ASTOfclA OKEGONV WEDNESAY CATASN A COMMON COMPLAINT, Catarrh begini with a stubborn cold in the head, inflammation or sore ness of the membrane or lining of the nose, discharge of mucns matter, headaches, neuralgia and difficult breathing, and even In this early stage Is almost intolerable. But when the filthy secretions begin to drop back Into the throat and itomachv and the blood becomes polluted and the System contaminated by the catarrhal' poia-, I had a oonttnual headache, my cheeks had srowa .1' pOlS, purple, my noma was elwaye (topped up, my'breath on. tnen the SUnerer Q aioaemna- ana ammuiiK oooi, u m, men c lnoeeeantly. I heard of 8. S. 8. and eommenoed to nee begins to realize Wtiat a it .nd after taking aeveral bottles I wee oared and disgusth:'' aild sicken- hve never einoe had the . slightest eymptom of the , " , , . dleeaae. llm MARY L. 8IOKM1 ! log disease Latarrn IS. Borthweet Cor. 1th and Felix fits., Bt. Joeeph, Mo. , It affects the kidneys v ' . f and stomach as well as other parts of the body. It is a constitutional disease and as inhaling mixtures, salves, ointments, etc., are never more . than palliative or helpful, even in the beginning of Catarrh, what Can you expert front such treatment when it becomes chronic and the whole ystem affected ? , Only such a remedy as S. S. S. can reach this obsti nate, cieep-seatea disease ana purge ine Diooa oi iuc citarrhal poison. S. S. S. purines and builds up the diseased blood, and the inflamed membranes are 1 KJI r)) healed and the excessive secretion of mucus ceases when new, rich blood is coming to the diseased parts, and a pfmnanent cure is the result. ; '.. ' ...-',',"' S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and a reliable remedy for Catarrh in all stages. Write if in need of medical advice; this will cost you nothing. THE 8WIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAm Flrst-clast in Every Respect. Open Day and Night. . .' I I 41 Leading Miu . ; a ft Astoria NEW STYLE CHOP HOUSE V,, : ,- ' Peter Peterson, Sole Proprietor Eleventh St. bet. Bond and C immerclal ASTORIA, 0 EE BLACKSMITH ING. Carriage and Wagon Building. First C!ass Horse Shoeing Ltoggtria Camp Work. AH kinds of wagon materials in stock for sale. We guarantee the best work done in the city. Prices right. ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Duane Sts. 'Phone 921. We have just placed in stocK a handsome assortment of . ... .-''. '1. . ' "' - , . , Esatern Birds Eye Maple Dressers . r-. ', and Chiflbniers Whichjust at this time will make asubstan- tial and handsome Christmas present CHARLES HEILBORN & SON ASTORIA'S LEADING HOUSEFUMSHERS Everything for the home. Ask to see our Jewell ranges. HEAVY VOTE; 1.. .'. BEING CAST Politicians Believe Total Ballots I : Today V(ill Come Up to Nunv . ber of Registrations.' 1 '. i ' MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED Warn Struggle for Police Com missioner, Auditor and ! '.- i ''Police Judge and i "i Treasurer. The city election is passing off quiet ' ly today, although there is much Inter est manifested in the contest. A heavy vote is being polled, and men who are supposed to have accurate ideas of such things said late this afternoon that the total would probably reach 1400. . A remarkable feature of the election ia the small number of voters being worn in. Precinct No. 1 led In this respect at 2:30 this afternoon, with 10, whlletonly four were sworn in at No. 2. At No. $ seven or eight were sworn in, and at No. 4 only five or six. ,In the Eest End precincts little more than a dozen voters had been put through the formality. : f v, Interest in today's contest centers around the fight for the offices of po lice commissionershlp, treasurer (and auditor and police judge. The friends of the candidates for these offices have been working hard and there wasl no lack of interest among them. ; There is also much intrest in the al dermanic contests, but generally the flght seems to have centered around1 the police commissionershlp. Republicans said their candidates were polling the full party strength and seemed confi dent of the outcome. At 2:30 o'clok the total vote cast in the city was 822, out of a totaj registra tion of 1430. There were 608 votes yet to be cast at that hour. The showing at 2:30 Indicated a heavy vote, for there are many laboring men who had not then gone to the polls. The heavy vote will be cast late in the afternoon, when th efactory employes finish work. Re publicans and democrats expressed the opinion that the number of votes would come up to the number of registra tions. The vote at 2:80 in the several polling places, as compared with the registration,, was as follows: Vote Precinct No. 1..... 