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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. BUJNUAI, MAY J, l'JW. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. BELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per month. . . . $7.00 .60 wtfWt.V ASTORIAN. y mail, per y.ar, in advance.. . .$1.50 Entered as second-class matter July in icmv; t tii nnstoffice at Astoria. Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, IB tr Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence Ttr 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. JHE WEATHER - Oregon, Washington, Idaho Oc casional rain. DO OUR OWN SHIPPING! It being conclusively demonstrated, after half a century of waiting, that the outsider is not coming in here with his own money or his friends' money, to do a general shipping busi ness from this port, we take it that it is up to us to do our own shipping. And, when one gets right down to the quick of the thing there is no par ticular reason why we should not Shipping is no insuperable, mys terious, proscribed field of commer cial business; it is amenable to money, brains, experience , oppor tunity, and a given field of activity; it has its experts, its trained operators, its rules and limitations and requisi tes, just as other businesses have them. We have the money here at Astoria; we have keen, trained, capa ble men and there are others to be had; we have good docks and ware houses at hand awaiting this very use (since they have no other, ap parently); we have every natural ad vantage we could ask for in the way of harborage, for the time being and the needs of a new venture; we have fresh water anchorage and channel ways and but a 12-mile traverse to and from deep water. The mere fact that the business is, at present, monopolized at Portland should not deter us in going after that which, by every law of economy and despatch in that business, should be done from here; it should, rather, lend emphasis and invitation to the home project. A round dozen of export grain cargoes, hence, on com mon point rates, would open the eyes of the grain shipping world and it is strictly up to us to make it. That we will do it, and succeed, is the liv ing dread of Portland; another ex cellent reason for making the try; but once we achieve it, Astoria will know no better friend than Portland. We declare and claim and brag about our wonderful capacities and facilities as a port and then discount every word and proof by remaining inrt, denying ourselves the fruit we are lavishly offering others Knowing the real scope and value of what we possess it ought to be worth $50,000 of Astoria money to focus it all to her own supreme and abounding advantage. j munitics and papers of Oregon. We tried to tell it, the other day, how glad we were that it. had at last broken away from its old war-fetich of keeping the Columbia bar chan nels on a par with the depths of the river, hence to Portland; and it turns complacently and sneeringly to tell us that it has, frd"m time immemorial, been in favor of all the water that could be attained on the bar, and we have been misrepresenting not only the Oregonian but our own people and interests all this time. What can one -do in the face of such sublimated nerve as that! Time, with its evolvements, raw, unexpected, insuperable, is the only thing that ever gets the best of the Oregonian; we are trusting to time to square what differences we may have with the Thundrerer; and it will do it. It always has had a hand in gageing and minifying the mighty and transposing the false and impos ing to the rare level of simple fact. Even the whoof of the hog has its echo! WORD ODDITIES. EDITORIAL 'SAlAD.- A British factory committee re ports to Parliament that two of the great forest areas of the United States are exhausted, and the other two are going fast. The price of lumber con firms the estimate. Shakespeare, who thought of every thing, anticipated the new hats when he said: "We will fill thy wishes to the brim with principalities," and "To be in peril of my life with the edge of a feather bed." "Football toughness," says Presi dent Eliot, "is not the kind of tough ness which is most profitable in after life." But Harvard would greatly enjoy a paramount touoghness on the various athletic fields in earlier life. The announcement of the building of two ocean liners 1000 feet long will speedily lead to the planning of a 1001?footer, and then look out for a jump to 1111 feet. At 1320 feet the quarter stretch will be covered. "WHOOF, WHOOF!" It may be noticed that the Port land Oregonian has a way of pon derously and superciliously belittling any and every friendly overture the minor papers of the State make in behalf of that city and its commercial interests, especially if the outside pa per has, at any time, for just cause, fought the metropolitan Juggernaut. The Astorian has, on occasion, lam basted the big sheet the best it knew how, and always with due regard to public opinion down here; in fact, it has helped defeat it in some of its nastier processes of commercial over riding and political chicane; and has been, generally, and honestly, alive to the Oregonian's trickery, and expects to be on guard right along as the days pass and opportunity rises for it to "sting" Astoria. But all the same, we like the great paper immensely; we are proud of it just as the State at large is proudof it; it is one of the famous newspapers of the land, etc., etc., etc. But, again, it