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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

KANSAS CITY, Oct. o5.-Four per.
sons are known to be dead. eight miss.
ing, two fatally injured and fifty more
or less hurt as a result OF the fire which
destroyed the chamber of commerce
bilding early this morning.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26
AAANuANAAAAANNAA.

y Some cf the incest people in
y the city five in furnished rooms;
= people are moving at frequent
y intervals. Tell them in q small
y ad. how attractive your rooms
y are. If your rooms are really 0. 4
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26
OLDEST GYPSY.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25,--Mrs. Louisa
Smith, the Oldest gypsy in America, died
yesterday in camp near Freehold, N.
J. aged l0l years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

"Let us be stylish or die" seems to be
the modern motto, and the wonder is
that so many escape the latter alter
native
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

Half a Lemon dipped in salt will do
the work of oxalic acid in cleaning
copper boilers, brass kettles and other
such untensils.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

1t must be humiliating to a chorus
girl to have to admit that she has never
been married to a millionaire.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

gent. + s Il ID Il; Wharf above Raj.
nier. NV corner, s l2 T..
Alaska-peril Strait. page psi Lies
No. Shoal Buoy, 8, black second
class can, reported adrift October l3i
will be replaced as soon as practicable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26
Several Boys Arrested In Aberdeen
for Robbins Stores.
BELONG TO BEST FAMILIES
Depredations Not Confined to One Store
Where Large Amount Of Goods
Were Stolen by the
Boys

ABERDEEN, Wash, Oct, aS.--Thc
discovery Of a youthful band OF thieves
in this city, many OF whom belong "a
respectable families. has brought griei
and CONSERVATION into many homes
While the names OF all the offenders are
known to the police, only that of Joseph
Epstein, the ringleader Is made public
as yet.
Their depredations do not seem TO be
confined to Kaufman Bros store, where
Epstein worked, but extended to other
establishments.
When vigorously questioned by the
police, young Epstein tried TO lay tho
blame Of their career Of crime on the
other members OF the gang, but his
evidence in this respect was not be-
lievcd.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

The North Pacific steamship Roanoke
arrived in early yesterday morning from
Los Angeles, San Francisco and Eure.
ka. with seventy-two passengers, the
following nine Of whom were debarked
at this port: Mr.. and Mrs. Il. U. No
Ian, c. o. Carlson, Mrs. B. Finch, Sid.
ney Starbuck, Miss Fl. johnson, Charles
Berry. John Kinkella and John Jor.
dahl Captain Durham and his officers
report fierce gales all the way up the
coast, and the Roanoke crossed in yes.
terday morning with the wind blowing
at the rate OF forty miles an hour.
She discharged forty tons of freight
at the Calender pier and went on her
way to the metropolis. She will return
down on Sunday morning early and
leave out at o'clock a. m.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

Morning Astorian, 90 cents per month.
delivered by carrier.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

The American ship James Drummond
came down from Portland yesterday
morning on the hawsers Of the Okla
homa, lumber laden for San Francisco,
and was anchored off the lower end of
the city to await dispatch after the
storm. She was in the very teeth of
yesterdays gale, and it is said her car
60 shifted badly to port. She has a
strong list and this will be straighten'
ed up before she goes out.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

The British steamship Wyneric which
was to have been down from Portland
on her way to the Orient with her i'm.
mense load of lumber, had not put in
an appearance at a late hour last
night.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

The steamship San Diego was an
other arrival from sea yesterday. CON-
ing in from San Francisco at 0 o'clock.
She put off big lot of telephone wire
reels and other appurtenances for the
Pacific States Telephone people and
went on to Portland.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

The steamer Lurline got down on
very fair time last evening, consider
ing the weather which she faced all
the way down. She went back with
good bunch Of people and lots of freight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

Among the Astorians leaving here
yesterday on the steamer Alliance for
Coos Bay points, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. L. Cooper Mrs. G. Steiner, Chas.
Steiner, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Will.
Jams.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-26

