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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

personalities, Through the courtesy of
Secretary Moody recourse has been
had 10 oficial papers, which were not
available before his accession, to Of
llce"
The remainder OF Che large volume
will be given totthe narrative OF Adj
mtral Schley's service IN many seas,
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Chilean Congress in Session.

New York, Sept. i0,--NothIng has
yet been decided relative to the ad-
journment of congress. says Herald
dispatch from Valparaiso de Chile. OF
the 81 bills which have been awaiting
congressional action for several ses-
sions, only eigat have been passed
upon by the deputies during the pres
ent session.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
Steamers Cottage City and Dol.
phin Down From Alaska With
Rich Treasure
HALF MILLION IN GOLD DUST
Miners and Oil Men Return From
Land of Promise To Spend
Winter Season, Bringing
Much Spoils.

Seattle. Sept, lo,--One hundred and
fifty passengers, including heavy op-
orators from every Important mining
and oil district throughout the North
land, and Klondike treasure valued nj
$5OO,00o came on the steamers Dot
phin and Cottage City which arrived
yesterday from southeastern Alaska,
The Cottage City brought u gold. ship
ment of $925,O00 and the Dolphin
brought S2T5,OOO.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

II your ad doesn't pull, Why not ap.
ply the corrective and get one that
does1 .,...
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LIGHTNING DOES DAMAGE.
Mother and Daughter Struck and
May Die,

WAY UIe,
Port JCrvis, n, V, sept, l0,--Dm-
mas swept over this section, many
houses and barns were struck by light
ming Al HARDWOOD a woman and her
daughter We're probably fatally injured,
\ bolt entered the kitchen and struck
4 fiat iron VITA which the daughter
was ironing Tho current ran up her
arm and felled the mother who was
standing near, The roof OF the house
was torn OF.
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The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany will place round trip tickets iron
Portland to st. Louis and return OF
account OF the world'a fair on sale a,
follows;
October srd, ath aad 5th.
The round trip rate to 81. Louis ant
return from Portland will be s6L60
Tickets viii be good for return via any
direct line.
A round trip rate OF s12,5o win alsc
be made from Portland 10 Chicago and
return.
II a passenger desires to take In both
Chicago and st. Louis the round trlr
rate will be $500.
All tickets will be good FOR 90 days
from date OF sale. Tickets viii be
good going ten days from date Of sale
so that a limited stop-over can be had
on the going trip and on the return
trip passengers can stop at their pleas
ure west of the Missouri river or st,
Paul. These rates apply via direct
lines. but II passenger wishes to re-
turn through California tickets can be
sold accordingly. but at an Increased
rate OF sis.50 added to above.
For any additional information de-
sired. call or address 4. d Charlton.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Uorthern Pacific Ry.. 2s5 Morrison
street. corner OF 3rd, Portland. Ore
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NORTHERN PACIFIC

Time Card Of Trains
PORTLAND
Leaves Arrives
ruget Sound Limited.7:t6 q m S:3 . NJ
Kansas Clty-St. Louis
Special ...........u:i0 a m s:B p m
North Coast Limited $50 . m TOO q 10
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ...........u:6 pm sos , n
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points
Take Puget Sound Limited for olym.
Dia direct.
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kan
sas clty-st, LOUIS Special for points
IN South Bend branch.
Double daily train service on oray'l
Harbor branch.
-Four trains daily between Portland,
Tacoma and Seattle
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
First National Bank

