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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1896)
l V L f.V ; v . .fc3-.;-.;:'V. .-i" ; K" . ...' . f a ;j ; v ' - '" V , -. T v - 1 v 'i ' ; ' I -Si"' - r,v .... . J - r'-- ' ."i:1- -. ' -i-.- I I raorEMtONAL CARD JOHN T. LIGHTER, K4110T. TLRMS OP lUBSCRIPTION Telephone No. W. DAILY. Bent by mall, por year ..... Bent by mail, per month Served by carrier, per week .tT.Hl ,. .10 WEEKLY. Befit by mull per year, H In edvanc. Postage free to ubcxlbra. Art communication intended for pub- lltlon .nouU be dlr tM to th. editor, j Ilualneo communlctkna of all klmU a4 I rarolttajicea mut he aldreewd to The AitorUn. Th Aatorlan (ikirantees to Ita ub crtfcer th largmt circulation of any newspaper published on th Columbia river. Advertising rate can be 1)J on ap plication to th bualnea manacer. Th Weekly Astoria n, the aecond otJ t weekly In th tat of Orecon, bat next to th Portland Oregonlan, U: )art weekly circulation in tl rt- Jna K. llan.'.ley Co. are our Portland agonta, and copies of the Astortan can he had every morning at their staml. lit Third tr. NO HKFTIKSENTATIVE CANDIDATE. We do not pretend -er. to giics who the Democratic convention nominee for president will be, but no poaslUe choice will represent the Democratic party, not even Dryden'a butt, who wa everything by fits, and nothing long. When Marlon Butler waa twitted In . th senate the other day for representing a political fusion of Populists and Republican he asked somebouy to name a single plank to which the Democratic party as a body would agr to clIUR. Nobody took up his chullen at the time, ar.d nobody has tackled this Job since, so far as w have seen. Th Democratic party I sr lit apart so widely and diversely that r.o living man can straddle it or repre sent It. . Just supiioye that Richard Olney should be set up. a conservative gentleman ot tho patriarch mould, viewing the common people with the distrust of supercilious -' ' . . . " " ... ... ., ' at(nraw frti- th vlilskv trust until , . he was aeleoted as attorn penraJ to! . . .. enroroe the law against irusi wnicn ie had declared to be constitutional. How) can such a candidate str.n.l for the growl ing Western granger or th tobacco-chew ing Southern "cracker," or th labor unlon man of the North, entirely out otj touch with lilm in affiliations and .'n stlncts? Or how would Bayard do, the repre sentatlvo of the old slave-holding aris tocracy, naturally accepting th old Athenian conception of a republic made up of select cltixens and serving h-lots, an American born a century too late for' , . .k- a . .ii,.,rii' i vim im i, ' ... u.'w. " 1 ruler of "a violent people," tho ambas sador who misrepresents Americans in his congenial abode among the fastidious nobles of England? What a repreenta-j live" h would be of the great Irish-1 American Democratic wing, or of Dcraoc-i racy without a capital D: j Or take Hill, the bogey man of the mug- trump reserve, the champion of Tammany: and th saloon, the condenser of political principle into the unprincipled nut-shelUj "I am a Democrat," the man who Is; ready to sacrifice anything except Hill, I the politician who would shamelessly face to every point ot the political com pass In the time ot one revolving moon how will he suit the self-respecting. patriotic, Southern Democrats of true American descent, or the high-principled, old-fashioned Democrat and th Inde pendent voters of the North? Or, grant that the masse of Southern and Western Democracy control the con vention, as they certainly may, and who will their candidate be? . Take their really representative men, like Crisp of Georgia and Bland of Missouri. Will these recognized champions of the free j silver coinage cajse find favor In Wall 1 now arrived in the United Stales whenj exarilns a wonderful direct Influence in street, the regular purveyor of the sinews definite action should lie taken by con- giving strength and ton to tile organs. of Democratic campaigns or can they grcss and such laws enactxl as will mete'i Jf ouhYJf!' f Appetite. Constlpa ... I . tlon. HeaUche, Fainting Bpehs, or re enlist the support of tho gold standard out justice to all. HaJIroai companies Ncvou. , Sleepless, Excitable, llan Democrau of th North, protesting so are entitled to fair earnings; the people : choly or troubled with Dlriy Spoils, Elec- pretentiously their claim to be thj only rellatua derenuers or me nations rency and credit? I Even if the phenomenon of the Bay j state, tne precocious aim politically se- .1. TVOIIan. V Tf.i.aoll 1. nnml. UU1.11.V ,..iiu, ... .c ..v....