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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1895)
r v v THE DAILY . AflTOJILLN, , AflTOBU, . TOW?9nAf WORNIM, DECEMBER 25, c, . ... Th:s2 $3.35 u pair blank ets are gool, generous double bed size. Good weight, too. Not the boggysort that bur den without warming you; ligV, mellow :n so sft tlu't it's a pleasure to snuggle un der them. Wo know of noth ing iu other stores to equal them at less than $1.50 or $5. THE ARCADE. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER. local weather for twenty-four hour ending at ( p. m. yesterday, furnished by the United States Department of Ag riculture, weather bureau. Maximum temperature. 40 degrees. Minimum temperature, 37 degrees. Precipitation, .13 Inch. Total precipitation trom September lt KM, to date, 24.39 inches. Deficiency of preclpitalton from Sep tember 1st, 1R6, to date, 3.44 Inches. BUSISESN LOCALS. I to blend tea Is the best. Ask your grocer for It, and take no other. Meany li the leading tailor, and pays the highest cash price for fur skins. What brings people back to the Asto ria Wood Tard after they have sounded the possibilities everywhere els? May be H's one thing, and May be It s another. But che fact remains-back they come And of course the Astoria Wood Yard Is proud of It. Jno Hahn & Co.. 479 Commercial street, hava an excellent stock, from which to choose a 'nanwoinu and useful Christmas present, cop-ml ng of quilted and felt slippers, gentlemen's assort! embroid ered slipper, ladles' and gentlemms storm Alas'ti f'-'t lined rubbers and a complete and stylish lino of boots, shoes, etc. No excuse for sleepless nights when you can procure One Minute Cough Cure. This will relieve all annoyances,' cure the most severe cough, and give you rest and health. Can you afford to do without It? Chas. Rogers. SHILOH'B CURB, the great Cough and Croup Cure, is In great demand pocket size contains twenty-five doses only 25 cents. Children love it Sold by J. W. Conn. fRCM NOW UNTIL SPRING Overcoats' and whiter wraps will be in fatfbton. They can be discards, tempor arily wWU traveling tn Wie steam hea ed rains of the Ohlcsga, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. For solid comfort, for peed and fur ea.fety. no other line cam compare wf.h this great railway of the West. FOR RENT. Three comfortably f-irnlsJwd rooms, wltlh ftrwKlaes table board, at Mrs. Hoi dun's, corner 9Ch and Duruve streets, board without room 1f desired. THE BON TON. New Restaurant-Serve all the dell eacrfes of ttie eeeon at the lowest prices. Open until midnight. Speool attention given to theatre parties. No. 671 Commer cial street. AN ENIGMATICAL BILL OS" FARE. For a dinner, served on the Dining cars of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, wUl be sent to any address on receipt of a two cent postage a tamp. Ap ply to Geo. H. Heafford, Oenral Ilaarien. ger Agent. Old Colony Building, Ohlaigo, Illinois. FOR THOSE WHO EAT For the remarkably email sum of li cents one can procure an excellent chick en dinner svery Sunday at the popular "Denver JCItcihen," east side of 9th street between Astor and Bond. Mr. Richard son, the proprietor, also assures the pub lic that they can obtain at his place a well-cooked, well served breakfast, din ner or supper any day In the week for the above mentioned price. Olve him a call and be convinced that he speaks the truth. ECONOMY IN FUEL. The Eureka Fuel Econo-nlser Is a sci entific preparation Which augment the Intensity of coat and wood twa In he proportion of 33 per cent. If the direction printed on eadh pack age is carefully observed, tins Eureka Coal Eeonomlser win give to any ordina ry or mliMIng coal the tnume value as UmJt of superior quality. TJe Kureka Fuel Beononftzer prevents the tfhooiU, the cinders and the formation of smoke, Which may spoil. In an apart ment, so many vufuuib.e Articles, sucOi aa curtail n i, paintings, etc. The Eureka bum any kind of gar wlslco might destroy the bneaittMble air; apartments and factories In Milch It is used are conaequenCy mors tiealihy and comfortable. In leas than five minutes, one can obtain a very brink lire wOildH wis test thirty hours wi thout being at lur ed up end without any addition of fresh coal. Hence an economy of coal, work and money. The Bureka Bronoirrlser produces a bra more soft and more conoentruted; when a normal heat ks wanted, the ventilation must be partly stopped and, again, an economy tn fuel Is to be idled upon. We guarantee that otr preparation pro duces no Injurious effuct on t'he hoaith. and