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-J r r f op &- J:- ar . v". - it. VOL. XXXV, NO. 87. SOHK E USED TO Sue Old loloiies Dinsei Iiy a Pair of Veritable Bohemians. 1I9W AND FEOM WHOM GAME The Old Oaken Bucket," "Woodman, Spare That Tree," "A Life on the Ocean Wavf," and 0 hers. In a suimII ami old-fashioned but coy chop house, way doxrn town, two veritable Bohemians sat the other Jf fcruuou, and mcr their pipes and ale cchatiK.d recollections. Their talk after a u hilt touched upon old fiiimli.ii t-n;. ma!i r wmcii ossess pcc.i linri iiicrrMiii !Cid associations. -Now ilifif't. Tl.o Old Oakoi iJuclcet," " said one of ihe Bohemian-. tlitil sons b:d itt birth up here m Dnane street in 1S17- Samuel "Wood worth, a gifted but erratic printer, was living there at the lime. Ono hot summer's day ho went into his hou-o and drank a glass of water, remarking, That tastes good, but how I wish that I could drink just at this minute from the old oaken buckot on my father' farm.' Woodworth's wifo remarked sympathetically: 'What a poem could bo written on tliat thoughtr The printer pondered for a mm- nt, and sittiug down at the nearest tabic began to write Sj in llio touching verses, liegmuing IIow doir to tiii heart arc the Rcenos of my cJiilillnvhl,' were, written. Soon after ward the words were coupled with a iiielodx ciinjKjiod by lCailhnarlc for 'Amity's D iKghfer,' an 1 wer i sipjg far:uid xvide' mVw.h1i.ui, Spin That Troe,' is atmiinv fanm, sin;, Ins'-l on a I. mat incident.' .u. ihovMiid B hn raian. Utio wonh xxvn written !i Ocwrgts 1. Morrif, uliohvod i New York ;i1uu)m .ill hi-, life and died tharc in IrGL When lie xi.is :i boy liis home wits on a farm not far from Itkiommgdule lie w.j.i xoit to pi ix there U.vnEK AN OLD THEC planted by Ids gnmdfather. Manx years after ha had loft the farm anil tho propartv hut pissed out of tho kaudA t.f his fnmilv he happened in Higkest of all in Leavening Power. tL && A&SOUUTELY PURE -1 THE GRANDEST AGGREGATION Hens, YouthSp lop & Child's WW 55 J Suits. Pants Ever Shown to iNOYV ; Tile : Oreat In Occident Hotel Building, the neighborhood one day and saw a man auom to cue aown tue old iliar tree. He begged the man man about to cut down the old ram- to do- nut and received the gruff respouso that the tree would bring $10 for fire- j "True, Payne's case was a pathetic wood. He gave the man the money one," assented Bohemian No. 1, mo und took a bond for the safe protec tioning the bartender to again fill the tion of the tree. Soon afterward ho mugs, but there have been instances wrote the noted song, which was Ret j where song writers made a great deal to musirt by Henry RiaaolL" , of money and did not know how to "You have heard how 4A Life on the keep it" Tako the experience of Oean Wave came to be written, I Stephen Collins Foster .for example, saippobe?" queried the first speaker, ah ' Ho produced 'Old Kentucky Home,' he moistened his lips from his ale 'Old Dog Tray,' 'Old Folks at Home, muj. "No? Well, it was this way. ( 'Old Uncle Ned' and scores of other Epes Sargent was walking along the popular songs, for which he reoeived edge of the Battery one bright mom- largo sums of money. It is a matter ing when the numerous craft, dancing on llio glis ten ing water, brought to his copies of 'Old Dog Tray' woro sold in mind a suggestion made to him some eighteen months. Foster was a reek time before by his friend Henry Bus-1 less, happy-go lucky fellow. Some of ell, that he write a marine song. Ho his most famous songs were written wrote the words of A Life on tho on brown wrapping paper in tho back O van Wave,' and showed them to I part of a down town grocery iu this vK urge P. Morris, who remarked that J city. He was taken sick here and was rwy nude a nicy little poem, but they ' convejed to a hospital, where he died w nld not do for a song. Soon after- j penniless January 18, 18&L ward iv:id-ol' met Sargent and asked ''Another man who received large him for tho ver-vs. Taking them to a ' sums of money for his songs was in .sic store o-i D roadway and Park Henry 0. Work of this city, the author pi iet. Bushel 1 went into a little bick of 'Wake Nicodemm,' 'Marching room, seated hi u-olf aJ a piano and in through Georgia,' and a few minutes cnimp set Ie air of tho 'gkaxdfatiiek's oloce.1 famous song, b ir.jei.t u -vcr received , a cent for it, altu m,' i Ik :he song were lar. " 'Ben Bolt,' you re uem'wr. v h a noted song along ab jut ISjJ)," e intin ned tho first Bohemian Tho orig inal words of that song woro written in 1S12 by Dr. Thomus Dunn English, of Philadolphi i, while on a visit to New York, and sent as a gratuitous contribution tn a magazino edited by his friend, N. P. Willis. Somo years afterward tho verses woro repeated from memory to Nelson Kncass, a New York Bohemian, w ho st them to mu sic, adapting AN OI.T OEUMAN SONG. "The instantaneous success of 'Ben Bolt' mado it a source of great profit to ite publishers, but Kneass died in poverty, complaining that ho received only a trille or hu work. So far as is known tho writer of the origin tl versj i giit nothi jg " axil lew vrncri ol pou.i :- -o.i.m ever made tiny nioaoj o.u of them." tii-n vl ..it -HJ.i t oracularly romari imarked tho cm I 13 'ie mian. TIutob tho familiar aisa o." .John Howard 1'ajne, a Wow York boy, who wrote 'Home, Sueot Hoaie,' whilo starving in an attic in Paris i'he song w is to bo sung in his opora, Clui, tho Maid of Milan.' Payne never got an thing for it. and later in his lifo ho wrote to a friend in this C'ty: 'Ho.v often have I been in the heart of Paris, Boilin. Laudou or 'somo other cit, aud hnvohcir.l per- TJ. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. I k WT M MfcT JTm Im I WJ PWPt&wJkA AS Powder Q'pTo o oooooooc oop o ooo ob o o oo o"o o o and Overcoats th.e People of Astoria ON SALE AT u : Clothing : Palace X)F t s ff JLOJilA sons singing or hand-organs playing 'Home. Sweet Home.' without havincr a shilling to buy myself the next meal or a place to lay my head. of record that more than 125,000 The sales of the hut-mentioned Rnni were enormous, and Work received S5.C0J in royalty on that alone. "There are somo song writers who notonly never received any money for their work, but in subsequent years hid to fight for tho credit of author ship. Such was tho case with the au thor of 'Bock Me to Sleep, Mother,' who was Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen, wifo of Paul Akers, the sculptor, and afterward tho wife of E. M. Allen, of this city. She wrote tho song whilo iu Italy aud sent it to Philadelphia, whoro it was published. There was n widely discussed disputo ovor tho au thorship of that song." "Well, I guess, thoro has never been any dispute about tho origin of 'Hail Colnmbia,' said Bohemiau No. 2 romowhat irreverently. Tho words of that stirring song woro written by Joseph Hopkinson, of Philadelphia, in 1790, when war with Franco was thought to bo imminent The musio . s. ' r - w -w.w lo w1' io words wero subsequently . . oriKinaiiy written as -uenerai Washington's March.' by a German named Fax lea, tho leader of tho or chestra in the old Johnstreet Theater in this city. Mr. Custis, Washing ton's stepson, ii the authority for that statement" "Well, let ns drink and movo .along." said Bohemian No. 1, lift ing his foam-hocked mug for a final draught ,"By the way, you remem ber that famous drinking song, 'Spark ling and Bright,' which was written by Charles Fenno Hoffman. Poor fellow, although a cripple from boj hood, bo was always gonial and convivial. 3Io had one of his legs crushed by u ferry boat at Cortlaudt street wheu he was but oleven yoais old. Ju bpito of Ins deformity he graduated from Colutn u'a college with honors, and practiced J 'uvv' tfitb n a,r dogreo of success. He ' lo.l iu a hospital. iY. F. l'ime. j j Xlticklcii'xi Arutra :lt. ' Tiik I,kstai.vk Jit tlio xrorJd i.r (Jul-. Uniise-,boie, Ulcer-, Salt liln- uni, Fexer Son's, lellir. Chapped IIhiiiIs. t Idlhlains, Corns, iiiid all .ski. 1 j Knij'luUis, and poilixel cures PHe. , ! no jiiy re.iu red It Isguanmteid lo , give l-erfiivt satisf ptii.n, or moii" n- I fundeil. 