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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-01
MOUNT ETNA. NOW ACTIVE
Phenomena Due to the Earthquake in
italy.

PHeHolNeHd DUO 20 the EarthdGaNe n
italy.
Catania, Sicily Dec. 3O.-Mount
Etna is showing considerable activity
and the detonations, which can be
plainly heard in this city, together
with the volume of smoke pouring out
of the crater, have added to the panic
of the people. According to the oil
rector of the local observatory this
activity is directly connected with the
earthquakes which wrought, such
havoc in Calabria and Sicily, but a
great eruption is not expected. Such
phenomena seldom accompany violent
seismic disturbances.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-01
OALZELL OUT OF THE RACE
No Longer Candidate for PennsyI.
vania Senatorsiip.

VdT'a SeHatoTSntP.
Pittsburg, Dec. 26.-Congressman
John Dalzell of this city, who last
week at Washington announced his
candidacy for election by the next
Pennsylvania legislature to succeed
Senator Knox when the latter resigns
to enter the TAFT cabinet as secretary
Of state, has withdrawn and rendered
bis support to George T. Oliver, a
newspaper publisher of Pittsburg. Mr..
Dalzell's decision to withdraw was
made known in letter to Mr.. Oliver.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-01
MANY TOURISTS LOSE LIVES

7otel at Messina Completely ObIiter-
ated by Earthquake.
Palermo, Dec. 30.-Refugees from
Messtna say that there were 100 for
eigners in the Hotel Trinacria and
that they all lost their lives. The
hotel has been completely obliterated.
It was one of the best in the city and
patronized almost exclusively by
tourists.
Fifty Thousand Dead at Messina.
Rome, Dec 30.-The minister Of
marine has received a wireless dis
patch estimating the dead at Messina
at $4,000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
SOFT, EASY AND SAFE.

The coast line between Tillamook
Head, in Oregon, and Gray's Harbor,
in Washington, is becoming famous
for the softness, ease and safety with
which ships may be piled upon it;
there does not seem to be any danger
whatever in the procedure, the three
last ships to utilize the beaches, the
Peter Iredale, Galena and the Alice,
having slipped up on the sands quiet
ly, comfortably, securely, without loss
Of spar, man, boat, nor anything
Of value, being subsequently dismant-
led at leisure and left to bury them
selves in the smooth sands at the due
convenience Of time and nature.
Even the newspapers are bereft of
the thrills" usually attendant upon
such performances; their stories are
flat, mere dry and spiritless facts, mi
nus color, life and hazard, and un-
Iightened by the touch of romance
or the snap Of personal risk, bravery
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

Secretary Wilson says, "One Of tn,
objects Of the law is to inform tn,
consumer Of the presence OF certain
harmful drugs in medicines" The
law requires that the amount OF chic.
reform, opium, morphine, and othei
habit forming drugs be stated on the
label of each bottle. The manufae.
turers Of Chamberlains cough remedy
have always claimed that their RENE.
dy did not contain any OF these drugs
and the truth Of this claim Is now
fully proven, as no mention OF them
is made on the label. This remedy Is
not only one Of the safest, but one 81
the best in use for coughs and colds.
Its value has been proven beyond
question during '.le many years Il has
been in general use. For sale BY
Frank Hart and leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
PAY HIM BETTER.

There is no salary in all the land we
desire to see raised so much as that
of the President Of the United States;
not even our own, 1t is high time we
were doing the decent thing by this
great Office and officer; we are not
caring who happens to be in the place
that has nothing to do with the pro-
position of putting the place on the
plane of other and similar posts
throughout the wirld. Our Presi-
dents are the poorest paid servants
in the service Of mankind, consider
ing everything and comparing the ex-
alted duties and the relative import
ance of the dignity. Pay him 100000.
The country has grown to that mark;
and pay him more as it grows great
er. Be decent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

sense Of the term, all these years,ha:
been as much a matter OF astonish-
ment to the visitor here, as OF cha,
grin to ourselves; and the work Of
DR.. Frank Vaughn and his assoeia,
tes, in this behalf, is entitled to in.
slant and generous recognition and
to a sportsman-like rally that shall
at once put the laches out Of sight
and mind, and put Astoria to the very
front of the high-class ports and
clubs that boast such accessories.
With everything at hand in the way
of natural facilities that can be de-
sired in our bays and the lordly Col
umbia; with shops and highly trained
experts to build our own craft; with
a boating season that is simply in
comparable for comfort and delight,
with superb water courses every
where about US, and a clever group
of people skilled in the sport, and
with wealth enough to cover its last
latitude Of indulgence, there is no rea-
son on earth why Astoria should not
leap to the fore with her new club
and do some record making beginning
with the 1909 Regatta.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
THE PERSONAL EQUATION.

