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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22
Her Compliment.

1t is the aim Of Mrs. Hall to compli-
ment her friends on every possible oc-
casion. yet, strange to say. she does
not always please them.
did you like my gown at the re-
ception the other evening" asked an
acquaintance. ard Mrs. Hall was
ready with her beaming smile.
my DEAR" she said. with cordial
pressure OF the hand. "it was dream.
You looked lovely! said to my hus-
band. is that--no. 1t can't be'-and
then / saw it was. But. do you know.
scarcely recognized you"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22
coRNMEAL...
Varied Jays d This Rich md vsr-
satile Product.

VArieu Joys ~ Jnt9 HtcH MD0 w.
satile Product.
But cornmeal Is such d rich and
versatile product that II lends itself
to all days and ali meals. Fox break
fast II can be turned into batter cakcs
light and luscious, or into wafiies that
melt In ones mouth, or into mufhns
which take on new sweetness In their
tin boundaries, Or you can have your
corn 10 the shape of grits, yellow With
butter and Of happy digestibIlity.
Then for dinner there is the corn
pone, large brown and hot from the
oven, ready 10 be seasoned with d
sauce Of butter and washed down with
freshly chnrped buttermilk. with an
accompaniment Of cabbage Or collards
or turnip salad or new snap beans. n
for any reason the corn pone Il not de.
glrable. though the farmer cannot Inn
aginc anything that can take lts place
with healthy and an expectant appcS
tite, there are the dumplings to fall
back on. the dumpllngs boiled with a
mess Of greens. This dish N time
and space saver. and there is also q
butter saver The dnmplings should
never by amy chance be allowed to
grow cold before serving. For supper
there II the hoecake, which should be
Of a generous thickness. and 1t should
be eaten with gravy distilled from the
juices Of a country cured ham. or, II
you please. d dish Of mush and milk.
And then. the days work being over
and done with, the tired man or won.
an and the children. weary with play,
may fall On their couches and forget
In sweet and dreamless slumber the
grisly troubles Of the world.-Joel
Chandler Harris In Uncle Remus' Mag
azine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22
THE WORD "0UACK.D
Ne Origin Traced Back TO the Sixteenth
80 Century.

The original and acquired meanings
Of many an old word have been clear
ed up In the law courts. When "quack"
had its turn, Sir Edward Clarke. who
was probably quoting dictionary, de-
fined the word as "a boastful pretend
or to medical skill" "Quack" Is un-
doubtedly derived by suggestion from
the quacklng Of a duck. The quack
doctor has always substituted volu-
bility for knowledge. "Quacker" and
"quacking cheat" were sixteenth cen
tury words. "Quack" In Its present
sense liz certainly az old as 1885, when
II was included In the earliest Of our
slang dictionaries. The original word
was "quacksalver." travelling empiric
who quacked about his salyes, and,
according to Henley and Farmer. the
dramatIst Wycherly first shortened this
word to "quack."
The full term, quack doctor. is found
at least as early as ITO. when these
words were used as title to the Earl
Of Rochester's mountebank speech on
Tower hill This witty and profiigate
nobleman (he Is always called witty
and profiigate) took 1t into his head to
disappear from his friends and appear
to the mob on Tower hill as quack
doctor. The speech he made ON that
occasion has been preserved. and IL
shows that quack oratory has gained
nothing since.
1t Is not all printable in these polite
pages, but the following passage viii
show its character:
"The cures | have done are as in.
credible as innumerable. Icured Prester
Johns godmother OF stupendous dolor
in her os sacrum. which had like to
cost the good lady the perdition of her
buckle bone. curd the Empress OF
Boolmapo Of cranp she got In her
tongue by eating pork and butter'd
parsnips. l cur'd an alderman Of
Grand Cairo Of scarlet, burning, rag
Ing fever, OF which he dy'd. j cur'd
the Emperor Of Morocco, who lay sew
EN- years sick OF the plague. / cur'd
him In forty-two minutes so that he
danc'd the serabrand. fiipfap and Som
erset to the admiration of his whole
court. For my pains he presented me
with 6,000 Hungarian ducats and a
Turkish cymeter. verbum sat sapienti.
No cure, no money"
I doubt very much whether Sir Ed.
ward Clarke was right in saying that
the word ''quack" was revived by
Carlyle after 1t had died out So use
full a word is not likely to have been
dropped, though In Carlyle's vocabu-
larry Of denunciation 1t certainly took
on a new Importance. 1t was from a
court of law, by the way, that Carlyle
obtained the word "gig," which, with
ferocious glee, he never ceased to use
as a symbol Of Snug respectability.
The trial Of Thurtell at Hertford as.
sizes for the murder Of Mr.. Weare pro-
duced the following dialogue:
"What sort Of person was Mr.,
Weare?"
"He was always a most respectable
person
"What do you mean by respectableY'
HE kept a gig"
Carlyle's sardonic humor seized on
this, and ever after when he was
storming at responsibilities and unreal
tiles gigs were not far from his
mind. He even applied the word ''gig.
manity" to those classes Of society
which held the gig" ideal.--John
OLondon in London Taller,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22