does not affect in any way stove ranges, graHea, etc. Large consumer? can owtaln the pro duct, which we do not neattate In term ing "marvelous," at mm more reduced prices. Bach padnwre bears, with very explicit directions, our trade mirk, representing four hands crotwod together above a Hon with this motto: "In union there Is strenfith." Any counterfeiter shall be dealt according to law. We receive too frequently Applications for samplea. and it as wl'h r.mvt that we are competed to refuse the tending of Uw mxne. Heretofore we have Mb eraUy given away aaiiUos In erdor to popularise our product, but we cannot afford to support aunh neavy -xpen any longer. The moderate price of our pro-' duct Is In the reach of anybody who wants to try It. It t for the same reaeon that we have decided to send It dlrort on relTt of 25 cents. To try le to be convinced thnt our pro dH hi a triumph of evlonce. S5 cents each package, sent free of charge. AritklCAN tit'REK A FUEL FXONOMIZER CO 1180 Broadway. New York, U. S. A. A TWISTER. A twlitar In twisting May twist hire a twlit, For in twisting a twist Thrae twists make a twist; Itui K one of the twists Untwlits from the twist, The twist untwletlng Untwists the twiat. That la when it's twisted with any ether twine than MARSHALL'S. ROYAL Baking Powder is teen awarded highest t-xnors et every world's fair whore exhibited. I Laced Cloves ! 'A Black Gloves! US. $ Button moves i I Colored Gloves! All kind! ol OLOVI2S, and Every pair GUARANTEED. Albert Dunbar f Ik.. JN: JeA. J 3X 3) 3) jA AROUND TOWN. The means that heaven yields must be embraced And not neglected; else, If heaven would. And we will not, heaven's offer we refuse, Th9 proffer'd means of succor and re dress. Shakespeare. Christmas ornaments at Smith's. For lntest holiday novelties, go to P. A. Stokes.' I;orn On Sunday, to H e wife of J. B. Ferguson, a son. For Holiday Goods, go to the Kstes Craln Drug Store. Mrs. fl. F. Clnyton, of fceastdc, wits In the city yesterday. Mr. George M. Hawes and wife have gone to Portland on a visit. Mr. J. O. Han thorn has gone to Cali fornia to spend a month or two. F. liartoldus, of Young's River, called on his Astoria friends yesterday. Silver novelties In large variety, at H. Ekstrom's, 660 Commercial street. Superintendent Lester, of the Seoshore railroad, was in the city yesterday. Mr. I.aren, of Fort Stevens, was over yesterday, visiting friends In the city. T. B. Hall, of Deep lilte", dl-1 his Christmas buying in ...-(torta yesterday. Bailey's comolexi'm brushes removes freckles, tnn, iili A here's and wrinkles. See our ten cent silk handkerchiefs at the Oregon Trading Co., 600 Commercial street. The finest line of domestic and foreign perfumes In the city at the Estea-Cialn drug store. Rolld silver and plated ware a large as sortment, at H. Ekstrom's, 560 Commer cial street. F. G. Heger, of San FranclBco, nnd H. F. Cnrnnhan, of Knappten, are guests of the Occident. The last nn imj of tli'j old elty c..n "II will be held JaniMty 2ml int-to-vl of December 31st. The county clerk yesterday Issued a marrlnpe licence to Jan. W. Hobson and Bertha F. Medley. P. E. Hickman, tho surveyor, is out In the country running some lines, but Is ex pected homo today. Diamonds, watches, Jewelry, suitable for Christmas presents, at H. EkHtrom's, 5iKl Commercial street. Miss Minnie Crow, who lins been at tending St. Helen's Mall, Portland, Is home for the holidays. Opera glares, gold nnd silver mounted umbrellas and canes, at H. Ekstrom's, CiiO Commercial street. C. B. Smith has the finest display of Christmas candles In tho oily. Ills pi Ices cannot be beaten In the cl:y. Messrs. B. A. and A. A. Seaborg, of II waco, passed through tho city yesterday on their return from Colorado. Call nt Crow's gallery and see those beautiful holiday mounts-Just the thing to send with your photograph for Christ mas. Tho Society Mlnarva will ho'd n Christ mas nodal In their hall on Saturday even ing lo which all are most cordially In vited. i Neckties, silk hnndkerchlefs, s'lk muf flers, gloves, etc., at P. A. Stokes.' The Kl Modelo cigar. Imported exclu sively by the Corbltt Macleay Co., Pcrt 'nnd, Is having a great run throughout the West. "The belter tho day, the better the deed." The better the "nd." and the better the mediums used, the better the results. The Astor House will give an elaborate "hrlHtnms dinner today 'served In t' bumI elegant style for the small prlco of 25 cents. Look out for tho second annual ball of he Astoria Amateur Brass Pand, to be given New Years' night. A good Ume s promised to all. President