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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-13

er this morning, relieving Captain NJ. I
IStaples who has been in full charge dur
ing Captain Bailey's enforced idleness
The fine American steamship ryra
loaded with general cargo, for New yorl
came down from Portland yesterda,
afternoon at o'clock and went heloy
for an anchorage, She win probabl,
set away today on her long voyage,
The motor schooner Berwick which ar
rived in from wedierburn, on the Rogue
yesterday morning, discharged what o
freight she had for this port, and lef
up for Portland at o'clock yesterda,
afternoon.
The big Asiatic liner Alesia arisyet
down from Portland yesterday Afternoon
and went to an anchorage in the lower
harbor. to await the subsistence Of 4
hamptious bar. when she win depart fol
the Orient.
The French bark Brizeau. wheat laden
for the United Kingdom, is due down
from Portland today on the tow lines Of
the Oklahama. and will take the earliest
possible despatch for sea.
The British ship San Miren, which ar.
rived in from Australia, with a 5000
ton coal cargo from Newcastle. n. S. W..
on Monday evening viii proceed to
Portland ON the hawsers OF the Harvest
Queen today.
The steamer Daisy Freeman was
among the afternoon arrivals from sea
yesterday. and she docked at the Cal.
lender pier for short while before con.
tinuing her up-river journey to Port
land.
The steamship Breakwater, bound for
Coos Bay. with passengers and freight,
Is due to arrive down from Portland at
o'clock tomorrow morning. and will
Ieaye out at $50 o'clock.
The oil tank steamer Lansing came
lown from Portland yesterday forenoon.
ind is in the lower harbor waiting for
he bar to moderate bit before sailing |
or the California coast.
The oil tank steamer Monterey ar
ived in from California yesterday after
Ioon and went on to the metropolis in
harge Of Captain Patterson. Of the river
,ilots' association.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-13

The oil tank steamer Lansing came
down from Portland yesterday forenoon,
and is in the lower harbor waiting for
the bar to moderate bit before sailing
for the California coast.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-13

The oil tank steamer Asuncion was
due in from the lower coast Of Califor.
MIA last evening. but win hardly make
before this morning.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-13

The steamship Breakwater, bound for
Coos Bay. with passengers and freight,
is due to arrive down from Portland at
o'clock tomorrow morning. and viii
leave out at $50 o'clock.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-13

The British steamship Auckenrai
left up for Portland yesterday at nool
having arrived in from the Sound 0
the morning food.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-13

The steamer Alliance Is due down
from Portland this morning, and viii
leave out for Coos Bay points without
any loss OF time.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
WHALeeoNE At es,7oo A TON.
Il Might Pay Now to Look Up Those
Old Whalsbone Ribbed Umbrellas.

y see by the papers," said Mr.
Grillnnby, that the last quotation for
whalebone In England was f1,750, or,
say about $3.50 ton, making whale
bone worth now somewhere In the
neighborhood Of $3.50 . pound-a
pretty costly commodity.
Il can remember the time when
Shalebone was cheap, very cheap:
when We Used to burn whale oil in
lamps and use whalebone for umbrella
ribs. Those old-time whalebone rib
bed umbrellas were not much like the
present steel ribbed close rollers.
NO. They were of the bulgy out
sort OF gingham umbrellas that you
see now sometimes reproduced after a
fashion on the comic stage, but which
are now never actually used by any.
body, though once they we're used by
everybody, umbrellas with whalebone
ribs. And what was going to say
was this:
People are out all the time look
Ing through the country for old furni.
ture, quaint old colonial, and that
sort Of st"1 Why couldn't we hunt
up those umbrellas-there must be
millions OF them lying around in
country garrets-why couldn't we look
- those old whalebone ribbed ging.
lam umbrellas, for the whaiebone
there is In them? Don't you think
there may be An idea here for max.
ing money.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
IN A MODERN hAREM.
S'eeAssian Slaves Now Wear Copies
OF Paris Fashions.

less picturesque than the descrip
uon In Pierre Lofts "Disenchanted"
was my reception in the harem of Bos.
INA Hanum, the wife Of q close rela.
tive OF the throne, says q writer in
the Boston Globe.
! was assisted out Of my carriage
oy gaunt eunuch In a black frock
coat and red fez. who gave me the
shivers as he clutched my arm with
his sable paw.
Inside the hall I was met BY q
crowd OF female slaves, who helped
me to remove my wraps. They varied
In age from Is to 40; some Of them
were nesresses, but the majority were
Circassians.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
HUNGRY JOE.
THEIR FAvoRIrE BEVERAGES.
What Some Of the Worries orsst Men
Preferred to Drink.

