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f -rr - en. tin gm$ &$tttfa ASTORIA, OREGON: MONUaY AUGUST 11. If 93 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. . F. HAL.LORAN & COMPANY. ruWbhcrs and Proprietors. ASTOUIAN IlUJI.IM.M5. Cass Kthket Term of Subscription. Served bv Carrier. jcr week . . 15 eta Sent toy ""tall, per month...... . CO els "Vnt b Mall, one yti.tr $7.00 Free ol jxtetage lo subscribers, The Astoriajt guarantees to its adrer risers the largest circulation ol any newspa per published on tbo Columbia river. The Astoria and South Coast road brought up over 800 people from the beach yesterday. Dr. Jistea would be pleased to have news-of his wife's diamond breastpin, lst a few days ago. Next Sunday atSealand or Nahcotta tbero will bo a "wrestling match for S100 between Snohomish Kid and an unknown. A bnikeuian on the I. R. & N. Co.'s road had ono of "his fingers badly moshod while coupling cars just as the train was about to leave Nahcotta, vestenlav afternoon. Tliore was a slight sprinkle yester day inonuug as the excursion started mvay, and it rained a little during the morning at Hwaco and Sealand. but it was cot enough to cause any pleasantness. DEATH OF BELLE-DOUGLAS. A Sad Affliction to the Family. un- The annual election for chief en gineer and first and second assistant of the Astoria fire department, comes off to-day. The election will be at No. 23, the polls opening at 9 a. u. and closing at 4 r. ir. A number of Astorians were at Tinker's hotel, Long Beach, on Sat urday night, at the ball given at that house, where the music was furnished by the First Regiment Band, O. N. G- of Portland. Miss Belle Douglas, daughter of D. Douglas and Tvife, died.at "noon yester day of consumption. Seldom has The Astoiuan chron icled a moro sorrowful event There is nothing of sadness1 in the death of one who has journeyed step by step to the very end of life's road. They are weary when they reach the end, and to the weary rest is sweet They lay down their burdens and sink to rest, and the feeling of those who watch sleep steal over them is one of thankfulness that they are at last per mitted to cast aside their pilgrim's staff and rest Iheir toil-worn feet Nor. is the feeling all of sorrfwwhen one sinks down in the strength of manhood and reaches the end of his journey when the sun is yet high in the heavens. His path must be a very even one indeed .who does not find the journey toilsome when life is but half dne, and who would not welcome the rest that seems to come with blessing rather than with pain. It is when a girl just budding into womanhood dies, when the young ones whoso pathway is bright with joy and gladness, "and whoso mission on earth seems to be to impart some of tho radiance of their innocent lives to those who sur round them and love them it is when these sink in the path which their trembling feet have just begun to tread it is then that the sorrow seems unmingled.with aught to relievo its blackness. It would bo very sad it this wero the end, but it is only a more beautiful way of living. Hard as it is to see it and to feel it, tho rest into which the dead girl goes is jnst as sweet as that which comes as a blessing to the toil-worn traveller. Tho affliction of Mr. and Mrs. Doug las seems especially great, as this is their eldest daughter. Tho funeral will bo to Clatsop cem etery on Tuesday. PERSONAL MENTION. The wreck of the Harvest Home which went ashore on North Beach a number of years ago, is now a popular resort for crab hunters, who fin3 largo quantities of theso choice edi bles in tho old wreck. The dime museum or catchpenny show which was here a week ago at the time of the balloon ascension, and went away forgetting to pay several bills, had its tent pitched atSealand yesterday, and were to exhibit there last night Prof. Gustavo Peterson, tho great European illusionist, is known every where as one of the most finished ar tists in his lino that has ever appeared before the public. Don't miss seeing him and his great comedy company at Boas' opera house on Thursday even ing, Aug. 14th. The band of the First Regiment, O. X. Qn were treated so cordially at the Tioga house, that on their return yesterday on tho steamer they passed a vote of thanks to the proprietors of that hotel, for the very generous re ception extended tho members of the band, and tho hospitable manner in which they were entertained. Rev. Mr. Condit filled