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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that a
preventive Of suicide had been discov-
cred will interest many. A rundown
system, or dependency invariably pre-
cedes suicide and something has been
found that will prevent that condition
which makes suicide likely. At the
first thought Of self-destruction take
Electric Bitters. 1t being great tonic
and nervine will strengthen the nerves
and build up the system. It's also a
great Stomach, Liver and Kidney reg.
ulator. Only soc. Satisfaction guar
anteed by Chas. Rogers, druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
THE PEOPLE ALL
In Chorus Cried, Give Us Newbro's
Herpiclde.

This word Of late has been in every
ones mouth, and many are wondering
what the word signifies, though no one
has yet been found, who will deny that
NEWBRo'S HERPICIDE does the WORK.
Well, for the information of thousands of
people who like to know all about a good
thing, we would say that HERPICIDE
means, destroyer or killer OF Herpes"
Now Herpes" Is the family name Of a
disease caused by various vegetable par
asites. A similar microbe causes dan
druff, itching scalp and falling hair; this
is the microbe that NEWBRoS HERPI-
eide promptly destroys; after which the
hair grows. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 1Oc. in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co., Detroit. Mich
Eagle Drug Store Owl Drug Store
S51-S5S Bond st. 549 Com. st.
Astoria Oregon.
T. F. LAURIN, Proprietor.
Special Agent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

Toleda Reporter. The rush of people
to Newport this year has been unus-
ually large and the season Is not over
yet There are tents scattered all over
the hills and through the woods along
the beach everywhere, and every cot
tage, house and hotel is filled to its
utmost capacity.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
Peace in Central America.

Corinto, Nicaragua, Aug. 22.-The
conference between President Escalon
of Salvador President Bonilla of Hon.
duras and President elaya of Nicara-
que came to close here last night.
The three presidents signed an agree
ment to maintain peace in the repub-
lies OF central America.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
Puts an End to II All.

A grievous wall oftimes comes as a
result OF unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver complaint and Constipation. But
thanks to DR.. Kings New Life Pills
they put an end to 1t all. They are
gentle, but thorough. Try them. Only
25c. Guaranteed by Chas. Rogers
drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

Upper Astoria has a place where you
can get fine glass Of beer, az soad
wines and liquors as you can find
any place in the city.
HARRY JONES.
Opposite North Pacific Brewery.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

LosT-Net, about oZa papers twine,
933a Inch mesh by "A neshes deep;
2I2 papers sewed together in the
center. Buoy marked. 7. j.. Lost on
Desdemona light, August 12. Re.
ward for its return to Warren Pack
ing Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

