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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-08

For Fine Watch and clock repairing
go to Frank J. Donnerberg. tho re-
liable jcweier, Ill iitb 81.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-08

Dell B. Scuily, Notary Public, ar
Scully's Cigar Store. ANY old hour!
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-08
Two Day. More-saturday Is tn

Two Days Mcre--Saturday Is the
tenth day Of the month and does not
count In the limit for paying water
rates ,his month. so there are but two
days left IN which 10 settle or incur
the penalty.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-08
IERsE TALES Of The TOWN

90 TO A. .. Craig for your tent.
awnings and all kinds OF canvas worh
i2th and Exchange. n
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-08

The very bcst board to DO obtained
In the city IN n, "The occidcnt Hotel
Rates very rea easoneblc.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
PncAHONTAS IN LONDON.

Shakespeare was yet alive and IN more or less
active work while this strange procession, Whlch
l have described. of natives OF Virginia. Guiana
and New England, defiled through English ports
OF most of them the dramatiSt doubtless caught
a glimpse. But it was just after his death that
the most imposing of Nirginian visitors reached
London. Pocahontas. the young daughter or the
chief Powhatan. had conceived as chlld a TO-
mantle attachment for the English settlers, ana
had Gt was alleged) protected more than one OF
them from the murderous designs OF her KIN
dred At length she Joined the newcomers as
willing hostage and in 1913. when not more
than eighteen years old, she boldly dened all
Indian and English conventions by marrying an
English settler. Immediately afterward she ac-
cepted Christianity, and expressed anxiety 20
visit her husbands Christian country. Accord
tngly in the summer of 1916 she arrived in the
English capital with her husband. an infant son,
her brother Tamacoma and some native women
attendants. 80
splendid reception was accorded the Nir-
ginian princess State and Church combined TO
do her honor James I received her ana her
brother at court They attended performance
at whitehall of a Twelfth Night masque by Ben
Jonson (January 6. 161D. of which they spoke
with approval. The Bishop of London enter
tanned her with festival pomp." The princess
portrait was painted and engraved by dis
tinsushed artists. Her dignifed bearing was
generally commended. although hints are given
hv Ben Jonson that the princess was occasion
aily seen to the dismay of her hosts, 10 enter
tavern doors Her entertainment, at any rate
seems to have been thoroughly congenial TO her,
and she was reluctant to shorten her WISH Al
the end of ten months. however, she traVelled
to Cyravesend with view to embaTkation TOT
TO the general grief. she fell i'll and died Inc
narish register of Gravesend describes her as
i.of Virginia lady born."-Sidney Lee, in
Scribner's
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
HOgTLERY.

The doorway opens on crumbled inn.
Whose windy sign is creaking overhead
With worms and weather where name had
been
Telling the empty title Of the dead.
Was he a hard man in his time OF gain?
OR were his Crones costly to his purse?
Had he q goodwife? Was she wise or vain?
How many mourners followed at his hearse?
I asked a barefoot girl. who from the road
Silently watched me, conquering her fears,
Who had been host of this antique abode.
"Oh, he's been dead" she said 'for years and
years.
I asked the countryside, and no one knew;
l asked the wasted signboard overhead.
And heard the hinges and the wind that blew,
Crying the empty title of the dead.
His ledger broken, debt and debtor gone,
His corner dark with rottenness and rust,
Somewhere, mine host was paying flesh and
bone.
To lengthen out his lodging in the dust.
-Witter Bynner, in Broadway Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
THE MUCH ABUSED SHARK.

The sharks of the oceans the most abused
and most hated of all creatures There are more
absurd stories concerning their ferocity. more
ridiculous nonsence about the contents Z their
bellies than would fill a large volume And.
strangest OF all. the worst stories about them
are told by seamen. told as truth, and the cred
ulous landsman has nothing but to believe. The
late Mr.. Hermann OelriChs. millionaire sports
man, once offered 81 900 for an authentic case
of any one being killed and eaten by man
eater''-and no one has yet been able to get the
money I have myself offered several times to
duplicate the reward. but met upon each occa-
sion with such showers OF authentic cases
none of which were prOved-that / gave the
matter no further consideration. One of the few
seamen who ever told the truth about pelaglc
sharks happens to be Mr.. Frank Bullen, author
many stories of whaling, etc, and his descrlp-
tion of the hordes which infest the whaling
grounds are as possible to what have
seen myself.
That shark will not attack man In the
water is manifestly too much TO say, for at GER
tain seasons vast hordeS of schools OF these
pests or rather scavengers will strike" at al
most anything that is dropped into the sea-
These littorals are fierce from hunger and
small fish which a man could easily pick up and
Whir about his head-a common way of killing
a shark along the southern cOast-will strike
sayagely probably at man or any other living
body which offers something in the way of food
Sc also will the bonito. or one OF the mackerel
trtbe-T Jenkins Hams, in THE Technical
World
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
THE USEFULNESS OF IcEBERGs.

