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VOL. XXXV, NO. 102.
ASTORTA, O&BGOJy, SATURDAY, OCTOBER
1891).
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ABSOLUTELY PORE
BUSINESS CARDS.
XT I. RAIlJIOXD,
CIVIL ENGINEER.
County Surveyor of Clatsop County.
Office : Room No. T. Kinney' Brick, Asto
ria, Oregon.
DR
H. XT. STKICKL.ER,
rnrsiciAN, surgeon and druggist
In simple cases, charges only for medi
cine. Near Postofflco, Chenamus Street, Astoria,
Oregon.
T F. II.OiII.TON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Astoria, - Oregon.
Office, three doors east Court Bouse,
Third street
ri J. CURTIS,
Attrnej-t-Lw: Koterr Public
Commission er of Deeds for Washington
rerttory Office v ?r2reVs new brick
building. Cor. Secoad and C.vs streets.
TOH.V M. SJIITK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Cass street, 2 doors back of Odd
Fellows Buildtng, Astoria, Oregon.
f q. A. BOWLBY,
I
veto racy and CeBBSeller at JLaw
OfQco on Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon
A R. KANACA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Olfice over White House Cor., Astoria, Or.
T II. KAKSELL,
"real, estate broker
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Established 18S3.
Third Street, next to W, U, Telegraph Of
fice, Astoria, Or.
Ww- PARKER,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent,
Conveyancer and Notary Public
113 Benton Street, opposite the Postoffice,
Between Chenamus &Squeiuoquo Sts.,
Astoria, Oregon.
A.
. CLEVELAND.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offlce Flavel'a new brick building, corner
Second and Cass streets ; up stairs.
D
RS. A. Lu AND J. A. FULTON.
Cass street, between 3rd and 4th.
Special attention to Diseases of Women
and Children, by Dr. A, L. Fulton.
Special attention to Surgery, by Dr. J. A.
Falton.
Olfice hours from 10 to 12 a.js and 1 to
r.x.
JAY TUTTLE. M. D.
Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur.
Office, Room c, Pythian Building.
Office hours : 10 to 12 and 2 to 5.
Residence, 639 Cedar Street.
"O K. KILLER. Jt. 0.
Graduate of Cleveland Homoeopathic Hos
pital College, and Post-Graduate of New
York City Polyclinic School of Medicine
and Surgery.
First and Main streets, Portland.
Diseases of Womea a Specialty.
gK.O.B.ESTKS.
m YSIC1AN AND SURGEON.
Special attention to Diseases
UMSerzery.
of "Women
mcs: Opposite Telegraph Office, up
Stairs, Astoria, Oregon.
TK. P. A. KERS,
DENTIST.
Xeoms7&Bd8aFlavel'fl new Brick Build
1C. w. t. survey.
L.T. BASIX
J. W. D RATER.
Barney, Barin & Draper,
Attorneys
at-Law.
;Oregon City, Oregon.
Twelve years experience as Register of
Ihe U.S. Land Office here, recommends us
In our specialty of Mining and all other bus
iness before the Land Office or the Courts.
Bd involving the practice In the General
Land OSes.
Tfelsei, Lester & Anita,
CIVIL ENGINEERS,
Surveyors and Architects.
Office, Rook 9, Fulvel's Bld'g
8BCOND STREET
P. O. Box 81S. ASTORIA, OR.
FARM AND DAIRY RANCH TO LET
XvreMtr tB Thirty Cfcelcs Cwt
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30 to 50 Aores of Fine Mdw
Farming Land
A Farm e( 180 acres, 4 to 8 acret of orchard
te efeetee traits, cewpiet farm buildings,
ear Asteria. Convenient to sell milk in
tfce tky. All faralRC tools and dairy appli
ances. One spaa fine Farm Horses and
Wscea. Apply to this office, or to A. H.
Sate, ea tbe prcwlBon, at Woodland Farm,
YmHCtKlYer.Of.
C. P. Upshur,
Shipping and Commission Merchant
Main St. Wharf, Astoria, Oregon.
SPECIALTIES :
Cannery Supplies
Barbour's "Salmon Net Twines.
NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine,
WOODBERRT Cotton Lines and Twines
SEINES and NETTING
Of all Description Famished at
Factory Prices.
