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.WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11 THE MORNING AST0U1 AN, ASTORIA, OREGON. i3 I llln IH It Was Worth Three Stars to the ' American Flag. ; SAVED US VAST TERRITORY. The Perilous Journey of Four 7ku: and Mil Prom Oregon (o Washing ; ton Made by Bravo Man and thi ' fWsulU Whloh Followed In Ita Wake. The rldo of Marcus Whitman was ovor snow capped mountain and along dark ravines, traveled oulv by enrage mou. It wn a plunge through lev rlv ors and across tricklo pralrlus, rldo of 4,000 mllie across continent la tho'dead of winter to save a mighty territory to the Union. ' ' Compared with thU what was the feat of Paul Revere, who rode eight een utiles on a calm night In April to arouse handful of sleeping patriot and thereby aavo tho -powder at Con cord! i ' Whitman's rldo saved three atara to the American Aug. It win made In In 1702, during tho first admiulstra tlon of Washington, Captain Ilolwrt , Gray, who had already carried the American ring around the globe, die covered tbo mouth of the Columbia river. He nulled aovorol mile up the great stream oud lauded and took m el'on In the namo of tuu United Stall's. In 1HU5, under Joffcntoii'a atluiliilHtra tlon, thin vunt territory, was ciplored ly Cnptalua Lewi mid Clark, whoao reports were populur rending for our grandfather, but iho extunt and vulue of thla dlxtunt pwwHlun were very atlgbtly understood, and no attempt at colonization wua made aave the eatub IlMhment of the fur trading atatlou of Astoria In 1S11. strangely enough, England, too, claimed thla aame territory by Tlrtue of right ceded to it by Itunitln and alo by tho Vancouver aurveya of 1792. The UudMon'a Hay company establish ed a nuiiJx-r of grading post and Oiled the country with adventurous fur trad ra, Bo here waa a vaat territory, aa large aa New England and the atate of Indiana combined, which seemed to be without any positive owuerahtp. Dut for Marcus Whitman It would have been lout to the Union. It waa In 1K10 that Dr. Whitman and t man of the namo of Bpauldlng. with their young wlvea, tho first white wo men that ever croaaed the Itocky mountalna, entered the valley of the Columbia and founded a mliwlon of the American board. They bad been sent out to Christianize the Indiana, but Whitman waa also to boNd atate. He waa at thla time tbIfty-Ove year old. In hl Journeys to and fro for the mission ho soon aaw tho vaat pos sibilities of the country, and be aaw, too, that the Eiigllnh were already ap . prised of thla and were rapidly pour ing Into the territory. Under the terms of the treatlea of 1819 and 1828 lt waa the tacit belief that whlchovcr nation ality , settled and organized the splen did territory would hold it. If Eng land and tho English fur traders hod been successful In their ' plana, the three great states of Washington, Ore gon and Idaho would now constitute a part of British Columbia. Dut It waa not destined to be. In the fall of 1812 it looked aa If there wouiu be a great inpounng or English into the territory, and Dr. Whitman took tho alarm. There waa no time to lose. Tho authorities at Washington must bo warned, nastily bidding bis wife adieu, Dr. Whitman started on bla hazardous Journey. The perils, hardships and delays ho en countered, on the way we can but faintly conceive. Ills feet were frozen, be nearly starved, and once be came very near to losing bla life. He kept pushing right on, and at the end of five terrible months he reached Wash ington. He arrived there a worn, beardod, strangely picturesque figure, clad en tirely In buckskin and fur, a typical man of tho prairies. Ho asked audi ence of President Tyler and Secretary ' of State Webster, and It was accorded him. All clad aa he was, with his frozen limbs, Just in from his 4,000 mile ride, Whitman appeared before the two great men to plead for Ore gon. . . Hla statement waa a revelation to the administration. Previous to Whit man's visit It waa the general Idea In congress that Oregon was a barren, worthless country, fit only for wild beasts and wild mon. He opened the eyes of the government to the limit less wealth and splendid resources of that western territory. He told them of Its great rivers and fertile valleys, Its mountains, covered with forests and Its mines filled ' with precious treasures. He showed them that It was a country worth keeping and that it must not fall Into the hands of the English. He spoke as a man in spired, and his words wero heeded., What followed the organization of companies of emigrants, tbe rapid set tlement of the territory and the treaty made with Great Britain In .1840 by which tho forty-ninth parallel was made the boundary Hue west of the Rocky mountains are matters of his tory. " Tbe foresight and the heroism of one man and his gallant ride, hud saved three great states to the Un ion. Omaha World-Herald. Two Ways. Jack In tbe oriental world a girl never sees tier tliterideii husband until aha is married. Floss-How odd! In this part of the world she seldom sets him aftorward.