THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, MAY C, 1008.
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March 3, 18v.
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generally satisfactory, use of the
lands can be made, and we hope to
sec the day of its doing.
THE WEATHER
Washington,
Eastern Oregon and
Idaho Fair.
"MURDER WILL OUT!-
For the sake of society generally,
and the good name of Portland in
particular, we hope the murderer of
Pawn-Broker Wolff will be ferreted
out and given the shortest possible
shrift compatible with law and cus
tom He is of the sort' that cannot
die too soon for the good of human
ity; no man, woman or child is safe
with such a brute at large.
The killing was, from all signs, ut
terly unprovoked and cold-blooded;
savage, complete and bestial, and yet,
apparently done , by the hand of a
novice; but the murderer has the lust
of blood upon him, and, coerced by
his fears, will not hesitate to do more
and worse crimes unless rounded up
and promptly despatched. The de
tectives are on the track and they
have the good will of all men in their
quest. If the miserable wretch is
new to the business of slaying, as
everything indicates, the work of the
sleuths may be aided by the sheer
force and weight of the man's guilt,
the reaction from which may drive
him into thi light of day and render
him amenable to any fate, other than
living with the blighting load of
transcendant guilt. .
ASTORIA'S SEVENTY.
The names of seventy of Astoria's
bright, healthy, capable young men
have been sent in to Adjutant Gen
eral Finzer, as candidates for place
and service in the National Guard of
Oregon, and there are more to come.
It is certain, there will be no trouble
in organizing and officering a fine
company in this city, and no stone
should be laid in the way of such a
consummation.; and what is more,
every effort should be put forth, back
ed by the best influences in the city,
for the securing of one of the new ar
mories to be built in Oregon; the
referendum bill carrying the appro
priation for $100,000 in four annual
installments, shonld be voted through
overwhelmingly at the June polls and
after that is done, then the claim of
Astoria to full consideration in this
inportant premise, should be pushed
unremittingly, until this city shall be
equipped splendidly as to military per
sonnel and establishment, under the
new program of development foster
ed bv State and Nation.
JUST IN A QUIET WAY.
There is but little said lately of the
program and work of the big fisher
ies committee set up in this city to
prosecute the victory for the salva
tion bf the salmon fisheries of the
Columbia valley; but there is much
going on, in a quiet way; real, thor
ough, well-devised and properly-handled
work that will make itself felt
when the hour conies for the people
of Oregon to decide whether they
will stand for the annihilation of the
second greatest industry of the state
BEAUTY OF MARS.
iu
Wonderful Color and Grsndsur
vtaled by ths Tslsseops.
Viewed under suitable conditions,
few sights cau couipnre tor Instant
beauty ami growlug grandeur with
Mars ns presented by the telescope
Framed lu the blue of spneo, there
Coats before the observer's guio
seeming miniature of his own earth.
yet clmugvd by translation to the sky
Wltlilu its charmed circle of light he
marks nppareut coutlnents and sens.
now ramifying Into oue another, uow
srretciung lu unique expanse over
wide tracts of dlHk and cupped at their
IHiles by daullug ovals of white. It rtv
calte to him his first lessons in BeojrrH
phy, where the enrrh was shown liliu
set ethereally amid tho stars, only
with an added sense of reality In the
apotheosis. It Is the thing Itself,
stamped with that all pervading, in
v
THE O. & C. LANDS.
' The government could make no
better disposition of the lands that
are certain to revert to it, in its con
test with the Southern Pacific Com
pany, the old Oregon & California
land grant, than to endow the public
school system of the State with them
in fee.
That the railroad people have ig
nored and abandoned the original
principle cherished by the Govern
ment in the giving of this lordly do
main, to wit, the development of the
country, and Oregon in particular,
furnishes no sort of pretext for the
congress to transcend the high pur
pose; and we know of no better way
to meet the paternal doctrine than in
following out the apt suggestion of
State Superintendent of Schools Ack
crman, and giving the recovered ter
ritory to the very children of the
state in perpetuity.
No such gift is ever misplaced.
