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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
Higher Mathematics.

james Hogan was no doubt an I'm
portant person In Branbury, hs be was
the only man who could be hired 20
saw and split wood or to use lawn
mower. lie never lost chance 10
impress this fact upon a casual Ia
tener.
I've got to get through this Job for
your ma quick ns ever I can" he nm
nounrcd TO the small son Of one OF Ills
employers. I'm losing 90 cints an
hour right along every minute I'm
here. There's three folks waiting for
me now. and don't know how they're
going TO get along TIL tomorrow with
out me, amy one Of EN-"
"why. Mr.. Hogan" said the boy re.
spertfully. Il don't see how you're los.
Ing 90 cents an hour when mother pays
you 20. and you couldn't be but In one
place and
"Have you got as far az geomethry
10 your studiesr' inquired Mr. Hogan
colcly. resting his arms on the handle
OF the lawn mower.
"S.no. sir" admitted the boy.
"Whin you do, you'll understand q
good nanny things that's hid from you
now" said Mr.. Hogan, rcsuming his
lcisurely progress over the lawn
Yovth's Companion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
HOUSES IN MOROCCO.
They Are seldom Wholly Finished
and Never Repaired.


In Morocco they build aud make, and
they 90 both things beautifully and
well. according 10 one who has been
there But they seldom finish. "In a
house dainty with fountains and ara
besques aud colored tiles" he says,
"you Will still find corner uncom-
pieted, a pillar which lacks the dell
cate huting Of the other pillars, an EN-
brasure for clock half ornamented
with gold filigree and half left plain.
And II they seldom finish they never
by any chance repair. The mansion is
built and decorated within. Artists fit
the tiles together in a mosaic Of cool
colors and carve and gid and paint The
little pieces Of cedar wood and glue
them into the light and pointed arches.
The rich curtains are hung. and the
master enters into his possession.
There follows the procession Of the
generations. The tiles crack, the wood,
work Of the arches splits and falls, and
the walls break and crumble. The
householder sits indifferent, and the
whole house corrodes 30 In the mar
row streets holes gap and the water
wears a channel where II will and the
mud lies thick and slippery on the
rounded stones. The streets run steep
iy up and down the hills, wind abrupt
ly round corners and dive into tun-
nelB."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Time Gard Of Trains

PORTLAND
Leaves Arrives
Cuget Sound Limited.J:26 m s:4s D M
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
A typographical Error.

A pompous Englishman entered a
fashionable New York restaurant and
ordered meal. While disposing of
his soup no discovered a needle in the
soup and registered his complaint with
the head waiter.
~ say, old chap, that's rawther hard
on fellow. There's a needle In the
soup" exclaimed the Britishef.
"Oh, not so bad, after ALL" replied
the head waiter; mot so bad, simply a
typographical error II should have
been noodle"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
PULLING Cpl"

A story About the Original john
walter of the London Times.
A story about the original John Wal.
ter OF the London Times when beset by
a strike OF composltors and pressmen
is told in London Opinion, On Ger.
tain day the copy" fell short by half
q column. There was none at hand
ready to Ill up with, and time passed.
With the inspiration of genius Mr..
Walter laid hold Of column Of print
er's pie" and prepared II In the most
expeditions way, 50 that It might pass
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
A SAVAGE CUSTOM.
Curious Feed Laws That obtataed In
the south Sea Islands.

thc nouth sea tstanus,
A singular distinction was establish.
cd between the sexes In accordance
with the general savage theory Of the
infcriority. social and otherwise. Of
the female. which In found TO have pre-
vailed universally In the south sea H.
lands M the time OF their discovery
and for long nfterward during a pc
riod covered by the early missionary
voyages and labors. Setting aside can
nibal feasts at the end OF q successful
war expedition. when captives aud vic.
tins were abundant and were roasted
and deyoured. the usual food Of the
men OF these islands In ordinary cir
cumstances was hogs fiesh. with va.
riety Of hsh from the surrounding
ocean. together with cocoanuts and
plantains. but the women were forbid
den 70 eat or touch the provisions
sacred 10 male consumption. and an In
fringement OF this usage was rarely
overlooked. but met with the penalty
Of death.
The system OF food taboo denied. un'
der the same penalty. TO the sex the
use OF the Are at which the warriors
meal was prepared. the house In which
he sat to eat and the basket in which
his provisions were stored Such items
of food as native custom assigned "a
the women were preserved by them
apart. deposited In distinct baskets, tc
be cooked when required at separate
firc and devoured In solitude In little
hut specially erected for the purpose
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
WHAT THE sIAMEsE EAT.
nice aad FutEid Pish Highly Season.
ed TheiF msia Feed.


