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ASTORIA, OREGON,. . SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1895.
NO. 2H.
HuMf II nW fsN
. .
Save Time and Money
Q 54 f JT
'
except Saturday and holiday
. 1. L, OSGOOD,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
606 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
hSTOIfl PUBLIC LlBrJfltyY!
KE.ADIKO ROOM FJtEE TO ALL.
Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30
and 0:3!) to 9:30 p. m.
Subscription rates $3 per annum.
Southwest cor. Eleventh aud Dusne Sts.
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
A FULL
Oregon Books
.-m., -Pencils
Pens
Sponges
Everything Necessary fop School Use.
Griffin & Reed.
THREE LOTS.
In a desirable It cation, 2 blocks from High School.
A BARGAIN.
CHOICE LOTS !N HILLS FIRST ADDITION..
On the nesv F1k) Line Bu'ilevarJ .lust the place for a cheap home.
A Block IN ALDERBROOK.
STREET CAR LINE will be eiten.loi this summer to within 5 minutes
walk of this property Will cell at decMed bantam.
ACREAGE.
in 5 or 10 aore tracts inside the mty limit', ulso adj nnine Fluvel.
GSORGE HILL,. - 471 BondSt., Occident Block,
' " HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
Ladies' Grey
AT
75 Cents a
These same garments sell
$10
Jlen's Overcoats
These same gools ar?
bargains for $ 1 1.50.
6 50 - - Men's Suits - $6.50
A Full Line of Shoes and Hats.
OREGON TRADING CO.
6oo Commercial Street.
JTVETtT ONE NEEDS A BC8TNK3 EDUCATION. Many yoaag men anl
srwnen can spend but one or two years at school why not take s oonrss that ea"
eorapleted ra that time? The college lacradM a short ENGLISH COURBB b
ides a Bt'ST.VESS and SHORTHAND COURSE. For eatalogoss address.
114 TaXHIIX St. - - HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE. - - rraTUTOo.
By saving time you will save
money, and by saving .money
vou w;il cj!lvfl timp. and the wav
to save both is to buy of rpe
yourMen's and Boys'Clo th
ing, Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Gaps, Boots, Shoes,
Trunks, Valises, Umbrel
las, Mackintoshes, etc.,
which are bought direct of the
manufacturer and sold for cash
on a low margin to aU alike.
lJCsOn and after November
1st my store will close at 7 p. m.,
evenings.
They Lack Life
There are twines sold to fishermen
on the Columbia river that stand in
the same relationship to Marshall's
Twine as a wooden image does to the
human being they lack strength life
evenness and lasting qualities. Don't
fool yourself into the belief that other
twines besides Marshall's will do "Just
az well." They won't. They cannot.
LINE OF
Slates
Tablets
Erasers"
Woolen Vests
Garment.
everywhere for $1.
$10
marked out t all the stores as
bnReal Life
School Supplies '
$2
WHAT STRIKES COST
History of Strikes for the Past
Seven Years.
LOSS TO STRIKERS $35,000,000
Not Half of the Strikes Were Sue
cessful -Lockouts Are Expensive
Luxuries-Interesting: Figure.
An Eastern paper EOfa that the relations
cf capital to labor, so far as thea k'ppiy
to strikes and lockouts, during the last
seven and one-half years, are exhaustive
ly treaitod in the annual report of Col'
oncl Carroll D. Wright, the commissioner
of labor, which Is made public today. The
report shows that during the foregoing
period Illinois had tlhe largest number of
establishments affected, both by strikes
and lockouts, there having been 10 060
of the (former Mid 1,193 of the latter. New
York came second in the list, with 9,540
establishments Involved in strikes ' and
723 in lockouts, land Pennsylvuila third
with 8,319 strikws and 490 lockouts..
The Industries most affected by strikes
during the seven and one-half years in
dluded In tlhe report were the building
itraUes with 20,785 eistjaWldh.mer.Ss Involved,
coail and coke with 5,958, clothing with
3,041, tobacco with 2,506, food preparations
wltih 2,389, stone quarries and cutting with
1,993, motaT and metallic goods with 1,834,
'transportation with, 1,327, printing and
publishing wttlh 603, boots and shoes w'tih
607, furniture iwiUi 459, wooden rood with
409, and ibrick with 406 estuibltsh'mentB
wlille those moat ftffected by kckouts
were the ihullWIng trades with 1.900, stone
quarrying and cutting with 489, clothing
iwith 431, brewing .with 150, boots and shoes
with 130, metaf.a and metallic soU with
128, and tiransportatloil wjll !U r.stah!!h'
mertfs Involved.
