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TJIE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPT. 2G I What's in a ;; Name? I "By Martha Cobb Saifori. Copyrighted, 1998, by Associated t Literary Prcsa, 2, Just ahead of her Barbara King caught Bight of Bertram Mathews, Thanking her lucky stars that he had art taught sight of her first, she dart ed through the wide open doors of the Sbrary building and rested for a few slnates against one of the large tnar- Ue columns la the lobby. After she had given Mathews plenty f time to pass she ventured to the ioor and reconnoitered cautiously, Heavens! He had turned arouud ami vas coming straight toward the libra 17! Barbara bounded np the stairs like a antelope and disappeared. Wlth no apparent signs-of haste or forpoee Bertram Mathews followed act lead. At the top of the broad flight f stairs. Jwwever, he came to a stand tin and leisurely scanned the long. empty corridor. As there was nothing to indicate -which way the golden haired vision ftad fled, he started on a lazy stroll 'through the mace of special reading rooms, sure of finding her somewhere. It was clever of him, he mused, to lave crossed Barbara's trail without aer knowing it He smiled at the thought of her blushing surprise when .ft should unexpectedly stumble upon aer. What would she have to say to ;iiml He was aware that he wasdeliber ately forcing Barbara's answer after yielding to her entreaty for an Inter regnum of courtship which would ter ailnate only by strictly accidental neetlng. Bnt it bad been two whole weeks since be last proposed to Bar bant, and human restraint has its "imitations. Barbara didn't blush, however, nor was she the least surprised when Ber tram nt last discovered her in the se- etnded nook reserved for legal refer ence. So absorbed was she in reading a popular fiction magazine that his presence failed to establish that tele pathic communication proverbially sup posed to exist between lovers. Bertram, bis eyes dancing mischle- Tonsly, tiptoed daringly near her and tben passed out to the catalogue files. Lifting down the drawer labeled "Ba," be ran his fingers rapidly over the cards until he found two titles that evidently suited him. . TTHh punctilious deliberation he cop ied these on a little printed slip and after filling in the blank spaces pre pared for the reader's name and seat aumber handed it in at the delivery eTesk and waited developments. Before long a small, freckle faced page in brass buttoped uniform trip'ted ay him toward the legal reference room, one small book under his arm Bertram followed at safe distance. "One of 'em's out. miss," announced the page, Indicating with a grimy fin- ger a canceled title on the slip of pa per which he handed Barbara. "Why Men Remain Bachelors,'" read Barbara aloud solemnly, and be aeath it, '"Bachelor's Guide to Matri mony.' " "But I didn't order either of them," she informed the page indiffer ently. "There's some mistake." "Ain't that your name and number, miss?" he had the Impertinence to ask aer. . Barbara examined the slip more close ly. "B. Mathews," it read, "seat 15, legal reference room." She glanced about suspiciously. There was only ne other occupant, and that was not -B. Mathews." "Well, is it or ain't it?" demanded ilie page, his tone suggestive of a dan gerously overwrought forbearance. "Is what?" asked Barbara vaguely. "Well, by thunder!" ejaculated the aTminutlve government official. "Dont eher know yer own name?" "Of course I do," Barbara answered . aim with a childlike naivete, "but I ahan't tell you, you little imp, so run away." "Then yer can't have the book," arass buttons retaliated as be marched ff with the "Bachelor's Guide to Mat xbnony." Barbara watched him out of sight and then straightway forgot all about aim in the thrilling occupation of scribbling in various styles of chirog raph?, "Barbara Mathews, Mrs. Ber tram Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram ; Mathews," etc., on the page margins f her magazine. ' "Whafs in a name?" commented a amscullne voice suddenly