THE DAILY ASXQMAN, ASTOftlA SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMREK 23. .1895.
A St. Bernard
Thoro ho lay In tho sunshine, a great
black noble animal,' with, his work In
this world done, I wat standing at tils
side looking at him n hen my friend came
up and joined me.
"Are you trying to rr.ak'S friends with
our old Brutus?" lie tald to me. "Alh,
he doesn't care much for miking new
friends now. Ho would only like to find
tlio old friends Again that he burled
U.ng Ko In that niysu. lois past of his."
My friend stooped an lie Hpoke ana
riroked the great, soft head. "Poor
Tirjtus!" ho fald. "Poor, old fukhfui
dote!"
It was not much of a tory, yet It wae
rather curlcuw. About five years ago my
friend and his faulty were staying dur
ing tlie lumniur at a little seaside town
on the north coast of France. It was
quiet and rather dull place, except that
Its .harbor Was a.wiays livaly with the
coming and going of fisher boats and
rosier brigs and nuctrt like craft, the
n j'cn'n'ng of which was quite an endless
kilgM to the children, who. Indeed,
irpent tve:y moment tihey could steal
from morning to nltrht down at the quay,
staring with nil theilr mishit, and as often
as they could doing more than staring
ui a'.! that went on deck.
It was a fine, great open se-i, that even
In summer was pretty rougli at times,
coming tumbling often in great waves
over the beachi and covering all the pier
win showers of epray. Charlie and WH
lip were always In a state of huge dellgftt
whenever thcfe big wavs came ro'.llng
landw.irJ. They tiaod every morning, as
Boon as they were out of bed, to (run to
their 'bedroom window, with little shoeless
ftct and tire legs, to aee whether the
white crests were there.
Of course, they never thought of any
thingfor they were very smalt' creatures
but of tho fun that It was to gee the
If iflng and rowing water, and of the de
light of being sent scampering up the
beach when some bigger wlave than al.
the rerit would run after them as It broke
upon tho rands, as If It were resolved to
catch them ewd' wet .their stocking and
choes at 'least, let their little legs fly as
.fast as they would. "It must be tough
' at sea," their fattier and rrtothor used to
say sometimes In their hearing, especially
during one week when the north wind
iblew with trong, wild roaring, and
down about the pier the flthermen stood
looking through their Iiw out to tea,
anxiously shulclng their heads now and
then, but WlJ.le and Charlie only grew
merrier as the wind blew stronger. They
thought that to be out upon the brnch
when they could not keep their footing,
and when the atr was white with spray
was the finest fun that they had ever
had In their lives.
"I wish It would blow like this for
evwl" Charlie would say.
And then Willie, who was the young
estt, and who never liked to be outdone,
would cap Charlie's speech end cry with
enthusiasm, "I wish It would blow ten
times harder!"
One bright warml summer morning
with Just wind enough to make a little
curl upon the waves and to All the sails
tt-i the fliCior boats put out. there were
vimels coming In this morning as we'll as
leaving the harbor. Soveral brigs that
had been expected for some dtys, and
that the storm had delayed, got Into port
today. But there waa one especially
that among air the rest attracted the
boys' attention. It wa3 an English col
Mer, standing on whbse deck as she came
near, Lhey saw a great, black, noble
Newfoundland dog. Tho creature was
standing upon his four feet, taking no
notice of any one, but slowly moved hie
tread from sldVj to side, at If he were
vainly looking for something that he
con'. J li it find standing quite still, so
passive that even when the boat touched
the quay, the people came up and stroked
and spoke to him, he merely let them
do It and never moved so much as the
tip of his tall in answer to them.
The children had .caught sight of him,
with a jnliout of delight, "Oh, see what a
lg dog!" Wtlie had cried, and clapping
their joyful little hands they started for.
ward to get as neJar the brig as they
could. They saw severaJ people traMior
round the creature presently, and upon
that they pusned their way Into t'he boat,
too, aqueeslng In cleverly betwoen the
sailors' tags tlit they got quite o'oso to
where the dog was, with tho matf ot
the brig standing by 'his side and telling
this sad little story:
J ii the gray of the summer morning, he
was saying, afmo-rt tt the 'French coast
was coining into eight, one of the crew
of tho brig 'had seen , little black speck
dancing on the waiter far away. Thny
could not tn.li what it was It was too
Indistinct for that, hut they knew It
might be a drowning man, so they low
ered their 'Mi'.o boat t once ami mnde
for Mm as hi at J as they could pull. But
it waa no man. When they dime near,
they found noth'lng tiut this poor rest dog,
floating on a bit of wreck, the rrpnr ot
some vessel that had probolbly foundered
In the' storm and gone silently down
with her crew. They took hlirv into their
lNat and brought him back with them
This was tolC 'his story.
Hole he stood now, l iod, half-Htarved
towkldored, looking with) i!rnngo cvs at
each struinge two mJbout hlnu dumb
through tt all. A tho master of the
collier told the lltt''. tory more than one
pitying hand wad put forward to stroke
the big, black head, but t'he creature took
no notice of any ono of them only stood
quite stiili piercing through the little
group with those sad, eager human eyes
of hi "Poor fe.low! Poor dog! they
said.
Th ciltlMrcn stood a little from him
with grave, touched faces. They were
gating so earnestly at Mm that they did
not see their father, who had corns
down to the quay, as he came often, to
itlve a momentary eye to his young mon
keys, and see that they wtiro not drown
ing themselves or getting into any other
tiopeloc.. mischief, and who was standing
now behind them and had been Ilttening
while the master told his tale. They
only knew ho was there when t'.iey sud
derVy heard his voice.
"What are you going to .lu with him?
