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TI1K DAILY AST01HAN. isivhu KKU.Y MOKNINU, A PHIL 17, IH'Hl gaily glotorian. JOHN T. IJOHTKR. Bdltor. Telephone No. (. TUHMS OF 8l'lSCKITHsi DAI LI. Bent by mall. Pr year Sent by mall per month fc'j arced bv carrier. iwr week 10; WEKKI.T. Bant by mail per year, tl In advance Postas free to ubscrlbr. All communications intended for publt aatlon should b directed to the editor Busts communications of all kinds and remittances mujt be addressed to Tk Aatorlan. The Astorian guarantees to Iti aub acrllwra the largest circulation of any aewpapr published on the Columbia river. 1 Adverllslng ratea can be had on appll- soma s. isniorase. Tho more silver dol eatlon to the business manager. ' J " r -Mined the greater the like- lihood of a slump to the sliver standard. Tb Weekly Atorlan. the cmd widest In their opinion. ISut iher i no st lcn Wkly in th .tat, of Or,-o, h., net .M". to tha Portland Oresonlaa, th largest, rp.trt,ni(Ni ln ,nVer. Weekly circulation In th itate. This platform Is a dlssrra.vful prvxhu- . ' Hon It Is Inaccurate, historically, dis- Jna F. Handley Co. ar our Iert-; ,., mr.My , aivr-luable ivlitl lajad acenta, and copiea of the Astorlan c.illy. Yt t'.ee out of rverv etishi trv caa ba had evry morning at their stand.' " lVmo.-iat swear by It. and may . -v,. i 1,0:1 ,h,lr barty If It dor not make a n Third itreeu j plitfv,r. a, i-Moaso after the same pat- THE STKONti KI LKR OF A VIOLENT j PLVl'LE. j Th Wa.hlncton Star. Wnat may be termed the Bayard Idea of the American people and of Mr. Cleveland avems to have been accept-! abroad as the true one. The pre, both In Great Britain and on the continent, echo It whenever th aubject cornea up. The people are violent, and this account for the detlv ranrea of congreaa about foreign affair. Bat Mr. Cleveland la a atromr man. who know how to novern them, and who nay be relied on to restrain them w hen aver their fury threaten to become a menace to anybody. This 1 the service which the American ambassador to the court of St. James has rendered hi countrymen while holding their comml ka and In their pay." The man to remove, this injuriou Im pression 1 Mr. Cleveland. A president, k know the limitations of hi office, and has had large experience of the pa tience and conservation of the people whose servant he Is. Had they been a violent people they mlitht have manl Iiated such spirit when their wishes were balked ln the matters of Hawaii j a part of the national policy in the fu and Armenia. In both of those caso I cure. toe president went counter to public sentiment. But In doing so he acted -in the Armenian cose, at any rate within the discretion which the people them selves had allowed him: and hence they are bearing themselves with becoming respect toward him. They have differed from him radically, but without the sem blance of heat or unseemliness. Their time will come, and they will improve H within their constitutional rights. They will yet have opportunity to show the people in both Hawaii and Armenia who are struggling for progress and irttisatlon on the outposts that those who are comfortable and secure In the very heart of beneficent conditions have ot been rendered selfish or sluggish by good fortune. Mr. Cleveland ha now hi opportunity. The foreign press Is ringing all possible changes on the Bayard Indictment. In its column congress Is represented us a ' body of frenzied howlers bent In this ' Cuban business on pluni-r and political j avoir. The love of liberty is ''harater- I tsed as a mere campaign cry :i pretense swarthy of consideration. Mr. Cleve hnd. as president of the l.'nlted States, should resent this. He knows-no man setter that domestic politics are not ln th slightest degree involved. Cuban in dependence accomplished throw?1) the friendly offices of the United States would mean nothing to either political party in Um coming national