TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1908
TIIE MORNING ASTOH IAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
Chadwick's
Choice.
3y JAffEr GHECO.
Copyrighted, m, , i,y Associated
Literary lri,
After ton years of frld bacon and
mlt pork tbe peudulum swung to Ita
opposite Ktromo for David Chad wick.
I lia goddess of fcrtiuie, whom he hud
long wooed in valo, now turned bar
face with truly feminine caprice. From
bacon aud corn bread Dave had been
advanced almoMt overnight to a New
lork hotel, whore bla day'a board
would have bought provisions for a
aiontu durlug bla prospecting period.
Aud atlll Have waa not aatlafled. lie
Sid not like what be termed "fussy"
fowl, mid the very length of the bill
f fare deprived him of hi appetite.
Then It waa that Noll Norton came
m an angel of deliverance and led him
to her home In the auburba, where
Have devoured all that waa put before
dim and rejoiced In the absence of a
bill of fare.
"! .don't suppose that tbla modwt
meal wljl appi-al to you," in Id Nell
with ostentatious niodesly. "We are
plnln people out here, and after your
trnnd hotel It must aeem aklmpy,
but when I aaw you on the avenue
I said to inymdf. 'I'll M that's Dave
Chudwlik, ami I'm going to ask him
homo, uo matk'r what ho may think.'
You haven't changed a mite, Dave,
since you left Lawrence."
Now, it la pli-nMiit for a man who
reullxoa that be I beginning to look
old to lie told that be doea not differ in
appeaium after itfteeu yeara, and for
the flrst time Dave decided that Nell
waa looking remarkably young herself.
He could not know that Nell bad
carefully atudled the uumeroua pic
ture of the new Croeaua Id the news-pnjH-re
and bad haunted the vicinity
of lil hotel for daya In-fore ahe had
liiemintered blm, apparently by chance.
In front of the place.
The Hortona bad known Dave la bla
early life, before be bed gone went to
ewk and eventually find fortune.
When the paper had taken up the
newly made multimillionaire, aa the
week before they had taken up the
Bewly born baby elephant of the cir
cuit, Nell bad read all the atorlea and
bad determined that Dave and bla mil
lions ahoukl become her property,
"tin. atu aj i ....!" .1...
told her mother. "If we can get hold
of blm before the other do I'll be mar-
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ilaee-elck of "Ita culalne, Ita grinning
bellboys, Ita aervlla waltera and Ita ar
rogant clerka.
Hla bualaeaa sponsors at leant could
aot object If be married and astabllafj
d a borne for blmaelf.
It waa a. hmg, trip uptown, and
luuch of hla courage had oozed away
when at last be found blmaelf on the
Hortona' atoop. He waa rather glad
tbat the maid came to the door. It
waa a certain algn that Nell waa not
borne, elae aha would "have ruahed to
the door with oatontatlous welcome,
riila little raald ba decidedly approved
f. . . .. .,... ;
Tboy will ba back la an hour," aald
the girl. "Tbey have only gone down
town on a ahopplng tour, and they
will be ao aorry to have missed you.
Won't you wait?"
Chadwlck hesitated and waa lout
o went Into the little parlor and
picked out the moat comfortable chair.
Tbo girl pauiied at the door.
"Can I get you anything before I
tor aho asked aollcltoualy, "The
morning paper la upatalrs. I can get
It la a moment."
"I'd rather talk," aald Chadwlck
comfortably, He waa hungry for con
Cental companionship, and the little
maid waa veiy different from Neil.
Sometime Dave grew a little Ured of
Noll and ber bold (lattery,
"I can't atop," cried the girt. "It U
baking day, and I have the oven full."
"When Mini Iiortbn doea all tbo
eooklngr reminded Chadwlck. "I
ball have to investigate."
lie bad been ao frequent a caller tbat
be knew from which door Nell was
accustomed to put la aa appearance,
bar aleevea rolled up and an adorable
dab or flour on ber aaucy chin. Ig
noring the frightened proteate of tbo
little maid, be puabed hla way Into the
kitchen.
In her embaitaaetuent Dora bad for- j
gotten tbat Nell bad claimed the cook
ery for ber own and that upon tbla
talent abe bad counted for the winning
or Chadwlck. Now tbat the cat waa
out of tbo bag the probabllitlea were
tbat Nell would turn ber cousin Into
the atreet Sue Inherited a abrewlah
temper from her mother, and Dora
knew. tbat the two women would be
Implacable.
Chadwlck miffed the aplcy odors
and turned to the glrL
"So you are the fairy of the' kitch
en r be said.
"Nell doea all the work. I lust
watch tbo things when abe goes down
town," denied Dora baaUly.
Chadwlck put one finger under the
dimpled chin and raised the face that
be might look straight Into tbo gray
eyea,
"Look me atralgbt In tbe fact and
uy that again," he commanded.
Tbo long lashes foil over the troubled
eyea aa Dora struggled to make ber de
alal convincing. Chadwlck laughed.
