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A LETTER FROM Home.

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DEAR JIM: The crops is doing well,
The calf is Bug enough to sell;
I've traded off the brindle COW
And we amt got but one just now.
The hossss all is fat and sleek
Except that Bob is rather weak,
But still that isn't nothing queer,
We've had him nigh on twenty year.
l think III put the bottom field
In corn and oats; it oughter yield
A heavy crop. The land is rich
And just the thing fer oats and sish.
There is no news to speak Of, i'm.
Miss Susie Jones is just as trim
As when you saw her in the fall.
The folks are well. | guess that's all
But stop, most forgot bout dad;
'xpect the news'll make ou sad.
You know that dad was getting old.
Just go years had oer him rolled,
And so, much regret to say,
We chloroformed poor dad to-day.
And that's bout all tn, news until
| write agin. Your brother, Bill.
-Pittsburg Post.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
KIND OF WOMAN A MAN WORSHIPS
The Home Making Virtues Attract and Hold the
SinCerest Love.
BY DOROTHY Kenmore.
Sincerest Love.

OES woman reign through
beauty, through wisdom. or
4 through virtue? When this
- question was submitted a while
ago to the judgment of modern
Paris by leading woman's paper of
France, La Vie Heureuse. the golden
apple of commendation fell into the lap
of one who did not take part in that
Olympic contest of long ago. when the
simple shepherd of the Idalan hills got
into trouble by sighting the ox-eyed
mother of gods and men.
Minerva, virgin goddess of the owls
and money plate, whose heart was ever
inaccessible to love, lost again. So. too,
this time did Venus, most knowing in
the mystery of love" Juno's name was
not even mentioned-thats what hap
pens to quarrelsome women. 1t was
pure minded Vesta who carried off the
prize-Vesta, gentle goddess of the
home, who never cared to have her fig
ure enshrined in public temples but
was content to have her altar-fiame
burn brightly on the hearthstones of
the land
To-day the men of all civilized ma
tions, under southern and under north
ern skies, worship not Venus. but
Vesta. They like good women. and
they like women who, like vestaI fires.
have the gracious gift of making a
bare room look furnished just by being
in it. Any man. wise or foolish. NAV
fall in love with pretty face; many
one declares in all sincerity that he
most admires the intellectual type of
woman, but, whatever may be the par
ticular charm which wins a mans love.
It's womanliness and the home-making
virtues which hold it.
Wherever the true wife comes. saws
Ruskin, she carries the atmosphere OF
home about her. The stars only NAV
be over her head; the glow-worm in
the night-cold grass may be the only
fire at her foot; but home is yet wher-
ever she is: and for noble woman X
stretches far round her. better than
ceiled with cedar, or painted with ver-
million, shedding its quiet light far, for
those who else were homeless
Is not this a thought for a woman
to cherish, that she herself may be
home to those Who love her; that
without her presence therein the four
walls Of her house would be just four
walls, and her rooftree only a shelter?
Is she not fortunate that upon her de-
wolves the duty of keeping the hearth
may gather round it, and renew each
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
The WINDOW MUSEUM"

Perhaps the most dignified method
of Turing crowds Is the one invented
by firm of wholesale druggists that
exhibits the various stages in the
manufacture of well-known drugs,
from the crude original mineral or the
original plant down to the familiar
final products. There, for instance, is
the quinine exhibit, neatly labeled and
boxed, showing quinine In it's various
stages of manufacture up to the flaky.
snowy powder, the taste of which is
more bitter than gall. Copper ores are
displayed, showing. step by step, how
the metal is taken out of the mineral
and how, step by step, the manufac-
turer produces the beautiful skyblue
Jumps of sulphate of copper, one Of
the rankest of poisons. Opium poppies
are there, In full bloom and other
wise. and the different exhibits show
stage by stage, the different products
that lead eventually to the finished
product of this plant, the nerve-dead-
ening opium. In short, scores of di-
verse drugs are shown in their sue
cessive stages of development and the
exhibits are as neat and minute and
perfect as If prepared for the drug ex-
hibit at worlds fair.-Pearson's Mag
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|YDIA'S QUORUM *
By. BELLE 1HNIHTES
>NAT SELL. Lyddy, I'll get you
the job if 1 can, but it's
" going to be a mighty hard

