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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
HIGHWAYS OF CLATSOP.

In the days OF old when every man
boast had to be made good, and a
nations also, it was the proudest and
truest boast OF Rome and Romans
that "all roads led to Rome; and SO
genuine was the predicate, and the
crv. that in many instances, those
same roads are still leading to Rome
after 20 centuries of use. They were
at the fundament OF the power and
wealth of the ancient imperial city
Over them flowed the mighty vehicles
with the treasure of vine and held
and mine and forest; along their solld
and indestructible miles went the
legions of conquest in pursuit OF VIC
tories that lay ready to their rough
hands: and returning, the captive ma
tions OF the earth followed them over
the same adamantine routes; as the
armies of Rome moved, whatever the
direction and distance, they built
their own roads and built them right;
and the foot of the modern traces
these magnificent triumphs OF engi-
neering to the same old city, from
the uttermost parts OF Europe. They
were direct, open, capacious, acces-
sible, used by the world at large.
We are not looking for road-building
such as this in Caltsop, for many rea-
sons, chiefly, because we have not the
labor nor the money, nor perhaps, the
engineering ability, required tor such
a system; and the allusion to the
Roman road is made simply to ac-
centuate the primary principle OF
building and routing them rightly and
as soundly as we may, with the re-
sources at our command; nor is it
made with any disposition to carp or
complain OF the plans and processes
to date.
We know as all men know that a
county's roads and a city's streets
are the avenues OF their wealth, the
means Of constant and feasible inter-
communication and inter-trade; that
by grade and line and reach, they in
crease, or bar that promiscuity and
commercial intimacy that makes for
prosperity and stable conditions gen
orally; and as Clatsop's work is not
yet nearly begun, nor done, on its
principal routes, we are anxious to
urge the adoption the best methods
at the right time.
Roads, good roads, are costly, and
the expediency of correct grades, the
most direct routes, and the compre-
hensive grouping of the systems OF
the county, are peculiarly essential in
view of the fact that roads are pre-
sumed to be built for all time to
come. The Roman formula is as pro-
foundly valuable today as it was 1000
years ago, and their roads prove it.
The same principle applies to the
streets of city, and if any point of
the principle takes precedence in
municipal work, it is that Of grades.
The annihilation of the hill; its re-
duction by rates and ratios Of ascent
and descent, at once feasible, slightly
and permanent, are elements that
make the question live one in this
city and one that a larger public in
terest is to be taken in, in the near
future. The man who lays out, and
the administration that builds, a false
line and a bad street, never gets be-
yond the echo of the reproach to
which he, or it, is altogether entitled.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
NORWEGIAN M. E

Morning service, II a. M, Rev. F.
\. Soarvie will preach Sunday school
at II a, m, There will be no evening
service, O T. Field, pastor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
First Norw. Ey. Lutheran.

Sunday school, $50 a. m; morning
service, l0;4s; evening service, s p, m
Theo. p, Neste, pastor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
THE WEATHER.

Oregon, Washington, and Idaho
Cloudy and showers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES
Grace Enisconal.

Sunday after Ascension Day. Morn.
ing service, II a. m; Sunday school
1880 .. m.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
Faction
rs THE LIVE
WIRE HERE

Satisfaction from your viewpoint well We quail
N and the vaue that stands behind the price by what you get
Of it. The payment Of money and the delivery of the
goods doesn't end any transaction here by any
The you hand your money we are responsible to
you for things fullest value for that money in the
best merchandise that be sold the price you abso
le satisfaction These what you pay for until you get
them both the transaction remains openwe stand ready give
you Your money back you want it, regardless Of which Of the
two you have failed to receive.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
Holy Innocents Chapel (Uppertown,

Sunday school, ll;ls a. m, evening
service, z;S0 p m.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-31
WEEKLY ASToRIAN.

Entered secondas July So 1906 at the postoee
toria Oregon under the act Congress of March 1879
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08
POR ESOS MUNDOS
LOS USOS DE LA COLETA
EN- LOS CHINOS.