The entertaining author Of "Collec.
tons and Recollection" has been
writing on the favorite beverages a
great men. Thackeray'e choice was
claret He said that our intellect
ripens with good cheer and throws OF
surprising crops under the influence
of that admirable liquid, claret." Mr..
Gladstone, to whom the other pleas.
rres of the table meant nothing, was
a stickler for port, believer In It, .
Judge Of 1t. Mr.. Russell says that the
only feeble speech he ever heard from
Gladstone was made after dinner at
an otherwise hospitable house, where
wine was not suffered to appear.
Lord Tennyson drank his bottle oe
port every day, and drank II undecant.
ed, for, as he Justly observed. . do
canter holds only eight glar ses. but =
black bottle nine. Mr.. Browning, II he
could have his own way, drank port
all through dinner. ~ well - after It.
Sir Moses Montenore. who lived 10
complete his hundred years. drank .
bottle of port wine every day after b.
came to mans estate. Mr.. FnchinS.
the wine merchant in little Dorritt."
thought champagne weak but palata-
BILE" and Lord St Jerome. In TO
THAR" was esteemed BY the young
men a patriot because he always gave
his best champagne at his ball sup
pers. Town and Country.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
Enqllshman's Criticism.

An observant Englishman who has
been making study Of the American
woman and her defects says that in
stead OF the nasal twang, with which
the American woman is credited. he
found that they speak In drawing,
dragging tones, due to lazy, careless
management of the voice.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
Far-Fetched Oratory.

In the Life CT the Seventh Earl OF
Shafiesbury." by Edwin Holder. the
following appears in one OF the
81 eeches OF the subject Of the biog-
raphy: When Gladstone runs down
a steep place, his immense majority.
like the pigs in Scripture, but hoping
for n better issue. will go with him,
roaring In grunts of exultaton."
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
WOMAN IN STRANGE FIELDS.
Exploration and Discovery No Longer
Left to the Steiner Sex.

Not long ago the triumph Of . W.
man who had ascended one Of 6e
Himalaya peaks to . height hitherto
uneoualed BY any mountain climber
was duly chronicled. A few days later
a foreign news item announced the Ar
rival in South Africa Of IN American
Young woman who seeks the jungle
in order to study the language OF the
monkey tribe. She IL alone In her
daring quest and appears to have .
full realization Of its perils-
Still another venturesome woman 10
Margaret Selenka, of German birth.
who is to head an important scientific
expedition to Java In the early part Of
the coming year. She goes there In
the endeavor to establish the identity
OF fossil man-ape found on -
island, a. ths so-called missing link.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27

financial secretary of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, rendering in that capacity im-
portant and valuable service, acquit-
ting himself in a manner, in fact, to
justify his high reputation for ability
and the confidence reposed in him.
The knowledge and experience he has
thus acquired admirably qualify him
to successfully carry out his new en-
terprise. Mr. Taylor is thoroughly
acquainted with the financial situa-
ton and is fully capable of acting in
an advisory capacity in all matters
relating to the same. In an ably writ
ten pamphlet, Mr.. Taylor has clearly
set forth his purposes in starting this
enterprise, which can be regarded as
another proof of the progressive
spirit Of his race. Mr. Taylor has the
support of certain important finan-
cial interests and starts out In his
new field of endeavor under the most
promising auspices. His Offices are
located at Nos. 35 and 81 Broad
street"
II there are members of the race
who have doubted the ability OF Mr.
Taylor, the above testimonial ought
to dissipate such doubts, for IT is the
testimonial of recognized authority
in questions concerning finance
Everyone who has something TO in
vest, whether the sum be large or
small. should not hesitate to put it
In the hands OF Mr.. Taylor. Give
him chance to show what he can
do. for his success as a financier will
certainly shed new glory upon the en-
tire race.
conn prcpoNrDrNrr
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
eoer Colony poinp Well.

