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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

Regatta Manager Mcbride has ar
ranged with Charles v. Brown 70 Do
some regatta business while on hia
present trip 10 British Columbia. He
Ii on good terms with a number Of
oarsmen in that locality, and thinks
he can secure crews from both Van
couyer and Victoria. Mr. Brown Is
doing all possible to make this years
regatta great success, and IL taking
a great interest In the work. In the
meantime the committee is doing q
great deal Of good work locally, and
Chairman Mcbride IL sparing no pains
to make the best arrangements possible
for the event.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

Owing 70 the serious illness Of Miss
Franks. one OF the members Of the En-
pire Stock Company. there was no
show at the opera house last night.
Miss Franks was taken seriously III
night before last after the presentatics:
Of Faust" and her condition grew 30
alarming that she was removed to
Portland on the night boat, where she
win be taken Immediately TO hospital.
The company win leave for Coos Bay
on the steamer Alliance on the f4th
and until that time they will perhaps
put in their time playing in the small
surrounding towns.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10
rhibstans Attack British.

Gyang Use. June s.--Eleven hundred
Thibetans attacked the British post at
Kangna, on the road to L'Hassa, with
kreat ferocity yesterday. They were
repulsed. The British loss was one
killed and several wounded.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

II there is any truth in the report
which was current around the city
yesterday, the council means to close
up the saloons of the city at the hour
Of midnight. According to the story
uptown saloon men are satisfied with
the 10 o'clock closing movement and
1t is reported that an ordinance COW
ering the matter is to be framed and
presented some time during the month,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

Lost--Fraternai pin. on Wednesday
afternoon: monogram "A. o." In Greek
letters. with "A" set In diamonds on
face; on back Initials %. u. D." and
date, Feb. .. 1908. Suitable reward
will be paid for the return Of the
same 10 The Astorian Office.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10
LOcaI BrevItIeS.
For ent---Furnished housekeeping
rooms. 27e Tenth street. Mrs. Curran

At the request Of the Fourth Of July
committee. Mayor surprenant yester-
day extended an invitation 70 Major
schenek, commanding officer ut Fort
Stevens, 10 have the troops under his
command participate In tho parade or
that day.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10
AFTER BILLY BRYAN.
Benefits Widow Gees to Court to Get
Her Money.

Her Money.
New Haven, June s.--Application by
Mrs. Bennett win be heard in the pro-
bate court June 20, asking that William
]. Bryan, executor Of the estate Of
|P. S. Bennett, her husband, be required
to bring from New York to the juris-
diction OF the court $4,000 in cash
and make immediate payment here Of
the $5O.OOO special bequest made II
her favor, 1t Is understood there vii
be no opposition to granting the petit
ton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

The Astorlan acknowledges receipt
Of invitations to the commencement
exercises OF the Bishop Scott academy
and whitman college. The academy
exercises viii be held June 1914. and
the whitman exercises June 1915. Ex-
oellent programs will be rendered.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

Frank Purcell. representing the Her
ring Hall Marvin Safe Company. with
headquarters in Portland. manufactur-
ers Of the genuine Halls Safe a Lock
company's safes, win be In the city
for few days.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

The largest royal chinook salmon
caught this year 10 far was on cx-
hibition yesterday AZ the market Of
Maiar Bros. II was a perfect speci-
men and weighed 60 pounds II was
over four feet long. and was purchased
by Mrs. w. IT, Cole. to be shipped "a
some friends In Ohio.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10
EREE Rox MOOD.

