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THE WEATHER
Oregon and Washington Rain in
west; rain or snow in east; colder ex
cept on coast
OUR.-DEFY."
Everything that is essential to be
done this year must be done, of
course; this much goes without dis
eussion; but they are looking for on
abatement of everything that can be
so disposed; and there will be some
surprise for all concerned if this limt
tation i wilfully exceeded. We are
speaking by the card, and we do not
doubt the members of the council are
as well posted in this important pre
mise as we are. It is only fair the
people should know the warning has
publicly, and on this
Astoria can, and does, boast honest
ly of her prime health record.
Think of but 123 deaths inl908 In
this city of 15,000 people, , , ,
And of these, 21 were of consump
tion, and 3 of cancer, aQ from abroad; gone forth
and 14 due to drowning txti accident, ground the Astorian has ventured to
Xo citT of this siie ia all this eoun- Jotter it.
try caa pat cp a better slewing oa !ts The year is not propitious for the
flkial records; especiaSy a 36 of launching of any big uutul civic pro
these deaths 1 ccwed , between theljects; On the contrary, it is peculiar'y
ages of 50 and 90 rears. f appropriate for the exercise of cau
These plain facts, aoppleaaented tTtioa, scrutiny, economy and a definite
the correlative figures of 238 births, i interest ia the welfare of those whose
100 girls and 138 boys, give the money pays the bills. This mast be
world distinctly to understand that ' anion the controlling elements of
m are "some nemokins" when it f administrative operation in 1909 or
comes to holding our own CD a census
program.
Beat it, if you can.
AMERICA'S PURSE.
We want the Congress to under
stand right now that no man in all
this section cares a rap how loose
they hold the purse-strings of the
United States when it comes to deal
bg right with the stricken thousands
in the Mediterranean. Do as we were
done by when onr own San Francisc i
lay in ruins and her thousands were
down and out Forget nothing, and
do all that may be demanded of a
great rich country such as this with
millions on millions in deep and right
eous sympathy, and other millions
on millions wherewith to properly
express that sympathy. Never was
there a cause so appealing, and never
purse so full as ours. Give with
abundance, and know the people are
squarely behind you.
there will le something doing in more
than one direction.
MUST MEET THE DEMAND.
WANTED EXACT FACTS.
"Reverting to the accounts of the
auditor and police judge, as compared
with the statement submitted to yon
at the end of 1907, we consider that
if the present ledger was turned over
to any accountant, no matter how
competent he might be,,unless he
knew the history of the charges
against certain streets and was fami
lar with the amendments recently
made to the city charter, or had the
auditor to explain both, it would oe
practically impossible for him to make
an intelligent report from the face of
said ledger. Your auditor cannjt
without further instructions from you
make it any more intelligible, for this
reason."
The foregoing extract is taken from
the report of the experts, of date Feb
ruary lSth, last, to the Common
Council, upon -the conclusion of their
examination of the city books. Com
jing from such men as handled this mat-
With the utmost respect f ir ter becomes one of peculiar significance
Astoria's governing body, the Cora-j because of unquestioned correctness
mon Council, as such, and for its in- of their conclusions and the warranty
dividual members, the Morning they had for drawing them; signifi
Astorian hazards the caution, ascer- cant of a condition, not necessarily
tained direct from the people, that i wrong, or suspicious, or hurtful as t
there is something expected this year , the public accounts, but of a glarin
!n the waw of abridgement of (he fin- 'ambieuitv in Dublic records that
ancial programs here for 1909. There j should not exist Upon such a pred
is evidently no disposition toward par- cate alone, the council will be amply
justified m launching a searching and
crucial examination of the books of
the city for at least a period of six
years, and at the hands of an outside
taxpayers and of the extraordinary expert who can give the time neccs
load they are carrying. sary to the widest possible range of
They are not asking for anything; scrutiny and who, from the stand-
they are standing squarely upon their point of professional engagement, may
simony, nor any hide-bound policy,
nor" hard-and-fast doctrine of econ
omy; but a quiet, insistant, rational
claim for public consideration of the
rights and waiting to see what trend
developes at the city hall; and this,
in the hope that the new policies will
be such as to ease and gratify them:
not leave such an eccentric condition
unsolved.
Such a step, just now, would be
appreciated everywhere in the city;
In any other event there is a strong j it is timely, and a peremptory rule
disposition to interfere by injunction
and such expedients as may address
themselves to the situation.
Cleanses the System Efect
ually.Dispels Colds andnead
acnes due to Constipation;
Acta naturally, acts Truly as
a Laxative.
BestforMenvomen and Child
rcn-Vbunanrl Old.
t. its lJeneicial Effects
Alwavs kuY.tae Genuine wkich
has ine jull name o the Com-
CALIFORNIA
J Snap Co
by whom it is manufactured . printed on me
front of every package.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS,
one sire onj, regular price 50 f bottle.
everywhere; the people would like
to know exactly where they stand,
and the course would be of distinct
advantage to the officers themselves
who have had charge so long. And it
may be taken without, in the remotest
manner or vaguest suggestion, calling
into account the perfect faith of those
officers. No man feels that there is
anything of deliberate wrong any
where along the line; but a general
solution of whole situation and the
elimination of just such points as the
experts have made, would go far to
ward establishing a sence of relief
and the pleasant conviction that all
is well and better than -we knew.