Ell anuncio de que la emperatriz
viudad de China piensa prohibir a
sus s1bditos Ell uso de la coleta, ha
sorprendido & todos los europeos %
nocedores de las costumbres chinas.
La coleta, en- e%fecto, es la parte del
individuo que mas aprecia Ell chino y
que trata con mas Gu idado. Por pc
bre que sea IN chino, no lie faltara
dinero para pagan al barbero Una vez
cada ounce dias, por 10 menos.
La operation de hacer la coleta de
I'm chino no es facil, nj mucho menos.
Empieza Ell barbero por ateitar la
%frente, las sienes y la nuca con In
navajo muy tosca, y despues arranca
las cejas, 10 que eXplica la frecuencia
de las oftalmias en- Ell celeste impe-
rio. Enseguida viene la limpieza
escrupulosa de las o~rejas, y por fin la
~confeccion de la trenza por medic de
una cinta de color, despues de peina-
do ell pelo con TN peine de MADEIRA y
untado con I'm aceite que solo q IN
chino puede parecerle aromatico.
La muerte de I'm pariente, obliga al
chino a no hacerse la colecta durante
tres lunas. Pasado este tempo. pue-
de ~trenzarsela con LII cordelillo blau-
CO en- senal de luto. En- cambio.
cuando Sc casa, usa para la enz n
cinta e%ncarnada en- senal de algeria
Los chinos ricos tienen criados que
solo Sc ocupan de cuidarles la trenza.
Por supuesto, I'm vulgar obrero no
lleva nunca la coleta %colgando, sino
enrollada en- forma de mono 6 anuda
da baio Ell sombrero. Sc ha visto a
IN chino arruinado que, al buscar CO.
locacion, Sc ha suicidado porque el
patron lie obligaba 4 anudarse la tren-
"a. Tn chino soporta hlos6ficamente
todas las humillaciones menos esta.
Como los criados tienen derecho 4
llevar la coleta colgando, muchos
obreros abandonan lin trabajo lucra-
two por I'm puesto memo productive
en- la servidumbre con tai de poder
llevar lacoleta .suelta.~ Ell consul de
los Estados Unidos en- Annoy, tenfa
como mozo de comedor, IN chinito de
humor t~urbulento, que cuando seTvfa
a la mesa 81 movia tanto, que tan
pronto Sc enroscaba su trenza al cue
Ito de los convidados como Sc les
meta en- Ell plato. Ell consul bo
por enfadarse y do a escoger al mu-
:hacho entire anudarse la tren 6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08
Ia CASA LUGUBRE

en- la Gale. donde la pobre loca Sc despidi6
dandonos la bendici6n con gran solemmidad v
re1terandOnos la promesa que nos habia hecho
eldia anterior de l~egarnos inmensos patrimo-
MOS.
En- Ell momento de salir del callejon volvi-
mos la cara y vimos d I'M. Krook EN- La puerta
mirandonos al traves de sus anteojos con Ell ga
to en- Ell hombro: la cola del animal levantada
como I'm plumero. parecia formar parte de la
gorra de su amo.
-Ha sido una verdadera a~ventura -diio
Ricardo systematically prima, prima, ique
cosa tan terrible es 10 de la cancilleria!
-Siempre lie he tenido miedo-dijo Eva.
Me da tanto pesar ser enemiga sin saberlo
de tantas personals que a su veg 10 son mias. v
Ell pensar que nos arTuinamoS mutuamente sin
saber por que, que pasaremos toda la vida en-
la lnquietud y en- La discordia! Sin EMBARGO
alguno de nosotros tiene raz6n. mo es muy
extrano que despues de tantos amos que Sc
examina nuestro pleito. no haya podido des-
cubrir IN juez honrado { inteligente de parte
de quien estan la l~usticia Y Ell derecho2
ST, prima. es muy extrano; es IN mis-
ter1o, Ell etecto, esa partida de ajedrez inutil
y ruinosa, csc tribunal impasible en- su sereni-
dad en- medic de las miserias que engendra Y
eterniza. Mi raz6n sc extTavia al pensar :
al preguntarme como podia suceder ESQ 81 los
hombres TO fuesen Iocos 8 malvados, y ,n.
corazon sc despedaza al Greer que son anLas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08
~volver 4 SUI antique puesto de pinche
Fl chino e1ioi6 e1 morir ahorcadO.

