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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

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the antl-lottery law as q great hard
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

1t is a curious fact that when we
speak Of the emperor of Japan as the
"Mikado" we employ word which mas
almost exactly thAridrhs-meaShfs. Is
when we speak Of the TuTkisR ,"S.yYplHRe
Porte The actual meaning Of mikado
is august G@ts".ssi1Ie1'-tttm,l q
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

hiPpoAsttannAs, he'd aigresP RatehPsHf
pdcketbook kept ina. -hair trunk and
TIED oHis keys tegether3 with Astrlngs
III this is Iibe!lfQ!Hl4i,HndeF. the strict new
P4pgsylyanta law, .g1fpsar g1fpsYarnorr, Penny Penny =
packer psfkqfis Y n9a9ubtI Ila3p lrae3aponslhlsst0IB IBostep
GPDf tnE. .olIsanaaE .oilanslars
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The e-sceHes OF The pfIfleiBaI IaboF- dFE-
ficulties in 1902 were laid IN fhe an
thracite regions-of PENNSYLVANIA, the
New -Fsanawira- districts suf
Michigan. The troubles in the anthra-
cite district resqItfa in asdsdreasefof
nearly 40 per ,csyt in pFodpetipR 70 the
anarators. as comnared with, 1901. Ap7
proximately 145,OOO men geTe idle tor
% worlias- -aasssr-ssstl- --''tl'
put to greater inconve al
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

s. Asse6fhansas mayor ordered Ns6t'
looms Closed TO prevent a lyncst tng lie
reailsea~the connection betwess lPsAsl
ana riot
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

LABOR TROUBLES IN COAL MINES
The unhappy days of the greatest
coal strike iiAhe' hisstdr + y tS9 loaf
mining industry are recalled by a per-
rusal of Edward W: Parker,s report
on ~rhe Rroductiqp pf Coal b 1907
which the sUylted STATES EeOl07cal sur
vey is about to issue as an extract from
its annual volume of mineral resour-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

rh rh9Fe art two Widows Of rPest7Ol1ts5n-
1sIy sdff4fs ifvfng.a One of 't6ssd ls
f4geb6dfT Mayo 'ndNtg overa 80 FEARS 'old3
kho resides at New Rerne, va? steph-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

Addlcks had better chances of get
,tinS.s imgc baAthsNhlcasc sonvsntssi
than In the senate y.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

.TtJl4IAftS
In discussing the race question in
cSpgsess Rssf4entative Williams lead
er of the democrats, declared that
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Mutual Admiration.
(salem Journall

The Albany Democrat likes the ore
gonian's style OF headlines, and the
oregonian endorses the Democrats OPP
lnion--and there you are.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

there was no "eqality between feather
less bipeds". The remark has earned
him the title Of feather headed Will
Iiams."
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12
KIsAkntlsls could Asw,sLthat .rasll,.nl

ies-spai would soon be iahaAi,ed
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| III fcntsnl OF the war department.
q e eaas lighting there, however, win
81 against yellow fever, -
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-12

'It viii take the Steady work Of 46j886
men. who=ean stand the clinlate. eight
years to finish the digging Of the Pan
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iefce AZ the university Of PssnnRgyIya1at Ppsnnggy In
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
MIRAGE HELPFUL TO PILOTS
Phenomenon Assists Tugboat Men in
Locating Incoming Ships Off
Cape Flattery.

Victoria, Pa, pilots have made an in
teresting discovery in connection with
the mirage that flutters almost daily
over the horizon off Cape Flattery, Capt
Cutler of the pilot tug Lorne declaring
it reliable as a herald of incoming ship
ping. The Lorne was at the cape day
or so ago on the lookout for new ar
rivals, when the faithful mirage depicted
a full-rigged ship, reversed, seemingly
deep-laden. The Lorne made for the
shimmering vision, which appeared to
be but about 20 miles distant. She
steamed for several hours at full speed.
BY that time the picture had faded away
Capt. Cutler was not satisfied to confess
himself beaten and held his course, with
the result that the British ship Falk-
landbank was picked up, exactly realiz-
ing in every minute detail the picture
that had sent the towboat on her quest
The experience is not by any means ar
isolated one. The mirage, more thar
anything else, assists the Straits of Sar
Juan de Fuca towboat fleet in discover
ing the presence of inbound shippin,
requiring their offices.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
BUSINESS WOMEN INCREASE
Visitors to High-Class Department
Stores Become Impressed with
Change for the Better.

