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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1909)
THE MORNING AJTOIUAN, ASTORIA. OltEGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1909 Specials For January . 30 per-cent Off :t 'J. on Cut Glass and Hand Painted China 20 per-cent Off on Decorated Harviland China ' - IO per-cent Off cn all other goods in the Crockery Department A. V. ALLEN Barriugton Hatl Steel Cut COFFEE 40C CAN Phones 731. 3871. 1 Branch Untontown NFW YORK LETTER NEW YORK, Jan. I0.-Those in position to watch the rise and fall of ; Attorney Jerome' oflice are wonder ing wneiner u is uui auuui umv that strenuous public official to begin bis annual crusade on the gambling Iratertiity. Just as Christmas, New Years and election day roll around so does this' winter visitation to those palace wherein the gilded youth of this old town gather by nightlight to woo the elusive Goddess of Chance. This annual tightening of the lid, as an welcome as n iu iu jm.v ionai sons of fortune who make the metropolis their favorite anchorage, is a calandar event It comes off as re gularly as the American youth cele brates his Fourth of July, with the difference that, whereas celebration is lacking, it ushers in a period of mour ning for the irrepressible gambler. Just when the District Attorney this winter will glance at his calandar and decide to "shut down the lid" is a mystery which he and his intimates at police headquarters are jealously guarding. When the time arrives the "tip will go around, form what sourc will remain cart of the mystery. Of coarse, no politician or policeman would be so careless as to fail to tip eff a gambling friend of an impending raid. Squads of Commissioner Bing ham's plainclothes men from various precincts will swoop down on the gambling houses and, as the news papers say, "the war on the gamblers is on." These little "raids" have all the appearances of the real article. In fact, some of the policemen them selves, those recently come on the force, will believe they 'are aiding in "a vice crusade," as Mr. Comstock would remark in a moment of piety.' The "raiding parties" do their duty. They smash in resisting doors with the gamblers, and the "raids" termi nate with much show of appeasing Justice. ing the names of these unfortunates who are apearing for trial ( Verily, money is not without its salving influ ence, even in New York This mid-winter police activity, however, is not without its good ef fects. For a moment the outside world, which in New York means all those square miles of America not in cluded in Manhattan, is treated to the refreshing spectacle of this little old city purging itself of its sins. Those ru ral residents op-state who glory in the deeds of A. Comstock and his val iant band known as the Society for the Suppression of Crime shake their heads knowingly and say: "Weil.may be that fellar Jerome ain't so bad even if he does smoke them pesky cigar ettes." Now, does Mr. Jerome object to this honest, outspoken praise? He does not Perhaps later he'll be run ning for Governor, and when one is running for Governor those up-state, votes coonV- ' . t But Justice somehow is blind. Tis' metropolis annually a legion of busi true these knights of the faro bank nes and professional men from the and the roulette wheel give up cash jail climes who are not adverse to woo bail-real money, they would have you ing this goddess. Were it not for anderstand, for politicians and police men must live the same as other tnor-tals-but at the same time we'll admit that few court criers in New York lave even grown hoarse from shout- in the category of business, but before There la Only One "Bromo Quinine9' That is Laxative Br onto Quinine USED THE WORU1 OVER TO CURE A COLO III ONE DAY. Always remember the full name. Look tor this signature on every box. 25o. they depart for home there are few of them who have not bought a few stacksf chips and drunk of the cheer of some friendly palace of chance. Yea, mankind is but slightly different the world over, though we condition our morals as we approach or leave the home fireside. Little Italy is grief-stricken. To the thousands of sons and daughters of fair Italy who make up what the world commonly knows as NcwYorks "Little Italy," the blow which has just befallen their compatriots in Sicily has come with stunning force. But this calamity which has cost some 200.CXX) lives has a significance not to be comprehended except by the Ital ian mind. To be bereft of relatives and lifelong friends in a cataclysm 'coming as did that at Messina, Reggio and Catania is all bad enough, but the 1 thought that this