THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, IMS.
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' THE WEATHER
Western Oregon, Western Wash
ingtonRain. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washing
ton, Idaho Probably rain.
MAYOR LANE'S VINDICATION.
The verdict of the Portland jury
against the Waymire woman and her
pal, Radding, for conspiracy to de
fame Mayor Harry Lane, of that city,
is a matter of relief, not alone to
Multnomah county, the city of Port
land, and the doctor himself, but to
the entire State of Oregon; and we
are glad, with all concerned, that the
case is closed.
We regretted Mayor Lane's deter
mination to prosecute the issue, in
the first place, as - giving undue
weight and countenance to. a palpa
ble attempt at blackmail; but he has
justified his action and thrown off the
imputation completely, legally and
inferentially. Affairs of this nature
are public disgraces and they live
long, far too long, in the public
memory; and only a fiat denial such
as has fallen in this event, can draw
the sting that runs with their cur
rency. Congratulations are in order.
ASTORIA IS ALRIGHT.
...
Astoria is one of the failureless
towns of the Northwest If you don't
believe it. scan the statements of her
two leading banks in this issue of
this paper and make a few specihe
inquiries as to the other two banking
houses here. The banks of a city
are the financial guages of public and
private credit and security of a com-
munitv their soundness reflects the
j i - -stability
of the businesses that keep
those banks alive and make for the
commercial status of the place and
its allied territory; and we are willing
to put this guage out to all men, as
the best indication we have of the
sureness and safety of things here;
and we want no better.
We reiterate our boast, for the
benefit of all inquirers abroad, that
we have fewer idle people, fewer de
pendent people, fewer felons and
fewer failures of any kind, than any
city of 15,000 population in the United
States. And the meat of the boast
is its truth!
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
v SAVINGS
BANK
HAS
MONEY TO LOAN ON
GOOD SECURITY
is, beyond all doubt, really a happy
man. He has been a stuuent at tnai
institution lor 27 years; he has ex
hausted its curriculum over and over
again, and is hard pressed to find new
studies wherewith to warrant his re
tention in the itreat school and avoid
graduation; he has cultivated all the
finesse essential to preserving his
status as student and lives in dread
of the fiat of the Governors of Co
lumbia, that he has absorbed all the
university can confer and that he
must, of necessity, seek knowledge
elsewhere. This man is an insatiable
student; his supreme ambition and
happiness lies in the acquisition of
knowledge (not in its diseraination,
else he would have been a professor
there lornr airo); and like the miser
he is' using every adroit and feasible
scheme for adding to, and hoarding
his store. His is a rare case, almost
unparalleled in this country, and so
unique as to invite the universal hope
that he will never be disturbed, nor
ousted from his Alma Mater.
THE BOON OF PUBLICITY.
OLD ARKANSAW.
Is termed a melo-dramatic comedy.
There is an interesting plot replete
with thrilling situations that make
you hold your breath In the exctie
ment of the scenes. There are scenic
and mechanical effects that make you
wonder how such realistic effects
can be produced on a stage. The
thrilling reproduction of the famous
Blue Cut hold-up, the excited mob,
eager to lynch the supposed culprit,
the jealous woman who turns detec
tive and delivers the real criminal,
are a few of the interesting dra
matic situations. Among the char
acters are old Jeremiah Snodgrass,
who will keep you laughing all the
time he is before you. A more pecu
liar, laughable character has never
been conceived, his old songs sung
in true Arkansas style, being some
of the funniest bits of realism ever
heard. Old Arkansaw it a well told
story a real play with a real plot,
and is portrayed by a company of the
very best people in the theatrical pro
fession. A carload of special scenery
and many new and novel effects and
mechanical devices all combine in
making this the dramatic and comedy
THE REUTERDAHLS.
The man Reuterdahl, correspond
ent, for New York and London
papers, who was given permission to
accompany the American fleet on its
ereat cruise from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, has stirred up a hornet's nest
in the United States by his extraordt
nary allegations of the wretched
structural conditions of our battle
ships, and now stands convicted ( of
deliberate and gratuitous sensational
ism, as well as utter technical inca
pacity, to deal with the subject. This
has developed in the Congressional
naval committee, and is based upon
the exhaustive report of the. best ex
pert testimony within the reach of
this government .
