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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-07

Hubby-hy pet you will pardon me.
but aren't these griddle cakes a little
burnedf Wifey almost In tears)--Oh
Tom. and tried to make them 20 pret-
ty for you with that pyrograph set you
gave me!-Boston Transcript.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-07
before the nation In twenty years and
has never made a mistake. What bet
tsr man can we put up 10 i90sf
ia. mitchell.
Movind 6cenas.

Iangs-Yes, SIR have had some
strange experiences and witnessed
some moving scenes-yery moving In.
deed Smith--Oh. are you detective?
Jsngs No: I'm seen, sbj'ts, NJ the
theater.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-07

Potatoes--si. a 100 per cwt.
Cabbage, ib. Q i-2 q Sc: caulInower,
$3.50 per crate; parsley, CSC per doc;
hot house lettuce, 81 per box; head,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-04-07
PORTLAND MARKETS
Latest Quotations In tho Portland
Markets.

Complete Markst Reports Corrected
Each Day, diving the Wholesale
Prices Of Commodities, Farm Pro.
duoe and Vegetables.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
The Orient's Great Medium

RCT crude bar silver is the great medium 80. c>-
- change III China, Burma and Siam In tl, VII
laGe street sits the money changer who Will hand uut
many strings of cash III exchange for a Sv,r, b.r
OF any shape or size. The ingot known aS non may
weigh pound; II also passes current I'M Iudo-
china, stamped on one side with Chinese Iu~crp-
ton, giving the weight, with the merchant name
who weighed II, and Its estimated value Woe unto
that man II he has erred dishonesty or in guoruce
Then there are hat money, shoe money. boat
money, SnallSheI money, and willow leaf money.
All these are derived from the actual form taken by
the silver after II leaves the cruciblc and MOLD The
oddest OF them Is the SnailShcH money. which 5
really bubble of silver SoEdiied into the shape ot
a she'll Each piece bears marks of Identification
showing the Crucible in which II was melted In
the same category one should put the bullet money
OF SIam-crude globes of solid silver bearing uny
stamps The largest is ounce IN weight but
there are specimens fine small shot Ihe
gamblers OF Burma and Siam a porcelain cur
rency bearing groteSque embems, with an ln~cnp-
ton IN Chinese stating how much this or thar tner-
chant will give for them
Perhaps the queereSt money in the world now
ever, Is represented by the boy and girl slaves ot
Mohammedan Africa. One of these viii buy TWO
camels. Ii Is a currency much favored, tor II VIII
carry ITSELF and increases value Ike the best real
estate.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
K N DS OF
By HOWARD KELSEY

their food with whales teeth painted white and red
these are worth twenty times much as the
white teeth. One Will q Fiiian millionaire
SalklnG nude beneath the fcathcrv palm tufts with
ms wealth carried about his neck; the brilliant red
and white OF his coinage forming startling con
traSt with hlS glossy dark skin And when he mar
RES. his humble bride viii present her dowrv of
whales teeth to a connosScur who viii accept
nothing but the best.
There Jade adj heads money in the LOYALTY
Islands with queer little coins made of tufts of
from the flying fox. And feather money is found
IN the island of Santa Cruz. of the same group Ii
Is made of the red feathers from the wings of gor-
GcouS parrots extremely difficult capture. The
natives take the birds by snearing sticks with a
VISI1d lime. Only certain of the wing feathers are
accepted as genuine com of the realm; and these
are made into rolls fifteen feet long. and then Coed
up and placed between two flat boards
In the New llcbrdeS there are curious coins made
OF quantity shaped rings of snow white quartz flat
tened by rubbing and scraping In certain other
lSletS OF MelaneSla mat money made of grass woven
IN intricate patterns passes current. In AbvSSinia
bars of rock salt VIII buy ammunition for nuZZl,.
loading guns; and among the Wanvoro tribes Of
gandd rough iron spear heads, known as maiembe
are largely used 1t was found by Il recent explorer
that two majembe sutfced to support army of SIN
hundred natives for a day.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

