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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, lOog. THE MORNING SO ANDINAVIAN-AMERIOAN ASTORIAN S A V . BANK THE PYGMY EARTH. I? ; Established 187). Published Daily Except Monday by 1 THE J. S. DELUNGER CO. Courteous and Accommodating SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ay mail, per year av.w it . ar . .. war By carrier, per month . .. . uDerai Mctnoas. . UMiscrvativc Management WEEKLY ASTORIAN. , u j. By mail, per year, in advance. . . .$1.50 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March J, 18V. C Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence , w place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone. Any vrcguianiy in aeuvery snouia oe im mediately reported to the office of publication. Official paper of Clatsop County ana the uty of Astoria. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon, Washington, Idaho Showers, cooler except near coast v MODERN SUPERSTITION. Yesterday, Friday, the 13th, of the dreariest month in the year, was the ideal day of the superstitious. Here in Astoria it was ushered in on the wings of a fierce Sou'wester, and during all its 24 hours every adverse incident, big, or little, was charged up to it promptly and freely; even those things that were, indubitably, insepa rable from the routine of home and office life, and which repeat them .i selves every otner aay in the year, without comment Civilization thrusts aside every tnmg except the pet superstition; that remains; treasured, cultivated, carefully stored in the mental corner, and haled into instant service at all, presumably, appropriate moments. The only difference between its old, abso lute influence and its present effect on human affairs, is that we are a bit chary about confessing it for fear of the assumed scorn of our fellows who rely on that expression to hide their own eptitude for the almost universal indulgence. Scorn we never so loftily,, we are yet, and always, a lot of over-grown chilrden, clinging to, scrapping for, and swearing by (in a perverted way), our follies and our traditional herit ages; while our simulated disdain of them counts largest among the idiosyncracies of the day. It is human thing, this fetish of signs and dates and portents and it dwells, and flourishes, in the recesses of thou sands of minds believed to be immune from such vapid and vain possessions. dubious about the ships going to the eastward of Tongue Point There is such ample room for them here, all of them, that safety urges their re maining in Astoria channels, while the excursion principle is operated in behalf of the metropolis. Boats and trains' will be put on, galore, in such behalf and the rates will be practi cally nominal from the interior of the State, the transportation companies gladly meeting the loyal spirit of such an event and contributing in kind. t r ... . iiowevcr, an mings Demg up in the air" concerning the "Armada," we will wait, with what patience we may, the formal disposition of it, whether we figure in it, or not. At all events the ships cannot go up the Columbia nor come down, without Astoria get ting a look in. Before the People Cards of Candidates in the Coming Campaign. ASTORIA-PASCO LINE-UP. IN MAGDALENA BAY. Riding safely at anchor in the pellucid channels of Magdalena Bay, behind the frowning heights of Santa Margarita and the shrubless reaches of Cape Saint Lazar, Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans' splendid fleet is at rest after its superb flight around two continents; a demonstration to the world of the might and majesty of the great Republic of the Western hemisphere and of its capacity for doing things. During this 90 days of journeying, the world of emotionalists and sen sationalists, packed Dy the carping critics of the day whose alleged scien tific and technical knowledge would never be known of man unless they attacked something, have been throw ing one spasm after the other in a vain effort to make the nation believe in the pre-destined failure of the tre mendous voyage; and this, with the unforgettable example of the famous bid Oregon, which, on the order of the hour, churned her way over this same route and led the van in the ocean fight of the century. The task of the 16 fine ships now harbored oh the southwest coast of Lower Cali fornia was no more nor less than the individual work of the Oregon, plus, perhaps, the show and glitter of the international receptions tendered them en route. What becomes of the fleet now is problematical. San Francisco, of course, is the final objective, and within her gates the original mission will be fulfilled, marked by magnifi cent civic and official welcome. After that, new orders must emanate from The last spike has been driven in the existing line of the "North Bank" Railway, and Astoria, its western terminus, sends cheerful greeting to rasco, the temporary eastern ter minus and wheat-mart of the system. In the new game of commercial de velopment that is being wrought by this splendid creation of Hill's As toria is one of the four aces in the cards that are to be played for the supremacy this road stands for. Na ture, common sense, business expe diency and normal tendencies, all contribute to this conclusion; the other three high cards being Spokane. Puget Sound and Portland It is right these four places should loom large in such a scheme as this, and be an ticipated by every student of com mercial certainties and possibilities by the force of the logic that will not, and cannot, disassociate them.' Astoria is an adept at waiting. She knows what her destiny is to be when the affairs of the men holding the fiat hand shall shape themselves to its formal and timely unfoldment her patience is one of the traditions of the Northwest, and some day it will be rewarded. The turn will corns out of the barren and