When iceberg is launched upon its long
journey, its bottom parts are barnacled with
sand powders and other detritus gathered from
the land surface over which 1t has made its te
dious march to the sea. This burden is gradu
ally cast off it melts while drifting down
along our continental seabOard. AS a result of
the deposits thus made through countless CEN
turtles combined with the products of erosion
carried seaward by the rivers. the sea bed for
nany miles off shore has been gradually filed
I'D. creating those vast, submerged plateaus.
known as banks which extend from Labrador
to the Bay of Fundy and form the breeding
grounds of innumerabie shoals of cod, herring
and other valuable food fishes. In this way the
bergs have performed an economic service or
incalcuIable value, laying the foundation for
one of the worlds most important productive
industries and affording a means of livelihood
to those hardy bands of captains courageous"
who each wear reap the harvests of the sea. The
bergs serve a further economic purpose In tnat
to their telSpering influence are largely que lhe
climatic conditions prevailing over great part
of the interior of North Amerfca.-Alfred Sid
new Johnson, in THE World To-Day.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
LINCOLN THE FATHER.

Many stories are told of Tads mischevous
pranks, and Of his fathers close companionship
with his favorite boy. Tinker records that on
one occasion Lincoln came into the telegraph
Office chuckling to himself over fairy story
book tnat some one had given TO Tad, who was
holding his fathers hand as he entered the
room. He thereupon repeated the story to the
cipher operators II told how a mother hen
tried 10 raise a brood OF chicks, but was much
disturbed over the conduct of q sly old fox who
ate several OF the youngsters while still profess
:ng 10 be an honest old fox: so the anxious
mother had a serious talk with the old reynard
sbout his wickedness- We'll what was the
result" asked one of Us when il appeared that
Lincoln did not intend TO continue his narrative
sT1'he fox reformed" said Lincoln. his eyes
.vinkling land became a highly respected pay
master in the army, and now am wondering
which one he is The significance of this refer
ence is in the fact that about that time there
were ru1nors Of fraud in the paymasters de-
aaTtment.
Much has been said about Lincoln being in
luenced by his dreams. For instance. il has
been stated by good authorities. including MEM
sers of his Cabinet, that before each of the
great battles of the war, and also before the oc-
currenoe Of some other specially notable event
his life. Re had vivid dream which led him
20 look forward at such time with great
anxiety for the announcement of some disaster
or other incident II is related that on the
night before his assassination he had an un-
usually exciting dream, which he thought was
portent of impending danger of some sort That
did have this habit OF being deeply affected
and influenced by these visions of the night is
clearly shown BY the following telegram;
washington, II. - June -, 1SOO
Mrs. A. Lincoln. Philadelphia:
Think sou had better put Tad's pistol away.
l had an ugly dream about him.
"A LINCOLN
aere are two telegrams out of large number
in which Lincoln referred 10 his children IN an
anectiOnate manner:
August 81, 1864.
Mrs A. Lincoln. Manchester. Vt:
'An reasonably we'll Bob not here yet. How
IS dear Tad?-A- LINCOLN"
September s. 1864
Mrs a. Lincoln. Manchester Vt:
'All well. including Tad's pony and the goats.
a. LINCOLN"
On another occasion Lincoln wrote 10 his wife
as follows:
90. Tell dear Tad poor Nanny goat is lost.
The day you left Nanny was found rest
ing herself and chewing her little cud on the
middle OF Tad's bed, but now she's gone. :
"a LINCOLN"
The Presidents affection for his youngest boy
vas such that they were together much of the
time, even while the father was receiving callers
or attending TO official business in the White
House. and nearly always when visiting the
army at the front in the defences around
Washington. They came to the War Depart
ment hand in hand many times.-David Homer
Bates, in The Century.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
roNnoN,s sLUMS REVISITED

