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THE DAILY ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22." 1895. i'4 4 ; JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. TtRMS OP SfJUSCBIPTION. Telephone No. 06. ,':' , DAILY. 'V4-'Vji .rtent y mail, per yew vj.fcnt by mall, per month..... Herved, toy carrier, per week $7.01) ....... .60 15 ' i i'S W".,' commuiilcattaj Intended for pub- , -rc'vX v.ieatlon should tie directed to the editor, 'J'-Muslness communications of all kinds and - . UroltBainee muni be addressed to The ' ' ( :,, " " WEEKLY. Sent by moll per year, 12.00 In advance lctage free to subscribers, The Astorton guarantees to Its sub scribera- the largest circulation of any nevspaper published on the Columbia river. Advertising rites can be had on ap plication to the business managor. The "Weekly Astorlan, the second old- est weekly. In the state of Oregon, has next to the Portland Oregonlan, the largest weekly circulation in the state, Jno. T. Haridley Co. are our Port lan! agents, and copies of the Astorlan can bo had every morning at their stand on First street. THE ROBBERY OF TUB MANY. We hardly think that the American pcopl realize the true meaning of that portion of the Democratic platform of 1S92 which denounces "Republican pro- tectlon as a fraud, a robbery of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few." To rob the great majority of the Amer- Iran people for the benefit of the few Is tho true free trade policy. This has been bitterly experienced In free trade England, where the musec of the people labor and toll at starvation wages for thv foeneflt of the few monopolists. '.. That It is the Intention of the free traders in tails country to inaugurate precisely a similar conditio of affairs ' , inong our own people has, time and again, been made clear. It was only last March that Editor Codkln of the Free Trade Evening Post clamored for free lumber, free glass, free hardware, free varnish, free glue and free materials of every kind that are used by the manufac turers of furniture. We then pointed out that the number of persons engaged In the production of glass, glue, lumber and vainlth, without including the hardware people, Tva 466,648; that the free traders would rot all these Americans of he op portunity of earning a livelihood in order to enrich and "benefit the comparatively few persons who are engaged in the man ufacture of furniture, In which business there are 'but 6,633 factories. Further experience of the free trade policy of robbing the many for the bene fit of the few ha.i been shown In connec tion with the tariff on wool. It Was Mr. drover Cleveland who pointed out that the 'bulk of the wool growers of tht Vnlted States have small flocks of from twenty-five to fifty sheep to each farmer. There are about 100,000 farmers engaged In wool growing, tout the free trade policy is to rob these many producers in order to enrich the few manufacturers of woolen and worsted goods, numbering only 1,700 different concerns.'. Free traders are willing to rob halt a million people of work In order to provide "free" material for less than 8,000 fur nllure factories. The free trader are willing to sacrifice 100,000 farmer In or der to beni-.1t lies than a couple of thousand manufacturers of woolen and worsted goods. Tlioy will do the same wltOi the hundreds of thousands of men who work In producing livn ore, so as Vto benefit the comparatively few manu facturers of Iron and Bleed products. The republic jii system of protection has always been Intended to Include all cur people, and to like recognition of the humblBit wage earner as well ns of the wealthiest manufacturer. This species of protection is denounced by the 'free traders sva. fraud, llut their system , of protection would rob half a million (workers tor the, benefit of lew than 6,000 furniture factories; would rob 100,000 "hcp. farmers for the- benefit of 1,700 r -woolen - mawufarturvrft, ami would rob hundreds of thousand of workers in our ' Iron' mini's for the benefit of a eompara - tlvoly few owners- of Iron mills. . The people can' answer for themselves which of these two systems Is "a robbery of the great majority of American people for the benefit of the few," and which system is "the culminating atrocity of class legislation," Ineldontally, It should be remwmbcred that the Injury wrought to our half mil lion -pc'3p'. who supply what Is the raw material of furniture manufacturers, the Injury wrought to the hundred thousand sheep owners and the injury wrought to the workers In -our mines, would very di rectly benefit the worker In tho Iron mines In England and the sheep In Aus tralia and the English Industrie that supply glass, glue, varnish and hard ware for furniture factories. Of all tho Cegacles left by the latJ Pop ullvj government of Kanwa, the mo.