- naetd, how will his doctrine of covert conaideratlon for the Industries that have mclA u.nltt, nf M:.4aihnittt4 nn - .... . .. - ,. j peal to the rampant free traders of the Roger Q. Mills stripe, and how will his well-known representation of the views of State street attach the votes of the woolly West and disgusted South? Wt observe that one Inspired idiot, who has found somehow a vent-hole In a .ort.i- ern newspaper, predicts that the nomina tion of this Democratic prodigy would make four New England states doubtful in the next election. We credit the j young ex-governor with too much keen political sense to daub his wings In any such mess of taffy. JAPAN AS A MANUFACTL'niNO RIVAL. A recent Tokyo letter from Colonel Cockcrill to the New Ycrk Herald will attract the attention of American pro- liicfr. m.J".vu,.y,.acturcrs. . It appears! tru.ii' '!. 'jJi..fHl observations that the yapkinfM- uot um' kaimd and are mak-1 : f cf the military and naval i V twactyy1 .0." T-Mf West, but ore evincing i , -iii,y.jiiineieit ' follow up their con- 5"''.. i tl -A and Idtbe held by J -ftflji-Viji in tor .n e of mercantile actlv- J ,'-.'? M manufactures. In y vz m ,,,-At y t Japanese continue as 1 l29''tt world will have a) a1 Mriiti ness rival In the Orient, i ' jjoflo,, tJiric' to come If our trans-' w.'.iuMita! railroad companies Bee their j ' befit interests, Japan promises to be a great customer for American cotton and : wool: but, on the ulher hand, -he can inun'ifucture r.o clienply tli.it she wiil I y able to place the Iin!ht1 goods cu. cur cwn and other markets at prices that will 'paralyze ill-? many Mane.hestei-s of flic older civilizations. The Japanese tpiilt or today. Colonel Cockfriil says, is lo buib: nnd r rente cvei ytlilrig pct'llil at bom.', r.t to ml nrrmit a dollar to B"0 abroad ! l.tch ciin be licpt In Japan. This, by the 1 may. In the Republican doctrine of protco ; tlon exantW, and a prwy pood r"itcy for ', iht eountrv rcll Japan. A IUZZI.KD COMPLAINANT. "TumIwI," miliscrlbrr Xho cMlint to pM neni in amw iw y.r. 'Wrltwi to th A-lorlnn In the tol- lowing term: 'I hor much alwut th bulMln ot id homi for roctW! ix-opkn IiI a tr It hs not Hit Ix-yn.mt pWr. ami n.ot of i are cotmwIl.M to Hhrt alone In nii-hovvl while we on all Me th ral'lnn up cf new Mloon and new lnne hall. W hy I thie?" Thin In a uueatton that th 'VapltalHts" of (h, olty are ah'e to answer much bt- pr than the Anlorlan. That otir corrc- ' .Mi,lonf mntom.nt Is true iiolxMy Will deny. We ar not owrstntiin: the case when wo Kiy thai out of the total popu lation of Astoria thorv are lhr-e hundrvtt and fifty famllltx who are compelled to pn, up with lllthy. us-grown rha.-ks f - want of something better, and who would move out of their present quarters to- morrow If they could secure houses that wer fit to li.-e in. The largt property owners of Astoria, with very few excep tions, possess rented property aver one half of which consist of mildewed, un sightly shacks, a dlsgr.ic to themselves and an eyesore to the city. Place that nave oeen touering icr years nave ovm , n 1 , ,1.1.1 v,,rtiul m 1. 1 . H Mvirv ' twelve months more than equals thMr total value, . i.io. t..ir..kin..i.,.i . . .. ...... to leak; It is patched, tne capitalist iacn - lord as often as not actinx a an amateur carnenter and doing th lob himself. A chimney falls, and the landlord become a bricklayer, taking, of course,. due pre caution to us the most decayed bricks! I he ban find. A door rots off It hinges, . and after a few months of persistent en- treaty from the tenant It Is put in pin; srsln iflth lead nails. And thus he M..). In 1... 1 1 ... 