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Men's
Clothing
You would not think it ossibl', Imt it
is so. We can soil you a black clay worsteJ
suit, IineI with the host of material wo know
of we use no othor for f 10. Those suits
are made with round or square corners.
Ask for lot 7172.
Then wo have some fancy worsted suits
also with round or square corners, f r $!.7o.
These are made as well as our factory knws
how to make tlothi s, and if you can't got
fitted itt these, no ready-made clothing will
fit you. Ask for lot ;! .
. Here is a particularly attractive line,
the material is elegant and tin- ut.rkinaii
shrj superior in owry way. Th.-v are
cheviot suits of winter weight and we ak
only $M. A-k for !.t W:.
The foregoing is not ttie only line of
cheviots we carry. Ak for lot 71! mul see
what tliey are. You will be pleased with
them as they are nice enough for anvbodv
to wear. We have marked the price on
these $10.50 just for a surprise.
YoungMen's
Clothing
VnVmd
We are selling twice as imuh 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 about
it. Yes, and it means that our stock this
year fsjust new and nobby enough to catch
them aimvav.
Ask to See Some of These
Single-breati'd sick suits, brown mixed
cheviot, Mmiig or faint plaid as you choose.
iKiiible-broasted Nick suit, brown her
ringbone cheviot.
Singled. rea-ted sack Mm, fashionable
collar, d..ul,!,..l,ivaMed Vt-sf. tiiay and red
mixed,, nijifcinji n i ! k -i i plaid.
Single-breasted sack suit, with double
breasted vest f gray Scotch plaid cheviot.
Sing!c-biva-ted sack -nit, with double
breasted ve'trgmy cheviot with ovcrplaid of
, green.
Single-breast,'! sack suit, tine check
worsted.
Some of these are pretty gay, some are
quiet just like young men.
Boys'
Clothing
kWurrt
Suiicltody's small Imy is going to bo
mightily satisfied with himself when his
mamma gets him one of those new cape
coats that have just come. We don't make
any money to speak of on these, but we have
to do something to stop some p"ople from
buying cotton Now, whether be is three or
fourteen yours of age, he shall have one for
?-".r. Pon't believe it? Weil come in
and sir, and a-k for lot :J1.T.
Just uiiot'e r word alNiiit the !m.s )o
you want your liule fellow to look ical swell?
If so, we hav e a line T boys' blue serge
dollble-l.re.lsted stlits, age- t'l-nln 7 to 14, that
are positively beautiful. Ties., ,-iiis, in
eluding an extra pair of pains, we are inning
to s,! this week for f'..!)!1. 't w,,i't tell
yoti Imw we can alftad it for the st..rv w ul 1
be too ,,!ig f'oV our space. s p.iftie ll.ll'lv
for lot 17 is.;.
If the above price is t.. high, nk for
lot 1 7 IS J. These are suits of u gray mix
ture, inel.i lin- an extra pair of pants, for
$-.7". They are drossy and are sure to de
light the pnmd little wen re r. I ..nt fail to
examine them.
Overcoats
Vn.iVrt
hir assortment is u surprise, IWt
landers would come down to pn. o aid pur
chase these.
LOT 73 10. Men's cov. it cloih over
coats $!'(). Stylish and astonishingly low
price.
I.OT MHO.-Men's bl ue beaver over
coats, ?!.()(. If yuitsay you can duplicate
these for the money nn whore el-e, it would
Ih a stuteineiit hard to believe.
e.V-
4QO Commercial Street,
Astoria, Oregon.
r --iffiaiiiM
politics, Ohio hu always been reckon- party nomination by "hold up" moth
ed in "off years" an uncertain partisan ods hitherto ui ued .tmon Ble( firnn
THE ELECTIONS
fU VCVT ttAVTII' nommauon or jonn K. politicians. M.. Uo.-bel I antagonize ! ,
Ur 1DA1 A1UA 1 H j McIrfan for the frovernorsWP has uar- !"' extreme free silver lenders, ,
, anteed an unusually active and aggres- reducing elections In Kentucky to the '
8lve campaign this fall on the part of democratic party which hesitates about ',
I tne aemocratlc opposition, and some contemptible force they now are In ;
factional and personal differences still and by all that element within the '
Uttf1ilHltrl Viai'A lar t-V. ..l.ll .......... ...
- - viic iiiuuiicau mats uKe irKima and ArkansaB. Th
Great
Interest MaoifeMed Id Ibe
Results In Ohio.
