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Men's
Clothing
You wouKl not think it possible, but it
is so. We ran sell you a black clay worsted
suit, lined with the best of material we know
of we use no other for 10. These suits
are made with round or square, corners.
Ask for lot 7 J 72,
Then we have some fancy worsted suits
also with round or square corners, for $9.75.
These are made as well as our factory knows
how to make clothes, and if you can't get
fitted in these, no ready-made clothing will
fit you. Ask for lot 6695.
Here is a particularly attractive line,
the material is elegant and the workman
ship superior in every way. They are
cheviot suits of winter weight and we ask
only $8.50. Ask for lot 903.
The foregoing is not the only line of
cheviots we carry. Ask for lot 719 and see
what they are. You will be pleased with
them as they are nice enough for anybody
to wear. We have marked the price on
these $10.50 just for a surprise.
Young Men's
Clothing
WYiVW
We uro selling twice s nuuli young
men's clothing this year as we did a year
ago. This must mean that what, we sold
last year suited a lot of young men, and
they have been telling their friends tilxiut
it. Yes, and it means that our stink this
year is just now and imbby enough to catch
lliem anyway.
Ask to See Some of These
Single-breasted sack suits, brown mixed
cheviot, strong or faint plaid as you choose.
Double-breasted sack suit, brown her
ringbone cheviot.
Single-breasted sack suit, fashionable
collar, .double-breasted vest. Gray and red
mixed, making a broken plaid.
Siiijlle-breasted sack suit, with double
breasted vest of gray Scotch plaid cheviot.
Single-breasted sack suit, with double
breasted vest; gray cheviot with ovcrplaid of
green.
Single-breasted sack suit, tine eheek
worsted.
Some of these are pretty guy, some are
quiet just like young men.
Boys'
Clothing
Somebody's small Imy is going to bo
mightily satisfied with himself when his
mamma gets him one of those new capo
coats that have just come. We don't make
any money to speak of on these, but wo have
to do something to stop some p'Hiple from
buying cotton. Now, whether he is three or
fourteen years of age, !. .shall have one for
f.'.35. Don't believe it? Well come in
and see, and ask for lot .19:2.
Just another word about the boys. Do
you want your little fellow to look real swell?
If so, we have a line of boys' blue sergo
double-breasted suits, ages from 7 to 14, that
are positively beautiful. These suits, in
cluding an extra pair of pants, we are going
to sell this Week for We Won't tell
you how we can allbrd it for the storv would
be too long for our spare. Ask particularly
for lot 1 7 is::.
If the above pi iic is i.k) high, ask for
lot!7IS2. Thee are suits of a grav mix
ture, including an extra pair of pants, for
?!."". They are dressy and are sure to de
light the proud little wearer. Don't fail to
examine them.
Overcoats
Our assortment is a Hitrpriso. Tort
landers would come down to price and pur
chase these.
LOT 7340. ..Men's covert cloth over
coats $9.50. Stylish and astonishingly low
price.
LOT 8010. MenV blue beaver over
coats, 9.()0. If you nay you can duplicate
these for the money anywhere else, it would
be a statement bard to believe.
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490 Commercial Street,
Astoria, Oregon.
ONCE A MAJOR
NOW A SERGEANT
WhFl PTsirt.inf flrunt tvoo nr-lrn.t i T. ....... I
He Had Been a Promising Soldier
In the Regular Armv.
HIGH LIVING THEN DISGKAL'E
Secretary Root .Makes an Exception
In the Rules to Favor an Old .Man
Who Kent Wrong.
when President Grant was ncVe.l hv ty, i ti,.. . . - .