1 V. a rt V. 1 I .i ... - yun economy a deeper still." His accumulated savings out of the j rents of his weather-board huts, and from . - the pocket, of cltuten. who are forced tot live In them for want ot something bel- ; ter, he puts Into new buildings ned'.uiUd ', to the uses of vice l: nil Its forms. It Is worse than silly to think that h win ever change his policy c.r better his mor- ' als. Our only chance of being lifted: . , . , . wi ui v u m wriiif, .ilia viao of vampire, bankrupt and their rev-enues enui uil ta in tirBcins rnpnaj iruiD elsewhere. Once the irue situtilon Is ' inauv iuiij a h'k'mj t;ui aw uiuuri Hint ui buslntss sense, our citv will contain all ... lhe ,tOC,, rtsl'lfnc' pr"Kr'y " nHK THE CLACKAMAS HATCH23Y. Although a full record of all procccd- irurs la connection with the formation t.h hatchery on the Cpper Clack: river has been published more than in the Astorian and other, papers state, there are a great many people ..oi i ih. ..i . . . .. . . tne individual cannerymen to assist (he proposition. For the benefit cf these: rnulrrs w oreeent this morning a com-' .. ., . . ... . , I uieie list oi ine cunnery nrms Quvmiiiig on both side of the Columbia river, with the amount of money each has subscribed, 1 ii .h r,ri..- a. Booth Packing Co . tt.Ool; Eureka! and Epicure Packing Co. H.("H: Bamueli Elmore, Jl.OtU; J. O. Hanthorn & Co.,j Astoria Packing Co, $I.W; PilHr! ( i r,, pBcking Co.. tl.Wt: V. M. Warren 4. p0 ji.ooo. Alerdeen Packing Co., 1,C: j. w. t, v. Cook. Kit): David Morgan, None of the following nnrs have .uljscribt.l: Cutting Packing Co.. Fish-' ermen's Packing Co.. P. 1. JIcGowan t sons. J. O. Megler, Hapgood It Co.. Will ia n Hum?. One of the great ques'.io'ia today ifore congress, and which 1 alma it. if riot quite, t'lual In impirtance to the ques tions of finance and tarIT, Is the settle ment aZ the problem of tho iclatlons be tween railroad companies and tr public and the maintenance of stable rates ol traffic. An article a Pi' "a red in yestenlny's ! Issue on the subject, and, while there Is hardly room for controversy as to thei rights of carriers, as well as the )eople, ' it Is plain to everyone. that the time hasi are entitled to fair rates of transporta. cur-ition. 1 nder existing trad conditions there appears to be but one way in whicn tho reads tan secure retnuneratlvo earn-! ings, and that is by combination. There . , .. . . 1. .l.!i . i . ' I ia, ji uttii;., Miiij jiic may ill wii,:ii iHe j j people can secure equitable rates, and : that is by legislation. The solution or I i.l. .lim..l,. .! ihA tt,. , 1 ... c . j the railroad companies and the people i 0n a common grjund of Justice, would . ai.pear to be by means of combination. I iroiierly restricted by lesijlation. The Interstate commerce act, as it now stands' might be most effectuafly amended, so as! to make it a governmental lalhvav clear- ing house, with full authority to enforce I obligations as between transportation j companies, and a court of final jurlsdic- tlon as to what coraHl'ib? equitable r;itcs, both as between Individual and communities. No greater calamity can befall a community or a country than to have Its great railway system In a state of bankruptcy. The prosperity of any people under modern laws of commerce depends very largely upon the prosperity of Its carrier companies and the stability of rates and transportation. j A Southern dispatch says, -with char-1 acterlstlc recklessness In the use of the superlative, that Dr. John A. Brooks, the late Prohibition leader of Missouri, now living In Memphis, has been called to lhe London Tabernacle, "the largest Christian church In fiuroiie." But since j there is only one church of the Christian ! denomination in Europe, It possibly may "e tn' l"rs'-tlt' 1 . g Mr. Cleveland has contributed several phrases to our -popular speech, but his last one, flung with the force of a paving stone aewst id. T'.c r against the glass window of a rcr office,. It his best. He musr boDfng ever v.hfh he said the v,h? "!ia:ieiou:!!y mendacio.ts." To!.'t invito ill: appointment by expert-r.'ithiq-. Dfpcnd upon ; One Minute f'c'rh !i:re and you have' Immediate re i'ef. '. cures croup. The only harmless iv-'.nedy that produces immediate re.ults. Chap. Holers. THE DAILY A8T0MAN, STATE NKWB. Interesting Item