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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1908)
THURSDAY, JULY 1 G, 1908, ? THE MORNING ASTOMAN. AST01UA. OREGON. 8 -mmm 1 1 iftA-M-44 T2T7?7 n n TK7 I i A ODD II n i j S i liil QDQ Those who know and appreciate the fad that this exceptional opportunity tobSfiSrSMIN CLOTHES at ONE-QUARTER less than regular price know that this is out of the ordinary and are taking advantage of the op portunity. You can get cheap Kiki Clothes any time at almost . any price but who wants them? They are dear at any price. Come to this sale and get value worth while. NE-OUARTER Off The Following Are the Prices ' $26.25 ... 22.50 $35.00 Benjamin Suits........ 30.00 Benjamin Suits.. 27.50 Benjamin Suits................... .... 20.65 25.00 Benjamin Suits ...!..... 18.15 20.00 Benjamin Suits 15.00 it v t Boys' Suits $10.00 Suits ...' - 8.00 Suits 6.00 Suits 5.00 Suits 4.00 Suits $7.50 6.00 4.50 3.80 3.00 Coat and Trousers Suits $22.50 Benjamin Outing Suits $16.90 2o oo Beniamiu Outinjr Suits 15.00 i 0 w 18.00 Benjamin Outing Suits 14.50 v 15.oo Benjamin Outing Suits . 12.50 Men's Trousers $7.oo Trousers $5.25 O.oo Trousers .... 4.50 . 5.oo Trousers . 3.80 4.oo Trousers . 3.00 3.oo Trousers 2.25 "Bosfasnua" lomey Outing Suit' SPECIAL-.One Hundred $12.50, $15.00 and $18.00 Suits at exadly HALF PRICE JUBID) THE HOME OF I 557 Commercial Street BENJAMIN CLOTHES Astoria Oregon HWmMnmimnt mmmhwhmhhhi m X ' -- CHILD SEEKS DEATH Little Girl Drinks a Bottle of Ink STOMACH PUMP SAYES HER Grocer Refuses Credit Whereupon She Drinks the Ink After Scribbling a Farewell Note to Her Mother- Astonished Grocer Acts Promptly. PR Tulv IS. Fearful of her mother's anger at the refusal of the butcher and the grocer to trust her- for articles she was sent affer, eleven year old Louise Jansen made an attempt to end her life last night thinking that would be , the easiest way out of her troubles. Fro mthe counter at which she food when refused, ' the little ehild took a piece of brown wrapping paper and hastily ssribhled a note to her mother telling her that she was dead, and that she was very sorry thereat. She said that she did it be cause the butcher and the grocer would not trust her for the things she was sent after and that she was bad, she knew, but hoped her mother would forgive her. After handing the note to the grocer with a request to have it delivered to her mama, the child hastily swallowed the remain der of the contents of the ink bottle the grocer had provided her with. The astonished grocer had her taken at once to the emergency hos pital and the prompt treatment pre vented any serious consequences. It Can't Be Beat The best of all teachers is exper ience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, North Carolina, says: "I find Elec tric Bitters does all that's claimed for it. For stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles it can't be beat. I have tried it and find it a most excellent medi cine." Mr. Harden is right; it's the best of all medicines also for weak ness, lame back, and all run-down conditions. Best too for chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at Charles Rogers & Son's drug store. 50c BOYS IN LONG RACE Relay Event From Hew York to Chicago Y. M. C. LLADS THE RACERS Distance is About 1000 Miles and Each Boy Will Run With Message One-half Mile. When Another Will. Take it and Speed on. 900 miles. The road to be taken by the boys is estimated at 1,000 miles. There will be nearly 2,000 boys in the race and it is estimated that it will be run on scheduled time. 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Bovs from 15 to 20 years will make uo the' team which will convey Got ham's message to hVr sister city in the Middle West. The boys are members of the Young Men's Chris- tion Asociation and! represent near ly every branch of the Association between the two cities. The message will be encased in a silver tube, which will be passed from one boy to another at the end of each rrfav. The youngster who receives the message will run up Broadway half a mile and deliver it to another with it. At that point another eager, fleet-footed youth will be waiting him. In this way the race will con tinue day and night until Chicago is reached. The boys will be accompanied by automobiles. In the automobile also iv-ill be a relief runner or substitute who will take up the run in case the relay man meets with any kind of an j . . r. . C i I accident. I ne scneme was nrsi .iub gested by the boys secretary of the Cleveland Central Branch. A. W. Jameson, secretary of the Twenty third Street branch in this city, will have charge of the race in the east. The direct mail route to Chicago is MEXICAN POLITENESS. In th SUU of Michoaean Chivalry Is Compulsory. "If any man opines that the days of chivalry nd the true knight errant spirit have gone forever, let him start forthwith on a far southward Journey, not bait his steps until