CASTOR I A
lot luhzU end Childrcx
fjVd Yea hnttzp E::
Ear tilt 2r vfi J""
Mills
X carry the best Lotfrfcr'
ShocH in town at the low
st pricea.
My stock of men' and boy'i
hoci it unsurpassed for qua
lity. Close buying and low
expenses enable nie to sell the
test qualities at lowest prices.
S. A. GlfilRE
543 Bond Strc
S36 Quelle
- ELEVENTH STREET
Opposite the BaVeronlan
HOT
CHICKEN TAHALES
EVERY EVENING
HOME-MADE, did of the cholsaat
ingredients; put up under upenrSa
loo that guarantees their perfect
freedom from all deleterious mutter.
MRS. F. WOOLLEY
- PROPRIETRESS
Nattire provides i
bat one
CALIFORNIA
It la the natural winter .
. home of many' thou
' sands of the world'!
best people. Under the
. gentle influence of iti
mild winter climate,
every amusement and ,
recreation abound,
bathing, boating, fish
ing, driving; inch pic
nics, parties and "Jolli-
fications,"
:C0 TO:
Los Angeles, Paso
Robles Hot Springs,
Hotel del Monte, San
ta Barbara, San Diego,
Santa Monica, Venice,
Long Beach, Santa
, ' Crur, or a " score of
similar resorts and you
will find health, con
genial surroundings,
hospitable associates,
faultless .accommoda
tions and numberless
attractions and con
.., '" veniences. . ; , ti
TheOoRetaMCo.
- CONNECTING WITH'
The Southern Pacific Co.
Makes inexpensive round
trip excursion rates to Cal
ifornia. .
A six months stopover
ticket , Portland to
LosAngeles andreturn
is $55.00
Corresponding rates are In
effect, to other points.
We have some very distinc
tive literature covering Cali
fornia's winter resorts, and
will take pleasure in giving
you all of the information
and assistance at our com
mand. . ... v.
For tickets, sleeping car reser
vations, etc, call on, tcle
' graph, or write
WM. McMURRAY, Gen. Pass)
Agt ' Portland, Oregon,
L.Lj flsE COssFiEDlEil""
TE FLAGS
THE STARS AND BARS AND
THEN THE RED BATTLE
FLAG, AND ITS ORIGIN.
It Was Said That When Looked at,
it t Distance, the Confederate flag
and the Star and Strips Were Hard
to Distinguish!
The ttrwt CimfwriiH" (tiit the
tars and lurs. u IiIiih Held mid llirre
tripes. tw white iiikI iwn red, and
on tfc Mu fli-M pi-vwii white stars lu
cln le. a "Inr fr c!i mute that up
tij flidt 4ltm tmd tit' Mhd, '" In battle,
lun W. M svftH mn'U runt tills banner
txrt n)f jF-rTnT dor, it rwtiit)lna'
tn the Mnr and trlM, uud tints
t!iir jutix inte ii Confederate
Imttlcflnr. tlw irtfJlii tf which hwh
to have taren f 4iw:
Thin Is to U!iu'tit of General
William I., Cabell; "When the Con
fenVnte army commanded by General
Iteaeward ami the Federal army con
fronted each other at Mauaasa. It was
inn flint the Confederate ting and the
stars and atiitwa looked at dletanoe
so much alike that It hard to die
tltiirulxti one from the other. Oenrai
Benuregnrd, thinking that serious mis
take niltfht be made In reeognlilug
our trmtrw, after the battle of July 18,
at Hlackunro Ford, ordered that a
sum!) badge abould be worn on the left
shoulder by out troop and, si I was
chief (juarternWHter, ordered me to
purchase a lo rite amount of red flan
nel and to distribute It to each regi
ment.' This Confederate toattleflag ,waa
adopted In rVptowber, 1881, and was
drojgned by .Goerala Johnston and
l!eaurgnrd. ned waa It color, with
blue Ht. Andrew's eroai reaching from
eorner to corner aod white atara on
the eroae representing the different
auutheni states. The women of the
south made these flags by hundreds
out of their red and blue silk dresses,
Mlaa Constance dry, who afterward
heeatue Mrs. Uurtos) Ilarrtaon, the well
known oorellit, waa one of tba three
southern girls who made the Bret three
battleflaga. Magazine of American
History,' ... , ' - :
PUBUC RIDICULE. V :
The Time When It Served as Punlah
ment for lawbreakers.
