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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29
CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AND
coNFrscATEp IN NEW YORK.

Judge Clarke Of st. Louis has con-
sicted and lned heavily number Of
grocers for selling baking powders
containing alum.
The week before the Health Depart
ment OF New York seized quantity
Of stuff besing sold for baking powder
which they found was made OF alum
mixed with ground rock. and dumped
ii into the river
The Health Authorities are thus TAX
ing effective means to prevent the In
PRODUCTION into our marketsof. injurious
substitutes in place OF wholesome bak-
Ing powders
As alum costs only two cents a
pound. there Is great temptation for
those manufacturers who make sub
stitutes and imitation goods. to use
1t, Alum baking powder can be detect
ed by the health authorities by
chemical analysis. but the ordinary
house keeper whose assistance in pro-
tecting the health of the people is Inn
portant. cannot make a chemical ex-
animation. She can easily know the
alum powders. however, from the fact
that they are sold at from ten to twen-
ty cents for a pound can. or that some
prize-iike a spoon. or glass or piece
OF crockery, or wooden ware-is given
with the powder as an inducement.
As the people continue to realize the
Importance Of this subject and con-
sunaers insist on having baking pow
der Of established name and character
and as the health authorities continue
their vigorous crusades. the alum dan
ger win. 1t is hoped, finally be driven
from our homes
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29

aAbout five years ago had very poor health,
writes Mira. S. II. Whaien, Of Holden. johnson
Co., Missouri. UAfter doctoring four years with
our town doctors they gave my case up; said
they had done all they could. had been con.
fined TO my bed half my time; the other half
could hardly drag around. had such pains In
my back and abdomen could not stand on my
feet for more than few minutes Ny fess
were cold or burning, and my periods came too
often. The doctors said Il was change Of life,
90, as had heard Of Dr. Pierce's medicines, my
husband got me bottle Of Favofite PrescTip-
tion.' took II and II helped me In some ways,
90 I wrote 10 you and followed your advice.
commenced 'Favorite Prescription, Golden
Medical Discovery and the Pleasant Pellets,
as was so constipated all the time and pills
would weaken me so that would have 10 90 10
bed. To the great surprise Of everybody got
well, and when I met my friends they would
say, i never thought you would be here now
But can say Il was your medicine, which no
doubt IL the best In the world. Have had no
use for doctors since tried your medicine"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are an
effective medicine for the bowels and
liver. They do not react upon the
system.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29

entertain so worthy an assemblage.
While the men are raising the smoke
and absorbing all the credit, the la.
dies are quietly or otherwise exert
ing benign influence upon destiny
without which the debfoot millennium
would be farther away then peace In
South Africa. Welcome to the COM
ing queens May they wear the crowns;
the scepter is already their own,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29
ASTORIA FAVORED.

The Oregon Federation OF Wemen's 5
Clubs win hold its convention Of 1908
In the city Of Astoria. About 75 dele
gates will be in attendance. besides an
equal numhsr Of visiting members
from various parts Of the state. The
courtesies and hospitality of the city
have been extended by the Woman's
Club and the Reading Club, and AS
torians will undoubtedly be proud to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29
GOULD SCARCELY Walk.

rPor the sake Of poor, suffering women, feel
II my duty TO inform you of the great benefit
your medicine has given me. " writes Mrs. callie
Bowles, Of Watts lredcll Co, N, c. "Iwas In q
miserable condition when wrote TO you. had
and suffered such dreadful misery hoped to be
relieved by death You wrote TO me to take
your 'Fayorite Prescription and have taken
eleven bottles Of IT, and two Of your Pleasant
Pellets. am entirely well and feel like n new
woman. feel thankinl to God asd 10 Doctor
Pierce for the blessings now enjoy. have
fine, big boy, two months old and never got
along as we'll In my life. can't praise your
tnedfcinea enough -
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29
CITY FINANCES,