-Now York Olobe. V" WEST POINT RIOT. ' . J", ' Cadotshls of ll Happomd During tn . Jsfforion Davis, CloNoly connected with Benny Ha vana' was the great cadet riot of Christ' u3, 182U, in the middle of Jefferson Davis' third ;?,r. Before Christmas it was rumored throngii Jho barracks that Davis find other southern tipd imithwostwrn cadets wero going to ex plain to the other members of the corps the mysteries of eggnog. Codot Duvls, Tllghinan and Temple were to got the necessaries from Benny's, but It seems that something prevented, and others had to got tbo materials. The authorities wore auspicious and or lered the inspectors to stay up all sight to keep order. This angered the eadeU, and the preparations for the pffgnog wont on. In the dark of tbe morning of Dec. 25 the Invitations were went oat Robert E. Ijw and Jo seph E. Johnston due-lined. J. B. Ma gruder, Drayton, C. J. Wright and oth era accepted. Davis waa oitendlng the Invitations when be beard a rumor that Captain Hitchcock .was! abroad. He run back to No. 5 north barracks, where the refreshments were collected, called out, "Put away thnt grog, boys: old II Itch Is emr.lng," and looked up to And that Hitchcock was already In the room. Dnvls was sent to his quarters under arrest, fortunately, for him, for after some hilarious noleo he went to sleep and did not get Into the rlol which then began, Tho Instructor and officers were chased out of tbo Imlls Into their own room and there besieged. Tho cadets obtained arms fttid organized the Helvetian league to protect themselves against the bom bardiers, who, they heard, were or dered mi t to hu bd ue t he ra. 'Dnvls' room mate, Walter II. (lulon of Mississippi. wn the leader of the Helvetians. He wured a pistol and tried to shoot Captain Hitchcock. Borne of the ofll cow Were -tmdly bruised with stove wood that the cadets threw at them. After an hour or two the riot wore out. Later nineteen cadet, among them Guton. were court martlaled and dismissed. Davis, ' with, others, was kept long under arrest and given de-morlts.-ProfAKor W. L. Fleming in Metropolitan Magazine. NEW ENGLAND WITCHES. A Small Record Compered With That of Other Countries. Yankees have ao long and so loudly confessed their ancestral sins that the facts In tbe ciim are little knows. F- much la said about Salem that the t-rt-outlon of witches In Pennsylvania I;' overlooked. Tbi scant Bcore of personr banged for witchcraft In New England causes more comment than the many thousands legally burned for thnt crime In Europr. In all New England, according to Nathaniel Hatfthorne, nineteen per sons were executed as witches. One more waa accused of tho crime ami for ref usol to plead was pressed to death, after thi custom of tbo day. Tho facts coM-erulng tho widespread iH'llcf In witchcraft and the enormous number of .witches killed may lw found In any encyclopedia. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates says: "More than 100,000 perished, mostly by the flames, In Gcmany." Chambers' En cyclopedia say: "In England and Scot land the witch mania was somewhat later In scttlnc In than on the conti nent, but whe-j It did so It was little If at all less firulont, the reformation notwithstanding" "The number of victims In gcVland from flrst to Inst has been est mated at upward of 4.000." Dr. Stronger In his "Life of Mohammed" computes tho entire num ber of persons who have been burned aa witches dur'ng tho Christian epoch at 0,000,000. Witchcraft persecutions In New Enu land took plnco In 1092. They were all done In six months. In England they contlnucd till woll Into the next cen tury. In 1803 a reputed wizard was drowned In a pond at llcdlngham, In Essex. Soys Chambers, "It was con sldered worth' of notice that nearly all tbe sixty nr seventy persons con cerned In the outrage wero of the small tradesmen data, noue of the agricul tural laborers being mixed up In the affair." Sprlniflold Republican, A Book Sho Wouldn't Rsad. "There is or book of Mr. Steven son's that I mrself have never rend," said Mrs. Stevenson once. "I refused to read It and bold to my refusal. I make it a rule never to read a novel the scene of which is laid in a bygone ago. The author always deems It bis duty to make his characters talk tn what he considers tho language of that period, and 1 sm always sure that he doesn't know positively how they did talk, so I won't read such books. I would never nod the 'Black Arrow, nnd Mr. Steve iBon thought it such n good Joke that he Insisted upon dedl-. eating It to me " Hfr Goodness. Brldey My nlfe Is a very good cook. Wise-Get out' Her mother told un she wns Just ?aklng her flrst lessons when you married her. Brldoy-Ex-actly. She we.s good enougl uot to continue hr lessons on me. Philadel phia Press. , Mixed. Mrs. Browne She's orever com siululng, but I think she merely lacks stamina. Mrs, Malaprop Oh, no; she's got It; at any Me, that's what the doc tor calls her dlsgase. She can't sleep, : A FRIGHT IN MIDAIR Going Up In a Balloon and Com Ing Down In a Parachute, i THE A 0F A F,RST TRIP Experience and tarnations of an Ac robat Who Took tho PTae4 cf Pro fessional Aeronaut In an Emtrgonoy. Tho Dash Tfcttugh Space. 