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dana ,n,o .ars,as ,.n,ss oe,mar,sa a ~.
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shnra,.h,. ,n,.a. ,,,aa n'.aa :, .ad
aannaa as.,a,a ,..,,. IT'S .a,"as [ .,,.n,,
s,as.r ana ,s,n.s,na s.cd. rhs an,y
s.ason sas ,Sa ash h.,rs n,,,,d 4. hs.
.sn.a ,ha ,s,,vas ,,sa :, 40 ,or a.h srs
n,an,,,,, a. ,h.,. r,...s ana a.harman
anmaran. ,hau.. ,hs,r wax. =, .a,ch-
Inc a,a r.,hsr AMMAN, ana an,,ous
One savor,,s ms,ho1 sor,orsd from
,ha ch,na.a A. hss,,n. ,ha water. w,,h
,on. ns,nhoa .,,.Ls 40 ,r,,h,an ,ha r.h
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
wakwak were nlraa Of Paradise.

Readers OF "rhe Thousand and One
Nights" will remember the islands Of
wakwak and the marvellous adven'
lures OF Hassan Of Balsora and the
princess with the dress Of feathers,
DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace suggests
that the islands were real and that
they can be identified with the Aru Is
lands, the home Of the great bird of
paradise.
The name "Wakwak," he thinks,
may be an imitation of the call of the
birds, and the story Of Hassan's visit
to the islands Of Wakwak may be
based on the actual adventures of
some traveller who discovered the
haunts Of the birds Of paradise
Youths Companion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
SCIENCE PREVENTS Badness.
rhe Fatal Germ and Its Remedy New
Facts ok Science.

II 10 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 will use Newbro's Herpi-
eide, the new scalp antiseptic. Herpl-
eide destroys the germ that cuts the hair
OF at the root; and cleans the scalp OF
dandruff and leaves II in perfectly
healthy condition. Mr., Mannett, In the
Maryland Block. Butte. Mont, was en-
tlrely bald. In less than q 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 normal
suit OF hair. Sold by leading druggists,
Send lOc in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co., Detroit. Mich.
Eagle Drug Store, S51-s5S Bond st.
Owl Drug store, $40 Com St.. t. f
I.aurin. Prop, Special Agent"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
HOW A WATCH WORKS.
4 vibrating wheel Takes the Place
of the Clock's Pendulum.

Of th. cieck's Pendulum.
A watch differs from clock In Its
having a vibrating wheel instead OF q
vibrating pendulum and as In clock
gravity Is always pulling the pendulum
down TO the bottom OF It's arc, which Is
Its natural place Of rest, but does not
Ak Il there because the momentum ac-
qulred during It's fall from one side
carries II up to an equal height on the
other, SO In watch spring. generally
spiral. surrounding the axis OF the bal
ance wheel, Is always pulling this to-
ward middle position of rest, but does
not fix II there because the momentum
acquired during Its approach to the
middle position from either side carries
II just ms far past on the other side,
and the spring has to begin Its work
again. The balance wheel at each VI
bration allows one tooth OF the adJoin'
Ing wheel 10 pass, as the pendulum
does In a clock. and the record OF beats
is preserved by the wheel which fol-
lows. A handspring IL used TO keep up
the motion OF the watch instead Of the
weight used In a clock, and rs a spring
acts equally well. whatever be It's posi-.
ton, a watch keeps time, although car
RED In the pocket or In a moving ship.
In winding up watch one turn Of the
axle on which the key is iixed 10 render.
Cd equivalent by the train OF wheels to
about 400 turns or beats Of the balance
wheel, and thus the exertion during a
few seconds Of the hand which winds
up gives motion for twenty.four or
thirty hours.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09

EYES," said the young drug clerk who
had been trotting In double harness
for nearly two weeks, "I've got boss
wife"
"well, you have my sympathy" re
Joined the man who had come in to
buy bottle OF hair restorer. "Pve
got that kind OF a wife too."-Chicago
News.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
Kansas Clty-st. LOuis

Kansas City-St. Louis
Special ...........11:1e am s:4S p m
North Coast Limited 3:3e o m 7:ee Q N
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ..........,11:45 pm sos , N
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points
Take Puget Sound Limited for otym.
pla direct.
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kan
sas City-St. Louis Special for p0lnts
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train services ON 0ray's
Harbor branch.
Four trains daily between Portland
Tacoma and Seattle
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09
No, That Kind of a Dog.

