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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
SLEEPER INCIDENT ENDED.

WASHINGTON, June 2s.- The
American government is not looking
for any further trouble in Venezuela
and with the recall charge D'Affaires
the Sleeper incident is ended from a
diplomatic standpoint. except so far
as Castro may complicate the situa-
tion by some official action. The gov
ernment still has almost dozen con-
sular officers in Venzeula and there is
no intention to recall them.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.


At Cleveland Cleveland 3, chica,
go 2,
At Detroit Detroit |, St. Louis 4.
AT Boston-Boston 2, Washing
ton /.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia 3, /.
New York 0, 2.
National League.
Aa Chicago Chicago 7, Cincinnati
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 0, Phila-
delphia 6.
At St. Louis-st, Louis 8, Pitts,
burg 4.
At New York-New York 10, I.
Boston IA, 4,
Pacific Coast League.
At San Francisco-San Francisco \
Oakland g.
At Los Angeles Portland Is, Los
Angeles O
Northwest League.
At Seattle Seattle 5, Tacoma 4
At Spokane Spokane 8, Aberdeen
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
]. F. JACOBSON LEADS.
In Republican County Conventions
Held Throughout Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, june 2s.-The republ-
can county conventions held through
out Minnesota today to elect dele
gates to the state convention which
July I will nominate the state ticket.
According to the Pioneer Press at
10 o'clock tonight, J. F. jacobson, the
candidate for gubernatorial nomina-
ton will have 2o6 instructed delegates
and 1900 favorable" Attorney-gen-
eral Young is given 1877 instructed
and 46 favorable. Ex-Congressman
Synder, l13 instructed; Joel Heat
wole, 20 instructed and 10 favorable.
Necessary to nominate 772. Many
counties have not yet even been heard
from.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
JAPANESE AVOID TAXES.

MUKDEN, June 25-Evideuce has
been obtained from official sources
here of the existence and operation
Of a system by which Japanese com,
merce in Manchuria has secured gen
eral exemption from the inland taxes,
These concessions were obtained BY
intimidation and by show Of force.
China has cancealed the situation for
fear Of losing the revenue she derived
on merchandise in transit belonging
to those nations who did not coerce
her.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

sTOCToN, Cal, June 2s. Miss
Emma Schuet lost her life and Miss
Emma Walsh, both Of Stockton, was
seriously injured in an automobile
accident Of Burnham about seven
miles from Stockton last night The
machine was driven by J. P. Sargent
and the other occupant OF the ma
chine was w l.. Dudly, according to
best information received here The
two men were thrown clear Of the
automobile and escaped with bruises.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
GUARDING APPROACHES

LONDON, June 25.--The Times
Teheran correspondent says the
troops are guarding the approaches
to the British legation with orders to
shoot all fugitives seeking sanctuary
there.
Two Of the Nationalist leaders,
says the correspondent, were hanged
in the royal camp. Anxiety is felt as
to the fate OF the others under arrest
despite the Shah's verbal promise to
spare their lives.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
SHERMAN RECOVERING.
Physicians Believe he Will be Able to
Travel Next Monday.

CLEVELAND, June 25.-An offic-
ial statement OF Representative Sher-
mans condition states that he passed
a very comfortable day, His general
condition is most satisfactory and a
speedy recovery is looked for and the
physicians believe that he will be able
to traver by next Monday,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
SAILOR WILL BOX.

SYDNEY, N, S. w, June rs. The
Syndicate which has charge Of the
boxing contest for the week Of the
American fleet visit has arranged for
Mike Schreck, the American heavy
weight pugilist, to come to Australia
and participate in the events.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
PITTsBURG FIRE
Loss About $500,000 Caused By
Electric Storms.

