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COAL $3.50 PER TON.
Local Dealers Are Now Taking Orders For
Next Winters Fuel.

The local coal dealers are already
receiving orders for coal to be put in
for the next seasons supply, and are
delivering as fast as they can.
There seems to be no difficulty in
procuring it now, and this time in the
year is a good time to put it in to the
bins. The dealers have set the price
at 81. so per ton, in five ton lots.
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Port Arthur Doomed.

PARIS, April pa Tokyo report
says that Port Arthur undoubtedly is
effectually blocked and that events are
eliminating around the doomed for
tress.
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Paint Your Buggy For 7So.

to 81 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. 1t weighs three to eight oun-
ces more to the pint than others, wears
longer and gives gloss equal to new
work. Sold by o. E. Gibson.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

u Estate of MARY JANE REYNOLDS.
The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon, Probate Court for the District of Ben
ningtoR, COMMISSIONERS. TO receive exam
inc and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against the estate of Mary Jane Reynolds,
late of Bennington, in said distriet deceased,
by give notice that we will meet for the purpose
Aforesaid at the office of Chas A. Maurer in
said Bennington on the 29th day of April,
and 18th day OF October next, from O'Clock
p. m. until o'clock p. m. each Of said days,
and that six months from the 18th day OF
April, A. d. 1901, Is the time limited by
claims TO us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Bennington this 18th day Of April,
A. d. 1904.
r. NJ. HOUGHTON,
ERNEST ID. BARBER
CHAS. A. MAURER,
10 Commissioners.
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Weather Forecast.

Fair tonight and Saturday warmer.
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WANTED-A reliable and competent per.
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WTANTED.-Maple Syrnp, and Sugar. Ad
w dress w. Z. Barnes r., 1882 Broad 81
Providence, r. l.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29
Rather Big Tree.

Probably no tree ever cut in tho
famous California forests better illus-
trates the value Of our states timber
resources than the wonderful white
pine tree that has been placed on the
hill on which California has built her
state pavilion at the worlds fair. This
log Is IA feet long. 1t is As inches in
diameter at the base and 20 inches
thick at the small end. Larger trees
have been cut in California. This one,
however, is remarkable for maintain
ing It's size throughout It's entire length
To the casual observer It appears to be
a solid column, no smaller at one end
than at the other. The bark has been
preserved. Necessarily the
tree was cut into lengths to admit Of
shipment, but these have been SO deft-
ly Joined that the entire log appears to
be one solid piece. II Is without limb,
knot or blemish. AN Francisco Call.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29

tilities in the far east aggregates in
round numbers, about $500, 100000 OF
which considerably more than one-half
is imports. Japan's commerce is
about equally divided between i'm
ports and exports, but in the case Of
China and Asiatic Russia i'm
ports greatly exceed exports, and this
is also true Of Hong Kong, which pas
ses most of its imports on into China
and draws from China most of the ar
ticies which become its exports.
Probably three-hfths Of the total com
merce of the countries in question,
taken as a whole, is in the form of i'm
ports and the United States is year by
year supplying larger share of those
imports of the countries in question
and gaining upon other countries in
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29
GOOD PROGRESS MADE BY
LAKE KEOREINTERESTS IN TRADE
General Review Giving Iron and Stee,
Business for Past Week by
the Iron Age.

New York, April 2s.--The lake ore
interests made good progress, says the
Iron Age in their efforts to save the ore
Association. The negotiations thus far
having led to the adoption OF a schedule
OF prices on the basis OF $3.50 per ton,
for old range Bessemer ores and s3.25
per ton for Mesaba Bessemers, a diff
ferential, therefore, Of only rs cents per
ton. Last year the base price was $3.50
while for the preceding season It was
s42s. The question OF tonnage and al
lotments is to be taken up at the next
meeting at Cleveland May Q. II is
estimated that less than 5000. 900 tons
In all are to be sold, while the stock
now on hand at lower lake ports and at
furnaces is about 100000 tons. II is |
figured that less than 100000 tons
need be brought down for the coming
season 10 the spring OF 1906
The Bessemer pig iron market Is ex-
ceedingly quiet and in the PIttsburg
district iron Ia offered freely for May
ielivery at .i3 at furnace, while basic
3 offered freely at ;12.75.
There is no truth in the reports that
he United States Steel Corporation
las purchased any Bessemer pig dur
ng the past week for May delivery.
We understand that the corporation is
low producing pig iron at the rate
I l75.O00 tons per week, or more than
yer before In Its history. From nearly
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29

