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SUNDAY OCT . 18.
TIM. MOJUUNG ASTOJilAN, ASTOItIA, .OIIEGON.
m OF HIE MILD
Tho Lingo That II Uccd'by Undo
Sam's pluejacfcots.
MANY QUAINT EXPRESSIONS.
mt msn-or-ware man May Be
"Snowdlggtrt or a "Slopur," but Ha
Uiss tli Language of Evary Othar
?. Sailor. . i ;
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There ta a language that ia neither
I English nor Apiorknn, down east nor
J southern, western nor Yankee. It la
Just HnllmrM lliigo,
I No matter what part of tha country
I inny I tho birthplace of bluejacket
I or what hla Inn uritnu at tiome, aooner
I or Intel1 ha uses the language of every
othw aill.. r , t. ,i t ji
I To the civilian a conversation be
itweeo two bluejackets about bin lift
I ou shipboard Js hordiy Intelligible. The
1 other day ou the water front two !)
f ore wire overheard talking, aaye the
I Sum Frapclsci. itnllettn,
I "Oh, he's nothing hut beach coral
I er. Ha was run up for breaking It once
fond gt atnt to the pie wagon," said
I one of them, ""' t ' '
' "I beard be got alx months and a bob
. before he come bore," replied the other.
I A small boy standing near aaked
what all those things meant The saU
! mi or In a. good humor and e
plained, ; ,, ';: 4 : '", i i l l wv
" 'Iteaeh comber, lad? Why, that's a
fellow who bang around a aaloon
1 ashore and never ? wants to work.
'Itreuklng It' Is amyipg orertime on
I shore, and 'run up' la brought to tha
mast for offense.. Tha 'pie wagon' Js
the place where they put prisoners, and
alx months nnd a bob' la sentenced to
alx month In prison and given a dls
honorable discharge." ' ' .
' There are pinny other terms and ex-
previous thnt do not show their mean
ing on the surface," '
A ."rookie 1 a jtfcru.lL, A man who
"ships over" enlists again. A man who
la on the report for mast pall la "down
for a chanee." Canned beef la known
J aa "canned Willie." and a tattle of
J liquor Is a "dog." All tbluga lost on
I shipboard are put In I room called the
I "lucky bag." A a honorable discharge
1 la "a Wg ticket," and desertion by a
I Bailor la jumped." When the mall ar-
1 rives oa board and Is ready for dlstrl
j button "mallo" Is the cry which carries
I the news. A ship earpflnlor Is called
I "chips," a coppersmith "coppers," a
blacksmith ''blacky", and the chief of
tbe engineering deportment "the chief."
When a ship Is traveling at sea It la
"seagoing," and If It hurries It Is "mak
ing knots,", A prison on shore ! g
I "stone frigate." When' a man Is dis
I rated to a lower rating he Is "busted;"
I when he desert and, voluntarily gives
himself np within' a period of six
I months hI a straggler; wb bo Is
I sitting next t!e denier In a friendly
S game f 'fcv," hu Is ."under. I!m
5 gun:" v :. - i ,'!: ;i!m:!;),i
1 t!'( trie"! ifr-; '' r"'fv.
', 'Tlpe dowu", niofln in : AiiiciK'.iii
s!jig ."fihnt Up." "I'nt In his our" 1
"butt n,", "gi.ore off, Jack,?' Is a him
to move on, Wlwn a'nmn Is dlnboii
orttbly discharged be gnls a "strnlflit
kick,!' A aallor who draws more pay
"draws more water." One who talks
too much "blows off at a low pressure."
' Wednesday afternoon, when the crew
overhaul tliclr clothing, Is "rope yar1
Rundny," Any, part of tha United
Mates Is calhud "Clod's Country,? and
the man from the eastern coast Is a
"snowdlKKcr," while his brother tar
from the west Is cnjled "sloper." The
duty of calling the men In the morning
falls to the master' at arms, and be
says "show 'a leg" or "rise up and
shluo," , ;Wheiva man has bad no
nfght watch and gets uo la tha morn
ing with. good ,appetlta It la "all
night In and beans for breakfast,"
One ..of ..tho more familiar sea terms
Is "cought a crab," meaning caught an
oar In the water. , When a aallor has
sertral fnlltmita,to his credit he Is
culid "a dg'? or "arj'old salt.".
a gentio Hint from one sailor to an
other that b does not belleTe some
thing which Is being told to bun is "tell
It to .a marine," - To re-enlist Is to
"slip over," and when more than half
tho enlistment Is to a sailor m "going
downhill." '
VOuDERS OF THE SU
Some Facts' About That Cofossa
Fiery Globe.