-agage relemiMon law I prhnjs the most de plorable. It has Impaired the credit ot the state; It has frightened capital so that It no longer seeks investment there la large sums; It has given every honest man of moderate surplus- a, scare that prevents "him from lending una money t a i-rasorLalie Interest, and It haB n"bcve aT. s'haken the confidence of cltl sena In the Isaeredness of contricts. Everybody knows I'hut the legislature did not go so far as It 'wotil'l have gone, following Its jioMey of repudiation, had It not been restrained by fear of the su preme court. The mortgage redemption law extended the time In which mort U.x.ua mirh't be redeemed. The flrat prop osition was to permit the mortgagor to pay less t!ian the sum borrowed. T'.ie sin-to Ileal Estate A'-rcoclatlon lius pasccu a -.'irons rej"utlon In favor of the repeal of the (law, and the gl.lature will be Wised to An st,rut.liing in tlM way of re-n-i.lm. lvii.-...i.iiuii. Ex-ilov. Anthony re ::!.! y t il l that It would take the state j.;..it a sren'-rution to recover from the h iw'nnliK wiic ot l-ic i cpuiiidliuiii&lM. I J cited Misslrslppl u a state that had once repudiated her debts and had bcea unable to borrow money except at ex- orbltant rates of interest. The magnl- . ,m. .miiA nnhl many farmers to pay their mortgages If they had 'to. Dut the altlftless onei will put It off, hoping, and many be lieving, that another extension will be arranged for t'nem by statute. The New York Evening J'ost contends strongly and ably that bosses have not been aKe to control national conventions very muchi In recent years. It shows that ,Quay and Piatt were determined to defeat Harrison's renominatlon In 1892, but could not do It. It was the plan ot bosses to secure Gen grant's nomination for a ithird term, but they failed. Tam many HaT.1 couldn't prevent Tilden's nom ination In 1876, Cleveland's In 1881, and aided by Hill, Cleveland's In 1892. The delegates of the two parties, or rather flhe friends of the different candidates, make all the capital they can against a candidate who relies too .much upon the manipulation of omo bosa. Further more, representatives of special Interest, when these t!tand apart from the public Interests, cannot do a candidate better service than not to Jet the fact be known. Comnodore Vanderbilt's friend ship for William H. Seward was forci bly used by Horace Oreely at Chicago in 1800 to .prejudice delegates against the corporation Influence that would rule the party tf Seward were nominated and elected. Tho Wllnon law does not uffonl suffi cient protection to the domeftlc woolen manufacturer. This faot was apparent during the fall seacon, and It has been made Indisputable during the present spring season. When the Importer can obtain fully C5 per centum' of the or ders p'.ttced on worsted goods by the manufacturing clothiers it is indisputa ble that something Is radically wrong with the tariff laws that the domestic manufacturer does not receive the need ed protection. It little matters whether he la defrauded of it by an absurd sys tem of duties which permits of grown frauJs, or whether the prescribed duty inefficient in Hscilf, the fact remains hat so far as Protection goes the ex isting law does not provide It. Mr. Cleveland In refusing to pardon a young man takes occasion to express ilmsalf forcibly agalnsit the practice of carrying concealed weapon. This Is sup posed to he a quiet, Stealthy tab in the vicinity of Senator HIH's fifth rib. A shower of rice discharged at a newly married couple In Harlem, N. Y., a few days ago, frightened a Ihorse and caused a disastrous runaway. Another Vegeta rian outrage. FRHE SILVER NO REMEDY. The people of the United States are running behind in their business with foreigners ful'ly 200 mll.lon dollars per year. The 'American value of tho goods we Import from other countries, added to the amount! expended by Americans in foreign travel and owing by them In the rfvape of interest and dividends to foreign money lenders and Investors, ex ceeds by more than 200 millions per year the export value of our produce and oth er menehandise that Is shipped abrou.t. The difference Is much greater than the total value of fhe annual output from our gold and el-.ver mines, so thut If we were to Whip out the whole of thut product there would t'tll'l be a deficiency to be met In vom'e other way. The situation i.