What is done in fullness and freedom
for the generations that are to take
over the future and use it to the pride
and success of a commonwealth, re
turns a thousand-foid in the culture
and graces and advantages insepar
able from the breadth of the eductive
movement and doctrine, and gives im
perishable impetus to the influence
and power of the great, community
in the making of history and the ac
cumulation of honors. No nobler, nori
or permit it to pass into the hands of !
the men to whom it is but a passing i definable hall mark of authenticity lu
ic,nt rfit m1 nothing ieo uie iMtmrosi reproduction mmie-
Iu color largely lies this iwuketilng
touch that luiluies the picture with the
sense of actuality. Aud very tlvld are
the tints, m salient and so unlike that
their naming In words conveys sotiut
Idea of their concord to the eye. l!tse
ooher dominates the lighter regions,
while a roMu's egg blue colors the
darker, and Mh are set oft and t in
phaslzed by the icy whiteness of the
caps. Nor is either hue uniform. Tone
relieves hit to a further heightening
of effect. In some parts of the light
expanses the ooher prevails alone. In
others the rose deepens to a brick red,
suffusing the surface with the glow of
a warm late afternoon. No less varl
ous is the blue, uow sinking iuto deeps
of Ehudlug, now lightening Into faint
washes that In plain's grade off Insen
slbly Into other Itself, thus making re
glous of Intermediate tint the precise
borders of which nre not decipherable
by the eye.
Superimposed npon Its general opa
Hue complexion, ure now and then to
be seen ephemeral effects. At certain
times and " In certain places warm
chocolate brown has been kuown to
supplant the blue. Often, too, cold
white dots ure scattered over tho disk,
dazzling diamond points that deck the
planet's features to a richness beyond
the power of pencil to portray. So
minute are they that good seeing la
needed to disclose them. It is at such
momeuta that color best conies out.
To those who know the sun only as
golden and the moon ns white, even In
i Its color scheme Mars would stand
else.
The people are beginning to under
stand that a real sacrifice is immi
nent unless they interfere to prevent
it; and this information is Demg put
in the hands of every voter in Oregon
in such a fashion that the merest re
view of the text presented tells the
story with convincing logic of tact
and authority. The committee is
pursuing the right course and not
giving away its hand to the enemy at
any point, and the funds needed are
steadily accumulating and in the same
quiet way.
It remains for every intelligent cit
izen to use every avenue he can to
spread the gospel of sense and safe
ty in regard to this vital issue, and by
word, and letter and message confirm
his friends in the course that means
the complete and final safety of the
salmon .industry.
test of American patriotism might
be had if somebody would start a pop
ular subscription for erecting half a
dozen battle ships.
With the single exception of the
tariff question the Brownsville ipci
dent is the most fruitful of all the
speechmaking themes.
The world moves. Twelve years
ago everybody expounded finance, but
Congress now confesses that it
needs time to think over the currency j
question. ..... . - i
! forth a revelutlon.-I'erclval Lowell In
Century.
Maiden Speeches In the Lords.
By wnlting twenty-four years before
The new comptroller of the cur- j making his maiden siieech Lord Laug
rency at Washington is an athlete, j ?ord exercised nn oratorical restraint
More power to his elbow if he should 88 ", & T
u ii i . , commendajde. r -i . ""
receive a challenge from the John a jSri R.uter lu the davs of
Smiths.
'"!.; i ! Charles II. was not equally modest,
for he took an early opportunity of ad
dressing the house of lords, with dlsas
trous results. "My lords," he began
"I rise this time for the first tlme
the very first time, my lords and di
vide my speech Into four branches."
Here he paused for a few seconds,
erew nurnle and confused and finally
After doing their utmost to block i,turtej 0ut. "My lords, If ever I rise
legislation,, the Democratic congress-1 again In this house you may cut me
At the age of 1194 years the Pekin
Gazette has added an editorial page,
and will now proceed to make up for
lost time in disciplining esteemed contemporaries.
man will go into the campaign and
criticize the Republicans for not do
ing anything.
Detnocratitvitems of interest . are
scarce but occasionally one of an en
livening nature comes along. Mr.
Hobson is to be a candidate for the
presidency in 1912.
The senate indulged in some witi-
cisms the other day, but as Senator j treme
James'
off, root and branches and all, for
ever."
Lord Byron was more fortunate, for
his maiden effort was declared by Sir
F. Burdett to be "the best speech by a
lord since the Lord knows when."
Lord Kosebcry's maiden hikmk'Ii after
three years of silence was a model of
i modest oratory, opening with a plea
! for that favor and Indulgence which
j the house always shows to those who
address It for the first time, "even in a
larger measure ou account of my ex-
Tillman was absent it will not be nec
essary to go into executive session to
demand a diagram and apology.
youth and
Oazette.
