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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1909)
SUNDAY, FKBRUARY 3, 1909. JO rww ww wwtvt Don't fail to take advantage of our ..,.Big Special Sale of. THE MORNING AJTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OUEGON. 1 I Ml II IHUM1III llllll I lllil'ltl m Ignorance of Physicians of the! jn ) i1 In n j It rn ri I ; Eighteenth Century. UJ UiiallU U AJJLLaU U UUUuUVLji: V U La La . D I i " , 1 IB CROCKERY i A. V. ALLEN . Sole Acent for . . . Barringtoa Halt Steel Cut C0FFEEi40CCAN Phones 73t. 3871. Branch Uniontown 4 liiiifumiittt IEALTHIEST CG1ID TY ON COAST ASTORIA'S PROUDEST PROVEN BOAST AND FIGURES TO SUBSTANTIATE IT. With 15,000 people belonging to her nri livin in her midst Astoria iiwlthiest dtv on the Pacific Craat. This w pleasant boast; and the people here are fond of making it be cause there no one nor any recora to gainsay it, and plenty to prove H and make it plain. The omcial recoru xt the office of Dr. Clara Reames, are perhaps the most direct proof to be had, and the Astonan is glad to pre tent some 6gures taken from the year's estimates a made tip by this eompetent and obliging'official, all of which will be incorporated in her health report to the common coun cil in due course of time. For instance, with the population tuoted, there were but 123 deaths in this city last year from all causes; of these 14 were from drowning and ac cidents of other sorts, including one ulcide and one street accident Of a total of eight cases of typhoid, Vut one originated within the city, the ther seven coming in from the sur rounding country and notably from the Washington shore; and of the tight, four were fatal. There was but one case of smallpox during the year and that was imported, and did not prove fatal. Of the total number of deaths 21 were due to tuberculosis and three due to cancer, and all of the 24 were from outside the city limits. Of these deaths there were 21 be tween the ages of SO and 60 years; 11 between the ages of 60 and 70; eight between the ages of 80 and 90. And two of them were due to inanition. Infant mortality was extremely light as indicated by the total of 16 as be tween the ages of one and 12 years. There were 236 children born in As toria last year; an even 100 girls and 136 boys. During that period there were but 30 homes subjected to quar ontine for the milder maladies such as scarletina, diphtheria, and a few in stances of the measles. The citys health is safeguarded by 12 physic ians who are among the first and best informed to vouch for the healthful ness of the City-by-the-Sea. Astoria is in possession of one of the finest hospitals on the coast, St Mary's, the management of which is perfect and the success of which is commensurate with the extraordinary care and interest manifested by the good sisters in charge of it. BEGINS NEW YEAR RIGHT. FW YORK. Jan. 2. One of the first babies to be born in New York in the New Year entered the world on the Third avenue elevated station at 7:30 o'clock last night. Mrs. Elixa Christen, 23 years old of Eliiabeth, r. T.. is the mother. She was on her wav to a hospital accompanied by her brother when the stork made his vis it When an ambulance surgeon ar rived a baby girl crying loudly was found. MAY GROW TURKISH TOBACCO WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-A firm of Turkish cigarette manufacturers have asked the governor of Kentucky to aid in having Turkish tobacco grow in that state, it is declared by the bureau of manufactures.. The firm states that the importations of this tobacco increased to nearly $4,000,- 000 last year, afiainst only $12,000 12 vtars ago. The cheapest Turkish to bacco sold in New York is at 65 cents pound, not including 35 cents duty. NAVY TRANSFERS. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Lieutenant J. Meade. United States Marin Corps, in charge of the Chicago re cruiting station, has been ordered to Guantanamo, Cuba. He will be suc ceeded here by Lieutenant Ben A. Lewis of the battleship Maine. Three companies of marines, which will take charge of the defenses in the Ha waiian Islands, are now speeding west on the way to the coast from Washington. JUST TOOK A RIDE, NEW YORK, Jan. 2 Charged with grand larceny because he was seen driving a taxicab in a zigzag course up Ninth avenue last night, Frank Chambers, a boy of 16, declares that he did not steel the automobile, but that the automobile-stole him. When arrested he said that he merely climbed in the seat in the chauffeur's absence started and he was unable to stop or steel it JUDGE YOAKUM DEAD. FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 2. Ttidze C. H. Yoakum, general attor ney for the Frisco Lines in Texas and brother of B. F. Yoakum, chairman the Frisco-Rock Island board, is TORTURE FOR THE PATIENTS. of dead at his home here as a an attack of apoplexy. result of BIG TASK AHEAD. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 2. All Hindu and Sikh communities outside of India will be organized in a gen eral federation. This is the big task which the Teja local and Sikh leader has just undertaken. They are now in correspondence with native leaders of ( What He Needed. A sovereign would tempt many men, and when Pllmklns. making a few pur chases at the stores, saw one lying on the floor just by the counter he Quiv ered with excitement. Glancing around to reassure himself that none was lucking, he quite acci dentally dropped one of his kid gloves neatly on the colu and then dived. He got the glove all right, but still the sov e reign remained. A shopwalker approached him. "Good morning, sir," said the man, rubbing his hands together In the ap proved style, "and may I show you a bottle of our celebrated liquid glue, which stlelis'- London Mall. The Cellar 8tairs. A man who once bad a bad fall when going down his cellar stairs now has correspondence wun native icauers uii. "... , , . . r. 1 . v v a broad strip of white painted on the South Africa, Maurt.us, Hong Kong,! d c. fh(, ,a(it gtep the Strait Settlements, Lnited States, ls eaglly va, t,vea if the cellar be and the British West Indies. The ad-J dark, and many a nasty accident la r , f . ..Ji 1 . t.1..,i IS 4 .. Iw,iin fu lonfu1 11 ml vancement 01 material ana morai wei-r awwra, n iuv uuu i t.uiv fare as well as concerted action to ad- do not 111 to paint the boards n t I . I . I.I... 1 1 . . . 1. ..nn Y.n t.flL'ad (JieCe VI lV!iHC 1.1!' KtlU ire mvaiu vise countrymen at home of the most suitable fields for emigration is aim ed at. NATIONAL WAREHOUSE. BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 2,-Ac-eording to A. C. Logan, one of the leading livestock dealers of Eastern Montana, the establishment of a Na tional storage warehouse in Chicago for the handling of a large portion cf the wool of tbe Northwest is now assured as a sufficient amount of wool has been pledged and representatives from the different states which will ship their wool to the enterprise will leave in a short time for Chicago, where a meeting will be held and a board of directors elected. This board will number 15, of whom 9 will come from the six Northwestern states which are interested in the proposition. in the floor at the foot of the stairs, See that the tB'-klnr? Is securely done or a worse fu!1. v.v.w follow than from a mlBgauged step.-Phlladelpula Preas. Dotfocd. "I trot mv wife through advertising." "Then you'll admit that advertising navsr "I'll admit that it brinira results." was the cautious reply. Louisville Courler-Jourwil. Try our own mixture of coffee the I. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Mair The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S Every Ailment Beyond Diagnosis Was Classed a Fever, and Pllla, Plas ter, Burning and Bleeding Were the Regulation Remedies. The- proverb "The remedy la worn j than the disease" must have been coin- J ed tn the eighteenth ceutury, when; physicians treated their imtleut with ; a violence that bordered on assault j and battery. U was held that alekaeaa was some kind of a demon that must , be overcome by pills, plasters, bleedlui j and burning, and If the patient !uol-; dentally got the full effect of tbe tor- j rare and died, so much the worse for . him. Air and water were considered 1 the most dangerous things for a alok , person to have, and hla misguided de mand for them was Interpreted at a j sign that he abould hava still less.) The windows were shut aud th cur-1 nf . four iH-wter tkhtlv drawn around the recumbent unfortunate gasping for bivatb. If he burned with fever the blanket were plied on him. A desire for water meant that be could have none, while a lack of appetite proved that be ought to be ruffed with food. A bath wa positively un thinkable. The deadly result of breathing -night air" were accentuated by med ical writers, say 8. G. Tallentyro In the Cornhlll Magaslne. All ah was bad. but the night quality often prov ed fatal to "young ladle of beauty, fortune and great merit" and to "young gentlemen of part and breeding." One hnM medico recommended that a bed chamber should be ventllated-ln th riai-tima Another dared to augsest that consumptive might benefit from ' sleeping in a pure atmosphere, ine rule for abiutiona was "hand often. feet seldom, head never, but a pcyal- cian far in advance of hla age sur mised that invalid might bathe their feet la warm water once a week aud under extraordinary circumstances take a warm bath once a month. Overeating and drinking caused many of the disease of tbe upper riflfMM. Montenmileu said that dinner killed one half of the Fartsiana and upper the other half. Everywhere It wn tha custom to oil the table with mailt heef. mutton, canons, boar beads, pasties, cream, stuffings and j mtnMmeata. A tearful repast 01 twelve tnxtn.,ii.u Mtinuv vii hrmtffht on all t lUUIflCOlWIV ww.ww " 1 1 together, so that the diner knew what j was expected of them. A large breaa- fast of small beer and meat preceoea the Eirantlc midday meal when people enjoyed a Gargantuan gorge for three j hoar and spent two more in raniia ti tan Dotations. After thi me gentle men toined tbe women for a aian or tea In the drawing room, and it was 1 not long before the whole party of hu man anacondas returned to the dining j room for a supper on the cold rem- j nanta of the dinner. Amid this orgy , of gluttony Walpole and Voltaire were : distinguished for an abstinence mat prolonged their lives. 