"Look bore," be aald aa he released
her chin. "1 came out bcre today to
ask tbe band of the woman who bad
made me comfortable. It la not tbat I
cared ao much about what I bad to
tat. It la not that I can get a dinner
here without having to fight three
waltora and the maltro d'botel. That
wasn't what appealed to me, though
they do say that the way, to a man'e
heart is through bla stomach. That
ounda funny, but really a man doesn't
marry Just a cook.
"I wanted the woman who of all the
million people In thla big town cared
inough for old friendship to come and
from tbe maltre and the
parrots to toll? that Is the pride of
Philadelphia.' The big dealers In wild
animal usually run small school
whore lions, tigers, bears and leopards
are taught simple tricks. Such schools
are very profitable. Where an un
tamed lion, salable only to coos or
menageries, fetches but $2&0 or so, a
broken one will easily fetch double."
w si w i! foi oessed?
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won t; a mnn may got drunk, a man
may slander tiU neighbor, a man mar
embezzle and defraud, a man may bor
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a inin may a Into politics, a man may
knife lib ;i.jt friend, a man may run
;-pie dnvn with an automobile, a
mm 'my i,"' table blnwlf to ruin, a
rcs:t i 'r e"!e UU substance In riot-
"i I! .'!:. ,- ii!!in may bo to heaven,
-t n r ir v. o.t. Con them, things I
r.-!i.'s of the other friend
bus !i' ft.-; lihti? There Wi strong
'.":;!; ii-yv.ivi umn and the dog. It
.:; t l. :':: t'.V.U'My of eontrnst. Yet
t;v,:t t. "! :y o;jt lielri called a dog.
I'ff !"y V ty-'x would resent being
ciiJi.-l n niiiu If be understood I do
not know. I only know that the
maxim works but one way, and If we
should say, "Man Is the dog's most
faithful friend." there would be many
to cavil, aaylng that It waa mighty,
rough on tbe dog.-Success Mf gailne.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Astoria Natl Bank
At Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at
the , close of business, July 15, 1908:
RESOURCES. 5 '
Loam and discounts.,,,.',, $437,627.22
uveraratts, secured and un
secured . ,,.,.,;.., 6,567.06
U. a. Bonds to secure cir
culation ., 47,500.00
U. . Bonds to secure U. S.
Deposits 20,000.00
Utner lsonds to secure U, 5.
deposits .,.. 34,000.00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds. 3,045.00
Bonds, securities, etc 52,888.21
Banking house, furniture.
and fixtures ... ., 4.030.00
Uther real estate owned... 8,233.41
Due from atiAna1 RanI
(not reserve agents)..,.. '2,504.77
Due from btatc Banks and
Bankers 4.990.47
Due Irom approved reserve
agents 129.700.61
Checks and other cash
items 2,098.11
Notes of other National
Banks . 1.900.00
Fractional paper currency. .
nickels, and cents........ 345.02
Lawful money reserve in
bank, vizf
Specie ....$76,507.75
Legal-tender notes 1.220.00 77,727.75
Redemption fund with U.
S. Treasurer (5 per cent
of circulation) 2,375.00
Total .....$835,532.63
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. $ 50,000.00
Surplus fund 50,000.00
Undivided profits, less ex
penses and taxes paid... 17,508.47
National Bank notes out
standing 41,600.00
Individual deposits subject
to check $322,066.62
Demand certificates of de
posit . .$46,945.46
Time certificates of de
posit $257,270.33
Certified checks. 141.75
U. S. deposits... 50,000.00 676,424.16
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Ukt THAT AOAIN."
rled to hhu before the end of the
mouth. Did you see what tbo paper
laid tbe other day about his- cooking
bacon In his room and getting the
balls all smelly? He'a alck of the
French stuff tbo hotels all have, and
there Is no one to gtvo him what he
wants because bo doea not know where
to look for It We'll have blm over
here to dinner, and well, he'll want to
come again."
Mrs. llorton bad nodded approvingly
upon her well preserved daughter, aud
so the campaign was begun.
They wero fortunate In the posses
sion of a dependent relative. The
Uortons had an Incomo, sniull, but n
sii red, and when Cleon Blalce had died
penniless they had permitted his
daughter, Dora, to enter their house
hold nominally as a member of the
family, but In reality as a superior
cook. . "
It was she who hud cooked tho din
ner which hod bo pleased Chadwlck
and which brought hlra frequently to
the little houae. The men who wore
promoting hla syndicate Insisted that
bo must not removo from the hotel to
a boarding house where his simpler
needs could bo suited, and It was ouly
at the Hortona that ho could escape
that terrible menu card, with Ita res
taurant French and Its overrlch
auuees.
He did not always want steaks and
roasts, and the knowledge that there
were good things on the bill which be
could not translate only added to hlr.
dissatisfaction.