The financial reports OF the city au-
ditor and treasurer for the quarter
ending March 81, were filed for rec
ord last afternoon. The treasurer's
report shows the receipts and dishurse-
ments for last quarter as follows,
Balance received from ex-Treasurer
Carney. Sls.4ese4. receipts since jan
uary 6, sis,soI,SS; disbursements, S.
osi,7s; balance on hand, s2s,2osS4,
The auditors report shows the city's
Indebtedness and resources TO be as
follows:
INDEBTEDNESS.
Municipal bonds ..,...,.-. ,Slis.OSo 90
Street bonds .........,,.,,.. lAT5l 1S
Municipal warrants ....... SS,SaS %
Street warrants ........ 60l7 90
Total indebtedness ..,...,. ,s2Ss,siS 81
6. RESOURCES,
Cash on hand ........,.,....S sS,2O9 81
Taxes outstanding .......,..,. sS,6S5 a
Street assessments outstanding l4.s4o g
---
Total resources ,......s....$ Sass II
Excess Indebtedness, sl7s,527 IS
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
Americas Greatness.

THE Americanization of the World, by
W. T. Stead, of which a new edition has
Just been brought out, ought to find
place in almost any library as a refer
ence book without any regard to the
amazing arguments prOpounded in its
pages. Mr.. Stead is not very much ac-
customed to having PEOPLE agree with
him, and this is we'll, for very few per-
sons are likely to swallow these said ar
guments whole, or even piecemeal, with
out the addition of considerable salt This
does not mean that they are not good ar
guments. but simply that they are so
startlingly original that they will hit
many prejudices and more opinions.
The object of the book is, plainly
speaking, to effect a reunion between the
two great branches of the English-speak-
ing race. 1t may be said that neither is
anxious for anything of the kind, but Mr..
Stead takes the ground that England
ought to be anxious for it if she is not.
and that she must be merged in America
if America refuses to come back to her.
The arguments which he advances in sup
port of this theory are many and strong.
The objection to it lies not in the weak
ness of his hypothesis, but the strength
of the sentiments and facts opposed to it.
All the same he has collected here an
immense amount of information which is
known to but a very small fraction of
the public on either side of the Atlantic,
even in part and which should be gen
orally distributed with all possible celer-
ity. He mas also formulated theories as
and the necessity of her continued growth
which cannot fail to be interesting He
points out the fact that in this "crucible
of nations, as he calls it, there have
been fused the elements OF all nations
and that the immigrants to our shores
whatever reason, was strong and enter
prising enough to leave the associations
of youth and try conclusions in a new
country. This, obviously, produces a pop
ulation tending to progressiveness and
energy. He calls the American people
1.-The greatest achievement of our race
and regards the infusion of foreign blood
in the original English stock as rather
an advantage than otherwise. But when
he considers the race problem as an ele-
ment In this fusion, the lightness with
which he dismisses it is rather funny.
He says:
THE most difficult ingredient in the
crucible, the one which has hitherto
proved most refractory, is the black pop
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
REVIEWS OF THE WEEK.
4 Novel of English Life,