all the main distributing markets comes
the complaint Of duilness in pig iron
but with little actual pressure to sell.
The contract for the first lot Of cast
ings for the Pennsylvania tunnel has
not yet been placed. Some leading
founders have practically withdrawn
because they decline to meet the prices
which II Is intimated have been named.
Rumors have II that s27 net ton for
the finished tunnel sections has been
bid.
The cast iron pipe trade is quite busy.
Among the larger work which is being
figured on is $4,000 tons for Cincinnati.
Employment In the heavier lines Of
finished iron and steel continues light
and yet the tonnage OF steel which goes
into consumption is enormous. 1t is
stated that the leading interest is pro-
ducing from 1S5,0OO to $4,000 tons of
ingots per week, against record in the |
boom days OF rail. plate and beam con-
sumption of $4,000 tons in one week. |
This Is due to the enormous demand in |
the lighter products. Wire has had
some record months lately and even
though II Is pretty sure to fall off, now
that the spring demand Is drawing to
a close, II win take full work for two
months at the mills to put broken
stocks at distributing centers into
normal shape. The tonnage Of sheets
s much better than II has been, but
prices are somewhat irregular.
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the relative share which II supplies
thereof. OF the exports from the
countries named the United States f.
the largest single purchaser. The tea.
the raw silk, the manufactured silk.
the rice, the mattings and other pro-
ducts Of this character which form
the bulk Of the exports OF China and
Japan go more largely to the United
States than to any other single
country Of the world, while as to Asia
tic Russia and Korea, their exports
are at present so small as to be Of little
Importance in a discussion OF the COM
merce Of the countries in question. |
The more important of the exports Of !
The United States to the section in |
question are cotton and cotton goods,
Serosene, -four. lumber, manufactures
II iron and steel, manufactures of
Gather and tobacco. --Harper's Weekly
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29
FIENDISH JOKE ENDS IN
DEATH OF HONEST NEGRO
Accused Of Imaginary Crime Old Man Is
Tied to Stake by Young Men and
Expires From Fright.

Hamburg, Iowa, April 2S.--John C
Goodlow, an honest old negro, was the
victim of a fendish practical joke
perpetrated by a number of young
bloods a few nights ago. All OF the
participants maintained a discreet
silence about the affair, and the victim
was buried with certificate from the
coroner's jury that death was due to
natural causes"
1t has leaked out that Goodlow came
to his death as result OF tortures and
torments at the hands OF the whites
In an orgie, for which one at least OF
the participants has come to regret
the part he played In 1t.
The AFFAIR was intended as a joke. |
Soodlow was accused OF some imag-
nary crime, and the jokers proceeded
10 mete out to him the punishment
which they pretended he so richly de-
'erved. After tielng him with ropes |,
md mailing his feet to board he was
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29

just and equitable proportion OF the
external debt Of Colombia based on the
money that the government win receive
from the United States in respect to
tne canal concessions. Another resoIu-
tion was passed, earnestly requesting
his majesty's government and the gov
eminent Of the United states to uss
their good offices in behalf of the bond
holders.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29
Jou5ERT STILL TALKS WAR.
Says Next Clash Will Be Between
Labor and Capital.