PITTSBURG, Pa. June 2s,-More
than one hundred thousand barrels of
oil were consumed by fire, three valu-
able oil re6neries destroyed and an
estimated loss of about $500000
caused by electric storms which pas
sed over Western and Northern Pen
nsylvania Yesterday and to-day.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
HOLLAND MAKES CLAIM

LONDON June 25.-The Daily
Telegraph's correspondent at the
Hague learns that Holland has made
claim against Venezuela for redress
for the seizure of Dutch ships and
mails.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
BY WIRELESS

PORTLAND, Or, June Is, :
Word from the United Wireless
telegraph station on Telegraph Hill,
in this city, reports the United States
battleship Nebraska at midnight to
be so miles south of Tatoosh Island;
and proceeding to San Francisco.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-26
HARVARD Wins
RACE FROM YALE
Yale Team Is Badly Crippled In
the Start and Looses by
Over a Mile
STAR GRlSWOLD FALLS DOWN

President Not Present But His Fam
lily View the Race-Taft is on
Hand to See His College Defeated
by Rival School.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
SILVER HOLDERS.

The hostess who dislikes serving
cheese, marmalade, sauces and cat
sups in their jars or bottles has found
the silver covers, which were pro-
vided for them a few years ago. q
welcome invention.
1t Is only recently, however, thai
the prices of these covers were mol
prohibitive for the housekeeper on q
small income. Now, fortunately, the
boxes to hold cheese, caviar, marina
lade and covers for catsup and sauce
bottles come in plated silver. They
are so reasonable in price that the
woman Of moderate means need nj
longer be deprived CT these dainty &C
cessories to a welt.seryed meal
New Haven Register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
A Candid Answer.

Here is an incident that really oc.
Cured in school in a Massachu-
sets town:
A little girl was discovered In the
aisle between the desks performing
antics, when the teacher, who had
stepped out Of the room for few
minutes, after first requesting the
children to be orderly, returned.
"Why do / see you there and not
In your seat, Nelly?" asked the teach
eT.
Because l did not see you coming
back" answered Nelly promptly
New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
Feminine Finance.

The director OF a Philadelphia bank
not long ago spoke to his wife with
reference to her account, whhah had
been overdrawn. To his suggestion
that the matter should be seen to at
once, the wife replied that she would
Immediately adjust the difficulty. 4
day or two after that the husband
inquired whether she had done what
he suggested.
Certainly replied the wife; q. at.
tended to that matter the very next
morning after you first spoke to me
about it. sent to the bank my check
for the amount had overdrawn."-
Earper's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

in power; demands that the House Of
Representatives shall again become a
deliberative body, controlled by ma
jority of the members and not by the
Speaker; favors an immediate, liberal
and comprehensive plan for improv-5
ing every water course in the Union;
condemns the action of the present
Chief Executive in using the patron
age of his high Office to secure the
nomination of one Of his Cabinet Of
fcers; pledges the party to the en-
actment of a law to regulate the rates;
and services of telegraph and tele-
phone companies, calls for honest and.
rigid, enforcement of the civil service
laws, favors the immediate admission,
of Arizona and New Mexico as sep
arate States, declares that rules anl
regulations in relating to free grazing
lands should be left to the people
of the States where the lands are sit
uated; favors the extension of agri-
cultural, mechanical and industrial
education, believes in the upbuilding
of the American merchant purine
without new or additional burdens
upon the people and without bounties
from the public Treasury; favors the
application Of principles Of the land
laws of the United States to Hawaii,
in the interest Of homesteaders; de-
mands for the people of Alaska and
Porto Rico the full enjoyment Of the
rights and provisions Of territorial
form of government; favors Federal
aid in the construction and mainten-
ance of post roads, deprecates the use.
Of the navy for the collection Of pri-
vate debts, and advocates the organi-
cation Of all existing national public
health agencies into a national bu-
reau of public health; insists upon the
full protection Of our citizens at home
and abroad and demands that all over
the world a duly authorized pass
port issued by the government of the
United tSates to IN American citizen
shall be proof Of the fact that he is.
an American citizen and shall entitle
him to the treatment due him as such.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

The literary style OF men OF action
when these men have style OF theig
own, probably owes its excellence
largely to the lack of that self-con
sciousness, maintains The Dial. that
painful striving for effect. which mars
the utterances Of men of letters. "Tne
mere writer" says the London Specta
tor in a late instructive article, "whc
must like n silkworm, spin out his
precious material from inside him
can hardly hope to rival the man o.
genius whose imagination has beer
quickened. and whose tongue has been
iooscned by what Burke calls the 'ov
ermasterIpg necessities OF events.
The men who make writing profes
sion are commonly the men who dc
not do things to write about, as
Walter Bagehot used to complain;
and, he might hays added. the men
who do things are sally too modest
tn ;vritc obcut them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
A Gentle Hint.

