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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1899)
, 1i TUK MOKNINU ASI'OUIAN, TrKSHM, XOVEMHKK 7, )) Vim, L1U?ly T.wmgg3anu nnr ,, ill) ilitI Tliirinctlifi nnsr, few davs we have talked exclusively on Hen's and Bovs' Clothincr. nnrl nn ATcnnKnnnllu finn linn of A-sr Q V"- W -r ' --- - " - - r f VVVJI V A UlwAC W W w nrprrtnnts whinh ware nlaced at urices that drew even the attention and presence of Portlfinrinra tn thorn n trinl. and all who purchased are mightily proud of the bargains they realized. Now, We lave Something Else to Say It is this: We have in stock a rich and varied assortment of Underwear and Neckwear that in comparison is fully as reasonable to buy as the Clothing. R&ally these goods must be seen to be appreciated. They are new strictly so in material and design, and arc identically the same class of Koodi as will be foond on sale at this moment in the leading houses of New York City. - - UNDERWEAR -- 0 Read the price we are now making on Swift's goods. As is well known, Mr. Swift is recognized the country over as the most conscientious manufacturer in tins line to be found any wh.rc. SWIFT'S COXDE WOOL-RIBBED UNDER WEAR, $1.50 per suit. Always heretofore they have been more than cheap at 2.00. Here is a line of Camel's Hair and National Wool Un derwear at r)0 cents jht garment. They are excellent for the price asked and are sure to please the purchaser. Many of our best people selevt them by reason of the soft character of the material. While inspecting thin department, auk also to sco It K T-H. Theso are what are known as Ribbed Wool Shirts and Drawers. We have decided for a few days only to sell them at $2.00 a suit. This is a remarkably low figure, if you are posted a to values in this direction. And now we are making a still further cut on the justly celebrated Lu zerne Underwear. Think of it! Only $2.50 a suit We have just been selling it at $3.00, but we want the bulk of Astoria's trade and we propose to get it You cannot beat this price nor the goods anywhere on earth. This Week, Wright's Health-Fleeced Underwear, $2."0 per suit. All who wear underwear will understand that this is an nmaingly cheap price for Wright's noted make, They are unexcelled for winter on account of be ins fleece-lined on the inside. In the same connection wo have ihp Famous Arabian Fierce Underwear. We are also cutting it for the time being to $2.50 per suit. Chjpfr Attention all ! Fancy Bosom and Colored Body 0 1 1 1 1 10 Shirts with one pair of cuffs $1.00. Certainly after examining the quality you won't believe it. but it is the truth. We are going to sell these very same shirts this week at the above figure Ifatc A man who is strictly up-to-date in style wears a HQ 10 derby hat. Wo carry two lines, one at $.'!.0i and one at $1.00. They have ju-t been received from the factory and are Latest Fall Shapes. This is a good time to tender our thanks for the splendid trade in hats we have enjoyed. Neckwear A nobby tic iiiiikii nny mini look respectable. If ho wenrs n hiunUonin tin a Portland n.ctcliiinl mil walk Ktri i'iD lirrti inn! tint lie jumped mi. V linvo a beautiful variety jul in (nun the l'.imt. Included In II In tlu swell Unfits Wiitrrtuniso Neckwear. Mr. Walcrhoinie inuiiiifuctiirm tlx, Uncut lino il tii in tlin United State, itii'l llin pattern am intiitnioriiblc. Aak to see our Inipiirlnlri, Tivks, roiir-in-IUiuis, l'ulfn nnd ShieM ami limiil Hows. I'riiMn rnngo (mm olio upwnrils. 