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V THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908. The MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year.... By carrier, per motion., WEEKLY ASTORIAN. iy mail, per y.ar, in advance.. ..?I.5U Entered as second-class matter July 30. 1$06, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. tr Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone. Any regularity in delivery should be im mediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER , Western Oregon and Washington Showers. Eastern Oregon, and Washington Idaho Showers and thunderstorms. THE WARNING OUT. The long-drawn and wearisome fight between the Astoria police com- j mission, common council, and shriev alty of Clatsop, as to which element shall enforce the laws of State. and city against the law-breakers in the matter of saloons and their conduct, and amongst which stools of conten tion the wholesome desire for an orderly and well-regulated commun ity, cherished by the people, falls to the ground, inert and inoperative, has been borne about as long as public suffrance intends and there is going "to be something done before the June election, and after it, that will bring the officials to their senses, or we are very much mistaken in the popular temper. The warning is out, in the shape of petitions for local option; the patience of the citizens may be reduced to a point where the use of such expe dients shall prove far more effective than the mere demand that the offi cers, charged with the maintenance of the law, do their duty; in which case there is no appeal, no resort, no way 'round, nothing but the prompt with drawal from a business that cannot, confessedly, be conducted within the law. '-' There is a strong contingent of Astoria citizens who do not believe in this procedure at this time, because it is inopportune, and liable to con flict seriously with many specific and desirable improvements and advant ages now imminent; and this atti tude may avert the concrete expres sion of popular reprisal for sometime to come; but even in that event, it will not allay the sentiment to em ploy it later on. For these reasons, it is essential that the saloon men of Astoria shall get within range of the necessities of the hour and come out for a square observance of the law in all its details. We do not want the intervention of local option, nor do many of its adherents, but if it is the only thing that will make the men already bonded to keep the law, ob serve that bond and the law, then it will be used for all it is worth an those who may suffer may lay the unflattering "unction" of it all to their own stupidity and cupidity. There is a growing dislike for ex treme measures in the application of the simple and straight laws of the land, and a feeling of resentment when the necessity arises for public expression on such a question; and one of the extremities is in force and place whenever a city is asked to go on its jnarrow-bones to any given business for the better observance of the very laws that business is bonded to faithfully observe. It is' squarely up to the saloons of Astoria to do the right thing, such' of them as are not doing it; for default now, may mean a' burden of loss and defeat later .on that will put them, where they will have no saloon law to observe from the standpoint of a licensed dealer. T.he officers of the law have their share of interest in this proposition. Thev are responsible for the appre hension of every known offender against the law, and if they fail and refuse to do their' duty, or make a "shuttle-cock" of that duty by trying to pass it on to some other officer or department, they are, indirectly, par ticeos criminis and should be treat ed on that principle, and are likely to no uo aerainst just such a handling, if the public temper is further aroused on this subject. OREGON'S EDUCATORS. Just at present Astoria is enjoying the distinctadvantage of entertaining "three score and ten" of the public educators of the State;, ladies and gentlemen, who,, collectively,. and in dividually, exercise an immense and lasting influence for good in the com ing citizenship of the land, and who offer an excellent and composite type and quality to all who stand for the best of civic conditions m the present hour. ' The highly trained, conscientious, well poised teacher, public or private, carries always, a huge responsi bility to society, as he or she shall express the best concepts of the pro fession and pass them on to the re ceptive minds entrusted to them. The gospel of culture, which is infinitely comprehensive of the graces, virtues and solid attainments of modern life, takes no second place in the univer sal estimate of the fixed callings of humanity, and parallels the grave and lofty cult of religion itself, differing from it only in the sense that, the education of the day must be mater ial and not wholly spiritual. Every phase of the teacher's duty is instinct with light and promise and goodly development, and entitled to the largest and freest recognition at the hands of the people everywhere. In their hands rest the bid, and the guerdon, of a splendid and cultivated future, not to speak of the very char acter of the nation itself; and such a trust, well served, should receive at the hands of all men, the cordial and interested