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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1908)
inrnnn nrnn nnnrinnn n nnnn I Ir 9 V'f 1 I ( MMFU r M N F V llil , V IS .-1 V. I mmm - , wtrJ L-, JL 1 fcfOHAIR AND ALPACA) itM Fabrics Com From Two En i tirely Different Animal. The other day I heard a couple of ten arguing, about mohair and alpaca, coe of them gravely asserting that they were different names for the same fabric," said a New York Importer. "The assertion was very far out of the way. The cloth known as alpaca, JT genuine, comes from the wool of the animal of the same name, which thrives only In, the Andean regions f Peru and Chile in South America The alpaca, or paco, which resembles tee llama, looks a good deal like our lomestlc sheep and has a most beautl ftil fleece. Great flocks of them browse to the highest ranges of the Andes and are -the property of the native In dians, who shear them once a year. Many efforts have been made to breed the alpaca In different parts of Eu tope and Australia, but without suc cess. A cargo of them was brought to Baltimore some time In the middle of the last century, but the experiment of raising them in the United States wo Ifcewise a failure. The cloth known as mohair comes from the Angora goat, a very different amimal from the alpaca. The angora is found lnSouth Africa, but the lar gest flocks are found in Asia Minor." Sichange. PARIS AND LONDON. '' Contrast In People and Manners In the Two Great Capitals. In the streets French traffic all goes to the right; London coachmen drive always to the left. Parisians live to Ether lb large bouses like barracks, mdoners have one family In a bouse. She Londoner has a latchkey, the .Frenchman a concierge. .,. Paris has itn cafes, London its clubs. Parisian bed are up in an alcove in the wall; Londoners sleep in the mid , He of the room. Londoners take three r four meals a day, Parisians two. Paris dlnefl, London eats. Parte loaves are long, Lwdon loaves arc square. Paris -drinks wine, London leer. Paris takes coffee, London tea. Frenchmen while dining talk to tbeii aclghbor and enjoy each other's so tfety; Britons sit alone at table and "fou't say much, but enjoy their food. London workmen work In their ordl nary clothes, call each other "mate,'' cznoke clay pipes and punch each oth er's heads occasionally; Parisian work men do their business in blouses, call their friend? "citizen" or "sir," smoke fgarettes, take their hats off to each other and do their fighting with theii feet London Tit-Bits. Defective Education, ' An old darky in Alabama called eras the fcnee to his neighbor's son, la a student at the Atlanta uni- . ' ' mmm mmiili.'i.iiiiiiiipi' j ii. n...i ji. I -,,:.. - iiiiu IIINIIIIIIIIIUIIJI.UIIIIIUH11.I i: ' i , j m i ym, J This Stock f verfiTT, say a writer in tne Ftfiiaaei- phla Ledger. I "Look hvar. dot." he said, "von anea to school, doo't yerr "Yes, sir,- replied the boy. ' "Getting education, ain't yer?" "Yes, sir." , "Laming 'rttbmetic an' flggerlng on a slate, eh?" "Yes, sir." "Well, it don tak two whole days ter make cn hour, do it?" "Why, no," answered the boy. "Waal," said the old man, "you was going ter bring that hatchet back In an hour, wasn't yer? An' hlt'a been two whole days sence you borrered hit "What's the use of yo education ef you go ter school a whole year an' den can't tell how long hit takes ter fetch back dat fcatehet?" African Natives' Drum Signals. All through the continent of Africa the natives have a very perfect system of signaling with drums, by which means they rap out messages from vil lage to village, and it Is quite wonder ful how swl?t!y and how far they are able to spread news. The drumming is always done at night, when sound travels farther, and as one lies awake on a still, clear night the ear is often gently assailed by the low, musical roll from a drum in the village near, and one waits with pleasant expectancy till the answering echo comes, muffled by distance, from a village sometimes two miles away. Wide World Magazine. Bohemia. Bohemia 1 youth. Youth is, every where. It Is bounded on the north and east by the barren desert of middle age and on the south and west by the steep and impassable mouutalns of success. The true bolftmilan Is drunk on nothing but ambition? and ideals, and, though these leave n-i headache, they frequent ly leave an emptiness of the stomach. The true bobemlan has an appetite the morning after, but there is often no breukfast.