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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1895)
TI1K DAILY ASTORIAIN, ASTOUU, -jSUNDAV. .MORNING, , JOJNK . 16, 1895. for Infants and Children. MOTHERS, Do You Know that Paregoric, Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Soothing Syrups, and ' most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine? tip Yog Knovr that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons? ftp Ton Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to sell narcotics without labeling them poisons ? Io Von Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your child unless you or your physician know of what It is composed ? Wo Yon Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation, and that a list of its Ingredients is published with every bottle ? Po Yon Know that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher. That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold than of all other remedies for children combined ? ftp You Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of Other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word " Castoria" and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense? Bo Yon Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was because Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless T Po Yon Know that 33 average doses of Castoria are furnished for 33 cents, or one cent a dose ? Po Yon Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may be kept well, and that yoa may have unbroken rest? Well, these things are worth knowing. They are facts. The fac-slmlle signature of Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. MAKE Attraotive- Start by being the HOnP 171091 benntilul creature in it. II Ui ICr I you have beauty preserve it. If not, you can improve your looks immensely. Where there's a will there's a way. a good way is the use of my Hrticlec, cspfciaiiy Lola JJontez Greme 75o per pot. Brings beauty to the face by feed ing through the ekin pores, gives life to faded faces. Sold by Mrs D K. BLOUNT, 457 Duane St. Ass toria.Oregon. Mrs Nettie Ilnr rison, America'. beiiuty doctor, 40 and 42 Giury St. San Francisco. Cal. C.J. TRENCH ARD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacific Express Co. HOP and PHOENIX INSURANCE GO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. 50a Bond Street. Mrs. T. S. Hawkins, Chattanooga, Tenn., says, "Shllor's Vitalize SAVTD MY LIFE." I consider it tne best rem edy for a debilitated system I ever used." For Dyspepsia, Liver or Kid ney trouble, it excells. Piive ro cts. For Sale by J. W. Conn. The World' 6 fn's Tests showed no taxing powder so pare or sr reat In eav enlng power as the Poyal. Our patrons will find DeWtlfs Littl Early Risers a safe and reliable reme dy for constipation, dyspepsia, and liv er complaint. Ohas. Rogers. KARL'S CLOVER ROOT, th great Blood purifier, given freshness and clearness to the comDio.Tion and cuicr Constipation. ?5 cts.. Ru cts , 1.00. For Sale by J. W. Conn. Violin Lessons given by Mr. Emll Thlelhorn, graduate of the Hamburg Conservatory, Germany; also a member of the Chicago Musical Society. Studio, corner of 12th and Commercia streets, up stairs. "A TALENTED EDITOR." Gentlemen: I had occasion to use several boxes of Krause's Headache Capsules while traveling to Chicago to attend the National Democratic Con vention. They acted like a charm in preventing heaaaches and dizziness. Have had very little headache since my return, which Is remarkable. . Yours, resoectfullv JOHN U. SHAFFER, Ed. Renovo (Pa.) Record. For sale by Chas. Rogers, Astoria, Or., sole agent J.. A. Rlcharosmi, of Jefferson City, Mo., ohief enrolUr.fr force 38th general assembly of Missouri, writes: I wish to testify to the merit of One Minute Cough Cure. When other so-called cures failed, I obtained almost Instant relief and a speedy cure by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. Chas. Roarers. kwuCw f Fire Works! ,Fire Works! The New York Novelty Store Hsa jnt received a new stock of Fire Works, Fire Crackers. Bombs, Flags. Bunting and China Lanterns, which will be sold at Bedrock Prices. Committees in the surrounding country will do well to give as call before purchasing elsewhere, " The New York Novelty Store, Opposite Occidental Hotet. p. g. A full line of Baseball Goods, Buggies always on band. la on every wrapper. E. flcNEIL, Receiver. Gives Choice of Toio Transcontinental ma lsh.u urn1 a JrtOUtes, Via Spokane and St. Paul. Via Ogden, Derive and Omaha or t. Paul Pullman and Tourist Meeker Free Reclining Chair Cars. Astoria to San