! "a Fools Year" by L. II. Cooper, is
/ an entertaining little story of English
/ society, in which the villain, so far as
there is one, is an American millionaire
The misunderstanding is clever and the
narrative spirited, and as the heroine is
one of the Villains daughters, Americans
need not feel too much insulted over the
picture of that gentleman. AS usual
with English authors this novelist makes
some slips in his reproduction of the
American dialect, causing his trans
Atlantic characters to use the phrase, "a
am by way of being" so-and-so a
thing which the real American never
would say. Some of the speeches which
he gives his people would be exceedingly
effective on the stage For exam
pie, there is the fastidious marquis,
| who, when pestered cut of his wits by the
attentions OF the exuberant villain Hop
per, gives expression to his feelings in
the following little speech
Il am beginning to think that hell is
a place dominated and pervaded by Hop
per. Ny ideas of it have varied slightly;
Brussels, Monte Carlo, Ostend, and Mar
gate have all had their turn of standing
in my mind as picture of it; London, af-
ter a January snowstorm, Paris at the
height of Cooks season, and Belfast,
with an Orange demonstration going on
in the streets, have sometimes seemed to
me not inadequate foretaste. But since
l have known Hopper these places and
scenes have fallen into their proper and
inferior place, and hell. as l say, is TO
my mind now simply land where Hop
per Isl
Now, that would make a very good
stage speech, and should the author ever
think of that heaven of the successful
novelist. the stage, he may win fame by
it. New York: d. Appleton & Coz
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| When he comes down to hard pan. and
recounts what American capitalists, in
ventors, contractors, authors, artists and
others have been doing to impress them
| selves upon the world, he tells of things
almost as surprising and impressive as
| his theories, but true and verifable. These
| things constitute the immediate and OBJ
vious value of the book, which is not
! small
few paragraphs out of this part of the
work are as follows:
The Americans have brought to us
host of ingenious inventions and admir-
| ably perfected machines which we are
| incapable of producing for ourselves. NO
| one can say that in sending us the type
writer, the sewing machine. the linotype,
the automobile. the photograph, the teie-
phone, the elevator, and the incandescent
electric light. they invaded any British
industry. These things were their in
yentions. After they were introduced,
we initiated some of them or invented
others on the same principle, but they
first opened up the new fields Ihey
were as much benefactors to us in this re-
spect as the missionary who introduces
plows to a savage tribe which never
used anything but the spade and hoe.
Not only has the Americans spanned his
own continent with a perfect gridiror OF
metaled way. but he is now carrying off
contracts for the bridge work, which, with
the exception of tunneling, constitutes
the most difficult and delicate of all the
operations of railway structure. But II
was only yesterday that their pre-emi-
nencc as bridge builders dawned upon the
British public, which has even yet harulS
recovered from the shock OF discovering
that all the Queens horses and all the
Queens men were incapable of conquer
ing the Soudan without resorting to the
humiliating necessity of accepting an
American tender for the building Oh
bridge across the Atbara.
THE British could have built it them
selves nc doubt. but they could not do
the work up to time. Few incidents caus-
ed more chagrin, and the most coLciu-
siye explanations were speedily forth
coming to prove how easily the BRITISH
builders could have done the task II they
had only had a reasonable notice and peen
treated with reasonable fairness Last
autumn the American Bridge Company
carried off contracts for constructing no
fewer than twenty-eight bridges and via
ducts. required to complete the Uganda
Railway"
And all this is but a fraction OF l per
cent of the information of the same kind
contained In Mr. Stead's book. (New
York: Horace Markley.)
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Literature

ulation of the South. These re-
fractory substances often contain within
themselves elements of great value nee
essary TO the formation of a perfect blend.
The American recoils from the thought
OF misceSenation. But if the tendency of
the climate and the habit OF life is to
alternate the physical frame and burn
up the nervous vitality of the race. it is
obvious that the nine million negroes af-
ford an element of robust animal vigor
which may yet stand in good stead"
If he were to undertake to preach that
doctrine South of Mason and Dixon's line
it is probable that Mr.. Stead would be
enlightened by processes more strenu-
Gus even than the reasoning in his book,
as to the opinion of the native American
on this subject.
However. he does not often niscacu-
late his distance quito as badly as this.
He states elsewhere that the American
spirit is pervading most of the British
colonies; that is. their habits. customs,
and methods of thought and action are
more like those of America than like
thai unless England takes steps to annex
this young enterprise and progressive
ness to herself it will eventually drift
to usward. and that it would be much
better for England herself to make the
move toward a coalition which shall III
clude all English-speakin lands under
system of government Anglo American in
NJ; iIzCI,
to be assimilated in the near future.
Some of the points which he brings out
in this connection are that while the
English constitution is unwritten, every
one of the colonies has a written cOnsti-
tuition; that there are more Irish-Ameri-
cans in this country than there are peO-
pie in ireland, and that all of these re-
tain their love for ireland and pride in
their irish birth. and many of then. prove
it by contributing money to Irish organi-
cations; that the experience of Strath-
cona's Horse in South Africa did not tend
to increase Canadian respect for the I'm
periai army and that Johannesburg. so
far from approaching the trouble which
England has taken in fighting the Beers
is inclined to be cross hecause II Is hot
yet possible to begin mining operations
again.
When he says that it is possible that
in the near future America may annex
ireland. solve the problem OF the control
of Constantinople, and gain control OF at
least a piece of South Africa, he suggests
what will LOOK to most people like impos-
sibilities. They are interesting impossi-
bilities, however.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