over her boulder. . Barbara, blushing pink to the tips f her ears, closed the magazine with a bang, tucked it under her arm and started to beat an indignant retreat Bertram, however, observing that there were only empty chairs tpr wit nesses, playfully barred her exit Around the table he chased her in a scandalously undignified scramble. If . walls have eyes as well as ears, surely the forbidding legal tomes on the sur- , rounding "bleachers" had never be fore been spectators' to anything so Indecorous. Covered at length, beyond hope of escape, in a decoy ending in a dormer window on one side and flanked by projecting bookshelves on the other two, Barbara faced her pursuer with wildly thumping heart "You aren't playing fair," she accus ed him breathlessly. "You've broken your promise, Bertram Mathews. This Isn't accidental meeting at all. It's an an ambush. You followed me aere. You can't deny it, because I aw you 'out In front of the library. That's that's why I came In here." It was with difficulty that Bertram refrained from breaking into ft laugh. l.i.t Barbara was too much In earnest to detect it. "You deliberately ran away from me, Barbara. Was that playing fair?" questioned Bertram. "But I couldn't tell you-1 mean w couldn't talk It over out there on the street. It would have been so unro mantic and-and audi stupid anti climax." Whatever Bertram had on the tip of his tongue to reply waa momentarily checked by. the passing in and out of an unsympathetic group of curious sightseers. To bridge over the interruption Bar. bara pretended to be absorbed In watching the glow of the sunset "It is beautiful, Isn't ttr she asked dreamily as soon as they were alone again. "Glorious!" answered Bertram fer vently, his gaze never leaving the sun flecked waves of her hair. - "But you can't see it, Billy. Turn around." As he didn't turn, Barbara faced about to learn the reason and, catching his look of undisguised adoration, low ered her eyes before It her self posses sion utterly vanquished. "Oh, sweet, tantalizing Barbara King," he pleaded, "am I never to know if you really love met Won't you give me some little bit of hope to warm the cockles of my heart?" For answer Barbara suddenly sur rendered into his keeping the telltale magazine, which up to this time she had guarded Jealously from him. 'Is that enough?" she asked btm meekly. Whereupon in that apparently desert ed little reading room "no conversation above a whisper" broke the stillness for some time on. At length a door slammed to, and the ominous click of a key followed. "Oh, we're locked In!" gasped Bar bara, rushing to the door and rattling the knob excitedly. "Why, whoever would have guessed it was near clos ing time?" . "Not I," admitted Bertram, with shameless candor. "Here, let me have a try at that knob." , 'Hold on!" yelled an exasperated voice on the other side. "I'll let yer out if yer!! give me a chance. Who ii thunder is It. anyhow?" 'Barbara Mathews," called Barbara promptly tbroug'a the keyhole. "I mean," she corrected hastily, while Bertram laughed ' at ber mercilessly. it's Barbara King." When the door finally swung open it revealed a very disgusted young per son composed chiefly of freckles and big brass buttons. . "Well, I'll be blowed," he exclaimed in astonishment,, "if it ain't the same one, and she don't know her own name yet Ain't that the limit?" A Lawyer's Somersault Speaking of somersaults, the anec dote which Lord Eldon related of the eminent English lawyer John Dun ning, afterward Lord Ashburton, will bear repeating.. "I had," says Lord Eldon, "very early after I was called to the bar a brief as junior to Mr. Dunning. He began the argument and appeared to me to be reasoning very powerfully against our client Wait ing till I was quite convinced that he had mistaken for what party he was retained, I then touched his arm, and i . t t .1 i.An,AH,i 1 Jm,-i m .u. i,. mtaufwIprctfVMl hv n-hnm ha tea a Am- ployed, as he was reasoning against our client. "He gave me a very rough and rude reprimand for not having sooner set him right