Francisco. Oregon, Saturday, June 8. State of California, Thursday, June 12. Oregon, Tuesday, June 18. State of California, Sunday, June 23. Oregon, Friday, June 28. State of California, Wednesday, July 3. Astoria and PoFtlnd Steamers. . Hereafter the O. R. and N. Co.'s boau will run as follows, between Astoria ano Portland. The Thompson will leave A toria at 6:45 a. m. dally except Sunday and Portland dally at 8 p. m. excepi iunday. The T. J. Potter will leav 8toria at 7 p. m. p . ind Portland at 7 a, m. dally except Sunday. For rates and general information cal n or address C. F. OVEREAUGH, Commercial Agent, Astoria, Or -V H. HURLBURT, Gen. Puii. Apt.. Portland. Or Japanese Bazaar SING LUNG. Prop. A new supply of Fire Works just received. The finest ever brought to Astoria. 417 Bond Street, next 'door to Mouler's Fruit Store. As Franklin says, good dress opeps all doors, you should not lose sight of the fact that a perfect fitting suit Is the main feature. Wanamaker & Brown are noted for fit, workmanship and superiority of qualities. Their rep resentative visits Astoria every three months. Office 64 Dekum Building, Portland, Or. Reserve orders till you have seen the spring line of samples. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. FisLiog Tackles, Croqnet Beta and Babj Tide Table for June, 1 895, hioh watch. tow tacts, DATE. A. M. . mT A.M. Ml. h.ralft, h.mlftl h.m ft. h.m ft Saturday.. 1 7 80 64 I 60S 7 4 1 42 -2 1 1 4 1 SUNDAY.. 2 8 47 8 6 8 6 7 2 60 18 2 .V JO Monday.... 8 10 01 6 9 46 81 62 04 34! .'3 Tuesday ... 4 11 06 8 7 10 M 8 6 447 -04 4 U:6 Wednesday 6 1202 6 8 11 17 88 5 88 10 62 ;8 Thursday.. 6 ID 62 6 7 8 84 -1 6 0 1." J S Friday..... 7 001 88 1418S 710-16 7 0 ij Balurday.. 8 0 43 8 7 225 66 762-16 74 .3 SUNDAY.. 9 126 8 4 8 07 6 7 8 80 -12 8: 14 Monday.. 10 207 81 S46 6 8 9 0s -08 1- ;3 Tuesday ..11 26076 42469 S4ti-0a 10 01 H Wedn'sd'y 1'.! 883 7 0 6 00 6 9 10 22 0 2 11 0 1 8 Thursday .13 4 20 6 4 6 8K 7 0 10 6,1 0 8 lit: :0 Friday.... 14 S 13 68 18 7 1 11 86 1 8 Saturday. .15 8 16 6 6 701 71 0 62 28 121718 BUNDAY..10 7 26 5 8 7 46 7 8 1 64 2 4 1 1.'. :l Monday ...17 8 88 6 2 8 86 7 6 2 64 1 7 2 11. '7 Tuesday.. .18 06154 t2 78 847 10 8I1MO Wedn'sd'y 19 10 54 5 7 100888 4 87 0 4 4 07 :!2 Thursday. 20 11 62 6 0 10 64 8 4 6 2.1 -Oil 6 01 . 3 Friday 21 12 42 0 4 11 42 8 7 8 08 -17 6 52 1 4 Saturday . .22 1 80 6 6 52 -1 8 6 4 J ) 2 BUNDAY..23 Q2888 114 71 7 86 -19 7 8" 3 1 Monday... 24 116 8 8 2 6674 (19 -18 820 28 Tuesday ..25 2 0586 88776 002-1 6 9 12 2 7 Wedn'sd'y 26 2 57 8 1 4 18 7 6 2 40-10 1008 2 4 Thursday .27 8 62 7 6 4 58 7 6 10 81 -0 4 11 00 2 1 Friday 28 46269 64278 U 10 06 Saturday. .29 80066 (28 77 0 10 17 120". It 8UMDAY. 80 71060 719 78 1 24 13 JM,(2 1 ALONG THE WATER FRONT. The Mendell continued the Howlng work yesterday. The steamer Signal arrived in Vancou ver from this city yesterday. Louis Martin 'a busy fixing- up Ithe new spars for the pilot schooner San Jose. The Dwyer took a taargeload of lumber round to Warraniton yesterday morning. The schooner Compeer went up the river yesterday morning to load lumber In Portland. The RatWdown continued loaftCnK salm on all day yesterday. She has now about ten thousand oases aboard. The Wenona made her regular Satur day trip from Deep River, carrying a large number of passengers both ways. The steamer Harriton left out for Til lamook yesterday with 40 tons of gen eral merchandise and a fair paasjnger list. The large vessel lighter outside last right Is probably the Gulf Stream, due from Oalcutlta, or the Sierra Parlma, from Liverpool. The government Bteamer Lincoln waa surveying all day yesterday between this city and Port Stevens, and covered eleven miles of channels. The Steamer Oregon came in from San Francisco last evening, and after dis charging a amall quantity of freight at the U. P. dock, proceeded up the river to Portland. The three masted bairk Aureola was towed in by the Relief yesterday after noon and taken over to Knappton. Sha wild load lumber alt the Knappton mills for Rodondo. The three masted schooner Allen A. cnime In from San Francisco yesterday afternoon and anchored opposite the Hume dock. She will load lumber In Portland for California delivery. The regular Saturday trading' with out side points and the general traffic of small boats was slack yesterday, very few steajmers putting In an' appearance from the various farming centres. The Truckee came down from Portland at 8 o'clock yesterday morning and pass d out on her southern trip. She wTIl call In at TlUamook and carry a told of lum ber from that port to San Francisco. The tug Relief did a heavy day's work yesterday. She