-i a 'grave ono. How thai', tho disadvan tage bo remedied? It Is Idle to suppose that the case would bo Improved by the adoption of free eolnago at a 10 to 1 ratio, as proposed "by the sllverltes, with the Inevitably re siilttng silver monometallism and a no per cent reduced value of lha currency unit, That would not enablo us to pay the foreign difference of trade on any -more favor-uble terms. The foreign bul anco wouij Mien have to be paid with our silver money and at the Intrinsic value of the cheap mot-al, for the foreign era could not be Induced to take It at uny other than Its commercial value per ounce. Instead of 2IW millions In go d money we chould have to pay 400 millions In ellver do'.Oars, earh worth 50 cent" ind probably Ivss, etneo the offering of so much extra silver on the markets of the would natural'ly would reduce the prices Which, London dca'.-era would be willing to pay for It. The si ver product of the United States, like that of Mexico, would 1)0 taken only It Its commercial 'bullion va'ue abroad and no more. Hence our fllver miners would obtain no ailv.vnlage frojn the change from the go'.'J to tho silver standard. They now aro gi ttlnn tho world's price for their bullion. They would get not more than that undir silver monomctal'.bvn In thl' country. Hut rlio peopl'i would suffer '"-emenlnisly by the change of standard. Tho geld would disappear at once, re fusing to clreuute by the aide of (he vastly overvalued silver eolr.s, und ther tho 3llvt.- ltst'lf wou'd have to bo ex ported at Its real value to pay foreign balareea -of tra le just like Mexico Tlvre would ba no pon-lbliltv of relief by lc sale of our bonds and other securities abroad, because tho foreigner would not want to buy with their American src' J securities to be redeemed only In the debased silver, which they esivein poorly In comparison with gold. The silver would bo ro scarce he:e, owing to the fact tr-at eacih "dolCar" of the reduced quantity of money would do but halt the work of the dollar of today, that very s-ion tliere won! i bo n howl for re lief by the yuo of fiat p..per "money" on the Jlan proposed by the Populists. This tra.-'lt would drive out the remain ing Ivor, ns -silver monometallism would nrevlou'ly drive out the gold, and a cou ple cf years or so, at t'ae present rate of Irrporu In proportion to exports, wou'd leave the peeplo of the United States with no better currency than a macs of Irredeemable tra.ih called "paper money." The experience of other na tions with til! kind of flat stud Indicates that t on AdutIohus would not be willing to ev'.i llielr la'hor for It, and It would be foolish to suppose they could palm it oft on thJ foreigners for the payment of In di"jte.lnena or III the purchase of freh lots of gaods. "Free coinage of illver at 16 to 1" would not meet the requirement. If aiopted It would prove to he ono of those quack remedies which kill the patient without curing the disease. It would not avail; ll woul bat Intensify the trouble. "ll.UNIEK" DISLIKED. Vancouver Independent. Tac-'-na 'has received the new fchool geografhlt recently adopted for u.e in rNi public ircliools and Ik up In arms. Her pet hump Is styled Rainier, which U of itself sufficient runs to condemn the boi,k to a cltlneu of Tscomi. Hut this !s rot a i'. Taeoma Is located as so many rnlli from Olynipl and her merits re ply only moderate mention, whllo 8e it: ' sp.'ki n of ns an important sea port and commt rlcat rlty This Is hard l':c't Jpt row. 1iiit if Tacomi people will only be patient f-w years they nt i" b proiM to be recognised as a su burb of Seattle .the metre-polls of the Pa- FIGHTING WHBEP, york Tr)bune ,.Jt do?9 not appcar that the Democratic P1rty has made successful war on any- thine except the American heep. Of those It has slaughtered about S.OdO.OOO already, or more than a s'xth. In re cent comment on tho statement of Mr. Justice about prices of -wool, It was ob served that the domestic production had been greatly reduced. There U now published the olllclal estimate of the Na tional Aruoclallon of Wool Manufactur ers, which has been regarded for years ptst a. the most trustworthy, ttiowlng the production or woo; mis year. rrne weight per fleece has only slightly di minished, 'but the slaughter of sheep has reduced the yield about 54,000,000 pounds in two years.' Practically, these- two years of Democracy have set this in dustry back where It was fourteen years ago. For the estimated production this year, 2M,2?6,72G pounds, is little larger than that of 18S1, when it was 290,000,0000 pound.