JfojHie total, number of mDloye Involved
wTr-ilh!Wwn Out of employment during the
MW'rioiwt'uiH- ictttui-y jit ure reHiri is
tne itatu;iar ettatementfl showing tho etatee
In wlhlich ifhe miajonKy of the strikes and
Oockoute were (located. These ware five
in number, and were, respeotlvMv. mi.
nois, Massaohuisetls, New iork, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The strikes In this quintet
of commonwealths were about 70 per cent
of the whole number of establishments In
the United Stialtea aftette.t by strlKts,
while the locko.ifs were nliout 7C per cent
of ail those throughout the -oyntry. The
Tepor: Knows that these Ave states con
tatnei 51 pr cut of nil vho manufactur
ing en'tabOlshimeniOs awd1 employed 66 per
cent of ttio capHtal invested in the me
chanical Indlustrka of the country, taking
the census of 1890 au the basis of ran
pwatton. b'.. In ':R4f& York cJty the wage loea of
ki---'muMu-tw. J6.500.0W. exclusive
of tfmOOO contrjbuted to them by other
labor organl?;a:li)n. while the loss to cm
pOoyea was a little over $3.DOO,X0. The
number of btrikes In .".nston was 257, with
a 1o.m to the employes of JS00.590, es
airiiins t'iO00 for the employer. The
totil number of strikes in the Aflegliany
am'd Pttltsiburg was 251, tout the Iocs of
wages was $7,379,763, WhiHe the loss to em
ployers was $2,600,000. In Chicago, w'hre
thfc strikes aggiretsrated 628, the loan to
ompHoy.es reacilied nearly $9,000,000, wlille
that of the employers was nearly $14,500,
000. In Pattenson, N. J., whc.ru the num
ber strikes wan only 47, the loss to em
ployes was more than $1,000,001, as agalnat
half that sum for the employer The to
tal wage Iolm to the employes In twenty
six leading mamfactur ng cities wa In
round mun'rers $33,0O0'OO, v5ille the IofS to
PTir:oyera was eometh'ng lc.?s than $2
000,000. The number of lockouts as compared
wltih the strikss for the same period wb
smal'C In the oggregate, but the losses In
curred wore enoumojsly Increas'.d. The
totaS was 244 l.Kkoutj?. with a Iocs of
wages to emipkyps of fU.Ofl.'nM, while the
loaj of employers was neurly haif that
sum.
For the period covered bv the moit
cut of the 16.361 establlshnients artVctod
by the strikes, sio?e in their demands
was gain el by the employes in Jl.iW: par
tial su.'ctm was gi vl !n 4.:: esiabllsh
menlts, ww 1 failure forkuwed In 21.6S7 estah.
CWJumeirts. Out of the 3.853 estaMlrfimenta
having Iocwu:i!i, 1,883 sucoeeideid In galnlnr
tlhwlr demandis; 2! lairtially succeeded end
1,558 failed. The '.tading cause of etrlkes
ws for an tncreaife of wages, ar.d these
represemt 25 per cent of the whole num
ber. T.ilnteen per cenlt were for r
dudtlon of (hours; 8 per cent were F.ralnt
reduotfton ot wiages; 6 per cent weire isym
paUhtic; per certt were for lnxrfnaie cf
wages and reduction of hours; 4 per otit
were aJbatnat enrploymemt of nr-unlon
men, and 3 per cent for a recognition of
IWa uniton. The remainder of the 'tr kes
are attributed to a number of .vthtr causes
of no cepeclal interest. -
STATE NEWS..
Interesting Items Culled Frm Oregon's
Leading Newspapers. ,
TOe Fairmlnr'.on Cremmery dompvny
fllevl ts articles of incorporation at he
ecietary of staite's offlco yesterdiy,
showing tlhat it tad $2,000 capital, with
T.. A. Itood, Wm. Scfiufmeirich and D.
Burkbalten incorporators location,
F" 'Tilngton, Wa5lliingte,n county. Ar
itio.iHS were also filed by the Mut.ia! Bene
fit Insurance Asnociatioii ot P-ir ta nd.
with property estimated to be wor.h $10,000;
Horace V. Ramsdeil, M. Bill ins, D. W.
