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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01
AN HISTORIC SPOT.

Joaquin Miller's old home in Canyor
City is one Of the most interesting his.
toric spots in eastern Oregon. The old
house is still standing though Worn
and dilapitated with age, 1t occupies
q picturesque position ON the hillside
overlooking the town. and on the gently
sloping ground behind 1t is the orchard
that the poet planted long ago.
The first mining Of Importance that
was done in Canyon City was in 1862,
| and Joaquin Miller was one OF the first
men attracted to the new field. He was
the first county judge elected by pop
ular vote in Grant county. At that
time he was a young lawyer and It was
while he was living at Canyon City that
his first book OF poems was published.
Minnie Myrtle Miller, the poets wife,
who shared with him the humble little
home. was the author OF some poems
that are considered by some to be sup
erior TO those of joaquin. The older
residents OF Canyon City speak OF her
as having been lady Of rare refine
ment, though having been able to adapt
harsh 'ocial conditions of those early
pioneer times.
But there are some who say that Mrs,
Miller was neser quite happy in her
mountain home. There seemed to be
within her an unsatisfed longing for
something that her rustic environments
could not supply-an endless yeaning
for social intercourse that would har-
monize with the higher instincts Of her
delicate nature. Perhaps II was this
discomfort that caused her to write the
following plaintive stanza:
I am conscript-hurried to battle
With fates-yet l fain would be
Vanquished and silenced forever
And driven back into my sea.
oh! to leave this strife. this turmoil,
Leave all undone and skim
With the clouds that fleet to the
hilltops
And rest forever with Him.
Joaquin Miller left Canyon City in
1868 or 1869. AS is generally known.
he nov lives at THE Heights" a ROM
antic spot in Piedmont Hills overlook
ing Oakland. Alameda and the bay and
city of San Francisco. Two or three
years ago he concluded to visit his old
home in Canyon City, but it was winter
time, and deep snow blocked the passes
Of the Blue mountains. and he could
not finish his journey. He tried to
telephone then to some of his old
friends at that place, but the storm
had broken the wires. Then he wrote
a letter before retracing his steps. to
one of the old miners who had been his
friend in those early times and in it he
lamented that so many of the old
boys" had so long since died and he ex-
pressed longing to see once more the
scenes made dear to him in the days |
he spent in Canyon City.-Lionel A.
Johnson in the Sunday Oregonian.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01
REMEMBER MOTHER.

Here is something that will bear re-
peating until every young man has it
committed to memory:
Young man, did you ever put your
arms around your dear old mother who
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

The political skies are locally becom-
ing decidedly haSy and storm is evil
dent. The republicans are busy as
their opponents and will make sharp
contest for supremacy,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

The good old state of Missouri has re-
ceived a good many hard knocks, but Il
sttll remains one OF the brightest spots
fashioned out of the great Louisiana
purchase.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

The spectacle of Hons. Charles A.
Towne and Henry NJ. Teller trying to
play the role OF democrats is really
funny.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

When a run Is started on a financial
institution the intelligence displayed by
the depositors reaches almost to that of
sheep as they follow their leader
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

Even Mexico has the assassin who
attempts the life OF her ruler.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01
GOULD NOT HEAR THE TICK OF A
CLOCK.

OOULD MOT 61AR THE TICK OF A
CLOCK.
Watsonville, Pa, July 10, 1905.
Dear Birs:
have used q. .. 9. for Oatarrh Of the
inner ear, and have found 1t an excel
lent remedy for same. had been
troubled with this disease for years
and tried many things in an effort to
get relief, but nothing did me any
permanent good until began 8. 8. 8.
I had discharge from my ear and my
hearing was so badly affected that I
could not hear the tick Of q clock. Twas
in bad shape when began your med.
icine. 3. B. 8. has done away with the
discharge. and my hearing has been
wonderfully improved; 30 much 90
that can now carry on . conversation
in sn ordinary tone, whereas q year
ago this was impossible.
Your medicine has done me world Of
good and I do not hesitate to give IL the
credit 1t deserves.
WE. KRUMRINE.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

Silver is going up even without Mr.,
Bryan's boosting.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

through a hole in the fence, truthtullS
states an exchange.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01

he coming Of winter, for with the first
rable disease is famed into life and all
The nostrils are stopped up and the
secretions only by continual hawking
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01
no SIGN OF CATARRH. IN THIRs
TEEN YEARS.

