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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08

"Onp n.gh' my brothers baby was
taken with Group" writes Mrs J. c.
Snller of CrItt,nlrn. Ky. II seemed
i would Hrlngle before we could get
doctor. ~ wr gave Il Dr. Kings New
Discovery. whlch gave quick relief and
permanently cured a. We always keep
li IN the house 10 pr1icc, our children
from Group and whoo?Ing cough II
cured M n a chronic bronchla, trouble
that NJ other remedy would rrliete. ="
Inflll.ble for coughs. colds. throat and
lung troubles SOC and 800. Trial tot
ties free a, IGnrts Drugstore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08

GcH.ral Flnston'y victory over tho
y'rmf1rm Appendix iu IN keeping with
h.4 past record
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08

Henry Brayd1n. Harris. n. c.. aays:
Il took medicine % years for asthma
but one bottle Of One Minute Cough
Cure did me moro good than any thnig
else during that time Best Cough
Cure" CHAS. ROGERS. Druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08
4 DEEp MYSTERY.

Czolgolz was little NOR than spec
tator at his own trial
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08
SHE DIDN'T WEAR A MASK.

No polItlcIa saems 10 care 10 cate
20 the anarchist 2Otc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08
Leave

Depot. FIFTH and
Leave strsstA Arrive
Overland Expires
Trains for Salem.
Roacburg. Aah-
land Sacramento,
100 pm Ogden. San Fran. y, 10 am
elsro MojAyc. Los
Angeles, ~ paso,
$50 am New Orleans and 100 pm
the Eaat.
Al woedhurn
daily except sun.
train connects with
train tof Nc. An.
gel ailVerton.
BrownavIllp,
Springfield. ana
Natron. and even
Ina train for Mt.
Angel and silver
ton.
Il';'o am Corvallis pAssen' Is.Sopm
ger.
lt;SO pm Sheridan pasAon. Is 2Sa m
ger.
.Dally. Daily except Sunday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08

A news Item states that King Ed
wards 1l,0OOOOO yacht. the Victoria.
"rolls 70 much tha, thtc passeng rs
have to throw up all hope of pleasant
sailing" II that is all they throw uD
the rolling can't he 10 bad after all.
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Gully Astnrtt'aI
Telephone Main sa.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
DAILY.

Sent by, mall per year .,,,.',"'' 'SSS
Sent by mail, per month ..,,,N..'. 80
Served by carrier. per month";. 81
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Sen, by mail. per year, in advance s."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-08

All ralns make close connection "a
Goblo with all Northern Pacific Irulan
20 and frum the Easl and suuni points
], q. MAYO.
uenI FrelEh, and Passenger Agent.
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TOT CAUSES NIGHT ALARM.

Possibly Ml7.stcr Wa could ,llcIi
some interesting facts from crolE1sz
Evening star., 1901-09-21
King Alfred's Bones.

from the LONDON chronicle.
In curious distinction to the long journevs
and yet safe deposit of the remains of St
Edmund are the short journeys and uncer-
tain whereabouts of the remains Of King
Alfred, who Is also mentioned by Alban
Butler, the Catholic photographer, in his
Lives of the Saints as being named
among the saints in the Saxon calendars
Alfred's first burial took place in the mon
astery Of st. Swithun, but the monks of
the new minister obtained his body by
fraud. Here his remains were deposited for
about a hundred years, when they were
conveyed to Hyde Abbey. In the year
17SS bridewell was constructed from the
ruins Of the abbey, and current accounts
report that Alfreds ashes were scattered
In 1867 the bones Of five persons were
found on the site of Hyde Abbey, and sup
posed to be those Of King Alfred, his queen
two sons and St. Grimbald. Against this
supposition we have the statement of the
seventeenth century antiquary, Sir John
Spelman, who informs US In his "Aelfredi
Magni Vita" that King Alfred's remains
together with those of other illustrious Sax
ons, were collected by the piety and in
dustry of Bishop Fox, and deposited in the
mortuary chests of Winchester Cathedral
In connection with the millenary and the
final translation of st. Edmund. special
efforts might be made to ascertain where
the remains of King Alfred are.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
himself in a high swing and dropped a
bread object downward.
Things Look Different.

