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We have city and country property
in mast advantageous situation. Also
pianos, organs and grapaophonea.
4J4 Commercial street
A. R. CYRUS.
Cold Weather Specials !
No is the time to lay in your supply
of beverages for the winter . raoaths
Vigoral E:of Tea $2.50 per jug i
Fluid beef la tubes 50c per dozen, high
grade Rock and Rye and all other stan
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Phone 1S31. 5S9 Commercial St.
Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers
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t tot eulUuuent was Mr, Jo.
TU Mitt cam to luy eye when I
aaw that, tar air. Jo was nil that the
eld Jud had loft, anil Um ludse'i
boad waa like that hillside wbett Um
wild cbrrrha am IB bloomthat whit.
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th Ubia lor a moment Then h lx
Mr. loa1 luutd and aaya, Ud bVwa
ye, uy bey.' And U&at waa aJl be
Mi. Ilwsjy sarw what Mr. Jot
M KwOBd OBU tbtt BlM'
trm a tkkl? aa h aouUl and any.
la falDC Vmi wttii Jixf,
Ta old axasral waa uaad to war,
aad tta &a af tt(a waa burataf ta
has vatoa. "If yw dMa't put your
aaaa ttestv at" aaya aa, ya
sn sat asfca,' aaya ha.
vhtfsa 1 eMAild
ft latff lal Ckm 4 ata, BaaVya tf a.
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and vaiaa mrbb asrar t Wwid aa aa
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l1 ast i4 reigm oervice
Dailxervice Via
THE A. Q C. R. IX. CO.
Through merchandise Cars from Portland to Astoria
leave Portland at 6 p. m. Every Day except Sun
day. All less than carload shipments delivered at
Freight House before 4 p.m. will arrive in Astoria at
8:5o p. ni. For further imformation call on
G. B. JOHNSON, Gen'I Agent A. & C. R. R.
I2ih St, near Commercial 6t
ASTORIA, OKSGON.
"V hataw
hOaa Martha wha ah waa yaat ttt
(aa hat of a child fck yws, aad I t
aat wtM yo g r wWa yaa look
y woa't r and ay awtor gM
aa acy porar aaat tba waa ah.
And I koair Mr. Joa and Mr. Haary
wha they wra Jat UtU hoy, about
so hifb, playtat togothar ta tha mead
ow or fishing ta th okBAVhtte Hvr
over there. ;
"Mr. Joe's fitthar waa Jadga Bloglo-
ton. who cam to Indiana when thra
waa hardly anybody hero but Indiana.
And Mr. Henry waa the atn of Gen
j ml Beasley. who fought with Bberi-
ao in '63.
s "It waa furious how much Mr. Joe
! and Mr. Henry were attached to one
i another when they wero little bora.
It couldn't rain on one without raln
! lag on the other, and when the aun
j waa aUlnlng tb shadow of one waa
; always kissing the othera little dim
: pled feet So they grew Into man
hood, with the sunshine stored In both
; their souls and the bin of the aky In
Mr. Joe s eyes and la Mr. uewy'a tha
shadows of the gra perinea acroaa tha
path.
"Bat then came time when Mr.
Jo and Mr. Henry came down th
path together; they were not arm In
arm, for Mhss Martha waa walking
between them, bat I coattal ae bet.
"Oa day Mr. Eaary cam aloe, aad
there waa a afcadow oa has (ae thai I
dUfcat UW With saver a wort h
at ow ta tatlM ftad leak olf'hts
FINANCIAL.
First national Dank of Astoria
DIRECTORS
Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Fcavel
J. VV. Ladd S.S.Gordon .
Capital ". $100,000
Surplus 25,000
Stockholders' Liability 100,000
ESTABLISHED 18!',
"By aad by I jat ny haad on hi
bead and said, t&mfU nafrea; Mr.
Eearyf .
""Nothing mock, Aoot Bofky,' aaya
oa. "Only loot a ceia ta hero.' The
I knew It waa Mlaa Martha.
TThere'a Mr, Jo today Mr. Hen
ry r I aaya.
."'He'a over, t Mlsa Martha',' aay
D.
"After awhile Mr. Jo cam down
the pain, whistling. .
" Hello, Henry r aaya he. Tre been
looking for yon,' aaya be, walking over
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
FRANK PATTON, Cashier
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - $232CS3
Transact a General Banking Easiness Interest Paid on Time Depo
Four Per Cent. Per Annum
Eleventh and Dnane St. - - -- - Astoria, Oregon
SCANDINAVIAN-A A E R I C A N
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ASTORIA, OREGON
OUS MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Considaradsa."
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THE TRENTON
First-Class Liquors andLCion i
S2 CommercUI Street '
Comer Commercial and 14th, . ASTORIA, OKZOON 4 '
M BAY BRASS & II iP
ASTORIA, OREGON
Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Engineers.