tho Presby terian pulpit yesterday and delivered an interesting and instructive address. Hk theme was tho harmony of science and religion, the reverend gentleman holding that the two did not confiiot and that ultimately religion and science would work harmoniously to gether for the benefit of mankind. aKOTHER TELEGRAPH TilNE Which Will Eventually Connect Astoria and Portland. The intention of tho Pacific Postal Telegraph company to extend a lino to this city from Portland, has been previously mentioned in theso columns. J. W. Hayes, the manager at Portland, awhile ago made a propo sition to the Astoria & South Coast railroad company to build a telegraph line from this city to Seaside, of which tho company cordd haye the use for rail road business on exceedingly liberal terms. As soon as the railroad will give an answer and accept the propo sition on tho terms mentioned, Mr. Hayes will in forty-eight hours eom menco operations, and posh tho lino to a speedy-completion. In conversation yesterday with a representative of Tm Astobiax at Ilwaco, he stated the above. Ho will run the hpe from this city, sink a ca ble from Smith's point to the incline on the end of the pier in Young's bay, thence along the trestle and line of tho railroad to Seaside, with offices at Astoria, Warrenton, Gearharfc Park and Seaside, and elsewhere whenever demanded at any intermediate points. Of course tho main object of tho Postal company is to connect this city and Portland, and taking it for grant-, ed that tbo Astoria & South Coast in tends to reach tho metropolis on tho Willamette, tho company is ready to establish a telegraph lino along the' railroad. It is to bo hoped that tho railroad directors will at once act upon tho proposition, and if they will accept it on tho very liberal terms offered, they will in a fow weekB have a telegraph line by which their road can bo op orated much more systematically and expeditiously than at present, and it will bo tho starter which will in a vo rv short time culminate in a through lino between this city and Portland. SEASIDE ITEMS. wmm steam. The Electric Motor Has Recently Strnci a Rattling Pace. ELECTItlCAZ. XOTIYE 1'OWER. Revolution of Limitless Extent Being Rapidly Effected. A man named Willian Reardon while walking on a sidewalk above the Clatsop mill yesterday stepped on & broken plank which caused him to fall on the sharp broken end of the plank which cut him dreadfully about the lower part of his body. He bled profusely and was taken to the hospi tal where ho received medical treatment There was a steamer sorenado yes terday.moming about 8:45 nearly op posite tho "West Shore mills, when the Qen. Canby overtook tho Electric ani. two barges of excursionists going down the river and wero met by the 21 J. Potter coming up. Each boat whistled a lively fusilade, and the air was filled with musical toots for awhile... A gang of hoodlums made them selves disagreeable yesterday by their rough conduct whilo the excursion was at Seaside and on tho waj back they transformed one of the cars into a miniature hades with their profane language and riotous behavior. Sheriff Smith was informed of their goings-on and arrested five offenders, who were given safe quarters to await examination to-day. Two, Dave La Talle and Charles Ashoun, were re leased on $25 bail each, while Henry Vyman, Pete Wynian and Al Bohls wero compelled to remain to consider tho error of their ways. The Scandinavian Picnic. Mayor Crosby returned last evening from a visit to Nahcotta. Miss Atwood of Portland is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. "W. Tallant Mrs. S. T. McKean and daughter Eliza returned from Seaside last evening. Rudolph Prael of Portland, was down yesterday on a visit to Jjong Beach, returning up the river last evening. Miss Puss Rees left hero last even ing on the steamer Telephone, after a visit of several weekB with her brother's family. Miss Ida Dnback, of Portland is in this -city on a visit to the family of Capt Ferchen, and her friend, Miss Anaspasia Kearney. E. A. Seeley, manager of the Colum bia Transportation company, of Port land, was down yesterday, and wont over to Long Beach. Thurston Daniels, editor of the Vancouver Register, went over into Pacific county, Washington, yesterday, accompanied by his wife on a visit of a few days. E. "W. Creighton, one of the stock holders of the Columbia Transporta tion, company, and one of the directors of tho