-i, ami the destruction of sheep since April 1 l.an undoubtedly lowered the productive c.aclty considerably further. The Agricultural Department reports 39,949,388 sheep April 1, against 47,273,053 January 1, 1893, and the slaugh tering at the few Western cities which kefp records thereof has heen remark ably heavy within the last five months. Tho association reckons the annual sup ply by adding Imports for the year end ing June 30, 1S95, to the quantity of wool purchased this year, and the quantity in ibonded warehouse June 30, 189 1. This mode of reckoning shows a supply of 60,363,430 pounds, against 555,451,702 In the year 1893. But it to a mode open to criti cism, since the Imports for the subse quent .fiscal year would more nearly eolnclda in time of consumption with the consumption of the domestic crop of 1895. Most of the wool Imported In the first half of the fiscal year ending with Juno had already been consumed by the Ht of January, and the imports In the months of May and June, 3inee the new clip came in, were about 20,000,000 pounds per month, and appear to be continuing at about too same rat.?. It Id this constant new supply, and not tho quantity brought over from previous years, which makes it so improbable that even the present low price of domes tic wool can be maintained without still greater slaughter of sheep. The supply as stated by the association l largely In excess of tho actual consumption In the manufacture during any past year, and no one Imagines that this year all the woolen works have been or are now operated to their full capacity. The bottom fact of the whole business Is one which nobody will seriously dis pute, namely, that the people In this country, In the present condition of their Industry and with their present wages, do not take into consumption so large a quantity of woolon goods of all kinds, domestic and Imported, as they did In mere prosperous years, It Is true that purchases were very heavy for a time, v.l.en recovery of business encouraged dealers everywhere to replenish stocks, and consumers to make up In part for tho purchases deferred during about two years of economy. But that was not a permanent condition cf things, nor have sagacious men expected it to toe. If, then. we do not take Into consumption so great a quantity of goods, both foreign and domestic, as In former prosperous years, and import a much larger quantity, It necessarily follows that the quantity of goods taken Into consumption must be smaller, and hence the mills cannot con sume, except for a short time, so large a quantity of wool as they formerly con sumed. But If of tho diminished quan tlty consumed a much larger proportion I foreign, the shrinkage In demand for domestic wool must be .serious. The ceiiKUs showed that the consump tion of woolen and worsted cloth from domestic mills was about M2,000,000 yards In the census year, and there were also add'od about 16,000,00 pounds foreign cloth The i consumption was greater In 1S92, though snf.1r of foreign, but the figures for the cenwus year will serve to lllua trate the position, amounting for six months to 68.000,000 yards and 8,000 000 pounds. In six months of 1895 there 'ravo been Imported und taken from warehouse 20,570,629 pounds foreign cloths, or 12,Oi)0,OUO pounds more than the ha'f year's consumption, reducing by a quar ter the quantity of American goods re quired. This stite of things continuing the quantity of wool required for the manufacture of such cloth' would of necessity ba reduced about a quarter. But of the wool taken Into consumption, as reporl-i of sales show, tho quantity of foreign Is fully 40 per cent larger than In former prosperous year., since -May 1st 50.8,6,2j; pounds having been sold against 43,743,400 In 1802. If liiKte-ad ot 56,000,000 yards the works' produce 42, 000,000, and of tho smaller quantity of wool required they use 40 per cent more rorelgn than In former years, It Is easy to iseo how the demand for domestic wool ni!'.--t he reduced. If successful In noth ing else, the Democrats have at least 'Succeeded remarka'oly in their war against" the wool growers. Pit, TA I, MAC 15 ON TEAR3. The Design of Trouble f.'o:iifortliig Sug gestions. Dr. Ta'm.ige l.( ut home, In Brooklyn, enilravo: lint to reorganize his plans for the future", which were so sadly lr.ter-tu-pted by his recent domestic affliction. His last sermon, -prepared for ; il-.t a tloii, but not preached In any pu'-plt, is 'rem the topic, "Comfort," and his text "Ami Cod situ I wipe away all tears fiom their eyes." Following are extr.i-.'ts: "Tears! tears! What Is the use of hem, nnyhnw? Why not su'K'llf.ite lumghter. Why not mike this a world where all people are ,vell, i;nd eternal 'ti-.ii'gei to pain and aches? What is he life of an eastern xtv.n whui we il:.'ht 'linve a perpctuil nor'-we.'ter? Why, 'when a family is put osot'i-r, lot have them all stay, or If ihcy must be '.ii'I l.i'"ited t' irnke other hn n '1, Mi' ll ' nva tlie-.n n'l live? the faaillv ri'ce rd 'e.'