Inexperience." St.
The railroad officials are bothering
themselves a good deal about the long
haul ani the short haul features of
their freight schedules. Later in the
year the farmers will put another
problem before them, that of the big
haul.
The Most Common Cause of Suffering
Rheumatism causes more pain and
suffering than any other disease, for
the reason that it is the most common
of all ills, and it is certainly gratifying
to sufferers to know that Chamber
lain's Pain Balm will afford relief, and
make rest and sleep possible. In many
cases the relief from pain, which is at
first temporary, has become perma
nent, while in old people subject to
chronic rheumatism, often brought on
by dampness or changes in the
weather, a permanent cure cannot be
expected; the relief from pain which
this liniment affords is alone worth
many time its cost. 25 and 50 cent
sizes for sale by Frank Hart and
Leading Druggists.
Not Even "Just as Good."
When It became necessary during
the civil war to resort to the draft In
order to provide recruits for the Union
armies, many men who did not care to
go to the front or could not afford to
do so organized themselves Into clubs
or groups for the purpose of mutual
protection. When one of their number
was drjif ted an assessment, was made
upon all of them, and the money thus
raised was used In hiring a substitute.
An organization of this kind was
formed in a small town in Illinois, and
one of the members, a stalwart, fine
looking man, was drafted. With the
money raised by the stipulated assess
ment he procured a substitute, a little,
wizen faccdehap, who looked like a
scared rabbit. He .took him to the of
fice of the provost marshal.
"Mr. Marshal," he said, "here is my
substitute." ' '
, "I see," answered the oflicer dryly as
he looked at the two men. "Funny
how people like to get the best of the
government in a bargain!"
luuid. They all set upon him and beat
him, so that ho Is usually glad to
rape as soon as posstN. PMnosr of
India.
HAYDN'S UNHAPPY WIFE.
The Composer Married Her Merely to
Oblige Her Father,
Haydn married not the girl ho was
lu love with, hut her sister, "Haydu,
you should take my oldest daughter,'
snld Father Keller, the barber, and at
Keller hud done a good, deul for Haydn
the composer felt that he must sacri
fice his affection ou the altar of duty
and oliligu the old num. At the time
of the marriage, lu 17tUi, Ilitydn wa
twcnty-iiluc, while his Anna Maria
.was thirty-two. There does not appeal
to have been much love on either side
to start with, but Haydn declared that
he had really begun to "like" his wife
and wo, ltd have come to entertain n
stronger feeling for her If she li: bv
ha veil In a reasonable way, I'nrortu
nately Amu Maria hud neither rhyme
nor reason l.t !;er composition. Tim
entertaining Mr.rvlHe says that the ma
jority of hu'.les .married to intm of
genius ure so vain of thu uhllltles of
their husbands that they ure frequent
ly Insufferable. Hut Fruu Haydu was
not a lady "of that kind. The world
had emphatically proclaimed her tins
baud a genius, but to Maria It was
quite Immaterial 1 whether he were a
cobbler or an artist. Nay, mho even
committed the lueredlble crime of
using the composer's manuscript scores
for curling pnier, as underlays for
pastry and similar things! She was
gay enough with It all too.
When Haydn went from home, she
would send him the most cheerful lit
tle notes. ".Should you die toduy or to
morrow," ran one of these missives.
there Is uot enough money left In the
house to bury you." At another time
when Haydn was lu Loudon he received
a letter lu which Mr.rta wrote that she
had Just seen a ueat little house which
she liked very much uti.l that he might
do himself the pleasure to send her
2,000 gulden with ulileli to buy It so
as to have In future n "widow's
home." rieasant reading this for the
genial cominiscr! Iu the first case he i
wrote without a trace of auger:
Should tLH lie so take my niauu-
scripts to the music publisher. I guar
aniee you that they will I worth
money enough to defray my funeral I
expeiiies. in the mutter or the "wiu- i
ow's home" he thought It would bo
best to arrange things himself. Ultl- !
mutely he Itought the house, und In '
spite of Maria's frvquent suggestions
of his coming dissolution he lived In it ,
for nine years after she had been dead. ;'
l'rau Haydn sow out her seventy
years, but some time before that the
pulr had agreed to live apart as the
best way of ending a union which bad
proved utterly unbearable to the com
poser. .