Oswego Iron works, went over to North Beach yesterday. Capt W. W. Rhoades, inspector of the Thirteenth lighthouse district, re turned from San Francisco with his wife yesterday on the steamship Co lumbia, on their way homo to Portland. Ernest Thayer and wife, of New York, are guests of L. A. Loomis, president of tho L R. and N. Co., at his elegant homo on North Beach. Mrs. Thayer is a cousin of Mr. Loomis. J. W. Hayes, manager of tho Pacific Postal telegraph company, came down from Portland yesterday with his wife, and went over to Long Beach. He will return to this city to-day and go up to Portland this evening. CoLBeebe, of tho First regiment, O. N. G., and his staff, consisting of Capt Smith and Lieutenants Telfer, Bernhoim, Jones and Moore, and Ser geant Chase, paid a visit to Fort Canby yesterday, accompanied by Capt Wherity, and were cordially enter tained by the officers of tho garrison. They went up to Portland on tho steamer T. J. Potter last evening. Seaside, August 10, 1890. Yesterday afternoon was tho warm est on the beach for several days, and the surf was delightful for the bath ore. Judge McGuiro, wifo and daughter came down yesterday. Preparations wero made yesterday for the oxeursionists from Astoria to day. Tho platform in the grovo near the Austin house was enlarged and seats wero fixed around it for the com fort and enjoyment of thoso wishing to dance. There was a dance at J. P. Austin's house- last night which lasted until midnight Mr. Ingalls, of Chadwell, furnished tho music Thoro was a 'party at the Seaside house last night Prof. Francis, vio linist, and Prof. Rago, harpist, of As toria, furnished the music. O. E.Bain, DeL Moore and J. P. Hynes have come down to camp, hunt and fish, for a week or two. W. T, Chutter, wife and childand George H. George, wifo and child, aro sojourning here for a short time. Mrs. Kellogg, of Portland, is the guest of her brother, Mr. Davis, at hia pretty cottago in Grimes' grovo. Dr. J. Tuttle, who has been spend ing a few days with his family at their homo near Seaside, returned- to Asto ria yesterday. Mrs. A.YanDusen and family are guests at Mrs. Anderson's. Senator Jones and wife are stop ping at tho Austin house. Curtis Trenchard and family here for a few days. aro MARINE NEWS AND NOTES. The Ball Game nt Nahcotta. The excursion of the Scandinavian Benevolent Society over tho Astoria South. Coast railroad yesterday to Seaside was a grand success. At 830 jl it the steamer Electric, carrying all the law allows and towing two barges ono on each side crowded full of passengers, in all between 500 and GOO people, started from tho city, aud went to the incline in Young's bay, where the. excursionists wero transferred to the cars. Roller skating, games, sea bathing, roahiing through tho grove, loiteiteg ou the beach and dancing in the pa vilion occupied the day and furnished the pleasure. Returning in the even ing they reached the city at 730 many cowing on the Potter and tho balance on the Electric and barges. Financially and socially it was a great success, and the society feel well pleased with tho result The Willapa Regatta. Yesterday Iho Astoria baso ball club went to Nahcotta or Sealand to play with the club from South Bend. Leav ing this city at 8:45 a. jl on the steam er Oen. Canby, Hwaco pier was was reaohed at 1030. but to tho sur prise, regret and disgust of all on board, the train was seen leaving the pier and passing up through Ilwaco just before the steamer reached the wharf. There was a thick fog on the bay, which probable prevented the men on the train from seeing tho ap proaching boat This caused a delay of, two and a half hours at the lonely warehouse on tho end of the pior, participated in not only by the party who had just arrived, but by over a hundred people who came five minutes later on the T. J. Potter. It was one o'olock when a train arrived and started for Nah cotta. This was reached in an hour, and consequent upon the delay there was not time enough to play a full game. The South Bends had four innings and scored nine runs, tho Astorias had three innings, scoring seven runs, and wero at tho fourth inning with two men on bases and no one outl when the whistle of the train announc-1 ing a speedy departure, compelled them to quit, though they would pro bably have come out ahead if they could even have finished that inning making them equal with their competi tors. The boys aro anxious for another