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Clatsop Currants
" Wednesday, and another on Friday
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Doesn't it appeal to you to take advantage of this
rare opportunity to buy a Benjamin Suit at ONE
FOURTH less than regular price?
Yes! Of course. Well then, don't put it off;
it will not last long; and right now you can get the
pick of the stock.
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INTERESTING FACTS AND
COMMENT CULLED FROM
COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS IN
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
Sherman County Observer: Carrie
Nation says she will tear off the first
sheath gown she sees on a woman.
Needless to say, Carrie has 'quite a
following these days.
Gave Kindly Aid.
Oregon Mist: The Mist returns
sincere thanks to the Rainier Review
people for their kindness last week in
printing the Mist. Owing to a break
down of our old Prottty we were com
pelled to call upon our Rainier friends
for assistance, and they did every
thing necessary to enable us to
print on our publication day, though
too late to get the mail to our sub
scribers at the usual time. We hope
we will never be called upon to recip
rocate in exactly the same way. Our
offer of pay was promptly turned
'down, even the little devil refusing to
accept compensation.
Was a Good Game.
Seaside Signal : Petteys, the pitcher
for the Tigers, who was in the box
at the game between the West As
torias and the Portland Maroons at
'Astoria last Sunday, says the game
was one of the nicest he ever wit
nessed, perfect ball being played by
both teams. Petteys says the sup
port given him by the Astoria play
ers was certainly greats and that they
played with a snap seldom seen ex
cept among high-grade professional
teams.
Some Fine Praise.
St. Helens Mist:-The Fortland
Oregonian has been, for the past 25
years, a source of information and in
spiration to the editor of this paper
and all other Oregon editors who
were caapble of appreciating great
ability and a power of expression
equalled by few writers and excelled
by none in the United States. For
over 50 years its editor has, with a
few exceptions, used his great ability
for the public good. We believe he
Jias always adhered to what he con
cieved to be the right, and his ad
vocacy of great principles has been
fearless and has not waited upon
popular approval. He has been a true
leader of public thought and after the
scepter has fallen from his hands
there will be no dissenting opinion
among the lesser lights of journalism
as to his pre-eminence. His brethren
of the country press delight in sting
ing him occasionally and feel perfect
ly satisfied when they make the old
lion roar. It shows that he is human
and has human ' weaknesses., In re
sponse to a recent puncture to bis
cuticule he avows: "Senators will
come and go; but no man again will
hold the primacy in the journalism of
Oregon for 50 years."
It's all very true, big fellow, and
Oregon is fond of you. Never doubt
that when the time comes for you to
shuffle off this mortal coil the Oregon
you have served so well will do full
honor to your greatness. All these
little matters will be forgotten then;
all the acrimony of personal and po
litical discussion will be obliterated
and Oregon will grieve over the loss
of its foremost citizen and advocate.
1 Mounted Police.
The Dalles Chronicle: The Chief
of Police has been leading such a
strenuous life in attending to his
duties as such of late, that he has
purchased a horse, and now the city
has mounted police. This makes it
possible to cover ground quickly.
CONTRACTOR MATSON SUD
DENLY INFORMS COUNTY
COURT THAT HE WILL NOT
PROCEED WITH HIS BID.
if I Aw ! V
That the proposed bridge over the
Necanicum will be constructed this
summer now oegins to appear very
loubtful. John Matson, to whom the
contract for building the bridge was
warded at the last meting of the.
county commissioners, yesterday i
withdrew from the contract Why he X
did so is not definitely known,
though it is presumed that Mr. Mat-j
son must have discovered, or believed ' I
that he discovered, some reason why
he could not profitably continue with
the matter.
The Matson bid was for $5439. The
next lowest bid was that made by L.
Lebeck, for $5482, and Mr. Lebeck
promptly said yesterday that he would
be quite willing to go ahead with the
contract if the court now accepts his1
bid, which is only for a few dollars'
more than Matson's. j
Judge Trenchard attempted to act X
promptly in the matter yesterday as
soon as he learned that the Matson :
contract would not be acted upon. J
Last evening he got in communication j
with Commissioner Fred H. Moore T
of Seaside, but Mr. Moore deemed j
it best that the entire court act upon
the matter. Therefore nothing can
be done until Commissioner Frye re
turns to the city, which may not be
until Saturday or Sunday. He is out
at his logging camp and there is no
means of communicating with him.
Judge Trenchard and the others
have been very anxious to have the
bridge completed as soon as possible, I
so that the summer traffic could utilize !
the bridge. But with the present
hitch in the matter it is now deemed j By
quite improbable that the matter can !
be rushed through in time for this
season's uses. Therefore, in that
event, there would be no need of
tying up the county's money in the i
bridge before next Spring.
