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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
BIDS ARE ASKED
FOR $500 COOLIES
Canal Commission Issues the Spe
cidcations to Govern Chinese
Laborers.

journal Special Service.
Washington, Aug. 21.-The isthmian
canal commissions has mailed to pros
pective contractors the specifications
which will govern the furnishing OF
Chinese for Panama canal labor.
They provide that bids must be sub
mitted by Sept. 20, for $500 laborers.
The contractors must agree to furnish
1000 laborers each month If required.
bids with certified checks for $50, 900
as guarantee Of good faith, and the
contractors who are awarded the con-
tract must give bond of 100000 for
its performance. ..-
The term of employment will be two
years and the laborers will be, required
to work ten hours day. They will be
"off': on all national holidays in the
United States. =. --... -..- .-.~... -.
milan commission to the families Of the
| laborers on account Of disability or
death, but the contractors must assume
all responsibility. The commission will
furnish houses for the laborers and fuel
for cooking, water for domestic and
bathing purposes, free transportation
over the Panama railroad while they
are on the business of the commission,
free medical attention and will bury
them if they die. Laborers will not be
! paid during illness.
| The contractors must feed the labor.
ers and send them back home if they
are disabled. They must also make ar.
rangements for paying portion Of the
salaries Of the laborers to their families
The contractors must give bond to the
government Of Panama for the return
Of all Chinese laborers after the con.
tracts have expired: All 1aborers ano
their families must be returned to Chi
ma when disabled.
Slavery or involuntary servitude vii
not be permitted. Every provision Ii
made for the comfort Of the Chinese
They must be supplied with interpre
tiers when needed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
MURDERED MAN HAD
LONG POLICE RECORD

Henry Dankert, the Milwaukee man
murdered in the Wisconsin Cent raj rail.
road yards at st. Paul, has bad record
with the Milwaukee poll ice. Tho but
~ years Of age, for'fourteen years he
has been listed as a criminal.
-. He was taken into court at Mnwau-
kee for the first time in 1893 for lar
ceny. The following year a second case
Of larceny sent him to the Waukesha
industrial school. In 1898 he was twice
arrested, being sent to Waukesha. The
following year he was transferred to
the Green Boy reformatory. =,
IN July. 1900. he made his escape
but was recapture2. Nov. 20, 1902, he
was arrested for robbery. charged with
aiding in a holdup. On COMPLETION he
was given three Ind one-half years in
prison. Jan. Of this year he was dis
charged and since has given the au-
thorities no trouble.
The st. Paul police are now inclined
80 believe Daukeyt was shot in quar-
rel with his pals, all being on their
way to the northwest harvest fields.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21

city in a wireless message from the
Hamburg american steamship Kaiserin
burning vessel sundeS- morning off the
fishing banks -. a9A
The identity of the doomed vessel Is
unknown, Che brief wireless message
from the Kaiserin's skipper stating
that the Hamburg American ship
passed the burning boat at 8 am. Sun
day morning and that she was unable
to learn the fisherman g name. The
crew had taken to their small boats,
but when the Kaiserin stopped to take
them aboard, they declined to accept
aid. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
FLAMESiWlE3lPT SHIP III. : Il
u: j ABANDONED AT SEA

New York, Aug. 21.-Her decks
swept by sheets Of dame and her crew
forced to take to the open sea In life
boats, a large French fishing vessel is
ahoat somewhere off Cape Race, n. F.,
in the direct path Of transatlantic
steamships to Europe. News of the
fishing boat 3 plight has reached this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21

ROCHESTER, MINN.-The terrific heat Of
the past few days has been playing havoc
with the men working, In the harvest fields, and
"a. Five were overcome by heat yesterday
at the Kiefes place In Marion township. AL
will recover. - 10 - :, - H5.71- .@@+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21

LITTLE FALLS, M1NN.-Ths Minnesota
Milling company Of this place has transferred
its mill here and all other property to the
ton named in the transfer is 100000, and
the transaction Is one Of the largest that ever
has taken place in this city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
THE NEW Way

The American Cigar Company
has changed all that. After spend
ing several years and many million
dollars in experiments and equip
ment it has perfected processes which
have absolutely 1svokHtjonkged the
entire cigar industry.
AS a result cigar quality has been
improved fully one hnna,ed FER cent
without a cent Of extra cost to the
smoker.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
A GOOD ACTOR.
How a Famous French Advocate Won
q Hopeless Murder Case.