FIRE INSURANCE
Effected in First Class Companies,
Representing SlS,000,O0O
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I. P. AUSTIN, Propr.
Open All tie Year 'Mi.
THIS POPULAR HOTEL
Is new and clean and beautifully located
on the banks of the Necanlcum, within five
minutes' walk of
CLATSOP BEACH,
The most pleasant Seaside Resort on the
Northwest Pacific Coast.
Every attention is paid to the comfort and
accommodation of the guests, and the table
Is supplied with the very best in season.
Here aro plenty of Clams and Crabs, there
Is 'game in the woods and plenty of the
finest fish in the streams.
E. P. NOONAN & GO.
(Successors to)
3". :E Hynes,
DEALERS HJ
Groceries Produce.
"Water Street, Astoria, Oregon.
TELEPHONE HO. 7. - P. 0. BOX XM
W. F. Scheibe,
CIGAR MANUFACTURER.
Smokers' Articles in Stock.
THE TRADE SDPPLIBD.
Special Brands Manufactured to Order.
MAIN STREET. - - Astoria, Or
Thompson & Ross
Carry a Full Line of
Choice Staple and Fancy
Groceries,,
Give Us a Call and Be Convinced.
J. B. Wyatt,
DEALERS IN
Hardware and Ship Chandlery,
Pure Oil, Bright Varnish. Blnaclo Oil,
Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine,
Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spike,
Galvanized Cut Nails.
Agricultural Implements, Sewing
Machines, Paints, O.ils,
Qrooerleai JEttca
Magnus C. Crosby
Dealer In
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL.
Iron Pipe and IPIttlngs, Stoves, Tin
ware, and
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
Sheet Lead. Strip Lead, Sheet Iron,
Tin and Copper.
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
City Express Transfer Company.
H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller,
PROPRIETORS.
Headquarters at Main Street wharf.
TELEPHONE NO. 43.
A General Express and Delivery Business
transacted.
Tour patronage h acSctted.
tchotl Tixk,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the taxea for School District, No. l, for
the year 1890, aro due and payablo at the
office of the clerk on Main street wharf.
The Tax Roll will remain in my hands for
sixty days from date, after which time
thosa not paid will become delinquent.
By order of the Board of Directors.
J. W. CONN. Chairman.
J. G. HUSrLEB. Clerk.
Astori a, Sept. 4th, i860.
AlderbrooK
BARGAINS IN
FOR
A Few Days Only.
BUY NOW! DON'T WAIT!
Is Snre To Be
THE
Terminus of a Bail Road.
Wingate & Stone,
ODD FELLOWS'BUILDING,
Astoria, - Or.
James Finlayson
t : Tailor
534 Third Street,
Invites the gentlemen of Astoria and sur
rounding districts to call and see his largo
selection of
NEW SEASON GOODS
Suitable Far
Ulsters, Overcoats, Suits, Trousers
Comprising
Scotch, English, French and American Goods
ear A. Good Fit Guaranteed-
Astoria National Bank
IS NOW OPEN FOR
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
i m i
Accounts of Firms and Individuals Solic
ited on Favorable Terms.
Interest paid on Time Deposits. Money
Loaned on Personal and Real Estate se
curity. Foreign aud Domestic Exchange bought
and sold.
C. T. Edea, President.
John Hobaon, Vice Pres.
A. B. Edoc, Cashier.
D. K. Warren. I ..,
O. S. Wright. Erectors
FIRST ANNIVERSARY BALL
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
ASTORIA AMATEUR DRUM CORPS
AT LIBERT! HALL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th
The rubllc, whom wo faithfully strive to
please, are resptctfully invited to attend.
The Best Music In the city has been secured
and a pleasant evenlDg la anticipated.
BtsTlckct admitting Ladies and Gen
tleman, 81.00. May bo obtained from any
Member ot the Corps, or at tho Book Stores
and other business places,
B. F. ALLEN &.C0.
DEALERS IN
Wall Paper and Oil Paintings
: PRACTICAL :
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.
All Work Guaranteed.
Cor. Cass and Jefferson St?.. Astoria,
Morgan & Sherman
" GKROOEJRS
And Dealers in
Special Attention Given to Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supplies furnished at Satis
factory Terms.