Labor and Capital
Tacoma, Wash, April 2S.-That there
will be another war in South Africa
and that It will be between labor and
capital, is the prediction of General
Gordon Joubert who lectured at the
Tacoma theater last evening.
The famous Boer general is in Amer
lea for the purpose, he says, of find
ing land for colonizing prosecuted
Beers.
THE future of South Africa" he said,
In the course of his remarks, "ls in
tensely gloomy under the present sys-
tenn Of government, There will, there
must be change. Ten capitalists
the Rothschllds, the heirs OF the
Rhodes estate and the Belt interests
dictate the affairs of the Transvaal.
They have closed the doors to white
labor and thrown them open to cheap
Chinese help"
He said that the mining companies
built fences around their properties
and fenced in the yellow laborers and
shut out the whites, the merchants, as I
well as the others, and that all sup
plies were furnished by company stores
making It regular feudal system, not
to be tolerated except by serfs and
slaves. He thought that 1t would be
strange IL the Beers much longer sub
mitted quietly to such a condition of
affairs.
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PANAMA MUST SETTLE.

30 Determine eondhoIdsrs Of Debt As.
sumed by Colombia.
New York, April 2S.--At a general
meeting Of the holders OF bonds Of the
external debt Of Columbia, resolution
has been adopted. says a Times dis
patch from London, in which the bond
holders placed on record their right to
require from the government of Pam
anna that 1t assume the obligation for
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-29
SCIENCE PREVENTS Badness.
The Fatal Germ and Its Remedy Now
Facts Of Science.

1t Is the rarest thing in the world for
q man to be necessarily bald No man
whose hair is not dead at the roots. need
be bald II he win use Newbro's Herpi-
eide. the new scalp antiseptic. Herpl-
eide destroys the germ that cuts the hair
on at the root; and cleans the scalp of
dandruf and leaves 1t in q perfectly
healthy condition. Mr.. Mannett, in the
Maryland Block. Butte. Mont, was en-
tlrely bald. In less than a month Herpi-
eide had removed the enemies Of hair
growth, and nature did its work by COW
ering his head with thick hair an inch
long, and in six weeks he had a normal
suit Of hair. Sold by leading druggists.
Send lOc. in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich.
Eagle Drug Store Owl nrug Store
S51-S6s Bond st. $40 Com. st
Astoria. Oregon.
T. F. LAURIN, Proprietor.
Special Agent.
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covered with wood and shaving and {
Kerosene rag placed near his nose s,
that he would get the smell. A buckle
Of water, which the victim was in
formed was coal oil, was thrown upon
him and preparations were made to
apply the torch when he old man
ceased his outcries.
Then the jestlng ceased. The jokers
realized that their fun had been car
ried too far. They removed the debris
and began to unite the negro. When
1t was discovered that he was dead he
was carried quietly away and dumped
into corncrib. where the body was
found the next day.
The tragedy was enacted across the
Missouri line, near what is known as
the State Line saloon, the proprietor of
which has disappeared from the neigh |
borhood.
Goodlow was 81 years of age. He
had lived here 2s years and had al
ways provided well for his family.
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Commerce in the East.

The total commerce Of the territory
fronting upon and Immediately
adjacent to the scene Of present hos
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01

on the skirt shrrings and puttings may
supply the sole trimming. even il the
skirt be one that ranks as lavishly orna
mented. Groups of shirrings arranged
in wnvy lines are pretty Ornamentation,
and are especially effective when employ
ed with cord trimmings These are but
few Of the many current uses of these
arrangements. which are made available
for almost everyone, while their beauty
is enough in the newer materials to tempt
those who hardly ought to resort to such
trimmings But your adroit dressmaker
will so dispose Of puffings that their full
ness will not be detrment to any ordi-
nary figure, and as for shirrings. they are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
The Cost of Making Pork,