PROFESSIONALLY more women OF capa-
bility and intelligence look upon sales
manship as a life work than was the
case ten or even five years ago. A visit
to any one of the better class OF stores
is sufficient to prove this to the satisfac-
ton of even the casual observer. One
does not get the impression that the
salesgirl is simply working at small
salary until she can marry or find some
other employment, but one sees
thoughtful saleswomen, who are trying
to make their occupations worth some
thing. who intend to sell goods as a
business and not as a transient occupa-
ton. The result is that they get better
pay than before, and many of them are
earning better salaries than they could
in any other way. The discrimination
between men and women in salaries be-
comes less and less for the modern ten
dency is to regulate the remuneration
by the work done without reference tc
who does it. Many women as heads Of
departments get good salaries. and II
is no uncommon thing to see womer
of so years or more in these positions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
DESPERATE MILLIONS TOMB
Leaden Coffin Was Cut Open and Body
of Poet Exhibited at a Charge
of Threepence a Person.

There are probably many, even
among the subscribers to Millions
statue, who were surprised to hear that
the body of the great poet was once
on view at charge of threepence
head within few yards from the site
chosen for this splendid tribute to his
memory. 1t was in 1890, after little
carousal, that two overseers and car
penter entered the Church of st. Giles,
Cripplegate, where Milton lay buried,
and, having discovered the leaden coffin
which contained his body, cut open its
top with a mallet and chisel. When
they disturbed the shroud," Neve says,
when telling the story of the ghoulish
deed, 1.-The ribs fell. Mr. Fountain con-
fessed that he pulled hard at the teeth,
which resisted until some one hit them
with a stone" Fountain secured all
the fine teeth in the upper jaw, and
generously gave one to one of his &C
completes. Altogether the scoundrels
stole rib bone, ten teeth and several
handfuls of hair; and to crown the dia-
bolical business, the female gravedig-
ger afterwards exhibited the body to
anyone willing to pay threepence for the
spectacle"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
INHERITED QUEER GESTURE
Youth Puts Hand, Palm Outward, to
Face When Stumbling-Tells
Origin of Action.

A young man, in crossing Baltimore
street, stumbled, and Immediately put
his hand, palm outward, over his eyes,
says the Baltimore Herald.
why did you cover your eyes like
hiatt" asked his companion.
The gesture is an inheritance from
my father" the young man replied.
my father, in his boyhood, was caught
IN a fire, and as the flames shot up into
his face he put his left hand, palm out
ward, over his eyes, thus saving his
sight. Afterward he would put his hand
In that way over his eyes whenever he
got any sudden shock or fright. have
done the same thing involuntarily all
my life. Cases like mine are not uncom-
mon. There is woman in Washington
who never puts her right hand up to
her head. Her mother broke her right
arm in early life and couldn't raise II
thereafter above her shoulder. The
laughter can raise her own right arm
but she never does-she never has. A
biologist had goat that he kept chained
to a pole. The chain CALLED the goats
left foreleg and she limped on this let
slightly so as to ease the chains rub
bling. In time she became mother, ant
her offspring limped on its left forelei
all its life"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
ROMAN TOWN STILL EXISTS
Burg of the Time of King Arthur
Maintains Old Dignity and
Pathos of Isolation.