It In tlie problem of all ages to make
the puulihimmt fit the crime, but they
eeoin to hare come nearer Its solution
In Plantnseuet time than tboy erer
were after the Introduction of flosctng.
When burglary meant the total rutu
of the man who kept his whole for
tune In bis bouae the burglar was
hanged. Hut to the Mine period pub
lic ridicule served aa a punishment for
moat Crimea, and the man who sold
bad meat waa placed In the pillory and
hla bad meat burned to windward of
htm: the vlutnor who eold bad wine
waa forced to drink tome of It aud tho
rout was poured over hla bend; for
more serious olfensoe the criminal had
to walk along Cheapslde bareheaded,
dreams only In a shirt and carrying a
wax taper, escorted by the mayor's
screcauts. "
Tho rrault was that law and order
wore maintained far better than when
men became brutnllr.ed by the horrible
Hoggins of Cieorglan times.
: Puulfthmentu became worse witn re
ligious persecutions, and after the ref
orumtlnn tho nlliorr. with Its terrible
accompaniment of slit ears, whippings,
etc., became popular, to any notnmg or
torturina. burulua at the atnke. and so
on. At St. Thomas1 hospital one of
the sisters, "for a grave offense, con
trarle to ye lawe of Cod and according
to the proffe of three wytneaws,'' was
ordered to "be punished and have ill
etrypes well laid on."
But all this, bad aa It was, was lesa
demoralising than the terrible crimi
nal code of George Il.'a reign, when
there were forty-elgbt crimes punish
able by death and forty punishable
by whipping transportation or pil
lory. Flogging for mere vagrancy be
gan with Henry VIII., and aa late
aa 1801 six women were publicly whlp
pMl at Gloucester for this unavoidable
offenno. And never ttld public morali
ty sink so low., . ; . j
In those good old daya we Jogged
our sallormen "to encourage the oth
ers," and there were many trussed at
the triangles who would now be sim
ply admonished. A pleasant form of
punishment was "flogging through the
fleet" It was given to the ignorant
Batlorman who struck a superior offi
cer. And when ho had been carried
from one ship to another and flogged
In each he survived H he was unror-timntft-for
six months. The lucky
man died accidentally. London Chron
icle. .
AN INGENIOUS SWINDLER."
' j . -
The Daring Scheme That Was Worked
..' ; by a German Dootor,
Near a small village In one of the
lake states lived a western millionaire
In swluplon with .his little d;iu;;htcr
and a few servants. . .The child was af
flicted with a' rare cerobro splmil com
plaint, a most unpleasant manifesta
tion of which WW! .ft .' frequent hic
cough, and eminent.. physicians, both
lu America and Europo, had pronounc
ed the enso organic nnd Incurable.
. Later thoro eniv.e to Ilvo In the vll-
Inge a widow with a little tjlil fTwl
ulrulliir in the inlltlimnire'a ihimclitcr,
This child was a delicate, tlowor fcd
creature, wistful from the Isolation
that nuint hnve been Iter and V, and
the peculiar Imrk-llhe hleeough which
she mado at once attracU'd the mil
lloiutlre's attention, and, being a big
henrd'il If rather t(fii'mnt nmn, he
gave the mother employment about his
bme and showered tlw filleted child
with pre'iits,
Terhups four months after the wid
ow's otkrent an eceeiitrto Oeruins doc
tor settled In the village, nnd, his srv
h ea txtlng sought by the widow, he
gave her child treatment, with the re- j
suit that 1t was completely cured. j
The mtllonalre luimedlately songbt to j
place bis own daughter under the
German's ro, but the latter flatly re
fused to take the cane. He was a
ftoclallot of a violent type and would
have nothing to do with a man whose
wealth exceeded the sum that he bad
fixed upon as the lawful limit of ma
terial posaeselon.
