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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-05

struct and complete from said summit
to some point on the Nehalem River and
reach the latter river on or before the
3Oth day of December, 1909, with its
railway and irons laid thereon, thereto
all OF which designated lines of railway
to be standard gauge, so as to have
constructed q completed and continuous
line Of standard gauge railway with ties
and irons laid thereon (First) from said
Clatsop and (Second) from said section
10 on Lewis and Clark River on and to
the Nehalem River, aforesaid, along its
present surveyed line of railway. all in
the County OF Clatsop, State of Oregon,
and shall also have run over such rail-
way track the entire length thereof to
said Nehalem River on or before the
said 30th day OF December, 1909, by its
own power standard locomotive with
three (3) coaches attached, then and in
that event, time being OF the essence
hereof, the said trustees, G. w. Sanborn,
+. L. Parker and G. G. Fulton, are here
by authorized and instructed to convey
unto said Portland Oregon & Seacoast
Railway Company, its successors or as
signs the fee simple title to the above
described strip of land the title to
which is not to be delivered to said
Portland Oregon 4 Seacoast Railway
Company until its railway has actually
reached Nehalem River, as aforesaid, on
or before said 3Oth today of December,
1909. In the meantime said Portland.
Oregon & Seacoast Railway Company,
its successors or assigns, agents or EN-
ployees, are hereby authorized to enter
upon said strip OF land and right of-way
hereinbefore described, and construct
thereon roadbed, and a line of stand
ard gauge railway, provided the same
shall be done within the time and in
the manner hereinbefore mentioned, but
if said Portland Oregon & Seacoast Rail
way Company, its successors or assigns,
shall fail or neglect to perform either
or any of the above conditins Within
the time and times above mentioned
then said trustees shall reconvey the
abovedescribed premises and right-of.
way back to the grantor, his or their
heirs or assigns, and said railway COM
panp shall take nothing hereby, and
shall Immediately vacate said premises.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-05

1t is well known fact that persons
living in the Pine forests do not suffer
from kidney diseases. One dose of Pin
eules at night usually relieves backache,
80 days. treatment, $l.00. Your money
refunded if not satisfied.
Sold by Frank Hart Drugstore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-05

Mothers with little children need no
longer fear Group, colds or whooping
cough. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup
tastes good. It works of the cold
through the bowels. clears the head.
Guaranteed. Sold by Frank, Hart's Drug
store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-05
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
FITZGERALD REELECTED.
Again Chosen National Organizer of
 Trolleymen's Union.

Dennis s. Fitzgerald of Portsea street, a former conductor on the trolley road here has been unanimously reelected national organizer and a member of the national executive board of the Trol- leymen's union for period of two years.
 Mir. Fitzgerald was one of the lead CTS in the organization of the local division of the trolley union and was prominent at the time of the strike here few years ago He left the road to become a state organizer and at the national convention tw) years ago he was elected to the important office in this organization to which he has been reelected. Before he returns to his home MT. Fitzgerald will make a tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania to get line on the condition of the trolley unions in these states. Charles Min rsx, the head of the New Haven dlvis- ion, and also chairman of the state executive board and James Harklns were the local delegates to the national convention which was held at New Or leans.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
WEIRD VICILS IN
 FRENCH LIGHTHOUSES Strange and Sad Experi- ences of Keepers on the
 Coast of France.
INSANITY AND DEATH
The Rush of Birds by Night Mourning at Long
 Range.

A French writer, telling of the life of the lighthouse keepers along the coast of Brittany, thinks it strange that any of them escape insanity. The system of relief that prevails in this country has no equivalent in the French service and with short inter- Vals, months apart, French light house-keeper may spend forty years of his life tending the lamps in one sta- tion, with single companion, and that station may be on rock in the chan nel or the Bay of Biscay, which boats can approach only in fine weather
 JAS a matter of fact the men often do become insane or at least develop mono-mania. Sometimes it takes the form of hatred of each other.
 In one case, at Terennec, one of two men was found by a party who came off from the shore in response to sig nals lying dead in his bed with a long, keen bladed knife through his heart. His companions story was that he had committed suicide after long period of melancholia. There was no proof to the contrary, but after examining the wound the authorities doubted the truth of the story.
 On another occasion, where fNther and son tended an isolated beacon to- gether, the young man was seized with an attack of acute mania. When the time came to light up he planted him. self in front of the stairway to the lantern and refused to allow his fath- | CT to ascend.
 The old man attacked his son, and finding he could subdue him in no other way, so that the lights on which so many lives depended might be kindled, strangled him to death. The next day he signalled to the shore for help and gave himself up to the police, telling what he had done.
 | Sickness and death are, no strangers in the lighthouses. There is, ninety nine times out of a hundred, no chance of medical aid, and the well man pre- scribes from the medicine chest for the sick one as best he can. He also does double duty until his partner recovers or relief comes by chance.
 1 There are not infrequent cases when l the survivor hadi to- sew up his dead comrade in hammock and launch his weighted body from the rocks into the sea. Then come long nights of lonely watching. g
 In winter time tie lamps must be tended and the cloclwork kept going for IA to 15 hours The lantern is un- heated except for the glow of the lamps up in it's ceiling and the government allows the watcher no chair lest he fall asleep. Then when day comes it
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
SOME QUEER HAPPENINGS.
A CAR LOSES ITS TRUCK
Some Interesting Experiences as Told by Railroad En-
 gineers.