Ari IDEA OF ITS CHEAT SIZE.
Our Earth and Moon, as For Apsrt si
Thy Now Are, Could ' Eati'iy Move
Around In ItsFUmlnjj Interior Some
of the 8ubtanots It Centsina.
. His Oftlea Hours.f
i. Pat, a niliwr, after atruggllng for
years in a western mining district,
finally giving np ln despslr, was about
ta torn his face eastward when sud
flt'tily he, st ruck It rich, goon aftt
ward be i was seen strutting along,
rtefwn! jo . fliif jdothiw. One day an
old frleml stopped, him, saying:
"And how are you, I'at? I'd Ilka to
talk .to f4M.".? nr- ---.-' -
I'at stretched himself proudly.
''If you want, to talk to me I'll ac-e
you In tue oillcet I hev en office bow,
and I) hours Is from a. m. In tho
morniu' to p, m. In the aftcrnoon."-
Norlbwextern , Christian Advocate.
' tCr,aek..ae Break. "
Edwin' 'and tola- mother went for
walk Bunlay afternoon; Coming to a
Tree or ;hfn;les, the mother, bent
ow limb so thnt the little fellow
could pick some. Seeing some fine oues
blsher up, lie l(fe'gd to be allowed to
climb the tree. "Oh, no." aald bis
mother, "that would be breaking the
sabbath." .
"And we are only cracking tbe ftab
botb now. are we, mamma r Inquired
Edwin Delineator.
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i Why Colda Are Dangerous. 1
l Because you have contracted ordi-
nary colds and recovered from them
without treatment of any kiricf, do
riot (or a moment imagine that colds
are not dangerous. Everyone knows
; that pneumonia and chronic catarrh
fhaveheir origin in a common cold.
Consumption is not caused by a cold
I but the cold prepares the system for
I the reception and development , of
the germs that would hot otherwise
' have found lodgment. It is the same
-with all infectious diseases. Diph
theria, scarlet fever, measles and
whooping cough are much more like
jly to be contracted when thCj child
has a cold. 'You will see from this
? that more real danger lurks in a cold
than in any other of the common ail-
merits. The easiest and quickest way
I to cure a cold is to take Chamber
i Iain's Cough Reemdy. The many re
jmarkable cure effected by this prep
aration have made, i a staple article
I of trade over a large part of the
A clever man turns great troubles
Into little ' ones- and little rone lato
none at aH,-Chlaes Trovcrb.
: - ALPINE GUIOES.
I yorld. Fpr(sala by. Frank Hart and -Rt, Nicholas,
leading druggists: s. 1 . ' '
tome Are Experts In "Snow and lea
Verk,'' Soma In "Rofek Work."
Soma "of the Alplao guidi are re
ports In climbing. There are a num
ber wbo are noted for their skill In
what th Alpinist calls "suow and lee
work" That means going up a peak
which has so many snow fields and
glaciers that Ita aides and summits
may be nearly ' covered with them.
The glacier guide can teir you all
about "corulces"-now masses whk-b
project from, the edge of precipices
and overhang tha valley beneath like
the roof of a house. Experience has
told him whether a? cornice can be
crossed j aafely ) or whether It may
break .off If one ventures upon It lie
Is also an expert with tho Ice ax car
ried In his belt, cutting footholds In
tho gUtterinR walls that may risa fif
ty or a hundred feet above your head.
These , Ice precipices are frequently
found at the bends of. glaciers,. which,
as the schoolboy knows, are merely
rivers of fror.cn water slowly movluj
down the, face of a mountain on ac
count of the force of gravity and .the
great pressure of the Ice mnssei
which form their sourco ou the tipper
part of tho slope. Other guides mnkt?
a speciality of "rock work," conduct
lng.p:raona tip peaks which may be
ouly partly covered with snow and lee,
but having sides of bare rock so steep
that In paces tho cliffs nmy be ulmoi t
'straight tip and dowu. Here It would
seem thnt one must bo as spry and n i
sure footed as the chamois the rure
goat; , that lives, up amid the -Alpr..
While the crevasse, and other dangers
of the'and'w and leo fields may be ab
sent, the mountain may be so abrupt
that. .the .cllmler must ascend hur.
d.ri'd? of feet pulling himself up with
arms aiding his legs, While often tho
guide; hauls him to tho top of tbt
most difficult slopes by main strength.
