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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31
DOES THE SUN sET2

TT Ill becomes any of US to crit
cize lapses In grammar" says an au-
thority, when we all of us consent to
and constantly make use of one such
lapse ourselves. To speak of the set
ting sun is wholly incorrect. You
may set a book on table or even
set son on a chair, If he is big
enough to fall off; but what does the
orb of day set and where does 1t
set? No, sir; queer as it may sound
to ears grown accustomed to the uni
versal form, the sun SETS If it sets
anything, why doesn't it raise some
thing? If it shouldn't be rising and
the sitting sun, it should be the rais-
ing and setting sun. Think it over
and when you get it arranged to your
satisfaction, try to find out what you
mean when you speak Of setting
hen. philadelphia Record.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

Saturday matinee. Tomorrow night
will mark the first production in this
city Of the great sensational melo-
drama, Shadows Of Great City" a
vivid picture Of life In the great me-
tropolis Of New York, which win be
presented with special scenery and a
strong cast OF characters Reserved
seats can be secured during the day
at the box-ofiice of the theater from Q
to 4 D. m.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31
HUMAN SOIL AND SEED.

Mans conscience and the law are
woefully at variance and the margin
Is the wider, it would seem, upon
matters of the most vital Importance
Of the day. One Of the baldest dis
crepancies In Astoria, as in every 9TH
er city, is In the matter of messen-
ger boys and their constant presence
In the slums. They are sent into the
vilest dens OF the cities, and are in
frequent and familiar contact with
the lowest specimens Of humanity and
I'm the midst Of the worst possible
phases Of human conduct. Their minds
are charged with everything that is
utterly detestable and soon become
scared in the processes, until, when
the years Of responsibility are. at
tanned. they are innoculated with all
the virus of debauchery, and 1t nat
urally looks good to them" It is
from just such sources that the mac
quereaux is built up, and the criminal
class augmented. It would seem as
though we might expend sturdier
line Of thought and more determined
course Of action in breaking down this
evil that is Undermining the moral
health of the cities, instead of
standing supinely by and endorsing
the outrage by our silence. The truth
of the whole matter is, that the So
cial standards are sinking on all sides,
the home-life is steadily departing
from out the country, and the inor-
dinate craze for money is sitting ev-
cry decent attribute and stultifying !
every effort for the maintenance of
the clean spirit in living. 1t is high |
time the law was being invoked to,
at least, spare the children and give
us the hope of progeny innocent of
these things until their time shall
come to know them, instead of WILL
fully and deliberately training them
to their own damnation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31
The Awakening
Power Of Labor

HE American nation is present facing tho GREATEST
CRISIS in its history Corruption which has been feed
ing upon the body polite for generation now admitted
to bo threatening its very life Our public spirited and
thinking men, who for decades have been wrestling with
this corruption, HAVE FAILED UNIVERSALLY.
They have failed because they did appeal labor because
labor asleep And last labor beginning wake up The
worngnan beginning realize the part which he plays tho
political game his business FURNISH THE VOTE He
sells to the political boss perhaps for dollar or two perhaps lust
for kind word and little buncombe So the political gets tho
offices and then he sells the privilege Of government TO the capitalist
who his advantage to SQUEEZE MORE MONEY OFT OF
THE WORKINGMAN.
There natural and obvious limitation the continuance Of that
process go until the capitalist begins to have so much
money that the worngman has NONE AT ALL then the
workngman goes into politics
do not talk buncombe when talk to orkngnen do not tell
them about the Importance Of delivering American republic The
present day conditions keep the workngma the grndstone
and he has time to think about anything but MAKING Lv
ING and keeping his family alive And when talk workngmen
show them how they being robbed and ask them how much
longer they propose to stand it.
IT TIME ENOUGH THINK OF DETAILS WHEN A MAN
HAS ENOUGH TO EAT
All thinking among capitalists agreed that
the verge hard times such the country has yet known When
those times several millions of will be of work. the
unions will fall like houses of cards. and THE WORKINGMAN
WILL BE OUT ON THE STREETS. | tell him about it in ad-
because know that if catches him suddenly he may take
bricks and clubs which wasefu process while he has had time
think about he will be organized and ready GO INTO POLL
TICS
the all the world the story Of corruption and
oppression and of hope justice and right conditions depend
ing solely upon the WORKING CLASS force them At the
present all forced recognize that the organized revu
tionary proetarat of Russia the only power capable making
headway against the bureaucracy In Germany the working class
socac party which holds the emperor check and prevents him
from crushing the Russian struggle for freedom Great Britain stands
the threshold of long needed domestic REFORM and the
time has simply because her public realize that the working
class prepared TO FORCE IT The same time
in this country.
IT IS TIME THAT WoRKlhGMEN HAD ENOUGH OF BEING
RuNKoED POLITICAL AND IT is
TIME THOUGHT PUTTING THEIR OWN REPRE-
AFTER THEIR INTERESTS
AND TO RESTORE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS TO AMERICA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31
NAPOLEON BoNApARrE