towed in a schooner, turned round and went after a bark whlcQi she took to Knappton, and then got away again to catch the ship that waa reported outside the river. The Alice Blanchard caime down the river from Portland at 6 o'clock yfeter diy morning w.th a very larcre quantity of miscellaneous freight for San Fran cisco. She left out an hour later. Her passenger list numbered twenty-four. The Telephone will be out of the ways tomorrow and will probably put in an appearance here in the early part of the week. She has been entirely refitted and a considerable amount of money haa been spent on her interior and exterior dec orations. Yeslerdiay morning the Manzanita took on forty tona of Beaver Hill coal. She will leave oit on her southern supply cruise this morning, carrying building material for several small stations. It la probable that she will coal up at Coos bay for her return. During the week emied June 1, 1SS5, the bureau of navigation assigned official numbers to the following Pactfle coast vefsets: At Port Townaend, schoon- t Kate, gross tonnage 10.89 net 10.89, No. 161,071, at San Francisco, steamer Braver, gross tonnage 37.51 net 28.64, No. 3619. The Steamship Columbia will resume her trips between Astoria and San Fran cisco on July 23, leaving San Francisco on that date. She has been tlhoroughly over hauled and repaired from keel to bridge. The upper deck has been extended over all, making a promenade of the upper portion of the ship back of the bridge. New beds, bath rooms, etc., have been put in, and the ship given the moat ex tensive electric light plant, Including search light, on any vessel on the Pacific coast. New boilers and changes In the machinery will. It is believed, Increase the speed fully two knots. When the Columbia Is ready for business, the Ore gon will be dald o'ff and put in the same condition. Mr. H. D. McGuire, the Oregon fish commissioner, came down from Portland yesterday. He Intends to make one final effort to test the validity of the Oregon close season law. and will, for that pur pose, arrest a fisherman on the Washing ton side of the nver. The friends of the arrested man will, he believes, apply for habeas corpus proceedings, and he will then Immeduately put the case Into the United States court. The question of jurisdiction will come up as having con siderable bearing on the case, and If the court decides that Mr. McGuire baa no Jurisdiction on the Washington side of the river, he intends to abandon the foolish effort to arrest men fishing on one-half of a stream, when those on the other half are allowed to go free. While in- the United States the canal system upon which at one time so much of the growth and prosperity of the coun try depended, has been allowed to fall into disrepair and oblivion, in France the canals haws been maintained in a bigb state of efficiency. Their usefulness has grown In a correspondinng degree, espec ially sice 1879. During the period thai has elapsed -since that year the tonnage hauled on canals has Increased 67 per cent, while that by rail has risen onl 18 per cent. There are 15,925 canal boats, 8,460 of which are worked by their own ers. France has 7.74S miles of canal and rivers open to canal boat navigation. On some of the canals, cable haulage baa been successfully tried, while on at least two, electrtcify Is now being employed advantageously. Such results are -likely to give a stimulus to the revival of canal work in this country, and the Canal Union of New York, which advocates the d-penlng of the state canals to nine feet estimates the cost of that work at 118, 000,000. Tosards this a small approyria- lion has already been made. Careful ex. I pertmertts show that every dliltlorml foot of water in a canal nv.'ans about 15 per cent lees resistance 1m propulsion of the boat. Oho Valley Manufacturer. FkCi CcmmlFfiioneir Crawford, Governor McQraw ar.di 6tuK Treasurer- Bowen, composing the Washington fob commis sion, have chosen a sit for the new fish hatchery. The lte Is on the Kaiama, They selected the Kalama river for ths hatchery afcr a careful Investigational the different streams end tributaries of the Columbia. The Kahama was chosen owing to its similarity to the Klackamas, which has proven of great value for hatchery. The Kalama is clear ard cold, heading at Mount S. Helens, and is practically snow water. A great-many chlnaok su'.mon run in the e: re-am in July, August und September, and the eggs can be collected while rlpet. Another BtaUon to gnther eggs will be placed on the Chinook river; which empties into Baker's bay. The sailmon will be taken from the bay and confined in