"Will you part with him?" he called out
to I'lie mastrr, When the lad turned
round with a little cry, "Oh, father!'
they exclaimed, and their hearts leaped
to "their mouths. They wero afraid to
utter another word. They stood with their
lips parted with eagerness as they watted
for the master's answer.
"Well, sir, I'm open for an offer for
him," the man said after a mo-nent's 1
lence, and then the children burst Into
shouts of delight.
Ten minutes afterward they were walk
ing home with the beast between them.
They chattered away us they went of all
that they would do with him, what they
should call !ilm, now he should go every
where with them, and how many things
tlvoy would teach him. They held him
by the ear and o'.apped til 1aek, am;
giimba'.od round him, Who can telC what
Ills thoughts were all th time? Who
could tell them, as he walked on with
those dumfo, wondering, patient eyes of
his, with the now voices In his ear, and
alt the old world and the o:d time gone
from him Clke a dream?
"Ws brotnrit him home in a week or
two." my friend .ai.1 to me (we had heen
walking up and down the lafwn while the
told me the IMtle rftory), "aiul the boy
soon btpjv very fond of him, bet It
Is a curiom thing that during a'.l thews
flvs vears he tens been with us now, he
has never arown mora than r.i'f at
home here. I thlirk he (has been as happy
with us as he would havefceen anywhere,
and a more docile, parent, kindly na
tured beast than he ts you never knew,
but yet he haa utways to me hon like a
doir living with broken heart. I don't
liiilwo, for my part, that he has vcr
f .iir.it nn that oil milder of his, who
ever re may tave bwn, for a day or an
9iour elnoe he lorft titin. Look at Mm
now. Iyook what a fine human pathos
there is about that tropic, silent face
'- -CCn3 UCT. it, u3 S3 t.u.j?
Lost at Sea.
of tho old story at tKs moment, puzzling
It all out again, remembering, peihaps,
how he saw the boat go down and heard
his master's last cry, If, Indeed, It waa
hl last. Perhaps he may doubt, even
yet, If It wan. 1 sometimes think lie has
stiU at moments a kind of forlorn hope
that the lost days wit coma back again
and the Iont eyes will look Into nis once
more."
We went up to him again whero he lay
and stood looking at him. He wh;i doz
ing, with eyes half closeJ, In the sun
shine, his black coat grown a little rusty
now, hi eajiv) drooping, his senses per.
ihaps beginning to Tie du'Xed by age, for
he was old. Ho was not likely to live
much longer, my friend said.
As we stood so he took no notice of us.
He was thinking of other things per
heps in a haif waking dream living the
oM life again.
"Poor Brutuc!" I said once and stooped
down to rmooth his grand old heal, but
still he did not move or took up.
"Ah, he doesn't caro for that name,"'
my friend said. "He will ansver to it
sometimes, but he knows very well that
he had another name once quite different
from Brutus. Wo have never been able
to find out what It was. It Ms buried,
too. with all the rest of his history."
AVe heard the boys' voices coming to
ward us merrily and their footsteps on
the gravel under the chestnut trees. For
a moment Brutus opened his eyfs at the
sound of then and gently moved his
bushy tall. Then, stretching out his
great forepaw.t with a peaceful sigh, he
laid his 'head down on them and dozed
again. We left him lying so, slumber
ing the sun.'hine, with hl doggish
faithful thoughts perhaps gone dreamily
back to the old days and hearing In
sleep the old voices that were lost to
him forever In that sorrowful night
when the unknown ship went down at
sea. Georglana M. Cralk.
A RABBIT PAItUAMENT.
The Proline Animal Baffles Law and
Science.
A rabbit parliament was held in Aus
tralia. This was not a convention of
the animals, but a great gathering of
gentlemen who are engaged in their ex
termination, For four day, says the PhlladsVMa
Record, representatlvea from every part
of the colony held high, debate over
the animal's performances. But acts of
parliament seem vain in this matter and
science itself bankrupt. The New South
Wales government at one period had
more than three thousand men employed
in killing rabbits. It has erected fifteen
thousand miles of rabbit proof fencing.
It once offered twenty-live thousand
pounds sterling for a specific against
rabbits, and though It received two
thousand schemes, the too prolific bunny
has triumphed over thorn all, and at the
present moment the land department of
New South WiaT.es has one million acres
of abandoned land, thrown up In conse
quence of tho ireckli"3 mnrcfc of the rab
bit.
Tho ralvblt parliament seems to huve
failed to produco any clear and striking
resu'.ta A scoro of "Infallible" specifics,
rainging from ferret's to tank s'.lxughter,
had their advocates but about these dole
ful experience made the delegates shake
their beads. If the rabbit cou.d be turned
into a. profitable export the question
would toe 4eolved, but this seemi out of
the question. The policy favored by t'he
colony Is that of "grld-lronlng" tho col
ony with rabbit-proof fencea, transfer
ring the duty of suppressing the rabbit
from the stuto to private laiid-owners,
and giving the land-owner every possible
hel.p In carrying on the campaign against
tits furry and four-legged foe."
A eraWINQ CLASS IN JERUSALEM.
Strange a the above may sound, per
haps some of your readers will be Inter
ested to hear of an excellent work which
Is being carried on in a qulelt way for the
benefit ot native glrl In Jerusalem. This
cliass waa instituted and Is conducted by
the wife of a well known dragoman, Mr.
David Jamal, who devotes a room In her
house twice a woek far the purposo ot
holding It. Having hei'jel'f experienced
the hem tit of education in one of the
mlfislon schools, she felt Inspired to try
'to do pomethlng for her less fortunate
sisters by encouraging them to meet at
her house for the purpose of teiehlng
them lace work nnd embroideries, for
which the Bast Is so famed. Tho girls
aire p'i'ld for their work, and tho results
are sold at such prices as to defi iy the
cost of production. During tho non
tourlst reason they are tnug .it pin In
sewing, and make such garments ns will
be U'.M-ful to tlieui'selves. While working
Mrs. J' tirr.it reads to them, and teaches
thorn singing, hymns, mid fongs In Ar
a'olc and English.