uniforms full Of gold braid and scarlet -
ragged shirt waists of brilliant silks .......-.,~
cooked hats, stage shoes OF gold and silver ..cS,
and Christmas tree Junk OF glass balls, ry
triicS of that kind
Chinese money Is traced back three I'd
wears before Christ One Emperor objected rn
copper coinage. gathered a whole issue t.-.. .-r,
buried II deep INTO the earth. and threw III - Top
the worknen employed IN digging the PIT d.. fu
and tao currcuCIcS were struck IN the form co. ...-S
ot cloth or knives for barter. and were i'm ,N~
trOa about the seventh the second ccu,.~y
before Christ. The COmmOncSJ of Chimes ;1out.
the cash, round metal disk with Il square ,.... m
the center; a thousand of these are worth v
ScVentv-hve cents. Ones cook in China 4. r1
market with great strings Of tins heavy r rcv
round neck. shoulders. and waist but even p scu
weighted with much a strong man can cary,
very htte OF our money Il represented Ou thc
RrSNo-t hIncSr borders green tea pressed into i~ckS
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

MOT even the story OF the 1nutiuv ON the Brush
~ ship Bounty and the extraordinary VOYAGE N
open boat of BlIgh and his unfortunate mons
is remarkable as the story of the rule of ne las-
of the NUT ineers who was discovered tve--- years
later in he person of Alexander Smith tber-,- rarn
perhaps by his assumed name OF John Adams he
benevolent despot of Pitcairn Island
Smith had not only taken active par in he
mutinv. but later. after settling with Fletcher.
Christian seven other mutt ineers. and e--r-een
natives OF Otaheite. on Pitcairn had deIf--. -elv
murdered of his white companions rr. IaSJ
but remaining IN order to avert - be
danger from the natives, whom this man had n
suited
Perhaps by this very act he obtained ne ---e
power in the little community which was -- .r 20
he time of his death But the remarkable discovery
made by those who found the colony grown E. rcv
persons in 1898 that this un'esrned --. m.
this rebel and murderer. had guided his r, -.. in
such exemplary fashion that old and vorr- ore
animated by high moral principles and We're 0g
IN accordance with Christian doctrines
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
Money and Weapon Combined

IN the Molua country of Central Africa the savages
i ingeniouSly combine money and weapon in the
shape of a crucIfom ingot of copper ore twelve
inches long. In the Niger States the money Is
enormously heavy rings of brass and IVORY worn as
armlets and anklets. and adding to their use as
com the office of personal adornment They are
precisely like the coinage of the ancient Egyptians
or the Weighty ring money, adjusted to certain
weights. which Caesar found when his legions in
Vadcd Britain.
cast for the purpose in Europe Young slaves of both
sexes and shining beads-all form part of Africa's
loose currency. But perhaps the queerest and one
thtt mas all but passed away, IS the faded fnerv of
civilization. y decade ago ingenious men returned
from the interior To Chinde Mombasa Sierra Leone
and Caro- with large fortunes in ivory gold gums
ana ostrich feathers, obtained by bartering Ciingy
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