. , . ' "c "3 'i ' me government years has led a If.- of retribution As
Japanese minister for a brilliant officer money left with whhh to d, it. Hi, in- he- pa.,, through the wa dement
of unimpeachable character to flu the , ventlvo mind came In play. : to Md adieu to hi son and Mend no
v v. ;' T U,'n CIIeg8 f! H Mt F"rt W"rth W:W o'clock 'one could doubt hi, Con.rlUn
Mm nf Z bethought on the evening of April 30.1S3. He had ; From the dashing, brilliant engine
Mm of hi. .on. friend and. arming as company Mr. Noble. disbursing clerk. wh,e floating bl.mde musuich. Tm
him with the strongest indorsement to! w MM-it . . ..... I ... ..... ..... was
vim.t. nii,, ,i .v. . " ' ' I ",L tnvy ot 1111 ms brother oilier,, he
o ... uoVaii uag, f uppnseii to contain xzs.vnn in mon-
court, retired him from the army and , ey it was empty.
. ,. ..... -tfg
The mwi remarkabl- cas? in the an
nals of the United Slates army is that
of James R. Wasson, who enlisted In
the ranks last v.k. The case presents
the most extraordinary phases and es
tablishes a precedent without parallel
sent bim on the mission. After a year's
service he became surveyor In chief to
the Kaitakaskl of Hok'Kaldo. Later
he was made chief engineer, with the
rank of Colonel (chuza) in the Imper
ial army cf Japan, being engaged in the
Formosa campaign. That over he asuln
took the chair of civil engineering in
the Imperial University of Tokio, To
klo. Honors came easy to one so Intelli
gent, so brave, so kind, tnd he was
mads a member of the Imperial Order
of Merit of Meipl and received the dec
oration of the "Rising Sun" of that or
der for his gallant and faithful service
A plan was fast developing in Was-
son's mind for saving himself. A recon
nolter through the train completed the
pluti. In one of the smokers ther was
a company of Texas rangers, Ailing the
car with smoke, profanity and ribald
song and Jest. He had thought to mo-
voke an altercation, pofcslbly be killed.
certainly robbed.
In his car were four quiet men of
lowering looks. Life was still sweet.
His plan was complete. Robbery was
determined upon.
Ho retired later, placing ihe small
leather bag In his berth and resting
upon It. Th? moonlight slrea.r.ed in
in the Formosa eamntLlim In isn I u ,j j j
I iiruui;ii ine nine car winciow una miiae
Minister Eingham took him into the him half a f nil J of 'he dastardly fraud.
hncnm r.0 t t II.. I i 1 .
bosom of his family and showed him
all possible honor and attention.
NNasson was then a tall, eourtlv
It Is the liwt tune that .1 suldie:. an. 1 1 vnunv m-.n -ith vi
n omcer found guilty cf th.ft.
martial ?u. -lislmcrai.ly di.harg.-d and with manly auty as to attract unl-
cunt rri.. i . .
sent to pn.-on. :inr Seen taken back
to the se. vie? of bis country.
Never bef.ire either has a man I,.'.
years old was allowed to enlist. Secre
tary of War Root, however, waived th
regulation in f.ivnr of ,'hiiios II Wn?
son, waived them -o that a rn;,ii whr
has sinned may now expiate his sin by
giving all tlinl h ? hns 10 nis country.
Tt Is the old stcry--the story of a bril
liant man, one of fortune's favr.rlt.-oj
with influential friends, who made his
?nark young an 1 s-emingly would 1"
world rii)lf i wh-i h was old, and
then lost his Inland, y''.:ii t tt,,.
ueuucuoTi or win" i'nd worn-n. over
come b his "ov f. t plav the usual re
suit follow d, olcgratre and mnral sui
c'de. Witn most men 'hat would have
been the end; with this man, after hav
ing sunk to ;!). lowest d"inh !v com
mences to .-Is?. It is n strange story.
Born of intellliront German nareit 1 x in
Ohio, Jame3 R. Wassiii enlisted in th"
Thirty-fourth Iowa volunteers In 1964,
being then only 18 years of age, and
went through the Red River campaign.
His aptitude for military life and an
Intellect of rare promise procured for
him, at the age of 20, the appointment
to West Point in 1867. Fred D. Grant
had been appointed the year before, and
tney at once became fast friends. It
As he wrote to Ma lor Charles M. Terrill
chief paymaster of the department of
Texas, "I slept lightly; the moonlight
streamed In over me, until thinking
that was what awakened me, I lowered
the curtain."
