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for curtains 10 q SUNNY Staircase WITH
dow, the walls being pale green and
the administer stair carpet having q
blending Of green with other colorA
He Thnnght Quickly.

The late speaker of the national house
Of representatives, David b. Hender-
son, spent most of his life on the bat
tlefield and in congress. but portion
Of 1t was devoted TO willingness to
practice law. His early professional
experiences were not materially diff
ferent from those of most young law
yers. Finally he was retained in an
estate case which involved large inter-
ests. The future speaker was mighty
hard up, and he was seriously thinking
Of asking the heirs to pay his bill,
which he had never rendered He was
meditating whether TO charge them
$500 or $500 when one Of the heirs.
representing them all. stepped briskly
Into his office and. taking out roll Of
five hundred dollar bills, said, mfr.
Henderson. want to pay your bill"
and commenced laying down these five
hundred dol.1. bills until he had $500
before the astonished young lawyer.
Looking up at Mr.. Henderson the heir
said, is that enough?" And the law
yer. with that self possession which
subsequently made him famous. calm
ly said, Peel of another one and we
will call it square. -Harper's Weekly.
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RECEIVERS NOTICE.

In the Circuit Court OF the State Of
Oregon for the County Of Multnomah.
Eleanor 0lmstead, plaintiff, vs.. The
Traders Insurance Company. ct al
defendants.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been appointed by the above
entitled court in the aboye-entitled cause
receiver for the State OF Oregon, Of the
defendant, The Traders Insurance Com
pany OF Chicago, Illinois, and that by
order OF the said court, all persons hay
M claims, against the said defendant
The Traders Insurance Company, arising
on policies issued in Oregon are required
to present the same to the undersigned
at the address below given on or before
the 3lst day Of October, 1905, and II moi
so presented, the same will not partici'
pate in the distribuation Of the funds oi
the said defendant company in the hands
Of the receiver.
Notice is further given that all re
turn premiums will be computed from
the 5th day Of May, 1900, the date Of
the insolvency of the said The Traders
Insurance Company, and all policyhold'
ers of the said defendant company are
urged to reinsure, II they have not al
ready done 50, and to present their claims
properly verified promptly to the receiver
with the surrender of their policies.
Forms for proofs Of claims may be had
from the receiver or from the former
agents Of the company.
A. H. BIRRELL, Receiver
Address Mckay Building, Portland
Oregon.
Dated June 25, 1905.
A. T. FLEGEL and
BEACH & SIMON,
Attorneys for Receiver. 7-l6.30t
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

paints Of any colors. The shingles are
dipped in shingle stain before being
laid. The interior walls are plastered
with two coats of patent plaster,
scratch and brown coat, which con-
tains white sand, troweled out smooth
for tinting In various shades with cold
water. All the rooms have fancy pa
per borders to match the tinting. The
house contains combination electric
light and gas fixtures. The windows
are fitted with inside cypress sliding
blinds.
The kitchen and bathroom have mod
ern open nickel plated plumbing and
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Pretty Staircase Fittings.
A green tapestry would, says tho
Ladies' World, be the best material
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CITY NOTICES.
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the assess
ment made for the improvement Of
Alameda avenue, from a point 10 feet
west of the center line of Columbia ave-
nue. to the east line Of Ilwaco avenue, as
per assessment roll number 1872, was
made by an order Of the common coun-
Gil due and payable on the lst day of
October 1906 by ordinance number
1862 confirming said assessment roll,
that the following are the names Of the
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WOOD
LEGAL NOTICES.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Know all people that from this date,
the Arm Of V. n. vancil & Co., Is dis.
solved, j. spight retiring, and v. n
vancil continuing the business, assuming
all debts and collecting all accounts due
the firm.
V. n. vANcIL,
JAMES SPIGHT.
Astoria, 0rea July 30, 1909. T.24-l0
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CONVENIENT AND RooMY.


AM Up 70 nate Home FOR NnrroW
Lot-Cost E2,S00.
copyright, 1905. by Stanley A, Dennis, ~
Broadway, New York;
The accompanying elevation and
floor plans show very attractive and
nicely arranged home designed espe-
cially for narrow lots.
There Is stone cellar under the en-
tire house, the door of which Is &C.
nented. The cellar contains cold room.
coal bins and modern steam boiler.
The frame of the house is of spruce
and hemlock mortised and tenoned TO
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fixtures. The side walls Of the bath
room are tiled four feet high, with a
heavy nodded cap. The bathroom has
medicine closet, with mirrors in the
door, built in the wall over the wash
basin. The pantry off the dining room
is fitted up thoroughly.
This house can be built, with two
large rooms In the attic, for $500 in
localities where prices Of material and
labor are normal
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By order Of the common council.
OLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City
Of Astoria.
Dated Astoria, Oregon, July 2l, 1906.
7.2l.l0t.
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BOARDING.
THE LEYDE.
HOUSE MOVERS.