How a Famous French Advocate won
. Hopeless Murder Case.
Maitre Lachand, the famous advo
cate, was perhaps the greatest master
of comedy In France. and not few
eminent actors envied him his marvel
ous powers Of mimicry. He was once
employed to defend murderer,
against whom the facts were hopeless.
" clear.
When his pathetic appeals and his
tears-which were always at call when
he pleaded before country jury-fail
ed to touch his stolid audience, he re
sorted to the most impudent piece OF
trickery. Thrusting his moistenen
white handkerchief into his pocket, be
demanded IL the jurors were men. II
they had human hearts. if they could
bring themselves to condemn a fellow
man like the accused, whom he had
credited with all sorts of chivalrous II
not sanity merits.
His eloquence was not merely fruit
less, but the jury responded to 1t al
first with uneasy shutting, then with
biting lips. and finally with loud and
uncontrolled bursts of laughter. La
ehand. while flinging about his hands
had Intentionally dipped his fingers into
the great inkpot In front Of him, and
as he drew his right hand across his
forehead. as If in agony Of despair al
the certain fate of the accused, he left
upon his brow an enormous black
mark, like a crescent moon and drew
two other black traces down his cheeks
as he put his fingers to his eyes to dash
away the tears.
Felgning high moral indignation al
their conduct, he continued: you are
about 10 decide whether one Of your fel
law men shall be thrust by you out Of
the ranks of the living. and you choose
such moment for indulglng in crue
end thoughtless laughter. Is this ex
travagant mirth a fitting mood II
which to decide whether man shall
or shall not die?"
The argument actually told upon thu
fury. The man was acquitted.-Parii
Journal.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
Ancient pres. st1l Worn.

In the little town of Munsiedel, In
Bavaria. there exists one Of the most
curious charitable foundations In the
world. One Of the burghers, Christie
pher wannes. died in 1851 and left his
fortune for the establishment Of a
home for aged poor. He attached, how
ever, the condition that every old man
who was taken In should wear his
beard and the same cut Of clothes and
cap as he himself used to wear; con-
sequently the ancient pensioners ere
stiii 10 be seen wandering ahent the
streets of Munsiedel in the costumes Of
the fifteenth century.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
in HIGH LATlruoEs.
where yeu Can Read Late Mt NigAs
without Arttncial Light.


wfshout Arttnciar Light.
Ihave, on the Llmdord. In Denmark.
ATTITUDE 81 degrees, read the newspa.
per In my bedroom at 1890 p, m. with
out the aid Of candle. While I read
the villagers played skittles in the al
ley under my window. and beyond the
hoary chestnut trees Of the garden
with ciots OF starlinss on their bare
top houghs, the sky was still crimson
and gold In the west with the long
woolly lines Of vapor only just begin
ming to swathe the land like blanket
On the other side Of the Inn the traffic
was as vigorous then as at MONDAY.
Carriers carts creaked up TO the door,
and drsy loads OF squeaking pigs made
other music than the lark's. Double
chaises, with cushions Of red or green
velvet and half dozen happy villagers
to each (the men all with great china
bowled pipes In their mouths,. swung
laxily by. raising q dust, and the lowins
OF troubled cows and calves came as
much from the road as from the Him
table meadow beyond attached to the
historical old manor house now a rners
dairy FARM. whose buildings wers
quite concealed by the tall trees that
girile them.
The Inn damsels, sewing girls, kltch-
en- maids, the daughters Of the house
and q friend or two had now set aside
sll the cares Of the day and were roll
Ing each other about on the dewy grass
under the chestnut trees like so many
lambkins, and the landlady with the
immeasurable waist, who by day held
all the maids leashed to their respective
tasks with intlexible yet not unkind se-
verify, stood in the doorway, with her
fat beringed fingers In her yielding
sides and disturbed the starllngs perl
odicaily with her stentorian peals OF
laughter at the antics Of her depend
ents. Yet at o'clock the next morn
Ing, with her own rhadamanthine
hand. she win pull the bellrope that
shall waken each lass, and by 6 the es-
tablishment will be again In normal
state OF activity. As for the worthy
landlord. he is haymaking until II
o. M. and it viii be odd II he Is not ur
before his dame wakes every soul In
the house with her call bell.-cornhill
Magazine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