The Boer coieny established in the
State Of chihuahua, Mexico. two years
ago, is doing well. The oolonists art
laying up money. They have dispen
ssd with Mexican labor and do 'heh
OWn work
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
Rhine Cate f! ;.
Denver.
DEAR MARY
Denver. Colo.

You know Heron? You know
Denver institutions
now be hum
Restaurant is run
feed Opera at the Rhine
Chill parties the Rhine Private din
Special the Rhine Banuets after the goat
face and fair prices at the
Rhine cheaper your Sunday
meals Yours,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27

All wishing to join see ]. F. Clark
Jr.. 35 Club building, from l2 until
2:S0.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
Continued from page l

In this case. II one happens to lose
one OF his investments, or even two.
his chances are good to make enough
on the others to Offset his losses. But
one who closely follows the market.
and uses the same amount OF discre-
tion when purchasing a stock as he
would IL he were buying a horse can
select three winners out OF four. At
least that has been my experience.
For instance. invested last yeai.
$4,000 at different times in 10 propo-
sitions and lost on only four OF them:
but, after deducting my losses, had
net profit Of $l.700. II my 10 men
had made the same Investments in
cooperative way. none OF them would
have lost On the other hand. each
would have shared the 31,700 profit.
As long as am in business, ! shall
hope 10 be able TO say. Not one of
my clients ever lost" and 1t is my
honest opinion that by following the
plan outlined our chances Of losing
are reduced to minimum"
The thought at once occurred to
me. Why has not some one thought
Of this scheme before!
The answer, suspect. lies In this.
namely. that brokers who buy and
sell stock for the public are interest.
ed primarily In their commissions. re-
gardless Of what kind OF stock they
buy or sell 1t does not matter very
much to them whether their clients
make or lose SO long as they get their
commissions for buying and selling.
On the><other hand, Mr.. Taylor
would safeguard in every possible
way the interest OF those who invest
with him. because he believes no
doubt that In the long run that is the
wise, the honest, the just thing to do.
Here Is what the Mercantile and
Financial Times. one Of the Oldest
and most conservative papers Of the
Wall street district, says Of this gift
ed young man:
Financial Notes Of interes.
THE announcement to the effect
that Mr.. Robert NJ. Taylor Is about to
start q stock brokerage ONCE In the
Wall street center has caused con.
siderable interest In financial and
business circles generally. owing to
the fact that Mr.. Taylor is the first
colored gentleman Of prominence to
enter the domain Of activity.
For a period OF Il Years Mr. Tav.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-12-27
CORRESPONDENT
DEER LODGE NO. I

Meets Every Thursday Night All
Visiting Deers Welcome.
HOWARD MORAN. Pres.
CHAS. BERRY. Sec'y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-20
THE sHELDON RDCEPTTON.