125 Precinct No. 2 ...140 Precinct No. 3 200 Precinct No. 4.... ..,.176 Precinct No. 6 81 Precinct No. 6 .101 A Clever E.earc Prince Lotus Napoleon, afterward Na poleon III; effected his escape from . Ham in 1848 In s singular manner. He 'was imprisoned for his attempts against the French government, made at Boulogne In 1840. At 7 o'clock one morning the prince, having shaved his mustache and 'thrown' a blouse" and workingman's trousers over his own clothes and wearing wooden shoes, quietly walked out of the prison, carry ing a bookshelf over bis shoulder to complete his disguise. He was taken to be one of the painters then at work .In the prison and was passed by sev eral persons. A carriage was waiting In the neighborhood, and by 8 o'clock in th" afternoon he was at Valenciennes, where he .took a train to -Brussels, and he arrived In London two days later.. Meanwhile in the prison Dr. Conueau, the prince's physician, bad placed a dummy in the prince's bed and told the governor that the prince was confined to bis room by illness. This satisfied the governor until 7 o'clock in the evening, when be insisted on seeing the prince and discovered the fraud. By this time, of course, the prince was over the frontier. Dr. Conneau got off with three months of prison. Within thirty-one ninths Prince Napoleon was the first president of a French republic, supplanting King Louis Philippe, who had abdicated. i- 'a "4 mm am m-m - - t tr '.ji- mm " Bedotaloa and Water. ; It is not unusual to hear a Bedouin upon reaching a camp where Water is offered him refuse if with the re mark, "I drank only yesterday." On the Bedouins' long marches across dry countries the size of the water skins Is nicely calculated to Just outlast the Journey, and they rarely allow them selves to break the habit of abstemi ousness, as this would be sure to make their next water fast all the harder. They are accustomed from Infancy to regard water as a most precious com modity and use it with religious econ omy. , Thc'y know every hollow and nook In the mountains where water may be found. Their camels and goats, which they take with them on their marches to supply them with milk and meat, live principally on the scanty herbage and foliage of the thorny mimosa.1 Neither men nor ani mals drink more than once in forty- eight hours. No wonder they can sub sist where invaders quickly perish. i Reg. 220 265 326 315 114 190 Totals ' .....822 1430 Fancy and Staple Groceries ..... 4 '"'$ S "" FLOUR, FEED. PROVISIONS? TOBACCO AND CIGARS...... Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishemen, ' Farmers and Loggers. Tests ssd CommertlsJ Streets J ASTORIA, OREGON Lag'cr Beer SHIPPING NOTES. The British ship Andorinha, under charter to load wheat at Portland, for the United Kingdom, and the steamer Stanley Dollar, which will carry grain to the Orient, are on their way here from San Francisco. The steamship Lothian, which Is load ing flour at Portland, will complete her cargo on Friday . The British steamer Ascot cleared to day for Tokohama with a cargo of flour and wheat. The steamer Robert Dollar, from San Francisco, arrived today. . . j The French bark Germanle cleared to day with 41,262 sacks of wheat. The W. C. T., U. will meet at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. A full attendance of members is requested. Mrs. Helen, Lewis was committed to the insane asylum this afternoon and will be taken to Salem tonight. Last night Nelson Jones was taken to Portland, where hs is wanted for big amy, i. Jones is an old resident of this rtctlon. having been master of ft wood cow for1 a number of years. .He Is ia anything but an evil-looking person and has always been noted tor his quiet disposition, coupled with a seeming de termination to do the tight thing. The serious charge Is brought against him by his former wife, from whom Jones and his friends claim he ts legally sep arated. " ' A CapM ,Pracrlpta. "Well, then,, how must I make lover "First you must believe that there is 0 one in the world but me." 