Purchases delivered In any part of the city
0ffic9 and Warehouse
In Hume's New Building on Water 8treet,
P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. ST.
ASTORIA, OREGON
LIDDICOAT & CRIBB.
Carpenters and Ball tiers.
Holt & McCurtrle's old stand, have over 200
plates and drawings of alt kinds and styles
ot dwelling-houses, ranging irom-$900 to
112,000. Call and see them.
V. H. COTFEY.
Groceries and Prorisions.
&
372 THIRD STREET.
Butter, Fggj, Canned Goods, Potatoes, "Wood
and Willow Wars. Et.
ASTORIA TRANSFER CO.
AND
Livery Stables.
Conveyances of any kind, on short notice.
Transferrlne Baggage, ctc, a specialty.
Telephone So, 12.
H. W. SUBRMAN A CO.
A Pocket Match Safe Free to Smokeit of
Men
Cannery
Site!
A-TRAVELER'S OPINION
A Description of Astoria And Its
SfirroflfluiBgs.
DIS09VEEY OF TEE COLUMBIA.
Graphic Account of tbo Entrance of
the Pirat Ship, the "Oolumbia,"
May 11, 1792.
In the Boston Post ot Friday,
September 26tb, appears a very in
teresting communication from a corre
spondent in San Francisco. It also
gives in a very unique style, a descrip
tion of Astoria, and comically alludes
to our style of streets and buildings,
as reaching out over tho water. Some
of tho statements as to the coming
scarcity of salmon, and the prospect
of this city always remaining qniet
and unprogressive, are not warrant
able, but the letter, as a whole, is so
good, that it ia given entire, as fol fel fol
eows: San Fbaxcxsco, Sept 15, 1S30.
Kailroad and steamship companies
cannot always cater to tho conven
ience and comfort of passengers.
Tho exigencies of tho freight and pos
tal departments often sadly interfere
with them. Thus, on tho Southern
Pacific route from Portland to San
Francisco, which abounds in mag
nificent scenery, tho train is two
nights and one day on tho way, the
best part of its scenery being passed
in darkness. Besides, owing to the
heavy grades, progress is slow aud
tedious, so that all travellers except
ing those for whom seasickness is the
bete noire, whoso savage attack they
dread more than any personal incon
venience, prefer tho outside steamship
route. Even this on their passage
south is not scheduled to their liking,
aB, the departure from Portland tak
ing place in tho evening, tho grand
scenery of tho lower Columbia i3 lost,
although on tho return there is n bet
ter opportunity to see1 it by daylight
Leaving Portland Into iu tbo even
ing on the fine steamship Oregon,
morning found us fast to tho wharf at
Astoria. City it is, like every collec
tion, great or small, of houses in the
west. It is the first city in the stale,
tho first that was founded and the
first that is approached from the sea.
It came into life with a struggle, was
choked in its infancy by the rivalry
of tho Hudson's Bay company, and
never grew up. It lives, in tho poetic
proso of Irving, on great and ever re
ceding expectations and on salmon.
It seems to dread, going ashore. So
it stays out in the river, built on piles.
Tho streets are all bridges and the
cellars of tho houses are watery depths.
Lumber is cheap and planks aud
water aro not dusty. The people aro
not satisfied with tho land they sco
behind them piled up in mountains
where they occasionally go ashoro to
hunt deer and grouse, Thi3 aquatic
tendency is not peculiar to Astoria.
Every town on the river pushes ilfcelf
into the water. Nobody knows why.
It is tho fashion, although land is
abundant and cheap.
'Do not go far," said, .the captain,"
"for we shall bo offin an hour or two.''
There was not 'far to go. So we
rodo up and down on one of tho plank
Btreeta in a bobtail car and looked in
at tho canneries. It will not be long
before tho little prosperity derived
from the fisheries that remains to As
toria will be gone. The Sacramento,
once abounding in fish, is now nearly
cleaned out Tho Columbia super
seded it, and now tho salmon of tho
Columbia, though still abundant, aro
not so plentiful, easily taken or
economically packed as in tho waters
of British Columbia and. Alaska.