Oampbell, A. M. Hadloy, 8. H. Graber,
C. H. James and L. D. McArdle Incor
porajtora. Statesman.
Tlie ao5or's census glvo She total
popiatlon ot Marion county as 30.041.
In 1890 It was 22,454. . The census includes
the Inmates of the public institutions.
Salem Is croIJted with 10,21, while in
1890 it was given as 10,122. The popula
tion glvwn for other towns are: Wood
iburn, 1.004; Sllverton. 830; Ktsyton, 489;
Mount Ansfil, 3tt: JefTerson. 312; Cefvafs.
JOI; Tunier, 221; Scott's MIKs, SO;' M1U
City, . 114; Aurora, 218; Niagara, H5: De
troit, 54; Gates, 43; Mdhama, 71; Mlrrto,
17. Places chon-lng a decreane from 19u
-e urmpoeg, GervaK Mdhaasa, Hill
' Ty, nd TUrnw guaema0(
'George TV, BaHger, who was triad for
murder In h first degree in tMimrjla.
cvmnty, wss acquitted by rhe Jury cn e
I Jiah fci. on Ott ground of insanity, and
lira yestily tifcfrn to the SUraa iik.n
afylu.n by ordr of C'Imit Jades "Me
BrWe. Orrin C. Skinner, a native of In
'tVma, iwao taken from Yarrtfillt county.
The cause of bu lnuitty In unknown,
but tlhe commitment says "he talks fool-
telhCy and goei amount town and snaps
empty plutoCs'- at people." Columbia
ooun'ty cowerdbuted la second patient to
ttho asynum on Tuesday in the person of
Mire. Ma'hale KowLer, aged 41. The cause
of (her mental, trouble is unknown, but
she thinks C has been dead and re
turned to life again,
' The Treka Journal says: "Last Tues
day morning about 7:30 o'clock J. A.
WUIama, of the Williams & Wademan
quartz mine on: the north fork of Oreen
(hom. wias cru4id by about fifteen itons
of 'loose quants and gravel caving upon
ihim In the tunnel, his body being wedged
in by an Immense bouCdor, so that it
was two hours before it could be recov
ered by the men at work. He was cau
tioned about tflie treacherous nature of
the ground, and advised not to venture
beyond Dhie timbering, a pave might
occur wihon least expected. The nlgM
previous Mr. Williams fired a heavy blest,
and alt 6:30 Tuesday morning proceeded
allor the tunnel to ascertain the effect,
iwhen Ms partner advised him to watt
until the tunnel could be timbered some
twemty eet 1 urWher, and was getting out
timber to run' in upon the car for. the
purpose. Examining (the tunnel to see
ihmw tt (oolrod, ,and using his pick to
knock dff come edges, a irnaa of rock
artd earth came dawn, when ithe man
wdtlh tlhe car behind him gave ihe alarm.
The other (two men at work came to tlhe
rescue immediately, arid labored ener
getically wltih -pick and shovel from 7:30
unim 10:30 beifore recovering his body." '
The O. P. Observer says: Fish Btorles
ana in nena n ut nil Km., nt th& vann
and ve will vouch for this one. On Mon
day imornlng of thto iweefc Itew. Robert
Mclyean and T.' P. Oramer, of this city,
went (out for some sport and returned
well laden -with spofcj. . Mrr. Cramer
brouglht in 15 large trout, and Mr. Mc
Lean caught about 75 pounds, one flsti,
a waiimon trout, measuruig 40 Inohos In
kms'llh and wwlMlng 43 pounds. He efiso
PeopCe otften doubt the ability of our
local portsmen to handle the Inrge
slseid fWh which are bo pDemtlfut 1n Rogue
river with a rod , and reel, but we are
au'Uliortitv for I'hn dtninmoni ,, ih.
are not the targes t Whloh have been
suaeeasruKy Handled with a rod nd reel
ww summer. TJie same nwntleman, Mr.
McLean, landed a 0-nnnn.1
Ing itlhe rsiummer. Not a day passes but
one or more fbh am aiish in
stream whldh weHirh mm tn n nmm
and It Is common for some one ,to bag
I've io len or these large flsh. in a day.
Inhabitantrvof the. Lewis and
Clarke Have a Meeting.
