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Maun.. THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. THUKSPAY, JULY 9, 1908. Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year $7(W By carrier, per month W WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance S1-50 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a the postoffice at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made by postal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. 'THE WEATHER Oregon Fair and coler except near coast. Washington Fair except rain near ocast; cooler interior. i LUMBER VERSUS GRAIN A devoted friend of this city and country and section, a man who has moderate interests of a landed and commercial sort here, and who has been in touch with the place for thiry odd years, insists that Astoria is "chasing rainbows" when she craves and strives for the grain shipments from her docks. This man claims that there is nothing in grain for this port, having none of her own ship out; that the residual money in that great commodity is a mere bagatelle, the bulk of its market worth going to the farmer, the railway, the broker, the ship and the stevedore, and the measrre profit on the transaction be- ins utterly insufficient to make the businsss of value here. He holds, on the contrary, that be ing splendidly located at the great junction of rail, river and sea trans portation facilities and at the head of the finest standing body of virgin tim ber left in all the Northwest, she should mark her course of develop ment along the lumber line and build to it unceasingly; she has everything at hand, and practically, her own, for the absorbtion of the entire business, with the whole string of profits innur ing to her, from the logger, mill-hand, carriage, stevedore and ship, all with in her own range of interest and ownership and practically free from interference because she is the logical depot for its handling and shipment. This, with her salmon interests and sea fisheries will serve to keep her busv for vears to come, and it will be of home concern and home-invest ment. She should go in tor more mills, more railroads into the forests, and make concessions in favor of these at all times, and climb into prominence as a great lumbering port and fishing station, and let the grain go out under other auspices. There is food for thought in all this: This man talks as a student and friends and business-man, and his doctrine is full of substance. He does not confine his application of it to Astoria alone; he speaks of the mouth of the Columbia, and both banks for all would .bear equally and favorably toward this city as the business center of the industry. LOCAL LIVING COST. While it is an admitted fact that Astoria has fewer idle people than any town of her size on the coast; that there is, generally speaking, all kins of employment for those who want work; that in the main the wage scale here is among the best going, the correlative fact remains that the cost of living is far too high in As toria, and is felt not alone by the man of small means, but by those better able ot meet the strain, and is becom ing a source of general uneasiness. All staples are too high, even when considering the range of taxation, in surance, transportation, and the vari ous bills of expense the merchant has to contend with, and the feeling is very general that the dealer is taking advantage of his own known burdens to exact more than they justify from the ordinary retail buyers; that there are combinations in the retail trades here that are becoming oppressively severe in their schedules and price lists, abusing the success they have attained to, and reckless of the bur dens they are imposing. AMERICA IN CONTEMPT The country is becoming nauseated with the very names of Anna Gould and Prince Helie Sagan, and now that they are officially married, it is hoped they mav scf.le down and gradually disappear from the news columns of The U-;id. They have wrought a well warranted foreign contempt for America, and the least they can do is to subside. It is our opinion that the very poverty of the people serves to counter-balance the modern insanity of arrogant wealth, and leaves us with a vestige of clean and honest hope for the future. The abandoned coarse ness of the wkra-rich of America has become a stench in the nostrils of decent human society the world over, and the present age will be infamous in history for the excesses that have obtained. Thanks be, there is enough of genuine progress along the restrict ed lines of inventive genius and art to save us some measure of prideful commendation in the annals of the future, whatever license the critics of the age may have in their reviews. FREE HAND WITH SCHOOLS The Astoria school district is con fronted with several important and costly propositions, among them the building of a new sixteen-room estab lishment for the accomodation of children that cannot be taken care of in comfort at present. This means an additional cost in the matter of teach ers for all these new rooms and their pupil al of which appeals directly to the tax-payer. The school tax payer of Astoria is, however, very amenable to the bur dens that he faces; he is patient and willing and even anxious for the de velopment of the system, so long as it is conservatively handled, and as he has had little of disappointment in the past, he is willing to trust the solution of the pending difficulties to the board now in charge and to give practically a free hand, knowing that what is needed is inevitable and will come back to him in the shape of an enlightened and capable generation of young citizens who will, in good time, relieve him of the burdens he is bear ing and directing. This is the one great compensation in the questions of the public schools, and there are none in the world to beat the Ameri can in the knowledge