Culled From Orrgtn't Leading Newspaper. Th death rat among the Indian or the Klamath reservation Is rvwirtod tn he Very high owing to the whooping cough epidemic," nd tli redskin having returned lo tho AborlKlb.il sweat-house treatment of ! llie. .. q ' " - The rounty lax l.'vy 'ft U mill. 1 i-W for lb rvniity-Mut 6 for ohiil. j fM In on Inomwo t I tulll ovvr Um ! jTHr' rmv Th county' Alutlii hi! j n u ,y th tM Inwrvl t IILiT.S1! j Vmattlla cvunty' l IS tnllK ' , ; , ' f 1 V " ' j vithnn reon I ootnlmi lo the from j quit prominently In csinnetlnn vlth the : revival of fold, mlnlnu. Two ittunt are ' Z " mini I ttVav e-k ? Z j CIW nf ,h( .rRe ilaer minx la state, having a water wipply of mote than mlB''l 'Inch Hch VftU be Inrnxiscd l.'O In.ilw s by am seati.1 . . ' . k . i ,t Th- esiwn. s of the public schools at IV! Norte i ti lv during ls were t4M jW , . j,.;,,, WiU for tp.n,,,,,. salaries. $1 tle enhtial report of the amount HI for contingent exiense, P"l for tiulldlngs. H'H 'or library lxKks and tUS fowsohooi months tsiutht In, th various districts was T MS. The average salary lmhl teachers was J.t3 ler month, A company of the enterprising business men of Handon and the lower river an Investljratlug a recent coal discovery at Rlvcrton in view cf opening it up in good ' '""it- ....... , j I J. p. Tupper. IVter Longle, 1. -NL I pton. ! ,tulw Ma;, ut oaplaln J. Parker visited Rlvcrton to Investigate th new ttnd. ! which pro'mlsew to excel anything in the i line of conl in Coo county. The mine , . . PIH,n,M ,y Mr. Oleavea. of Ov j gunif. The wrtle named above have taken hold of the emervrlse and will or ganise a company with UiXW capital to work the mine. RecoiMer. The severe storm of th past. week d- layed our newspaper mails, ana ror tnree iinvs no paper were revvtfu nrru, mr ' V. ' klnff tnlok ... Knglanfl beuan to get nervous for fear John Bull had annexed New iurk. and of deer sKlnners and gopher huiiler. j when the paper arrived and relieved th strain by announcing that Kngland was pusy down in .Africa. onie ci me war JJ fof (h(, ,.hMi.0 war w hUe others will wait and nht the tight txul Is bloodless In June nest. Weddec- burn llaiette. A sensation was orvnlid In colored so- i clety circles th lirl ol the e k ly tne attempt of a nan led man to elope with woman inoi iwmrr inn, t . . . . . .a.,.. They cams lo Marslt - n,.u, 10Ke,her. but shortly after (heir rival in man Pi' w rv iiwn cen ami ir.v. iu "'-''! ! n.vMiii(ni tltnrnpv tn Intltula ltHEHJ pro.ee.ilr.gs. but he wild " . ay'..Th!-el?.Pnf.-t a.rtrALL! Pir vuy i.m ,,', terruption on thelt Journey by ca In Kmpire City, got off at the .stair, landing. and returned to MarsiiileW.. givmtf it up. aaa UUU JW trail to the mines lea .'Pacific railroad at West Pork. In the soulhern ,,ar, of ,hl, county, and on ac count of the snow In the mountains It Is sometimes hard tnp in th. midst or winter. It is. aaM. however, that a warm . , . , u . , . might be constructed Into this UUtrlct nt no great cost, provided tho people ot roucla and Curry countls would take ' " " ' "While good roads aie not very much In evidenc In any part ot Oregon, the T.?'". Jl.V. o.. '.Zi 1,M " rMBuiuiiuTiit an v iinnnj v m iuic It has already provided ltU with an at tractive clubhouse and furnished the peo ple of Portland with the best op-rattc taJent- ttr.d jml as soon as :h proper season for road building open It will probably extend Its energy to th pro motion of that industry... May It suc cess as a provider of good highways be as emphatic as Its triumphs as a social factor." Portland Telegram. We heart ily join In the wish. But we have pre cious little hope of ever seeing any per manent highways in Oregon as a result of billiard and bowling alley prndt.ee aad high society entertainments. The .way to build roads., we wish to again I) per mitted to remark, l lo build them. Statesman. . . . 