Krebs, Ind. Ter, Aug. /, 1903.
Dear Sirs:
About thirteen years ago I used your
remedy for Catarrh. Ihad been troubled
with it for about nine years, but since
taking 8. 8. s. have never been worried
with it. I feel able to recommend s. 8. o.
as sure cure for Catarrh.
T. MILLWEE.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-11-01
sEMI-wEEKLr,
sent BY mail. per year. in advance 81 %

The Astorian guarantees to its ad-
vertisers the largest circulation Of any
newspaper published ON the Columbia
River.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
POISON SENT BY MAIL.
Man Eats Prepared Food From
Package md Falls Dend.

~ special dispatch from Pensacola
Fla, to the Atlanta Journal SAYS: Ro-
land L. Morgan, gentleman who
came here several years ago from e.
gin. ILL.,, and established quite set
Element at Il point in Pensacola l,ay.
six miles from the city, received !.
pickage or prepared food through the
mall Monday and upon swallowing
less than spoonful was dead In fifteen
minutes.
Later examination Of the BODY
shows unlnistakable evidences Of
strychninc poisoning and Il test Of t. e
FOOD he eat was made demonstrates
that 1t contained enough strychninc
to have killed Il dozen men. NI0rgan's
relatives can attach suspicion to no
one, as he had not n known enemy.
LII view of this the conclusion Is made
that the poison was meant for some
body else, although addressed to MOI;
gan. The food came in the manufac.
turers' package, this being enclosed
with common white paper. The post
mark is indistinct and postal authorl-
ties are at loss to say what is the
emanating Office.
Three deaths came near being caused
ny the contents of the package. AS
soon as the same was opened Mrs.
Morgan and her mother tasted and
Immediately became Geathly sick Not
protlting by this warning Mr.. Morgan
himself mixed some milk and placed
it in his mouth. Rigor set in at once
and the deathly stuff acted SO quickly
that he fell into an orange bush near
by and badly laccratcd his face. De-
tails Of the case we're printed in the
afternoon papers and caused a sensa-
titn Morgan was well fixed financially
and his relatives stand among promi-
nent people In Illinois and Ohio.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
Try Them.

Mr.. p. j. Rucker, or Columbia,
writes as follows to The State: IAN
egg wrapped in paper, packed in Il
close box in hot weather will keep
three months better than one laid out
IN the air three days 1t Is the air
that ruins fresh meats, fruits, fish, ice
or eggs Wrap an egg the day It is
laid and 1t will never hatch. Eggs
left In open air In July or August will
hatch in three weeks without hen
OF an Incubator, SO they are not tit
to eat In three days unless they nre
wrapped. Nature has prepared scales
on fish, pcelings on fruit, shells on
eggs to keep the air Off them. a fish
wrapped In paper In hot weather, not
cleaned, will keep "a hours better
than one cut and salted two hours.
There is just as much sense in wrap
ping up meats, fish and eggs in hot
weather to keep them as there is to
wrap up ice to keep it. All ask Of
you Is totry 1t; wrap good with paper
and tic so no air can get to them
wrap eggs tho day they are laid, the
same as you would lemons, and pack
in close box. There is one thing
certain that we have not learned ali
yet-wc only live to learn. Solomon
Just learned that he was fool when
he got ready to die and cried out that
all was vanity" It. would do no
llarm To give these recipes trial
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
NEW ENGIAND Wall
yrhs South is Slowly bnt Enrcly Clos.
3ns Nor, Co,,op Mills.