that Uncle Sam owns, and we have enough
to last for a hundred years. with an annual
cut of two billion feet. The geological sur
Vey estimates that have now standing
more than 1915 billion feet of timber You
people have no idea of the extent of our
forests, nor the size of the trees. A single
Washington tree has yielded eighty thou
sand feet of lumber. That would be enough
to build, shingles and ALL seven five-room
cottages, and to leave sufficient wood from
the slabs and limbs to heat the families
living IN those cottages for one year.
What kind of woods have your
"A great many, was the reply. THE
Washington fir is stronger than oak 1t
grows as straight an arrow, and has
no limbs for the first hundred feet 1t is
used for sparS and masts by the shipping of
the world and is valuable for railroad work
and bridge building. Then we have the
cedar, which makes the shingles which are
shipped all over the east. Millions of you
people sleep every night under Washington
shingles. The spruce is a white wood,
somewhat like pine. which is used for all
Kinds of boxes wooden ware and furni-
ture; and we have also pine and hemlock
for the same purpose. We are doing a
great deal of wood working now, and are
shipping sash, DOORS furniture, pals and
boxes all over the west. We are annually
paying out in wages So, 600 900 through
our mills and logging camps; and we have
about S1 100000 now invested in the lum-
Der industry. We are shipping lumber
by rail all over the United States, and by
Steamboat to nearly every country on the
Pacific and also to Europe.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
Fools His Hens.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press
Timothy Varney, who lives three miles
east of lie Sueur and keeps about 200 hens,
has been greatly troubled, as have most
people who keep hens, by the persistent
desire manifested by the fowls to set in
season and out, on eggs, stones or door
knobs or anything else that comes handy.
But he has got hold of a plan now which
feet success, and which he warrants will
cure the worst Light Brahma cluck that
ever veXed the heart of man of all desire
10 sit. and all in less than three hours
The cure consists of cheap watch, with
a loud and clear tick to it, inclosed in a
case that is white and shaped like an egg
When a hen manifests a desire to set out
of season he gently places this bogus egg
under her sheltering breast and the egg
does the rest. 1t ticks cheerfully away,
and soon the hen begins to show signs of
uneasiness and stirs the noisy egg around
with her bill, thinking, perhaps, that it is
already time for it to hatch and there is
chicken in it wanting to get out. She
grows more and more nervous the noise
keeps up, and soon jumps off the nest and
runs around awhile to cool off, but returns
again to her self-imposed duty. 1t gets
worse and worse with her, and she wiggles
about and cackles. ruffies her feathers and
looks wild until at last. with frenzied
squawk, she abandons the nest for good
and all. That incubating fever is broken
up completely.
Mr.. Varney finds use for half a dozen of
these noisy eggs, and claims that they pay
for their cost over and over during the
year by keeping the hens at the business
of laying and not permitting them to waste
the golden hours in useless incubating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

face In the big chrysanthemum. ostensbly
TO inhale It's subtle fragrance, really to
conceal the shining drops that would wedge
their way between her narrowing lids.
ITS tough Evans wished he might take
the girl in his arms and swim with her af-
ter the boat IL was jolly good of her not
to reproach him.
Il say" the deep voice of the dock hand
sounded in his ear IF the young lady ain t
afraid. you might get that fellow over yon-
der" pointing In the direction of the adj
joining pier, Ito take you over. II the train
don't start as soon the ferry boat docks
you've fighting chance. The tides in
your favor. and | reckon you want to see
the game right bad
Bad cried Tom, Frightening up at the
prospect of making the train. Bad
Where's the boat? Oh, that oyster boat.
Thanks" He handed the astonished man a
bill and with more vigor than grace grasped
dock.
You're not afraid to try?" he asked be-
tween leaps.
mo. no." painted Helen, quickening her
pace.
The water is not choppy," he assured
her
When Tom had offered the old captain a
fee that startled him into dropping his cob
pipe, Helen gathered up her skirts and
stepped into the dirty little boat, and made
room for the young man close beside her
1t was a foregone conclusion that the boat
man would get them over II possible.
I'VE can make try, bein' as It's calm"
he said. "All set?"
Traces Of tears had disappeared and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
WAR VESSELS WITH BAD NAMES
Experience Appears to Indicate That
They Will Have Bad Luck.

From the Navy League Journal.
! If one should be so bold as to characterize
the superstitious sailor as silly he would at
once declare that there is sufficient reason
for his belief and would proceed to prove
J that war vessels named after singing and
venomous things have been unlucky and
( that the country should not be so indffer-
/ ent to the men who follow "a life on the
I ocean wave" as to organize a MOSQUITO
/ fleet
| That Snake is regarded as an unfortunate
! name for a vessel is shown by the fact
that two of that name have been lost, one
in 1lS1 and the other in 1877 but no vessel
bearing that name is known to exist now.
Serpent which is only a substitute name
for Snake, is an unlucky one also for the
one wrecked in 1892 was the fourth British
war vessel of that name to meet the same
fate. Viper has been un unlucky name in
the British navy. The first one was wreck
led in 17S0, but the admiralty would not
swerve, and so kept the name on the list,
each vessel meeting its doom, and the
/ fourth was lost only recently. The French
navy has also been unlL%ky with vessels
SO named The Viper used in the British
service after she became prize from the
French was lost in 1893. The second was
| lost year later, the third in 1877 and the
| fourth was recently lost in a collision off
Guernsey.
The Cobra, another British war vessel,
was lost recently at the same time as the
Viper. Among other vessels similarly
named ana Whlch met rates other than in
battle are the Rattlesnake, in 17s1 the
Alligator, in 1872; the Crocodile in 1874
I the Adder, in 1916; three Lizards, two
Dragons and one baSilisk. All of these
were of the British navy. The list could
be made larger by citing the records of
other navies.
The Norsemen, who were so fond of
naming their vessels against the laws of
superstition, and using hideous heads of
dragons and reptiles on their high prows,
were less unfortunate eand these did not
meet with frequent disasters. They did
| have belief, however, that it was I'M
lucky and a sacrilege to select such a
name as did Lord Dunraven for his first
yacht to challenge for the Americas cup.
| the Valkyrie. And this belief was strength
ened when she was sunk by the Satanita
| The second challenger, with the same name
| gave trouble and she was broken up after
| only q short existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
What the Siamese Eat.