There is money In the following
street funds TO pay the following war
rants: Eleventh street from Harrison
avenue to Kensington Avenues, Nos.
,220s1 to 22O71, both Inclusive; Duane
street from 10th street to 9Th street,
Nos. 22195 to 225sS and 222Os to 2221O
inclusive; 7th street from Niagara to
Bay Avenue, Nos. 22225 to 2222S both
inclusive; Bond street from 9Th street
to the west line OF McClure's Astoria,
Nos. 222ss to 22s04. both inclusive.
Interest with cease after this date.
THOMAS DEALEY.
City Treasurer.
Dated Astoria, Oregon. December II,
1906,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

SHIPS NoTICE--THE ANCHOR
with some chain attached was lost
of the French ship ia Perouse," In
Astoria harbor, on the 18th of Decem-
Der, 1906. Finders OF said anchor and
chain are warned that the anchor still
remains the property of the owners
Of the la Perouse." And that suit
able reward viii be paid for the pro-
duction on sthe wharf at Astoria OF
said anchor and chain.
CHI. FARvAcoUE & co,
Agents Of la Perouse."
Portland, Ore, gath December. 1906.
12-s5-st
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

Father" said the little boy, "eyers
now and then / hear you talking aboui
somebody who was old enough to know
better"
"Yes, my boy"
what age is that, fatherT
And the old gentleman after some
thought replied:
aMy son, there isn't any such thing
It's Ike the golden age-purely mytho
logical"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
knew the Gossip.

why do you keep such an inefh.
cient servant as that and pay her such
high wagesi"
any dear, she has been maid In
syery family of prominence In our set
Baltimore American.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

TO OWNERS OF TIMBER CLAIMS
and timber-we win buy for CASH
any good timber tributary TO Neha-
lem River. VIII deal with owners
only. No others need answer Write,
giving full particulars, to Box s, U.
p. Station. Portland, Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

WANTED ---C GENTLEMAN OR LADY
OF fair education to travel for NOR
camille house OF large capital. Terri
tory at home or abroad, TO suit. Week.
ly salary OF $1,000 per year and ox-
penses. Address Joseph A, Alexaa-
der Astoria. ore. is-af-st
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
NICK PAPAZoERES,
THE GREEK DIVER,

has Just received new diving ma
chine from the old country. Dives
from 25 to 30 fathoms in shallow wa
ter; stays down half day at a time.
Leave orders at AT Bond st. Market.
or D. Falangos. Clifton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
LAUNDRrEs.
BUTTON HOLE AT THE BACK.

Your experience with II has no doubt
lead to much vexation, possibly pro
fsnity. Broke your flngernail trying %
pry it up from the neck-band. en- :
You won't have that that experience u
you send your shirts TO us; we save ycu
this trouble, and danger of tearing the
shirt. Try rs and see,
TROY LAUNDRY,
Tenth and Duane Sts Phone 1891
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
HOUSE MOVERS.


FRFIlRECKS0N RRnG-we mskA .
speciality of house moving, carpenters,
contractors general iobbing; prompt At
tention to all orders. Corner Tenth and
Duane. II
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

AGENTs--CANvAssERs, MIXERS.
peddlers. solicitors. mall order peo-
pie, etc. should buy KRAMER'S
BOOK OF TRADE SECRETS, Rsgu-
lar p,ice IS. but bal. Of last edition
for Si.sS a. long an they last. Guar
anteed. Order quick. Sioux Pub. Co.
sutherland, Iowa. it-as-f
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

wANTED--SALESMEN. MANY MAKE
sioo to siso per month. Some even
more stock clean grown on Reser'
vation, far from Old orchards. cssA
advanced weekly, Choice Of territory.
Address Washington Nursery Company.
Toppenish. washine,on.' s-as.u
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
CLASSIFIED ADVER RTISING.
HELP WANTED.

