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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
MARRYING THE MARTYRS.

Our friends, the Socialists, have thu
unhappy faculty of martyring tht
martyrs OF their party. Hence the
naming of NJ. R. Preston, an inmate
OF the Nevada State penitentiary
charged with murder and serving a
term of five years, for the candidacy
OF that party for the Presidency oi
the United States.
The trouble with the Socialist has
always been that he is too willing to
canon1ze the man who falls under
the ban of the law, no matter what he
was, nor what he has done, before he
and the law came in conflict. It is a
policy that will react upon their
party and program as long as they
adhere to 1t, and must keep the stand
ards of championship at contemplate
guage in the eyes OF world that does
not think with them nor understand
the principle they are following.
Granting, for the sake of the social
istic argument, that Mr.. Preston is a
martyr to some Of the inequalities Of
the age, that he is suffering sheer in
justice as penal servant Of the land,
it does not help the cause Of socialism
to go to the penitentiaries for leader.
ship. 1t is Quixotism gone mad and
has not a thread of practical sense
(the backbone of the socialistic doc
trine) to save it. There are clean,
able, impeccable men in the socialistic
ranks from whom to select such advo-
Gates as it needs, especially as the
dignities it sets up are, for the time
being, purely tentative, and it were
well if the party forebore to thrust its
martyrs" broadcast upon a censor
ious world for ribald and despicable
treatment
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
AN OLD SALEM STRATEGIST.
The Cruise Of the Rajah and a Corner
In Wild Pepper.

Evidently Americans were hustlers
and strategists OF commerce from the
beginning, for witness a good story of
fact as told by Ralph D. Paine In the
Outing Magazine:
'In 1893 Captain jonathan Carnes OF
Salem was looking for trade along the
Sumatra coast. ToHching at the port
Of BencOolen. he happened to learn
that wild pepper might be found along
! the northwest coast Of Sumatra. The
Dutch East India company was not as
alert as this solitary Yankee shlpmas-
ter roaming along strange and hostile
coasts
Captain Carnes kept his knowledge
| to himself, completed his voyage to 81
lem and there whispered it TO mer.
chant, Jonathan PprIe. that as soon as
possible a secret pepper expedition
should be fitted out. Mr. Ppele ORDER
ed fast schooner built She was cali
ed the Rajah and carried four guns
and ten men There was much gossip.
ing speculation about her destination.
but Captain Carnes had nothing at all
to say. In November, l791. be cleared
for Sumatra. and not Il soul in Salem
except bis owner and himself knew
whittier he WAS bound. Her cargo CON
sisted Of brandy. gin. iron, tobacco and
dried fish to be bartered for wild pep
per.
For eighteen months no word re-
turned from the Rajah and her mys-
terious quest. Captain Carnes might
have been wrecked on coasts whereof
he had no charts. or he might have
been slain by hostile natives. but Jon
athan PeeIe, having risked his stake as
Salem merchants were wont to do,
busted himself with other affairs and
pinned his faith TO the proved %agacity
and pluck Of Jonathan Carnes.
"At last string Of signal flags hut-
tered from a station at the harbor
mouth. Jonathan rceIc reached for
his spygIass and saw schooner's top
sails lifting from seward. The Rajah |
had come home, and when she let go
her anchor in Salem harbor Captain
Jonathan Carnes brought word ashore
that he had secured cargo Of wild
pepper in bulk which would return a
profit Of at least 100 per cent on the
total cost Of vessel ana voyage.
'Tn other words. this one adventure
Of the Rajah realized what amounted
10 comfortable fortune in that gen.
Grafton.
There was great excitement among
the other Salem merchants. They for
sock their desks to discuss this pepper
bonanza, but Captain Jonathan Carnes
bad nothing to say, and Jonathan
Peele was as dumb as a Salem harbor
clam. The Rajah was at once reft,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
TIRING OF THAW

llailing he latest court decision OF
the status OF Harry Thaw as final
the good people OF this town are at
last hoping that the last has been
heard OF this tedious aftermath OF a
wearisome and nuseating story. Only
the sight OF rotund Dan O'Reilly or
the debonair Evelyn serves to-day TO
occasionally remind the crowds here
OF the once engrossing Thaw trials.
That the subject Of these two trials
is removed from city limits is some
consolation to the public and no one
would look forward with eagerness to
his loosing once more under the
white lights Of the tendcrloin. The
stand-pat policy on the Thaw matter
is widely approved in this city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
Thin Glass and Thick.