be brings up In the town of Morella. which la the capital of the Mexican state of Michoaean," remarked a traveling man. nnvln arrived In Morella, be will at once see that tbe chivalrous aplrlt still survives. I was down there noc long ago. and the gallantry of the men nnd thpn- rtreme readiness to extena courtesies to the fair sex pleased and mimrlsed me. when I noocea tne nin,.ritv wfth which the native males Jumped up on the crowded street car to offer their seats to tne Bret senonia hnt entered. I thought to myself how much mere gentlemanly are tnese Mexican than many of my own coun tryraem They do not wait to see if some other man Is going to get up. but each tries to beat tbe other in cour teously proffering his seat to the lady. I nfike about the matter to tne pro prietor of the hotel and immediately he began to laugh. "Ton must understand, senor,' saia the innkeeper, 'that the governor of our state lsmied a decree' that if any man keen his seat in a street car. thereby compelling a woman to. stand. he- U liable to arrest and a Dne tne police have lieen Instructed to execute tltfs. order severely, and I think this tarn much to'do with the prompt polttfl; ness of which yon np-':ik. Klnt-e u'mo of our population wishes to become In volved wii'i the polit-e and to bt pub licly branded ns lacking in gentility.' " -piiiitlmore American. Gold Medal In Olympic Games Goes to English A eougb curs Uaa eaa be ftra to cAilJrva without chute of harm It Kemp's fialiaiQ,, the best eouga cum. It does not contain poisons or harmfal drugs. Druggists sell It QLS. GaS ONE SILVER MEDAL England a Double Winner, France and Sweden Each Get One First in the Olympic Final Games at London. LONDON, July 15. -The gold medals went to Great Britain, France and Sweden, as winners of the finals oi today's events at te Olympic gaiifcs. Great Britain was a double winner and France and Sweden each secured one first. The United States had to be satisfied with- only one silver medal, a syrnblic of second idace in the threc-tnilu team race. The American representation in the various event was however small. England' won the 661) yard cycling race and the mile team race. France won the 201 metre tandem cycle race, and Lemming for Sweden gavcly 17Weet 71; Greece, France and Great Britain each took a silver! medal for the second place in javelin throwing, the '660 yard cycling race ;ind the 2000 metra event, while Norway. Germany and Sweden each took bronze' medals in the same events. A fttuODorfl Prfffctss. Connt de Usdaln lu his "From re al to Stkklm." an account of a Jour ney through the Gobi desert and Tibet, tells a story concerning a Mongolian prince which has tbe traditional Chi nese flavor. Ee to not, properly speaking, Prince ot Alasham, but really Prince of Koko nor. Keveral years ago he weut to Fckia to bo married. The policy of tbe- rekln court, to that extent wtM consists in marrying to all the Mongol kinglets princesses of the emperor's household, thus binding them to the dvnastv by tbe links of matrimony. The Prince of Kokouor, having uwr- rlcd a princess, set out again wito u spouse for b! distant kJngdom. yi" oumv She Had Red Burns. The nhili'.iithroijk- lady was visiting a Glasgow slum and had Just been ushered Into n house where the good wife was entraced washing. Her en ileavor was to elevate the minds of the poor, and she asked. "Hare you read Rums?" In answer the eood wife bared her brawny arm and displayed a large red mark, saying: "There's wan I got this morn wi' the steam o' the pot btlin' ower. But. efter a', a burn's aye red!" nrliicess bud no liking for this Jon ami ceaselessly lamented the Clstamv ut the country In which she was to llv In future. At last, having reached thJ opening of the Alasham desert, she aln solutoly refused to go a step farther. Th prince In bis, perplexity sent court lew to IVUlu to' submit his case and to beg that his spouse might be forced to be renwmoble. The reply rroia Pekln was that if the princess re fuHfd to go on be must settle in the place where she bad stopped, and thus the Trlnco of Kokoiwr became Prince of Alasham, Irritation of the throat and hoarse Bad breath has probably broken off more matches than bad temper, and that's a good many. The best cure for bad breadth ii the tonio-Iaxatlve, Lanc'i Family Medicine. Bad breath has probably broken off more matches than bad temper, and that's a good many. ' The best cure for bad breath is the tonic-laxative. Lane's Family Medicine. A few dos of this remedy will in variably core an ordinary attack of diarrhoea. It can always be depended fiponi even In the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for snmmrt diarrhoea and cholera infantum in children, and is th means of saving the lives of many children each ye; When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take, Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his homo. Buy it noff. 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