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THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
THUKSPAY, JULY 9, 1908.
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'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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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