Tho holding of one belief or unnther
Is no barrier to Joining her class., and
ono glK may bo observed at her embroid
ery framo strictly observing tho fast of
Ramadan, whllo her next companion re-grrxl-a
It not. The clas'S now number.'
from sixteen to twenty, nnd they vary
In ago from 10 to 14 cr 13, at which .ie
they gene-raf.ly m'arry.
The work consists of gold and silver
embroidery on silk and velvet, Syrian
lace work, consisting of d'oyleya, mats,
trimming of different widths suitable for
underclothing, ami the wear of which Is
almost eiMlle;i ornamental edgings In
cn'ciivd hCkj re-arepcntlng flower , iso
dainty of execution t h it one rr irve's
how thev can be produced. Orders can
be undertaken, and if pieces of sl;k uire
sent, such .i. for table decoration, they
can be embroidered as desired.
On receipt of pcs't-otlieo order addi'i
Mrs. David Jamal, Jerusalem, Syria, she
will gls lly wnd a collection of work.
It Is 1 1 C moderately priced, but a flight
reduction Is made when a quantity is
taken for basa'trs or charity sales. K.
R. C. in London Unpen.
THH IRON AND STEEL BOOM.
Bra Uvtceet's describes the great ad
vjiucn made In the iron and steel trade
In the la't !x months as "tho greatest
boom In the iron And Pteel trade In our
hlitory." The figures from the first of
fie year, bdih as to price and output,
show an anutslng Increase. The re
vival ("ates fram the raiding of wages
by the H. C, Prick Coke company eu"
Pennsylvania. The Interpsls reprssjented
by t'r.a company own more than halt
of the coko ovens of the Connellsvllle
region, and their advance In wages es
li'j.l :iel a new basis for all the rest,
the new scale, of wages being generally
a lupted. The price of coke Immediately
rose fram $1 to 11.33 per ton, and conse
quent u.ion thU was an Increase In the
price of pig Iron ami all manufactures
of Iron and steel, which hts continued
ever lnee. Ilraiistreet's maintains that
the hU-hcst point either In activity or
prices has not yet been reached. The
scflvlty la not from any single source ot
stimuli!" but from, beany every depart
ment of the Iron and steel trade..
The Increase In prices, from Jan. 1 has
been fto;n J9 80 to Jli In Itesaemer pig
Iron, from II4.W to fil In Bessemer bll
lets, from JH 23 to $12.50 In gray forgo pig
Iron, and from tk) cents to 1.:W In mer
ihant 1 ir Iron. The consumption of pig
iron Hi increased from ltH.414 tons In
January to 1S0.1B3 In August. Taken
tpgel'.'ur this Increase In both prices and
proilure.lon Is unprecedented. The Increase
In prices In 1X79-S0 m greater and more
rigid, but the production of pig iron dur
ing t rnttr year of IRSu was Ihi than
that for the fln six months of this year.
In the present boom there Is an absence
of spent itlve feature, and a steady con
f '.imptlve demand. A striking feature of
t'he present conditions Is the emphasis
pla-rd on the dominating Influence of ths
Berwemer trade that the largest demand
and tae ere iter advwnre have been
sTown. T.ie mew eurniticant point to
the public et targe, however, Is that the
demand comes from so many different
Industries. This speaks volume for the
encouraging conditions of trade gener-aliy.
LOCOMOTIVE RACES.
United States Machines Itetuln the Pen-
ant.
T.ils Is a record-breaking year on land
as wc.l as tea. While two of the flettei
yachts th it evor were launched were con
tending for the championship, locomotive
engines are a'lso seeking to win new tro
phies In annihilating time and space. The
attention of the world was recently at
tracted to the competition between two
Brltiffin railroads running from London
to Aberdeen. On August 22 the "WeBt
Crxtnl" line made the extraordinary run
of DID m'.3 in 512 minutes. That endd
tde rlvaOry. The "Eat Coast" line could
not, cr did not, equal 'trnoi?e figures, and
the trains on both roads dropped tack
to their ur.i"' schedules. It was claimed,
probaly wlt'li Justice, that tho record
thes m:ule was the lost, for such a dis
tance, the world (had ever known, and
It wan confidently predicted that It would
rerr.aln for a long time unsurpassed.
Such a. challenge could not, however,
be left unaccepted. The New York Cen
tral tndi 'Hudjon River railroad promptly
took It up. Yesterday the attempt to
beat It was mide. A train was run from
this city to Buffal'o, a distance of 4C6ij
miles, in iU minutes. That was a trifle
faster than the time made by tho Brlt
Uh train; about a tenth of a second
kS'S to the mile. It was not, of course,
so long a run, nnd tho BrltlrJh road may
still claim the championship for BIO miles.
Still 43fl!4 miles constitute a long enough
run to be brought fairly Into comparison
with that between London and Aberdeen
and we are Inclined to think the New
York train Is 'better entitled to the
world's championship than Its British
competitor.
It must be borne in mind, moreover,
that the American train was greatly
handicapped In at least two respects. It
was .a much heavier train than the Brit
ishthe weights being 175 and 106 tons
respectively. It was also hampered by
numerous grade crossings, which do not
exist in England; and by enforced slow
prog:-ess through certain cities on tho
route. When these facts are taken Into
consideration, Its performance seems In
deed marvelous and may well1 bo reck
oned sperlor to ttiat of the fastest Brit
ish train. We believe the railroad speed
eha'mpromyhlp of the world, which a fort
night ago belonged to the British cousins,
today property belongs under the slurs
and stripes.