'ri. DID Y017 EVER Try Eleoirlc Bitter as a remedy for your troubles? . If not. get a botil nowr ar.d get riiet. This mcdlcint baa beu ,,,. ... curr?f all f.alil ',.,... .' trie Bitter Is th medicine you need. I Health and Strength are guaranteed by 1 Its use. l.arg bottle only 60 cent at chaa Ib):er' drug store. An aiCVIKlOD. ChlraEO T'Ost. "Have von wen the revised constltu- tlon?" a? keil the man who . Is always griinilllintf. . .. . ' ..,.,,, of wh!U?" inquired cr.ntHited citizen., , . ,, the "Of the T'nittd Stnte,' ,' ' l:,a(In't heard "lat bi"1 rr'- i vised." "Oh. Ve. ff now rM.il. .'trovernmi-nt n' the syndicates, for the syndicates and by the syndicates." " , It not only Is so. It must he so, Om Minute Cough. Cure acts quickly, and that's what makes it go. . Chas. U7. . AS A LI VINO PICTLT.F.. Exchange. ... . "Have you told your father about theee lessons on 'Alcohol and Tobacco?' " "Yes " "What did he say?" "He said he'd come as the 'horrible ex ample.' " .. . . The U. S. Gov't Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior to all others. . HOW'S THIS FOK A YARN. V Figaro. . "lly watch had dropped Into the sea. We were in Greenland at the times i dived and recovered my watch, but the ico had closed up again. impossible to get through; to go uround would have taken me too- long. . . ', i shouted with the voice of a centaur i: 'Throw me a sawl' They threw, me one. i sawed my way through th ice, but the saw. dust dropped into my eye!" . ; A GOOD WORD. Mr. J. J. KeiL Shorpsburg, Pa. Dear Slr'-I am glad to say a jgood word for Krause's Headache Capsule, tr- -.j! Tiring for over thre yeara x ith nciii n'mralgia-and It consequent 'eiin; Cvhlch KecmeI to haffle the I efforts of some of our best physicians) you su5?59teo irus remeoy wnicn gave in almost Instant relief. Word fall In en,r the praise I should like to '-(., i n Kmusc's Headache Capsule. . Jrstffuiir Your, V.. H. HOLMES. Montrose, Pa I - . I .-. .1. 1 ... . ).., tk I. ... 1 ot The P.OM-burg Review : "The rtt ; " TIT "":..'.' " KIU ''"x. 'U.'.'.-'" A tfM ama. Plar gold I deposit, of. the , lower .HoKue;,, ,om, ,;,, ltu I M I fl S' ' V TU fl ' ": L. oTi T. i. belnV nracthTlW .v.n.s. the mory ,eaKl ... and one, Vai.V'S.fiT ,h' .. :'.' morning net ore a wo. n.i.l iasr,i. treah- l-" 'If'siS4"! I ' monstrated that, they . hav not ;he-n lv ,,, ho,.a ., ., ,h if. "lt?k-. ' : V . . . I who, overestimated in point cl . value. The!,' . hl. , ,.t Hf JiVtlfi(Y lll: I ASTORIA S.VTUIUAY MORNING, FFJlHUAItY 1, IBM. ii 3 ttlujttfateJ bjr 0 diJU with 91 dr?a, alt, 93 ht, , mi 3ft other r(kif, Innttiliinc the l.ullcs Willi tlitt ldlctt t'rv.mh Cisliknis ns well M tli cliiKlrcti wilii an atuusliti; toy. Ways to . ' Get Theso , Fashions. I I BUtclwir Durbsm Tubaca Co.. Durham. K C and the Fitshion IVills ill tic sciil you HriUI. You will liml our txuKn Inside each a w. Kij!! ami two ivuioia lmiK eali 4 o. Utg t ' Blackwelus Genuine Durham TodIacco.' - ttuy a Kit; of this Celebrated 5Uokiii(t Tolvtrro, and read tha couKn, wlnth givoa a list of otltcr prcntiurtw and how to tct them. 1 etftT aTaM aocirrio. PIRATE'S Hl'lUKD C.Ol.l. Treasure Ibtllrvwl to Ho Hidden Away In UouUiatu. A story com.-s fivni Ijiko Charles, Iulslana. that not long ago u Mr. Palmer, of this plarr. (urvti.i-.l a tract of land situated on the south bank ol Kugllsh llayou. at Its Junction with the Calcasieu. .This property i nlout three ndlc from town and Is commonly known as th "Kmtllsh llayou Illuns." To all Interna this gentleman made the d.-ai; Imply fr purposi of speculation, to It niay be that Mr. Palmer was over whelmed by the IrgrKd which was told him a' few days auo. He was on morning In his utile, when an old Creole came In and Introduced himself. Alter a few minor remarks he suddenly lnmilrtHl IF Mr. Palmer had not alTlrmative he bild this story; 'Along In the first part of the century things wer rocky In lliesn parts. There waa no town her then, and. with the ex ceptions ot a few scattered ranehes, the eouutry wits held by th tjuctqucaho and i ChiH'taw Indians. The Culcasicu river.! however, and Its tributaries er in pos- .oki, vi I- V ' . h n,.l th a ....t .,n .nM f,f ItL li illnvl one places, Jnrsl ur.4 II wa.!fnr one across H lit ba.-i Willi IxH rmr built i schooners he1 N yond the reo. lt of Hi I . averav de-weit ctuiser. Hut It t 1 Jf'r.Kl.V. -1? .'T .VT .... . - v, ( . . n vStrfit Hayou. r.nd there on these hlch Iwnks. in . .... i i 1 k.. . - ..... -. . ... h8, hurled ftVtkJ in gold. Then, aolngf -bout yard, further up the .'