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ItySfifil One-Fourth OFF
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We call special attention to mothers to tog the
boys up while these low prices prevail.
ALL BOYS' SUITS "
One-Fourth OFF
The reasons of this sale which concern you are
the high character of the goods and the low price.
THE WOOLEN MILL STORE
i 557 Commercial Street
Astoria Oregon i
WILL REPAIR SHIPS
Re-Armament Instead
Building New Vessels
of
PORTER WINS JUMP
(Continued from page 1)
JAPANESE OFFICERS' SCHEME
! First Class Cruisers Are To Be Add
ed To The Japan Navy And Will
Be 450 Feet Long And A Speed Of
25 Knots.
second. William F. Hamilton, Chi
cago A. A., did not run.
Walker time equals the Olympic
record for this distance.
The third heat in this event was
won by J. A. Rector, University of
Virginia, in 0:10?. H. J. Huff, Chi
cago A. A., was second. Cloughen,
Irish-American A. C. did not run. j
The fourth heat was won by X. J. !
Cartmell, University of Pennsylvania, j
in (1:11 1, Lawson Robertson, Irish-
American A C, was second, finishing j
shoulder to shoulder with Cartmell. ;
In the first round of the catch-as-catch-can
wrestling, middleweight to
161 pounds, Craige and Xarganes, j
America, drew byes.
In the second round, Beck, United
Kingdom, threw Narganes, and An
derson, Sweden, beaj; Craige on point
TOKIO, July 3. The Japanese ad-
j miralty has decided upon a large
j scheme of- re-armament instead of
, building new ships, the new ships, the
armaments of the old will be altered
i so as to bring them into line with the
I most modern ideas and with the re
I quirements indicated by the war with
Russia. Thus vessels of the Mikasa
type which have hitherto carried four
j,12 inch guns and fourteen 6 inch will
henceforth carry four 10 inch instead
of fourteen 6 inch, so that their princi
pal armament will be brought up' to
' eight pieces of heavy calibre. In
: fact their lighting strength will be
doubled. Similarly in the case of
! vessels like the Retzivan taken dur-
Corcs Baclttcht
Corrects
Irregularities
Do not risk havtas
Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not Bright PiacMt,
beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. or Diabetes
T. F. LAUREN OWL DRUG STORE.
11
FERENCZY IS DEAD
Gained World-Wide Fame
Maker of Violins
as
HIS DEATH IN NEW YORK
Kemp's Balsam will stop any cough
tint can be stopped by any medicine
and cure coughs that cannot be cured
by any other medicine. It is always
the best cough cure.
, ... c ii ie vt. iln? t,le war tne,r ncw armament will
the man for the full 15 minutes with-' .it, , . , .n
x . ,, . consist of four 12 inch and four, 10
out either securing a throw. . . . . . . . '
! I inch pieces, the latter being substi-
. I tuted for the twelve 6 inch which
these vessels originally carried. , ,
When the urogram is carried out
county ( .j, wjjj j)ave tjig a(vantagc 0f creating
a thoroughly homogenour figthing
force. First class cruisers are to be
added to the navy. These ships will
have a displacement of 18,650 tons
with a horsepower of 44,000 and a
speed of 25 knots. They will be 450
feet long over all with an 80 feet beam
and a draft of 25 feet! Their armor
will be 7 inches and their armament
will consist of ten 12 inch guns, some
six whose number isiiot yet decided
upon, and ten 7. inch. One of these
ships is to be built at Kure.
An Eyewitness.
"Have you any witnesses of the acci
dent?" asked the Brentford
court Judge recently.
"Yes," was the reply, "my uncle. He
is not here because he is blindsLon
don Telegraph.
Yaks Care of the Pennies, Etc.
"Make anything on that deal?" Gob
sa Golde inquired.
"Only a million," Myduss gloomily
replied.
"Well, every million counts." New
York Press.
Grief should be like Joy majestic,
equable, sedate. Aubrey de Vere.
He Was Credited by Experts With
Having Re-Discovered The Famous
Cremona Varnish Goes To Den
ver To Apply His Art There.
NEW YORK, July 21,-Badcn Ka
rolly Tomasowzky de I'crenczy,
widely known in fcurope anil this
country as a maker of violins and
credited by experts with having re
discovered the Cremona varnisn, is
dead at Far Rockaway from diabetes
from which he had long suffered. lie
was 48 years old and is 'survived by
a widow and one daughter Vina.
To this daughter, a violin maker of
ability, he gave the secret of the Cre
mona varnish on his death. Feren
czy, who came from a famous family
of Buda Pest violin makers, came to
this country several years ago -at the
solicitation of several wealthy violin
enthusiasts of Denver who believed
that in the dry air of that section it
would be possible to get excellent re
sults in the making of instruments.