Glass is a substance that we cannot
figure the strength of as we can a
great many other things with which
we are familiar. 1t varies greatly in
itself. The strongest glass. as a rule,
breaks into the greatest number Of
fragments. Comparing the strength Of
thin glass with thick. the former is rel
atively the stronger. This is a thing
very often lost sight Of Then, again. as
to the difference between rough plate
and polished plate, we find polished
plate the stronger. This is perhaps to
be attributed to the fact that all these
very fine surface hair cracks are pol
ished out. These only go into the glass
to u certain depth and when they are
all or nearly all polished and ground
off there is less chance for some of
them to form the basis of a crack. and
thereby the glass is increased in
strength. Tests have been made, and
some fOrmulae have been arrived at.
AS was to be expected. they show very
irregular results as to the strength of
glass.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
A Baseball His TomhstonA.

The grave Of William A. Hubert. at
one time president Of the old National
Baseball league. is marked with a
tombstone in the shape Of baseball.
When Mr.. Hubert died, in 1882. some
of his old associates set about to show
their love and respect for him. and the
result was the monument in Graceland
cemetery. Chicago The baseball Is
made of red granite. about twenty
inches in diameter, showing the seams
as they appear upon the balls used In
the regulation games. Across the ton
appears in raised letters. wv. A. Hui.
bert. President National League, p. p.
3. c.. 1876. 1882" On one side appear
the names Of four clubs in the old
league Boston, Providence. Worcester
and Troy on the other those Of
The other four-Chicago. Cleveland.
Buffalo and Detroit, Also there is a
headstone Of white marble, upon which
appears the name, together with the
date Of birth, Oct. %. 1892, and the
date Of death, April 10, 1882.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
BY WAY OF WARNING,

The people Of Astoria might as well
make up their minds, once for all, that
there is a program afoot in this city
to reopen Astoria to the limit. The
gambling room, the dance-hall and
all the trappings and people Of the old
regime, are to be restored on an in
tensihed and amplihed scale. We
know what we are talking about and
we believe the people have right to
know it. 1t is going to be sqauarely
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08

up TO the people before the echoes oi
the Presidential campaign have diet
away, and it will develop in the early
phases OF the municipal campaign in
unmistakable fashion. If the people
want it, as is claimed, they will have
it, and that is all there will be to the
departure; if they do not want it, they
lhave two legal remedies at hand, that
used wisely, will terminate the issue
swiftly and without appeal, the local
option law, and the law of recall.
The Morning Asorian has had its
fill OF this contention and reserves the
right to ignore the whole situation
when it shall develop, on the score OF
the attitude OF the people on this
identical issue three years ago; and it
will prbably make use Of the reserva-
ton, but does not declare itself at this
early day. 1t is simply fore-casting a
certainty of political action that is to
come up for popular consideration, in
order that it may be absolved from
any charge OF having failed to do its
primal duty as local newspaper.
1t will be a body-blow to the City
OF Astoria if the lapse is permitted,
and it is no more than right that the
people should have warning OF the
predetermined course of municipal
politics this fall and winter.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
Didn't Seem Fair,

Having finished her afternoons phil.
anthropic work in the east side tene.
ments, the voluntary helper started for
home. Before she had proceeded far.
however, she discovered that her purse
was gone. So, surmslng she had
either carcIessIy mlslaid or been rob,
bed Of 1t, she retraced her steps to the
tenements, Her search availIng moth
ing, she was about to turn again to-
ward home when tear stained youth
accosted her
"Say, missus," he snlyeed. pointing
across the street where another boy
crouched In hallway to examine
something. III y re lookin' fer v
pocketbook. dat kid over dere's got IT,"
Acting Oh this declaration. the lady
hurried over and cornered the lad bc-
fore he was aware Of her proplnquity.
Seeing no chance Of escape with the
purse and Its contents. the boy COM
piled with the lady's demand and
handed over.
NOW my hODest lau. sne then sad,
turning to the first boy, who had fol-
lowed her across, there's dollar for
pointing out the thief"
AS this boy ran off clutchlng his re-
ward the second lad squnted hard at
the lady.
Say, mlssus," he said, don't / get
nothin'?
"Not penny"
"Gee!" he rejoined, in a kind Of per-
plexity. AN | stole de pocketbook
from hlm"-Buffalo Times.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08

the new office mammoth will climb
till its roof commands height a
sheer two hundred feet above the
tallest tower OF the present day fur.
ther uptown Dwariing a score OF
structures that have for years tower.
cd far above their fellows in this
vicinity this latest project will shape
anew the already dizzy rise Of the
down town SKY line, Engineers de.
clare to-day that the new plan is only
4 beginning and that over every
square foot Of the lower island equ-
ally lofty piles will soon be raised 10
hold the bursting office population
Land is dear in Gotham and each inch
OF dirt must bear It's thousand feet Of
extension into the heavens
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
cops IN COURT