.lea..,,,.! I h mik lis vessel.- ami. with his men. ,i,ne san -p,. leaving hi. no ., ta n ' , h,..,.,,.,.,... ,m, hf.y ,,illl). ,.v,.r kn,.w , lost gold. Up the Calcanlru. atom n mile frim; tbl spot., thera is a lovallty whlrU has 7:",":::; ' r : " " ui ancieai legefi'is As Allh th other; place, Lailtts Is Hie hero nf th tale, hut) me ireosuro repujoe at me ooltom or 111 river. . It sevms lluu the pirate suddenly found himself la a iIk'Iii place with one I ot hi vessels.' (in board were heaps oti COSilV IWwlr.ll:imt.l. mil... . ...I ' pearl which .lie had t.iK''n 'r mi mer chantmen, on the hiHh 'can. : iillh.T from a notion of his own or lciu he lid not have time to do otherwise, 1-uMUe tilled oneot his cannon with thM falnd .u wealth, anil, sealing It up, threw it oer board in a bend ot the liver. KARL'S CV)VER FOOT will purlfJ! your blood, clear your complexion, reg ulate your Bowels, and make your head eienr a a pen. id .. so tn.. and J1.00, Sold br J. W. Conn. .. THE PRIESTS ItFI'I.V. Juric. "Father," t-ald the young man, as he ki.elt herore the vencrabl eonfevsor. i "thou knowest 1 hav slnne.1. Thrnugh human weakness and ill-curbed passion have t sinned. I have come to do pen ance and rain pardon." ' "My son." replied tt. obi man. "there Is no pardon- li b gained or glve'i In a t'ay for the mldipl of a year. Thou art on the ol thy marriage to a Virtuous soul. Confess to her r.nd tho i wilt hare no need of churrhiy pi-nan e or extraneous ptmlnhment." J. W. Pierce, Republic, Iowa, pays: "I hare used One Minute Couch Cum In my family and for 'myself, with results to entirely sallffaetory that I can hardly find words to express myself as to Us merits. ' 1 will never fall to recommend It lo others, on evry oecaslon that prim lita Itself."' e'haa. J!r gcrs. PATS Fri.L PRICK. Chicago Record. Shiny Peto Chee, but I got 'er snap! Shoebrush Plll-W'nt's dat? Shiny. Pete-I rb1" a felly ever" day w'ot's got 'er wooden leg! Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoris. WAR TALK. VAII those in favor of war with Eng land say aye!" "Aye," IhimdTc-d the members of the Trouble Club. "All who are ready to go to the front In the event of war say aye " It was so atlll you could hear a' cou-rh drop,, - . . t .. THEBKST PIPE TOBACCO. cam of the vMfl or its m. ! - - - 4 . . ... U ...... p (w. iiiw fl f, ' ItBBIOia WW i I I n w kisii ahia y ASH IONS &m C Onport, or 8uii 1 Ooupon and 6 wnU, or Suud 10 OuuU wltiioat mj - coujHiUvta.. KVENEtl VP, t stole do a by th brooklet atdt The moon was bright: I stole a doaen klw there. That blissful nulil. I stole a marvh on otlwr men;. I knew, my imi t. 1 was so good at stealing thai I stole her heart. Now we ar happy man and wife; Why seem it at range If. when I'm fast asleep In bed, the steals my rhnngeT Vonker Hlatesman. DKMOKALIZINtJ I'l.KAHl'HKB. Chicago liecord. "Ilotdia. your Utile tioy I letting hor ribly rough." "Yes. I must stop his going around with his mother an bargain days." A PKCl'UAItlTY OP 8Ul'Nt. itoxhury Osteite. liisey-Uoc sound travel as ! In cold weather as In hot? IHHihey tif course not. Duixey-I'an you prtive It? Doutvy-Yea, On a hoi day I have no troillil ijl houritor m IWtHdn lukii.l ,il.,v. . " w" I i K under my window, but un a frvrllug luy I can't hear II at all tTben Baby was skk, w gas her CasloH. W L. . nt. it 1 -. i t . . .. . I wMmwwvauu. wtenroiorvawmi. When h became JtK A chutg to Castorl. ,lld r ,. Wnca ah had CllUmo, ah gat Uwa Castoria, 5l.0t)Bott!ak VM rjr On cent a don aw It la sold en a riaronto b all 4ni. (lata. II our Incipient Consumption aaditiiabost Coutlisj'd Croup Cua . For Bala by J. 7. Conn. Elcnature I printed la BLUB diagonally acroa tbw OUTSIDB of evary bottlaof (tha Orlsfna ad Oanulne) .Wofxatefhlra SAUCE A a further prolvctloa aiaoat ii imJtatloaa, r ( ApmU foe tb Halt Matoa. -, JOHN DUNCAN'3 fONSN.' V- BIDS FOR STRKET CKOSSIN'U. Notice Is hereby given thai bi t will bo received by the commute on street and public way of the common council of the city or Astoria, nt th ofll.