trial, but want it distinctly understood that the train and boat will connect, that they many not bo -compelled to waste any more time viewing the scenery of water and land from that uninviting place, the Hwaco pier. Tho steamship Columb ia, Capt F. Bolles, arrived from San Francisco yesterday noon. Tho three-masted schooner Norma, Capt A. E. Small, sailed for San Francisco yesterday morniDg. The steamers Telephone, T. J. Pot ter, and .R. E. Thompson, all went up to Portland last evening, between 7 and 730 o'clock, all well laden with passengers. The steam schooner Augusta, Capt. Paul Schrador, arrived from Tilla mook yesterday morning, and wont up to Portland. The steamship Oregon, Capt E. Polo- mann, arrived down from Portland yesterday morning at 8:15, and was all day receiving a cargo of nearly $40,000 worth of salmon, leaving here for San Francisco at 6:15 v. sr. Tho lighthouso tender, tho govern ment Blenrnor Manzanita, which has been in San Francisco about six weeks, is nearly ready for service again. Tho old boiler has been taken out, a new ono put in, and tho work of restoring that portion of tho steamer which had to bo taken out to nllow tho change of boilers is fast being completed. The latter part of this week the vessel is likely to be ready for sea, and-sho will bo here next week. PKACTIOAI. TXSTS. The YTillapa Harbor association bttre decided to hold their annual regatta a tbo 20th and 21st inst, at Sealand. There aro numerous val w&fe prises offered and there area larger nuaibor of entries than ever before. The citizens on the harbor itrXbuied liberally lor the suo--Bm&jot'tk regatta and an interesting ppSgnmjs prepared. 11 yetiluuro jsado up your mind to buy Heod'-sJStesaprilla do not be Induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaprilla is a jtecaU&r .medicine, possessing, by virtue f itepecaUar combination. nroDortlon jumI preparation, curative powers su- ner jo any aruoie or uio Kind. JSoeti. Goods and low .rates at -the Sea slie .Bakery. A. Jlae line of Cjgars aad ,Cigareite3 caa be foand at.tlie Columbia Bakery, B$ Tklrd street Brier,' But jto tlic Point. I had 'rheumatism all over my body for two years. Doctored with eminent physicians, and spent three months in Reed City Hospital. Four bottles of Hlbbard's Rheumatic Syrup entirely cured me. The greatest medicine in the -orld. Chablks Bowk, Baldwin, Mich. . . Every word of the above w true. T. tf effkbxan, Druggist tiaiawin, jh. For sale by J. W. Conn. Mich. Telepheue ledxiaff Mens. Best Beds in town. ' Rooms per night j0 and 25 ots per week 5L50.- New and clean. Private entrance. WelHk rd's Beer. And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Ludlow's Ladles' 530X) Fine Shoes; also flexible hand-turned French Kids, at P. J. Goodman SrCo.'s. in Aitonlshin Offer Some of the Replies. The San rrauclsco papers of recent date contained tho following effer: "As an evidence of the ability of Joy Vegetable S&rup&rllla to prevent sick head Mhes, we will giro to -the first twelTO ro ponsiblopenont who will apply at oar office a bottle free it they will acre that alter they hare been cured that -they will admit the fact brer their Bignatarei." Thli offer bo startllngly auertod the enl elencyxjf the remedy that many accepted, and the letter! of the parties, nearly all of whom responded, aro "probably the most convincing attestations that any remedy ever received. Tlie following it a sample ol thoso received: I have been snbleet to blllona headaches and constipation for several years past; ia tact, havo been compelled totako a physls every other night or else I woald have a headache and dnll, mean ieoling. I'havt talcen that bottle of Joy's Vegetable 8arsa parilla, and have derived great benefit from It, and intend continuing ft After my owm experience I can heartily advise those trou bled with biliousness and constipation to try u. mure, U11A3.-2& JUKOHUXOfi. 