fair country being j devasted, making it impossible for the sons and daughters of Italy in Amer-; ica to return to spend their declining ; years, makes their lives now seenv, empty of purpose. i It may not be understood by the Anclo-Saxon Deoole of America, but the average Italian comes to these shores largely because of the possibi lity of winning a fortune and then re turning to the land of his birth, there to live in comparative affluence. That land to him is always brighter, its skies sunnier and its government bet ter. than any soot on earth. .To the Italian, particularly those of sunny Sicily, his residence in the United States is only the means of the end. Italy for him is the ultimate goaL To tell him, therefore, that his Sicily is closed to him forever is like killing his hope of a future heaven. Little Italy will stretch forth the hand of charity to its stricken bretheren, but long after the present force of the great cataclysm is spent there will re main in the Italian heart that longing which comes of hopes blasted and am bitious unattained. In this respect, Italy's immigrants coming to these shores differ from those sent by England, France, Ger many, in fact, all those lands not Lat in. From most of the countries of Europe arrive annually thousands of hardy immigrants who readily and with enthusiasm born of hope of fu ture citizenship amalgamate with the great body of the American people. On the other hand, the Italian, with few exceptions, may be regarded al ways as an alien. Whether this hom- W,t ami tirht tn .0 nntw.rH msunct IS one IO painui.sm ur appearances, things in Fortune's gayemperment or some other reason, it world are more active than they would ; "-emains tnat sunny ira.y wn ... un- seem to the unitiated. aouutco "" Nor is the gilded youth of New ideal of nome. York, as much as he loves his fling j In substantiation of this, we may at fortune's wheel, alone responsible ' look to the immigration records of the past two years. These records show that more Italians by several thousands passed through New York outward bound than arrived at Ellis Island, that great gateway for the in coming immigrants. Some authori ties laid this to the financial depress ion in the United States, with hs re sultant lack of employment for thou sands of unskilled laborers, Granting this had something to do with the out go, to the Italians who remained be hind there was a deeper meaning. Ask any son or daughter of Italy and they may lay bare this secret. Behind it, too, may be the explanation of the Italian's disinclination to leave the crowded precincts of the big Ameri can cities when the farm lands of the West and South call insistently for cultivators . The cities, they soon learn, offer the greatest inducements for the fortune making. On the other hand, they take hold of agriculture reluctantly because, by the very nat ure of its requirements, they soon of ff ' THIRD ANNUAL rfl I ANNUAL. " .ANNUAL, j :8S SEP TAG SALE J sale; ' ' - - ' " ' I sale j 11 13 nl 11 n ill l I n LI ! -La u vn oil u y ULJ uu uuuuuuuuq n 1 Regular $2.25 Value Let any visitor gambling bent wan der along Broadway at this season armed with the opening wedge, which means a siieable bankroll; would he likely find opportunity to play at his favorite game of chance? Let him peek behind the drawn blinds of any of three certain brownstone houses, two on Forty-first street just off the "Great White Way" and the other on Forty-third street just adjacent to a well-known playhouse, and the ques tions perhaps will be answered. He need not be surprised if he hears the familar click of the falling chips or the whir of the spinning ivory ball. He would know that while the lid is Ml IB Petticoats 39 LiO EACH Five yards of guaranteed Heatherbloom or Feathersilk in each petticoat at 40c the yard: figure It up and you will attend the sale and supply yourself with one of these rare values today J NOTE Underwear and Bedding Greatly Reduced iSiiiiiitoE Dry Goods c o. later must become part of the destiny of the American commonwealth. Do you wonder why "Little Italy" mourns witn its rung ana us yuccn and its brethern at home? Iruly, these sorrowing children of Sicily have lost a future home. for this encouragement to our friend the genus gambler. There are among the thousands of visitors to the gay them perhaps these misguided sons of the green cloth would turn farmers, these visitors come ostensibly to buy goods or transact any and all things i! fJX. GILA MONSTER'S BITE. The Reptile Turns Over to Get Venem Into Its Victim. It was bis turning over habit that led me to the discovery as to the bite of the Gtla monster. This