his fortune IN the Far East took possession the
population consisted of about two hundred Malays.
They were very ordinary natives, having abiding
taIth IN he principle that he evils of the daV were
sufficient thcreunto. and apparently incapable Of
sustained effort. OF thrift and orderneSS The
only occupation that appeared TO afford them any
satisfaction was that OF wife beating
Ross did not beat his wife. he did not idle and
he did not squander. He Scot. Peing Scotch
he was bent improving men and things These
people We're shftlesS heathens. II was not for
mortal man 10 interfere with the scheme of the
universe bv rcuaking them into ScotChnen. but
there were such things order and the Shorter
CatcchiSm.
The undertaking would have dauntcd most men,
but early reverSes only served to make the Scot
more stubborn in his intention Fortunately. his
wife was of great assistance. and was. perhaps.
due rather 70 her work among the women than
to Ross abors with he men that the first fruits had
begun 10 show when the ruler of the CocoS Islands
was called To give account of his stewardship His
son. who ruled in his place, appears 70 have
been dreamer of dreams. But If. under him
material prosperity was not conspicuous IN
The colony the love of the natives for their
sovereign grew abundanty Thus when IN
the course of human events the second ruler
went to his own place the way was prepared
tor one whose energy was equal TO hat OF his
grandfather. while his knowledge of local
conditions and of native character was I'M
mcasurably superior.
Under he rule of this third Ross the set
Element soon became what it Is to-day
very near approach "a model kingdom
There are only five hundred and hftv IN
habItantS even now; but every man is "A
Contcntcd worker, and woman a per
feet housewife Only. in some manner that
shall never be known, the Malays have
acquired one Scotch habit that was not
taught to them when they learned the
Shorter CatCChiSm Here and here through
the islands illicit stills in which toddv
from the cocoanut IS brewed in defiance OF
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
O y E E R

TFliERE seem no people So low in the social
scale as to be without AT least some cuuiva-
lent OF money. Even the 1,vgmics of the Sem
hI Forest pass slabs OF hippo meat, and receive
exchange bows and arrows. and the bushmeu of
Central Australia barter skins for spearhcads
The Wampum belts of our own Indians are too
familiar to call for more than passing mention They
are made OF an exceedingly hard shell known rs
quahog Hard as II Is, however, the Indians carve
tiny CONS of different shapes. while other shells are
bored as beads. single string of white wampum
svalucd At dollar and quarter for each athorns $
length y purple string represents about two dollars
and half
Among the commonest of all savage currcncicS
Is the shell, which is found al over Africa as well
as IN the coral isles of the Pacific and in parts of
ASIA. In remote Canniba New Britain of the Pa
cine the shell money Is called tambu 1t is a tiny
rare shell dug out OF the sand by the natives of
Nakan, on the West Coast. When supplies of this
Irritating currency arrive in VILLAGE every man
SquatS down and punches holes through the backs
{" the shells that he thread them on long strips
"i cane They are next rolled INTO coils that vary
III length from one hundred To- five hundred athouS
and are carefully wrapped banana leaves and hung
IN guarded treasure houses against the RAINY day
Buying House with Shells
rTHE cowry IS the comnonest form of small change
4 III Indian hazaars Last wear an intelligent
hindu OF 'uttack pad for his new bungalow entirely
IN these niue shells ne cost amounted in our money
To two thousand dollars; and siXtv-four shells
cquaed one tiny copper pee equal To three folIrhs
CT one cent? no less than sixteen million cowries
We're pald to savage laborers and artisans
In many parts of Africa and ASIA long strings Of
these shells adorn village gods and fetshes: and
baskets OF them should really figure in every mission
AIRY report having been offered bv natives toward
the support of the local jungle church the Niles
sources or IN far Siam. In Dahomev a fierce West
African region where human sacrifice was dread
fully rampant. before the French came shell money
plays an important part Periodically the savage
hng goes forth IN barbarc procession with all the
wealth OF his treasury borne before him in hundreds
OF baskets The whole does not represent one
hundred dollars; but Wild enthusiasm and excite
mcnt follow when the generous pOtentate hurlS a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06
THE AMERICAN HORSE
The Morgan AS Producer
of High Class Carriage
Horses.