unpromising heaven of "official silence" now per vading the Columbia and Williaraettc Valleys with all but agonizing effect; and when that pall is broken this city will take her place among the ter minal factors of the Pacific and share with the others round about her the refulgent and compensating light of her influence and prosperity. There is nothing mean about Astoria: all she wants is a chance to prove it! For Congress, T. T. CEER Candidate for Republican Cougres sional Nomination in the Second Di trict. Liberal Appropriations fo Waterways, Equal Opportunities and Privileges for Labor and Capital, an Governmental Control of Corpora tions. To The People. In submitting my name to the elec tors of the Fifth Judicial District for their consideration for the office of District Attorney of said District, I desire to say that if I am nominated and elected, I will, during my term of office, honestly, vigorously and impartialy perform all the official duties pertaining to said office, with out fear or favor, endeavoring always to accord to every individual, irre spective of party, politics or person alities, a square deal under the la keeping always uppermost in my mind the interests of the tax payers of said District and State. E. B. TONGUE. Vast Dimensions ef the tun as Cenv ..psred With the World. A dim hold at arm's letiglh from the eye will much mow than cover the entire disk of tho sun. It It were placed at the exact point of coincidence tnd tta diameter and distance from tho eye accurately measured, It might be used as a means of determining the sun's . diameter, his distance being known. The foremost philosophers of long ago would hare been appalled at the true stutctueut of both the sun's distance and Its slse, The sun's diameter la about 800,000 miles. It Is bewildering to be assured that It would tnke UW.000 tarths to equal the sun In volume, If the In terlor of that truly gigantic globe were hollow ami the earth were placed at its ceuter with the moon revolving about It at Its usual mean distance of nearly 30.000 miles, there would still exist vacuity between the moon tnd the In cumin shell of the sun of nearly 200, 000 mile. This Is perhaps the most graphic and Impressive Illustration pos sible of the sun's colossal bulk. W must note, however, that the density of the sun is only about one-quarter that of the earth, so that It would weigh only as ranch as 330,000 earths in very round numbers the suns weight may be stated at two octillion tons, which If expressed In figures would require almost as many ciphers ss a newspaper line can accommodate. A very comprehensive Illustration of the pygmean dimensions of the earth as compered with the sun la to repre sent the latter by globe two feet In diameter and the earth by a dainty pea. And yet the little pea weighs more than six qutntllllon tons. As to the solar surface, It Is some 12,000 times thst of our planet Yet the sun when compared with Its true peers, the stars, is not only of extraordlnsry else, but In sll probability Is only to be ranked among the medium self lu mlnoua bodies which sparkle la "hear en's ebon vault" And because of Its spottedness It baa a place, although i humble one, among the "variable' stars. Fisher Brothers Company sosWi4V-2 1 If'&iV . Barbour and Flujiyson Salmon Twins and Netting McCormlck Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs Malthold Roofing Sharpies Cream Separator Raecollth Flooring Stoma's Tools Hardware, Groceries; Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone. Muriatic Add, Witch Coal, Tar, Ah Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brats Goods, Taints, Oils and Class Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twins and Bsine Wsk WcrWont Yoiir hrracio FISHER BROS. BOND STREET EDITORIAL SALAD Governor Folk has no true friend ship for Bryan, else he would not be urging the Republicans to nominate Hughes. Colonel Watterson offers to bet $1.50 that Bryan will be elected. The recklessness of the wager is consider ably tempered by the amount. Some of the things expected to revolutionize the world are slow in making good. Take, for example public ownership and denature alcohol. : The rumor is again revived that the German government wants to pur chase the Philippines. It must be that Germany has an embarrassing surplus. , i . : j , : . A combination has been formed by the attorney generals of Missouri, Kansas and Texas to fight the trusts. The octopus may as well throw up its tentacles. With five such candidates as Can non, Hughes, Taft, Knox and Fair banks the Republicans can not lose. With one such candidate as Bryan the Democrats can not win. The fleet left behind in Peru knowledge of baseball, but the natives THE WORLD DRYING UP. Possibility That tho Human Race W Die of Thirst we are to die of thirst Compare tlvely few persons know the suffering Involved in a thirst for which there U no help at baud. The consuming thirst more than the pain of any wound makes the battlefield a hell let deatt by thirst is the doom forecsst for tbt race by grim scientists. Geologists and that the fresh water supply of the globe la falling. They have data whlct point to tho gradual withdrawal of th streams and other bodies of watoi from the surface. Both In Africa and central Asia and, .Indeed, lu all the great levels the water beds are drying up. A great number of lakes well known In the historical age have en tlrely disappeared. For example, Lake Chlroua, in Africa, has vanished with in recent years, as has also Lake NgamJ, discovered by Livingstone. Lake Tchad is more than half dried op. For centuries bodies of water In central Asia have been evaDoratlna and the deserts extending. When 2,000 years ago great cities stood lo east Turkestan there are found only vast and depressing stretches of sand FATE AND A NAME John, When Borne by Royalty, teems Linked With Misfortune. It Is