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Are of Birds.

The doctrine of vegeterianism ap-
pears to be slightly shaken by the re-
suit of an investigation that an Eng
lish newspaper has made into the sub
ject Of the longevity Of birds. With
one notable exception the carrion, or
meat feeding birds, are the longer
lived. The exception is the swan. The
average ages of some of the best
known birds are given in the follow
ing: Blackbird lives 12 years, black
cap Is, canary "A, crane a, crow 100.
eagle 100 fowl, common, 10; goldfnch
15, goose 30, heron 80, lark 13, linnet
%, nightingale IS, parrot 60, partridge
15, peacock "a, pelican so, pheasant Is,
pigeon 20, raven 100, robin IL, skylark
30 sparrow hawk 40, swan 100, thrush
10 and wren years.
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A lady / met In Ireland related the
following facts to me Just as they oc-
Cured. She was staying at house
near Bardon, County Cork. One even.
ing she was walking up the long car.
riage drive to the house-it was bright
moonlight and nearly as light as day
when she saw q tall figure coming
down the narrow footpath beside the
''drive" toward her, On coming closer
she saw II was man dressed all In
black, wearing tall silk hat, and she
wondered who It could be. His head
was bent forward so that the face was
In shadow, but as they came close to
each other he raised his head and look.
ed at her and showed the most horrible
face imaginable. With gasp Of ter
ror, she stepped off the path, and at
the same moment he did the same and,
putting out a clawllke hand, touched
her arm, and as she shrieked out in
fear he completely vanished. She did
not see him so, but he dissolved like
mist. His face was not like that Of a
human being, and the horror of it was
quite indeScribable. Her arm that the
specter touched was paralyzed and re-
mained so for two weeks after. This
apparition had been seen by other peo-
pie, but only at distance, and but
few believed the stories current about
the place being haunted. Occult Re
view
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NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given, that the Com.
mon CoIncil Of the City OF Astoria. has
declared its determination and intention
to improve Irving Avenue from The East
line of Eleventh street In McClure's
Astoria to the West line Of Fifteenth
street In Shiyclys Astoria TO the full
width thereof and on the established
grade thereof. Said improvement shall
be constructed by grading said street to
the established grade to the full width
thereof.
In matters OF detail said Improvement
shall bc constructed according 10 the
plans and specifications therefor TO be
prepared by the City Surveyor as here
matter provided and general ordinance
No. 1901 and any matter OF construction
and drainage found necessary to make
the improvement safe or substantial
shall be done by the contractor whether
specified OF not without extra charge.
That the costa and expenses Of con.
strncting said improvement shall be de.
frayed by special assessment upon the
lots. lands and premises benefited by
the same which said lots. lands and
premises are included In the special rs.
sessment district including all lots lands
and premises so benefited to.wit:
Lots numbered 7, s, 0. 10. II and IL In
each Of blocks 10 and 20 and lots mum.
bcred |. 2, 3. 4, s and 0 In each Of blocks
55 and So all in that part Of the City
OF Astoria laid out and recorded by John
NJ. Shively and lots s, Q. 7 and 8 In block
02. lots 8 o. 10, II, l2. l3 and II in block
93, lots !, q 3, 4. 5, 6 and 7 In block liz
and lots |. 2. 3 and 4 in block ll5, all
in that part Of the City Of Astoria laid
out and recorded by John Mcclure and
extended by Cyrus olney. all In Clatsop
County. Oregon,
OL0F ANDERSON.
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City
Of Astoria. 6.2l.st.
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RECEIVERS NOTICE.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Drauon fou tba County of Nultnomab

In the Circuit Court of the State Of
Oregon for the County of Multnomah.
Eleanor olmsted, 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 above, 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 hav-
ing 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, 1906, and if not
so presented the same will not partici
pate in the distribution OF the funds of
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, 1906, the date OF
the insolvency of the said The Traders
Insurance Company and all policyhold.
ers of the said defendant company are
urged to reinsme. ii they have not al
ready done so and to present their claims
properly verified promptly to the receiver
with the surrender of their policies.
Forms for proof of claims may be had
from the receiver of from the former
agents Of the company.
