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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
OPPOSE VACCINATION.
Attempt Made to Murder Health
Officer in San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. 2.-The
avowed purpose OF the city board OF
health to enforce the state vaccination
laws in the case of public schools
which open on the 9Th has caused
much i'll feeling. Tuesday when the
wife of DR.. Francis H. Mead, the
health officer, opened the front door
of their residence on Fourth street,
she found stick of dynamite attach
ed to the door knob, together with a
note reading:
Mead, don't you attempt to vacci-
nate, you poor unscrupulous quack.
My children will not be vaccinated.
The black hand is on your track. This
is the last warning"
The dynamite was very insecurely
fastened to the door knob presumably
with the intention that it should fall
to the floor and explode when the
door was opened
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
BLOW AT HIGH SPEEDS.
National Auto Club Sets It's Seal
Against Reckless Driving.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The Auto
matte Club of America has made its
announcement against speeding, ac-
cording to resolution passed by the
board of governors in the form of
special notice to its members calling
attention to the great number of SER
ious and fatal accidents that have
recently occurred. Especial attention
is directed to the condition in Nassau
county, Long Island, where the su-
pervlsors propose to stop reckless
driving by trying those arrested in
the regular court terms after indict-
ment and Furnishing repeated offend
ers, by imprisonment
"It is the desire of the club" said
the pronounciament, ito put a stop
TO recklessness, and every member is
required to drive with care and within
the speed limits, having in mind at all
times the safety OF other users of the
highways"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
CAR THIEF GETS 20 DAYS.

THE DALLES, Or. Sept, D.
Harry Hough was arrested here yes
terday by Detective F. B. Wood, OF
the 0. K. & N, Railroad, for breaking
into car of merchandise on the
company's road between this city and
Portland a few days ago. He was
convicted in the police court of the
charge and sentenced to serve 20
days on the city rockpile. Detective
Wood is determined to break up the
gang which has repeatedly broken
into cars on the 0. r. & N. road be-
tween Portland and The Dalles dur
ing the last few months.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
LOSES BARN AND STOCK.

MILTON, Or, Sept. 2.-Fire com
pletely destroyed a fine new barn, %
tons of wheat hay, two header wag.
ons, feed wagon, lot OF hogs
valued at 500 and several sets OF
harness, belonging 10 Clay Moss, a
rancher living FIVE miles south of Mil
ton, Monday evening. Mrs. Moss was
the only person around the premises
at the time, and in trying to liberate
the stock was quite badly burned. A
threshing outfit had just left the place
and il is supposed that someone
among them threw the stub Of
cigarette in the straw. The loss is
estimated at $1,000, and is partially
covered by insurance.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
POLITICS AND CIVIL SERVICE

VALLEJO, Cal, Sept. 2,-R o,
Pierce, candidate for Supervisor on
the republican ticket and who is a
civil service employe at the Mare Isl
and Navy Yard, has been notified by
the navy department that he must
either withdraw his name from the
ticket or resign his position at the
yard owing to the civil service rule
prohibiting the active participation OF
civil service employees in politics, The
local trades and labor council has adj
dressed protest to the congressional
representatives claiming that this rul-
ing prevents the enjoyment OF the
full rights Of citizenship by civil serv-
ice employees,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
GIRL IN POLITICS.
Miss Levy of Seattle is Campaigning
For Her Father.

SEATTLE, Sept. 1.-Two hundred
rough clad men Of the Riggers & Ste
vedores Union suspended the regular
routine OF their business session at
their headquarters on Western Ave
nue. Monday afternoon and gave un-
divided attention to a l0-minute ad-
dress by Miss Gertrude Levy, the
young woman who is conducting an
energetic campaign for her father,
Benjamin c. Levy, candidate for the
nomination for county treasurer. 1t
took a suspension of the rules of the
union to permit the young woman to
be heard and the president of the
organization, to whom she first ap-
Piled, was doubtful of the success OF
her request. However, he put it to a
vote which resulted unanimously in
favor Of the fair applicant.
Il told Them said Miss Levy
fathers record as deputy for IS
years, and appealed to them as
workers to assist a fellow worker to
gain the recognition he deserves.
They didn't treat it as a joke. | think
was too serious about it. They gave
me courteous hearing and applaud !
I'd me when | finished"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
90 CENTS
FORAKER SURPRISES
TAFT
Continued from page u
FOR SALE BY A. ". ALLEN

utes of its duration because the
newspapers criers were preparing
dispatches announcing the coniirma-
tio Of the "Feud and bad feeling that
is existing between Judge Taft and
myself" he continued. Under the
circumstances | hope that l may be
pardoned if say here in his presence
the first time have every had ar
option to say it-that there has never.
SO far as ] knew, been the slightest i'll
feeling of any kind between Judge
Taft and myself"
Foraker said when the Chicago CON
vention placed Taft at the head of the
ticket that, he after that had became
his leader and would continue to be
his leader until the polls closed on the
night Of the election.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
LAKE MAnGISHLAK.
ts Strongly Perfumed Waters Ars
Mauve In Color,