HIS FRI END JACK.
Adroit Use of a Lead Pencil In a Poker
Game.
New York Recorder.
Four men were In the act of seating
lliemselves at the table. The fifth was
already Beat?J. 'bufdly counting tho tihips,
when there was a summons at the door.
"Hello, Jack, old fellow! How are
you?" cried the host, leaving his occupa
tion of chip counting In order to wel
come the neiw arrival. "Awfully glad you
have come. Shake hand's with) Mr. Jonos,
Mr. Brown, 'Mr. Smith' and II r. Black.
Hoys, this is an old friend of mine; knew
him In tho West. Will you pit in, Jock?"
"What arc you playing?" asked Jitck.
"Poker."
"No, I think not. I don't know much
tlmtit the game. I'll look on."
Jack appeared fitupld, frequently asking
questions referring to some hand that
had been played as he sat where he
could keep their hands in view, none of
them helongong to the host.
The game was for two-dollar limit and
was foived 'for all It was worth.
In two hours the host had nearly every
chip on the 'board piled 'In front of him
and had 'begun to sell from the stack,
being upward of 1100 to the good.
Then it was that one o'f the p'ayers
noticed that "Jack" was-and had been
ever since he entered the room monkey
ing with a .pencil which ho kept tapping
between his teeth. Having once been a
te'egrarplr operator, ho, speedily "ciujht
on" to tho fact that tho stranger was
telegraphing the strength of every hand
he could1 see. He quietly put his hand
upon the table, faces elown, and drew
his c.vn pencil, from, his pocket.
Placing it between his teeth1, he began
tarplng "A. 'II. R." which. I the signal
for 'beginning a message. Ho Instantly
saw, 1y the nervousness of the host
and his friend Jnck, that they understood
and then he tupped off:
"Take your choice 1.H ween exposcr nnH
restitution."
"How?" c.TTie the anpwcr.
"Suit youtselves, only we '.T.UFt not quit
?csers," was the last response.
'U'lay on," was tapped iiack.
They did p ay on, there was no more
pen;. II taij iilng and the only lo.er when
the f,ame ended was the host. The other
p'ayers do not, to this day, know how
they might have 'been mulcted.
PROMINENT iPnOPI.1.
Frederick Anson, said' to .be the grand
son of the first earl, of Llchlleld, Is dying
from consumption In the city hoffpltal ot
San FiancLs"0. He has been In California
live years. He Is a Ibrother-ln-law ot
Arthur Fraier Walter, one of the own
ers cf the London Times.
Lloyd Lcvndes, Republican candidate
for governor of Maryland, la a tall, well
proportioned 'man, as straight as an ar
row and remarkably graceful In his
movements. Mr. Lowndes lias seven
children, among thorn two grown sons,
twins, who htve recently been graduated
from Yn'e.
Toole, the Hng'lih actor, fitting at a
table next to a xentleman who had
helped hlirsrlf to a very large iplcce ot
tread, took It i p and began to cut a
llee fri-;n It. "Sir," fald the gentleman,
"that Is my bread." "I beg a thousand
P ir.lons, Mr," replied Toole. "I declare
I mistook it for the loaf."
John Miller IWilopx. editor of "The
Cleveland Penny Press," died suddenly on
Satunlay at the summer home of his
friend, ex-..layor W. O. Rose, of Clove
and, at leose Inland, St. Lawrence river,
tie ..vas fifty-two years old. Tho cause
of his death was heart disease, resulting
from an attack of the grip two years
ago.
Reli. ioK!' Iiegas, the cieator of-the Km
peror Wlllfcim national monument, the
comer Hone of whk-h was luld In Her
lln on Sunday, is about tlfty-tlve years
old. He is a tine epeclmen of his race,
with a long, Honing beard, resembling
that of the late lOroieror Frederick, great
,trge tilue eyes, a Oraeco-Roman nose ana
a laive globe-like head.
Isabelle and Sally Rroadbent. two Flor
ida girls, who gave valviWe assistance
In rescuing the crew of the wrecked Nor
wegian ship Catharine la4 August, have
received fi.ver lockets and chains from
King Oscar of Norway and Sweden In
lecognltlon. The lockets arc Inscribed
with uie crown and monogram of the
king, and the words. "For Noble Deed."
J. L. Power, who has been nominated
for secitary of rtate in Mississippi, says
he owes his surer n to his daughter,
MIns Katherlne Markham Power. In the
midst of his canvass he becsms seriously
IH. 'Miss Power conducted his campaign
from that time on, visited a.l the dele
gates, made appeals toy voles and letter
and had her efforts crowned with success.
vfls Power Is editor of "Kate Power"!
Review."
'Mrs. Vaneerlnff There's the wagon with
the piano we bought today. You ran Juiu
send It tack.
Mr. Varieerintr Why?
Mrs. Vaneerlng Do you eirppose that
ws are going to buy an $ piano mi
have tt rowht home at night when th
netehtiors can't see It? Never! Th
rat.Vlr.a&r.
EUROPE'S FOLLY"
Cost of the Military System for
Twenty-five, Years.
PRINCE BISMARCK'S COST
To the Nations-The Iron Chancellor
Responsible for the Group of
A l ined t'ninps.
Sejiom has a moro iuiprc?slve picture
of tho evils of European militarism been
drawn than thiat by General Turr in a
recent Issue of the "Meseagor d'Athens."
In that Journal it is entitled "What
Prince Bismarck Costs L's." Perhaps the
title Is true. With all his vast services
to Germany and to the world whose
most Illustrious personage he Is today,
the Iron Chancellor Is largely and chief
ly to be charged with the responsibility
of transforming tho powers of Europe
into idi group of armed camps. That,
however, j apart from the real issue.