NATIONAL ISSUES INVOLVE;
The Present Campaign Kill Have a
Decisive Influence In Shaping the
Future Course of .National
Politics.
party with a harder struggle ahead of Ooebel force law, which compliments 1
and emphasize. Mr. Goebel's personal i
ar Movements as a political highway- ,
man, Is the main issue of the campaign '
In Kentucky, whose people are to decide
whmher they wish to control th.-lr own
destinies or have their opinions and '
decisions shaped for them by an Ir- i
responnlble counting machine a', i
Frankfort.
It than any it has been called upon to
j make since 1S9L As a defeat In the
! president's own state this fall would
j seriously impair the preatlge of the
present republican admlnlatraUon, and
j as Mr. McLean's success, on the con
trary, would make him at once a for
j midable candidate for, the dem cratlc
J residential nomination, the present
campaign will have a decisive influ
Housework fa Hard Enough
with even the beat
soap which needs
hard muscular rub
bing to make
things clean. Gold
Dust docs all that
soap does and saves
time and much
rubbing.
mt tor trtm bookl- Oolfea tim
for Houwwurk."
TKS N. K. FAIRBAK COMPANY
Ckiugd Sl.Uili NtvTwk
I u.e imure course or rs to contribute to Mr. Goebl's tUc-
j national politics, and it has naturally tion arises naturally from his convlc-
! enlisted the interest and energies of ton that wl'h Kentucky again lost to
I the leaders of both political partl.-s. the nnrtv hi. nn-n flrh f.- h i.
; President McKinley and Colonel Kryan dency would have to be renewed next
; fcave '--Plared In the canvnas In year under conditions ha-dly more en
, ita later stages, and many other umm. MKnrim, ho. tone .
This vear'o n.Hti.ai nnn.n. , Im.n ru rr r. i.rn.. u,i . ..... . ' ' - York
. Kx.iujjaiBii u vu..,,,a,s,,ri,, u irpuuin-sn ami rnouid Nebraska alsi elect .1 republl-i
been fought out on a relatively narrow democratic, have been called in from can state ticket year. Colonel hry-1 Th" Anll,-An',-rlr'an Company Is one
field. Eleeiions are to be held in ele- -tlier stat.. Ostensibly the struggle an's second candidacy would b little I prlncll'al -t"'een this country
ven states-l-ss than one-fourth of the is fceing made on the national. Issu es short of hopelness. For that reason i Hn1 ,he B'"t of wttr chllrglng 11,23 per
full number In the federal union, of embodied in the Zanesville platform- his own enerirte have been Uvi.hiv w'"''1 fr"' J'spatcheg to either Durban
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loreph Htockforil, HiMigdon. M , hel
n a sors running for cventoen y.-ar
and cured hi plies of long standing
by using DfWItt's Witch lliusl 8ulv.
It cirea nil akin dlses... Kor sal by
Charles Kogrt.
All ..ur knowing , ourwIVM
know. I'..x.
to
Ch.-rfuli.es Is an exeellcnl wearing
tiality It ha Nn calM the bright
weather of the heart.
business and newspaper offices of New branch of the government servlw were
stirpufw.-d in that y.-ur, the total num.
these states five, Massachusetts, New. the free coinage of silver at the ratio expended to carry through the fusion
York, New Jersev. Pennoelvanlu o,l of IS tn 1 inrt tha ol,n,ln ... .,, .L,
Mao-land, may be classed as Eastern., American title in the Philippics. Utit hold on the one Northwestern tnt mi,H llHI'itcheS through
iu, wrsmia ana .MisHlsslppl, belong tne real struggle Is ore of personal In- which sln 1W6 has shown no decisive
to the stil! "solid" South. Two, Ohio terests and ambitions, mixed with ap- Inr llnatlon to return to th republican
and Kentucky, lie In the Middle West- Pale to purely local antipathies ard ranks. The republican party lias gain-
ern division, and two, Nebraska and prejudices. Indications point, on the ed strength steadily, however, In the
Iowa, are Included in the great North- whole, to a republican victory in Ohio last three years, and Its success in
west. In New York. New Jersev ami next month. w.t.m.io i .i
VI . - a.. in Ai unjoin m iin aiioi'iiier
."6..i.a, noever, only members of In Maryland the first republican ad- beyond probability.
.ha . i .....