"Grasse, clinglng to Its Alp. high
above the Mediterranean. Is supposed
to give the stranger headache on ac,
'ount of is perfume" said perfumer.
"Grasse makes the worlds perfumes.
You see mountains Of flowers there. as
In a milling country you see noun
tains OF wheat The odor Is powerful.
bat as far as headaches
But in the Caspian district there Is
a lake so strongly perfumed that If the
stranger boats on 1t or swims In 1t lie
really gets headache. This lakes
banks are Of white salt crystals, its
waters are mauve In color, and from It
an odor of violets Is cxhaIed.
1T is Lake Mangishlak. visited II
to see If couldn't hottie it up and pnt
1t on the perfume market. No go.
You see, 1t Is the presence of the
seaweed Polydcystia vlolacea that
gives the lake its hue and smell. When
you bottle the waters the seaweed at.
oms after a few days die and rot.
Then the odor changes from violet to
pah!
But If you are ever ln the Caspian
visit the Mankishlak peninsula and
take loo!: ct the lake. II is in its way
as curious as the asphalt lakes of South
America. New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
Immigrants Purses.

The immigrants who stream Into
New York all have different ways OF
carrying their money
The Irish Immigrant carries a canvas
bag in which notes and coins are
crammed together
The Germans wear money belt,
gay and costly, OF embroidered cha.
mois.
The French and Italians carry brass
tubes with screw tops wherein they
keep their cash In twenty franc gold
pieces.
The swede is sure to have an I'm.
mense pocketbook Of cowhlde that has
been handed down from father to son
for generations.
The Slays carry their money In their
high boots. along with n fork ANA
spoon.-New York Press.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION WORK

SEATTLE, Sept. 2.-Work will be-
gin here tomorrow on the construc-
ton of the first eight miles OF the
Union Pacific, out Of this, s,city, Twohy
Brothers. Of Spokane, were today
granted the contract for building the
road to Black River Junction. As it
is necessary fol the company to have
men on the ground, and working Sep
tember 5th, the start will be made to-
morrow with a small crew. About ST.
100000 win be expended on this first
section of the road.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
POSTPONE NIPPON FAIR.
Announcement Made That it Will go
Over to 1917.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The re-
cent visits of the Japanese ambassa-
dor, Baron Takahira, to President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and ID
Secretary Root at Clinton, it is ofic-
tally stated, has no bearing on the
question OF Chinese-American alli-
ance, nor were they for the purpose
OF discussing the presence OF the
Atlantic fleet in Asiatic waters.
Acting Secretary Of State Adee said
tonight in issuing statement an
the postponement Of the
Toxic exposition from 1912 to 1917
that the japanese ambassadors Wis
its were entirely informal and were
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
his OWN BAIT.
The Giant Alligator Swapping Turtle
az Fisherman.


There Is canny reptile fisherman
which makes effective use Of the bait
which he carries IN hls own mouth
THIS y the alligator snapplng turtle Il
giant amoag reptiles, known 10 attain
4 maximum weight uf iil pounds, with
u length OF shell OF about twenty.clght
Inches, II Munts rivers ilowng Into
the gulf OF Mexico, including the Mis-.
sisslppl, where It Is common. In up.
pearance aud actions Il Is IN enlarged
duplicate OF the common swapping tur.
tie, Its pale brown hues well match
the soft, muddy bottoms on which Il
lies motionlcss, angling for tish with
The decoy, The bait IL attached inside
the lower Jaw, close to the tongue, ana
Is we'll developed tilamcnt OF nesh.
white and distinct from tho yellow!sh
mouth part aud closely resembling q
large grub. While waiting tho turtle
keeps this grub In motion, giving II
the aspect Of crawling about In a small
circular course. Its mud colorcd shell,
often studded with growth OF fne.
waving moss, looks like great round
stone, and close to It Is second small.
or stone, the head. Close to this small.
or stone crawls the plump white grub, I
A fish sees 1t and makes natural
only to be seized by sudden
snap OF the powerful jaws The Jaws
are remarkably powerful. Tho com,
mon snapper, which attains only
third Of the size of his larger relative,
will bite finger clean or. and the nj.
lgator snapper could bite through a
wrist or oot,--Chlcago Tribune.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
TRICKS OF WRITERS.
A Russ by Which kipllns Plqusd His
Readers Curiosity.