&yduey Bulletin. Public Opinion. Public opinion is a will-o'-the-wisp. It is here today and gone tomorrow. Public opinion crucified the Christ, and the centuries have condemned it for its act. Ever since that time the public has been making blunders, committing crimes, furnishing the evidence of Its own unwisdom In every time and coun try. Boston Herald. Business Sense. "Has that titled son-in-law of yours any business sense?" - "Yes," answered Mr. Dustinstax. "1 must say I admire his foresight and sagacity. lie absolutely refused to take any chances on my regarding him a a poor relation."-Washington star. THE MORNING ASTOItl AN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Of the bankrupt stock of Heilborn & Co. is now in full blasts If you want a piece of furniture, carpets, lace curtains, lineoleum, window shades, COME EARLY OPEN Must Be Closed Out This Week. WORKED HIS WAY. 'ht Job an Energetic Student Took to Cross the Atlantic -Jack had paid his way always. Out of the poverty of bis childhood be bad fought his way through the university. After graduation he felt be must see Europe, and with the little accumula tion he hnd he "crossed the pond." trusting to good luck to get home iigalu. But. his trip of sightseeing over, he found himself In Liverpool (without money and with no means of getting auy. He thought he would just go down to the steamship, go on board and see bow it would seem if ouly he were go ing home. As he wandered over the big liner his attention was attracted by a cry ing baby. The mother was traveling alone,- and while she was attempting to see to all the thousand and one de tails incident to the bcglunlug of on ocean trip the baby bad resented the neglect be felt he bad received and was crying. The mother was at her wits' end. Jack's kind heart prompted him to say: "Let me take the baby, madam. Perhaps I can kefcp blm quiet until your preparations are made." This request, so unusual from . a stranger and especially from a mau Btranger, naturally filled ber with sur prise, but she looked Jack squarely lu the eye for a second and trusted him. 'I wish you would," she said. Jack's care was extremely satisfac tory to his babysblp, and when. In n half hour, the mother was ready-to reclaim her child she found a happy baby cooing and trying to devour a bunch of keys at one gulp. " She laughed as she took the young ster and thanked Jack. Then she add ed, quite In fun, "I wish you were go ing clear across." Jack saw bis opportunity. He said: "Madam, I'm a college student, out of funds and louglng for home. If you will pay my passage to America I will take care of your baby all the way across." His proposition was accepted, and he kept bis word. He Is a prominent law yer now, and be looks back with con siderable amusement to his experience in getting home from Europe.-Youth's Companion. . MURDER OF THE SEAL . The Way the Animals Ar Slaughtered by the Hunters. The Ice echoes no footfalls, so the murder of the seal is a stalthv nrr. Yes, It seems like murder. On the nan lies a whlteeoat alone. tTn to It hnr. iles one of the hunters. LiMns hi bat above bis head, he measures the distance; then, swinging downward the Iron shod point, he strikes the skull of the sea sul.'i a blow that It is crushed iu as if .of pasteboard. , Tossin aside AT :: bat and whipping out the scalping knife, while the creature Is still quiver ing, with a swift undercut and two or three side utrokes the keen blado b.s Kevcred the bide and the layers of fat oencatn so they can be rolled Into a pelt, the hide holding the fat in lit folds. The next whitecont Is with It parents. Their hide 1m courser. ,(i! worth having, so tho tunner quick aim, lodging a charge of shot 1 1 the head of the growling mate Just a: the base of the brain. Hero th i:nn la thinnest. One of the batters stand guard over the blowhole to prevent the mother from escaninsr. while an other bats the cub. Then the female who would desert her offsbrliiir fa Kiiv. her own life, is clubbed on the head A few strokes of the knives nn.i tin more bloody carcasses crimson the u-o The pelt of the first seal is piled with the other three in a pan. The flagman sticks a flag by Its side, and tho hnut ers hurry forward, leavlnir the twits t be towed imck to the ship when the mint is ended. Thus tho slaughter continues hour nfter. hour until nightfall only ends the NtroKe or tue bat and thrust of the knife. If it began at davbreak the field may be strewn with thousands cn' dead seals, for If the pan of ice is thronged with them, as Is sometime! the case, a hundred men will kill ton limes their number ju a day, since most cf the seals are ba'rps, which seldom try to protect their young, and aie slain without attempting to defend themselves.