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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
CONTROL THE UNIVERSE.
Opposite Forces of Mature That Hold
AL Things In Balance.


AL Things In Balance.
Gravitation, II considered az II force
Of attraction only, IN force which
balances It's opposite. repulsion. The
attraction OF the sun balances the mo.
mentum which would otherwise project
the earth on straight line into space.
This balance holds the earth steadily
In liz course around the sun. Opposite
forces OF attraction and repulsion,
centripetence and centrifugence, exist
In the world In It's greatest and small.
est parts, alike in consultations and in
atoms. Science Is compelled to recog-
nize repulsion as being as universal as
attraction. To account for these con-
trary forces has NO far batiied lnves
tigation, Newtons great discovery ac'
counting only In part, Science knows
only this-that these forces exist, that
they meet. Offset. neutralize and reg.
ulate each other, sometimes mildly or
imperceptibiy. sometimes violently and
with fearful commissions. and that In
their influences. contacts, struggles and
wars they hold all things In balance -
From Balance: The Fundamental
Verify" by Orlando J. Smith.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
BREAKFAST IN ENGLAND.
The Evolution From Ale and wins
Go the Modern Meal.

According 10 the oxford Dictionary,
] i403 is the date OF the earliest men
tion OF breakfast, but until u century
ago II consisted only OF q draft OF ale
or tea or chocolate. There were only
two meals day dinner. ranging from
0 o'clock In the morning In the fifteenth
&eentury to noon In the seventeenth,
1and supper. which similarly advanced
from 8 In the afternoon TO I o'clock.
Pcpys, for instance, went down to the
admiralty at 4 and 0 In the morning
on no other breakfast than half q
pint OF wine or dram Of cordial
But In the eighteenth century dinner
was gradually postponed until o.or .
o'clock In the afternoon. When II
passed midday breakfast became a
necessity and meal. Before this
hunger had demanded the addition OF
bread and some such relish as radishes
to the morning draft,
But when, q hundred years ago, cold
meats and Ash began 10 be served nj
breakfast the utmost surprise was ex'
pressed Its novelty made Il fashion.
able and led TO the giving Of breakfast
parties. Eleven or II o'clock was tho
hour. and II was declared to be par ex.
ccllcncc the meal for poets. Tom
Moore was an inveterate breakfastef
and after the trencher work sung for
the company's entertainment
Breakfast finally became an institu.
tion. as necessary oasis In the long
stretch between supper overnight and
dinner tho next afternoon. This &C.
ccptance OF breakfast century ago
thus made England for the FIRST time
q three meals q day nation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
Cured Of Terrible Cough on Lungs.

N. jackson of Danville, ILL.,, writes:
"My daughter had severe attack Of
La Grippe and a terrible cough on her
lungs. We tried great many remedies
without relief. She tried Foley's Honey
and Tar, which cured her. She has never
been troubled with cough since"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
A TIGHT PLACE.
How the speaker saved a Congress-
man From q Costly joke.

How the Speaker saved q Congress-
man From q Costly joke.
II was n gay time In congress one
night when there was an oil night SEES
sion on the Mills tarift bill In 1883. II
bad been difficult 10 keep sufficient
attendance, and the house had adopted
a resolution directing The sergeant at
arms to compel the presence OF absent
members. One by one they were
brought before the bar Of the house
and after making ali sorts Of excuses
and explanations were permitted to
20 unpublished.
About midnight Congressman Hen.
dcrson was brought before the speaker.
lie had. he said, no excuse TO offer
II was at a thcater party" he con.
tinued. "when was arrested and
brought here There In no sort OF ex.
cuse for absence without leave"
II move that the gentleman from
Iowa be fined s5.000r' called one Of
Iienderrpn's colleagues.
II second the motion" shouted twen-
~ or more members, all Of them his
friends.
1T IL moved and seconded" said
Speaker Carlisle. "that the gentleman
from Iowa be fined 5000. Those in
favor of the motion viii say Aye"
Two hundred delighted voices shout
ed Aver
Those opposed will say NO."
IIenderson's agonized voice was alone
In yelling "No"
There was but one way to slip out
OF the Joke and prevent the motion
from being carried. and that was for
Speaker Carlisle TO overrule the house
"The nays have II" said he grayely.
'The gentleman is excused" :"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10

To be born within the sound Of Bow
Bells has been distinction for centu'
ries. The famous old bells which have
rung 80 long over London, It may NOT
be generally known. are situated In
Cheapside. where they may still be
seen and heard. The street which pass
es beneath them Is today the busiest in
all London and 10 wholly given over to
business, 80 that few people today are
actually born within the sound Of the
famous bells.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
Consumption Cured.