Denunciation of the cause will not rem
edy the effect. What Is Important la not
who was the author of the evil, but
what the evil Is, and how best It may be
dealt with, and what 1t wlK lead to If
unchecked. These matters General Turr
who Is one of the foremost Hungarian
military and civil engineers , discu-ses
with comprehensive know. edge and with
assured authority.
The actual cost to Europe of the mlli
ta.ry isystem during the twenty-five years
of peace, or of armed terrorism, since
the last great war has been, ho reckons,
no less than $25,000,000,000. This stupen
dous cum has simply been squandered on
preparations for war, without any orre
during actually to go to war. And the
powers are still spending money at the
ralie of $1,000,000,000 a year, for ai war
that may never come, or that, of course,
may come at uny time. Everything Is
ready, It only needs that some one,
some clumsy diplomat or reckless min
ister, shiall fire the train, 'to explode the
magazine. Suppose that happens. The
war will be 'a short one, no doubt. But
While It Hasts It will cost $1,000,000,000 a
month. Six months may be enough for
one power to whip another In. Its biMs
wilt foot up $0,000,000,000. Then there wil.
have been a million men slaughtered at
a total cost, since 1870, of $M,000 each.
Such Is the price of militarism.
Apart from the money wasted, twenty
five years of time, which might have been
devoted to peaceful progress, havo also
been thrown away. If those billions of
dollars, or even a part of them, had been
devotel to the welfare of the people,
to Increase the general wealth, to im
prove tuhc lot of tho working people in
town and country, how different would
bo the condition of Europe today. The
"social question" would not now weigh
like a dreadful nightmare upon every
!and. Class would not be arrayed asulnst
class. There would not be these out
bursts and upheavals which shake the
very foundations of social and political
crder. '.Mora! pacification would prevail,
with. Industrial .prosperity .and social con
tentment. Tho pauperism, the unrest,
anJ the 'threats of revoltrHM -which -fill
Europe today are ulso the price it pays
fir Its military system.
What next? General Turr sees one in
evitable resulit, to which some nations
are already ominously near. That Is unl-ver.i.-.i'.
lunkruptry. Such a catastrophe
will be followed by a period of decay
such, as that which befell the Roman
Empire In Its later years. Of that de
cay the degeneration noted by Max Nor
dau may be regarded a.l Incipient symp
tom. Ar.J when It has fully set In?
Well, GeneT'jl Turr reminds us that the
decay of Rome was the opportunity ot
the Barbarians; and alto that the great
invasions In the world's history have all
come from tho East. Darius and Xerxes,
Al.ti.a and Ablur-ltalaman, Solimun and
Genghis Katui, all came from Asia. May
not that mighty mother of conquerors
give lilrtli to yet another? The progress
ar.i prowess of Japan have startleai the
world. Suppose the hosts of China, one
(hlrd 'the whole human race, should be
urouied from their lethargy, and should
be organized for conquest and led west
ward by some modern Tlmur, how would
Europe meet them? She might do so
successfully today. But tomorrow, bank
rupt, decayed, anarchic, what would be
her ce -istln power? That General Turr,
waa live? upon the border line between
West and East, reckons the greate.-t perl'
of the future, to which Europe Is being
delivered by Its own insensate folly. '
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
The golden-rod is waving;
O'er tho broad and gleani ng plain.
The candidate is raving.
O'er the township, shine or rain.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Minnesota papers speak with pride of
the results achieved by the Girls' School
ot Agriculture In that state, said to be
the only one In the country. It has been
established for some time, and has sent
young women Into the world who will
be valuable aids to the farmers lucky
enough to win their educated hearts and
hands. The students receive instruction
in cooking, canning, sewing, dairying,
fruit and flower culture, household chem
istry, and entomology, certainly good
subjects for farmers' daughters and far
mers' wives to know thorough. y. The
example of Minnesota In this regard
would 'be a good one for other states to
follow.
In order to appreciate the Importance
ot the attitude of Great (Britain in con
nectlnn with tho Turkish outrages in Ar
menia, It is necessary to remember that
Queen Victoria Is at the head of th.
ereateat Mahometan empire In the world
Whereas tho Sultan has at the most
some fifteen million Moslems subj.cts
to his rule In the Ottoman dominions
no leas than sixty million contented fol
lowers of the Prophet live and thrive jn
India under the progressive ru.e or Eng.
nnd's queen. Indeed, their prosperity
affords the best possible proof that the
backward condition and universal mis
ery that prevail In Turkey are attributed
to bal government, and not to the Ma
hometan faith Itself, as has been fre
quently alleged.
A recently published article on the
derivation of the word "fad" speaks of
It as being of Welsh origin giving "ftedd"
as the root word. A Tribune correspond
ent writes on tne subject: "The wora
'fad' is a manufactured word, not given
by Worcester. It has ibeen In use only
a short time, comparatively, and, whi'.e
It may be derived from the Welsh, It Is
more probable that It Is made from the
Initial letters of the words 'for a day,'
The word 'tip' originated. It Is said, in
that way. The story goes that in an old
time English tavern a receptacle for
small coin was placed In a conspicuous
place over which appeared the legend,
'To Insure promptness." Whatever was
r're"J In the box was given to the ser
vants. Other taverns followed the ex
ample, and soon the three words were
written. T. I. P.," everybody knowing
what they Indicated. Then the punctu
ation marks were dropped, and the word
tip' was born. 'FaxV and "tip" are of the
me class and kind."