Cssop Beach via ~ Stevens No
Portland Astoria and Caop Beach direct No "a runs from
Portland Astoria only No % runs from A, 20 Cstsp Sseh direct
Astoria direct AdlIona train win be from Astoria 70 "
stevens leaving Astoria o arrive f. Stevens
1875 Returning ssv Stevens soo n arrives Astoria a4S
CONNECTIONS Portland with all trans continental lines At GobA
with Pacific Railway Co At Astoria with steamers for San Fancs
nwao Railway Navigation Cos boat and railway
Through tickets sold to and om all points Ms Dst and Europe For
further particulars apply % JENKINS
.,8ati45 Gen. IT, Passngr Agt.
ASTORIA OREGON
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22

she--Don't you think woman is
clever enough to Do any work that a
man can? HeShe's smarter than
that Why. she's clever encugh to
make the man do the work and give
her the benefit Of it-London Tele-
graph.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22

drugs. and We recommend u as q safe
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22

And you say the public can be sep
arated from It's money!"
without effort"
"Oh, am perfectly willing to ex-
pend some effort, providing the trick
can be DONE Washington Herald.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22

The Nevada legislature shows nc
greater speed than congress.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-22

The main object in the Taft cam
paign is to put the lid on Foraker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29

neck and the head. which sometimes con-
tains the BRAIN
The brain is the headquarters OF tne
nervous system and contains the cehtrai
offices of the Anatomical Telephone COM
pany.
From the brain issues the spine, whlch
is sometimes useful in matrimony' al
though rarely strong enough in man ioi
practical purposes. constantly GROWING
weaker the longer he is married
On top of the head the hair grows. OF
is supposed TO. In some cases. however
it fails to grow despite the most pans
taking efforts.
In ladies there are two kinds OF mar :
viz. imported and domestic; IN sehue-
men also two kinds, namely. pernanenl
and transient The permanent is seen
In wild men: the transient in ciVihzeo
men when young.
Around the head, arranged IN the Ut
most disorder without any evidence OF
design are grouped the ears the nose
the eyes, the eyebrows and other we'll
known features.
The ears are firmly fixed at the slaes,
and although every small boy would i1ke
to remove them and have them laundere9
once a week this has hitherto been found
impossible. In ladies they are often used
in place of show windows TO display Jew
elry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
BLOCKED BY ALDRIcH.

According to late Washington advices
western Republicans are bringing pres
sure TO bear upon senators and repre-
sentatives in favor of the postal saw
ings bank law promised by the platform
upon which Mr.. Taft was elected. No
go. Senator Aldrich is opposed to any
such measure and, being the party
leader In the senate, his word is law.
The plan of the Republican leaders is
to hold up the postal bank until the
comprehensive financial plan. the re-
organization OF our whole banking and
currency system which the national
monetary commission is now prepar-
ing, may be ready for the consideration
OF congress-
Aldrich is also chairman of the mop-
etary commission, and 1t is safe to say
that any comprehensive financial
plan" put forward by him will not con-
tain any savings bank feature. nor any
other feature for the benefit OF the peo-
pie at large. The western Republicans
see no reason why there should be any
delay in the matter. and there isn't any
valid reason. except the mere fact that
Senator Aldrich is against it. Election
is over and the western Republicans
may go hang.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29