Anyone wishing box wood may have
same free of charge, provided they
will haul Il away promptly.
TONGUE POINT LUMBER co.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

The Commercial Club bowling team
win line up tonight for the final prac-
tlce game before the Feldenhelmer con-
test tomorrow night The alleys are
in fine shape and the local bowlers have
been plllng up some great scores. There
seems TO be not the slightest doubt
that the team will successfully defend
the silver pin. although II is agreed that
the visiting aggregation is strons
one. The second team viii line w
against the first team tonight In the
practice game. The Portland Com
mercials will arrive on the noon train
and the contest win begin Saturday
night at o'clock. The opinion pre-
walls that the Astoria bowlers will Sc
cure total OF more than 1850 pins,
which Is considerably above any other
score bowled for the trophy in years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10

The marriage OF Miss Bessie A. Hill
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George HILL
and Joseph A. Berg. until recently
with the Astoria Iron Works. took
place yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence Of the brides parents, on Bond
street. Miss Nanette Adams was the
bridesmaid and w. Ross ofiiciated In
the capacity OF best man. Rev. William
Seymour short ofiiciated. The young
couple were the recipients Of many very
handsome presents, and were warm
ly congratulated by their numerous
friends. They left for Portland lsst
evening en- route to Toledo, Ohio, where
they will make their home. Mr., Berg
has been wanting to return east for
some time. having been raised in that
part Of the country, and while he
leaves his friends here with regret, ne
takes charming young bride with
him.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-10
Notioe to Water Consumers.

Friday, June 10, is the last day on
which to pay water rates to avoid
the penalty charged all delinquents
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
THE sNIPE'S DRUMMING.
A NaturnIiSt's Theory as to How the
SOund Is Produced.


1t is disputed whether the snipe1
drumming curious noise. suggestive
of a miniature thrashing machine-is
made by the bird with its wings or by
its tail or by both wings and tail
Some recent observations incline me
strongly to believe that the tail plays,
at any rate, the more important part
During the performance the bird flies
at great height round and round in
wide, sweeping circle. At intervals
he makes Il sudden and rapid descent,
holding his wings partly flexed and his
tail spread to its full extent The out
ermOst tail feather on either side points
outward at u greater angle than those
adjoining it, so that when the bird is
watched through a good field glass day
light shows between it and the next,
and, if l am right in my view, the
drumming sound is due to the rush of
air against this isolated feather. The
snipeS tail feathers seem so puny that
it is at first difficult to believe that
they can produce so great a result. But
if an outer one be taken-it is slightly
scimiter shaped, with the outer web
| much reduced - and swung rapidly
through the air the drumming noise
may be distinctly heard, though it
seems but Il very faint echo of the
loud, throbbing hum that startles one
when it suddenly descends from an
ethereal height, and the small bird is
deserted, hardly more than speck to
| the naked eye, circling round in wild
career and now and then swoOping
headlong downward and thrilling the
air with his weird music.-London Ma
| ture.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
SHEEP IN INDIA.
They Are the FavOrite Beasts of Bur-
den In Mountainous Regions.

They Are the FavOrite Beasts of Bur-
den In Mountainous Regions.
In Tibet and among the mountainous
part of India sheep are employed as
carriers. The mountain sheep of these
districts, true to its nature, is remark
ably sure footed and can carry loads of
twenty-five pounds, or even more, over
steep crags and precipitous paths
where hardly any other animal could
find a footing.
In the inner ranges of the Himalayas
the yak COW and the hardy mountain
sheep are the favOrite beasts of bur
den Sheep Withstand the intense cold
of the higher parts of Tibet much more
easily than the yak and can better face
the stony roads.
Sheep carrying from seventeen to
twenty pounds of baggage and liv-
ing entirely on the scanty grass found
growing by the way accompanied Main
Suigh. the famous Indian explorer, on
a journey of more than a thousand
miles 1t is very common in the Him.
alayas to load sheep, high up in the
mountains. with bOrax and then to
drive them down to the plains, where
they are shorn of their wool and re-
turn laden with grain or salt.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
AnenlOne Facts.

