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THE DAILY ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 24 1894 UNCLE SAM'S BARGAIN COUNTER, that shows the income of different ' ,1 crudes of preachers as ionipared with Any Man Can Own an Arsenal, Such as m(m o other calng9 It Is, for a Song. The Cosmopolitan for July offers to lte From the Terre Haute Post-Express. reader8 a varied and attractive number. Scarcely a week passes that some The lover of historcal curiosities cannot Grand Army post does not apply j fa And Some Rare Napoleonlo Med through a member of congress, or direct, a's Interesting, and the reader of Mrs. i Dl It- U to the war department for two or four condemned cannon to be decorating the base of a soldier's' monument, or adorn ing soma corner In a cemetery. AH these requests have to bu refused, be - cause there Is no law for the disposal of old ordinance, and even when special acts are passed the department Is un ' able to comply with their terms, for the reason thaS there are no old cannon to be donated. The' soldier's monu ments In Gettysburg and other national parks and cemeteries exhausted the . supply of old cannon long ago, and the artillery arm of the military service Is not active enough nowadays to in crease the supply of condemned ord nance. Hut while the war department Is "short" on ordnance of the heavier va riety, it is "long" on stores of the smaller variety. Sometimes a post of the Grand Army of the Republic con cludes to decorate their headquarters with bayonets and other reminders of the old days. Then when applications for such supplies are sent to the depart ment the senders arc supplied with a list of "ordnance stores for sale at New York arsenal, Governor's Island." The list embraces carbines, rifles, muskets, sabres, swords, pistols, revolvers, bay onet scabbards, and numerous other ar- tocles of like character. The list gives the condition of the goods, of which the , government is willing to dispose, to gether with a list of prices. If any one In the United States de sires to fit out an army with old time rifles and sabers, he can be supplied at a very low cost. Or if he wants to give his library a military aspect, he can accomplish his desire for a song. The highest price asked for any article in the lot is $7.60 for a Spencer breech load ing rifle, with Stabler attachment. One of Merrill's breech loaders in second class condition can be had for seventy- five cents. There are about 40,000 rifles, carbines and muskets offered for sale at prices ranging from seventy-five cents to $7.60, and all in conditions ranging from "first-class" to "unserviceable.' Thirty thousand swords and sabers are to be had at prices varying from twenty- five cents to one dollar. Nine different kinds of pistols and revolvers are to be had at bargain prices. Two dollars will buy the best in the lot, while a "Stan navy, self-eocklng," may be secured for fifty centa. This is the government's bargain sale. Purchasers can have as many or as few as they desire. The prices are strictly cash, no discounts for quantities, and no favors shown. If you want. an arsenal,! now is your time. MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS. Homa and Country, always attractive to the magazine reader, is unusually so in its issue for July. With many articles of merit, several of them illustrated in the highest state of the art, are interspersed stories and poems with short titles, which are ln tensely interesting and appeal with much to everyday people. Of the arti cles in prose, "Bells," by Charlotte Hawes; "An Unfinished Charity," by Francis Lynde; "Servant-Glrllsm," by Joel Benton; "Constance's Friend," by George Ethelbert Walsh; "The Return of Henry," by Mary Bland ; and "Sid Garner's Proposal," by James Barton Adams, are very pleasing; while in po etry, "Those Pleading Eyes," by W. C. Ford; "One Summer Day," by W. M. Hicks, and "My Red, Red Rose," by Maida Buon, are above the average in merit ! An added feature of the July number. and one very Interesting to lovers of baseball, is a Bpecial series of offers which Include $1000 in cash, besides other valuable! premiums, for good guessing as to how the twelve clubs which comprise the National League will end the season of 1894. Home and" Country is published by Jos. W. Kay, at No. 63 East 10th street. New York. Subscription, $2.50 a year. In the forthcoming (August) number of The Forum, there will be three strlk Ing articles treating of the three recent startling manifestations of crime the Great Railroad Strike and its Causes the Assassination of Carnot; and the Po lice Revelations in New York. .Discus- nions of these subjects are grouped un der the general title, "The Sentimental Dealing with Crime and its Increase;" and following these is a fairly startling review of the recent world-wide increase of crime, by Mr. Henry Charles Lea, of Philadelphia. These make one of the most 'noteworthy groups of strong and timely articles that have ever appeared in our periodical literature. Another subject that will be treated in the August Forum by two writers Is "Laboratory Mind-Study: the Beginning of a new science." President O. Stan ley Hall explains why the new psychology,-or mind-study, is t he necessary and entirely revolutionary basis of the edu cation of the future; and Professor E. W. Scripture, of Yale, sets forth in de tail, the methods of experiment and training followed in his own laboratory for mind-study. .