'Tve got that far already." "Next you must make me belie UMt there is no one ia the world bu1 oo."-Llfe. . Aa I'aklad Sacgeitlea. "Ton love my daughter?' '8he's all the world to me, sir.", Then I don't suppose yoa'U want a settlement." Exchange. , , Jnst about the time yon conclude yon ire down . and out your . feet strike omethtng that will hold you. Atchl loaGloDe. ' ' Rats and Their Food. The cnnacltv of rats for discovering fresh stores of food Is astounding and often leads to those united migratory movements that periodically create alarm and are described as "plagues nf rata" Thpau srreat movements are undoubtedly initiated and "personally conducted" by old and experienced rats, the aldermen of the colony, at once a proof of highly developed In telligence and unselfishness. Rats in large centers of industry, if not pres ent in commercial plague form, do a great deal of good as consumers of garbage that would otherwise become a perilous nuisance. It is also a popular delusion that a rat bite is unusually dangerous from this fact of sewer garbage eating. On the contrary, rats cut as clean as a new lancet. Pall Mall Gazette, Ellen Terrr's Toe. When Ellru Terry was a little girl about ten years old she played Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and bad to make her appearance through the stage floor on 0 trapdoor. The trap door was shut too soon, aud one of the child's feat was caught.. She screamed with pain, and Mrs. Charles Kean whispered to her:, , "Be a brave girl. Nellie. , Finish your part, and you shall play Arthur In 'King John.' " The trapdoor by this time was opened, but the child's toe was broken. She, how ever, plucklly pulled herself together and finished her speech. ONLY 25 CENTS. For a Russian bath from 8 a. m, to S p. m. -After S p. m. 50 cents. The Palace Turkish baths have all modern equipments. Always open, side en trance, 639 Commercial street, tf O. H. STAUFF, Mgr. "As the Crow Flies" The shortest line between Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago is ' the route of the famous North western Limited "Th Train For Comfort." every night in' the year. Before starting on a trip-no matter wlwre writ tor Interesting Intorma Uob about oomtortable traveling. , ' H.LS1SIER, Ctneral Agent. .. 132 Third St Portland. Oregon. f- T. W. TKABDALt, . X . . General Pauenirer , Agent, , Bt Paul, Minn. ' I. . ,'f I ,1.1 We will give , a handsome SUIT CASE FREE . ( to everjr purchaser of a Man's or Young Man's Suit or :' 1 ' Overcoat' " ' .'v,r.:-r' i , , : SEE WINDOW DISPLAY IS. DANZIGER COMPANY iiiiiiniiimni ' ' ---""i"! tamm. liiiniiiiiitt WE THAN R YOU n , To Call, and See our line of Christmas Slippers' and Shoes, the finest that mon ey can" buy. "" Call and be convinced. f THAT IS OUR BUSINESS. PETERSON 6t BROWN mtt$nmt:ntKt8nut mtsmt8nmtfflttmtmffltmtmma L. H. HENNINGwSEN CO. Upholsterer and Furniture Dealer. 7 '' Hsndlei Stovci, Tinware and Second Hand 0ood. k- 504 BOND STREET. ASTORIA, OREGON. PHONE, RED 2305 H O T E JU P O R T L A N E The Finest Hotel in the Northwest , PORTLAND. OREGON. Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works ., Iron, Steel, ..Brass and . Bronze Castings. ,.f.,, General Foundryuienv 4nd Patternmakers, j - Absolutely firstclass work. . . Prices lowest Phsne243lt New Style Restaurant Everything first Class. The Best the Market Affords. Open Day and Night , Good Service. Q0 IHh St-atxt door to Griffin Bros. ' and tdjoininj th Offic Salooa ASTORIA, OREGON ; ,. (ELATERITE Is Wintral Rubber) ", lOl'l MAY IHrTJBMl BOILDinei or find It UMmwry tof 1ACE X WOBJfTJ1' IVOOK" t ELATERITE ROO FING Takw the plsos of shingles, tin, iron, tar sad gnVel, and all prepared roofiues For flat and steep wrfaces, gatters, Tslleys, eto. Easy to lsv. Tempered for all climates. Beasonable in cost. Sold on merit. Guaranteed. It will paj to ask for prices and information. , THE ELATERITE ROOTING CO., Worcester Building, Portland