Naturalists have duly recorded that
that if a sea anemOne be divided in
halves longitudinally a new animal will
in time be reproduced by each half, as
suming the anemone is kept in pure sea
water. An old zOOlOgist relates how he
watched an anemOne which somehow
or other had cOntrived to half swallow
one of the valves of an oyster shell.
Practically the shell struck in its giz-
zard and gradually cut its way down
through the soft tissues of the anem-
one until it halved the animal as by
a partition. Perfect reproduction of
two anemones through the division of
one was noted to be the result of this
accident. Even a fragment or two of
an anemone body left attached to its
rock may IN due season reproduce d
new body.-LOndcn News.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
soldiers, SunerStitions.

Among the numerous superstitions
Of the Cossacks there is none stronger
than the belief that they will enter
heaven in a better state if they are per
sonally clean at the time they are killed
Consequently before an expected battle
they perform their toilets with scrupu-
lOus care, dress themselves in clean
garments and put on the best they
have. This superstition is not confined
to the Cossacks alone, but is widely
prevalent in all branches of the Rus
sian army.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
THE PENGUIN.
1t Is Awkward on Land and a Gym
mast In the Water.

1t Is Awkward on Land and a Gym
mast In the Water.
A kind of penguin, the adele. is
laugh provoking bird. Adelies are
most inQuisitive and at times are in
such a hurry to follow up clew that
they will scramble along the ice on
the belly, pushing with their legs and
using their flippers alternately like the
paddle of a canoe. They get over tie
ground at an astonishing rate, and 1t is
hard work to Overtake penguin when
it takes to this means of locomOtiOn,
especially when it. doubles. In the
water the penguin is perfectly at home,
diving and steeplechasing in grand
style. 1t can jump clean out of the
water and pop down on the ice exact
ly like some one coming up through a
trapdOor on the stage and dropping
on his feet. The penguins collect in
enormous numbers and are sometimes
seen marching about like a regiment
Of soldiers. in Indian file, all acting in
unison.
A much larger penguin, the emperor,
weighs sixty or seventy pounds and
stands we'll over three feet high. II
possesses the most extraordinary mus
cular powers in its flippers. When pre-
sented with the end of the skee stick
the emperor gives it such a smack that
ones hands tingle. At the same time
it utters an angry cultural eXclama'
tiO0
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

The professor who announced that "love
and romance die out with the sound of the
wedding bells" was the first to start the
ball rolling. 1t would seem brave woman
who marries with this echo in her ears, yet
we have not heard that there were fewer
marriages during the year. There are un-
happy married lives, but a large PERCENTAGE
of these unhappy homes are due to the i'll
ness of the wife, mother or daughter.
During long period of practice, Doctor
Pierce found that prescription made up
entirely of roots and herbs, without the use
of alcohol, cured ninety-eight per cent of
such cases. After using this remedy for
many years in his private practice he put
it up in a form that can be had at any store
where medicines are handled
Backed up by over third of a century of
remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in
legal money of the United States, for any
case of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro-
lapsus, or Falling of Womb which they can
not cure. All they ask is fair and reason
able trial of their means of cure.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
headache, backache, nervousness, sleep
lessness and other consequences of WON
anlv disease. UFavorite Prescription
makes weak women strcng and sick WON
en- well. Accept no substitute for the
medicine which works wonders for weak
women.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
Money Thrown Away.

80 that city doctor helped ye right
smart, did he, SilasY asked Mrs. Giles
on her husbands return from a weeks S
visit to a specialist in a neighbOring
town.
We'll, | guess he did! I'm feeling
fine as a fiddle now. an he says l
won't likely have any return of it if l
just keep ter what he tells me-"
What did he say was the matter
with yep inquired the wife eagerly.
Il forgit now what he called it,
but
'Silas," she cried, 'ye don't really
mean ter say We paid out all that
money an didn't git no good of it after
all"-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
THE WILLOW TREE.
John PnrI&e Custis Planted the First
One In This Country.

