THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON,
SATURDAY, MAY I), 1008.
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THE WEATHER
Oregon, Washington and Idaho-
Fair, probably warmer.
MURDER RAMPANT.
The murder-wave is running its
course over the land, and the majority
of the cases reported are of the
lowest, most vicious and brutal sort.
It looks as if one beastial crime in
spired the other and no man may say
where it will stop. There is no law
to subdue the normal passion that
lusts for the life of another, whatever
it may do for the dispassionate man
or the coward. Most men have their
limitations and recognize the check
of law, public opinion, family shame,
or other deterring cause; but the man
with the primal spirit aflame is un
amenable and untamable ever.
Happily it is one of the rarest of
crimes in this community. Astoria, as
a seaport city is very free from the
stain of murder, and has been for
years. And it is a good thing to be
free of; it commends any community
to the homeseeker and the investor
and counts largely in the general es
timate held of the place. No man
knows, however, how soon the blasting
work will be done anywhere, nor how
to forefend against it; all that is left
in the terrible exigency is the
ment of. the law and that has become
a gamble and a featherweight in the
scales of justice, if the murderer hap
pens to possess the wherewithal.
LEGALRESISTAfICE TO LAW.
The modern is, most unhappily,
justifiable in his concrete conclusion
that the science of the law is the legal
and successful resistance offered to
its direct operation; the scientific
thwarting of its essence, and fact, with
the indisputably correct and effective
weapon taken from the same covers
that bind the law assailed. And this,
not with the mere use of sophistry,
plausibility, hair-splitting and the
unctious and perverted handing of the
law by its advocates before the bar,
but with the immense and varied line
of opinions that have come down from
the bench itself and are arrayed as
fundamental precedents, to the broad
divergencies of which and their inter
minable and baffling use in counter
acting each the other, the law must
look for the growing disrespect, if
not contempt, in which it is held by
the public.
"A man is innocent until he is
proven guilty!" is an idyllic conclu
sion that has long since lost its
inspired . justice. It still holds in
many a case and should be the car
dinal precept that guides the men
charged with the application of the
RAY C. GOLLINGS
With "Dora Tborne" at the Astoria
law; but there are so many, and so
plain, instances of men haled to court
for civic crimes, such as grafting and
the like, forced there by the pressure
of an outraged public sense of their
crimes, freed upon the flimsy techni
calities and undue warping of the
statutes, that the old and friendly
aphorism is belittled and condemned
and laughed at.
There are countries where the very
king himself has been placed in the
dock and made to bear his share of
the shame of tacit conviction; and this
is the spirit that is needed, sorely, to
eliminate from American jurisprud
ence the growing doubt of its purity
and efficacy.
THE PRESIDENT.
The real friends of Theodore
Roosevelt are not thinking for an in
stant that he will abandon his decla
ration not to be a candidate for the
presidency again; nor are they lend
ing hand or word to the theory of
his right or duty in such a premise.
Knowing him and respecting him and
the faith that moves him, they know
if, in some supreme hour, the voice
of the people is raised in this behalf,
he will steadfastly turn from the over
whelming lure and do what he has
said he will do. To believe anything
else of this man, is to dishonor him
and place him in the catagory of the
weaklings, and the tuft.hunters of the
political cult; no man who actually
appreciates the courage and sanity
and high-purpose of the President,
will entertain the idea longer than to
discount and deny it boldly.
WHAT WE VOTE FOR.
The people of Oregon, having as
sumed the power of initiating and
passing their own laws, are bound by
the unescapable and correlative obli
gation to see to it that those laws are
duly considered, weighed and dispos
ed of at the polls. There must be no
faltering, no shirking, no renigging;
these propositions are up for full and
final treatment and must receive it at
the hands that thrust them forward.
