THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1908.
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THEGWEATHER
Oregon Fair, cooler, except near
coast. Washington Fair, cooler east
portion. Idaho Fair and cooler.
ECONOMY: CITIES AND MEN.
There is a widespread commercial
and industrial lull sweeping over this
country from East to West, and the
fore-taste of it is upon this marge
now. There is a notable abeyance in
all kinds of development and business
is flagging and sagging on account of
it, everywhere. It is not essential
that it shall go to a point of panic
conditions; it is but the reaction of
the presidential period, and will, we
believe, pass with the ides of No
vember because of the renewed con
fidence that will spring from the elec
tion of Mr. Taft.
But all the same it behooves men
to go slowly and draw upon their re
serve source of patience; and cities,
likewise and draw upon their reserve
sources of patience; and cities, like
wise. It is one of those periods that
inspires care and deliberation in pub
lic and private expenditure; when the
resources of the country are care
fully husbanded and people look ask
ance upon unnecessary outlay of all
kinds; not with a spirit of denial and
deprecation of the things essential
and desired, but upon the cautious
basis of meeting exigencies and pla
cating dubious conditions. It is not
necessary to hypothecate the feature
in any way; that will take care of it
self; it always does; there comes the
season of uplift and cheer and pros
perity, on the heels of just such
spells as this. We are up, and down,
since there is no stable level to
which we can cling and advance, un
der the rule of human action of to
day. It is simply a question of "cut
ting our cloth" and making the best
of a season we have every right, in
the light of history and experience,
to look for every four years. There
is nothing abnormal about it.
CHEAPENING OUR STANDARDS
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Now that it has become necessary
for the great hotels, rail and steam
ship lines, of the country, and other
concerns directly in touch with the
American public, to brand their ar
ticles of virtu an:j utility with the
graven charge that this or that ar
ticle has been "stolen from the "
in order to shame and deter the s'ou-venir-hunter,
it is time for us to look
ourselves in the face and reckon with
our consciences and our standards.
This is a notorious fact. The cus
tom is spreading everywhere and is
serving its end admirably. But it
does not sound normal, nor comfort
ing. The fashionable faddist, or the
unfashionable for the matte of that,
has no call to steal the things that
may be bought. Polite petty-larceny
ies as inexcusable and as amenable to
penalty as the grosser and coarser
act of theft, and the man or woman
guilty of it has, no claim to immunity
that does not apply to the down
right thief. The women are. pecul
iarly to blame for the growth of the
silly crime of stealing souvenirs; they
have gone from bad to worse in the
vain and profitless pursuit until, de
spite their culture, style, place, and
all the concessions admittedly theirs,
they are making themselves and their
country contemptible at home and
abroad, and no better proof is needed
than the inexorable rule now in
vogue at all points of travel and re
sort to bring them to their senses.
THE GIRL PURSER.
We seriously object to the girl
purser on our steamship and steam
boat lines. She is a dangerous inno
vation. The "captain's table," that
source of honor and interest toward
which all astute travelers gravitate,
will be outclassed and undone in the
popularity of the "purser's table,"
which is not only a needless revul
sion, but a gross infringement of
ship's discipline and derogatory of
our best traditions. And think of tTie
peril of the young man traveling
alone, and of the unchaperoned bene
dict abroad on business?. Nit!.
TAME POLITICS.
So far there seems to be no partic
ular snap in the national political
game now afoot. Schedules and
platitudes and formalities have the
first call and there is no immediate
promise of an old-fashioned, red-hot,
vituperative and absorbing campaign.
Even the issues that , have been set
up to be knocked down are tame and
unappealing, and it looks as if there
was to be a woful lack of ginger this
year, unless Brer tneouore snail
manage to inject some snaps and
snarls that will make things worth
while, later on.
This negative condition is due in a
great measure to the thorough and
ceaseless coaching the people have
had of late years at the hands of the
President and his official stalwarts.
