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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1890)
l1jf'7," y -r -J - T.-i Vjowj . - f. r . CO 4 VOL. XXXV. NO.ii: ASTORTA, ORttGOIY, TUESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 2. LSW). PRICE FIVE CENTS T-P" T !' J A Highest of all in Leavening Power. P( baking ABSOLUTELY PURE I NS USANCE Kirr nnti Marino and Life VN DUSEN&CO.. Ag'ts, ASTORIA, Of?., Hit- 1 !) ii 1!H alih Foreign and -tW ('Mtl.'' I -r .. ihi 1-oinJon ami Cloln. Noith lutt4i mh4 Mti mile, .spotlisli I'nion ami tit l iNrUiii! ot C'oiiiKVjic'iit, CoinmiT rut 1 .Mf-ntti i. lioiiilnii ami I.uuM-sliln' of iI-.rtO !, (11111111'n'i.i! Union of London, i.i4tM f ImkI.iii. Northwest of Portland, lt .J ; UV f NVw VorK. ininfti rf'C Atsjustments Guarantied W. CASK Insurance Atjent. KHPItr.MINHNU California PVLvne I s. Co , S. F. Columbia Firo n 5 "farine Ins. Co., Tort land. Home Mutual Instnancc Co .S. F. Phoenix of London. Imperial of London. Rohb ql Parker, ackm'Voi fire and Marnc Insurance, With .111 A "irrigate Capital of S70,000,000 !.Mric!:i.i..or lAtiidon. CALIFORNIA, or California. ro.NHTirrT.or itanioni. tiM M HOMK. of Oakland 1.1 os. .f Uimliui. I'lKKMAN'NKl'ND.iif CUifornla, giM'.KN. of l4iti!o!i V.aKKKTs. Washington Market. (tn -Irn I. - tlin l:t, Oregon UKisrt:.i; .v co.. ii:ot:ru:T02m. jjk:wmh,1.i. CALL I'HK A1V1EN- fc tl. M Ihe public to UlC f.H't that tllp iri.iirr' M t ill :ilv:iy.s liMippIIO(lu till n J'tM.l VAKIITV VXn P.KST QUALITY FRESH AND CURED MEATS ! 1 Which uiit in s0i .a lowest rates, whole-m- aiul r.'taii . JfSji-rin' utouiliiii given to Jiipplyhm HIK. STAR MARKET VJHERRY COMPANY, KriU and Cured Meats, "7 o s t ifolo JSS , FRUITS. BUTTER, and EGGS. "iTohiri- rcini:r ijotki., JUc:ts f43rrt. ANtnrlA, or Roadway Market. :SZ:ua V In gulls, 1'wpr's. Ojijms-:, To ml . .Mokes. A first-Class firleat Shop. Fresh and Salt Meats. M rutvliascN Hemeied in any part .f the ""MX Thompson & Boss Carry a I i.tl Line or Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give Us a Call and Be Convinced. M. W. UllKKKV. S. a. Wit rut . KirilAKI) IlAUUV, Civil Engineer. Wherry & Harry, Real Estate AXn SCUVKY1NR. TOWNS1TE WOltlv SPECIALTY. Cltj mill Stiburlan Property SoM on Coin- misMoii. Investments M.tde for Outside Parties. KEFEltENCES 1 W. (list;, Ilmikrr. Judge ( 11. Page. Office oa Third Street, .NVnrConrt House. - ASrOKIA. OH Morgan & Sherman GrROOERS iA Healers In Special Attention Clvcnto Filling Of Orders. FULL LINE CARRIED Am! Supplies runiislied at Satis- factory TVrms. riircthascsdrlUered In any part or llio city Office and "Warehouse In Hume's New IhnliMiig on Water Street. V. (. tUix 1 13 Tolephnuf. No 37. t.vr!CM. OIIKGOS UNION MADE mkW. Ask oiinlealer rortho follow hu; brands ofcpu; Australian i:.,llot. W. E. Knnn A: iu Li Pcrieotos. la i:0sa del Vnelta InnocciiPA and Eight Hour Loague. The Uiiltui I jlel on carh l.ix. For further par ticulars apply to John Halm Astoria. Ore-eon. CaiBiy Sugies! U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Wingale & Stone, ftL ESTAT BROKERS ACEXTS FOlt -Ti ie- FINEST SUMMER REPORT ON- Clatsop Beach. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING, Astoria, - Or. and 88 Two Choice Blks in Adair's Astoria ret: sai.i: iiy Van Dusen & Co Lois in Block "8V S2i0. Lois in Block "88v $150. Half Cash, Rnlnncc in Three and Six Months. ZS'All lots staked at tour turners. JACOBS & FLILilMR, CoDlractors aui Bnilflcrs. Estimate Given on Buck, Stone, or Wood Work. Concrete and Criuciit "Work iv Specialty. OFFICE, 118 Genevieve St. TOflkfili TifiStfiP Jtr CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Ornct:, IIoom 9, Klavj:i.'s JJr.p'n SECOND STREET I. O. Uox 81.:. AnTOKIA. Oil. B. F. ALLEN & CO. DEALEItS IN Wall Paper and Oil Paintings : PRACTICAL : PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. All Work Guaranteed. Cor. Cass and Jefferson St-.. AJtort.t, John C. Dement, DRUCCIST. Successor to W. E. Dement & Co. Carries Complete Stocks of Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. Prescriptions Carrnilly C'ompuunilcii. Agent lor Mexican Salve and Norwegian Pile Cure 0. E. BAIN, Mnnufaciuier ami Dealer in Ssixh, Door, .lltiultlins and UnwUvsts, All Kinds or Hard Wood and House Fltiish- IiiK Lumber. IioatMatetI.il :iSjh cialty. Wood Tunilut;. Cor. Genevieve and Astor Streets. Astokia, - - Uiikrox. H. EKSTEOM, Practical : Watchmaker, AKTORI.t. OK. A fine line of :o!d and Silvt-r Watrlu, Solid Cold and I'Jaietl Jewelry, Clocks. ita, at reasonable prices. lcn.iinii: Promptly Hone. Next to Morgan &: Sliennau. V. n. COFFEY. Groceries and Provisions. 