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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
THE NTw ARMY RIFLE.

The new army rifle recommended by
the army board for use in the United
states army after a careful ecnsidera'
ton lasting some months is described
as follows:
1t has barrel "A inches long, or
inches shorter than the Krag and only
: inches longer than the caroine, and
its ealibre is 50, Yet 1t has greater pen
etrating power than either, with a
higher initial velocity and fia,ter
prolectory. That means that 1t shoots
atraight. II is warranted to pierce
a i-inch pine planks is a round light
or than the old rifle, a consideration
in weary climate, and the barrel is
completely encased in wood, so thar
the rapid ring win not cause the bar
lei to burn the hands There is moth
ing to beat it. 1t is not patented, as
- was Invented by L, 5. army officers
1t is American.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
FOR 80 DAYS

/ offer for the next 80 days the follow
ing line of cigars at Portland prices.
Manara Banquet, Sancaras Y, Hya. El
Sidelo. Ell Tslegraffo, FL Symphonic, La
Sorrento. La Belle Creole. Rosa Al
Mayo, Owls, Exports, Childs. oremas,
Sailor Prime, a union label cigar.
Royal Bengals. two packags of Dur
ham free with each 100.
Manila Gems. 3 for cents: Old vir-
ginia Cheroots. 3 for cents: Porto
Rican cigars, 500 and 50 free.
Some bargains in Chewing and Smok-
ing Tobacco. Don't forget the fact that
prices will be satisfactory.
Pipes and Playing Cards. Cigar Hold
ets, Amber and Meerschaum.
Goods delivered to all parts Of the
city free of charge.
Agent for the Portland Safe and
Lock Company. Safes sold for cash or
on the installment plan. Cali and see
amples and get prices.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
VICE OF CREDIT BUYING.

Human nature is often unreasonably
hopeful of the future. This trait rules
the improyident who are ever willing
to purchase what they desire and to
trus. to luck for the cash with which
to pay for It, Many people who are
poor. and probably always will be.
might be comfortably we'll of if they
would stick to the rule Of making each
week pay for itself. When purchases
are charged there is always tempta-
ton 10 buy more than is necessary
because ii does not have TO be paid for
at the time. Buying on credit is mort
gaging the future. II Is spending
money before it is earned. The pur-
chaser always pays heavy interest on
the money he owes, because no mer-
chant can afford to sell to him as cheap
ly as to the cash buyer. The habit
tends to a wrong appreciation of val
ues and inclines TO shiftless habits.
Worst of all, 1t encourages dishonesty.
for, like the case of the man who gets
behind with his rent, 1t Is often easier
to move than TO pay the bill. and many
do not withstand the temptation.
If cash is paid for every purchase by
the family of the average workingman
there may be many desired but really
unnecessary items cut out for a time.
but the result will be that in a few
weeks enough gain will have been made
so that everything needful can be
bought and paid for with as much dig
nifty and assurance as in the families
Of the rich and the proud. The increas
ed self respect and confidence which
comes from doing business in this man.
ner is in itself handsome reward for
the self denial which may be required
IN the start.
When once a man falls behind and be
gins paying last months expenses out
of next fonth's salary. he enters on a
disheartening task. and the sooner he
economies enough to catch up, the
happier and easier viii be his life.
rood consumed and clothes worn out
are hard to pay for. The transaction
lacks the hopeful features of an in
vestment of ones earnings in home
or other useful object.
Real service would be done to many
families If stoYekeepers would stand
together and protect themselves by de-
manding full statements at short inter-
walls. Not only would the rule be adyan-
tageous to the buyer by forcing him TO
be more careful, economical and honest
in his business methods, but it would
be a blessing to the merchant. who
would ind relief from the worst feat
ure of his business, and who would not
be obliged 10 make up his business
losses by charging higher profits on all
his goods.
While such combination among bus
mess men would be entirely justifable
in this age Of unionism, it would be bet
ter for the reform to come through
the purchaser, and by virtue of thrift
and good principle rather than as the
result of coercion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
TRAGEDY AvERTEp.

