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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-01

John Haru tho English actor. Is TO
play Martha Morton's comedy, "a Bach
olor's Romance" next sels0n- He has
engaged that charming little American
actress, Glydys Wallis TO play an I'm
portnnt part In tho comedy. Sol Smith
Russell had grOat success With this play
lAst saaadu.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-01
GENERAL.

The mrmllor Uf the Young Mons
Christian association of Snn Frunclsro
viii take some action soon In regard 10
forming new b0rkct.bnll league
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-01
GROWTH OF FORTUNE

Something A'su ~ s'-s1 I'''Sl OF
Woalth In New York City.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-01

Nra Fisleo's '-Tess OF tho DUrberVilles"
company win In recognized as tho strong
est that VIII support any star next sea-
son Frederick do Bellaville IN TO play
ono OF tho principal roles
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-01

John Lawson. the -terriblo swede." 4"
one Of tho famous long distance bicycle
riders Il touring the country with Ole
Olsen. tho dialect artist They Will be
seen out this way. later In tho season.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
The Rabbit Problem Solved.

The vexed question of the extermi-
nation of the Australian rabbit, which
has hitherto constituted the chief
problem that has confronted every an
tipodean administration, has at. length
received a satisfactory solution. Ihere
is no longer any necessity for invoking
the services of great scientists such
as the late DR.. Pasteur and Professor
Koch to devise means for their exter-
mination, for the invention of the cold
storage rooms on board ship has led to
the Dummies being exported in re-
frigerated condition to the omnivor-
GUS market of the mother country
Rabbit pie is a favorite dish in the
United Kingdom, and the rabbit which
could not be successfully canned fo1
transport and preservation is ROW leav-
ing Australia for England at such a
rate that soon there will not be single
one of them left in the antipodes.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04

at which the Weekly-more often the
monthly-mail was delivered.
One rainy afternoon after the mail
had come in, Arthur Lyons went up to
get the ever welcome letters and pa
pers from the east
While he was leaning against the
damp bar waiting for the man behind
it to look over the addresses of the
parcels that had come by post, he felt
heavy hand on his shoulder, and at
the same time he heard Red Snively
saying, in mocking, bantering tone
that meant mischief:
Come, Lyons, join me and We'll
drink to the health of the beauty of
Fairplay." s..
AS Arthur shook the fellows huge
hand from his shoulder he said, very
quietly: ...
II do not drink
"You don't, eh?" sneered Red Snive
81 do not"
''Then I'll drink for two"
The barkeeper handed Red Snively
bottle and glass. Half filling the
latter, he raised it toward his lips, but,
stopping as if he had suddenly changed
his mind he shouted, with an oath:
"No gentleman ever drinks alone!'
and with this he threw the contents of
the glass into Arthur Lyons face.
The unexected explosion of bomb
could not have caused greater con-
sternatiOn than did this unWarranted
act. Men leaped from the tables and
sought places of safety, for such an in
suit they felt must be followed by i'm
mediate shooting.
Red Snively expected to use his pis-
tol, for he drew it, but before he
could fire, Arthur Lyons seized the
arm that held the pistol with his left
| hand, and with his right he planted a
blow between the ruffian's red eyes
that caused him to fall as if bullet
had been sent through his brain.
mo more fighting here,'' shouted a
number of men, rushing in between
Arthur and the man whom the land
lord of the Great Western was helping
from the floor. IF there's to be
shootin' let it be done fair and square
outside under the rules of the code, and
not in a crowded bar whar innocent
men may get popped over
"I agree to that" roared Red Snive
ly, who had now recovered himself
Landlord, you'll act as my second
''Ill do that and take your place i
you go down." replied the lanlord, who
was only little less of a brute than the
man he was championing.
"And I'll act for this gentleman,
said a tall man, who had been sitting
unnoticed since he reached the place
few hours before, with the mail-car
rier. He had a long, black beard, hi
hat was slouched, and his coat cola
turned up so that but little of his fac
could be seen, but there was that il
his voice and bearing that convince
the lookers-on that he was no ordinar
person.
AS the stranger took his place be
side Arthur, who acknowledged tn
offer by a courteous bow, he drew fror
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04