..ou- the old East End has changed to one
,,bo goes back 10 it after the years! Always
4. is drab ana the mean streets stletch away;
.nirk miles long. Always the low squahu
bnusae cluster round the dirty hagSed squares,
and ont of the desoiatiOn hideous piles OF mooel
buildings uplift their prison walls. But how II
has changedt And how, at every point, one
knowledee is confused by d new population III
fhe ancient streets. by the vaniShment OF oIa
haunts of riot and misery Down hatc!iIe
cone. davs bowling: now the suaVe. gesuculat-
ing Orient chaffers there The hooligan IS al
most an alien in whitechapel. For Whitechapel
Is the Ghetto; il is a strip torn from Reu
Russia
Wherein is the great change?
In this: a proletariat Of inferior quality-out
not az all tumultuouS-flls the mean streets
The true natives of the slunls of the East nave
not wholly gone. Still one may see and have
sneech with the wicked brawling little English
men hut there is less and less room for them.
They swim. gaspiTlg in the alien flood. And the
poor Rorknen, grown poorer, have sunk deeper
From Poland and Gaicia and Russia the new
proletarIat has filtered in filling the nooks and
tues these Eastern Jews; they sober: they
are thrifty: they money wise. and, banded
together by an unreleasing freemasonry of race
and religion they have little difficulty in sup
planting the native East Enders who were
bTawlers 6runkards, wasters inefficient COM
petitors- Ycu shall go down into Whitechapel
where the only GentileS are those who light tho
fires and turn the wheels for Israel. And in Mile
End Old Town, where there 5000 inf1abit
ants you will find only one Englishman out Of
turbulent memories Of the Jack the Ripper
period viii fit into the present day scheme OF
things a grayer world not striped with
blood; a grayer sea of poverty, through which
white bulk, floats on the scum-Vance Thomp-
son in Outing
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
NOVEL HOLIDAY RETREATS.

r. 1,o,,id he difficult to find more charming %
x,oroI retreat than that In which Princess Marie
,r;ss oS the Crown Prince of Rurnanta- spent ina
greater part Of last summer IL was VerlraoiSi
house or miniature cottage. ouiic hign up
a-,oneT the branches OF towering hr trees IN ths
i-SSorbod OF Siuaia This delightful holiday
toy3a con,prises two rooms and kitchen, wntcn
ara Furnished in simple yet elegant taste Access
oh+afne5 by means Of small staircase, ana tIo
,,rincess is be immensely proud OF hef Cny
aerfaI abode II built specially Tor her py tno
80 - oS Runoania and presented by him to her ,
,rs+Lar well known royalty has gone TO the op-
,osita extrene for a summer retreat Ihe hinS OK
g., Who Is one of the richest of nlonarchs. Win
- tr.oroa of some ething Ike f4.0eoGo per annurn =
toii5av resort This is nothing more or less than
Ire-s glass PAVILION In which during the summers
.,on+bs he submerges himself In the large lake~
,-,icF the royaI ornamental gardens boast These
go an area of more than Twenty-Five acres anx
80 ttaV, are surrounded by wall fully twelve tser
bieb his majesty can always enjoy perfect m
mnnftv from the vulgar gaze
Can v0u picture anything more unlikely as q
hoIJ5s,- -esorr than the tower OF church2 Yee
tast summer the brother Of Wess OF England
cIergvnoan actually spent a week the top OF the
tower of the parish church
Permission was very reluctantly given. but. once
sarnres the holiday maker proceeded TO make hiza-
SELF comfortable. He carried up an adequate stock
OF provisions and other necessartes TOR the day.
and blankets and a hammock for the night
The days were delightfully."- COOL ne said nis
greatest hardship being the descent which he had
10 make each morning for fresh supply OF water
from a neighboring we'll By means OF q sparfe
lamp he was able boil water for tea and TO do
what little cooking he required during bis sotouso
on the tower.-Tt BitA
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
coFFINs LOOKED ON WITH SUSPICION.