-e of the. auditor and police judge, for repairing a crossing at Ills Intersection nf Thlrty tlrst and Franklin avenue, in the city ot Astoria, as laid out and rera.ded by J. M. Bhlvely, until Saturday, March 1st, I UK at 7 o'clock p. m. of said day, raid bids to ! In acordunc with the provisions of ordinance No. 14 of th city of Astoria, and to lie accompanied with a bond sign ed by two ufllcient sureties in the sum of l'X). Said crossing to b repaired in accordance with plans and spwiflcatlon now on Ills in the office of '.he auditor and police judge. Warrant for lhe pay ment of the same will be drawn upon th read and crossing fund, and will be palO in cash upon presentation, ' ' f The commit tee reserves the right ta reject any and all bids, . By order of the common council, dated this 3)th day of January, ll. II. B. NKLBON. Auditor and Police Judge. ABTOIt BTI1EET OnADB KOTICiS. Nillee Is hereby fc-lven that the Com mon Council of the city of Astoria hav determined and Intend to establish the grade or Astor street, In Adair Astoria, from lhe west line of Forty-fourth street to the east line of Forty-sixth. street, at the following height, above- the base of grades as established by fjrdlnanc No. 71, entitled, "An ordinance to cstubllsh a base ot grades for the streets of the city of Astoria, as follows, to-wll: . . . Twenty-five feet throughout", all ; said portion of said streeli which.! to be level from end to end and from .hi to sldo. At any time wllhln ten day from the final publication of this notice, to-wlt, within ton day from the 31st day of January, IMKI, rcmonKtriiiir-e con be msdo BTnlnst suld propped grade, nd If with in, cai'i umo a written r monstrnnce aa!ii,( the same be filed In the oflleo of the auditor and police JmUro by the own ers of Ihree-foiirths of tho property ad jacent te said portion of said street such gnulo shall not be eslfibllihrd. . fly order of the Common Council. Attt.'Kt: JI. IS. NKLHON, Auditor and Police Judge, Astoria, Oregon, Jnnnnry ), WW. Kir. E 11 ZA HI -!' . Mo' ' jrs- . AY My OS Indio Hit! OASIS OP Till' COLORADO LlKSERT A Hew , Pesort DULOW I MB LKVIil Of TMH SKA Absolutely Dry and Pure 'Tropical r i r,o Climate Pronounced by Physicians the , , . , . , 4 r. 1 1 . UKjey ruyurawe 111 aiihihu tvr fciuflVrors from i s r f Lung Diseases and Rheumatism Hanv Remarkable Cures . , ; : . ft . . Yh otvjectioila urged ag1" In tit past by th Ian oumiwra who otherwls would hav been alaJ W ! advtttilivg of Ita bensArlal cllinab. has ixmd a lack of aullabl aocoiuiiV Hon. Th Boulhem Paclflo Con pa V tike pleaiur In attoounclnc that T rJ 1 Commodious and Comfortable Cottages hat Just been (reeled at India alav tlon. that will b rntl to applicant i rvaaonaui rate. Trey ar tur nlhed with modrrn convenience. ui plied with pur artesian water, and situated aa to gov occupant all lh advantage to b derived from a more or I protracted realdetic In this d uglilful cllruat. - (From tha San rranclaco Arconaut) "In th heart of tb great desert of low C'ad whloo th Southern fa CU road tnaverasa trier la an oaalf called tndlo, which. In our opinion, b Ih sanitarium of th earth. W b llev. from poraonat InvestlgaUon. that tor certain Invalid, th"- la no spot oi Uiia planet ao ravorabl." U. T. Stewart. M. I)., write: 'Th' purity of th air, and th eternal aun hlne, fill on with wonder and delight. Natur ha accomplished at much that there remain but llttl tut man to do. Aa to It powlbllllle as a health resort, tier la th tnot per rect aunshln. with a temparatura al way pleasant, a perfectly dry aull for rain la an unknown factor; pure oxygen, dons almoatthera and nun water. "What mora ran be desired t It la th place, abov all other, tot lung trouble, and a paradl for rbeu ma tic. Considering th number ol unerer who hav been cur.!, I hay no hesitancy In recommending thl rnlal oaala aa tb haven pf th afflict ." INDIO. Is 6ia miles from SAN FRANCISCO nnd 130 aiiles from 1.0S ANOKLKS Fare from Las Angeles j.oc For further Information Inquire of any Boulbarn Faelflo Company agen'. or aoureaa B. P. RO0E7R8, Asst. Oen. Pass. Agt. & P. Co J. B. KIRK LAND, DUt. Pas. Agt Tor. Plrst v4 AMr Sta. Portland, Or MUSIC HALtb. KEAT1NC1 a CO will rn their Mutlo Hall at fl A.lor til, Sstunlsy tli isth. Tl.y will WW - harp immbetless good liquor and cigars beside fisting good muile all th Urn Canadian Pacific RAILWAY. -. " ; '- AMERICA'S West -f- Trars-CoatinentaJ Railway System. TO .