1 Heavy drinking was universal ano ; rarely reprimanded by medical men, j as by Dr. Tronchln. One Dr. Cbeyne j advised women not to take a whole i bottle a day. Another authority wrote a popular treatise in which the best means of atttalninft longevity was stated to be a bottle of wine at dinner and three elasses after. Those who fol lowed such advice were In danger or 1 being dubbed temperance cranks. A 1 story Is told of the celebtated ana con-1 vivial Dr. Garth, who was tipping bumpers at tbe Klt-Kat club when re minded that his patient needed at tention. " T1 no matter," said Garth, already half seas over, "If I see them or not Nine have uch bad constitu tion that all the doctor In the world can't save them, and the other sis have such eood that all the doctors io the world can't kill them." A nhvslclan named Brown became the pet of fashionable women by al ways prescribing pleasant remedies, "a glass of wine In the forenoon from time to time," "several glasses of port or punch after dinner till ome enliv ening effect la perceived from them." Together with Inordinate quantities of liquor and food, Dr. Brown recom mended to his male patient tbe com pany of "delightful young women. One of tbe natural consequence of such an agreeable regimen was the gout for which eignteentn cemury high liver took seas of liquid medi cines, mountain of pllla and bin of powders. Any disease beyond diagnosis was out down a "a fever." Whether ty phus or typhoid, scarlet or gastric, non contagious or violently infectious, any thing which caused a rise In tempera ture was ufflciently described by the term fever. Smallpox, scurvy, spotted and Jail fever were maladies distinctive of the age. Disinfection and first aid to natures were never dreamed of, while the patient was dosed with hor rible drafts and nauseating compounds and bled on every possible occasion. Louis XIV. was bled nine times for cartel fever. Bleeding killed the Duchess of Tremoullle and her hus band. When a mob attacked the Duke of Bedford's house In 1705 the doctors remedied the outrage by bleeding tbe duchess next morning. A young man who fell against a marble table' and cut bis head open was treated by hav ing a few pints of extra blood drawn from bis veins by an expert surgeon, glistering was esteemed next to bleed ing. A fashionable remedy for con sumption was a mash of raw snails, shells and ail, taken from a spoon. This is the time of the year that you can step into Judd Bros, fine store and buy a Benjamin suit or overcoat at cost This is a real sale and we do what we advertise. Any Benjamin suit or over coat in the store at 1-5 Off of the regular price. Our goods are all marked in plain figures and you can figure your own discounts $4o.oo Suits now - $32.00 $30.oo Overcoats now $24.oo 35.oo Suits now . 28.00 27.5o Overcoats now 22.oo 32.5o Suits now 26.oo 25.oo Overcoats now 20.oo 30.oo Suits now - 24.oo 22.5o Overcoats now I8.00 27.5o Suits now 22.oo 20.o6 Overcoats now I6.00 25.00 Suits now - 20.oo I8.00 Overcoats now 15.40 22.5o Suits now - I8.00 15.oo Overcoats now !2.oo 20.oo Suits now - I6.00 Sale A of Boys' Clothing' We are closing out our entire stock of boys' clothing at less than what we paid for it. We have decided not to carry boys' clothing any more and we have on hand over 400 suits which we are going to close out in the next 60 days at 2-3 their original value. Call early and get your choice before the sizes and best suits are all gone - - - - - - - $12,oo Boy's Suits now JO.oo Boy's Suits now 9.oo Boy's Suits now 8.oo boy's suits now 7.00 boy's suits now 6.00 boys suits now 5,oo boys suits now 4.oo boys suits now 3.5o boys suits now : $8.00 0.70 6.00 5.35 4.65 4.00 3.35 2.65 2.35 $15.00 boys Overcoats now 12.00 boys Overcoats now JO.OO boys Overcoats now 9.00 boys Overcoats now 8,00 boys Overcoats now 7.00 boys Overcoats now 6.00 boys Overcoats now 5.00 boys overcoats now : 10.00 0.00 0.65 0.00 6.35 4.65 4.00 3.35 Now these are the best values ever offered in this city and if you have to buy any boys clothing you had better come and see for yourself. No chances taken nothing given away. Just honest goods at honest prices that's all. The Woolen Mill Store. 557 Commercial Street