Finally, however, after the father
bad jwtiently borne the grossest in
sults the Rerman agreed to give the
afflicted child treatment on condition
that the other would flint deed over a
large tract of land in Texas for a fto
rlullst colony and pay bint for bis fee
a sum little short of $30.W0. This the
millionaire did, but as soon as the doc
tor bad caahed the check he dlwipiwtr
ed wltb the widow and her child, and
the wenllhy man reallwtl that, Winded
by paternal love, he bad been mad the
vk tlm of an Ingettlotia swindle. !
The flower faced girl of the widow
had been taught to elimilnto a dlese.
and the German was no doubt n-r
fnllifr, He was subseijucntly locnt.l
In Buenos Aires, but he Injured rrm.
not wishing his daughter's allllrtlon
published bromli-eHt, di-opjM'd the pro'
ecutlou. Ion Murk Ijemnn In Ko!ie.
tulnn Hngnxlne.
The Wonderful Apbit
The aplils Is In one way the mot
iitartllng of all forms of Insect life,
for. although the female cau and do
luy ej,-g. Us usual method of lucrense
I by a sort of budding proteee, the
young growing on the UtHlles of the
parent exactly as bru axels sprouts
grow out of the stalks of the plant.
The old produce young at the rate of
twenty-five a day, aud as the young
are at one mature each cau produce
its twenty-five on the following dy,
It positively frightens one to work
this multiplication out to a conclu
sion, for It menus this: Supposing that
the sphlde could Increase aud multiply
without Interference, tho twenty-fifth
generation would be a number too loug
to quote here. Put down a 1 and fol
low It with '23 naught-i and you will,
be within a few millions of It
Rat'hee Ambiguous.
When Wooer anil Fields were play
ing together a couple of husky west
ern visitors, seeln New York for the
first time, dropped Into the Weber
Held Museum of Drama to see the
show.- - '
"Wh!eb Is Weber and which is
Fleldsr asked one,' who forgot what
profrramma was for. !
"Periled If I know." replied the oth
er. "But whichever 1m which. I'd rath
er be the other one." Bohemian Mag
axlne. '
Beware of Frequent Colds. '
A succession of colds or a pro
tracted cold is almost certain to end
in chronic catarrh, from which few
persons ever wholly recover. Give
every cold the attention it deserves
and vou may avoid this disagreeable
disease. How can you cure a cold?
Why not try Chamberlains Cough
Rcmedv? It is hichly recommend
ed. Mrs. M. White, of Butler, Tenn.,
savs: "Several years ago I was
bothered with my throat and lungs.
Someone told me of Chamberlains
Couah Remedy. , I began using it
and it relieved me at once. Now my
throat and lungs are sound and
well." For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.'
ALL HIS WAY.
DENVER, Dec. 19 The News to
day says that Tom Richardson, secre
tary of the Oregon Development
League, who is stopping off in Den
ver on his way home, has been offer
ed the position as head of the Con
solidated Commercial bodies of Deu
ver at a salary of $10,000 a year.. He
propiises, according, to the News, to
give a reply to the offer when he
reaches Portland, which will be in a
few days, but will not discuss the
matter now. i
Good Couch Medicine For Children.
The season for coughs and colds
is now at hand and too much care
cannot be used to protect the chil
dren. A child is much' more likely
to contract diphtheria or scarlet
fever when he has a cold. Ths
Quicker you cure his cold the less
the risk., Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is the sole reliance of many
mothers, and few of those who have
tried it are willing to use any other
Mrs.' F.' F. Starcher, of Ripley, W
W. says, "I have never used any
thing other than Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for my children and
it has always given good, satisfac
tion," This remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to a child as to
an adult. For sale by Frank Hart
and leading druggists.