He was called at 8:20 bv the Dorter.
and at once missed the bag. The four
dark browed men In the car the night
before wore missing also. Two ha1 left
at Cisco, before daybreak, and two at
and I Halrd, a little later.
The conductor was called and a
has b.'com... a gray-halrcd man, bowed
with the weight of self-convM.vl guilt.
Ills plea that the last years of bis life
might be given to the servlc- of his
country was most touching, and caused
Secretary It,K,t to allow him to be in-INt'-d
as a sergeant, and down a past
In a new country.
As the gifted, courageous old mnn
wnlknl the corridors of the war depart
ment, preparatory f..r leaving fr Ma
nila, no one couUl ilooin hi. .i., ....
. ' -.....-in
and remorse.
prosperity, and in no particular could
this be more effectively dnc than In
the dissemination of the best possible
Information concerning the staph, crops
which constitute a chief article of commerce.
THE HUMAN HODY.
.... I ' i, iH , , I ' Ml -
c! a sore rurmlncr fur
and cured his piles of long standing
by using UeWltt's Witch Haiti 8v,.
It cure, i skin dlm-nic For sale br
I hatles Kogers.
You should forgive many thin. n
others, but nothing In vounulf An.
nonius.
ire Tiow liojr rivachor," Rer. J.
Klrkmsn, Itellr Hive. III., iwys, "Aftor
sunVrlng from tlrom-nlal or lung imu.
hie for ten ypiini, I was cured by One
Mlnutf Cough Cur. It U ail that la
Clultlled Bint m.in ' li ........
" Ids, grippe and sll thront and lung
troubles. Hold by Chas. Hugnrn, drug-gist.
GIVF. ALL THE WORLD THH crop
NEWS.
ev. r her .is, i. - - ....i.nn milium i ougn i:ure. They re-
ness or n,l.,.rir i. ,.i...n . . " , '" : "V 'i vurr, cougns, colils.
boilv TiilH e,n' niv i i ..'y ,n: ""a hr"it troubles. Bold
IxilHotiDtis refuse, and debilitates everv in. ,. ,
organ In the body. It may bo made , H""P,l,""3r 1,1 charae'er, In manners,
strong and kept wtrong by Homettei-, n " '," ,h",,fH' thv upreme
HloroarhMtters. This Is a naturalatoni ' 1 '""'' "'mpHclty.
ach remedy which acts quickly and 1
gently. It will cleanse the system.! .n,"1.,"1""'' Kod,)I Dyspepsia Care
i' "- over, ntirniiiate the kid-,, 11 nai you eat. It tun-, all
n-ys and Improve the general health, .f'.",n, or dyspepsia and itomach Imu-
It, and see thati , R- f amble. Vernon, Tex.,
mn . l. . . 1H VS. 'It rell'lvml m tmm It.. . .
We an. never na.le t ridiculous by
.iiiiiii-h wo nave, us y N
miiei m uuve.
n we
versal attention and comment. He eas
ily won the heart and hand of Minister
Bingham's daughter, and the wedding
was one of the grand events of the
country, in which foreigners and Amer
icans vied in paying homage
honor.
At last Wason's heart turned to hlsl8-!lrch made for the bag. He called
own country, and in 1S76 he returned. I vf'on a sheriff at the next station and
He came at once to Washington, and I t"'d of ,he suspicious conduct of the
was cordially received by the president
and young Grant. An opening was
sought for him here, and with the re.
mark from General Grant, "I took
Wasson out of the army and I guess I
will have to put him back," at once
made him paymaster with the rank of
major. With this position came Was
son's downfall.
At first his duties were regularly dis
charged. He was located at San An
tonio, Texas and associated with reck
less men. He began to lose money over
cards, and his income was Inadequate,
to the life of midnight gamine and Its
attendant associations; he began to
borrow clandestinely from the amount
placed in his hands by the government.