The sole purpose Of finishing a
bunch of pigs at an early age is to
make them more profitable by saving
feed. 1t takes a certain amount mere
ly to keep them, and the shorter the
time they are kept the less this will
cost. SO far 1t is a simple problem,
but there are other factors which en-
ter in. The pushing process may be
the most costly in the end because
it requires the feeding of large
quantity of high-priced grain or mill
stuffs, whereas by utilizing the pas
lures and the woods they may make
cheaper growth and ultimately go to
market at less cost. 1t may be said
that the pasture has value In proper
ton to the grain. Sometimes 1t has
and sometimes it has nOt-all de-
ponds on what something else could
get out Of it In the way of gain and
consequent cash. The point is that
early maturity in the sense Of market
ing hogs at an early age Is the best
thing only when 1t Is the cheapest A
man can afford to wait a couple Of
months to put his pigs on the market
II by utilizing pastures or forage and
saving high-priced grain he can do it
cheaper. The cost Of marketing
pound Of pork and not the time it
takes to do 1t Is the vital problem.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
Coop for Growing Chicks.


Where chicks are raised in consider
able numbers. it is necessary to pro-
vide protection for them while they
are Oh the range. and Il house such as
Is illustrated and described here may
be produced at small cost. Make IA
number Of them and scatter them over
the range. Obtain number OF small
dry goods boxes, making the roof or
any material one has on the farm or
buying the cheap hemlock lumber ana
covering the cracks with laths or tar
red paper. In the gable end cut
large hole for ventilation and arrange
the opening in the front so that some
means will be had for closing it so
that the storm may be shut off.
If one has but few cOops slid
ing window may be used to close the
front; If many coops are made the
opening may be closed by sliding
door made of thin material. During
the summer, If this solid wood door
was used it would be advisable to
make the ventilation opening larger
and cover 1t with some coarse mesh
wire netting. Unless one has had ex-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
Steel Trust Profits.

New York, July 27.-The directors
of the United States Steel Corporation
at its regular meeting declared a regu
lar quarterly dividend of 3.4 per cent
on the preferred stock. The net earn
ings for the quarter ending June 30
were $40, 490,s25. The resignation of
Charles NJ. Schwab as director was
accepted and Thomas Morrison of Pitts
burg, was elected to take Mr.. Schwab's
place on the board. The earnings for
the quarter ending June 30 show de-
crease of SIT, 15l, 5S3, as compared
with the same quarter last year, and
an increase of So, 1871, $3.50, as compared
with the quarter ended March 81, 1904
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
Cultivating Drilled Corn.

1t Is generally conceded that more
corn can be grown on an acre in
drills than in hills, but in weedy land
the great trouble Is to keep drilled
corn clean and free from weeds The
great mistake in cutivating drilled
corn usually is made at the first
working, when shovels of medium size
are used and small burrows left close
to the rows. We find 1t no harder to
keep drilled corn free from weeds
than it is to keep hill corn clean, by
using the smoothing harrow across
the rows just as soon as the corn Is up.
In four or five days second harrow
ing may be given and then the cult
vators be set to work.
Avoid leaving any furrow close to
the rows, and also be sure not to
throw ridge of earth up to the
plants. Keep the land just as level
as possible the first two or three
workings and then as the plants be-
gin to shade the ground they will do
much to smother out weeds. The later
cultivation of any corn Is best given
by one-horse five shovel cultivator
instead of the two-hOrse riding imple-
ment, as with the former one can go
very shallow and keep at any desired
distance from the growing corn. We
believe there are too many high priced
riding cultivators and not enough
small one horse implements used. The
latter diligently used. insure clean
CROPS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01

to make choice Of each item in the long
list. She who keeps up large wardrobe
has n chance to make it fairly bewilder-
ing in its variety. and by the same token
each woman who has but few dresses
has Il fine chance to have all remarkably
we'll suited to her. Side by side in the
next picture the artist put self-trim-
med gray liberty silk. and green and
blue plaid silk. with stitched white silk
vest. Each was stylish in new manner,
the one in most quiet taste, the other
counting as advance Interpretation OF the
current liking for mating blue and green.
AS different from either as each was
from the other was the biscuit cloth suit
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
Loss from Bitter Rot.