AZ Hostnn, Mass. on "Wednesday Ia
an address OF welcome TO tina delegateR
to the: annual mretinv OF tho New
Englund Ontton Manufacturers aSsQ,
ciation, Lieut., Gov. Curtis Guild, Lr.,
reviewed the general condition OF cot-
N.n manufacturing In New England
and made comparisons between the ip-
dustry In that section and Ia the soutr,
He declared that In spite of compe-
.tition New England held the scrpu.r
III cotton unufaolure In thi, country
aud called attention to lhe facts iiGll
he said indicated One grave caiise Ut
unrest in this particular industry.
He quoted figures showing tile In
crease IN Llic number nj active cnttOn
spindleS III the county from 1890 1892
and said it was idle ia deny the fact
the rate III incl ease In the south was
much swifter than in New England.
He gave further figures showing that
the south. in comparison with New
England, pays five-eiKhts as many
operatives Il little over a third us much
wages for operating about Il third as
many Spindles and said: Nut proxi-
nifty tx the cotton fields, not climate,
but cheap labor, long hours, together
with utter absence OF excitement, and
extreme moderation OF taxation ex-
plain the growth Of the south
''By the substitution or tinc goods
for coarse goods in our factories, Mas
sachusetts has managed to put uif the
day of settlement, even to show an in
crease, but ultimately the set day Of
settlement must come and we must
face and deal with conditions that
have reduced the SpindleS in some or
our northern States. Massachusetts It's
with tue shortest time limit aud the
oldest age limit IF any State in the
union las to face the competition of
States that limit neither age nor time.
The solution Of the problem is not in
admitting little children in tile Ma
sachuSettS mills nor in lcngtfening
the hours in Massachusetts, but here
and now 10 begin Il crusade that the
demands Of humanity, enforced 10y law
In Massachusetts, shall be enforced by
law In all tho States. Let us not drag
Massachusetts down to the level or Ala
bama; let us lift Alabama to the level
Of massachusetts,. Let us have uni
formiLy OF factory laws throughout the
United States. 1t is idle for Massa-
chuSctts TO stand alone with wise re-
strictions when Alabama and South
Carolina compete with rl,c toll ri in
FAINT fingers a:'ain the ia,ur uf li,.f.
AMI women"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
4 Rich 'rhicl.

Geo. L. Gilbert OF Waycross, GA.
must so to the pen for robbing
freight cars, though he is Il man OF
II cans, being worth $4,000 or $50
600. Ills effort TO have his sentence
commutcd to a fine were unavailing
aud nc must do the pcnancc required
by the law. This is as it should be,
and we hope To see the time when all
judges will do rs this one did When
Il rich man dues q crime, let him take
the same physical punishment that is
mctcd out TO the lowest chain gang
darkcy. This lends to bring all crini-
nais down toa common level, where
they belong. y mans money should
avail nothing. when he is guilty Of
violating the laws OF the land
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
Ancestry of shoemnK,ns.

There is nothing vulgar about the
ancestry of the shoemaking trade In
the United States. The first shoemnk-
er came over in the Mayhower. His
name was Thomas Beard. and he had
an income from the London company
OF $100 year and received fifty acres
Of land on which to settle. Seven
years later the city OF Lynn was
founded. and ever since 1t has been
making shoes for the world. Philip
kcrtland, native Of Buckingham
shire, was the first shoemaker Of the
city Of Lynn. In George Washington's
day Lynn had 200 master workmen
and GOO journeymen shoemakers. turn
Ing out every year no less thnn 100000
pairs Of fine shoes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
An Old Soldiers Fail.

At Augusta, Ga, Oil Wednesday
George Moore, an cS-fcdcral soldier
and ono nf Sherman's men on his
march through Georgia, was arrested
and lodged in Jail to await trial for
burglary. He entered the home oi
Mr.. j. W. Robertson, on Walton Way,
and stole gold watch. On his per.
son, when arrested, were found quite
lot Of jewclry and other valuablcs
supposed to have been stolen, also
papers showing that he was drawing
Il federal pension, and pathetic let
ter from his sister in Kentucky, beg
ging him to give up his vagabond life
return home and reform. He was
formerlya member Of Co. III Fifth Ohio
Volunteers and is nearly sixty years Of
age,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
WOULD WELCOME JESUS.
A Rabbi sn.s the Jews wou;d u.
the liking OF Glory"

IF Jesus Christ should return Ii
earth tomorrow he would be welcomed
in every Jewish synagogue in the land
and every Jew would say with David,
Lift up your heads, ye everlasting
d 1ors, and the King or Glory Sl.all
come in +"
This was the climax Of the lecture
which DR.. liirsh delivered Thursday
night before the Epworth League Of
st. James Methodist Church at Chi
cago. A big audience gave the speak
er a storm Of applause. He eulogized
the Lords prayer, repeating it in uni
son with Christian friends.
The Jews said Dr., llirSch, "du
not believe In original sin and inherit.
ed dcpravity. They believe every man
Is responsible, free agent, and is not
involved in the guilt OF his fathers ar
children.
"As they reject the doctrine OF
original Sin, they reject, OF course, the
dnct rinc nf redemption frum sin They
lclicve in the Messiah, but the Mes
siah OF the Old Testament is tenn
poral prince, who shall reign over the
Jews after they shall have been re-
united and have become Il nation
again in Palestine.
The Jews hold that JcsllS preached
nothing but Judaism. the supremacy
OF the commandment to love God and
man, the doctrine or the fathcrhood
of God, the doctrine that The Sabbath
was made for man, the abrogation Of
the law Of retaliation, the obligation
to love even ones enemies, and even
the Lords prayer, which. we rctlily ad-
NIT. is the sublimcSt petition ever
framed In the human language; all
these we claim were taken from Jewish
writing, some Of which we're com
posed hundreds Of years before Jesus
was born.
Jesus was crucitied by Roman
Governor and Roman soldiers, and
though his cruciiXion was inStigated
by Jews, it was by few jealous priests
and not BY the mass Of the Jewish
people.
so far as modern Jews are con
ccrncd, they regard Jesus as one Of the
noblcst spiritual teachers that ever ap-
pcarcd In the world. The socalled dis
rIples or Jesus have prosecuted the
Jews with savage ferocity for ages III d
the Jews have horne their persecution S
With lamhlIke gentioncss and silence. .
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
Work OF n Mob.