-Day Allen Wllloy In Met ropolitan. Bunions and Kank. - "It Is extraordinary," writes Sir Hen ry Drumraond Wolff in "Rambling Rec ollections." "to observe In England the weakness that most people have for boasting of their friends In high places and the deference that they show to them. The daughter of a lady of very high rank had some pain lu her foot which the mother asked the governess to be good eoough to leok at The lat ter after examining It said, 'If It were not for her ladyship's exalted rank I should say It was a bunion.' " 8!gn of Precocity, "I belave." declared Hip trlnhmnn "thot me youngest sou's born t' be a surgeon." . "I'hwat leads ye t say tbot?" asked his friend. "01 caught him usin' th' scissors on a book Ol'd lately bought an' before 01 c'd stop him be cut out th' appin dlx." Bohemian. ' . Joy- Joy In life Is' like the oil in the lamp Jwhen the oil commences to fall, the wick burns with a srllmmerlnir rd tlame, filling the air about It with a black smoke. Life also wlthont a little Joy burns unprofitably. Oiling the air with depression and sadness. A ! PERSONAL MENTION Mrs, E. H. Morrison, mother o( Misi Hazel MorrU, of Portland, ac companied by Miss Green, of that city, is in the city. They arc guest at the home of Miss Mora Ihl. State I-'isli Warden and Mrs. II. C. McAllister arrived down from Port land yesterday, and were immediately absorbed in the oflfcial Regatta throng. Senator J. G. Mcglcr and wife came over from Brookfield yesterday to take in the pleasures of the Regatta, and found them ready to hand, rain and all. Admiral Mike Gorman, of the Cath lamet Regatta, came down to Astoria yesterday, on an official visit to the big festival now underway here and to say a good word for the jollifica tion to come off up his way in the near future. State Senator W. G. Cole and little son were Regatta guests in Astoria yesterday, anr will leave up for the Eastern country this morning. R. M. Jenkins, of the A. & C. gen eral staff, was a well pleased visitor amid the Regatta throngs yesterday. He returns to the metropolis this morning. George B. Small, editor Baker City Democrat was anioiiflr the thousands and enjoying the Regatta, fun here yesterday. Editor S. G. Williams, of the Skam okawa Eagle, who has but lately at tained to the dignity of grandpa, was down yesterday to look in on the baby show and get a point or two on the handling of fragile humanity. He seemed to be profoundly interested in the swarming youngsters. J. B. Eddy, the .well known right-of-way man for the 0. R. & N. Com- j pany, came over from the northshore beaches yesterday to partake of the Regatta festivities. William Harder, of the Great N'orthern Railway service, was an interested participant in the Regatta fun of yesterday in this city, ; Ed Nelson, one of the best known tug of war men' on the Pacific Coast ' and middle west arrived, last night to' attend the tournament. "Ed" is got-; ting too fat now to pull, but he is as ' bitf a "fan" as auy of them, He is 'a' guest of Captain Planck of the tour nament. J K, A, Scufert of The Dalles came down to Astoria last night. HATiritDAY, AUdinST 29 M. IS BarriioiCflall Is lust mire Mnrfu 'and Tiva prcparca in new way. me cot- fee berrv is put tin innt nrnnM DV knives of tlmntl rnr aharn. nesa into small uniform particle. aiiuv is nut viusiicut a or me old method of grinding, ana the mtie on cells remain unbrokenJI The essential oil (food product1 taiiiivi evaporate ana is preserved i WhV a round of Tlarrinirtnn llstl will make 15 to 20 cupa more of inn strenctn rrnr than uiii an coffee ground the old way; why it excels all other coffee in flavor and why it. will keep perfectly until used. But the main tfilnw ati., T,.. ".... "Hill WWUt I I - (ngton Hall Coffee is that it can be used without ill effect by those who find ordinary coffee injures them, because the yellow tannin bearing akin and dust (the only injuriouf oronertie nf arc removed by the "ateel-cut" pro- eeSB. A naltrlmta a(Fm a taateltM substitute. .Wee, per pound. , 0 TNTS -FOR SALE BY A. V. ALLEN IN 0N3 OR MA tl? COLORS LARGEST FACILITIES IN THE WEST FOP. THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH GRADE WORK IAUI At LOW AS f ASTfM H3l!!J If