TWENTY WORDS OR LESS, ONE WEEK
THE MORNING ASTORIANji
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
Are Read Every Morning by 10,000 People.
The Want Columns of THE MORNINQ ASTORIAN are con
avdted every morning by hundreds of persons In search of real estate
bargains. Articles of sale, lost or found and people looking for em
ployment Kates i Twenty words or li ,thre times, 25 cents; six
times, SO cants; one month, $2.00.
SITUATION WANTED.
UPHOLSTERER WANTED AT M.
Nelson Furniture Co., 504 Bond
street next to N. P. F.xpress Office.
FOR BALE MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALE STUDEBAKER CART
in first-class condition, T. B. La-
moreaux, Ft. Stevens.
TWO FINE HOUNDS; MALE
and female six months old; ?S0.
Address 814 Grand avenue.
7-OST AND FOUND.
LOST-A WEEK AGO, JUBILEE
pin, or brooch, ol silver, with Vic
toria's picture on either side. Finder
please leave at this office and receive
reward.' ' '
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS.
WANTED -INFORMATION RE-
earding farm or business for sale;
not particular about location; wish to
hear from owner only, who will sell
direct to buyer; give price, descrip
tion, and state when possession can
be had. Address, L Darbyshire, Box
2030, Rochester, N. Y.
CITY REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE BUSINESS BLOCK;
the Waldorf, Kinney and Gribler,
corner Eigth and Astor, two lots,
100110; house 100x110, 40 rooms up
itairs; 1 hall 40x100. J. F. Nowlen.
473 Commercial 10-4-tf
FOR SALE-ONE LOT, SALOON
on Astor street; cory corner; sa
loon fixtures; 7 furnished rooms;
price, $SS00. J. F. Nowlen, 473
Commerrcial. 10-4-tf
FOR SALE ONE HOUSE, TWO
atory, $5250; one house, one-story,
$2250, or both for $7000; property
adjoins SE. cor. 34th and Franklin.
Apply to J. F. Nowlen.
J. F. NOWLEN. REAL ESTATE
and Employment Office, 473 Com
mercial St, Phone . Have fine
Ust of Astoria and country property.
AH clasea of labor furnished.
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE-RANCH AT SVEN
sen, 25 acres; 8-room house; good
barn and out buildings and orchard;
partially improved; $3000. Apply J
F. Nowlen.
FOR SALE-157! ACRES LAND,
section 4, township S, range 6, on
Nehalem River, two and one-half
million feet of timber, 35 acres cut
tivated; price $6000. J. F. Nowlen,
473 Commercial street 10-4-tf
SMITH'S POINT -1 HOTEL, 3-
story; cost $2000 to build; 3 lots,
cost $1500; brick foundation; cement
walka all round; yard filled with
fruit and ornamental trees; 5 good
milk cows, 2 heifers; price, ; $3500;
half cash; half time.
J. F. NOWLEN,
473 Commercial St Astoria. Or.
RESTAURANTS.
U. S. RESTAURANT, 434 BOND
street. Coffee with pie or cake, 10
cents; first-class meals, 15 cents.
TOKIO RESTAURANT, 351 Bond
street, opposite Ross, Higgins &
Co.; coffee with pie or cake, 10 cents;
first-class meals; regular meals 15
cents and up. - - ;
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.
BATH HOUSES.
BATHS-TURKISH AND RUS
sian, at the natatorium of George
Hill, 217 Astor St.; rational prices;
absolute cleanliness; private rooms;
separate service for ladies; rheuma
tism and skin diseases treated with
perfect success. 10-25-tf
W
our
FOR RENT-HOUSES,
FOR RENT-TWO NICELY FUR
nished rooms In private family. In
quire 621 Exchange street. B
NURSES.