coo1ness and determination; .'this
bully" " pointing to Snively with his re-.
volver, lis a good shot; my man is. not.
I propose they shall shoot across a
pocket handkerchief, or let only one
pistol be used; we'll draw lots to see
which man shall take It, Are you
agreed p lie asked, turning to Arthur.
agree to whatever you say
But I don't! shouted Red Snively.
This amt to be murder, but
duel"
." A murder!'' cried the stranger,
strlding toward the bully. "Do you
dare to speak of murder?''
Il want fair fight" replied Snively.
"A fair fight is impossible without
an equality of skill and force. You
would not fight, you cur, if you did not
feel that you had all the advantage on
your side," said the stranger, with
stlnging contempt.
"Mebbe you'd like to change places
with your man." said the landlord of
the Great Western.
"That is exactly what I proposed to
~ AAoAAA IAS LII 81, o11u C11O oll duSO1'
This is my fight" he added, turning
to Arthur Lyons Hear me out. I
have been searching for this murderer
Tor year, and now, after hunt of
ten thousand miles, have him under
my pistol, and no man can fire at him
till l have squared my account"
who are your, demanded Snively,
his countenance purple and his thick
lips trembling with excitement.
II am George Pierce, the twin
brother of Henry Pierce whom you
murdered in ST. Louis one year ago. -
The stranger threw off his cloak and
false beard, and stood before the cowed
desperado-Hyperion facing a Satyr.
Stand back, men, and let us have
it out. Coward and murderer though
this Snively is, will give him chance
for his vile life
The men dropped back and Snively
suddenly raised his pistol and fired.
He was in the act of cooking his pis
tol again, when the young strange,
raised his, arm. ---..,
crack, a puff of si1very smoke ant
a crimson spot in the center of thu
mans forehead, who lay dead before
the barroom door, q
One hour after this George Pierc;
shook hands with Arthur Lyons AM
rode away from the mountain camp
the preserver of one mans life and tn
avenger of another's.
Soon after this the landlord CT tn
Great Western had to fly the camp
and was subsequently lynched in Ne
vada.
Arthur Lyons is today one Of Colo
RADIOS most prominent citizens, and IL
often tells his children of the earl
days Of Fairplay and of the duel h
came near fighting on account of thei
mother.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
PERSONALITIES,

Sir William Harcourt is chopping
down trees on his estate for exercise
Miss Alma Tadema has written a
volume of poems which will shortly be
published.
Gen. Lew Wallace has written new
book, consisting of two poems, dealing
with Oriental life.
Rev. Mr.. Saunders, a member of the
East Ohio United Brethren conference,
recently resigned because the confer
ence decided that it's members should
not use tobacco. -
An ant which Sir John Lubbock, the
English naturalist, has kept for obser-
vation many years, died recently,
whereupon the Indian Mirror publish
ed an obituary notice of his aunt
An obelisk adorned with a medallion
of Chopin has been erected at Reinorz
in Prussian Silesia, where in 1896, at
the age Of II, he gave his first public
concert. He organized it for the benefit
OF two orphans.
Mrs. Richmond Ritchie, the only sur
vlvlng daughter of William Makepeace
Thackeray, intends to write biograph-
| ical and anecdotic notes for each vol:
ume Of a new edition of her fathers
works, which is soon to appear.
Jean de Reszke and w. K. Wander.
bilt were among the purchasers at The
sale Of yearlings from the Joyenva
stud The tenor bought the colt Orme
son for $4,000, while Ontario for SO ,3Ol
and Oasis for $4,000 went to Mr.. Van
derbilt.
The shah Of Persia. who owns e
many valuable articles Of jewelry AM
fancy goods, is the possessor Of wha
is doubtless the most expensive pip
A in the world, It being worth some $4O0,
900. The whole Of the long stem an
! bowl II simply 1ncrusted with Jewels.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04