.t.c ivgmio.tures are to oe elected, ministration the state has hal In a Iowa seems certain this year to give) " """"",un "umne go tiy the same ,.f Washington, In addition
Pennsylvania and Nebraska choose a generation Is on trial before the voters, usual emphatic renubllcan maloritv. ! raUh t0 P"1"" 'v'"fC b.-tw.sm London no.Ofjn.OOfl In rh,ot:.v h
don, It Is true, but It receives and trans-
the KoHtern
company to the Cape. The Riern
company controls two cable routes;
one by way of Lisbon, nibniltar, Mal
ta. Alien and the ent coast of Africa
to Durban; the other by the west const,
to Cape Town. The former route U
j by far the more used, anfl as telegrams t)i
Ih t of fish of all kinds distributed by
the commission b-lng over 1.000,000,000.
iVi 1x92 the commission only distributed
about 17S.0OO.0O0. The number was
gradually Increasl and In the pimt
two years the work has rapidly grown.
In the fiHeal y-nr ISM about S00,000,0no
wer illKtrlliu'ed, nnd thereupon Mr.
flowers concluded that the number
could be run over 1,000,000,000. Next
year !t will be still further Increased.
Ltu't year the commission distributed
between 30,000,000 and O.IOO,000 shad In
Potomac rlvr within forty miles
Washington, In addition to about
"When our boys wcr almost dMd
from whooping cough, our doctor gave
On Minute Cough 'ur, Th-y re
covered rapidly," writes P. II. Holies,
Arglye, Pa. It cures coughs, colds,
nrlppo. and all throat troubles. Hold
by ('has. lingers, druggist.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor;
an extravagant man grows poor by
seeming rich. Shenstonn,
"If yon scour the ,rld you will
never nnd a remedy equal to On
Mnute Cough Cure, "say, Kdltor rack
lir. or thi- Mlratmpy, Kia.. "Ilustlsr"
It cured his family f tnrtpp and
saves thousands from phsumonl. bron-
hills. creu. and all throat and lung
troubles. Hold by Chaa. Kogvra.
Truth Is the property of no Individ
ual, but the trMur of all man.
L'ttverson.
v."-"- a is i,n Wmi ur.iuie me voters. uui. ernpnauc repunucan majority. ' ' " wmiuuii so.iw.i.ihhi in Chesapeake bay. The total
r Bta"te nly Ma8pachu- ')vern("' Lowndes has carried out In Interest In the campaign there turns am Adon' a BPf'at (,PaI of "nneccsHary distribution of largv'-mputh ' black bass
i , nentucgy, Iowa, ms nrst term at Annapolis practically chiefly on the fact that the democratic i m"" " "Imr" ln" f"v""iment censors,; Wful 20K,9is, and of small-mouth black
U1U elections wnich an tne pledges made In the 1S93 plat- candidate for governor has made his K c " w or ""n-cessary , boas m. The attempt
... s v.ii.vi.se ,Jt Blau. aumimstra- i"rm on wnich he was nominated and canvass on the single issue of opposi
tion or a general shifting of political elected, and his re-electl'm this year, tion to the administration's policy In
P0w.eJ"" voM mtan a contlruance of that pro-'the Philippines. The result of this ap
in Massachusetts and Mississippi the gram of legislative and administrative P-al mav have some, bearing on the
result of the voting is already dls- reform by which the Mate has so con- strategy of the next presidential cam
counted, and republican success in the splcuously pnlt-d during the last four Plgn, for In proportion as this Issue
former and democratic success In the vears. Th,. r..,,.,hiin.. .ii... . ,.. i , ...
. i"..jii'.ca.. ijt-Hi i ve ovi.criin i.i laim 111 wwa 1U9 HV&liaull-
letter can In no way influence the lar- to win in Maryland, because it stands Ity may be measured for more general
use next year.
ger currents of national politics. Four for the state s best interests and re
.in umy are len, umo, Maryland, IKcts its most Intelligent sentiment
Kentucky and Iowa, In which this Fa-tional p i. r, N and some unfortu-'
years campaigns have ass-urned a genu- nate entangWmn:s in Baltimore City
lne Importance, both lxrause of the alone obscure th- prospects of republl-
politlcal prizes at stake in each and can success. The democratic party
because of the effect which success or under Mr. Oom.an's leadership is se;k-
fallure will exercise In shaping the ing to regain power by avoiding the Is-
course of the next presidential canvass, eues which control in national politics
To this last group, Nebraska, too. might and appealing exclusively to race and
be added, not because of tV; possible Iccal prejudi.:e!,. Should J0lm Wabls
disturbance of balances In state noli- Kmith, a pronounc-d gold demo. -rat b-
tc which this year fight for a single chosen governor Mr. finnan v,ld
Jtldgshlp and two places on the state r.iobably be p.;t forward by the bate
board of th;; unlversitv
" - " .''F4 c-n i .1 iirauit twiiinorutif
, y emaniismng the, small-mouth black bass lias been aban-
censorshlp at Aden, rather than fur-; ,n"d. The varlotlea of flsh propogated
tber west. No announcement of en-! and distributed in the greatest num
sorshlp has Un mtwle In reference to t.rs during the year were shad, salmon,
any point on the west cna route, but1 .rt. white fish, nerch. cod and floun.