126 Locust Avcnae, San Francises. Boston Brewa Bread At tho Columbia Bakery to-day. Fine Table Wise . Delivered at GO cents a gallon, to any part of the city. A line lino of pure California wines at low prices,' at A. v. Utzlnger's Cosmopolitan saloon. Rooms Witk Beard. Parties desiring comfortable rooms with board, at reasonable rates, can be accommodated at Mrs. E. C. Holden's, aorner Main andJTourth streets, ! WeiHkart's Beer At the Sunny Sido saloon. Furnished rooms up stairs. Fettnd. , In the cars of the undersigned a. purse of money, etc The. ownfcr can liave the same by proving property and paying for this advertisement Delicieus Ice Cream Served dally at the Columbia bakery. Remember tho Austin house at the oa8ido is open tho year "ronnd. All the Choicest Delicacies, made bvj "my ursirciass men at the seaside Bakery. Tho advance made by electrical sci ence and application during the last few years has been so phenomenal that it is hard to define its extent, and it is only when inn attempt is made to follow the developments in any partic ular branch, that an approximate idea of its mighty progress as a whole and its far reaching and ever widening in fluence in the industrial world can be bo arrived at From an investigation of one field alone, that of the electric motor, it at once becomes apparent that a revolu tion of limitless extent is being effected in industry and manufacture. There can bo no doubt that tho electric motor is tho most simple and effective piece of mechanism yet devised for tho trans mission and transformation of euergy in a trustworthy and economical man nor for useful work. It is interesting to examine tho dif ferent ways in which this superiority is shown, and in doing so it is advisa ble to eliminate from more than pass ing consideration tho electric motor as applied to railroads and to direct at tention mainly to tho character and mission of stationary motors. It is nevertheless true that tho uso of tho electric motor for transporta tion purposes is an industrial one. Somo idea of tho the extent to which it has already ousted tho horso and come into competition with tho steam engine,tho cable and the dummy engino may bo drawn from tho fact that at tho present time there are over 250 electrio roads in this country, running of under contract, with over 1,500 miles of trnck and probably 2,500 cars. These roads are already carrying be tween two and three hundred million passengers a year.. They do this at an economy of 40 to 50 per cent as com pared with horses, and, moreover, have tho remarkable advantage of building up traffic at a greater rate and of de veloping nnd enhancing in value now residential districts. Incredible as it may seem, also, to thoso who havo not watched tho course of events, several of tho shorter steam roads of the country aro now negotiating for elec trical equipments, and probably before this article appears in print contracts will havo been signed for roads 15 to 20 miles long. It is expected by elec trical engineers that .during 1801 soveralsuch roads will be built and equipped. Putting aside this field, however attention may be confined to the uso of tho electric motor for stationary power purposes, it is quite possimo that several of those who read theso lines may never have seen an electric motor, yet it is none tho less true that there are to-day already m. oper ation in this country over 30,000 elec tric motors of various sizes .engaged in an endless variety 'of occupations. Ono company building motors reports that its ihachines are now employed in nearly two hundred distinct indus tries, and that new uses are found daily. This development has been seen almost entirely within tho last -threo years. From 1880 up to 1887 electrical engineers and contracters had given their attention mainly to tho installation of electric lighting plants in American towns and cities, with tho result that there wero somo 1,200 central stations in operation,- supplying the nrc light or tho incan descent light, and sometimes both. A great many of those stations paid well from tho start, but it was soon found that the lighting business was after all a limited ono; that is, it could only be carried on during the hours of darkness, so that a valuablo plant often lay idle sixteen or eighteen hours out of the twenty-four. Yet the current which such a plant could generate, would lend itself as readily to driving an electric motor as to furnish light in a lamp, and tho same circuit that conveyed it to the lamps would 'also convey it to the motors.. It was tins fact that gavo a great stimulus to tho electrio motor industry about three years ago, and led to tho perfecting of what had here tofore been a crudo and cumbereom piece of mechanism. Is is now gen erally known, tho electrio motor has but one moving part, the revolving armature, and by means of a pully placed at the end of tho armature shaft, its power can be placed to any piece ot apparatus -or machinery known