A. III. BIRRELL, Receiver.
Address Mckay Building, Portland,
Oregon.
Dated June 25, 1906.
BEACH & SIMON,
Attorneys for Receiver.
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NOTICE.

Notice ia hereby given, that the Com.
mon Council OF the City OF Astoria, has
declared its determination and intention
TO improve llth street from the south
line Of Franklin Avenue to the north
line OF Harrison Avenue, which said i'm.
provement shall be made as follows: :--
Cement sidewalks shall be constructed
on both sides of the street, five feet wide
and with two foot park space between
the line OF the sidewalk and the property
line and n park space OF three feet be-
tween the edge of the sidewalk and the
curb and a six inch curb and cement
gutter shall be constructed on both sides
of the street and from the south line Of
Franklin Avenue to the South line Of
Grand Avenue; from gutter to gutter the
street shall be filed in and macadamized
to the depth Of IL inches so that when
the street shall be improved, the same
will be on the established grade,
the existing decking Of the street
between the South line Of Grand
Avenue and the North line of
Harrison Avenue shall not be disturbed
and as herenabove provided said street
shall be improved and repaired, that is
between the South line of Grand Ave-
nue. and the North line of Harrison
Avenue said street shall be improved by
the construction of new side walks on
both sides Of the street and from the
South line Of Franklin Avenue to the
South line Of Grand avenue the street
shall be improved by the construction
Of side walks on both sides and maca.
damizing the street from curb to curb
and all said improvement shall be on
the established grade.
In matters of detail said improvement
shall be constructed according to the
plans and specifications therefor to be
prepared by the City Surveyor as here.
matter provided and general ordinance
No. 1901 and any matter Of construction
and drainage found necessary to make
the improvement safe or substantial
shall be done by the contractor whether
specified or not without extra charge.
That the costs and expenses of con-
structing said Improvement shall be de-
frayed by special assessment upon the
lots, lands and premises benefited by
the same which said lots, lands and
premises are included in the special as
sessment district including all lots, lands
and premises so benefited towit:
Lots 3. d. s and 0 in block II, lots 3,
4, S and 6 in block co. lots l, 2, 3, IL, 10
and ID, and the West ! of lots A and II
in block 70, lots l, 2, 3, IL, 10 and IA and
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rolled and the same shall have a nine.
inch crown in the center,
In matters of detail said improvement
shall be constructed according to the
plans and specifications therefor to be
prepared by the City Surveyor as here
matter provided and general ordinance
No, 1901 and any matter Of construc-
ton and drainage found necessary to
make the improvement safe or sub.
stantial shall be done by the contractor
whether specified or not, without extra
charge.
That the costs and expenses OF con.
structing said improvement shall be de.
frayed BY special assessment upon the
lots, lands and premises benefited by
the same which said lots lands and
premises are included in The special as.
se'sment district including all lots. lands
and premises so benefited to.wit,
Lots 8, 0, 7 and 8 In each OF blocks II,
72 and 73 and IA and lots |, 2, 3 and
4 in each OF blocks numbered 49, so. 90
and 81. and lots 3 and in block 80 and
lots s and 0 in block rs all in that part
Of the city Of Astoria as laid out and
recorded by John Mcclure and extended
by Cyrus olney, in Clatsop county, Ore
gon.
0LOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City
of Astoria. 0.22.st.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the Com.
mon Council Of the City of Astoria, has
declared its determination and intention
to improve Seventeenth street from the
South line Of Jerome Avenue TO the
South line Of Kensington Avenue. Said
improvement shall be made by grading
said street to the full width thereof and
on the established grade thereof.
In matters Of d tail said improvement
shall be constructed according to the
plans and specifications therefor to be
prepared by the City Surveyor as here
matter provided and general ordinance
No. 1901 and any matter Of construction
and drainage found necessary to make
the improvement safe or substantial
shall be done by the contractor whether
specified or not, without extra charge.