Wednesday night at an early hour
Andrew Raincy, 4 negro, was taken
away from Constable Bell bya mob
and SO badly beaten that he died.
The constable was on the way to Balm.
bridge, Ga, with lsaiLey to place him
in jail to await trial on the charge OF
arson. lie was suspected Of having
fired the residence Of Fred Lang, a
farmer, living l3 miles in the country
In the night and when the family
were asleep i'm th house. Near the
town mob overlook the deputy and
prisoner and demanded the latter I'M
der pain Of death. Rainey was ter
ribly beaten and his skull was frac-
tured. After the beating lie was car
rlcd to the Jail, where he died.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
Navigating the EIbe.

A curious means Of moving boats Is
employed on the river Elbe-a chain
200 miles long at the bottom Of the
stream, which is too swift to navigate
In the usual way. The boats nre 18O
feet long and provided with 200 horse
power steam engines which turn
drum fastened on the deck. The chain
comes in over the bow, passing along
OH rollers to the drum, around which
1t Is wound three times. The chain is
then carried to the stern. where it
drops back into the water. The steam
ers tow Eve bargcs containing 1900
tons
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
THE PENSION Lists,
An increase or Over Fivs AaHdkea
Nan.es Over Last xaar. Z.

H Tho con, ptrtl lles genera, has made
public tho npmher OF penzlonara III
each county, There are GOO more thta
year than last year, tho total nov,
amounting to $3.50 against 1850 last
year, The increase has been gener.l
througout the state, The state board.
has endeayored to hold the list down
and to reatrlot the pension fund to
those who were absolutely entitled to
Its benefits. Tt will be interesting to
know that the most numerous class or
pensioners will this year get only
sI7.35. whereas last year they got
S19.65. This reduction in the nm.n, it
to 60 t., the pensioners is simply bn-
cause OF the increase in the number
adjudged to be entitled to the benlits
Of the fund. It will be something or
o supr'se to many who have bee p
watching pension legislation to see
where most of the pension fund goes,
as is indicated by the number OF pen
sic pers In each Of the counties. The
co nlpar9 tive list Is as follows:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
itszpoWeri1l3tails that Would dfellnb5 6xi
3 So I had ~ f. yer sii'ca autl6ls In

tszpowcrinl3tailstha tWouldfelI abI6xi
SO 7 had t.,g s:t. r. We yif calitI6is I'm
approaching: ,Bnt'atss last the opp por.
tunity was presented, and Il I stood
near enougttu tho veh0mous tead to
raise thu heavy wea apni} It, my liunda
and deal u Rtrolse ut tho neck Just
back OF the skull The steel crashed
through tlnthstllu -rDuYh. hide mud the
aaNGhes hohe Dnd lug buried ia tho
hplve, spra M away. JUST In time tn
be out Of reach OF file dpath struggle. y
When The friends III thaj9amily,a ar
rived and were told whgt haa-hanpen.
ad they could hardly ufedlt the story.
'Fhe gfeat saurtatl lay qpivering TN
the flour, and tha.llouSe locked as II 1t
had. been wrecked hY- yqndal, and
shakcn by q cy0lune.
The alligator was dragged to the
hanks OF the myinl. where it still
showed mastery evidences nf vitality
as 1t WAS being chopped tn pie9.s.
Miss Alice Nelson is now tile heroine
',f the neighborhDDl, and her admir-
rsarc preparing toprescnt her with
IL good rifle that will send steel bullets
through the toughest hide. :
GEN WILLIE JONES APPOINTED
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
Over Three Million Dollars Paid in
This State Last Yenr.