Senator Fulton at his annual. Ore
gon salmon dinner In Washington,
told tipping story.
"1n Astoria" he saiG, there used to
be an old fisherman who brought me
the first OF every month a present Of
splendid salmon from his master. l
always gave the old fisherman tip.
"But one morning / was very busy
and when the old man. brought the
fish thanked him hurriedly, and for
getting his tip bent over my desk
again. He hesttated a moment, ther
cleared his throat and said:
Senator, would ye be so kind as
to put 1t in with that ye didn't give
me no tip this time, or my wife'll
think I've went and spent 1t on rum
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

In Mississippi where the Govern.
mens pays little attention to roads,
the value Of farm property has In
creased ..3S per cent in Ave years. In
Illinois where hundreds OF miles OF
hard roadways have been constructed
since 1900, the average increase OF
farm lands has been almost 60 per
cent, notes the New York American.
This country will have arrived at Its
highest point of prosperity when there
is better system Of canals, when the
great rivers are dredged and made
navigable. when every State is grid
ironcd with hard roadways. The SEN
timent for national action concerning
these needs is so strong and so in.
sistent that 1t must ultimately bear
fruit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
Everything in Proportion.

For many weeks the irritable mer
chant had been riveted to his bed
by typhoid fever. Now he was con-
valescing. He clamored for some
thing to eat. declaring that he was
starving.
Tomorrow you may have some
thing to eat" promised the doctor.
The merchant realized that there
would be restraint to his appetite,
yet he saw, in his vision. a modest
steaming meal placed at his bed
side.
"Here Is your dinner" said the
nurse next day, as she gave the glow.
erlng patient a spoonful of tapioca
pudding, "and the doctor emphasizes
that everything else you do must be
in the same proportion"
Two hoWs later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bed chamber.
Nurse" breathed the man, heav'
lily, ~ want to do some reading; bring
me postage stamp."-Harper's
Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
DATE FLUFF DUFF.

Stone enough dates to make cup
tul, stew until tender, then put
through a colander. Mix with cup
full of sugar in which a teaspoonful
Of cream of tartar has been sifted.
Seat the whites OF five eggs with a
pinch OF salt until perfectly stiff. Add
the yolks OF two and whip again.
Now mix lightly, little by little, with
the sweetened dates and turn into a
buttered baking dish. Sprinkle over
the top half cupful finely chopped
nut meats and bake in moderate
oven fifteen minutes. Serve with
cream. plain OF whipped.-Washing-
ton Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
Our Restaurants.

1t is a puzzle to me that native
Americans are, as rule, unsuccess
full in the conduct of restaurants
cabarets, posadas, inns and other
eatlng.houses. 1t seems that we must
forever depend On the Frenchman
the Hungarian, the German, the tall
an or the Syran, and now and then
the Spaniard. fer good meals a la
carte or table dhote at a reason
able price. Once in while the
Irish come to the front and are amaz
ingly successful. suppose there
is a knack IN the business which
Americans have not acquired-NeN
York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
BEps FoR COWS.

IN drying on COW it is customary
rot to milk her entirely dry the last
few times: But one week after this
her udder should be MIXED thorough
" dry. said speaker at the Wiscon-
sin farmers course. II this is not
done the small amount Of milk left
in her udder may cause garget. The
farmers were urged to lay foo. OF
inch boards on top of the cement
foorings for cows and calves. Gar
get, caked udder and rheumatism
have resulted from COWS lying on ce-
ment floor. Experience shows that
calves are much more comfortable
when they lie on boards over the
cement floor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
General Ainsworth.

Once an army medico, now major
general, adjutant general and boss Of
stha whole military works, Fred Cray
Ion sAinsworth' is .flfty-five years old
and still climbing. According to peo-
pile who know, Ainsworth is as am
ghitious as julius Caesar or Napoleon
sBonaparte, and has a heap more
sense than either. Just now the gov
ernment is saving s5OO,OO0 with every
passing year ewing to its adoption
scf card index system invented by
General Alnsworth which makes the
full history of each and every PEN
sioner and soldier Immediately avail
able. He knows everybody in Wash
Elngton, and everybody knows him
and lies him. Happy days, general!
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
Turtle Soup For All.