and then proceeded to state that what he had addressed to the court was all that could be stated against his client and that he had put the case as unfavorably as it were possible In order that the court might see how very satisfactorily the cas against him could be answered and accordingly very powerfully answered what he had before stated." Badly Confused. Lord Bramwell, says the biographer of that Jurist, used to tell a story illus trating the complete paralysis which may affect the human mind at trying moments. One day when he was on board a Rhine steamboat he noticed a lady. evidently In great distress, trying by signs to explain to the officials some matter of Importance. Fancying that she was a countrywoman of his own, he asked: . "Do you speak English?"' The poor lady had really lost her head, and she could only stammer out, Un peu"-that is, a little. , Then Lord Bramwell continued the conversation in French, but it became evident that the lady understood scarcely a word. German and Italian gnve equally bad results. Finally she muttered audibly to herself: "How I wish I were safe at home!" "But surely you do speak English!" exclaimed the baron. I can't speak anything else." she sobbed: "That's what makes me so helpless among these foreigners." Kean's Funny Slip. Charles Keau was a very nervous man, easily upset by any mistake, and one night when playing Hamlet he cam to the passage: Who calls me villain, breaks my Date acrops,' Plucks off my beard and blows 'it In my race, Tweaks me by the nose? Getting rather flustered for some rea son or other, be rendered it thus: Who calls me villain, breaks my pata across, Plucks off my beard, tweaks me -by the nose And blows it In my face'? The contretemps completely para lyzed Kean, who amid shouts of laugh ter from the audience signaled for the curtain to be lowered at once. Cleve land Leader. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS HELP WANTED WANTED -A GOOD COOK; , wages, $30. Apply to Mrs. Capt. Lamcrcaux, Fort Stevens. 9-24-4t BOYS WANTED TO CARRY PA pers. Apply Circulation Depart ment," Astorian Office. " 9-17-tf MESSENGER BOYS WANTED -r Apply Western Union Telegraph office. Boys wanted to carry papers. Ap ply Circulation Department, Astorian! Office. 9-17-tf SITUATION WANTED. WANTED -PRACTICAL, AND landscape gardener desires work by day; terms reasonable. Apply at Bay City House, Tenth street. . 9-23-6t EXPERT PIANO TEACHING. AN EXPERT PIANO TEACHER will instruct a limited number of pupils in their own homes; a few specially reduced term lessons. Ap ply early to 424 Commercial street. 9-22 6t ROOMS FOR RENT. TWO UNFURNISHED HOUSE- keeping room for rent. Apply 584 Commercial street FURNISHED HOUSEKEEPING and single rooms. 677 Exchange. 9-15-61 FOR RENT 3 NICELY FURN- ished room, cn suite; central locat ed; suitable for four young men with bachelor . tendencies. Call 519 Duane street. ' 9-24-3t ROOM SUITABLE FOR OFFICE, facing Eleventh street, same build ing my office, south end. Apply W. A. Sherman, 508 Duane. 9-26-6t COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. 42 ACRES OF TIDE LAND WILL be sold at $60 per acre if sale is made at once. A. R. Johnson, 120 Twelfth street. 9-26-tf FOR RENT. A 6-ROOM COTTAGE; FOURTH and Exchange; also large house corner 35th and Franklin. Apply W A. Sherman. 501 Duane. 9-26-tf FOR RENT AN 8 ROOM FLAT, on 14th street and Lexington; $16 per month; no children. Enquire A. R. Johnson. 120 Twelfth. 9-26-tf WANTED-TO RENT. WANTED TO RENT-A STOCK rr dairy farm for rash or uriarrv J Address Lewis & Clark, R. F. D., BOX oU. y-T-im LOST AND FOUND. LOST - CHILD'S BRACELET set, with purple stones. Finder please return to Astorian office and receive reward. BUSINESS CHANCES. FOR SALE ROOMING HOUSE; 14 rooms; $400. A. R. Johnson, 120 Twelfth street. 9-23-tf FOR SALE-20-ROOM ROOMING house; $750; here is a chance for some one to make money; call and let me explain the proposition. A. R Johnson, 120 Twelfth street. 