1 once went up In a balloon and came down In a parachute. Something went wrong, and all the money In tbe world doubled would not induce me to make tbe experiment again. One grows strangely accustomed to dangers as an acrobat, and when It was suggested that I should earn f 25 id aa many minutes by taking the place of a parachutist who bad fallen 111 at the last minute I Jumped at tho cbanco. It was at a large country fair. Tbe laughing crowd bad probably never seen 4 balloon go up. As tbe great silk bag gradually swelled a silence fell upon tho onluokers. Tbe sick parachutist's manager pat ted me on the back and said It was money easily earned. I agreed-then. f'Keep cool," be said, "and, whatever you do, don't look down except to Judge your distance from the earth, lou see that tower? It is about a thousand yards away. When you are that distance up pull the check string and shut your eyes." A dull murmur rose aa tho ropes were cast off and I felt my feet leave the ground. Tho upward movement was gentle, and n great cheer came up to me until the bund drowned It. I hardly heard the cheering or the band. The Involuntary murmur still rang In my mii-, Perhaps my nerves were upset, possibly It was. Intuition, but fi'o: Hi" moment I was drawn up froi.i the ground I felt the conviction that wlui trouble lay ahead. Ignoring the oft repeated Instruc tions, I looked down. How slowly tbe balloon went up! Could it be possible that I bad not goue more than a hun dred yards? The giant overhead bo came a living thing. Intent on tortur ing tbe puny mortal who bad trusted his life to It I knew I dared not leap before I waa high enough, for the par achute takes 100 feet sometimes to open. I shut my eyes and tried to count to kill time, bnt tbe figures became Jum bled, and 1 looked down again. A swallow akiramed past underneath. Far below there waa a sea of upturned faces, and the music floated up dis tinctly. Tbe balloon seemed to have topped rising, and for an eternity I trNd to gauge the height Again tbe bnnd stopped, and 1 was In a silent world. Tbe crowd of breathless specks far beneath was get ting full Vilue for Its money. The only noise I iSwrd was tbe beating of the blood, through my bead. I. was afraid. It was the lrst real fear I had ever felt in my work. , When tbe supreme taoment came 1 pulled tbe string wltluvit realizing what I was doing. What years I lived In those next few seconds. An appalling nautXa and a wild desire to live came wltnthe first terrible rush, and my heart stcNd still as I looked eagerly aloft The' ropes of tbe paraebnte had twisted, and I was falling to Instant death. Grasping the ropes in a clutch of steel, I shook them frantically. Half the huge parachute bellied out with a noise like a pistol shot and tbe speed of tbe full was lessened with a Jar.' Again I shook tbe death trap. The ropes were sliding at a snail's pace. and bit by bit tbo parachute was open ing. Still I fell far too fast I could not breathe, and my hands seemed to be refusing to hold on. Bang! Tbe last fold had opened out and I was saved. Dizzy and numb with fear, I held on tightly, wonder ing whether I should faint before I touched the ground. That end that only, was my thought as I sailed through the space. I had almost lost consciousness when my feet touched the ground gently. And then I col lapsed. Buffalo Times. A Drawback. "My!" exclaimed little Billy as be gazed at the lithograph. "I'd like to be a giraffe. Just think how easily you could 'rubber' over the baseball fence." "That's all right" replied Tommy, "but there is another time when you wouldn't want to have a neck like a giraffe." ' "When is that?" "Why, in the mornings when your ma begins to scrub your neck with soap and wator."-Cbicago News. Objectionable. "I don't see why Goodley should be so uupopular with you all He never speaks ill of any one." "No, but he's one of those very smug fellows who can say 'Oh, yes, Jones jeemed very happy when I saw him last,' and say It in such a way as to give the impression that Jones was horribly drunk." Philadelphia Press. A Spoiled Compliment. Little Elmer Mamma says you are n duck of a doctor. 1 Pompous M. D. (greatly pleased) Indeed! How did she come to say that? Little Elmer Oh, she didn't say It Just that way, but I heard her tell papa you were a quack. Chicago News. ' Ruakln's lnlunctlon to his servants: "Call mo from 'my study' whetfeTe'r there Is a beautiful sunset r any un usual appearance in the tkf or land scape." , SCHNITZ UNO KLASE. Treat tho Gods Mined, but Procurable In tho Mohawk Valloy. Something In the line of good things to cat the gods never had; consequently tbe gods missed a great treat And, by the way, friend, have you ever . -''"d up to a dlb of schnltz und noiM.,, klase? . ... A XtougbUo. Fewl,velath rimes, ami inose ttw nave urmt fortunate buve Just cause to TKU delicious morsel time can never erase from tbe tablets of memory. You can order schnltz und klase until you faint famished, awaiting It You will never get It in any public eating place. It Isn't on the