WILL SEND THEM TO JAIL.
.CHICAGO, Jan. 4. With precau
tions to safegupard its secrets re
doubled, the federal grand jury today
resumed its investigation of the rela
tions between the big packing estab
lishments in Chicago and the rail
roads. United States District Attor
ney Sims said he demanded jail sent
ences for any witness who divulged
the secrets of the jury room and also
promised similar treatment to any
ward establishing a sense of relief
tion from any witness.
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Legend of Louis de Berquem and
the Celebrated Gem.
A NIGHT LAMP FOR A KING.
Checkered Career ef the Brilliant Stene
After the Death ef Chart the Timid.
Some Facts About the Invention ef
Diamond Cutting.
Louts de Berquem, says tradition,
was a poor Jeweler's workman, but
be fet! In love with the daughter of a
wealthy jeweler. This avaricious fa
ther would not give hts daughter In
marriage to any man not possessed of
gold. Louts, having neither "expecta
tions from relatives nor favor at
court, sought to make his fortune. De
had often heard the father of his be
loved remark that the man who discov
ered a method of cutting diamonds
would become very wealthy, for op to
that time they knew nothing more
than to scrape oil the gravel, and the
diamond was left in Its native state.
Nelher lime, fire nor the mill could af
fect the diamond.
After many investigations and deep
thought Louis bethought himself that
iron is fashioned with steel, which Is
only hardened iron, and it occurred to
him that perhaps the diamond would
yield to the diamond. He made an I
experiment, which waa at once crown
ed with success.
A few days later be presented him
self before the rich Jeweler with two
diamonds cut Into facets. lie obtained
the hand he sought and amassed a
great fortune by his secret, which he
divulged -only after he had become
wealthy.
King Charles the Timid was the
principal customer of Louis de Ber
quem. Tbe fastidious enemy or Louis
XL then possessed a large diamond,
since become celebrated, accounted
among the finest of precious stones
But this diamond was ill shapen, and
the fires which it held burned in vain.
Louis de Berquem cut and polished
this stone, and nothing could equal the
Joy of Charles tbe Timid when tbe
Jeweler brought him the great dia
mond, so glittering with light that it
lit up the darkness, and this to such
an extent that the prince said, "It will
serve me as a night lamp." Berquem
received 3.000 ducats for his work.
As for the diamond, this is the one
which was found In January, 1477, on
the body of Charles the Timid after
tbe battle of Nancy. A soldier picked
it np, sold it for one gold piece to a
priest, who in turn sold it for three
pieces of gold to a merchant, who took
it to tbe Duke of Florence.
From tbe hands of this prince It
passed into tbe possession of the king
of Portugal. He sold it for 70,000
francs to one of the companions of
Henri ni., Nicholas de Hariay, baron
of Sancy. Since this time tbe first
large diamond to be cut Is known as
"the Baney." ,
This legend leads to other considera
tions of the cutting of diamonds as
cribed to Louis de Berquem at Brus
sels in 14C5.
Hardly any one will assert boldly
that no diamonds were cut before that
date, but it Is reasonable to suppose
that Louis de Berquem regulated cut
ting by arranging the facets.
Long before the birth of Louis de
Berquem cutting was known in India.
Even in Europe we find among the
treasures of the churches thick dla
monds cut into table and culet, tbe
upper sides beaten Into sections. In
13C0, according to tbe inventory of the
Jewels of Louts, duke of Anjoo, is
found an entire series of cut diamonds.
There Is mention of a flat diamond
with six sides, of a heart shaped dia
mond, of a diamond with eight sides,
of a lozenge shaped diamond, of a dia
mond pointed on four sides and of a
reliquary in which was set a diamond
cut in the shape of a shield.
History Informs us that 150 years
before the first work of Louts de Ber
quem there were at Paris, at the cor
ner of the Corroyerle, several diamond
cutters.
The Duke of Burgundy, after a fas
tidious repast given at the Louvre to
the king and tbe French court In 1403,
offered to bis noble guests eleven dia
monds estimated to be worth 780
pieces of gold, the money of the pe
riod. ,
It Is hardly possible to suppose that
these 'were uncut diamonds; all of
which goes to prove, notwithstanding
some opinions, that Louis de Berquem
did not invent the process of diamond
cutting. , . ,
it is no less Interesting to follow tbe
fortunes of the Sancy a little farther.
It remained in the Bancy family some
time, and .Henri lit took it from
them. It waa destined to serve as a
pledge for tbe raising of a body of
Swiss soldiers, but the servant intrust,
ed with bringing this diamond to tbe
king was attacked, put to death, and
the diamond waa thought to be lost
Finally it waa discovered that the
servant bad been assassinated in the
forest of Dole and through tbe care
of tbe priest had been buried in the
village cemetery. Then the Baron de
Sancy resolved that tbe diamond most
not be luat In fact ther found It In
the stomach of the hapless, faithful I
servant, who swallowed it at tbe mo- I
meut that he fell According to the
Inventory of 1701 the Sancy weighed
33 carats.