&c 1------
Ell chino eligio Ell MORN ahorcado.
Entire los chinos es gravfsima falta
de educacion ii & hacer visitas 8 re-
|cibirlas sin dejarse la coleta colgan-
do. In joven funcionario que habfa
sido agregado de embajada en- Euro
pa, tenia la costumbre de ir 4 81 olci
ma en- bicicleta, y para que la trenza
no Sc lie enrcdase en- la rueda trasera
la meta en- una bolsa. Tn dfa, por
distraction. Sc p~resent6 en- esta for
ma 4 su jefe, mandarfn apegado & las
antiguas costumbres, y aquel divide,
considerable por Ell superior como una
grave ofensa, lie costo perder ST. CO.
locacion. Cortar la coleta al pr6jimo
es en- China I'm horrible crimen que
las leyes castigan con pena de muer-
tie. Por otro lado, I'm chino sin cole
ia esta considerable como TN criminal
cuyo trato rehuye toda persona edu-
cada.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08

Ala va Ia nave. 49,. Esta es la nave
de Colon, de Cortes y de Magallanes
Esta es la nave de la Raza. ALA va
la nave -. digamos. seialando al
inexcrutable Porvenir; y 1efexione-
mos luego, como Ell gran romantico.
con los brazos cruzados hlosohca-
mente:
-iQuien sabe do VAL.
JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08
TRIBUNAL SUPREME DE PUERTO RICO
OFICINA DEL SECRETARIo

Por Ia presente Sc informa al publ
co en- general que los PROGRAMS para Ia
admission de aspirantes al ejercicio de-
su ABOGAOIA ante los Tribnnales
Inulares, no SO distribuyen en- esta
Ofcina, debiendo dirigirse TODD ell que
interese algdn ejemplar de ellos, q la
Liberia del BoLETIN MERCANTIL,
que ha tornado a su cargo la publica-
ci0n y venta de los mismos.
San Juan Puerto Rico, % de Julio de 1907.
IN. IF. Castro,
Eecetario del Tribunal Saprsme.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08
ManualeS ROmo

ENCUADERNADOS EN- TELA FLEXTBLE
Manual del Licorista, con I 80
recetas practicas. por A. Rossi.
Manual de Resistencia de Ma
teriales y Estabilidad de las
construcciones, por c ingen1e-
TO DR.. Gindo Sandrinell
Manual de las Constructions
de Hormigon y de Cemento
armada, por Ell ingeniero Jose
Eaccbelli.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08

c~arretera al traves de los campos, los molinos
de viento, los carros de los labradores; Ell olor
4 heno, los mesones, las tabernas, los arboles
Jos vallados y las r6sticas granjas.
Delante de ~nosotras estaba Ell mas bello
paisaje campestre, y detras la inmensa capital
coronado de niebla. iQue algeria tan pura
animaba nuestros rostros! Al pasar junto q
nuestro Coche I'm caro- con los caballos RIGA
mente enjaezados y adornado de cascabeles
que producian una bulliciosa mdsica argent
ma fue tanta nuestra algeria que estuvimos
tentados a unir nuestra voz a la de las cam
panilla.
e CARO- Sc paro-dijo Ricardo.
En- efecto. Ell ruido de las campanillas ces6
de pronto; Teanimado de vez encuando Dor
uno de los caballos, que al levantar la cabeza
Q al sacudir sus crimes, hacia vibrar & 10 leios
el sonido agudo de los cascabeles.
-Buenos dfas. amigo.-dijo Ricardo al
condutor del caro- que Sc habia asomado
a la portezuela del coche.-Mirad, Eva. nues-
tros tres nombres en- sus .sombreros en- tres
sobres de cartes.
En- %efecto, -respondio Eva.
-iQuien os envia7-dijo Ricardo.
M amo. senorito,-diio ell carretero Que
despues de entregarnos las cartas hizo chas-
quear, el latigo, desperto las campanillas Y con
t1nuo su canine en- medic de TN sonoro forbe-
limo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-08
MAS OBRAS REC|B|DAS
EN- Ell BOLETIN

Vademecum del Veterinario y
del Ganadero, por M. Arci-
MEGA. sI6o con franqueo.
Soledades, Galerias, otros poe
mas, por Antonio Machado.
Pityusa, novela, por J.. M. LA
mas.
La Ruina del Mundo Antique
por Z. Lowell.
Lbsen Y su obra, por Glenencia
JacQuinet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21
A Democrat Locally, But
 A Republican Nationally

