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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1895)
) : V "1 . ' ' ........ ..-.......,.,. . .-. -. ...... . . . ,.. " ,,-.. ' r . - "7,"T.,. ... .-"'" .,.mi.,, ''.mj . ";'Z:. :'' : ..j,.,H, . . -, - '- - " -3T 1 ... . ' " i V" ' - ' ....... s - .- f TILE HAIiV AOJIUN, MhjJIU, TOTIMtf MORNING, JQECEMBBS 24, JOHN T. LIGHTER. Editor. TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Tolfpboue No. 66. DAILY. Sent by mall, per year Sent by mail, per monrh ervml fcv carrier, ner week 16 WliKKLY. Sent by madl per year, $2.00 In advance. Postage free to subscriber. AH communications Intended for pub lication should be directed to the editor. Business communication! of all kinds and remittance mult be addressed ts The Astorlan. The Astorlan guarantees to Its sub scrlben the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. Advertising rates can be bad on ap plication to the business manager. - The Weekly Astorian, 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. Hand:y Co. are our Port land agents, and copies of the Astorlan can be had every morning at their stand on First street. WHY DO THEY HESITATE? It cannot be that President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle think that they would be disloyal to their own paity if they should recommend an Increase ot duties on Imports to meet the necessities of the government. A deficit of 42,COu, COO last year, a deficit of $17,000,vCO this year, and yet not a word about amend ing the revenue laws. On the contrary, both affirm that there Is no nerd of amending them. The affirmation says the one thing and the fact 8 the other. The platform upon which Mr. Cleveland was elected reads thus: ."We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the federal gov ernment has no constltualotial power to Impose and collect tariff duties except for the purpose of revenue only, and we de mand that the collection of such taxes hall be limited to the necessities of the government, when honestly and economi cally administered." President Cleveland and Secretary Car lisle will scarcely deny that, although the feovernmont Is honestly and economically administered, the revenue, as the figures show, Is not adequate to Us necessities. Yet, Instead of acting upon the platiorm of their own pai ty and seeking the need ed money where It can be had most dl 'rectly and without adding a penny to the debt of the country, they nsk authority to add both to the principal and Int.-iest of the public debt for means to megt cur rent expenditures. Why do President Cleveland and Sec retary Carlisle hesitate to act upon the platform of their own party? If they snould do so and get the requlrod revenue through the obvious and constitutional channel their polltkal opponents would not thereby be profited In tho party sx-nso. The credit would be their own. Why do they hesitate? So Major C. N. Clark, of Missouri, has won his place on tho river and harbor committee. The editor of tho Orofcoulan ought to feel remarkably happy after, his persistent blackgunrdlsm of Mr. Claik when a visitor to our state some months ago, and after the cock-sure predictions that he would not stand the leust chance for a committee position. On September Jrd the Oregonian stated editorially: "Mr. Clark, representative-elect from the First district of Missouri and aspi rant for a place on the river and harbor committee of the next housa, continues to repeat In various newspapers of the Northwest the statement that it Is Im possible to maintain a navigable channol between Portland snd the sea, and that money expended for deepening the Co lumbia ,-lver Is wasted and stolen from the government." After hinting that Mr. Clark was finan cially interested In the stand he took, the article concluded: , "Theso betrayal will not advance Mr. Clark's ambition to sit at the table of the river and harbor committee in the house of representatives. It Is not customary to Invite gontlemen Into that committee for purposes of private speculation. It It not customary to Invite a now repre sentative to sit upon the commutes In Older that he mav tear down large enter, prises of commercial development upon which the federal government has be-'n at work for years. In order to advance the Interest of himself and his bus nes associates. When tho river and harbor committee of the next house conn B to be made lip, Mr. Clark, of Missouri, jirob ably will have reason to reitiet the pro mature and Indiscreet candor with which he has shown his hand." Mr. Clark, however, has no .'eason to regret anything. It seems as If Mr. Scott has. One of the suggestions brought for ward with a view to expediting tho work of the house of representatives In dispos ing of the large number of contested election cases Is that