372 THIRD STREET. Butter, Fggs, Canned Goods, Potatoes, Wood and Willow Ware". Etc. W. F. Scheibe, CIO AH MAXUFACTUItBR. Smokers' Arijcles in Stock. THE TRADE SUPPLIED. Special Brauds Manufactured to Order. MAIN STKEET, - - Astoria, Or HOLUMT Pit THREE GUADES. What the Government Pays for 2aII Hob hers. Post Master General Wauanaker has declared against mail roble.-s in unmistakable terras, and circular-, over the signature of that official have been tacked up in the post office. Mr. "Wanamaker announces that for the arrest and conviction of per -ons rob bing mail caw on railroad tr.iius, S1,000; for plain, ordinary mail robbers who "stand up" a stage coach and "monkey" with the mails, S500 is the price; and for foolhardy highwayman who only assanlt mail carriers, with intent to rob, it is worth $230 to Uncle Sam to have them convicted. As mail robbers are an unknown quantity in this section the rewards will be a sort of a dead letter here. Nothing Ltnrticil by the Doctor. The "grip," or epidemic influenza, obligingly went all around the world and to all parts of it, in order that all medical men might have a good op portunity of studying it.. Most med ical men availed themselves of the chance, aad they were helped in their investigations by large numbers of unclassi fied laymen. Yet an eminent physi cian is quoted ad saying that with all the investigating that had been done nothing had been learned that had not been on record for centuries, es peciallv in connection with the epi demics of 1510 and 1743. fllml rated American. net lour Boots She Won't. If the pretty girl will only wear the economical headgear which adorned her lovely cranium at the seaside to tho places of amusement during the coming season all will be forgiven. Scran ton Truth. NOTICE. Our Seaside Office is closed for the season. We have a few fine lots left in Hailr.iatl Addition in Grimes (Jrove, and on application at our office in this city will take pleasure in sending a man down to ihow the property. WARREN & WRIGHT- FERI) FERRELL'S Tonsorial Parlors REMOVED. I haie leased the premises formerly oc ciiplert by t.eorRf H. Jones, No. bit third street, where I will in future be found ready to serve mj customers. FERD FERRELL. ,-o-T H E-o- AUSTIN-:-HOUSE J. P. AUSTIN, Propr. Open All tie Year 'Ronnd. 77., POPULAR HOTEL H new and cJcau and beautifully located on the banks of the Necanlcutn, within five minutes' walk or CLATSOP BEACH, The most pleasant Seaside Besort on the Northwest Pacific Coast. Kiery attention Is paid to the comfort and accommodation of the guests, and the table Is supplied with tliu very best in season. Here are plenty of Clams and Crabs, there Is game in tiie woods and plenty of the finest fish in the streams. Tf HEALTH RESTORER. IT 13 THE IDEA.Ii MEDICHTB. It rou -CS the J-ncrand Kidneys and Stomach, Cures ll.-ailache. Dyspepsia, creates an Appc the, Purifies the Impure Blood, and Makes Tho "Weak Strong. in 11 WaJiIAH.I PTllVTTJ iliJ W 1 un U5cdcveryihcro 81 aboUlo;sixfor$i Astoria Iron ffofe Concoruly St., Foot ot Jackson, Astoria. Or General Machinists ai Boiler Makers. Land and Marine Engines IIOir.FU WOKK. Steamboat Work and Cannery Work A SPECIALTY, Castings of all Descriptions Made to Order at Short Notice. JonKFox,. President, and Supt .1!!. vim T President J. G. I1U8TI.ZK. sec. ana xreas I dm TjlggB WORDS IN COHIOH USE Cat Oat This List anil Paste it Oyer Your Best THE DI0T10NxEY OALLED DOWN Between Three nnd i'onr Thousand English "Words That are Mis Pronounced. There are in our English at the least 3,000 or 4,000 words that arc fre quently mispronounced. Some of these are as follews: 16-a-tis. Not a-6-lis. That has been done for this word that should be done as soon as possible for all for eign words that we use. It has bwan fully Anglicised. The more English we make our English the belter En glish it is. Ab do-mazi. There U no authority, except popular usage, for accenting the first syllable of this word. Ab rou-inal. The o short, sis in don. 6-er-crora-by. The oof this proper uame is not the o of con, but the o of come. Ab-jcct. Not Abject. ..io-ject-ness. 16-ject-ly. .l&-so-lute. Not absoloot, as is often pronounced by the careless. Ab-'0-u-lory. The dictionaries say that the penultimate o in such words as declamatory, migratory, in ventory, matrimony, dedicatory," de rogatory, natatory, category, "parsi mony, piscatory, prefatory, "territory, etc., is or should be pronounced like short m; that is like o in major, actor, factor, etc Is this true? The