SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
THE MOIINING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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wa iook st, thororore, enure w ft little
gap when wo see nothing. But no one
( aware of It, because It has been .the
cum Blur we first opened our eyes. .
Some of tno Curious Facts Re th wuw we gain in walking.
urn eye iiseir cannot joflge distance
A near bill and a distant mountain
will each form an Image of the eame
THE pHENOMMSft OF t SOUND, tatw U fertteraway than the hS bi-
cause there are more Interrenlng ob-
corded by Physiologists.
Squeal ' Mise and the Loweat Notsi
of -en C.;an Are Inaudible to Some
Pertont Pteullarltlei of , the Deli
eate 8ni ef Smell. ! , .J1...
It you sliudti the eyes, you weaken
your ncntifl of bearing, Try It wltb a
watch and the result will surprise you.
If you lj n glime of cold water, you
wllj liierehse for a abort tlmo your
power of vImIoii. ; If you fllJ tbo mouth
wltb walor, yoii will greatly atrengi li
en your mm of amell. , i , j j
Malty slinllur curious facts about the
seniles nro told by physiologists.
There Ik a multitude of eounda made
lu tbe world evory day, for instance,
wb Ictt we cannot bear, boworer close
they Amy he. Every found tnuet lout a
certulir time; In ordur to be beard by
tbe eur. If It le an eitreujely'feuble
Bound It must Inst quite two aocouda
or wo cannot boar It Hut, 'no matter
bow long it Iqsta, we cannot bear It If
It la a very low or ft very blgb not,
Extremely small animals emit eucb
high notes tint t we never bear tbem,
Umw people cannot even bear tbe
uijut'iil of niku. Tbe, lowest botes of
an organ are mero rumbling noises to
moat people, und some cannot bear
tbem at all. 'Vf
It la by monna of tbo external ear We
Jmlue tbu tltrectlou from wlilch sound
cornea, - Stand " facing a clock, place
your liiindo In front of your ear, wltb
tbe palms turned back, clone your eyes;
you will tben think the clock Is behind
you,
Why cau some auluiale smelt more
keen I)- than other? It la a question of
the apace within tbo none capablo of
siuclllug. In man this spuco U very
sinnll-loM than one-fourth of square
Incb. In doss and moat mammals II
la very much larger, Tbe porpoise line
no souse of smell. Tben comes man.
and oIko the monkeys, wholes and all
kinds of fowl and birds, wltb very
feeble smellig power. When pe
plo talk of vultures . scenting dead
bodies they make a mistake. Lions,
tlgors, wolves, etc., can scout tbem at
long distances, but vultures depend on
tbelr sense of tight
. Tbe sense of amell Is exceedingly del
tcate. if one ounce 'of musk were dl-
Tided Into 13,000,000,000 parte one of
these Influlteslmul parts would be per
ceptible by tbe average person's nose,
On tbe otber band, many people have
do power to smelt tome substances,
ucb as uilguoueite, vanilla, violots and
prusslo acid. ; 1 '
, Taste la curious In tbe fact that dif
ferent parts of tbe tongue appreciate
different flavors. At tbe tip we per
eclve sweet tastes best, at tbe sides
acid tastes and at the back bitter
tastes. 8ubstancca must be dissolved
to order to be tnsted, and a dry morxel
tn a dry mouth baa no flavor. This is
why smokers rannot taste well. Tbelr
moutb chimin, which manufacture sn-
flva. nro , paralyzed by the tobacco
Very hot or very cold things ore searre-
ly tn tit nl at nil. If you want to rd
the l est (liver from your food It must
bo at some temperature between Mi
aud 05 degrees.