there should be more than one committee on elections appointed. To do this, a change In the rules would be required. Without some such arrangement It will doubt! oss be out of the question to dispose of all the elec tion cases In a reasonable time. Several years ago Mr. Reed put himself on record a favoring the settlement ot such cases In the courts, and It Is possible that he may urge congress to take somo steps In that direction at this session. Of course, nothing can be done In time to afford re lief for the present house, but the great number of contests and the burdens they Impose may Incline the malority to look with favor on the plan which the sptakor has advocated, though many Republicans would regard it as a serious mistake for the house to delegate tho power of decid ing upon Its own membership to any In ferior court. It would be the most popular thing the president has ever done, with Democrats a well a Republicans. If he could have lifted himself far above his own vanity to rebuke and recall Mr. Bayard, on the ground that a servant of the people, ow ing all his position and honor to the popular choice, can only degrade himself by intuiting popular government through Us agent. If the president is not capa ble of rising so hlh. he mlielit at lst iiiiiutj sir. tJayard on tho obvious I prouisd ttmt a minister abroad has no! I " !r t!k i-'!"ri,.-.,-'y rf r!'!'-r n. ' ll'.i i-.I !. ty nt hi .,.. t:.c oT . :i c I. (h'A mnr in-Vcc n( iKo.ui e t He ixil cy , which Mr. Enyard vilifies la that which, with more or less modification of degree (i ml form, hits controlled every congror of tha United States and shaped every revenus law ever framed; for It was the defense of Democrats in the last and the previous elections that their now tariff was at no point to low as to take, away needful protection from the manufac turers. And furthermore, Mr. Bayard de liberately Insults three-quarters of the members of the house, which has to orig inate aprcpriatlptis for his salary while he Is defaming his country abroad. If President Cleveland has not enough patri otic feeling to rebuke such a minister, there Is all the more reason why con giess should express Its own nnd the pub lic opinion of him. The Astorlan said editorially on tho ?nd of September: "Senator Mitchell and the editor of the Oregonlan may think Majj.- Clark a man of very little influence, and that he will cut no figure even if appointed to the river and harbor committee, but the As torlan ran Inform these gentlemen that Major Clark will befound to have far more Influence, both at home a"d In Washington, tbun either Senator Mitchell or the editor of the Oreginlan. In the section of country that Major C'a-k comes from the squandering of money to open new channels every day throi'gh sandbars forming In the Ml-sb-s'ppl and Missouri rivers, out of funds voted by congress for the permanent Improvement of these waterways. Is a thlnir abro ut ly unheard of. And after coming out here and discovering the manner In which con gress has been annually Imposed on and the public treasury Kwindlrd for h- ad vantage of a few of Senator Mitchell' wealthy supporters In Portland, Major Clark will not be trim either to h's own Immediate constituency or the people of the UnltPd States If ho fal's to us- his utmost endeavors to prevent any further looting of the treasury In tho Inters' t of thre men and the one-horse fwn In which Senator Mitchell hannens to live and have his money Invested." Major Clark, by easily obtaining his position on the hnrbor committee in spite of the "ponderous" and "terrible" opposi tion of the Oregonlan and Mr. Mitch 11, has fulfilled one part of our prophecy. His honesty and ability as a member of that committee will show our Portland friends that appropriation Jobs for keep ing In repair the Willamette mud creek, will be met and defeated at every oppor tunity. This Is the day of bundles and pa"kpg. The late shoppers who1 leave things till as close to Christmas as they can get. w III be out In force after dark, "fully aden with a cargo of gift ballast for Home." ' Rorcas was at It again last night harder than e''er. Ho has been hurling his thun dorbolts from somewhere In the mldd'e of the Pacific ocenn for thirty-six hours. Mr. Olney may havo no presidential as pirations, but It will do no harm for leading Democratic politicians to keep an eyo on him. Tho title of Colonel Bob Ingersoll's next lecture doubtless will bo "The Mistakes of tho Christian Endeavorers." Mark Twain Is to receive $10,000 for ten lectures in London, which is probably the finest Joke of the wholo tilp. If the bloomer knows its business this Is tho kind of weather In which It should muke haHte to assert Itself. Major Clark is still on deck. Mr. Bayard, of course, In this country was born; The fact may as well como out fiat. But let us remember, nor hold him in scorn, That really ho couldn't hoJp that. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. HOW HE GETS EVEN. Life. "Her father won over $2,000 from the baron last month at cards." "And then the baron BHknn him for her hand?" "Yes. He wanted to get his money back. A GOOD WORD. Mr. J. J. Kelt, Shurusburg, Pa. Dear Sir' I am glad to say a gcu'iu word for Krause's Headache Capsulex vfter suffering for over three year vltrv acute neuralgia and It consequent isiitii'il.'t ('vhlch seemed to baffle th--fforts of some of our best physicians) ou suggested this remedy which gnvr me almost Instant relief. Words fu o expr-?s the praise I should like t- to iin Krnuse's Heitriaune Capsule Gratefully Yours, MKH. IS. tt. HOLMES. Montrcce, Ph NOTHING LIKE ASKING. "i"! Francisco Post. "I was on a stage that runs up through Napa county a few days ago," says At torney Martin 8t ovens, "when I passed a farmhouse with a half dosen boys play rg In tho yard. Outside the gate were half a dosen fat pigs with tin cans tied i their stubby tails. The can woroT fi'led with rocks and rattled like cow bells every time a pig move!. The pork ers stood plnrlng nt each other while try ing to make up their minds whether to run nnd squeal or Btand still and grunt. "Why do they put weights on the pigs' talis?" Inquired a young Englishman, who was going up Into Lake county to learn ranching. " 'To keep 'em from runnln" all tho fat off themselves,' explained the stage a river. ' 'Oh, ya-a-s, novel Idea, by Jove,' ex claimed the Britisher. "Just then we passed a couple of dogs that were trying to gnaw tho tin cans off their tails. " 'But why do they put weltrhis on their dogs' tails,' asked the Britisher, who suspected the driver of lying.. " 'Why, to keep them from chasing the hogs, of course.' "He was satisfied that he had much to learn about ranching. , The U. S. Gov't Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior to all others. Court dress in Berlin I to be modeled on the Venetian costumes of the renais sance. The deputies will appear as Vene tian senators. ALL FREE. Thofe who have used Dr. King' New Discovery know its value, and those who ht ve not tave now the opportunity to try it free. Call on the advertised drurKlst and get a trial bottle frm cen1 your name and irtdrea to H. E fcerkien 4 Co., Chicago, anj gut a sample box of New Life Pills frie, a wail n ccr" f OuHe tn Hcal'h and H.-nwMi.iM In.ru.-or, frae. All of '.v!!t'i W "inrantHd to do you good n'ld fn-t viij nothing. Phn. llogcra lrurrlrOd,i Follow rtulldlng. SPORTINO NOTES, Somo Chatty News Written by a Well. Known Betting Man. But to come back to Parson Davlcs' contention. Every devotee of pugilism knows that Sullivan's ring days are over. The Idea of calling a man champion who is totally unfit to defend the title Is on a parity wllhMho claim that Billy Thomp son mlcnt, if he choose, set up that as Charley Mitchell was the last man who fought Corbett'for the championship, tl should now revert to him. I think Billy Is hardly equal to the making of that claim. A a matter of fact he was but a small money earner until his Madison Square Garden boxing shows were Instituted. Fp to that time all his flsrhts and exhibi tions had not netted him 15 000. His Madison Square Garden shows were with Tug Wilson, Charley Mitchell. The Ma ori, Alt Greenfield and Paddy Ryan. He was to have boxed Mitchell twice, but was "Incapacitated" on the lat occasion. Assuming for argument's sake that he rot 17.000 for ench of these shows, It ag gregates only $35,000. I Kto that John L. Sullivan and his manager, "Parson" Davles. hove been alklng wildly In Chlcniro. "TIia hi fi. low", says that he has made $2,C00,0OO In his championship days, and Pavlrs claims that Corbett, having resigned the 'nampionshlD. It reverts tn Hnl lvon What nonsense! and what fools Pul'h'an and Davles think people are, tat they are trying to gull them w'th su'-h state ments. Sullivan was a big money earner n nis time, hut he never irmde over one fourth of $2,000,000. There are surface Indications that Jim Corbett already regrets his preCpltufcv m resigning the championship. He might have become the champion of America without having been an actor, but It Is certain that he never would have been tolerated, let alone accepted, as a the atrical star, if he had not been a fistic artist. I tried to Impress this on htm the night he returned to New Yrrk after the Texarkana fiasco, but evld-ntly I did not succeed, for In less than a wek he cast aside, as a child would a b oken toy, what a few years ago was in his eyes he greatest honor to which he could as pire. This Is not an all-round, overly prosperous theatrical season. Desp'te anything Grover or his cuckoos may Bay to the contrary, money is not a"y too