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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06
Thnekerny,a Odd WAYS.

"He wrote very small, neat hand
and used slips Of note paper" said the
late John Holllngshead OF London con.
cerning Thackeray. "These he would
often gather up and put in his coat
pocket, leaving his secretary at work
and stroll down to the Athenaeum club.
Here, If he could get comfortable Ia
BILE and was not waylaid by any gos-
sip, to whom he was always ready to
give an attentive ear, he would pull
out his slips and carry his story a few
steps farther. In an hour or two he
would again collect the scattered pa
pers and 90 on to the Garrick club,
where, If not interrupted, he would re.
sumo his writing. This habit Of COM
posing in public frightened many of
the old club fogles, who thought they
were being caricatured for posterlty,
and no doubt helped to get him black.
balled at the Travellers"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06

When Oliver Goldsmith was strug-
CLING for his education at Trinity col
lege, Dublin, his soul was narrowed
by the menial duties he had to per-
form as "siZar." Even today the
term sizar is nearly synonymous with
poor student" at Dublin, but the la
bors in connection with the position
are much less strenuous than they
were formerly The sizar received his
"coUimons" and tuition free, In return
for which he was expected to sweep
out the courts In the morning and car
ry the dishes from the kitchen TO the
dining hall Of the fellows Of Trinity
These offices remained associated with
the sizarship for half century after
the author Of the "Yicar of Wakefield"
had entered the university and left II.
They were abolished In dramatic
manner.
On one Trinity Sunday there was a
crowd to witness the ceremonies in
the college. AS sizar passed by with
a dish Of meat for the fellows saucy
citizen Of Dublin jeered at him as a
menial The angry sizar flung the dish,
meat and all, at the head Of his tor
mentor. he was sharply reprimanded.
perhaps because of the loss of the
meat, but the sizars were never again
asked to perform the duties which
saddened the soul Of Goldsmith while
he was at the college.-Chicago News.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06
At THE SNAKE
ROCK MINE
BY FRANK n. SWEET
CoprSoh;, 1905, bp Ffu,lk II. S,cees

Joyce Killian was only two weeks
from select boarding school In the
east where the young ladies were zeal
ously guarded from all contact with
the rough outside world. Yet this
morning she was tearing down Snake
Rock canyon upon mustang. not
three months from a broncho buster,
with gaudy, cumbersome horse trap,
pings that had been brought up from
Mexico more as curiosity than 70,
use
But there was no fear, no self con.
sciousness in her face, and instead Of
trying TO check the mustang her hand
went out from time to time to stroke
and pat its neck encouraglngly as her
voice urged 1t on.
When she left the canyon she struck
more level country, and here the
mustang was let out to its full speed.
Bedrock was still ten miles away, and
she must reach 1t and be back to the
mine before night. II was already well
on toward noon.
Bedrock was one street town which
commenced and ended In tents, with a
few unpainted frame buildings In the
center 1t was an hour after noon
when Joyce slipped from her horse In
front Of the office of Gregg & Graw,
mine brokers and operators. Both OF
the proprietors were in, and both rose
at her entrance. Young ladies' OF
Joyce's type were not yet common at
Bedrock.
Il wish to see you about the Snake
Rock mine lease" Joyce began gra.
ciously.
Gregg bowed, but not before the Wis.
itor imagined she saw swift glance
flash between the partners.
Il understand it expires IN ten days"
said Gregg blandly, you are Miss
Killian?"
"Yes. We-Mr. Temple wishes to re
new the lease on the terms you pro-
posed"
Visiting at Snake Rock camp with
your aunt" went on Gregg you see
we've all heard-or guessed. When
er-is the interesting event to come
of, If you don't mind?'
IF you are alluding to my marriage
with Mr.. Temple, 1t has not yet been
announced" answered Joyce eoldly.
But about the lease. VIII you kindly
make 1t out as soon as possible? Ihavs
some shopping to do in town, and 1t Is
a long ride back to camp. Mr.. Temple
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HELP WANTED.