Committee of Five Take Definite
Action Looking: to the Establish
ment of Fetter Facilities.
At meeting of the Inhabitants of
Lewis aj-Al Clajke, held alt the residence
of Chris Ebsen November t, 1885, for the
purpose of dlscujelng road matters, H.
a. layman was elected' cbailrman omd C.
8. Dow clerk.
After some discussion, a committee of
five, consisting of H. 6. Lyman, W. J.
imgaKs, E. F. Llbke, WiUCam Larson
and C. S. Dow, was delegated to attend
Ulhe next aeealon of the county court of
Clatsop county, to urge upon the mem
bers itlhereof the Importance of Immedi
ate aidtlon In regard to ' bridging the
Lewis and Clarke and of providing soma
means of crossing Young's bay from the
terminus of Whs Clatsop and Young's
'bay aoad, near Wlllta'mspcjrt, and to ore-
sent to tlhe aforesaid county court a
copy of 'the following rcsoluton, prepared
by W. J. IngaCCs and unanimously adopt
ed, to-wit:
Whereas, A county road has been
goanted by our tti'onoralbJe county court.
and 'has been opened from near Young's
Day ito CUatsop Plaiires; and, i
whereas, About $2,000 has been expend
ed by private Individuals and over $1,200
by tthe county In building bridges; and,
Wthereas, The said county road Is of
but Jit tie use and benefit to tlhe public,
owing to the fact itoJt the aforesaid
county road does not connect with our
eounty seait ertd market town; and also
0 the fact that tlhe means of crossing
.i.ie Lewis artd Cltrke are Inadequate
and deficient, as they can be used only
piut of the time; and, .
Wiheneas, Large sums of money are
yearty collected for state and county
purposes from our people, and always
'7.'ilngly paid; and,
Whereas, A petition signed by over half
of the representative wci'llli of Claop
county was presented to your honorable
body In July last pat, atklng that you
would take immediate eteps to bridge the
Lewis and Clarke and Young's bay; and.
Whereas, Our hfrnorab'.o county Judi?e
and county commissioner were etocted
aingety on promises made on the Huct
lng "That ittrey were Interested, and
would do everything In flieir power to
funther the Interests of the county by
&Bteimg In the construction and opening
of county roads." Now, therefore, it is
unanimously
Resolved, ThoU tt Is the duty of our
honorable county court to take Immedl
aite notion mKH a view to bridging the
Lewfep and Clarke river, and also bridg
ing or putting on a steam ferry across
Young's bay.
WHAT TO TEACH A DAUGHTER.
Tenlih tiler thalt one hundred cents make
one dollar.
Teacfli dier Ito Iwear . calico drew), and
wear In like a queen.
Teadh Bier lw to draw for be-a'th and
oomfbrlt, as weC as for apipearance.
Tedh toer to re?Hl the morals and
habits, and not money, in Delecting her
aenortaltes.
Tear'.i (her to h-ve nottvng to d wlt'i in
Umnern: or dlsBdVulte young men.
Teaeft her to observe ths old ru''j a
place for everything, and evryt'hlng In
its ptec. -
TVaeih her to embrace every oppor
tonlty tor mJIng, aoA in-i&act such
books as will give th rant useful and
acaxasnl infbrmatlon. ia order to frake
Oa an vroxreM In ssrtief as '. as
webooi life.
JCs In town. I'"s the best;
Went burn nut roughen the skin;
Won't "yellow your clothes."
You wIN be agreeably surprised.
Sorry you dMn't know It sooner.
Tomsonis fiosp Foam, large psekire t.
Made! by the Interstate Com
merce Commissioners. ,
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Number of Employes 444 to Each
100 Miles of Eoad Eecommen- :
datlons Made.
The Chicago Tribune anaSyxea tihe last
report of the Interstate commerce com
mission as follows:
Tine lntenataite commerce commission
has issued its seventh annual report' on
the statistics of railways in the . United
States, thus being for--the year ending
wltih June, 184. At the close of that
year the 'total mllesge was 178.708 miles.
being an increase of 2,247 miles during ths-
year. The 1.27 percentage of Increase
was less than tihalt for any previous year,
Of course this fact wau due to tlhe panic,
(the depreaulng effects of whdoh were oth
erwise Shown by the fact that of the
192 railroads in the hands of receivers,
126 were placed 'there during the year.