is not without its paltrinesses, chief of which is its shameless treatment of outside communities that get in its way commercially and the shallow sham of its eternal cry for "all Ore gon" when all Oregon knows, as it knows its own name, that PORT LAND reads Oregon for that paper. That is tradition in this State. What it is so religiously devoted to, as its own cardinal precept, it might account for in the lesser corn- Mr. Balfour assures his fellow En glishmen that it is nonsense to say that 80,000,000 Americans are domi nated by a decadent plutocracy. There are plenty of intelligent for eigners who size up the yellow publi cations correctly. Senator Bailey's opponents are working hard to prevent his election as one of the Texas delegates at large to Denver. Mr. Bailey threat ened to drive his political enemies in to the gulf, and they say they will force him out of public life. It is a bitter fight and grows in fierceness. A Notre Dame Lady's Appeal To all knowing sufferers of rheuma tism, whether muscular of of the joints, sciatica, lumbago, backache pains in the kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to her for a home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures. She feels it her duty to send it to all sufferers FREE. You cure yourself at home as thousands will testify no change of climate being necessary. This simple discovery banishes uric acid from the blood loosens the stiffened joints, purifies the blood, and brightens the eyes, giving elasticity and tone to the whole system. If the above interests you, for proof address Mrs. M. Sum mers, Box R, Notre Dame, Ind. Biliousness and Constipation. For years I was troubled with bil iousness and constipation, which made life miserable for me. My appetite failed me. I lost my usual force, and vitality.. . Pepsin preparations and cathartics only made matters worse. I do not know where I should have been today had I not tried Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the ill feeling at once, strengthen the digestive func tions, purify the stomach, liver and blood, helping the system to do its work naturally. Mrs. Rosa Potts, Birmingham, Ala. These tablets are for sale by Frank Hart and Leading Druggists. Some Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured. "An honored citizen of this town was suffering from a severe attack of dysentery. He told a friend if he could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy, he felt confident of being cured, he having used this remedy in the West. He was told that I kept it in stock and lost no time in obtaining it, and was promptly cured," says M. J.J Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, Vt. For sale by Frank Hart and Leading Druggists. i ' Interesting Curiosities of the English Language. Here Is some Eugllsn that seldom Is written aud some other luttresttng cu riosities of Mother English. Honorlflcabllltudlnltatlbua Is a rath er long word. You cunuot And It In the dictionary, but you will find It used In Shakespeare nud some of the other early English writers. The word Is meaningless. , The only Interesting point about it ts Its length. Twenty-seven letters In a. breath are quite a few. But our dtcttouary gives some almost us longfor lustance, the following two of twenty-four .letters each: Trtiusubs tnntlatlonallsts. . Imuithropomorphlssbilliy. Here are some of the other boa con strictors: Twenty-three letters: Dlsproportlonsblenessss. Twenty-two: Intvrcommuntcabllltles. Twenty-one: Intel-convertibilities. ', Twenty: JIlstomorphologicAlly. Interdlfferentltttlon. Suptrsensltlvenesses, Hypcrsensitivenesses. ! It Is safe to say that the ordinary reader would not rim on to one of these In a hundred years, and If be did he would run the other way. It Is Interesting to know that the entire alphabet can be arranged in one; intelligible seutence without the repe-j tltlon of a slugle letter-Just twenty-: six letters in the following sentence, and no two alike: J. Q. Vands struck my big tax whelp, That simple sentence is the hardest possible one to write on the typewriter, So many of the letters in the alphabet j are used so seldom that even a good typist has to study out the combina-j tion before finding some of them. This ; sentence Is the only known one that1 contains every letter In the alphabet but once and makes sense. " j Another Interesting word group Inj which the entire alphabet is put into seven words and only tblrty-two let-! tere are used -is: "Burst, fed, Jingle,; quip, vim, hack, syxomma." This Isj the smallest number of words that the I alphabet can be Included in. Two Intelligible senteuces, however, of eight words and thirty-two letters apiece have been found. They are: Quick brown fox jump over the lazy Aog. j Pack my box with Ave duMn liquor Jug. ; The first sentence is often used in testing the types on typewriters on ac count of the shortness and the fact that It Includes every letter and has the advantage of making sense. Here Is a list of the longest mono syllables in English: Seven letters, through; eight letters, strength, thoughts, starched, thrilled, straight, squalled, schnapps; nine let ters, strengths, squelched, scratched, splotched, stretched. i Probably the- most Interesting word curiosity is the one made up of the greatest number of other words In the regular sequence. That word is In discrimination. In-dtac-rlm-in-at-i-on contains seven words and is only six teen letters long. That is allowing a fraction more