Of Astoria. at Astoria, In the state Of
Oregon, at the close OF business, Sep.
tember 9Th, 1904
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ..... .$390,I57 81
lOverdrafts, secured and un-
secured .................. 1,l77 I;
U. S. Bonds TO secure cir
eulation ................, 12.5OO OC
Bonds, securities, etc.. $1,000 OC
Other real estate owned. 5000 0C
Due from National banks
mot reserve agents. ,... 499s Al
Due from approved reserve
Bankers ............"... 9S,S79 IA
Due from State Banks and
agents .................. 165.7s7 81
Checks and other cash
items ...!,........"..". S46 O5
Notes Of other National
Banks .................. 20 90
Nickels and cents ......... 2I8 Al
Lawful Money Reserve In
Bank, viz: Specie ..... 10000 90
Redemption fund with U. 8. t.
Treasurer (5 per cent cir
culation) .....,........... 625 90
Total ....................$ .$SS4,2S5 6S
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ......$ $4,000 90
Surplus fund .............. $4,000 90
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes paid :. 24,704 30
National Bank notes out
standing =. .. =. :. :. 12,5OO 90
Individual de-
posits subject
to check :. .$56S,615 30
Demand certih-
Gates Of deposit. 1879 43 ...
Certified checks. 2S6 90 747OS1 3S
Total ..................... .$SS4,285 6S
State of oregon, County Of Clatsop, ss
/, s. S. Gordon, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
s. S, GORDON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Sth day of September, 1904.
]. NJ. MANSELL
Notary Public
Correct-Attest:
G. c. FLAVBL,
w. f. McGREGoR,
JACOB KAMM,
Directors.
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Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ..........u:46 . m sos , q
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THE cows HORN ANALYzEp
It Il Composed Of CombinatssS Of
Phosphate Of Lime, Gelattne
and Albumen.

scientists. those men who are fond
oi nnoing out all about things, tell us
tnat 2 cows horn Is q combination of
phosphate OF lime. gelatine and albu-
men. with those three substances In
the right proportion to make the horn
not only serviceable to the animal but
uselui 70 man. Ine lime makes the
norm nard' opt there Is just enough to
make ~ nard without making 1t brittle,
anu tnere is Just enough geiatine to
make the morn easy to cut and shape.
INSIDE tne norm Is q cone. which IS
uone' 10 gel II out the horn is soaked
N wafer ior several weeks and when
the core comes out it is ground up and
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-30

When Gen. Sherman was small
boy one of his intimate playfellows
was James G.. Blaine. Tho two boys,
together with Hoyt, younger brother
of the general, were out driving one
day, when, as they passed flag wav-
ing in the breeze, Jimmie Blaine
placed thumb on the tip Of his nose
and made very disrespectful gesture
toward the banner
did you mean TO do that at the
fag?" demanded "Cumpie" Sherman,
his loyalty outraged.
Yes, did" declared Jimmie stoutIy.
well, If you do 1t again. III put
you out"
Nothing more was said, and the
drive proceeded enjoyably. On the way
home the flag was passed again, and
again Jimmie Blaine put his thumb
to the tip of his nose, and SO forth.
Cumpie rained his horse, took the
struggling Jimmie. but gently but firm
ly lifted him ont OF the wagon. Then.
in spite Of Hoyts remonstrance that
that was not the proper way to treat
q guest, he drove on, leaving Jimmie to
tramp the ten miles home as best he
might. ht.-Lippincott's Magazine.
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zAMsEsI CABLE TRAMwAY.


IN the zambesi river. in Central AZ.
rica, there is cataract which is high
er than Niagara, If not broader. At
this point, near Victoria Falls. a steel
arch bridge will be built, as a link IN
the Cape to Cairo railway system
The distance between the shores AZ
the top of the chasm is ESQ feet. and
these are 400 feet above the ieyel Of
the stream. The type Of structure
which Is to be erected there is one for
which It Is usual to provide q tenn
porary staging of timber, but the ex-
traordinary depth OF the chasm makes
that irnpracticable. Less difficultv
would be experienced. perhaps. If the
engineers had recommended either Z
cantilever or suspension bridge: but.
FOR reasons which are not obvious.
they preferred the arch. While con-
struction is in progress It win be neces-
sary to move great quantities OF ma
terial from one or the other shore to
points above the river Building op-
erations win be pushed from both
sides until the work is finished IN the
middle. While It is going on. pieces
OF steel will be conveyed by means
OF wire rope tramway.
For this temporary installation. =
cable VIII be used which is about two
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little craft 16 men can be accommodated.
The space between the two floors is used
as a tank for fresh water. A series of
lockers contain provisions and serve as
seats for the crew. A 12-inch ventilat-
ing pipe can be raised from the inside of
the globe to the height of five feet above.
and can be lowered SO that the top Is
flush with the deck. This is fitted with
cover and packing to make it water
tight. The globe is furnished with q
rudder, sails and oars.
In recent experiments at Copenhageh,
the globe was cast from 12-fcot-high
wharf into the sound: it sank, but i'm
mediately righted itself, coming to the
surface where its crew opened the port
holes and put up the sail A commits
sion OF experts appointed BY the Nor
wegfan minister CT navigation have de-
clared this globe superior to any mod
ern ships lifeboat.
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: - = 80 ~ AAfS 4A&<lG<6.
| looked at Fletcher with big. WONDERING
eyes. Daddy" he said, uncertainty;
daddy.
Fletcher kissed him, a sudden mist be-
fore his eyes,.
The wan little arm stole about his
throat. the other was about the neck of
the hospital nurse kiss muddie." he
commanded.
The mans lips closed on the woman's
trembling mouth.
When the fire fiared up again Fletcher
was saying: "And to think the little
chap remembered that old trick of max
ing us kiss each other, Martha. Why. it's
been"
An eternity, as hearts count. He's a
baby STILL" she said. and it has been two
years-doesn't it take them a long time
to lose their baby ways" she smiled a.
him with the old smile brim full of love
and trust.
Martha, Martha" hoarsely. "what
II you hadn't become nurse? What
II you hadn't come to our boy?"
How futile" she said. meant to
leave before you came. and you would
never have mounted those steps If you
had known that was at the end of the
journey, and so things were taken out
of our hands,"
"ltwas destiny" Fletcher said.
oh, no. gently, mot fate; just
Gods planning"
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SURVIVAL OF THE BICYCLE.
Thousands Of the Wheels Are stiN
IA Use All Over the
Country.