Readers Curiosity.
when first began to read Kip
ling" said an admlrer, my curiosity
was immensely piqued by the scraps
Of verse with which he usually headed
his early stories, They were all cred
tied TO poems had never heard of In
my life and were just such salient
striking fragments as would naturally
whet ones appetite for the remainder,
For over year tried hard TO locate
those mysterious poems and enlisted
half dozen book dealers In the
search. At last one OF them wrote me
that l was wasting time and that the
alleged quotations were merely Mr.,
Kipllng's little joke.
I'm other words, he manufactured
'em to order and stuck them at the top
of his tales for the sake Of the odor Of
erudltion they lent TO the production,
| was mad for while, but when
cooled or had good big laugh. or
course you know Scott used to do the
same thing. and so. for that matter,
did Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was reall%
the worst quotation fakir OF the lot.
'He would write wise sounding de
tached sentences aud credit them TO
German philosophers with
long. outandish and impressive names
However. don't know why the thlDg
should be punishable. The business 81
4 writer OF fiction Is TO create an illu
sion. and as long as he does It for
one I'm not particular what means he
employs TO contribute to the end
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03

OSWEGo, N. Y, Sept 2.-In .
letter addressed to Rev, r. w, Cess
ner, OF this city. James S. Sherman
the republican vice-presidential can
didate, expressed hipself unequivocal-
" in favor Of the denomination Of
Governor Hughes,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
BELL COMING WEST.
Is Booked to Stump in Oregon Sep
tember 2l, "a, 23.

PORTLAND. Sept, 2,--lt was an
nouneed today that Theodore Bell,
the California congressman will
stump Oregon for Bryan, speaking
September 2l, p and %, probably at
Salem, Albany, Eugene. though Rose
burg may be substituted for one Of
the cities named.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03

for the purpose Of securing the ap.
proval Of the United States govern
ment of the postponement Of the
Japanese worlds fair, The hostility
OF hinese-American alliance was
not discussed,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
This Earthly sHos..

"The sur" remarked the kindly eltl.
zen. "shine@ for ALL"
"And that's what worries some peo.
pie" ayerred the caustlc citizen. "They
seem to think the sun ought to be han.
died as spot charlottesville Cou.
rier-Journal.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
BURNS WINS FROM LANG.

MELBOURNE, Sept 2. = Tommy
Burns, American heavyweight defeat
ed Bill Lang, of Australia, in the sixth
round today (Thursday).
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03

CLEVELAND, Sept. 2. Fire this
evening destroyed lumber valued at
hundred thousand dollars in the yard
of the Saginaw Bay Lumber Com
pany,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03
uphols.ering.

Mattresses and furniture made like
new, Bob Davis. 50 Ninth street.
9-2.ot/
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-03

A close friend is one who turns you
down when you want small loan.-
st. Joseph Sews-Press.
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The first mail steamer from England
arrived in New South Wales In 1853
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
Ants That Keep Cows
BY NATURE STUDY N THE STATE NORMAL

That certain ants keep cows, so to
speak, is so well known to nSturalists
mat perhaps most of our readers are
aware of the man fact. But / pre-
sumo that not so many know that our
own species of ant herders and milk
tfs rs among the most interesting of
inns remarkable group of insect dairy
ISIS. How often we overlook the Won
ders and beauties of our own land in
foolish efforts 10 amuse and deceive
ourselves with a professed considera-
ton Of those that are reported to US
from afar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

Full Name of Our Herder.
One of our commonest ants of the
first group is this western tent-builder.
II has some wonderful cousins in the
tropics, the Madagascar kind building
a tent, or shed, over foot in diameter
in which to keep its herd of domestic
animals. But our own paviliOnmaker
is just as remarkable. though it is very
much smaller. For such a tiny thing,
too. 1t has d wonderful name. IL is
called CremastOgaster lineOlata. That
is the name of the tent-maker found
all over the United States, but our own
|. species has, as usual, certain peculiar
tiles of it's own, and boasts an even
longer name. II is a sub-species called
cOmitata, but being u variety of that
sub-species it has yet another name,
given TO it because it is found i'm Utah
OF among the MOrmonS. Its last name
is Mormonum. Our wonderful little
builder and herder (for. like the Nor
mons, it does both quite successfully
bears only the following unassuming
cognomen: CremastOgaster lineolata
comitata, var. Mormonum. Now don't
be afraid of the long name-a highly eu-
phonious one. by the way-since you
may call it indifferently by any part of
the name that suits your fancy; or you
may just abbreviate it into the Nor
mon" or the tent-brilGer." For, in
scientific interest, as we shall see, the
little creature is well worth its name.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