Friendly Old Lady Ito little girl SIT
6ng on porch beside dog)-Ah, my dear
your deg Is a setter, isn't he3 Little
Girl-oh, no, ma'am. He gets up an
ulays around sometimes. = Harper
Weekly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-09

The great struggle Of life IS nrsr ror
breed. then the butter on the bread
and last sugar on the butter.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06

The Windjammers Of this city
crossed bats yesterday afternoon
on the home park with the Mound
City team, of Moundsville. The
game was attended by quite a
number Of fans, and one Of the
most interesting contests Of the
season was witnessed. Neither
side scored until the fourth in
ming, when the Mound City
sneaked two runs. and which was
all they succeeded in making dur
ing the entire game. However,
the game was hotly contested and
the Windjammers did not make a
run until in the sixth. when they
placed two scores to their credit.
They added three more to this
number in the eighth, making a
total Of ) to 2, which was the
result at the conclusion Of the
game.
The game went off like clock
work, not a dispute having oc-
Cured nor a harsh word spoken
by members of either club. Tobe
Hart, the genial umpire, was in
the best Of humor and gave en-
tire satisfaction to each Of the
cOntesting teams. The Mound
City team is composed Of large,
portly young men, and conducted
themselves in a very genteel man.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06
MOUNDSVILLE TEAM DEFEATED

ner. When they donned their
blue suits they presented a very
handsome and attractive appear
ance. During the progress Of the
game the visitors received much
more applause from the lady visi-
tors than the home team did.
Naturally. this made our boys a
little jealous, and doubtless had
much to do with them winning
the game. We advise the Wind
TANNERS, provided they desire to
become popular with the average
Sistersville young lady, to order
new suits Of blue at once.
Mound City secured 3 hits off
Maher and the Windjammers 8
off Bachman. Maher hit 2 men
and let 2 men walk. Bachman
hit Keptner twice. Bachman
struck out II men. while Maher
got 8. Mercer and Abrams made
two base hits. Rosemerkle was
hit by Maher and given base. The
Mound City made 3 errors, while
the Windjammers made none.
The features Of the game was
the fine ball playing Of DoIan,
Barkwell and Zinn. The score by
innings is as follows:
! 2 3 I ) 6 7S9
Windjam's 00O2 IS
Md. City. 0002 D 90 0 %
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06

The Ohio Valley Electric Rail-
way, a local enterprise that has
been hanging fire for some time,
on account of the tightness of the
money market, will soon take tan
gible shape.
Some time ago the Sentinel
gave the details of the meeting of
the incorporators and the Organl-
zatiOn Of the Railway Construc-
tion company, of this city, and
following this organization the
directors held a meeting with the
directors Of the Ohio Valley Elec-
trio Railway company, at which
time the former was awarded the
contract for the construction OF
the entire line between Sisters
vile and Parkersburg.
On Saturday the Railway Con-
struction company held meeting
at the office of the company in
this city and awarded the con-
tract for a portion Of the work
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06
AWARDED

Of the proposed line. The con-
tract was awarded to F. H. BlOd-
gett company, big contracting
concern. which has several rail-
road construction contracts, one
of which is at Wheeling.
The contract awarded on Sat
urday is for the construction OF
the line between Sistersville and
Friendly. a distance of five miles.
1t is stipulated in the contract
that work shall be begun within
ten days, and pushed along with
all possible dispatch.
The contract for the remainder
of the line will be let as soon as
some right Of way matters can be
disposed of and gotten out OF the
way.
When this line is completed to
WilliamstOwn. it will connect
with the inter-urban, and will
make through electric line from
Parkersburg to Wheeling and
MISUNDERSTANDING Sentinel.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06