showed, at the battle of Austerlitz,
he was the greatest leader in the world.
Billiards. Snow Liniment has shown
the public 1t is the best Liniment in
the world. A quick cure for Rheuma-
tism, Sprains, Burns, Cuts. etc. A. G.
Pitts Rodessa, La, says: IT use Bal.
lard's Snow Liniment in my family
and find 1t unexcelled for sore chest,
headache, corns, in fact for anything
that can be reached by liniment."
Hart's drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

AT the end of Washington's admin
istration there were sixteen states in
the Union. There was also called, not
yet organized into states, Northwest
Territory as 1t was-the whole wide
region between the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers, from which slavery had
been forever excluded by law passed
by Congress in 1887. The first CEN
sus Of the nation was taken in 1890;
and the population was about four
millions (3,s29214). The population
March /, 1906 according to the es-
innate of the Treasury Department,
was S4,194OOO.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

"The Westerner," at the Star Thea
ter, has proved a good drawing card,
and given the best of satisfaction.
1t is an admirable play, full Of life
and action, brilliant with wit and
sparkling comedy, and well acted. II
will be repeated tonight and at the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31
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On this. Wednesday, night, at the
new Astoria Theater, will be wit
messed the only original life-like re-
production of the greatest battle ever
fought In the history of the prize ring,
that Of Battling Nelson and Joe Cans,
on 11.270 feet of films. Most mar
velous accomplishment of modern
photography. Every move plain and
distinct; watch for the last blow to
come and be convinced as to wheth-
er 1t was a foul or not. The largest
purse ever fought for, $35,5OO; gate re-
ceipts $69,715. The theater manage
nlent wishes to state that these pic
lures are genuine; they have just
been completed and give only one
performance before coming to Astoria;
that is in Vancouver, Wash. From
here they go to the Heilig Theater at
Portland, the Grand In Seattle, and all
of the principal cities and first class
iiNAoNo "fiiSh Hill
vince the public Of their merit. See
the pictures while they are new and
distinct.
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"The Man on the Box" one Of the
famous plays now before the Ameri-
can public, is approaching the West,
and Manager Elvers will endeavor to
capture 1t for the new Astoria.
49, ~
The new iron chairs for the new
Astoria theater arrived from the East
yesterday and will be placed in posi-
tion as soon as practicable. They
will add materially to the comfort of
the patrons Of the new and handsome
house.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

All men are created free. If some
OF them want to get married ard spoil
1t all, that's their business.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

In every mile of railroad there are
Z feet and 4 inches that are not COW
cred by the raiI-the space left for
expansion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

Steel needles were first made about
1545, when to make ten was a days
work for man.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

There will, according to James J.
Hills estimate, be 2OO,O0O,O00 people
in this country in 1850.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

Automobiles made for the German
army haul five to eight ton loads
through hilly country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

Though Miss Krupp Is married she
will keep on making guns, instead Of
going In for stewpans, and chafng
dishes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-31

But when 1t comes to expediting the
gas question with some effect, the me-
ter Is no slouch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04
The Value of Eye-Taeth.