PRACTICAL NURSE, EXTEN
aive experience, will take charge
of most any kind of nursing; con
finement cases -preferred; terms rea
sonable Mrs. Chas. Lind, 408 35th
street, Astoria. ; ; ,mnn
MEETING NOTICE.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
meeting The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Astoria Elec
tric Company will be held at the-office
of the company in the City of Astoria,
Oregon, on Monday, the 4th day of
January, 1909, at 2 o'clock p. m., for
the puropse of electing a board of
directors, to serve during the ensuing
year ,and for the transaction of any
other business which may lawfully
come before the meeting.
C. N. HIGGINS,
Secretary.
Astoria, Or., Dec. 19, 1908.
FURNITURE WANTED.
WE BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE
anything in the house furnishing
line; let us call and give you a figure
on your second-hand furniture. M.
Nelson Furniture Co., 504 Bond next
to N.' P. Express office. - 1 i!
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MARTIN OLSEN, AUCTION AND
Commission House. Furniture re
pairing, upholstering, carpet laying,
etc.; just opened up in Welch
Block, Fifteenth street, ' between
Commercial and Bond. Give me a
trial. 1
DYERS AND CLEANERS.
PARISIAN STEAM CLEANING
St Dye Works; goods called for
and delivered; ladies' work a spec
ialty. 75 Ninth street, Phone Black
2185.
WANTED TO BUY.
WANTED-WE PAY HIGHEST
cash price for second-hand and new
furniture; see us before yon selL
Zapf Furniture & Hardware Co. o
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE -BIDS WILL BE RE
' ceived until Tuesday, January 5,
1909, for burying the county paupers
for the year 1909; bids to be filed with
the County Clerk; court reserving the
ritrht to reject any or all bids. By
order of the County Court. J. C.
Clinton, County Clerk.
NOTICE -BIDS WILL BE RE
ceived until Tuesday, January 5,
in the County Jail for the year 1909;
Clerk; court reserving the right to)
reject any or all bids. By order of
the County Court J. C Clinton,
County Court
NOTICE BIDS WILL BE RE-
ceived by the County Court until
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1909, for publishing
County Court proceedings and pub-
lishng legal notices as sfuthonzed by
the Court or issued from the other
County officers; bids to be filed with
the County Clerk; court reserving the
right to reject any or all bids. By
order of the County Court. J. C
Clinton, County Cleric
NOTICE-BIDS WILL BE RE
ceived by the County Court until
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1909, for furnishing
and delivering oil and , supplies for
the following County Draw Bridges:
Young's Bay, Lewis & Clark Nos. 1
and 2, and Walluski for the year 1909;
bids to be filed with the County
Clerk; court reserving the right to
reject any or all bids. By order of
the County Court. J. C Clinton,
County Clerk.
Morning Astorian. 60 cents per month;
delivered by carrier. , t
Am
Ads
FIFTY CENTS PAYABLE IN M
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ATTOENEYS-AT-LAW
GUSTAF. A..HEMPLE .
Attomey-afLaw
' Suite 9-10 Odd Fellows' Building
Tenth and Commercial Streets
JOHN a McCUE, ATTORNEY AT
Law. Page Building, Suite 4.
HOWARD M. BROWNELL, At
torney at Law, Deputy District
Attorney. 420 Commercial Street
DENTISTS
DR. F. VAUGHAN, DENTIST,
Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon.
dbTw. c loganTdentist,
Commercial Street, Shanahan Bldg.
OSTEOPATHS,
DR. RHODA C HICKS, 05TEO
path. Office: Mansell Bldg., Phone
Black 2065. 573 Commercial Street
SWEDISH MASSAGING.
TYRA KOHLANDER, ROYAL
graduate in Swedish movements,
physical culture and massage; office,
545 Franklin ave., second flat; hours:
9-11 a. m., 2-5 p. fn., or Central Drug
Store, Telephone Main 2181.
MASSAGING.
MME. AND PROFESSOR HAR
RIS, colored face and scalp
massaging; cures dandruff; stops hair
from falling in three treatments.