It disappeared tn 1792 to reappear in
Russia. Its value b estimated at a
million franca. Before tbe revolution
it was among the French crown Jew-
els. New York World.
Silence Is sometimes the severest
criticismBaxter.
White and Red Wines.
White and red wine owe their dif
ference to the fact that, while the for
mer is permitted to ferment without
the grape skirts, these are allowed to
remain in tbe case of tbe latter. The
color of the grapes makes no dlffereoc
whatever to the color of the wine
which they produce, for tbe Juice of
all grapes is as nearly as possible col
orless. For Instance, the grape which
yields champagne la almost black in
outward appearance.
Fishor Brothers Company
SOLE AGENTS
Marbour and Finlaysoa Salmon Twinta and Netting
McCormick Harvesting Machines ....
Oliver'Cbilled Ploughs
Sharpies Cream Separators
Raecolith Flooring Slarrett'i Tools
Hardware, Groceries,; Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Braat Goods,
Paints, Oils and Class ,
Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Scln Web
Wo Wont Your Trodo
FISHER BROS.
BOND STREET
NAME MEANS 80MITHINO.
When A. B. Petersen built and
named the "Modern" barber shop, h
meant that it should stand lor what
it wai called. No patron hat misted
m tingle rcatuiv w in wivun m im
torlal parlor tt that houses and every
new dtvict la the way of perfect
comfort and lervica ia constantly add
ed at It dcvtlopc . Th latest la aa
expert bootblack, tht be it la th
butinett; a qualification ' that auket
hit employment really oder.
Over the Telephone.
"Is this Dr. Smlthr
Tes.
"Well, this Is Mrs. Jones. I wish you
would come over as soon as conven
ient My cuckoo clock has a little
throat trouble."-IIarpr"s Weekly.
His Mentor,
From the time a boy sits under a
street comer electric light playing
with toads until be is blind and tooth
less be has to account to some woman
why be didn't come borne earlier.
Atchison Globe.
" Not Like His Parent
"Do yon think Mr. Sktnnum'a baby
will take after Its fatberr
"Not at all. Tho other day they per
tuaded It to conch up a nickel It bad
swallowed." Exchn nse.
Doing Good Service.
Bill Is that watch your father gave
yon ten years ago still doing good serv
ice? Jill Yes. I pawned It again today
for the twentieth time. London Opin
ion. .It never occurs to fools that merit
and good fortune are closely milted.
Goethe.
The Astorian advertisements catch
Jeha Fea, Pres. ' F. L. Biahop, Sec Astoria laving Wm, Treat
Nelsoa Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Sopt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
DESIGNERS AND MANUP4CTURERS
OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ...
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFIT! FURNISHED.
Correapoiidewce Solkhed. Foot of Fowrtaj ttreet
JANUARY TIDE TABLE.
S6e Quelle
ELEVENTH STREET
Opposite (he BakcronUn
CHICKEN TAHALES
EVERY EVENING J
HOME-MADE, and of tht choice
ingredients; put up under tupervia
loa that guarantees their perfect
freedom from alt deleterious matter.
MRS, F. WOOLLEY
PROPRIETRESS
JANUARY 1909.
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"Two years ago a tevere cold settled on my lungs and so completely prostrated me that I waa
anable to work and scarcely able to stand. I then waa advised to try Or. Klng'a New Discovery and
after using one bottle I went back to work, as well at I ever was." "
, ... - .,: W. J. ATKINS, Banner Spring!, Tean,
PRICE COC
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AND $1.00
nuutkAS oc ftUH, Ua UGGISTSr
Nature provides
bit one
CALIFORNIA
It it the natural winter
home of many thou
sands of the world's
best people. Under the
gentts Influence o( It
mild winter climate,
every amusement and
recreation tboands.
"bathing, boating, fish
ing, driving, tuch pic
nlct, parties and "Jollifications."
:C0 TO:
Lot Angeles, Pato
Roblet ' Hot Springs,
Hotel del Monte, San
ta Barbara, San Diego,
Santa Monica, Venice,
Long Beach, Santa
Crui, or a tcora of
similar retorti and you
will find health, con
ga a I a I surroundings,
hospitable associates,
faultless accommoda
tion! and numberlest
attractions and con-venlencea.
The0.R.(aNsCo.
, COKNBCTlKc'wiTH""
The Southern Pi chic Co
Makes inexpensive round
trip excursion ratei to Cal
ifornia. A six months stopover
ticket Portland to
LosAngeles and return
is $55.00
Corresponding ratei are In
effect to other polnta.
We have tome very distinc
tive literature covering Cali
fornia'! winter resorts, and
will take pleasure In giving
you all of the information
and assistance at our com
mand. . . . '
For tickets, sleeping car reser
vations, etc., call on, tele-'
'.'. graph, or write
WM. McMURRAY, Gen. Pata
. Agt Portland, Oregon.