There are many men of the Reuter
dahl stamp, today, trafficking in the
line of defamation, discredit, and de
rogation, as applied to men, measures
and matters of public concern, and
the magazines of the country, and
many of the great dailies, are respon
sible for the countenance given them;
for without the questionable eager
ness of these publications for matter
of this sort, such men, would have no
standing before the country. "It is a
dirty bird that befoul its own nest,"
and it is a blamed poor print that
shames and belittles its own country
and her institutions.
EDITORIAL SALAD
Surely these are perilous times,
even for philanthropists. It appears
from the testimony of witnesses at
Albany, that the ever-generous Stand
ard Oil Company at one time gave
its oil away; and now one of its inde
pendent competitors asks that it be
punished for itl
The kaiser's announced, intention
of leading a delegation of crowned
heads to Vienna to pay respects to
Emperor Joseph on his anniversary,
if not an open invitation to the
"reds," will at least create a corner in
uneasiness.
Not a pleasant prospect for 47,000
policyholders to see their $75,000,000
of insurance wobbling in the balance
between unfair administration and
state receivership in New York.
Sir Oliver Lodge has been receiv
ing messages from the dead. Sir
Henry Cabot Lodge gets his from a
"live one" at the White House.
The editor of the Memphis, Tenn,
"Times", writes: "In my opinion
Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
remedy for coughs, colds and lung
trouble, and to my own personal
knowledge Foley's Honey and Tar
has accomplished many permanent
cures that have been little short of
marvelous." Refuse any but 'ae gen
uine in the yellow package. For sale
by T. F. Laurin.
A WITTY JUDGE.
The American people have more to
. . uiuniiig luia iuv uii
be grateful for than they wot of, in event 0f ti,e season.
these days of extraordinary and de
tailed publicity. A free press is one
of the great boons they possess; and
yet, they are largely unconscious of
its value, by reason of its great vol
umne and constant presentation. The
newspaper in this country is so .uni
versal, so cheap, so prolific of news,
so charged with information of every
conceivable kind, so inseparably
woven into the daily life of the
people, that it is under- stimated ;n
the main, sold lacks the deep appre
ciation to which it is entitled, which
is never granted until the reader gets
where ue has no paper at hand. Then
it is missed with a vengeance and
becomes a crying necessity.
By their papers the people verify
all the current rumors, adjust the
doubts of the hour, and formulate
their opinions on matters of public
import; they turn to it naturally and
instantly for the cues that guide them
in business, politics, sports, ana
finance, and then cast it aside without
thouuht of the service it has render
ed; it is cheap, they have paid for it
it ha contributed what they wanted,
and that is all there is to it for the
moment: but if it had cost them 50
cents per copy instead of 1 cent, or 2,
or a nickle, the indifference might
change to that larger estimate that
eoes with thinsrs that cost and the
inevitable and indispensable newspa
per come into its own.
of
ONE HAPPY MAN.
There J s.tnanjn .New York,!
student at Columbia University, who
The Jumping Off Place.
"Consumption had me in its grasp;
and I had almost reached the jumping
off place when I was advised to try
Dr. King's New Discovery; and
want to say right now, it saved my
life. Improvement began with tjie
first bottle, and after taking one
dozen bottles I was a well and happy
man again," says George Moore, of
Grimesland, N. C. As a remedy for
coughs and colds and healer of weak,
tore lung and , for preventing pneu
monia New Discovery It supreme.
50c and $1.00 at. Charles Rogers &
Son, druggists. Trial bottle free.
HI Conclusions on tht Evidence
Ditto and Truo.
The late Hon. Noah Davis, well
known throughout the country aa the
Judge who tried and sentenced Boss
Tweed, was justly celebratal In mauy
waya. lie was of that typo of JurM
for which western New York was
famed during the half century follow
ing 185a Orleans county la proud of
him as one of her noblest and most dis
tinguished sons. He was slightly
above medium height, full habited,
large head, thie, clean cut face Indeed,
a striking figure In any community. He
was a well rend lawyer, an honest,
fair minded judge, with a keen sense
of humor and wltlinl something of a
writer and poet. The following lines
from bla pen, written on the spur of
the moment and In the midst of a trial,
illustrate tbo alertness and quality of
his mind. They are perhapa tha best
play upon words of which we have any
record In the English language.