under his coat two revolvers and he
held them with the peculiar grip of
man VINO knew how to use them.
Arthur Lyons, like all civilized men
of sense, was opposed to duelling, but
he knew that if he did not fight this
fellow under the rules of the so-called
"code'' the chances were he would be
shot down like a dog, and he we'll
knew that in such an event there was
no law to punish his murderer. He
knew that he was not a good shot with
a pistol or any other weapon, for his
life had been spent at college or at
hard work where he had neither need
for nor opportunity to acquire the
doubtful accomplishment. "
Red Snively was notoriously the best
pistol shot in the mountains. He had
been known to send the bottom of a
tin box skimming into the air and then
to draw his pistol from his belt and fire
two bullets through the center Of the
bit of circular tin before it reached the
ground.
"Have you a good pistol?' asked the
stranger, as he took Arthur's arm and
led him out of the hotel in the direc-
tion Red Snively had taken.
IT have not" replied Arthur.
t'Then take this. It is loaded, and
has fine hair trigger. Are you a
good shot?"
Arthur took the pistol the stranger
handed to him, and replied:
1T am not, and so you must place
| this man so close to me that his SUI
perior skill will not result to my dis
advantage"
leave the whole thing to me, and
do not interfere, no matter what pro
pose," said the stranger, pressing the
young mans arm.
you appear to be gentleman, and
I will do as you say" replied Arthur
4 The crowd in the bar came out II
the rain to see the duel, all taking care
to be out OF range.
"I propose" said the Landlord. stha,
we place our men at ten PAGES with re-
4 volvers. we scconds'll toss up for th,
wcrd, and then they're to fire and kee,
firing till one or the other goes down
.'1'll do nothing Of the kind = replie,
! the stranger. in. tones that eYince,
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
GROWING OLD.
Our Friends and Our Enemies--eff In
terest to the Public at Large.

Our Friends and Our Enemies--elf In.
terest to the Public at Large.
Our enemies (when we are old)-and
who is without them? mo longer an
noy us. Indeed, they have ceased
reviling; to them we are as dead men,
"out of mind" to whom the proverb
de mortuis applies, says the Nineteenth
Century. And our friends are twice
our friends. No one who is not Laid
by" can understand the depths of hu-
man sympathy. Even QUIZ acquaint-
ances become our friends, and the least
soft-hearted of visitors murmurs to-
himself: Poor soul!" or perhaps (with
equal commiseration) Poor devilv'
What is most curious is the interest, if
we have in any way become known to-
the public at large, complete strangers
take in our physical and mental condi-
tion If prescriptions could cure US we
should be in rude health indeed. The
materials are sometimes little diff
cult to procure I have seen letter
from New Zealand recommending an
old gentleman suffering, from rheu-
matte gout to battle in whales. In
| that island whales, it seems, are oc-
casionally thrown up on the seashore,
when rheumatic PATIENTS hasten to, lie.
| in them during the progress of their
evisceration for purposes of commerce
The extreme rarity of whales upon the
Thames embankment seems to- have
| been unknown to the, writer: Some
correspondents give most excellent
sanitary advice, but too late for it's
practical application. An aged poet,
who had lost the use Of his limbs, was
exhorted b.- an admirer to
dig, "even n it were but In his back
garden for an hour or two every
morning before breakfast; all that was
wanted, he was assured, for complete
recovery, was "profuse perspiratian
!. followed by healthy glow :
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
Mamma.

In Australia, tropical Asia and At
RIGA true mamma is found on a kind OF
blue grass. 1t appears in masses as
large as a marble on the lodes of the
stems. Nearly three parts consist of
mannite, which, though sweet, is not
sugar. The, mama also contains a
ferment which has power to decom-
pose cane sugar without evolving car
bonic acid or any kind of gas.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
TA]LMAGES SERMON.
SINS OF THE TONGUE, sum
DAYS SUBJECT.
From the Text; Acts " f-1o, as Eo1-
lows: "A Certain Man Named Ana
Mas, With sapphira His Wife, Sold a
Possession ETC..

WE'LL MATCHED
pair, alike in ana mbi-
ton and in false
hood, Ananias and
Sapphira. They
wanted a reputa-
ton for great ben
efeence, and they
sold all their prop
erty,. pretending to
put the entire pro-
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04

1h pldSuSo VI
mining camps in
the far west were
the bullies and des-
peradoes who, ig-
noring honest in
dustry, lived by
gambling, or even
worse.
These fellows al
ways go armed,
carry themselves
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04

She Did you see anything in New
York that reminded you Of Philadel-l
phia?" He''Yes; the messenger
boys. Harlem Lite - s
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
shakespeare's Daughter.

Shakespeares daughter. Judith, who
was 80 when he died. survived him
forty-six years and became Puritan.
So rigid was she that she would never
80 near playhouse and was intolerant
Of everything theatrical.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04
A FRONTIER DUEL.