TIME discoveries of DR.. Matthews, of Chicago based
upon the results Of experiments made by DR.. Loeb
i of the city, have explained mysteries
which ha hitherto bafied medical These are
o. The method by which impulse travels through a
C2J ether other anesthetics prevent
the sensation OF pain
To make clear what DR.. Matthews and DR. Loeb have
accomplished, let take given and show the
methods of explaining how accomplished before
Matthews discovery and since
Suppose you moved your thumb. What enabled you
do this? Before Matthews day would have been
the explanation:
The Old Theories.
You willed TO move your thumb The mental impulse
Travelled from definite point the surface of the left
side of brain the top the brain,
thence down into the spinal point near the nape
of the neck, then left the spinal the
which through spread through the
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
A Romance of the Crusades.

God Wills 1t" is a romance of the
First Crusade, from the pen of William
Stearns Davis, who achieved fame by
writing his first novel, "A Friend of
Caesars" while yet Harvard under
graduate. In the present book he has
grouped some dramatic incidents and
characters, the hero being a Norman Cru
sader and the heroine Greek girl. There
are Moors and Saracens mixed up in it,
and one Of the most thrilling incidents is
that of the attempted assassination of the
hero by dwarf in the pay of one of the
heroine's dusky suitors. There is also
some vivid description which shows i'm
aginative power on the part of the author.
New York: The Macmillan Company
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
The Miracle Of Conscious Life. :: :. The Latest Disc

left and travelling down these branches reached the
muscle which the thumb caused it contract
shrink, and the thumb moved.
What the nature of the impulse? No knew.
1t surmsed that it might be the electricity
because If electric battery applied the
of the the thumb could be made without
your willingness that 1t should
But how the impulse made fash almost in
stantly through the devious traced above
could say.
The New DiscoN cries.
BY repeated experiments upon the of frogs and
animals Matthews has shown that consist
is quiet is held in solution in the
tissue
This glue-lke material is In the shape of extremely
particles. Just in heavy syrup is in the
particles small be invisible to the
yet the immersion of string in the will cause
small particles in visible form to cling to and
a these particles will make the known
rock candy.
When the impulse to move the thumb begins, "hat
happens these glue-like particles together
IN semi-sod masses Each small touches another
rapidly this sodfyng shoots through the
tissue reaching the smallest branches of the which
enters the the thumb. The pro-
instantly duplicated in the muscle; the scdify
ing process makes it Result the thumb moves
Charged With Electricity.
Matthews has found that the glue-like particles
charged with positive electricity and the fluid elements
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
The Proven Facts Show the Absolute
Inaccuracy of the Theories That
Have Been Accepted Up to This
Time and Lift the Veil That Has
Hitherto Baffled Human knowledge.

of the charged with negative electricity 1t
is a law in electricity that like repels and unlike at
tracts; is that anything which is charged with
positive electricity will be attracted by anything which
is charged with negative electricity, and vice
ANY Substance which will bring negative electricity
the positive electricity from
gue-like particles and allow them to solidy This
is Just what a stimuant does
On the other hand substance which will bring
five electricity into will allow these particles
to keep farther apart and thus impulse from
travelling through the nerves.
How Nery Are Quieted.
example bromide Of potassium is a nerve sedatve
Matthews discovery shows that the reason why bro
potassium quets irritabilty because
drug Urged with positive electricity which per-
mits tine glue like particles to contain positive
electricity the drug entered the body and
as the tendency of charged with like forms of
electricity is to repel another they keep farther
apart impulse cannot in the nerve unless they
are to come together to soldfy Hence the sedave
tion Of the drug.
All other drug actions depend the electrical
qualities of their The discovery shows that
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