4QO Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon. TERRIBLE POWER OF MODERN SHELLS The Devastating Effect of Shrapnell! in the South African IVar. THE EXGL1SH ISIXG LYDITE ordnance officers at Washington and nier.dous odds have won world-wide all over the country, and haa Incident- admiration, wore compelled to bite the ally uncovered some glaring defects In dust In the worst defeat of the cam-' our own equipment. j palgn. j The latest and most deadly creation of ' Knglish tiring sheila are loaded with, the British gun-maker employs a shrap- j lydite. Lydite Is one of the picric acid nel projectile weighing about fifteen compounds known In this country ail pounds. This projectile consists of emepslte and in France as m-llnlte. It. stee! tubing, filled with about two hun- Is loaded In the shell like guncotton, j dred small balls. These balls are of the shell having an explosive fuse at haritned lead and weigh almoet one- either end, but generally In the front third of an ounce each. Each shell or striking end. I contains a light bursting charge, and,, ine explosive force of lydite Is tre-, The Results Show That the United States Army is Tar behind in Artillery Equipment. The terriilc slaughter errt-ct.:d by the j rapid-fire shrapnel guns thai won the' first victories for in- Dritish in Natal ; 13 the marvel of the militury world.' These guns, mo;c than any other arm of the service in the field, were respon sible for the almost unbruken f-ri-s of red-coat triumphs that culminated at Talana Hill, near Olencoe. The battle was half won by the d'.-adly h;.ii of shrapnel U f.jre the infsiiitry hail iul vanced. The t-rriflwl li,:rs, who n-v-r exptt-ted any su.:h form of uu.i'-k a. this, w-re glad enougii t j g-t out .f th.-ir hiding i laces in tho null and do the best they could with their formid able en'iny in op-n fl'ht. N"thing lik; It has ever before bwii known in war fare. Something (Ulte enough to excite curiosity was heard about th'-se now famous shr;priel guns when Lord Kitchner used them with some eff et among the fuzzy-wuzzles at Omdur man. Hut the fighting ther.' was "p-n and there was nothing to lo but let he infantry go straight ahead. I;- iio. -rland It is very different. The country is wild So far as results show, may be timed with absolute accuracy. In firing the gun a time fuse Is fitted into the head of the projectile. ' In the hands of experienced gunners It may be cut so aa to cause the bursting of a shell as close as one-third of a second after firing the gun. Or, on the other hand, the missile may'be given a flight of twelve seconds before bursting. The gunners aim to burst the shrapnel about thirty yards short of the enemy's position. At a range of one thousand mendous. A small charge of It fired : against solid stone masonry has wreck-1 ed It as ff It were so much pap-r, and I gre-tt holes have been dug in the ground! from its concussion. In the Soudan ! campaign lydl'e shells wre fired from' 5.110 Inch howitzers into the fanatical dervishes as they tame charging down on the Iiritish line. The results were appalling. Scores and hundreds of men were literally urn to pieces, scat tered Into fragments, a much as they would have been had they been slttlt.g yard? all the shrapnel balls will be pre-' over a barrel of gunpowder when the Jected within a circle on the ground for match was applied. Te lirltlsh ! about twenty-five f-et In diameter. Th. ordnance branch of the British army is net niggardly In furnishing Us gun ners ammunition for target practice wi'h its field jiiec-s, ami particularly ki:Y H"y new pi The wisdom of this-, g.-n-r .sity is apparent In the ac-cur.-.fy wi'h which a deadly downpour of titii..ts has be--ti hurled Into the hiding places of the I!.