It was at the Niagara circuit In the
early seventies. Judge Davis presided.
An action In ejectment was called.
The dispute was over a party wall or
a division line. It was purely a qucs
tlon for the civil engineer. The, divi
sion Hue established and the case was
won. The defendant's attorney, realiz
ing this, called as expert witnesses the
Hon. John A. Ditto, city engineer of
Buffalo, and the Hon. A. It. True, the
cnrlneer who constructed the canta-
lever bridge over Niagara river at the
falls. The were two of the most emi
nent civil enclneers In the state. They
made n survey of the premise and cs-
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tablished the division line 8 conrenucu
for by tho defendant nnd when called
to the witnws stand so testified, giving
monuments, courses nnd distances with
such minute exactness that they could
not lie successfully controverted, The
moment True, who followed Ditto as a
witness, left the stand, Judge uavp
wmfo these lines and passed them to
the clerk to band to plaintiffs counsel:
Since' True swears ditto to Ditto,
And Ditto swears ditto to Truo,
If Truo bo truo and Ditto bo ditto, (
, I think they're too many for you. ,
-Daniel H. McMillan In Buffalo Truth
Thrift. ' I
TKbm la an old faahlmed word that
oocht to come into use again thrift
There are a distressing number of
shiftless people In tha world, and,
while we shall call no names, we hope
everv reader will pause at Wis para
graph and think seriously or tnrm ana
Bhlftlessness. Atchison Glow.
DESIRE OF DISTINCTION.
Quaint Illustration f a Pteullar
t Phase of Human Nature.
In "Doc Oordou," by Mary B, WU
ktus-Frvomau, la a quaint Ulustratlou
of n peculiar phase of human nature.
It develop with tho visits of tha two
doctors to tliolr poorer patients:
James drove alt the morning with
Dr. Gordon about the New Jersey
country. , The country people were
either saturnine with an odd shyness,
which had something alnost hostile lu
It,' or they were effusively hospitable,
forcing apple Jack upon the two doc
tors. James was much struck by the
curious unconcern shown by the rela
tives ot the patients and even by tho
patients themselves, lu ouly one case,
that of a child suffering from a bad
case ot measles, was much interest
evinced, The majority of; the patients
were the very old and middle aged,
and they discussed and heard discussed
their symptoms with much the same
attitude as they might have discussed
the mechanism of a wooden doll, ir
auy emotion was shown, it wss that
of a singular Inverted pride.' "I bad a
terrible night, doctor," said one old
woman, and a smirk of self coucelt
wss over her ancient race. "Yes, moth
er did have an awful night," ssld her
married daughter, with a triumphant
expression. Even the children cluster
lng about the doctor looked uncon
sciously proud because their old grand
mother had had an awful night' The
call of the two doctors at the house
was positively hilarious. Quantities ot
old apple Jack were forced upon tbeur.
The old woman In the adjoining bed
room, although she whs evidently suf.
fering. kept calling out a feeble Joke to
bcr cackling old vole.' '
"Those people seem positively elated
because that old soul Is sick," said
James when he and the doctor were
sgaln in the buggy.
"They are." said Dr. Gordon; "even
the old woman herself, who knows well
enough that she has not long to live.
Did you ever think that the desire of
distinction was one of the most per
haps the most Intense purely spiritual
emotion of the human soul! Look at
the way these people live here, grub
bing away at the soU like ants. The
roost of them have in their lives Just
three ways of attracting notice, the
momentary consideration of their kind
birth, marriage, sickness and death.
With the first they are hardly actively
concerned; even with the second many
have nothing to do. There are more
women than men, as usual, and, al
though the women want to marry, all
the men do not. There remains only
sickness snd death for a standby, so to
speak. If one of them la really sick
and dies, the people are aroused to
take notice. The sick person and the
corpse have a certain state and dignity
which they have never attained before.
Why. bless you. man, I have one pn-
tlent, a middle aged woman, who has
been laid up for years wkd rneumn
tlara, and she Is fairly vainglorious, and
so la her mother. She brags of ber In
valid dauchter. If she had been mere
ly an old maid on her bands, she would
have been ashamed of ber, and the wo
man herself would have been sour and
discontented. But she has fairly mar
ried rheumatism. It has been to her as
a husband and children. I tell you,
young man, one bas to bave bis little
footstool of elevation among nis km-
lows, even If it Is a mighty Queer oue.
or he loses his self respect ami son
respect Is the best Jewel we have."