There are actual happenings in railroading every year which are far more sensational than the widest dreams of any writer of fiction"s said railroad man, and he proceeded to tell stories to demonstrate his the ory.
 The first story related to a freight train on the New Haven railroad. William Dellert, now travelling engi- neer on the New York division of the road, was the engineer. When the train reached Stamford the car in- spectors examined the cars and in the middle of the train saw sight that caused them to start back in amaze ment. The forward truck of one of the box cars was missing and the only thing holding that end of the car up was the coupling.
 A hurry call was sent out for every available man to start in search of the missing truck, for an object of that kind loose on four track road was likely to cause lot of trouble. The truck was located down a bank on an outcurve at Cos Cob, six miles west of Stamford
 It seems that as the car started around the curve the pin connecting the car and the truck broke and the truck shot out from under the car and then ran down the bank, leaving the forward end of the car suspended only by the coupling. When it is con- sidered that the train was running at a speed of S5 miles an hour when it rounded the curve, and that this gait was kept up into Stamford, the es- caue from a bad wreck was surpris- dng.
 N Engineer Charles M. Clark, former ly on the Connellsville division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, had an experience somewhat similar. He was firing a Grant engine. with three large driving wheels on each side, the mid dle wheel being without flange They had passed Glencoe and were mounting the grade to the long Sand Patch tunnel when they were Jagged and stopped.
 The engineer utilized the delay tc get down and oil up little. A mo- ment later Clark heard him gasp:
 Clark, for the love of Heaven come down here and see this en. gine!"
 The middle driver on the engineers side had twisted off it's axle flush witt the outside of the journal box, bu the massive wheel was still in an up
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18

brings no rest to the solitary man, for the lamps must be replenished and glasses and refectors polished.
 It is no wonder that weird fancies come to the men. They hear voices calling from the sea and see drowned men and women looking up at them from the breakers. One of their horrors is of the birds that beat against the walls and balconies of the beacons with their wings and dash against the panes of the lantern, sometimes break ing the glass with their peaks. As their eyes shine in the glare they seem to express anger or blood-thirstiness to the men within.
 One of the most pitiful stories of lighthouse life is told of the keeper at Four en Finisterre, who kept all alone a station on an Isolated rock a couple of miles out from the shore, but so surf beaten that only once month or so was a boat sent out to it with supplies. The cabin in which the keeper made his home was on the shore op- posite his lighthouse and the recrea- ton he most enjoyed was watching it through his telescope. He could see the people go in and out and the children playing in front of it.
 One day he saw something fluttering from the doorjamb. He was puzzled. Then it flashed on him that 1t was a crape and that someone was dead in the house.
 I.i t,o 1ara6 OT his wife Or one of his brothers. He counted the children later in the day and they were all right.
 The wind blew and the water ragged. No boat could come near him and he watched the crowd of sympathizing friends come and go. Then he saw the funeral.
 He recognized the cure at the head of the procession by his white surplice and the altar boys walking beside him. Then came the coffin carried by six men.
 As the mourners walked after 1t he strained and strained his eyes trying to identify each and thus determine the missing one. But in vain, All walk ed with bowed head; the women's faces were buried in their handkerchiefs; the men held their hats before theirs. Ht could make out nothing characteristic
 The men who, eight days later, risk ed their lives to row out to him and break the news of his wife's deatf found him a physical and mental wreck from sleepless anxiety. But he had kept the light burning faithfully all the time.
 The French lighthouse keepers re- ceive from 700 to $50 francs year-$14 to $19O. When they are worn out they retire on a pension of $6,S0 a month.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18