nlmSel1 In q n1Sn SWING ana UIOppeu d
bread object downward.
Things Look Different.
To the novice it is wonderful sight.
The earth seems to be saucer shaped, the
valleys and hills and rivers mere minia
lures in wax that the sun has melted and
caused to run Just beneath you seems the
lowest point, while the horizons appear to
be coming up to meet you You are look
ing at the earth through the small end of
your opera glass and some one is rapidly
turning the focusing bar
The first two or three seconds after cut
ting loose is the point where the only real
terror is felt. No matter how many times
the parachute jumper repeats the expert
ence he cannot escape the awful senSa-
the stomach. When he is ready to let go
he takes a long, full breath. several of
them in fact, sets his muscles at ten
sion as hard as a rock and keeps them
there. After he does cut loose he dares
not breathe. To do so would cause suffo-
cation, a faintng spell. If the chute did
not open at all he would never feel the
pangs of death. He would have lost all
sensibility long before the earth was
reached. Sometimes when the chute is
slow in unfolding consciousness is lost, but
1t is only momentarily.
AS seen from the bar of parachute all
things on the earth are grotesquely small,
but as distinct and clear cut as cameo.
The appalling thing to sensitive souls Is
the tremendous awful silence that pre-
walls A dogs howl birds song are
heard last of all as one ascends. After
that great silence abounds. If there is
strong wind blowing the aeronaut does
not know it. 1t never passes him. He
goes with it and just as rapidly as it
travels. match can be struck in mid
air in the fiercest wind. 1t won't blow out.
He Has No Fear.
The spectacular part of the ascension is
to be found in the acrobatic feats while
the outfit is mounting heavenward. This
is nerve racking to the spectator, but not
disc concerting to the performer. 1t must
be remembered that he feels no sensation
of the rush through the air. To him
everything appears stationary, save the
earth. which is dropping away from him.
If he holds by one hand he knows, though
the crowd doesn't, that the web bandage
which grips him by the wrist will grip
him secure. and if he hangs head down.
ward he knows that :, pair of horses could
not pull him away from a trapeze into the
corners of which he has planted his toes.
Withal it is a hard profession. The man
who faces danger daily may claim that he
becomes accustomed to its mien that
he fears it no longer. Externally this may
be true. but the nervous system has it's
limita tions. and if the warnings 1t some
times sends out are not needed death may
come in a horrible shape.
Thus the ranks are sweled today by
the young and daring; depleted tomorrow
by the tried and wise. Few men grow old
in the profession. They marry and their
wives will not hear to another ascent
They become crippled frightened into
something that promises longer life, even
though the price is a humdrum youth.
Evening star., 1901-09-21

Written for The Evening Star by Fl. T. Dobbins.
The first parachute jumper, the first man
to literally make the leap from the clouds,
was Sam Baldwin, now a successful man.
ufacturer of balloons at Quincy, Ill. Bald
win, his brother and Prof. Van TaSsel
three gas balloon men, happened to meet
In a Los Angeles hotel in the summer of
1887 Each had a hard luck story to TELL
and it was unanimously agreed that the
business had gone to the dogs. AS means
of resuscitating it and rescuing it from the
canine grasp, Baldwin suggested the para
chute leap. The others did not believe 1t
possible for a man to make the jump and
live. Out of the chatting came determlna-
tion to make the experiment. None OF
sacrifice, so a bag of sand was substituted.
The balloon was sent up from the commons
with a long string attached to the para
chute rope When the bag had risen to
height of three-quarterS of a mile the cord
was pulled and the chute cut loose. IL
dropped like log for a hundred feet, then
opened and came slowly down to earth.
Repeated experiments convinced each that
it was a safe trick with man in place OF
the bag of sand. Van Tassel then went to
Frisco to interview the newspapers and
get them to send specials to Los Angeles,
but while he was away the impatient Bald
wins experimental themselves and Sam
made the first jump In history safely and
easily.
The Baldwins were quick to realize the
money value of being first in the field. and
they started east to inaugurate the sport
Evening star., 1901-09-21
Generals of the Revolution.