From the Granite tOkla) Enterprise
1t is mighty nice thing to have your eye
teeth QUITO be ION to the ropes''-to be
wise" About a year ago the editor of this
paper felt in iocular mood and answered
an investment brokers' advertisement In an
eastern magazine. We expected some bond
or manufacturing proposition and felt hurt
and indignant upon learning that we were
expected to put money into a gold mine
They had evidently mistaken us for a fresh
one. For several weeks letters continued
coming. urging us TO take little stock in
the Blank Mining Company. Bound to be
one OF the best money-making PROPOSITIONS
in the United States" &c. Circulars with
cuts showing the ore In huge stacks and
millions 'in sight" never faxed us. Ne re-
member incidentally figuring on the money
we could make by investing 81 eco in the 10
cent stock, If the increase in valuation
which the producers knew was coming
materialized-but we only figured. We felt
that what money we had to throw away
should be SHE'D at preachers and orphans
And the investment brokers finally caught
on that we were next" and quit sending
us their literature, and in the rush OF
money making, friends and reputation we
forgot the whole business. But how strange
things do turn out. BY some hook or crook
gold was struck In the Blank diggins, and
the price of stock advanced from 10 cents
to $l4 per share. It is little painful to
think that If we had invested that 81. 600
instead of just figuring 1t. we would have
been some $4,000 ahead, but really, what
could man who is wise" need with that
much money?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

fetal effect. and some of the favorable re-
ports received may have been due simply
to the fact that the seeds were moistened.
But mere mostening would never account
for such increases as Is per cent and over
1t is hard to figure the cost OF the soil
cultures. The package that is now being
distributed to the farmers wcighs-maiiing
case and adjust three ounces and the
whole thing does not represent more than
3 cents worth of material. II is more dill
cult to calculate the labor cost involved
because the laboratory that prepares the
cultures is engaged at the same time on
three other sorts of work, but about oS
cents. IL IL thought, covers the labor ana
material in each package. When ii is con-
sldered that this means only cents an acre
for inocula ton and that field once treated
is supposed to be good for about hfteeii
years, II will be seen that the work Is not
very expensive.
There are. of course, instances In winch
inoculation is either useless where the crop
is good already or foredoomed to failure II
the ground is acid for lack of lime or de-
ficient In potash and phosphates. The M
oculatfon is not supposed TO take the pace
of fertilizers when these are needed. IL
only helps to make the nitrogen of the ar
available for the plants when IT would not
otherwise re so.
Thousands of cultures are being sent out
now annually and the work is growing all
the time as the farmers of the country get
better acquainted with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

handling an unfamiliar piece of scientific
work.
The method that ought to be followed in
using the bacterial cultures is practically
the same as that of a housewife in making
yeast bread. The farmer, on getting the
culture from the department, takes gal
Ion of clean, lukewarm water sweetened
with three teaSpoofuls of sugar, that being
the cheapest medium for the bacteria to
thrive on. To this is added one of two
tablets that are sent with the culture. This
tablet is simply little magnesium sui
phate and potassium phosphate nodded in
to a tablet as big as a silver dollar and
three times as thick. This Is allowed to
dissolve in the sweetened water. This
forms the medium in which the culture is
to be grown Just as housewife plants
q compressed yeast cake In a little tepii
water before using 1t to make bread.
Then the germs themselves are added
sent out in a sealed glass tube holding
a few drops OF an almost clear solution.
This is the culture that has been cara
fully prepared in the laboratory of the
department. The top of the glass tube
is broken off and the liquid IS poured into
the prepared water. The whole is covered
with a moist paper cloth to keep out
the dust, and set away in a warm room
for twenty-four hours. At the end of this
time the second tablet, which is merely 20
stimulate the growth of the bacteria, Is
added, and at the end of another twenty
four hours the culture is ready to use BY
this time 1t should be family cloudy from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