The deficit increased and he sought
means to recover it. It became certain
to the department that somthlng was
Wasson was crooked In his accounts.
When the matter was brought to the
A resolution of request, presented by
the Hoard of Trade of Phll,leiM
through J.M.d C,K)k of the Int.-rrM.tl..,,,.!
Commercial Congr-ss. rv.m,...ii.,..
an International bureau for the ,.,.M,..
tlon and dissemination or agricultural
statistics, is worthy of adoption, r,.- .,..
good and sufficient noson that it could
be made to serve the Interests the
masses ;t the people, Including tli()Se f
the nations, which have to buy agrlcul-
iw.ii staples as well as those who i
statistics offered by a Russian d
gate at Monday's session show that the
wor.u s supply of wheat, f.,r Instance,
an required, taking" one year with
another. As a matter of fart i,nn..i
Increases faster than supply, and if the
public was In possession of all the fads
Ask vour (lrniririMt far
a private Revenue Stamp covers
"an oi me oouie.
h.n ',v"- 'i reieivM me from tho start
' -.. o.iu vy VMM. Jvogers.
To be harrossej alwiut money Is one
or the most disagreeable things of f,.. "eadlng make, a full man, conversa
It luflles the temper, lowers the spirits ; ,"m n r,"n',y ". and wrIUng an exact
disturbs the rest, and Dually breaks uni ,,lnn-
Hrlp In trmihle.
Nratl v every woman enn
'vrrcnll from her own c-
.ilinirravi nnmc cmif.
.,- i gcticy Win n a rrarljr
-'y-knowli ilite of the
ele-
trainmen In not telling him they m ZZ Z","?1 'iU"S
on board a lot of ranrers. Another 5.'"? th(' w" "op fr,(m year to
waa an easy mastery for Wafon to I
keep to the front In his studies snd Mill ,m0e said: "It is impossible. Was,on
.llul ,rW..,,Mri-nn. r-rinent j would not do that. President Grant
Grant favored the friendship and show-l has the -greatest possible confidence in
ed the greatest appreciation for Was- him." An examination of the accounts
IL Z ' " thPy sraauattd, Proved that the chief clerk was right
in 1871 Wasson stood at the head of hlsi Wnsson was crooked In hl aeen.mt.
class and received the commission of
second lieutenant
HU fame as a civil engineer had al
ready spread beyond the academy, and
He knew he was found out and wOD
desperate. He must immediately resort
to strategy to save himself. The pay
of the troops at Fort Davis was due.
on board a lot of ranee. Another
Bherl.T was later dispatched with Mr,
Noble to search the oar,
Wusson returned to Fort Worth
From there he sent a most dramatic
appeal to Paymaster Terrill, reciting
the Journey, the disastrous ions of $29,
0W, and his suspicion, in the matter.
Terrill telegraphed to Washington, and
tne immediate arrest of Wasson fol
lowed
He was tried by court-martial at Ban
Antonio, Texaa, and plead guilty to
every charge. He made no effort to
conceal even his plans for deceiving the
government, and told how he had made
out false checks
His tragic downfall culminated when
President Arthur, on July 3, 1883, signed
tne document, sentencing him to elgh
teen months In the penitentiary at
rort Leavenworth, Kan., and dismiss
ing him from the army.
While serving his term he englneer-d
th famous roadway from Leavenworth
to the fort, and did other valuable work
for the government.
When released he was a reformed
man. His passion for gambling and
drinking had had a quietus In the con
finement and hard work of eighteen
months. He went to Des Moirus, la.,
and began the practice of law, and for
year the farmers of the United Sint,..
would not be misled Into selling their
wheat for less than it was worth on the
plea of overproduction, and the wheat
consumers of the old world would not
be compelled to pay exorbitant nrlee
on the counter-claim that the supply
was unequal to the demand.