The steamer Alliance arrived down
from the metropolis at O'Clock yes
terday morning and after taking on
about thirty-fve tons of freight at the
Calender wharf, went to the lower har-
Dor where she will await a favorable
chance to slip out for Coos Bay.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07

a series of articles on Arts and
Crafts Industries" is begun in the
March New Idea Women's Maya
zine with an account of the making
of jewelry and designing in metal,
in which work it appears many
women are now not only engaged
but successful. Some charming
pieces are shown as the work of
Miss Jane Carson of Cleveland
and others, including brooches,
watch fobs, lamps, jewel boxes,
tongs etc. The writer, Miss Della
Austrian, Is very optimistic con-
corning the the outlook for women
in this craft. There are other
women" she says, in the East
andWest who are doing artistic
work in metal and in the fashion
ing of jewelry. They are one in
the opinion that this work gives
delight and worthy remuneration
to such as possess talent and per-
severance. They say that there
was a time when a strong preju-
dice was felt against women craft
workers, and that Americans pre-
ferred to buy their jewelry in
Paris instead of patronizing the
artists of their own country, but
that this is no longer the case.
American women want artistic
able work, and because these
workers possess the talent and per-
severance needed, they have won
recognition and are enjoying the
fruits of their efforts"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
FIGHTS IN THE OPEN.

Even Mr.. Williams Randolph
Hearst's most bitter political enc
mics will have to concede him the
credit of doing his fighting in the
open and of bearing his personal
share of the brunt of battle. This
characteristic of the man was amply
illustrated in his manner of pres
enting to the legislative committees
of the Albany legislature argu-
ments in favor of nine measures,
pending before that body, which
have been Endorsed by different
organizations in New York. The
measures include an anti-merger
bill, ballot-reform bill, and direct
nomination bill. Mr.. Hearst char
tered special train of ten cars and
took about 300 representative men
of New York City to the State cap
tial, organized them into working
groups, and had them appear be-
fore the differentcommittees having
the bills in charge. 1t was strik-
ing method of urging legislation.
1t was not lobby, in the offenive
sense of the term, and no usual
lobby methods were employed.
1t was fight in the open, led by
Mr.. Hearst, and to him must be
given the credit for any good results
that may follow this almost daring
departure from the customary
methods of influencing the action
of the State lawmakers.-Wash-
ington Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07

spoilers, and other school books
than the patrons of public school
in other States. The object of my
resolution is not only to prove that
such is the fact, but TO go further
and fix the responsibility where it
belongs. Who is responsible
for the fact that the children of
Virginia pay % cents for the Hol-
ton Primer, when the children of
Alabama pay 10 cents for the same
bOoks
Why do our children have to
pay twenty-four cents for first
reader printed in Richmond when
the same book is shipped TO Texas
and sold for twenty cents in cloth
and fifteen cents in board backsl
Who is it that forces Virginia
parents to pay one dollar and fif-
teen cents for geography that can
be bought in North Carolina and
Texas for eighty-eightcentsl What
secret process makes a second
reader worth twenty-five cents in
Georgia, when the Virginia child
has to pay forty cents for itl
The Children have to nav s
cents for blank sheets of paper
bound up called Spelling Blanks
when there are several similar
booklets of an equal number of
pages offered and sold elsewhere
for ) cents. The general assembly
should, in my Judgment, give this
matter a thorough investigation
through a committee empowered
to learn the truth, in order that the
people of Virginia may know once
for all why these things are allow
ed, and who is guilty of such an
outrage on the public school
patrons"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION.
fts Origin One os the UnsoIved Enig-
INNS OF the World.