Doubtless in tho course of time they
will become as scarce even there as in
the Hudson, the Connecticut aud the
Merrimac. The seals, too, will event
ually disappear, and it strikes mo that
tho easiest way out of the Behring sea
difficulty is to let them be killed off at
once, for wo can get on without seal
skins as well as without buffalo skins.
It will not pay to go to war in order
that women may have seal Ekin jack
ets. The Columbia river is navigable,
with the exception of two portages,
for 250 miles from ils mouth. To those
who have the timo to spare, which few
of our countrymen have, to make tho
passage by steamers, (be whole of
this distance is full of . attractions.
It is more so than tho Bhine, for
nature has built better castles upon
its banks of lava than those old
barns built of granite. Nothing at
home will compare with it, except the
Hudson from the Palisades to the Cat
skills. Millions of money have
been expended in making a canal
around the first portage at tbe Cas
cades, and at that at a low Btage of
water it will be impassablet and it is
contemplated to build a ship railroad
around The Dalles. But the most
serious obstruction to the navigation
of the river is the bar at its mouth. A
long breakwater is now being con
structed in the hope of bbviating this
difficulty, and Portland counts largely
upon it to maintain her rivalry with
the seaports of Pugot sound.
I never cross that bar without call
ing to mind tho spendid and adven
turous seamanship of Capt Gray, of
the Columbia, for which ship the river
was deservedly named. Contrary to
general inference, tho namo has not a
national significance, excepting thus
indirectly. When Vancouver was sur
veying this almost unknown coast in
1792, ho mistook tho entranco of the
river for a bay, and thns marking it on
his chart, passed on to tho north.
There he fell in with Captain Gray,
who told him that he was confident
that what he had mistaken for a more
inlet or bay was, in fact, tho month of
a Jarjo river. Vancouver ridiculed
this idea and made somo remark not
complimentary to tho Yankeeskipper's
intelligence. This touched his pride
and determined him to prove the cor
rectness of his theory. Turning back
from his route, ho again sighted the
headlands. His ship vas commis
sioned for no scientific purpose. She
was not insured against any such at
tendant risk. His business was to sell
his cargo, buy another and come back
to Boston. But the Englishman had
ridiculed him, and he wanted the op
portunity to pay him off in his own
coin.
The dawn of May 11, ninety-eight
years ago, found him heading for the
bar with a fair wind. Tho water was
too rough for a boat to take soundings
ahead. Tho breakers were combing
and dashing far out on the shoals
from either headland. In view of the
danger before him on this unknown
shore ot shipwreck and Indian mass
acre, the question arose with start
ling abruptness, "Shall I haul off be
fore it is too late, or shall I make the
attempt?" It was decided iu an in
stant "Port your helm! Keep her
E. N. E." And then Gray, with his
glass in hand, went off and seated
himself on the foretopsail yard.
Slowly tho Columb ia forged ahead,
and, gathering way as the wind filled
hor sails, she dashed onward, rising
and falling on the foamy crests.
Cool and determined sat the "old
man" there with an ej e on the dark
est and smoothest water ahead, chang
ing the course as these indications
were before him. Begularly was tho
lead "kept going" from tho chains.
Now the shoals from ten fathoms to
nine, and eight, seven, six, five! He
is coming to the bar. Suddenly tbe
measured song, uBy-the-mark five,"
is followedby the shout of the ex
cited leadsmen who has no time to
sing, "And a quarter three, Sir!"
"Steady as you go!" calls Captain
Gray. "Steady!" repeats the mate.
"Steady, sir!" answers the man at the
wheel. A big sea heaves the Columbia
on its crest; then she settles in its
trough, then rises again and slides
before it "By-tho-be-deep-four!" is
now tho song from the chains; tho
next cast gives "and a qna-her-tcr
five!" the next "By the-her-mark,ten!"
and the good ship, the first ship is
over the bar. Tho long-time fabled
river of the great west was now found.
It had-como down from its still undis
covered mountains to meet and wel
come tho daring sailor.
"With this triumph, there camo to
him first of all, boyoud all other pride
or exultntiou, the simple desire to fall
in with Vancouver again and to hail
him with "I told vou so!" This he
did, and theu tho Englishman, piloted
by tho experience of Captain Gray,
entered the river and claimed it for
his povercign by right of discover.