~ yELL, Lyddy, III get you
the job if 1 can, but it's
wv going to be a mighty hard
thing to get a 'corum,
Deacon Watrous was saying. You see,
that young Wight thinks we ought to
have man. OF course, you'll have my
vote, but Bill Stiles is always strad-
ding a fence, and the last man he talks
to gets him. This young feller's high
falutin' talk kind of caught Bills fan
cy. and he was totterin'. but took him
in hand, and now he's leanin' our way
again I'll stick to him tighter than
brother and keep him away from Wight
till the meetin' is over. It's tomorrow
night"
You are so good, Deacon Watrous,
replied Lydia, raising grateful eyes,
land If 1 get the place I'll do my best
to vindicate your choice"
"I'll do all can, Lyddy,'' said the
deacon.
Lydia Gardner had spent the past
summer away from home, and when
she returned to the farm she had found
the family in a state of gloom. Crops
had been poor, number of cattle had
died, and the inevitable mortgage had
90 be met. Lydia proposed to meet 1t
by teaching in the district school. She
had been reasonably certain of secur
ing the position. counting on the deacon
and Bill for a quorum, but now this
young man, who had fallen heir to the
farm of his uncle, John Wight, and had
come to The Corners in her absence.
might carry his point Of hiring man
to teach.
She simply had to have the position.
and she determined to help Deacon
Watrous in his efforts to secure Bills
needed vote. 1t would be useless for
her to appeal to Bill-"Weathercock
BILL as he was called. She resolved
to make a bold move and encounter
the enemy whom she had never seem
Hugh Wight was in the sitting
room of the old homestead pondering
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day their bond of union and affection?
Is she not blessed that just by being
good she sets up in the windows OF her
soul light which, shining out upon
the darkness of the world outside, may
be beacon to some tired traveller who
has lost his way?
The sweetest love stories in the
world are love stories of happy mar
ried women. OF all the love poems ever
written. most tender most triumphant
are The Sonnets From the Portu-
guese," written by a woman who
loved her husband with so great a love
that In some moods he seemed to her
so near she could not even think of
him. And of all the eulogies of wife
hood that were ever written that de-
scription of Tennysons wife is certain
ly most beautiful-"that she walked by
his side for more than forty years,
quickening his insight. strengthening
his faith. fulfilling his every hearts Ge-
sire
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
A WOMAN'S LAUGH

A woman has no natural grace more
bewitching than a sweet laugh. 1t is
like the sound of flutes on water. It
leaps from her heart in clear, spark
ling rill, and the heart that hears it
feels as if bathed in the cool. ex-
hilarating spring. How much we owe
to that sweet laugh. 1t turns the
prose of our life into poetry. 1t filings
showers of sunshine over the dark
some wood in which we are travelling.
1t touches with light our sleep, which
is more the image of death. but
gemmed with dreams that are shadows
of Immortality.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
MODEL OF THE MEMORIAL.

duced herewith. is perhaps the most
elaborate model ever made and has
been entirely undertaken by William
Salter, maker of models.
The model has been built in Lon
don and will be used by the architects
during the erection of the actual me-
mortal in Calcutta. 1t consists OF
about 10000 separate parts and is on
scale of one inch to a foot. The me-
mortal will be about 220 feet high ana
will be all of white marble.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
THE WHTER-COLOR
LESSON.

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effects produced truly wonderful The intent
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studies light of each
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of % a
(which it would be if1cult to
Paste the descripti on back OF
of is efore the torn"
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A PROSPECT OF PEACE.

reliably established that the
possibility OF placing foreign loan discount on
the domestic loan being made Russia have had
effect which added the loss of Port and Mukden
likely end the struggle The condition Russian and Japanese
credit sharply contrasted by the fact that Japan money
cheaper abroad than Russia borrow
financial judgment of the outside world Russia in the
viction that the struggle is hopeless.
The Sav retiring rapidly possible Siberia and
the nothing prevent the Vladvostok II
the of wisdom encourage Japan hardening her
conditions If Russia ask for Japan should from in
hicting further humiliation We Japan will he
reasonable She gded both sides with glory not
graced other She prevailed over
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
LOVE AND THE COTTAGE