.lmt a rtory of mnrrliis-s and births, "mt of no deiths. Why not have the harvests ehade euch other without fatlg ulrg toll? Why the hard pillow, the hnrd crust, the hard stru-wlo? It Is "iiy enough to explain a f aille, ur u suc esj, or a congratulation; but. come now, and bring ail your dl'-tlonarl3 and all your phllrsuphlea and ,i'l your religions, and help me explain a tear. A chemist will tell you Hint It Is nml up of salt and lime and other component parts; but he misses the chief ingredients the acid nf a soured life, tho. vlperlng stlni of 'illter memory, Hie fragments of a broken u.irt. It will toll you what a tear Is; It M agony in o'.utlon. llmir, thn, while I illwourse of the uses of trouble. "First II is the design of trouble to kn ; this world from being too attractive. Something must be dcn3 to make us wlU liu to quit this existence. If u were not for trou'jle this world would be a good enciM-ll heaven for me. You and I would be willing to take a leaie of this life for a hundred million yeirs If there were no trouble. The earth cushioned and up- no.stend and pl.l.u-ed mid chindjllcred wlth such exien. no story of other j woritis could enchant in. To i ure this wish to stay hero. Gad must somehow create disgust for our surroundings. now snn.i lie ,io it ; now are we to-f lie made willing to leiw? Here Is where trouble comes In. After a man has a go-id- deil nt 1 tronhle, he says; 'Well, I am leady to go ' on. If there is a house anywhre whore : brought to llg'.it recentev bv the uiscov roof doesn't leak I would like to live ' cry of a copy of Milton's "Paradise there.. If there is an at-nnnhve that L"ft." tea'ed rp in a tin can, which was .1 - . .. ... ..,-1. ,.i mi- ..-j iiio luuss, 1 WOU.ll IK . I..iw ! ' "'If there Is a society som w'.-.erc where there Is no tittle-tattle I won t like to live there. If there Is a home cir. cle somewhere whi-re I can find my lost friends, I would like to go there.' He sid to read ths first pirt of the Jtlb e Mefly, now he read tli lust part of the Ilible chli-Hy Why has he changed fleno- , sis for Revelation? Ah. be um4 to to i i w . ; 3 JUST IN! Our Fall Line of the Latest Fashion in CHRISTY HATS THE LEADING HOUSE OF anxious chiefly to knoiV how this world was made, and all about its geological construction. Now he Is hiffy anxious to know how the next world was made, and how it looks, and who live ther?. and how they dress. He reads Revelation ten times now whore 'he read 'ioue.Ms ont.e . AT THE DOG'S HEAD INN. Quest See here! This !s the last meal 1 eat In this houze. AVaiter-Shol Di't so? What's de trub ble, sah? Guest Trouble! Why, you've had sau sauges on the table at every meal for a week, and I've got about enough of them. Waiter-Well, sah, I don't wondah dat you growl, sir! RACIAL RESEM El LANCE. O'Toole (In the, lusee, spelling) G-u-m-b-o- gumbo, and phat's In the Bystander Why, that? that's an an imal from the king's zoological garden In "Portugal. O'Toole Shiire, nn 01 thought he was from the king's highway In Galway, Oire land. NEiW EVERY MORNING. Every day U a fresh beginning; Every morn is a world made new. You w'ho are weary of sorrow and sin ning, Here la a beautiful hope for you. A 'hepo for me mid a hope for you. All the past thlnpu are past and over, The tasks are done, ar.d the tears ace shed. Yesterday's errors let ye.-terduy cover; Yesterday's wounds which smarted arj bled, Are healed wl'.h the heV.Ing which nig in has hcd. Yesterday now Is a part of forever, Bound ii'. In a iCieaf which Cod holiH tigWi,v With glad- days and bad days and r.vd days wihlch never Shall visit us more with their b'.orni and their tilin'ht. Their fullness of funshhv or sxrowfui nlctht. Let them go, since we cannot ree il! the i, Cannot Undo and cannot atone, Ocd In his ,mercy receive, forgive them! Only the new (Jay nr our own. Today Is our'a and today alone. i Hero are the skies all burnished brightly; Here Is the spent earth all reb.irn; Here are the tired CI r.'hs springing lightly To face fhe sun and to share with the morn In the chrism cf t'ew and the cool ot dawn. Every day Is a fresh beginning, Linton, my soul, to the R'.'ai refrain, And, spite of old sorrow and older sin-; nlng. i And puzzles forecasted and potslbl, pain, ' !? Take iheart with the day und begin again Suaan Coolidge. SHE DIDN'T TAKE WITH THE C1EN- TLIiMEN. She was refined. Intelligent, and not bad looking, lut somehow she never seemed to take with ttie gentlemen. They didn't like her i-i-tlcf ways; they siiid she hain't any "snap" about her. Poor girl, she was suffering from functional Irreguars, and It was actually impossi ble frr her to take much Interest in anything. But a change cam;. One day he beard of Dr. 