The losses from bitter rot of apples
are seldom appreciated, but the men
that have investigated them declare
them TO be simply enormous for the
entire country. Professor Blair of the
University Of Illinois, said last fall
that the losses from bitter rot in four
counties of Illinois had totaled for the
past season $1,5O0,OOO. This was In
the four counties of Marion, CLAY.
Richard and Wayne. Bitter rot Is q
fungous disease and can be controlled
to some extent by spraying. 1t is time
that apple growers awOke fully to the
enormous tax they are every year paw.
ing to the fungous diseases that raw.
age orchards. Could farmers elimi.
nate even this one scourge of bitter
rot we would add millions of dollars
to the value of the apple crop. ,,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01

laid so fat when that is desired that lack
of slenderness is not thereby suggested.
Summer organdies are more extrava-
giant than ever. The first cost of the
material may not be great. should not
be great il the purchaser uses good judg-
ment. but the making and the trimmings
complete II very different story. Laces
are the chief trimming. though the new
est treatment combines much ribbon with
the lace. The quantity Of the ribbon is
not a encouragement but the amount OF
lace required to make an impression for
stylishness is tremendous. Insertions
may run up and down the skirt and wave
around the bodice while narrow edgings
of it may appear at all 1ounces, and the
founces of dresses in such materials as
organdie are many. The ribbon may be
run through the lace, a fancy suddenly
revived with much force, or they may
come here and there in little bows. The
latter finish really is no newer than the
other, but it impresses many as being 50,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01

because IL Is so little while ago that
stylish folk were running baby ribbons
through their trimmings. For the latter
Use most of the ribbon is black. There
l., pronounced favor for pink for the
bows, and much green is seen in them
also.
All white dresses are not nearly so
many rs they were a year ago. but just
as one begins to think them quite out,
G"rgeously fine one appears, one that car
ries an unmistakable air of authority
with it. Such a dress was the original
~ the accompanying initial picture. Its
white silk pongee was trimmed with
iilsh point lace. A tucked waist showed
Inside it's bolcro. Such gowns are espe.
oially impressive when so few, yet they
are far outnumbered by the pongee
dresses OF natural color A very heav-
lily embroidered example of these is at
the left in the next picture. Tremendous
work is put upon such dresses. and often
the whole is entirely without relief OF
color. The all white idea is more album
dant in null, and usually is ornate with
embroidery. often accompanied by liberal
supply Of laces The model shown be-
sides this dress last described was fin
iH"ch WITH WINE SILK tIIIbTolutTN, SHIT
rings and white silk tasses. Next to this
in the picture is a gown OF white taffeta
touches Of dark green coming at neck
and in the buttons. This dash of color
in the otherwise all white dress is a new
touch. Pink often is the color, and may
be used in more liberal quantity than
dash usually implies.
The choice of colors existing In dress
materials is remarkably wide. From
bright pinks and brilliant greens. to
white. soft grays and tans the offerings
run. with women a-plenty, apparently.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
Water for the Swine.

Pure water does more than quencb
the thirst of the hog. 1t enters large.
ly into the composition of flesh: il IA.
sists in digestion by acting as a sol.
vent for food elements; it is a vehicle
for carrying off the poisonous waste,
Of the system, which. If not thus ro.
moved, are often reabsOrbed by tho
system. either creating diseases or
conditions favorable to disease raw.
ages. When the drinking water han.
pens to be unwholesome In itself. the
possible double mischief is easily I'm.
derstood.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-08-01
Thinning Peaches Pays.

Not every grower appreciates the
Importance Of thinning peaches. but
there can be no question of the neces-
sity of the practice, If best results are
to be secured. The Michigan Expert
ment Station reports the following
concerning this matter:
"A thinning test was started in
1903, to last over period of three
years OF one lot. one tree was thin
ned to inches; one was thinned to
or 5 inches, and one tree was left I'M
thinned. OF the other varieties, one
tree was thlnned to inches and one
tree left unthinned. 1t was noted at
the end Of the first seasons test that
all trees severely thinned were much