TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
York
: NEW YORK, Oct. 5The wealth
of the United State Is 'increasing at
the rata of over $J,(XW,X) a day from
hi ngrlcultural product alone Is the
statement made on the authority of
no less an expert than Secretary of
Agriculture Wilndn in the October
number of Applcton' tna&aaslne. As
a large part of the H(X)0,0O0.0U0
worth of cereal, cotton and other
crop which it 1 estimated that the
country In producing thU year will
go to market within the next few
months, it I believed by authoritie
here that till great outpouring of
national wealth will mark a vogorou
revival of prosperous condition In
line of general industry, Now that
It i (lclinitely assured that the prin
cipal crop will be large and .will
command good price, It Is predicted
.that the beginning of 1909 will mark
the termination of the period of de
pression that ha existed for the pa t
year. The Applcton article graphi
cally describe the variou processes
of handling the crop which it de
scribes a "our biggest job." It show
that the worjd-widc mechanism cen
tering in the Chicago Board of Trade
by which the grain grower In this
country is able to take advantage of
every favorable price factor in every
part of the world, and to ell hi
, crop at cash figure for future de
livery, 1 of vast financial benefit to
the American farmer in bringing to
his door a world-market for every
bushel of grain that he grow. The
system not only of handling crbp
but also of collecting and distribut
ing crop information has been per
fected to a greater extent in the Uni
ted State than anywhere else in the
world, and this fact is pointed out as
accounting In no small degree for
the unquestioned supremacy of
America among the food-producing
countries of the world. Without
thi machinery to register the rela
tion of supply and demand, the chief
agricultural product would be sub
ject to sudden and violent price flue
tuation that would make farming
one of the most hazardous of occupa
tions instead of as now one of the
most secure. A fact indicated by the
statistics quoted which is likely to
come a a surprise to many persons
is that the hay crop now rank sec
ond in money value among all the
varieties of agricultural output, be
ing exceeded only by corn. 1
While New York's position as the
largest city in America is untjucstion
ed, it is no longer the largest city of
Americans. .The latter place, as
nearly as can be determined, belongs
cither to Philadelphia or Boston. Fa
ther Knickerbocker, however, has
other titles to compensate for the loss
of this one for his domain ranks not
only a the largest city in America,
but as the largest Irish, Jewish and
various other kinds of cities. Accor
ding to latest statistics New York,
while falling behind so far as Ameri
cans arc concerned, has many time
the Hebraic population of any other
city. It is also the largest Irish city
in the world so far as population is
concerned. There arc more Ger
mans in New York than in any city
in Germany, except Berlin and pos
sibly Hamburg, and if the present
rate of increase keeps up the great
est city in America within two de
cades will be also the greatest Gcr
, man city in the world. In addition
to all this New York is the second
largest Greek city in the world, on
the basis of population, and has a
larger Italian population than any
city in Italy, except Naples, Milan
and Rome. The great majority of
these buildings being more than the
combined population of four of the
six New England states. This en
ormous foreign element may be ac
counted for by the fact that during
the past year the increase in popula
tion has been greater than in all
states west of the Mississippi river.
About 3900 factories in this city em
ploy 130,000 women, the great major
ity of whom are foreigs. Sixty-six
languages arc spoken in this modern
Babel. Among these English ranks
only seventh. More than fifty five per
cent of the voting population is for
eign by birth. Altogether, while
New York may claim to be the lar
gest cosmopolitan center in the world
and to contain the largest single ag
gregation of several nationalities, it
can no longer claim to be the largest
American city as far as native-born
or English-speaking persons alone
are considered ' ' ' ' '
Although there are over a thousand
publications regularly issued in New
York, ranging from dailies of many
editions to scientific quarterlies, and
printed in every language from base
ball to Chinese, the, enterprising man
Is still able to find newv fields ; for
specialized organs. This is proved
by the establishment of a new period-
New-
News Letter
ieal called "The Janitor," the first
number of which ha just appeared.