-rs among th' ir native rocks at Natal. To have driven them from their smngholds with In- fjntiy without first brirgir.g th lieve that th -y will g- eiually g d re.sulis fnjm the use of these shells In I the present war. I Fighting mn the world over will! wait eagerly for some more Information I ah nit ih-s - terrific shrapnel field pieces. Kveryboily will want to read a more I comj P-te description than Is possible by cable of their dreadful devastation at fJlencoe. Artlll-Tymen at Washing, ton and cU .vh -re will le particularly k'-en about It, because If the fuhan ThU government, It Is admitted, has tapablei nrtilU ry otllcers and Intelligent men to work under them. What Is needed are modern guns and u suftl clent supply of Miwder to give the men practice In using them. A few y.nrs ago, before our government N-g.tn to build big guns, and cx-rtH wen; quibbling nlcjut the ppper form if field piece to adopt, all that our West Pointers knew about modern guns was derived from wimkI cuts In foreign prints. When the war with Spain broke out It was discovered that our guns would not fit the carriages. The ord nance supply was so Inadequate, It Is said, that had Orvera trlil to get Into New York harbor, the most formidable fort there could not have fired more than five shots at hlin. Artillery ohVers cUilm that the ord name bunau Is chs- fisted in Its sup plies and will not unt'l them half way. They see the deficiency In the field ser vice and deeply deplore It. The ord nance bureau blames congress for a small appropriation. Meanwhile the shrapnel guns at Talana Hill have spoken a powerful P-sson. BUSIPI0SS rOINTEPS. i Fresh crackfd crabs at th National i Cafe. Hire's root beer at the Spa candy factory. imrbaiik potatoes, i a sack, at Pat's Market. Jolt's 1m White cooks. "thi only" restaurant. You never know what form of Mood poison will follow constipation. Keep the liver clean by using KeWltt's Lit tle I 'ai ly HlHcrii nnd you will avoid trouble. They are- famous lit t to pills for constipation and liver and bowel trouble. For alo by CMARI.KH HOO-K.lt.S. The chief noiirt'e of s.df liapplnei the act of nuiklug others happy. Honor and shame for no condition rise. Is sh'-ap:.---l into play vv.uld surely hav. Involved a shoenins less of life to th -liiiti.-ri. I'.eports .-ay ihat at rjleiicoe, or rath' r in th- fills of Talana, Jus back of it, the Prltish gunners employed shrapnel wi'li s w. '-pirg accur.u y at a distance of 'i,') yards. Scarcely ; ed. and the pior Ii 'i campaign dein inHtrated anything about the practical scl-nce of warfare it was the absolute Inefficiency of our artillery. Military experts have be-n talking and writing about it ever sln.-te, and trying to find out vvh'-re the blame belongs. One Important lesson the military ex perts has not missed Is that the Ilrit- hot was wast-1 ish threw their artlllry agalnwt the brave a. they'ii .' r en t reti' hui-nts befoie calling up ZZ i -.'1. ' ll ; if i' 'k aAiuJI VW.' ' want the mmdkB hvz: wwi Ibs- wiinniauu '-.?.t?."Cj -r it.r. 'iw . Wht mot hi r iloo not wih to be proud of tier c li i 1 dnn? What mother d o c not ill have- shown the-in.:lv"s to In: in open their infantry. This Is precisely what battl.-, were terrified b-yond d-crii-w: did not do at Santiago, and almost' tion. ever writer on that, campaign attrlb-l I'.-' What was this? Had the le-avcns - ut " our los- ut life mainly "to that, for jx.us. 1 th" Hriri:-h :aus; ami oncn-d fact. A't-irlon Is called to the fact,' the; Britishers. It is something lik- the up a hail of l-al that beat th--in down I also, that o,,y rei-ently illil this gov-: like so mm h grain' They h-ai d : ' i nn-eiit ord--r Held guns abroad for the j and mountainous, full of hidd -n treats for the- bughers and pitfall: conditions our own trnors had to fac Uhile chasiiij.' Indians through the Black Hills in Dakota. A won! to the uninitiated about the precise meaning of the word rhiMpic -1. It is a shell, so named from its lav n tor. General Shrapnel, and consists of a spherical cone- Hilled with musk- i halts and containing a bursting charg.