The Penalty of Curiosity.
Among the packets received at th
Birmingham (England) postotDce one
day was one containing a pair of hand
cuffs, which were being sent from Der
by to a manufacturer In Birmingham
to bo fitted with a key. The paper cov
ering of the parcel had been torn dur
ing the transit, so that the handcuffs
were exposed to view. They were an
object of curiosity to the clerks, and
presently one of the young men Jocu
larly clasped one of the cuffs around
his left wrist, it was then that ho dis
covered thut there was no key to un
fasten It. The handcuff was on his
wri.st "to stay." '
The yours man went to the police
station, mid an officer found a key that
he thought would lit, but In turning it
round he broke it off iu the cuff. Now,
the broken key would have to be
drilled out or the handcuff filed
through before the clerk could get It
off. The day was Sunday, mid all the
shops, Including the manufacturer's
place, were closed. The clerk returned
to the postoffice nml explained his
ilight to the superintendent. This olli-
clal ordered him to take tho first train
for Derby the next mornlug, explain
the whole circumstance to tho owner
of the handcuffs, apologize to him nml
then return to Birmingham and go to
tho manufacturer's and have the hand
cuff filed off.
THE ROAD OF A THOUSAND
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become the scene of the world's greatest industrial activities. There is
not an Idle or uninteresting hour on the trip ,and the variety of conditions
presented excites wonder and admiration.
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Long limit on tickets and stop-over privileges. Corresponding rates from
other points. Inquire of C. W. Roberts, local agent, for full particulars
and helpful publications describing the country through which this great
highway extends, or address ,
WM. McMurray
General Passenger Agent, Portland.
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DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OF THE LATEST IMPROVED . . .
Whooping Cough.
"In February our daughter had the
whooping cough. Mr. Lane of Hartland
recommended Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and said it gave his custom
ers the best of satisfaction. We found
jt as he said, and can recommend it
to anyone having children troubled
with whooping cough," says Mrs. A.
Goss, of Durand, Mich. For sale, by
Frank Hart and Leading Druggists.
Curious Marriage Customs.
Among the East Indian Gonds a
bride Is carried on her brother-in-law's
back to the house of her friends and Is
made to weep, with each of them, while
they give her small presents of money.
TV'hen the ceremony is about to be per
formed at the bridegroom's house the
bride hides in nnother house and calls
"Cool" and the bridegroom's brother
In-law searches for her. As she enters
the bridegroom's house two spears are
planted before the door to make an
arch, and tie bridegroom pushes her
through lie girl banging back.
On the day after the wedding the
bride and bridegroom throw mud at
each other for sport.
Among the Mararg all the women of
the bridegroom's party are shut up hi
a house with the bride's sister's litis-
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A Holiday With Joy.
Llfo l:;n't ko full o' trouble but that
we kin Fome! lines steal a way an' spend
a holiiliiy with Joy." wild the old phi
losopher. "Tint tho minute Joy shakes
h.'iuils with i: s wo k to celebralln', i n
lhi. uext thing q know the town mar
shal runs i: lu for kIHIii' too happy on
tla. hlghtt-ay. an' we git ?10 or thirty I
tl'iys nioiv'n we bargained for! I once
knowed a olo brother who wuz one o'
th'.'bost fellers In the country when he
wnz In low grounds, but h'ixt hliuto
th's hl!lt ; f,u' he thought that tho mm
wuz a silver iiii::o rn' v owned It. an'
tho moon w:; n thirty dollar gold piece,
nn' the Btars v,-.::; Kinall (.Iisuive un' Ml
made for him! Hat in hlwe'f would V
been flyln' roau' In nlory to thi:i da;;
but for tho fact that Iv. .couldn't statu!
to he pro'perouf. HM1I. Ii,'i! a good Idee
to risk n day v.Jth-Joy whonwer poa:i
hle. Even cf ve J:i;o tA'e trouble
by it or.!' m'i4!'o'n!-:!i v. l'j be that we
had hl;,'i o!e time gIMtti' fliar! Hu
man naU:i'' i::JA:v:.m to be the most
curlouK eo:tt;-.!;:ij:i on !!:: top side o'
the yo!irth:"-:.t!a:);o Constitution.
The Kind Ton nave Always Bought, and which itas been
In use for over 30 years, has borne the tdfrnnturo of
and has been made under his per
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