BY Maj. Alfred r. Calhoun.
The Princeton union., 1897-11-04

Amman Del1GVeS. lie. WILL .Lell you
that an Arminian believes that man
can save himself. An Arminian be-
lieves no such thing. 1t is hardly worth
your while to ask an extreme Armlnlan
what a Calvinist believes. He will tell
you that Calvinist believes that God
Calvinist believes no such thing. 1t is
hardly worth your while to ask a Pc
do-Baptist what Baptist believes. He
will tell you Baptist believes that
immersion is necessary for salvation
A Baptist does not believe any such
thing. 1t is hardly worth your while
to ask a man, who very much hates
Presbyterians, what Presbyterian he
lieves. He will tell you that a Pres
byterian believes that there are In
fants in hell span long, and that very
phraseology has come down from gen
Grafton to generation i'm the Christian q
church. There never was Presbyte-
rian who believed that. aOh, : you say,
"I heard some Presbyterian minister
twenty years ago say So" You did not.
There never was q man who believed
that, there never will be man who
will believe that. And yet, from boy
hood, have heard that particular SLAM
der against Christian church going
down through the community.
Then, how often it is that there ART
/ Misrepresentation on the part Of in
dividual churches in regard to othel
churches especially II a church come
to great prosperity. AS long as
4 church is in poverty. and the singin,
Is poor. and all the surroundings ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27
QUEER PHASES OF LIFE,

English Suicides take naturally to hang.
ing. A woman at Tcignmouth has added
variety to this method by hanging herself
Dn her own front door knocker.
A runaway horse at Florence, S. C..
Jumped a six foot gate. and the dangling
checkrein catching on a picket, the horSa's
head was pulled I'm such a manner that
the animal turned q somcrsault. landing
on his back, but gained his feet and ran on.
One hundred Paris detectives went ON
strike recently They objected To one Of
the inspectors and to being Obliged 20 keep
the run Of travellers when they leave no.
tells and boarding houses. as they had all
they could do to watch them on their n.
rival
Inc claim was made by New YORK
man that he has kissing and hngging fita.
when he finds It impossible to resist the
temptation 10 hug and kiss any good look
Ing woman who comes his way. The ID
lice magistrate informed him that no
would make the assessment SO fit, asd
ne had to pay for one on the spot Their,
has bUen none since
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27

ableti me to pay him hack again 1 was ex-
posed and forced to leave. Times without
number the words he's an OK convict
were thrown at me. Soon l was an out
cast, and down Invent. l left Sacramento
and tried TO live decently, working hard
for my living Ez-convicts would find me
out, and often to hush them would Part
with my hard earnings. was driven out
OF society. out of decent surroundings, and
now, when the str.ss Of misfortune has
completely overcome me, have commit
ted crime again. Yes. l knew what I
was doing made not the slightest effort
to escape. l am u wretchetl, miserable,
disguised man, ready now to 20 back to
the prison and end my life there. God
help the ex convict. There is no hope for
him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27
WOMEN CoUNTERFEITERs.
Every Gang Ever Arrested Had ut Lea
One Female Member.

Every Gang Ever Arrested Had ut Least
One Female Member.
Women have a weakness for counter.
testing. The first person ever executed for
that crime was woman. She was an Ed&
Hsh woman, named Barbara Spencer, and
was put to death in 1921 for making false
shillings. She was stranglcd and burned
at the stake. Curiously enough, her &C.
completes were acquitted.
Nancy Kidd was one of tho most re-
markable female counterfeiters ever
known in this country. She carried on
her nefariOus trade for more than 80 years
In Chicago, and was arrested there many
times. On one of these occasions a lot Of
nber paper was discovered on her person.
The government officials were completa.
" at loss to know how she had obtained
this. Finally she confessed that chemical
solution had been used to wash the faces
OF the notes and make them perfectly
clean. Thus she was in the habit of tax
Ing 81 bills and changing them into large
denominations
~ One of the clcverest tricks ever played
Rn Uncle Sam was invented by a woman
who lived in Philadelphia. Her plan was
to take el0 and eco gold pieces and with
q small drill worked by steam power to
bore out the insides and then refill them
with some base metal, being very careful
that they should weigh exactly the right
amount when she had finished In. this
way she made $3.50 on every eagle and
about SIC on every double eagle.
Practically every gang of counterfeiters
ever arrested has had women associates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27
foul DEEDS OF CHOULS
Recent Outbreaks Of Body
Snatching In Different States.
sCcH oUTRAGEs RARE NOWADAYS