- of powder. Extorsive exri-ritte-nts are. being made with t-hrapnel guns in the armies of all the powers of Kunip-.-. France, Germany and Hussia are doing a great deal with them, though th-y are keeping their experiments Iarg- Iy to themselves. The Iioer war forced England's hand and, in the opinion of experts, shows that she Is easily in the lead. The work of all her field batter ies, but more particularly the shrapnel, has very much astonished experienced of the I'ritish rnp!d-'ire guns, ami had a vastue Idea of shrapnel, but th-y wen; not pr--iai-d for sie h a d-vtestai ing In- fioin above as ,, nip.d iip,n them arid .sought out ev-ry nook arel corie-r if -!-,;:. n vain they shifted pot-items from on ; part of tin- pas." to an oth. r. Tics- uvifnl shiapn'd follow rl 'h-:;. ,.-v -rywh -re and i-lt-d tie in v.ith a trien.il-'ts rain of fir'-. liidlets that f.-ll frou, the sky by thousands swpt the -arih like a flail vv rinlippin.-:;. Tin- Maxims and other A !ir' ri' ii ns who have tntule themsi-lves fa-nous ,;, thr development of th- lr-hl L'tj'i hav h.id fi go abroad to mak" a Mvitig, f t. 'I in one Instance, at b-ast, to i.-neiinc i-lilzenship In this country. Tin- obj" -t. of our crippled and u.ntl- nin.v I ..r id -ry is reci-ivlng a great .1 il of pualid attention at pri;n-nt. .M.lilaiv men and writers Insist that and ; Important tin are se.-v.-ral issues await- as; Ing the coming con-frs, the subject modal as though fired from a rifle. of improving our artillery and ordnance lirave Itrj- rs saw their companions fall! supply cttrmrrt, or should not, be push : round thein like .sheep and there wa.s .-d asl-1 ;. The field service Is not no "iien.y in sight. They did not know ' properly equipped and in many caHes how to strike bark. Long before the : th.; men wh .nan what guns we have I infantry came up the victory was won j ara Ignorant of their duties. There Is (and the hardy Boers, whose valor and not anything approaching an efficient determination in the face of such tre-1 gun in the service. the ordinary illncsv of childhood ? Any woman may injure the health of her Children who will take proper care of her health in awomitily uav. The health of her children 'depends almost cntiti ly upon her itcnrnil health, and particularly upon Ihe- health anil stmigth of the delicate and important organs that bear the burdens of maternity. A woman liar no right to di rcjfard her own health, comfort, eiiie and hapniness, she certainly has lim right to condem:i her children to a life of sufiering or ail early death. That is what she does if she neglei ts the health of he r Hpecial womanly organism. Dr. Pierce's Favorite I'rcicriptiori is an unfailing remedy for all disorders of thi description. It strength ens anil invigorates the sensitive organs concerned, and i' the best preparation for the trials and dangers of maternity. It in sures the well being of the mother and the health of the child, its use is a guarantee of a bountiful supply of nourishment for the little new coiner. Many women who dice bore children only to speedily losr th'-m, are now mothers of healthy, robust r hildren as the result of the use of this medicine. Ilnrlira A. Mndd. nf Indian Crr'-k, Mo , write : "I am verv thiinkful lor wh.-it I Jr. 1'ien-e's loi vorile 1'rer.r riprjim ,li, fur tar. 1 wtis rill Ijorken rlowtl Irorn neivous pfostrittion, but hiltce taking your im-rlk-itie I havi- )ml moie relief thiia from nil the doctors. Vour ' l-'avorite l'rcstrip tion ' did me a world of gK." Many women have told their experiences, and given tln-ir names, addresses and plio tographn in Or. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. Thin book is free. A copy will be sent to any address upon re ceipt of 21 one- cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only Address Dr. R. V. fierce, Buffalo, N. Y. The "Favorite Prescrip tion " is for sale by all dealers and no hon est man will urge a substitute. lb st 13-cent meal, Itlalnu Sun Restau rant. 61 J I'ominerclal street. Chill con enrno and frljolles at Leu Herring's National Cafe every day. Pleasant furnished room for rent, 242 Fourteenth street. In private family. Until further notice the Astoria creamery will pay 24! cent for butter fat. Cold lunch, pickled pigs' feet, oys ters, slurp's tongue, ttc, at the Na tional vare. Do ou know Snodgrass makes Stamp Photos? Call and sec them. l hey are all the go. I Cream Pure Rye, America's finest J whi.skcy. The only pure gooils; guaran : teed rich and mellow. John L. Carlson, , Bole agent. I For Rent Furnished roomB. with j flint -class table board, Apply Mrs. K. 1 i. Hoidens, corner Ninth and Duanel streets. 1 Buy Rimlyn coal; the best coal for ! heating o.;d cooking purpiwcB on the mar ki-l. (b-orgo W, Hanborn, Agent, i H1.. . 1'JII I ' e iro.iiil. loll. Boiiuel do Cuba and Key West Ocms are the finest 6-cent cigars that ever : came to this market. Henry Iloe, op I posite brewery. I When in Astoria, transient guests can ! secure unsurpassed accrmmodatloiis at l the Astor House. Perfect cooking and nice, clean rooms. Rates, $1 per day. Vlfd tors from Portland and elsewhere I will find the pleasantest rooms In A . tnrla at the Hay City house, 170 Tenth street, Mrs. K. 8. Andrews, proprietress. Kellcy's transfer wagons deliver box I wood to nny part of tho city on short notice. All ord"rs left at Znpf's fur niture store, K0 Commercial street, will j receive prompt attention. Telephone 144. J. D. rtrldgcs. F.dltor "Democrat," Lancaster, N. It., says: "One Minute Cough Cure Is tho best remedy for croup I ever used." Immediately re lieves and cures coughs, colds, croup, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, grlpiw and nil throat anl lung -troubles. Ii prevents consumption. For sulu by CI! A KM-: ROdlCUH. It will not lie a nurpii-m to any who are at nil familiar with the good qunll lli of t'lminlvrl.iltrs Cough Itemrdy to know that pc.plit everywhere take pleasure In relating their experience- In the use of that Kplendbl in-dli Ine and In telling of the lienefii they have re ceived Iroin It, of bad ml. Is ,iis cuii'.l. of threat -ned attacks of ptiru n onia It has averted and of the children It h.m saved from nttiick of croup and whooping cough. It is a grand, nod nieillelne. For sale by rims. ItoifiTS. What m ike life dtvury Is tin1 motive. want of tie that lo.-s by getting had better low than get. i'si:n nv nurrisi! sm.DiKits AFRICA. IN Goo. Nolnnd, Rockland, O,, snys "My wife had plies forty years, IktWItl's Witch Hnrel Salve cured her. It Is th'.' best snlve In Amerlcn." It heals everything nnd cures nil skin diseases. For Sale by CI 1 A ftt.Kfl ROtiHRS. Religion Is the best armor a man can have, but It Is the worst cloak. "! wouldn't be without PeWltl's Witch Hazel Salve for any considera tion," writes Thou. II. Rhodes, Center lb Id. , Infallible for piles, cuts, burns nnd skin diseases, llewarn of couiilerfelis. For sale by CIIARMCS ROGERS. Crpt. C. it. I . -unison u well known all ovt r Africa ,is the rorii'iinnder of the fori es Hint i-aptur'd the famous rebel ti.illshe. t'nder date ,,f Nov. 4. 