Hirry Mr!ow. cf BrUtolvllle. Ohio,
has planaod a tour of the world on which
t txiKl to start January L It w.ll
be much more than a Journey around the
wo'rl'd. Ho means to leave New York
and travel southwest, entering Mexico,
and thence going through Central Amer.
lea. He Is to go all tho way down the
east coast of South America and up the
west coast to Panama. There he will
embark for the Sandwlsh Islands, and
Southern Australia. After crossing Aus.
trallt, he means to sail for the Cape ot
Good Hope, and thence to travel up the
west coast of Africa and along the north
coast to the Suez Canal. His route will
then lie east to China, north to S berla,
west across Asia and Europe to Spain,
up to Russia, Sweden, nnd across tho
British Isles. Ho. will sail for Canada
and go across the continent to San Fran
cisco, returning to New York by a more
Southern route. If he carries out his
plan of walking most of the way, he
will need to live to a green old aga to
accomplish the Journey, as ho must trav.
el about 75,000 miles.
The present enforcement of the excisa
law has suggested to a saloon keeper
whose place 'has hardly ever been closed
heretofore on Sunday to pCace a placard
In the window of his saloon reading, In
EnglU'h and German, "Dead until Mon
day." The desert of Sahara is not all a d;sort.
In 1892, more than nine millions of sheep
wintered in the Algerian Sahara, paying
a duty cf 1,703,000 francs ($332,000). These
oheep wore worth twenty francs ($1)
apiece, or In all 173,000,000 francs. The Sa
hara nourishes a'so 2,0O0,0iH) goats nnd
260,000 camels, paying a duty of 1,000.000
francs. In the oases palms, citrons and
apricots ulbound; there are cultivated
also onions, pimentos and various
'leguminous vegetables. The oases con
tain l.SVO.OOO date pains, on wnlch the
duty is 030,000 franc3. The product of a
date tree varies from 8 to 10 francs; these
of the desert give about lii.Ouu.oou a year.
To dteduec Flesh. In the large cities
middle-aged women throng the gymna
sium and physical culture schools to
learn how to reduce the too abundant
flesh and keop dff the rheumatism which
Is often an accompaniment. Tho woman
who docs hr own housework has most
of her muscles called into exercise every
day, and the danger with her is that
they ara over-exercised, still much relief
can he received by sponging every night
after hard labor with the following in
expensive lotion: Two ounces spirits am
monia, two ounces spirits camphor, one
and one-half cups sea salt, one cup al
cohol, one quart rain water. The woman
whose face and throat are too thin can
remedy the thinness by frequent bathing
in cool water, and before retiring rub
bing In soma good cream. In rubbing,
the wrinkles should be rubbed against,
so as to rub them out, and It Is as much
In the rubibing as In the cream. A nice
bit ot soft white flannel, rubbed several
time3 dally over the face, will be bene,
ficlai, and she whose double chin de
tracts from her good looks can, by Judi
ciously rubbing downward, get rid or
the superfluity. Above all things, let
the Woman who desires to keep her beau
ty and her youth, cultivate a sweet dis
position and her intellect at the same
time. Womankind.
HERE'S A NUT TO CRACK.
A Pugxlo Presented That May Give a
Leisure Mind Something to Think Of.
I ftave found the following interesting
proTiilem in an old note book, writes Sir
Walter Recant. I have no recollection nt
all of its origin. Pci'hips everybody
knows it. Pcrhaips everybody does not.
Those wfao do not wlli find tt, I think,
unless they bring algebra 1o bear upon It,
rather a tough nut to craclt. Here It Is.
Once there were three, niggers their
wickedness is a negllgeable quantity it
does not enter Into the problem who
robbed an orchard, carried away the ap
ples in a sack, laid them up In a. barn
for the night, nnd went to bed. One of
them woke up ibefore dawn, and, bning
distrustful of his friends, thought he
von'.i make sure of his share at onre.
Tic therefore went to the barn, divided
t'he .apples Into three equal heaps there
was one over, which he threw away
ar.d a'rrled off his e'hare. Onother nigger
t'nen woke up with the same uneaslnesi
and the r-ame re-c titinn. He, too, dl
Vicleil trie app.es into three heaps-there
was one over which he threw away took
his share, and carried it off. And then
the third nigger woke up with thft fame
emoflons; :he, too, divided the apples Into
three portions there was one over, wuich
ne tnrew away took his rbare and de
parted. In the morning everyone pre-
s?rvea pi.ence over his doings of the
nig.n: they divided the apples which
were left into three heaps one va over,
whllch they threw away and so each took
...u ninir, jiuw Mi.iiiy appies were there
in the sack? There are many pos-lble
answers a w.iolo series cf numbers but
.et us have the lowest number of apples
''"""' pernor wp.vng.ors musx be good
enoim'a not to 'answer this question. Mor-
nisrs, u rney pease, may narrate the
subsequent history of thse three niegprs,
apart from the problem of their apples.
THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE.
air. i,. tmillouette, druggist, Beavers-
wuo, ii.., say.,; "Tr) P, kik's New i,g.
cove'ry I owe my Was ta'lwn with
i.a onppa and tried all Hie physicians
f.r miles about, but of no avail a"nd waa
ylven up and told I could not Uve Hav-
,n j.r. ivngs New Discovery .n my
store, I sent for a bojtle and began it'.
we " fwn the flrvt 4. began to get
o.T'tor, and after u;Jr.g three bo;!c was
ip and about agdn. i,. 3 wjr,j, lty
.-... i ,u k.-.u. ng won t Keep p.ctn or
iu..ie wiuiom vl. (Jet a fre.
C.Vis. Rogers' drug store.
trial nt
BUCKLEN S ARNICA SALVE.
The best salve In the world fot Cuts.