1 rice 25 cents per box. For s-ile by .1. W. Conn. ooo o o o o"o op o" OF ASTORTA, OREGON. FRJDA.Y, SEPTEMBER 26. THE 1VIRES DOWN. As usual when nuy interesting news is expected, tho wires went down yes terday afternoon, and we arc withont our telegraphic report this morning. It is to be hoped that some day there may be sufficient inducement to keep the telegraph lino iu workiug condi tion during the pleasant weather at least Playing CnrJs of Huzuin SklnJ Captain E. W. Kingsbury, of this city, is at home for n short stay from tho San Carlos Indian reservation, where ho is a post-trader. The San Carlos reservation is a valley 100 miles square, situated at the junction of tho San Carlos and Gila rivers in Arizona About 5,000 Indians are cared for by tho government on this reservation. As soon as poor Lo gets his hands on a week's provisions or extra blanket he sits down on the ground and proceeds to gamble them away. 'By the way,' said Captain Kings bury, "did on ever see their playing cards?" aud with the remark he handed out a deck which he siid had been made by Ihe Indians. The faces and spots were copied after the Mexican monte playing cards, and were put on with some bright, dur able paint Thoy looked as if made of mica or possibly thin bone, but Captain Kingsbury-, being asked as to tho material, said: "Well, you kuow an Indian makes everything dnrablo, and you know what a varied use ho makes of rawhido." Tho listener, who had been grace fully shuffling tho cards, suddenly hold thorn betweon n thumb and finger. "Now, yon seo." continued Cautain Kingsbury, "a horse hide or a beef hido would bo too thick, and it is re ported that such things aro manu factured from tho exterior covering of prisoners in other worda, tanned white men's Bkiu." Ka7isai VW nmes. U&ilroal Mnlcral OrJeied. Under tho abovoheadiugxe.sterdny's Oregonian had a telogram from Port Towneond, dated September 21th, which certainly has a strong indica tion that something is moving in re gard to railroad mattera for this sec tion. But hero is the telegram, which speaks for itself: A high official of tho company says tho Chicago, Milwaukoe & St. Paul road has u contract" to transport forty airs of iron for the Astoria & South Coast road that was recently ordered by telegraph f ron cistern rolling mills. Hal itttljr lh. riKtiena: ;s-ns,. 5nl .ll.iny Oilier-. It is a lid tint dxsnepsiaisour nation il juiladj. Yt-H, BuvDuintf Pills will euro tho national nml uh. K id said that oiiRtinatioa is tl "four sedentary hf-. WpII.JJuvs: ho crirse XNDRETffS i'liav? ccrtamlv caro cciixupatioi It id generally canceled that rh"nnn tisui coincrt from jtcid stomfich ael suit Ljii changes of tajiaratiirc. IJhan nuRru'd Pu.ls tiaxecorrLOlcd U ti: b and will do it Hjmn. Chronic Jisoiss nre cm d h (akini' two to four of lRv1JrK, Piiai ery night for n month. llaiKDKEVn's P11.L3 are 'isild in ovorv drag and medicine store, either plain or sngar coated. JQESlLiLiLSIly "own that 1 have for the last year or two shown the largest assortment of Mens and Boys Wear in the City, it-will be news to most people that L?nnow awa" ahead of all my previous efforts. Such an exhibition of the tailors' art in the production of a superior stock, at the most reasonable prices, I am sure cannot fail to merit the appreciation of all judicious Bargain Hunters. HERMAN The Reliable Clothier and Satter, IN OCCIDENT HOTEL BUILDING. rm 1HPB0YED ELECTEIC CAES. Some Advantages of an Undersround Wire System. Tho following is from the Washing ton (D. C) Critic of the 8th inst, and is somewhat interesting in connection with the consideration of electric rail way construction in this city: AtEcMngton, on Satnrday after noon, a car, containing forty gentle men and propelled by -the Wheeless Electric Bailway system, shot out from a little frame building and was run a distance of