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WEDNESDAY, DKCliMRER 23
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1 j TELEPHONE MAIN 661. ;
"turn Iimm" this winter aiul
indulge in some plain speaking. The
prediction is being abundantly ful
filled. Never before did olticial com
munications from the White House t
the capitol so bluntly call a spade a
uade. And he has made no secret Of
the facf that he has other plain lan
guage in stock ready for use should
Congress invite its issuance.
When you come to think of it, there
is no Eood reason why the President
should not now speak his mind. He
has champed at his bit. as it were, for
several years because party and other
considerations made it Inadvisable
I. him ia rmnkw the laneuaKe he
wanted to
THEJVEATHER
GROWTH OF CONGRESS.
lowed, the House membership is ccr
tain to no over 400 after the census of
... r..v:.trt ,a Idaho- : 1910. Under the constitutional appor
Yre80tH . , . "7" j tionmtnt of representation, there were
Rain, r - ' -V memtKrs 0f the House. The first
1 census was taken in 1790, and making
i it the basts of a new apportionment,
Con'.! the number of Representatives was
-ess who believe the membership of increased to 106. The census of 1800
. .. c . j u... .hnlH he' increased the number to 142, that oi
S.lirSTtwl 1810 to 186, that of 1820 to 213, that of
results would be obtained with, small- 1S30 to Z4Z. Memoers oi l.-.
ex bodies. As the membership of the decided even then that the House was
- !. k- ftf k. fnnda. too laree and that something mnst be
senate u u "i i - . . .,
. . t .k. rnoitntlnn. idone to check its gr owtn. so, wnen
nentai principle -- - .. . , .
to reduce the number of Senators U M came to making the apportionment
M of the ouestion. It could be done tinder the census of 1540, the number
only by reducing the number of statea of members was reduced to Z3Z. b.nce
viiaj j ..... . i - .AFwk V kn tin.
and that is aa impossible,, almost, as m-. nw.,
. .v : montMw checked. The census of 1850 increas
! a .,. ..rh On the ed the number to 237, that of 1860 to
cTntm . Senate is bound to in-,243, that of 1870 to 293 that of 1880
60 ' vu T u nnW to 332. that of 1890 to 3S7, and that of
crease us uiwuikhmjik ....
ouestion of time when Arirona and 1900 to 391, a parhon of the increase
... ... i v tf hot nor riii
New Mexico will be states, ana tnere ra
will be 96 Senators. Some day Alaska . to the admission of new states,
may be a State, and the number of
Senators will be increased to 98. It j TURNS THINGS LOOSE,
is unlikely, unless Cuba should be an- '
aexed, that any of the insular posses- i Republican leaders in Congress say
aions will attain the dignity, of state-J they have no desire to quarrel with
fcood, so 98 Senatora may be looked President Roosevelt between now and
upon as the final number. ' 'March 4. It is very apparent the
A Congressional enactment, . how- ' president is not going to run away
ever, is all that would be necessary from a quarrel; but, then, the Presi
to reduce the size of the House. The , dent ii going out of office in less than
House now has 391 members, and three months and Republicans in Con-
each 10 years in the past has seen an gress, except those who tea oy tne
increase, aside from the increase re- wayside last November, have got to
tolling from the admission of new keep on doing business.
.t.t.. Tf th. nmetice of vears is fol- Mr. Kooseevirs inenas preaiaei
- r -
til the count is finished. Fortunately,
however, the money on hand is n t
all in one dollar coins and bills, nor
must it be counted by one man. The
work will be done by 25 experts as
sisted by a force of laborers, and
heavy scales. All the silver, nickel,
copper and biUs will be gone over,
piece by piece, but the gold will only
be weighed In sacks, with an occa
sional count to verify the accuracy of
this process. Even so, however, the
counting will be a laborious process
for there is on hand at present in the
sub-treasury $170,000,000 In gold coin.
7S.OOO,000 silver dollars, $2,800,000 in
fractional silver, that is dimes, quar
. n ,lKeiisinir divers ten and halves: SJW.uuo in pennies
niuu v " i
men and measures. He can have his and nickels, and $30,000,000 in bills,
say now without jeopardizing his own All this amount the new sub-treasurer
political fortunes or seriously threat-; will have to count and his efforts In
... t . . . . .a. . !..
ening the fortunes of his party. tbis line will be watcnea wun special
p.. matiM no oretense of lik-! interest as it is rumored that he will
ing the things that have been handed j attempt to make a new record.
it, but, on the whole, the country ap
pears to rather enjoy tne situation.