Interesting and somewhat curl' oua to note the persistence with which mlsfortuno has dogged the name of "John" when borne by royal persona, although no 111 omen seems to attach to It In the case of ordinary citliens. For Instance, King John of Encland has always been regarded, whether el- together justly or not, as a most tufa uious prince, jonn or France was taken captive by the Black Prince, and John nalllol of Scotland was most thoroughly despised by his country men on account of his fawning attl tude toward the English. Robert III. of Scotland changed his name from John, but this did not save blm from his destiny. He himself wss a cripple ana aica or a broken heart, the most tragic fate having overtaken all mot I dear to him. John I. of Bohemia was blind. The Pope John I. was Imprisoned by the king of tho Gotbs, and Tope John X. was driven from Rome by the Duke of Tuscany. Pope John XI. was Impris oned by his brother and Is supposed to have been poisoned, a fate similar to The river Tarlm, once a principal Ast "J of V.olH ,oha XIV- rl hn atlc route, Is almost gone, and Lou- Nor, formerly four times tho area of Lake Geneva, Is now but a shallow marsh. The same sad conditions art noted In European Russia. Novgorod, the most pushing city In the czar's dl tracted realm, was surrounded by wa ter in the middle ages. While we may oe sure that the fate which the geolo gists suggest for humanity Is very fai away, the facts recited to show the drying up process are convincing proofs of the need of preserving our forests with more care. -St Paul Ploneei This is Worth Remembering un,...... i ....wiv.ti vuu nave a couch or cold, in st ' - '""'vuiuti uiai roievii i. .lv . u. mil VUII 1L Jin nOIl llAIKTh la IKK. n r.t -I .;i. t..,., . ... : I . . nut-m, rem juur ncaim oy taking any but estate, oil, literature and maeazlne ar- the genuine. It is in a yellow packi tides. But dough made of wheat Is no age. T. F. Laurin, Owl Druir Srnr. 'tickler than any other. Dough Is the yor ibci to orcau, motor cars, steam XV. was forced to flea from Rome and died of fever In Tuscany. John XVI., dubbed the "antlpope," after a troubled career, was brutally tortured and con signed to a dungeon for the brief re. malnder of bis life. . John I. of Constantinople was poison ed; John II. was killed while huntln lid boar, and John III. waa dethroned. his eyes put out and left to die in prls. on. John I. of Castile was killed by n ran rrora bis horse. This Is not by any means a complete list or the unlucky Johns, but It serves to show tho fatality which seems to cling about the name in so far as roy alty is conccrncd.-Chlcago Record Herald. BOOKS "Uther and Igraine," "The Leopard's ;Spots,M "The Chief Legatee," "The Filigree Ball," "The Choir Invisible," "The Battle Ground" "Fna HiWc" rrr . - . ' .. "v.vr "uranam ot uaverhousc," "Hearts Courageous" .... 7.7 O. W. WHITMAN SUCCESSOR TO E. A. BOOKS MUSIC 1II0GIN3 CO. STATIONERY STEEL & EWART Electrical Contractors . ELECTRIC LIGHTING, BELLS, TELEPHONES ELECTRIC AND COMBINATION FIXTURES Phone Main 3881 .... 426 Bond Street Washington as to the movements of the fleet, in whole, or in detachments; and every city and port on the upper Pacific Coast is moving mightily for a chance to duplicate the honors and pleasures that are to fall to the San Franciscans. Even little old Portland wants to see the pageant; and while we, too, desire to take a hand in the semi-national overtures, we are will be puzzled when they turn to the dictionaries for the lingo they heard in connection with the game. The prospect is that Mr. Hearst's National Convention, which follows all the others, will manage to find grounds for fusing with Mr. Bryan's National Convention, which meets at Denver in July. Spring Announcement The Ross Millinery will hold their spring opening on March 18th and 19th, which brief announcement is quite enough for those who know what this means. I ' i Scientific Loafing. "Chess, checkers and whist are mar velous Inventions." says the philoso pher of folly. "They enable a man to waste his time and still hove the feel- In 1L. I f .... iun iuui ue is accomplishing some thing Intellectual."-Cleveland Leader. yachts and collections of old books. It is the staff of high life. It Imbltters matrimony and purveys the lovels scandals we read about It gets girls sent off to college and fitted to be something more spectacular than more Wives and mothers. It enrseth them that go in for it bat not unto tb third and fourth generations. We are too gooa spenders for. that It is from dough that the dowdy, the dull and the dotty derive distinction otherwise denied. Puck. John Fo, Pres. P. L Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savlnes Bant T.t Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Sunt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS :. , OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED, Correspondence Solicited. . . Poot of Fourth 8trat Making Faces. oaucee I saw a man In a window making faces today. Bymple-Whal was he doing that for? Baucee-For fl couple of clocks. He 1s a Jeweler.- uinaon ran. COFFEE Why Schilling's Best ? Because it is best and your money is yours if you think you don't find it so. 7ovr itocot returns rear mou? ii ya dost I0witpir blm ! An Orkney Prayer. 1 The brevity of the Orkney auramer precluding the raising of hardly any. thing except oats ("alts") and barley, the elders had requested the minister to pray for good harvest weather. Ho compiled as follows: "Lord, gle us braw weather and a wee bit saush of a Dreeze tnat will dree the straw and will dm harm the heads, but If v blaw us sic a bletherln', rlvln', tearln' blast as we has been ha'in' ye'll play the vera mischief wl' the alts and fair ly siioll al." Ill Bred. "Mamma, the scenery abmnil mnf be very 111 bred." "Scenery 111 bred, my child! 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