Would you give twenty-five cents to
stop your cought Then get a bottle
of Kemp's Balsam and you will have
enough for the whole family. It costs
druggists 23c.
Fisher Brothers Company
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McCormlck Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Ploughs
Malthold Roofing
Sharpies Cream Separators
Rsecollth Flooring Storrett's Tools
Haniware, Groceries, Ship
Ohaiidlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
' Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pip snd Fittings, Bras
Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass '
Fishermen's Pur Manilla Rope, Cotton Twin and Bern Wb
We Wont Your Trade
FISHER BROS.
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STATIONERY
MUSIC
nmMlMIMHMmMHMMMMMMIIIMMMIM
The Changed View. )
Everv man takes care that bis neigh
bor dues not cheat him. But a day
comes when be begins to care that e
does not cheat his neignoor. -men an
goes well. He bas changed bis market
eart into a chariot of the sun. Bmer
Son.
A Little Ball. !
Cassldj-Ah, well, no wan kin pre-
yint w'at's past an', gone. . caey-f e
miM if re oulr acted auick enougn
Gssldvlo 'long, man I How could
yert Casey-Stop it before it happens.
Kansas City Independent
The M'isslng Window Pens
v.vrv kiMien has a window with
n.n nut in the Brazilian town of
Bio Grande do Sul," said a cook. "That
town Is a servants' paradise, servants
live in their own homes there, as they
should everywhere. They come to
work at 7 In the morning, anu wey
nnit at 7 at nisbt-a twelve hour day.
Quite long enough. The paneless win
dow is for the milkman, we Doner, uw
butcher, so , that these traaers cau
leave their supplles-they .usually come
arir-ln a safe olace. The Elo Grande
servant is, of course, not there to re
ceive them. She is in Dea at ner own
home."
i ..Monism.,, j , t u.-'
vf nniHra is the doctrine of the one
ness of mind and matter, God and the
universe. If ignores ail that Is super
natural. Monism teaches that "all are
hut nartS' Of Otte StUDOUdOUS WH0I6,
hose body nature Is and God the
soul;" hence whatever ,1 only con
forms to the cosmic Jaw or rna um
voraal all. Mind can never exist with
nut matter, nor matter without mind
They are but the two sides of the same
thing. New York American.
The Bloodstained Equator.
Tinman life. I have reason to know,
Is held cheap at Equatorvllle, and the
niara i stained with many crimes. In
fact, the whole equator Is throughout
Its 2o,OW miles a imo ui ibuoiouto,
savagery and blood. It Is a black Hoe
which civilization ougnt to paint wmte.
-Strand Magazine
COFFEE ,
f The goodness of every
thing else at breakfast de
pends on the coffee.
fen gnctt rttsrai rear mour tt res cssl
ts fctauW'i Umii m hta.
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Maraschino Cherries
DELICIOUS
, Try'em 75 c and $1.00
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AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
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589 Commercial Street
John Pox, Pres. , P. L. Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savings Bank, Treat'
Nelson Troyer, vice-Pres. and Supt , '
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... ,
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boiler
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. '
Correspondence Solicited, Foot of Fourth Stmt
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President.
FRANK PATTON. CashJef
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashii
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid in $100,000. " Surplus and Undivided Profit.' $86,000.
Transacts General Banking Business Interest Paid on Tim Deposit
FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. .
Eleventh and Dnane St. Astoria, Oregon.
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore
ESTABLISHED 18WS.
Capital $100,000
, Obstinate. . .
"Why don't you quit smoking, old
chapT tou know It hurts you." ,
"Certainly. But every time I mate
up my mind to do It somebody come
around and tells me I ought tf
Puck. .
WOOD
The Tongue Point Lumber Coni
pany are how delivering 16-infch
stove length wood promptly. Call
Main 2771, .
ASTORIA
DANCING
SCHOOL
Kearney Hall,' Exchange StA
Opposite Skating Rink
' A special Course of 10 Lessons f
Ladies, 'The latest and most approv
ideas! in " Dancing. $2.50 lot H
Course. School opens every ft
noon and evening, Tel, Black 24 1