Foley & Co., Chicago. Dana, Ind.
Gentlemen;-Foley's Honey and Tar
cured me Of Consumption after / had
suffered two years and was almost des-
perate. Three physicians failed to give
me any relief and the last one said he
could do me no good. tried almost
every medicine ! heard tell Of without
benefit, until Foley's Honey and Tar
was recommended to me. Its effect
right from the start was magical. !
improved steadily from the first dose
and am now sound and well, and think
Foiey's Honey and Tar Is q God-send
to people with Throat and Lung Trou.
bic. Yours very truly,
MRS. MARY AMBROSE.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
IT 10 FOR LADIES, TOO.
They Can Stop Their Hair Falling Out
With HerpIcide.

Ladies who have thin hair and whose
hair Is falling out. can prevent the hair
falling out, and thicken the growth. with
Newbro's ''Herpiclde" Besides, Herpl-
eide is one of the most agreeable hair
dressings there is Herpicide kills the
dandruff germ that eats the hair off at
the root. After the germ is destroyed.
the root will shoot up. and the hair grow
long as ever Even a sample will con-
vince any lady that Newbro's Herplclde
Is an indispensable toilet requisite. II
contains no oil or grease, II win not stain
or dye, Sold by leading druggists. Send
I0c. In stamps for sample to The Herpl-
eide Co., Detroit, Mich.
Eagle Drug Store, Sb1-s5S Bond st.,
Owl Drug Store. b49 Com. st. t. y.
I.autIn, Prop. Special Agent"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
HOARSE
COUGHS
STUFFY
COLD
QUICKLY CURED BY
FoIey's Honey
and Tar

There Is no case on record of a
cold resulting in Pneumonia, or
other serious lung trouble, after
Foley's Honey and Tar had
been taken.
II will cure the most obstinate
racking cough, and heals and
strengthens the lungs.
Foley's Honey and Tar has
cured many cases of incipient
Consumption and even in the last
stages will always give comfort
and relief.
Foley's Honey and Tar gives
quick relief to Asthma sufferers,
as it relieves the difficult breath
ing at once.
Remember the name-FOley's
Honey and Tar and refuse
substitutes that cost you the
same as the genuine. Do not take
chances with 'some unknown
preparation.
Contains no opiates.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
For a Time
A Nest Of Criminals.

A spot practically unknown to civ.
ilization on the shores OF the Red sea
at Midi is the home Of pirates and
slayers. n regular nest Of criminals.
The place is inhabited almost entirely
by men, for the sheik who holds abb
solute coftrol there allows only the
best Of his warriors TO marry. II pays
no tribute to the Turkish government.
for II lies at the end OF a long. narrow
harbor inaccessible to vessels. II seems
probable that II win continue lts Gu.
reer unchecked.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
Money In Some Clothes.

Hoax-Joblots has gone into the
clothing business, Joax-He ought to
10 well. There's money In clothes.
Hoax-Theres never any in mime
Philadelphia Record.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Time Card OF Trains

PORTLAND.
Leaves Arrives
(uget Sound Limited.7:36 am s:k y m
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-10
Kansas City-St. Louis

Kansas City-St. Louis
Special ...........11:10 IN s:46 D N
North Coast Limited $3.50 . m 7:eo q m
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ..........11:45 2 m sos , n
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 pOlnta
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train service ON 0ray'a
Harbor hraAehs
Four trains daily between Portland
Tacoma ana Seattle
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
SHALL POSIMASTERS
SERVE AS DELEGATES +?
President Is Opposed to Federal Office
holders Taking Part in
Politics.

The Postoffice Department is seriously
considering the matter whether or not
Postmasters shall be eligible. or rather
allowed. to attend the Republican ma
tionaI Convention as delegates. The
President does not want Federal Office
holders TO do this. but there IS no law
against it except the unofficial law Of
the departments.
Recently a Texas paper picked Up the
matter. and the item concerning 1t was
sent &c the Postohice Department here
That Federal ohiceholders Should not
oe charmed OF Conventions. was de-
termined upon some years ago. but that
they should not act as delegates was
not, and they were permitted TO go as
such both four years ago TO the ma
tional convention. and To the State con
ventions since that time The Presi-
dent. however. does not sanction the
custom. and the members OF his Cabi-
net are now considering il with the
view Of some special Instructions later.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
COMMISSIONERS ORDER
CATCH BASIN BUILT