Topeka has two citizens whose fame
Is not bounded by oceans and whose
names are known and respected in dis
tant lands. One of those is F. d.
Coburn and the other is Charles NJ.
Sheldon.
DR.. Sheldon has just returned from
his six-months temperance campaign
in Great Britain, work to which he
was invited by the temperance leaders
of King Edwards domain. Every
where in the United Kingdom he has
been greeted with tremendous crowds
running up into the thousands in the
large cities. These audiences have
been made up largely of Englands
great middle class-the wen-to-do. in
telligent British public which gives the
strength that makes England great.
To all of these people Mr.. Sheldon has
told the story of Topeka and Kansas
the story of the state and its pros
perity, and especially of its fight
against the saloon and intemperanee.
He has contrasted sober, saloonless
Kansas with states and countries that
are cursed with intemperance. and the
comparison is one of which every citi-
zen of this great commonwealth can be
proud.
doubtedly done a great work in Eng
land in spreading the doctrine of the
abolition of the saloon. and now he has
returned to his own people Tonight
Topeka will give him a public recep-
ton at the Auditorium, the first timsit
has ever thus honored this, one of its
two best-known citizens.
Much as Topeka respects and loves
DR. Sheldon If is doubtful if this COM
munity realizes the high honor that
is accorded him abroad, where his up
lifting books have circulated by the
hundreds of thousands. He is himself
SO modest and unassuming in the work
he does here at home that we. his
neighbors, do not comprehend the
power of his name beyond the seas.
1t is a tremendous honor for Topeka
to be the home of such a man. and the
people of this community will doubt
less show some appreciation of this
fact by their attendance at topight's
public reception.
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lions. which would, by damaging their
credit. lower the value of their stocks.
and possibly imperil future divi-
dends. We too often fear the things
we think instead of the things that
are.
Through all this turmoil and dis
order the want of money by many
large corporations and the difficulty of
borrowing it was always an uppermost
topic 1t touched their weakest spot,
and showed the insuff1ciency of their
working capital. They had large as
sets in plant and materials, but COM
paratively little cash to carry on their
large and increasing business. This
made them dependent on the banks;
and when the decline in stocks and
bonds caused distrust that led to a
curtailment, or refusal, of credits by
the hanks, they had nothing to fall
back upon of their own. They were
between the devil and the deep sea.
''This want of sufficiency of liquid
assets is common shortening
among our corporations. both large
and small, and therefore a great ele-
ment of weakness. especially in
periods of distrust, and should be
remedied as far as possible in the
future. 1t is better to do less business
on a safe basis than could be done by
extensive borrowing, with the hazard
of failure in some unlocked for crisis
or time of depression. The greed of
gain should be tempered by the wise
admonitiOn to make haste slowly. But
unfortunately most people are in a
hurry and want to make short cuts to
success.
THE August crisis, like all panics
was brought about and aggravated
more by fears of impending trouble,
and false rumors. than by actual oo-
currenees."
The argument of Mr.. Clews in
favor of Furnishing the guilty heads of
corporations that break the law in
stead of imposing stupendous Anes on
the corporations themselves, follows
the ideas that have already been laid
down by President Roosevelt and Sec
rotary Taft. The heavy fine Furnishes
the stockholders of the corporation
but not the individuals responsible for
the crime: In filming the Standard
Judge lands expressed his regret
that the law under which the Stand
ard was convicted did not allow him
to imDrison the responsible individ-
uals, and the only alternative he had
was to impose fine sufficiently heavy
to make even the Standard vince.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[Frem the Chieago News

GFFem the Chicago News.l
Words are all right when backed by
brains.
Laughter is the sound a man hears
when his lat blows off.
Good fortune nearly always finds
man in a receptive mood
In the lottery of life the dentist is
always drawing something.
No, Alonzo. the greedy land owner
isn't necessarily ground hog.
The automobile isn't in it with the
gossip when 1t comes to running peo-
pie Down.
When a woman is unhappily married
she would gladly recall her miss-spent
life.
Somehow the less account a man is
the more faith some fool woman seems
to have in him.
BY looking wise and keeping his
mouth shut many a man has been able
to pass through life as the real thing.
And the man In the moon is doubt
less forced to practice economy because
everything up there is so high.
Use a long-handled shovel when you
attempt to heap Goals Of fire on the
head of "a man who is a self-admitted
pessimist.
There is more affection in a 50-cent
cotton umbrella than there is in a IS
silk one-at least it abides with the
original owner longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-20