to the arts. But up to 188G, nearly all the electric motors had been badly designed and poorly built, and tho current that should have been diverted into power was simply wasted in developing heat, so that the ma chines rapidly, burnt out and other wise became useless, and wero alto gether too expensive to run. At tho" present time, however, there are several electric motors in the market, of excellent design and workmanship, for which as high an efficiency as over 90 per cent is claimed, and there can be no doubt that tho rate of efficiency in the smaller sizes as well -as in tho larger, is tho highest that hasyet been attained by any piece of power transmission machinery. r Thus an electric motor of one-half or 6ne-quarter horse-power will easily show'as high an efficiency as that ot another sort ot amotorof ten or fifteen horso-power, yet nobody dreams of ex pecting a gas engino or a steam engine of one-quarter or one-half horse-power to give anything but a small return upon the fuel applied to it Moreover, with the electrio motor an enormous ad vantage has been in tho fact that when it has been installed and connections have been made with the circuits con necting it with the central station it is practically ready that minute for worfc? All that is necessary is the turning of a switch and the current is instantan eously there. r With the steam engine, even when the steam is taken from the steam mains in tho street, considera ble attendance is necessary, and in tho vast majority ot instances tho steam has to be manufactured -on the snot, so that boilers are necessary, involving tho attendance of an expert engineer, the supply of water and coal, tho re moval of- ashes. Such steam plants also occupy considerable space and threw off no small amount of heat Tho idea, however, with the electrio motor is lo concentrate in the central station all the inconvenience connected with the generation of steam and to irausniit the energy in the form of current, so ttiat all the user has to do is to draw off the supply as he wants it hist as ho would do in turning & tap to procure s supply of water. To-day electrio motors in different parts of the country are runmngfeed cutters in stables, and are also used to to brush tho horses down. Others are used to run butter churns. Not far off "in tho same street they are busy chopping up meat iu sausage factories, or making whips, or picking hair, or sawing stone, or making pens, or driving jewelers' lathes. Some are busy making watchcaso machinery, and others in making shoes. Not "a few of them are in uso by opticians for grinding glasses, while others have their merits sung in shrill Italian cs, good peanut roasters. In the liquor business they have been found ex tremely handy for running bottling machines, while in the tobacco busi ness they are not less convenient for driving tho cigarette machine or mak-. ing cigar boxes. Tljey are often used for grinding colors, and in one city of this state they have been put to tho extraordinary work of squirting paint on photographs. Somo of the neatest pieces of ivory turning are now done by electric motor, and if somo people only knew that the pills they are so fond of wero made by the same agency they would bo inclined to believe that the nos trum had acquired an additional recommendation. In some cities so far has the use ot eleotric motors gone that it is possible for a man to day to drink at breakfast coffee ground and eat fruit evaporated by electric pawer. Daring tho month he will conduct his business with electrically made pens and paper ruled by elec tricity, and make his records in elec trically bound books, his Ecven-story office being in all probability reached by an electric motor elevator. At luncheon ho will bo able to discuss sausages, butter and bread, and nt night cat ico cream and drink iced water duo to tho same electrical energy. Ho will ride all abont the place in electric cars, wear shirts and collars mangled and ironed by electric motor, sport a suit of clothes and a hat blocked by the same means; on holi days ride a nierry-go-round propelled by electric motor, or have his tobog gan hauled up tho slide with equal fa cility, be called to church by an elec trically tapped bell, sing hynms to tho accompaniment of an electrically blown organ, be buried in a coffin of electric make, and last of all, have his name carved on his tombstone by tho same subtle, mysterious, all-porvasivo