'Pierce s Favorite Pro scription, t'he procured a bottle, and she had rot taken Ih.i.f Its contents when sf-e felt like another wom.irt. Now she Is In the enjoyment of perfect health. end has suitors by 'the scor3. No woman need suffer from functional: Irregularities and weaknesses. The "Favorite Pre rorlptlon" is a safe and certain cure for aK the weaknesses to which women are recn.mriy suuaevi. Dr. Pierce's Pe'Ieta cure constipation, blVoii:-.nft-a. indlgvtdtlon ;and headache. One dose. There is a learned tinsmith up in Maine who has some novel ideas about the dim nomination of knowledge. He was j .v.. r. i , rf,.. TK I'ujuim uo ii iiic i i-,ivu.-.ui in,. x , ii.... i . ,n ,i-n I,, h i v. ;er part of the lake. He has a hobby j f-T It may reilly.t called a hotiby j t! ;t is certainly original. He likes to, Inclose nil sorts of excellent books In tin j e -i t'r'rt'. y S3'dertt. and so eonftrucfeit I ra ti flejrt fasy, and to Bet them adrift 'n t'e water, In the heie that they may be picked uo toy redents of 'he nvy Islands at the mouth of the river, who THE IiATEST O ANU AilD jNOBBY patters --IN 'HP JOINVILLE SCARF".; ' are far removed from the places- of cul- ture, or by sailors. It is ht idea that books found under such circumstances would excite the curiosity of the dls- , coverer and be read. He may 'be right, t ri CURE FOR HEADACHE. i As a remejv for all rorms ot aieaaacae Eleatnc 1H titers hais proved to be Mie vary best. It ffecfs a perma.nent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick head aches yield to .its Influence. We urg; all who are afflloled to procure a boMle and give Jhls remedy a fair tral. In cases of habitual constlpa,tlon Electric Bitters cur is by g.ving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist i the use ot H hi a -medicine. Try it once. I Larga bottles only fifty cencs at Chas. j Risers' elrug stor. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice Is hereby given that scaled bids will be received bv the committee on ttrcets and pub'.l; ways, at the office of the Auditor and Police Judge until Tues day, Sept, 24, 1S93, at the hour cf 2 o'cocl! p. m. of fald day for the con slnictlon of a system of drains or sewers In the city of Astoria as laid out and recoi-iVxl by John Adair and J. M. Shive- iy All of said improvements to be made strictly In accordance with plans und specifications' now on file in the office ot the Auditor and Police Judge and or dinances in relation thereto. No bid will te receivad that does not em'hraee all the work bid upon. Bids must be made on blanks furnished by the Auditor and Police Judje, any bid containing other conditions will be rejected. Bids must be accompanied by a guaranty signed by some responsible taxpayer to tho effect that If the contract be awarded to such bidder he will enter Into contract therefor with good and sufficient i-ecuiitli's for Its faithful performance. Contracts laK provide Mi.it In case such ork Is not completed within the reeiuired time It flia'.-:- be lawful upon giving noilce ti such contractor or contractors of its Intention so to do und to proceed to the eomp'etlon and complete such work at the ov-penire of the contractor or contractors i refer, and In such event the city shall have full charge of the work from the ;lie of giving such notice. The right to reject any or all blla Is hereby referved. By order of the Commit t'o on Streets .mil 'i'l.'bllc Ways. Attest; K. OSBURN, Auditor and Police Judge. As'.orla, Oregon, Sept. 18th, IS9:. NOTR-F. TO CONTRACTORS. Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the committee on streets and public ways, at the office of the Auditor and Police Judge, Tiie day, Sept. 2tth, 1S!, at the hour ;if 2 o'clock p. m., of salel day, for the Improvement of 14'h street l.i Sblvely's Asto.-li from reirlh line of Grand Avenue to north I'ae of Bond street extended easterly, ex- 0 pt the crossing of Franklin Avenue. Tl'.e Improvement fia '". consi.-t of grading : full width and established grade, pVinkins full width between curbs, bulld- 1 ig siJewalhs and gutters on both sides thereof on tWait portion of the Ktreet aSove tide water and removing all tlm ler.s, piles and planking and building said structure anew on that portion ever the water, All of said improvement to Ye made strictly in accordance with plans and spe- educations nov on file in the office of the Auditor and Police Judie, nnd ordi nances in relation thereto. No bid will be received that does not embrace aM of the we-rk bid upon. Rids must be made upon blanks fur nished by the Auditor an-1 Police Judge. Any bid containing other conditions will bo rejected. Bids must be accompanied by a guar anty signed bv some responsible tax payer to the effect that if the contract bo awarded to such bidder he will enter Int-i the contract therefor with good ,nd sufficient securities for Its faithful per formance. Contract shall provide thj't in case such work is not completed within the required time it shU'J be lawful