Syrup of Sarsaparilla. Shake
well in a bottle and take in teaspoon
ful doses after each meal and again
at bedtime.
Those who have tried it claim that
it acts gently but thoroughly on the
kidneys, relieving backache and blad
der trouble and urinary difficulties
almost instantly. Many cases of
rheumatism are known to have been
relieved within a few days, the pain
and swelling diminishing with each
dose. 1 ' "
A well-known local druggist, who
is in a position to know, asserts that
this prescription, wherever it becomes
known, always ruins the sale of the
numerous patent medicine rheuma
tism cures, kidney cures, etc. It is a
recipe which the majority of patent
medicine manufacturers, and even
certain physicians dislike to see pub
lished. Few cases, indeed, which will
fail to fully yield to its peculiarly
soothing and healing influence.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
FAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any ease of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding riles lu 6 to
14 days or money refunded. 50c
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-The
Western Pacific Railroad officials
have received 12 bids for the con
struction of one large modern ferry
floats. Several more bids are expect
flotas. Several more bids are expect
ed. Most of the bidders live in this city
and the others in Seattle and Port
land. The contract will be awarded
the first week in March.
Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain in the back, uri
nary disorders, dizziness and nerv
ousness, it's time to act and no time
to experiment ' These are all symp
toms of kidney trouble, and you
should seek a remedy which is
known to cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use. No need to experiment It
has cured many stubborn cases in
Astoria. Follow the advice of an
Astoria citizen and be cured yourself.
Wm. Joyce, 412 Duane street, As
toria, Oregon, says: "At the time I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, I
was enduring a great deal of suffering
from my kidneys. The secretions
from these organs were so profuse
as to give me a great deal of annoy
ance. As a result of not getting my
proper rest at night, I would rise in
the morning feeling more tired and
weak than when I went to bed and
during the day felt languid. The
slightest exertion caused severe pains
through my back and hips. I tried
liniments and plasters but did not
receive any relief. I then resorted to
other remedies but still the results
were unsatisfactory. At last my at
tention was drawn to Doan's Kidney
Pills. I decided to give them a trial
and procured a box at Chas. Rogers
and Son drug store. They helped me
so much that I procured a further
supply, used them and was entirely
cured. I am now in unusually good
health and do not hesitate to attri
bute same to the use of Doan's Kid
ney Pills." , ,
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
SUICIDE FOR LOVE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. -Bernard
Myers shot himself yesterday. lie
was taken to St. Luke's hospital and
physicians said he could not recover.
From a picture of a young woman
and a note written on January 30.
The police are inclined to believe
that a love affair may have caused
Myers to attempt suicide. He came
here from San Francisco and was an
office attendant at St. Lukes for a
time some months sgo. The authori
ties there do not know his San Fran
cisco relatives' address.
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Barbour and Flnlayson Salmon Twins and Netting
McCormlck Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Ploughs
Malthold Roofing 1
. Thorples Cream Separators
Raecolith Flooring j. Storrett's Tools
Hardware, Groceries, Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass
Goods, Faints, Oils and Glass
Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twins and Seine Wsb
Wo Want Your Trade
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BOND STREET
I Wc have the largest stock of Valentines
; that ever came to Astoria;".""35
Comics, Drops, Valentine Post Cards and
a large ana assorted stock ot rancy
k and Pretty Valentines.
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With a full lice of spring and summer
goods. Imported and Domestic 'Wool
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Dentists
Cor. Commercial and Eleventh Sts.
ASTORIA, ORE.
Phone 3901
Headquarters
PORTLAND, ORE.
Are equipped to do all kinds of
Dental work at very lowest prices.
Nervous people and those afflicted
with heart weakness may havs no
fear of the dental chair.
22 K. crown...... $5.00
Bridge work, per tooth....... 5.00
Gold fillings ..' ... ... .. $1.00 up
Silver fillings.. 50c to $1.00
Best rubber plate..... .$800
Aluminum-line plate $10 to $15.00
These offices are modern through
out. We are able to do all work
absolutely painless. Our success is
due to uniform high grade work by
gentlemanly operators having 10
to 15 years- experience. Vegetable
Vapor, patented and used only by
us for painless extraction of teeth,
50c A binding guarantee given
with all work for 10 years. Exami
nation and consultation FREE.
Lady In attendance. Eighteen of
fices in the United States.
Cor. Commercial and Eleventh Sts.,
over Danziger store.
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The Wash?
In Our Hardware Window
ii The Foard & Stokes Hardware Oo i
Incorporated
, Successors to Foird & Stokes Co.
Maraschino Cherries
DELICIOUS
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a bottle at the
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i 589 Commercial Street
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O. I. JPETERSON, Vice-President J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
Astoria Savings Bank
Transacts a General Banking Business -Interest Paid on Time Deposits
FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. ; ,
Eleventh and Duane Sts. Astoria. Orea-on.
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore,
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Capital $100,000