The District Commissioners today or
6ered: "That the time for the com
pletion Of contract No. 1896. with FOrs-
berg a Murray. for the delivery OF
sheet steel core for syphOu chamber
walls, sewage pumping sta don, 81 hel e.
by extended TO December -. 1905. with
out penalty or cost of inspection Tor
the extended time.
That q catch basin be constructed
at the southeast corner Of Fourth Street
northeast and Bunker Hill Road. at an
estimated cost of So. chargeable 20 the
current appropriation for main and
pipe sewers.
THAT the time for the completion of
contract No. 5317. with COgan Bros. &
Forschner. for work on Massachusetts:
Avenue extended. is hereby extended
to May j.. 1904. without penalty or cost
of inspection
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
RAILROAD GO. LOSES
IN COURT OF APPEALS
Case Of Patton Against c. & 0. Must
Be Tried on It's
Merits

The Court Of Appeals has affirmed the
Judgment Of the lower court in the suit of
George W. Patton. railway mail clerk,
against the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
WAY Company for damages FOR personal
Injuries.
When the matter came on for hearing
iE the lower court. the railway company
demurred 20 the declaration of the
plaintiff. The demurrer was oYerruled
Mr. Patton was injured in an accident
on the defendant railway. near INITIAL
berg, w. Va. I'M November. 1893
The opinion Of the court was an
nOunced by Mr. Justice Morris. Mason
n. Richardson is named as counsel for
Mr Patton.
Ia the suit of Guy r.. Whiting against
walter ID. Davtugc, executor OF the es-
70 bis fatfer. Walter D. DavidGe
the judgment Of the lower court, which
.o4 ol -1r DaVIdge, was affirm
81 Us the Court of appeals
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
Bob Kelly, Fenian,
Is Dead in Brooklyn
Man Who Expires Of Debility and Alcoholism
Supposed to Be Same Who
Killed Talbot

NEW YORK. Jan pa man who
said ne was Robert Kelly. sixty-nve
gears Old. OF Park Row and James
Street. ana who died OF general debility
and alcoholism i'm the lower Fulton
Street police station. is believed to have
been Bob Kelly. the Fenian
Kelly was found unconscious at Full
ton and Prospect Streets and taken to
the station house. Several Irish Ma
Uonalists said they had lost track of
Fob Kelly Of late. but It is known that
he has been living i'm Bowery and Parl.
ROW lodging houses. and drinking heav-
liz.
Bob Kelly. the Fenian. in 1871. shot
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

Want advertisements and subscrip-
tious for the Evening and SUNDAY
Tines will be received at any Of the
following branches at regular Office
rates: Library Pharmacy, I'd St and Pa
ave Sc William II Davis & Bro. 18th
and y SITS NV. William G.. Gentner.
cor. I4th and u SITS. NV; l.. French
simpson, cor. 9TH St, Rhode Island ave
md X SITS NV; Theodore A. T. Judd
cor eth and 4 SITS. sw. w. Armstrong,
cor. eth and II sis. ne; Astoria Phar-
macy. W A. Evans, mgr. cor 3rd and
G. NV Charles II. Blumer, North Capt.
tol and Il SITS. ne; r. ~ Neitch. 10th
and NJ SITS. NV. II. A Yates, ne. cor.
9Th and NJ SITS. NV; Quigley's Phar-
macy. 21st and G. SITS. NV: ODonnell
e. Rogers. cor. Sth and G SITS. Sc: w Il.
Clarke. 1919 32d St NV
Anacostia-Bury' Pharmacy. corner
Monroe and jefferson SITS.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

and killed Police Inspector Talbot Of
the Irish constabulary in Dublin. be-
cause. fl was alleged. Talbot had been
selected by the British government 60
spy ON the Fenians.
According TO a story told by Kelly.
when he was a patient in Bellevue Hos
pital i'm 1902. he was chosen by lot to kill
Talbot. Kelly was charged with muir
der. but escaped with fifteen years in
jail on charge of marslaughter, when
it was shown that Talbot died as the
result of unskined medical treatment
Kelly came TO America after he had
served his sentence, and was received
here as a martyr.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
GOLD COIN FROM JAPAN
REACHES SU5TREASURY