BOY wANTED-GooD CAPABLE
and active boy wanted. Apply at
Astorlan Office.
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SLIPS THE WEAKNESS LEFT HIS FACE.
will sign the papers and return them
at once. There are only ten days, and
he wishes to have the matter arranged
without delay"
why doesn't he come down him
self" demanded Graw bluntly.
HE is very busy at the mine, and l
convinced him that l could attend to
1t just as WELL" Joyce answered. HE
said 1t was to be made out at twenty
FIVE thousand and-your own offer"
Graw laughed aloud.
THAT offer was made four weeks
ago." he said, "and Temple declined
It,"
"You mean you will not renew 1t for
thatp
Exactly"
Joyce lost some Of her color. What
little money she and her aunt had was
invested in the mine, as well as Hugh
Temples, and the lease ran out in ten
days.
WELL" she said slowly, 81 am au-
thorized, in case you should decline to
recognize your offer, to raise the
amount to what was paid last year
fifty thousand"
(which we must decline" said Gregg
suavely, with real regret, you under
stand. And / will add that we would
decline a hundred thousand just as
promptly"
you mean that you will not release
the Snake Rock mine on any termsp
the girls white lips asked.
Exactly. We expect to resume op-
erations there ourselves"
Il understand-you have heard. And
l suppose you call this business. You
made q fortune out Of the mine, and
then when you lost the vein you leased
1t to Mr.. Temple through misrepre-
sentations. He paid you $4,000 and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06
A Grim TRAGEDY.

Is daily enacted, in thousands Of homes
as Death claims, in each one. another
victim Of Consumption or Pneumonia
But what Coughs and Colds are prop
erly treated, the tragedy Is averted. f
g. Huntley of oaklandon. Ind. writes:
MY wife had the consumption, and
three doctors gave her up. Finally she
took DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds. which
cured her, and today she is well and
strong" 1t kills the germs OF all jis-
eases. One dose relieves. Guaranteed
at soc and 81 by chas. Rogers. drug
gist. Trial bottle free.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06
Astorian Free Want Ads.

Anyone Desiring Situation Insert Advertisement Counn
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the partnership Of Hop Hing Lung
n Co. doing business as merchants and
contractors for Chinese labor at No.
$40 Bond street, Astoria. Oregon. 10
this day dissolved by the retirement OF
Yen jim Song Wong Hond. Lee York.
The business will hereafter be conduct.
ed by the remaining members OF the
company Chew Gong. manager. left
on the Elder for Vancouver, where he
will embark for China. He win return
next year His partners Eng Fook and
Johg Hop will manage the business
during his absence
HOP HING LUNG & co.
All DOCK. Chairman.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-06
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
Tue Constant Wearing Of Hat Propo.
gates Dandruff Germs.

There are many men who wear theii
hats practically all the time when awake
and are blessed with heavy shock Of
hair: yet II the scalps Of these same men
once became infested with dandruf
germs, the parasites would multiply all
the quicker for lack Of air, Badness
would ensue as the final result New
bros Herpicide kills these germs and
stimulates unhealthy hair to abundant
growth. Herpicide is a pleasant hair
dressing as we'll as dandruf cure and
contains not an atom of injurious sub
stance. Sold by leading druggists, Send
ioc. In stamps for sample to The Herpi-
eide Co. Detroit Mses,
Eagle Drug Store. s5l-S5s Bond St.,
Owl Drug Store. SAC Com. ST.. T. F.
Iaurin. Prop. Special Agent"
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JUNK DEALERS.
FOR RENT-RooMs.

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT THIS
ONCE; 25c per hundred.
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PERSONAL.
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.
iasi-sla77aaiial7
eios WANTED.

BIDS WANTED bids Will. BE RE-
eeived by tho county court for fur
nishIng tax collecting register and tax
receipts for the year 1904. nids 10 ba
filed by 10 o'clock a, IN, Saturday. Janu-
AIRY 7, 1905, Information can be had at
the county court room The court re-
serves the right TO reject any or all
bids. ny order of the County Court.
J. c. CLINTON, Clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24
RAINY-DAY DIVER SION S
Mysteries of Eleven
By G A ROL YN w $