There are those, ot course, who criti
cize the President for his most recent
strenuosity, but the critic we have
always with us. This criticism is not
going to bother Mr. Roosevelt huge
ly. He is firmly convinced that pub
lic opinion will back him up, and be
lieves the more he lambastes Congress
the greater his popularity. And it
would seem that he is justified in this
belief.
GERMAN WOMEN CONTENT.
Few Suffragettes There, as the Simple
Life is Enough.
TO COUNT MILLIONS.
Will Take Many Weeks to Complete
Their Labor.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21-The very
first big job for this city's new sub
treasurer just appointed will be the
unique and laborious task of counting
$282,000,000; that is, the cash on hand
in the sub-treasury at the present
time. Were the whole of this tre
mendous amount in bills and coins of
the denomination of one dollar each,
it would take one man, counting at
the rate of 60 pieces a minute, more
than 80.000 hours to finish counting
them, a matter of 10,000 working days
of eight hours each, or something
more than 30 years altogether. Indeed
if the man who is responsible for the
count had to do it all himself he could
come nowhere near finishing before
another president was elected and his
successor appointed, who in turn
'ould have to repeat the whole pro
cess. The retiring assistant treasurer
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Girl student
of Germany are not permitted to
stroll down to the drug stores for
dainties nor are they allowed to hold
the mirror up to nature with elaborate
coiffures, said Miss Harriet Kempf
who has returned from Berlin, where
for two years she taught at a achool.
The suffrage movement Is not active
in Germany, she says, as the women
are quite content to lead the simple
life. Girl students are rigidly chaperoned.
' THE GUILLOTINE
H W Not InvinUd by the Man
Whose Nam It Bsara,
lu a book pulilUhid I'' Hector
FloUKttnmu tu Ueriimny tint atory ot
Uie origin, of tUo liwiruineut o vswu
Uou which w iiiimtHl for Dr. (lull!
Uu iu the days of the relitu oMorrT
hi Itntly denied, "Thore 1 iw truth,
In tl utory, aa long believed," he
"that the gonial old phyalcliiu liivtmttHl
the uiueulue which wu named for hint
and by uieuus of which he la aald to
have Uwt his llf shortly rtor us auop
n.m iiuiiiotlu. tu kwpllig with the
spirit of bl time, Wovd ou Oct
W, 17S0, that all unVituore, regnruiew
of their blrtU or station, should be dealt
with alike by the law. end el mouths
later )io proiwwd to the government
that convicted murdmrs should be
beheaded by means ot a simple appara
tus. The luccbeuleui of which be and
no oue else had auy Idea at that time
was spokeu of ak the simple appara
tun" by the humorist of the day, aud
the phrase was used to make Ha pro
poser ridiculous, so that when ma
chine finally was adopted
the time named It guillotine. The gov
eminent, evidently recognising the val
ue ot the suggestion, asked one An
tolne Louis, a surgeon at the Balpe
trlere, lo devise a machine aud later
gave a similar order to a carpenter by
the name of Guidon, who offered to
construct an liwtn-nient for decapita
tion for 0,CiW llvres. This was consid
ered too high a prk-e, aud the contract
etTon to a German cabinetmaker
by the uame of Tobla Schmidt, who
received KH llvtv ror tne accepwu
nwvi..i in lTtti Rehmldt made guillo
tines for all the prortucea, and the In-
duntry brought mm a moueraie xor
tune, which he proceeded to squander
In rarla, while Dr. Oulllotln, who nev
er had anything to do with the making
of a machine which bore bis name,
continued to practice lila profession
quietly aud umwtentatlously In Furls
nntU he died there on March i 1814."
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U4ljr eesem Uie laM u4 se certsla ei KiU lrsl
Uion.
Could HandH a Shevel.
The foreman 6f s Chicago Iron ndll
once employed u tramp who bad been
a college baseball champion. Their
acquaintance begau lu a way that
howed the trntiio still to be game and
cheery. It was a cold autumu dawu,
ami the tramp bud slept lu front of a 1
fiirimiB ou a warm stone. The fore
t.i .i,.,r nf lHluiror. on hla
M,U, UTIUH ' - j
morning tour or mieciiou spwu i
fellow and thought he would give him
a Job.