One In This Country.
When the south sea bubble in Eng
land collapsed one of the spectators
went to Smyrna to repair his fortune.
He was a friend of Alexander Pope
and sent him a box of figs in which
had been placed a twig of a tree. Pope
planted the twig on his grounds on the
shore of the Thames, not knowing of
what tree it was. 1t grew and was a
weeping willow. In 1915, when the
tree was over fifty years old, one of
the young British officers who came to
Boston with the British army brought
a twig from the tree, which he intend
cd to plant on his lands after the re-
belliOn had been crushed. John Parke
Gusts, son of Mrs. Washington, going
on errands to the British camp under
a flag of truce, became acquainted
with the owner of the willow twig,
which was draped in oiled silk. and OBJ
tanned it from him. which he planted
near his home at Abingdon, Va, where
it became the progenitOr of all the
weeping willows in America.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
WAIT FOR AN APPETITE.
You Should Never Eat Simply For
the Sake of Eating.

the sake of Eating.
A prolific cause of chronic indigestion
is eating from habit and simply be-
cause it is mealtime and others are
eating. To eat when not hungry is to
eat without relish, and food taken
without relish is worse than wasted.
Without relish the salivary glands do
not act, the gastric fluids are not freely
secreted, and the best of foods will not
be digested. Many perfectly harmless
dishes are severely condemned for no
other reason than they were eaten per
functorily and without relish and due
insalivatiOn.
Hunger makes the plainest foods en-
joyable. 1t causes vigorous secretion
and OutpOuring of all the digestive flu
ids, the sources of ptyalin, pepsin,
trypsin, etc, without a plentiful supply
Of which no foods can be perfectly di-
gested.
Wait for an appetite, if it takes a
week. Fasting is one of the saving
graces. 1t has a spiritual significance
only through its great physical and
physiologic Importance If breakfast
is a bore or lunch a matter of indiffer-
ence, cut one or both of them out.
Wait for distance and unmistakable
hunger and then eat slowly. If you
do this you need ask few questions as
to the prOpriety and digestibility OF
what you eat, and it need not be pre-
digeSted.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
Mndent Ahhe DeIiIe.

1t is said that the French Able Delile
once had in his household a very quick
tempered relative, with whom he some
times had animated disputes and who
sometimes went so far as to throw
books at the abbe. The able must
have been a person of great amiabil-
ity and self control. Once, when a
particularly large and heavy volume
was thrown at him, he caught it grace
fully and said:
MY dear friend, must beg Of you
to remember that 1 prefer smaller
gifts"
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
No Substitute Offered.

Say what you will about druggists
Offering something 'just as good" be-
cause it pays better profit, the fact
still sands that ninetynine out of a
hundred druggists recommend Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy when the best remedy for
diarrhoea is asked for, and do so be-
cause they know it is the one remedy
that can always be depended upon,
even in the most severe and dangerous
cases. Sold by All Druggists.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
Useless Labor.

Don't be afraid Of making me angry
by telling me your candid opinion OF
my verses, old fellow. Criticism doesn't
make any difference with me-"
81 know that, my dear boy, but the
trouble is that it doesn't make any
difference with your verses either
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
SINGULAR and PInrnI.

Funny! There was a time when tht
BARRIERS used to speak Of my hair"
"YOu mean before you began to ge
bald?"
Yes. Now they speak of my hairs
Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
Making a Sure Thing of Il.

What in the name of Jupiter have
you sewed up all the pockets Of my
Overcoat for% asked Mr.. Wilson.
'My dear" said Mrs. Wilson, Il have
an important letter to my milliner that
want you to post"
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
Charity.

President of the Girls Club-Wen,
girls, we have $40 in the treasury.
How shall we spend it? Chorus-Oh.
let's get up a charity ball.-Puck.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
Milking II ShoM.