campaign. Both parties desire It. and both share la the credit ot what congress has done toward securing It. FKAl'DULfcXT ASSERTION'S OK ORE GON" I-'EMUCRXTS. The Chicago Tribune, ln a leading edi torial, quotes the financial plunk of the recent Oregon Democratic convention and makes the following comment on it, which deserves to bs read not only by Oregon Democrats, but also by some of the Republicans of the same state: Three-eighths of the members of the convention could not swallow this bundle f falsehood and folly, but the remain ing five-eighths did, and elected eight delegates who will come to Chicago shouting "1 to 1." One of the etrht will be o the committee on resolution, and his vote will count for as much there as that of the representative of New York, and yet regon has only two congressman, while New York has thirty six, and hence the former should have eiuy o .e-eight. cmh of the weirht of the lltt T. Th" rrst K't tenee of th? jilatform is a Ilhorjd. i he depressed condition 01 the country I" due to a L mocratic lurlT. wbieh rut ('own protection so much as to affect every Interest Injuri ously und wl.lch .tlso cut down the reve ncjd ao much (hat It has been reeessary lit borrow to kiefray current expenses. Tho next K uteii'.' contains another pal paMe falsehood. There Is no "constitu tif'fial d'fodnr.J of goUl and silver." The cmu 'Itui.on ,Las nothing to say about jtu.la.-Tti. or ratios. Those matters are te.n t x the diwrniion of congress, wnich . witiiiowered to "coin monty" und "r.-g-ulate the value thereof." In 17S2 con gress set to work to "coin money" out of gold and silver. It regulated their value by. ascertaining to the best of lis knowledge how many grains of M!vi r a grain of gold was worth. It decided that the number was fifteen, and there fore It ordered that for every gruln of silver in the gold dollar there should be fifteen grains of silver in the silver d llur Tho object of the framers of the law was to secure equality of Intrinsic value in coins of the same denomination but of different metals, so that both kinds of coins would circulate side by side, it was Intended that the law and the facts should conlcide, but a mistake was made. A grain of gold bought then about l.'iij grains of silver. So the gold coins, be ing undervalued, would not circulate, and silver was the only form of specie ascd. la Wti another attempt was made to regulate the value of coins and 10 re adjust the ratio. It was assu-ned that sixteen grains of sliver were the exact equivalent in value In purchasing power of one grain of gold, and the weitcht f the gold dollar was reduced slightly to conform to the new ratio. But an other mistake was made, for a grain or gold was 7orth then about 1t, era Ins of silver. 80, silver being undervalued. It was useless to coin sliver dollars, for they would not have circulated. In 1792 and 1637 congrens tried to' coin gold nn.1 silver "upon term of exact cpisllty." It runic nertr It, hut frtlled. It tried. hiinf. on each .ec.ion to denl wltn exact .'nan.' with both inctnK Therefore if a a!iln:ton or a l.t.kson conervas w.rv I. st-l.iltns now to t.il llah bimetallism 't would ilrvt seek to find how mnny snilna of silver nrnln of gold would exchanire for. When It discovered tliat the proper number was between lhin-on .wnl Ihlny-t'vo It would make the silver 1oll.tr th.il many limp heavier than the 40M dollir Kut that b not what the Orvson IVm.i rrsts want do no. They want the ratio of l3T at a time whn it has vned to N 1 jut one because of the- chmwv in conditions. Kor slnco :hi t silver bus fallen In valtic ono-half. They Insist on a ratio which the men who male it would repudiate unanimously were they sllve now. because It did not accord with tho facts or their thevry as 10 th -.roper way to regulate tho value of mo try. The Oregon IVmoercit. or Uve-cli:hths of thorn, want the old, pl.iyd-oiit ratio of 1 to I luipl Ivans,- It is a fale one. and because free eolnngv at that r.vlo would enable men to pay their debt In .V-oent silver dollar. These lVtmvrat My they are "unalterably op posed to a l ujlo sold standard.'