The origin OF Egyptian civilization
has been the enigma OF the world for
the past twenty-five centuries. Pre-
senting no historic or even mythic IN
fancy. 1t appears before the world at
once as highly civilized and organic
community centuries before Moses was
boy. Upon this subject Renan says,
Egypt has no archaic epoch, but sud-
denly takes its place IN the world In all
Its matchless magnificence, without IA
Their and without mother and as clean
apart from all evolution as II II had
dropped from the unknown heavens"
Would not an explanation at least feasi-
bic be found in the hypothesis that 1t
received Its civilization from some
Eource no longer existing? Menes, the
first historic figure In Its long line OF
dynasties, the outlines of whose per
sonality loom up waverlngly indefinite
but grandly impressive against the deep
mythic background OF prehistoric story
at least 400 b. c.. conceived and ex-
ecuted enterprises extorting the warm
est admiration from the best engineers
OF the twentieth century. Did he not
alter the course OF the Nile by vast
embankments to gain stable founda-
lions other than In shifting sands for
his sacred city Of Memphis and con-
struct the artificial lake OF Moeris. $50
miles In circumference and $50 feet
deep. as n reservoirs for the waters OF
the Nilef
Look, too, at the colossal achieve
ments OF his SUCCESSORS in architecture,
sculpture. engineering. astronomical,
political. medical, social and military
science. TO say nothing OF navigation
and theology. Witness the ruins OF
the Labyrinth recorded by Herodotus,
which had 5000 chambers, half Of them
above ground and half below. q COM
bination of courts, chambers, colon
nades. statues and pyramids. Witness
the wonders OF the magnificent temple
Of Karnak. which still awakens our ad-
miratiOn. a temple, as Demon says,
wherein the Cathedral OF Notre Dame
Ia Paris could be set inside one OF its
halls and yet not touch the walls. Wit
ness the sublime pyramids originally
built In honor OF the sun god Ra and
for use as astronomical observatories,
the splendors OF Memphis, Thebes and
Heliopolis. OF the sphinx and the ODE
lisks. the statuary and the numerous
temples with the ruins Of which the
land is still filled.-Exchange
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

How soon we learn that the average
mans bark Is about al there is to him
When people say anything good about
you. ever notice what a few are pres
entl
We all Of US claim 10 be natural. but
we all OF US know that the only time
when we are not putting on IL when
we are asleep.
Somehow the hundred dollars some
other man has always looks larger and
as II It should go further than the hun
dred dollars you have.
There are not many sights more de
pressing than 20 meet n farmers wag-
on on country road going out from
town with a coffin In it.
When man says he got up nine
times with the baby six nights In sue
cession Il means that one night he
woke up and heard his wife got up.-
Atchson Globe.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
Perpetuatine the species.

There is a stringent law in Japan
that when one camphor laurel is cut
down another must be planted in its
place. The tree Is hardy and long lived.
attaining TO an enormous size. 1t is
covered with small leaf OF a vivid
green color. The seed. or berries, grow
IN clusters, resembling the black cur
rant In size and appearance. And the
wood is employed for every purpose.
from cabinetmaking to shipbuilding.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
Hawaiian HuclSIeberry.

On the island OF Hawaii are great
thickets OF the ohelo or Hawaiian hue.
kleberry (Vaccinium rcticulatum). which
the natives consider sacred TO Pele, the
goddess who is supposed 10 preside
over the famous crater OF Rilauea, and
which, together with white pigs and
chickens, are thrown by them into the
boiling red lake during an eruption TO
appease the wrath OF the aggressive
dame and thus cause the rivers OF lava
to cease flowing on their destructive
course. These berries grow In clusters
on low bushes right on the very brink
OF the birthstone beds and are so nu-
merous that a bushel may be easily
gathered In half an hour In appear
ance they somewhat resemble a cram
berry. and the flavor Is pleasantly sug-
gestive or grapes.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
The Minister. Tartan.

Every clan or Scottish highlanders
had its own tartan. or striped colored
cloth, OF which the kilt and plaid were
made. 1t is not 40 well known, how
ever, that the clergy OF the highland
ers down 10 a recent date used & tartan
for their weekday dress. The tartan
or the clergy. as II was called, was a
sober cloth OF white, black and gray
stripes. Ministers who did not care TO
don the kilt almost always wore the
plaid or mantle OF this material. In
the eighteenth century when the high
landers seldom went unarmed 1t was
the custom OF some clergymen to wear
swords even at church and TO be ac-
companied by gillie, or servant. car
rying bow and sheath OF arrows.
Nothing could better Illustrate the dis
turbed state OF those times than this
practice on the part Of the men who
were prominently preachers OF peace
and universal good will. Scotsman.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
THREE-DAY SHOW FOR BERRYYILLE.