A it name indicates the new maga
rlne is devoted to the Interest of
Janitor of whom the editor asserts
that there are 400,000 in the Greater
City. If this figure Is correct it will
be seen at once that there arc oppor
tunities to build tip a tremendous cir
culation among the lords of the fur
nace and the garbage-can who rule
over the destinies of a majority of
New York' populatios. Special de
partments In the new publication pro
bably will be devoted to telling how
to extract tip from reluctant house
holders and how to quell rebellious
tenants. One of the announced ob
ject is ot form the janitors into a
union, a result that would be viewed
with more or les apprehension as
such an organization would have the
resident of the city at its mercy and
could bring them to terms In short
order by turning off the heat and re
fusing to let the useful dumbwaiter
to travel up and down with its load
of groceries and other supplier Aside
from these possibility of tyrannous
power the new periodical is an in
tcrcsting illustration of the extent to
which specialized journalism i be
Ing developed- ;
Office boys may come and office
boys n.ay go, but New York has an
office boy who apparently goes on
forever. He is a promising young
stcr of 89 years, who in spite of han
dicaps ha held his job for sixty-nine
year. He began his work in 1839
and by constant application expects
to be able to end bis career exactly
where he began it; He was office
boy two decades before the CivU
War, during that conflict, and ever
since; serving three generations of
employers. Naturally this youth who
claims the record for office boy scr
vice, after a term longer than the al
lotcd life of man, is unique among of
fice boys of the younger generation
Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about him is that during all hit work
ing life this paragon of office boys
whose name is Samuel Brackett, has
never had a vacation. Claiming to be
the oldest boy in the world he has
laid down after sixty-nine years ser
vice in the same position certain laws
which make for, success., "Strict at
tention to business is the way to get
ahead in the world,' says Brackett,
the 89-year-old world's champion of
fice boy, in spito of the fact that he
has never gotten ahead at all. But in
spite of his age and service "Sammy"
a he is still called by the grandchil
dren of his employer, is one of the
most efficient office boys in the city.
Curiously enough his present employ
er is that Mrs. Fisher, who is popu
larly known as the "Anvil Queen"
and who was denominated by Wu-
Ting-Fang, Chinese minister to the
United States, "the most wonderful
woman in the world."
Pat Shocdy, the veteran gambler,
is credited with paraphasing the say
ing (hat a sucker is born every min
ute by the assertion that in Manhat-
hattan a new scheme for catching suc
kers is hatched every day. It is safe
to say however, that the latest bun
co game, which has just come to light
here, is one that has seldom been
equalled in originality and ingenuity.
That it justifies its discoverer's de
scription as a smooth scheme is
shown by the fact that the eminent
sporting celebrity and Tammany pol
itician, "Big Tim" Sullivan, is repor
ted to have been one of its victims
The new game, which can be worked
only in connection with cards, was
discovered entirely by accident. A
notorious gambler of this city recent
ly lost an eye In a spirited alterca
tion. Upon his recovery it was re
placed by a glass substitute and it
was entirely by chance that he dis
covered that the artificial eye was
much bett'r than a real one. While
engaged in a game of cards the own
er of the glass eye suddenly observed
that the faces of the cards held by
his adversary were reflected in the
goid ring which he was wearing, the
glass eye acting as a reflector. Im
proving on this discovery he perfec
ted an arrangement by which an ad
versary's cards are reflected from a
glass eye to a specially constructed
seal ring containing a mirror. So
successful have the results of this
new game proven that it is proposed
in some of the circles where games of
chance are not exactly frowned up
on to make all strangers prove that
,they are not equipped with "phony
blinkers" before permitting them to
play.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures
Coughs quickly, strengthens the
lungi and expels colds. , Get the
genuine in a yellow package. T. F.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
Truth and:
Quality
appeal to the Well-Informed fa every
walk of life and ara essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
Ingly, it la not claimed that 8yrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna Is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it I the beat of personal and family
laxatives la the fact that it cleanses,
sweeten and relieve the Internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effect and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It act pleasantly and naturally and
truly a a laxative, and It component
parte are knowa to and approved by
phytlclans, a it is free from all objection
able substances. To get ita beneficial
effect always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for aale by all leading drug
gists.
HE ATE THE SOAP.
Garland Would Have CwallowiJ U If
It Had Killed Him. ri
Augustus 11 Cn:'!u:d, tvuo.wai at
torney guttural u;ur IMvcIdcnt Cleve
land. n very fund of practical Jokes
ni:d during his tor:a of tenko lu the
ccnate fre;icntly t-.:r:ie:l the laugh on
hla TOllivumn. Sfiintora Voorhees and
Vent, with whom be wan very friendly,
flmtlly di-ii-niil ted ta turn the tables.