than two letters to eacb word, and only one word Is repeated. Here are two that have six separate words within the one: Ass-ass-ln-.t-l-on Assassination. In-fln-lt-at-l-on Inflnltatlon. There do not seem to be any that can be Bplit up Into five sensible parts, bul here are several quads: , In-sat-l-ate Insatiate. Ass-ass-sln-ate Assassinate. In-vest-l-gate Investigate. Two three-part words that make sense when the parts are taken sepa rately are: To-get-her Together. ; In-no-cent Innocent. The dictionary Is full of funny and curious things. This is only a small part of the unusual things that you can find out about words In an hour's perusal of the most wordy book in the English language. New York Press. The Wisdom of Experience. There was no doubt In the minds of the Hobart family that young James had a remarkable gift. It remained for an obscure uncle from the Cape to drop a word of caution and of worldly wisdom. "You say he's wonderful farseelng and can tell folks Just how things are going to turn out?" he Inquired. "Yes, it seems so," said James' ador ing mother. -"Well, now, if you want him to be th most onpop'lar man anywhere round you Just let him foretell and prophesj and forecast," remarked the old unclt grimly. "If you want him to keep a few friends you must shunt blm offoo to some other track. Let him work oui sums In his head. That's a harmless practice." - "But why?" faltered the mother. "Just this," answered the authorltj from down on the Cape. "When hf prophesies things '11 go wrong and they do go wrong the heft of the blam will be laid straight on his shoulders When he says they'll go right and the) do folks '11 be too busy enjoying them selves to remember your James. Am! when he says they'll go wrong anc they go right they'll call him a fool .Now, I'm above seventy, and you mint what I tell ye!" Youth's Companion. 't5 Low Cut Footwear We invite attention to our choice and un usually handsome lines of Women's Low Cut Footwear The newest creations of the world's best shoe-makers are here -Oxfords, Tics, Pumps and Slippers in many exclusive designs. A display well worth any woman's time ocming to see. . Prices; Reasonable in Every Instance .t4 At it t T WHERITY, RALSTON $ CO. Astoria's Best Shoe Store 479 Commercial St. :: ASTORIA. ORE. j J MJllmnr,,, nnnn nimn.nnLuni I England's First Sank Not. Forger. Whether the trick of forging notes was Indulged In within the limits. of China. Venice, Spain and other coun tries where banks ilrxt hud their exist cuce history does not record. But the man who tirst forged u note of the Bank of England was thereby, to quote a phrase too often misapplied, "damn ed to everlasting fame." It was In 1758, sixty-four years after the Bank of England was founded, that Ulchard . iiilam Viiiuth. a linen draper, of Ktuf ..u was uiusL unhappily led by mlii K"d vanity mid affection Into this crime. He was then passionately In love with a young lady of his city, who. however, would not listen to his pleadings because, us she frankly told him, his worldly wealth fell short of her desires. He, therefore, forged a number of bank notes, which he show ed to her to prove that he was very much richer than she had supposed. Had he not allowed the avaricious young lady to handle the notes all might have been well, but she ab stracted one of them and passed It, with speedy calamitous results. Vnngh was nrrested, his plea of his lack of dishonest Intent In muklng the notes was not .allowed, and ho was con demned to death and hanged. Pleasant For James. When Mr. Hansom won his bride, be felt properly humble at securing such a prize, and In the nfter years Mrs. Hansom never allowed him- to lapse Into forgetf ulness of her condescension. "You really cared for me, I'm sure," suld Mr, Hansom. "That Is a great comfort to think I didn't urge you against your wishes." "James," said Mrs. Ransom, In a tone suited to her imposing and somewhat massive uppcanuice, "how could you ever doubt my affection? Have I not told you that I had proposals from men who were hiiiliuut, handsome and tal ented and passing them all by, James, I chose you!"-Youth's Companion. Ma de in NewYork HE chief difference in Style between real New York Clothes Sceor.w and Sawsoe. Weary Walker told this to Ruthless Broderlck, whom lie met on top of a haystack : "Say, a lady says ter me: -Go Inter d back yard uW yer will sue a wood pile. Saw a couple uv cords an' den come an' git yer breakfast. After awhile I comes up to do house an' asts fer me breakfast, an' she says, 'Did yer see de wood?'. An' I says, 'Yes.' An' she says, 'Did yer saw de wood?' An' 1 says, 'Yes.' An' she says. 'I didn't see yer saw it' An' I says, 'Well, yer saw me see It, didn't yer?' An' she says, 'Yes.' 'Well.' I says. 'If you'd 'a' seed irot I sawed you'd 'a' k lowed.' " Lon .on Scraps. and other Clothes, is the difference between this Season and last Season. And Style is one reason why we sell '"Benjamin" Clothes. The other reason is that, . dollar for dollar, -they represent the greatest value. JUDD BROTHERS The Brownsville Woolen Mills Store 557 Commercial Street Whooping Cough. "In February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. Lane of Hartland recommended Chamberlain's Cough . ers the best of satisfaction. We found it OS ll m b.M nml nrn ... nv . A i. to anyone having children troubled with whooping cough," says Mrs. A. Goss, of Durand, Mich. For sale by1 Remedy and said it gave his custom-1 Frank Hart and Leading Druggist?..