the Btation until ripe. Ex-Senator B. A. Seaborg of Washington has donated 300 Chinook salmon of the June run, to be confined In the Chinook river station as an ex periment. The Washington legislature appropriated $20,000 for the establishment and maintenance of a fish hatchery on the Columbia or one of its -tributaries, the purpose being to make an experi ment. If the present hatchery proves a success, other hatcheries will be pro vided for In the future on streams trib utary to Gray's harbor and Puget sound. The people of the state demand protec tion for the salmon and any assistance that can be rendered 1n Increasing the spawn. The selection of Kalama river for the hatchery will cause the work of erection to begin as soon as Mr. Craw, ford Can mike the necessary arrange ments. SECURELY ENTRENCHED Against disease are those who are pru dential enough to renew failing energy by the aid of the grand fortifying agent, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which pro motes a vigorous discharge of the duties Imposed upon the various organs of nature, and which if Impeded or relaxed speedily bring about their disorder. Di gestion, assimilation, a due secretion and direction of the bile and a regular habit of body are Insured by the systematic use of this safe, prompt and thorough medicine. Chills and fever, bilious re mlttent, dumb ague and ague cake, kid ney complaints, sick headache, nervous ness and other Inorganic maladies are removed by It. It promotes a relish for the food as well as the ability to digest and assimilate it. A wltKglassful before retiring promotes health yielding repose. A LAUGHABLE MISTAKE. Two ladles entered a book-store recent ly and the younger asked the clerk for a book called "Favorite Prescription." The puzzled attendant was unable to comply with her request and she left the store disappointed. Inquiry ellcted the fact that Bhe had overheard a conver sation between two literary ladles in which "Favorite Prescription" was men tioned with extravagant praise, and had Jumped to the conclusion that it was a book. She now knows that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a sovereign cure for the ills and "weaknesses" peculiar to woman, for she has been cured by Its use. Send for a free pamphlet, or re mit 10 cents In stamps for Book (168 pages) on "Woman and Her Diseases." Address World's Dispensary Medical As sociation, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure permanently constipation, sick headache, bllltouBnes, indigestion and kindred ailments. FREE PILLS. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen ft Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are partic ularly effective in the cure of Constipa tion and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved in valuable. They are guarantied to b perfectly free from every deleter. ous sub stance, and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels great ly Invigorate the system Regular size 25 cens per box. Sold by Chas. Rogers, aruggist. GEN. MILES' POKER STORY. The Boys Had Over a Million In. the Pot. New York Mall and Express. . "I don't poker, myself," said MaJ. Gen. Miles, "in fact I am glad to say ttuut tne game has raUlier gone ont in tne army, but I th.nk I can claim to have been a witness of tine biggest game as to stakes (hat was ever played." "Tell us about It, general," said Col. Odhiltree. "I hove some pretty good poker stories In stock myself." "And so have L" said Henry Waitter. son. "For Instance, Joe Blackburn's about the game p.ayed In the trenches at (he battle of Sh.loh, with a table mads of the bodies of the comrades of the p.ay ers." "Well," said Jobn W. Mackay, '-as to stakes, I will enter a claim for some ot the games played in Uhe good old days In Nevada, when tlhe boys had Uhe Uom stock lode to draw upon. But, general, let us have your story." "It was In the spring of 1905 Just thirty years ago th s week, when I come to thlnik of lit wben Davls, Lee and Uhe rest of you confederates, Cod. Watteraoni were In full retreat from Richmond toward Danville, and we were pressing you night and day, hardly stopping to eat or sleep. 