History has told us how the conflict
ing claims of tho United States and
England were adjusted, how the title
of the former was confirmed, and how
our country is indebted for its mag
nificent possessions on the northwest
coast to this bold stroke of seamau
sliip on tho part of Captain Gray, or
the Columbia. In less than two
years a century will have rolled sinco
he mado the discovery which litis
added a now empire to our domain.
Assuredly the centennial should not
pass unnoticed. What more graceful
ami grateful tribute would there be
to the memory of Captain Gray than
tbo erection of a monument sur
uftohTed "by his statue at the end
of tho breakwater? Thero let him
stand, like Liberty, with a torch in
his hand, to guide the seamen of to
day safely over the ground on which
he took tbo first soundings on tho me
morable 11th of May, 1792. J. C.
&
A Yctf ran Member
Connecticut, always a littlo proud,
is holding her head up a trifio higher
thau usual just now, as she claims tho
honor of possessing tho oldest mem
ber of the W. C. T. TJ. in the country.
A few days sinco I wont to organizo
a union in New Preston, Litchfield
county, that county which is celebrated
for having tho steepest hills, tho most
beautiful lakes, the best air in tbo
state, and for giving to the world that
trio of B's Bellamy, Beecher, Bush
nell, and a Harriet Beecher Stowe.
While there I called upon an old
lady, a relation of one branch of our
family. She seemed interested in my
work, and I inquired if sho would like
to join the W. C. T. TJ. "Why, yes,"
sho replied, "what do I have to do?" I
explained. Whereupon she rose, went
to the room adjoining and brought
her membership fee, and I had the
pleasure of tying on the white ribbon.
Her name is Mrs. Betsey Averill, New
Preston, Conn. Her postoffice ad
dress, Washington Depot. She is
only 103 years, i montJis old, is re
markably bright and active, insists
upon making her bad, caring for her
room and clothes; eats any
thing, reads with glasses,
keeps up in the nows of the
days; and more wonderful still, she
had, tho day before I called, ridden
down one of the steepest hills of that
hilly region, more than a mile, to the
church of which sho is a member, to
partake of the communion. She
said she frequently did that She is
really moro activo than her son
seventy-one yeara old. She presented
me with her photograph taken when
a hundred years old. Four genear
tions reside under the same roof. Can
any state match this? Jlrs. S. B.
Forbes in Union Signal.
Yictocj' For an lustirance Com
paiiy.
ir. S. Conovek, Agt, Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Manistee,
Mich., says: 1 had rheumatism twen
ty years; used crutches ten years.
irtnn tho uo of powerful liniments
my hip and knee had lot nearly all
strength. Uibbard's Khetimatic Syrup
lias cured me, and I wi&h to herald to
all, the merits of this wonderful medi
cine." For sale by J. W . Conn.
The vast majority of Queen Vic
toria's subjects (139,000,000) are neither
Protestants nor Catholics, but Hindus,
while the Mohammedans, 40,000,000
in number, are themselves more nu
merous than tho Protestants of all de
nominations irrtho empire.
Human "Frailty.
Wa aro frail creatures physically tha
most robuit anions in. flu unhealthy
mau or woman Is lu trreat measure lncap.i
hlej'f heneilt to society. If, for Instance,
hllliousncss, a tnmbSo i-f frequence and
often obstinately rcsis antil oniinary med
ication, obstructs the harmonious act! nof
the liver and the bowels, tbo sufferer is
urc to bo dyspeptic. The three disordered
condition- are sure to hj eunilimed by neg
lect. Under the erroneous impression that
there is no hope for him. an impression in
all llkclihoo.1 confirmed by the use of ob
jectionable remedies, the .sufferer is apt to
become ncplecttul, nay. evou reckless, and
tho sooner lie Is removed from the sphere
of human endeavor the better for all parties
concerned. What a scries or mistakes 1
His liver U .responsible. It Is an Incorporate
part of himself, now discipline It? By tho
aldot Hostettcr's Stomach Hitters, a cer
tain medium for the re-cstabllshmcnt of
united, recular action In the stomach, liver
and bowels, it also cures and prevents ma
larial, rheumatic and kidney troubles.