Irulses. Sores. Ulcora, Salt Rheum
yer Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands!
hilblalns. Con s, and All Skin Ertin
ons. nnd positively cures piles or no
-My required. :t Is guaranteer to pive
erfect satisfaction, or money refutvi.vl
"rice. 2f. cent per tox. Frr sale M
'.-'I!!.-F'Pmw- tviiuinj '
-'.li.drjn, especlrlly Infants, are soon
lii down wl;h Cholera Infantum or
'Summer Complaint." Don't wait to de
.ermlie. but give DeWltt's Colic & Chol
era Cure promptly, you can rely on It
Use no other.
INDORSED BY THE PRESS.
Gentlemen: This is to certify thar 1
nave used Krause s Keadai m t apsules
with satisfactory results. 1 totiPht a
box which cost ine J;, mid une (upsrie
-ured nie of a dreadful eiok li.Mdr.che.
My wife and nivself nave both used
the" medicines nmnufac'.jred by the
Norman Llrhty iirs nnd wa re
commend them to the public as Delng
Oust what they are represented.
Respectfully,
W. J. HUTCHISON.
Ed. Gazette, Pleasant Hill. Mo.
Twenty-flve cents, for sale by Chas.
Rogers. Astoria, Or., sole agents.
PROVEN A BOON.
Gentlemen:-! have always recom
aiended Kruuse'a Hea.diu.-ne Capsules
herever 1 have had a cnance. They
have proven a veritable boon In my
family against any and all kinds of
headache. Yours truly.
J. E. WALTER.
Leavenworth, Kansas.
For sale by Chas, Rogers, Astoria,
Oregon, sole eirent.
Cholera Morbus is a dingcrous com-1
plaint, and often Is fatal In Its rfsuhs. I
To avoid this you should U9e DeYVitt's i
Colic & Cholera Cure, as soon as the
irt ymp:oms appear. j
ROYAL Baking Powder !
HIshest of all In ksvenlng j
PROFE8SIO?rAIi CARDS.
H. A. SMITH
DENTIST.
Rooina 1 and 2. Pythian
over (j. H Cooper's store.
nuildlng
German Physician. Eclvctlc.
DR. BAHTEL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ofllce over Albert Dunbar's store, cor.
9th and Co imerolal. Prices: Call, $1;
conlinemems, $10.ou. Operations at efflce
free; medicines furnished.
W. C. LOGAN, D. D. 8.,
DENTAL PARLORS.
Mansell Block, 57J Third atreei,
DR. EILIV JANSON.
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON.
Office over Olsen'a drug store. Hours, 1(
to 12 a. m.; 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sun
days, 10 to 11. "
LIBERTY P. MULLINIX. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office, uMVt Third at, Astoria, Ore.
Special attention given to all chronl
diseases.
J. S. BISHOP, M. D.,
HOMEOPATH 1ST.
Ofltce and rooms in Kinney Block.
Olllce Hours, 10 to 12:30 and 4 to 6:30
Surgery and Disease" of Women a Spe
clalty
DR. O. B. ESTE8,
PHTSICI N AND SURGEON.
Speclul attention to diseases of wont
n anl surieei.
nfn.-t nvpr Danzlger storfl Atorl
Telenhnne 'c W
JAY TUTTLE. M. D.
PHYSICIAN. SURGEON. AND
OCOUCHEUR.
Office. Rooms and 6, Pythian
Building. Hours, 10 to 12 and f ti
ftoxl.tf nee 6211. Cedar street
DOCTOR ALFRKD KINNEY.
OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE.
May be found in Ills oihee until It
ovlnck mornings, fr im 12 noon until
p. m and from 6 until 7:30 evenincs
H. T. CROSBY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
4.5 Commercial Street.
W. M. LaForce.
S. B. Smith
LaFORCE & SMITH.
ATTORNEYS-AT-YAW,
3S5 Commercial street.
I y. A. BOWLBY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
AT LAW.
Office on Second Strset. Astoria. Or
J. N. Dolph. Richard Nlxou
Chester V. Dolph.
DOLPH. NIXON & DOLPH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Portland, Oregon, 24, 25, 26, and 27,
Hamilton Building. All legal and col
lection business ppmip'.ly attended to
Claims against the government a spe
cialty. SOCIETY .MEETINGS.
TEAU'LE LODGli NO. 7, A. '. anu
A. M. Regular communications hi lo
on the first and third Tuesday evenlnt
of each month.
W. U. ilOWKLL. W M
E. C. H OLDEN. Sw-atary.
I. -
NtlKCF.l.LA.MK'.S
ART OF SINGIXa.
MRS. H. T. CROSBY,
(Pupil of Anton llarlll and other mas
ters) wilt give lesi oils In
MTSI'C AND VOICE CULTURE.
In the school of the great masters ot
the Italian method of training the voice.
Apply at 4CS Commercial street.
REAL ESTATE, NOTARY PUBLIC.
W. C. CASSELL,
178 Tenth street.
WHJiN IN PORTLAND Call ui
tlandley & Uaas. 150 First street, anc
gel the Ually Astonan. Visitors neeo
not rolBS their morning paper while
there.
BKVERAGES.
iVINKH AND BRANDIES. Use Uu
hiidel wtne instead of coffee or te;
-ifty vnts per gallon. Don't forge
,'eacb and tpeicol brandy. Also Frencr
ei.M.- nd wine at Alex Gilbert's.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
Notice Is hereny given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between the uu
Jerslgned. under the firm name and style
Oregon Transportation Company, is this
clay dissolved by mutual consent. All
outs'anding bills or accounts being pay
able to ('apt. Paul Schrader, and he as
suming the payment of all delrts due by
"aid lirm.
Astoria, Or., Mav 13. lSW.
PETER H. CRIM.
PAUL SCHRADER.
STEAMERS
Telephone & Bailey Gatzert.