plentiful In the pockets of the working men and shopkeepers, who are the back bone of ordinary theatrical patronage. I told Corbett that the tlt'o of "cham nlon" was worth $10,000 a season to him in the Bhow business. He didn't think "o. then. It hsa taken a few weeks 'o convince him that the best stars on he road nro taking advantage of every oosslble aid to boom business. I know that Jim sees this now, because of his declaration that If Fltz should de'eat Maher he will go hot foot after him, and if Maher wins he will not bother him unless he "makes cracks at me." Mark my words, that unless Maher and Fltz "omes to terms very qulck'y I will not be surprised If Corbett assumes the -fcamplonshlp again within three moi ths. How can he do It? Not according to the rules, I grant you. . But if bo assumes 'he title and announces his wll'lngness to defend It, who can gainsay his title to It. Ho Is the only one who has won It and defended It In tho ring. Tt didn't take an extra stateroom to fetch back all the money that Su ly made on his European tour, and unless reports lie he had to borrow money to convey himself and party back from Aust alia Take It all In all, I repeat, that If Sull- an's total earnings, both as a fighter and as a theatrical star, are given In the neighborhood of a quarter of n million dollars full Justice will be done them. Had he exercised reasonable prudence he would have been worth at least $100,000 today. He came before the public in 1SS1 That was fourteen years ago. At that time his Income wasn't $iW0 a year. Hud he lived ever since at the rate of $l'l,000 a year (which is about $200 a week) and saved his overplus, he would today have been a better-to-do man than nine-tenths of his warmest admirers. That, how ever, Is his business, but when he begins conversing through his hat about fabulous amounts that he never made he must ex pect to be corrected and set right before the public. As a matter of fact, there Is no cham nlon of America at present. Coibelt has no authority to convey the title to Maher. Peter, however, seems best entitled to the honor because of the fact that he Is PB.lv nr.d willing to nght any one ior it He has shown that before and since his meeting with O'Donnell. In Kltsslmmons' niisnnce he was ready and willing at Hot Springs to Btep Into the ring with Cor bett and battle him for It. Of course, Jim was not going to give him t' at chance, having his engagement with Fltz on his hands, but that does not aetruci In tho least from Mahcr's Will InKneus to flo-ht htm. At the rtngsme mo n-sni hnt ptor mallvrued O'Donnell, after Corbett had congratulated him and re signed the championship In his fa'-or, It was stated that the reason that Maher had not challenged I'oroett ny name, hi,n ho offered to fight any man In the world for the championship, was because h. hiil hppn reauestea oy nun r iu manager not to do so. nvlcs' contention that Corbett, having resigned the championship. It reverts to Sullivan, the man from whom he won It, Is ridiculous. No one knows that better than Davles. He got the Idea from Tom O'Rourka, and it is only set up as on advertising dodge. Sullivan says that Pnrhett and Fltxslmmons are primarily "responsible for killing the boxing game T tiiink thev can divide that "bad eml- with Sully himself. In taking to , .tarrn nnd demanding that the cham lon have special rights, Corbett has but followed In Sullivan's footsteps. Wbat "It has done hns been to ape both a nearly as he could. It was Sullivan who Prst set up theatrical enga-ement as a bar to accepting chal'engi s. (Me I'd this in the big office of the B uithern hotel. In St. Louis, when he declined to meet Tadily Slavln, not only until hla hpn American theatrical engagement r Pinlrd. but also until he had f:l OMed his Australian theatrical contracts.) Cnrhott. as I snld before, has merely trodden In hla- theatrical footsteps. MOONSHINE. DeWltt's Little Early Riser for btllou no. IndlgAstlon, constitution. A small pill, a prompt cure. Chas. Roger. HIS PHILANTHROPY, Was Chilled Whan He Mot the Bowery Angel. (Detroit Free Press.) I was looking; Into the window of a Bowery confectionery stor wnen uiuuk rsma a rac eed and bnre-foted girl of Ahr.nl 10 and halted besldo me. Presently I said to her: "Did you ever have a whole pound ol candy at once in your life?" "Nawl" she replied, as she cocked up her chin and looked at ine in an inipu dont way. "Perhaps 1 mlRht buy you a pound. "Oh! Oh! Bay, cully, wat ye drlvln' t this time?" "Nothing In particular. All little glrH like candy, and I thoiglit I'd buy you tome." "Oh! Ye did!" she snetrcd, "I'm one of the little girls, am I! Got any obJecK tn glvln" me that sort of taffy, old man?" "Aren't your feet cold?" I asked, after looking her over and noting that she was s touch one. "You kin feel oft