FREDRECKSoN BROS.--We mako q
speciality of house moving, carpenters.
contractors general jobbing; prompt At
tention to all orders. Corner Tenth and
Duane. u
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SITUATIONS WANTED.

WANTED-POSITION AS BO0KKEEP'
er, Office man, or shipping clerk, speaks
and writes Swedish, English and Ger
man; handy in any line. Address F.
32. Astorian. 7-3l-lt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-16
Science and Hens.

Mention was made In these columns
the other day Of new stock Of hens
which laid eggs with handles to them.
Now comes the story, that professor
OF chemistry In Columbia College, who
Is too modest to permit the public use
of his name. has for some time been ok
permentlng with fowls. somewhat on
the line, however. OF hypnotism, us is
done on human beings by profcssc
ounckenbush.
Tho fist experiment made by the
professor says n correspondent OF ono
OF our Northern Exchanges, twas in
feeding hens with pepper and salt mixed
and hanging before hens salt and pepper
boxes, SO that they could lie plainly seen,
and In q few days the eggs produced
werc all seasoned ready for USE Going
stlll further In rhe matter, he fed tho
hens on commnuted ham, and the next
day the hen produced an eg which, on
being cooked, could not be distinguished
from the ordinary ham and eggs as served
In restaurants. except that 1t was all
together, like a pancake, and 1t then oc-
| Cured to him that possibly by applying
the direct rays OF the sun to the hon II
lsmight produce u cooked egg, ana after OK.
Experimenting by putting the hen In n
| glass box and exposing 1t to the sun the
hen produced a cooked egg, aud although
these things may seem remarkable to tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-16
THE PINE MEN
ELECT OFFICERS.
Jury Answer Summons to Try a
Man Who Had Committed
Suicide.
JAMESTOWN OPEN SUNDAY
Strangers May Enter, But All.
Work Will Be Suspended
That Day.
JAMESTOWN OPEN SUNDAY
That Day.

Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)
NORFOLK, VA, March 15.-Thc North
Carolina Pine Association, before adjourn
Ing this afternoon, elected following otli-
GERS and directors for ensuing ycar-prcsi-
dent, z. c. Frosburg, Norfolk; vlce-prcsi-
dent r. r. Camp, Franklin: North Caro-
lina-yice- president. ]. a. Wilkinson,
Bethaven; South Carolinn-vice-presi-
dent, D. I. McKcithan: lumber secretary,
John r. Walker; treasurer, w. b. Roper,
norfolk, Va.
10 TRY. DEAD MAN.
notwithstanding the nolleprosequI en-
tered In the Indictment for murder
against Louis r. Brown, OF Portsmouth.
who committed suicide in jail yesterday
morning. tho jury which had been suns
moned to try Brown, appeared this morn-
ing. There was. OF course. nothing for
the Jury to do and Judge Allan r.
Hanckel discharged them with the exc
PLANTATION that the prisoner they were to
have tried to-day. were dead, and their
services would not be needed.
TWO UNDER ARREST.
s.. w. M. Spence. man about town
masted schooner, William II. Yerkes. both
day, In default OF bond Spence was
committed to await grand jury action in
April. upon the charge OF knocking Pain
ter In the head with a beer bottle in
room over the Washington House last
night. and robbing him OF $i25. and
Painter was held because he could not
give bond for his appearance at State
witness against Spence.
OPEN UP SUNDAY.
Rev. 7Dr.SsW. q. Starr was questioned
/ to-day as to the present status of tho
Sabbath observation question in Its re-
latlon to the jamestown Exposition. He
replied:
II have received very courteous iet-
ters from Hon. Harry ST. George
Tucker. president and Hon. c. Brooks
Johnson. chairman OF the board OF COVER
nors OF the Jamestown Exposition Com
pany. They assure me that the petition
OF the Norfolk ministers will receive
careful consideration at the next session
of their board, and am satisfied they
Will act In accordance with their con-
scientious' convictions.
The clergy OF our city know the diff
ference between n continental European
Sabbath and our own American Sab
cath. All that they ask is that our
American Sabbath shalt be honored on
american soil.
BE fore the opening OF the Chicago
and the st. Louis expeditions 1t was
honestly believed by some that the
working classes would not have a fair
chance II the gates were closed on Sum
day. But the gates were closed and
there was no word of harsh criticism
when those great events were over. as
all the people had been provided with
ample opportunity to crafty curiosity
and gather lofty Impressions OF what
human industry can do
The proposition OF the exposition mana
gers Is to open the gates for strangers
who will not go to church. but to sus-
pend all work.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 1s, 1905.
Without sentiment, there would be
no flavor In life at all.-THAckERAY.
A Library Hint.