Boston held bicycle reunion ths
other day, which added a picturesque
page to sporting history. Five thousand
men and women tailed in the line which
pedaled over Chestnut hill, with delega-
tions from every town of considerable
size in the bay state. What made this
parade of unusual interest, says the II
Illustrated Sporting News, was the sight
OF archaic bicycles of vintages unknown
In this generation. portraying the eyolu-
ton of the wheel of to-day, all the way
from the bone shaker of our GRANDPA
theirs.
The modern pneumatic-tired wheel in
this parade typified the rise and decline
Of a "craze" ofscolossal proportions. At
its zenith the whole world seemed to be
riding wheels or seeking the where
withal to own them. How the automo-
bile has invaded this field among the
classes which could afford to choose its
pastimes. without close watch on the
cost Is shown in an interesting fashion,
by the advertising pages of high-class
monthly magazine. In March of 1900
there we're 16 different advertisements
OF bicycles, from one-half page to full
page each. and in the same number only
two displays of automobiles, by two
manufacturers, covering two pages of
the magazine. For March of this year
the same magazine contained 13 pages of
automobile advertising, representing 20
different manufacturers, and one page OF
bicycle advertising. While the consoli-
dation of bicycle interests has decreased
the competition in advertising, yet these
figures give a fair estimate of the reversal
OF popularity worked out in four years
among the people who could afford to
shift their form of pastime.
Eight years ago SO, 900 bicycles were
ridden in Philadelphia and $4,000 of
these were owned by men and women
who used them between their homes and
their places of employment. To-day il
is probable that in that city Is 900 wheels !
are used for practical convenience and |
this class may have increased But the |
shrinkage of interest has been among |
the $4,000 who used them wholly for |
pastime. and the same process has been
going on, In greater or less degree, all |
over the country. Yet the craze" in its |
height did great things in pushing the |
good roads movement and in rejuvenat-
ng the country hotels, whose benefits
we're reaped by the automobile when 1t |
became popular. The bicycle is by no |
neans.a back number, but 1t has ceased
o be an epidemic.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-30

Gen. Sir Montagu Gerard, in a recent.
volume, tells this story of hunting with
an elephant in India: The best bags
made were So brace snipe and some tea
one day between one p. m. and sunset
and % brace and 26 duck and teal for one
whole day. besides q couple of hours On
the preceding afternoon when recon
noitering the ground. The only retriever
one could safely employ was an elephant
not SO much for fear of crocodiles as ON
account OF the tangled weeds which wind
themselves round the limbs of SWIM
mer like tentacles Of an octopus.
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CHILDREN FROM THE CITY.
Sent to the Country by Charitable Peo-
pie Receive and Radiate
Much Good,