creature. more like a short, stocky snake with legs on than anything else, has no poi son fangs, like the rattlesnake, yet his bite may be just as dangerous. Bis poison teeth s re In his lower Jaw, and the. poison comes from a gland under the tongue. If be bltea without turn ing over the wound la not serious, hut If be turns over there is great danger. Dr. Snow of the University of Kan sas wrote me some time sgo of an ex perience be bed with the bite of Gila monster. The reptile was caught and put In a bucket, the top of which was covered with paper. The bucket wss then put In the wagon In which the doctor wss driving. As the road was somewhat rough, the bucket was bounced up and down, and In order to steady It Dr. Snow put bis hand behind him and took hold of the bucket thrusting his fingers through the newspaper cover on its top so that be could bold it se cure. Suddenly be flt the monster's grip on his Angers. Startled snd some what alarmed, be carefully pried the Jaws of the reptile open and released himself. The- wounds were such as any ordinary bite would have made, and he suffered no more inconvenience than might hare been expected. There are many stories current in Arizona and Sonora as to deaths that have occurred from Gila monsters' bites, but It Is hard to get at the facts. Careful experiments made with ani mals show that when the reptile bites and turns over, so that the poison flows down the tooth grooves Into the wound, the bitten creatures die In a short time. Suburban Life. k)R FATTY MEATS WITHOUT HAVING INDIGESTION 1 HAVE THIS OVER WITH NOW EAT FRESH BREAD Kid Yourself of Stomach Misery For- ever by Taking a Little Dispepsin Which Any Druggist Can Supply ' Don't Spend Another Miserable Moment When Relief is so Handy. 4He Mt ! Cold Weather Specials lip 1 ..ii-y-TiMM., 77:,y j m-mnmM,,r- j JfTTru?'TlTT'''ir''ri i "Willi Now is the time to lay in your supply of beverages for the . winter months f Vigeral Beif Tea $2.50 per juf Fluid beef in tubes 50c per dozen, ' high . grade Rock and Rye and all other stem- ., dard bottle goods at the most reason able prices. , . : MtWHWHMtWH4tWTl rown's Big' Odd Hill I tt ILnd tSale ! This is your opportunity to lay in your supply of Footwear at a great saving. Everything is included in this great sale, heavy winter shoes for men, women and children, dress shoes, house and bed room slippers, etc, A large assortment of odds and ends If your meals don't-tempt you, or you feel bloated after eating and you believe it is the food which fills you; if what little you eat lies like a lump of lead on your stomach; if there Is difficulty in breathing after eating, eructations of sour food and acid, heartburn, brash or a belching of gas, you can make up your mind that you need something for a sour stomach and Indigestion. To make every bite of food you eat aid in the nourishment and strength of your body, you must rid your Stomach of poisons, excessive acid and stomach gas which sours your en tire meal interferes with digestion and causes so many sufferers of Dys pepsia, Sick Headache, Nauseous breath and stomach trouble of all kind; Putrefying the intestines and digestive canal, causing such misery as Biliousness, Constipation, Griping, etc. Your case is no different you are a stomach sufferer, though you may call it by some other name; your real and only trouble is that which you eat does not digest, but quickly ferments and sours, producing almost any unhealthy condition. A case of Pape's Diapepsin will cost 50 cents at any Pharmacy here, and will convince any somach sufferer fiv minutes after taking 1 Triangule that Fermentation and Sour Stomach is causing the misery of Indigestion. No matter if you call your trouble Catarrh of the Stomach, Nervousness or Gastritis, or by any other name always remember that a certain cure is waiting at your pharmacist any time iyou decide to begin its use. Pape's Diapepsin will purify the sourest and most acid Stomach with in five minutes, and digest promptly, without any fuss or discomfort all of any kind of food you could eat. AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. I Phone 1881. 689 Commercial St. Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers TvtHMIMMIMtttHOtHTfMMMMHIWHH IS AT BELOW Come in today and pick out your sizes fer will appeal to the most economical COST TO The bargains we US of- C. V. BROWN The Family Shoe Man A Dead Bird. Samnel Butler, tho witty but eccen tric author of "Erewlion," wbldi means "Nowhere," and of many other remarkable and suggestive books, Is now more rend than during bis life time. He died In 1002. 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