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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1908)
6 THE MORNING A3TOMAN. ASTORIA. OHEGON. WKDN'ESDAY, DECEMBER 30 FiTi nnrvf STT3 If t n n it mm M y u 11 Larson's Mammoth Mid-Winter Sale is new on in full swing. The Word BARGAIN has never before obtained the significance which it has at this sale only standard goods which were part of our regular stock are offered. No importation of cheap trash to palm off as regular goods is ever tolerated in this store. Read the marvelous reductions below and convince yourself. fiHFA i II ut Interest The Following Bargains Can't Help B Suits $25.00 Suits .". - $17.53 22.50 Suits..- ...... I5.E3 20.00 Suits I4.C3 17.50 Suits 12,25 15.00 Suits...: I I ,C3 12.50 Suits 8.75 J0.00 Suits... 6,03 Dress Shoes , $5.00 Dress Shoes $3.53 4.50 Dress Shoes : 3,25 4.oo Dress Shoes 3.03 3.50 Dress Shoes 2.75 3.oo Dress Shoes L 2,2 S 2.75 Dress Shoes .. 2.C3 Young Men's Suits $20.oo Young mens suits............... $14X3 17.50 Young mens suits 1 225 15.oo Young .mens suits..... ....... 10.53 1230 Young mens suits 8,75 Overcoats $22.50 Overcoats........... $ 1 5.E3 20.oo Overcoats $14X3 17.50 Overcoats J 2.25 15.00 Overcoats ", 10.53 12.50 Overcoats 8.75 TOPCOATS $15.oo Topcoats $ 1 0,03 Loggers' Shoes Best $8.oo Logger Shoe made $5.75 Best 7.oo Logger Shoe made 5.43 Best 6.00 Logger Shoe made 4.59 Men who are in need of anything in this line will do well to buy now. Men's best all-wool Pants $4.oo Trousers $2.75 3.50 Trousers 2.50 3.oo Trousers 2.03 250 Trousers . ,75 High Top Working Shoes $7.50 High top shoes $5.53 7.00 High top shoes.... 5.C3 6.00 High top shoes 4.53 These values in working shoes are posi tively the best obtainable and will not last long at these prices. All-wool Sweaters In sweaters we are pretty well cleaned out but we have a few In the following sizes 34-36 and 3JMo at the following prices: $3.oo Sweaters for $2.03 2.00 Sweaters for..... ,03 Dress Shirts $2.50 Dress Shirts....... ; $,75 2.25 Dr.ess Shirts ! ,50 " 2.oo Dress Shirts ,35 I.50 and $1.25 Dress Shirts... ,03 Boy's School Shoes The kind they can't weaVoutj( ( , v In sUes from 11 to 2 $2X3 In sizes from 2 1-2 to 51-2 2.25 Boys High top Waterproof Shoes i t. .. ' "" ''' In sizes from 11 to 2..... ...I $2.53 In sizes from 2 1-2 to 5 I-2..........;..... 2,75 All-wool Undenvear f $4.oo. all-wool Underwear $3.C3 2.5o all-wool Underwear.;. f .75 This underwear is of the best make and guaranteed to be all-wool. All-wool Shirts $J.5o all-wool shirts '$52.75 3.oo all. wool shirts . ." 2.J5 2.75 all-wool shirts 2X3 2Joo all-wool shirts...... T H E CHARLES LARSON Prop. WORKING "The Bond Street Bargain Store TORE Next Door to Ross Hlgtflnt I Vhat You Have Been Looking For ALLEN'S Boston Brown Bread Flour 2 LB. PACKAGE20;CENTS x a V' ;AII JFN so A&ent for l 1 Barr:neton Hai. Steei Cut COFFEE 40c CAN Phonei 731, 3871. Branch Uniontown AUTOMOBILE VS. AIRSHIP. Automobile Club and Aeronautical Society May Consolidate. NEW YORK, K. Y, December 29. The automobile may now become a vehicle for the common people. The aristocrats of the automobile world have taken to flying machines. The Aotu nobiV Club of America has con f'uded an arrangement with the Aeronautical Society for the use of the old Morris Park race course for experiments with heavier-than-air machines. Henceforth the idle young millionaire, instead of endangering his neck in a 200 horsepower racing machine, will find excitement in tests f (kill and daring up among the elouds, or as near to the clouds as his Sying machine will carry him. . Automobile manufacturers can only view this departure with alarm. They lave not forgotten what happened to th bicycle industry when the fash ionable world abandoned the wheel for the motor. Alert bicycle manu facturers who discerned the trend of the times converted their bicycle plants into automobile manufactories It will now be up to the automobile manufactures to begin making flying machines. All this is very beneficial to the new science of aerial naviga tion, and there appear, no reason why the public should have an inclination to complain. When the millionaires jiiit demanding higher and higher priced machines the manufacturers will be compelled to turn their atten tions to the making of good ma chines which may be sold to people in moderate circumstances at reason able prices. The racing automobile h the highest priced machine now made, and about the least useful. If the time and talent which go into the making of racing machines were de voted to producing machines of more practical use, the public would be bound to be the gainer. The danger is that this talent will be drafted for the production of racing air machines. A"6rin!f'of'vTater. A glass of cu!d water slowly sipped trill produce a greater acceleration of the pulse for a time than will a glass 9f wine or spirits taken at a draft. In this connection It may not be out of place to mention that sipping cold wa ter will often allay the craving for al cohol In those who have been In the habit of taking too much of It and may be endeavoring to refefrm, the iffect being probably due to the stimu lant action of the sipping. An Impertinent Question. A young man hurriedly entered a restaurant and sat down at the table nearest the kitchen. With shuffling feet the waitress advanced. "Have you frog legs?" the young man anxiously Inquired. "No, Indeed. Rheumatism makes me walk like this," the waitress Indignant ly replied. Judge's Library. Evativt. The rrofessor And how did Phoclon shamefully evade his duty? The Fresh man (who doesn't know) I have been taught, sir, never to speak ill of the dead. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Goodness Nosel When the clerk Informed the cus tomer that the handkerchiefs were 17.50 each the latter remarked: "No. slrree! That's too much money to blow in!" Judge's Library. Piles Cured in 0 to 14 Day PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. SO cents. RELIGIOUS ACROBATS. Dangerous Atrial Slid. Annually Per formed In India. India offers many curious things In the way of religion, and the strangest of them all is the aerial slide, which is performed annually at Kulu, In the Himalayas. At a point where there Is a clil overhanging a precipitous gorge several hundred feet In width and a hundred feet in depth a rope Is wade fast to the rock. The other end of thi U carried across the gorge and there secured to a stake. The total length of the rope between the two poiuts is when drawn taut 2,500 feet, and the eud attached to the cliff Is several hun dred feet higher than that fastened ou the opposite side of the ravine. Thus a Elide Is cootrired, and It Is a danger ous one to nil aniearance. - It Is dowu this Incline that the per former has his path. For the lo.' .: journey a sort of saddle Is provided made of wood, with boles in It, through which the rnpe passes. But before a start Is made the whole length of the rope Is wet to prevent the saddle from catching fire from the friction. The performer sits astride this seat, and to his legs are fastened bags of saud, which serve two purposes they euable him to mnlntalu an upright position during his llghtnlng-Uke descent, and they Increase the momentum. The lower end of the rope Is carefully wound with bits of carpet to check the speed . lefore the stake is resched. Without this precaution the performer would be dashed to pieces. The terrific velocity of the descent for the first few hundred yards Is shown by the stream of smoke that trails from the wake of the saddle, de spite the fact that the rope has been wet. Afterward the Incline diminishes somewhat, and the pace becomes corre spondingly slower. By the time the goal Is reached the Jherl, as the per former Is called, Is able to come to a standstill without disaster. This slide in the air Is supposed to reveal the will of the gods as to the crops of the approaching season. If the perilous trip Is accomplished la safety a plentiful harvest Is assured. Naturally, therefore, every care Is tak en to minimize the dangers of the per formance. The ceremony Is of ancient origin, and those who engage In It as Jherl form a small caste apart New York Tribune. ROYAL STRONG ARMS Famous Monarchs That Rivaled tffb Mighty 'Samson. AMAZING FEATS OF MUSCLE. Hoarse cough and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia over over night are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, as it soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the ays- tem. . . ;j!ri;l::fj The Emperer Maximianus Could Lift Thro Men With On Hand Augus tus the Strong of Saxony Carried a Hore and Its Rider on Hit Baok. Curiously enough, a large perceutags of the notably strong men of history have been of royal blood. One of the earliest of these royal athletes was Maxlmuiuus, called "Maximianus Her cules" 'becauxe of bis great strength. He was the son of a peasant and bad an enormous physique. He became a common soldier and was finally mad emperor by acclaim of his fellow sol diers during a stormy period of Ro man history. Maximianus' strength was prodi gious. It was said that on foot be could run down a fox, that b could lift three men with one band and that by gripping the wheel of a chariot with one ringer be could resist the pnll of three horses. Like most men of great physical strength, Maximianus was a heavy eater. History records that his dully allowance was forty pounds of meat and eighteen bottles of wine. Augustus the Strong of Saxony was another of these royal Samsons. H would often seize two of his courtiers, grasping one with his right band and another with his left, holding them up at arm's length and playfully twirling them about. . ,; On one occasion the horse ridden by one of bis attendants became balky and refused to bud.'jo. After some min utes of coaxing the king dismounted, placed his Herculean shoulder under the horse's chest, grasping