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Quaint Story of Mirth! 8oult and!
Louis Philippe.
In the reign of Louis Philippe Victor
Hugo was a frequent uml welcome
guimt nt the Tullerlcs. Hero la one of
III anecdote of the time aa told In
Victor Hugo's memoir;
"A few days ago the king laid to
Marshal Hnult In the presence of oth
ers. 'Miirahul, do you reniomber the
lege of CudlJtr
" 'Rather, sire, I should think so. 1
wore enough before that cursed Cadiz.
I Invented the place and was forced to
go n war n I had come.'
" 'Marshal, while you were before It
I was Inside It'
" 'I know, sire
" The eorles and the British cabinet
offered me the command of tho Span
Ish army,'
" 'I remumber, aire.'
Tit a nfTam tat al i-r n t.v ff lt.nl
iv viivi r war B-uw vuoi i ucm
mon" at Drury Lane a dissatisfied crlt-. A GOOD REASON.
1c when Mr. Vernon began the last air -
rrnmrVV'10!0.'" pl. c You Why
from mel V hlch way did they take . T c .
her?" immediately sang In the exact, , x '
nine or uie air, to tbe astonishment of
NEW TO-DAY
the audience, "Why, toward Long Acre.
toward Long Acre!"
Vernon wna for a moment stunned;
but recovering himself, he sang In re
Joinder: "IIo, hoi Did they ao? Then,
I'll overtake her! I'll soon overtake
hen" and precipitately ran off amid
the plaudits of the whole bouse.
In "Snncbo Tansa," a comedy la
three acta, by Dufrenl, the duke says
at the beginning of the third act, "I be
gin to get tired of Sancho." "So do I,",
said a wag in the pit taking his hat
and walking out This sealed the fate
of tho ploce.
When John Reeve was playing Bom
bastes at Bristol upon being stabbed
by Artlzommus be denied tbe fairness
of tho thrust and. appealing to the pit
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, j "The Modern," the beautiful ton-
Doan's Kidney Pills cure the cause orial establishment of Arthur E
of riisra. an,i tw u fi, Petersen, at 572 Commercial street in
are always lasting. This
this citv. i unntictinnah1v tti r.ol
remedy r..nr v, mnmt
strengthens and tones up the kidneys, jn this behalf, and the most criticJ
helping them to drive out of the body finds nothing to criticize there, how-
the liquid poisons that cause back- soever often he visits the place,
ache, headache and distressing kidney
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Correspondence Sohcited. . Foot of Fourth Street
and urinary complaints. Astoria peo
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Swedish Fancy Work.
All t-!j. f j: t t. J
Wm. Joyce, 412 Duane street As- mbroiderie, fof sale J made
order. Central Drug Store. 9-4-6t
tona, Ore., says: "At the time I be
gan using Doan's Kidney Tills, I was
enduring a great deal of suffering
from my kidneys. The secretions from
these organs were so profuse as to
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toted long. Bear arms against Franco! u,(1- ' t fair, air, Is It?" A bald- give me a great deal of annoyance As . . . , '
w. .... . . iij . n yvoaiuto. uul " - f.vwMwu .w
hit inuiiiy it is uoaaiu e. UUl I
agnltrnt my country! I was greatly i tuo whole representation to bo serious
porfiloxed. At this Juncture you asked ' nni1 ' wlom Reeve directed bis glance
mo through a trustworthy person for a ! replied, "Iteally, sir, I cannot say, for
secret Interview in a little house sltu-l 1 don't fence."
ated on tho Cortadura. between the j narry Sullivan, the Irish tragedian,
city and your camp. Do you romembor wls Paying In "Richard III." some
the fact. M. Marshal 7 I years ugo nt Shrewsbury. When he
" Terfoctly, sir. The day was fixed came,to the lino. "A horse! A horse!
and the Interview arranged.' , M' kingdom for a horse!" some one In
And I did not turn up? i 'he pit culled out, "wouldn't a donkey
i milt you, Mr. Sullivan?" "Yes," re
I )i)iided the trngtxllan. turning qulck
ly ou the luternipterj "please conn-
'j
"flint la
uub ia mi.
'Tn .mil m,hm,V
" 'I never knew.'
" 'I will tell yoo. As I was prepar
ing to meet you tbe commander of the
English squadron, apprised of tbe mat
ter I know not now, dropped upon me
brusquely and warned me that I was
about to fnll Into a trap; that. Cadli
round to the stage door "
rise in the t t.... J; 'TIT Ti ' a . '. .
than when I went to bed and during . , ... V" . . : auaea to flaily Lome and
icuumi L.UBLI1111. i r v ir t (imTiircrj i i M- i
the dav felt weak and lancrnid Th ' . ..7. ; IOOK mem OVef.