| right position, leaning at slight an gle on the side rod, which was the only support holding it on the rail. It was evident that in this condiNon the loose driver had been running along the rail for at least the two miles of straight track at the end of which they were.
 It was thought that the wheel was twisted from it's axle as the engine rounded sharp curve about two miles below, and it was pretty cer- tain that 1t would have Jumped the track and fallen in the way of the hind driving wheel as soon as the en- zine started to go around the very | next curve. That this did not hap pen was due to the accident of the train being Jagged. The engine ran | along all right until the train was Jagged, but once stopped, the engine was completely dead and had to be hauled to the end of the division. 1 One night long freight train broke in two as it was coming around a sharp curve on the Erie road be- tween Buffalo and Corning, N. Y. The l engineer put on full speed and ran away from the hind section in order l to give the conductor and brakemen on the rear end chance to stop their section. This they succeeded in do- 1 ing in quarter of mile or so, and then the engineer backed the forward section, coupled on to the rear section I and proceeded to Corning, the end of tho division.
 The conductor who was to take the train over the next division discovered in looking over his train that he had a way bill for a car which was not among those delivered to him. The other conductor was certain that he had the ear when he started for Corning, and showed it's number checked off in his report
 No solution of the mystery came for a long time. Then some boys came across the missing car at the bottom of a ravine, below the curve on which the freight train had brok. en in two.
 It is supposed that when the real section of the broken train started tC round the curve this car had jump. ed the rails, broken the coupling hold
 ing it to the car behind, and cleared twenty or thirty feet down the banl
 before striking the ground, which a
 this point was covered with under
 brush, and that this undergrowth
 after the car had rolled past, hat
 lighted itself and given no Indication
 of having been disturbed.
 Almost the same kind of acciden
 happened on the New Haven roaC
 some years ago, when two freigh
 cars jumped from the rails and rolled
 down bank from the front end of
 parted train, and their loss was no
 discovered until the new conductor a
 the next division point took an in
 ventory of the cars But in this in
 stance the truant cars were located
 in a few hours, being in full view. l An odd accident took place on thu
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18

Such men are usually high flyers, hard workers mentally, living under high pressure and high draught, and | it doesn't take great deal to disor- der the stomach or render the liver torpid.
 They should make it a practice to use some tried and reliable remedy. like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, thai will aid Nature, and not force it. and will take care of the sudden attacks of acute indigestion. k
 The use of these tablets is not to be confounded with the patent medicine habit Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are not a patent medicine, but are com posed of the very elements which Ma ture provides the healthy stomach to do the work of digestion-pepsin diastase, golden seal, etc. There is no secret in their reparation-they are absolutely pure and therefore all the world uses them.
 No matter how disordered the ston,- ach may be, it will right itself if given the chance. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab- lets digest food where the stomach can't, give the abused stomach and intestlnes a rest and offer renewed strength to the worn-out glands and muscles.
 Brain workers can rely on Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets, no matter how tense the strain. All druggists carry them in the fifty-cent packages. or if you prefer a free trial package it can be had by sending your name and ad- dress to-day F. A. Stuart Company. 15O Stuart Building, Marshall, Mich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
MExToo's HARD WOODS.
Material For tho Wood Worker oi
 Which Little Use Is Made.

q was amazed at the almost infln- it variety of woods of value to wood workers that are growing in the for ests of tropical Mexico" said timber expert, who recently made tour of that part of Mexico. There are sev- eral varieties of mahogany, cedar, oak, rosewood, ebony, dyewoods and endless other hardwoods with Spanish names, but corresponding to our hick- ory, cherry and other fine American woods that are now extremely scarce and costly.
 Many of these tropical woods are as strong as iron. While the mahog- any, cedar, rosewood and dyewood are well known to us through importa- tions from there, the unknown vari- cities of woods that are just as valua- ble are quite as plentiful.
 Among these is one called za- pote, which grows to a great size. Al though the wood of this tree has pe- culiarly valuable qualities for lum- Der, it is seldom used in that way, the tree being valued merely as the pro- ducer of chicle, the sap which forms the basis for most chewing gun.
 "The wood of the zapote tree is dark red, and Is easily worked until thoroughly seasoned, when only the finest edged tools will have any effect on it and a sharp pointer nail is driv- en into it with difficulty. The fibre of the wood is so dense that the wood sinks in water like iron.
 -"In the prehistoric ruins that abound in these Mexican tropics are timbers and door frames that are as feet to-day as when they were first placed in position. The wood takes magnificent finish, as do nearly all of these Mexican hard woods, and would be a rare article for the cabi- net-maker.
 There is an odd wood among these forests known as the gran tree, which when tapped yields black sap which is sent in large quantities to Germany, where 1t is used in the making the ink and dye Another tree yields a sap that Is a deep red, and Germany also takes largely of 1t for the manufacture of dyes.
 Beside these that abound in that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
BoxWooD SCHOOL
Closed for the First Time in Twenty
 Years.