penul timate o of these words falls, without uu uicepiiuii, turner a myinniicai ac cent, which naturally does and should bring out, in no small dogrce, the quality of the vowel, though not in the Artwie degree that it is brought out when standing under a preliminary acceut. It is safe to assert that it is only those specially schooled to slur this o that pronounce it ac cording to tne dictionary marking. There are many that prouonncc matri mony and a few that pronounce in ventory with the o very short, or ob scure as "Worcester has it; but there are probably none, iu this country, at least, that are consistent, and uniform ly suppress this o in HifV whole long list of words in which it occurs. To do so is to tako something fron what ovcr of sonorousness the lnnguage naturally has, as all languages are so norous in proportion Jp their wealth in vowel sounds. Absolve. There is good authority for sounding the .v of tho word like z, bnt this is hardly in accordance with the best usage. Absorb. Thez-sound of s in this word shonld carefully be avoided. Afc-strnct-ly. Notub-stract-Iv. Abstruse. The u o this word has the sonnd of long uo. This is the rule. U preceded by r or the sound of . or zt, iu the same syllable, often is sounded like long oo, as in rude, rumor, rule, snre, issue. A-6-dos. Not 4o-y dos. Ac-a-rc-mi-an. Accent "When n noun, the lirst, when a verb, the second, is the ac cented syllable. We went a syllable with an accent. Acceptable. In Walker's time this word was accented on tho first sylla ble by the majority of the better speakers. Access. It is more in accordance with the best current usage to accent the first rather than the second syl lable of this word, Webster to the con trary notwithstanding. Ac-ces-sor-ry. Ease of utterance has shifted the accent from the first to the second syllable, where it will remain. Ac-cZi-mate. For tho pronuncia tion that accents the first syllable there is no authority. Accrue. Here is another word in which the u has the sound of long oo. Acetate. The a long as in fate. Acoustics. All our dictionaries pronounce the ou of this word oio, while nearly the whole English-speaking? wnrld. Kr fnr rm flir irrifrr'i nlwnr. mg world, se far as the writer's obser vation goes, pronounces it like long oo. Many persons thus pronounce it, knowing that the , authorities are against them. Sqiialor is auother word treated iu like manner. X-kows-tics is certainly not pleasing to the car. -icrt-or. Not. the o of nor, but the o of major. A-CK-men. Not aA'-u-men. Ad-np-ta-liou. Address. Both noun and verb are now commonly accented on the second syllable. Adduce. When, in the same sylla ble, long u is preceded by one ot the consonants d, t, Z, n, a or th, it is not easy to introduce the sound of y hence careless speakers omit it, pronouncing duty, dooty; tune, toon; lute, loot; nuisance, noosance, etc And yet to make the u in these words as clear and perfect as in mute, cute, etc., is over nice and consequently smacks of pe dantry. The two extremes should be avoided with equal care. A-dept. Not aJ-epL Adhesive. Do not pronounce life s like z. Adipose. Do not pronounce the .? like z. Ad-jec-fi-val. There is abundant authority for accenting the firse syl lable, but it is to be hoped that no one will be inclined to follow it. vicZ-jec-tivo-ly. lri-mi-ra-ble; ctf-mi-ra-bly. .dZ-mi-ral-ty. The first" and not tho third is the accented syllable. A-cZo-nis. Adobe. Three syllables alwZo-be. A-dult. There is no authority for atf-ult Advance. The second a ot this word should bo sounded broader than tho a in man, van, fat, etc., and not so broad as in father. At the beginning of this century words in which this so-called interme diate a occurs were generally pro nounced with the full, broad, Italian a, as in father, which by the exquisites was not infrequently exaggerated. This Walker undertook to change, and to that end marked the a of this class of worda orr, like the a in and, man, ut, etc xne innovation met with only partial success. Now there is a general disposition to unite in some intermediate souud between the broad a in father, which is very rarely, and tho short a in can which is very frequently heard in this country. A few of the words in which this a now receives this intermediate sound are: After, alas, answer, ant. bask, basket, branch, brass, cask, cast, chance, class, craft, dance, draft, enchant, exsunple, fast, flask, gasp, glance, glass, grass, lance, last, mask, mastiff, nastv, pass, past, pastor, plaster, sheft, stalY, task, vast, waf t. jVt in York Time. IllSMUtCK'-S AMHan.!i M).V Ilii MothsrLsftaBibcIn the Prince's Tent After Bein:r WiJoveJ. 