Curtis ond Engineer Jamlo son spent yesterday In Wnrenton and re port matters as being In good rhiipe on hat side of the bay. If you have something that the people iced, advertise "with courage and fu'th," ind the peoplo nt homo and abrcad will respond to your profit. Tho runaway pile driver was broi'ght hack to Its place nt Smith's point yester day, and the work of raising the otlter one has been commenced. Genuine Flndon Haddocks. Imported Stock Fish, Anchovies and Holland ller Ing; also Fine Bloater Mackerel; try them. Foard & Stokes Co. Po not forget that nn advertisement In "perpetual motion." If It Is good, will wear Its way Into the people's memory, with consequent results to you. Linen handkerchiefs, fancy suspenders, at P. A. Stokes.' In the i.rnl.ate court yrst rlay, the final account of Ira F. Powers, idmlnlstrtor of the estate of J. L. Ayers. was approv ed and the administrator discharged. The Astoila Amateur Brass Band will give Its second annual ball In Fisher's hull. New Year's evening, The event promlsi s to be a most enjoyable one. The reports of the lino men yesterday, , . i. . l. .. .1' i ...... T'nlnn n. I ra I. w UUWl'U IIIU1 lliv n i-nin h iiiv.i tween Astoria and Knappa was broken, i . i .u A ... .... c . . .1 .. . . ,i -m in ten uuit'rciu pmce u ouuuaj o .v. Nothing is nicer for a Oirl'tmas present 'or vour gt-ntleman friends than A box of '1 Modelo cigars, imi-orted by CorblH ft Macleay Co.. Portland. For sale by deal f rs. Mr. 1,0111s Shott. well known in Astoria, sent to Sam Harris aovernl Jmnchra of f r.e granges from Mm-ysvllle.'Va., w)-ere he piiw Is. One bimch, comain'ng more than a iii.en of the yellow balls, peep ing through Ih green leaves of the branches, to which they were attached, 1 was very beautiful and called forth many comments from all who saw It. I Co to 138 8th street, opposite the Court House, to have your umbrella repaired or re-covered In first-class style. A complete stock of fixtures and repairs always on hand. A hat for dressy occasions Is of dark green velvet. On each side ore bunches of Prlnco of Wales feathers under which, next the hair, are velvet flowers with vel vet loop. Seventy-two Christmas randies Tor cents at C. B. Smith's. Photogranhv nnd the oeeunatlnn nf he- Ing a trained nurse are two lucrative lines cf business for women. Others are cs- tablishlng a Woman's Exchange on a small scale In their own homes. I In planning for the entertainment of your holiday guests, don't forget to order: of your dealer several boxes of Hie Kl ! Modelo cigar, exclusively Imported by the' Corbltt & Macleay Co., Portland. I Preparations Yrere made yesterday to celebrate Christmas on a large scale at the railroad camps above Tongue Po'nt. A big turkey dinner will be given by Contractor Corey to his workmen. Just recolved, St. Oervals, Neufchatel, In a first-class drug store anu at tne iow Phlladelphla Cream, Kronenkase, Sierra, j est prices. I would like every ono to call Schloss Kase, Edam. Swiss, Jedyost, and many other varieties of fine Ameri-an and Imported cheese at Foard & Stokes Co. A gentleman visiting the city yesterday was heard to remark that tho lavish dec orations of holly all over the City was an emblem of the evergreen state of Ore gon, one of the beauty spots of tho Un ion. An elegant evening toilet may be made' cf changeant satin, covered-with black! silk tulle The corsage of brocade forms; long points oeiow tne waist anu is nor - dered with ruchlngs of cream silk or with fluffy lace trimmings. We have the flnet and most complete assortment of canned fruits that has ever been placed on this market. You can convince yourself of this by giving us a call. Eight cans for $1.00. PAT LAWLER & CO. For nice cut glass bottles go to the Estes-Crain drug store. j l is saiu inai many lames in r.uBienn cities are earning their living by the: combined occupations of cleaning lamp, chimneys and darning stnek'ngs on par-j ticular days for certain families, so that . they have an established route. I Prlce C. B. Smith's fine Christmas can- dies. N. Clinton, Jr., Lee Herring, Alex. Ohls, and Chas. Mathena, the quartet whom Peter Brach declares would take a bak ery, were yesterday each presented with y, were yesterday eacn presenteu w.m r-H Zm,tX a In "gilt, "Nov. 16," which Mr. Prach had made in tho East for the occasion Ycsterdny afternoon Tavmaster Jones, visited the camps at Tongue point and took with him a check book, giving each of the 210 men his wag's, a little In ad-j vance, as a Christmas gift. Thnt sm'llngj faces and happy men were left In the i camps