6n Bhe eve of the battle of Sailor's creek" "I was there," said Col. OcJ-Jlltree. "It was In that battle that I was wounded." "That day," continued Gen. Miles, "we overhauled end captured a confederate waigon tnoln, and found, greatly to th. delight of title boys, Uhat several of the wagons were loaded with confederate bonda and confederate money in trans.t from the Confederate treasury depart ment in Richmond to wherever the gov, ernment now on wheels might make its last tliarJd. The soldiers simply helped themselves to the bonds and the money, and the officers did not care to deprive them of the spoils to which they wers rkfhly entitled. At night when we knocked oft work for supper and a few hours' rest and sleep I bad occasion to ride atong the line, and found, greatly to my amusement, ' a poker game going on around almost every camp Are. Stopping to walidh one of the games, this is what I heard: " 'How much is the ante? " "A thousand dollars.' " 'And how much to fill ? Five thous and. Well, here goes. I raise it ten thousand. ' " 'Good ; I see you and go yuu ten Eiousand better. Twenty-five thousand to draw cards!' "Then cards were drawn, and presently a bet was made of fifty thousand. Soma one went a hundred thousand dollars bat ter, but he was ruled down.' Fifty thous and was the limit. However, there was K00.000 in tl-ie pot when tt was hauled down by the winner, who tisd three trays and a pair of Jacks. I expressed my surprise at the size of the game and told the boys they bad btcter go slow or their funds would run out. " 'Never fear, general.' replied one of them. 'We wUl keep within our means. You ouglht to have been here Just now. Why, we had a Jackpot of ,200,000.' "I think you w.ll agree yith me,y con tinned Gen. Miles, 'tlhat no bigger poker game than that was ever played." THIS COMING TOO? "Why is the'., stylish, handsome young man?" "Why, don't you know? That's Mr. Purtie. He was Miss Noogirl's typewriter, Bhs married blm." Some of the Demands Made of the Pulpit. ATTITUDE OF MODERN THOUGHT Uiiitotl Slates Army Ofllecr Has Somewhat to Say of Both Church and Laity. By Charles William Larned, U. S. A. Under the Impulse of a strong dissent, I wrote some words of protest against the . conclusions of a magazine urilcla which undertook to hold the pulpit re sponsible for the truancy of the modern young man, and to condone his absence from his church on the plea that his tastes and wishes were riot sufficiently catered to by the average pastor. The article In controversy appears to have at tracted considerable attention, and I am led to believe from my letters and some later papers In The Churchman that my protest finds an echo of approval in various quarters. I Judge the topic to bi a live and somewhat sensitive one, with a good many last words still unsaid and differences of opinion yet unreconciled. These differences represent two widely separated views of ths office of the church In Its relations to Its members; whereas there Is little conflict as to the young man, h.s "doings, sayings and grievances. He lb a constant quantity in the conten tion, bnt the extent of his claims tund the amount of his Just dues from that hard pressed and coldly patronized supersti tion, the church, are very much In Issue. The assumption that he has rights and claims which, If not acceded to, render the church liable to the penalty of his displeasure and withdrawal, constitutes one of the positions; the assertion that he has no Inherent rights whatever, and that it is both his duty and privilege to range himself under the banner of his church under penalty of forfeiture ot membership and at the peril ot his soul, Is another, and I believe the true one. It is at the Issue here existing that my rather badly aimed lire was directed, and I feel constrained by various mis apprehensions revealed in the correspond ence It has occasioned to correct my sights somewhat and concentrate my at tack. The question, us I define It, Is simply this: Is the house ot God a temple or a debating club? It the former, the young man has no ground of excuse for his truancy ln any personal deficiency ot the priest or minister; If the latter, he Is quite rlgh.t In being as exacting as his Intellectual tastes or prejudices de mand. It seems to me this question is vital, not only In this particular dispute, but to the very existence of the church as an organic body. Was there estab lished nineteen hundred years ago, by a certain 'Jesus fo Nazareth, a supreme re l.gioiv of truth, or a philosophic cult whose theories of the soul, present and future, were to be gradually perfected by skilful dialectic In a perpetual academy? If It was a religion. It carries with tt worsh.p; worship carries with it organiz ation and concert; organized worship makes an organic church, and carries with it the young man, the old man, and the child, as a matter ot duty and not of taste; as a mutter of necessity, and not of coaxing. If the nominally Christian young man will define his v.ew ot the church, one will know better how to an swer his compialnts regarding tne pulpit. Tne atutude of modern ire