about three-auartera of a mile, part of the way over a heavy eleven per cent grade. Tho exhibition had been arranged by the officers of the Wheless Electric Bailway Company so as to practically demonstrate the utility of tha KVRfpm and it proved to be an unqualified suc cess. On the car were a number of electrical experts and others. Those present were: General Manager Silsby, of the Edison systems; Super intendent Saylor, of tho Washington and Georgetown Bailroad Company; Dorsey Clagolt, William A. Gordon, Dr. Hill, Professor Wilson, of the Smithsonian Institute; Dr. Dexter, President S. E. Wheatly, Secretary D. F. Merrill, jr.; Treasurer George T. Dunlop, Electrician Wheeless of the company, and others. In tho Wheless electric railway sys tem the current is not earned over head, but in an insulated cable buried between the tracks, if a double track road, or by the Bide of tho track if a single track. This cable extends tho entire length of the road. From tho cable the enrrent is automatically switched into tho line in tho conduit Tho line in tho conduit is not a con tinuous one. but is broken in senKono convenient to construction say iu 300 iooc iengtns. Every 300 feet a small switch-box is Dlacod containing n. vorv YvwnrFnl electro-magnet On the car aro ear ned several cells of a storage batter-, and this batterv vitalizes tlm mmmpt at tho switch box and draws up an iron armatnro faced with carbons. When this nrmaturo is drawn nn U gives a connection from tho cable to the lino of tho conduit and the enrrent instantly flows through the motor on tho car. Whoa tho storage baitiry on tho car has performed the function of switch ins tho current from the cabin f n tho trolley wire in tho conduit, ita further use is dispensed with. Tho main line current then holds up tho armature to tho switch box and gives a powerful contact between tho main lino and tho trolley line. This contact cau in no way be broken while ihe car is mov ing. Thero aro no iuotallic contact points. Everything works through carbon switches. The current by which the car was propelled on Satur day was supplied from tho power house of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Bailroad Company. Ono of the main things claimed by the Win Jess system is the economical useof the current Comparing an equipment of any oilier system having a continuous conductor three miles in lemilh and double track and kit enrs with tho Whcle&s electric railway sys tem operntujg lue same number of cars, and with the same mileage, and supposing all the cars on both sys tems to be moving, the rc-nlt would Iks as follews: Overhead nr nlhur nn. derrouudsxstem. three noire, dnnhln tmck. bare wires exposed, 31,680 feet; WISE! .1 r-1 i V 1890. Wheless electric raiway system, three miles, double track, of unexposed wire, bare wires exnosed, 1,800 feet; showing a difference in favor of the Wheless system of 29,880 feet Another special feature" claimed by the Wheless system is ita Ahsnlnfn freedom from danger by coming in uuiuub wiiu mecixicauy - cuargea wires. Dnrincr the vprv thnmnali rrrnrlA uuu.uuj.vt! iesL mann nn inn. tnn rnn of the car the trollfiv linfi in tho rvm. duit parted, but it caused no shaking up 01 me passengers and was not known until after the trial was over. Had the line. hoWAVflr. bppn nvArViPnrl instead of buried, some one would nave oeen snocKed. The electrical experts expressed their entire satisfaction at the practi cal demonstration given, and thought it was ahead of any other yet in vented. Its success is assured. A PREMIUM TO SUBSCRIBERS A Liberal Offer to Old and New Subscrib ers', Either Daily or "Weekly Attention is directed to tho prfmnr. dinary premium offer for The As- touiak wnicn is advertised on the fourth page. A complete set of Dickens' works is offered with the Wxeect Astobian for $2.75. A com plete unabridged set of Dickens in twelve volumes for 75 cents additional is an extraordinary offer when one considers tho extraordinary amount of reading matter