9-23-tf CITY REAL ESTATE. A LOT 50x100 SUITABLE FOR flats or an apartment house; $3000. A. R. Johnson, 120 Twelfth St. 9-9-tf A SNAP, EIGHT-ROOM MOD ern house; 2 lots, price $3500; this is a bargain. A. R. Johnson, 120 Twelfth. 9-26-tf WANTED IF YOU HAVE GOOD property you wish to sell, list it with me; nothing but good property wanted that is worth' the money ask ed. A. R. Johnson, 120 Twelfth street. . 9-26-tf FOR SALE -MISCELLANEOUS HEATING STOVES AT REDUC ed prices; we have a large number to select from. Zapf Furniture & Hardware Co., 630"Commercial street. 9-26-12t FOR SALE-GAS RANGE CHEAP. See Dick Davies, Abstract office. 9-25-31 FOR SALE-12 DAIRY COWS. In quire at Glenwood Station, or post office address Warrentbn, Herbert & Poole. . ' 9-17-tf FOR SALE CHEAP, ONE SCHOL arship in the International Corres pondence School of Scrahton. En quire Astorian office. 8-7-tf LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS ALL kinds made by The J. S. Dellinger Company. - MASSAGE. OLGA KANTONEN, FINNISH masseuse and steam baths, room 6, Pythian Bldg., Commercial St., As torian, Ore. ' WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WTedTO BUY A HORSE; weight about 1250 pounds; not over 8 years old; must be good driver and gentle, also city broke. Address As torian office. 5-9-tf. WANTED WE PAY HIGHEST cash firice for second-hand and new furniture; see us before you sell Zapf Furniture & Hdw. Co. 9-5-26t HOUSE' MOVERS. FREDR1CKSON BROS.-We make a specialty of house moving, car penters, contractors, general jobbing; prompt attention to all orders. Cor ner Tenth and Duane streets. BIDS REQUESTED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed bids will be received until 4 o'clock p. nt., October 1, 1908, by The Oregon Railroad & Naviga tion Company for the salvage of the wrecked vessel "Minnie E. Kclton." Bids for the hull and cargo should be made separately. Said wrecked vessel is now lying at the cast end of the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company's dock in said City of Astoria, where it can be viewed by prospective bidder up on application to the agent, George W. Roberts. Cargo and vessel will be sold to the highest bidder, cash in hand; car go consisting of lumber and shingle; hull consisting of the wrecked vessel, machinery and appurtenances there to. Bidders arc requested to name price, cash in hand, at which they will purchase said property. A rea sonable amount of time will be al lowed for the unloading of the cargo of said wrecked vesel in case cargo and hull are sold to separate bidders. All bids must be sealed and all communications addressed to George W. Roberts, Agent of The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, As toria, Oregon, who hereby reserve the right to reject any and all bid that may be received by him. Dated this 25th of September, 1908. . . Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. By G. W. Roberts, Agent. '9-26-10 1 BIDS REQUESTED FOR TWEN ty million gallon reservoir. Scaled proposals for furnishing materials, and constructing a twenty million gallon reservoir, in whole, and in sec tions, will be received until 12 o'clock noon Friday, October 2, 1908, at office of the Water Commission, City Hall, Astoria Oregon. Plans and specifications may be seen, and blank forms of proposals obtained at said office. Certified check in the sum of not less than 10 per cent of the amount bid on each contract must accompany bids. Right to reject any and all bids is reserved. City Water Commission, by G. W. Lotinsberry, Clerk. V 9-l$-10 ASSESSOR'S NOTICE. ASSESSOR'S NOTICE-(EQUALI- zation of 1908 Assessment). To the Taxpayers of Clatsop County, Oregon: Notice is hereby that the Board of Equalization for Clatsop County, Oregon, will convene at the Clerk's office at the Court House in Astoria on the 19th day of October, 1908. the same being the third Mon day in said month and the time fixed' by law for the meeting of said Board of Equalization, which will continue its sessions from day to day, exclu sive of Sundays and legal holidays, until the examination and correction and equalization of the assessment rolls for said year shalr be completed which said Board will continue in session for one month from said date, unless the labors thereof are sooner completed. Petitions or applications for the reduction of a particular as sessment shall be made in writing, verified by the oath to the applicant or his attorney and filed with the Board during the first week it is re quired by law to be in session, and any petition or application not so made, verified and filed shall not be considered , or acted upon by the Board. T. S. CORNELIUS, Assessor for Clatsop County, Ore. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. t7t. nowlepT Real Estate and Employment Office 473 Commercial St., Phone Have fine list of Astoria and coun try property. AH classes ov ' moor furnished. ; - MISCELLANEOUS. MAGAZINE BINDINO OF ALL . kinds done at the Astorian Office PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS.AT.LAW CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE Attorney-at-Law City Attorney Offices! City Hall JOHN C. McCUE, Attorney-at-Law Page Building, Suits 4 HOWARD M. BROWNELL Attorney-at-Law Deputy District Attorney 420 Commercial Street OSTEOPATHS. DR. RHODA C HICKS , Osteopath Office Mansell Bldg. Phone Black 2065 27J Commercial St. Astoria. Ore. DENTISTS TOilfiilaF Dentist Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon DR. W. C LOOAN . Dentist Commercial St Shinihan Bldg BUSINESS DIRECTORY. RESTAURANTS. T0KIO RESTAURANT. 351 Bond Street Opposite Ron, Higgini & Co. CoJee with Pis or Cake 10 Cta. FIRST-CLASS MEALS Regular Mesls 13 Cta, tad Up, U. 8. RESTAURANT. 434 Bond Street Coffee with Pie or Cake, 10 Cta. Firtt-CUss Meals, IS Cta. MEDICAL. Unpreoieat4 Suceetsee if t-T III GREAT yjL7 CRIKMI NlfMI v ?A Who Is koowt fl&P Ihronuhont the United No poison or drugs usee. Be fuaru Uee to cur catarrh, asthma, luag ss-' throat trouble, rheumatism, nervousDen stomsch, liver and kidney, female com plaint and all ohronlo dJem. SUCCESSFUL ROME TRXATMElfl If you cannot call write for tymtoa blank sad circular, Inclosing 4 easts I stamp. TEX C GEE WO MEDICTHX CO. 1I2 First St, Corner Morrison ., PORTLAND, ORXGO. ' P1me mention the AstorUa.' PLUMBERS. . . n. inui PLUMBER Heating Contractor, Tinner -and- Sheet Iron Worker LL WORK GUARANTEEI " 42S Bond Street Youncc & Baker PLUMBERS TINNERS Steam and Gas Fitting All Work Guaranteed. 126 Eighth Street, opp. Post Office. Phone Main 4061. : CONCRETE WORK DONE ANY PERSON WANTING ANY CONCRETE WORK DONE AT THE CEMETARIES, WILL PLEASE LEAVE ORDERS AT POHL'S UNDERTAKING OF FICE. ' - ' ' ' E. NYMAN Astoiia, Ore. P. O. 603. LAUNDRIES. WE AAASty' Everything but the Baby and return everything but the dirt. TROY LAUNDRY Tenth and Duane Phone Main 1091 MISCELLANEOUS. ' Smith's Special Delivery EXPRESS AND BAQOAOE Leave Orders at Star Cigar Store. Phon Black 2383 Re. Phons gcd 227& Stand Corner 11th anX Commercial Plate Racks, Wall Pockets, Music Racks, Clock Shelves 7 Just in See us ; ilildetrand & Gor Old Bee Hive Bldg. HOT OR COL Golden t7cs Just Right e CLOSSET k DEVERS, PORTLAND, ORE. TRANSPORTATION. The "KM Une PASSENGERS - FREIGHT Steamer Lurline Night Boat for Portland and War Landings. Leaves Astoria dally except Sundsy at 7 p. m. Leaves Portland Dally Except Sunday at 7 a. m. Quick Service Excellent Meals Good Berths Landing Astoria Flsvel Wharf Landing Portland Foot Taylor St J.J. DAY, Agent Phons Main 270t ' UXDXBTAXXS3. J. A. GILBAUUII & CO., Undertakers and Eruhalnier. Experienced Lady Assistant V. When Uesl red. CallH Promptly Attended Day I . - ', or Night. , """.- "v :,i Tatton Odg. 12tUand Dunne SU A8TOKIA, ORE.UON Phone Main 2111 Wines and liquors. Eagle Concert Hall) (320 Astor Street) Rooms for rent by the day, week, or month. - Bes rates in town. P. A. PETERSON, Prop. 'awe1 aaa;1 "ar-'-sgsr IPIJL,A1! ISjSi IN ONE OR MANY COLORS LARGEST FACILITIES IN THE WEST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH GRADE WORK RATE At 10W At tASTtlN HOUSES RSI Tea y r5?S;mi tirv..&v17. - WW), -T-T-ifJsiuuijijiw i.iLLLiu..iiaam7aPiaBmiaiiiiihSn'rjiiiLiM' if iff n:zri(. n