'It is not generalh known that Prince Bismarck has an adopted son, now 20 years or age and a Frenchman, it was one evening during the Franco Prussian war that the chancellor en tered his sleeping apartments, twent five miles from Paris, and was sur prised to find a tiny baby boy eurlptl up asleep on his pillow. Tho mother had left a uote s:ring that her husband had been kille'd at Sedan, and despair and want had forced her to give up 1:or child. Prince EUmarcI: bent the child by special nurse to Berlin, where he had it well cared for. lie has gr.eti the lxy a good education, and he is now a model young man and devotedly at tached to the old prince. Pith'w it lJres. THE COLUMBIA. RIVER. A fell Merited Article ly H. V. Scott. Euitor"Orepi)iau.:j IZISM.Y HWXTIOX Or ASXOUJA. Harvey W. Scott, editor-in-chief of the Oietunian, who spent a number of days in this vicinity, has returned home, and in an able editorial in his paper yesterday moniimr, lie sums up the result of hU observations. He visited the jetty, aud with the keen vision characteristic of a newspaper man, ho carefully noted all lie sstw, aud thus ascertained faeb concerning this section, which enabled him to write a most excellent article. It is so full of interest, and so exceedingly truthful that it is given entire as fol fel fol eows: The jetly at the mouth of the Co lumbia river has been carried out from Fort Steven's, on the Oregon side, a little more than four miles. That is, the piling aud limber work have been built out this distance, and the greater part or the way tho brush mattresses, designed to retain the rock iu place, have been put down and rock enough has been put in to hold tho brush work in position for the present. Pari of the way consider able masses of rock hav been de posited, but for the last mile, where the timber work has been constructed tlrs year, less rock has been put iu, aud the entire work must now stop short for waul of funds -tho special appropriation or 75,000 made last spring having been wholly exhausted. Great loss is likely to follow uuless further large masses of rock can bo put in speedily. Winter storms may carry awav por tions ot the timber work, aud the heavy tidal currents, made still more destructive by tho surf sweeping through the framework of timber, may undermine in many places the li'dit stone ballast, with its bed of bru"h; and a laree nart of what ha boon done during the present year mnv be lost. In order that tho work mnv lm rendered entirely scenre. nnnrmmia masses of rock should lie put in be fore the end of the year. For doing this the preparations are ample! Machinery, tracks, cars, .steamers, barges, hoisting apparatus, till are in perfect working order; and if the ap propriations were made, stone could go in steadily at the rate of 1000 tons a daj That the situation may be fully un derstood, it is necessary to sav that the jetty has been extended half way across the mouth of the river, and from the head of it one looks out on the open ocean, past the light on Cape Disappointment. The IipihI nr iUa jetty is somewhat further west than tne cape itseii. ane Jast piles driven were seventy feet in length, and were put down in about twenty-two feet of water, at low tide. The jetty extends entirely across the old south channel that was in use from ten to twenty five years ago, and in that channel on the outer side of tho jetty banks are forming which in many places are bare at low water. The substantial resulUis that tho width of the river, where it debouches into the open ocean, has been reduced one-halt that is, from eight miles to four miles: and in ennnnnnco n straight and open clinnucl to and trom tne sea, fonr miles m width, twenty-six feet deen at low wjifrr nml thirty-three feet deep at mean high water, has been created. Auv num ber of vessels of largest size can now come in abreast, and the bar has vir tually ceased to exist. By the time me jeiiy uas oeen earned ont one mile further, according to the ulnns of tim engineers, and stone in sufficient qnan- uuL2i uuuipuu m io iorm a wan along the whole lenath of th ipHv t-JoH.Io at low water, undoubtedly the channel win oo sconreti still more, and over thirty feet of water may 1k oxnontvA at low tide and forty feet at high tide. j-iie results so lar simply exceed all expectations, and give assurance that when the work shall have been com pleted according to the plan, the Columbia river will be unsurpassed among the ports of the world. This jetty, as an engineering feat, is worthy of highest praise. The work has been manafrod with ndmiw. ble sagacity. The appliances used are me peneciion ot engineering skill, and tho only drawback is that the en gineer m charge has uot money for use now, in the season most favorable for PrOSecnlion of iho trnrl- rptiJo ic just the time, too, when more expend!