Siamese food principally consists of dried
frequently rotted fish, and rice, done into
curries which comprise a little of about
every kind of condiment, and especially a
very popular sauce called namphrink a
chutney-like and thoroughly mixed thing
made of red pepper, shrimp. garlic, onions.
citron, ginger and tamarind seeds. The
only reason for the fish being putrid is be-
cause the natives like 1t SO, for fish are
plentiful In the rivers and fishermen nu-
merous, though their ways of catching are
rather amusing and antique. One favorite
method, borrowed from the Chinese is
beating the waters with long bamboo sticks
to frighten the fish into an eight or ten
foot squarish net which is lowered into the
river from a framework on the bank by a
system of wheels and ropes and pulleys
and hoisted up again when the catch is
complete. l must confess that when the
fish in the curry CHANGED to be dried in
stead of decayed, l found the connection
decidedly toothsome. In fact, a really good
curry Is in class apart, and one must go
to India or the far east to get it at its
best. Sometimes the natives eat pork and
oftentimes chicken but for the most part
rice and the fish curry constitute their
chief diet, supplemented by, the fruit of the
country. Of which there are many kinds
nnangosteen, mango, pineapple, banana,
orange, bread fruit, and that most health
full and serving of all Siamese fruits, the
papaya, which grows back from the wa
ter and Is a greenish oval melon that sug-
gests cantaloupe when opened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

He knew ii was not a brilliant question and
that any man with a high order of in
telligence would have left II unsaid but
he must start the conversational ball roll
ing and bring himself down from the 1izzy
heights to which his magma ton had car
ried him.
Yes, Stree. and right quick too The
parson, he lives just three blocks and a
half-a queer little half-to your right and
one and half north after that" explain
ed the captain, with an air of imparting in
valuable information. He's accommodatin'
and he's well used to such calls"
'Do-are the girls all dressed up?" asked
Helen, not knowing why she said It,
Begging your pardon, miss, but none of
them ever. looked so pretty you do at
this minute" And he bowed respectfully,
both TO Tom and the girl.
Helen's color came again. "What-what
time Is 1t, Tom?" she asked to divert the
mans attention.
They were nearing the landing
We've missed the special and will have
to wait half an hour for the other train. -
Tom explained, cycling her closely. Did he
imagine 1t, or was she really pleased ?
Could 1t be that she. too, had been
He banished the thought and called him
self conceited, presumptious cad!
Don't let him know we've missed the
train. Let him think-we're eloping" she
whispered. and, had the boatman been
looking that way. he might have seen a
big, firm hand close over a small, trembling
one.
''Well. here we are, all right" he an
nouncsd with pride. as he made the boat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