"Just In the nick OF time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs, W, Wat
kins OF Pleasant City. o. Pneumonia
had played sad havoc with him and q
terrible cough set In besides, Doctors
treated him. but he grew worse every
day. At length we tried DR., Kings
New Discovery for consumption and
our darling was saved. He's now sound
and we'll" Everybody ought to know.
it's the only sure cure for coughs.
colds and lung diseases Guaranteed
by Charles Rogers. druggist. Price
SOC and 81. Trial bottles free.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
1T SAVED his LEG,

p. A. panforth OF faGrange, Ga.,
suffered for six months with a frlghtful
running sore on his leg. but writes
that Bucklens Arnloa Salve wholly
cured II In hve days, For ulcers,
wounds, piles. It's the best salSe IN
the world, Cure guaranteed. Only 70
cents Sold by charles Rogers, drug.
gist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
WORKING OVERTIME,

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tlreless little workcrs-pr Kings New
Life p,ns, Millions are always at work,
night and day. curing Indigestion. bill
lousness, constipation, sick headache
and all stomach. liver and bowel
troubles Easy, pleasant, safe. sure,
only Is cents at Charles Rogers drug
store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16

Coughs. aud colds, down TO the very
verge Of consumption yield 10 the sooth
Ing. healing influences OF Or, Woods
Norway Pine Syrup, For sale by chas
Rogers, druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16

Scratch, scratch, scratch, unable 10
attend 10 business during the day or to
sleep during he night, Itching pilca,
horrible plague, poan's Ointment cures
Never falls, chas Rogers, druggist Soc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
IHE MILM AlKEE.

A familiar name of the Chicago,
Milwaukee q 81. Paul Railway, known
all over the Union as the Great Railway
running the Pioneer Amlted" trains
every day and night between 81. Paul
and Chicago. and OmahI and Chicago.
The only perfect train In the world"
Understand: Connections are made
with all tranScontincntal lines, securing
TO passengers the best service known.
Luxurious coaches, electric light. steam
heat, OF variety eduaied by no other
line,
Bee that your ticket reads via "Tafe
Milwaukee" when going TO any point
In the Uulted States or Canada. All
ticket agents sell them.
For rates. pamphlets or other infoT.
nation, addess.
J. w. CASEY, II. 8. ROWE.
Tray. Pass. Agt.. f'en. Agt.
Portland, Ore. Portland. Ore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16

Impossible to forsce an accident. Not
impossible 10 be prepared for Il. Dr..
Thomas electric Monarch over
pain. For sale by chas. Rogers drug
gist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16

Two million Americans suffer the
torturlng pangs OF dyspepsia, No need
to. BuriIck Blood Bitters cures. Al
any drug store. For sale By Charles
Rogers,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
The Wisconsin Central Lines

and you will make direct Ccnnections
at st. Paul for Chicago, Milwaukee and
all points East.
For any further information call on
any ticket agent or CORRESPOND with
JAS. G. POND, Gen. Pass. Ag't.
or JAS. A. CLOCK. Milwaukee wis
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-16
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Time Gard OfTrains

Time Gard of Trains
PORTLAND.
Leaves Arrives
Puget Sound Limited .7;25 m s:45 p m
Kansas City-St. Louis
Special ...........11:1e a m S:45 m
North Coast Limited $50 . m ZOO 4 m
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ...."....11:45 pm 3:05 . m
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points
Take Puget Sound Limited for Olym-
pia direct.
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kan
sas City-St. Louis Special for points
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train service on Gray's
Harbor branch.
-Four trains daily between Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
WILLIAMSBURG PEOPLE ANXIOUS.
Look to Board of Estimate to Provide AIDE
quate Means of Approach to New Bridge.