"My man." he said, "can you do any
thing with a shovel T
-Well. I could fry a piece of hnm
on It."- : MlmiMpolhi Journal.
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FLAMES IN MINE.
DUQUOIN, 111., Dec. 22. -Despite
the heroic efforts of the several hun
dred men who have been fighting
flames in Joseph Letter's colliery at
Zeigler, the fires still exist, thought
to whst extent cannot be determined.
It is next to Impossible to ascertain
any Information as to the gravity of
the situation at Zeiiilcr s orders have
been Issued forbidding" any non-resl-
dents from loitering sbout the town,
It Is thought an effort will be made
today by a party of men to descend
into the mine to ascertain Just what
has been accomplished in the len
days, it is probable that flooding Hit
mine will next be resorted to.
MIHMMMIMIMIIMtt
MMIIMMIMimiMMIHIH
To be giveu away at the
j .... BAK.ERONI AN ....
, ; CHRISTMAS MATINttaS !'
Every lady and child attending the matinee from now to Christmas
wilt be given a coupon which will entitle them to a drawing on a
free present. The presents will be displayed In the show windo
of the Bee Hive Store on Commercial street. Special matinee prises
for children from now till Christmas, Sc. Who are the lucky ones
...tu , rruTo ' . . . SEATS FREE
HUH HMMHHIWIHMIWIIMWrH
1 1 ..Vti'.'J, iU-:LL':i - -
i-c -in retiring assistant treasurer . . mmmmtmmmm
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t JOIN THE CROWD WHO KNOW AND GET REAL BARGAINS AT WATERMANS g.
Free !
That
Pretty
$14 Doll
May be
llYours' '
Xmas Eve
Pree !
iONLY TWO IRE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS DO 0lll SHOPPING AT VMTERMAN'S TODAY !
Toys For Girls
The favorite toy for the little girl always has and always will be,
DOLLS. We have a grand assortment: rubber dolls, rag dolls, ABC dolls,
mid fine China dolls. We can suit both taste and pocketboolc Our dolla
range to price from ISc to $5.00. Besides dolla, for the little miase we have
doll folding brass cradles, doll dishes, kitchen ranges, small flat irons, wash
boards and a hundred and one other gifte to please the little girL We have
, splendid assortment of games of every description ranging in price from
5c to 25c Story hooka, nursery rhymes, A B O and holiday book, of all kinds
Toys For Boys
For the small boy we have probably the largest stock of toys in town.
Repeating air-rifles $1.50, pop-gima 15c, swords 15c, Christmas horns 5c to
25c, sand palls and spades 10c and 20c pocket knives 5c to 30c mail box
banks, combination banks 15c mechanical automobiles 30c woolen dogs,
rorses, mules, etc, on wheels 15c; Happy Hooligan Iron wagons and trucks
of every description at all price. All kinds of Iron toys at from 5c to 50c;
mouth organs' 10c to 15c carpenters outfits $255,' soldering sets 15c, and
tools, the boy kind, are to be had here galore at low prices. You must visit
our boy department to fully appreciate the large assortment
Gifts For "GrowiilUps"
After looking around the many other stores In the city trying to decide
what to buy your mother, wife, sister, or sweetheart for Christmas, if you
will pay us visit we will no doubt be able to supply you with "just the
thing." For instance, you can get her fancy Imported hand-painted China at
almost any price, toilet articles, V Merry Widow hat pin and many otherf
styles of fancy bat pins, shirt-waist sets, and links necklaces, handkerchiefs,
bracelets, neck pins, jewelry boxes, writing stationery, and, other articles too
numerous to mention.
GUESS
If you think you are a good guesser,
we challenge you to tell us the amount
of shot in the small tumbler in our
Commercial street window. It does't
cost anything to guess" arid you may
win the pretty doll for your trouble.
Since Waterman's store has been established in this city. Astoria has at las filled a long felt -want, that of a department store
where real values are to be obtained at right prices. Waterman's is fast beconnng the favorite shopping place the city for
women,and is steadily gaining the reputation of being Astoria's leading store and again we say
Watch Whoso Windows For Bargains?
Our store will remain open
until 9 o'clock evenings
til Christmas.
un-
Watermans
Our store will remain open
until 9 o'clock every evening .
until Christmas.
FREE
Just drop into our store and submit
your guesses of the number of shot in
the small glass tumbler; your guess
may be the lucky one and win the $14
doll to be given away Christmas eye.
You don't have to buy to guess.
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