present Brazil sends US about sleo,eeo,-
900 worth of coffee. indigo and hides,
and at the same time a vast quantity
of these products come from the Cen
trail American countries. AS an offset
the Brazilian markets take only about
SIS. 900, 900 worth of our products. while
very little is exported to Central Amer
lea. Evidently the South and Central
American business men prefer TO trade
with Europe. and it is thought they
can be made to see the error of their
ways by a tax on coffee.
II the government puts on cents. the
importer will add his bit TO the cost, the
wholesaler will tack on a few cents
and by the time the coffee reaches
Utah We shall all be following the
Word of WISDOM" whether we want
TO or not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
PEOPLE OF THE ARCTIC.
Peculiar Views of Life Entertained
by Eskimo Men and Women.
(Leslie 5 Weeklv.l

These people of tine white world. these
children OF the snow and ice, give them
selves little concern regarding what is
going on in worlds beyond their own. The
climate In which they live and the limita-
tons of their whole environment make il
impossible that there should be much
change in their own manner of life, and
they do not care for the changes that soap
and water might make in their domestic
life, while the women OF the family
not ANXIOUS to adopt changes in methods
OF cooking that might make some of the
dishes they prepare much cleaner and far
less deadly than they appear to be. But
the best filled larder in the homes OF the
most affluent of the Eskimos offers but
little in the way of variety in food and
the question so veXing TO the American
housewife. What shall we have for
breakfast?'' or for dinner. or supper,
never troubles the Eskimo housewife
since these meals may not vary for
months at a time. and are prepared III
the primitive way in which they were pre-
pared by the Eskimos OF generations AMI
The dress of the women and the men is
so much alike that II an Eskimo lady )
husbands clothes happened to be better
than her own she might borrow them 20
wear TO some Eskimo society function
without exciting any comment as to her
dress
AS In some other lands, the man is re-
garded as being vastly superior 10 the
woman. and the birth OF girl is never
regarded as a blessing. Indeed, IL often
happens that both the father and mother
resort to the unavailing folly of tears and
lamentations wnen it is announced that
a newcomer is a girl A boy can become
a great fisherman or great hunter,
while a girl-of what use is she? A mere
cucumber of the earth. regardless OF the
fact that she works as many hours a day
as, and even more than. man when she
reaches the goal of her ambition and
marTies. Not to marry is as sad a mis-
fortune may befall her, and IL she is
married and widowed she makes all pos
sible haste in securing second partner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
oMnoT 10 The RESCUE.

II is fortunate for Utah that con-
syess adjourned over the holidays long
enough to release Senator SmOot from
his arduous task as leader Of the SEN
ate. chief adviser to the president and
oracle OF the executive departments.
Fortunate. because II gave the senior
negligible quantity from Utah time t"
core on between Christmas and New
Year and tell the governOr-elect how
10 run the office and 10 advise the leg
islature what it shall do in the way of
organization and legislation
For some men the time would be a
little short, but for the giant Intellect
OF the Provo senator. the formulation
OF a simple thing like program for
the whole session OF the Legislature is
merely a diversion. Accustomed as he
is to settling off-hand problems of ma
tional and international moment. called
on as lie frequently is to determine
grave policies for the senate, little
thing like the government of Utah for
the next two years is no more to him
than the management of an infant is
to its mother.
or course, there are some foolish
folks who think the legislature was
elected by the people to discharge the
usual functions of legislative bodies;
and there are even some who doubt the
senator's omniscience in affairs of
state Needless 10 say, these hyper
critical persons do not read the SEN
ator's organ, or they would know that
he is more than adequate to any emer-
gency, combining as he does in his own
person the profound learning OF Web
ster. the craftsmanship of a Lincoln,
the magnetism of a Blaine and the ex-
ecutive capacity of a Washington. OBJ
viously the state is fortunate in having
one SO gifted to assume all of it's legis-
lative and executive functions instead
OF having TO depend upon a common
human being To govern and plain men
to make laws for it.
To be sure. Smoot could hardly be
elected as a member Of the legislature
from any county in the state if he had
to rely on the popular vote, and he
certainly could not carry his own town
FOR any elective office. as has been dem
9nstrated. The people Of Provo who
know him are curiously indifferent to
his transcendent merits, but that only
proves the truth of the old adage about
the prophets honor in his own coun-
try. Taking the word of the senator s
newspaper for it, the legislature. the
governor and all the other state off,
GERS are well enough in their way. but
they pale into insignificance beside
Smoot as the flavor of common camem-
bert betrays its weakness beside the
robust and powerful distinction of real
lmburger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
MILLIONS TO BE TURNED LOOSE.