- uiiu is necessary io guard against loss Or injury to tho worlr nlrnn.lv nr. formed. So far tho expenditure on this work has been about SSO0.0OO. Of this sum something like S200,000 have gone into the "plant that is, into machinery, boats, barges, dock, cars, engines, tracks and general outfit This property is of a kind that rapidly deteriorates, and continual expendi ture is required to keep it in good working order. Again the wood-work of the jetty decajs very rapidly. Piles driven four or five years ago are al ready rotting away. All timber above the surface or the water soon becomes weak through decay, and if the work of filling with stone should be pro tracted, it will become necessary- to renew the wooden framework tipon which the stone is to be carried out, and this . will entail large additional cost " aud correspond ing delay. Further, it probably would not be possible to drive piles on the same line, since the brash and stone already in place would be in tho way; and hence it might be necessary to be gin the work anew, almost at the be ginning. There never was a case of greater urgency than that presented at the Columbia rivpp Hv Tnrfnn. , ately owing to to the vast volume of i fresh water poured out by the great river mere is no teredo to hasten the deet ruction of timber nsed in the work. But the uudertnkhiL' is nun nf inn great magnitude, and too great impor , tauce, too much liability to loss, to be j subjected to delay. Stone shonld now bo going into the jetty night and day. land the work shoidt be prosecuted wmi ceaseless energy till completed. The same remarks will apply to other places ou our rivers and coasts where similar work is in progress; but the j magnitude of the work at tho month j of the Columbia river, its overwhelm I ing importance, the extent of the ex i peuditure and the greater danger of heavy loss, are considerations that lend a peculiar and unusual interest to this undertaking and make it perhaps I the most urgent of all the harbor works now in progress in the United j States. j This jetty makes Astoria a splendid I seaport no finer in the wnrhl. Tim is an open, straight, wide and deep channel, through which any vessel may enter as easily as the S'traits of Fnca, and more easily than theharbor of San Francisco or New York. In side thei-e is deep water frontage amplo for the purposes of the amplest commerce. Accessible from the inter ior, Astoria cannot much longer bo overlooked in the railway development of the Northwest, or left ont of con nection with the railway systems of the country at Iarjre. TIip fl.vttinv r Astoria is that of a lino citv. There are great resources near it, only wait in: to be annronrinfnrl nrwl "lovn1rnQi There is abundant timber and fine ag I ricnltural land; tho promise of exten ; sive and valuable coal discoveries is t flattering. Canital must snnn n these advantages, and it cannot now bo long until railways will penetrate the conntry back of Astoria, open there the great stores of nature's wealth aud rapidly transform tho growing town into a rich and handsome citv. This development and growth in Clat sop, Columbia and Tillamook coun ties will be great factors in pushing the state of Oregon to the front. Though that portion of the state has been slow of settlement, yet in mam respects it is the richest of all parts of tho state in the resources that capital only can rapidly develop, and capital must soon see its opportunities there. Portland ha.s much to expect, great things to gain, by the development of that section of the state and bv the growth and prosperity of Astoria. The jetty makes the Columbia river a groat lmrlrar; Portland's efforts must keep the channel open from her own docks to the sea. Since the first of these great results is assured, the second will be no difficult matter. The work of making channels at The Cascades and The Dalles must also be pushed as a necessary part in the opening of this great artery or avenue of commerce, in the development of the resources of the country and the building of its cities, and now the main thine neceasarv is rm nntivn and intelligent energy on the part of onr public, begotten of a true public spirit, onow to capitalists these op portunities and advantages, let