Columbia River and Puget Sound Nav
igation Co.
. s, ... 7r-ST :f
Twu Daily Boats to Portland
' IYlrilior.e" leaves Aett ria at 7 p. aa.
Lii!) (except Sunday).
Lem-ee l'irHncl dnily til 7 a. m.. ex-
nept Sn.iv.
flamy Uifzen" leaves Astoria Tnes
l.iy. Wwinc-Mfay, Tl.nrs.lav, Friday end
: tnnlny inoriiini; nt 6:45 a.m.; Snndav
evening at 7 p. ta.
L"u vi-h l ortliitiil .dnily nt 8 p. m., ex-
icmi ..iuw;.y. im Saturday menr otll
p. ui.
C. W. STOXF,
Auent, Astoria.
Telephone No. 11
u. n. soon, president.
E. A. Seeley, Oen'l Agt., Portland,
S. H. WILLETT,
PLUMBING,
Oas and Steam Fitting,
Hot Air, Steam and
Water Heating.'---
179 Twelfth reL Astoria. Or.
FREEMAN & HOLMES.
Blacksmiths.
fcpeclnl attention paid to steamboat re-
wur,,llt- nrst-clas horseahoelng. etc
l0CCIf!G RK A SPECIMTY
Japanese Bazaar
SING LUNG. Prop.
CmnJei .Goods Just Received,,
An excolltnt sto?k ofKunderwear, hos
iery, caps, etc., it oxtrsmely low prices.
7 Bond Street, next door to Mutiler's
Fruit Store,
Indio
THE OASIS OF THF
COLORADO DESERT
8
ealtb
esort
BELOW THE LEVEL
OF THE SEA
Absolutely
Dry and Pure Tropical
Climate
Pronounced ly Physicians tlie
most Favorable in America
for Suf l'erers f rom . . .
Lung Diseases and
Rheumatism
Many Remarkable Cures
The objections urged against Indio
In the past by the large numbers who
otherwise would have been glad to talc
advantage of Ita beneficial climate, has
been a lack of suitable accommoda
tion. The Southern Pacific Company,
takes pleasure in announcing that sev
eral Commodious and
Comfortable Cottages
iiuve Just been erected at Indio Ma
nun, that will be rented to uppilcunts
at reasonable rates. Tfcey are lur
ulthed with modern conveniences, sup
plied wlin pure uilesiau water, and ttu
situated as to gove occupants all the
advantages to be derived from a more
or less protracted residence in this de
lightful climate.
(From the San Francisco Argonaut.)
"In the heart of the treat desert ot
the Colorado which the Southern l'a
due road traverses there is an oasis
railed Indio, which, in our opinion, It
the sanitarium of the earth. We be
lieve, from personal investigation, that
for certain Invalids, the-e is no spot oi
ibis planet so favorable."
G. T. Stewart, M. V., writes: "The
purity of the air, und the eternal sun
.shine, till one with wonder und delight.
Nature has accomplished so
much that there remains but little for
man to do. As to its possibilities as a
health resort, here is the most per
fect sunshine, with a temperature al
ways pleasant, a perfectly dry soil
for rain Is an unknown factor: pure
oxygen, denP3 atmosphere and pure
water. What more can be desired?
It Is the place, above all others, for
lung troubles, and a paradise for rheu
matics. Considering the number of
sufferers who have been cured, I have
no hesitancy in recommending this
genial oasis as the haven of the afflict
ed." Is 612 miles from
SANT FRANH.-'CO
,i!:i
,30 .mles lroni
I.'
Fare from l.os Angeles
For further Information inquire ot
any Southern Pacific Company agen',
or address
E. P. ROGERS,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. S. P. Co.
J. B. KIRKLAND,
Dlst. Pass. Agt.
Cor. Fin and Alder Stg- Portland. Or.
I.A FASTABEND,
GENERAL CONTRACTOR,
PILE DRIVER, HOUSE, BRIDGE flfJD
WHARF BUILDER.
Address, box 180, Postoffice. " ASTOPIA f U)
NOTICE.
The partnership heretofore existing be
tween C. J. Greenlund and Anton Brlx
florists, is hereby dissolved by mutual
consent, and all debts of the said firm
win oe paia Dy u. J. Ureenlund and C. G.
Palmberg, and all outstanding accounts
are due and payable to them.
C. J. GHEKNLUND,
ANTON HR1X.
Captain Sweeney, U. S. A.. San Diego
Cal., says: "Shlloa's Catarrh Remedy
Is the first medicine 1 have ever found
that would tn tne any good. Price
tts. Sold by J. W. Coi n. O
iir. A. A. Snyder. Supt. Poor Farm
WJinesiiellt county, la., says: Last win
ter Mr. Robert Leach used two boxes of
Dt.Witt's Witch Hazel Salve and cured
larga running sore on his leg. Had
teen under care of physicians for months
without obtaining relief. Sure cure lor
Piles.
Tr.ere la no doubt, no failure wh7
j" " riLi voiic ac cnoiera cure.
It Is pltasant.
after effects.
i promptly, no bad
Severe irriping pains of the stomic'i
and bowels instantly and effectually
stopped by DeWltfa Colic and Cholera
Cure.
KARL'S CfcOVER BOOT will purlfr
your blood, clear your complexion tv'
nlate your Bowel, and make your
clear as a bell. SS cts.. 50 ots.. and li on
Mrs. T. 8. HawV.ms r,.... ..
Tenn,. says, "Shllor' Vitillzp si'vivl
MY LIFE.' I consider It
Jdy for a dehllttat-d vt.m i 7,
led." For Dyspenma. LKrr .
otjr trouble. It excelis. Ptjve t r,
For Salt by J. W. Conn.