and apprecia tion of the blessning. the vote oi a sick senator, as in Xew York, turned the scale against race-track gambling in Louisiana. As a rapid improvement nas followed in both cases the science of medicine as veil as of government seems to have Seen advanced. rorto Kico is reminded that any stream considered navigable is under the direct supervision of the National Government. An order has just been issued at Washington directing that dams and fish weirs be removed from the large streams of the island. The conservation of natural resources is not to be overlooked in the outlying possessions. During the Chicago Convention the correspondent of a Paris paper tele graphed that the city was "a perfect icll, scourged with terrible heat, full of uproar and with street corners oc cupicd by professional sword swal lowers, talers ot hre, Indian war dances and howling dervishes. 1 his correspondent must be one of the jii'go start who, failing to find the convention, sjot stranded among the peanut stands There is something radically wrong with :He cabinet slates now being sug gested ;Vf the next Republican ad ministration They do not i'i: ii.de the names of Luke E. Wright or George B. Cortclyou. A recent conviction of land thieves ,:ost 'he government $48,000, but re stored J00,0rc) acres of land worth $1,000,000. Putting criminals of this kind in stripes is a (po:t thiiv, regard less of the cash exhibit. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. 60c pe; month by mail or carrier. FREAKS OF CLOCKS. Eltctrio Storms Mty Stop Thtm and May Alto Start Thtm. , "A watch inny nevtl cleaning when It la not dirty nt nil." said u wiitrh mnker. quoted In the Washington 1'twt. "This sometimes accounts for u grout deal of misunderstanding between the owner of a uew watch and the watch maker to whom It Is brought for ex amination. Furthermore, a watch which has never been worn may need cleaning. "A commou reanon Is thut oil In a watch may have dried up around the pivot and become sticky, thus causing a watch to p very slowly or stop en tirely, Id which case of course It needs not only cleaulng, hut the addition of fresh oil. "The oil which Is considered best for watches Is made from the porpoise or blacklist! Jawbone, These oils have a most disagreeable odor and have to tie treated chemically before belug used. "The skeleton of the fish, with only the head left on, Is bung In the hot sun for several days and the oil al lowed to ooze out slowly. All the volatile parts of the oil are naturally ceutrallWHl In this manner, and the oil collected Is snld to remain mild and clear when It coiues In contact with metal for as long as ten years. "Makers of chronometers are espe cially scrupulous lu the preparation of oils, owing to the accuracy which Is demanded of these delicate timepieces, and often prepare their own oil by mixing ponwlse, sperui, olive and neatsfoot anil a small quantity of mineral oil. When these oils are mixed, It Is customary to keep them In an uncorked bottle exposed to the sun. This Is done to allow all foreign snd coloring substunces to fall to the bottom, after which the oil Is filtered through a mixture of charcoal dust and animal charcoal. "Clocks sometimes stop running for no apparent reason. During an elec tric storm It Is not uncommon for them to stop abruptly, only to resume their regular functions with as much accu racy as ever after a certain Interval of time. This Interval may be only for a few moments or It may be for years. "On the other hand, electric storms have been known to lie responsible for the starting of old clocks which have remained mute and Inactive for years. Imagine the utter amazement of the members of the household upon sud denly hearing the solemn tick-tack of a stately old hall clock which from ull apiiearance had long ago retired from active service." The Serious Breton. The Breton Is stalwart In stature and stern and serious In disposition. He has hewed bis life out amid the serious things and along the rocky roads. Ills !are all Caucasians, me uincrcni pu. bronzed face looks austere, but beneath I pie of China are all Mongolians, bis blue blouse beats a heart warm and These Chinese peoples speak eighteen true. The primitive simplicity of hlor twenty distinct languages, each life and the Intenseuess of his religion . . tn . n,f inniimerabe din- give me nreiou nuori view oi me in volltles of existence. He carries his religion Into his daily life and work, and along all the roads are gaudy cru cifixes, which the peasants never pass without kneeling and crossing them selves. It Is characteristic of all these Brittany folk that they mind their own business. I don't know what the result would be If you were to try a Joke on them. I should be afraid to undertake It. Life is a serious problem to the Breton. It Is homespun for him even though the rest of France may be ar rayed in silks. He has worked out an existence against great odds, and It has given him a character and physique which make him notable among his fellow countrymen. Frank Presbrey In Outing Magazine. No Flattery Necessary. "You needn't liegln Jollying me," said the gruff man to the man who had land to sell. "I'm not a man that can be affected by flattery. When 1" "That's Just what I said to ray boss," Interrupted the agent. "I told blni when he suggested your name to me that it was a relief to call on a man who did not expect to be praised and flattered to his face all the time. I tell you, Mr. Crump, this city has mighty few men such as you. Nine men out of ten are simply dying to have some one tell them how great they are, but you are above such weakness. Any one can see that at a glance. I'm glad of It. It's helpful to me to meet a man who rises superior to the petty tactics of the average solicitor. It's a real and lasting benefit and an instruc tive experience." Ten minutes later, after a few more