It was after un especially trying
meal at the hotel that Dave armed
himself with a box of violets and sal
lied forth to propose to Nell. He had
slowly come to the conclusion that
Nell was no longer as young aa ahe
pretended to be, but she offered escape
from the hotel, and he was. sick, of the
rescue mo
menu. It wasn't Just tho Idea of din-
ner, but the borne. 1 want a home
f my own, and I wanted ber to run It
for me. But It seems that abe did not
tell tbe truth about tbe cooking. I
guess the rest of It Is pretty much of
the same piece of goods, and It won't
stand tho wash. Ifa you I want, little
woman, not because you can cook-I
don't know Just what It la, but I want
you.
"You Blip on your hot, and we can
run down to city ball and get a license
and a wedding certificate in no time
at all."
"Why, you don't .even know my
name!" cried tho atartled girl.
"I can guess," was tbe prompt reply.
"I'm not ao forgetful of tho man who
gavo me my first start aa not to be
able to trace bis likeness In Cleon
Blake'a daughter. They told me tbat
they did not know where you were,
and today when I recognized you It
waa that which first suggested the
falsehoods they have been telling and i
led me to Investigate the kitchen. .We 1
can. pay them back for their food. ,! "I have used Dr. King's New Life
They'll be content ao long as thejf get P'la for several years, and find them
a lot of presents. Will you como, just exactly right," ays Mr. A. A. Fel
Dora?" ! ton, of Harris ville. N. Y. New Life
' Something in bis tones appealed to Pills relieve without the least discom-
Waa in Poor Health For Yeara
Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa.,
writes: "I was in poor health for two
years, suffering from kidney and. blad
der trouble, and spent considerable
money consulting physicians without
obtaining any marked benefit, but wai
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All nations are endeavoring to
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Total . ....$835,532.63
State of Oregon, County of Clat
sop, as.;
I, J. E. Higgins, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. E. HIGGINS,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 20th day of July, 1908.
E. Z. FERGUSON,
Notary Public
Correct Attest:
GEORGE VV. WARREN,
GEO. H. GEORGE,
A. SCHERNECKAU.
Directors.
Profitable Litigation.
On the boundary line of two farm
la an Austrian village there Is n law
gooseberry bush, from which the two
farmers 'have for years gathered the
product. "Wlint g-ows on my side !
mine, and you may have the rest." wa
the ng'.eement.
Three years ago the neighbors had h
inl.s!i!:d(riit:'.::i!li!K, and this on me to t:
climax when the g;)oseberrle.lee,ijne
ripe. A InwK'iit followed, and appeals
were made to higher Judicial bodl"
The final decision has Just been v
corded In r.n Austrian paper.
Knel: party is to have the rlgh' i
pick the I erries which grow on
Bide of the line. Just as It was orig
inally, but neither may destrry tin
bush. The costs ore charged half te
each litigant. Each farmer bud 'to
pay 223 krone. The yearly yield of
tho bush is worth about one-half krone,
and the Judge told the fighting farm
ers: "With good luck It will tano you only
800 years to make the hish wt- Tnke
good care of It."
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
t OF THE
First National Bank
Of Astoria, at Astoria, in the State
of Oregon, at tire close of business
July 15, 1908:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $409,577.18
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured . 2,646.64
U. S. Bonds to secure cir
culation 47,000.00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 1,400.00
Bonds, securities, etc 55,430.00
Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents) 71,146.56
Due from State Banks and
Bankers . 21,071.73
Due from approved reserve
agents . 179,139.80
Checks and other cash
items 1,477.27
Notes of other Natiohal
Banks . 5,265.00
Nickels and cents 671.85
Lawful money reserve in
bank, viz:
Specie i. ..$190,500.00
Legal-tender notes 370.00 190,870.00
Redemption fund with U.
S. Treasurer (5 per cent
circulation 2,350.00
Just Exactly Right
the girl, and ahe looked Into the eager
eyea that searched ber blushing face.
Sho had been aorry for Chadwlck, and
pity la akin to love. lie read his an
swer in her eyes, and a great light of
gladness came Into his own as he bant
and reverently kissed the tip of the
dainty ear, for her face was hidden
agalnat hla strong ahoulder.
fori. Best remedy for constipation,
biliousness and malaria. 25c at Chas.
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Total $988,046.03
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $100,000.00
Surplus fund 25,000.00
Undivided profits, less ex
penses and taxes paid... 20,795.47
National Bank notes out
standing 47,000.00
Individual deposits subject
to check ".....$634,723.72
Demand certificates of de
posit . $159,726.84
Certified checks.. $800.00 795,250.56
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"Tou never heard of schools for ani
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"There Is an elephants' school la
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taught in It to take up and carry In
their trunks great teakwood logs no
tasy task, for the logs require delicate
balancing. They aro taught to kneel,
to answer to the various strokes of the
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Total . $988,046.03
State of Oregon, County of Clat
sop, ss.: .
I, S. S. Gordon, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
S. S. GORDON.
' Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of July, 1908.
V. BOELLING,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
G. C. FLAVEL,
w. f. McGregor.
J. WESLEY LADD,
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