needs not be said. j The Santa Claus at the "Brn''0"nlc-e" j was most generous Monday even'ng, ills-1 trlbutlng handfuls of candy amongst the crowds of children who had assembled In front of the windows to watch h s fi n-1 nv unties. The act was a very k'nd one , and was fully appreciated by the little urchins who scrambled for tne gocutes. For this week I ofTer special holiday bargains In Indies' wraps and Jarkls 1 have the only first grailo nnl lat st Btyh s nf these goods In tho market pnd a" sell ing them for lcs thnn he f ashy s' i ff t' a' the city Is filled with this sea'on. A nnna some line of umbrellas, the bfst lino of dress goods at great reductions. I. Cohen, Low Price Store, 401 Bond streft. Gcorgo W. Cubic, the novelist, rlertr'l'ed a Sunday school clnss of pretty lltt'o girls by telling them thnt he had three chil dren at home, half of them girls! Rapid ly scrambling through th"lr mental arth metlc, they fnlrly rustled with surprise at the startling statement-and then beard with an audible slrh of relief his explanation that the other half were girls too. Last evening Mr. Aifg. anl"'s-n's i house on the hill was a blaze or l'"ht anil In good old style the friends and n-'gh-hors Joined In celebrating the season of tho year so dear to the ch'ld'en. A large Christmas tree wos beautifully d"corat d and there was a present on it for each ono. Among those present were tho fol lowing: Martin Olsen and family. A. n. Peterson, Miss Annie Peterson nnd L. Larscn. Tho report cotr.'j from S-atd.' hat on Monday Judgi M-Oulre nntrow'y is "apert severe, If not 'utal inlurv while handling a shot gun. In examln'ng some part of the lock the gun was dlsclia ced, horlng a hole in the floor 3f tho porch nt the Judge's feet. Had the muz.lo been closer to the floor It Is quite cr'a'n Hnt the gun would have exploded, nnd Judge Mo.au Ire would probably never have lived to tell tho tnlc. The boats yesterday brought In quite a number of Christmns shoppers, the streets were full of people and everybody was busy trying to make some o"o e'se hnpnv. As a rule tho merchants reported a ft, lily good business. Some raid they had done nore business thnn a year ago, and others that they hnd not done so well. As orla has probably not lost round cn the average, as have most other Western cities. "The wave of returning rros nerlty " snld one merchant, "Is con ng Westward." and Astoria will he one oi tho first to feel It. Charles Wlrkkala'fl saloon, on AHor am' 7th Btreets, which has long been on,' ol the most popular and best patronised drinking Places In the city, will son b "loved from Its present location to O e lot immediately east of the Casino thea tre Manv Improvements will be add-0 as Mr. Wlrkkala Intends keeping up the reputation his suloon has had since bo as sumed charge years ago. ChVy the het wines, liquors and cigars sold at the bar, a musical concert by the best tJt ln the city, under the leadership of Profes sor Sc'hwabe, the well known i lanl given nightly. Call around and bring your friends with you. One of the most beautiful Klk charms ever manufactured was yesterday receiv ed by Col. K. C. Hughes us f. Christmas present from his brother. .1. M. Hughes, and B H. Coleman, of Poise, l.lui.t. i he handsomest elk's tooth that can be Pro cured Is decorated with the most delicate work of the Jeweler's art. Diamond ttnrs shine out of a bluo sky whllo n poUI-n tlk stands drinking the 11 o'clock toat under a blue enameled clotk. Ihe hands pointing to the hour The colon M highly treasures his unex.iotted iin-vi fortune, both for Its own b.auty well as he wealth of asoctatlons surrounding the lit tle emblem. Mr F. f. Kuetner arrived In Ihe city yesterday bringing with him his wife and famllv, and has pitched hlB tent ln Mr. Wm. "Adulr's house In Uppertown. Mr. Kuetner Is a well known and progressive business man of Portland. For years he was traffic manager of the o'd firm of Ptaver ft Walker, and upon the dWsolit tlon of that firm be went to Tacoma as reanairer of the fre'ffM buresu ff h city, "where he remained until business went to pieces on the Sound. Mr. Kurt er h taken the position of accountant for the Northwest Construction Copanv. umW rtvilJ'-nt ft:rti. afd i uiv.e the duties of his new position at once. Mr. W. A. Powuloe end J. J. Par b tt, of Ktnrm v. Nebraska, were 111 the city yesterday on thdr way to San Franclsio. They say that corn In Nebraska Is only worth 15 cents and oats about 11 cents per bushel, but that so far none has been used as fucL: Bus ntss there Is quiet, but Mr. Bait'ett said thjy had found ma -tcrs somewhat Improved as they came further west. "We spent a we-k In the Willamette Valley and found the farmers kicking about as they do In our country. Here It was about the low price cf prunes. I have heard much of your city, and was in Tfrtinnrt thnt vour oronostd rail road would never be completed, but am glad to find since arriving nere inai the railroad Is a solid fact." There is no reason why the people of Astoria should go to Portland, San Fran Cisco, or any other place for toilet arti- otco .lnnnrlsts' sundries, or drugs. 