In American as In English ports cof1ns are
ALWAYS looked upon with suspicion by the GUS
toms officials year or two ago the New YORK
authorities had information that a quantity Oh
valuable lace was going to be run through
in a coffin The ship arrived. and there were
the bereayed relatives in the deepest mourn
ing In charge of a Ieaden coffin Although the
certificates were In perfect order the of1cer IN
sisted upon having the coffin opened The reia-
tives violently protested against such an out
rage but this only confirmed the suspicious OF
the customs man. The coffin being open. lmas-
ine the officials horror when he saw that II
really did contain a body. He was on the
noint of apologizing and ordering the coffln 10
he resealed when he happened to eaten sight
of a suspicious eye watching him from penlnu
a nourner's handkerchief. Ii was enough ne
had the body removed, ana hi9oSn pet'" ~ -
was lace worth several thousand dollars Inc
cornea nroved TO be that of a pauper bought
On tbe Pacific Coast there used rev years
aoo to he a tremendous business III SNUG
eIin, oniru1 AT that time the duty was no less
So SO a mound and this proved so strong an
incentive TO srnugglers that wnlle IL was esli-
Tnated that the yearly consumption IN the states
1T-os about three hundred thousand pouhus
,,aarlv only forty thousand or the amount palc
SUty Svndicates backed by capitalists went
tto the business and the Secretary or the
Treasurv calculated that the revenue lost In all
o,,er 81 100000. Most Of the stuff came IN
tbroueh Puget Sound 1t was contained In logs
followed out and fastened togetner again Win
wooden pegs: a few OF these included IN a
Gorge of timber easily escaped detection
Eventually, purely in self-defenee the duty
ON ouium was lowered to So pound This put
an end to the operations of the large gangs, and
al present tho States actually reap larger suzus
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

III is said that honesty is the best policy. Per-
maps 1t was this proverb which a certain Amer
lean engine driver had in mind when puzzled as
to how to smuggle cooking stove into Mexico.
Inc man. VINO was employed upon a line run
nIhS S from Texas into Mexico, had married a
Mexican girl and made his home in that co,lr-
Try, and the stove was needed to complete the
SSedolSTIlenI NOW. the Mexican duty on hard
ware OF that kind is high and as a cooking stove
is not the sort of thing you can carry IA your
portmanteau the man was AT his v-irss ena
now TO get il across the border. At last how
ever. a brilliant scheme occurred to him and ON
his next journey he lashed the thing to tha
pilot OF his engine. When he stopped at the
customs office the Mexican officials stared at
the stove In amazement but concluding IL was
some new Yankee device in connection with the
engine, ana AFRAID TO betray their ignorance by
asking questions. they let il go. and the driver
suppresSlnS his mirth with the utmost dif-
hculty. proceeded in triumph TO his destination
Italy imposes heavy duties on tobacco. sugar
and salt, and consequently smuggling along the
Swiss frontier has of late largely increased So
much so. indeed. that a few years ago the ItaI-
ian government fenced off a large part OF the
frontier with wire netting of which the gatas
are fitted with alarm bells Custom house Of
hcerS armed with rifles form regular GORDON
along the fence. As IL has thus become almost
Impossible Tor men TO carry smuggling
they have trained dogs to do the work The
animal IS first taken 70 a village on the Italian
frontier and there petted and well fed. after a
few weeks il is brought across the frontier into
as SWISS vl.age' where it is shut up half starved
and beaten by man in the unifc Of a GUS
toms official. After few days of this treatment
a parcel of tobacco is fastened 70 the dogs col
lar and II is set free Naturally Il makes straight
for Its italian home; naturally. also ft avoids
the hated uniform of the customs officer Pres
entity 1t sneaks through a gate, the bell rings
and the nearest officer fires But II he misses
he cannot chase the dog, for goods that have
once passed the frontier are considered as hav-
ing paid duty. The extent to which this form
of smuggling has developed may be gathered
from the fact that IN one recent period Of three
months no fewer than 270 dogs were shot dumb
martyrs to the cupidity OF their owners-T C.
Bridges. in MacmiIIan's Magazine
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

7 had given him two assistants. and Nine
Guerard Mime. Lambqun and l were the
nurses Two of us sat up at night. so thal
we each went to bed every third night
preferred this to taking on some Wohd
whom l did not know. Nine. Lambquln ne
Ionged to the Odeon, where she used TO take
the part of the duennas My various frlehuS
who were on service at the Notifications came
to me in their free time 10 do my secfetaIldl
work | had TO keep book, which was SHOWN
every day to a sergeant who came from the
VaI-de-Grace Military Hospital. giving all de-
tails as to how many men came INTO our nos
pital how many died. and how many recovered
and left Paris was in a state OF siege, ana no
one could go far outside the walls ana no news
from outside could be received. Baron Larrey
came now and then to see me, ana hau' as
head surgeon. DIR. Duchesne. who gave up ms
whole time night and day. during the nVe
months that this truly frightful nightmare
lasted.
cannot recall those terrible days without
the deepest emotion II no longer the coun-
try in danger that kept my nerves strung up,
but the sufferings of all her children. 1here
were all those who were away nEhting, thoSe
who were brought IN to wounded or dying
the noble women of the people, VINO stood Tor
hours and hours in line to get the necessary uoe
of bread meat and milk for their poor httie
ones at home All those poor women. / could
see them from the theatre windows, pressing up
close TO each other blue with cold. and stamp
ing their feet on the ground TO keep them from
freezing for that winter the most crue!
one of these poor. silent heroines was brought In
to me. either in a swoon from fatigue or half
frozen.
NV hospital was full I had sixty beds and
was Obliged to improvise ten more. The sol
diers were installed in the artistes foyer and in
formerly used for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ma
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
RATHING IN GREAT sALT LAKE.