That the costs and expenses of con.
structing said improvement shall be de.
frayed by special assessment upon the
lots lands and premises benefited by
The same which said lots, lands and
premises are included in the special as
sessment district including all lots, lands
and premises 50 benefited to-wit:
Lots numbered 4, 5, Q, 7, 8 and 0 in
block 6l, lots J. 2, 8, 10, II and l2 In
block 90. lots !, 2 and in block ss and
lots 4, and Q in block 81 all in that
part of the City of Astoria laid out and
recorded by John M. shively, and as
originally laid out in clatsop County,
Oregon.
0L0F ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge of the City
Of Astoria. 6.2l.st.
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the West ! Of lots 4 aud II In block nl.
all in that part Of the City Of Astoria
AZ laid out and recorded by John Me.
Clurc and extended by Cyrus 0lney In
Clatsop County, Oregon.
0LOF ANDERSON
Auditor and Police Judge OF tho city
Of Astoria. 0'2l'st,
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CITY NOTICES.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the City
Surveyor, Superintendent of Streets,
and the Committee on Streets and Public
Ways have filed a certificate of the COM
pletion of the construction OF the Mel.
bourne Avenue drain, from the Alley.
way running through block H. OF Tay-
lors Astoria, to a point 70 feet South
of the South line of Taylor avenue, by
L. Hegman. the contractor, in accordance
with general ordinance number 324G, and
the contract therefore, that unless obiec-
tions are made against the same. the
same will be accepted by ordinance at
the next regular meeting of the Common
Council.
OLOF tAEEVSOE,
Aditor and Police Judge of the City of
Astoria.
Dated Astoria, Oregon, June 2s, 1906.
6.2S-3t.
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NOTICE FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
the Common Council of the City of As
toria has declared its intention to i'm
prove Grand Avenuee from the west line
Of Eleventh street to the west line of
Seventh street to the full width thereof
and on the established grade thereof.
Said improvement shall be made by
grading said street to the full width on
the present established grade and by con.
structing sidewalks five feet wide on
both sides of the street, the sidewalks to
be concrete or cement sidewalks, and
cutters shall be constructed upon both
sides of the street and from gutter to
gutter the street shall be macadamized
or filled in with crushed rock to the
depth Of nine inches when thoroughly
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HELP WANTED.

BRANCH MANAGERS WANTED; $50
cash weekly; live at home; experience
unnecessary; no canvassing; enclose
stamp for particulars. Aluminium Hanger
Co.. Chatfeld. MINI.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that special as.
sesment roll No. l22, made for the pur.
pose of defraying the costs and expenses
of improving Alameda Avenue, from a
point 10 feet west of the center line OF
Columbia Avenue, to the east line of
Ilwaco Avenue, has been filed with the
Auditor and Police Judge, and numbered
special assessment roll number l2o, and
that the committee on streets and public
ways has been appointed a committee of
the council to sit with the board of as.
SCISSORS to examine, correct and equalize
the same, and that Monday the second
day Of July A. D. 1905, at the hour of
2 o'clock p. m, in the council chambers
in the city hall has been fixed as the
time and place of the meeting Of said
board of equalization. All objections
to said assessment must be presented in
writing.
OLAF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge of the City
Of Astoria.
Dated Astoria, Oregon, June 2lst, 1905.
lot.
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The Greek Die,

The gold or silver blank, carefully
weighed and roughly forged, was heat.
ed to redness and laid by tongs on the
die. The top was then adjusted and
the impression made by mighty blows
with a smiths hammer. As no collar
was used and all register neglected.
the shape, but not the weight, Of each
coin varied. Parts Of the device were
often lost. Sometimes the edge Of the
metal cracked. and very frequently the
impression doubled. Later on hinged
adjustment Of the dies was used. Greek
dies were not made Of steel, but OF
hardened bronze. They soon wore and
needed continual restoration and deep.
ening The die sculptors were there
fore constantly at work on them. Care
full examinations shows that the dies
were mostly cut with wheel, like
gems, not with craving tools. This re-
touching Of the matrices explains the
numerous minute variations In dupli-
Gates of the same coins. Very few are
found exactly alike. On the other
hand, it must not be supposed that
these exquisite works of art are al.
ways much defaced The boarding in
stinct has concealed many that had
Just left the mint and that preserve all
their pristine exquisite sharpness One
Of the loveliest Of the Syracusan coins
was found under some lava In Sicily
as perfect as on the day II was struck.