Under the new State law gov
erning licenses which takes effect
on the first day of May, 1905, the
following tax is levied:
To distiller Of whiskey and
brandy, 500.
Manufacturer Of whiskey to
sell in this State, $500. This is
for selling at wholesale, and this
license extends to every county
in the State.
TO manufacture beer, 500
TO wholesale beer, whether it
is manufactured in this State or
not. if the brewery manufactures
100000 barrels or more. the IL
cense to retail the beer in every
county in this State is $4,000. If
less than 100000 barrels is man.
ufactured the license is $4,000,
and if less than $4,000 barrels is
manufactured annually the license
is $4,000, and if less than 25,OOO
barrels is manufactured the H.
cense is $500. If less than TO-
600 barerls is manufactured the
license is 5000. This license eX-
tends only to such counties in the
State as grant license to sell beer.
TO sell whiskey. beer. etc, at
retail, the license is $3.50 per an
mum. 1t is unlawful to buy drinks
of any kind by retailer from a
firm who has no taken out State
license.
The license to furnish drinks at
a public theater is 5000.
The license to manufacture ap-
pie and peach brandy from fruit
grown in this State in quantities
not less than ) gallons, 800.
Stock broker, and merchandise
broker. $50.
Bucket shop broker, $500.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06
NEW STATE LAW
REGULATING LICENSES

To sell cigarettes and all kinds
Of tobacco, $40.
To sell cigarettes or cigarette
paper only, So.
To sell patent rights, $40.
Druggists, $40.
Bowling alleys. $40 for first and
$15 for every other one.
Billiard tables, $50 for the
first, and $50 for every other one.
To buy junk, $25.
70 maintain or occupy a house
boat or like structure or vessel,
$40.
Slot machine or other auto,
matte device. which is not a gam
bling device, So for each machine
Roller coaster, merry -go-r0und
one week. $25: four months, 1925
six months, 5000, and one year
$500.
License to sell at wholesale plS
tolls. revolvers. dirks, slung shots
bowie knives, metallic or other
false nuckles. or other weapons
of like kind. $500. and at retail
500.
To carry on the business of {
money broker or private banker
800.
Bagatelle table or table of like
kind. 500 for the first, and $40 fOl
every other one.
Roller skate rink for public
use in a town with over 10000
population. 800; more than 50O(
! and less than 10000, $50: and les!
than 5000. $25.
Auctioneer license, s.. and i
an auctiOneer acts in a town s:
additional.
Pawnbrokers license, 800.
None Of the new or additiOna
licenses provided for in the new
act shall be required until thu
first day of May, 1905.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06
DEEPEST WELL IN THE STATE

The deepest oil well in West
Virginia with one exception, will
be drilled near Smithfeld, Ritchie
county, by the South Penn Oil
company.
Lockwood & Curry have the
contract for this well, which was
started as a test well, and has al
ready been drilled through the
Gordon and Fifth sand forma-
tions. and is now 5000 feet deep.
The company instructed the czm-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06
Off FOR THE EASTERN MARKETS

qualified him as a careful and
competent buyer. When the
goods for this reliable establish
ment arrives and are once opened
for the public's inspection. which
he is now selecting in the East, the
handsome patterns which will
meet their gaze will readily con-
vince the most fastidious that his
judgment is par excellence, and
these goods will be disposed Of
at prices that cannot be duplica-
ted in the city.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06

George NJ. Stewart, manager Of
the firm of E. Stewart & COM
pany, left last evening for the
Eastern markets. Mr.. Stewart
will be absent from the city ten
days, during which period he will
purchase an extensive stock of
fall and winter goods.
Mr.. Stewart has had many
years experience in the dry
goods and ladies furnishing busi-
ness, which fact has naturally
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06