BATHING IN GREAT SALT LAKE.
Bathing in Great Salt Lake is unique ex-
perience.
Flights of steps lead down into the water
from the interminable platform along which the
lighthouses are situated. The water IS quite
shallow al first, and you find rare enjoyment
for time in wriggling your toes about in the
salt that forms the bottom in place OF accus-
toned sand. You obliged to wade out some
distance before you experience the peculiar
buoyancy Of the lake First. you feel your feet
trying to swim out from under you You find
10 float IN spite of yourself. Then you realize
want to Throw yourself your back or sit
down or try TO swim and you bob about like a
rocking chair in a freshet. You feel as though
YOU had been turned to cork. You can't help
looking at the phenomenon subjectively. You
don't that there is anything peculiar about
the water. II looks and feels like any other
bathing water-until you get some of ii in your
eyes or in your mouth. Then you wish you
hadn't come. Ocean water IS sweet in compari-
son. In fact. the chemists tell US il is eight
times less salty.
You can't drown in the lake by sinking. but
you can be suffocated to death. which is just
about as uncomfortable and undesirable. We
found signs everywhere warning us against
being too talkative too froliCsome IN the
water.
When we came out brought with us large
deposits of salt skin. As the water
eVaporated we found ourselves covered with
white crystals. Only a strong shower bath or
fresh water or good clothes brush can put you
into ct condition to dress.-The Travel Magazine
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
sACCHARIN HIDDEN IN TOYS.

Saccharin has been found in ink sealing wax
and perfumery, and also hidden in toys. Toys.
indeed, have been extensively used recep
tacles for taxable goods Recently number
of innocent looking waxen faced dolls were
found to contain each a small barrel OF altar
of roses. Every resource OF modern science Is
brought into play to counteract the devices Of
smuggIers. Some years ago II was found that
watches were being sent by post into one of our
colonies hidden inside Bibles. The R0ntgen rays
brought the swindle to light, and now con-
stantIy used for the detection OF postal snug
CLING.
The tariff of the United States is the highest
In existence and the penalties for smuggling
the heaviest. Severe these penalties are the
prices obtainable for smugSled goods are SO
high that any number of people seem Wiling 10
run the risk of discovery and consequent pun
ishmeut OF cut diamonds alone the customs
estimate that million dollars worth year are
smuggled into the country. one man indue ny IA
fewer than twelve successful journeys 10 anu
fro carrying diamonds inside a hollow walking
stick; upon one occasion that stick was worm
10000 II NAV be noted by the SuperstItlouS'
a. q nroof of the i'll luck of the number Is. that
the smuggler was caught on his thirteenth at
tempt to evade the customs Another sTlussler
took the trouble to remove the charges from
number of revolver cartridges, hll the space
with diamonds and replace the outlets Inc
foolish fellow so tickled with sense OF
his own ingenuity that he could not keep siiehce'
and boasted TO a fellow passenger or his clever
ness ITnluckily for him. spy OF the customs
(the American customs have regular secret
Service department) overheard him, ana as soon
as he landed he was arrested . -.
It would require volume to describe the oil-
ferent devices adopted by smuggiers Tor the
conceaIment of diamonds Five years ago a
Consignment of $1,000 worth passed the custom
house hidden in candy coated animal carried
bv a child The toy was. of course. transparent
hut so also were the diamonds. Upon anotner
occasion the famous diamond smuggler, Max
I.asar rolled some large stones in balls or seal
ing wax and inserted these In baoy-s rdttle
IN Mace of the usual marbles. These stones
which il is said were worth f1o.OOO. were car
ried through the customs by the unsuspecting
child of a fellow passenger