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QUESTION OF PUBLICITY.
There ire timet when the province
of 8 newspaper become somewhat
ambiguous ia the matter of giving
the newt, especially in a city of this
size owing to the urgency of police
Interest in cases that require more or
less silence in order to enable those
charged with the duty of capturing
the guilty parties to do their full duty.
All paper resist this demand as far
at they art able to do to, on the
ground that the public ha a right to
Vnow the happenings of the day in
order that the necessary precautions
may be taken to hedge against the
repetition of the offenses against pub
lic security and peace.
The Morning Astorian has been
particularly amenable to this role nd
bas observed it, to it owa discredit
tt times, rather than interfere with
the operation of the police depart
meat and is not quite sure that its
assistance has been really appreciated.
No good reporter likes to be "held
up on this score and bis management
usually "dresses hira down" when the
absence of live item is noted. But
the play of justicV comes first with
all concerned and the paper falls in
line, as it should.
When a matter of civic interest be
comes public property by word of
mouth on the streets, it would seem
that the newspaper bas the first right
to it, as the purveyor of the general
scheme of news at hand. And it hap
pens, oftener than not that the paper
observes a reservation quite unappre
ciated by the general public, who,
knowing the fact itself, looks daily,
for. the details and failing to get them,
repeats the omission, without regard
ing the basis of the paper's action.
With this presentment of the matter,
the Morning Astorian here and now
declares it will ignore the rule in
future, and give the news as it gets it
It is weary of being reproached for
derelictions made in this behalf.
A GLARING DEFECT.
A well known banker of this city
has called attention to one of the
glaring defects of , the proposed
scheme of national postal savings
banks, in that it does not provide any
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by tokira it it manufactured , printed an the
front of every packnrte.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
one size only, regular price W fv-hdno.
means for the small depositor's credi
tor to secure recourse in court for
the collection of an honest claim
against such depositor.
Under the terms of the proposed
bill the small saver may accumulate a
thousand or more dollars in the fed
eral respository and still defy his
commercial creditor in the matter of
the payment of his current obliga
tions, at any time such a course may
appeal to him: a condition that does
not tally with the fairness usually
observed in the course of business as
we Americans understand, and pursue
it As things are now, the account of
a depositor in a savings bank, or bank
doing a commercial business only, is
amenable to the law of recovery by
due process in court, either in the
way of attachment or other peremp
tory processes.
It would be well if this great propo
sition of popular savings were made
to conform to the recognized rules of
business, without injecting any exclo
sive and dubious provisions of this
character; that is if it ever becomes a
law at all
PUTTING THEM IN TOUCH.
The Government has determined
upon the policy of putting the life-
saving; station of the country in in
stant and constant touch with the ac
tive communities next and nearest to
them, and the plan is highly com
mended everywhere. There is no
branch of the public service that calls
for more intimate and easy relation
with the working public than this de
partment It ia a notorious fact that
the great majority of the stations are
remote and often inaccessible, and the
idea of putting them in telephonic
communication with their nearest
neighbors is as wise as it is generous.
This is especially true of the service
out on this coast, where there are long
and arduous distances to be com
passed before the life-savers may get
in touch with anyone beyond their
peculiar and lonely habitat It is not
only essential as a matter of social
inercourse, but of safety and health
and business expediency. It is well
that the Government itself should be
in readier contact with these import
ant stations and gather the grave
facts they have often to send out; a
condition that will tend to hasten the
relief that is beyond the capacity of
the station, and give to the wide
orld details of wreck and loss and
disaster for which it waits far too
long at times.
SCHOOLS CLOSE HO
FOR HOLIDAYS
SLIGHT FEAR OF SCARLATINA
EPIDEMIC LEADS BOARD
TO ACT.
A big corn exposition is in progress
at Omaha. This is where Farmer
Bryan will have a show.
The Duke of Abruzzi cabled his
farewell love letter. It is easy to
guess the reply: "Will be a sister to
you.
Guilty of Counterfeiting.
Passing counterfeit ' money is no
worse than substitutng some un
known worthless remedy for Foley's
Honey and Tar, the great cough and
cold remedy that cures the. most
obstinate coughs and heals the lungs.