1sssrreetisaisfs Receive Littis Esssur.
assoe.s From Medical Colleges and Hae
csoeteriss Are 50 Carefully Guarded
That Old Nethods Fail.
Body snatching, after . long period Of
omission from the daily grist OF sensations,
has again thrust itself upon public notice
through series Of particularly atrocieus
onenseA one at Dunning, near Chicago.
another at Millville, n J.. where . WON.
ans grave was desecrated and her body
dragged from the coffin and mutilated,
and third at Londonderry. o. In the
''lstfer case the body of Carlton Koliy was
taken from Its grave, doubled Up In a
trunk and shipped to Columbus, dumped
into the cellar Of the Ohio Medical college
and re-embalmed. doubled up into another
trunk and left on q street corner. 1t was
finally found by the police and returned
70 Its grave. The cases at Millville and
Londonderry are still under Investigation.
and the end 10 not yet.
Tho rarity Of the thing IL what has EN-.
phasized the excitement over the recent
epidemic Of body snatching. Twenty years
ego grave robbing was a vocation profita.
BILE enough to keep considerable amount
Of talent employed. The operations of the
"resurrectionists," as Jerry Cruncher
felicitously described his fellow craftsmen,
kept the subject fresh in the minds of the
people, and the newspapers of those days
contained among their current news items
many grewsome story Of nocturnal VIC.
lations Of cemeteries.
But the burying ground custodians of
Today scarcely recall an instance of the
kind within their experience.
BODY snatching is lost art so far as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27

b the ordinary or common grave He
holds thae the way to protect tho bodies Of
the dead from grave robbers Is BY watch
fuinese and net BY iDcasing them In i'm
pregnable materials.
Mr.. Scott said: Tho earth Il designed
- natures depository and deodorizer and
contains all the chemicals necessary f6ttne
deepmposftion' ahd absorption 81 dad
bodies and other substances Offensive 20
the living. rendering them innocuous ~
complete assimilation, thus fulfilling the
Law of circularity by enabling dust to re.
turn 30 dust. When we consign the dead
bodies OF our fellow men 30 other than an
ordinary grave. We rob Mother Earth OF
her rights. set at naught this divine man.
|, date and violate . natural law. -'...
III Egypt V the most conspicuous examtle
o. nation seeking TO preserve the bodies
Of her dead Their complete prescription
was failure for in every museum III the
land you see Egyptian mummified bodies
exhibited as relics of barbaric age The
trade and commerce Of the country are
long since gone, Its rivers are polluted. its
cities and palaces reduced TO ashes OF
ruins, Its magnificent tombs covered with
soh0 anu tHe people themselves nc longer
exist as distinct nation.
The cody. consigning hts dead to the
waters Of the Ganges. to be washed to and
fro until finally carried ashore and buried
In the sand by the soldiers of the forts or
depositing them in those horrible pitlike
towers. to be seized and devoured BY vul
lures. Is in himself SO totally ignorant Of
sanitary and other laws as to be almost in
capable of civilization. and mere, hand,
fpl OF British soldiers holds in subisctfoh
mere than 200, 600. 900 of his race. W
Our modern family vault, built under
contract which specifies in one sentence
that 1t shall he Theoretically sealed and in
the next that there shall be air spaces to
allow the escape of gases arising from the
decomposition of the bodies, is generally a
nuisance in the cemetery where 1t stands. -
Mr.. Scott condemns cremation as ian
insult TO the deity, to common decency
and to natural law; q revival of barbarism,
degrading in character. and an unjustif.
able interference with the natural order Of
things and with the designs of him who
doeth all things well.'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-27
How tn. L,v. wiz. Mad. Him r..,.

Chester Shew Of St. Louis was painting
telephone pole and suddenly came In
contact with a live wire. In describing
his experience Mr.. Shew says: II hardly
know how to describe my feelings when
my arm came in contact with the live
wire. For some reason the true situation
flashed through my mind, and Iremember
thinking If l lost my grip on the arm Of
the pole would be dashed to the street.
A great blaze Of brilliant fire with rays
pointed like q sharp spire seemed to be
shining in my face and binding me, and
also had the sensation that something
was burning. My right arm seemed to be
dancing up and down in the air and then
again whirling around with great rapidity
1t felt like it was cramping. and imae.
ined the fingers were curling up and could
not be Strengthened out" Firemen from
. neighboring engine house rescued him.