his specifications Then it read thus:
6S3 400 % 46I76.
YES" said Fred, as he drew long
breath, eleven goes into that without
any remainder. Oh, do explain it to us,
Uncle Bob"
So Uncle Bob told the children how to
do it, and like most other puzzles it is
easy enough when known.
At first, that is, when Uncle Bob
wrote the figures so swiftly, he merely
repeated the figures already written, but
in reverse order; for any number con-
tanning an even number of figures which
reads the same backward or forward is
exactly Invisible by eleven. Thus, Uncle
Bob could add a few figures at the begin
ming of the row, and then, starting at the
other end of the row jot down rapidly
the whole lot, reversed. The process of
adding or inserting figures wherever re-
quested is slower work, as calculations
must be made. The principle is, that
a row of figures, no matter how long, is
Invisible by eleven, if the sums of its
alternate digits are equal. That is, if
the sum of it's first, third, fifth, seventh
ETC., figures equals the sum of its second,
fourth, sixth, eighth, etc, figures.
Hence, in given row of figures, add
up the alternate ones. and supply such
as are necessary, taking care that the
sum of the odd ones equals the sum of the
even ones in the final result.
By this, we do not mean the odd or
even numbers, but the figures occupying
the odd or even places in the row. In
practising this game, it is much easier to
add the necessary figures at ones own
discretion; but it is more mystifying to
the beholders to put the new figures in
places designated by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24
BLISS CARAVANS COMPLEXION

A YOUTHFUL feminine adrnirer of Bliss
n Carnan decided to immortalize him
upon canvas slight token of her appre-
citation, and with this end in view invested
twenty-five cents in photograph of the bard.
But while the photograph faithfully repro
duced the poets features and the cut of his
love-locks, it gave the young enthusiast no
clue to his complexion the hue of his
eyes. So she wrote asking him to send her
by the next mail full particulars She
received the following replyi
My DEAR You've LADY: My hair is of
delicate but elusive shade of greenish-
yellow; my eyes are of a striking and unique
shade of yellowish-green. my complexion is
somewhere between these two extremes If
you can once succeed in catching these subtle
tints, | have no doubt you will be able to
obtain a speaking likeness of
Yours faithfully,
BLISS CARMAN "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24

week."
'Oh, do, Uncle Bob" pleaded Lucy.
Il had lots of fun puzzling the school
girls with that one about the mines. Isn't
any other number as magical as nine?"
Yes" said Uncle Bob, Il think
eleven is just as amusing in its way. Shall
give you an example?"
''Yes, indeed!" cried both children,
as they flew for pencils and paper pads.
Now" said Uncle Bob, as they sat,
with their pencils poised expectantly
above the paper, each of you may set
down row of figures"
How many?" asked Lucy.
1t doesn't matter. But leave room
enough for me to write as many more
alongside of them
So Lucy wrote o836Io24, and Fred
wrote 735IS6o.
Now" said Uncle Bob, before he
looked at their papers, I'm add lot
more figures to each line, and then you'll
find the whole row is exactly Invisible by
eleven. And I'll write my figures SO
fast that you may be sure Pm not
dividing as l go along"
Taking Lucy's paper, Uncle Bob
added more figures to those she had
already made; and so rapidly did his
pencil fly, that the children were sure he
was jotting down figures at random, and
not making any mental calculation as he
wrote In less time than it takes to tell
it, Lucy's paper held this row of figures,
9S56Io2442oI638o.
Now, wait minute, Lucy, said her
uncle; before you divide that by eleven,
let me add some figures to Fred's row."
And with swift motions he added lot
of figures to the row Fred had prepared,
and it then read thus: 735IS6oo6SI
Now. children, divide by eleven, and
see if you have any remainder"
Both divisions came out evenly, and
Lucy clamored for Uncle Bob to tell how
he knew what figures to write But
Fred looked thoughtful, and asked his
uncle to try it again. You only put
figures at the right hand end of our lines,
uncle" he said. Can you add figures
at both ends?"
"Oh. certainly" said Uncle Bob,
anything to oblige."
So Fred wrote: oa346.
Uncle Bob seized the pencil, and quick
as lightning he placed two figures before
Freds row and seven after it, and then
the line stood thus: 57o2346645 2975.
There you are, my boy" he said, and
sure enough Fred divided it exactly by
eleven.
Il thought 1 saw through it, but
don't" he said.
Perhaps l can make it clearer" said
Uncle Bob. Let's try it again"
So Fred wrote S54ooI7, and Lucy
wrote 65452.
Now, Lucy" said her uncle, I'm
add as many figures as you say, and I'll
put them at either end or at both ends.
Lucy's eyes opened wide in amaze
ment, but she said: Very well, uncle,
put two figures before my row, and three
after it.
. All right, here you are" and Lucy's
row soon read: 376s4323o6, which of
course was exactly divisible by eleven.
Fred noticed that Uncle Bob didn't
write his figures this time SO rapidly as
he had done before, and hoping to make
it even more difficult for him, he said:
Uncle, can you add figures to my row
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03