OF the generals Of the revolution it may
be fairly said that their military ability
was. at least. superior to that of their op-
ponents. They never lost an army. while
Burgoyne lost his at Saratoga, and Corn
walls his at Yorktown. Howe gained VIC
tories at Long Island, the Brandywine and
Germantown. but they were not due to his
skill. but to the fact that he commanded
regular. trained troops and was opposed
by undisciplined levies; he escaped defeat
at Monmouth. but this was due to Lees
treachery and cowardice. Similarly, Corn
wallis gained victories at Guilford and Eu-
taw Springs, and for the same reasons.
But neither Howe nor CORVALLIS was ever
able to destroy or capture the army op-
posed to him: and Clinton did not think Il
prudent to attempt any decisive operations
On the other hand. Washington constantly
showed military ability Of the very highest
order. There Ii no greater mistake than
to call him a good man. but a second-rate
soldier.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
COLLEGE TRAINING.
The Theoretical Knowledge to BE Ac-
CURED by Students.


From Success.
For the great majority of men, college
course is of inestimable value. For mi
a boy determine to which of these classes
he belongs?
A good college offers a student three
things-theoretical knowledge Of principles
connected with his business, breadth of
general culture and friendships that are of
service to him now and hereafter. If he
appreciates these things and can take them
seriously college is good place for him.
If he cannot thus appreciate at least one of
them, he would better not go to college
at all.
None of these things can be played with.
They must all be achieved by hard work.
none the less hard because 1T Is so often
pleasurable.
If boy thinks that the study of theory
Is short and easy way for the attainment
of practical skill he is gravely mistaken.
1t Is quite apart from practical skill, and
it's results show themselves more in the
later stages of the students development
than they do when he first goes into the
Office or the shop. The theory of mechanics
or of physics is not to be studied by lec-
lures and experiments. 1t means knowl-
edge of analytical geometry and the differ
entail calculus. The theory of chemistry
is not to be learned by amusement in the
laboratory, but by attention to dry princi-
pies which require the utmost exactitude of
application. The theory of political econo-
my IS not to be learned by the reading of
entertaining books and magazine articles.
student who would really master it must
understand the principles of law and of
ethics which are more difficult than those
which he meets in the routine Of ordinary
business. Those sO-called theories which
are easily acquired and glibly recited are
met, in practice, with a contempt which is
wel-deServed.
Evening star., 1901-09-21

there. The greatly incensed Van Tassel
broke with them, and getting an outfit be-
gan making ascents himself.
The new act leaped into popular favor at
once The incredible daring of the per-
formance and the seeming fact that it was
more than an equal chance that the aero
naut would be dashed to pieces drew i'm
mense crowds everywhere the leap was
advertised TO take place. The man who
rode the bag could command almost any
price he asked. For some time the three
balloonists who told each other hard luck
stories in Los Angeles had the field to
themselves. Most of the other aeronautS
were afraid of it. With four assistants and
pushing manager the BaldwinS made
tour around the world. In year and
half they netted cool 100000 in cash TO
this they added big money secured from
the managers of many eastern resorts.
Five hundred dollars was the fixed charge
for one performance.
With the advent of other riders of the
bag as the technical term of the profess
sion is, prices began to drop.
From S1,eOO that was once paid for Fourth
Evening star., 1901-09-21

getting back to earth safely after he has
once started on the upward journey. Be-
ing rather philosophic sort Of a fellow.
he makes up his mind before adopting it
as steady profession that it is worse
than idle to trouble himself about that
part of his work. If he doesn't come down
he won't need the money he concludes
and likely as not the most distressing
thought he has as he is being yanked up
ward at a terrific rate is that maybe his
new tights have got soiled. Almost the
first thing hes tries to discover as soon as
he gets his bearings is whether that care
less helper of his forgot to put the cover
on the smokestack
After a mere half dozen short swings to
and fro the ascent is almost directly up
ward. The man who is quitting the earth
at such pace is, curiously enough, the
only one who doesn't comprehend that
he is doing anything Of the kind. AS he
sits in his trapeze and gazes downward
there is no sensation of motion of gid
diness. The earth is dropping away from
him. He is sitting still suspended from
nothing. 1t is just as though he had sat
Evening star., 1901-09-21
Word Coinage.
red T. Mahan in the Chautauquan.