With the return to the city Of Controller Grout
the regular meetings of the Board of Estimate and
Apportionmeut will be resumed. To JhIs body the
people Of the Williamsburg district looking
with anxious eyes for a solution OF the problem OF
providing adequate means Of approach 10 the
Williamsburg Bridge
Commissioner LindeuthaI promised that the
structure will be open for vehicular traffic ly De-
cember l. and the problem which now presents
itself is how the traffic is be distributed through
the present narrow and crooked streets without
causing hopeless congestion. Two propositions are
now before the board. and Will be discussed at a
public hearing 10 be held on September sn The
first. known the plaza extension. provides for
the extension OF Ciraad-st. from Uuiou-avr to the
bridge plaza, at South Fifth and Haveneyer SITS.
II is proposed To make thu street 10 feet wide
The other proposition provide FOR the widening Of
RoebliuE-St.. between South Fourtr-st and Union
ave. from % 10 80 feet. by taking - from the
northwest side. The local board decided to d. r-
prove both. and leay" sac mai selection To- the
Board of Estimate. But within tine last few dav- "A
new plan and variation of the Graud--t plan
have appeared, and may cause some further dfIl
The local board last week changed the urupos-,I
extension OF Grand-EJ from "a straight line to Ia
slight curve. IN order to avuiI taking ~caool Irs.
saving Another plan. providing for the wideuiu.
or koeblnG-st from tho plaza 90 Division-ave. and
its extension 10 lPc-dve.. has been laid before
President SwanstrOni, and a hearing before tho
local board has been nNed Tor September q
SuH another plan Coutemplatrs the cuttiuo
bridge plaza. The objection to this plan Is the
cost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
coAcHMAN ADMITS THE ASSAULT.
Man Who Hit Employers Wife Says he Did
Not Know What He Was Doing.

William Healy. the young cOachman and gar
deper who assaulted Mrs. Anna Won Eff, the WIG
NJ Charles Won Eff his employer, by striking heT
,.ar the head with a revolver at her home, No. u
- Road BROOKLYN. on Friday waived exam
iratton and was held for the grand jury in S.t'o
han bv Magistrate Steers in the Flatbush court
yesterday.
Although Mrs. Won Eiffs injuries have not proved
serious. she was unable TO De In court anu "e
49,. ~ assault was made BY her husband 1t
vas charged that HeaIy had pointed the revolver
AZ Mrs Won Eff and pulled the trigger twice II
Souad 10 go OF Healy admitted the assault. but
satd he was SO excited that he did not know what
be was doing He declared that NJ had been con
s,antiv in trouble with both Mr.. and Mrs Won Fin.
and that the strain had been too much for him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
WANTS THE GowANUS CANAL BRIDGE
Brooklyn League Urges Board of Estimate
TO Approve Bond Issue

Secretary Creighton Of the Brooklyn League mas
=. - Litter IN Controller GrOut urging prompt ana
able action by the Board Of Estimate and APP
nortIonment upon a request Of the Department OF
Rridees for a bond issue Of $4,000 to detray the
cost of installing new bridge over the tIo"anas
canal AT Union-st. in order that the BROOKLYN
pantd Transit Company may begin the operation
~ cars on that street, through which tracks ana
wires were placed more than year ago Inc
present bridge, the league says. is antiua'eu anu
no, 1T to hear the weight Of loaded trolley cars
The neoDle of the Park slope fought Ihe estau1
Iisbrnant OF trolley line in Cnion-st lot seNtii
,ioars hut the Court of Appeals hnally sci dsl9e
rho Injunction against the COMPANY 'tt a.
Snutb Prooklvn however. want the me as tneIS i
ooutii I;rart roIte for them to the park SUCH
line might also divert some of the tratiiG l" Ie
i,n Sc its terminus would be at Hamilton FeTTy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
NOT THIS SECTION.

It's the other section Of the piper that
contains those Little Ads. of the People"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
GOSSIP or THE BOROUGH