Caerleon of Roman times and Of the
days of King Arthur still exists. The
famous city that was once the garrison
of the second Augustan legion, the cap
ital of South Wales and the seat of an
arch bishopric, Is now a sleepy little
town lying between the industrial CEN
tiers of Pontypool and Newport, but is
far enough away from both to have
maintained the dignity and pathos OF
its isolation. Here are to be seen the
ruins of a Roman amphitheater, great
oval bank of earth called Arthurs
Round Table and an enormous mound
once fortified by the Romans. The Off
GERS and men of the crack Roman regi-
ment and their wives and families left
many remains of their occupation
tombstones, fragments of household
utensils, needles and fbulae, remains
of villas and baths, lamps, glass and
enamel ornaments, carvings, rings, seals
and the like, to be gazed upon in the
cases of the local museum. The whole
place, with its combination of hill and
winding river, with low-lying houses
nesting in abundant trees, forms a
picture which many painter has sough,
to portray on canvas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
RAT ESCAPED DACHSHUND.
Correspondent Tells Story of Cat Who
Made Friends with Rodent
Gives Dog the Slip.

There were a lot of rats in the storage
room Of my stable, and we had great
difficulty in getting at them, says
johannesburg correspondent of the
Field. They were shy of all traps, and
did a tremendous lot of damage at
night time, lying quiet all day. At
length l put in the room a square tin
lined box, about two feet deep, and In
it placed some burned cheese. The
rats Immediately got Interested in the
cheese, climbed up the outside of the
box and, having got inside, could not
ascend the slippery tin lining. In this
way we killed great many. One morn
| ing my children took cat, who was a
very good ratter and placed 1t in the
box, where there was already good
sized rat. The cat, instead Of tackling
the rat, appeared to make friends with
1t. They put their noses together and
frisked round, but no harm was done
and eventually the cat jumped out, re-
fusing to tackle the rat. The children
then put in keen dachshund, who inn
mediately snapped at the rat and missed
it. The rat ran around the box two
or three times, lodging cleverly, and
eventually, by climbing on the dogs
back, adroitly jumped out Of the boz
and escaped.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
JAPS USE INDIRECT FIRE.
Islanders Employ System with Great
Accuracy and Terrible Slaughter
of Russians Results.

The japanese used entirely the indi-
rect method of firing. made possible by
the long range and consequently high
aiming elevations of modern field guns,
says Thomas F. Willard, in Scribner's.
For the information of the unsophisti-
Gated l will explain that indirect firing
consists in placing guns behind an ele-
walton of the ground, and. by raising
their muzzles at an angle mathematic-
ally calculated, firing at an object long
distance away. Thus while the projec-
tile, which takes curved flight. reaches
the object at which 1t is aimed, line
Of vision, which is direct. cannot reach
the gun from the object fired at. So the
Russians at Wafenggoa were for hours
under a terrific artillery fire, yet not
once did they catch sight Of Japanese
gun. OF course. while they were able
to reply they directed their own fire
where the enemy was supposed to be,
and probably did him considerable dam
age until their own guns were put out
Of action by the superior fire of the jap
anese.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
AGED IN DIFFICULT FEATS.
Elderly People Perform Stunts I'm
dreamed Of Generation Ago
Man of re Walks 5000 Miles.

English papers state that number OF
women who have passed three-score
years Of life took swimming lessons
with great enthusiasm at seaside re-
sorts last summer, and regard this as
indicating a general tendency on the
part of elderly people to perform feats
such as would not have been dreamed
of a generation ago. DR.. Deighton's
walk from Lands End to John O.
Greats at the age Of 61 the cycling tour
from London to Berwick and back by
an octogenarian, DR.. Harris, and Mr..
Marle's task, of walking 5000 miles,
though he is 76 years Of age-these are
enterprises that have attracted consid-
cradle attention. The case is cited OF a
woman nearly 70 years old, who says her
regular dumb-bell exercise brings tho
pleasantest hours of her life. A mem
Der of the English Alpine club, now over
60, has just reclimbed the Matterhorn,
and Welshman, aged 70. not long since
tramped over the highest peak of
Snowden, along an arduous mountain
ridge, and some ten miles of undulating
road.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
MATCHES A DRAWING CARD,
Gotham Stationery Dealer Finds That
Keeping Them in Stock Is Big
Impetus to Trade.