- It would have been honest, r of them to mv thoy are unalterably In favor of a ainrlc silver standard so aa to defraud creditors and labor. Thee Wnioernts demand also the coin aire of all the silver bullion which renr- j It is surprising to note the eitnt of ..... pv.pu lar feeliruj for the restoration of recipro cal treaties with other countries. One of the most foolish of the many foolish mistakes made by the Democratic re peal of the McKinley law was the abol ishment of the reciprocity treaties nego tiated with European and South Ameri can countries. Those treaties were the outcome of long ef(ort to secure ibeiu. Some of the torvujn countries entered Into them reluctantly only because they were forced to do it In order to secure like favors from the I'nited States. The treaties were In force Ion enough to demonstrate their great advantage to this country, and the clamor for their renewal come not from Kepubllcan alone, but from dttiens of ail political faith. Boards of trade and commercial ex changes are taking action In the matter, and it Is so clearly a pure business proposition that reciprocity 1 sure to be It was reported yesterday that the Chinook Beach traptnen, out of sympathy with the striking gillnetters, had been using their Influence to induce the men who operate the trap for S aborg's can nerythe only traps now fishing or at tempting to fish ln Baker' Bay to desist from fishing: and that while employed ln this mission, they were fired upon by militiamen stationed about Hand Island. If this true. It would appear that the militia are holding the lort at Ilwaco against ctttxens of their own state, and the very class of men they are supposed to be there to protect. Instead of the violent and unlawfully lnclin.-d glllnet fishermen from toe state of Oregon. It is to be hoped Governor McOraw will take pains to inform himself fully as to the situation at Ilwaco before ordering fresh troops there, or protracting the stay ot those already on tho ground any longer, " A Montreal Inventor Is in '.Vashtngton accompanied by a specimen of his genius In the shape of a gun whose merits must be remarkable indeed If a tithe of his claim be true. There Is the usual pro found mystery about this wonderful piece of ordinance, for If there were no secrecy there would be no gun: but the fact that there Is no explosive used, no smoke nor noise ln sending out a charge, and that all this surrounds a charge of 2),0f)O shots a minute. Is enough to bring out any curiosity that might He missing In other venture. How the muscular strength of two men can produce power sufficient to throw 260.110 bullets a minute with a range of about 6,000 yards. Is something the Inventor is not prepared to divulge. That temperance lecturer In Connecti cut who undertook to "spoil the Egyp tians" by robbing a saloon, seems to have made a mistake which landed him In Jail for four months. The Judge did not seem to see the logic of the pro ceedings. THE HOPE OP THE TEACHING PRO FESSION. The hope of the leaching craft Is with the university. It Is a new illustration loth of the unity of education and of the logical pre-eminence of the univer sity that, as In Its collegiate department the university educates teachers for the secondary schools, so among Its gradu ate or professional departments there must be a normal or pedagogl-al institute to give the secondary teachers profes sional training. I predict that the next development In our universities will be the establishment of a graduate school of liedagogy not a chair, but a fully organ ized school which shall be only to col lege Kraduates or persons of similar scholastic standing, and which will uplift, ennoble and HLerallze the teaching pro