H. L. McElderry. lsading business man of Talladega, and well known throughout the State. has written a let ter to The Advertiser defining his post tion in politics and that of a few of the business men of the South. Mr. MeEiderry's letter, ts worthy of study. as defining a condition which Southern Democratic leaders should consider, in view Of the present attempt being naadA to break the Solid South. Mir. MeElderry's letter follows: Editor The Advertiser: Sir:~-fhere are many of ue. an in crossing number even in the South, who elalm to be Democrats. yet refuse 60 vote the Democratic ticket except in State affairs.
 what is the natter We believe in local se1f-governnnent. in a tariff For revenue, in sound money and in equal rights for AiI and special privileges for none.
 This being 60, there must be some
 reason back of our refusal to follow
 the lead of the men who now dominate the councils Of the Democratic Party.
 To my mind the cause lies in the bas lief that the party Is soeialistte rather than Democratic.
 4 united production. with common fund for an equal benefit. under rules prescribed by a majorlty-@~FnoFe auto cratic that those of the German I'm. peroF--is to my mind the prevailing
 disease of Democracy.
 These modern ref0fTneFs, posing as
 Democrats. seem to think the perfect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21

Ion Of human nature can be brought about by restrictive legisiation. and that anything the majority says do. must pc obeyed as the voice of God
 AS understand it. the Democratic Party advocates the perfsctibiiity of human nature--therefors. the ultimate goal of Democracy ts to eliminate CO., ercton, legal and moral, and so to per- feet the individual man that he will not think, say. or do wrong to him. self. much less to his fellow man,
 Legtsiation is coercion and coercion ts but an additional sItacxle, q shorten- ing of our chaina
 Some Of us go to the limit of our chains, a few of us break our chains, but the great majority of us so lack courage and resource that we permit others to place additional shacisles up- on us.
 While this is true, to none of us is there tame and Rbject submission; and living h our hearts is the belief that we live amidst timitless opportunities. created by a linitless God. and that growth for us comes through breaking the shackles of cur Limitations
 We believe that peace on earth, 9ood will to men---not prison cells Is of the essence of Democracy; SO, when these men posing as Democrats and propos- ing all sorts of restrictive IegisIation for us, ask of us our suffrage, we draw back and prefer 10 abide by existinr conditions rather than fly to ills wa know not of.
 H. L. McElderry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21
Tai. h Ny ssth Bsthdao
chaFles HomeF Hasklns.

Charles Homer Haskins, q noted educator, who has been mentioned az q possible successor to President Eliot, Of Harvard University, was born In Meadville, Pa, December 2i. 1870. He was graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1887. and took advanced study at John Hopkins and the Unt- instructor in history at .Johns Hop. kins for one year, and was assistant professor of history In 1881 and 1892, 1892 10 1902 at the University of Wis consin. He was lecturer on history, 1s99-is00, and professor of history .at Harvard, where he has been since. He has Contributed numerous articles on the Vatican archives, naediaeyal stu. dent life, the study and teaching ot history, the inquisition and the jury He has served as corespondtng secre- ciation and as State, historian of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21
Taft and rhe Law.


 Mir, Taft in his remarkes at the ban quet of the Civic Federation spoke for the constitution. but modified 1t by hoping that the supreme court would so construe it that certain reforms could be carried out
 Right there Mir. Taft was, in error, if we got his idea correctly. The su- preme court must eonstrue the con- stitution as 1t stands without regard to anything any president may wish or that any body of eitisens may wish.
 There Is border land between the powers of the states and of the gen. eral government and for years ths supreme court has leaned toward the rights of the states Mir Roosevelt has not liked that. and we take 1t that Mfr. Taft hopes that future d. cisions will lean more toward the power of the general government.
 On that point it Is interesting to read the constitution. It Is distinctly cloudy and contradictory The line is not clearly drawn anywhere, and the tenth amandmsnt to the constitu- tion was put there to say that any power not distinctly given to the gen eral government iS reserved to the states That amendment would afford useful study to those statesmen who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21
MONDAY, DEoEMBER si. 1908.
un mAY nr CORRECT.

We are not always from Missouri therefore we do not always need to he shown. We are willing to take some things on trust; therefore we are not keen to test everything that we hear or read of Thus. when a pro- lessor of the University of Chicago gives out the dogmatic statement that dog meat is cleaner. and as good, as hog meat. we stand ready to take his word and let 1t go at that with out testing it. Possibly some dogs are nicer than some hogs. Possibly all dogs are more eleanly in diet and habits than any hog, but we don't want any canine steak--not while anything else Is to be had to i'll up with.
 And yet. we all know that flesh of dogs is used for diet. The Indian tribes of America-or some of them made such flesh part of their bill of fare whenever it was obtainable. Among some of the foreign peoples it is often eaten. We frequently read of travellers and explorers, especially in the Arctic regions. who are com pelled to kill and eat their sledge dogs to save themselves from starva- ton. stiil, and for all that. we de- cline to be helped to dogs meat while there's any hog left It may be that we have sometimes eaten 1t in our dish of hash. but if so we didn't know 1t end were none the worse.
 And yet, when we come to look into it. why should the flesh of hogs be preferred to some of the other anil nals! Tn all our list of animals that are used for food, and in many eases eagerly desired. there is not one that is as uncleanly and filthy in diet and habit as the hog That animal makes no effort to keep clean and is abso- Iutely indifferent as to the kind of diet he eats. He is a model of un- cleanliness and we all know it. yet we prefer his flesh to that of dogs. horses. mules. or even donkeys. May. be the Chicago professor is correct but we refuse to sat dog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21
A NEEDED AMENDMENT.