1 carry as complete an assortment of each as any retail house west of the Rocky Mountains. I have just received 75 dozen tooth brushes, from direct Eastern lm- porters to sell from 6 cents to 75 cents; also Prophylactic and Dental Plate tooth brushes: 20 dozen hair brushes from 15o to 37 each. Cioth brushes from 10c to I2.j0 each; lather brushes from 10c to 31 each, and shoe brushes at all prices: dressing combs from Be to l.Zi: w airrerent imnu kerchief extracts In bulk, and a large as sortment of bottled goods in pholcest odors of Imported and domestic manu factures, also some very handsome cut glass bottles filled for holiday presents. In fact I enrry everything generally form and examine thtse goods, whether you want to buy or rot. We will take great pleasure In showing them. CHAS ROGERS. THE ELKS' SOCIAL. Christmas Eve. Duly Celebrated by a Full House. Tii "hpf nennle on earth" yesterday ovpninir assembled In the Elks' hall and duly celebrated the advent of Christmas by one of their old time social sessions for i n.hich Oulnlin Lodge is noieu. The Droirram of events, which Is wonder of the English language, Is too lone to nubllsh: suffice It to say tnat ir u did not break the press it would cer- j talnly startle the public. The music rendered by Grlblcr's orches tra was all that could be desired and the perns given by the Mandolin Quartet, Messrs. Lebermun, Sullivan, Duncan and Swope, called forth many encore". The funny stories, recitations, and addrrsseB of the different members and visitors, Unnt the house in an uproar the entire evpnng. T)ie fettiurc cf ihc evening vas the Christmas tree which was lllum'nated hy coomi electric lights and contained a preBcnt for everyone present. Tin horns, .jn gworiiIi crying babes, yachts, steam- boats, nnd Jumping Jacks, were in evl- Aonre n over the hall. Jollity a"d good fellowship prevailed Into the small hours. POSTOFFICE HOURS. Todav the nostofllce will be opened from ; - d from 5 , m f,,r i the dlvcry of mail at the carriers' w.n- dow. riANOS OF FA PER. Exqulslt' In Tone and Elaborately Dec orated. St. Louis Republic. "All manner of articles In place of wood have been used in the manufacture of pianos," Fald tlia manager of one of the greatest of English piano makers. "Perhaps the iost successful of nil ol these !s paper, of which many p:aiios, of exquisite tone and appearance have been m.nlo. The Duke' of Devonshire has one of the finest specimens of the paper piano this being of French make, ar-d decor ated most ornately villi pictures hy well known French nrtlsts. The Duke gave fifiO guineas for Ill's, mnin'y. no doubt, on account of the omnmentatlon. "Ivory piano are bv no means uncom mon, and the Downper Countess of Di'd lev has n nmfrnllieently carved specimen. Pianos of Ivory are, I rl"ht snv, made every year In numbers, but cblellv for Imli.in princes nnd rich Stianish-Ameri-onns. Mnny p'nnns of solid silver have been made; Indeed, one was only recently completed by a London firm for ih Ni zam of Hydernbpd, and p'ano eases have nt various times been mnrte of bronze, a species of aluminum, rln'a. po-re'nln, and In combination, moteher-of pearl." TOOK TWO TRACKS. An Immense Steel fkeor Tnkn from Tnt terson to Jersey City. An Eastern exchange has the following Interesting neeout of the handling of the lnre-est steel skeg ever mrn'e in America: The New Yolk. Lake Eile & Western railroad was tied up this morn'ng for several hours after 1 o'rloek, during the transportation of a huge ske', or stern frame, of an Iron steamer from Paterson, N. J., to Jersey City. No other tra flic could be carried on by the rond during the time occupied In carrying forward the huge pice of steel. It weighs many tons. It la the la-gest mass of steel ever put in the s'ern frames of n steamer In this country. Both tracks of the Erie were used In the Journev, 'which bad to be s'ow'y and very cautiously made over the fifteen miles of road between Taterson und Jer sey City. The train consisted of several ears. It started from the Paterson Iron