Foley's , Orino Laxative cures
chronic constipation and stimulates
the liver. Orino regulates the bow
els so they will act naturally and you
do not have to take purgatives con
tinuously." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
To be given away at the
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CHRISTMAS MATINEE
Every lady and child attending the matinee from now to Christmas
will be given a coupon which will entitle them to a drawing on a
free present. The presents will be displayed in the show windoir
of the Bee Hive Store on Commercial street. Special matinee prizes
for children from now till Christmas, Sc.' Who are the lucky ones?
ADMISSION 10 CENTS - - - SEATS FREE
At a meeting of the board of educa
tion yesterday it was decided to close
the city schuels for the holidays with
the session yesterday afternoon.
"Hence there will be no school today.
or until on Monday, January 4. The
fear that the few cases of scarlatina
that have developed recently might
spread among the school children was
the reason for closing down the clash
es two days earlier than had been announced.
The Christmas holidays were to
have begun the middle of this week
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anyway, and nence we ooaru ueemeu
it the part of wisdom to dose them
down two days earlier and avoid all
danger of any epidemic among the
little folks.
At present there are only two hous
es under quarantine for the scarlet
fever, and there really is not the
slightest idea in the minds of anyone
that the situation is at all serious; but
it was simply thought best to quiet
the fears of the mothers who had be-
un to worry about their cauarex
One or more cases of the scarlatina,
which is in very mitd form, had ap
peared in one of the schools and the
rooms where there is the slightest
danger of contagion will be thorough
ly fumigated. -
Dr. Reamcs, the city health officer,
stated that the situation is not in the
least alarming, but Dr. Reames evi
dently thought with the board of edu
cation that it would do no harm to
drop off the last two days of school
to avoid any possibility of contagion
among the pupils and to ease the
fears of the mothers.
The city health officer apparently
has the situation well in hand and
every case win oe watcnea tnor-oughly.
There is an element of humor in
the matter also. Last Friday the stu
dents in the High School petitioned
the board of education for a holiday
two weeks, commencing with to
day, but the board saw fit to grant
one of a little less than two weeks,
commencing Thursday of this week.
Hence the pupils think the joke is
more or less on the board, since the
vacation of the full two weeks with
the aid of the scarlatina scarehas
now been granted.
Sura Of Itt
Customers buying clothes at Wise's
on the "Free Day" get their money
back. But if you don't strike the
"Free Day" you're sure of good goods
at reasonable prices. a
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S
The stories of Tweed and Ruef
show' grafting bosses that their in
dustry is unsafe on either side of the
country.
Public documents submitted to
Congress how bow the postal deficit
can be overcome. An item of $16,
000,000 would help considerably.
Oklahoma is deeply interested in a
test of its Jim Crow law. None of
the big states envy Oklahoma in its
choice of current sensations.
The corn crop of the United
States is worth a billion dollars more
than that of 1896. But just think of
the increase in the value of the egg
crop. "
Uncle Joe says he would not ap
prove a billion appropriation for
waterways. But the request is for
only half a billion, spread over ten
years.
"Three years ago I was marked
for death. A grave-yard cough was
tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors
failed to help me, and hope had fled,
when my husband got Dr, King's
New Discovery," says Mrs. A, C.
Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first
dose helped me and improvement
kept on until I had gained 58 pounds
in weight and my health was fully
restored." This medicine holds the
world's healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat dis
eases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at Charles Rogers
8c Son's drug store. 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
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In order to reduce our lanjc stock of Car
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100 Patterns to Select From
$10.00 Sets Now $8.00
8.00 Sets Now 6.40
7.50 Sets Now 6-00
$5.00 Sets Now $4.00
3.50 Sets Now 2.80
3.00 Sets Now '2.40
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TESTED AND PROVEN.
There is a Heap of Solace in Being
Able to Depend Upon a Well
Earned Reputation.
Fr months Astoria readers have
seen the constant expression of praise
for Doan's Kidney Fills, and read
about the good work they have done
in this locality. Not another remedy
ever produced such convincing proof
of merit. ,
J. Pederson, 613 Commercial street,
Astoria, Ore, says: "For two years
I suffered more or less from kidney
complaint. At night there was such
a steady aching through the small of
my back that I would be unable to
sleep and would arise in the morning
tired and worn out I was languid
and nervous, had severe headaches
and dizzy spells and at times would
see spots floating before my eyes. At
last I procured Doan's Kidney Pills,
used them according to directions and
received a complete cure." (From
statement given January 19, 1906).
