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
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office.
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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
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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
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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
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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. ; -
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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.
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stamp.
TEX C GEE WO MEDICTHX CO.
1I2 First St, Corner Morrison
., PORTLAND, ORXGO. '
P1me mention the AstorUa.'
PLUMBERS.
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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
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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
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