These 192 roadis have a tol'aJ of 40,819 miles
of Cine, and a eeultajliatlon ot 2,500 mil
lion dotlars, or one -fourth of the total
rAtjway capluatisation of the country.
At the date ot the report all the lines
in 'the United States (had In rervlee a tolal
of 85,492 'locomotives and 1.278,078 cars, of
which 1,205,169 were In freight rervlee.
Ea-h frolght Tocomotlve was credited with
4,016,7136 tons carried one mUe on (the aver
age, and each passenger locomotive with
1,444,400 passengers carried one mUe. To
tal ipaawngeiB carried 510,088,199 and
freight 633,186,553 tons. The number of
employes was 779,608, being 414 to each
100 miKes of Wne, against 873,0O'l persons
wtitlh an average of 515 per 100 miles of
line the pn-ovlous year. But the reduotoln
was the -greatest on Hhose linen which
had received thie largeet stimulus from
the World's Fair business, aind the cheap
er median las and the apprentices having
suffered more Khan the mora highly skin
ed employes. The saving in the pay-rolls
neceiajitalted by the depression following
tlhe panic was achieved by a reduction
In tflie number of employes rather than
a reduction In wages.
Thto total stock captarizotlon of the
lines , wan 4,834 tnEllon dollars, of wtrrtcJr
4,10,1 imlttlon was "comimon stock," wWtoh
is 'mostly ''water." The funded debts
aggregated 6,356 millions, this including
4,594 millions of bonds. Thl4 amounted
-to 49 2-3 per cent of the entire oapDtalizar
tlon, or (31,273 to the average mile of line.
The total capital' of bonds and stock was
10,796 minions, of $62,951 per inlle of line.
The stock on which no dividends fcwe
paid iin the yettr ending with June, 1894.
iwas 63.43 per cent of tlhe tottat stock,
Bia'lnt 61.43 the previous year, trl 0
per cent in 1890-'91. No Interest wt i I it1(I
on 17 1-4 per cent nt the entire luiluefl
debt. , ; ' '
The grcas Income from the operations
of the year was 1,973 millions, leaving 342
'mllUions milter paving operating expenses.
The latter earn tlhowed a decrease of 51
millions from (the previous year, while tlhe
oecreiase In gross earnings iwas nearly
K 3-4 'million, of Junt about haCf that of
the previous year, and tlhe railroads paid
out in Ktlvtoends end otihar payments
from net income 101V4 mMons, Incurring
an BduJtllonaO ilndeUtedneBs of nearly 46
imUlons for tlhe purpose of maintaining
Uhe money value of five stock through the
payment of dlvldendia. There was a
'inairked decrease In 'the number of Injuries
and faital casualties Do mp0oyes at well
as passengers.
The report repeats tfh rectmi6nuWlor.e
prevlouul y made in the (hope of rendering
the statistics more comtteiie and snore
useirul. T.We are, in substance, that (the
following parties shiaT.1 be required to
make to t'.ie comm'lusionieirs Teponls s m
lliar to those now required from rail car
riers: Exprecn Icompanles engaged in - in
terstate trafflc, owners of rol'.lng elock
used in lntersta'be commerce, and owners
of depot propoilty, dtodc yarda, elevators,
etc., used by irtforwlate ciarrlers and car
rkin-i (by muter, alt leuut so fair ns the
budlnefid of 'Khe laiUteir influences 4n any
important decree the (tnterstoite (traffic
carried on by the railways of the country.
It ate,) (a conMeipea dteedrare that the
icarriers be called upon to make sla''e
mortts of frelgiht eairnlmps by fndshtt
olanses.
LOST HE It WAGER.
Eugenie Boxed 'the Ears of a ItoyaJ Guard
But He did not Move.
Nothing could te more magnificent than
One aiDoeai'ainoe of everytlhiing appertain
ing to the court on all puHIc occasions,
Thie baTXu, especially in ithe vartouw rplen
dld dooms, particularly in the Immense
"Sales des Mateohaux," were a sigm noi
to be forgotten from tfhie first entiiance
and aiscenlt by the gmealt staircase, uuorn
ed by flowers and shrubs, where on each
rites stood Two of itlie "cent gardes" (the
bodv sruaird) as motion ess
statueti. Nothing w(as more remarkable
than the drill -Which enabOed these men
on a'.l occasions, when on duty at the
palace, to remain wWhout moving a mus-
cle.