Concordia's new theateF is called the
Brown Grand. 1t is to be hoped that
its plays won't leave a Dark Brown
taste in the mouths of its patrons.
y q
Emperor William has presented the
King of Siam with fourteen daschund
dogs The sausage business in Siam
ought to look up.
. o.
1t is said that the new gold pieces
are real Works of Art. This depart
ment has never worked at the job of
art collector, but if there is any show
for collecting that brand of Art this
department wishes to go into the con-
notsseuF business Immediately.
4
The pictures of Artist Ferdinand p.
Earle look like that sort of a man.
4
Noting that the officers recently cap
tured $1,000 worth of liquor in two
Topeka drug stores, the Leavenworth
Times intimates that it Is skeptieal
about Topeka being dry. OF course it
is dry after losing all that goad liquor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
When frog loses his temper he gets
hopping mad.
Pugilists may be spenders, and yet
they are close-fisted.
In baseball parlance the left-handed
pitcher may be all right.
1t seems as though church music
ought to come by the quire.
Look out for the fellow who is al
ways looking out for himself.
Some fellows make their best time
when they are headed the wrong way.
Aeronauts may have some excuse for
feeling uppish and indulging in high
words.
The expert accountant who is called
in to balance set of books should
have a steady job.
Rlobbs@"He's terribly narrow-mind-
ed Slobbs-"Yes; always give him
a wide berth.
The hand-organ man isn't the only
one who believes that one good turn
deserves another.
No. Maude, dear, there is no similar
ity between Indian clubs and the An
cient Order of Red Men.
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GLOBE, SIGHTS.
fFrom the

From the sAtchison Globe.1 4
Some. people think they are being
agreeable when they say; swell, ! al
ways stand up for you"
A shiftless man may last awhile,
owing to help received from kin, but
John D.. Rockefeller finally gets him.
After a man has passed 70, he has
good luck enough if his final sickness
is not long enough to wear everyone
out.
The best man is so mean that he
wouldn't be entirely satisfied to have
his wife go to heaven, if he knew he
had to go to hell.
Starting a fire without matches is
easy in comparison to tanning the
flame of friendship, which has about
gone out, back to life.
1t makes no difference how mean a
man is to his wife, his mother be-
lieves that it is because her sons wife
doesn't understand him.
We can point out another man who
is going to the devil Nothing will
suit him but hell fire. When he gets
in. he will be mighty anxious to get
out
When a man has to be up for any
event at 8 in the morning, if he is
under 25, he stays UP till 8, and If he
is over rs he goes to bed and gets up
at 2.
A man who lately paid SIS for mem
bership in a private detective agency
is greatly excited; he is about to arrest
a noted criminal for whom a reward
of $4,000 is offered.
Bare living expenses are costing so
much, and every family is INDUCING
in so many needless luxuries, that the
real demand of the times is Fathers
Protective association.
Two young men lately visited in
Coolidge, and the Enterprise said they
were college students. It turned out
that they were attending Mothers
barber college in st. Louis.
This will be the style in hats this
winter as seen by a Globe reporter:
A hat shaped like a mushroom with
a back that says like a disheartened
hapjack. On top there will be a bank
of flowers as big and heavy as a load
of hay.
An Atchison man had typhoid
fever. Near the close of his sickness
his temperature had been normal for
two days, and he was improving rap
idly. His sister came to see him, and
brought her baby. The baby cried
good deal. Within twenty minutes the
mans temperature ran up to 102
That's what annoyance will do for
sick man, and it is nearly as bad for a
we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-20
soRRoW IN THE HOME.

Ma is in there cryin',
Sis is weepin', too;
Auntie's in there tryin'
Awful hard to boo
Makes Teller downright sick,
He wants to run away;
All this fuss becoz 1 had
My curls cut off today.
Kids they called me 'Curlie,'
Never called me Joe;
Called me Sis and 'Girlie,''
Coz my hair hung low
Ma says she don't like 1t,
That's a woman's way:
Sheddin' tears becoZ / had
My curls cut off today.
What's a Teller goin' to do,
That plays at second base;
Can't pick grounders off his shoe,
With hair about his face
Baseball fans will roast him
In an awful way;
Schaefer don't wear curls, an 1
Had mine cut off today.
Ma says she don't like it,
Says / look so strange:
Auntie says she never will
Get used to the change.
Sis don't like it, either,
But they want to wait
TIL they hear the kids outside,
Tell me 1 look great.
Detroit Free Press.