Capt. Alfred T. Mahan in the Chautauquan.
1.-THE only v'ord I can be said to have
coined is sea power, which is rather a
phrase than word. 1t was born of my
preference for the English sea- over the
Latin adjective maritime although 1 rec
ognize the ,ncongruity Of marrying sea- to
Latin word. power There was, how
ever no andy equivalent. and 1 have
heard the Germans have been puzzled to
find one in their tongue. Afterward stuck
to the expression, because I thought Its
very rouganess-over maritime power
would arrest and fix attention and so give
vogue, at which I aimed. The result has
justified the expedient. I used once by
chance the word eventless-'dull, weary,
eventless month The word slipped with
out generalization off my pen. I immedi-
ately thought it without authority. and
found it not in Worcester. Nevertheless
stuck to it. 1t has its analogue in money
less shameless" heartless,' and its only
recognized equivalent, uneventful is stu
pidity First, full Is affixed and then un
prefixed to neutralize it. Eventless strikes
me as briefer. stronger and much more
significant.
'In speaking of eccentric-for military
operations-I use excentric, as the second
ary meaning is now most common. I don't
know that I originated this or, If not,
where / got II, :"
Evening star., 1901-09-21

of JuIv performances at the big resorts,
prices went steadily downward, until s-oo
was reached. Still more recruits came, anu
nowadays the ruling price is from szo W
$40 due largely to the presence of many
farmers in the business, men VINO use
it as means of making little slde ~ nlolles
during the summer. No one has ever con-
piled an accurate list of the NUMBER OF men
who depend upon the parachute jumping as
a means of livelihood, but estimates range
from 300 to 500. with no basis OF guessing
how many local performers there are;
The public craze for novelty, comDlned
with the desire TO excel caused a number
of startling innovations. First came the
man and q woman, then later the doS WAS
added. First the man and woman roue Oh
the same bar. Later they had separate
pc ra chutas, tied to the same bar. When
the dog arrived on the scene he was given
a chute of his own. 1t was TIED TO the par
and when the signal came all tnat was
necessary was to unloose it. Then came
the ma 4 iding bicycle in mid-alr. When
he left the ground he was pedaling at
great rate. This he kept up as long as he
was in sight. 1t looked very risky, but 1t
wasn't. The machine was tied stoutly to
the parachute. with the cutoff rope dan
Cling down within reach, while the rider
himself was secured by hidden safety ap-
plianceS TO the wheel.
Later came the man who fired himself
out of cannon in mid air. This was spec
tacular and taking. but a great deal of
fake. The folded chute was first placed in
sue a Dig tuDe Oh Till iOuilleu Oh StdllCIl-
ions and carriage of the same fimsy ma
terial, painted black to resemble iron. This
was attached to the parachute. Then the
performer crawled in. He had concealed
in the breast of his leotard the half coat
used by all tumblers and trapeZe artists,
pistol, provided with blank cartridges. The
balloon was released in the ordinary man.
ner, and when it reached proper height
the aeronaut exploded his cartridge, and
''the human cannon BALI dropped into
view. Down n an Indiana town an aero
naut with a gas balloon successfully made
an ascension with a big farm wagon at
tached. To add to the realism the per-
former sat on the front seat and piled a
long whip. Then came the gang chute"
Four men, each with a little chute of his
own. went up with the balloon. A big bar
like whiffletree was attached to the bal
loon. To this the chutes We're tied in a
row. One by one they were dropped safely
Evening star., 1901-09-21
HOW HE FOOLS THE ROBINS.
Wine Grower Ties q Paper Bag
Around Each Bunch of Grapes.