There are several grave, and many
important, issues involved in the list
and it is worth every man's while to
study them closely and vote with the
grace ot good citizenship tor, or
against, them. They are above the
fulfil-personnel of the June ticket in many
wayS; notably that the laws are pass-
ed for all time, and men come and go,
by period, or the will of the elector
ate. It is not safe to ignore the ref
erendum; it may contain elements of
disorder and disruption, and defeat,
and again it may contain things that
mean, and make for, the peace and
freedom of the masses, and for the
curing of a thousand ills. Therefore
it is a supreme duty to scan it and
know what to do, how to differenti
ate, and to cull the blessings while
we ward and bar the evils. Go to it,
and begin the work of scrutiny and
seggregation right now; you cannot
give the matter due thought in the
few moments you. devote to the vot
ing booth on election day!.
: Francis M. Finch, who died last
year and who wrote "The Blue and
the Gray," was for 15 years an asso
ciate justice of the Xew York state
court of appeals. The poem first ap
peared in Setpember, 1867, in the At
lantic Monthly. When he became a
judge, Mr. Finch continued to write
verse, but made no attempt to get it
printed.' "I did not feel," he said,
"that .the publication of poems was
compatible with the dignity of a judge
of the court of appeals."
A memorial of granite and bronze
erected on the battlefield at Vicks
burg by Illinois cost $200,000.
Theatre, Sunday Evening, May 10. j
' 7
TO MOVEJOUR PLANET
Power It Would Take to Raise
the Earth One Foot.
THE WEIGHT OF THE GLOBE.
It Hat Bttn Caleulatsd to B 8om
Six Million Million Ton What
Would Happen if th Earth Should
Com to a Sudden Standstill.
It la not generally known that the1
rotuudlty of tho earth and It move
ment were kuowu long before Coper
ulcus aud Galilei. Thus, Aristotle
says, "almost all those who claim to
have studied heaven In Us uulfonnli.v
declare that the earth Is iu tuo couter.
but the philosophers of the Italian
school, otherwise the Pythagoreans,
teach entirely the contrary, lu this
opinion the venter Is occupied by tire
nud the earth Is only a star, which by
a circular movemeut round the same
center produces night and day."
The following Greek philosophers be
lieved Id the rotundity of the earth:
Pythagoras of Saiuos, Auaxlmamler.
Nleetas of Syrucuse, Ileraclldes of
Pontus, Arlstarchus of Samoa, Sele-
neus and Eephautus. Ileraclldes and
Ecphantus admitted that the earth
moved only upon Its own axis, the
diurnal movemeut. The Pytungoreaus
held that each star was a world, bar
ing Its owu atmosphere, with an Im
mense extent of ether surrounding it.
Many centuries before Copernicus
wrote his work on "The Revolution of
the Heaveuly Bodies, which was
about 1542 A. D., the Jewish cabalistic
book, called "Zoliar." stated aa to the
cosmography of the universe:
"Id the book of Ilammauuuah the
Old we learn through extended expla
nation (hut the earth turns upon Itself
Id the form of a circle; that ome are
on top. the others below; that all crea
tures change in aspect, following the
manner of each place, keeping, how
ever. Id the same position. But there
are some countries of ihe earth that
are lightened while others are In dark
ness. These have the day when for
the former It Is night, and there are
countries In which It Is constantly day
or in which at least the night contin
ues only some lustants. These secrets
were made known to the men of the
secret science, but not to the geogra
phers." Malmonides (1190 A. D.) held that
the earth had the form of a globe: that
It was inhabited at both extremities of
a certain diameter: that the inhabit
ants had their heads toward heaven
isi-ilislLi e&ct other' ,vet
they did not fall off. 't
In India at a very early period the
astronomer Arya-bbata (born A. D.
470) held to the opinion that the earth
revolved upon Its own axis. It is
known that the Chaldeans ot a very
ancient period calculated with certain
ty eclipses of the moon and closely ap
proximated the time of eclipses of the
sun. Dr. Schlegel gives the great uu
tiqulty of 18.000 years to the Chinese
astronomical sphere.