Works, where the skeg had been oast, at ten m'"ies after 1 o'clock. Fifteen or twenty laborers precded the irnin, and under the directions of a fo-e-"iii n were detailed to clear away pests, sandhills and other obstructions that night Interfere with the cautions pro gress of the huge cargo. One cause for the trouble In moving the steel frame was due lo Its he'pht win-" on end. It was t..u Meh to get through he Erie tunnel under Herein h'I's, and II was necessary consequently to transport he skeg on its side. This tied up both tracks of the railroad luring the removal. Upon the train's arrival at the Jersey "Ity terminus the cumbrous frae was to fc transferred to a freighter and removed to the Newport News shipyards for use In the construction of a projected vessel. BUYERS AND SELLERS. The following transfers of real estate were filed In the office of Recorder Oun- derson yesterday: United States to Chas. Campbell. ItiO acres, section 20, township 7 north, range 9 west Clatsop county to Clatsop Mill Co. Lot 1, Block 70. McClure's f 23 C. W. Stone and wife to S. T. Mc Kean, Lota 6 and 7, Block 41, Hol- day Park 100 Jno Gratke to Mrs. R. Stral, Lot 4. Block 6, Columbia addition 1 Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Qolil Medal, Midwinter Fair. Jlitei iVr:cct X- .it-, .jo Years t'ue f tar.tlanl CREAM THE CURE, As Outlined by an Observing Foreigner. The article In the December Forum by M Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, the distinguished French economist, entitled, Conditions for American Commercial and Financial Supremacy," Is beyond question the clear est analysis of our financial situation that has yet apepared. It should be read by every man In the United States Interested in his country's welfare. M. Leroy-Beaulieu expresses surprise that a nat'on so great as is tne unueu diuvct " - - f. j i h trammelled bv fre- iis ueveiuiiucii " - quent and severe crises, and that It should be either unable to uiscern meir uuk in rpmovinff them from UI rv --- Its path. In the opinion of this eminent foreign observer, two things only are ne- .mnn American commercial and financial supremacy-the retirement of legal tender notes, unu .--- .!.. nn nttomnta to "rehab'lltate" nniiun ... - silver. M. Leroy Beau! leu points out that the geographical position or me unu'u States is such that It can aspire to take from England,- In the course of the next century, Its commercial and financial su premacy, but that in order to do this the dollar must be given the qualities of the pound sterling. In other words there must be no sort of doubt that It Is a gold dollar. After warning Americans not to be duped by ambiguous expressions as to bimetallism, indulged In by European statesmen for political effect, he calls attention to the enormously IncresBlng output of gold, and says that, In v'ew of this fact, the blmetall'sm movement Is bound to collapse. M. BeauMeu c'oses his article with these profoundly significant words: "The abandonment of notes or paper money Issued by the state; the definite adoption of gold as the sole standard these are the two necessary cond'tlons on which the United States can secure a financial position as important as that they now hold in agriculture and indus try. On these two conditions they can some day approach and equal Great Brit ain as a financial power. If, on the con trary, they persist In their system of gov ernment paper money and In the "re habilitation" of silver, their Industr'al and commercial development will be tram- mullnil ayA lhav n'lll nllrlorcn mnplro and permanent experiences of financial weakness." ONE ON MORTON. Obtains a Victory Over Ral'road Company of Which He Is Now Vice-President. Ti.A 'M.l.atTA TrlVtiinn tells the fnllowlnflr good story on a well known railroad man who only recently has re-entarea me service after several years spent In com mercial lines: TJoul r.irtrtn nhn vens lteiv elected Third Vice-Pi evident of tho Af'i'son, To ncia f.n1 Rinin Fp. hnn iust won a vic tory which he would rather not have gained. As president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company he brought complaint some time ago before the Interstate com merce commission agiinst the Atch'son, Tnr.oUn nr.,i Snnin FV and Southern Pa cific railroad companies, alleging unjust discrimination aguinsi ine iuei anu iron .nmnnnv In rates on steel rails and other steel articles from Pueblo. Colo., to San Francisco. With tils customary vigor Mr. Morton prosecuted the ease to the bitter r.nd. This, however, was before he became third vice president cf the Atchison. Kno, ho