Astronomy does not always consist
of night studios. There are some things
to be seen after darkness is goue, both
with glass and unassisted eye. The
dear old moon often gives us a good
daylight view of herself, looking as if
haggard, sleepy anil dlsgnMcd after be
Ing out overnight. The star Venus has
often been seen In tbe afternoon. Borne
comets are on record as having ap
proaehed so near the earth that the
same could be said of them for weeks
at a time. '
But of course the great day attrac
tloa la tho rvler.of our own family of
brother and sister planets, the sun.
Although "medium sized" as com
pared to many ofjbe fixed stars, our
sun Is no lightweight, being about
1,300,000 times aa large aa tbe earth. If
some great force could put us In tbe
center of that ultra mammoth glole,
and the moon also (keeping her at the.
same, distance from tis as she now pi),
and there was another moon nearly as
far away frota her, the earth, and the
two moons and all the space between
thera could atlll lie contained In ; the
great, sparkling sun.
(Its .distance , from , Is 02,807,000
miles,; a very tedious little journey If
we'could" moke It by'cnstomary meth
ods. You can find, plenty of accounts
to books of how long It wotild take ft
railroad train to get to It, and you can
ascertain It yourself by a little figuring.
Tou will leurn, for Instance, that a lim
ited express traveling 1,000 miles per
day would arrive at Sun station In
atwut 254 years, during which time
there would probably be a few deaths
oa the trutn. If when the engine ar
rived it could give a blast of tbe whis
tle loud enough to be heard here, tbe
people at this end of the line would
have to wait fourteen years before the
signal arrived If It proceeded at tbe
UKtiul velocity of Bound. .
Hut the eye, mont wonderful of con
veyances, can traverse all tbat dis
tance In between eight and nine min
utes.' It takes that length of time
for light to pass between the two
worlds. '." -
Wllat Is the material of which that
treat fiery globe Is composed ? , The
i' t utiir" when mots Brows r ou ihshm
itii rations,
TIichb spots, often thousands of miles
In extent, although tlicy look so snml!
from earth. ai many of them be seen
with an opera m It Is neces-
sary .to comblno the inBtruroent with
smi'bed glass, which can be fastened
upon it with rubber bands either at tbe
eye or view et)d.Brwifcyn EiiRle.
A Favor Appreciated.
"I have come to Inform you," said
the young man v.bo thought the firm
V')"li.have to go out of business If
he went a way, "thnt unless my salary
is raised I shall hive to -yver my con
nection with this establishment"
"Thank you," replied" tho general
manager.
"Am I to understand, then," the
young man asked, "that you accede to
my demand r, ' " .
"No, I thanked you becattm you
had relieved me of an unpleasant du
ty, ,1 always bate to discharge a man
who will bo unable to bold a Job any
where else."-CbIeng Record-Herald.
Not nntP. we know all that God
knows caii we estimate io tbe full the
phwer and the sacredness of some one
life which may seem the humblest to
the world-iJohn Iluskln,
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I carry the best Loners'
Ghoco in town at the low
est prices,
My stock of men's and boy's
shoes is unsurpassed for qua
lity. Close buying and low
expenses enable me to sell the
best qualities at lowest prices. -'
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CLOSSET & DEVERS,
PORTLAND, ORE.
A MANSFIELD FAILURL
following subrtniees Jiave been (fetectl away
ed by the spectroscope and may be
considered as surely n part of It: Bari
um, calcium, 'chromium, cobalt, copper,
hydrogen, Iron, magnesium, manga
ih'kc. nickel. plaUnum, silicon, silver,
sodium, titanium, vanadium. It Is
thought that tho following substances
are also there, although the proof,
while strong. Is not absolute: Alumini
um, cadmium, carbon, lead, molybde-i
num. palladium, uranium and tine. It
Is a singular fact that gold has not yet
been discovered In this great golden
orb. " "' ' ;','.
The fact that "all la action, all Is mo
tion," not ouly In "this world of ours,"
but throughout our entire universe, la
illustrated by the Bun, for, while all the
planets of our system are revolving
around It, It is not Itself stDI: It would
seem to be having a wnlta of ita own.