acknowledgment it deserves from every community. Astoria knows, to a man and wom an, what she owes to the profession, and gladly confesses the obligation! VTHE JETTY DISASTER. There is not a home in all Astoria nor Clatsop county, that does not send forth its message of sympathy to the stricken families upon whom the weight of sorrow cast by the jetty accident of Wednesday, falls. Neither this city nor county has yet outgrown the intimacy that dwells in the unmetropolitan community; we know and feel and suffer one with the other down here, because of the nearness of our relations and the in terchangeable smpathies incident to that kindly familiarity- It is all right to; and while we may long for the larger sphere and the broader "activi ties, we know how to prize the ready and understandable concert of com passion that exists here, and will re gret the day that diminishes, or dis lodges it. Again, the Morning Astorian, speaking for the whole county, de clares the sorrow that is universally felt for the unhappy families of Jacob C. Lehman and Martin Carl son, of Hammond. "One Touch, of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin." When a rooster finds a big fat worm he calls all the hens in the farm yard to come and share it A similar trait of human nature is to be observed when a man discovers something exceptionally good he wants all his friends and neighbors to share the benefits of his discovery. This is the touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. This explains why people who have been cured by Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy write letters Jo the manufactur ers for publication, that others sim ilarly ailing may also use it and ob tain relief. Behind every one of these letters is a warm-hearted wish of the writer to be of use to some one else. This remedy is for sale by Frank Hart and leading druggisU. TRACK WASHED AWAY- FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23.- A heavy rainstorm last night swept away one-third of a mile of Rock Island track in the vicinity of New ark and brought traffic to a stand still. Traffic between this city and Dallas over the Rock Island Railroad is still cut off because of the numerous washouts resulting from the rain storms of the past few days- Trains to and from the north will be de- toured over the tracks of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad around the stretch of tack washed out last night. Chabmerlains's Hs the Preference. Mr. Fred. C. Hanrahan, a promi nent druggist of Portsmouth, Va., says: "For the past six years I have sold and recommended Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarhoea Remedy. It is a great remedy and one of the best patent medicines on the market. I handle some others for the same purposes that pay me a i larger profit, but this remedy is so sure to effect a cure, and my custom er so certain to appreciate my recom mending it to him, that I give it the preference." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Pengreave's Helping Hand. 1 By W. F. BRYAN. Copyrighted. 190$, by Homer Spracu. T rengrenve, coming slowly down the street, gave no hoed to his surround ings. For twenty years ho had been coming down the same street," some times a little earlier, sometimes very much later, but always he paused along with unseeing eyes, his thoughts fixed upon his business and his borne. At fifteen he bad first turned into the side street from the main thorough fare. Horse cars had run unevenly over the badly set rails, and flickering gas lamps had lighted all save the business streets. Now there were trol leys everywhere, aud even the alley ways were lighted by electricity, but Richard Pengreave gave no heed to these chnnsi'8. It had been a good locality once. When Pengreave, in the glory, of his first long trousers and his first "real" Job. had sought a boarding place Mrs. Beldln's had been recommended as be ing In a "nice residential neighbor hood." It had been a well swept street then, lined with rows of three story brick houses and here and there a "brown stone front" to break the monotony. Now the homes had given way to five and six story tenements. Mud heaps and garbage barrels littered the un kempt pavement and the broken flag stones. - The Beldln house, too, had. changed. Mrs. Beldln's daughter had assumed charge at her mother's death and bad changed it to a furnished room home, declaring that the cares of a largo kitchen weighed too heavily ppon her. Then she married and had moved up town, and some one else bad taken over the shabby bouse, with its shabby fur niture. ; The change bad annoyed Pengreave, and be bad promptly purchased the "I SHALL HOLD TOO TO YOUB PBOKIBKP BBS cnim place, for he was errand boy no longer, but the proprietor of a business. lie bad retained tbe first floor for his own use. and a real estate agent bad rented tbe other floors. He handed Pengreave quarterly checks, and Pengreave wor ried no more. He was sure of a home, the only borne he bad known. lie sat at bis window in the summer evenings and looked across the square opposite and gave no heed to the children swarming in the street. There had been few children when he had first come to Barrow street, and those were well dressed and orderly. Now the policeman on the beat bad his bands full. Aid only Pengreave remain ed serene and unworried. Once for nearly a year