Ruling Switzerland.
In Switzerland they have no idea
that they are essentially idiots and
must have great men and superior and
divinely gifted intellects to rule them
and tell them what to do about their
affairs. They do not think much Of
ruling in Switzerland nor much Of
the idea of divinely gifted intellects.
All are great men in Switzerland, and
one is as great and as divinely gifted
as another. To the Swiss mind the
great men are those that do something
In science or literature, like Agassiz or
De Saussure; but they have no partic-
ular fancy to be ruled" by anybody,
however great. You will find many an
intelligent Swiss that cannot tell you
the name Of the president of Switzer-
land. He knows the name of the presi-
dent Of the United States, always, but
he does not know who is at the head
of his own country. Not because the
interest he takes in his political affairs
is small, for it is very great; but be-
cause who may be president of Switz-
erland is not important. Whoever he
is, he amounts to nothing, he effects
nothing, he rules nothing. The only
rulers Of Switzerland are the Swiss
people.-Eyerybody's Magazine.
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10th and DUANE Sta, phsns 1891.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-03-09

Gaffney, March Especial:
At the hour appointed for Court
to convene this morning the
Court room was crowded and
overfowing, standing room being
at premium. A large number
of ladies were present. The first
case called was that of George
Hasty, for the murder of Milan
Bennett and Abbott Davidson,
at the Piedmont Inn here, on
December Is last.
The calling of the case was the
signal for a technical legal battle.
: The first tack on the part of the
defence was a motion to squash
the Indictment of George Hasty
on the ground of irregularity in
the Indictment, in that there
was no Indictment for carrying
concealed weapons. This was
argued by Mr.. Johnstone and
Mr.. Osborne and opposed by
Solicitor Sease. Judge Memmin-
ger, after deliberating for some
minutes, refused the motion.
The next move for time on the
part of the defence was for a
continuance, on the ground of
the absence of material witness
es, one of whom is Hervy, alias
Scott, the itinerant telegraph
operator and journalist, who is
said to be sick in Augusta. Next
, the illness of Mr.. Johnstone was
B argued, but the Judge ruled that
the case must go to trial. prom
ising to give any reasonable time
for the securing of witnesses.
In bringing the case to trial at
this time Judge Memminger met
the approval of the people. The
Court then ordered the empanel-
ing of the jury, which resulted
as follows:
Allie Osborne, H. E. Tyndall,
Jud M. Allison, S. w. Clary,
w. H. Wright, James Lee, R. w.
Spake, Farmer Moore, T. E. Ma
bry. Robert Garner, d. G. Horne,
T. j. Haynes.
Mr.. Allie Osborne was made
foreman. Both sides exhausted
their challenges before the jGry
was complete. This is consider
ed an able jury and every pre-
caution is being taken to prevent
anyone communicating with
them. After the jury was en-
raneled a recess was taken until
pclock this afternoon.
l3 At the afternoon session the
Testimony was begun. The first
witness was Prof. r. 0. Sans,
who testified to making a dia-
gram of the hotel where the
shooting occurred and identified
the chart.
DR.. B. l.. Allen was next call
ed. He testified to holding a
post-mortem examination and
described the course of the bullet.
Miss Verne Sheridan. of the
Nothing But Money" Company,
one of the eye witnesses of the
! shooting, was next called. She
WAS member of the theatrica
company playing here when the
tragedy occurred. In the begin.
ming of her testimony the de.
D fence objected to almost every.
thing she said, not allowing hel
to bring out the cause of the
difficulty, doing allin their power
to confuse and confound her
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he went to bed. Among those
whom he had seen were Mr..
Lowry Walker, Mr.. Shuman, a
drummer, Mr.. Baker and others.
He went to Miss Sheridan's
room that night and said to Will
Hasty, who was in there, that a
couple of men wanted to see him
about rooms. The second time
he told Will that Sally wanted
him to come to his room.