It turns on Its axis, It has another mo
tion about the center of gravity of tha
aolar system, and, besides, It is on Ita
way, with Its flock of planets, toward
some distant point In. space at tbe
rate of 9i0 miles per minute. These
facts and figures sound strange and
hardly believable, but they have been
demonstrated mathematically over and
over again by astronomers of different
times and lands. t
One of the most Interesting things
to be seen upon tho sun Is its spots,
for this great king of planets Is not
entirely immaculate, gome think these
ore caused by cyclones, some that they
are eruptions from within the sun'a
surface, some by cool matter from rae
teora.. falling. Into the. hotter atmos
phere, and this last Idea would seem
the-most sensible one. Such a great
flaming furnace. as the sun apparent
ly Is. giving out ilfti to a colony of plan
ets, must have food, and possibly the
eivut beat clvhur, -Ufo imparting crea-
When the Famous Actor Faintad of
Hunger In London.
Mansfield was taken to tho Savage
club, where his cleverness was attest
ed by the leading entertainers of Lon
don. When Corney Grain was taken
sick In the spring of 1877, Mansfield
was at once recommended as his sub
stitute In tbe Oerman Reed entertain
ments, lie was to receive 8 a week,
This was a splendid salary for any
young man as salaries went then or
as they stand lnOw on tbe London
stage. ' To Mansfield It was a positive
windfall ; ; '
As a member of this distlnguisbe 1
little coterie of entertainers 'Mansfield
felt that his fortune was made. His
whole Interest, attention and hope now
centered on April 20, the night of bis
debut lie was assigned the small role
of tho : .beadle In the comedietta "Char
ity Begins at Home," . which opened
the evening. After that be was to
chsnge to evening dress and hold the
vtuge alone for half an hour after the
manner 'established' by Corney Grain.
Every shilling he could scrape together
went for a wardrobe, linen, boots, cra
vat a botitomilere and other irro
proaehnblo appurtenances.
Ills friends crowded 8t George's
hail for lite first appearance. It was
observed as he uttered tbe few lines
of the beadle that be was excessively
nervous. When later In tbe evening
he sat down at the piano and struck a
preliminary'' chord he fainted dead
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NOTICE
Mr. Reed relieved him of bis position
at once. In dlcbargfng him be said.
"You ore the roost nervous man I haw
ever seen.". It was not all nervous
ness, however. Mansfield had not eat
en, for three days. lie had fainted
from hunger., , .
It was many a year before he agaia
worked up to the munificence of 3 a
week, but this pathetic Incident wr.s
inter made an asset as employed by
him In an attractive Uttlo comedy of
his own writing. raul Wllstach i:i
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If it Is necessary to use iodine for
painting the skin In medical treatment
it Is worth remembering that the paint
ing should be done In the dark or In a
red light such as is nsed In photogra
phy! .''.
If this is done and tbe painted pu:
tlon of the. skin be covered witho. '
being exposed to white light It will not
blister nor stain the flesh even If tb?
pnlnting Is repeated a good roan.r
times. New York Sun. ....
i ..., ', Deer, .
Deer will eat almost any kind cf
grain or grass, even preferring tbe
rankest weeds to the choicest hay.
They should always have an abundant
supply of clear, runuing water. About
the greatest Item of expense connected
with raising deer Is the cost of fenc
ing. The fawns are usually born in
the spring' or early summer. Does, ns
a rule, have but one fawn at first but
subsequently' twins are born and lu
rare cases triplets. Kansas City Star.
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FINANCIAL.
.. British Army Intelligence.
An army order gave the following
as the? occasions on which the union
Jacl; I t ) lie fiowu:
(a) t..i ennlverearles only, or when spe
cially required for saluting purposes, (b)
On Sundaya and anniversaries, (c) Dally.
' Punch.
Not Like Father. ,
"Do you think Mr. Sklnnum's baby
will take after Its father?"
, "Not nt all. The other day they
persuaded It to cor.gh up a nickel It
had swallowed."-Washington Star.
No man has ever by complaining of
hh 111 luck Induce .1 others to havecou
fldenco lu h!m. Chicago Record-ller-nld.
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Remarkable.
"Fiavia Flipps Is the most remarka
ble girl I know,"
"In what special respect?"
"Why, there Isn't a mlllhier In t!
world who can ..make her spend oi!
penny more on a hat than she started
out to spend." London Globe.
Well Up.
"Is your son derelict In his studb'.
Mrs. Comeup?"
"Yes. Indeed he is. and it makes
us so proud of the dear boy to have
all his teachers say so." Baltimore
American.
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Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavel
' J. W. Ladd ' S. S.' Gordon
Capital . . . . . . . .$100,000
Surplus . ; 25,000
Stockholders' Liability 100,000
H8TA it ijsh Kn turn.
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
FRANK PATTON, Cashier .-.
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