1t may be well for US all to remeH
Der that the personal equation is t
cut its customary figure in the sue
eesses and failures Of the year 1909
What 81 questionable, negative, ap'
parent, fault, or evil, besets us, mus
Be recognized, amended, subdued
guarded and wrought against; and all
Of the better, healthier, happier and
cleverer qualities that mark our make
up, must be cherished, cultivated, di-
rected and conserved, as much to our
own distinct and lasting benefit, as to
the comfort, convenience, pleasure
and satisfaction Of those whom we
serve, associate with and owe our
best and truest Offices.
This not a sermon; it is a simple
business talk
We are all disposed to forget, per
haps ignore, the relation We bear
personally to every engagement and
task we assume; we do not often ana
Iyze our own natures, measure our
own capacities for good and Ill; and
IS often. fail signally, when we might
have succeeded, on the realization Of
our weakness, our unfit tempers, and
foolish prejudices. habits and inclina-
lions. We are far more dependent
upon ourselves that we seem to under
stand, and an occasional course Of
self-investigation lends US genuine
strength and high purpose, and ener-
gizes US, in the attainment Of sound
er poise and honester standing with
ourselves and our fellows.
'No man liveth unto himself alone"
We cannot escape our responsible
ties to the other man; we may think
we can, but it is merely an empty and
pitiful assumption at the best, and
primarily unworthy Of us. We must
dig into our own secret being and
oust the coarse, the irritating, the false
and the hateful, and at the same time
ascertain the temperamental decen-
cies and graces and make them do
their incalculable part in the general
scheme Of work and association and
procedure we usually call LIFE.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
BATHING At DIEppE.
When the comtssss de Roisne Tried Il
In the Year 1906.

When the comtssss de Roisne Tried n
In the Year 1906.
The Comtesse de Bolgne IN her mem.
oirs gives an account OF a visit she
paid In 1S06 which Is interesting In
view Of the position Dieppe now holds
among French watering places
''The poverty Of the Inhabitants"
she says. was frightful. The Eng,
lishman, as they called him (and for
them he was worse than the deviD.
was cruising necessarily before their
empty harbor With much difficulty
boat was able to escape from time to
time and go fishing, always at the risk
Of being captured by the foreigner or
confscated upon the return journey II
the telescopes Of the watchers hac
seen It approach vessel.
"As for the comforts arranged for
the convenience Of bathers which
Dieppe has since organized. they were
nonexistent at that time. My brother
was able to find a little covered cart,
and with great trouble and great ex-
pense. Notwithstanding the universal
poverty, man was hired to lead the
horses down to the sea and two wo
men to go into the sea with me.
"These preparations raised the pub
lie surprise and curiosity to such a
pitch that my first bath was watched
by a crowd on the shore. My servants
were asked IL l had been bitten by
mad dog.
II aroused extreme pity as I went
by, and It was thought that was
being taken down to be drowned. An
old gentleman called on my father to
point out TO him that he was assuming
a great responsibility In permitting SO
rash an act. II can hardly be imag.
ined that the inhabitants Of sea-
shore could be so afraid Of the sea.
'But at that time the people Of
Dieppe were chiefly occupied in keep
ing out Of sight OF II and In protecting
themselves from the disasters which
they feared the sea might bring, so
that II was for them nothing more
than q means OF annoyance and suffer
ing. It Is curious to think that ten
years later bathers were arriving in
hundreds, that special arrangements
were made for their convenience and
that sea bathing Of every kind went
on without producing any astonish-
ment In the neighborhood.
II have thus attempted to point out
that the custom Of sea bathing, which
Is now so universal, is comparatively
recent in France, for Dieppe was the
6rst place where 1t began"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
TREE DWELLING ANTS.
South American Insect That Acts as
Plant Guardian.