The project met with considerable
success, the new instruments bringing
Ijigh prices but the altitude and rari
lied air that was such an aid to de
I'erenczy in -so far as Jus art was
concerned, was too much for his con
stitution and after rcvcral months
spent in an endeavor to be acclimated
he was forced to return to the east,
Several months ago hi condition be
came such that lie had to feo to St.
Joseph's hospital where he died.
HE SOUGHT DEATH.
The Unfortunate Napolson III. at ths
Battle of Sedan.
Snrah Bernhardt mentions In her me
moirs that Napoleon III., had two
horses shot under him at Sedan. Somo
having thrown doubt on her statement
and denied that the emperor was ever
in peraonal danger at the time, Bnron
Verly, son of the luto colonel of the
Cent Garden, gives what he affirms to
bo the authentic account of the unhap
py sovereign's persistent attempts to
court death when ho saw that defeat
wns unavoidable. On Sept. 1, tS'u,
t fl o'clock In the morning. Marstml
MaeMnhon. returning wounded in !
dan, met t.'ic emperor riding out ti
Haswlllr-s, .N.'ipoleon III. realized thr.t
the p.ltnntlmi wmh denperate. ( He Mile
slowly out. deprived und thonjrlitful.
under n hull of shot, During an hour
he inspv'ftel the positions. Bullets
rained ou bin escort. Cnptalu d'Ik'ii !
court v.'.s l;!!i-d a few f;ct away from
the eunero" The lattwr. deliberately
stoking de;U!!. alighted, ordered hlrt es
cort to n:;i",: behind nn embankment
and walked i:p to n cenielory ou
height, wlr, ' !:! ftnyed for another
hour, fipo-'.-l lo lire". Ho mounted
again and rode to another purt of the
field. General de Courson and Captalu
de Trecesson were dangerously wound
ed by his side, but not a bullet hit bliu
Tho emperor at last seemed to despair
of meeting his death as ho sought It
and rode back to Sedan nt noon. In
the town Itself shells fell thick, and
while tho enipeior was riding with his
escort up the Grand Rue one burst
just In front of blm, wounded one of
the Cent Gnrdfs and killed the horses
of two ' nlds-de-camp. Napoleon III
looked on stolidly, understanding, per
haps, that It was not his tutu to die In
notion. The story that he had two
horses killed under lilai Is, tljerel'':'o.
not correct:. But there Is no doubt thu:
the unfortunate emperor, beaten and
111, a pathetic n,riVrglc figure, dli do-
Ittierotely swk tlenfli 'on the Held to
escape tho disgrace of Sedan which be
foresaw. faris Letter.
A SERPENT STORY.
Terrifying Experience With a Deadly
Laneehead.
The Tarls Eclair tells a blood cur
dling serpent story, the scene of which
. . I . J 1 . I . 4 II. ...I.. I .. I . I. .
wan lilt! ifiiuiiu oi .iiuruuiiii uuu wie
dramatis ncrsonne Streeant Lcttrand
and Trlvato Durnnd and the snako a
deadly lancehcud.
The soldier had boon minluhcd with
a night In t! i-ells for some trivial of
fense, but n the night was very hot
thesorgfant had left the door open. In
the morning at 5 o'clock Legrand wont
to wako his prisoner and, to his horror,
beheld a Inncnhend snake colled up and
fust asleep on tho man's breast
The sergeant did not lose bis presence
of mind. Ho stole noiselessly away,
ran to the guard room and. followed by
all tho men on duty, returned to the
cell with a bowl of milk and a tin whis
tle. Placing tb bowl of milk at tho
entrance to the t ell, the sergeant began
to play the "Blue Danube." It Is need
less to remark that the weakness of
the lnncehead Is milk and music. Tho
serpent, which was a six foot speci
men, awoke, glided from the soldier's
body toward the bowl, but It bad no
sooner burled Its head In Its beloved
drink tliiiti ten cudgels descended on
it with terrific force, killing it outright.
The soldier Durand, who was Id a
swoon, was taken to hospital, where
ho lay for many duys on the verge of
madness. Ho finally recovered and re
lated bis horriblo experience how he
had awoke In the middle of the night
as the serpent was colling Itself on his
bare breast and how he bad lain there
In an agony for hours, not daring to
move a muscle.
Durand was sent back to France as
- a. . a M an I it a
soon as ue uuu sumcieuiiy recovered. ;
xne oniy rxaco or nis rorriDie experi
ence, adds theEcla(r, Is that his hair
is now snow white,
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