The Times-D Dispatch is heartily in favor
OF accepting Mr.. Carnegie's offer to give
the city 100000 for library building.
But We wish that he would remove the
condition. Not that we object to an
appropriation of $4,000 a year to MAIN
tain the library. But some things are to
be taken for granted. There are many
obligations which man is willing to
assume, but is unwilling to bind himself
in advance to do so, for the sufficient
reason that the requirement Is in itself
in the nature OF a reflection upon his In
tegrity. Every decent man. for example,
who asks a woman to become his wife,
expects to give her decent support. Yet
IL the woman should require him to Sign
a contract agreeing to spend not less than
five or six thousand dollars year for
her maintenance" he would, II a self
respecting man, ask to be released from
the engagement, no matter how large his
income and how literally inclined he
might be.
This is an extreme case, but 1t illus
trates. Richmond Is a rlch ana nonorapie
city. and IL 1t should accept gift from
Mr.. Carnegie for a library building, 1t
goes without saying that Richmond would
furnish site and appropriate from year
to year enough money to purchase books
and pay all necessary expenses.
That is a matter about which Mr.. Car
nerie need give himself no concern. But
there is a matter OF vital Importance
which should be considered in advance.
we refer to the control of the library:
II 1t is to be success 1t must be kept
out OF politics and free from the domi-
nation of politicians. TIE real friends OF
the library should draw up an ordinance
for the government of 1t. safeguarding
1t at every point and making every pro-
vision for its welfare. That done, a COM
mittee should wait on Mr.. Carnegie. show
him the ordinance. and explain the stua-
ton; then ask him If he is willing to
give the money on the terms thus pro-
posed.
II this course be pursued we believe
that two birds will be killed with one
stone"
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The Worm and the Byrd.

Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:s
Eir,-It has been said, Mr.. Editor. that
the early bird catches the worm" This
may have been so in the case OF the
committee that investigated the I.anicr-
crump matter. but If so. the Byrd that
caught the worm, so far as Judge Crump
was concerned. allowed said worm III
after passing. through the fiery ordeal,
came out with shining colors, backed
up; 1T seems. by an almost unanimous
public sentiment. 1903 Is
This, believe. is as 1t should be, MS
our faith in judge; Crumps honesty and
integrity has never been shaken ana we
2, for. him In the future. Ia life Of
has been eaualed by but fow, and sur.
passed pas by none: he may have erred--ad-
nit that l1l, he dldEsbuL his error in this
! t. enable him e. stem tho turbulent wa wa.
tiers Of time tn the end OF his useful
life. spent in the interest OF the people
o. his native State. who have so Il molly
stood by him, in this, his hour OF tr,biila.
ton. Fl, A.. EIOMONDsnMi1ssN1
Houston, Va. - = = i0s'ItS'
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COURT AT WELDON.
Verdict in Number Of Damage
Suits.
.acial 10 rhe rImcs.ptspatch

Especial to Tho Times Rspatch)
WELDON N. c.. March 15.-The supe-S
srIor Court docket Of Halifax has been
cleared this week Of quite a number OF
Important civil suits. as follows:
{ Joe Foote and wife VS.. Seaboard Air
Limo Railroad, verdict of $500 for the
plaintiffs.
H. J, II. Curry VS.. Western Union Tele-
graph Company. for negligence in delv-
cry of n telegram. verdict Of SLIGO for
splaintiff.
Lonnie Daniel VS.. Roanoke Mills Com
spany, for injury to plaintiff Compro-
missed by payment OF 5000 to plaintiff.
This case has been in court for several
years. 1t was partially tried twice and
wholly tried once. The plaintiff got
a verdict of s., 900 LAST September This
was set aside by Judge PEBBLES, Daniel
had his arm torn from his shoulder while
at swork In the Roanoke Mills, at Roanoke
Rapids
Ba3 j.. "a. i ouse and brother vs.. the Sea-
board Air Line. for failure to promptly
deliver. a. carload of lumber. Plaintiffs
allowed damages of $50 a. day for five
sdays-s25o and costs Of action, ST.
81 Most OF the cases disposed of are old +
cases that have been hanging fire for q
long time sS.i 3s s8Ss
Insthe matter Of HUBER VS.. tho Weldon
Lumber Company, for setting fire to and
destroying woods, the plaintiff was given
$3.50, RI 56g a
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Library and Y. M. G.. A.

Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
sir.In considering the aest.i Lon 6 9f NJ VI,
library for tie city Of edmond, would
tho Central X !. NJ. {. work with tbs 4!
library. and then combine the two !, n.
tho community, Thus tho revenue Do;
rived from the 4. M. G. "a. work would
city In keeping up the library, md at
the same tine the accommo da ton and
comforts derived from tho splendid lis
gnt OF the Y. M. 5f,. "a. work, What think
( you OF the puggestionY =, NOEl..ss
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permit him to plead tho fact that some
other person might be ir,criminated by
4 his Testimony, even though he was the
agent OF that person. Therefore. con.
cludes Justice Brown, "lf he cannot set
UP the privilege OF d third man. he Ger.
tainly cannot set up the privilege OF q
corporation
Justice Brown took occasion to mako
clear the difference between persons and
corporations. Ho said that the individual
might carry on his private business In
his own way. owing no duty to the State
or to his neighbor to dlvulge his business
or open his door to an investigation, SO
far as 1t might incrimnate him. But tho
corporation is creature OF the State.
1t is presumed to be Incorporated for tho
benefit Of the public. 1t receives certain
special privileges and franchises and
holds them subject to- the laws OF the
state and the limitations of Its charter.
us rights to act rs a corporation are only
preserved to 1T so long as It obeys tho
laws or Its creation.
corporations have special privileges,
and every special privilege is attended
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Merely Joking.

In ndIarapoIis.-"How old Is the
child?" asked the visitor. "Six months
responded the proud mother. And has
he, ah. published anything as yet?"-
Louisville Couricr-Journal.
Shining BY contrast.-"How are yo,,
doing this season." Fine" answered
the genial proprietor Of NIigglebat's Mas
todon Minstrels. We've been right be-
hind an Ibsen show for six straight weeks
now.'-Houston Chronicle.
Genuine orlef.-.'I notice." said the
sexton. that you visit Nc. Enpeck' 8
grave n good deal" That's right
you seem to regret his DEATH 81 do"
"Close relative, s'pose?'' mot very.
You see. married his widow."-Ex-
change.
An Observation-Disclosures you the five
step schottishe?" repeated Miss Passay
why. 1 don't know It" MOP" exclaim-
ed young Kallow Miss Knox told me
you did, NO, indeed. The five-step
must be very old form of the schot-
tishe'' Eyes, that's what she said
Philadelphia Press.
Guarded critlclst,1.-"Have. you read my
new book OF f-poenns?'' asked the long
haired person. I'm n way, yes" answer
ed the practical man. "And while am
no Judge OF such things. I think that tho
title page to that book Is one OF the
best arranged and most tasteful have
ever seen.'-C assell's.
At the ReceptIon.-First Man: beg
pardon. but are you q waiter?" Second
Man: mo" Private detective?" NO"
mot a guest?" NO What are you.
thcn?' ooh. I'm only the man who is
giving the arty."-Cassell's.
A Fast Color.
He put his arm around her waist.
The color left her cheek
But on the shoulder Of his coat
1t showed up for q week.
Exchange
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THISDAYlNHISTORY
March 10th.

10 fg1gs = d ~ $ + I + Is y
Church Day Cyprianus. Sun rises at
GOO, sets at 5:54.
11eo-The Jews OF York imassacred for
their wealth by the citizens
1eeo-Thc Long Parliament dissolved by
its own act
1675-Under q pair OF stairs IN the
Tower of London two bodies We're
found, supposed to hove been those
7 OF Edward v. and his brother. wnom
their uncle. Richard Ill. murdered
nearly two hundred years before.
1eo5-The sudden rising OF the waters
OF the River Elbe, Germany. mum
dated ninety villages.
1s2e-There were reported 100 cotton
factories In the State Of Rhode Is
land. ..t
1e30-The Russian ship 81. Nicholas
blown up at Ismail.
1s55-The President issued a proclamation
declaring In force the reciprocity
treaty between this country and
Great Britain.
862-Commodore Foote commenced the
attack on Island No. 10.
1894 week OF panic in the New York
markets had resulted In declines Of
twenty-t three points In gold, 81 q
barrel In pork, fifty cents n barrel In
-four. and fifteen to eighteen conts in
wheat.
1875 The mills. OF the Austin Powder
Company In Cleveland, Ohio, blew
+ up, annihilating three persons and
fatally injuring others.
1es4-The national House Of Represent
ntivcs voted on the bill for tho pro-
\ posed new congressional library on
Capitol Hill. l
1895 Cuban affairs 80 stirred up the
Chamber OF Deputies at Madrid that
the military governor resig ned.
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Spelling Reform.