The dividend and interest disburse-
ment for January on the stocks and
bonds Of the New York City banks and
trust companies. and the various rail-
roads. industrial. miscellaneous and
street railway corporations of the
United States Will be approximately
s16,5o0.0Oo greater than the disburse-
ment in January, 1903. The total will
exceed s210. 100000. The chief reason for
the rise in call loan rates in the past
two or three weeks was the accumula-
ton Of money to meet these dividend
and interest requirements. With the
distribution of this vast amount of
ready cash business in all branches
ought to pick up and stock prices
should go up on account of large
amounts of capital seeking reinvest-
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
WHO'LL PAY THE BILl7

1t has come to light that a Venezue-
Ian revolutionary junta has been in ex-
istence in New York for some time. and
that in August last gold certificates TO
the amount Of s1,O00.000 were issued.
The certificates have par value Of
81 200 each, and were made payable at
the Windsor Trust company one year
after President Castro had been salts
factorily disposed of, by resignation or
otherwise General ROlando. who is
now en- route to Caracas, was president
Of the junta, and Victor Bolet treas
urer
1t is not stated whether the asphalt
trust was back OF the junta, but it is
a fair presumption that money was adj
vanced for some of the certificates. 1t
is probable. also, that the United States
government was silent partner in the
enterprise, ready to re-enact the role
played on the isthmus when Panama
was wreSted from Colombia. Several
shipments OF arms had gone forward to
points in the West Indies for use in
Venezuela, and the junta was negotiat-
ing for a fast steam yacht when news
came of the successful overturning Of
the Castro government by Vice Presi-
dent Gomez.
Rolando having had no part in the
revolution, and not being in power. the
New Workers who bought the gold GER
tificates may have TO whistle for their
money. though the asphalt company
would probably be willing TO call the
account square il the new Venezuelan
government would only remit the So
000.0 fine assessed against the trust
for financially backing a former revo-
luton that didn't succeed, and allow
the concern 20 come into peaceable pos
session of its concession.
No tears will be wasted on Castro.
He was a bad ruler all the way through.
Venezuela is Well rid of him. and the
hope will be universal that the South
American republic will right about face
and enjoy the full measure of prosper
ity to which il is entitled by reason of
its wonderful natural resources The
fact remains. however, that the people
of this country never would have sane
toned the making Of war upon Castro
for the benefit of the New York & Ber-
mudez Asphalt company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY.
II Has OUTLINED All Rivals Save One
in 24o Years.
Chicago Inter Ocean)


The history of the famous Hudson bay
company dates from 1910. when a license
TO trade In furs in Hudson (now HUDSON,
pay was granted to company winch IN
cluded several men OF high rank Inc
Duke of York. the Duke OF Aibermarie ana
the Earl of SALISBURY were among them.
The capital was eS,42o. not great
amount with which to fight the rival COM
panies and the intrepid individual agents.
chieIly French, whose competition was
hard on the new enterprise But the con-
quest Of Canada helped il good deal.
English traders learned the ways OF the
Indians and their system of the exchange
Of goods.
Toward 1885, some merchants OF Mont
real combined 10 explore the fur country
and founded that powerful northwest
company, which soon became the center
of the fur trade. In 1888 this new company
shipped furs to the value OF no less than
El2o,OO. and the existence OF me Hudson
Bay company was again threatened
In ''Conjuror's House" Stewart Edward
White has given US glimpses or the pictur-
esquely high handed methods of the COM
pany which nowadays has but one
meaning. the Hudson's Bay company But
according TO a writer in Fur News It's
early rival was no better.
1T shrank from no act, however iniqui-
tous.' says the account. Its agents inn
posed on their own employees and specu-
lated on the misery OF the Indians. conse-
quently realizing immense profits in spite
of the competition of new Russian and
American companies
The American Fur company. for in
stance, was founded in 1909 with capital
of Sl.Wo,Oo and operated west of the
Rocky mountains. The competition of all
these rivals put the Hudson's Bay COM
pany into greater danger than it ever had
been.
But in 1921 a treaty was made amalga-
mating the Hudson Bay and Northwest
companies under the title of the Hud-
sons Bay Fur company. At present 1t
has only one rival of Importance, the
American st. Louis Fur company,
The Hudson's Bay company has posts
scattered over q domain covering 800 600
square miles Its principal ablishments
are on James bay and toward the from
tiers OF upper Canada. on Lakes Atha bas-
ca. Winnipeg Methye and near the Co
lumbia, Mackenzie, Saskatchewan and As
siniboine river. Fort York. commanding
the course of the River Nelson, is the
headquarters of the company and contains
its principal depot
In 1s42 il took a lease OF all the Rus
sian establishments in North America at
an annual rent of $4,000. so that It is now
working on its own account the vast tracts
of country between the Mississippi and the
Pacific ocean.
The following is list Of the quantities
of skins and furs dispatched to- Europe by
the Hudson's Bay company In 1884
which will give an exact idea OF the extent
of its trade:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
JUVENILE ANATOMY STUDIES.