The comptroller generals Office is
preparing the annual bulletin of the
business done in this State by the
foreign insurance companies last year.
BY foreign is meant all companies
which have agencies i'm this State and
not chartered under the laws of the
State.
There was great advance in the
volume Of insurance and In the
amount Of premiums. 1t is Il fact
worthy OF note that the amount of
premiums paid by residents or South
Carolina to these insurance companies
was more than double the amount re-
celved into the State on account Of
losses. The following advance figures
will be OF interest to the great army
or insured in South CaIulina:
Foreign fire insurance companif $
wrote risks OF $3l $40, ,428.4l. Pre-
mlums received were $336, $50. 06, and
losses paid were 1926, 6,707.O7.
United States fire companies
Risks, 5S,4G4, 1852; premiums.
SS04,5lI.3l; losses paid, SlB7,l53.lG.
Life companies Risks, sl5. 1903
O0I.10 premiums, So. OaO, 1870. IL losses
paid S,G77.U5.
Accident companies Risks, s2l,-
81 ,22t.49; premiums, Sl2,3US. 81:
losses paid, S3il, 1888
The total volume OF risks written
by life, fire and accident companies in
1902 was Sl27, ,139, ,44202, an increase
OF Sl3,SS3, ,924. 81: the total amount
OF premiums received in 1902 was
So, 294 ,856.O9, and increase OF $IO3.-
876.62 or an increase OF over Is per
cent: the total amount of losses for
1902 was 81 ,G26, ,654.4G, an increase Of
$500, 005.s0, or over 20 per cent. above
last year.
The following license fees we're re-
ceivcd by the State from the insur-
ancc companies: From foreign fire
insurance companies, S3,GSl.75; from
United States fire insurance com
panics, $S, ,222 SO; from life insurance
companies Sl3, 3,352.40 from fidelity,
accident and surety companies, So
9lG.54: mortgage company, 500:
fraternal societies, $l15 This makes
a total OF S2S, ,448.27.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
"A Million for Tuskcpcc,

The trustees OF tho Tuskcgec Nor
mai and industrial institute in Ala
bama have received 5000, QUO towards
the endowment fund from Andrew
Carnegie, who attended the recent
meeting in behalf of the Tuskcgce in
Stitule, where cX-PrcSdcnt Grover
Cleveland presided. The trustees
will meet soon 10 take formal action
in accepting the gift and at the same
time to take measures to still further
increase the endowment.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-01
C0NTRABAND WHISKEY
Found Buried In n Vegetable Garden
Mt Grecnviilc.

The Grccnvillc correspondent of
The State says: The Sunday sinners
with the opening OF spring time are
seeking the shade or the woods again,
where their fayoritc pastimc is shun-
ing cards and drinking mountain dew.
Chief Hall, with Constables Alton,
Bell, Cooley and Whitmire, reinforced
by Sheriff Gilreath. Deputy Herman
l'allcnger and .Jailer Holcombe, raid
cd the large body of woods near the
overhead bridge on the Paris Noun
tain road for gamblers and LIQUOR
sellers, and succeeded in entrapping
four negroes, three OF whom were
taken to Jail. charged with selling
liquor. The officers saw that on enter
ing the woods they say crowds OF
white men and negroes down on their
kness In circles. which is the regula-
tion attitude Of crap shooters, and the
moment the officers came In sight they
scattered in every direction.
This piece Of woods Is a rendezvous
on Sundays for factory operatives
and trifling negroes, who engaged in
gambling, selling liquor, drinking and
fighting, according to taste and in
clination. The cOnstablcs on return
ing to the city raided a negro house
near the Laurens depot, where they
found and contiscated several bottles
of contraband liquor. Monday after
noon they made a visit to Cripple
Creek, near the Air Line dcpu where
crime doth abound at all times, and
went to the home Of George Boiling.
colorcd where he was digging in his
garden. After he had dug a space of
about 20 feet the officers invited him
into the house with them and a search
was made for liquor.
Constable Atom felt the need of
exercise, and returning to the garden
he picked up the grubbing hoe, with
which he went over the same ground
that George was digging, and wo-
man asked him not to dig up her seed,
but Alton struck 4 few more licks
and uncarthcd four bottles OF LIQUOR.
George Boiling was Immediately arrest
ca and taken TO jail for safe keeping,
as 1t is against the law to grow whis-
key In this way. His mother is a
white woman with ncgrco family
who has served a term in Jail for sell
Ing liquor, and she went ahead Of the
officers SO that George might hide the
whiskcy she knew was in his posses
sion