The resolution proposed by Senator Bacon. of Georgia. to submit to the people a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, calls attention to an oversight on the part of the framers of that instru- ment; an oversight which might cause serious embarrassment under a cer- -tain condition that is not at all iHn- possible. That condition would arise if a President-elect should die in the interval between the time of his for mai election by the Board of Electors and his inauguration.
 Under the constitution and laws as they now stand ample provision is made for the succession in case a President should die after he has been inaugurated. In that case. the Vice President would assume the Presi- dency. as has occurred in a number of eases, but Congress by law has provided still further for the success sion. If 1t should so happen that both President and Vice President should die. resign or otherwise rem der the ofice vacant, 1t is provided that members of the Cabinet in speci- fled sequence shall become President.
 That is all right and proper, but all of it fails to provide for a con- tingency that might arise. as will be made plain by a brief statement. Mir. Taft Is not President He is not even President-eIeet, properly speaking. When the electoral college meets next ] month and formally declares the vote he will than be really the President elect. but will still not be President, | for he will not be President until he has been formally sworn in and i'm augurated. If he should die between those two periods; that is, between | the time of his formal election by the electors and the time of his inaugu- ration the country would be with out q President. for there is no pro vision in our Constitution or laws by or through which the vacancy could be hlled. It might be argued that the Vice President who win be declared elected at the same time would suo- eeed. but that is not a fact. for sher- man occupies the same position that Taft does. he will not really be Vice President until after the 9th of March and consequently could not succeed to the ofaee.
 Of course 1t is to be hoped thst such an emergency will not arise. as none has so far arisen in the history of our government, That is true but 1t was a close shave in the case of William Henry Harrison, who only lived about one month after his in auguration. But the fact that no such emergency has arisen affords no se- curity against one in the future. Judge Taft is q strong man but he is no more exempt from disease or accident than any other human be- ing. Tn fact. his announced intention to make a trip to Panama before his inauguration--and after his Aisction-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21
Old Times dsd Nev Times,
 Senex Writes Observations

by the aid of the Louisiana game war ren to $t0 pair or 95 a ahot. The price was exorbitant. but the boys could not not resist the te!nptati of paying 1t Tor this new stock of birds.
 lrhere is sonething peculiar about the waters of Loufelana where the ducks swim and feed. that makes them
 have seen corn bread baksd in open nrs.ovens from tnsai ground by water mills that was sweet and appetfeing. (This Is now lost culinary art.l e.jIaa, nasn st wss S selor. the scisntists sso- Egyptian Pyramide for centuries, and ate steak from prehistoric maetodons stored h Siberia ice Sefrtgerators for
 This was before Roosevelt shot of his air gun at the women suffrAgists. and to the delegation of negroes of Affi. can descent. and before he made his descent on Africa to shoot powder guns at blind tigers and polecats with or
 This was before the Modocs met the MohAwks in deadly combat; on the bloody Held of Tailasee when the peii- eagles taii; when the tigers extractsd teopards' teeth and when the Tecumsei pitcher made an ugly mug Of the um- pire's handsome phis.
 This was before the Dutch afrninis- tered medicine to venezuela's body poa- tic; ana before German surgeons cut the diseased parts of President castro's corporeal mechanism.
 This was before the crazy preacher --~Adam God, Elijah the IT, shot religion into the Kansas City police. and others, and sent them into another world for missionary work.
 This was before spoiled eggs were saved and shipped fin ear loads to Phil adeiphta and other large Northern cities to be compounded into cakes, ice cream and other confections for their delicate tastes.
 This was before so many men and women took cocaine, morphine and ether poisonous drugs in place of beer and whiasrey in Birmingham
 And this was before Selma became the place of departed spirits Selma, December IS, 1908.