WANTED. D.--YouNa LADY WITH
some knowledge Of typewriting and
Bookkeeping, work In good mercan-
tile business: good wages. permanent
position for right party. Address y"
care Astorian. is-sitf
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
:. PROPOSALS . AIS

Bids are hereby asked for the board
ing of the county prisoners during
the year 1907. Said bids to state
price per meal delivered to sheriff at
county jail. All bids to be fled with
the clerk by noon OF Saturday. Dec.
20. 1905. Court reservlng the right
to reject any or all bids. BY order Of
the County Court.
J. c. CLINTON,
County Clerk
Astoria, Ore. Dec. 8. 1905.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

LosT-A WEDDING RING, BE-
tween end OF car line and Ash ave-
nue.. Finder return to Gus Simi, AL
derbrook. 12-2i-tf
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

wANrm-Two GOOD sUBscRiP-
tion solicitors to work. First class
proposition. good pay. Apply Assorian
ONCE
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28
FOR SALE.
LOST AND FOUND.

LoST--BRowN FUR SCARF ON
way between First Lutheran church.
Uppertown. and car-track at foot OF
stairs near Adair school. Reward.
Leave at Fisher Bros hardware q
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-28

The Morning Astorian SOC. per Mo-,
Delivered by Carrier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10
Given Up to pIs.

b. Spiegel. l.y4 n. Virginia ST., Ev-
nnsville, Ind, writes; "For over lye
years was troubled with kidney and
bladder affections which caused me
much pain and worry. lost nesh and
was all run down, and year ago had
TO abandon work entirely ] hal IN. se
of the best physicians who did me
no good and ! was practically given
up 20 die Foley's Kidney Cure was
and the first bottle gave
me great renef. After taking the dec
ond bottle | was entirely cured. Hofr-
man Drug Co. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.


In the District Court uf the United
States for the Southern District, at
Ardmore.
In the matter OF W. y. Scrimpshlre.
bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the creditors Of w. II. Scrlmp-
shire In the Southern District in the
Indian Territory at Ardmore. a bank
rupt. Notice is hereby given that on
the 4th day Of December. 1905. the
said W. B Scrmpshire was duly ad-
judged bankrupt. and that the FIRST
meeting W his creditors will be held
meeting Of his creditors will
be held at my once at
the court house in the city OF
Ardmorc, on tho 18th day Of Decem-
ber 1906. at o'clock in the forenoon,
at which time the said creditors may
attend. prove their claims. appoint a
trustee. examine the bankrupt ard
transact such other business as may
come before said meeting.
JOHN HlNKLE.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
First published Wednesday, Decem-
Der 8, 1906.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10

We shiver while ero.sinR the de"p
dark valleys all alone To feel for a
hand In the midnight gloom m--and to
md nonc-is worse tran death
That valley Is a heaven II by y M
side walks brave. confdltE spirit
whose whis1einrs bring Mpc and
whose touch pculg fresh bloo' throI-
hinr Through ,hc veins Many q poor
pilgrim. FOR the want of II. wri'c'
q history iu sirns and sobs True. he
smiles but It IS only a covert Nor
nspokcn rrfcf unuttcrcd because
uuuttyrablc.
Some men who pray I'm the meet
ing house prey on the street corners
e
while reading the news from the
Far East I notice that the Christian
Greeks have asked the Mohammcdan
Turks 10 save them from the Chris
uans in Bulgaria
Some men and their aircastlc
dreams remind me Of "a story. Uncle
Sulon told his master that the barn
was full OF rats and II he just had a
day of ha could kll a thousand. lie
rot the day on About the middle of
the morning. the master went Co the
barn and Muud the old negro sitting
ON a sill. half asleep We'll, Solon.
have YOU got your thousand yot?"
'Ilush, Mas Jccms' Ef / gifts DIS
hcah one an two mo- III hab three
=
A man had better die poor II his
boarded wealth comes by piracy and
pillagc, oven though it is under the
respectable Euisc Of commerce and
progress.
Some mems continent of freedom
Is bounded on the one sidc by the
land Of Regret, and on the other by
the land OF Misgiying.
The happy man is he who can hold
himself back from the maddening
crowd, yet close enough to feel the
throb Of every human heart.
=
There IS no real life that ls not
free. and yet no man is free until
he can think and act for himself.
Don't ho consummate slave. Quit
doing like somebody else. DO Just
like you feel you ought TO do. BE
frcc-bo a king in your own king
dom.
Every act completes it's circuit.
Each one that goes forth must re
turn TO us again. You are your own
fate. Destiny is sclfdetermined. We
create our hells-wc MAKE our heav-
ems.
| have noticed In natural history
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10
pann.r In A,kIna a..aite.