If the absence of reliable informs I
tlon on this score wealthy syndicates,
wnicn can afford to collect accurate
statistics at their own expense, aro nhi
to buy wheat from the farmers at less
than Its Feal mark -t. value, ami hv
holding It out of the market for a time
sell It at an advance which amounts to
an exorbitant profit. No one will blarm
dealers and exporters from taklnir ad
vantage of th"lr superior knowledge of
market conditions, especially when
they have paid well to secure their in
formation. An International system of
crop reports given to the public
through the medium of the neu-naier
press would not put wheat-growers and
wheat-consumers in ponwsslon of valu
ably knowledge every year In season to
nabie the one class to sell their pro
duct for Its real .market value and to
prevent the other from being compelled
to pay exorbitant prices
M
best Hung to do,
would huve snved
iluv. ,.r r, a r 1. - . ..
Jbind suffering. No
lamily ought to
'be without the
cnnnUint safe-
book the Coma,,,,, Sense Medical Advil"
by R. V. Pierce, M. I) , chief consulting
pi jrjicun of ,,e Invalids' Hotel and SurgC
In H O ' 1"",i,l' N- Y' " tells what
rick :zvT::::'. ..-
pag-s, profusely illls,ratt.,j wj,, ,.nRravin"?
and colored n ;ite n . . K"
era, hundred .,,,,,,:
invaluable sums,,,,,,, fr tlc pTeHVIVIilioa
of her own health and con.fition in all
those cnt.cal and delicate periods to whir
women are anh rn tk. 7 . '
. , , v. V uHinur or MIS
great work has had a wider practical ex
penence ,n treating obstinate dVaaes than
any other physician in thi, country His
medicines are world . renowned for their
marvelous efficacy.
wMv! "M ""n"r'r. of Magnolia, Morgsn Co.,
W. Vn in . Hter o Ur. rk-rre UVa : " My hmi
btt,l I, locrnotive etflerr. lie o,m, yh"me
maeoeed with lir. PlereVs OoliTri tMM
F.tl,TpJLr7r!:n:r
year, ,! am , aW, lr( ml", ?h!Z
idn. dirt not live km- ,hry w, T
buttnoM l'n,,.iiiceliliretjrta),reveryhfartv'
ml Hint rn ,,, ,-h , m v,r mtrticihe l ut
what H ,s to lw nrl ri, At m. ml
By simply enclosing i
. - - - - 7 wit. niaiuun
to pay the cost of mailing only to Worhi's
Street Muflhlo. N. Y., a paper-bomld voT-
T , . . , " great oook will be sent
On the 10th of Decemlier, 1S7 Hoy
H. A. Donahue, pastor of M. B. Churt
South. Pt. IMeasant, W. Va. ontraotiS
a sever cold, which was attended from
the beginning by violent mnthin. w.
sais: "After m)rtln to a numb',. nt
so-called poclrtc. usually kept in the
house, to no nuriua r k, ,,...-... .
bottle of Chamlwrlaln', Cough Itemedy.
which acted Ilk, a charm. I moil
ohMTfuiiy recommend It to th, public."
. .. r.r vniui. iiogers,
Ii"tr to Im despiaed fop too anxlou,
Hpl-,.h,.nsloim, than ruined by too con
fident ,i tieourtly.
"If you iwour the world you will
never find a remedy equal to On,
A.lnutn Cough Cure,"sny, Editor Fack.
h-r. of the Mlcanopy, Fla., 'lIustlor.
It CUrr.l Ills fnnillu t -n ...
. j u, iMMiniuf ana
saves thousands from pheumonln, bron.
chills croup and all throat and lung
n.,u, uy enna. i(og r,.
Tin, desire of fa,,),, betrays nn atnbl.
tlotlS 1, 111,1 I lit a t lliilm
his reputation; ho Is nt III afraid l.sst any
'It did me more good than anything
I ever used. My dyspepsia was of
montt.,1 standing; after eating !t wn,
, terrible. Now I am well." writes B I)
j iCecner. Ilolslngton, Kan., of Kodol
I Dyspepsia Cure. It digest, what you
lveat. flnld by Cha,. Rogers, druggist, j
I I'uoiiioii; no is still afraid l.sst any
Kvei-y nobln llfo leaves the liber of It1. '""'I'1"" should Im. thrown away
Interwoven ftirnvar In 41,. .i.. . Il, Private. '
world.