hat one and r!" she retorted, as he planted her right foot; aralnst my watch pocket with the great-j et ease. "Anything cold about t' at, ruiiy? Want "cm both tososher nixt, tlmeT "You ere a pretty high kicker for a little one." "You bctcher your life ! cm. So you'd Ilk to wnt."n mo urf with candy, eh? Jest thought you'd llRhtrd down on om lnnercent little angel, didn't you? Don't try any of ycr soft soap on me, Cholly dear!" "But I haven't been," I protested. "Even If you wanted candy I wouldn't buy it for you." "Oh! Ye wouldn't! Well, I shan'rax ye to. D'yo know what ye put me in mind of?" "No. What I It?" "An ash barrel on crutches ha! ha! ha!" "You are a very Impudent chl'd." "Child! Child! A worry Imperdent child, am I!" she repeated. "Look here, cully make no mistake o n me fur a nursln' babe! If you kin git anythln" tuffcrn me along here I'd like to see It, and I'm'growln' wusa every day. D'ye see me?" "Yes, I sec you." ' "And you'd better remember how I look, fur If you should try to play masher on me acaln I'd holler fur me feller and you'd think you'd run up agin a razor. See!" "I do." "Then mind your eye and take that'" And she kicked tho hat off my head and walked away singing: "The Bowe. v the Bowery He won't come here anj? more!" AGAINST BLOOMERS. Crusade by an Eccentric Lady In Roches ter. A correspondent of the New York Her ald writas from Rochester, N. Y., us fol lows: "The Lord Is with me in this fight, and He will sustain and direst my actions. He has told ine that the wearing of bloomers by women Is sinful, and that for the honor and glory of Ills r.ame they must bo abolished. "Rochester is already wicked enough without suffering the plague of bloom ers." With uplifted hands and In a ringing vol"e Mrs. William Chl holm, the origin ator of the antl-bloomer crusade In Ro Chester, made the above declaration at the close of an interview with me this afternoon In her residence in Fulton ave nue. Mrs. Chlsholm declares that she has been Inspired to attemDt the ualvation of women who wear oloomers. Not only bloomers, but every article of apparel worn bv the new 'voman which In the least Infringes upon the time-honored principles of conseiavatlsm Is Included In her crusade. The new woman, phe as serts, Is a sinful and pernicious sign of the degeneracy of tho nge. Mn. Chlsholm sprang Into prominence as an antl-bloomer agitator last week, when sho called upon District Attorney Forsyth and requested him to prohibit the wenrlng of bloomers upon the streets of tho city. Mr. Forsyth Informed her that he was powerless to accede to her wishes.. . She repeated the tall on the two following days and vainly urged the district attorney to Join hands nith her In the crusade. Undismayed by her unsucce-iaful at tempts to invoke the aid of the law, Mrs. Chlsholm endeavored to gain the support of the newspapers. She was neain un successful. She announces that she will carrv on the crusade without the aid of earthly beings. Mrs. Chlsholm resides In a part of the city that Is overrun with cyclists. The bloomer craze Is at its height In Roches ter, and most of the female cyclists pur sue tne amusemont unencumbered by Bklrts. There are nearly as many knick erbockers worn ns bloomers. Mrs. Chls holm thinks the knickerbockers are less Indecent than the bloomers. "It was the presence In tills street of Bcores of those shameless bloomer tclrls," said she, "that drove me to begin the crusade. They rida before my house all dny, flaunting their deprav'ty before the eves of the neighbors. The presence of he bloomer girls attract men to Fulton avenue by the score. I understand that the same condition of affairs exist all over the city. "I know that some ot the women call themselves respectable, she continued, "but they ore not. 'o woman who ex poses hersolf in bloomers can be respect able." "Hew do you Intend to proceed with your crueadi ?' she was aska.l. "I have been told that I must erdeavor to save theso women, who lire too care less of their own welfare to save them selves by discarding bloomers. Many ot my neighbors have decided to join me. If no other way offors I shall have some of the bloomer wearers arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct,, and have them tried in the police court. Shame nnd fear of publicity will sometimes pio duce results when other means fall. If It seems advisable I shall hod a public mpeting to discuss the matter. "1 do not believe In what they rail the new woman. She Is unnecessary No place exists for her In this coun'ry. The old woman is the one we want, nnd we want her Vlthout bloomers." Mrs. Chlsholm stated that the senti ments expresscn upon ine new wor.ian recently by Miss Susan B.. Antha.iy were In part responsible for her iruside. Miss Anthony said here: "1 I'ko the 'new e-lrl,' whether or not I like