In a downtown stationery shop the
most conspicuous display in the show
window is a card Oh which are mounted
boxes of matches of different sizes, with
the information that lights" are to be
obtained inside. That's my drawing
card" said the veteran dispenser of PEN
ellis and Office supplies to New York
Times reporter. 1T brings me more
business than all the rest of the stun in
the window It's this way" he ex-
planned. "Smokers-and who doesn't
smoke?-are constantly finding them
selves without matches, and there is
nothing harder to buy out of the regions
Of the grocery stores. l got this tip
from one of my customers. Why don't
you sell matches?' he asked.
II laid in a supply and put the sigr
In the window. Scores come in every
day for matches who never before en-
tered my store. and every other one a
least becomes a customer, buying hi
pens and paper and blankbooks here"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
EMERGENCY LED TO FIND.
Woman of Fifty Years Ago Invented
Condensed Milk-No Pecuniary
Reward for Efforts.

A woman invented condensed milk,
which, while nobody wants it who can
get the original article, is nevertheless
of great value on Journeys, on ship
board and for emergencies. 1t was such
an emergency that led to the first con-
densed milk, for Mrs. Albert Cashingor,
of New Orleans so years ago had sick
baby and must get expert medical at
tention II it were to live. That could
not be had nearer than New York city,
and it was a long sea voyage away.
How to keep the little baby alive
through that voyage she did not know.
But she had put up many preserves and
many jellies in her time and she began
to experiment on milk, and succeeded,
and put up lot of jars Of her original
condensed milk, which fed her child
through the voyage. The fact inter-
ested several people in New York, and
finally Mrs. Cashingor gave her process
away to men who made fortunes out
of condensed milk and never gave her q
cent.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
More Americans in Navy.

The enlisted force of the navy is
coming more and more largely from
the great body of nativeborn Ameri-
can citizens. Last year the proportion
of natives had risen to more than 80
per cent. In 1890 it was about so per
cent. 1t is thought that the current
fiscal year will see an advance to 95
per cent. The Army and Navy Journal
notes the suggestive fact that most of
the naval recruits nowadays come from
the inland states, naval officer men,
tioning with special commentator the
recruits obtained from the farms OF
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
CAB IN FRONT OF ENGINE.
New oil-Burning Locomotive Used in
Some Railroad Systems
in Italy.

An oil-burning engine with the CAP
on the front end has been in operation on
the Pacific coast for some time, and
locomotives of this construction have
also been in use for several years on
Italian railways. The Southern rail-
way (of italy, has recently added to
its equipment some four-cylinder COM
bounds of this type. They are OF the
ten-wheel class, with the cab in front OF
the truck and firebox and the cylinders
at the rear end. The coal is carried In
bunkers at the side of the firebox (four
tons capacity, and the tender has
cylindrical tank. The firebox is OF the
Belpaire type and extends over the
frames The cylinders are all in row
behind the smokebox (at the trailing emo
of the frames) and all Of them drive the
middle driving axle. The arrangement
of the cylinders and valves is peculiar.
The two high-pressure cylinders are
on one side and the steam distributor
is controlled by single piston valve
and Walschaert valve gear. The two
low-pressure cylinders are on the op'
posite side and are also served by
single piston valve and valve gear. Inc
engine has six driving wheels. In from
of the cab is a small platform with sid'
steps.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04

I could have raised ten pounds of weight
from the ground, the pain was so severe.
This was my condition when began u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly
relieved me and now am never troubled
as l was. My back is strong and I can
walk or ride a long distance and feel just
as strong as I did twenty-five years ago.
I think so much of Doan's Kidney Pills
that 1 have given supply of the remedy
to some of my neighbors and they have
also found good results. If you can sift
anything from this rambling note that
will be of any service to you, or to any
one suffering from kidney trouble, you
are at liberty to do So"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Corton will be
mailed on application to any part of the
United States. Address Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers
price, fifty cents per box.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Are You Out of Sorts
Many People, Not Really Sick, Are
Out OF Sorts-The OId-Time Energy
and Spirits Are Lacking.