when you have q cough OF cold do
rot ask some one wnat is good for Il,
rs there Is danger in taking some un-
known preparation. Foley's Honey and
Tar cures coughs, colds, and prevents
pneumonia. Th- genuine is IN YET
low package. Refuse substitutes. Hon
man Drug Co; CITY Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10

Buy holiday presents that will last
a life time. See our carving sets and
silver table ware before you make
your purchases.
BTvENs. CORHN & FRENSLEY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10

Public speakers are frequently IN
terrupted by people coughing. This
would not happen II Foleys Honey
ana Tar were taken As IL cures eoughs
and colds and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. rhe genuine contains no
opiates and Is In . ysllsu package.
Hoffman Drug Co; City Drug store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10
Madden sells Toys for less.

Every dollar you spend at the Y. NJ.
:. A. Bazaar will be returned to you
en- fold in the handsome home that
will be built in the city for the young
nen. &C
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will get for your money. This is a
bargain that you can get everywhere.
It costs you nothing to come and sec.
o7.dw.lm u. +. ALLEN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-10

that when baboon gets too old 10
help himself the rest Of the tribe
forsake him utterly and will have
nothing 70 do with him. The discov.
Dry Of this Vociul trait among somo
human beings leads us to believe that
Professor Darwin had an inkllng Of
the truth when he wrote Of ancestral
apes and monkeys
s.
Character Is just like clay. Tho
ideal Us the mold For that very reas.
ou character is determined by our
ideals.
lt s. easy TO be true when no
strain is brought to bear upon your
condolences. And. then. 1t is so easy
Tor some to be falsc-without the
strain.
=
Real and absolute love is uucon.
ditional It is utterly bInd-it can.
not bee conscious Of reasons why one
should be untrue L. believes and
trusts In spite OF doubts and fears.
The fact is. these very things fan
the flame into a consuming flame.
The cidelweiss is an Alpine plant
that grows the more beautiful when
busomod i'm eternal SHOWS and uursed
by the mountain-storms. There is one
kind of love. and then there is an
other hnd-that sort IS the strong
est when every thing would win It
from the object Of It's devotion.
In my November Woman a real
woman tells US not TO believe the
unmarried woman who insists she
knows the joys OF uying-that II is
found within the four walls Of din.
gy law-court, that 1t is obtained by
painting a picture, that ii Is secured
by the publication OF a book. that It
comes with the plaudits OF an audi.
ence. No matter what success or
fame may come 10 woman, they
are nothing to her ~ she is lonely.
And she is lonely II she is an old
maid And all this was said by an uld
maid who has achieved both fame
and fortune.
What hideous sight Samuel John.
son must have been! The massive
hulk. gross in his fatness. and rig.
god in greasy garments. Tousled
hair covered his finely formed head.
Coarse in every feature. a defective
in his eyes, enormous nose. q sensu-
GUS mouth, flOrid and scrofulous
skin. Gluttonous, sloyen, awkward.
uncOuth; subject 10 long fits OF mel
ancholia. irritable, quick in temper,
self-conscious OF his mental powers.
And this is Samuel Johnson-the
greatest man OF his times. So great
was he that Boswell, for years and
amidst derislon, followed Johnson
like n dog that he might write his
biography. That book lives today
Johnson had two qualities that made
the world forget everything hideous
about him and put all England at
his feet-a matchless mind and 4
generous heart.
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cushion with fall. and poplar seat.
all bran new and complete nor 500.
have one TO show you just what you