he had wor ried. It was wben he was nineteen and he had fancied himself in love. But Lena bad married a Junk dealer on the corner below, and, after an un quiet month, during which be drank seidles instead of tbe smaller glasses at the Bierballe. Pengreave bad recovered his placidity. Since then It had pleased him to be lieve that his life bad been wrecked, and so be kept Lena's faded photo graph on tbe mantelpiece, and at times he took it down and sighed over it; also be avoided all feminine society. At his uncle's death tbe tatter's busi ness bad passed to blm, and under his even administration it bad grown great ly. He lunched at better places, and he also dined downtown. He bought a new suit of clothes whenever his old cashier discreetly hinted that one was needed. The woman who acted as Janitress for the bouse attended also to bis rooms, and he found them always or derly. He asked nothing more. But tonight a surprise waited for him at his very door. As he let himself in a voice from the darkness of the floor above roused him. It was a musical voice with the indefinable, accent of good breeding, and it gave to the sim ple question the melody of a song. "I am not the doctor," was his reply as he kept on up the stairs instead of turning Into bin own apartments on the .first floor. "Is there need of a doc tor? Some one is ill?" , "Mrs. Brady." explained the voice. "She scalded her hand, and I sent a lit tle girl for a doctor." , mt Peuirrcave turned up the tiny flicker of gna. The Increased flame revealed a diiiuty fonilulno form in a slraplo tailored gown, rengroavo was con scious only that tho girl was well dress- & It was the face that hold him fas clnnted. Tho features were we.l cut and regular; the eyes were calm and unafraid aud of a deep tender blue that moved IVngtvuve strangely, . "Where do you live?" he demanded. The gUi smiled, "1 don't live hi'ie." she explained. "I am a visitor from the Helping Hand society." rougreave was purged. "They need charity here?" ho de manded. "1 thought Unit was only with the very p wr." i "These are the very poor," she said simply. "Don't Jti know?" Pengreave shook Ills bond in bewil derment. Twenty yonrs he had lived there, and poverty hud come to be his neighbor, but lie did uot know it. "Hud I luiowu I should have given aid." he said quietly, "If there is weed, come to me.' The doctor-1 will pay him. Send me bis bill. I am sorry for Mrs-Mrs"- "Brady," supplied the girl. "i"ou are very good." Then the physician hustled In, and Pengreave went downstairs to bis rooms. In a little while there wasa tapping at the door, and he opened It to discover the girl. "Mrs. Brady asked me to thank you for your kluilnes.',: be said. "It pleased her so much Unit she almost forgot the hint of her burn.' Peugieave nulled, He could uot re call ever ti;'.;i' been thanked before. He had neurone anything to call for thanks becauo he did not know how. "You must come again when you need help." ho suld warmly. VI am hero always In the evenings. Tou have but to ask." "I shall hold you to your promise," she said. "There .Is much good that you enn do. We are so handicapped by lack of money, aud there la so much that we want to do. Tou must see for yourself the misery about you. Good night." She hurried down the hall, and Pen greave waited uutll tbe street door closed behind her before be shut his own. , He went back Into the room, bis head in a whirl. Dimly he was conscious that tho street was not tho same as It bad been in his boyhood. The girl must be right. He was wllllug to see with her eyes, those eyes of tbe glori ous blue. Those eyes gave him much to think about He was uot yet forty, and more than half of his years bud been given to the unwavering pursuit of business. True, there had been Lena. but now Pengreave knew how little Lena had really meant to him. For tbe first time that ho could re member he had met a woman of hj own kind, and he felt the need of knowing more of the life he bad miss ed. Ho remembered that be was still a comparatively young man, and those blue eyes bad loosened something within bis breast-hls repressed boy hood, bis unrealized need of tho soci ety of bis fellows. He was as ono born again and, being born, saw tho world in a. new light. Methodically he removed the picture of Lena from Its .tawdry s frame and tossed it upon the cools glowing in the open fire. He was rather well pleased with the reflection in the mirror above tho mantel as he stood there. "I must get some new clothes to morrow," he said to the reflection; "also I must find a place where it is well to live, a house such as she will like. I, too, need a helping hand." And tho reflection In the mirror smiled back at blm. Now that Pengreave wa awakened he kuew It was well. The rest would follow In due course. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. Mrs. Thos. Stenton, postmaster of Pontypool, Ont, writes: "For the past eight years I suffered from rheumatic pains, and during that time I uesd many different liniments and remedies for the cure of rheumatism. Last summer I procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and got more relief from it than anything I have ever used, and cheerfully rec ommend this liniment to all sufferers from rheumatic pains." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. 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