When a girl is first engaged she fig
ures on a ten-room house in the swell
part of town, says the Atchison Globe.
As time goes on the house gradually
decreases in size until 1t Is a four
room structure. Then all the fancy
trimming are left off, and next the
house is located in a remote part of
town. Finally when the wedding
comes off it is announced that the
couple will reside with the brides
father
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
AN AMBITION QUENCHED

Some day you may be President of
the United States said the patroniz-
ing person.
II hardly think so" answered the
small boy with spectacles. MY
parents would never consent to my
standing out of doors on a March day
to be inaugurated. Washington Star.
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immensely her physical and financial SUPERIOR and has
the world
saving life well destroying No other people
Let her be
earth and she will add
the world her.
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MONUMENT of magnificent
proportions has been SUBJ
scribed for and will be erected

In Calcutta TO commemorate
the reign of Queen Victoria. 1t has
been designed by the eminent archi-
tect, Sir William Emerson. and the
model of the monument has just been
completed.
1t is interesting to mention that the
model of the building, which is repro
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business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allens). 80 Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1o42.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES

RAvENswOOD = W. e. H.. CITY.
There is a place in Alameda County
called Ravenswood.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

CITY, The manzanita produces a berry
or fruit that when ripe is brownish and
has smooth covering. The product
of the madrone is bright scarlet and
has a warty covering.
CHRISTMAS BERRIES - A. s.,
City. What are commonly called
Christmas berries in California are
also known by the name of Toyon. The
botanical name of the tree that pro-
duces these berries is Heteromeles
arbutifola.
TREACHERY-M G. H.. City. The
race horse Treachery was a winner in
three races over the track of the Pa
cific Jockey Club. San Francisco. in
1897, but he did not win at odds of 100
to l. In each instance 1t was a case
of short odds.
TO FAIRFIELD-A. B., City. From
San Francisco to Fairfield. Spokane
County, Washington. the distance is:
BY steamer to Portland, Or. 653 miles.
| or by rail TAG miles, thence by rail from
| Portland 4O5 miles. The distance by sea
and rail is 1858 miles and by all rail
ISL miles.
| LIFE IMPRISONMENT Salinas,
! Cal. In England the sentence, i'm
prisonment for life" is Imprisonment
| for the term Of the natural life of the
party so sentenced, but In many cases
after a party has served twenty years
! in penal institution efforts are made
to secure a release.
! PASSPORT-A. B., City. While many
/ countries in time of peace relax the
rule in the matter of passports from
/ those who come from the United
| States, such a document. which is OBJ
/, tainable from the Secretary of State
! at Washington, ID. c., at a cost of 81,
! is a very handy one to have in travel
| ing in foreign countries.
| CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTSHC
S. M. Melones. Cal. According to the
constitution of the United States each
State, no matter what it's population
may be, is entitled to two Senators in
| the. National Congress and at least one
Representative in the House of Repre-
sentatives. Representation in the
lower house is based upon population;
/ so after each decennial census there
| is new apportionment of members OF
| this house among the different States
so as to proportion the membership oil
Zach State as nearly as possible to the
number of inhabitants as compared
with the aggregate population of al
! the State. but it is not possible to ad-
just matters SO that each member will
represent the same number of people
According to the latest redistricting in
California the apportionment was on.
Congressman for every 1s5.362 of the
| population.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

Townsend's Gala Glacs Fruits. N ar
tistic fre-etched boxes 10 Kearny St
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

ONIONS-E. s., City. Pungent odors.
as for instance from onions, sometimes
provoke a copious and even painful
discharge of tears from the human
eyes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

RIGHT OF WAY-Subscriber Los
Gatos, Cal. The questions asked call
for a legal opinion, and such the de-
partment of Answers to Queries does
not give. You should consult an at
torney.
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MANzANITA-MAD = A s.,
City. The manzanita produces berry
or fruit that when ripe is brownish and
has a smooth covering. The product
of the madrone is bright scarlet and
has a Warty covering
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15
Premier is Mourned Throughout
Greece by the People.
SUCCESSOR IS NOT NAMED
King George Presided at the Cabinet
Meeting Held at the Palace and Re
auested all Members Of the Cabinet to
Retain the Portfolios.