Old Lyme, Oct. 17.-Boxwood school, noted because of It's fine educational advantages and the beauty of it's sur- roundlngs, is closed this season for the first time since 1t opened some twenty years ago. The school which was dis- tinetly fashionable boarding academy for young ladies, was opened under the management of the late Mrs. R. S. Griswold and was conducted by her successfully both from a financial and educational standpoint for nearly eigh- teen years.
 About two and half years ago ar- arrangements were made whereby Miss Ida J. Tibbits, of California, assumed the management. Her idea was to run the school in conjunction with one in charge of her sister in the suburbs of San Francisco, believing the pupils might alternate between the places. Several prominent families in Cali fornia promised to send their daughters here, but the terrible earthquake disas- ter prevented a fulfllment in many cases.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18

part of Mexico there are vast areas of pine, a timber that resembles our popular and different Kinds of oak. Much to my surprise more than G. 900 feet above the sea I found a biz saw mill in active operation, with Yankee from Maine at the head of 1t.
 "And he wasn't bothering with such commonplace logs as mahogany, ebony, cedar, rosewood or such as that, but was cutting away at tho white pine and oak, for those are the woods that the native buyers and us- CTS of lumber demand. As a matter of fact, a Mexican lumber dealer would be willing to trade you mahog- any for our yellow pine, log for log"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18

Jersey Central road that was full of possibilities in the way of a wreck. An empty locomotive was going to- ward Jersey City running backward. When running thus an engine is par ticularly likely to be thrown from the track, for the light tender wheels us ually mount the slightest obstruction. The engine ran into an old crosstie that had been placed squarely across the rails by some would-be train wrecker. Instead of climbing the tie and jumping the rails, the wheels of the tender sank deep into the wood, ceased to revolve and slid the tie along the rails in front of them.
 It was afterward calculated that the crosstie was pushed along in this manner for fully five minutes before the engineer found out the state of affairs, and even then he only learn ed that something was wrong by smelling the smoke from the crosstie which began to burn from the fric- ton.
 Engineer Dellert of the New Haven had another peculiar thing happen him while hauling a freight train into New Haven one night over the Air Line division, which was single track ed The new conductor in looking over his bills found that the cars tall lied all right, as far as the number was concerned, but the bills stated that car No. 155S4 was loaded with coal, whereas 1t proved to be com pletely empty upon examination. Il was an open flat car, which dumped from the side.
 The explanation of the puzzle was furnished the next day when upon returning over the same division En- gineer .Dellert discovered the coal in a farmers pasture along the track The car had simply got tired of car rying its burden, had dumped the whole load overheard, swung bach into an upright position again and gone on it's way rejoicing.-New Yorl Sun
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
ARTIFICIAL GEMS MADE.
Those of Sapphire Order Are Turned
 Ont in Marketable Size.

InOSe Ol SappIlF6 OfuGF AEo 1uu6u
 Out in Marketable Size,
 After describing how diamonds may be made by the employment of tre- mendous pressure, Henry Smith Will Hams, in an article on modern chem istry in Everybody's Magazine, says:
 Tt would be futile to predict how soon diamonds of marketable size may be produced; but in the meantime the similar problem of manufacturing rel atively large gems of other kinds-ru- bies, sapphires, emeralds, the Oriental amethyst, and the Oriental topaz has yielded it's full secret to science.
 "Just as the brilliant diamond is only particular state of so familiar and inexpensive substance as carbon, so these sister gems-some of them even exceeding the diamond in value, weight for weight--are merely crys- talline forms of the clayey earth alumina--a compound or aluminium and oxygen. If no coloring matter is present, this crystal is called white sapphire Usually, however, q trace of some chromium or cobalt salt is found and then the gem becomes a true sap phire, a ruby, an amethyst an emer- aid, or a topaz, according to color.
 Gems of the true sapphire order
 
 ina to a liquid state, through the agen- cy of extreme heat; the gems crystal lize from the solution or cooling. Un- fortunately the gem thus formed breaks into fragments when touched; but the fragments are still of market able size; and true rubies and emer- aids thus manufactured have now en- tered the field of commerce"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
THr oRIGTNAL NATURE FAKEs

After careful and important con- sideration of all the evidences bearing on the subject, the Investigating com mittee reports that, notwithstanding their long life and apparent respecta- bility, the following are undoubtedly nature-fakes:
 The bull in the china shop. The wolf at the door.
 The fly in the ointment.
 The dog in the manager.
 The fish out of water.
 The bee in the bonnet.
 The flea in the ear.
 The rat that was smelled. The chorus girls lobster.
 Pigs in clover.
 Horse and horse.
 Time flies.
 The Welsh rabbit.
 The man on a lark.
 They are accordingly stricken from the White house phrase-book and will receive no further official recognition. Indianapolis Nsgse
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Tn Memory of Late James T, Mullen
 of This City.

State Deputy J. T. Meskill of the Knights of Columbus has appointed the following committee on the erec- ton of monument to the late James T. Mullen of New Haven, the first su- preme knight of the Knights of Co., lumbus: D. E. Fitzgerald of New Ha- ven, A. II. Magnet of Manchester council. M, M. Dary of Putnam and w. M Geary of New Haven. Mir. Mes kill is chairman ex-offlcio. MT. Mullen was an officer of the Ninth C. V. in the civil war and was prominent in New Haven police force for years