of Otto's little frolics, and this time being
seriously vexed sent his nephew out of the
country. He spent some months in Paris,
and a long time elapsed before the emperor
relented sufficiently to permit him to re-
turn to Vienna.
According to the latest reports the EN-
peror is going to let his favorite daughter,
Marie Valerie. occupy the Ludwig Victor
Palace The archduchess married one of
hef Tuscany cousins, Archduke Franz Sal
yator, and as they have no Vienna resi-
dence the palace on the Schwarzenberg-
platz would be a welcome gift. Marie VAL
eric is not popular among the liberal ele-
ments in Austria, who regard her as a
hopeless clerical reactionary
But another story has 1t that the next oc-
cGpant of the palace is to be the future
en.pero liking, the Archduke Karl Franz,
elder sol, of the Archdule Otto. He Is now
In his nineteenth year and in view or his
proximity 10 the throne. 1t is probable that
he soon will be set up with an establish
rnent OF his own
Il Just now the archduke is In hard luck,
laid up with broken leg, the result of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

never be permitted to return so long as
Francis Joseph is alive. He has been de-
prived of most of the insignia of his i'm
perial rank. The officers of his household
his chamberlain and others, have all been
taken away, with the exception of couple
of aids de camp. He was also forced to
resign the post of patron to the White Cross
Society one of the most aristocratic and
influential charitable organizations in Aus
tria.
Virtually ostracized from society. the en-
peTor's only brother now spends his sum-
mers at castle in Bohemia and his win
tiers in Meran or some other southern resort
For the archduke the scandal came at a
most unfortunate moment when the en-
peror was exceedingly wroth over another
outrageous escapade of his nephew, the
Archduke Otto, who, after Franz Ferdi-
nand. is the next heir to the throne. Al
though many ye., rs younger than his uncle
Ludwig Victor. Otto has probably figured
In many more scandals. This particular
one brought him into deep disgrace.
Ii appears that he was dining one even
ing at the Hotel Saeher in Vienna, where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

the swarms of bacteria in the water. The
yeast" is now all set and ready for use.
Either the seed or the soil may be treat
ed as is most convenient; one method
las answered in practice as well as the
other If the seed is to be treated, the
solution is poured over 1t and allowed to
thoroughly moisten it. One gallon of the
solution will satisfactorily treat about two
bushels of seeds and this is enough to
plant five acres. The seeds are spread out
in a shady place and raked over occa-
sionally till they are dry and then are
planted just untreated seed would be.
If the soil itself is treated, the solution
is used to moisten as much dry soil as
it will thoroughly wet. This is then mixed
with about half a wagon load of other
soil, and the whole is spread over the
ground just fertilizer would be, and i'm
mediately narrowed in.
The first year that the cultures were sent
out they were prepared on raw cotton.
About ten or twelve thousand of them were
distributed, and reports were received from
just about three thousand users. OF the re-
ports received little over half were favor
able. 1t is hard to say just what the pro-
portion of failures indicate. but unques-
tionably many of them were due to not
following the simple directions of the de-
partment.
For instance, it was found that some of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

months but 1t was only few weeks ago
that the first shipments were actually made
by the new method. 1t has been sufficient
ly tested, however to prove that the de-
partment has at last a safe way of handling
the cultures by which they can be sent to
any section of the world and still retain
their vitality.
For the benefit of those who co not know
the theory the process of soil inocula-
ton, it may be said that the plan is based
on the fact that certain bacteria in the
soil attach themselves to the roots of the
legumus plants and form small nodules
These nodules assist in absorbing nitrogen
and transmitting it to the plant. thus great
ly stimulating its growth 1t has been
proved beyond doubt that if the seed or
the soil are properly treated and inocu-
lated with the bacteria that they will pro-
duce a good crop on ground that otherwise
would be almost sterile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