BALLOON ADVENTURES.
Marvelous Escapo or a Parachutist An
ExcitiDS Descent.
"Professor" Higgins, who made an
ascent from the Port Vale grounds,
Cobridge, England, had an extraordin
ary escape. When the balloon was
being freed from the weights one of
the men in attendance disarranged the
parachute from the side of the balloon,
and before it could be replaced the
baloon had risen, and the parachute
was dangling below under the trapeeze,
upon which the a3ronaut was sit
ting. The bulk of the people
around evidently thought that this
was part of the arrangement,
but several who had accompanied
Higgins knew that a terrible mistake
had been made, the consequence of
which might bo fatal. Higgins, in a
conversation with a pres3 representa
tive afterward, said he found out what
was tho matter directly tho balloon
began to rise, and realized tho peril he
was in. Before he had made up his
mind what to do the balloon had
reached an altitude of nearly three
miles. Ho then swung himself off his
seat and dropped into the open para
chute. He got entangled in the cords
and then the descent began,'
the parachute -with Higgins turn
ing over and over like a
bale of cotton, the movement down
being very rapid. Higgins says he
lost consciousness for some seconds.
Then he felt the folds of the para
chute resisting tho wind and checking
the rate of descent The aeronaut
was swinging under it with one of the
cords under lii3 left arm and another
round his left leg, and he was able to
slightly regulate the twisted para
chute with his right hand. Ho alight
ed safely on a building near Stoke
Station. His limbs were numbed and
much discolored through the strain of
tho ropes.
xV most exciting balloon adventure
was witnessed recently in France.
The balloon "LaPatrie" ascended at
it o'clock in tho afternoon from the
ga3 works at Conrbevoie, a suburb of
Paris, the car containing two voung
men, named Lo Prince and Du
muid, both about 20 years of
age. On leaving the ground the
balloon caught in tho branches of a
tree, a slight hole being made in tho
envelope. Nevertheless, it rose rapidly,
being carried along by a violent wind,
but when passing over the Bois de
Boulogne at tho height of 1,000 metres
an explosion occurred and the
balloon, with an enormous rent in it.
began to descend with alarming ra
pidity, while the crowd assembled on
Antenil race course were anxiously
watching the movements of the balloon-
Fortunately the envelope was
torn in such a manner as to form a
parachute, and the aeronauts, pre
serving their coolness, threw out the
ballast, and, owing to their clever
management, succeeded in ab'ghting
at Issy, near Paris, without accident,
ono of the young men only being
slightly bruised. Tho aeronauts were
londly cheered by tho crowd.
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the rest of my life, a priest"
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ELECTRICITY FOR L ROADS.
Experiments fin tie Daft Motor
System.
sucanss js ai.rej.dy assumed.
Thero is a continual effort being
made by the management of the ele
vated roads to substitute electrical for
steam traction.
The adoption of an electrical motor
would mean a vast saving in operating
expenses and repairs, and would, do
away with many of the sources of
complaint which undoubtedly exist,
although the roads are frequently
abused for occurrences or stringent
rules which are absolutely necessary
for the safety of passengers.
Tho history ot the attempts to se
cure an electrical motor for the ele
vated system is an interesting one, for
it covers a great part of tho history of
the development of the dynamo and
tho electrical motor. The three com
panies which have tried to solve the
problem are the one of which Stephen
D. Field was the principal; the
Sprague and tho Daft company, which
is now the United States Electric
Traction company, of the Boreel
Building.
The Field and Sprague companies
failed to come to an agreement with
the elevated company, and then Col.
Hain turned his attention to the Daft
system, and yesterday he said to a
reporter of The Journal of Finance:
"I am in hope that the United Elec
tric Traction Co. will perfect its sys
tem so that we can utilize it within a
short time."
The United Company has been at
work on tho Ninth .avenue line for
several months, and this is what they
have accomplished with their motor,
"Ben Franklin," which the daily pa
pera have dubbed "Fire Spitter."
This motor ha3 handled an average
Ninth avenue train under the most
sovere conditions without an accident
or detention of any kind, and proved
its ability to make tho trip from the
Batterj' to Fifty-ninth street on sched
ule time, and this, too, without auto
matic brakes, which limited the speed
of the run between stations only a
short distance apart.