feels nvTi'loved because the commission a few lays ago held the rates complained of were unreasonauie lira un just, ami ordered the rates from Pueblo to San Francisco should not txeeed 45 cents per hundred pounds on steel rails and railway fastenings, and 37 Vi censt per 100 pounds on smaller articles of Iron, and thnt the rates shall never exceed 75 per cent of those charged ,n like traffic from Chicago to San Francisco. In order not to embarrass Mr. Morton when he assumes charge of the t'aflic affairs of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fo January 1 next, the otilela's rf the company have rulucrd the rates on the products of the Colorado Fuel end Iron Company to tho figures named ly the Interstate commerce commission. This Is the promptest compliance with nn order of the interstate commerce commission by a railway company cn record. FOR SALE. Flno residence and business property by Wm. B. Adair, Ileal Estate- Broker, No. 404 Commercial street. "ADAIR'S ASTORIA." On Irving Avenue. At Prices Stated until January I t. Block C8-Lots 50xb '0, from 325 to $S50 per lot. Two new h uses on this block, three others in contemplation Block .S-on north side Irving Avenue, a few lots In this b!ock at $300 per lot. Five residences already on thU block. Visitors will find a plank walk leading to the above property, and an electric light within one block. Block 21 on Duane street, only one block from river frout-$3:,0 for lots 5"xl00. Water Frontage Above Hanthorn's '-annery, 375 feet to ship channel. MARY ANN ADAIR'S SOUTH ADDI TION. Ten lrts 5x100 only two blocks from Improved p-optrty and less than live min utes' welk from electric car line, are now ifierod In this addition at the very low rlce of from $150 to $200 per lot. SHi ELY'S ASTORIA. North 100 feet Lot 1, F.lock ICS, cheap for 'ii.-h. Btirlnts Lot-No. 4, (Wxl2C) in B'ock 132, n Commercial street. For short t.nie ..nly, $.1,000. Block 3fi Only one block sou'h of elec le car line, a few lots at $',50 per lot, LOxlOO. McCLURE'S ASTORIA. Fine business lot in Block west of cus om house on Bond street, $.",C00. Corner lot (50x100 ln Block 13, Astor street, for Bhort time, $G,000. "MERIWETHER DOWNS." Lots from $c0 to $100 per lot. Acreage Two hundred acres adjoining Skipanon a bargain: Two va'uab'e tim ber claims, within half mile of proposed Nehalem saw mill. SMALLEST OF PONIES. The Diminutive Animals Bred on an Illi nois Farm. (St. Louis Republic.) During the past two months the M Ire brothers, of Monmouth, 111., have been sending out pictures and accounts of the "smallest colt In the world,' 'a d'm'nu tlve specimen of the equine species fonlrd at their pony farm July, 1S94. This i being done because of an Item wh'eh ap peared ln the Republic during the sum mer, and which claimed that an I-diana Shetland colt belonging to Ha'ry B. Smith, of Hartford City, was the "small est colt ever foaled on American so l." The equine dwarf of the Hoosler state was 2t inches hleh, and weighed 2714 pounds on the da yof Its birth. Milne's "vest pocket edl'ion" co't. ac cording to the accounts 'which were g'ven at the time, and which have been revived hy the late "curious rote" In this paper, was but S) Inches, high at b'r'h and weighed but SO pounds one pound exactly for each Inch. This miniature in horse flesh was named Tom Thumli. H's moth er Is Klla, one of Milne's pets. She Is so small that an sverssre elxed fan ran stand anrld her and p'soe .b'h feet sqnsrety upon the ground withcut touch ing her back. - A PROBABLP RETI.T. W'e I'm a'ra'd. Jo' n. thet If th h'rrd lean's lrd"trrrtes ccTi',nte. yen wiH have to d'hjrTf htm. Ti-.tnd Oui vn -rc-siry. iry dear: he' sr, loe.Tcd tin ! t'-st " ''! tall down som dv nod disehirjre him self. Richmond Dispatch. If you want a sure relief for limbs, use an Afl 9- Porous liCOCll O Plaster Bear in Mind Not one of the host of counterfeits and imita tions is as good as the genuine. Hear Them- -;GH RISTMHS Little Folks and "Old Folks, Too" Are Waiting Pa tiently for Them to King. "Tis a Pleasure to Give and a Pleasure to Receive " That there may be no disappointment The Foard & Stokes Co. Hive placed the prices on tiiei large assortment of holiday goods, LAMPS, Plated Ware, etc,, lower iban eer. Call and select your present while the stock Is complete. 