offered. This offer is extended to old subscribers who re new their subscriptions, as well as new ones. Tho Mammoth "Rnrrvclnnprlfn ia another premium which is offered on tho samo terms as above. For n de scription of this rare offer see adver tisement on tho fonrtli nnm Tn nn subscribers who send 32 for a now snusenber to tho weekly, will be sent twentv-fivo novels to bo RAlecfpT fmm a largo list to Iks published very short ly. Or, if tho old subscriber sends S2.75ho will receivo tho novels and tho new subscriber will get either of tho premiums above offered which ho maV Select To tho.SO -wlin nar fnr n year's .subscription to The Dau.t MonxiNa Astorian for ono year in ad vance $7 either of the above premi ums will be civon nostan-o frrv Thncn who prefer, instead of the above premi ums. Can liaVO Jl C.nnv nf W.nahinrrtnn Irving's "Astoria," a beautifully print- -u uvuA. ui uot pages. xilis UOOK needs no other recommendation than the fact that Washington Irving is the author. This is an unusually good opportunity to get a good nowspa por and a good library for very little money. It is worth looking after. Bead tho advertisement on the fourth page. I Reprleie for the Condemned. Wretched men and women long con demned to suffer the tortures of dyspepsia are filled xx Ith nexx hope attor a few doses or Hostetters Stomach llitte r, TliU buddim; hope blossoms Into the fruition of certainty if tho Bltt ers Is persisted In. It brings a re prJcxe to- all .dyspeptics v.ho seek its aid. Matu'enee, heartburn, sinking at the pit of the stomach between meil. the nervous tremnnt n.i.l lnrannh nf m hind niimni. in,it ccstirm Is the parent, disappear xvtth their hateful proRenltor. Most beneflcent of stonnt'Iu t Vbo can minder that in so m my instiiiccs It axx-ums erateful elo- luc-urc in inuoc hiiu, ueuuuiu-u oy li.gpcak voluntar.ly in Its behalf, it requires a graph c iwii to describe the torments of dxs uensia. butinnionyor the testimonials re ceived by the proprietors or the Hitters these are portraj ed xrith x ix id truthfulness. nrmSMnrittntl llllfmii.TlACO tnn.nnln.tAlittlH malarial fevers and rheumatism are reliex-ed uy a. j LJ?9ojP Trunks '$ K THE ASTORIA'S THE ZCs EUGENE FIELD'S ILIAD. Scene Transferred to Chicago Phil Ar moaras Achilles. It may interest lakeside literary circles to know that my translation of the epics of Homer will be sent to the iJicoa etii.iv utuii Hiring. ue xjnicago Association for the Promotion of an International Copyright has signified its desire to become my patron, and therefore I shall dedicate the work to it 1 follow the Homeric text pretty closely, but T transfer the scene from Troy to Cook county, and for Hector, Ulysses, Priam, Ajax and the rest I simply substitute the names of Pull man, MoVicker, Gage, Ford, Peck and other people now on earth. I want to popularize Homer among the hustlers. Here, for example, is just a little bit which fairly illustrates the maje3tio swing and felicitious modernization of the noble peem: Ere from tho east tho many tinted morn Peeped at the seas of lo! the poor Indian corn, Tho ox-eyed Armour from his perfumed halls Strode forth to bos3 things at the stock yard stalls; Nor paused to take a joy-impelling nip Pleasing alike to stomach, palette, lip Provoking mirth, yot taken often brings Tho ache -engendering jag and snch like things. About his form a purple robe ho woro And in his hand his shining woapon bore Tho beef-producing spear! whose light ning blow Failed not to foil the corn-fed 3attlo low! Tho bull-eyed bull, likewiso tho steer oyed stcor, Tho cow-eyed cow stood not before that spear; Last, unknot loaafc, full many a calf-eyed veal Had felt tho force of Armour's steel. Tho girth thereof, measured from left to right And Vice versa, differed not n mif o? Threo cubits lone in length it did extend, Threo cubits long from cither end to end, And thflfifl tvrn nmltj ndlnofnd nrnrn an trnn Thnt tho samo distance lay between tho two. Big txvo-pound diamonds in tho hilt