mems were taken by DR.. Chamberlin
near the mouth of Mill creek. The ant
is quite common here. especially in
the canyons. 1t prefers a pale aphid
that lives underground and makes its
own nest under d stone. with several
chambers there and A passageway
leading to the roots of some plant. on
which it constructs its pavilions. Some
of it's aphid tents are on the roots
some on the stem of the plant chosen.
It carries the aphids from root to root
and out into the sunshine. The aphids,
clustered on the slender rootslets,
which they clasp with their feet,
depress their heads, when with their
beak-like proboscis they pierce the ten
der bark and pump into their bod
les, the sweet sap cOursing within. AS
the aphis body fills with the plant sap,
its abdomen is elevated, and a tiny
dew drop gliStens upon it. The ant
Immediately drinks the exuding honey
dew and then strokes the body of the
aphid with her antennae, and other
drops are immeditely given out by the
aphis, as if it were pleased with this
caTess. Mr.. McCOok observed that the
mountaineering ants of the Alleghanies,
FOTmica, eXSectoides, which have vast
communities centering in large cOnical
mounds, travel far to trees that are
tenanted by aphids, which they milk
till their own abdomens swell and be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
Western Tent-Builders
and
Other Herders.

plant-into new and greener pastures
or carry them out into the open air for
sunlight, and quite generally care for
them with jealous solicitude. The pa
vilions serve four purposes: l. they
keep the aphids within the Enclosure;
2. they protect both the aphids and the
cOccids from their numerous enemies;
3. they protect the cattle" from wet,
and cold; 4. they protect and shelter
the ants.
Other Ant Herders.
Another of our ants has habits very
similar to these of MOrmonun. In it's
European form, Lucius niger. it is
black. Americans, the American va
riety, has further sub-variety here
in the West, which is pale in color. be-
ing brown and understood. Our speci-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

wild game, but for certain sluggish
crea lures that may be domesticated.
Each huntress here is not a Diana
seeking to transfix the nimble deer, but
sort of cowboy, or cowgirl, to be
more exact. looking for cows. If you
find them on pine trees, they are search
ing for minute scale insects called COO
cids. What for? you ask. Not to eat,
but to milk. The cOccids shed honey
dew; and honey, you should know, is
really the national dish of the whole ant
race. The ants drink up this honey
from the very body of the scale insect,
which yields it more freely in response
to the caresses of the ant.
Ants Cattle at Home.
But if you see the tent-makers run
ming up stems of vegetation other than
those of the coniferous trees, you may
know that they are seeking aphids or
plant lice, and for exactly the same pur-
pose: they want them for their cows
For the aphids secrete an abundance of
honey dew. You may have noticed 1t
on a summers day when reclining I'M
der a box elder tree-small drops of
dew have rained down upon your face
If so, it is most likely this ant-honey,
emitted by the aphids, or plant lice
termed Every one knows the tiny
greenish bugs that infest young rose
bushes, house plants, garden crops and
trees. The nurseryman kills them with
tobacco smoke. Their life history
makes an interesting chapter, but we
are here telling of the ant. Well. as
soon as the ants find a colony of aphids
or coccids they manifest their pleasure
and celebrate their success by milking
them. They stroke the backs of their
cows, which Immediately emit from tiny
projections at the rear of their backs,
the shining drops which the ants so
early drink. Now, the aphids and COO
cids have so many natural enemies and
are so limited to one spot that the ants
would not have them long, were it not
that they take care of them and pre-
serve them. Soon after the ants find
the aphis. they build sheds for them.
Tents or PaViIions.
These structures, often called tents
or pavilions are made of earth or of
wood chewed into a pulp resembling
blotting paper. Some of the ants cous-
ms, the wasps, as you know, manufac-
ture out of wood very thin gray pa
per for their nests; but this ant makes
a thick paper to withstand the rain, or
mixes up me SOh puiNeiiLSu INTO
mortar for the purpose. The tent paper
is called carton, and the sheds for the
coccid ant cattle may be found on the
branches of our pines, an inch or two
I'm length and half as wide, with but one
opening. and this of a diameter not over
one and a half millimeters. located at
the lower end to keep out the rain.
From their own nest to this shed. the
ants may then construct a covered way.
inside these pavilions will be found the
aphids or the coccids, which, if left TO
themselves, would simply cling to one
spot sucking the juice from the tree.
and if the juice failed would soon per-
ish. The coccids do not move at all,
and the aphids are not Columbuses in
this respect, while they do from time to
time shift a little. But the ant herd
ers carry them to fresh places on the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
Y IN THE STATE NO RmAL.

1t is a common ant with us, especial
ly in the canyons There you will find
IL in large or small communities under
stones or the bark of fallen logs or I'M
der willow leaves, but always near trees
and not far from streams. It's first no.
ticeable curiosity is it's reversible abb
dOmen, which it cohtrives to bend over
its back. or thOrax, by reason of its
flexible. twO-jointed pedicel. 1t is fire.
quently seen in this altitude-a pos
ture that makes it look larger and
therefore supposed to be useful to the
creature in frightening or deceiving its
enemies. The next popularity is it's al
most constant occupation of tree
climbing, the workers going in long, ir-
regular columns, single file, looking for
their prey. But what do you think the
prey is? The search is not for alert