Though astronomy affords the means
of determining with great precision
the relative masses of the earth, the
moon and all the planets, it does not
enable us to determine the absolute
mass of any heavenly body in units of
the weights used on earth. To deter
mine the absolute masB of the globe its
mean density must be known, and this
Is something about which direct obser
vation can give no information, as we
cannot penetrate more than an insig
nificant distance into the earth's Inte
rior. The most probable mean density
of the earth is 5.6 that is, the earth is
5.C times as heavy as a ball of pure
water of the same size. From this (ind
similar estimates the weight of the
globe has been calculated to be six mil
Ion million tons.
Archimedes, the greatest ancient ge
ometer, is accredited with the saying.
"Give me where I may stand, and I
will move the world!" With a lever of
sufficient length this task might possi
bly be accomplished. But let us see
what it would require to accomplish it
with the forces at our command. The
weight of the globe has been calculat
ed to be six million million tons.
To move this weight one foot a steam
engine of 10,000 horsepower would
have to work Incessantly for a period
of seventy thousand millions of years.
During this time the engine would use
up forty million million quarts of wa
ter, a quantity sufficient to cover the
whole globe 300 feet high. Now, as to
the fuel consumed by the engine, If its
boiler was good and working econom
ically It would require four thousand
million tons of coal to feed It during
the seventy thousand million years.
To ship such a quantity of coal by rail
way it would take two hundred thou
sand million cars of a capacity of
twenty tons each. These cars, when
placed in a line, would form a train so
long as to encompass the earth forty
five times, and if this train should
move with a velocity of twenty-tlve
miles an hour it would take It five mil
lion years before it could traverse the
distance of its own length.
This calculation shows that the globe
rests pretty firmly in the place assign
ed to it by nature and how difficult
would be' the task suggested by the
great mathematician. '
It is known what happens when a
rapidly running train comes to a sud
den standstill. We are thrown for
ward in the direction of its motion.
The same result would follow the sud
den stopping of the earth's motion,
only on a much larger scale. Every
thing, on Its surface would be hurled
Into space with n velocity hundred of
time ah gre.it na that of the swiftest
express train.
But we should have hardly th time
to realise this somersault Into space be
cause of tho other Immediate result
r'i. the transformation of the enrth
motion Into a bent sn Intense a to
rolse the temperature of the nlr by
tuindreda of degrees, turn seas, lakes
and rivers Into steam and instantly
consume forests, buildings and cities.
And men nud animals would Instnu
teueously perish from the mere breath
lug of the hot air, and their corpses
would be Inclucrated In the general
conflagration, lu short, the result
would be a tragedy such as Is depleted
by St. Peter for the Judgmeut day.
Scientists have given the tempera
iu re which one would feel when pene
trating to the center of the globe, To
obtain this estimate of heat they had
to confine themselves to simple ob
servations on the rise of temperature
In mine shafts. Geologists believed
that the moan temperature of the
earth Increased by 1 degree with
every hundred feet of descent. With
these figures for n basis they calculated
thut tho mean heut of the central nu
cleus must be 4,320 degree F,
This was good mathematics, but In
correct, for observations made lu Ne
vada with Instruments of great pre
cision showed that the heat of tho
central uucleus was much greater.
For the exerluieiit of 1807 a silver
mine was selected, and there they
found that at 2.500 feet under the
earth's surface the air showed a tem
perature of 04 degrees F. and the wa
ter of 120 degrees. Iu the vicinity, at
Yellow Jack shaft, the mine reaches a
depth of 3.000 feet, aud the thermome
ter shows eoustautly 130 degrees F.. so
that miners canuot work there for
more than lift ecu minutes at a stretch.
The works iu the Slmplon showed like
wise an uncommon subterranean beat.
and the calculations Justify an assump
tion for the central nucleus of a tem
perature of CSO.OOO to 700,000 degrees,
the same as Is assumed of the sua.