Every season there is an increasing
multitude of city children that 1ns
their way into the country through thu
assistance of charitable and philan
thropic institutions, says Medical Tall
for the Home.
We recall an experience Of this kind
in a country village. At our sugges-
ton SO or more of these children were
taken for few weeks vacation. The
farmers In that vicinity had never
heard Of such thing before 1t was
with some hesitation that our advice
was acted upon.
Empty houses were filed with the
noise and prattle of city children.
Troops of them could be seen racing
across the fields, gathering under
fruit trees, committing various petty
depredations. but filing the air With
| joyful shouts and gleeful tumult.
The enterprise had for its motive the
benefit that would accrue to the chill
dren, but to our establishment the
greater good came to those who enter
tanned the children. Not that the chill
dren received no benefit. for indeed
they did. Little pale, haggard faces
became full and brown, flabby legs be-
came round and hard An astonishing
physical benefit came to the whole troop
in that greatest of all sanitariums-out-
door life In the country. But the benefit
that came to the farmers. and villagers
who acted as hosts and hostesses was
many times greater.
After a few weeks stay the word went
forth that the train which was to convey
the children back to the city would be at
the depot the next morning at nine
O'Clock. 1t was curious multitude
that gathered there. Men and women
who had been without children for many
years. Mature maidens who had never
known the care or joy of children.
Sturdy farmers and buxom matrons,
who, for one reason or another were
childless. came bringing their little
guests to the train that was to take them
forever out of their sight and life. 1t
was solemn occasion notyithstandins
the noise and the bustling scenee
Boxes filed with every imakinable
eatable and bric-a-brac. Cages con-
tanning rats, squirrels. birds and other
living creatures. Pieces of painted
boards, curious stones, everything that
attracted the eye of the city children had |
been captured to be carried back to the |
city.
Many tears were shed ct the parting. |
Many moist eyes saw the train move /
slowly away, and 1t was lugubrious
company that separated to go back |
nome. once more to resume life without
the clatter and the constant concern
which these children brought with
hem and took away again.
Some OF these children were adopted
lor life. Many more would have been
I the consent of the city parents could
have been obtained.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-30

The June bug Is a Joyous thing:
How glad II Is at night.
When every futter OF each wing
Seems telling its delight!
1t sooms about from place to place
Upon Its happy trip.
untl against q wall its face
Goes with a sounding "3Ipr'
We trace its progress by It's bumps
As well as by its whizz.
How often some one quickly jumps
And cries: ''Hark, There 1t is,'
And then we hear Its ''b-z-z-z um-m-m
bum-m"
And mark its rise and dip
Until misfortune stills Its hum
1t strikes the wall with "Bipm
Vain man Is like this bug Of June
Which bips against the wall:
lie may fly high, but pretty soon
He's sure to have fail
'Tis pessimistic so to write.
But fate Is sure TO nip
me man some luckless day or night
He'll nit the wall with "Bip."
How Idle. then. the pride OF man!
He does not know there are
About him. built with cunning plan.
The walls whereon he'll Jar
lie does not know-and SO he scoofs
until he's lost his grip,
And then the crowd that's watching boots
An echo TO his '.Blpr'
But. this the June bug teaches up-
This lesson for all men.
When bitter fate has dipped you thus.
Rise up and bip again.
Hard luck can never truly say
II has you on the hip.
Re Ike the June bug. Then YOU NAV
Try for another "Bip,''
~. " ~ in Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-30
NOT HARD TO CARVE GLASS
No Diamond Is Needed to Sever the
Brittle Substance Neatly
and with Ease.