Prof. Harris, the Chiropodist Give
us a calL 458 Commercial street, op
stairs, rooms 2-3. a a '
WSHTES3 DIEECTOET.
TRANSFER COMPANY.
Smith's Special
Delwery
EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE
Leave Orders at Star Cigar Store.
Phone Black 2383 - -Res.
Phone Red K74 t
Stanu Corner 11th arU Commercial
MISCELLANEOUS.
HOT OR' COLD
lolden Vicst
WFt
Gil
Just Right
CLOSSET & DEVERS,
PORTLAND, ORE,
Plate Racks, Wall Pockets,
Music Racks Clock Shelves
Just in See us :
llildetrand & Gor
Old Bee Hive Bldg.
,1111! Ill
Japanese Goods
We extend a cordial in-
vitation to you to call and
examine our line of Japanese
Goods. Suitable lor Amas
gifts at cheap prices.
TRANSPORTATION.
The "K" Line
Steamer - Lurline
Night Boat for Portland and
7ayt Landings.
Leaves Astoria daily except Sunday
at 7 p. m.
Leaves Portland Dally Except StmeU?
at 7 a. J.
Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf
Landing Portland Foot Taylor 1'.
J. J. DAY, Agent
Phone Main 278
MA
C'CAL.
r.iiiLe
i'.
TIT C. ., I
, Who Si I "
i throughout t'
'.United i. ' s n
f account of I w-5-No
poisons or c
i
derfui cures.
used. He guarantees to cure ' '
asthma, lung and thro.it f'v
rheumatism, nervousness, a
liver and kidney, female eoc-,t!-'
and all chronic diseases.
lucacssnn "ho tssati::.
If you cannot call write t st rv"".
toms blank and circular, j 4
cents in stamps.
:.TH1 C. C22 W0 MEZlOSt
1621 First St., Corner Morriso
PORTLAND,
Please .-nention the Astorian.
vnrnxrtixTrx
J.A. GILBAUGil :i CO
Undertaker api Ental(cr
Experienced. J-ady AsiBot
Vtf hen Desired.
Calls Promptly Atteiwlcl : j
or Nlgbt.
Tattori Bd. 12ihaul Du.r.et'
ASTOKIA, OltLGOX
Phone Main 3111
' PLUBESS.
11 H LiJL'.Ki
PLTOEES
Dealing Ccslractsr, Tirr
AND
Sheet Iron V7cr;tr
MJL WORK GUARANTEE
425 Bond Street
Younce & Bc!:cr
PLUMBERS
Steam and Gas Fiitisi
AH Work Guaranteed. 126 Ei?:A
Street, opp. Post Office. Phone Mi
406L
DENTISTS.
THE CAPPING OF A TOOTH
is a delicate "and very particular op
eration. But it is also a very neces
sary one in many cases. As expert
Dentists, we take the greatest care
in advising our patients before per
forming any kind of operation. We
do Crown and Bridge Work; filling
with gold, silver, or alloy, extracting
without pain and supply single teelfi
or full sets at the moderate prices of:
Gold Crowns ..................llGiJ
Bridgework . . . . . .$5.0-9
Gold Fillings ............... $1.50 up
Silver Fillings 50c to $1X3
Enamel Crown 5X5
Best plates ..$10.03
Painless extraction ..50c
Lady always in attendance. Swedish
and Norwegian interpreter. Office
hours; 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sunday;
10 a. m. to 12 m. Evening work by
appointment.
Chicago Painless, Desthts
OVER DANZIGER'S
LAUNDRIES.
NOT THE ONLY ONE
We want it well known that we
don't compete with our fellow citi
zen, the "Chinee."
Our methods bear comparison wh5j
his to his disadvantagfi.
Have your laundry work done if
the light of day.
Your clothes will be pure, cjex
and satisfactory, if dang here,
vTBOY - LAUriDHY
Tenth and Duane
Phone Main 1991