own ers of real estate, both in citv and country, give capital a chance to come m, and by encouraging it, share in the gene'ral prosperity that will quickly ensue. A united people, moved by a common spirit, can start great things. There can be no local antagonisms and there should be no local jealousies, for the good of one locality is I he good of all. Let us have then, an active pull together for this chier artery of the commerce of Oregon and development of all inter ests aud industries that may belong to it, not forgetting meantime" to lend a hand to tho help of other portions of the state. We want to tako nothing from auv other locality, imp slmll ven do injustice to others when Ave push inc3c great combined enterprises be longing to the region of the Columbia river. Thronch this fllmnnol Hip pIu'pF development of tho state of Oregon uma iar nas oeen gained, and through this channel in all probability it will conlinne to Mork out its way" KhcumatiMii C:m Ke Cured. ltlieninatismhashallledtlicbkillofoiir beat physicians, aud to-day more men, women and children ;ue suffering from tills terrible llilnsp tlmn iuw fw.fVvw. The opinion seems universal that it is incurapie, nut this a mistaken idea. KlieuniatisM can lie permanently cured by the ue of llibuartl's Ilhetunatic Syrup and Piasters. For sale by J. V. Conn. Visitors to the tower of London have lately complained that all tho sights represented in the guide-books are not shown. Bepoi Is from twenty-five centers of population iu county Donegal, Ire land, show that tho "potato blight is cravest in conresteil ilisfrfpfc: Kl.-o Falcarragh and Gwodore, where the crop is a total rauure. In Town and Hamlet Thcseeds of iatern.ittent ar.ti hllious reiiil: tcnt rever germinate and hear evil ruiit. i'o community has altoethor escaped It. In populous wants or Iare cltiet hid sew erase cau-is ir, and In their snburhs stagnant pools iu sunken lots breed St. There is at once a remedy and a means of prevention. Its name Ls Hosteltr's Stomach Bitters, which is without pcradvenure, the most potent antidote in existence to tiie malarial vim. Fortified with this incompatible, saving specitlc, miasmatic influences mav be encouutered with absolut impunity. .Dis orders of the stomach. Iher and bowels, begotten by miasma-tainted water, or any other cause, succumb to the beneficent cor rectuemiuud, andrliPiinuMc, kidney and bladder troubles and surely removable hi lts use when it is Riven a persistent trial. rO TELEGRAPH YEX. Liko living in the backwoods is As toria at present, as day after day goes by with little or no telegraphic com munication. The line is reported as being down for a number of miles, and though it was expected to have been up last evening, such was not the case, and not a line of telegrams was received last night. It i3 provok ing enough to make a priest tliiuk profanity, even if he does not indulge in the use of it. To-day the company expects to have the wires up all right, ready for messages to-night. ITEMS OP IXTEPvEST At a French festival, imitating old fashioned customs, the musicians will be placed in Garland-wreathed hogs heads, tis in the good old times. The patrons of nonnlnr excursion?? iu England are termed "cheap trio- pers. A very largo number of them- went over to see the Paris bull fights, -cj .-.-,. v.wi .. J. van. of Macon, offers a big prize of S2,00t) to the homeliest woman in Georgia to ride on his float during the trades display parade at the State fair. A horse in Waterbury, Conn., is- in- ordinately fond of pie, and often, walk- ing to the kitchen door, refuses to leave until his appetite for the dainty is satisfied tti tV i l m - , Halsted street, Chicago, is one or tho longest streets in the Avorld ..being SmTS ttCe-Uimves mil1-en?Jb in perfectly straight hue within the city imut3' Peter Brackett and George W. Bry- ant, of Biddeford, and John F. Nes- bett, formerly of the same city, but now ot New York, enjoy the distinc- tiou of having fought through the whole of tho late war. Lightning struck the Cathedral of the ITolv Cross in Boston rnwnHv. detaching three large granite blocks, one of which weighed ."300 pounds, and WMCll below fell 125 feet to the sidewalk U tVCllILtL JUU i;OIIIUlM. ill II 'ortnnately no one was in- jured. The police made raid nn n rpn- dezvousfor tramns in Nmv TTa,.. arresting a number of outcasts. On-, SSS if T" W W m one of them, named Dunn, weroSpaui,Cookcatoatiirn.w But I am found three bank-books, showing de- fi TfySt0r3'r , i posits agre"atin" SI 330 90 It is' . I said, I was proceeding slowly