- In the August number of The Forum will appear an article showing "How the Bills of Socialism will be Paid," by Mr. Sylvester Baxter, in reply to the article In a recent number of The Forum' on "Who Wili Pay the Bills of Social ism?" . different sects, and In every section of, the country. Is the subject of an article In the forthcoming (August) number of The Forum, by H. K. Carroll, the su perintendent of the collection of church fiLUtatuj fur tue Lul c?iiu &n, article j owwu a wuno un duu wm v- predate the artistic merit of the accom panying illustrations. . In fiction this number is particularly strong. "Raking Straws," and "Ruth Herrlck's Assign ment" are more than Ftorles they are analytical studies of human 'nature in many phases. COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON. Howl the Chinese Workmen Cut Prepare and Can the Fish. Up, The St. Louis Globe Democrat has the following: "On a recent trip to the Pacific Coast," .said W alter Stedman, a New York drummer at the Lldwell last night. "I paid a visit to one of the largest canning factories in Oregon, where the Columbia river salmon are packed and shipped all over the country. It was a novel sight to me, and one in which I took a great deal of interest The fish are caught in nets and taken in boats to the factory, where they are tlirown upon a stage and He in heaps, a thous and or so in a pile. You can see huge fish among them that weigh from thirty to sixty pounds. One Chinaman will seize a salmon, and, with a dexterous blow with a big knife, sever its head with one stroke; another workman then grabs it and slashes off the fins and disembowels It. It is then thrown into a vat, where the blood soaks out, and I tell you they bleed like a stuck pig. After repeated washings, the fish Is cut into chunks, plunged into brine, and stuffed into cans, the bones being first removed. The tops of the cans, which have a small hole in them, are then soldered on, and 600 or 600 of them at a time are plunged into boiling water, where they remain until the heat has expelled all the air. Then the little air-hole in the top of the lid Is soldered up and the salmon is ready for mar ket." ALL FREE. Those wh hav used Dr. King's New Discovery know Its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try H free. Cull on the advertised drug gist and get a trial bottle free. Send your name and address to H. E. Bucklen & C., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and House hold Instructor, free. All of ixrhlnh la guaranteed to do you good and .cost you nothing. P Rogers' drugstore. A. QUARTER CENTURY TEST. For a quarter of a century Dr.- King's New Discovery has beep tested, and the minions wno nave received benefit from its use testify no its wonderful curative properties In all diseases of Throat Chest and Lungs. A remedy that has stood the test so long nnd that lias Bivnn so universal satisfaction Is no experiment. Each bottle is positively guaranteed to give relief, or the money will be refunded. It is admitted to be the most reliable for Coughs and Colds. Trial bottles free at Chas. Rogers' drug store. Large size 60 cents and $1.00. sm no. wivj s.titoav aiix aas TEEN CENTS. Upon receipt of your address and fif teen 'cents in postage stamps, we will mall you prepaid our souvenir portfolio of the World's Columbian Exposition the regular price Is fifty cents, lat f you want one, we make the price nom inal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of the same, and is exe cuted in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it after you get the book, we will refund the stamps and let you keep it. Address H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, 111. TWO LIVES SAVED. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, III. was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and she says It saved her lite. Mr. Thos. Egsers, 139 Florida St. San Fran cisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried with out result everything else; then bought cne bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is ruturally thankful. It Is such results of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medi cine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at Chas Roger's Drug Store. For Gearhart Park. The steamers Telephone; Dwyer, and Electric, all leave Astoria at 4 p. m. every day to connect with trains for Gearhart Park. Fare, only 75 cents. FACE AND FIGURE show it, If vou're a healthy woniiiii. They'll have a beauty of their own, , no matter what your features. Perfect health, with its clear skin, rosy cheeks, and, bright eyes, te enough to make uuy woman attractive. ' To pot perfect health, use fuitlifully Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription. That regulates and promotes all the proper functions of wo manhood, improves diges tion, enriches the blood, dis pels nches and pains, brings refreshing sleep, and restores health, flesh and strength. For ponoi neat pains, prolapsus ana other displacements, bearing-down ten lations, nnd." female complaints" gen erally, it is to effective that it can be guaranteed. Jf it doesn't benefit or cure, you have your money back. Is anything that isn't cold iu this way likely to be "just as good." THE music of the trees and wild river waves and all the summer time singers comes sweetest to the housewife when she knows the 6 o'clock meal can be got ready on her double burner oil stove instead of the red-hot ctoking range. There'll not be an even- " , "V-.hTU h Z, seen those In our window? $4.50. That old gentleman who said they were cx tratagant has rhangird his mind and has purchased his wife ani married daharhters each or.e. IOZ it SCULX.T wtiv r, - -- " - itoe Devils The business man who says that ad vertlslng does not pay does not adver tise. He is the one that always doubts the prosperous trade reports he hears of his competitor, who does advertise. He sits in the back of his store, smokes his pipe and wonders why he isn't making any money. He has the blues when ho should have trade. He not only lets bis neighbor get that neighbor's share of the business, but a good part of his also. He sees people whom he thought old friends of his go Into competitor's store and. come out with bundles of goods, when he has the same articles on his shelves, and perhaps at lower prices than they paid his competitor for them. Why is this so? It Is because his com petitor lets the public know in an in telligent way through the local papers what he has to sell and when he has it The successful advertiser looks after his advertising space as ho does his clerks. He changes his ads. In such a way the people are attracted by them. He feels that to make money he must be willing to spend some; that there is strong competition In all lines of busi ness, and to get his share of the trade he must advertise, and to do It In the most skillful and Intelligent way. If he oannot wrfte advertising matter himself, he Beeks the aid of Borne one who has made the writing of advertisements a study some specialist, who will see that it Is properly written In a catchy and displayed way some one whose duty it Is to take oil the shoulders of a busy man all the worry of making up an ad. No business man attempts to cure his own sickness, pull his own teeth, make his own clothes or attend to his own law cases. He employs specialists lor each of these various services, and i saves money by doing it It Is through Its language and arrangement that an advertisement gets its business-bringing qualities. There must be something to attract public attention and hold it; something of Interest, something out of the ordinary, something that Is different from others of the same line of busi ness. - To give It these peculiar features requires experience, end the owner of The Astorian has engaged the services of such a specialist for the benefit of its advertising customers who may wish to take advantage of his services. The Evening Star, of Washington, D. C, has an'adertljement writer con nected with its business department, and its terms to advertisers are, "So much blank space, so much money. The same amount of space, with the assiet ance of the advertisement writer In get ting up ad. attractively, so much addi tional" The Astorian charges nothing' extra, the services of the expert being thrown K,;ovroi.ana Cofroi.ir.Mil iCciTTomNRl I 531 nr thp ' ur m v m m mm lias come not a little knowledge as to cook ery what to do, as well as what not to do. Thus we have learned to use the most pure and per fect and popular cook intrmaterial for all frvine and shorteningpurposes. SOESSJVE oeo:ono is the natural outcome of the age, and it teaches us not to use lard, but rath er the new shortening, which is far cleaner; and more digestible than any lard can be. The success of Cotto lene has called out worth less imitations under similar uames. Lookout for these! Ask your Grocer for Cottolenk, andbesurethatyougetit. Made only by N. K. FAIRBANK A CO., ST. LOUIS and (CHICAGO NEW YORK, BOSTON. tf'rrrai.aNBi -t ICorroLHNHl ,1 CoTTnLUNll I r Ci K "V- v JCoTTOLCNb iCOTTOLKN I...1.J ;Ri t S Vfr 'as. These tiny Cctwulcs aro superior a to IJalsam of Copalua, C'ubebs nn.l Injections. I They euro in 40 hours Uio I samo d:3cascs without miylucon-l vcalcncc. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE (WORCESTERSHIRE) SAUCE Imparls (ho most delicious taste and lest to EXTRACT of a LETTER from a MEDICAL GENTLEMAN nt Madras, to Ms brother at WORCESTER, Mav, 1 851, "Tell LEA & PERKINS' that (heir sauoo ia highly esteem ed in India, and Jain my opinion mmm lha moat 11 pai- table, as well aa the most wholesome auce that ia made." Beware of Imitations: Bee that you get Lea & Perrins Slgnaturs on every boills ol ihs original and genulna, John Duncan's Sons, new York. Is something you want, if not today, you will want Is sometime. We keep carpen ter's tools too, and If this weather will only pull Itself together you will want plenty of Hardware of which we have a plenty only waiting ytfur call. J. Ii. WYATTi HAKOWARS DEALER A. V. AUUEN, DEALLR IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Proyisions, Fruits, Vegetables, Cro:kery, Glass and ' Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Cass aud Squemoque Streets. Astoria, Ora. QUICK TIME TO SRi FRANCISCO AND ALL POINTS III CALIFORNIA Via tlx Mt Shasta Route of the The Only Route Through Califor nia to Points East and South. THE SCENMC ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. PULLMN BUFFET SLEEPERS AND 5E0ND-CLASS 5LEEPRE5 Attached to exprew trains, affording superior accommodations tor second cluaa paaaengera. For rat?a, t-kPtu, tleeplnir car wt vationa, etc., call on or address E. P. ROUKK-H. Assistant General Puww.a- . , ' . k T-wt wA 0 c"3 soups, jhl GRAVIES, J A HOT - JOIO (QQ) EVERY REQUISITE FOR : First Class Funerals : AT POHIu'S Undertaking Parlors,- THIRD STREET. 1 Rates Reasonable. Embalming a Specialty. Dalgity's Iron Works, General Machinist and Boiler Works. All kinds of Cannery, Ship, Steamboat and biiKin? Work ot any Description. Castings of all kinds made to order. Foot of Lafayette St., Astoiia, Or. Kopp'a Beer Hall. Cholc Wines, Liquors ana Clears. KENTUCKY WHISKEY ' Only handed over the Bar, The largest glass ot N. P. Beer. Halt-and-halt, sc. Free Lunch. Erickson & Wirkkala, Proprietors, Cor. Concomly ani Lafayett St. FISHER BROS., SHIP - CHANDLERS, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE. Wagons St VeHlchea in Stock Farm Machinery, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Loggers' Supplies, Falrbank's Scales, Doors and Windows. Provision, fricmr, and Mill KoskI Astoria, Oregon. florth Pacific Bremery JOHN KOPP, Prop. Bohemian Lager Beer And XX PORTER. All orders promptly attended to FRED SAIZ, . Manufacturer and Importer of Saddles, Harness, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Robes, Leather, Etc. GOODS SOLD AT PORTLAND PRICES. P. O. Box 97Q. Olney St., Astoria, Or. Mow Are You Fixed for Insurance? Fire and Marine. Wo aro agents for the largest and bost companion represented in Astoria. Royal Insurance Co., assets, London Assurance Corp'n jEtna Insurance Co. Western U. S. Branch, New Zealand Insurance Co., ' , Combined Assets, On Top, MARSHALL'S TWINE Is conceded by all to bo the best. It fishes better and wears better than any other twine used on the Columbia river. TRY IT AND HE CONVINCEUJ TtfEflSTOip SAVINS BilK Acta as trustee for corporations and iiidlvliluuia. - DepoHiis solicited. Interest will be allowed on savings tepoHtts us follows: On ordinary savings books, 4 per cent per annum. On term savings books, (I xr ent per nr.num. On certificates of deposit: For three months, 4 per cent per an l.um. For six months, 5 per cent per annum For twelve months, t per cent per annum. J. Q. A. BOWLBT PreBltk-nt BKNJ. YOUNO Vice Prenldent FRANK PATTON Cushlcr W. E. DEMKNT Secretary DIRECTORS. J. Q. A. Bowlby, C. H. PRe. O. A. Nelson, Ben). Younfr, A. 8. Reed, D. P. Thompson, W. E. L)einent. ROSS HIGGINS & CO. Grocers, : and : Butchers Astoria and Upper Astoria. Flna Teas and Coffees, T iMe Delicacies. Domestic and Tropical Hn Ita, Veircublrs, Sugar Cured Hunia, Baton, lilt. Choice Fresh and Salt - Meats. JACK SPRAT aax COULD easily have hern satisfied at our place. Our steakes ate tt-iucr. juicy and nut t o fat. HUNTER A MER01-N5, Proprietors Portland Butchering Co's Marked. J. A. FAST ABEND, GENERAL, CONTRACTOR, PILE DRIVER, flOUSE, BRIDGE AJJD WHAnP BU1LDEH. Address, box 180, Postoffice. . ASTORIA, OR Portland and Astoria. STEAMER TELEPHONE Leaves Astoria every evening except Saturday at 7 p. m. Arrives at Astoria every day except Sunday at 4 p. m. Leave Portland every day except Sunday At 7 a. m. C. W. STONE, Ast, Astoria, E. A. Secley, general agent, Portland, ASTORIA IRON WORKS Concomly St., foot of Jackson, Astoria, General Machinists and Boiler Makers Land and Marina Engines, Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work t Specialty, Castings of All Descriptions Mad to Order on Short Notice. John Pox. President and Superintendent A. L. Fox ,,, Vice I'resldrnt O. li. Prael , Secretary 21,502,370,00 8,G30,425.00 10,915,829.00 1,G17,195.00 2,077,219.00 $45,403,044.00 ELMORE, SANBORN & CO.