the 'new num.ui. i line to sae ner dress-M m a costume fitted to bicvle rMlnir, with her nend thrown back, not carlnjr for horses or man eltlier. Mrs. Chlsholm is a widow, gray-haired and matronly. She is comfortably well off nnd Is a regular attendant at the l.nke Avenue Baptist rh-irch. Never be fore has she attracted public attention. The attaches of the district attorney's onico tninK timi sue is unhnlaneed men tally. Her appearance is thnt of a sane person. T!i bloomer girls are beginning to feel a trifle woirled at the crusade. Not a b!i umer girl ventured on Fulton avenue todav and only a few were seen on other streelj. BUCKLEN 8 ARNICA SALVB3. The best salw -lie world foi Cuta, cruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Vver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, 'hllblalns. Con.s. and All Skin Eruc- lons, and positively cures Piles, or no ay required. It is guaranteed to (five '.'rrect satisfaction, or money refunded Hrice. 25 cent per box. For ssie h 'has. Rogers. Odd Ppllnws building. ECONOMY IN FUEL. The Eureka Fuel Econ-JHtier to a eel fpMflcv; prepan&tion which augments the Intensity of coal and wood tioat In Che proportion of S3 per cent. i If the direction printed on each pack age i carefully cJbserrd, boe Eureka Coal Economlier wiM give to any crdlna- ry or middling coU she uatne vaiue a ttuut of superior Quality. The Eureka Fuel Bcono-nlxer prevent tn a-hoot. the cinders and the format-ton of smoke, which may spoil. In an apart ment, so many viitfxe articSes, such as curuulns, paintings, etc. -me Kurn Duma any kind of gas which might destroy the breajfttuhle air; apartment and factories In vtolch it Is used are coiM4Utntr.y more heai-itiy acd comfortubie. In lees Uiso five minutes, one can obtain a very brisk Or wMcn wta Just rhtrty hour wttiiot being stirr ed up and without any atkllUoo of fresh coal. Hence an economy of coal, work and money. The Eureks, Economtser produces a heat more soft and more eonecmrtated: when a normal host to wanted, the ventilation must be partly stopped and. again, an economy in fuel U to be relied upon. We guarantee tint our preparation pro duces po injurious effect on the heutii. snd does not alloc, to any way itoves. ranges, grates, eto. 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The Christmas Day Is ending. Anfrela on the earth descending. Bless the world tonight. Glory streaming down from Heaven, Peace unto mankind is given, Through the light That came down from Heaven above, Lighting all the world through love. Amen!" N. Y. Herald. Files of people have pileB, but DeWltl'g W itch Hazel Salve will cure them. W hen promptly applied It cures scalds and burns without the (lightest pain. Chas. Rogers. AND SHE LIKED IT, TOO. New York Ledger. The Chapel on The Idea of your allow ing Mr. Tuesoon to kiss you! Such pro ceedings are disgraceful, and going on under my very nose, too! The Daughter But I thought they went under mine! 'TWAS EVER THUS. Yonkers Statesman. Yeast Who is that richly dressed lady coming out or mat lasmonanie restau rant i Crlmsonbeak She's an artlst'a mn,i&i "And this seedy-looking fellow coming out oi ine rree lunch saloon "Oh, he's the artist." PROVEN A BOON. Gentlemen: I have always recom nended Krause'e Headtwne Capsules wherever I have had a chance. They nave proven a veritable boon in m amlly against any and all kinds, of pndache. -Your truly, I. H! WALTER. Leavenworth, Kansas. For sale by Chas. Rogers, Astoria, regon. soln aa-pnt. In 1811 the amount per head consumed for drink In England, Scotland and Ire. land was respectively 3 17s 4d, 3 Id and 2 2s 8d, which proves that IrUnd to twice as sober as England and once and a half as sober as Scotland. When Baby wo sick, we gave her Castorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla. When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, When she had Children, she gave them Castorla, 2SctSV SOcta. 81.00 Bottio. Onecentadosa. It la sold on gusruntoe by all drug gists. It oures Incipient Consumption lad i-tha best Cough and Croup Cuxe. For Sale by 3. W. Ctmn. 4STORIA IliON WORKS CorKirr.ly St.. foot of Jackson, Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makers Land And Marine Engines. Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Castings of All Dtscrlp'luns Made to OrJr on snor. Notice, lohn Vox. President and ftupfrlntcndeir . L. For Vice Preslden . B Prael .Secretar Are You Going East? If so, drop a line to A C. Sheldon, general agent of the "Burlington rtoute," 250 Washington St., Portland, tie will mail you free of charge, maps, time tablet, and advise you as to the through rates to any point, reserve deeping car accommodations for you, ind furnish you with through tickets vrla either the Northern, Union, South rn. Canadian Pacific, and Great North ern railroads at the very lowest rates btalnable. The Burlington Route I generally orieeded to be the finest equipped rail oad In the world for all classes o '.ravoj. NOTICE O COMPLETION AND AC CEPTANCE OF DRAIN IN ADAIK'S ASTORIA. Notice Is hereby given that J. A. Fas i abend, contractor for the construc tion of drain in Adair's Astoria, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1M4, on this 23d day of November, 1895, tiled In the office of the Auditor and Pol"Ve Judge -f the Oity of Astoria the Certificate of rtie City Surveyor, and Superintendent of treets. approved bv the Committee on Streets and Public Ways. After the expiration of 'the time here inafter specified, if no objections to the acceptance of such work be fl'.ed and the Common CounoK shall deem such Im provement properly completed, according to tine contract and pjans and specifica tions therefor, tlhe same may be accepted Objections tn tha . acceptance of raid Improvement or any part thereof, may be file.) In the office of the Auditor and Ponce Judge on or before Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1S95. K. OSBURN. Audttor snd Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, November 23d, 1S95. CHIEF OF POLICE SALE. . Nottc Is hereby given that by virtue or . warrant Issued by the Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria to me directed, dated the lWt day of Octo ber, 3&)6, and acainst Laura M. WTmlley, Commanding -me to Itvy upon Lot No. 4, In Block No. 13, AdAtr'a AntJrtj, ard col lect the assessment due tOicavon, inoi) t Irvit to Two Hundred Dolars ($3,0 00) for the improvement of Stlh street from the north skis of Franklin avenue to the south side of Duai'e :reet. I hav thl day levied upon cad de scribed property, and on -the !6:fc day t December. IS!, tut I o'clock p. m. of eala day. In front of oh court boiis do r in the city of Astoria, Cla-bop Ciurity, Or eswi. will proceed io evil at pubic auction avid property ro the ttgtiest bidder there for, to pay said is esnment and cceu and expenses of ale. Said a to te for United State cold and ilver coin. Dated Astoria, Orw-on. November li, 1SS6 C. W. LOrOHEKY. Chief of ToMoe of the City Artor a A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IS Crocfries, Flour. FetA, Pmisloti. Fruits 1. v l. !'.,.. fV. G..'5 3' -I Pi.itt-JW.tr. l.ii-r-.'r'.V.-iwIi Cor. Ca uj So.utsmu S;rta Av i Or. and -w';,'.,,f (1 M M bN ll naio The Oasis of thf" Colorado Desert A New Health esort BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SEA Absolutely Dry and Pure Tropical Climate Pronounced by Physicians thf most favorable in America for Sufferers from . . , Lung Diseases and Rheumatism Many Remarkable Cures The objections urged against Indlo in the past by the large numbers who otnerwise would have been glad to tak advantage of its benenciul climate, has iuck or suitable accommoda tion. The Southern Pacific Company, ""-' ineRHure in announcing that Bev erl Commodious and Comfortable Cottages have lUHt boen erentod nt India Bin. lion, that will be rented to applicant u.1 icaaoname rates. Tcey are fur uithed with mode rn convenlpficpfi. mm. piled with pure artesian, water, and so situated as to cove onnnrmnra oil th advantages to be derived from a more ur less proiraciea residence m this ae Ug'htful climate. (From the San Francisco Argonaut.) "In the heart of the great desert of tne Colorado which the Southern Pa cific road traverses there Is an oasis called Indlo, which, in our opinion, li the sanitarium of the earth. We be lieve, from personal investigation, thai tor certain Invalids, the-e is no spot o this planet so favorable." O. T. Stewart, M. D., writes: "Tb' purity of the air, and the eternal sun shine, fill one with wonder and delight. Nature has accomplished sf much that there remains but little for man to do. Aa to its possibilities as 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, denpg atmosphere and pure water. What more can be desired T It is the place, above all others, for lung troubles, and a paradise for rheu mattes. Considering the number of sureerers who have been cured, I havi no hesitancy in recommending thl genial oasis as the haven of the afflict ed." INDIO Is 612 miles from SAN FRAXCISO and 130 .Tiiles from IX)8 ANOELEfr Fare from l.os Angeles f3.oc .For further Infi.rmstlnn Innitra nt tny Southern Pacific Company agen' T aaurer-s E. P. ROGERS, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. S. P. C J. B. KIRK LAND. flint Pnqa A try "or Ftrwt ir.d Alder Vs.. Portland, rv MUSIC HAIili. ' KEATING S CO will open their ST Music Hal at 3 9 Astor street. -a: Saturday the H'th. They win If keep numberless good liquoin and dgarii besides having good music all the time. Canadian Pacific RAILWAY. AMERICA'S Greatest 4- Trr s-Co it! Railway System. FROM OCEAN