For the first time in the memory OF
political hcelerS here the ancient and
honorable graft OF filling police court
posts with favored incompetents from
the force is to-day being assailed.
Year in and year out the policeman
with 4 pull has counted with surety
on the soft berth Of browbeating the
court crowds indoors instead OF pac-
ing real beat in the open, To-day
the magistrates have appealed to the
mayor for good riddancc to this
stupid host OF helpers who might
better be out OF their courts and OF.
fering some protection to life and
property. No village in the land Is
so scantily policed as is this mctrop-
oils where a whole reiment OF able
bodied bluecoats has left the streets
To the crooks while il busters about
in the easy hours OF court details
Every one is hoping that the new
movement may result in putting the
cowardly cop where the brave one is
glad to do his real duty
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
SEEKING THE SKY

That no limit seems to be fixed to
the skyward rearing of lower Man.
haitian has been shown to-day by the
news Of another insurance skyscraper
which will be built to overtop the
loftiest peaks of the Wall Street cliffs
of finance. Close to a thousand feet
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
THE WEATHER

Oregon and Washington-Fair and
cooler interior west portion and CON
tinued warm east portion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
COFFEE

Good grocers like Schil-
ling's Best, for it makes
goodwill and not trouble ;
in case of complaint, the
money is ready.
Your grocer returns your money II yOu don't
hks II; we pay him.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
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NE Dol l. AR

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IN 80 days you will be normal wefomed again Don't
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Sudden fatty Degeneration Heart Disease KID
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FATNESS
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08
WEALTH WITHOUT WALL ST.


Crowded about a little suite o
rooms in Park Row skyscraper
hundreds of eager men are to-day
| fighting for a chance to hire out as
farm hands to gather the rich crops
OF this state. AT this branch OF the
State Department of Agriculture it
is asserted that places may be found
within few days for some 5000 of
the army OF unemployed here in the
fertile fields OF the regions above the
Bronx where hard times have not
hit. II factories find an opening rush
in the promising summer season
ahead, this number OF immediate
vacancies may be doubled within this
month, the state officials declare, for
then the applications of idle mechan-
les will be eliminated. That the outer
state can reach into the metropolis to
help whole regiments OF the unem.
ployed is cheering sign to the peo-
pie OF Gotham. 1t has reminded them
to-day that, over and above Wall
Street, great wealth and prosperity
exists in the great bulk of the Empire
Ct,ta
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08

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NEW YORK LETTER

NEW YORK, July I'm the open.
ing roar Of Gotham's Glorious Fourth
the noisiest delegation that the Tam.
many tribe ever dispatched for a
democratic national sun dance has hit
he trail for Denver to-day In its
wake this formidable array OF political
braves has left 4 Seething mass OF red
hot rumor that is atfordiug holiday
New York almost rs much excite
ment as its millions of dollars worth
of roaring gun powder and red fire.
The democracy OF the Empire State
is 70 demand heaps OF official wam-
pun OF the national party, the leaders
declare, and unless Big Chief Billy
Bryan passes around the peace pipe
at once, his scalp may come back
dangling at their belts That these
active scouts from the greatest state
OF all are to be counted upon to head
any opposition which may develop
against Bryan is conceded here, With
half dozen strong candidates ior
second place on the ticket, the New
Workers feel sure they can not only
name its tail but make or unmake its
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-08

Entered secondclass matter July o 1906 the postoc
toria Oregon under the of Congress of March 1879
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Established 1873.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11
The Circle for December.

The Circle magazine for Decem-
 Der is publication of interest to all people-the sort of magazine a man buys to take home with him and read from cover to cover, then turn over to his wife and the smaller members of his family. There is a department for almost everyone, great or small. and many of the larger interests of life are given a special page, such as the Business Circle, the Music Circle, the Collectors Circle, the Home Cir cle, the Mothers Circle, etc. The magazine section of this number in- cludes fiction by Leo Crane, Lillian Bell and John Fleming Wilson. The leading feature of the number con- ssts of the replies of some well known men and women to the quas- tion: What can an ordinary man GO, who has, perhaps, little too much of this worlds goods, to help those about him who have not enough and why are there some on Christ mas day who have too much and oth- CTS who have too little? Jacob A. Riis, Edwin Markham, Cynthia Vest over Alden and Josiah Strong each has an answer. There are also arti- cles by Hamilton Wright Mabie, Will liam Allen Johnston and Reginald Wright Kaufman, and verse and mu- siC--a poem by Edwin Markham set to music by Reginald Dekoven Al, toegther it is we'll rounded maga- zine, breathing the Christmas spirit throughout.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11