The Cure Proved Permanent
On September 3, 1907, Mr. .Peder
son said: "I can still recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills and it gives me
great pleasure to state that I have not
suffered from kidney trouble since
1906."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
"IN ARIZONA."
Whether taken as a whole or In
part, "Arizona" holds the attention
of both the casual playgoer and the
one who wishes to go deeper into the
story of the passion of life. The en
vironment is such that one finds
ceaseless attraction in this bit of dia
logue or that bit of action. The char
acters are such that the soldier, the
cowboy, and the woman, one after
another, occupy the prinp ipal place.
Having chosen an appealing theme
for his story, Augustus Thomas, the
author, also selected a collection of
people who could not only preserve
all the virtue which there is in the
central idea, but who would each, by
contrast to the other, carry the cen
tral plan and make this mimic world
seem like a real one. The force 6f
the characters and the excellence of
the situations are backed up by dia
logue which is always brisk, as the
talk of the West should be, and which
has a lightness now, or a sombreness
then, that is as distinct as the moun
tains and the shadows that form the
background scenes,
EXECUTING MAZEPPA.
Peter th GrMt's Odd Way of Punish
Ing a DtmrUr,
Peter the Great, cutr of Batata, pun
ished a traitor on a notabla occasion in
a way that the numerous vlctttoa of
tha present cuvr's wrath might well
wlah were atlU In vogue.
Mazeppa, chieftain of the- Coeaacka,
bad deserted to the king of Bwaden,
with whom Peter waa at war. Ma
teppa waa at ouca tried by court mar
tial and found guilty of high treason.
Eentenc of doatn waa passed upon
him.
Maseppa, however, waa safely In the
Mmp of the Swedish king, bat this
fact waa nut permitted to sued In tha
way of the carrying out of tverr part
of the sentence. A wooden effigy of
Uazeppa waa undo, and tbt punish
ments were Inflicted upon tha Cossack
chieftain's substitute. , '
The effigy waa first drsa4 la Ma
aeppa'a uniform, and upon its bast
were pinned all of tb medala, ribbons
and other docoratlona that tha real cul
prit had worn.
While the commanding general and
a squadron of cavalry stood near an
oQliw advanced to tha wooden man
and read the sentence. Than another
officer wrenched off the efflgy'a patent
of knighthood and bis other decora
tions, tore them up and trampled upon
them. Tbla dona, be struck the wood
en gentleman a powerful blow In tha
pit of tha stomach, knocking htm over.
Neit a hangman appeared. While tho
soldlera shouted he threw a noose over
the Imitation Muzcppa' head and drag
ged tho 1'fflny to a nearby gallows,
whero It was "hatijted by the nock
until It wan doi-V-Scrao Book.
Whn a President' ftMians,
Tha method by which a president
may resign la provldi-d for In soetlon
151 of tha revised statutes, reading as
follows: "Tb oul)f evidence of a re
fusal to accept or of a reHlgnatton of
the oftlra of prt'skleut or vice president
auall he an lninnneiit In writing de
claring the sumo uiid Ktihsi rltied by the
pwrsun refUHlsig t m-repl or resigning,
s the ce may t mid delivered Intti
the oillco of the secretary of state.
WBKhlllK"" ''.
THE 150 IS HIS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. A negro rob
ber thrust his hand through an open
ing in t South Side eleva'ed station
window, snatched about $50 In moner
and fled. The agent sounded a burg
lar alarm, which was promptly an
swered by a policeman, who roue4
the neighborhood by a volley of shots
but failed to stop the fugitive.
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Z had tha most debilitating cough a mortal was ever afflicted with, and my friends expected that
when I left my bed It would surely be for my grave. Our doctor pronounced my case Incurable,
but thanks be to God, four bottles of Dr. Klng'g New Discovery cured mo so completely that I am
all sound and well.-MRS. EVA UNCAPHER, Crovertown, Ind. WF7
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