Tucked away behind the Naval Hospital. lying
between Flushing-aye and the waterfront. is the
Naval Cemetery. an odd old burial ground, that
iS rarely visited bv any outside the service.
Yet it contains many interesting memories Of the
history Of the navy. dating back as it does to the
early twfs.t ties Entering tho cemetery one sees
to the right number OF graves that recall the
teuibi. explosion the Fulton in lS29. The Fulton
was the receiving ship in those days, and Lieuten-
ant Crecsonridge was entertaining some guests.
a usWlr enlisted ordered below get
fiiIy instructed how to place tie candle in 'front.' Of
reflector SO that the light would shine into the
end carried the naTne ia among the powder The
victims De- buried ia the Naval Cemetery. The
graves ar. all unmarked except that Of Lieutenant
Chauucey and captain Newton had left the Full
ton ouiv a fcw minutes before the explosion.
Another cluster Of graves brings to mind the ex-
ploslou that occurred on the sunhoat Chenango in
Tie civil War. ON April .. 1864. the vessel steamed
oat of the yard for the front, receiving hearty
and noisy seud-oT. The men We're ready TO die for
their country. but came face 10 face with death
sooner thau they anticipated. or Fort Hamilton
The magazine blew up. killing three and injurng
thrcescors Battered and with her flag halfmast.
TIE Chenango was towcd back the navy yard,
where the wounded transferred to the hos
IN Gods hcr u 'i' 1 ll7s ana er ere T,e f
sailors who died violent deaths. the most recent
5he Alassachusetts in southern waters. In the
centre OF the cemetery is a plain granite column
that bears no inscription. but the visitor will be
told that q was pat up 10y the Grand Army OF the
Republic in memory OF the sailors who met death
IN tire civil War.
Not Ell those who rest IN the little cemetery are
Americans. Two striking tombstones show that
their country cid mot forget two officers OF the
Russian Imperial Navy who died far from home.
The inst monument IS for Lieutenant Michel Des-
siston who died iu the Brooklyn Naval Hospital
NoveHbvr !. ISL. The second is a large white
marble cross which is the most striking piece Of
work in the cemeter1- II marks the grave Of Lieu
tenant Albert GTippeubsTE. a Russian officer who
T died d. -N.. th one size 81 the is an angel
.n usF1-I Keller WITH Russian inscription. On the
/ other side On English age the words Come unto
mo" an tne eastern side Of the cemetery lies the
grave ot vendors. chief Of the Fiji Islands who
vaa urDGelt to -Eis country f0T a visit on a United
States E.iu.1Ir. He oied from consumption Il short
I tirle af:er reaching Brooklyn death mask Of
1 tn ODE chief couples q prominent place In the
Naval Hospital
one interesting old stone bears the inscription:
Sacred 70 the memory OF Van Rensselaer, Hall.
.bostswain OF the United STAKES Navy died Sep
.eaber 2. 1873. aged thirteen years and seven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
ASSISTANT TO DR.. WATERS.

Franklin BOYD Edwards has accepted position
az assistant TO the Rev. DR.. Macy Magee Waters
pastor of the Tompkns Avenue Congregational
Church. He is to superintend the work Of the
young people. having been actively engaged in coll
lege Young Mems Christian Association work for
number OF years. Mr. Edwards Is a native OF Iisle
n Y. and is direct descendant OF Jonathan Ed
wards lie is graduate Of williams College. The
Rev w. A George Is assistant pastor Of the Tomp-
kins Avenue church. and Miss Ida V. Jantz is the
church visitor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
MANUFACTURER a SUICIDE.
Dependent Over Disease, He Drinks Car5olie
Acid

Dependent over his failure 10 obtain relief from
nervous trouble that had been gathering hin, f,~
two years. Frank Rlakncy. a retired sash manu-
facturer, committed suicide by drinking carbole.
acid at his home No. es Monroe-st. BROOKLYN v.s-
terday lie formerly lived for many years al No
" Madison-st-. but broke up there and went TO
Lakewood. y. J.. some time ago hoping 10 rsp,t,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
aoY GROUND TO PIECES.

Peter Butte nine years old. OF No. 233 North
Fifth-st. was literally ground TO pieces under an
Ocean-ave car Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company I'm Broadway. near Marcy-ave, yesterday.
George Churchill the motorman. and George
Tompkn., the conductor. were taken into custody
By the police Later they were released on ball
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

months" Nobody at the navy yard ever
heard Of 4 boatswain only thirteen years old. They
don't know whether the figures cut wron gly
in the stone. Hall was actually boy, who FOR
some strange reason received the rank of boat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
oR. J. :. cARsoN pgcLINEs rr.

Owing 90 the pressure Of wgrk at home. tie ~"
br. John b. Carson. pastor oil tAe t'HiI-- 80 -
TEXAN Church uas been obure. t' dec..ne az ~
Nitatlon or the committee ON evans r-lsl0 ~ ths
the Presbyterian General Assembly % 'iss
cities and synods in the West.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

one interesting old stone bears the inscription:
Sacred 10 the memory OF Van Rensselaer, Hall.
.bostswain OF the United STATES Navy, died Sep
,e1ber e 1873. aged thirteen years and seven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