Leon Landsbcrg In Chicago Record-
Herald.
Patted Collto "Exam" at 8vn.
Few people In Connecticut realize
that there once lived a boy In Water-
bury who possessed the remarkable
precodousnesB which enabled him to
pass the Vale examination at the age
of neven years. He didn't enter Yale
until bis thirteenth year, yet tho record
remains and ought not to be lost sight
of. The boy's name was John Trum
bull, born In 1750. nud he died full or
honor. mluiUtstic and political, at the
ripe age of eighty-.ono years in 1831.
Ho was frail and tender as a young
ster, and his remarkable intellect over
balanced his physical makeup. Nobody
thought he would grow up, and his
mental achievement at on age when
most boys nowadays are entering the
district school attracted the attention
of scholars and distinguished men In
bis dar.-ITartford Counnt.
Thoasands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
It is to these faithful women that
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
comes as a ! jon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, N. Y., and to Mrs. W. P.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Fa., who say :
" I wa not able to do ray own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
I suffered. Lydia K. I'irikhara's Vege
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and I am so well that I can do as big a
day's work as I ever did. I wish every
sick woman would try it.
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E, Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizzines8,or nervous prostration,
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass. .
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try the following delightful desiert:
I cup English Walnut meat.
1 doz. figs, cut up fine.
1 10c. package JELL-O, any flavor.
Dissolve the JELL-0 in pint of
boiling water. When cool and lust
commencing to thicken stir in the figi
and nuts. Serve with Whipped Cream.
Delicious. The walnuts, fist and
JELL-0 can be bought at any good
grocery. This makes enough dessert
for a large family and is very econom
ical. Notice to Our Customers.
We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung trouble is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiate or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
THE ROAD OF
WONDERS
Shasta Route and Coast Line of the
Southern Pacific Company
Through Oregon and California
Over 1300 mile of scenic beauty and interest attractive and instinc
tive. This great railroad paste through a country uniurpasted for it
scenic attractions, and introduce the traveler to the vast arena soon to
become the scene of the world's greatest industrial activities. There it
not an idle or uninteresting hour on the trip ,and the variety of condition
presented excites wonder and admiration.
Special
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Portland to Los Angeles and Return
Long limit on tickets and stop-over privileges. Corresponding rates frony
other points. Inquire of G. W. Roberts, local agent, for full particular
and helpful publications describing the country through which this great
highway extends, or address
WM. McMurray
General Passenger Agent, Portland.
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RAILROAD
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TWO DAILY TRAINS
Steamship Tickets via all Ocean, Lines
at Lowest Rates. Through tickets on
sale. Forrates, steamship and sleeping-car
reservations, call on or address
G. B. JOHNSON, General Agent
12th St., near Commercial 'St. . Astoria, Obegon
John Fox, Pres. F. I Bishop, Sec. Astoria Saving Bank, Treas.
Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
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COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED.
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How to Fttd Alfalfa Hay.
In order to ivu'til undue waste
when feeding n I fulfil to pl, the liny
hoiild Ih fed in n chitted rack placed
In a fiat bottomed trough. The spactti
let ween (he shtlN should not exceed
.5 Inches, and the tronuli should ex
tend at lint"! eighteen Inches beyond
the raek lu every direction. The
ron rue stems left by the pig may bo
fed to stock cntle.-J. J. Vernon.
Alfalfa Maktt Chtap Milk.
A summary of feedlnir trials with
dairy cow hovs that alfalfa can be
made to take the place of at least one
half of the grain usually fed our dairy
cow, and n the nutrients needed by
dairy cows enu lw produced much
more cheaply with alfalfa than with
grain the cot of producing milk may
be greatly reduced by Its u.-D. 1L.
Otl, Wisconsin.
Diaturbcd the Congregation, '
The person who disturbed the con
gregation last Sunday by a continually
coughing it requested to buy a bottle
of Foley'a Honey and Tar. T. P.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
A THOUSAND