mauo ngnt Of nature's darkness oven day of night! iwas not yet morn (a3 l remarked beforoT. Yofc as ho lE-med from his nnlnrn ilnnr This blaze-compelling spear changed nature so Tho neighbors' roosters straight bgan to crow. And Pallman,'waking up, was queered to seo 'Twas half-past five at only half-past three! There are said to be 15,000 boarding-house keepers in !New York, and 1,000 persons living in boarding houses who have for j ears lived by paying little or nothing. The First Step. Perhaps j ou are run down, can't eit can't sleep, can't think, erm'tdo any thing to your satisfaction, and jou xvonder what ails jou. You should heed the warning, jou ara taking the first step .into Neix'ous Prostration. Yon need a Nerxo Tonic and m Elec tric Bitters you will fiud th exact Ten edy for restoring your nerx'ous sx tcin to its normal, healthy condition." hnr piising results follow Ihe use of this great Nerve Tonic and -Alterative, lour appetite returns, good digestion is restored, and the Llx er and Kidneys resume hnalthv jirMnn Trr o inttl Price 50c, at J. W.Conn's drug store. "JJoojoloopiroyro o'oHoTo ooooo o o HATS & FINE FURNISHING GOODS and Valises Blankets and Quilts AT TJSTJAX. LOW QUOTATIONS EAT ; LARGEST : CLOTHE : EMPOSIDI LIVE CLOTHING SELLER In Occident Hotel I'RKE FIVE CENTS Pacific Coast Big Gun Factory. The Ordinance and Formation Board will convene at the War De partment to-day to consider questions in connection with the new Fortifica tions bill. Among them is that of the establishment of a new gun foundry. The bill gives the board, in selecting a site, discretion between some point on the Gulf coast and the arsenals at Indianapolis, Eock Island andBen icia. It is believed thnf. fno nnnina will fall upon Benicia. There are the oesc oi reasons that it should. The main point to be considered is the convenient location of, the foundry with reference to thepoihtB where its products will be required Modern sea coast guns weigh mostly from 25 to 110 tons. The transporta tion of these huge masses of metal be comes a most important consideration. They would require special arrange ments and tax tho strength of the bridges and trestles of the overland roads to brine them nnrnsa t.ha wnn- try. Watervliefe Arsenal is well located to furnish the rnns for fh -nnrtn nn fho Atlantic seaboard. Indiananolis is out of the question. Eock Island, on the Mississippi river, or some point on the Gulf of Mexico, might be conven ient enough for the arming of the de fenses of New Orleas and Gulf ports, although they could be supplied from, Watervliet, which is at the head of steam navigation on the Hudson, and in ship and rail communication with all parts of tho country; but Benicia should bs to the Pacific what Water vliet is to the Atlantic and the Gulf. The fortification of San Frannism no. cording to the plans of the govern ment, cans tor more and heavier guns than that of UUV nfclim nnrf. in fVin Union, with tho possible exception of New York Thero will also be works for the defense of Puget sound, the Columbia. San Dieon. fife. ThAro ia already tho nucleus of tho required gun factory at Benicia. Deep water ships can go alongside a government wharf there. The foundries of San Francisco can furnish the forgings to be "assembled" at tho arsenal in ac cordance with the crovernrnfinf-noliftv in the manufacture of heavy ordnance. With such works in operation at Be necia, this coast would be compara tively independent of the east in pro viding for its defense, and could take care oi itself against all comers. It is stated that Erastus Wiman's plan for constructing a two-track rail way tunnel under New York bay, be tween Boseback on Staten Island and Bay Eidge in Brooklyn is favored, by New York capitalists and railway men. Tho entire cost is estimated at 86,000,000. 'ains-Sclies PROMPTLY CURED oooooooooo ;H! Building. BY , Cwlisle.fca., February 11, 1888. I xvas hurt Injtho left bin aW tefcrter- than a hafrbStutTof SCTbsGaJS&teE W JHJsg) i!! .