SPELLING reform Is an old question.
agitated and cnmpaigned for during many
years past. The public In any APP
preciable quantities. have never taken to
1t at all. but the recent appointment OF
so-called simplified Spelling Board,
made up of well-known and conservative
linguistic authorities and financed by Mr..
Carnegie, indicates that the matter is
now to be seriously reckoned with.
That the English language abounds in
incongrultics OF the most absurd and
indefensible sort is as plain as thing
we'll could be. The varying pronuncia-
ton of rough though, through
Dough" and trough" the varying SPELL
ing of calf" and laugh of cite"
"site" and sight,, the countless num-
bcrs OF silent and consequently useless
1stters-Nngaries of this sort llre, Of
course, not to be defended on any logical
grounds. They occur simply because they
do. Usage has established them. an there
you are. That photography would be a
pleasanter and simpler science without
these oddities goes without saying. To
attempt to eliminate them by educational
edict. however, is quite another matter.
There Is nothing logical. reasonable or
mathematical about language 1t grows,
develops, expands, absorbs, as 1t will. To
seek to regulate 1t artlficially is to make
is hidcously unnatural. Tho and thru,
have been used steadily for years in
certain well-known periodicals, but most
people of taste and Judgment have as
steadily rejected them. Somehow they
don't "look right" because they look un-5
natural. and to come across even such
simple reforms" as these is still to ge.
Il mild shock.
This is the great stumbling block in
tho path of the simplificd spelling board.
The old forms may be illogical In the
extreme, but people cling to them for
just the reason that they are old and fa-
miiar. Such and such a combination o.
letters, highly unreasonable as 1t may be,
stands to them exclusively for such
and such a word. and any phonetic alb
breviatlon OF 1t appears as stunted,
dwarfed and unlovely contoxtion. Ord,-
nary readers would find no particular
pleasure in seeing. familiar books done
over In the improved photography. The
prospect Of n phonetic New Testament,
for example, would not strongly allure
them.
The aim of the refortners. however, is,
of course. at the rising generation. They
would teach the new photography Is
those who. We are almost tempted to say.
have never known any better. Worked
on this line and backed by a fair amour.
of popular encouragement, tho movement
mightsvery probably lead to ultimate
success. The intervening stages, how
et,evr. would be painful in the extreme.
And when the trick was done, 1t is hard
to see how we should be very much bet
ter OF; except that We should have made
life little easier for the Inadequate
speller. and should have the satisfaction
Of owning language hand-tlnkcred to
common-sense monotony.
& 4
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WHITE MANS BODY.
Found Floating in the Jackson
River Partly Dressed. s
to The Times Dispntch.

Especial to The Times Dfspntch.)
Is CLIFTON FORGE. VA, March 10. The
body of n white man was fou1d floating
In Jackson River, in East 1rongate this
morning by James Mcneil, while out
duck hunting. The dead man Is described
us being forty five or fifty years OF age
red moustache. bald head, with light hair
turning gray, weight about 100 pounds
and height five feet ten inches. He wore
no coat. but had on Il striped shirt, blue
pants and leather belt, with the letters
"a. r." on 1t.
The body was turned over to the Bote-
$tourt authorities The body had been
\ in the water ten or twelve days. It Is
not known whether the man committed
suicide. was mnrdefed and thrown into
the river. or identally met Ills death.
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New Banking House. D

(Speclal to The Times-D ispatch.)
# CHATHAM, VA, March l5-The new
banking house OF the Chatham Savings
Bank, Is now, nearing com pletion and
considering size. will be the most costly
building in town, The Wo V q, W
are now getting on the finishing touches
The architecture Is OF the modern city
type, with outside, OF gray brick with
granite trimmings. inside trimmings are
of costly and raree MOI ing, with highly
polished ma rble wainscoating and mosalis
5tilng, The Hre-proof vaults will have
"a patented 4 glarA alarm attachment,
which alone, will cost over s. ooO.