tnuuht ,oward Christianity is quite frank and brutal and Is expressed somewhat alter this fash.on: Vou are mostly, if not wholly, an ex posed superstition, wedded to a very ad mirable etnical phllosopny. If I accept you at a.l, you must get up to the level of modern thought and accept modern condlt.ons. You must stop 'goody goody and preach practical business sense." The demand of the young man for a "positive" and not a "negative rellg.on," with a live, up-to-date clergy, Is a reflex of this opinion. He defines the kind t,f Chr.stianlty he wants expounded under penalty of his severance If It talis to piease his taste or his humor. What community wlil Justify a deserter who abandons hjs flag because his cap tain or lieutenant is not to his taste? Must he not at ail hazards stand to h.s colors, answer "here" at roll calls, and put shoulder to shoulder with his com rades in the fight? If he has a grievance against his officers there are proper ways tor their consideration and remedy, but It is not desertion. The man who shirks and deserts under such pretexts has treason in his heart, and has already more than half gone over to the enemy. But as a laic I also have somewhat against some of the clergy, for It Is they who are largely responsible for this plea of the recalcitrant. They are the ones who have dona what no officer In battle can do for an Instant without fatally impairing his authority, and the Integrity of his cause and inviting mutiny they have argued with their men: disputed with them the validity of their orders; debated with them in ranks and under fire in the very citadel of the fort as to the truth of their cause, the author ity of the Commander-in-chief, the mean ing of His orders; they have questioned the condition under which they wear their own uniforms and shoulder straps, until not a few are privately Interpreting and pettifogging their oaths ot allegiance. They are conforming to a modernized Christianity, to a critical and "progres sive" faith, called "broad" as a euphem ism for shallow, and they are also be traying their trust in exact proportion to such conformity. I venture to say that what the young man of today wants more than anything elsar In the world is the spectacle of mag nificent conviction the glowing fire of a faith that lives,- and speaks and does Christianity as the one and only supreme, inclusive and overwhelming fact of life, and dots not hang with trembling ex pectancy upon the verdict of the philoso phy of doubt. It matters little what gift the preacher has If he has not this; and If he possesses this he will not lack for a following of men, young and old. Th. age is sick with doubt. Men parade it, affect it, believe In It even; but they do not like it. They love those who have It not, and will flock after the man of positive conviction with eagerness and content. But the bell-wether must not argue; he must lead. If he hesitates the herd will trample him. The one para mount, Indispensable attribute of a leader of men Is conviction in his cause, good or bad; or, at least, the persuasion of his followers that he possesses it.. When he sits down to argue his own conviction, and theirs, he is lost, and the cause as well, so far as they are concerned. But, on the other hand, what wearies me exceedingly, as I contemplate my own past and ths attitude of the reluctant young manhood of today, is the .whine about lack of sympathetic handling and coaxing on the part of the church, and and ths consequent sulking and abandon ment. Christianity is at every man's hand in Christian lands to take or to leave. It Is - no new thing. It Is no esoteric cult. It owes nothing to man. Hs owes everything to It. He decld.-s at his own peril, and once decided, he can not shift the responsibility on to the shoulders of another. Young men driven from ths church by unsympathetic preaching are to me very feeble spec tacles. ' I ant also wearied occasionally by the unsympathetic preaching kself, X do Dot like platitudes any better than the young men like them. But I can find comfort even In platitudes if the platitudinarian Is devout and honest; and I strive to re member that I am In the temple first as a Christian for worship, and only in cidentally to bo admonished by my fol-low-man in the pulpit. While my weak flesh occasionally groans und-.r the plati tudes, I am revived by the reflection that somo modern criticism might find fault with the Sermon on the Mount on the same grounds, and I fear that certain portions of it would be very apt to offend the breezy and bracy young man of business as "goody goody" and "namby pamby" in accordance with the views