Mr, Giirlnud bad a habit, like Voor-
hc B.", of munching candy, and Vest and
Vcti!i(f8 made It up between them to
take advantage of bin fondness for
sweets to piny their trick. They bad
some tempting looking chocolate cara
mels prepared, with tho interior filled
with brown aoap. These they took to
the annate chamber, and Voorhees
placed thorn on hla desk. The lid being
off, when Mr. Garland eauntcred down
the aisle be noticed them at once.
"What have you there, Dan?" be in
quired.
Voorhees looked op carelessly from
hi writing and responded: "Caramels.
Help jrounelf."
Garland needed no second Invitation
and, picking up two or three, placed
one in bis mouth. Steadily be chewed
away, bin face betraying no alga of the
conflict within him. This alarmed
Voorhpes. who went to Yent'a desk and
said:
. "He's eating them, Vefttl What shall
we doT Tbe stuff will kill blm surer
Senator Vest replied that It could do
no more than make him Bkk. Garland
swallowed the stuff, although he was
foaming at the mouth from tbe soap
suds. - Ho related the incident after
ward with great gusto and said he
would have swallowed It if It bad
killed him. '
FLY FOGS IN INDIA.
A Plagu That at Timas Makes Lift
Unbearable In Calcutta.
One of the evils of Calcutta Is the
plague of green files, from which the
whole city suffers at certain times In
the year. The happy bunting time of
these minute Insects Is during the late
autumn and early winter. They are a
serious nuisance both in and out of
doors. Tbey wlDg their way through
all tbe open doors Into tho bouses and
Into every room, making life unbear
ablo. " . ' ...
Like most insects, the little green
flies have a great affection, for the
flame. On occasion tho Inhabitants
have found It necessary to put out all
tbe gaslights, even at a public dinner.
and to take their meals practically In
deep gloom. Illuminated only by flicl
erlng candles.
Naturally it Is not at all pleasant to
go on eating with denso clouds of la
sects swarming overhead or, roasted
to death, falling about ona In pattering
showers.
They seem to spring into existence
from nowhere. Perhaps it is almost
dusk when the lights of the 6treet
lamps are becoming visible. Then
suddenly the air. which a moment be
fore was quite clear. Is full ot myriads
of green files, drifting In misty patches
and obscuring the street lamps.
Ofteu the number of insects which
have been scorched to death Is so great
that little heaps of them collect inside
tho lamps, while bucket loads have to
be swept tip from the roada next morn
ing. London Answers.
Saved His Boy'a Life
"My three year old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and
was in an awful condition. I gave
him two dozens 6f Foley's Orino
Laxative and the next morning the
fever was gone and he was entirely
well. Foley's Orino Laxative saved
his life." A. Wolkush, Casimer, Wis.
T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
Oysters.
Bay Center Oyster House, 420
Bond street. Oysters wholesale and
retail. George Saunders, Prop. 9-27-tf
Chinook and Ilwaco.
The launch Hulda I. will leave on
the tide, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, two round trips, for
Chinook. Landing at Lurline dock
for freight and passengers. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, for Ilwaco,
with freight and passengers.
CAPT. JOHN HAAGBLOM.
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OctJO
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SATURDAY,
Oct 11
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AN ENTERPRISING FLORIST
TRAVELS OF A FLEA
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SONG
"When the Snow Birds Cross the
Valley"
VIEWS OF SCOTLAND
This Theatre ia equipped with
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pictures.
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more than we claim, hence the steady
and natural growth of our business.
You will find that by steadily dealing
with us you are saving money all the
year round. ,
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12th St, near Commercial St. ASTORIA, OREGON.
FINANCIAL.
Saving's Accounts
Savings Deposits are received from $i up, on which inter
est is paid. This form of deposit is of especial value in
building up a bank account, as it admits of withdrawals
or additional deposits at any time. Every incentive con
sistent with safety is offered to patrons of this department.
Our neat home savings banks, as an aid to saving, is loaned'
free to those who want them.
The Banking Saving. & Loan f.ssn.
:irst Jatiohal Oank of Astoria
V DIRECTORS - 'r
Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. CFlavel
J. W. Xadd S. S. GordonS&& IP"Tj
fSZSW.' Jit ,,'.
Capital ............................. . .$100,000
Surplus : ..... . . ......... . . . . ; . . . . . . . . 25,000
Stockholders' Liability .... . . . . .... . . . . . .100,000
. ; ESTABLISHED 1880,
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President -
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
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