This faiWgue of tiHIs Immobility is tald
to be so greait Idhoit 4t coU.3 not be
dured beyond a ceritaim time, but It was
so comp'etie tlhiat, to come euddenly on
one of these guards in the pa'ace, was
positively- stanortng. ft was nMrcely pos
IWe to believe tha,t they wre alive. They
wene aTi remarkably fine looking men,
Djbofflcers cboocn from the various rgl
nnts, and when the war came they
proved tlhat they more not merely parade
o(dlm, for tCwy flgwed among the best
and bravest troops.
One day the l!tti prince, when a young
eWJd. In this hope of making the sentinel
rmove, poured a Whrfe bag full of sweets
Into his boot, but wltlhomt eliciting sny
tflgn of life f-no-n ( he Wlltary stntue b
fre Wm. ThU piay of the child being
mentioned dn the pr.wmoe of Colonel Vers,
'.v. iio coirmartled (fhe regiment, he de
(ireil fhlut noth'ing couM mike one of his
men move wCwm on duty. T w eimprens
could not beerve this ansertion. and final-,
ly laid a waver tba(t she would contrive
to make one of tho giarvl move. Colore
Ve.Cy Waving accepted the wager, the m-ff-v
went with him Into tho neighboring
ftlk-ry. whers tty walked bai-kTrd and
frwoM ktf tvt the wririntt, the empress
Irylnx-by vry tmivn to tti- t-
rilun. TCi guard stood M if turned
i .rxjne. Co'on' Verty Sm4d. Ths em
P -i, witCi hmr clvira'terVftlc impetuosity,
the l went stralBht up to the voloVer, and,
?ennl!nr to fasnilltr speech, "boxei hli
ear.'j." Not w.io' moved. Tee sm
prewa tlien acknon-teilg'eld tblalt Coonel Ver
ty had won the day, and sent a handsome
compensation to the soldier, who proudly
refused it, Maying that he was sufficiently
compensated by having had tills sovereign
lady hand on his check.
THE TELEGRAPH LINE.
Is Making a Phenomenal Record ' for
Breaks.
Front some 'Unknown cause yesterday
another break occurred In the Western
Union telegraph line, and from 8 o'clock
In the morning untu the time of going to
press not a spark flew over the wires.
It to untfotturate that (the company has
no protection ito Its iwdres, as Whey are
not strur.g on a regular right of way and
every wayfarer or .wood cutter seems to
feel privileged to cut dawn tree and
(tit it fail across the wire.
No prea dfcpaltthes taep.&r this mcning,
but the telegmplhi compa.iy have a force
of men out looking for tlhe break, and
hope before many moons to Ifive matters
In such shape' thait these annoying tacci
dents cannot happen. ' '
AN OLD ASTORIAN.
Hop. Jas. H. Price Lived Here 21 Years
Ago.
Yesterday Hon. James H. Price, rec-
rvtary of state ifor Washington, arrived
In itlhw city on a visit to hls old time
friend, Co4, E. C. (Hughes. Mr. Price was
(a resident of Aiatoria, twenty-one years
'.wo and alt that time iwUs connected with
t'hle custom house, under Collector jHare,
an uncle of 'the present sheriff. He said
'tlhat there was not as grant a change as
he expected to fhfJt altihougi.i ihe city
ii an grown a great uealv
x Mr. Price iwiH luiv today or tomorrow
for Ilwaco, anil (from tlhere he w..'l pro-
oeed to OCjimpiai
The Saj.im Statesman Is on the trail of
tlhe oounlty assessor. The receipts of
Absocbot Coffey for 1SS4 were $8,318.74,
mind for 1895, up to October 1, $7,900.60. It
1s thougiiilt tlhe total will be $10,000.
1890 'the cost was only $2,500.
In
L
Of uthr Little Churcir Around
the Corner."
Joseph Jefferson Directly Besposi-
ble for the Christening Unwlt
. tingrly GIren by a Clergyman.
AT '
A New York paper gives tlh following
paiUhetlc explainatton ot the origin of a
popular expression:
The "Uttel Church Around the Corner'
has become iworld famous, yet very few
know how It came to be cal.od by that
name, or that Joseph. Jefferson was in
directly reapunsiUd for tho christening.
Upon tlhe deUltv of Georg Hol.und, the
oomekluui, Mr. Jeffenson, iwlho was a per.