Kvery cue knows bow easily the
sense of sight Is deceived by optical
puirr.lcs. But a carious deception Is
practiced on us all throughout our
lives, and no one ever perceives It,
Thero Is a blind spot in tbe eye whore
the oDtlc; nerve enters. In everything
Eli . J. .J.JLUJ J! 1. 1 ItH-UJI
Women's Health
may be protected and improved
by keeping the blood in good
condition, the stomach well,
the liver active and the bowels
regular by the timely use of
Jeels. Bat we can often moke to eetl-
mate of distance, Id ft curious way. by
the muscles of tbe eyeball, In order
to focus a near object we must bulge
the lens, and to focus a distant object
we must flatten tbe lens, Tbe amount
of muscular labor used in doing this
given us an Idea of the distance of tbe
object, .i , -; j & 1 f r
I A man teens much thinner la dark
than In light clothing. All black things,
in fact, appear . smaller than white
thing of tbe same slw. An Image re
main on the eye for some time after
looking at an object "If the thing le
very; bright tbo Image remains a long
time,' and sometimes If you look direct
ly at the sun you will carry tbe Image
of It around wltb you for days. J
Color blind people bar defective
musical aense. They confuse different
notes, and, curiously; the confusion of
green blind people differs from tbe
confusion of rd blind people. Colors
strengthen tbo sense of taste. Red ap
plet and, tomatoes : and 1 strawberries
and green pickles taste better than the
selfsame vegetables and fruit when
tbey are paler.4 ' :;;. 1 ,! .
For fooling we have a variety of
nerves.;, Soino spots on tbe skin feci
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AMUSEMENTS
UNCLE JOSH TONIGHT.
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Well known Rural Comedy Kolb A
Dill In 'Lonesome Town'
' Sunday.
"Uncle Josh ' Perkins" 1 the title
of a play that has scored a success
thitr season, unprecedented in recent
yearn, , It h to be given here in all
its entirety by the original company
which first carried it on to, prosperity
and popularity; It, will be produced
here tonight at the Astoria Theatre,
and it Is certain to play to a packed
house. ','UncIe Josh Perkins" is i
comedy drama; there is a touch o
tragic nature In it that excites to an
intense pitch the emotions of the
spectators, with all ending, happily,
The play is livened up by the excel
lent comedy and when the spectators
are not in tears over the misfortune
of the beautiful young heroine and the
khadows that appear to threaten her
future, they are laughing and applaud
ing uproariously at the funny antics
of the comedians. Some new and ex
ceedingly clever songs and specialties
tome simple touch: The tip of the , are introduced at appropriate stages
r" J ' ""T" wuw ..wnr' ?r of the; play, a vast amount of new
But the cheek and the forearm are far
better Judge of beat ; In the white
of the eye we can fool neither touch,
beat nor eold-only pnfit alone-but tbe
red lining of the eyelids can feel
scarcely anything but cold. Tbs
moutb, fit every one know, can enJoj I
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tea or eoriv at a temperature thai
would give great pnln to the bands or
feet'' '- ,v -s " ') "'''
and magnificent scenery is used for
the impressive stage pictures pre
scnted in each of the four acts of the
piece.
KOLB AND DILL.
Fresh from their eastern conquests
and after making critical Broadway
bow at their feet for over 100 nights
in a paroyysm of laughter, Kolb and
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Nature and k woman's worTr
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remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the eood old-fashioned dan of
our granamotners tner re ilea upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can rroduce roots and
herbs for every ailment and cure
diseases that baffle the most skilled
Shysicians who have spent yean In
le Btudy of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of tha
field Lvdia . Pinkham more than
thirty years airo irave to the women
ol the world a remedy for their pe
culiar ills, more potent and effica
cious than any combination of drugs.
Lvdia E. Pinkham's Veeetabla
Compound is now reeoenlzed as the
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Mrs. Bertha Muff, of SIS N.CL fit-
Louisiana, Mo., wrjtes :
means so much to me that for the sake
of otber suffering women I am willing
to mane my troubles puDiic.
"For twelve years I had been anffer
Ing with the worst forms of female Ilia.
During that time I had eleven different
physicians without help. No toumie
can ten wnat 1 auflered, ana at times I
oouiq naroiy want. About two years
ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
I followed It, and can truly aay that
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worth mountains of gold to suffering
women. .