South American insect That Acts Al
Plant Guardian.
Ant defenders Of plants and trees
are some Of natures pretty maryels.
The Cecropia adenopus is remarka.
BILE tree Of south Brazil, widely dis
tributed through the tropics. Its slen-
der trunk Is crowned with long leaves
at the ends Of the branches.
A few active ants run continually
along the branches and the leaves, but
II the tree IS shaken slightly an army
Of ants rushes out by small apertures
ready for a savage assault on the In
truder. The ant Is the terrible guard
Ian that the tree has retained to pro
tect it from its most formidable enc
my, the leaf cutter ant
The defenders rarely leave their re-
treat, where they live on small whitlsh
egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth
Of an inch long, known as MuellerSs
corpuscles. These are formed of deli
cate tissue, rich In proteids and all, as
ratlons for the garrison Of defender
ants to feed upon. The curious ar
rangement by which entrance Is made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
w. Schimper.
Just above the point of insertion Of
each leaf extends nearly to the supe-
rlor node a superficial groove, at whose
end is rounded depression. There
the tissue is thin, like diaphragm In
a tube, and 1t also is soft. The hole
by which the ant enters Is always
pierced at this spot The ants seem
to have made their entrance through
the groove originally because 1t was
at the top. In the course Of this
plants further development natural sc.
lection augmented these natural ad.
vantages, so that finally the thin, fran
as It exists today was de-
veloped.-ChicagO Tribune.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

Probing Of the loan shark evil has
not stopped with the recent report Of
the Russell Sage foundation, which
showed that in New York as high as
1855 per cent per annum was charged
by the salary loan tribe. In every
part Of the country the agitation
against this evil is being taken up.
Information secured by M. B. Well
ington Of the Legal Aid Society Of
Chicago in preparation for a national
organization equipped to pull part
If not all the teeth Of the loan shark,
shows that one institution Of a semi
philanthropic kind in Cincinnati, call
ed the Citizens Mortgage Loan Com
pany, has successfully COPIED by com
petition with the loan sharks. The
method adopted by Massachusetts,
provides that an assignment Of wages
under $500 to be valid must have the
consent Of the wife but the loan shark
has devised an ingenious plan to
evade that law. A man comes into
the loan company to borrow $40 He
executes note for $21225, the $225
being 81 for making the loan, author
lied by statnte, and rs cents for the
interest, also legal rate by being
over $500, does not need the consent
Of his wife A check Is then drawn
on bank payable to the order Of the
borrower, for $40 The borrower,
not being able conveniently to iden-
tify himself at the bank at which the
check is drawn, is advised to cash it
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

and sacrifice, Ii Is not fair; il Is not
in accord with the traditions of the
business, and we are in the way 81
protesting against the simplicity and
humdrumness OF the episodes al hand,
We are not at all anxious for the
death Of single mariner, God knows
but, il these vessels must come ashore,
why not do il with the old-time snap
and hurrah and riski It must Be dis.
gusting the very sailors themselves
to so through a wreck so "flat. stale
and Improbable" How can they ever
face their grandchildren with these
pointless, pithless tales Of the high.
sea and low.lying lands and Of wrecks
in which no man suffers, nor loses, nor
ieopardizes anythings Why the kids
win despise them. The reporters,
quick and eager as they are to invest
such tales with vim and verve, and a
verify all their own, are not able to
even fake a readable story, as there
are not real facts enough upon which
to predicate few aIluring lies and
keep within sight Of the aetualities,
It is getting so that a shipwreek-tale
from out this field is as "punk" as the
Legislative correspondence from Sa-
lem, and as common as a murder yarn
from Portland.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