Athens, June lAsriEAe chamber OF dep
uties decided today to adjourn until aft
er the funeral Of Premier NJ. Delyannis.
Amid extraordinary emotion, the presi'
dent Of the chamber eulogixed the achiev
ments and career of the late premier
Other deputies described NJ. Delyanni7
as n great patriot whose loss will be
mourned by all Greece.
King George presided today at the
cabinet meeting held at the. Palace and
requested all the members of the cabinet
to retain their portfolios. His majesty
said that out Of respect to the memory
of NJ, Dclyannis he would not appoint
new premier until after the funeral.
There was mourning throughout al
Greece today Premier NJ. Delyannl'
was honored and respected by all ant
was very popular with all classes Of peo
pie.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15
PRICE FIVE CENTS

delegation Of the members Of the Asiatic
Association concerning the difficulties
experienced by the Chinese government,
students, travellers and liter
airy men in gaining admission to this
country. In letter TO Secretary Met
calf Of the department Of commeres and
labor, the president directs him to see
that the immigration officers exercise
discretion in the enforcement Of the ex-
elusion law TO the end that the rela-
tions Of this government with China
may continue to be cordial. 1t is point
ed out that great difficulty is experienc-
ed BY immigration officials in executing
the law because many bogus certificates
are presented by the Chinese. So many
frauds have been discovered in the mat
ter of these certificates that the immi-
grafton officials examine all OF them
most carefully. That fact accounts for
the trouble experienced by genuine mer-
chants. travelars, etc, when they arrive
in the United States.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15

San Francisco, June l4.-The Exami-
ner says today:
State Mineralogist L. Z. Aubrey
charges that thousands of acres OF val
liable land in Butte, Plumas, and Siski-
YOU counties have been secured Illegally
and he has placed information in sup
port of his charges in the hands OF the
special prosecutor for the governemnt IN
the Oregon land fraud cases. Specitcal-
ly. the state mineralogist alleges that ;.
II. f. Yard, who represents the Western
Pacific Railroad in the matter of seeur-
ing right of way and 7. B. Walker, the
millionaire lumberman of Minnesota,
have both illegally filed on lands located
in the northern counties.
1t is the contention of Aubrey that
thousands of acres filed upon as mineral
lands are non-mineral in character. The
state mineralogist has made a report
upon the operation of Yard to the de-
partment OF the interior.
H.H. Yard, who has offices in this city
admits that he and his associates have
secured 100000 acres of mineral land in
Butte and Plumas counties. He con-
tends that all these lands have been le-
ultimately secured and are mineral in
character.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Father Critically Wounded and Son Is
Instantly Killed.

PaIouse, Wn., June l4.-Fred Fields
was instantly killed and his father, a.
c. Fields was critically wounded to-
night on Cedar creek, Idaho, by an un'
known foe who shot from ambush. The
father and son were riding in buggy
on the highway when, without warning
two shots we're fired from the brush.
The son received wound in vitai
spot and lived but short time The
father was struck under the arm and
the bullet passed through his body. he
il now in critical condition at Freeze
Idaho. The officers from Moscow reach
the scene of the tragedy at midnight
and received such information from Mr.
Fields as Is believed will result IN th'
capture OF the murderer. The crime y
said TO have been committed ior re
yenge and not robbery.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15
Chicago Strike is Losing Ground
Every Day.
ADMIT THEY ARE BEATEN
Some Union Transfers Claim that the
Strike will be Continued Against Boy
cctted Firms Until 1t is Called OF IN
an Honorable Way by Concessions.

Chicago, June 1.-THE Teamsters'
Joint Council has apparently come to
the conclusion that the strike is a dead
issue" For the first time since the orig
inal strike was called against Montgom-
cry, Ward & Company, the controversy
was shelved in the council meeting as
an "unimportant" matter of business.
81 don't see that the strike needs much
attention any more" said William j.
Kelley, secretary of the Coal Teamsters'
Union. mo, we won't admit that w.
are beaten, but l mean to say that we
have matters in hand so well that we
can afford now to let the strike take
care of itself"
The proposed referendum vote, which
certain labor leaders wish submitted tc
the teamsters as to whether the strike
shall be called off Internationally, was
not brought up.
President Bernard Milligan, of the raj
way express companies drivers union
said OF the referendum
at will never come up, even ii i
should, the teamsters on strike will vot'
to man for the continuance of tn
strike until it can be called off on hon
orable terms"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15