The breeders of the West are Just be-
ginning to realize the sterling value of
the Morgan blood for producing high
class carriage horses. For a time the
craze for "speed ana more speed" forced
the Morgan bred horse into the back
ground, but now he seems destined to
come into his own again. Some time
ago Mr.. A. T. Cole of Chicago bought the
Gretna Farm, near Wheaton, ILL.,, and
set about producing the ideal type of
carriage horse. With this end in view
he turned to the Morgan blood as the
most uniformly potent in this respect,
and purchased to head his stud the Mis-
ssouri stallion, Kokane, a son of the
successful speed sire, Spokane 2:l54,
and lineal descendant of General Knox
The views of Mr.. Cole as set forth in the
Chicago Tribune of recent date are re-
produced here because they are a clear
and intelligent statement of the value of
the Morgan blood by man who has
given study to the subject, and further,
because Junior believes this value should
be more fully realized by Missouri
breeders.
1.-The chief value of the Morgan blood
does not come so much through its pos
sibilities for producing speed as in inn
proving the conformation of our native
stock. The Morgan family possesses
more of the desirable points of conform
alton necessary for high class, heavy
harness horse than any other branch of
our native stock. l refer to their short
backs, round barrels, closely ribbed up,
sloping shoulders, long necks, naturally
inclined to arch, and round, full but
tocks; also to their good action and to
their remarkable intelligence and good
disposition.
"Almost any stallion carrying one
siXtyfourth or more of the blood of the
original Justin Morgan will transmit
these points of conformation to his pro-
duce, and on account of this wonderful
prepotency of the Morgan blood in trans
hitting the family characteristics and
thus improving any branch of cur native
stock with which it is crossed / consider
the most logical foundation blood for the
heavy harness horse family, and | feel
convinced that through the Morgan
blood it will be less than ten years until
we have a distinct native bred heavy
harness horse type which will prove the
superior of any other family of heavy
harness horses the world has ever
known.
"As to using the Morgan blood for
producing speed it cannot give the
speed inheritance which can be had from
other branches of the trotting family,
but it can improve the conformation of
our trotters and give them the round
barrel and deep chest of the Morgan,
giving the extreme speed trotter or
PAGER greater lung capacity and more
room for heart action, which makes such
consistent and tireless racing mechan-
isms as Joe Patchen and Sweet Marie,
which shows the influence of Morgan
blood in this respect"
JUNIOR.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06
A Unique Savings Bank

The Bradford Opinion believes that
the unique position of the Hyde Park
Savings Bank, in investing all its funds
in Vermont, promotes safety. 1t says ;
The Lamoille County Savings and Trust
Co., holds a somewhat unique position in
Vermont banking circles. Its slogan is YER
mont money for the up building OF Vermont
industries. The principle is carried out so
thoroughly that every cent of the bank IS
funds is invested in Vermont, and the bank
has never lost dollar on a poor note follow.
ing this policy. This is one answer to the
cry that there is no chance to invest money at
home.
The banks policy has been for safe in
vestment rather than for high rate of inter-
est and on the eleventh of this month the
assets OF the bank passed the million-dollar
mark. Neither the policy nor the success Of
the bank is so strange, when we know that
Hon. Carroll s. Page, Of calfskin fame, is the
banks president.
This Bank pays 4 per cent. COM
pounded semi-annually on deposits of
$500 or more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06