The action of the Virginia Horse
Show Association in awarding
three days to the annual Berryville
Horse Show, instead of two, as
formerly, meets with popular APP
proval.
The Berryville Show has largely
increased each year since its first,
and as other prominent classes
were added it was found that two
days was not sufficient in which to
give proper consideration to the
different entries and exhibitors.
The Horse Show officers have,
by generous prizes, courteous
treatment and business-like man
agement, placed the show among
the leaders in the State, and it has
even been asserted by many that
the show of 1905 was superior to
any in the State.
Let there be no backward step;
let the prizes be generous in size
and numerous; let the Judges be
men of reputation in horse circles;
let there be no wrangling among
the stockholders regarding "divi-
dends" and appropriations.
The COURIER has given many
columns of free advertising to the
Berryville Horse Show, because
it was local matter of pride. We
shall continue to do so, as long as
the Show merits it. When the
Show no longer merits our indul-
gence, or the officers become
"czars" of all they survey, we
will be found saying so, emphati-
cally and promptly.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
Old EnRlish Pence

Halfpence and farthings were not
coined in England before the time Of
Edward l., and until they were the
penny, which was then made OF silver,
was issued deeply indented with a
cross In order that it might be broken
into two pieces for halfpennies or into
four things, or farthings The silver
penny was the first coin OF the Anglo
Saxons struck In England. In 1872 an
authorized coinage of copper pennies,
halfpennies and farthings was estab-
hshed. Silver farthings ceased to be
coined under Edward VI. and silver
halfpennies under the commonwealth.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
CATCHING TURTLES.
Methods Used by the Fishermen OF
the Tropics.


Turtles are always captured at night
and usually on moonlight ones. This
is the time they go on the shore to lay
their eggs. They select Il smooth,
sandy beach, dig holes I'm the sand, de-
posit their eggs there and leave them
to be Matched by the heat OF the sand.
When the turtles are on shore for this
purpose hunters come upon them, and
they are easily overtaken, for turtles
are slow movers. The hunters have
not a very strenuous undertaking. All
that is necessary TO be done is to turn
the turtles on their backs and leave
them until the next day. when they are
removed.
Another more curious way of catch
ing turtles is by fishing by the remora,
fish found In the tropical waters. The
popular name Of this fish and the one
by which the children Of those coun-
tries call them is the sucking fish. This
name is given to them on account Of a
disk on their heads, by which they can
attach themselves TO any smooth sur
face, like the side OF a shark, chip
or the shell of turtle. This disk IS
like the soft leather suckers that are
popular with schoolboys. When this
fish has once attached himself to any
thing you can pull him to pieces rather
than force him to release his hold.
Turtle hunters go In boats and carry
several OF these remoras IN tubs. When
they see turtle and get near him the
sucker is sent after him. He is held
by the ring on his tail, which in turn
is attached by a stout cord. Soon The
fish Is securely fastened to the shell
OF the turtle. and turtle and fish are
hauled into the boat together Once in
the air the remora loosens his hold and
is dropped back into the tub to rest
until another turtle is sighted.-wash-
ington Star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer TO use for different
products.
Ii your blood is impoverished
your doctor win tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
aro-lacking in it. 1t may be you
need q tonic, but more likely you
need q concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated us
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
LiFELESS RIDERS.
Thrilling Incidents culled From the
Horrors of War