In France the women teachers elect
women members on all boards CT educa-
tion. In Sweden women vote for all cleo
tive offices except representatives; also.
indirectly. for members of the upper
house. In Ireland the women vote for the
harbor boards and poor law guardians.
and in Belfast for municipal officers. In
Russia women householders vote for all
elective officers and on all local matters.
Peru holds the record as a mining
country. She ha. >, 500 mines. from which
70C01 worhMsn dig gold. silver, sulphur.
coal. phos hs-t es, quicksilver, borax. cop
per. and lead.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

vestigatiOn possible belong to the Acade-
my of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and
were discovered by DR.. Dickson, of that
city. They consist of bones OF several
long extinct animals. dating, II is esti-
mated, from period many hundred
thousand years ago.
Among the bones, and. as Prof Wilson
has ascertafned, dating from the same
period, is one belonging to a human
thigh. The find was made al the foot of
a bluff in the vicinity of Natchez, Miss.
Dr. Dickson in his description of his
discovery says:
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

Readers of Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan g
Tales of the Cloister" will remember the
story of The Girl That Was" in which
the Catholic Gross OF Honor" figures so
significantly. Miss Jordan herself pos
sesses this much-coveted order, the mean
ing of which is not generally understood.
Upon its possessor are conferred unique
privileges. No matter in what part of
the land she may find herself the Cross
of Honor is a magic key by which she
may have access to any American con
vent, however strictly guarded. Where
ever she shows the Cross of Honor, there
she is greeted as q sister. This order is
not conferred at the outset except upon
certain strict conditions of religion stu
diousness, and character. The woman
who receives it is deemed fortunate, as
in time of need it might prove an in
valuable protection.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

THE Life Of St. Paul Harmonize5 in
Scripture Language" by Rev s. W.
Pratt, is intended as an aid to Sunday
school teachers and others in connection
with the international Sunday School
Lessons" for the first six months of the
present year, which are on the Life and
Letters OF St. Paul" 1t Consistc of all
the text of Scripture in which this apostle
is mentioned, arranged in chronological
order and as a continuous narrative.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
75cl
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

1.-THE Revolt and THE Escape" two
plays by Villiers de LIsle Adam, have
been translated from the French by
Theresa Barclay and published in an ar
tistically bound little volume. The au-
thor belonged to one of the oldest fami-
lies of Brittany, and his work shows the
spirit of that stubborn, strong. virile
race which, while possessing Gallo fine
ness of feeling and touch, seems scarce
ly French in other respects. The sombre
tone of the first piece reminds one of
Ibscn, but there is none of the fatalism
of the Scandinavian in its tragedy or its
psychology. The story is that of a wife
five years married to a husband, com
monplace, stupid, and uncongenial. who
determines to escape from him and live
her own life, but discovers in making the
attempt that the marriage bond has so
modified her character that she cannot
even if she is unhindered seek and enjoy
her freedom. In the same crisis the hus-
band discovers that his marriage means
more to him than he had supposed.
THE Escape" is simpler and less
psychological drama, with more of the
dramatic and less of the intellectual in
ferest. The central figure is an escaped
convict, who, to secure his freedom and
the money necessary for escape, resolves
TO murder a young bride and groom in the
house where he is hiding Their innocent
love for each other and unseliish deter
mination TO live for the happiness OF
others touches his heart. and he allows
the crime planned. 1t seems rather
Sunday school book plot, but in the work
ing out becomes exquisitely touching and
essentially dran9tic. Chicago: Charles
H. Sergel Company
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16

pendent of any active current or any
other displacing powers; and, last, be-
cause there is no mixture of diluvial drift
with the blue clay, which latter retains
its homogeneous character equally in the
higher parts which furnished the extinct
quadrupeds and in the lower part which
contained the remains Of man"
Professor Wilson obtained from the au-
thoritles of the Philadelphia Academy
specimens OF bone from the human and
animal remains. and submitted them to
Prof F. w. Clarke, chemist of the Geolog-
zeal Survey, on duty recently at the Ma
tional Museum The result OF the analy-
sis proved conclusive.y that the human
bone is in higher state OF fossilization