fession, wl.lr.h is In constant danger of deii-eneratinsr Into a sorry trade. as schools of law, medbine, and technology have already dignified the callings of the lawyer, the doctor and the engineer -President .1. G. Shurman, in the April Korum. AN OLD RHYME RESET. "Affliction sore long time she bore Physicians were ln vain. ' At last one day, a friend did say, "You'd soon be well again." If you .would take, as I did. Dr. Pierce' Favorite Prescription, for that Is the cure for all the peculiar ailments of women. It Is a safe, simple and sure remedy. It banishes those distressing maladies that make woman's life a bur den, curing all painful Irregularities, uterine disorders. Inflammations and ul ceration, prolapsus, and kindred weak nesses. As a nervine It cures nervous ex haustion, prostration, debility, relieves mental anxiety and hypochondria and In duces refreshing sleep." She took the advice and is well. "Favorite Prescrip tion" Is the only remedy for the delicate derangements and weaknesses of females, sold by druggists. A pamphlet free. Ad dress World's Dispensary Medical Asso ciation, Buffalo, N. Y. Asthma cured, by newly discovered treatment For pamphlet, testimonials and references, address World's Dispen sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Marshall's twine used fcy 75 per cent )f the fishermen on the Columbia river. omet Blackwcll'b Dunham To ALL Wants It Retail today. Your very truly, BLACKVVELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. It yew hair any dtfflcaltT la prorartag year soap, cat eal this avlke aad send It with yeur order le year wk-lesal ds(r. hk ni:i:ih:i aiiv V..,-.w.lr.l I?..,,. tec ..r Johnnie Chart!,. 1ms N -n told to .tl- was put his hard he lore his itith when he yawned The other day he said: "tlrandma. out vmir -i.md ov- r mv mouth. I've got a ple.v of ccse In one hand and something els - .11 th- other" - TH K DIMPI.E CIIKKKKP VI1.L.VDK MAID. May not retain her dimples and roy cheeks "blooming with health." i.ntll she finds a good husband. A .title mulct or accident may bring about some of the many "female" diseases and "weak nesses" to which the sex Is subject, and health may be forever Impaired, and hopes and happiness be at an end. Thanks to Dr. Pierce, his Favorite Pre scription, prepared by him for women, cures the worst cases of uterine ill esses, nervousness, neuralgia. Irregularities, a d "weaknesses." It la a great Invigorating tonic and nervine, and rapidly builds up the health and strength. Pr. Pierce's Pellets, for constipation. : sick headache, biliousness. IrvMgeatlon. Once taken, always In favor. "It's stranre." 'sal.l the vonng man who is always looking for coincidences, that so many politicians nowadays are re markable for their whisker " "It -e. ms to me." replied the girl who Is studying art. "that It must bo largely due to the manner In which everybody hns gone wild over Beardsley effects." Washing ton Star. The U. S. Gov't Reports ihow Royal Baking Powder superior to all others. Mother Henry, you should always keep you promises. Henry All promises? Mother Certainly, my son Henry Well. I take notice tht pa draws the line. When he promises to lick me he does It every time: but when he prom ises to pay the grocer he don't. Rich mond Dispatch. W might tell you mora about On Minute Cough Cure, but you probably know that It cures a cough. Every on does who haa used it It I a perfect remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness. It is an especial favorite for children, be ing pleasant to take and quick In curing. Chas. Roger. "'Harry says there Is only one thing ulioul hU inamorata that he doesn't like. Sne hardly ever writes to him, because, as she says, she'd rather tali;, and wh.n It comes to talking she -avs thre Is so much to say that she will have to write." Boston Transcript. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Fudly Frushr ha Mi rr".'J.tln or bring a (?rat wit. but for my iart 1 can't anything very bnttht In til wrttintcH. L)inlly That's quwr. Why. his Jokes have been ua1 by thm Kf.-at-est wits th.t ev r llvfi. -Boston Tran script. CURE FOR HEADACHE. As a remedy for all form of headache Electrc Hlrteri haa proved to be the very best. It .ffe-s a p-rmanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick head ache yield to .ts Influence. We urg all who are afflioted to procure a bottle and ajve :til remedy a fair tral. In c rses of habttual const 1-st.tton Electric Hitlers curs by g.vlng the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try ,t once. Larg? bottle only fifty cents at Chas. Rogers' drug stor-. "Yes," they remarked, "sh' has a bee In her bonnet." The woman politician sneeied. "It must look horri 1," she said. "I should thing she woul 1 hr.ve a bird, or at bast a wing." Detroit Trlnune. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder Contains no Ammonia or Alnm. Bad Taste "This is positively the last time." muttered the king of Mhwpka, making a wry face, "that I will v. r be persuaded to tackle a stew made from k bitter partisan." Indlanaolls Journal. HUCKLEN'S AP.NICa SALVE The best salve In the world foi Cuta. Prutfs. Sure. in.-een. Salt ;;hetjm, r-'.er .wres. Tetter, ''happed Hands, Chilblains. Con.s, and All Skin Krup tloim. and positively cures Piles, or no (v required. It la guaranteed to glv perfect satisfaction, or money refund-'!. Price, 25 cents per Vx. For so hy ("has. lingers. Odd F dow- bill ling rireat reirret is felt around Glasgow, Ky., over the death of "Old Rial" L. wis, the most famous of nnte-hcllum fiddler In that region. Rial had nil the old time negro characteristics, and forty or fifty years ago he out an Important fig ure, at all the gatherings of the belles ami beaux In the Ftnrren River country, a section at that time renowned for "lis wealth, Its polish, the beauty of its women and tho gallantry of Its men." ROYAL Baking Powder haa been awarded highest honors at every world's fair where exhibited. afayor A. C Houghton, of North Adams, has presented --he cltv with a public lib. ary building worth IViOO as a n.emorial lo the late A. .f. Houghton, Mr. Houghton's brother. The property given Is the Hlar-kinton mansion. Busy people have no time, and sensible people have no Inclination to use a slow j remedy. One Minute Cough Cure ants promptly and gives perman'Tit benefit. Chas. Rogers. A marble buHt of Paul Verlnlne Is to Is- plaied In the garden of tho Luxem- ' bourtf. ; All the patent medbines advertised In. this paper, together with the choicest! perfumery, and toilet articles etc., can! be bought at. the lowest I r!ces at J. W. j t'onn's drug utore, opposi'e Occidental Hotel, Astoria. o tobacco company. Durham, n. 0. Dcr 5lri You ar nfltW to rtcv FREE from your wholcaalo dealar , WHITE STAR SOAP with all th filackwell's Oenuino Durham Smoking Tobacco you ttuv. Ono bar of aoap Itco with aath pound, whothor 10 oa., ox., 4 04., or a 01., package. Wc hav notified every whola ale dealer la the United Statu that we will .supply them with aoap to give you FREE. Order a good upply of U&nUINO IHJRHAM at once, aod Inalat on getting your aoap. One barol Soap FREE with ach pound you buy. soap la offered for a limited time, to order T.hi V1SIIU-K Ivtroit Tribune "Arrest,. I tor havlns Mlde moils 01 support-" they riml niter It. r In wonder I'lie prisoiei at the Lie io.l Hh I'vwc'! head "Yc." !ie faltered, "my ldonier were eel .(.me as full a the law contemplaies. I gl ss When lUbr was tick, ws gat her Cartoria. When she was a iTiUd, tho cried for Caaforia. When the became Miss, she chittf to Out art. Waeathel "hlldreo, th f thu Otforla, Tn AT nitlt.HT SMII.K WW HIS LAST Cleveland Post. As they led the condemned man from his c II they saw that he was smiling i:.'n while they were hindin-r Mm In th electric chait the smile tin-, red on his hps. The curiosity of the warden was aroused. It., paused wl"i his thumb K"U! touching the f.itul button and a-k l the iau.