Horrors OF War.
A veteran OF the British army In In
dia once saw a strange sight ON a bat
tlefsld. As he tells the story a SQUAD
ron OF cavalry had been held In reserve
under cover OF n field battery and an
Infantry regiment. The artillery duel
had ended. The assault OF the enemy
In overwhelming numbers had been re-
pulsed by the steadiness Of the infan-
try. While cloud OF smoke hung over
the field the cavalry received an order
10 charge with drawn sabers.
The troopers started In close order for
the enemy's line. Midway they met a
destructive fire from earthworks In
front OF them and from the woods on
their flank. A young cavRlryman. with
bis saber drawn. was shot In the heart
while leading in the first file. The horse
halted. swerved TO the right and turned
back. but the rider kept his seat with
out filnching. The other troopers went
on. carried the earthwork by storm,
rode at full gallop after the retreatlng
force and converted defeat into rout.
The dead trooper meanwhile was re-
turning with white face and with the
blood streaming from his wound. IN
der his nerveless hand the horse re-
ceived neither check nor leading and
made its own way toward the infantry,
which was now advancing rapidly. As
the smoke lifted the soldiers saw the
solitary rider coming. with one hand In
a death grip upon the saddle. while the
other still held the sword rigidly
clasped
IL was sight never TO be forgotten
the galloping horse. with the dead cav
alryman still mounted and looking grim
and fierce. 1t was not until the rider
had gone fifty yards from the spot
where be had been killed that be rolled
or the horse.
A similar story is told of Captain No
Ian. who delivered the fatal laundering
order for the charge Of the famous Light
brigade. de was seen on the field Of
Balaklava. riding from the hills where
the stan officers We're drawn up to rhe
quarter where the brigade was station
ed The charge began. and what was
left of the brigade returned In broken
groups.
At last Captain Nolan was seen gal
looping rapidly toward the center OF the
field. He was firmly seated. straight as
an arrow and riding well. Suddenly
tho horse swerved and the rider toppled
over.
The officers who were nearest rushed
forward, but when they lifted him from
the ground they found him lifeless.
Like the Indian saberman, he had been
shot and instantly killed. but his horse
bad carried him safely across the field,
out Of the reach OF the pursuing Cos
aaCLs
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07

almost an our 1000 pronipiuons spr1ng
from the extraordinary custom gen
orally called totemism. AIR. Swan. who
was missionary for many years IN
the Kongo Free State. thus describes
the custom: II were 20 ask the feke
people why they do not eat zebra flesh.
they would reply. 'Chijila"-L q. 1T IL
thing TO which we have an antfpa-
thy or, better. lit Is one OF the things
which our fathers taught Us not TO eat"
So n seems the word "bashilang'
means "the people who have an an
tipathy 20 the leopard the "basha-
LAMBDA" those Who have an antipathy
10 the dog" and the ''bashilanlanxefu.'
''those who have an antipathy TO the
elephant In other words. the mem
bers OF these stocks refuse TO eat their
totems. the zebra. the leopard and the
elephant, from which they take their
names.
The survival OF antipathy TO certain
foods was found among people as
highly civilized as the Egyptians. the
Greeks and the Romans. Quite a list
OF animals whose fiesh was forbidden
tutEhA " OlNWn III kSA tAoknksSs -
old Egypt the sheep could not be eaten
In Thebes. nor the goat In Mendes. nor
the cat I'm Bubastis. nor the crocodile
at Ombos. nor the rat. which was sa-
cred TO Ra. the sun god. However. the
people or one place had no scruples
about eating the forbidden food OF an
other place. and this often led TO re-
llgious disputes and bad blood
Among the vegetables tabooed as
food by the Egyptians may be men,
toned the onion. the garlic and the
leek. Lucian says that the inhabitants
OF Potassium adored the onion. Accord
ing TO Pliny. the Egyptians used to
swear by the leek and the onion. Juve-
nal pokrS fun at those who thought Il
n sin TO eat them. He exclaims. Surely
a very religious nation and n blessed
peace where every garden Is overrun
with godsr'
The survivals OF totemIsm among the
ancient Greeks are very interesting.
Families named after animals and
plants were not uncommon Ono Aths-
Man genus. the Ioxidae. had for It's
ancestral plant the asparagus. We
may be sure that this plant was tabooes
as food 20 every man. woman and child
OF the Ioxidae.-New York Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07
HorseIe.s carriaee. In 1aa.,

In one Of the letters of Grul Patin.
written in 1915. the learned bibliophIle
says: 1T is true that there is here
an Englishman, the son OF a French
man. who proposes to make carriages
that Will roll from Paris to Fontaine-
bleu without horses In a day. The new
machine is preparing In the Temple.
If 1t should succeed there Will be a
great saving Of hay and oats, which are
at present extremely costly"