Vy-to.rjj.te Sawmill Machinery Prompt attention given to all repafr
Hi and Franklin Ave. work. Tel Main 2451
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to where Mr. Henry was sitting on an
old log. But Mr. Henry did not an
swer. He 'just got np and walked
away with his anna folded and his
face white and left Mr. Joe standing
with dumb Hps and scarlet face.
"A few days after that I saw Mlas
Martha and Mr. Henry drifting down
the river In a boat Miss Martha waa
sitting in the stern looking down at
her hands trailing in the water, and
Mr. Henry, with his oars crossed in his
lap, wag leaning forward gazing into
Mlas Martha's face.
"Pretty soon Mr. Joe cam along. I
knew he bad Beta Mlsa Martha and
Mr. Henry, but he never let on, only he
waan't whlatling, as usual.
"Well, about tbl time the war with
Spain broke out. Old Judge Singleton
drove around making speeches-end be
was a powerful speaker in bis day
and General Beasley got on hla old
white horse, all fixed out in the uni
form lie wore when he fought with
Sheridan, and went galloping up and
down, calling on all the men folks to
enlixt. .
"And the very first one who stepped
a Cb sMfkday
ttuy wasaait. a a hwwe, a Mr,
1&L7 HMW 1M0fe IjfJWjP tft
gmta fM then totting at Ihe oM
W ittat tint waa drMdac, tmwt
Jway MkMs watbw t aad kw
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"By Jt8 by Mr. 9m M.y, Weary,'
ays Ka, taraasfo-w wi itcta to th
war. May w via aver fish ta th
wa rtwr or snibtt- grape or wild
eharrte off the hitle tether any
m' aay h, ad there ahonldn't be
ay sbadowa between u. Hear?,' aay
h. Let's go to Martha, you aad me,
M ask her which ah think the
meat of. Llk as aoC aaya he, ahe
ain't caring very much for eltne of
'
"Mr. Henry smiled at that and took
Mr. Joe's hand. Then, arm In arm.
they went tip th path, and there
wasn't any shadow between them
after thatthere never waa any more.
Mr. Joe and Mr. Henry found Miss
Martha In the meadow back cf her
father's house, and Mr. Joe explained
What they had come to find out.
".Vow, of course Mta Martha knew
very well what her answer should be.
but she pretended not to be Interest
ed. Bo she glanced roguishly first at
on, then at the other, the sunset
creeping Into her cheeks and the light
of all the aura creeping into her eye.
Then she plucked a dale out of the
clover and said she would let the
daisy decide. And with that ah pulls
off the petal, saying, 'Joe, Henry, Joe,
Henry,' Like that. Aad th last petti
wu Henry. :'
"Ma J6Sdatar wr4, B last
look Mr. Henry head in both of bis
ttjaat, then b coad th meadow
6w th, rosA iMvlag Mr.
Hcy Mufflef and ktsa&ag Maw Mar
tha' hand nd Wm Martha gaatag
after Mr. Jo, all th aaUf hi and tha
ttaiUght fadlag oat of her foe and
And th next day w were all
op to town to ae th soldier boys
march off to war.
"I never aaw aay brighter sunshine
or any bluer aky than there was that
day. Old General Beasley was on hla
white horse, galloping back and forth
and waving the sword with which he
fought with Sheridan, and Judge Sin
gleton climbed on a box and made a
speech to the auldlera, exhorting tbem
to bring glory to old Lawrence county.
"Presently the captain spoke, and
the soldiers put their gun on their
shoulders and they were off down
th road. Mr. Joe and Mr. Henry
were marching aide by aide, and as
they turned the corner Mr. Henry
glanced back at Mies Martha. She
flutttwed hor handkerchief, and he
waved bla cap. and In his eye waa
a great happiness.
But Mr. Joe never looked back: he
just kept his em to the front And
there was a mealow lark singing some
where down by ihe river.
Miss Martha received many letters
from Mr. Henry, and she used to come
down the path and alt la the door right
where you are sitting now and read
them, but I could tell by the way she
sighed when she flnlnhed that the let
ters from Mr. Henry didn't satisfy her.
"Onelday she aaya to me, playing
with the strings of her bonnet, 'Auntie
Becky,' says she, 'do yon ever get any
letters from Joe, Auntie Becky f
"Then she pulls the bonnet down
over her eyes, but I aaw her cheeka,
and they were the color of a aumac
leaf In October-that red. 'Oh, Auntie
Becky,' she said, 'I wish there never
bad been any dalaiea In oar meadow,'
and she covered her face with her
hands.
"So the weeks and the months went
by with nothing but war, war, war.
But one day Mhw Martha burst In at
the door all excited, and ah aaya, 'Oh,
Auntie Becky, sit down, I've some
thing Important to read you.'