Bonat friend, called upon his widow, and
alt Iher de..'lre couglw thie minister ot the
church -Which she ottensfcid, with (the re-
Quest that he ofllcu'ts at tlhe funeral cf
Mr. Holland, M it was (desirable that it
iilrouJd take place In a public place of wor
ship in order to isjccomlmiodat the miany
tniends of fh deceased who wished to
pay thieir last refipeots 'to the dead. "Some-
tlh'lng," eald Mr. JefOeirson, gave me ifhe
impression that I huid best mention the
fact tlhiat Mr. Holland was an actor.
did so in a lew words, and concduded by
presuming H-hat probably this fact would
make no difference. I salw, however, by
till restrained mamieir of the minister
and the unmlstaikwble change In the ex
pression of his face that It would make
at leawt to hlin a great difference. After
some hesitation he said he woutd be com-
peDed, If Mr. Holland had been an actor,
to decline holt) Ing the service at the
chlurch. While hlls refusal to perform the
funeral rites for my friends would have
(Ihocked me under ordinary circumstances,
'the fact that it was made in nhe presence
of the dead man'j son wla. mure palnfu
than I can describe. I turned Ho loo
at the youth, and saw his eyas filled wW
tenrs. I was hurt for my young friend,
and too indignant with tlhe man to re
ply, do I rose to leave the room. I paus
ed at the Uoor and said:
"Wl sir, In thus d'lemimn is ithere nr
other dhuroh to Which you can direct me
from which my friend con be buried 7"
"He replied tWat there was a llttCe
church around tlhs corner where I might
get it done, ito mfhkfli I answered :-
' TWen if (halt be so, God bless the
little oh-urch around the corner,' and so
I Wt -the house."
The minister had unwittingly performed
an important chrWtenlng, and his bap
tismal name of "The Little Church
Around the Corner" clings to It to this
day." Marlon J. Hk.
ROMJANCE FOR NOVBJHJBJt.
The November Romance contains one
of Stanley Weymanis bririlant historical
SkotcOves, which ts suitably Ivlutttra-ted.
There Is aim an amusing story by W. L.
AMen, entitled "Mr. Cutter's 8urprl,"
dwerrptive of tlhe sjttempt of an over-
conndant conductor Kp run his train
-tfhroiwrt a str&ndeid schooner loaded with
dyraunite. Besides ittume mors noteworthy
storks ttiere are Itirtenestrng tales by Stod
dard Dewey, Marrtott-Watson, Alma
M'mrtln, and oKhens, sx tlhtolt reader-s of the
November Romance will find plenty of
entertaining matter in Its pug-.
Ml Virginia Falr,'f New York city.
Is an expert ventriloquist.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ftww'iJliUuti L Ji. (
Plans for Kailroad Constrnctioit
by Cory Brothers.
NEW CAMPS TO BE STARTED
At Once by the Contractors An
other Hundred Men to be Added
to thq Forces Already at Work.
Mr. W. W. Cory, heal of ti'.ie fl: m- ot
ralKroad contractois, iwas s?en at his office
ytLHeiduy up to his eyea In work. Many
details devolve upon the managers of s.
targe piece ot construction work on a ruli
road and the Astoria-Ooble road is no
exoeption to the rule. Camps umist be
built and mialn'talned, the provisions are
to be provided and a regular boteC niixln
italncd In all of Its details. The dally work
on tho road must be planned and over
seen by compettnit foremen, aCl of the
'Jive stock and tooCs have to be taken
care of, and each man has to know hid
duty and perform it at the appointed time.
The contractor himself has to know that
alt of theue detuils are beJlng carofu.ly
looked after and mu&'t of necessity be
a very busy man.
- To Bin Astortan representative Mr. Cory
said that 'they were making good prog
ress with the work, although so far it
tvaxl taken nearly all of their time to gee
the (various oaimrfs arranged for (the
winter's work and gat the necessary KooCs
In shape. About one hundred men are
now engaged on 'the 41ne and work wll'i
be pushed t'hrouglh Uhe winter, regardl ess
of weaithcr. There Is much construction,
such as the tunnel and the cuts through
rock, thait can be done In the rain is iwelt
als at un-y other Itime. '
Tomonrow twenty-five more men I! be
started to iwork and aibout sixty-five new
men will be added In a few day3" time
from the numbers now at work on Ihe
Uppertown sewer under Contractor Fns
tabend, whldtiijob will (be completed with
in ten days.