F. v. Martin came up from Artesia
this morning. He leaves tomorrow for
a visit at his old home in Oklahoma.
The county commissioners met
this morning, but transacted no brsi-
ness. They adjourned until after the
Fourth, when they will meet Wednes-
day morning.
Judge j. M. Peacock returned Sat.
urday evening from Joplin Mo-, where
he has been in a hospital for two
weeks on account of a general break
down in health. He is now improved
but is still feeling poorly.
The wool crop from the plains to
the west is about all in, and local
buyers and shippers from Boston
have secured about all of it. They
have bought about 1900. 900 pounds,
at about 20 cents per pound.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
) LOCAL NEWS. s

T. w. Hamer was up from Dexter
today.
John r. Hodges came up from Ar
tesla this morning.
John Pollard returned this morning
from a trip to Lakewood.
ii Stewart came home this NOR
ming from a visit in Artesia.
Judge Patton was up from HaSer-
man today looking after business.
w. A. Baker returned this morning
from a business trip to Lakewood.
O.. G.. Long and j. C. Wilson, of
Hagerman, were visitors here today
J.. o. Cameron was here from Carts
bad today looking after local bust
ness.
R. TIL was one of the Hagerman
citizens who had business in Ros-
we'll today.
w. L. Packard came in from Carls
bad today to spend the day transact
ing business.
G.. B. Kelley, the Singer Sewing Ma
chine man, returned this morning
from Carlsbad.
H. F. Johnson. of Hagerman, was
on the streets of Roswell today, shall
ing hands with friends.
C. E. Stocks came up from Lake
wood this morning TO visit friends
aud look after business interests.
J. e. wimberly, the Dexter editor.
was here today. taking items at the
meeting of county commissioners.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
A Few Facts About the Flag.

Woman's Home Companion.
The red in our flag stands for val.
or, the white for purity, the blue for
justice. Our first Revolutionary flag
generally used was called the Grand
Union flag. In this the coionists, who,
we must remember, were still English
men, kept the red ground of the old
English flag. but striped it with
white bars, so that the should be
thirteen lists o. stripes, as an emb-
lem of the thirteen colonies. Also
they kept the blue field of the Eng
lish Union Jack, but tool out the
crosses of ST. George and ST. Andrew,
and put instead thirteen stars in a
circle. This flag was inaugurated by
Washington at his camp in am
bridge. Mass, in January 1776, though
it was not adopted by Congress until
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
"BarIey Four" Cattle Sold.

The cattle of the Bar Iva ranch,
known as the Salt Creek Land and
Cattle Company, were sold at the
ranch at auction Saturday, the sale
being held to satisfy a mortgage held
by Mrs. Iva J.. Keebler. There are
seven hundred head in the lot,
and J.. o. Lynch bought them at a
bid of 5000.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
Colorado Supreme Court.

Denver, July 3.-The supreme court
of the state handed down a number
of important decisions today. The
Denver bond issue for building en-
auditorium was declared Illegal. TIE
fat "a tax which the American Smel
ter Company fought is sustained. This
viii mean an Increased annual reve-
nue. for the state of 100000. state
Senator Fred W. Parks is declared
lieutenant governor.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
To Fight Contest Graft.

There are many people in the Val,
ley interested in a fight on contest
graft that has been started. Last
Thursday several citizens of Artesia
held a meeting and discussed this
eveil and means of overcoming it.
Nothing was done at the meeting.
but others viii be held in the near
future.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
the fourteenth of June, 1777.

Some of our flags of about this
time show the stars arranged in the
blue in the shape of one big star, and
Gle. The permanent present fashion
was adopted after 1918, when Cong
reSS passed a resolution that a Iew
star should be added to the blue field
for every new state admitted to the
Union.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-03
~HEAVYWEIGHTS FIGHT.

ionship R~elinquished by Jeffries.
Reno, New, July SACK Root, of
Chicago, and Marvin Hart, of Louis
Vile, fight his afternoon here for q
purse of 5000 and the title relin-
~relinquished by Jim Jeffries, the hea-
Wy weight champidl of the world. The
men will enter the ring al two O'Clock
Pacific Coast time. Roots weight is
10 pounds. n Harris close to IT'S.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

The smaller the man the harder he
tries TO get even.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03
GOVERNMENT LIGHT.
HISTORIC cHIcKAMAUeA PARK
ARLAZE WITH ILLUMINATION.
United States System OF Lighting Mill
tary Post Pronounced GratifyingIy
Successful-Six and One-HaIf Miles
of Mains-Sixty-Five Street Lights.