"It was a letter from Mr. Henry, and
he wrote about a big battle down In
Cuba. The letter wasn't written for
more than two weeks after th fight,
for Mr. Henry bad been wounded and
waa In a hospital.
"Mr. Henry called It Ban Juan where
he was shot He wrote that when be
came to himself after being struck be
was lying on the ground and there waa
a terrible pain In bis breast
He tried to get upon his feet, but
fell back exhausted and waited for
death. And pretty soon Mr. Joe came
crawllDg to him.
"Mr. Joe didn't have on any hat, nor
he didn't have any gun, and hi hair
was matted with blood, and bis face
was black with powder emoke. :
"He took Mr. Henry' head In hla
arms, and he held a canteen to hla
mouth and he said, Here, Henry, drink
some of this.' '
"But Mr. Henry only glanced up
Into Mr. Joe's face weak Ilka and aaya,
I 'low I'm done for,' says he.
"Then, Mr. Henry wrote, Mr. Jos
listed Mm uo a 1UU aud aa, T.oat
talk that wy,' ho say, 'tout t
to live, Henry j j'no've got to llv for
Ml Martha; you've st to llv to go
b;k to th old Whlw river,' li aaya,
I mlnaed you wliou we pulled our
Ire together over lucre,' ha aaya,
'aad I came back after you, Henry
Hold oa tight Tin irolug to tak you
through that hell or .Mix Martha ain't
going to Me either of us again.' And
n did, and that was all Mr. Beurr
wwot to Mis Martha In that letter.
"When Mima Martha lulahod reading
fat e fpnt It back in the envelope
ejomly and didn't any word for tw
or tw minutes. Then n said.
'Ana Baeky, wasn't that good aud
bm of Joef And that was all ah
A Few Suctions For Xmas
SL tt wa Mlaa Martha wh
I eh the war wai over and tt
by were coming bom. fSfce
In down the path
ft mi alblt In the clover and
Wat was txvQud my neck and
Ha far yasi laughing out of her
Sckyt Joe's coming homef
aald a ward about Mr,
when th beya returned v
U uptown to meet them. Kfaa
atKia waa there, all fixed out I fear
a wblle tfi-eaa trimmed with
beats, aad her eye gleamed aa If th
brtgbtneaa that bad been uiUstog fcwa
tft'n nil jotue Kick at one.
"ui wliut Ar. Henry stepped
C th rank and took her band to
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asm err m ownnt wakee to wtoj
an, iok croon,
both of his she towed her head and
let her glance wander to where Mr.
Joe stood talking with his father.
"Then I saw clearly bow thing
were, and I saw my duty aa th Lord
mad me to understand It
"So on day when Mr: Joe cam
down the path Under the wild grape
Tinea and tat down In the door to talk
to Aunt Bccty I told him bow anxious
Mlas Martha had been regarding bitn,
and 1 aaw his face brighten suddenly,
a the old white river brightens when
the clouds part and let the aunahln
tumble down.
"That gave mo courage, so 1 said,
Mr. Joe, says I, 'why don't yon go
courting Miss Mnrthar
"Mr. Joe roe up, and there wa t
look of deep pain on his face, but bis
Hpa were pressed tightly together.
'"Aunt Becky.' he aaya, 'Miss Mar
tha has decided between us." And
with that he turned and walked away,
"I told Miss Martha what Mr. Joe
said. She dMn't make any reply, but
wandered slowly away down by the
river, and I lout sight of her behind
the brush over there.
"I followed her and found her lying
amid the clover, with her face burled
In her arms, the new sunshine falling
asleep In her balr and her slim, little
body shaking with her sous.
"I took her in my arm and dried
her tears and helped her back to my
cabin.
Then I heard aomo one whistling
and aaw Mr. Joe coming down the
path. So I told Miss Martha to alt
down, and I shut the door and went
to meet Mr. Joe and told him there
was an old friend In my cabin who
wanted to aee him. -
Who Is Itr he asked, but 1 says,
Go In and see, Mr. Joe, and God bleaa
yon both,' says I. Then I opened th
door, and Mr. Joe went In alone. '
"I walked down by the river and aat
on the bank, watching the tree limbs
bending to kiss the ripples.
"When I retunied It was nearly aun-
aet, and when 1 glanced In at the
open door I saw Mr. Joe holding Miss
Martha's hands and looking down Into
her face, and Mls Martha wa amil-
tog np into Mr, Joe's face, and in the
eyes of each I aaw a great tender
ness. There was a deep stillness in
the room, but down somewhere by the
river there was a sapgucktr singing."
Aunt Becky arose and, going to the
door, drained the water off the pota
toes. The child mulled. "I am so glad,"
she said. Then she arose hurriedly.
"But I hear mamma calling, Good
by, Aunt Becky,"
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