Kit i.ieiity. Kodol Dyspepsia Cur
will digest what you eat. It cum all
forms of dyspepsia and -tomrich trou
bles. C. n. Qamble. Vernon, Tex.,
savs. "It relelved ms from the start and
cured me. It Is now my ever lasting
friend " Sold by Chas. lingers.
It Is Only bv labor that Ihiuiirlu ran
be made healthy, and only by thought
inni moor can tw made happy.
"It did me more good than anything
I ever used. My dyspepsia wss of
m..nt s' standing; after eating It was
termor, jxow i nm wen. wrties H. n.
Keener. Holslngton. Knn.. of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you
est. Hoin by Chas. Tlogers, druggist
Never speak well or 111 of yourself. If
well, men will n.rt believe you; If III,
they will believe a great deal more
man ou say. 1'Jastem rroverb.
Mo Plow n.,y l'rcher." J.
Mrkmsn. IMIe Itlvr. III., cayt. "After
sufTnrlng from llronchlal or lung irou
bl for ten years. I was eurtd by Ona
Mlnut Cough Curs. It Is all that la
claimed nnd more." It cures coughs,
ci Ids. grin and all throat and lung
troublea. Hold by Chas. Hogsrs. drug.
gist, t . .
The Two Cable Routes to South Africa
and Their Relation to the
News.
It Is pretty certain that, since the route
Is In connection with both Lisbon nnd
Cadiz, the authorities at Cape Town
will take good care of all messages to
South Africa which come that way.
How the details of the cenorshlp are
to be managed at Aden there Is no
means of ascertaining here. In the
flp-inlsh-American war all dispatches
for Cuba handed In at the offices had
to be vised by the military Htaff officer
Ir charge. At Aden, the only effective
way will be to have the circuit Inter
ders. Lobsters to the number of 168,
000,000 were distributed.
THE RULING PASSION.
cause, nut ror the vital bearing of the
election on Colonel JJryan'g prospec
tive strength and eleglbility as a pres
idential candidate.
York. The Anglo-American Telegraph
Company Dosted In Its offlreo th.. nmi...
iresld-ntlal candidate, fr,.sn ofr the wIres from .,A
The struggle for the overno-ship in communication vween Natal and
Kentucky has devel, p, ,nto som,,hlr. 0ranf,a Frfte State am, TranBvaal sus
llke a personal fued betve.n u, ...... . ., . ....
BRITISH PftKKS CENSORSHIP.
to be managed at Aden there l nn
Cleveland Plain p.-aler.
The clergyman had finished and the
organ was pealing forth the sonorous
rapture of the Mendelssohn march,
"One moment, George," said the ra-
rllnnt hrlilo nml tuMnrr thn a u1,.r.nn UUA
J in.; i ii,. mi lllll'l- ' .... r, .... u....... ,,. niMJ
rupted, so that every telegram must raised her ex.iilsllely bound though
be there taken oh the wires and put j somewhat bulky prayer book in her
neighbors, Durban next door to New "" consideration by a staff , 'imntiiy gloved hands and pointed It
Y.eir ph. a ... .,.i . .. oi"i er, W Jio win, no douot. dc renre-
sented n the oiKTator's office by a
lioli-i",i,i(iyuoried ofllcer.
President King, Farmer's Bank.
ttrit..Llvil flnh hm u.jul TS.uVl.
Llttlo Karly Risers In his family for
years. rnys iney are in Dest. rnee
famous little pills cure constipation,
bllliousness and all liver and bowel
troubles. Bold by Chas. Ilos;eri.
Aot well at tho moment and you will
have performed a good action to all
eternity. Lavaiter.