The Franklin weighs ten tons less
than a steam motor and, of course,
thi3 great decrease in weight, coupled
with the fact that an electrical motor
has no reciprocating parts, saves a
great deal of tho strain which a steam
motor imposes on the structure of the
roads. This means a greatlv de
creased outlay for repairs to the vast
system of bridges, or as railroad men
technically put it "maintenance of
way."
A short time ago tho Journal of
jj iiuuce puuusxieu an arucie on tne
increased tractive power that a cur
rent of electricity gave a motor, when
it was passed from tho wheels to the
rail. Advantage is taken of this fact
by the United system and at an ex
perimental track at the company's
works in New Jersej a small motor of
the Daft type, weighing GOO pounds,
was made to ascend a grade of 2,900
feet to tho mile or 5M.9, a feat that
when it was first announced, caused a
big commotion in tho cngineernig
world.
The record of tho "Ben Franklin" is
that it hauled an ordinary Ninth av
enue train on schedule time, running
between regular steam-drawn trains
every day for a month without delay
or accident, and this, too, without auto
matic brakes.
The cost of operation of an electrical
.plant to operate the Ninth avenue
road ha3 been figured out by the Trac
tion company, as follews: For 2i trains,
3,157 horse-power, including an extra
10 per cent of power for emergencies.
This power is to be obtained from four
800-horse-power engines, only two of
which are to be used, excepting during
the hours of heavy travel. These en
gines will require 41 tons of coal of a
grade that can be purchased at from
S1.S0 to S2.25, and at tho highest price
would cost S92.25.
The electrical motors will not re
quire a fireman, of course, but tho
number of employes will not b9 de
creased, a3 their services will be needed
in the central stations. The steam
motors require 40 tons of high-grade
coal a day, which costs about $200.
Tho United Electric Traction com
pany say that they are ready to equip
the Elevated system with motors and
central stations that will operate the
entire system at an equal and probably
les3 cost than they can be run by the
use of steam motors. On tho other
hand the Elevated company is not en
tirely satisfied of this, and Col. Hain
said: "Wo are in hope that further
improvements will bo made by the
Daft company so that wo can use their
system."
Just what will be done in the future
neither CoL Hain nor the United
Electric Traction company will say,
but continued experiments are to be
made, some of them to be with a
storeage system. N. I7. Jourtial of
Finance.
Symptoms of Consumption.
William J. SiiAr.rLES.PonT Oram,
Morris Co., N. J., writes:
"My business is that of sharpening
mine drills and 1 am inuzh exposed to
smoke and gas. About three years ago
1 began to have a bad cough, with con
sfderable indigestion and pains in my
chest. My physician told me I had
symptoms of consumption. By the ad
vice of my father, an old friend of
Bkaxdreth's Pills, I commenced
using that valuable remedy. By the
lime I had got through the second box
1 began to pass a very disagreeable
humor or pus. I began to improve very
rapidly after this, and g cw stronger
and better every day. My cough is now
well. 1 sleep well at night and have no
more indigestion."
'T always," says tho mother of the
great Goethe, "seek out what is good
in people, and leave what is bad to
Him who made mankind, and knows
how to rognd off the angles."
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Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Jilie
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or no pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re
funded. Price 23 cents ner box. For
sale by .1. W. Conn.
Death of China's Wealthiest Xaa.
The London Times says: The
mail which has just now arrived from
China, brings news of the death at his
palace at Honam, in Canton, of proba
bly the wealthiest man in China. Ia
the history of the foreign trade of
China no name is so celebrated as that
ofHowqua. For the last forty years
of its existence he was -the head of a
unique corporation of monopolists
iaiown as the (Jo-Hong, which was
usually composed of eight Canton
merchants.
His wealth was almost fabulous. In
1834 he put it down himself at over
S26,000,000. In 1841, wheu Sir Hugh
lougn levied a ransom of S6,000,OOO
on the city of Canton. Howaua ad
vanced over 1,000,000 to the authori
ties, no was the leading tea mer
chant of China of those days, the
congou teas which he grew on his own
estates being especially renowned" on
the London market The Napoleon of
the trade of China died, aged 74,
in 1843, and was succeeded by his
son, who died last month.