- of the uns,enily mirth. "I t was Just thlnkln'." chuckled the nr.l. i.utor. "lew I'm roolin' my old schiHl teacher He alwavs said 1 was Ihtii to le hanced " Then th warden's thumb came dowi It Is not a miracle. II won't cure everything, hut It will cur' piles. That's what DeWltt i Witch lis. I Salve will do. because It has done It In hundreds of cases. Chas. Rogrra. NEK PEP Cincinnati Kntjulrer. "You have thrown cold water on my plans." he sal.l bitterly. The maid smiled at him. "Yes." she sold. "They had caught fire from )our cigarette. " Th.-n the architect thanked her Tak a dose of DeWlii's Utile Early Risers Juat for the good Ihry will do you. These Utile Pills are good for In dtirestlon. good for headache, good for liver complaint, rood for constipation. They are good. Chas. Roger. ENVIABLE. Yonkers Home Journal and News. W'e.irv Wb.'Kins-1'ne.ny Walker Is de be klest feller on de road. Tired Tr iddl.s- ll.iw s ilat? Weary YViKKin i,.'s a somnambulist, an dues all his walkin' In his sleep. Pat gives him all day to loaf In. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. A little III. then a little pit. The III has gone, the pill haa won. PaWltt's Little Early Rls ra are ihe little phis that cure great Ills. Chas. Rogers. Theodore F Sliuey, who has been ap pointed an official reporter nf the l'nlied Stales Senate, Is descended from French Huguenots. "During the lung vacations of the senate." says the Philadelphia Times. "covering nine months every year, Mr. Shuey has traveled In Europe and all over our own country. He Is a linguist, a scholar, and has i-erfected himself In all branches of shorthand work." It's Just as easy to try One Minute Cough- Cure as anything else. It's easier to cur a sever cough or cold with It Let your next purchase for a cough be One Minute Cough Cure. Better medi cine: bettr result: better try It. Chas. Rogers. While In Sun Francisco last week Chauncy M. Dcpcw was entertained t,y the I'nlon I-uifiie Club. At the tmntpiet he was Introduced by (i.tural W. II. L. Uarnes, who was his cull.ge male at Vale. General Harries Is the star after dinner speaker of California, and the newspapers t.ay he can make a tiettrr speech than Dcpcw. ROYAL Baking Powder. Highest of all In leavening Strength. V. . Oov.rnmtnt Report "The Rev. Aunin Wlll.y." says the Springfield lfe,..ililli:,n, "who Ins Just died at Norihfleld, Minn , at .he age of W, had the .list In. i Inn or being he first editor of the earliest anti-slavery paper In the country. This was ihe Advocate of rrcedrn. whleh was start d In l-.TJ at llan;;or by th. Maine aliollilonUis " Hums are absolutely painless whn De. Witt's Witch Haxel Halve Is promptly applied. This statement Is true. A pr fect remedy for skin diseases, chapped hands and Hps, and never falls to cur plies. Chas. Rogers. The faculty of I'rlrn i Ion college has elected Henry Irving honorary member of the Amerpan Whig Ho.-leiy. That Is a distinction seldom eonfered, and doubt less It will I," nil ihe nor-, valued for that reason. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. The Rev. Ham Jons Is In Ilalllmore, wli'-re his daughter Is v. iy ill Pure blood means good health. De Wltt's Barsaparllla purifies the blood, cur-s Eruptions, ErzTna, Hcrorula, and all diseases arising from Impure blood. Chas. Rogers. AN ENIGMATICAL I! ILL OK FARE. For a dinner, served on the Dining cars ot the Chicago, Milwaukee and Ht. Paul Railway, will be sent lo any address on receipt or a two-cent postage stamp. Apply to ilco. II. Heafford. Hentral I'as--enger Agent, Old Colony Ilulldlng, Chl- '.i-'o. Illinois. Parlies desiring the best of Job printing .t Ihe lowest prices h ild call at the torlan Job office bef.ire going elsewhere. l71 I'V I pbiivitttnx OILS A Specialty, Brothers, ' Sell ASTOKIA, hip ChiunN'Icry. Ittirilwtirv, j Iron Sttt'l, ! Coal. ir,i,ui Provisinnii, ; Hon r it Mill lV.I, j !iiiiis, I iK VarnislitM, bcrs Supplies, ; Kiiirliunk'HS'iilt'N, j IWrs it Window, ; A it: i i Itural liuplfimmt i 'cD8 Whicltw. eviT, Una asaasra. OltlOst SATIITa. VOPTRIOHTa. Foe tnhnnU. and fn ll.riu.. hi. h n a su imi.ui.wat. ', haw Tea. el... 