such comments on the part of the agent, the man who could not be flat tered Into signing the contract was asking which line bis name should be written upon. Success Magazine. . The Chinese Language. The Chinese language has no alpha bet. Instead of being formed from an alphabet, Its words are either symbols Intended to represent Images or are formed by a combination of lines or of two or more such symbols. The lan guage Is monosyllabic. Every word Is a root, and every root Is a word, and ancient tradition makes It out that the founder of the written hngmiso of China was one Tsnng Kc. who lived some 3,000 years P,. C. According to the account, Tsaug Ke. while warder ing one day In the fields, found n tor toise, and, observing its slioll distinctly and beautifully marked, he took It home and thus formed the idea of rep resenting the objects around him. Looking upward, he carefully observed the figures preseuted by the stars, aft er which he attentively considered the forms of birds., mountains, rivers, etc.. .Hid ir'.ui ititvi i,t Icugth o;-igl;in!ed the written characters. At any rate, Hi Chinese language, ns written, Is sim ply a great mass of ultroglyphles. New York American. Subscribe to the Morning Astorinn THE PLAIN TRUTH. What More Can Astoria Ask? People When well known residents and hiuhlv resiKcted people of Astoria make such statements as the follow ing, it must carry conviction to every reader: Mrs. E. Haggbloin, comer Ninth and Harrison streets Astoria, Ore gon, says: "For ten years I suffered icutely from kidney trouble which gradually grew more severe until 1 became alarmed. My back was so weak and painful and 1 suffered from such severe diy spells that I could hardly get around. At last I was forced to take to my bed and re- anaincd there for a long time. My kidneys were irregular in action and the secretions so profuse as to cause me a great deal of suffering. At last I decided to try a good kidney rem edy and procured a box of Doan s Kidney Tills at Rogers drug store. The results that followed their use were must satisfactory. 1 continued using them and it was not long be fore I was completely cured. I have used Doan's Kidney Tills on some oc casions since ,to keep my kidneys in good order and can conscientiously . .. . - say 1 nave not nan any recurrence oi the trouble since they cured me." For sale by all dealers. Price SO cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N'cw York, sole agents for the I'nitcd States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. ABOUT CHINA China is not a nation in the sense in which we ordinarily use the word. If we picture to ourselves the coun tries of Europe, with their different languages and different customs, drawn together into a loose confed eration under the government of a conquering race, we shall have some small conception of what this Chinese "nation" really is. The people of these different European countries lects and sub-dialects. They are gov erned by Manchu, or Tartar, conquer-1 ors who spring from a different stock, ' wear different costumes, and speak among themselves a language wholly different from any of the eighteen or twenty native tongues. Success Mag .' ine. SURE CURE FOR BABY'S ITCH. Oil of Wintergreen in External Wash Produces Remarkable Results How to Get Prescription. Is your baby burning up with tor turing itching Eczema? Is he tearing his tender skin to shreds vainly try ing to scratch away the terrible 1 agony? I Are you or any member of your family suffering with an aggravating persistent skin disease? Use oil of wintergreen mixed with thymol, glycerine, etc., in D. D. D. Prescription. It will give instant re lief. ! Oil of wintergreen, this simple every-day oil of wintergreen, mixed with other healing herbs and vegeta ble ingredients, cures the worst forms of skin disease, and the remedy is so easy to apply, just an external liquid wash. No drugs or medicines, just a few drops of the wash applied to the ( itching, burning spots, tnen instant 1 relief. The instant the oil is applied the itcn is gone. To secure the proper results from'? this soot nncr curative remeoy, 11 is necessary to use oil of wintergreen compounded with other mild ingred-1 . ..... Ti-r.. 1 1 n. n it lents. inis cuiiijjuuiiu mwwu D. D. Prescription, not only relieves but permanently cures. Just try D. j D. D. Prescription. Try a few drops and note the relief. We posi tively vouch for the merits of this remedy. Charles Rogers & Son. Lane's Family Medicine is a tonic laxative. It does not depress or weak en, but imparts a feeling of buoyancy and strength that is delightful. At all drugggists 25c. COFFEE A middling steak and first-rate coffee are better than middling coffee and first-rate steak. Con sider the cost. 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Desk 22, ESTHETIC CHEMICAL CO., 31 West 125th Street, Nsw York, N. Y. rv 1 First National Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G.;CFlavel J. W. Ladd Capital Surplus Stockholders' Liability ESTABLISH!:!) 18M0, J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President. O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President. Astoria Savings Bank Capful Paid in $115,000. Surpl us and Undivided Profits, 1100,000 Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. Eleventh and Duane Sta. Astoria, Oregon. SCANDINAVIAN-A M E R I C A N SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideration." tttfttttttMMMMMMMs A LITTLE OVER 3 CENTS A Small Savings Bank. A Small Savings Account. tEk An Examplejiu Thrift. A Small Fortune. A happy home. THE BANKING SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N. 1G8 10th St. Phone Black 2184 THE G EM C. F. WISE. Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors Merchants Lunch Frem and Cigars 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. 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