How Red Herrings Came.
Tin llrst red herring was accidental
ly iH'txluced lft England muny years
(i.'M by h fliihorraan who, having a sur-
belng Impregnable, they despaired of I'hw of fresh herring, hung them up In
seizing me, but that at Cortadura I j a mnoky shed to dry and then forgot
would be arrested by you; that the era- ; iill about tln.m. When be looked nt
peror wished to make the Due l'Or-. lbtm some time after he found' that
leans a second volume of the Due they hud changed In color. The king.
d'Enghcln, and that you would have,t" whom the OHhes were presented,
me shot Instantly. There, really,' add- , wuh so Interested that he gave perinis
cd the king, with a smile, 'your hand to the fisherman to exhibit them
on your conscience, were you going to' around the country as strange mon
fhoot me?' j sters. . ,
"The marshal remained silent for a "
moment, then replied: 'No, sire. I His Nervs Good,
wanted to compromise you.' Tbe sub- Dissatisfied Committeeman You
Ject of the conversation was changed. , umde a dismal failure In your effort to
A few minutes later tho marshal took, please our audience. I shall not pay
leave of the king, and the king, as he vour fee In full,
watched him go, said, with a smile, to Egotistic Lecturer Oh, Indeed, you
the person who had heard the conver- nmnt, sir! I assure you I worked much
satlon: 'Compromise! , Compromise! lumler than I should have had to labor
Today It Is called compromise.' In re- tt ltl1 less aifflcult audience. Besides,
allty he would have shot me.'."
GALLERY WIT.
think how much rarer a sight I have
' l von 'you by falling than I should
have given If I had succeeded! Ly
ceumlte and Talent.
8ometlmas ths Acton Turn the TabUa
on ths Interrupters.
' Some amusing Instances of the wit
and humor of the gallery and pit
patrons of tbe drama are printed In the 1
ungual) Illustrated Magazine. On one
Not Unlikely.
The following appeared recently In
a schoolboy's essay:
II 1 I .. ! . T-1 I
i -v mug iime ko uugmuu was once
a foreign country. England has much
..,ni i . a ,i .-. n't.--. ... iM a..i.i.. .3 ,i
of the first nights of the opera of "Cy- i . " ""iauu , B""
W4 iua "v1" Ul u? , have to use our brains for fuel, and It
-...n t . ..: o
... . kitchen and dtnina room service are
of th
: r . t : i t t
...milium itctnut iiiuic urcu ftuu wchk lrtnm. fA- i,:-.,
y it. Com
stre.t. oooosite Pnor hiritHinar
slightest exertion caused severe pains
throug!i, my back and hips. I tried , ,
i.i . i i . ... The CommerclaL
liniments and plasters but did not re-! . .
; re i . ' ' One the coziest and most popu
ceive any relief until my attention .t
. , ... , . , ,ar resorts in the city is the Commer-
was drawn to Doans Kidney Pills. I cial. A new billiard room, a' pleasant
decided to give therfi a trial and pro- sitting room and handsome , fixtures
cured a box at Chas. Rogers & Son's all go to make an agreeable meetine
drug store. They helped me so great-1 place for gentlemen, there to discuss"
ly that I procured a further supply, the, topics of the day, play a game of !
used them and wa sentirely cured. 1 1 0,"iaros na enJy tnc hne refresh
am now in unusually good health and6"!' "m? ?er5: . Th bstf of
i . u . . ' m . . 1 Kodi r on,y handled, and this fact
do not hate to attribute same to being so wcl,inowtlt , ,arge busins
the use of Doan s kidney Pills. lis done at the Commercial, on Com-
For sale by all dealers. Price SO mercial street, near Eleventh.
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United New Grocery Store.
States. . ( Try our own mixture of coffee the j
Remember the name Doan's and J- P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables .
take no other ' Badollet & Co., grocers. PhoneMai-'j
. 1281. ,
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An phase of hunger can be daintily
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Drug law as it contains no opiates or 'barber shop for these things and
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The Saturday Seaside Special
The Sunday Portland Special
Via the A. & C. R. R. Co. will be continuedfuntil Sept
12 and 13. Train No. 24, Leaving Portland at 5:30 p
m will continue to rim through to Seaside until Sept.
30th. .
Q. B. J0HN50N, GenM Agent
12th St, near Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON.
other harmful drugs, and we recom
mend it as a safe remedy for children
and adults. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store. .
gets them at their best.
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Health kidneys filter the impurities
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and will positively cure all forms of i ,
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