I view with unspeakablo loath'ng
"The Simple Life" ! deem 1t NOR
hid recrudescence Of a bad ancestry
which ruined its digestion by sur
felt or starvation, and transmitted the
disease to its offspring. It is the relic
Of medieval mysticism and religious
indiyidualism. OF course, the fact Is
that under rational system there
would be champagne and turtle soup
for all the heads and gastronomic Or
cans that could stand such potent
herbs. Victor Grayson, Mp, in the
Labor Leader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
DIFFERENT NOW.
Athlete Finds Better Training Food.

IL was formerly the belief that to
become strong. athletes must eat
plenty of meat.
This is all out of date now, and
S;rnany trainers feed athletes on the
yfell-known food. Grape-Nuts, made
of wheat and barley, and cut the meat
down to a small portion, once a day.
Three years ago." writes Mich.
man, Having become interested in
athletics, I found 1 would have to stop
eating pastry and some other kinds
>.of food.
q. o. a got some GraIe-Nuts and was
%s,,on eating the food at every meal.
for / found that when went on the
track, felt more lively and active.
Later, began also to drink
Postum in place of coffee and the way
j gained muscle and strength on this
diet was certainly sreat. On the day
o. field meet in June weighed 1874
pounds. On the opening of the foot
ball season in Sept, weighed 40.
j attributed my fine condition and
good work to the discrimination OF
improper food and coffee, and the
using OF Grape-Nuts and Postum, my
principal diet during training season
being Grape-Nuts.
Before used Grape-Nuts never
felt right in the morning-aiways
kind of .out of sorts with my stom-
aeh. But now when rise feel good.
.aitd after breakfast largely of
Grape-Nuts and cream. and cup OF
Postum, feel like new man. I"
There's Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Esttlo
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville, In pggs.
Ever rcad tho abuyc letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
Eare genuine, true. and tull Of human
Interest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

Says the Baltimore American: A
sound n&nd in a sound body Is still
the college ideal, and there never will
be return to the days of cadaverous
scholarships, when the student went
through the dull round Of study with.
out appeal to his physical nature, at
the age when tho demands Of the
latter are closely linked to health and
success In the butfle of life,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
A Goloan Onportunity

is offered to & few investors. The Curtis
Richmond Mining Co.. q high class mining
concern operating In Sonora, Mexico, and
whose mines are very rich In gold, need
$40, 600 more with which to Install macbin-
cry (already paid for) and complete devel.
opment. viii sell enough stock at s5 cents
per share (par value sl.o0, none sold for
less than 80 cents) to carry out this plan +.
Adjoining mine Is paying 81, GOO 600 yearly:
This IS n high class conservative investment
which will produce great returns within one
year. For further particulars address
G. Lenox Curtis, President, II East 45th St.
New York City.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
A SIMPLE WARDROBE.

A bedroom door closed to another
apartment may be converted into
wardrobe by mailing shelf above the
Intel OF the door and putting hooks
tencath, and also along the closed
iccr beneath. Hang cretonne curtains
from the shei, 10 the floor and tack
them on the sides to the door jambs
TO keep out the dust.-Boston Fost
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.

Her mother: "I should rather you
would net go sailing with that young
man, Clara; 1 don't believe he knows
a thing about sailboat."
Clara: "Oh, but he does, mama;
he showed me letter Of recommen'
datlon from a New York firm he used
to work for, and they speak very
highly of his salesmanship. Circle
Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
ROOFS FOR THE BROOD SOW.

ROOTS FOR THE BROOD SOW.
Roots may be sliced or pulped and
mixed with the grain or may be CIV
On whole as a noon feed to the brood
,ow. Some care must be used IN
feeding roots, as they are laxative
In effect and If fed in excessive
amounts may bring about profuse &C
lion Of the bowels. Some eastern
farmers recommend the use OF Sill
age. II neither is available, clover
or alfalfa hay, sheaf oats or corn fcd
der may supply the bulkey require
ments of the ration with good results
Charcoal, ashes and salt should Dc
accessible at all tinen.-Weekly wit
ness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
TWO CURES OF ECZEMA.
Baby Had Severe Attack-Grand'
father Suffered Torments with
the .Dfsease-Owe Recovery
to Cuticura..