During the winter of 1897 Mr. Jam,
Hoed one of the leading citizens and
merchants of Clay. Clay Co.. W. V
struck hi. leg against a cake of lei
in SU"h a rnnnnor bi t a t..i..
Veiely, rr hecmnA vbpv
President King, Farmer's Rank
Hrooklyn, Mich., has used DeWltf,
Little Early Risers In his family for
years, flays they are the best. The,
famous little pills cure constipation.
hl,llnlanA.B .11 II .
I1" M-i i over nr;a uowei . .i ..i j uiuun wouen
troubles. Bold by Chas. Roger,. I ' . '"" r" ."l!" " "M,y he could
r"' not wa'k without the aid of crutohea.
Virtue, if not !n aotlon, Is a vice; ,. JL 'T1, by. PhV'c'n. Hlso
and when we move not forward wi ' Td , hai, i
move backward. i o ',? f. half.:ll''1 ' whisky in bath.
""... h"t nothing gave anv is.ii
"I wish to express my thanks to th.i T" ?"..CKa" ."!" Chamberlain',
nn,,fiii.r,irr n ch.mh.., r,. ,, . I 1 " . "n. JI1H Drought almont
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for
hiivliiiT put on the market such a won
derful medicine," says W. W. Mas
slnglll, of Ueaumnnt, Texas. There are
thousands of mothers whose children
have been saved from attacks nf Avm.
enterv and cholera Infantum who
must, also feel thankful. It li for sale
by Chas. Rogers.
-.... w.u.n,,v annual, a
complete uure In a week', time and h.
, V. . "Ba ne nt used thl, rem.
edy his leg would have had to be am
putated. Pain Balm Is unequalled for
sprains, bruises and rheumatism, For
sale by Chas. Roger,.
There Is not so contemptible a nlant
or animal that does not confound the
most enlarged understanding. Locke
For many years science has tudled
liquors. Result the wholn world uses
whiskey. It has proven the best stim
ulant and doell not ,n1iiiA n..,n. ...1
i tissues like coca wine, and other drug-
geu compounds. And Harper Whiskey
Is the Ideal whiskey. Hold by Foard A
Stokes Co., Astoria Oregon.
A horse is not Irnnwn h ni.
( ..j ,,in iiuy-
pings, but qualities; so nun are f0 es
teemed virtue, not wealih.-Socrates.
Millions of dollars Is the value placed
by Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrlshurg. Pa i
absolutely free, or for ten stamps extra a ! on ,he life of her child, which she v-
' rtu. ,u.-.s. i nfavirr ann h. -1. .1. 1. . i 1 . -
T ..... . I ; tiuin-oouno cony "".n truuy oy me US8 or One Mln.
It 1, clearly the province of a l gov. I will be sent. A whole medieni ,it,r.r.ii ute Coinrh r,,is. t ' ,, ".f". "
ernmenU to furnish their respective 1 one "XJ0 I"lK 'olume. 7 j colds and throat and lung trouble,
i tui uui,; uy unane, Kogers.
What Is liberty without wisdom and
without virtue? Burn liberty Is the
greatost,f all possible evils, for It Is
ylce and folly and madness, without
tuition and without restraint.
HOW'S THIS 7
,3?,0ff''r 0ne n,lnrted Dollar, Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall', Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHI.IWn'V XL n1 m, .
We, the undersigned, have known F
levo hlin perfectly honorable In all
b islness transactions and financially
by thelrC nrrrm.0Ut obl,'lt"' n.to
W123T & TRAUX.
, 1TVi!','l(;?.al" Prj'BBlfttfl, Toledo, o.
n v ',rinnn MAnviN.
Hall , Catarrh Cure I, taken Internal!
ly. acting directly upon the blood and
t n-or.lals sent free. Price, 76c per tot-
"rV Jo by a" druggiBt,. '
Hall', Family Pin, are the best.