Stallion with of his get, William
Noonan, Vergennes, LIST Sl2.
Stallion, yrs. old and over, E G Ryder,
Vergennes, LIST, $40.
Stallion, yrs. old and over, j w. Porter,
Middlebury, I'd So.
Stallion, 3 yrs. old, w Porter, Middle
bury, 1st Of.
Stallion. 3 yrs. old, William Hyde, Bran
don, I'd 81.
Stallion, yrs. old, J w Porter, Middle
bury, LIST So.
CLASS 10 STATIONS - GENERAL
PURPOSE.
Stallion with of his get, G B iHornsby,
Middlebury, LIST S12.
Stallion with 3 of his get, D E Grosvenor,
Bridport, Cd 49,
Stallion, yrs. old and over, G B Horns
by, Middlebury, LIST SO.
Stallion, yrs. old and over, d E Grosve-
nor, Bridport, I'd Sc.
Stallion, 3 yrs. old, Joseph Larrow, Yer
gennes, 1st So.
Stallion 2 yrs. old, Louis Gouette, Mid
dlebury, LIST So.
CLASS 11-MORGAN HORSES.
Stallion with of get, Joseph Battell, LIST
S12.
Stallion with of get, Rufus Noonan,
Panton, I'd IS.
Stallion, yrs. old or over, Joseph Bat
tell, Middlebury, LIST $40.
Stallion, 4 yrs. old or. over, Ed Trudo,
Middlebury, I'd So.
Stallion yrs. old, H Foster, Middle
bury, LIST &c.
Stallion, 3 yrs. old, j w Pitrdge, Bran
don, I'd 81.
Stallion, years old, F w Williams,
Whiting, I'd 50.
Stallion. yrs. old, w H Nickerson, Or
well, LIST, So.
Stallion, 2 yrs. old, Joseph Battell, Mid
dlebury, I'd SO.
CLASS 12ADRAFT HORSES.
Stallion with of his get, C H Marshall
& Son, Vergennes. 1st S12.
Stallion yrs. old or over, E P Aver
Brandon, I'd So.
Stallion, 3 yrs. old, L o Allen, Middle
bury. 1st Sc.
Stallion, yrs. old, Geo. Shea, Addison,
I'd 81.
CLASS 13-TROTTING BRED BROOD
MARES and COLTS.
Brood Mare and Colt, John Halpin, Mid
dlebury, LIST $40.
Brood Mare and Colt, William Noonan,
Vergennes, I'd 81.
CLASS 14-GENERAL PURPOSE and
DRAFT BROOD MARES and COLTS.
Brood Mare and Colt, Afford Payne,
Bridport, LIST $40.
Brood Mare and Colt, ] F Bodette, Yer.
gennes, I'd 81.
CLASS 15-Mares and GELDINGS
tTROTTING BRED.
Mare, yrs. old, Judge E Young, Mid.
dlebury, LIST So
Mare, yrs. old, n &. Burdette. Vergen
mes, Cd 81.
Gelding 3 yrs. old. Judge E E Young
Middlebury, 1st 50.
Mare, , yrs. old, William Noonan, Yer
gennes, I'd 81.
Yearling Colt, Joseph Battell, Middle
bury, lst 81.
Yearling Colt, NJ Grow, Bridport, I'd 50
CLASS 16-MARES AND GELDINGs
GENERAL PURPOSE AND DRAFT
Mars yrs old, C L jackson, Yer
gennes, LIST s..
Mare, yrs. old, B c Parker, Ferris
burgh, End 81.
Mare. 2 yrs. old, E Bodette, Yer
gennes, LIST s..
Mare, 2 yrs. old, Alexander Hamilton
Middlebury, 2nd 80.
Yearling colt, j E Bodette, Vergennes
lst 81.
Yearling colt VIM. Harris, E Charlotte
end, 81.
CONTINUED on Page So
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06
Department B-Horses.
CLASS S-MATCHED and SINGLE
DRIVING HORSES.

Pair Matched Horses, Frank Trudo, Mid
dlebury, 1st $40.
Pair Matched Horses, F F Dean, Corn
wall, I'd 81.
Single Driver, 15,4 hands and over, VIM.
Wissell, Shoreham, LIST IS.
Single Driver, 1914 hands and over, G E
Marsh, Hancock, I'd Sc.
Single Driver, under 15-1 hands,; w NJ
Keller, Cornwall, LIST IS.
Single Driver, under 15-t hands, d d
Sullivan, Shoreham, I'd So.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06
HAVE YOU TRIED CUR-X-zEMAp