"In 1884 my grandson, a babe, had an
attack of eczema, and after trying the doc
tors to the extent of heavy bills and an in
crease Of the disease and snfering, I rec.
commended Cuticura and in few weeks
the child was well. He is to-day.a strong
man and absolutely free from the disease.
A few years ago contracted eczema, ,-and
became an inteuse sufferer. A whole win
ter passed without once having on shoes,
nearly from the knees to the toes being
covered with rirulent sores. I srisd many
doctors to no purpose. Then I procured
the Cuticura Remedies and found immedi-
ate improvement and final cure. NJ, w.
LaRue, s45 Seventh st., Louisville, Ky,
April % and May IA, 1907"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
Good Crops in Mexico,

Good crop conditions are reported
from all parts Of Mexico. The sugar
cane crop which is now being har-
vested is the largest in the history
OF the cc12try, while the yield of cof-
fee exceeds that of any previous year.
There IS, a shortage OF corn and wheat
In some sections, but the prospects
arc favorable for good crops Of these
two cereals this year.-Moody&s Maya
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
n,o,,, k,seed me.n Too,

"Jenny Kissed me-" ioo'
with the grim knowledge that tina
Hunt heirs will shoot on sight)
Sarah kissed me when We met,
So did Kate and Cell and Dora,
So did Jane and Violet,
Dolly, Claribel and Flora.
They all liked me pretty well,
And-dear gIrls!-they never hid
It!
don't Hike to kiss and tell.
Still, they did 1t.
Later in the day met
(And saluted) Maude and Daisy
And l also kissed Cozette,
Clara, Julia, Ruth and Maisie-
o, I'm sorry for Leigh Hunt.
l who've had SO many, many!-
While poor Leighs one vaunted
stun.
Was with Jenny.
-(H. S. H., in Richmond Times-Dls-
patch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
Antl-MonopolY Crusade.

Uncle ,Jeptha-The railroad Is
sellin' tickets tes Chicago fer s..
They can't afford to do It. at thai
price. Uncle Steven--No; that's
what Hiram said. He went an bought
nine tickets an didn't use one OF
'em. Said IL he had money enough
he'd keep on ouyin' till he'd busted
up the hull railroad monopoly. He's
got it in fer the trusts. Hlhas-Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
INSTRUMENTATION SKIN DIsEAsEs

That's what TErrERINE is; and 1t Is more.
It Is On absolute cure for eczema, letter,
ringworm, erysfpelas and all other itching
eutaneous diseases. In aggravated cases
OF these Affections It's cures hare been pho :
nomenal. It gives instant relisf and effects
permanent cures: soc. ut druggists or by
mail from j. T, SHrPrRINE, Dept. A, So.
yennnh, Ge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

Prisoners In Asheville asked for
release because the Jail Is haunted.
All jails are, muses. the New York
American. The ghosts of regulations
and wronged friendships haunt ey.
cry corridor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15
TErrERINE-A RELIABLE CURE.

TsrvEnISz Is sure, safe and speedy cure
for eczema, tetter, skin and scalp diseases
nd.ltching piles. Endorsed by physicians;
praised by thousands who hsvo used 1t.
fragrant, soothing, anasoptic. 5oc: at
druggists or by mail from ]. T. sHUPTRISE,
Dept. A, Savannah. Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

Mrs. winsrow's Soothing Syrup for Chiluren
teething, softens -hegums, reducesinfiamma-
hon, allays pain, C. res wind colo, 25c bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

Hicks Capudine Cures Womcn's
Monthly Pains, Backache, Nervousness,
and Headache. It's Liquid. Effects lnme.
diately. Prescribed by physicians with best
results. l0c., 25c., and 5oc., at drug stores.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL Tonic. Yol know what you
are taking The formula is plainly printed
on every bottle, showing it is simply Qui-
nine and Iron in o tasteless form, and the
and children SOC.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

The cynic says there are two kinds
Of people in the world-bad ones and
those who have not been found out.