upon giving notice to such contractor or contractors of its Intention so to do and to proceed to the completion and complete such work at the expense of the contractor or con tractors therefor, and in uoh event the city sheill have full charge of the work from the time of Riving such notice. The right to reject any or all bids is hereby reserved. Iy ra" By order nf the Committee on Streets xy.,!,!!,, Vnv Hna "Dill Attest: K. OSBFRN, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, Sept. ISth. 1S95. The U. S. Gov't Reports show Royal Baking Powder Superior to sit ethers. STYliES K E3 uU rirzrt2zrrr5sij!30sa5K? " THE - L COOPER, ORDINANCE lhti. j An ordinance regu.atlng tho erection ot , po'.es and hanging wires for e.ectrlc j light, telegraph, fire a.arm, teleDhone and otner Purposes. i I The city of Astoria does orduin as fol- lows: Sec. 1. That It shar. be unlawful for I any person or persons, firm, company or corporation, to erect any electric, te.e graph, fire alarm, .telephone or other poles for the purpose of hanging wires thereon for any purpose, within the corporate limits of the City of Astoria, except a9 In this ordinance hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. All poles erected by any person or persons, firm, corporation or com pany, for the purpose of hanging wires thereon, shall.be erected as fo.lofts; 1st. Sawed poles shall be twe.ve Inches square et the street grade and six Inches square at the top of the pole, shall be planed smooth on a. I sides and painted and shall be of sulncU-nt length to roach from the ground to a height of forty feet for electric lights, and thirty-five feet for all other purposes. 2nd. Round poies shall nut bo less than ten Inches In diameter, at the grade ot tha street, and shall be peeled ana dressed smooth and painted, so as to present a rcsper-tab.e appearance, ana sha.l be of sufficient Ic-ncrti to reac.i to a height of forty feet above the grada the street for electric lightr. and thir ty-five feet for all other purposes. 3d. All poles shall mart from the ground whether over the water or other wise, and fhal'l be .erected and braced si ns to maintain a perpendicular posi tion, and shall be placed In the ground to a depth of five feet, and shall b under the direction of the streat deportment; and shill not be at a greater distance apart than 200 feet. Sec. 3 All wlies nun;? on said pales shall be as follows: For electric light purposes not le?s than forty feet from the ground or street, and for all other purposes not less than ! thirty-five feet, provided, that all wires j far any other purpose than electric light shal'. be hung not less than five feet be low electric wires, and shall be hung so ns not to Interfere In any manner or come In contact with said electric wires, and In crossing streets to connect with buildings for electric ll?ht purposes, said wires shall be at '.east five feet above all other wires, and said wires shall be so Insulated as to prevent danger from fire or other damage. Sec. 4. All poles and wire3 as herein provided, for electric '.Ight purposes shall lie constructed on the south and west sides of the streets, and for telegraph, telephone, fire alarm and other purposes, on the north and east sides of the streets. Sec. 5. No electric light, telephone, tele graph or fire alarm wires shall be placed upon any building within the City of As toria, except where it is necessary to pro vide light, or connect with telegraph or telephone offices and Instruments. Sec. 6. Any person or persons, firm, company or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before the auditor and police Judge, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one humlred dollars, or be imprisoned In the city Jill not to exceed twenty days, nnd it is hereby made the duty ot the city electrician to carefully inspcci all wires within the city at least mce a month, and to report to the committee on streets and public ways, any violation of tills ordinance, and upon such noti fication the committee on streets and public ways shall cause all such wires cr poles to be removed. Sec. 7. A!', crdlnrcea and parts of or dinances in contllct with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Passed by the Common Council Jan uary 2S, 1890. Attert; T. S. JEWETT, Auditor and Police Judge. Approved Fehruary 3, 1810. MAGNUS CROSBY, Mayor. As amended by ordinance No. 11G1. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that all poles erected by any person or persons, firm, company or corporation, within the City of Astoria must be painted within for:y (-10) days from the publication of this notice, in accordance wiih ordinance No llf.0. By order of the common council. Atte-it: K. OSUURN, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, September 12, lslo. All the paten: medle'v.