President-Elect Taft urges the consumers to make themselves heard on tariff revision. Hosts of them supposed that they were doing that by delivering their minds as to the Chicago platform and candidate ir November. They made less noise in that way than they would be likely to should all get together before the ways and means committee. A mem Der of the committee has said that he expects somebody to make the fur fly when the revision fight is or. There are consumers who would like to let fly chain shot, solid shor, lyddite shells or whatever is best at smashing armOred things, before the new schedule is fixed up for good. And there's the rub--agreeing upon a tariff schedule that will drown the several volumes of different kinds of noise General Hancock was laughed at for saying in the campaign of 1880, The tariff is a local issue He had been swinging around the circle as a soldier candidate on a re- vision platform. Every fresh swing brought him face to face with a new brand of noise. one community shout ing to have this on the free list and that taxed to the limit, while a neigh boring section shouted for exactly the reverse. If the body of consum- CTS to-day could drop in at a tariff committee hearing for just one sas- sion they would feel like asking Mr Taft to put the tariff up to real ex- perts, if he knows any then going home to resume consuming.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11

The present week the national capital is busy not only with con- gress but with a variety of conven- tions of national scope and impor- tance. Half a dozen organizations are in session in Washington with several hundred of the country's s most prominent citizens considering and debating questions looking to public betterment. The national riv- CTS and harbors congress, the south ern commercial congress, the nation
 al council of commerce and the na- tional conservation commission con ference with the governors of the states are the events around which most interest centers. Besides these gatherings is the convention of the National Liquor league and the Na
 tional League of Democratic Clubs. The national conservation commits sion is meeting in conference with the governors of states and both the president and the president-elect and a notable array of prominent men will discuss the conservation of the natural resources of the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
FRIDAY, DEC. II, 1908.
Dec. ii In History.

1197 - Hiram Paulding, rear admiral of the United States navy who won laurels in the war of 1912, born; died 1878.
 1872 - Clemence Sophia Lozier, pioneer wo- man physician, born;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11

the very soul of life; 1t touches the facts of life with the beauty of tram scendent poetry. On the lowest places. in the hardest conditions, it makes life bearable on the highest plane, in the happiest conditions, It makes life radiant prophecy. Apart entirely from its historical value and aside from the authority with which, for host of men and women, it is clothed, Christmas has value beyond computation, because it reinforces the altruistic and ideal istlc view of life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11

The social registers statistics for deaths in New York shows a slight reduction this year. Last year there were in this city POT deaths among women, this year POS; among men there were 249 this year, as compared to last years PIG.
 But for the number of deaths in the aggregate of all the cities cov- cred by the Social Registers asso- citation. there is a slight increase. Last year there were in all 1884; flthis year 1874.
 Both the increase in deaths and falling off in marriages are partly accounted for by business depression New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11

II is relatively a small mater whether men find life easy or hard writes Hamilton Wright Mabie in the December Circle magazine; it is a great matter whether they find it worth while Men cannot be happy by filling their pockets and stom- achs; that is the way to make them comfortable To make them happy you must fill their minds and hearts
 The Roman emperor, with an inox- haustible cup of pleasure held at the lips which could only drain q small goblet, was poor. unhappy, disti- lusioned compared with the Greek slave, Epictitus, who knew by what scale of values to test life. IL is an old story that things cannot bring men joy: it was preached long be- fore pulpirs were made: but ft Eas never been more obviously and drq- matically set forth than in the col umns of the newspapers during thv past five years. Now this is precisely what the Christmas story does; it makes the spiritual value of life clear: it brings into human life the presence and power of q divine idea of life: it sets up standard of ac- ton which eXpels from the field tine whole brood of aims. impulses. affec- tions and enterprises which destroy the unity of the great brotherhood of humanity; it confirms and gives au- thority to the aspirations which are
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11
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ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun sets 4:29, rises I'll; moon rises :59 p. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11
In For It.

She-I had such queer dream last night.
 He-Yes? What was 1t?
 She-Well, dreamed you gave me q beautiful diamond brooch for Christ mas.
 He Gin very weak voice)-You did? She-Yes. and the funny part was and, oh, l was so glad
 He (brighteningl gl--Glad?
 She-Why, yes. You know dreams always go by opposites That meant that you were really going to get me genuine diamond brooch for Christmas
 He with gasp,-I-I-see-e-e Aside Oh, Lord New York Herald.