and indefatigable agency. This may sound liko a wild and exuberant flight of fancy, but it issiraply a faith ful statement of the manner in which electricity is applied to every one of the necessities and luxuries of life in America. Outside of towns and cities, tho uso of tho electrio motor still remains to be devoloped beyond the merest be ginning, but the compact, cleanly aud economical little jack-of-all-trades has already made its influenco felt in a large number of miscellaneous in dustries, and particularly in that of mining. The electric motor is already being employed in a large number of American coal mines, running pumps and elevators, and more particularly in drilling in coal and mineral-bearing rock. Out west some of the uses it has been put to in mining are spec ially notable. Providence, in its in scrutable dispensation of things, has generally arranged that the best mines shall bo tho farthest removed from tho water-powers best adapted for working them, and hence it often happens that valuable veins have been worked at a loss, or only after moun tains havo been circumvented or bored through for expensive canals. With electric motors, however, water-power, in tho shape of electric cur rent, can bo carried up hill, and though it has been said that we can never grind with tho water that has passed, tho old adago is now strictly untrue, several instances being on record in which this has been done with tho most brilliant success. In not a few western mines the energy thus re claimed from water power several miles beow is being carried back up into the hills aud there employed to run hoists and vanners, quarts mills, stamps, pumps, amalgamators and other appliances for which power is necessary. "In ono striking instance the electric motor has been employed to recover gold that seemed to be ut terly beyond reach. In other words, is has been attached to pumps for laying bare tho bed of a river, in which auriferous sand had been deposited for countless ages. ThO river course lay at the bottom of a deep gorge, where tho U30 of any other machinery would havo been quite out of tho question; but a port able littlo electric motor, mounted on light platforms, easily removablo in case of sudden flood or other emer gency, the whole problem was easily, solved and for tho first time since tho sunroso over California tho bed of that river was exposed and mado to yield up its secrets and its wealth. 'In smother extraordinary instance electric motors are employed in, mining purposes in the Chollar mine, in tho great Comstock lode. There, water, which has already dono a large amount of work at the surface, is con ducted under a 1,600-foot head to water wheels at the bottom of tho mine, which there drive an electric generating plant Tho current from this plant is conducted by wires back to the surface, and there operates six electric motors, each of 75-horse power which help in driving the big main shaft of the mill, thus 'supple menting the work which is done on the same shaft by the water wheels at the surface of the ground. There is no other, way conceivable in which the energy developed'by the water falling under this tremendous head could bo utilized, and it remained for the genius of American mechanical and electrical engineers lo carry out such a stupend ous enterprise. -New York Sun. Advanc SttfIsPQ UVlyO I will open on or before August 1st, the Grandest Line of Clothing Ever Shown on this CoasfcJ which I will sell for LESS MONET than the trash which - is now being faked off on . the Public as Rare Bargains. C. H. KJ J J U S3 1 h this Lois i- Case's Astoria Are low on- Sale SETTLES -IT! Jlrs. Lanptry's Moonstone. Mrs. Langtry is particularly partial to the moonstone, and owns one of the most beautiful of its kind known to connoisseurs. It is large and of oval shape, almost transparent, and flashes tho colors of the opal under certain lights. Its beauty is enhanced by a setting of small diamonds, which brings out its transparency, and its owner asserts that sho always suc ceeds best in her play when sho wears this ornament which is used as a pin amid lace ruffles. To'Ukc the last argument from the croakers and in order to show lhospublic that it is not tho money alone that 1 am after, hut that 1 am anximis to make a GOOD SHOWING FOR ASTORIA. I hereby voluntarily offer to make an equal division of the winning and of course I'll win among the different Benevolent Societies