TO -IX- Palace Dining Room and Sleeping Cars. Luxurious Dining Cars. Elegant Day Coaches. -also - Observation Cars, allowing Unbrokei' Views jf the Wonderful Mount ain Country. $5.00 and $10.00 Saved on si: tl- lct K.in Tocri-t c r 'h b'l on wh eli. qnipEucMt ot th- very fin through ut - 'L' Canadian Pacific royal mi mm m -TO- China and Japan. China steimers leave Vancouver, B. C Empress ot I--JU laipr, ssof J,p.in Em,r-of t.luni Em- res of India F-pip'tss ot Jar an Emp'ess of Ch nt AlT A.'K Spt. Oct Nov. Due. acth icxh. nth, nth. 9th Australian stramer lrv Vanwavrr, 10 tb ! every aaonth. B. C For ticket f:itrS ai.J h.f trm il.mi on or nJJrrss JAS. FIN'LOSON, A et,t. Asfivfl. C W. F. Carson. Travelln? f'as. ?t , i ;ct;i.i. V. a h ' . ML. &ro:i, D st iss. Act.. Vancouver, B. C. PKOFKHHinNAl. I'AKI German Phyalclan. Eclt-ctlc. DR. BARTEL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office over. Albert Dunbur' store, cor. 9ta and Co imercial. Prices: Call, XI; -onfinementa, $10.1)0. Operation at fflc free; medicine furnished. DR. EILIV JANSON. PHYSICIAN ANP SURGEON Office over Olsen's drug store. Hour. 10 to 12 a. m.; 2 to S and 7 to 8 p. m. Sun days, 10 to 11. !t O. B ESTEfl. PHYSK'I N AND 3UUGtCOft Specla' attuntlnn to disease of kuxu en and urgerr. Office over Danzlger tore Astoria Telephone Vr SJ I AY TTTTTT.E. M n PHYSICIAN, SURGEON. AND . VOUCH Ut'H Office, Rooms i and , Pythian Building. Hour. 10 to 12 and i to Residence 39 Cedar street DOCTOR ALFRED KINNEY. OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE. May be found In his office until II o'clock mornings, from 12 noon until t p. m., and from 5 until 7:80 evening H. T. CROSBY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 4C8 Commercial Street. ' W. M. LaForce. S. B. Smith. LaFORCE & SMITH. ATTORNEYS-AT-YAV7, 385 Commercial street. J. Q. A. BOWLBT, ATTORNEY AND COUNHh-Lo AT LA1 Office on Second Sti-9et Aston ()i J. N. Dolph. Richard NUuu Chester V. Doipn. DOLPH. NIXON & DOLPH, ' ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Portland, Oregon, 24, 25, 26, and 27, Hamlltou Building. All legal and col lection business promptly attended to. Claims against the government a spe cialty. SOCIETY MEETINGS. TEMPLE LODGE NO. 7, A. F and A. M. Regular communications held on the first and third Tuesday evening of eacih mo-nth. W. G. HOWELL, W M E. C. HOLDEN. Srstary. MISCELLANEOUS REAL ESTATE, NOTARY PUBUC. W. C. CAS3ELL, 178 Tenth street. WHEN IN PORTLAND Cab on Handley & Haas. 150 First Btreel snd get the Dally Astorian. Visitors need not miss their morning paper while there. BEVERAGES WINES AND BRANDIES. --T-i- 'i fandel wine instead of cr.ffci? or t Fifty cents per gallon. Don't tunc peach and apricot brandy Also Krvn. Cognac and wine at Ale Gilbert v Snap R Iodak at any nwi coming on : our store and ycu'li get ,. portrait of a man brliiiniln, over witn pleannni thougi'ls Bui'h quaiby tn th- liquor- we have to offer an- mmtxli io PLEASE ANY MAN. Conne and Try Them HUfjHESS At CO. EXTENDED SYMPATHY "Do unto others as vou would hnvt others do unto you," is sympathetically '"own in the following llnea, the pre uniption being th.it sympu'.ny Is t -j-n. or akin to pain or sorrow: Uentlemen: Please dend K.rausi' Headache Cupsules as follows: Two uoxes to Flora Seay, Havanna. N. Dak i'wo boxes to LUlie Wilcox, Brookliind, V. Dak. l nave always been a greai 'ifferer from headache and your Cap niles are the only thing that relieve ne." Yours very truly, FLORA SEAY Havana, N. I'm- k For sole by Chas. doners. Axiorlu r Snip Agent J. B. WYATT, Astoria, Oregon. Hardware, Sliip Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. Special Attention Paid to Supplying Ship. riiey Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen n the Columbia river that stand tn che same relationship to Marshall's (Vine as a wooden image does to the' iuman being they lacK strength life -eventless and lasting qualities. Don't 'nol yourself Into the belief that other wines besides Marshall's will do "just well." They won't They cannot STEAMERS Telephone & Bailey Gatzert 'TeleDhone" leaves Astoria at 7 n m muy texcepi Hunaay). Leave Portland at 7 a. m. dal'y., ex cept Sunday. "Bailey Gattert" leaves Astoria Tues day, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning at 6:45 a. m.; Sunday venlng at 7 p. m. Leaves Portland dally at 8 p. m., ex- pt Sunday. On saturdav at II p. m. C. W. STONE, Agent OSS HiGGiNS & CO rftcers. : and : ntchers Atrla and IVv' a.rona r-a n.t O tit, s. Di-i'.a. e Domrstlc nut Tr, rl, i .'-nit, V p,-tah.-. So?t Ci:-M Hm P.arnr l.'r hni, . J-rtsh . and - Salt Meats. ortb Paeifie Bremery JOHN KOPP. Prrp nminn Lager Bw And XX PORTF!' l.Mve oriVrx w-;.h J. L. "i.-aos al ts uimrid Saloon or Louit Itaptite at 'he Cosmopolitan Rilooa. AH order wU. b promptly attended to.