it by the fore legs, aud calmly walked away with both horse and rider. This re markable performance was witnessed by a number of courtiers and attend ants.. , .., . . i. ' , King ltkhard of England ("Coeur tie Lion"; bad tremeudous strength. Dur ing bis captivity in Germany, be gave a terrible demonstration of bis physical powers. The son of one of the ward ens was a youth locally renowned for bis muscular strength aud in his as surance Invited the royal captive to nu exchange of buffets. The young man by a cast of the dice, won the right to the first stroke and struck tho king a staggering' blow pu the side, of the head. It was then the king's turn, and he landed a blow Just behind bis op ponent's car so heavy that the man' was Instnntli: Wiled. .. . This ImTJtuit Is used In 61r Walter Scott's futmma historical novel "Ivan hoe." where King Richard, tha "Black Knight,", and the Jolly outlaw Friar Tuk bsve an exchange of buffets, without, however, any fatal result. Din Pedro I., emperor of BrasQ, Is also on the list of royal strong men. Ou the occasion of a carnival be ar ranged matters so that be was stand ing on the Ixiw of the royal barge be tween two of his stateliest courtiers. Suddenly In the midst of tb festivities the king reached out, grasped a court ier with each hand, and, after holding them for a few moments squirming In the sir and begging to be released, t relaxed his grip and allowed thsm to drop plump Into the water, amid the frantic applause of tb bug crowd that hsd assembled to view their mon arch. The king joined heartily In tb general hilarity, but what tb drenched courtiers thought about this exquisite Joke Is not recorded. Peter the Great of Russia, Ilk Char lemagne, possessed great physical at welt as mental power. His years of work as blacksmith and ship carpen ter had so developed a naturally pow erful physique that be was believed to be the strongest man In Russia. The story is told that a certain blacksmith In a little country town bad boasted that he was th only black smith In the world who could lift his own anvil. The emperor, bearing of the blacksmith's boast, disguised him self as a workman and with a single companion set out for tha blacksmith's village, On learning of their errand the blacksmith, without a word laid aside bis tools and. grasping th anvil with hts brawny bands, lifted It with great effort about a foot from the floor. Tben Peter took hold of . the anvil, raised it a foot, two feet, three, higher and higher, tfll be Anally swung It to bis shoulder and calmly walked away with It. ,,. , Charlemagne was said to be the most powerful man physically of his time. One of bis favorite feats of strength was to break the heaviest horseshoe by gripping It with one hand. - A worthy successor of Peter the Great was the late Czar Aloxander III., who was one of the strongest men lo tb world. He was often called "the Russian Barnson." Tb czar's regular visiting card was a Russian coin some what larger than our silver quarter, which be would bond almost double with his powerful fingers. Alexander was also fond of breaking horseshoes, and it Is said be never found one he could not break In two. Ho could take two fresh packs of cards and by gripping tbo ends with bis hands tear them straight down through the middle. . . It Is said that on one occasion a wo mun companion expressed a wish for o bnuipict bolder in which to place n large bunch of rones. The czar took n pewtflj tankard from a table nearby and with a row motemsuu of nts pow erful hands fashioned It Into rough bat ptctarwsqu and quit aBctast tju qutt holder,-W, R. a tttson to K lork Trlban. 8btorlk to th Moralng AtiorUut, tb local newij full Associated Prt report. Delivered by carrier, 65 cents per month. Covert th cntir lower LET US TELL YOU ABOUT Tungsten Electric Lamb Greatest advance in lighting method tine th Invention of Incandescent lamp. EXAMPLE 32 C. P. Ordinary slectrlc lamp consumes ,. 110 watt pr hour 32 CP. "Tungsten" !ctrlc lamp consume , ...... 40 watt pr boor Saving . . . . 70 watts ptf'boBr By using "Tungttw" lamps you can get 275 pr ctnt incrtat in light for in aam con or in oiner word can n tv th tarn quantity of Illumination for SS per cent of th cost of lighting with ordinary kctrie lamp, The Astoria Electric Co. SCO! M BRASS & IRON 170RKS Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Engineers. up-wi'ai sawmill Macninry 11th and Franklin Av. Prompt attention gifts to all repair work. TL Mala 2411 Hack, CarrUgee-Bsggage Checked and Transferred-Tracks sad Ptwsdtan Wigon .-Piano Moved, Boxed and Shipped 4MCnmiaUtrtw,;,t, .. Mia M it ; TIDE TABLE IFOR DECEMBER DECEMBER, High Water. ECtl Tuesday .. Wednesday Thursday . Friday .... Saturday . SUNDAY Monday .. , Tuesday ,, Wednesday Thursday . Friday .... Saturday . SUNDAY Monday , Tuesday .. Wednesday Thuneday . Friday .... Saturday .. BUWDAZ . Monday .... Tuesday ... Tuesday ... 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