Thomas /. Mason in Lippincott's.)
Anatomy il the science of knowing all
our parts and telling them from one an
other while at the same time We treat
them with equal consideration.
When We have conscientiously learned
all the par>s that belong to us we can add
them up ann find out just what our sum
total is.
Beginning with the main parts of the
body we have first the torso.
The torso is plastered with ribs 20 keep
II from caving In: also to prevent the in
sides from breaking out. No respectable
person could do without torso, upon
which all the other parts are placed.
When people are murdered the torso Is
always the one talked about most
Above the torso are the arms. which
hang along side and sometimes swing
wildly in their sockets; the shoulders. the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29

The purpose of this organization is to
Investigate all applications for charity:
to help the helpless; to give opportunity
to the worthy but unfortunate 10 help
themselves; to protect the public from
imposition. In short. 10 make charity
practical and systematic.
Funds are urgently needed. and those
contributing may be assured that the
money will be judiciously expended
where il will do the greatest good.
Contributions should be sent to n. II.
Walker. treasurer, at Walker Brothers
bank.
Officers Of the association are: DR. T
3 Beatty. president; J. d. Wood. vic,.
president: J. B. Evans. secretary; NJ. ~
Walker. treasurer.
Other directors: Simon Bamberger
W. Mont Ferry. w. V. Rice, F. \.
Druehi Rev. L. l. Goshen, William II
Tibbais
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29

Such figures ought To bring in large
profit to the Hudson's Bay company but
unfortunately they have not been main
tanned. and for the last twenty-five years
have been decreasing.
Until 1899 the company was in flour
ishing condition. In that year the num-
Der of furs exported was . $50 00O but since
then the trade has gradually declined. and
this number is now reduced by one-half
at least.
The following table. taken from the
Voyage Of Captain Robert Lade," shows
on what terms exchanges were formerly
made with the Indians. Beaver skins were
then the currency employed in buying and
selling. The Indians paid:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-29
nuTY ON COFFEE.

Several Republican members of con-
gress have suggested to Chairman
Payne Of the ways and means commit
e an. propriety os imposing an i'm
port duty of . cents per pound on cof-
fee. strictly for revenue. Ii is argued
that such duty would produce about
S5,Ooo.0OO a year. 1t is also argued that
such action would so encoura re the in
dustry in our own possessions that
within few years we would not have
10 import our coffee from foreign soil.
On the tariff as well as on so many
other questions the Republican party is
assimilating Democratic doctrines. In
1876 Samuel J. Tilden went into the
eampaiel on a platform which declared
for tariff for revenue only At the
present time the Republicans are con-
fronsed with the necessity of raising In
the vicinity of d million dollars a day.
and the new tariff bin must be A rev.
enue producing measure or direct tax
alton viii inevitably result in the near
future. High protective duties don't
HE with the revenue idea, and the
Payne committee is up a stump for the
time being.
one OF the arguments in favor OF put
cns duty on coffee is that the United
Statsr would be placed in a position 10
force concessions from foreign coun-
tr.e-. those In South and Central Amer
~ LeiaS particularly mentioned. At