1 l'il'-i,"1 Columbia River- kLx- Has (aufDown AM Gompetflfon Iold - ? FirSt - f 111 IHb x"Hj()nolia:m;ifg "THE "KISSING BUSH." London Dally Graphic. Many old English customs are disap pearing ln these advanced times of light and learning, but tho kissing bush i3 to 'ie found in most country houFes at this season of the year. Its social pos tion is familiar enough to all, but not every one has marked the curious appearance of mistletoe when seen in the woods am' parks, growing as a pendant bush from 1 mossy branch of an old crab tice, It favorite situation. Here its effect is, t course, most striking in the w'nt.r s son, when, the tree being stripped of It -wn leaves, those of the parasite th'iih display their golden tint most corsp'cu ously. The appearance from a Utile d s 'ance Is that of huge bl'ds' ne:-ts in the tiranches of the bare tree?. At lh'r lerlod also Hie nreity whitish ber'-ies are ripened and add much to th Ivanty of 1 lie plant. The crab is not the on'y tree 'o which the mistletoe attaches llse'f, as It is found wild on the thorn, p-plrr. naple, willow and others, frn1 very rarely on the oak. It Is th" enly true pa n slttc plant native to t!il count y, and is hardly known In Scotland. It Is curious how mistletoe favors one locality In preference to another, tied flourishes on one he't of ti res, nits irg t e xuironndln.; trees of the sane ne'-ies. H Is a good illustration of the o'd nr-vrli, "Kissing goes by favor." Mis'etoe may e grafted with varying success, but the birds propagate the growth cn tr'ps by 'nserting berries ln the nrc'tures of the bark, nnd the mistletoe thrush is -specially responsible for a large quantity of he mistletoe supply. All expert tests show the superiority P" Dr. Price's Halting i'osvibv THURSDAY'S MENU. Breakfast. Fruit. Graham Mush, wl'h Cream. Fried Calf's Brains, Sauce Tartare. Eggs, West Tnill"s Sty e. Faked Potatoes. White Mountain Rolls. Coffee. Lunch. Oyster Patties. Cold. Meat. Celery Mayonnaise. Swedish Rolls. Fruit. Tea. Dinner. Raw Oysters. Cream of Turnips. Broiled Smelts, Bearnaise Sauce. Jagged Hare. Spinach a la Ma'tre d'Hotcl. Supreme of Chicken. Asparagus a la Bechamel. Chickory Sa'ad. Prune Jam, with Cream. Coffee. NOTICE. The 11th series of the Astoria Puild'ng and Loan Association wl'l be opened Jen nary 1st, 1S96. Those wishl-g to su' scribe will pleise call on the secretary on or before that date. W. L. R0M1. Secretary. Ill 11th Street. BEEF GALORE. Solid People Eat Solid Bee? In the Holidays. Look out for the Spec;al Fatted Bfevrs which will be displayed at - - - - Ross, Biggins & Co. 1 f S H T!.vi-. t'rvC - ' s. 1 CiiV)s t1 Iim 52j J'lVcyri..- pains in the back, side, chest, or Bells Aringing! BELiLS t ..(l !;. J V.' r'fl Has-Tb'DO' Wifh - salmon - By - Ail - Gmss - Grocer'sv WJ1 II Ik L mia-fj Sfarijjoyjl Seal? Washlngton Star. "Just to thnik of it," she ssld r.-"-riiv, as the voice of her son rose above all the others In the ec ere ye 1 "Just to think of what?" asked her bu-' er-d, "Hiram and all those other boys con versing in Greek just as natural and easy s If It was their natural tongue." SflVFaTS. TR.V..I Kl&l!.'fi. DESiGM PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, atn. rorinrormatinn ana Tree imncbooic write to JIUNN It CO., 851 Broadway. New Vong. O'Jest bureau for securing patents in America, I -ery r-tent taken out hy us to bron-ht before Cm publio by a notice given tree oX charge in the luiTeat elreiilntlen of anv prlentlfle psper fn the worid. hpltnuluiy i..ur,traU;J. Kl lutrlllireot Biaa should lw without It. Weel-ly, f 1.(1(1 year; !.) six monies. A'ltrel, 11U.VV 4 CO.. Vuiiusuehs, 3i 1 Uiuadn ay, Kew York City, Turkeys Geese end Chickens Oranges Nuts and Confectionery raiis & co. WANTED. WANTED Agenui to represent the old National Life Insurance Co., of Montpeller. Vt. For further Informa tion, address G. M Stolp. General Coast Manager, S2-H4 Crocker Building. San Francisco. Cat WANTED Man or lady to collect, do some office work, and manage agents. Tou will deal through your leading mer chants. Something new and very popu lar. We par airzpenaea. Position per manent. Send four references and ten cents for full particulars. John Finney Mgr., P. O. Box 484. 8t. Louis, Ho. FOR SALE. JAPANESE COODS-Just out-Just re ceivedJust what you want at Wing Lf8, WS Commercial street. MISCELLANEOUS. J75.00O PER WEEK using and l!in Dynamos for plating watches. Jewelry, and table ware. Plates gold, silver, nickel, rtc. same as new goods. Dif ferent .sizes for ants. famllW and h.ip " ' -v ip. rated- no experience; bic pr-ft: W P. Harrison A Co "lerk .v.. u. Columtus. ihio FCR i:r"T-'I'ii'c of -"-en -r- snd ba'h. v.--: rret'ern cr-'. r..' s A. ply to Ceo. H. Oeo;ge. I Comme c el. r-ir niT - ir.iH rwrn ow groun floor tn private famBy. 414 Eiii Su Peoole 9 jt SoIentiHo American lh Aflcncy for 1 rr via v-i