Their incumbency of the great posts
at Washington has been characteriz
ed bv the broadest of detailed candoY
in all public matters; great and live
questions have been put squarely be
fore the masses for discussion, diges
tion and disposal, that a few years
ago were religiously withheld from
wide and popular knowledge, let
alone public action and determina
tion; and we believe it the best pol
icy ever followed. This is no pau
perized, stupid, tradition-ridden, sub
merged people, to be harnessed to
the chariot wheels of the "bosses" of
the land, and the development of pub
lie interest and concern and kn'owl
edge of national affairs, of late years
has had a sharp tendency to minimize
what of that curse we have known in
the past and to set up blazoned bar
riers against its further domination.
We hope 'the campaign will unofld
some principles for trenchant though
and rational action by the whole peo
pie in order that we may not get out
of the habit of thinking for ourselves
which as a living and moving doc
trine that will serve us all with
noarpr hnnestv and intensify the
public sense of responsibility in all
eovernmental matters of moment
We have left government too much
to the interested few in the past and
;t ; tJmo we were takine uo our
birth-right in earnest and using it as
it was devised and bequeathed by the
fathers of the land.
Over Thirty-Five Years.
Tn 1872 there was a trreat deal of
diarrhoea, dysentary and cholera in
fantum Tt was at this time that
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ana
first brought
into use. It proved more successiui
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than anv other remedy or treatment,
and has for thirty-five years main
tained that record. From a small be
ginning its sale and use has extended
to every part ot tne uniiea oiaies ami
tn manv fnreicn countries. Nine
druggists out of ten will ' recommend
it when their opinion is asKea, al
though they have other medicines
Uot ra,r them a o-reater nrofit. It
it, a. K"J o . ,
can always be depended upon, even in
the most severe ana dangerous cases.
For sale by Frank Hart and leading
druggists.
Twenty-Five Cents is the Price of
Peace.
The terrible itching and smarting,
incident to certain skin diseases. is
almost instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25
cents. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.
Five i.'.:;;rccs oi excel
lence; rood; better,
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Your trocar return! four money ii ou dou
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PSYCHIC FORCES.
TtMir ExtiUnc Provtd, Yet Scientists
Ctfnnot Grasp Them.
I have i'ou enough to tunko me be
lieve lu Zolluer'a fourth dimension,
but I don't. My uilud la so constructed
that such wonders as we meet In
seances produce very little effect on
me. They are as normal .to me now
as tho popping ot corn or the roasiinjj
of potatoes. Uut as for belief-well,
that Is not a matter of the will, but of
evidence, and the evidence la not yet
sufficient to bring me to any dellulte
concjuston. In fact, lu the broad day
and especially the second day after I
have been through one of these ex
periences I begin to doubt uiy senses,
Iilchet sneaks of this curious recesNtoti
of belief aud admits his owu Inability
to retain tho conviction that at the mo
ment of the phenomenon was complete.
"No sooner Is the sitting over than my
doubts come swarming buck upon me."
he says. "The real world which sur
rounds us, with Its prejudices, Its
scheme of habitual opinions, holds us
In so strong a grasp that wo can
scarcely free ourselves completely.
Certainty does not follow on demon
stration, but ou habit"
Maxwell says: "I believe In these
phenomenn, but I see no need to at
tribute them to any supernatural Inter
vention. I am Inclined to think they
are produced by some force within our
selves." Just what be means by that
I can't precisely explain. It's harder
to understand than the spirit hypoth
esis, lie goes on to say that, while be
is certain that we are in the presence
of an unknown force, he Is convinced
that the pheuomena will ultimately be
found orderly, like all other facts of
nature. "Some future Newton will
discover a more complete formula than
ours." he prophesies. "Every natural
fact should I? studied , and, if It be
tea!, incorporated In the patrimony of
knowledge." He then udds, with the
true scientist's humble acknowledg
ment of the Infinite reach of the undis
covered universe, "Our knowledge la
rery limited nud our experience young."
-Hamlin Oatland In Everybody's
Magazine.
CUBE ROOT.
Do You Know tho Method of Extract
ing It Without PainJ
Think of the Inestimable value of
knowing how to extract cube root! Ah,
there Is the priceless boon! Knowing
that has saved us money many and
many a time, to say nothing of the
social blunders It has assisted us to
avoid. Do I know yet bow It was
done? Certainly. I know It just as
well as If it were yesterday that I stud
led It. You take the number whose
cube root Is paining It so that nothing
but extraction can relieve It, put It
down on a piece of paper or on your
slate and divide It off Into periods of
three figures each. Write 4-11-44 to
the left, multiply that by 300, divide it
by something, then pour some red Ink
on your handkerchief, tell teacher you
have the nosebleed and go borne.