Holly-How did Marie learn to use
her left hand so gracefully? Dolly
That's the hand she wears her engage
ment ring on.
Smyrna times., 1904-08-31

An orator or author is never success
ful till he has learned to make his
words smaller than his ideas.-Emer-
son.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-18
OpinioneS de Mr.. Allen

El Ministro americana en- Seu1 Co
rea) General Allen, que debfa agre-
garse como representante militar de
los Estados Unidos las columnas ja-
ponesas en- operaciones ha vuelto des-
de Ping Yang a Seul, por haber pro-
hibido el general en- jefe del ejercito
del Japon, que pasase mas al Norte de
aquella primera plaza avanzada.
El General Allen, manifesto, que,
los rusos estan desperdiciando magnf-
fcas oportunidades que Sc les presen-
tan en- la Corea septentrional, en- dom
de por las cualidades topografcas del
terreno montuoso estan en- condolences
de obtener grandes ventajas sobre sus
adversarios, ventajas que pierden re-
plegandose hacia el Yal1, como 10 es-
tan verifcando.
Es opinion del Ministro General
Allen, que los rusos no intentan hacer
una seria resistencia al Sur del Yal1,
y ST 1levar a los japones al territorio de
Manchuria para batirles con sus bien
organizadas sotufas de cosacos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-18
ImpueStOS VOtadOS pOr Ia
DIETA JAPOMESa

En- Ia Ultima session celebrada poI
los miembros de la Dieta japonesa, Y
despues de oirse los patri6ticos dis
cursos de los Ministries de Hacienda
y Marina, sc han pasado los proyectoS
de ley creando tributos extraordins-
ros para hacer frente 4 Ia guerra que
Sc soStiene contra Russia.
Sc han autorizado diversos impues-
tos, principalmente uno contra ciertas
loterias, cuyo total annual no pueda ex-
ceder de SI5,ooo,ooo, y que caducara
al terminar la guerra.
FL gobieIno Sc proponia monopoli-
zar el comercio de la sal, pero la mu-
cha oposicion lie indujo q desistir.
El total de 10 que el gobierno espe-
raba afladir al Tesoro con estas medi-
das extraordinarias era de $34 .ooo, 900
al aio, pero la omission del mono
polio de la sal, reduce los calculos en-
$1,000 900, que el gobierno Sc propone
srbitrar con economics en- nSefanza,
Obras P1blicas y otroS ramos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-18
TrabajOS reaIizados

La Comision de Artillerfa espafola,
que dirige el desmonte de las pleas
que componen Ell artillado de la Capt.
tai, ha efectuado va una labor muy no.
table, Pues estan va istos para ser en-
pacados los cafiones que estuvieron en-
plazados en- las baterfas de Santa Ca
talina, San Agustfn, Santa Elena, San
Fernando, Moro, Santa Rosa y Prin-
cesa.
En- breve quedaran terminados los
demas trabajos que Sc efectdan en- Ell
MORO, San Crist6bal y el Escambron.
Merece placemes por su actividad
la referida Comisi6n espafiola.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-18
D.FI0nCiSOL6pGZ- -ATi0S GOU1ajB

A la edad de 90 afios, ha dejado de
existir, en- la noche del IL de los Co
rrienteS, el respectable caballero cuyo
nombre sirve de epigrafe estas
lineas.
Desempefaba actualmente la admi-
nistracion de correos de Caguas; pero
tuvo que trasla darse esta ciudad, por
motive de su enfermedad.
Las muchas amistadeS que conser-
vaba en- esta ciudad, asi como tambi n
en- la de CaguaS, han recibido la noti-
cia de Su muerte con el pesar mas pro-
fundo
Su deSolada madre, dofia Ana Cou-
rrelje viuda de Arias, y sus hermanoS,
Sc hallan en- I'm estado de amargura
indescriptible.
De1a una viuda, dofia Emilia Mon
talvo, y cuatro hijos, Ell elmayor de cinco
amos de edad
Nos asociamoS al dolor de SuS afli-
jidoS deudoS y les enviamoS al mismo
tempo nuestro mas sentido p6same.
Corresponsal.
Guayama, Ia de Abril, 1904.