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Elegant Day Coaches. A 1x0 - Observation Cars, allowing Unbroken Views of the Wonderful Mount ain Country. $5.00 and $10.00 laved on all ticket" Km I Tntirlat rHra the bcatnn wheels, r.'lillplneliia ol iue very nueai throughout -AIJ10-Cunadlan I'uclflc ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP UK -T0- China and Japan. China steamers leave Vancouver, B. C Empreaa of India fempreti ol Japan hmprea a of China Empreaa of India Empreaa of Japan Empreaa .if China Aug. 5th. Au Hh. Sept. Ifith. Oct. Nth, Nov. nth. Dec, 9th. Australian steamer lesve Vancouver, B, C , loin Ol evsrjr mama, For ticket rates and Information call on or address JAb. rllNLA YbUIN, AKent, Astoria, Or. W. F. Carson, Traveling Pass. Aet., 1 acoma, wasn. Oro, McL. Brown, Dlst Pass. Agt., Vancouver, n, J. A PASTA BICND. GENERAL CONTRACTOR, 10USE, BRIDGE AND 01HARF BUILDER HOUMIC MOVBH. Houss Moving Tools for Rent. ASTORIA. OR T Solintltlo AmtrlcM 1-wUVP, IOar V- PROriHHinNAb CaRI. OttUN TuTTlTHU, ATIVIINKV-A'M.AW. tlltlcs, upalalra, Aalorlnll tiilldln. Hit, K1MV JANHON. I'llVaU IAN AND HUUli:t)N Offltw ovsr Olaen's drill slurs. Hour. H lo II a. m.i lo I and 1 to I p. in. Hun daya, 1U to It. 1'IL O. tl. KHTKSt, rilTHU I iN AND ttllKUKON. Hpeclsl attention to disease vt wont en and surgery. Office ovsr liultr's stor Astoria Telaphon No U JAT TUTTLK."!. l. PHTHIOIAN, PUHOBON. AND At.VOUCIIKUIt om. Room I and , I'ythlan nulldln. Itmira, 10 to II and I to i HMlileooa, US, (Nadar tlreat ItT T, CJUWIIV, ATTt.KNIOT-AT-LA.VV. a Comiiwrclal Hlreet. V. M. Urorca. . U. BwHk. LafOltCK A BMITIl. ATTOKNK tll-AT-T AW, 1st Commercial atr.!. J. g. A. IIOWLIII, ATIXXINKT AND CttUNHEU)R AT LAW. Office on AWind trasiL Astoria. Oi J. N. Dulph. Illchard Ntton .'healer V. Ihilpli. IH'U'll, NIXON A LHIU'II. ATTOIINET8 AT Jt,W. Portland. Orraon, II, 14. It, and II, llaiiillton llulldlna. All leal and ool InMlon business pronip'ly attonded to. Claims against the axivernmanl a p olalty. HtK'LrTTV MEKTIN08. Tlv.MI'I.K I.OIHIK NO. T. A. t. and A. M Itrj-ular (Mmmiuilcallona held m th first and third Tuo.lay evenliuj 't each month tl W. IH'NllKIUir, V. U. K. O IIOLDKN. samtirf. MIHt'KLLANKKHH W. f CAHHK1.U DKAt.KIt IN ItKAI. KHTATK: Notary Puldlc ira lu.nd Htret. WIIKN IN roHTLAND-Call oa Jaav F. llandlay A Co.. 1M Third atrvat, and fat Ih Pally Aslorlan. Visitors Bead ao mis their mornln paper while than POR TILLAMOOK NEHALEM AND OTHER COAST POINTS STEAMERS R. P. Elmore W. H. Harrison ....Augusta ...ALL. OPEN FOR SPECIAL CHARTER ft.lllng datea to and Irosa Tillamook sad NehaleM depvnd upon the avaathar. Por Frslfht and Paaaangar Ratal Apply To ELMORE, SANBORN & CO ACll'.rXT U. R. A N. CO., Agenta, I'ortlanit. Are You (ioiiir Kast? Ba aura and aea that your ticket reads via T HE vNORTH-WESTERN line:. CHICAGO. ST. PAUL, MINNISAPOLrlS and OMAHA RAILWAYS. Thl. la th. GREAT SHORT LINE BotWMD DULeUTH, ST. PAUL, CHICAGO Ami all Points EttHt and ISoiith. Tbelr Macnlfloent Track, Peerless Vea- Ubuled Dlnlnf and Bleeping Car Train, and Motto: ALWAYS ON TIME " Hava given thl. road a national reputa tion. AH classes of paaaenKera carried on the veattbuled train, -without extra charge. Bhlp your freight and travel over thl famoua Una. All agent, bay. ticket. W H. MEAD, F. C. BAVaQE. Oen. Agent Tray. B". and P. Act 148 Washington at. Portland. Or. SEASIDE SflWUHLL. A cnmnlnta atnek nf InmliAp nn v.. n In the rouh or dressed. Floorlne;, rus tic, ceninir. ann all kinds of finish; mouldlnKs snd ahlnKlce; also bracket work done to order. Terms r.mnnnl.l. and price