- ; -, -, -IS- - : 1 " Palace Dining Room anj Sleeping Cars. Luxurious OInin j? Cars. Elegant Day Coaches. . -AL80 - Observation Cars, allowing Unbroken .. Views ot the Vyonderful Mount j ''' , a,n Countrv. T $S 00 and $10.00 Jivfd on ll lnit Knal. TonrUt run thf Df'Bl on Wll nn. I fllllliHieilll DI lb Vrv flnun ir"uii"ui -AI.SO-CanatHan I'ucfflo -T0- ' China and Japan. China itamers leave Vancouver, B. C. Empress of IrrdU Aug. fth. An. 6h. S'I't. itih, 'ft Mill, roiv. mh. H, oih. ciiipmss or J.pnn impress nf Chins Emiress of In'il r.mpiest of Jrsn Empruss of Cliln . AultrsIlM stssmer kav Vancouver B 1 0 16th of vsry month, ' Frtr'ticltn rtle, ,ir,, Information call on or a.l'jrys - AS. FINl..nSON, Ar-eiit u v n t .i .Asl"r!a, Or. W. P. fr'n, Travein? i-a.,,, AKt , MoL. Bnin, D st. Pass. Agt., Vancouver, R. 'c 4ealth JOHN T. MUUTKIt. , ATTyltNWV'AT'l.AW. lUhV; uiliiliv Aslnrlan ItulMlm tlsii.mn PhyrUlaii. !cbll0. DR. PAHTKI PIIYBICtAN AND iUnOKON. Oflle. ovr Albert Dunbar'i r , th and Co mrcll. Pries! I alia. HI eonnnetm.nl, IIO.M. 0rtloni at mo fri nisdlcln lurnUhnl. DR. E1UV JAN80N. PHYSICIAN AND iUBOKON Omoa ovr Olasn'a lnt tr. Hour l to it a. rn.1 1 lo I and t to I p. m. un. lay. 10 to II, Da 0. a K3TKS, rilTHICI iH AND SUrtniTON . Hpw-1' attnilr n dia "f n and atirgerv. .,. Offlo ur Danitt ator Astoria TlPhn l IAT TUTTLR M. O. PHisiciAN. eunaaoN, and iXXUC!!BUa rst nn.ma 1 and 1 Pylhlaa buimhui. 1 1 Rl 1 Mli"- - , .i . . Hour, i to lnt. t, ldr atrl if. t. citomir, ATTORNRt-AT-LAW. Commnilal Slrl. W. U. LaJorea, . a Smila. UrUltCB SMITH. ATTOIINEYS-AT-TAW, ? M CamaMNlal atrt. UAWI nw 1,11 Bvnxusa , ATTORNBT AND COUN8KLOR AT LAw. Offlo a Saouad Mr. AMorta. n J N, tohh. PV-hard Nlxod CM4r V. DvltM. . ) , -ATTOIUIBTS AT LAW. PortkMiJ, Oreaon, K , Ii and IT. u!..,u. ii.itiduig. All lral and co rtT-t4. BOO.ETT MKTINQ TrJMPIJS UD0 NO. T. A. V-. A. M. Regular ewmmunloeUon 6ld on th Brat and third Tueadajr anin of facta month. W. Q. HOWBM W. at. B. C. HOUJEN. H tary. ' UI8CCLLANKOrm. REAL EST AT B, NOTART PUttlJC. vr. c. cahptx ITI Tnlh atrt. WIIKN IN pf)HTI.ANI-Cll on Jno. P. Ilandlry Co.. IM Third slriwt, and at Ih llly Astorian. Visitor need not nils their morning paper whM. thef. BCVKRAQgR WINES AND BRANDtlTH. 1' Jm fandsl win lnstd nf enff or t Fifty cent pr gallon, lnn't l..r.oi pach and apricot brandy. Also Prvm-b '?onaa and win at Ali tinn A. V. ALsLsKN, DCALCR IN Gracrrlr, plaur, FteJ, Provllon, Fruit Vr triable, Cm.kcry, GUu anj PUteJ Ware. I.gf er' Surpllra. I CoT. ClH U SMM SttMM. AttMH, Ot Snap A Jodak at any ataa esmlna ut m ur tr and yotrtl get port nut uf a man brimmlo. ever lth plesMwl Uwigbia. Buch quatliy In th llqime a luvlsllrranauki PIEASI ANV HAH. Corra and Try Them IIUOHEB CO. CXTBNDKO TMPATIir. "Do unto other as you would bans other do unto you." la aympathaiii-ally shown In th following Un, lb pre sumption bring that amta'.hy la bvru. or akin to pain or sorrow; ' Uentlemen: PI send K rails i Headache Capaul a follows: Two boa to flora neay, llavanna, N. lnk Two Doie to Will Wllcog. urooaiantl. N. Dak. I nav alwaya been a great ufferer from bvadach and your Cau lule ar th only mine that ralisv m. yaur vary truly. flAJlU BEAT. Havana, N. Dak. ror sal by Chaa. Honrs. Anuria Or- 80I Agent J. B. WYATT. Astoria, OragM. Hardware, ShlpChundlery, GrocerleB, ProviHloriB, PAINTM and OILS. Spicll Atttnlls Psl I Sueplyl! Ship. They Lack Life There ar twine aold to flaharmaa on in Columbia river that aland la tb' " relationship to Uaraball't Twin aa a wooden imag doea to tb human belnc-thy lack atranfth-Uft -evenoe and latln qualities. Don' fool youraelf Into th belief that other twines beildes Marshall's will do "Jut well." They won't Thr cannot ' STEAMERS Telephone & Bailey Gatzert. "Telenhon." , dally (e,cspt gunrt.y). " ' " "IIaIIav Gatfun-t" I.,., a-a.-i. m Amu tiri ' AKinni luea- fctutX".'' Th""". VMY nd naiurnay morning at ( W a m Hoioi.w v.nlng t 7 p. m m" ul"'y 'Ai.uAUIS MAUZKRY, Agent North Paeifie Bfemery JOHN KOPP. Prrm Bohemian Lao Beer And XX POrTF. thsteS"-?..1". at 1 prrTr. 0""M