1S'j7, fioin rylnirg, l eliunniilanil. he write : "Before nUrtlng lm the last rinnpiilgn I bought a iiiantlty of Cham beilaln's Colie, Cholera and Iiliirrhoea R'ni'-ily, which I used i-iynolf when ii'oubled wiih Isivvei i'imihilnt, nnd hail given to my ,n. mi, in. I In every case It pi ivnl iiiohI Im'H Ihd.il." For sale by t'llllfl. Rogers. Sllene- your opponent with n-uson, not vv tih in, 1 1 .. (;ive licc.iuse you love to give as Die 'lower pours forth Its iH-rfunii', The following reduced rates nrn In effect via the O. R, N. between Asto ria, Portland and Intermediate points along the rlv;-r: Fare, 25 cents; section, 25 cents; lower or upper berth, DO cents ciich; stateroom, 75 cents. Go to the Columbia F.lectrlc. and Re pair Company for nil kinds of new and ivpttir work, from a cnrnhrlc needle to a bicycle, holler or engine. Quick work and satisfaction guaranteed, hogging machinery of all kinds a specialty. Shop opposite Ross, Illgglna & Co. A burnt child drtadoth the fire. Dr. W. Wlxon, Italy Hill, N. T.,says: "I heartily recommend One Minute Cough Cure. It gavo my wife immedi ate relief In suffocating aalhrna." Pleasant to take. Never falls to quick ly cure all coughs, colds, throat and luns troubles. Dr. II. II. linden, Summit, Ala., says. "I think Koilol DyspepHla Cure Is a splendid medicine. I prescribe II, nnd my confidence In It grows with contln tied use." It digests what you eat nnd quickly cures dyspepsia and Indigestion. For sale by CHARIdCS ROGKRS. Blessed bo nilrthf'ilm-ss. It Ih one of the renovators of Hip wot Id. Men will let you abuse them If only you will make them laugh. j "f had dyspepsia fifty-seven years and never found permanent relief until I used Kodol dyspepsia Cure. Now ij run well nnd feel like a new ninn," w riles fi. J. Fleming, Murray, Neb. It Is the best dlgeslaiit known. Cures all forms of Indlgtitloii. Physicians every-! where prescribe It. For sale by C1IAS. ROGMR9. I'll AMllKIU.AIVS PAIN BAI.M l l'KKS OTIe:itS, WHY NOT YOl'7 My wife has Ix-en using Chamber Iain's I'aln Balm Balm, with good re siills, for a lime shoulder Unit has pained her coiillnunly for nine years. We !nve tried nil kinds of medicines and doctors wl'lioiu receiving uny ben elit from nny of them. One day we saw nn advertisement of this ni-cllclno nnd thought of trying It, which we did, Willi the best of satisfaction. Shu has used only one holtle nnd her shoulder Is nl mo.ii well. Adolph I.. .Illlnlf, Man chester, N. II. For sain by ('has, Rog. ers. Allllollons a in Hod's wlng.i. nut the shadow of A person who Is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who Is I imi curious In observing the la bor of the biis, will often be slung for his curiosity. I.nGrlppo, with Its after effects, an nually destroys tlnusands of lieople. It may bo riuIeKly cured by One Mln ute Cough Cure, the only remedy that produces Immediate results In coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, pneu monia and throat and lung troubles. It will prevent consumption, For sale by CHARLES ROGERS. IH-IAFNKSS CANNOT UK CCRKD By local nppllcalloi, in they cannot fi neh the disease.' portion of the enr. There Is only nnr way to cure deafness, rind that Is by "iiHtllulloniil remedies. I'loafncsN Is eiod by un Inllnmcd con dlllnii of ihetiiu.'oiiM lining of the Kna t.ielil.in Tu"'. When this film Is In llnmcd ynyhave a rumbling sound or Imp rfecl 'I' ti' lng, ami when It Is en tirely cl,,-d, deafness Is the result, nnd timers t'" Inllaiiim ttlon can bo taken out nnr' Ibis tube ris'oi-ed to Us nor mal cordlilon, hearing will be destroyed forever blue ciih.h out of ),. ,. cnuroi by catarrh, which is nothing but liillamed condition of the mucous sui fw. f will give One Hundred Dollars for nn c.ie of Deafness (cn lined by cn. toili) Hint cannot be cured by ifnll'a rflnrrh Cure, s-nd for circulars; free la ii Y '"'""'' :U., Toledo, O. Sold by driigglsl.i, zc. rnmiiy mis are th best. i