The Brooklyn baseball team Of
this city went over to Miller S
Run. O., yesterday and defeated
that team by the score of % to
ii. The game was well played
throughout. The big score re-
suited from heavy batting on
both sides. Mr.. Kirk of Parkers-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06

pany to drill the well 1000 feet
deeper, and they will resume the
work this week, going to a depth
Of 4030. 1t is not known what
they expect to get below the test
ed formations.
About ten years ago well was
drilled near Wheeling to a depth
of 5000 feet, the deepest well in
this State, and probably in the
United States. but nothing new
,sas deveiG5ed.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-06
INTERESTING BALL GAME

burg, done the twirling for the
Brooklyns and did fine work con-
sidering he had a sprained arm.
Graham made the prettiest hit of
the game, it being three-bagger
over the left field. The batting
of Clawson. Irwin, Barber and
Jones and the fielding of Suter
were also the features of the game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-17
CANADA AND OUR TRUSTS

effective the big
trusts of this why
she should take it herself
Canada preparing buster and
lected the big American her first victim.
Until there houihing manufacturing
industry the line stretched its
then the spirit Dealers
with handle
of the Canadian
that is commonly a
But the Canadians it. They stn retain
WI
the cigarette to their
for relief their
law passed by the Dominion parliament provides that the excise
the shall Cancelled
taers subject the goods
other urers or rms.
the formidable particular
trust American competition
The Canadian minister the law by the
Dominion parliament
teal method of fighting the American
will be gratifying to millions in this country to know that there
afraid
Should
mercal and manufacturing will achieve remarkable
triumphone that statesmen afraid attempt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-17
FOR THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL

DR. William Frye of Kansas City the who has lost
his savings he be the last
have donehd his
take chances the sak auabes
that
the
constant hiding quite certain be visited by
deft heyng or
This $6.25Othe
savings of ifetmetied hid his
he practically pennless
a
be
manufacturers who
travel the conductor
he oil
stocking n
Bile
would
a ats / ( N estate
planted a
miserable a
il the best institution that
easily ask somebody who
ou wi sleep eae
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-17
The Broad shoulder.

Nothing is more nerve racking
than to wear a bodice cut too long
on the shoulder Though the sum
mer and the fall fashions show the
long shoulder effect, the shoulder is
not cut so long as to be uncOmfort-
able. The modistes stop just short
of this torture and give the width
and long shouldered effect by skillful
trimming about the shoulders.
To find where the sleeve should be
joined to the waist take a tape meas
uTe, pass it around the arm at the
shoulder and draw it up to the top
of the shoulder This will mark the
point at which the arms eye should
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-17
BEAUTY-COMFORT.
BY Nine. Falloppe.
. osss0sssoooeooooo


Poisonous drugs ought not to be
kept on hand except when in actual
use, but if kept, they should be la
beled plainly and locked up apart
from all other bottles and packages.
There are frequent cases of child
poisoning through the carelessness
of grown people
If you suspect poisoning, send at
once for the doctor and tell him to
come prepared with stomach pump,
etc.
Meanwhile the patient must be
made to empty the stomach. Vom-
iting may be induced by putting the
fingers down the throat or by the
tickling of the throat with a feather.
This should be done while the en-
etic is being prepared.
For the emetic either mustard or
table salt may be used, a tablespoon
to a half pint of warm water l pre-
fer using both.
Mix one tablespoon of common
mustard to a paste with a little wa
ter; stir into half a pint of luke
warm water, adding one teaspoon of
salt. Give a little at a time until
vomiting begins: then give glass
after glass of warm water.
If you know what poison has been
taken you can treat accordingly.
For oxalic acid poisoning, give
Immediately a quarter of a teaspoon
of slabed lime in a glass of water,
or powdered chalk may be used
Children sometimes suck the
heads from matches and become poi
soned. For this turpentine is the
antidote three drops turpentine one
teaspoon barley water, given every
II minutes, giving four doses in all.
This is for child of three or four
years. Give the child barley water
to drink and keep it vomiting for a
time Lemon juice in water may be
Given as a drink.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-08-17

day afternoon, between and 8
o'clock A small amount of freight
consigned to Avon also went up in
smoke. The boat Will be a total
loss.
The Elwood was built at Portland
in 1891. She piled for a number
of years on the Columbia and was
one of the lightest draft boats ever
in commission on that stream When
the Klondlke excitement was at it's
height she was purchased by the Can
adam Pacific and placed on the Stick
cen river run. Later she ran locally
from KetchiIan, and lastly came to
the Sound
She was 1874 feet long, 81 feet
beam and 7.5 feet depth of hold, with
$40 gross tonnage She had accom-
modations for total of ESQ passen-
gers