Around Each Bunch of Grapes.
From the New York Sun.
A resident of Schenectady, who Is an
amateur wine grower of no mean Skill
has adopted a novel plan to prevent the
robins from making inroads among his
grapes
For several years the birds have been a
source of great annoyance to this grower
of grapes. He was obliged to set watch
upon his vines, particularly those Of a GER
tain emi-cultivated species upon which
grow a remarkably juicy kind Of grape
which Is of extraordinary value in pro-
ducing heavy, tart wine. But in spite of
his vigilance the robins succeeded IN get
ting away with most of the crop They
would descend in swarms upon the vines
as soon as the fruit began to turn purple,
and by continuous rushes succeeded in car
rying off most Of the ripe grapes.
This year the amateur grower laid In
large supply Of small manila paper bags
and thin rubber bands. such as are used
to bind papers together. AS soon as the
grapes began to show signs of turning
color he slipped over each bunch a paper
bag and secured it on the stem with one
of the rubber bands.
The work was tedious, but the results
show that the grower has a level head.
The robins still hover about the vines, but
it is plain to be seen that the extraordinary
covering on the fruit puzzles them. They
fly about and occasionally alight, gazing
at the bags first on one side and then OH
the other but never Offering to test the
papers power of resistance with their bills.
Then they perch upon neighboring tree.
and from that point of vantage silently in
spect the oddly decorated vines which were
once such splendid foraging grounds.
The grower asserts that the bags will not
prevent the grapes from ripening the least.
He says that they derive their sustenance
from the leaves. and that in any event the
sun rarely strikes them. His assertion
seems to be borne out by experience for Of
the grapes examined on which bags have
been tied all seemed to flourish without loss
in size or color.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
A Poet Emperor.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Baron Takasaki, chief Of the poets bu-
reau in the imperial palace Of Toxic says
that the Emperor of Japan's love Of poetry
increases with years. Scarcely an evening
passes that his majesty does not compose
from twenty-seven to thirty of the thirty
one syllabled couplets called 'wa-ka."
These are handed to Baron Takasaki for
examination. Baron Takasaki has held his
present position since 1892. and he declares
that the number Of couplets composed by
his majesty from that time up to the end
of last March was $1,000.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
No Immediateness.

No Immediateness.
From the Smart Bet.
He-"Do you believe in love In cot
tage?'
She-'No, indeed, don't"
He-sHow about love In palacer'
She-'Oh, George, this - 20 sudden?'
He-"Well. It won't be-if we've got to
walt till earn the palace
Evening star., 1901-09-21
No Familiar Face.

AS we neared the wharf watched the
crowd that waited our arrival. Involun-
tarily my eye roved over the little groups
in search of a familiar face. So did 1t Of
Evening star., 1901-09-21
In Little Parachutes.

Babboons, roosters, cats and other do
mestic animals have been among those
harnessed to little parachutes and set free
to ride down to earth. Others have taken
pigeons, ducks, doves and other good fiers
and let them loose in midair. Advertising
matter was set adrift in the same manner
The parachute jumper, a rule, is not
inclined to speculate on his chances of
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
800 REWARD 400.

Il readers Of this paper will be pleased to
that there is at least one dreaded dis
that science has been able to cure in all
atages. and that Ia Catarrh. Halls Ca
a Cure is the only positive cure known to
medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
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tment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
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bus surfaces of the system. thereby de-
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fhe patient strength by building up the con-
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|proprietors have so much faith in it's cura-
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hIl's Family Pills are the best
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
Million, In Royal Kitchens.

e most costly kitchen belongs to
,panish court, the cooking uten-
Hone having a value of nearly
loo, and are of a great age. The
len of the shah of Persia is, how
the most valuable in the world.
the cooking pots are lined with
and the plates and dishes used
e royal table are of solid gold,
isted with precious stones. If it
possible for the contents of the
Is kitchen to be put up at auc-
they would realize over So, 900,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
Britons Growing Taller.

It is affirmed that no nation is in
|asing SO rapidly in height and
light as the British. In so years
/ average height has risen from 5
Il TX inches to 5 feet 81S inches.
Ie average height of the criminal
pss is but 5 feet 5 As inches.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
MESSAGE From Starving One.

While a windmill roof was being
! rhauled near Besancon the mum
fled body of a pigeon was found.
tached to a wing was quill con-
hing a missive dated 1870, which
I'd: Darling, all we'll. but starv-
4. P. P. G." The pigeon was
|st likely one of the homers re-
|sed in Paris duling the siege.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
A Wisconsin famlIy,s Prominence.

DIR. Roswell Park, one of the physi.
clans who attended President McKin-
ley, is son ofthe Rev. Roswell Park,
ID. d., who founded and was the first
president OF Racine college. Racine,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
colncldsn Z IN Thres Death.

President McKinley's death oc-
CURED on the anniversary Of the
death OF tn Duke of Wellington, who
died September IA, 1852, and also on
the anniversary Of the death OF Gen
eral Montcalm, who was killed 81 D.
TENDER IA. 1859, at Quebec,