What Lvdia E, Pinkham Vem.
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u wui oo lor owsi suoermg women.
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P. J. Daly, of 1247 W. Congress St
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CHOLERA IS ABATING.
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SUN DAY
"LONESOME TOWN"
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IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS.
' Dill ,the two funniest comedians on
the American stage, will appear in
Don't Mistake The Cause of Your this city tomorrow eveninar for one
Troubles An Astoria Cituten ' niorht at the Astoria Theatre in their
MANILA, Sept. 25. The epedimic
of cholera is believed to have reached
its height and to be diminishing. The
daily average of cases in this city has
fallen below thirty and ,a low death
rate indicates that the plague is pres
ent in a form light and not virulent,
Alfred McVeigh, a government em
ploye who for many years was in
Columbus, Ohio, and who was stric
ken several days ago, is dead.
The authorities expect a steady de
cline in the number of new cases
henceforward and the complete dis
appearance of the cholera within a
short time.
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One of the worst features of kidney
trouble is that it is an insidious dis-
Showa How to Cure Them. (most successful musical play entitled ease and before the victim realizes his
Many people, never suspect their . "Lonesome Town." The book is by danger he may have a fatal malady.
kidneys. If suffering from a "., lame, the late Judson D. Brusie while the Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first
weak or aching back they think that tuneful music was penned by J, A. sign of trouble as it corrects irregu
it is only a muscular weakness; when Raynes. These German dialect come
urinary trouble sets in they think itfdians made an instaneous hit with
will, soon correct itself. And so it is this musical comedy in San Francisco
with all the other symptoms of kid- where it ran uninterruptedly for sev
ney disorders, mat is lust where erai monms to crowaea nouses, its
the danger lies. You must cure these Pacific coast success was later re-
larities and prevents Bright's Disease
and diabetes. T. F. LaurinOwl Drug
Store.
I carry the best Loggers'
Smoea in town at the low
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My stock of men's and boy's
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They Take The Kinks Out
"I have used Dr. King's New Life
troubles or they may lead to diabetes peated in New York, Chicago and all Tills for many years, with increasing
or Blight's Disease. The best remedy of the other prominent cities of the satisfaction. They take the kinks out
to '.tse is Doan's Kidney Pills, It east, and the critics throughout the of stomach, liver and bowels, without
cures all ills which are caused by i country arc unanimous in uecianng iuss or incuon, says in. n. urown,
weak or diseased kidneys. Astoria , Lonesome Town" to be the liveliest of Pittsfield, Vt. Guaranteed satisfac-
peoplc testify to permanent cures. "' i bit of nonsense that has ever been at- tory at Charles Rogers & SonYdrug
Thendor Tosenhson. SIS Seventh tempted by these inimitable "slim' store. Z5c.
street. Astoria. Ore., savsv "Ahnnt anu iai rpresentatives oi uerman
five years ago I used Doan's Kidney , comedy.
Pills and derived great benefit. I was I The st0Iy of tIie PIay Ica,s vvith
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I. M. WALKER, Pres. O, h. BOSSFK1" N, Secy.
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sufferirig from severe pains across)
the. disposition of a town in Califor-
was unable to stooo or straiehten.
expenses enable me tO Sell the My kidneys also bothered me a great
deal, as the secretions were generally
mv back and my loins and at times ' ,lln- wIl,cl1 bcars "amc o Watts.
i ne original owner disappears and
the laughable attempts of the var
ious fictitious claimants to prove i
. . 60 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
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best qualities at lowest prices. 1,0 r Jn passing. At last Doan's
I Muney ri:is were Drougnt to my at-
ttntion and I procured a box at
Rogers' drug store, I began using
ii em and my health is now excellent.
T take a few doses now and then,
when feeling any sign of backache
and they never fail to banish the
trouble." ., - .
their ownership is the basis for
many extremely funny situations, ,
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