- i-Uertisec In this paper, together with the choic est perfumery, ar.d toilet articles, etc. n be hought Rt tne lowest prices J. W. Conn' draft store, opposite Oc cident Hotel A. torta. Stomach and bowel complaints ar best relieve! by the timely use of DeWltt's Colic and Cholera Cure. Insist on hav ing this preparation. Don't take any other. P':T-il ASTORIA ? TWELFTH STREET SEWER ASSESS MENT NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the assess ment made by Ordinance No. 11HI of the City of Astoria, confirming the sewer assessment on sewer assessment roll No. 4, for the construction of a sewer In 12th street, In the part of the City of Asto ria, laid out and recorded by John Mc Cluro, and extended by Cyrus Olney, from the north line of Grand ave. to a point 50 feet north of the north line of Bond street, Is now due and payable In Unltea States gold or silver coin, at the oltlce of the city treasurer, and if not paid within 5 days from the final publication of this notice, towit: On or before Mon d.y, September 30,' 1SU5, the Common Council will order warrants is-m.d for the co lection of the same: Victoria I. Wilson, Lots, Block CS.. 35.76 Lawrence Wi.son, (west half) Lot 2, Block (S 7-S3 Elonoi-a F. Allen (er.st ha.i) Lot 2, Block (IS Hlonora F. A.'.cn, Lot 7, Block Ci i.r 15.76 YicU.rla I, Wilson, Lot 8, Block Hi., tarift K. W.irre-n, Let 1. Block 67.. Sarah E. Warren, Lit 2, Block 07.. Small 11. Warren, Lot 7, Block t7... 115.71 3:. .78 J5.70 11.70 S.n-.ih E. Warren, Lot S, Block 17.... Eliza Lee Pay ton. Lot 1, Block tl-3.. A'anson Hiniuan, (west half) Lot 2, B.oelt 63 '.S3 A. C. end F. A. Fisher (west hap) Lot 7. Block C-5 7.8li V C. and F. A. Fisher, Lot 8, Block 3.1.76 Henry Dlsse, Lot 1, Block ti2 3j.7u .1. N. Grlilln and A. S. Reed, Lot 2, 1'lo-k 62 15.71 fhas. S. Wrfciht Oh'alf) and George, i,. Mary C, K.vile and Nellie Flavel (l-.a'a') lot 7, Block 62 13.75 C S. Wright ('half) and Geoi-re. C Mary C, Kat'e and Nellie Flavcl (half) lo't S, block 62 S3. 76 A'toria Exchange Co., Lot 1, Block 37 .r..TU .V'teria, Exchange Co., Lot 2, Block 57.. 15.76 C. V. Fulton (one-half) anl J. C. Dement (one half) Lot 7, Block 57.. 13.76 C. W. Fulton (one-half) and J. C. Dc-me-r.t (one-half) Let 8, B'oek 57. ..35.76 Aftoria Exchange Co., L-t 1, (frect B) B.ocf 57., 33.73 .'.star! t Ivxclva::ge Co., Lot (tract I!) B cck 57 15.76 .. ". Fisher, Lot 8, Block 5 Hi -13.76 1). 1C. Warren, Lot D, Block 5:lVi 23.76 .T. K. Weather-ford, Lot 10, B.ock 3! a 3.76 O. C Mary C, Katie, and Nellie Fla vcl, (east half) Lot 11, Blcelt 56',.. Mrs. Virginia Wwtson (etsa falh) Let 4, Block 58 D. K. Warren, Lot 5, Block 58 3.76 Wl'.h?lmlnn Nurnberg, Lot 6, Block 53 26.76 A. C. and F. A. Fisher, Lot 7. Block 51 43.76 Robert Carruthers, Lot 8, Diode 53.. 43.76 John Hobson, Lot 9, Block 33 23.76 J. K. Weatherford, Lot 10, Block 58.. 3.76 f. ,1. Kinney (east half) Lot 11, Block 58 Pythian Land and Building Associa tion (east half) Lot 4, Block 61.... J. K. Weatherford, Lot 5, Block 61.. 3.76 W. E. and M. S. Warren, Lot 6, Block 61 23.76 W. E. and M. S. Warren, Lot 7, Block 61 43.76 V,'. E. Marren and M. S., Lot S, Block 61 .13.7i; Robert Carruthers, Let 9. Block 61.. 23.76 J. 1C. Weatherford, Lot 10, Block 01.. 3.76 M. J. Kinney. Lot 11, Block 61 J. F. Davis, J. L. S'fpp, D. E. Perley (east half) Lot 4. Block 64 Theodore Nicolal, Lot 5, Block 61.... 3.76 A. J. Alegler, Lot 6, Block 64 23.76 A. J. Megler, Lot 7! Block 6! .N3.76 Elizabeth (widow), Robert W., Ar chibald, Sarah A., E iz. W., and Duncan McLean, Lot 8. Block 61.. 43.76 R.-.bert Carruthers and D. McTav- i'-h,' Lot 9, Block 64 23.76 Jos-ph Snprer.mt. Lot 10, Block 61.. 3.76 I uey Thcrmson, Lot 11, Block 61 Trustees of First Baptist Church of Astoria, (east half) Lot 4, Block 65 . Mary C. F'.avel, Lot 6, Block 65 3.76 Jacob Ka,mm, Lot 6, Block 65 23.78 Sophia Klrchoff, Lot 7, Block S5 43.78 5:i!-.'!a Klrchoff, Lot 9, Block 6C 23.76 S-iphla Smith, Lot 10, Block 65 3.7s Wm. B. Hoc. lin-ton, (east half) Lot 11. Block C", :T. C. v.: Fulton, (. asi lalf) Lot 4, Block 7 ". Fm fn, Dat 5. Block 7o! 3.76 Henry Fisher, S.ot 6, Block 70 23.7s Mcnry Flshei. Lot 7, Block 70 4,1.75 Clara Fisher .Lot 8, Block 70 43 7s Clara Fisher, Lot 9, Clock 70 23 7,! C. W. Fulton, (east half) Lot 11 Block 70 C. W. Fulton. Lot 10, Block 70"" 3.7a I'v order r,f the Common Council. Att,,9t: K. OSniTRX, Auditor and Police Julge Astoria, 6opt. 7th, 1S30. Diarrhoea chould be stopped promptly. It sorm becomes chronic. DeWltt's Colic end Cholera Cure Is efT ctive, safe ar.d -e:'.i-i. H irdreis of tes:lmon'a!f bear cine. It can always be dep-.nded upon, its use saves time and money. ' i A . : - ,..;.- ' - ' . -r p