That's the way I usually did it. No
doubt it is done much the same way
by the Ingenious youth, of the present
generation.
Is tbe?e a successful man living to
day and holding up his head among
other successful men who cannot pain
lessly extract the cube root without
giving the number an anaesthetic? If
so, he should he ashamed of himself.
He Is a freak,' and he attained distinc
tion by n fluke. Some day the muck
rakers will get to probing around, and
when they discover that he can't ex
tract the cube root of anything his
career will be ended and his gray hairs
will sink in sorrow to a dlniionored,
Jlmson grown grave. The jails and
asylums are filled with vacant faced
and craven hearted wretches who
never learned the way to remove a
cube root, no matter if the number con
taining it was threatened with blood
poison. They don't know whether to
run a horsehair loop down Its throat,
as in the case of gapes, or whether to
nse tweezers.
Let us try to impress upon our chil
drenby precept the Importance of
Cube root extraction, but let us have
business elsewhere In case they ask
us to show them how. Strickland W.
Glllilan in Chicago News.
A Genuine Grouch. .
A certain fanner noted for constant
complaining was met by a friend one
morning.
"Fine weather, James," said the lat
ter. "For them as ain't got to work,"
was the response
"Tour farm looks In fine condition."
"To them's as ain't got to dig In It."
"Well, James, I'm glad your wife's
better."
"Them as don't have to live with her
may be!" London Family Herald.
The Rubicon.
The Rubicon was the small stream
separating ancient Italy from Cisalpine
Gaul, the province which bad been
allotted to Caesar, When Caesar cross
ed this stream at the head of an armed
force he passed beyond the limits of
his own province and legally became
an invader of Italy.
Merely a Sample.
"What is the matter, little boy?'
asked the professor. "Have you the
measles?"
"Nope," answered the boy. "I've got
the measle. Tbey's only one of em."
"That's fclngular!" mused the pro
fessor. Chicago Tribune.
Sign of Precocity.
First. Magazine Editor I believe my
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Second Editor-Why so? First Editor
-Everything ho gets his hands ou he
runs and throws Into the wastebas
ket. Llpplneott's Magazine,
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Would Have
Saved Him $100.00.
"In 1902 I had a very severe attack
of diarrhoea," says R. N. Farrar of
Cat Island, La. "For several weeks
I was unable to do anything. On
March 18. 1907. I had a similar attack,
and took Chamberlain's Cholic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy which
gave me prompt relief. I consider
it one of the best, medicines of its
kind in the world, and had I usecf it
in 1902 believe it would have saved
me a hundred dollar doctor's bill."
Sold by Frank Hart and leading
druggists.
Boy's Life Saved.
My little boy, four years old, had a
severe attack of dysentery. We had
two physicians; both of them gave
him up. We then gave him Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
remedy which cured him and believe
that saved his life. Willia'm H. Strol
ling, Carboi. Hill, Ala. There is no
doubt but this remedy saves the lives
of many children each year. Give it
with castor oil according to the plain,
printed directions and a cure is cer
tain. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.
Help for Those Who Have Stomach
Trouble.
After doctoring for about twelve
years for a bad stomach trouble, and
spending nearly five hundred dollars
for medicine and doctors' fees, I pur
chased my wife one box of Chamber
lain's Stomach and fiver Tablets,
which did her so much good that she
continued to use them and they have
done her more good than all of the
medicine I bought before. SAMUEL
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF
Scandinavian - Ameri
can Savings Bank
July IS, 1908, as called by the Bank
Examiner:
RESOURCES.
Loans' and discounts $ 84,357.45
Warrants 13,513.99
Overdrafts 31.65
Furniture and fixtures ,4,405.41
Due from banks. .$8,787.17
Cash on hand 9,611.52
18,398.69
$120,707.19
LIABILITIES. ,
Capital stock .....$ 50,000.00
Deposits . . 68,169.42
Undivided profits '.. 2,537.77
$120,707.19
J. M. ANDERSON,
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My stock of men's and boy's
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expenses enable me to sell the
best qualities at lowest prices.
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. 543 Bond Street
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