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
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That is
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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
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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
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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.
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Cold Weather Specials
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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
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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.
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Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers
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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. In one of his
notebooks he tells this Incident, which
must have amused the great Chnrle
Darwin:
"Frank Darwin told me bis father
was once standing near the hippopota
mus cago when a little boy and girl,
aged four and five, came up. The hip
popotamus shut his eyes fof a" minute.
. "'That bird's dead,' said the little
girl. 'Corns. alQig.' '
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