flight SSfeiSsoS i11 ttv- 0 , , , . , , , . , thing except the bull fight I had seen Several newly hatched chickens (so the previous Sunday, when I was sud the story goes) were recently found denly surrounded by fierce looking m a bale or hay at Belfast, Me. The men, and in a few minutes was hurried owner of the bale thinks that the eggs down a rocky path into some dark were probably pressed into the hay floods. Presently I was pushed into when it was green, and were hatched i a cavern, where a tall and dignified by the heat generated. . j looking man, the chief of the robbers, A big pile of money goes through had been lying asleep. He was the hands of the controller of the city-1 awakened by our entrance and smiled of New York. For the quarter ended I kindly at my poor, little trembling self, June 30th he received over S17,000,000 j asking me my name. "Carmen," I (including a balance of Sl,G00,0l)0from ( replied through my chattering teeth. the previous quarter) and spent it all but about 3,OUU,000 Besides fruits and vegetables, Flori da raises rattlesnakes in great abund ance. A farmer who lives uear Tampa says he has killed thirty large rattle snakes in his neighborhood within a few months. The last one was seven feet four inches in length. The Tampa 'Tribune vouches for the ve racity of the farmer. A boy named John Hale, who was stolen from his home near Marion, Ind., five years ago, when he was 8 ,. ' . , , - ,. VPars nlri hv crvnsipa rppnntlv ran o," r-L i-"" ----""- "" away from them and made Ins way home The parents had searched far and wide for hmi, and had given mnlVZtPd Sa3'S "ie gyPS,CS maltreated him. Fifteen Indians sold a lot of buckle- perries at Saginaw the other day. uiew iu nearly ail the money they re ceived for firewater, and then enter tained the passengers at the Min-hirm?! Central depot with a veritable war dance. The improvident braves had barely enough money left to buy rail road uciiersto tneirnp country nomes The Clmntsmnnn knltnnfe nf cnnrp.i ' iteratnre. imvn mntninPfi fifrv tv,,". iiibiuiiiib-iiutt: lJliltliueu imy IlllUiS- limpnttllVl l..J nntnnA.l 1. T . . Z Z ters, fortv-four college students merchant, a patent lawver, an elocu-i d, whether it was the wine I had tionist, a miller, a banker, a fruit I dFack1or something else, I began tap grower and a builder. I Pin,.the. ground with my feet and mt noddiug m time wing the aria. The French and Italian artillery! "Ah, you dance!" cried the chief, nianconvcrs this year took place near j "Now, come, little one gee if you can the boundary of the two countries, in I not earn back your mass money." Savoy. The officers met and frater-j Silently I followed the baud to a nized, but as they had no leave to de- smooth piece of grassy ground just part from their respective countries, beyond the cavern. Bound this the they set up a lornr table, one-half in I rnhliprs cmintteri tnitnr fnoV.;rn fl "iVronnp firwl I !in -kflizi. TwilF T. Tint.. ! j. .ui.w iwtvi mi. Uliltt. 11 111 L 111 JLl.llY, with a red cord on tho dividing line, and had a jolly good lime and a good dinner. A shepherd dog fell into a dry well in Oglethorpe county, Georgia. A young man went to the canine's rescue, aud, as soon sis the animal heard his voice, went into raptures of delight. The man procured a rope long enough to reach the bottom of the well, and, lowering it, was sur prised to see the doer irrasn the pnrl firm in hi3 mouth and hold on until had received no serious injuries, and, m hat' and n n few minutes being given a hearty meal, was as"lfecanie to T and Ponred into my frisky as ever " ! ands a sum far larger than I should frisky as ever. A PIjyt.iciat"t Opinion. Dn. A. SL SiArr.oix of Grand Ilapids Mich., says: "I prescribe Hibbard's lUicumatic Syrup m my practice, and iimiiiLiiiuiy IVCCIIIIIUL'U II. -It tJUUI.U;S upon tiie liver, kidneys and bowels, de- strojing the poison in the blood and tissues. Tt is n nrmui fnnin .,7 n i petizcr, and for a diseased stomach or rfmnn . I...,. .. , tt Tt , ... "yaitiiiu, n,o uu riiuui. - .cur sail oy J. W . Conn. CURES PERMANENTLY SPAfPIS and STRASMS. Athletes Praiso It Highly. 