1t often occurs that glass tubes OF
various dimensions have to be cut
where diamond is not at hand. as In
shops and power plants where oil and
water gauge tubes must be neatly 1T
ted. The usual method adopted is to file
a small groove around the tube and sep-
arate the glass with sharp rap at the
place weakened by the file. The result
is not always satisfactory, because the
ends often break unevenly owing to tie
difficulty of making a straight groove
with the file. Better results are obtained
when only small incision is made Will,
q file, just enough to cut through the
enamel OF the tube on one side, and not
all around. While the tube is still warm
from the friction of the file the tube is
then taken between the thumbs and
forefngers, the thumbs opposite the flo
incision, and the forefingers around tho
tubing, close, but not covering the in
cision. Pressure of the thumbs invarf-
bly, causes the tube to break In az
ctrsjght and clean line az though cut
with diamond.
Another method ia to use fine saw
blade (the finer tooth the better, for a
cav is only another form of fle). and
this should be kept fed with white
emery. carborundum or pulverixed silica
Sand OF hard grit, moistened with CAM
phor, oil, turpentine or water.
A straight, steady and even stroke
should be made. and when the work Is
carefully done against a gauge the cut
will be as true as though 1t had been
ground. Nor is even toothed blade
necessary If suitably hard and finely
gritted abrasive is used and regularly
fed between the glass and fine wire.
wafchspring OF blunt but even blade Of !
an ordinary table knife The latter will
be somewhat slow, of course. but a fine
steel wire run at high speed like band |
saw, If regularly fed with fine emery or |
carborundum, will give very satisfac-
tory results, not only for cutting either
straight lines OF curves in window. hut |
plate or optical glass, in such thickness |
as makes cutting with diamond difR- |
cult, precarious or impossible.
Window glass. especially single
strength. can be accurately split either
n straight or curved lines by fret max
Ing an incision through the enamel of
he glass, and then holding hot iron
close to the incision till fracture ia
started. The fracture will follow the
hot iron with remarkable fidelity. The
ron should be preferably round ard !
somewhat blunt and with bulky head
like an ordinary 1re poker), 20 as TO
'etain its heat well for long cuts, es-
'ecially for thick sheets, to keep the
racture going when once started, even
{ two heated irons have to be used
National Gas Budget. +
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snd three-quarters inches in diameter
and nearly 900 feet long. One and
will be securely anchored in the earth
near the base Of a tower. which will.lift
the cable more than sc feet above the
crest of the chasm. The other end will
be supported by fitting truss whose
motion will compensate for shrinkaee
and expansion in consequence Of tenn
perature changes. The cable will he kent
taut meantime by attaching - tba ssss
end load OF 60 tons OF metal. Its own
weight would depress the middle of the
cable about six feet, and it is estimated
that when q heavy object is being con-
veyed across the river detection Of 4ylk
feet will be observed That amount e e
enough to bring the middle Of the tram
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md dropped on his knees beside the quiet

| and dropped on his knees beside the quie'
figure.
oh" she said. and she showed no sur
prise; Il knew that you would come
never meant to come here to your home.
but had to-I couldn't endure Il. Don't
leave him again. He needs you-the
poor baby. His grandmother doesn't un-
derstand him, and then" with little
unmirthful laugh, "she can't forgive him
that he's mine. Do you remember how
lfretted that she would never recognize
me-neyer meet daughter of the peoH
pie-and because Of that l have been
able to come here and snatch him from
death for you. Life's too big for us to
understand, isn't it?" She smiled visit
iully. Rob-" she said, softly, Il know
now that did wrong-that 1t was who
was in the wrong" -.
The mans face suddenly became q q
mask Of stone, its lines fixed and rieid.
The woman shrank from him. ..You
doubt me STILL" she cried. II want
nothing from you'll loathe the money
you have wanted me to use. but you shall
peiieve in me. You shall,' looking into
MS unyielding eyes. Il did wong" she
said again. Il think you would have Iet
me explain, but was too hurt to wantto
explain. | was young and foolish and
intoierant, and SO l slipped away; it was
an act OF guilt, wasn't IT! You thought
It guilt. and covered my going to save
the good old name. l don't know how
l ever did it--it tore my heart strings.
the going'' f 81 tS
Fletcher leaned nearer and nearer. his
not eyes upon her fire-lit face, searching
1t, piercing through it to what lay be-
yond.
Inc hres soft querulousness and the
chiid's breathing were the only sounds
IN the quiet room as his eyes held hers.
You believe" she cried, breathlessly:
you don't understand even yet, but
you believe in me-"
81 believe" he said, solemnIy.
And have suffered so! 1t was such a
trife to bring such bitterness and sor-
row. l don't know why didn't make
you listen to the truth that night: don't
know why | stole away like a thief. |
was such child. Rob, and was bewil-
dered. | wanted to die. Your scorn cut |
Ike lash; your doubt--Rob, Rob-" she |
cried, don't you know yet? 1t was all
nake-believe. 1t was play was re- |
hearsing with him--none of the others
could take the part--don't you remem-
Der my talent for the stage-and your
doubt of me-"
But Fletcher had drawn her into the
shelter of his arms.
The child stirred. woke. sat up and