Chickamauga Park Ca, May 81
The United States government has here
in operation one of the largest acety-
lene gas. plants in the world. The mill
tary post at the entrance of the histor-
fcal Chickamauga battlefield where
thirty thousand Union and Confederate
Aoldiers were lost in the memorable
battle of Sept. 10 and 20, 1868, contains
about one hundred buildings, the
seventy-fve principal ones of which are
lighted with acetylene. To accom-
plish this six and one-half miles of
mains and two miles of service pipes
are in use, while sixty-five street
lamps brilliantly illuminate the ave
nues of the post.
In 1903 the War Department in
stalled test acetylene plant at Fort
Meyer, Virginia. The results were
SO gratifying and the superiority
of the illuminant SO evident that the
government, March 20, 1904, placed
the contract for the Chickamauga
plant. in which every citizen of the
United States should have his pro
rata of pride.
But the government has not con-
fined its acceptance of acetylene to
this military post. Since becoming
satisfied of the efficiency, superiority
and economical advantages of this
particular illuminant, the United
States has installed a number of
plants in Indian schools and other gov
ernment institutions.
Acetylene gas is one of the simplest
as well as the most perfect of artificial
lights. 1t is made by the contact
of water and carbide, "a manufactured
product for sale at a nominal price,,
is absolutely safe and gives a beau
tiful white light soothing to the eyes
and nerves. 1t can be produced any
wherein the farm home, the village
store, the town hall, the church-and
is so easily maintained as to
be practical for all classes.
1t is a matter for national congratu-
lation that in beautifying SO historic
spot as Chickamauga, nothing but
the best, including the lighting sys-
tenn, has been deemed good enough
for the American people.
The hardest work some fellows ever
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

The hardest work some fellows ever
do is looking for it.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03
Are the Packers Receiving Fair Play

Are the Packers Receiving Fair Playf
When the Garfield report on the
business methods of the packers ap-
peared. after eight months investiga-
ton, it was severely criticised ar
roundly denounced. After three
months of publicity 1t is significant
that those who attempted to discredit
1t have failed to controyert the figures
contained in that exhaustive docu-
ment The public is beginning to no
tice this omission, and the feeling is
rapidly growing that the sensational
charges out of which the Beef In
vestigation" arose were without foun-
dation. If the official statements of
the report are susceptible of contra
diction, good many people are now
asking why the facts and figures are
not furnished to contradict them.
The truth seems to be that most of
the charges contain unfounded sensa-
tional assertions. A fragrant example
of this appeared in recent article in
an Eastern magazine, to the effect
that forty Iowa banks were forced
to close their doors in 1904 by the
Beef Trusts manipulation of cattle
prices" Chief Clerk Cox. of the bank
ing department of the Iowa State Au-
ditor's Office, has tabulated the list of
banks given in the magazine article
and has publicly denounced the state
ment as utterly untrue. He gives
separately the reasons for each fail
ure mentioned and officially states
that they have been caused by unwise
speculations and hy reckless banking
methods. 1t may be well to suspend
judgment upon the packers until the
charges against them are proved.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

Happiness consists in being some
body, not in doing somebody.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03
Why It 10 the Best

II because made by an entirely differ
ent process. Defiance Starch is un-
like any other. better and one-third
more for 10 cents.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03
TIE

TEA
How many letters are
there in tea?
One, two or three, as you
like: t or te or tee or tea.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs- THos- RoBBrNs,
Maple Street, Norwich. n. ", Feb. IL, 1900.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

When the impecunious duke comes
along. the fool and her money are soon
married.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

1t is easier for some men to break
out of Jail than Ii is to keep out.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-06-03

-I Went Home to Die from Gravel Trouble
Doctors failed Dr. David Kennedy's Favorife Remedy
eured me-" Mrs. g. W. Brown, Petersburg. N y.