'1 wish to express my thanks to the
m inufneturers of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholers nnd Diarrhoea Tlemedy, for
l"iiiw put on the market such a won
derful medicine." says W. W. Mas.
liii'l. of ileniimnnt, Texas. Thers ara
Ihousands of mothers whose children
have been saved from nttneks nf dvs
enterv and cholera Infantum who
in.isi also feel thankful. It Is for sale
b C!in. Rogers.
People seldom Improv when they
have no other model than theinselv.yi
to copy after. -Goldsmith.
On the 10th of December. JR97, R.
S. A. Donahoe, pastor of M. BL Church,
n.-uin. i't. i-iessant, w. va, contracted
a severe cold, which was attended from
the beglnnli g by violent coughing. Me
sas: "After resorting to a number of
so-called 'specifics,' usually kept In the
house, to no purpose, I purohaaed a
l.etile of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which acted like a charm. I most
cheerfully recommend It to the public.'
For sale by Chas. Rogers.
History Is a mighty drama, enacted
upon the theater of Time, with suns for
lamps and ICternlty for a background.
early le.
During the winter of 1807 Mr. James
Itrud one of the lending cltlxens and
m. ixliants of Clay, Clay Co., w. V,
struck his leg against a cake of loe
In sueh a manner as to bruise It ee-
vr-rntt ft hueftm. i,arv mtmh .wnlt.N
nnd pained him so badly that he could
not waia wunoui tne am or crutcnea
He was treated by physicians, also
linerl tievernl Iflna nf llnlm.nt mnA ....
and s hnlf gallons of whisky In beth
llilf It. hut nothlns rave anv roll,.
until he began using Chamberlain's
Piln tinlm Thl. hrnllirht nlmn.t .
co ni Icte cure In a week's time and he
believe thnt hurl ha nn. Hud .hi.
edy his leg would have had to be am-
n.ltnlnil T.nlll H'lltn ( nnnnn.llul
1 . h'.wih u tor
: sprains, bruises and rheumatism. For
sate by Chas. Rogers.
Lat Thursday It was obvious that
"If one touch of nature makes the
whole world kin." one touch of science
makes the whole world next door
directly at the brilliant audience. There
was a sharp click.
"All riht, George," said the bride,
"come along."
And as they marched down the aisle
FIHH COMMfHHfONRR'S REPORT..
she showed him that the mim,.wi
Of this year's conterta that In Ohio' ,,ort,.r of the ,,,,. ..'l?' "!.: . to 8"th Africa Mr. George M. Bowers, commissioner prayer book wasn't a nraver hook .t
" --'f w a tur I 7K u lH.r , HI 11 i(fT Tn fir.upah n at- l,1n M mi..., -
nas attracted perhaps the liveliest at- democratic nominee William r,, ,i.l 1 , ,, V 1 "H" ana ""heries, has completed the all. It was a camera!
' u-."l.H BI1C
tentlon. Though normally republican In An ex-gold democrat, who obtd a Soutl African TarlJc, "f T comp"Uw tatltlcB f"r th- "al Geo,
H,iain.a aouth African war very close to the year 1899. All previous records of that whispered. "Clever, Isn't It?"
Of all the things which man can do
or make here below, by far the most
momentous, wonderful and worthy are
the things we call books. Carlyle.
For ma.iy years relence has studied
ll'iuors. Result the whole world uses
whiskey. It has proven the best stlrn-
iiia.il moo fjoen not injure nerves and
, tissues like coca wines and other drug
ged compounds. And Harper Whiskey
H the Ideal whiskey. Hold by Fonrd ft
Stokes Co., Astoria Oregon.
When v have one fact found us,
w are very apt to supply the next out
of our own Imagination. Holmes.
Millions of dollars Is the value placed
by Mrs. Mary Hlrd. Hnrrlshu'rg, Pa.,
om th life nf her child, which she sav
ed from croup by the use of One Min
ute Cough Cure. It cures all coughe,
cnlds and throat and lung troubles.
For cale by Charlea Rogers.
, Hold fajit by the present. Every situ.
. atlon nay, every moment Is of Infi
nite value, ror it is the representative
of a whole eternity. Goethe.
HOW'S THIST
, We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure,
j F. J. CHENF.Y ft CO.. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known P
,T. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be.
Ilevc him perfectly honorable In all
business transactions snd financially
i able to carry out any obligations mad
1 by their firm.
! WEST & TRAUX.
Wholesale Druggists, Tnl. do, 0.
, WALDING. KINNAN ft MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internal,
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Tee
tln.orlals sent free. Price, 78e per bot
tle. Sold by all (frugglsts.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.