656 Jlinna St., San Francisco, Cal., May 3, 1SS7. Some time ago, while a member of tho Olympic Athletic Club, I sprained my kneo severely and suffered agony, but was speedily and completely cured by St. Jacobs OIL - JOHN 6ARBUTT. Jumped from Engine. COG S. 17 th St., Omaha, Neb., Sept. 22, 1SS3. " I lumped from an engine in collision, and strained my ankle very badly. I used canes for weeks. St Jacobs Oil completely cured mc. G.EOEDEK. At Decgoists axv Dealees. THE CHARLES a. VQ6ELER CO.. Baltimore. ML S?JMBS Oil DANCED FOR BSI&ANDS Au Exciting Exuerience In tiie life of Camencita, AT PIFTEEN YEAES OF AGE. She Saved Her Money for Masses and Was Presented With a Mascot. My first dancing for money was be fore a band of brigands, and I had no idea what my salary was to be, either, writes Carmencita to Kate Field's Wasliinnton. When I was 15 1 was living with my aunt and uncle, who had a produce farm uot very far from v tw.v uum uvsu tcii itii liuiii Madrid and equally near to the palace of the Escurial. The stretch of coun- try between the canital and trm tcrm. derful palace of Philip LT. was at that time infested with banditti, who occa sionally made a raid on the peasants for provisions. I was in the habit of j iK TT"1 - f eg"and Lf Ies.for $" Dnests who have ?harP ? theu ciurchil mh 1 13 above the vaults where the dead kings and queens of Spain are lying. On one particular morning I not only had a heaw load of provisions for the fathers, but nearly 2,000 reals j besides hidden in my bosom, which, i were to pay for masses for a relative ' of mine. Yon must know that the church of the Escurial has more than 1 7.500 relics, including the entire j bodies of eight or ten saints, twelve dozen whole heads and 300 legs and i arms. It had. until thev were stolen I bv tbe French, one of the bara of the monster cridiron linon -whinh Sr Lawrence was burnt, and one of his fpp.fc WtHl a THPPP nf pnnl cKnlrrnr. Vn " "-.- l- - .mn uuvxiUn uu- tweeu "is toes. You remembewith wuat courage the holy saint bore his martyrdom and how he said to his Mn.i;An i.x T ., , . J . . . uu """ "" cActuuuuere, x am uone on ims siue. P?aps on Had better tam me over," Well, Uarmencitu, don't be fright- j cum, iuiu. jJtuuiips I will let you go 1 home soon. I may tell you that it wa3 the first time I was ever addressed as "Carmen cita" "little Carmen" just as I now call myself. So I can truly say that I was christened by a brigand Well, I sat down and watched the robbers making omelets of my fresh eggs and crnnching my crisp onions, and how I wished every mouthful would choke them. After awhile tho chief glanced toward where I was crouemng in a corner, and calling me I... "- .? - wcw-mfc, uu I to mm, made me drink a large cup of L at the same time demanding to ' know where z bad the m f(t masses I was dumbfounded. UH a yu lmo that I ve the money t" I asked. "O, I know, little one. Let us count tlie suinmg coins and see if there are enoucrh." He motioued to one of the women of his band, and I was soon relieved of the treasure hidden in my bodice. I implored him not to tako it, and told him how sure would be the vengeance of the holy saints if he robbed them of tneir cines. Like most Spaniards, tho bandit was truly religious, and I also i- t xi l i i- '. .. """ecu uiac my pteauings m tne name y.n(C . e xt i a -1 ceptingtwo of them, who stood on one suie strumming their instruments. I danced as I never had before, and I continued for nearly an hour, until I had to stop from exhaustion. But when I had finished the robber chief lifted me in his arms and kissed me, while he handed me back the purse containing the mass money. Then he told one of his men to bring out my donkey, and next he took off his. hat and went around among his band say ing: "Now let us pay Carmencita foi the good breakfast she has brought us." I heard the clink of money falline- J have received from the priests for my ' farm nrodnce. "He thpn pspnrtrl -mo to the gates of the Escurial and be fore he left he gave me a small, curi--ously bent piece of iron. "This." said he. "will eave von from nil mnlncfnlinn ,-n fl.Ta --.- oL r i ?a i rt2 f ?pam If on ever havo the fortune to meet any more gentlemen of my all molestation in this nortion nf profession." T t.1,1 ,.. t I il. r-Lt i 1 j. iuiu m siury to me iaiuers at xue Palace and a troon nf draormTin wptv 1 sent in pursuit of my friend, whose name proved to oe Antazio. 1 am j glad to say tney did not catch him. I ' always wear the piece of iron ho gave ! me. It has proved a mascot. Is Consumption Incurable? Head the follewing: Mr. C. II. Morris, Newark, Ark.. says: "Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and friends andphy sicians pronounced mc an Incurable Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the uiu2ji mctiicine ever matte." C!nncMTrirf t would have died of Lung Troubles. Was giv.enil)iJJ,(l,oct9rs Am now in best i Te$iA lry lt- Sample bottles free at J. W. Conn's Drug Store. r" - .T e-ytj- f-" J -"p" ftwaaiJL.fcsyfc.t-- na-sg,g - - r