What Is claimed to be the greatest
gathering Of aged persons since the
days of the Jewish elders and the
times Of Methuselah took place this
week in New Yorks east side district
The event was the celebration OF a
sixtieth wedding anniversary on the
part Of wife age eighty-five and d
husband aged ninety. Around the
table were gathered one hundred and
eighty-seven guests, whose total ages
amounted TO 1890 years, or more
than seven times the length Of the
Christian Era. Compared to the ages
OF a large number Of the guests those
OF the husband and wife seemed in
significant The average number OF
years to the credit Of each person
present was eighty, or just the four
score allotted by the Bible as the ex-
treme age Of man, Five OF those pre-
sent however had passed the five
score mark while thirty-one were over
ninety years Of age. The oldest guest
had just passed his one hundred and
fourteenth birthday, two had seen one
hundred and seven years, and two
others one hundred and six. No less
than seven persons in this notable
gathering were in their ninety-ninth
year. A feature of the celebration
was the rendering Of spirited Rus
sian dance called the Kozotsky by
nimble youth aged one hundred and
six.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
ANOTHER GOOD THING.

Astoria is to be credited with one
more excellent achievement, in the es-
tablishment of the Astoria Motor
Boat Club. In its way it is exactly
as important and gratifying as the set
ting up of her splendid athletic as
sociation; both are to be commended,
supported and maintained for the
good Of the young and the enjoyment
Of the old.
The fact that Astoria has been with
out reputable, recognized and or
ganized boat-club, in the strictest
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

II Is long time since any ioreigr
visitor to America has endeared him,
self so quickly to New Workers as ha,
Gulielmo Ferrero, the eminent ltal,
ian historian, who Is delivering a ser.
les Of historical lectures at Columbia
University Mr. Ferrero who has
taken up his residence at the Hotel
Astor il the heart oi the city'S plea
sure-seeking life. declares that there
Is beauty Ia New Yorks giant sky.
serapers although they outrage pre-.
conceived European ideas OF arehi.
teetural taste and that Broadway is
the most brilliant aud interesting
street in the world. After witnessing
the New Years Eve festivities in and
about Longaere Square. he also gave
Il as his opinion that the famous
feasts OF the ancient Romans were
mere handouts compared TO the gor.
geous surroundings and exquisite
viands enjoyed by citizens Of the Am.
eriean metropolis in their hotel pal.
aces, In fact the man who Is reeog-
nized as the leading authority of the
world in the life and history Of an.
eient Rome intima,es that thar imper.
ial city was no more than a country
village compared to twentieth cent.
ury New York, and the inhabitants
Of the eity long accustomed 10 hear
ing their city abused by visiting for.
cigners are naturally pleased over the
appreciation expressed by the famous
Italian scholar.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

Through the loan company Upon
the cashing of the check BY the loan
company 500 Is immediately deman.
ded oi the borrower, who only gets
$40 in hand, After just what state
New York will pattern It's anh-loan
shark law remains to be seen, but Il
seems certain that some action will
be taken.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

The women who proclaimed them
selves suffragists and sufIragettes and
who have been very active here dur
ing the past few months, under the
leadership Of some OF the female ag-
itators imported from Engiang where
they have succeeded in making things
uncomfortable for members OF Parlia-
ment and in providing extra labor for
the police, are no longer TO have
things entirely their own way OPP
position to their plans has taken form
among other women who feel that the
position Of womankind generally on
the subject OF the ballot is likely to be
misunderstood as result OF the
claims OF the suffrage advocates. They
have organized a movement in oposi.
tion to the suffragists' demands under
the name OF the National League for
the Civil Education Of Women with
such prominent women as Mrs. Gil
bert f. Jones, Mrs. Julian Heath, Miss
Eleanor G. Hewett, Mrs. Grover Gle
yeIand, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs.
Richard Watson Glider, Mrs. Rossi-
ter Johnson, Mrs. Hiram Sibley, Mrs.
David H. Greer wife Of the Bishop OF
New York, Miss jeanette L. Glider
and Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
among its officers, and are conducting
an active campaign through the med
ium Of lectures and pamphlets to
show that the great majority OF wom-
en- do not desire to vote; that they can
accomplish reforms equally well with
out the ballot. This flank movement
seems to have somewhat dismayed
the militant champions Of ballot-box
privileges and is rapidly enlisting the
support Of prominent women who feel
that their sex is being discredited by
the performance Of the sufragette ag-
itators.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case Of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding OF PfotFuding Piles in 8 to
IA days or money refunded. 50 cents.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
THE WEATHER

Oregon and Washington-Rain or
snow ia west; snow in east portion;
warmer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
BRIGHT LETTER DIRECT
FROM NEW YORK
TELLING OF LAST AND LARG.
EST ITEMS OF NATIONAL
CONCERN THERE.