Denied on ross-eyomination
that he insulted Miss Bishop
when he went into room No. II
to get his effects. She had rails
ed the room and asked him what
he got out of-that room. He said
that he got the pistol to look at
it. He was thinking of buying
it. Denied that he had at that
time a pistol with a long six-inch
barrel. Admitted that he also
had a bottle of liquor in that
room.
Solicitor asked if witness did
not say to Miss L.chop, "You are
a pretty girl"
Also that he asked her if she
didn't want a drink, and when
she said that she didn't drink he
asked her if she didn't want
even a bottle of beer, when she
said, mo, | told yo,l 1 don't
drink" He denied ! that he
asked her if she was married or
if Dawson was not her lover.
Denied further that he had made
any insulting proposals. Ad-
mitted seeidg John Spencer in
the meat market that morning
about 6 O'Clock. Went there to
get something for breakfast.
Denied giving John Spencer a
drink or that he told John Spen-
Ger that he had been up all night
for certain purpose and that
he was going back and try it
again.
Solicitor asked if witness had
not been convicted for conducting
a blind tiger and if he had not
been practically driven from Mrs.
Settlers boarding house, where
he was trying to annoy some
shom people.
Defendants counsel made a
feeling protest against such
questions. Judge Memminger
overruled the objection, but
warned the solicitor not to 90
too far.
Witness denied the alleg ation
as to the boarding house. Mr..
Sease then wanted to know if
defendant had not been engaged
in a number of fights. Admitted
he had been fined for difficult
at Mrs. Settlemyers, but it had
not been proved.
He went out for a lunch for
Baker and Currie and himself
that night. Couldn't find any,
thing to eat. Left them in the
room next to his own room,
where he went to get the lunch.
| Witness denied that Davidson
said "You are the fellow who
insulted that other lady," He
merely said, "You are the fell
low.'
Does not remember who was
at the table with Estes. In re-
ply to Mr.. Osborne, he said that
all that he said to Miss Bishop
was when she asked him what
he had got out of the room. He
answered pack of cards. She
put her hand in his pocket and
found an orange there. He Of
fered it to her and she said she
didn't want it. That was all
| that occurred between them and
he didn't see her any more. AS
to the knife found on him in jail,
he said he put it there in re-
sponse to information conveyed
to him. He wanted it for pro-
lection. is.
Mr.. Osborne asked about the
rents on the overcoat. Witness
tsaid that Mr.. Bennett cut him on
1 the left shoulder. Another rent
was caused by rats in the jail.
4 He made no effort to get away.
He did not know Of these people
before they GANG laSSe
- 4 If,.,.,<1 IL, z, "A !, 9, {. n =
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GEO. HASTY GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
ON FIRST COUNT WITH RECOMMENDA-
TION TO MERCY OF COURT.

He is the Hotel Keeper Who Killed Two
Actors Of the Nothing But Money"
Theatrical Company at Gaifney on
December 18th. This Case Has Been
Watched with Much Interest Through
out the State Below is a Summary
OF the Evidence in the Case.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-03-08
Administrator,s Sale.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned will. pursuant to an order
of the County Court of Fremont Coun-
", entered on the tenth day of Feb
ruary, 1906. in the matter of the estate
of John w. Taylor, deceased, offer for
sale, and sell for cash in hand at priv
ate sale all the following described real
estate situate in the County of Ere
mont and State of Colorado, to-wit:
The East y of the n Z Il and n E
u of S f u of Section "a, Township
49 North Range 10 + of n Nj meridian
and that portion of the S w 4 of the
N w Il of Sec. So, said township and
range, which is situate on the south
side of the Arkansas river; also all
bitches, water and water rights used
in the irrigation of the aforesaid lands
and all priorities to the use of water
acquired by use upon said lands and
all bitches. ditchways and roadways
used in connection herewith or which
appertain thereto.
Said sale will be made at the front
door of the Court House in Canon
City, Colorado, beginning at the hour
of ten o'clock a. M, on Saturday. the
tenth day of March. A. d. 1906.
WILLIAM r. ALFRED,
Administrator,
First publication March 1. 1906.
Last publication March s, 1906.