at bedrock. All orders promptly altcndnd to. Office and at mill. H. V. I.. LOO A N. Pron'r. Seaside, Oregon. Popular Science Nalure, lantln. NEWSi'ffl. HEALTH It) lana. roiaril; WSW1 WlWl M rtMISWI I nlaif.J anil lmpfd. roiiuln a !' niimlwr of Mlmrl. Kasy, I'lscil. sl. Intaraalln. and I'milsr, Hal. nil. do artlcla. that can I apprwlslad and iiovnI l' any ltillllall roador. .vsll ihoiKh hs kn IHH r nothing of l a nc. profuse y Illustrated and frei Iron. Techhlc lilies N.wadaalara, id cant. Si per yaar Manilon Oils paper for a sampl. aopr. Uarg.it oitoula'.ion of any Soiantifio ppf In th" vvoild I'ubllahad Munlhly by M.Si. I.II.I.AHO. Naw Vork. hie at ta a a HaM frnMlv lot llM, !., iiImi, a.raaiuf iIim., MhllM, saaalaral aia. l.aiM. at luSawata II..H, UMIall.4l uf al.a.a- I waiaaM. !" aw ol ky atraaaaaaa, ,.r aal la alala ta.r, l-r f,ao'ii ,.f I l.tlll... SI la. u.laf aM.1 "a maoat. ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY HKAI'INll IUX'U rilKIO TO U. UWi every day from I a'alowk la IJI and ( l I P- nv nutwcrtptlun rata U pav annum. B.W. COIL KMCVKNTII A tHIANIC I Indio Tin Dams or tut' CdlUMAtHJ (UStRT HI LOW IMti LtVtL OF THE StA Absolutely Dry and Pure Tropical Climate PronouiHTti by l'liyMiciaiiB tlu ml hy l liVM moHt FavtiraMt' in A for tSutli'rtTH from . nitTifa Lung Diseases and Rheumatism Many Remarkable Cures Th. obcllan urgad aaainat Indio la th past by th large number. ho utharvlse would have bva glad lo lak. advaniaas uf Its l-nchclal climate, ha. bcn a lark of auliahla accommodation. Th Houthern 1'acin.i Compary takaa plnasur. in announcing that savaral Commodious and Comfortable Cottages have just baa erartn! at Indio alallon, that will be rani ad to annllrajiia at raa. aonabl. rale. Thoy ara furnUhad with nwlsra convanlen-wa, auppllrj arllli pur. artesian water and so sltuatad a to give orcuianta all Ih. advantagr. ta be la- ...- i.ui m uiur or laa prottaoiaa roaldonc. n this dollghtful cllniai.. (Prom III flan Pram laee Argonaut) "In Ih. haarf of th trui i!mi a tl. Colorailo-whlch tha rlmithrrn I'aclllo iravaraca-lharj la an oaals called India, which, In our opinion, ta th eanllarlum uf the earth. Wa brlln-t. fr,.m t,,.,.. i Invoailgsilon, that for certain Individuals. incra is no spot on this planet so favor able." tl. T. Slower'. U 11 writ..' -n.. purity of Ih. air. and the sternal sun- aiiine, nn ens wnn won.lr and delight . . , Natur. ha accnmpllahed so much that thare ramalna l.iif llm t..m man lo do. Aa to Ita poaalhllltlr a a nraim retort-nrre la the moat prrfrct aunahlne. with a irim.r.ii. plraaanl. a Perfectly dry ami ..m an unknown factor: purs oiygan, danae ainioapiirre ann pure water. What mora can be desired, t , n,B p,, ,hoV all others, fur Inns trmil.i. mA . diss for rheumatka. Conaldarlng tha ii.iHiiwr 01 simerera who hnve been cured, have no hmian. y In r.Mim. mending Ihla ei,in ca.la s ),a l,r-n of Ihe alfllcted." INDIO Ih 612 milt's from SAN FRANCISCO mill 130 niilcH from 1-Utf ANCKLKS Fare from Los Angelrs S).oc Kor fllethnp In', . .1... . ....... iiiauuH inouir. of Sryaitd"r.h.ern Pacln Company a,en . . B. P. ROOBIUI, Asst. Oen. Paa. Agt. 8. P. Co. J. a KIKKLAND, . umi. 1 Ml A St. Cor. riraf vnd Ald.r Bta. Portlaiul. Or. THE BOARD OF .TRADL PKTBH DOUHELL, Prop. ONLY THE FINEST LIQUORS. Cor. Teath and Bond Streets. A GOOD WORD. Mr. J. J. Kell, flharpahurg, Ta.: Dear Hlr: I am iH..,i . ..... . . word for Krausa'. llcadach. Capaulea. ..,.0. n.u..:riiiH iur over llireo years with acute ncurnlirin and n . . somnlft (which seemed lo bailie th. of. ""mo of our heal physicians) you siiKKosled this remedy which gave mo almost Instant relief. Words full to express the pralso I alinuld like lo be slow on Krause's llca.lucho Capsules. Omtefiilly yours, MI1S. K. a 1IOLMKH, Monlrnse, I'. For sale by Chas. Ilosnrs, Aslorlu, Or., solu avcnl. f t. lam.. J J 1 Mm,W om u M.k..M wA'unaa!!. I" J (V .a. 2 f A New J4calth Resort