II
NEW YORK, Jan. is about
10 be waged on New York's pride and
10y "The Great White Way" that
section Of Broadway extending north.
ward from Herald Square for doz-
en- blocks or more and comprising the
city's principal hotel, theatre and res
taurant district, II would be more
accurate to say that the war is being
directed against the characteristic
feature Of the world-famous street
for the attack which is being made BY
the Municipal Art Society on Broad
ways brilliant illumination is based
on the fact that II is too brilliant, Ac-
cording to the censors OF municipal
affairs artistic who compose the so-
eiety, the huge electric signs conlri,
buting to the glow which turns night
into something more attractive than
day in this part Of the city not only
violate the dictates Of the eanons Of
art but are a menace in case Of fires
and likely to be themselves the cause
OF serious conilagrations. II Is point
ed out that in the recent Herald
Square Theatre fire the tiremen were
hampered in their work by many
wires feeding the big electric signs
that covered the front OF the building.
While the agitation that has been
started is likely to lead to some re-
striction in size and arrangement Of
electric signs it is highly improbable
that New Workers will submit to any
change that viii rob the Great White
Way Of It's erowning glory or cause
Broadway to be no longer the street
,i a million lights"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-15
Measuring Hay in the stacK.

Where it is necessary to arrive at
the total amount of hay by measuring
In the stack the following rule ap-
plies, says the Homestead: Find the
distance from the ground on one side
up over the stack to- the ground ON
the other side. Then measure the
width of the stack at the base, add
these two numbers and divide by
four, and this will give one side of a
square representing the same area
as the end of the stack. Multiply this
number by itself and this result by
the length of the whole stack, and
this will give the cubic feet repre-
sented by the stack, which, divided
by 512, the number Of cubic feet in
a ton, gives the number of tons.
Where the stack is very high and
settled or where 1t is we'll packed in
a shed, divide in the last instance by a
number between $50 and 425.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-15
COOPERATIVE FARMING.
Mary Thousands of Associations in
Germany to Help Agriculture.

At the close of 1905 17,162 coop
erative farming associations existed
in the German Empire, with a men,
bership of more than 100000
farmers; 1920 of the above number
of associations were confederated.
Out of the 9411 associations operat-
ing in Prussia 6059 facilitated credits
to farmers, 776 attended to the sup
ply and demand and 1928 to dairying.
In Bavaria 2613 of the 1924 asso-
Citations dedicated their work to fur
nishing credits to agricultural under
takings, 234 to supply and demand,
PAT to dairying and 200 to various
other purposes, all, however, foster
ing mutual assistance to husbandmen
and thus redounding to their benefit.
The cooperative associations of
credit expend loans amounting to, on
the average, from $17,410,000 to
s73,340,000 annually. In 1905 the
cooperative bodies for the creation
of demand purchased fertilizers, for
age, seed, coal and other items
amounting to $12,062,500.
On the other hand, the centres of
supply and dairying, which in COM
paratively short time have entered a
career of great prosperity, realized
more than 965,000 on their transac-
tions.-From The Village.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-15
Don't Neglect the Colt.

The farmer owning forty acres or
more of land, who does not raise at
least one colt every year is not doing
his best The mare will do most kinds
of farm work and raise her colt with
out much loss of time. If the colt is
properly handled from the beginning
it will not give much trouble. Never
allow it to run after its mother when
she is working. This worries and
frets the mare, and it wears out the
colt. Keep It at the barn. loose in a
box stall, and tempt it with little
clover hay and oats. Early colts will
be weaned pretty soon now. II they
have been brought up to this point
right, weaving does not mean much.
Feed more frequently with sweet
clover hay, oats and corn. and the
colt will soon be able to take care
of itself. Keep it in the barn at night
and allow it to run with other young
stock in the pasture during the day.
Weekly Witness.