bill of fare and never will 1. The up to date chef would give you the laugh if you asked him to concoct It for you. Ten chances to one he'd not understand what schnltz und klase could possibly mean. Few know, but those who do know It know It well. A good big bam bone Is tbe central portion, light dumplings and dried ap ples. Anything else would spoil It Tbe bum bone gives the dish a smoky flavor, the dumplings give It body, and the dried apples give It color and tartuexs us well as sauce. Put the Im.ii Ixiue In cold water and open the flues and let the pot boll. While the pot Jx getting Into good and ready shape make your dumplings, and make them us light as possible. . Put the dried apples In a separate dlsb and stew tbeiu down to a nicety. When the pot with tbe bam bono bub bles and froths drop In the dumplings one by one. No; you do not stir toe contents of tbe pot. That would spoil tbe consistency of tbe dumplings and make a metis. Any one who has watched a pot boll knows when dumplings are done to a dot Take a deep platter, fish out tbe dumplings carefully with a drain spoon and place tbem about the ham bone in the ceuter of the platter. Looks dry. but when you pour over all the dried apples and their like sauce wowt That's schnltz und klase as you may have had It years ago when living with a German family In the Mohawk valley. You can eat it until your eyes tart out and your waistband grips your middle. It will stay by you through a hard day's work, and If there Is any left over you bit It again for supper cold. Ever try lt?-New York 8un. ONLY A GUESS. But It Mad Good Advance Inform tion For tho Reporter. Nells Olsen, who was for forty years a trusted employee of the New York Yacht club, was always courteous to newspaper men and glad to give tbem such Information as be could with propriety make public. He was sorely beset by news gatherers while the Dun- raven trial was going on, and often said to the reporters, with a smile, that he regretted his "Ignorance." On the evening of Feb. 27, 1890, when the members of the club met at the old clubhouse in Madison avenue, there was much quiet excitement because, It was well known that the question of Dunraven's expulsion would come up. An enterprising reporter stopped Olsen as fee came through the door and asked: "DVyou think they'll expel his lord shlp?" Olsen ald, "How do I know?" and then addeoV'DId you ever read this?" nnu uauueu o uie jouug uiau a cup ping from the Tribune which read: For Dunravcn, luwer tumbling-, still la grumbling, atiir-ts mumbling-, In Ms lordly ancient at!es over on tho distant ihore. And his talks have all t.V seeming ot daft and jealous aearnAn. And the X rays through hfco streaming show he' unfair at the core, And because the Yacht club know him knows he' unfair at the coriv He will race here nevermore. naif an hour later the meeting Vas called to order, and within twenty minutes a resolution was adopted stripping Duuraven of his honorary membership privileges. When the re porter saw Olsen he said, "That was good advance Information," to which he replied, "I never give information; that was a guess." New York Tribune. Only tho Odd Ones, Very few of the American tourists who come to Vugland fall to visit Westminster abbey. The long history of the venerable pile appeals strongly to our visitors from the other Bide of the Atlantic. One lady student while within the abbey looked about with the particular object of Inspecting the tomb of King Edward II. Falling to discover it after patient search, she at last asked the verger to direct her to It. "I'm sorry, madam," replied the of: fleer, with a tone of deep regret ."but we 'aveu't Edward II. here, as we only 'ave the odd numbers." London Ex press. Making a Show. "A man has to draw it fine these days." "What do you mean?" "Staying ten minutes after office hours each dny will probably make a good Impression, but staying fifteen Is liable to excite suspicion that yon are monkeying with your books." Kan sas City Journal. Cynical. Tho Maid Do you believe it's un lucky to get married on a Friday? The Abominable Bachelor Certainly. Why should Friday be an exception? Black J. Q. A. BOWXBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President ; J. W. GARNER, Aiiistant Cashier Astoria Savings Ban Capltfl Paid la 9115,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $100,000 Irnict a Genersl Banking Business Interest Paid on Tiae Deposits ruuK run CENT PER ANNUM. lTlt and Duane St. Aatorta, Oreft . ! A ,W A Small Savings Bank. A Small Savings Account. , An Example iu Thrift. . .. , A Small Fortune. A happy home. THE BANKING SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N. 1C8 10th St... Phone Black 2184 First National Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavel J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon Capital .................J:. ....... 9100.000 StockhoWe7sVLiabiiityZr.IE 2. 100,000 t:.HTABLIMlEJJ 18X. SCANDINAVIAN-A M E R I C A N SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Cjonsideradots." 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