watts so big that you could drop four
story business block of forty feet front
down into them-and all solid salmon? We
have scores of such watts. We empty the
fish into scows and carry them to our pack
ing houses whence they are shipped to all
parts of the world" SIG
''Those are big stories, Mr.. McMillin,'
said /. tiJ
yes, but If you will come to San Juan
will show you all that and more. Our sal
mon exports are now greater in value than
our lumber exports, and they are growing
year by year"
Blaine's Eighty-Pound Chinook.
rs this fishing business new one?' l
asked.
"Comparatively SO with US. The big sal
mon fishing of the west was for a long
time confined to the Columbia river, where
the Chinook salmon come from. The Chi
nook was the first to be put upon the mar
ket and 1t is best known. 1t Is one of the
finest of the salmon and about the largest.
I have seen Chinook fish weighing forty
pounds apiece, and some are caught which
weigh eighty When James G. Blaine was
at the height of his popularity his Oregon
1t arrived in Washington in good condi-
ton, was cooked by famous chef and
served whole at one of his dinners. When
you remember that 1t takes a good chunk
of a boy to weigh eighty pounds you may
get some idea of the size of that fish,"
The Delicious sock-Eye and Tyee.
What is the character of your Puget
Sound fish, Mr.. McMillin?'
There are different varieties Of salmon,
you know, each Of which has its own ma
ture and habits as well as its particular
home and spawning ground. The fish are
all born at the headwaters Of rivers. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

both sexes. The male and female salmon
go together and every female has her male
follower, who will fight for his place near
her as the bull seal fights for the cows
on the seal islands. The two keep together
until the female salmon drops her spawn.
Soon after that they die. In some. places
the dead fish are piled one upon another
in such masses that their stencil pollutes
the country around.
Salmon Not Playing Out.
But where so many fish are caught. 1
should think it would result in the extinc-
ton of the race? Will not the salmon
soon die out as the buffalo has done?"
mo. A single fish lays tens of thou
sands of eggs. and if only small part of
the eggs should hatch there would be plen-
ty to keep up the supply. We are now pro-
tecting the salmon. and the government
has established hatcheries at the head
waters, where millions Of minnows are pro-
duced every year. The state OF Washing
ton also maintains nineteen large hatcher
les, which during the past season have
turned into the streams about thirty-eight
million spawn. Those millions are now
fish starting out on their way to the
sea. and they will come back az stated
time to enter our traps and be part Of
the fish food of the world 1t is great
scheme, isn't 1t, this being able to hatch
fish and start him out to his pasture
lands in the ocean knowing. that he will
come back just four years later, fat and
juicy and ready to eat.
TT IS not alone man, however" contin-
ued Mr. McMillin, that Is the enemy OF
the salmon. One of Its greatest pests Is
the ordinary brook trout. This fish fol-
1t, so that 1t may eat the eggs as they
drop. Indeed, 1t Is almost impossible to
get trout to bite while the salmon are rum
ming, they are SO over-fed with salmon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

eggs. The salmon knows this and tries TO
prevent 1t. IT often firts its tail so as TO
dig out a hole in the sand. In which II
drops its eggs, hoping the sand will cover
them. l have often seen this In the shall
low streams of Alaska"
rs there mitch money invested In the
fisheries In Washington??"
1.-The amount is something like $1,000
co., replied Mr.. McMillin. AT least that
is what it was last season. 1t then gave
employment to about 10000 persons, whose
earnings amounted to more than x3.oOo OO.
rs Washington the chief salmon supply
point?"
Yes; it surpasses Oregon or any other. .
Washington State Booming.
How are times il your state Mr.. Nc
Mnlin?' ] asked.
washington is growing rapidly. DO h east
and west was the reply. Seattle and
the Puget sound region have been greatly
benefited by Alaska and the transpacific
trade. Seattle has now 10000, and 1t Is
about the most business-like town Of the
west. Everyone is making money there.
How about eastern Washington?
THAT part of the state is rapidly ian
proving. We are redeeming much of it by
irrigation. Land that We used to consider
nothing but barren sand has been watered,
and it Is now the most fertile part of the
country. Ten years ago 1t was not con-
sidered werth taking up on account of the
taxes. Now II is valued at from 81 TO
$500 per acre. and several hundred thou
sand acres have been redeemed. We have
some excellent wheat lands In the eastern
part of the state. The soil Is deep and
rich. and ii often brings from twenty-five
to fifty bushels per acre first crop.
We are doing a good deal of dairying. and
are now making millions of pounds of but
ter and cheese. AS to irrigation, when the
bitches, which are now in course of con-
struction and proposed are completed. We
will have more than q million acres of
that kind of land"
Uncle Sans Lumber Yard.
Are your timber lands not pretty well
cut Off?
NO, replied the Washingtonian. They
have been only nibbled around the edges.
We have about the greatest lumber yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
Beyond the City.