Something is needed to restore that
animation that characterized the days
before the system had been overtaxed
or weakened by care, work, folly, ex-
cess or worry. Good, rich blood and
strong, steady nerves are essential to
perfect health and enjoyment of life.
When vitality is lacking, pleasures
cease and work becomes a drudge
and drag. Blood is the well-spring
and nerves the handspring of the
body. With either of them impaired
life loses much of it's charm. Moth
ing puts animation and satisfaction
into living as quickly, safely and sure
ly as DR.. Chase's Blood and Nerve
Food. 1t soon brings you out of all
unnatural mental or physical condi-
lions due to either blood poverty or
to nervous enfeeblement. Weigh your
self before taking it. This is the food
that made the name "Chase" famous.
The genuine is made only by The DR..
Chase Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Price so
cents box, five boxes, enough to give
1t a fair trial, $500. Book free.
For sale at Burt's Drug Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Aluminium in Spinning Mills.

One of the disadvantages of wooden
bobbins in spinning and weaving mills
is the irregularity in their revolution
during damp weather, when the wood is
swollen with moisture, which results IN
frequent breaking of the threads. Re-
Gently, in some European mills, alumni
mum bobbins have been substituted for
the wooden ones, with many advan-
tages. The metal not only is not af-
fected by changes of humidity, but is
lighter than the wood formerly en-
ployed in making bobbins, and this re-
suits in a swifter movement of the ma
chinery without increase of motive
power.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Norwav Has Woman Policeman.

Norway is proud of woman police Of
ficer, whose round Of duty is on the is
land of Nakolm, which belongs to the
government. The agricultural expert
ment station, drilling grounds and gov
eminent quarries are her special care.
A particular service is preventing the
depredations Of excursion parties. She
has a farm. and does the milking when
she Is not policing"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
When SNUFF Boxes Were the Fad.

In the days when a snuff box was con-
sidered necessary attribute to the per-
uuisites of a beau-or belle-much in
genuity was brought to bear upon the
manufacture of these dainty tritles. The
results were often very novel. Those
with a taste for the morbid could buy
boxes made from the wood of scaffolds.
chairs that murderers had sat upon. or
parts of their houses.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04

j. B. Corton,
farmer and lum-
b e r m a n, OF
Deppe, N. O.,
says 81 suffer-
ed for years
with my back.
1t was so bad
that 1 could
not walk any
distance n o r
even ride in
easy buggy. l
do not holieva
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Will Keep On Dying.

In one Of the charges at Port Arthur
only ~ Japanese out of 1000 escaped.
1t is probable, however, remarks the
Chicago Record Herald, that men who
took part in that fearful clash will
keep dying over in Japan every few
months during the next 60 or 70 years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Just Naturally Afraid.

Trusts are declared inevitable by
Sir William Kennedy. However. says
the Chicago Daily News, the people
who had not studied it out by reason
of experience had learned to sidestep
when they saw trust bearing down
on them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Reliable Repairing.

When you want your bicycle, watch or
clock repaired, and repaired 30 1t will run
take it 10 the reliable ieweler, Charles Westall
and you win make no mistake. Next door to
the Register ONCE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
Couldn't if Ten Pounds.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength
and Health to the Sufferer, Maxi
ing Him Feel Twenty-Five
Years Younger.

Sick kidneys cause a weak, lame or
aching back, and a weak back makes
a weak man. Can't be well and strong
until the kidneys are cured. Treat them
with Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's the
Testimony of one man cured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-11-04
To Vote in Japan.

A Japanese must be rs and pay $3.50
a year as direct taxation before he can
vote Tor members Of the Japanese diet.
The tax shuts out large part Of those
who would vote in another country.