Five more four-Oiorse tealtrm and Uie
necessary number of men start out l.i
the morning for the NeJhaDom to bring In
the baOance of the tooCa on the old grade.
It will be rather a dlfflcuCt matter, as
they are "Scattered all along the .grade
Just where-thiey were Jft 'when - work
ceased on Dhat line, but In i short lme
they will all be tranisifeirred to the new"
work.
8ub-on;trac,t Hti be let by Mr. Cory
as rapidly as the work idemsmda It, and
everything will be pushed as fast ss the
weather wUI permit.
It Is understood that Engineer Curtis
will return In a Hay or two and tihia-t act
ive .Measures will then be taken to go on
with tlhe bridge constnucttton. Altogether
It eooms certalln thait a lairgo amount of
work iwKIl Ibe done tlurllng the winter in
and airoiind 1 Astoria and that large
amounts of money, will be disbursed
through (thie general offices hero.
THE NAVY AS A CAREER.
Captain A. T. Mohan In the Novemb:r
Forum.
Tivere romalns the conssderaitlon of the
navy ais a oareer reJliutlvsly to its place
In tlhe social' organisation. The considera
tion accorded to a profession In any so
ciety depends, .not upon Its Intrinsic mer
its or adv&rutageo, but upon the general
aimu and pursuits of that society, and
upon tlhe valine to its Intereeits that It rec
ognizes in this profession a question. A
combination of olroumeltancos, which It Is
needless hers to analyse, have contributed
to fasten the attention of the citizen ot
tlhie United Slaiteu pretty exviusiveily upon
the lriteriml affairs of tlhe country, and
to aittiaidh to tlhe making and having ot
money an importance paramount to thaf
of sill otlhier 'fodtors in life. UndJubttd'y
many ODher human interei.ita cla m and
receive a certain r.iare of attention; bul
ntoncy, as tflve representaltive of pamr
and Uhe ni earns ito gratlficaitlon, may Mich
cut exaggeration be said to have no com
petitor so Olone as to be occuratoly ceed
a rival. In the navy, imcmey will rot be
round; and iai If It stands for any.hlng.
It stands for the represemtatlon of exter
nal Interests, It faifis tlhere also to touch
keenly the chorijj What respond to the
ennm ot danger or advantage near ait
hand. As a matter of fact, the ex tern an
Intoresits which ame now generally recog--ilzd
as calling for the existence and
msulntenaOToe of a navy concern but a very
"unal propotition of our cttixens-Hiihooe
wl'uo edther reside or have bustners Inter
ipts In forwlgn Candis iwCieco political con
ditions are unsettled, and Justice at times
Nard to obtain. WtvaUher a wkfer-embracing
view of naittonal Interests wri In f u-
ure be Justified, and, If Justified, wilt be
reached by so lunge a number of our
own pFophs as to coneitltute anyrhlng (Ike
national sentiment, is a question upon
wfrtch K b an impoelbtllty to speak wlih
certainty. Wy own opinion is that wlth'ln
th probab.e ltfetl.Te df one now entering
the service suchi a sentiment wli have
becomie general, owing to th course that
external events are Ukeiy to take? not
by the Initiative of our own country, but
by Oh ai-ton of other states. If tlhis
sihotfll come to paau, the navy will un-
doutleAKy gain thiat iwUlllh of svniDa,shv
and recognKton m-ihiMn toy tlhe dignity tt
oonirers, is or utseu no tt'lgJilt advantage
to be consildkred n tlho choice of a pro
fm.lon. In no event wf.l tlhere be money
In at; but Vhtre may Wiways be honor -and
tfuleitnebw of mind; and worthy occupa-
i"i iwnaan are Better guarantees of (hap
piness. , WEALTH OF THE ROTH3CILD3.
The wea'th of the Rocblhllds Is raid
to ihlaive iliu(U',id wfthlln the last twenty
yeaird. It is now estimated ait ttOH.OnO.Cmo
clr.'S, . and It fc calculated that in 7u
years 'more It will amount to no U-sn
jban 15,010,000,000 tKertlng. Tt la soarcelv
poa'jble for 'the human mind to con
ceive ro vast a r:tm. I'reabytcrtati. .
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