of Mr. Bok. At the same time, I do not deny that there are men in sur plices, and shepherds ot Christian (locks, who leave something to be desired In in tellect and who are not masterful In tho.r guidance ot the sheep. But If they are blameless In action and devout In ministry, they give no lamb an ex cuse fo straying further than another fold. I probably am affected somewhat by the bias of my class, but to my military eye the weakness of the Protestant church lies In a lack of subordination, of respect for authority, ot unquestioning obedience, and of absolute loyalty to the oath of allegiance on the part of its clergy on the one hand; and on the other, In a sort of hero worship for the lights ot the pulpit on the part of the laity, which is as bad for the hero as for the wor shiper; In the exaltation of the pulpit at the expense ot the altar; In the loss of reverence for the sanctuary; and In an apologetic timidity of attitude concern, ing the faith which keeps tt perpetually on the defensive. . If I mistake not, Christianity is a war ''against principalities, agalnstN powers, agulnBt the rulers ot the darkness of this world," and the virtues of all warfare are not foreign to a successful campaign In the battle of life. Loyalty, courage, obedience, devotion, truth-telilng, un selfishness, organisation, concentration, actlvlty,-and above all faith In the cause these are som of the qualities and features ot successful warfare which the young man would do well to consider when he contemplates turning his back on the church, because he Is offended Wltn Its officers. Dr. llaeckel has within a few years an nounced the formal creed ot doubt. It is a very excellent creed for its purpose very thoroughgoing and uncompromising, as as creeds should be and is much mor. satisfactory as the expression of a state of mind than the foggy compromise ot the delBtlc or pantheistic rationalist. It does not fuller or equivocate, but car ries the processes of pure intellectualism to their natural conclusion a plump zero and presents Its followers with a divin ity which la "the Infinite sum ot all atomic forces and all other vibrations." Let the young man choose his deity and his associates, and having chosen, let him above all things have the courage of his convictions. He will find In' the "In finite sum of atomic forces and vibra tions" a progressive and up-to-date divin ity not too "goody goody" for modern ac tivities; and In his ministers, undoubted sympathy with all that is hustling and atfgresslve in -the affairs of men. From Saint Andrew's Cross, "The law of the harvest is to reap mors than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit, sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you rtap a d.etlny." THE NEW WEED EXTERMINATOR. Uncle Sam, In his capacity as publisher of lra.eresli.ng booklets on a great variety of topics, has Jutit had u, tai k with th people of the counilry on the subject ot "Weeds, and how tk kill them." He gives the names ot a hundred or so of oblto tloniabie weeds and describes methods ot killing each one ,but tt seems as though he hue fallen bdh.nd the times, for h depends on the old fashioned plan ot uprooting the weed, "spudJing'VIt out, or carefully sprinkling it with noxious ilqu.ds, and does not seem to have hearu ot the iuitest sJhome for d tl.roying these Intruders, wmoh has been tt Into txe cifjion by some of the g.eu ro-iroads in the far west, where the weeds grow to a. moat oriental size and titreiwh, and smiet.mes bstiruot travel. 'Pal is ai. ii,ectric apparatus, and is simply a ma ohine for w.fu.ly -Btr-king the weyds by Utrhtrolng. An electric generator Is mount ed on a car and run a.oag the track Ground corunct.on is made through the car wheels. The other pole of the dy namo, wtuich produces a current of from 2,000 to 21,000 votes, is carried out over the tops of the weeds by means of a ..cr.ea of flue wires, or an eieotric brush. When 'the current is "on" the ,ve ds art mno.'ly destroyed, and li.ie best effeut ot me apparatus is that the xovas get the worst shock, by having so much mor aialfOure about trum. Thus miles of bad a.arj.a are k lied, at a minimum expense, and with maximum results. Wathington Siiar. a 1.1- n witvu rrnvi n A II n W IT tl t J I U jjuduto nimn .... , M v.