of Astoria, as follows r Astor Lodge No. G, K. of P. Beaver Lodge No. 35, 1. O. O. F. dishing Post No. 14, G. A. K. Finnish Benevolent Society, Fishermen's Protective Union. Pacific Lodge No. 17, K. of P. Scandinavian Benevolent Societv. Sea Siile Lodge No. 12. A. O. U. V. Temple Lodge No. 7, F. A. & A. M. Young Men's Christian Association. "Woman's Belief Corps No. 3;G.A.tt. Carpenters' and Joiners' Union. Astoria Typographical Union. Young Men's Institute No. 106. Mediterranean Mutual Society. And any other similar organiza tions 1 may have left out in this list, but who care for.the sick and assist the needy. Now for a Grand Rally ! And lets show to the outside world that THE BOSS CLOTIHEK OF ASTOBIA, can't be heat anywhere. To 'all who stand by me-in this fight, I assure more than full value for their money. Yours, anxious to win, Herman Wise, . The Reliable Clothier cind Hatter, In Occident Hotel Building. AT TITE OFFICE OF THE Astoria Real Estate Co. PRICES FKOM 8150 TO $250 EACH. TJCK3IS- One-Half Cash ; the Balance in Six and Twelve Months. Weinhard's Lager Beer ! Is the Choice of the Connoisseur. -Superior Facilities for Shipping in Car Load Lots. Orders for any quantity to he directed to H. WEINHAED, Portland, Oregon. Corner Twelfth and. II. Telephone 7". P. O. Box 405 I New RESTAURANT I . SECOND - STREET (Opp. Telephone Landing.) Is tie Bon Toil Restaurant of tie Town (and tub rixr-ST ox Tin: roAST.) Dinner Parties, Banquets, a Specially The Fittest Vines aiitl TAqnors. Private Entrance and Rooms; N. B. No connection with lii-t old- place on Main Street. - I I ! Main Sf reel House Wm. W. WuRRiir, S. A.'WjlKltRT. KinrAitn Harry, Civil Engineer. Wherry & Harry, Real Estate AND SURVEYING. TOWNSITE "WORK A SPECIALTY. City and Suburban Property Sold on Com mission. Investments Made Tor Outside Tartics. REFERENCES I. V. Case, Banker. Judge c. II. Page. Office on Third. Street, Near Court House, - ASTORIA. OR J. B. Wyatt, DEALERS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Yarnlsli. Bmaclc Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Lard Oil. Wrought Iron Spiked, Galvanized Cut Nail?. Agricultural Implements, Sowing Mnc'uines, L'aints, Oils, G-rboeries, Sto. RESTAURANT, The" above JJcstaurant is Just Opened, with everything Ney and First Glass This is the Cleanest and Quietest Place in the City. BARLOW & HAYDER, Prop's. No Chinese I'tuplojctl. Ik II i n sh Ik ill) URL II Bestaurant SFEnIarged anil Refitted to Meet tlio Popnlar Demancl..Jg3 FINEST The returns relating to abandoned farms in Maine show that there, as in Massachusetts, it is in tho older settle ments, vhere"the locations -Y7ero ill chosen and tho soil is exhausted, that tho chief decline is apparent. A Brutish French miner in the Til- lace of Hickman. Penn., -wagers that "ho can eat any small anim.al.ahYe. Re cently he penormea tne aisgusung feat of eating a live rabbit. X Safe Investment. " Is one which Is guaranteed to brings you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy irom our advertised druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief m every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Con sumption, Inflammation of .Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, "Whooping Cough, nrnnn. ntn etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can alwaj's dc aepenucu upon, xnai bottles freo at J. w. Conn's drugstore. Neimi & Engross, MANUFACTURING Jewelers and Watchmakers. Jewelry. Watches, nnd CIoclis Repaired at Ilxtremcly JLow Prices. 628" Third St., - Astoria Magee, Argand and Acorn Stoves Ranges, Cooking and Heating, EVERYONE FULLY WARRANTED Shoalwater Bay and" Eastern Oysters. Private Rooms For Dinner Parties, Etc. ME.VLS COOKKD TO ORDEK. THIRD STREET, ASTORIA, OR. J. BIGGS. II. B. HALL. BIGGS. HALL & CO., Frankfort Real Estate Co. rKT7TrT?o J Cor. Commercial and Pearl Sts., Frankfort, Wash, O10fci "J navel's Brick Block, 135 2d St., Astoria. Investments Made for Non-Residents, a Specialty. - n ifir po J Correspondence solicited. p.O.BOXHb. -j cheerfully lurnislied. Maps, Circulars and all information FLY1M3SL The Tailor, WATER CLOSETS, PLUXBIXG GOODS, PUXPS, SI5KS, AND BATH TUBS 311 OHENAMDS STREET. KEEPS IN STOCK TIIK- Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. All ths latest Styles He buys for Cash at Eastern Prices.Mle Guarantees the Best Workmanship on'all Garments. Call and see for yourself. Barth Block, ASTORIA, OR.