cauuauca on eleventh page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

he Stays and so forth" Mr.. Trowbridge has
some interesting reCOIlectiOns of his first inter
view with Emerson. when, in answer to some
reference to his verse. the poet said with his
wise. sweet smile: Il confess a tender interest
in any mention of my poems; am so seldom re-
minded that they are ever read by anybody. 1t
is only my prose that gives them a sort Of
vcarious vitality" And then ne added in his
peculiar, hesitatnS manner. pausing often as if
seeking the right word. then uttering it with an
emphasis that relieved it Of any suspicion Of
uncertainty: I feel it Il hardship that-with
something of a lovers passion for what is to
me the most precious thing in life, poetry
have no gift of fiuency in it, only rude and
stammering utterance.'"
AS lecturer Emerson was curiously uncOn-
ventional and quite without art Mr. Trowbridge
reminds us that he was at times amusingly
careless with his manuscript. losing his place
and searching for it with stoicaI Indifference to
his patiently waiting audience-'up to my old
tricks as 1 once heard him say when he was
unusually long time shu1iing the misplaced
leaves"
He had the same habit that marked his con-
versatiOn. of seeming often to pause and hest
tate before coming down with force upon the
important word. His voice pure barry
tone, and a perfect vehicle for his thought
which in great and happy moments impaired to
it a quality 1 never heard in any other human
speech Emerson was no orator. He had
no gift of extemporary utterance no Outburst
of improvisation But ir the expression of eth
zeal thought or in downright moral vehernence
/ believed, and still believe. him uneIualled.
Well L remember how he once thrilled an i'm
mense audience in fremont Temple IN the Kan
SaS Free State war days, in speaking of the
principles of the Declaration of Independence
which Rufus ChOate had recently brushed rather
cOntemptuOusly aside as "glittering genprali-
ties" Emerson quoted the phrase then after
moments pause hurled at the reuOtest benches
these words, like ringing jayelins: They do
glitter! They have a right to glitterv' with a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

It in 1913 that he first set foot i'm the old
Colonial city. then still quantity English
in guse, with its narrow streets and low build
ings. Then began time full of political ex-
element, and the young writer. who saw black,
frightened Anthony Burns taken back TO slavery
through the kissing Boston crowd. was stirred
to the writing i'm "NeighbOr lakewood of some
of his most effective fiction. 1t was a period
when literature in the air, and it presently
eliminated the establishment OF The At
lantiC." TO the first number of which TrOw bridge
was one Of the contributors. 1t WAS in that
number that EmersOns 'Brahma" appeared.
which to be more talked about and puz-
zled over and parodied." says our author, than
any other poem Of sixteen lines published within
my recollection. What does it mean was the
question readers everywhere asked; and If one
had the reputation of seeing little way into
the Concord philosophy he was liable at any
time to be stopped the street by some per
picked inquirer. who would draw him into the
nearest doorway, produce a Crumpled newspaper
clipping from the reCeSses of a waistCoat pocket,
and with knitted brOws exClaim, Here! you
think you understand Emerson; now tell me
what all this is about-"If the red slayer thinks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

in the days when the yarn for a boys clothes
was spun at his own hearth; when matches
were unknown and finder boxes were in every
house; when the Sunday services at church
began at half-past 10 and were over at half
past Cor later. Primitive as was the district
school of the region, it started the boy John
well the path for which an Unborn passion
for books and u genuine gift of literary express
sion had qualified him. At fifteen the list Of
foreign words and phrases which he found at
the back of his spelling book inspired him with
eager determination to study foreign Ian
guage Three French books. Il grammar. 4
dictionary and a reader. were bequeathed to him
by a girl cousin, and the young rustic pro-
ceeded joyfully without any other help, to
quire the coveted language. He had no idea
of pronunciation, and he read and translated
French with ease before he ever heard it
spoken. This study meant for him n mental
awakening in many directions. The little town
library, which had been established by the
settlers "as soon food and shelter were Sc
cured there in the heart of the wilderness" was
made up of the best books. The boy devoured
these. Then he saved his money bought some
Latin text books, and began without 4 teacher
to study that language. All this, with much
writing Of pretty poor poetry he accomplished
in the intervals Of farm work and country sports.
4 little more study in 4 school of higher grade
and the inevitable term or two of teaching end
ed young Johns preparation for a literary life
and he was not yet twenty years old when he
boarded n canal boat on his way to New-YOrk
in search OF fortune. The vicissitudes of his
fifteen months in this city WILDLY and anus
ngly described, and forbear to dull the
edge of the readers appetite by any further
reference to them. At the end of that time he
went to Boston. and in and about Boston he
has spent the rest of his life highly popular
author