as warning of what nitro cultures Will
and will not do.
Soil incubation was not an American
discovery. Germany may fairly claim the
credit of 1t, though she did not get the idea
around to the point of practical utility. 1t
was as much as ten years ago that Noble
and Hiltner German psychologists, an
nounced the possibility of soil incubation
and did considerable work in that line But
It was not practicable and hardly got out
side the laboratory stage. which is decided
ly different from field work. The bacteria
that they produced could not be depended
on to grow and their experiment may be
regarded a failure, except that it opened
up the line of research.
When the Department of Agriculture took
up the work, about three years ago, the
first steps had been made, but that was
all. DR.. Moore of nitro-culture fame was
the first head of the bureau. He tried
various media for transporting the bacteria
such as filter paper and cotton. He finally
decided on cotton, and the colonies of bac-
terra We're handled in this way for a con-
siderable time. But 1t was found that this
method was not altogether reliable, and
when Mr. kellerman was put in charge OF
the work, after DIR. Moore left the depart
ment, he developed new plan for sending
out the bacteria in Theoretically sealed
glass tubes. Experiments with this method
of handling have been carried on for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

the cuisine is famous throughout Europe
with a very pretty member of the opera
ballet. They dined uncommonly well, and
the archduke in particular seems to have
found the champagne much to his taste.
any mad froiic. Finally he Invested HIM
self of his cavalry generals uniform, and a
few other garments besides. Then Selling
his sword he opened the door of the private
dining room and ran out into the public
cerrtdor. Here, unfortunately, he came full
tilt into an ambassador, who, with the am
bassadress and another lady OF the dipio-
matte corps, was going into the restaurant
for supper after the opera.
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rested. The innocent victim might have
been in jail yet if spectators of the affair
had not interested themselves in his behalf
ana made representations in high quarters
AS a result the police entered upon an in
Yesttgation Of the affair and released the
youth after a couple of days imprison-
ment.
In due course the matter was reported to
the court chamberlain's department, which
referred 1t to the emperor His majesty
was extremely angry, and ordered that his
brother should be placed under ''house ar
rest" For the next three weeks Ludwig
Victor was not permitted to leave his pal
ace. At the expiration of this period the
emperor, after fully acquainting himself
with the details of the affair at the Central
bad, formally banished his brother from
the precincts of the court, and also from
the capital Ludwig Victor was sent into
the country, and it is said that he will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

the users had simply planted the box as it
came from the department without even
opening it to read the directions. Others
of the failures were due to putting the
bucket with the culture in on the stove to
keep it warm and killing all the bacteria
by boiling. The water should never be- al
lowed to reach blood heat. Some of the cul-
lures were used on the wrong sort of crops,
and unquestionably, in the light Of subse-
quent developments, some of the cultures
were sterile by the time they were used.
This is indicated by the fact that all of the
cottou-bedded cultures sent abroad were
failures. 1t was manifest that the bacteria
would not stand long transportation, and
that frequent moistening and drying Of the
cotton. such as was unavoidable in the old
method. killed the germs.
Since the sealed tube of liquid culture has
been used il has been found that the bac-
terra can be kept for a year at least. There
has been no longer period of experiment
than this and there has been no failure
where the directions have been followed
under conditions not absolutely adverse 10
the formation of root nodules.
AS to the amount of good that can be
done with the cultures, it is hard to say.
The increases have run from 10 to $50 per
cent. though the high figure is, of course,
an extreme. On the other hand, the offl-
Gals of the department themselves say 1t Is
only fair to point out that the mere soaking
of seed before planting usually has a bene-
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The department is very anxious to pre-
vent any unduly exaggerated notion of the
efficacy of this plan getting abroad, but
it is fair to say that some of the results
obtained have been remarkable. In other
cases the tests have failed either, 1t is
thought, through the cultures used hay
ing lost their vitality before they reached
the farmers or through their having been
improperly used. 1t is not hard for nom
scientific man to make a mistake when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04
Facilis Descensus.

From Puck.
He beneath your Girl girl You didn',
think so yesterday"
well. I've dropped him since then