Cold continues 70 come from Japan
and TO be deposited in the subtreasury
at San Francisco for payment in New
York Monday $4,000 IN Japanese yen
was deposited.
United States Treasurer Roberts says
that while the deposits Of Japanese gold
are heavy. 6hey are not as large as
current reports would indicate. Since
January i. the gold deposited in the
subtreasury at Sgn Francisco has
amounted TO 8. 61S.351.62 O.. This includes
both new and foreign gold.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

Great Britain and France are pre-
pairing to corner the nickel deposits or
the world and thus make II Impossible
for other nations 10 manufacture arihor
plate without their permission
In report received from Cnitec
States Consul Henry 5. Culver. at Lon
don, Ontario it is said the Ontario gov
eminent has withdrawn from priV35
ownership a belt of land ten miles widy
on each side of the Temiskaming an-
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
BRITAIN AND FRANCE
MAY CORNER MCKEE
Governments viii Reserve Lands Containing Ore anC
Control Manufacture of Amor Plate by Other Nations

Northern Ontario Railway. This land
contains all the nickel ores Of Ontario.
The only other nickel deposit Of I'M
portance in the entire world is i'm New
Caledonia, the French penal settlement.
2Ir. Culver says that France viii follow
England's example, If the latter carries
.Ut the plan of taking over the nickel
mines and then the making of i'm
,roved armor plate viii depend on the
-easure Of these two great powers.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

joints, muscles and nerves and
when the system is in this CON
dition it needs only some excit-
ing cause. like exposure to
night air, damp chilly weather,
or the cold, bleak winds of win
ter, to arouse the slumbering
poisons and bring on Rheuma-
tism. The severity of the attack
depends upon the amount of
acid in the blood and the guam
titv of acrid matter in the joints
and muscles. Some people are
almost helpless from the first,
while others have occasional
spells or are uncomfortable, rest
less. nervous and half sick all
the time from the nagging aches
and pains. Rheumatism is a
disagreeable companion even in
its rnildest form and must be
thoroughly eradicated or itgrows
worse as we grow older, and fire.
quently stifens the joints, draws
the muscles out Of shape, breaks
health. A disease. that original
cannot be cured with external Teu
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

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ton.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
2 RHEUMATISM
AN INDEscRIBABLE TORTURE

Because Rheumatism sometimes comes on suddenly doesn't prove
accidental II
develop the system long before
symptoms The blood the first point OF attack and the
acids that the aches and pains then
through different parts of the and settle IN
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

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The Washington times., 1904-01-20

When You Want Cut
N ANYTHING Joyce Engraving Co. Star Bldg
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

Genuine S., SO, and 81 Sample Shoes,
Three hundred styles at s2S5. Reene's
Shoe store. 90S q Street northwest
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
LOCAL MENTION.

Reversible Rugs Woven From Old
cqrpets. Drop postal Nonpareil. 421 9th
SO. n ElRilsfE
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

IN the house. Nothing better as a tonic
+BreWed of finest materials by the Nun
/. ich" process. Two doz-. SL25. Nat. Cap
Brew. Co. Write or phone 222 for case
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

Gas Radiators. Oil Heaters.
Gle 18th st. .1uddiman & Co 1904 G.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20

schmid's for pets. 712 18th ST
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
Secondhand Knabe Upright Piano.

$50 Beautiful tone. Easy payments. if
desired. o. J. DeMoll q Co. 1251 G Street
rnrI Invest.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
Flowers to Cheer the Sick
- a case Of oMuenchener'' Beer

At shafers stores, 18th and I. III p
ave.
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
RHEUMATISM IN ELBOWS, WRISTS
AND KNEES.
Urbana, Ohio, Aug. %, 19'

Urbana- Ohio, Aug. %, 1908.
Last winter L had severe attack OF
Rheumatism. 1t started in the right
elbow, and from there TO my wrists; the
right wrist was the worse. It became
swollen and extremely painful. Ny left
knee Joint was the next place 20 be at
tackled. It became swollen and ofcourse
painful. The next point to be affected
was the hip and ankle, which gave me
much trouble. I was barely 9bIe TO get
about for some time. was under treat
ment Of a physician for awhile, but get
ting no better, I began 5 B. s., ana after
taking it for some time L was entirely
relieved of the Rheumatism. All swell
ing and soreness disappeared 1 consider
8. 8. s. an excellent remedy for Rheuma-
tism and all trou BILE shaving their origin
in the blood.
nv
The Washington times., 1904-01-20
GRIFFITH KELLY.
4o3 Bloomfield Ave.

Town the nervous system, and ruins the
s in the blood, as Rheumatism does,
edies like liniments and plasters; such