- vj. Sold by Dnigglsisor sent by mail Jtto..60c-, and $1.00 per package. Samples free. YYfY T9f The Favorite TOOTH POTOIJ kx3 livfortheXeetbiUidliTOatiio. For Sale by 3. Vt. Conn. IT MAY DO AS MUCH FOR YOU. Mr. Fred Miller, of Irlng, III., write, that he had a severe kidney troubl tor many years, with severe pains I his back, and also that his bladde was affected. He tried many so-callei Kidney cures, but without any goo resuts. About a year ago he began us of Electric Bitters and found relief a once. Electric Bitters Is especlall adapted to cure all kidney and live troubles, and often gives almost In stant relief. One trial will prove ou statement. Price, only 60 cents fo large bottle, at Chas. Rogers' dru store. HIE BEASO'IS WHY Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphites is so useful in all wasting diseases, such as Consumption, Anaemia, Scrofula, Rheumatism, Bron chitis, and Marasmus and Rick ets in children, is because it furnishes to the depleted blood the fattening and enriching properties of the oil, and to the bones and nervous system the phosphorescent and vitaliz ing properties of the Hypophos rhitcs, which together nourish iho body arrest the pn :;rcss of the disease, and c r K-nce a process of repair tint finally means restored health i. I vigor. Han't bt pcrttiadtd to ace:?., z 8coU 4 Bgwn, N. Y, AH Ortfjiiti. 13 ffSoVoH A CASC IT WILL NOT CURS. I PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. H. A. SMITH DENTIST. Rooms I ana t, Pythian rmlltiu. t, over C. H Cooper's store. W. C, LOO AN, D. D. a. DENTAL. PARLORS. Mansell Block. 673 Third strmu OR. EIUV JANSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURC.EON. OiTlce over Olaen's drug sture. Hours, 10 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 8 p. m. Bun- days, 10 to 11. J. a BISHOP, M. D., HOMEOPATHIST. Office and rooms In Kinney Block. Office Hours, 10 to 13:30 and to 6:30 Surgery and Diseases of Women a Spe cialty. LIBERTT P. MULLINIX. M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, 6S4V4 Third it, Astoria, Ore. Special attention given to all chronl llseases. DR. O. B. ESTE8, PHYSIC! iN AND SURGEON, Special atlbntlon to diseases, of wont- n and surgerr. Office over Danslger's store, Astoria. Telephone No. U. f AY TUTTLE. M. D. PHYSICIAN. SURGEON, AND iOCOUCHBUR. Office, Room I and J, Pythian Building. Hours, 10 to 13 and I to V Residence, 639, Cedar street DOCTOR ALFRED KINNEY, OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE. . May be found In his office until II o'clock mornings, from in noon until I p. m., and from S until 7:30 evenings. . German Physician. ' . Eclectic DR. B ARTEL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office over Albert Dunbar's store cor, 9th and Commercial. Prices; Calls 11; confinements, $10.00. Operations at idles free, Medinlnea furnished. MRS. DR. OWENS ADAIR, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special attcatlon given to diseases ot women and children. Also to eye and ear. Office at Mrs. Ruckor's on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9:30 a. n. to 3:30 p. m. W. M. LaForcs. S. B. Smith. LaFORCE A SMITH ATTORNEYS-AT-YAW. M Commercial street. FRANK J. TAYLOR. 1 ATTORNEY" AT UAVV. uiria Oregon j X HUWLBY, ' I'TOKNISY ANO ' OVNNKt.Of. AT LA ' ttliie on Second St. vet. A.Hiorl Oj J. N. Dolph. Richard Nliua Chester V. Doiph. JOLPH. NIXON & DOLPH, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Portland, Oregon, 24, 25, 26, and 27, .lamllton Building. All legal and col eution business promptly attended to. lainis against the government a spe ially. JAMES W. WELCH, .Nc)URANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. Houses to rent All kinds of prop erty for sale. Correspondence and justness solicited. Office Welch Block, hi Commercial street, Astoria, Oregon. MASSAGE N. Meleen, scientific mas Mge, 588 Conunerciul street, upstairs over vioodman's store. Office hours from 10 to 12 and 2 to 6. SOCIETY MEETINGS. TEMPLE LODGE NO. 7. A. F. and M. Regular communications held m the first and third Tuesday evening if each month. W. Q. HOWELL, W, M. E. C. HOLDEN, Samtary. MISCELLANEOUS. WHEN IN PORTLAND Call on Handley Haas, 150 First street, and get the Dally Aatorian. Visitors need not miss their morning paper whiis there. BEVERAGES. WINES AND BRANDIES. Vse Sin andel wine Instead of coiTes or te, Tlfty cents per gallon. Don't forget each and aprtcot brandy. Also YencM "ognao and wine at Alex Gilbert's. ROYAL tiaktnz Pov, Highest Ct till tn'lrr!'r2t Strength. V.. dorr Captain bweeney, V. P. A., f .i, riffro Cal., saysr "uniioa's rata: rh Ri-rr.edy is the first medicine I l.uvs t-v- r found that would nn rne any Etioj. lric bi) eta. Sold by J. '. co,,n- . Sick JIea4a4e, ctu.:'.-ku..ti. and In digestion are uick!y . 1 1 T j'Ylifs Little Early JUsor. Ui famous Ut pilla. Chas. Rngrsi. BHILOirr" ri and Cro!ii ' Pooket mt. only z'j iv , by J. W. i ., . ... t".e jr-'1', ... la y 1 I v. . . ' ! . Mi.ij-Cn ii . : La u-