The magnificent gardens of his resi
dence in Canton were one of the many
sights of the city. He was always
pleased to show them and his man
sion to English visitors, and he never
failed to draw attention to the pres
ents which his father and himself re
ceived from successive British sov
erigns in recognition of services ren
dered to British subjects in Canton.
The younger Howaua was nearly 60.
years of age at tho timo of his death
Important Supremo Court Enllng.
In the Supreme court Thursday, in
the matter of Amos W. King et aL vs.
J. K. Brigham et'al.; continued till
October 27. Court adjourned until
Mondav. tho 13th. at 930 a. m- Thn
judge to-day issued two important
oruers, changing tne time or conven
ing court One changes the time of
meeting of court to 930 a. m. Bule8
was also amended as follews:
"Causes triable at Salem from each
judicial district shall be docketed to
gether and cases shall be placed on
the docket in the following'order, un
less otherwise erdered: First, cases
from the Fourth district; second, cases
from the. First district; third, cases
from tho Third district; fourth, cases
from the Fifth district. All cases tri
able at Pendleton shall be placed on
tho docket and heard in the order
directed by tho court. Cases trans
ferred from Pendleton to Salem, or
vice versa, shall be placed on the
docket and heard at such time as the
court may direct The court may, in
its discretion, direct any particular
cause or causes to be advanced on the
docket and heard at such special time
as it may by order fix for that pur
pose. Died at-no.
Chicago's oldest colored resident,
Mrs. Buth AnjL Hilton, died a few
days since. Mrs. Hilton was 110 years
of ago at the time of her death. She
was born in Batler county, Virginia.
Her parents were slaves, but she was
free-born, as they were given their
freedom before her birth. She was
married when 20 years old, and was
the mother of ten children four of
whom are living. Tho old lady was a
remarkable woman in many respects.
Until her death she retained her
faculties, aud just a week before her
death left the house for a walk of sev
eral blocks. Sho was vigorous and
hearty, and never had a day's sickness
during her life. For -fifty years she
conouctea a iarm near Washington,
Pa., and came to Chicago to live abfnt
ten years ago. Although uneducated,
sho was bright mentally, and her
memory of happenings for a period of
iuu years was remarkable.
The Nicaragua Canal.
Two of the largest dredges that
were used in excavating at Panama
and were lately purchased by the
Nicaragua Canal company have ar
rived at Orreytown and are getting
ready for work. About 1,500 men are
engaged in construction in Nicaragua
and their health continues good.
President Warner Miller thinks that
the prospects for the completion of
the canal by tho assigned date are ex
cellent. Miss Eunice Goodrich
Will commence a week's engagement
at the opera house on Monday evening
next. With the exception of the open
ing bill, "The Pearl ot Savoy," the
repertoire will be new. As this is the
first engagement of the Goodrich
company in Astoria, the management
offers a special inducement. To every
person who purchases a reserved seat
ticket at the New York Novelty store
for Monday night, previous to 6 p. M.
of that day, a reserved seat ticket ad
mitting a lady that evening, will be
presented free. So buy a ticket, young
man, and get a ticket free for your
wife or best girl.
S. S". Karr, of Almond, N. Y., claims
that he was the last Union prisoner to
leave Andersonville prison. He se
cured the Bebel flag, which had eo
long floated over that prison and tho
wretchedness and misery its walls in
closed, and has it still in his possession
probably one of tho most interest
ing relics of tho Civil war.
It is said that flock3 of sheep can be
protected from coyotes, wolves and
other wild beasts by placing a good
sounding bell on each animal. West
ern men say that this device is ef
fectual. Tho laundresses of Benares, in In
dia, are boycotting the Bajah, Shiva
irrosnau, because no has decreed, that
tney must pay taxes.
JACOBS OH
Cures
Backache.
Backache.
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t , Aiaruncz, CaL, October 2, 1883.
I could hardly walk or lie down fron lime
back ; suffered several -weeks. St. Jacob Oil
permanently cured" me, other remedleahav--Ins
tailed to do so. FRED. HrETMAN'.
TVn Cloverdale, Ind, Feb. 8, 1887.
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