Christiania. June liking Oscar >
long letter TO the president OF the Nor
,y,cian S,orihing. ~ Bcrnrr defining
his position, as cablcd to the Associated
prcaa Yesterday evening was received
in the storthing, which was crowded at
It's opening this morning after thF Wh'''
nuntlae recess. The document was TO-
tcrred unanimously 10 specIal commit
Zee without comment. and the storth'
ing adjourned 10 await the commit'ceS =
,on,r, There was no demonstration
ubateycr. The Associated Press under
stands that short reply viii bc sent
reaff,rming the constitutional rights oi
thc Storthng.
The goycrncmnt Of Norway and the
members oi the Storthng welcomed The
messagc seeing in the last paragraph
an indication that the king and the xxx
tion Of the union, after a rcailirmatior
adag will probably confirm the d'''o'u
of the contention that the union oou'c
not bc dissolved without the consent o
Sweden and King Oscar,
A member Of the Stor'hing, comment
inc on the bitter feeling in Sweden, Sal'
10 the correspondent OF the Associates
Prcsa;
"Aristocratic Sweden Ia always 'nclln
ed 20 look down on democratic Norway
The SwedeS resent what they call on
audacity in initiating solution and dc
throning the king. The latter has al
WAYS been influenced by an atmospher
of the nobility OF Sweden and seldor
visited Norway. The Swedish upp'
chamber too, is inclined to consider tn
rights Of the throne paramount to tho'
Of the constitution, which, however
not the ease in Norway"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15
Washington. The Hague and &c.
neva Have Been Suggested
for Conference.
PARIS AND LONDON ARE OUT
Negotiations For Peace In the Far East
Is Gradually Nearing a Conclusion, the
Only Thing Remaining is Selection
of q Place OF Conference.

Washington, June l4.--iradually the
for peace in the far east
nre nearing a focus. One point TO which
the energies are being directed and which
the belligcrents are deeply concerned
in IL the choice of the place for holding
the conference OF the plenipotentiaries
of the bclligerents.
/, Is known officially that three cities
are under consideration by Russia and
Japan. These cities are named in the
order of the likelihood OF their final Sc.
lection and are Washington. The Hague
and Geneya. Thus far no decision has
been reached Paris and London are elm.
mated from the question.
II Is understood that Russia objects
to any Asiatic city, its preference being
some European capital, After obiecting
TO holding the conference in Paris the
japanese government expressed will
inpness to consider other places whr7'
afforded adequate facilities, although II
is assumed that Japan's preference Is
| TO be in some far eastern city practically
near the thcater OF war.
As the situation now is, Washington
appears to be the city most likely to b'
selected. Al can be said on authority
that If the conference is held in thu
United States il will be in Washington
No other place in this country has beef
considered seriously, The announcement
of the selection Of the place OF meeting
of the plenipotentiaries is exPecte'
within a few days, After the selection
of the place of the netting the two gov
ernments will name those to represen
them respectively at the conference
Then an armistice between the contend
ING armies in the field will be arrange
and pending the results of the peace con
ference the great armies facing eac
other in Manchuria will lie on their arm
awaiting the final signal from the GOV
ernments.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15

Governor Dccnan assured counsel fo'
lIoch that in the case the states nttor'
neya Office was assured by Wednesday
June 2i, that enough money would BE-
forthcoming TO provide for preparation
Of the necessary record, reprieye would
be granted until the October term Of the
supreme court. The sum needed Ia 800
The governor assured the assistant at
torney, Olsen, that he had no desire u
interfere with carrying out the verdict
A. he wished merely 70 give the ace'is
ed every right afforded by law.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
platform TO be Made Containing Pro-
visions on the Subject.

New York, June l4.-Absolute mun-
cipal ownership of all future suoways
most favorable terms can not
be obtained from private bidders, to-
pether with municipal operation Of light
ing faculties, are advanced in q reso-
lution which has been adopted by the
c;tv committee of the Citizens Union.
The resolution will be handed to the citS
convention Of the party with the recon-
mendation that it be Incorporated IN tne
platform this fall