Written for The Evening Star by C. H. Doing.
Beyond the city's MOL and din.
Where meadows green and woods begin;
Where vine-wreathed hedge and byways wind
And carking cares left behind:
Where weary brain and wayworn feet
Find refuge from the ceaseless beat
And stress Of never-ending strife
That throbs through all the city's life.
Where hill and dale and grassy slope
And vistas stretch beyond the scope
or hampered vision. and the view
Ends at the sky lines ribbon blue:
Ger head the boughs droop lovingly,
Warm hands stretch out from every tree,
And spirits Of the woods come near
To whisper welcome and good cheer
Here. when the autumn days are mild
And yellow leaves in drifts are piled
Along the Maynard woodland stream.
1t joys my heart to sit ana dream:
Ere yet the last wild flower has shed
Its petals in Its grassy bed:
And the sweet minstrel Of the grove
Is left to pipe the notes love.
Sweet bird bright flower and laughing stream,
Dear comrades Of my waking dream:
Here troubles end and joys begin,
Beyond the citys weary din.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

swim down to the ocean as minnows and
ave there for four years. when they come
pack to the spot where they were born
10 lay the eggs for another genera ton
They come by the millions and tens of mil
lions, In great hordes of many companies,
each hsh going back to the place of Its ma
/. tfyity to lay Its eggs and die
Among the best and most numerous OF
and an especial favorite is the Tyee or
King salmon. The Sock-eye is smaller than
the Chinook 1t weighs from five to seven
POUNDS. according to the season. In some
seasons We catch millions which average
five pounds apiece, and in others the
average is seven pounds or more. The Chi
nook makes directly for the rivers, and II
Is caught there only. The Sock-eyes spor,
about through Puget sound on their way to
the streams; and their course is such tina,
we can catch them as they come in fresh
from the ocean,"
Il do rot knew that you are aware that
the salmon does not feed at all after 1t
starts on his loIg voyage from the salt
water 20 the sources of the rivers. The
journey takes weeks, and during this time
he must live off his own fat. The result is
mat f1sh taken far up the rivers are lean
and they lack the flavor of those caught
fresh from the sea. This is the advantage
we have in the Sock-eye. We catch II
when 1t is fat and fresh. 1t is. 1 believe
the most delicious of fish meat
Fish Trapping.
How do you catch the fish, Mr.. McMil-
Nn?' I asked.
I'VE are now using great fish traps. They
are not like those Of the Columbia river
which are made in the shape of wheels
turned by the stream. SO that they catch
tn" fish as they go up and, carrying them
aloft, empty them into the boat with which
the wheels are connected Our traps are a
series of great heart shaped enclosures
lad ,t,tth G-l-
them and roam about from one to the other
trying to get out until they finally come
into great vat-hke net which will hold
thirty or forty thousand at one time.
iraEc seen such trap with more than one
hundred thousand big salmon in it,
But how do you get the fish into the
tra2?' I asked.
I'VE take advantage of the habits and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
The Moon and the Weather.

From St. Nicholas.
The moon is the most powerful agent in
producing the tides on the earth; 1t also
produces some slight variations in Tho
earths magnetism. So far science has
been able 10 investigate, there is absolutely
no change In the weather which can be at
tributed to the moon, although half or more
of mankind seem to believe that the moon
does have some control over the weather
All such beliefs, including the time for
planting gardens and for going fishing. are
mere superstitions-the suryivals of an age
of ignorance.