1t quickly and permanently cures Eo-
zema, Itching Piles, Burns, Cuts, Sun
burn. and all skin diseases, after all other
remedies fail. At Druggists. SOC. Sam
pie by mail, 10c. Cur-X-Zema Co
Wateryliet, N. Y. "a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-09-06


to Daniel
Wilfu Third
rrotter
disposition He will be
Hawk
performers Dan Patch Audubon Boy 594 Darrell 2 Tyeon 2O4
his He make 1907 the Fair Grounds
For address
JOHN w. PORTER, Grounds, Middlebury
Or STONE, Rockledge Fln, H.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-10

prentice may be turned out thor
ough workman. Sam ad 90 HiHl"
"A proposition VIII be introduced
looking to the election, by popular
vote, of an executive council OF five
four from the United States and one
from Canada--which is to have con-
troll OF the executive business and
serve as the law committee Of the
convention. 90 ot3.t is UotJ.1, ot yit
The label campaign now being
waged in every subordinate campaign
throughout the country will be in
dorsed and funds appropriated to COM
tinue 1t. Another contemplated prop
osotion provides for the appropria-
ton of sufficient money to complete
the $4,000 Cummings memorial
fund, now amounting to over $4,000,
with which will be erected library
building at the Colorado Springs
home. ,....
It is expected that the strike as
sessment Of 2 per cent will be taken
off by the convention and an in
crease made In the per capita tax tc
meet the increased expenses of the
proposed old-age pension plan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-10
The Lint Of Life.

The most eminent medical scien-
fists are unanimous in the conclusion
that the generally accepted limitation
of human life is many years below
the attainment possible with the ad-
vanced knowledge of which the race
is now possessed. The critical period
that determines its duration, seems
to be between so and so; the proper
care of the body during this decade
cannot be too strongly urged; care
lessness then being fatal to longevity
Natures best helper after so is Elec'
trio Bitters, the scientific tonic medi.
cine that revitalizes every organ Of
the body. Guaranteed by Tallman 8
Co., druggists. soc. Cg
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-10
WoMAN's LIFE SAVED.
Not One, But Thousands.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-"Lookine back
over nearly 80 years of medical serv-
Ice rendered to suffering humanity,
1t is one OF the most pleasing teflec-
lions OF my life that by careful re-
search and study, 1 have been en-
abled, not only in general practice,
but by special remedies, to be instru-
mental in saving life, promoting
health, and bringing happiness to
thousand and thousands of suffer-
Ing mortals."-Rev. r. Pengeily, NJ.
ID.
Inquiry at Kalamazoo, Mich, dis
closes the fact that in mentioning
special remedies above, DIR. Pengeily
referred to his experience of more
than 20 years of actual practice in
the treatment OF the diseases OF wo-
men, during which time he invaria-
bly, prescribed Zoa-Phora, the well
known "Woman's Friend" and regu-
lator, and which has found ready sale
among the reliable druggists Of the
land. II you are sick or ailing you
will undoubtedly desire to test the
merits of this valuable woman's med
icine. Just ask your druggist for Zoa-
Phora. No other explanation will be
needed. You will get the prescrip-
ton used so successfully by DR.. Ren-
gelly, already prepared and COM
pounded in Just the right proportions
and put up in sealed, sterilized, one
dollar bottles. E
In each package will be found a
copy of "Dr. Pengelly's Advice to Wo-
men," medical book. giving interest
ing and Instructive information about
all the diseases of women and the
way to successfully treat them in the
privacy OF your own home without
and publicity whatever.-(Editor.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-10
HARVEST ROUNDABOUT ADAMS,
Rains Delayed But Did Not Damage
the Harvest.

Adams, Aug. 10.-Harvest will go
on next week with the usual good
yields. ]. j. Raulstone got 1900 sacks
of wheat and 500 sacks of barley
from 100 acres. Capt. Woodward
cropped 1854 sacks of wheat from
so acres. The growers of this sec
tion-are more than pleased with the
The rain which fell here Thursday
was generally appreciated, and the
farmers were only delayed a short
time on that account No damage
was done.