THK DAILY ASTOlilAN. asVuuH WKDXKSIM Y MOKNIXil, A PHIL H. MM gaily 2Utnimt. JOHN T. LIGHTER, RJHor. Telephone No. t. TbRMS OH SUrMiCKIIIIO,N 1J..U.T. Bent by mall, per year Bent by mall per month Served by carrier, per week., .. .16 WEEKLY. Bent by mall per year, K In advance Postage free to subscriber. All communications intended for publl cation abould be directed to the editor Buaineas communication o( all kind and remittance must be addressed to The Astorlan. The Astorlan guarantees to It ub sort be rs the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. Advertising rate cn be had on appli cation to the buaineas manager. Th Weekly Astorlan. the second oldest j weekly In the tate of Oregon, has, next to the Portland Oregontan, the largest weekly circulation In the state. Jno, P. Handley Co. are our Port land agents, and copies of the Astorlan can be had every moraine at their stand. 124 Third street FOR COAST DEFEXSKS. The speech mad by Senator S-iulre, of Washington, on Wednesday last. In which he portrayed the defenseless con dittos of the American seacoast cities gainst naval bombardment of high power run and the necessity for taking Immediate step te protect them by bat teries armed by similar artillery. I an admirable presentation of the case. The senator was especially In earnest because be represents a stats whosa cities on the Pacfllc and oa Puget sound Se attle as one would be utterly at the mercy of any hostile fleet armed with modern guns. The senator stated and he kept within bounds In his figures that "a large mount of destructible property, esti mated at not less than flO,(W,iX)0,irt) In value. Is exposed to attack, or at least to heavy assessment for the purpose of securing Immunity from destruction.' This estimate does not Include combusti ble property In Chicago. Milwaukee. De troit, Cleveland. Duluth, Duffalo and other lake cities which would be menaced In a case of war with Great Britain. In New York. Brooklyn and Jersey City alone property worth RV).U Is sub ject to ransom or to destruction for kick of coast defenses. "And yet." said the senator, "while such Is the perilous condition of affairs congressmen are making fiery speeches to enforce the Monroe doctrine and de manding that the United States Intervene on behalf of Venezuela or Cuba, even though that Intervention should lead to war for which they must know the country Is utterly unprepared, at least, with Great Britain. " The people ought to know that Senator Pjotn told the naked truth when he said: "Every man who ha Inform-d himself ' on the suhject of national def en es knows that as a nation w? are not In con dition to undertake war or suffer war. We can talk loud and loni;. and profess sympathy, pass resolutions, and make believe to ourselves that we are actually taking a hand In the diplomatic affairs and international questions of great mo ment, but those who are not self-deceived by egotistical glamour and who know the iruin, mai mi oemanpimiion is mere i talk and bluster and vapid wntlment. or at most It is a sympathy thnt is easily j satisfied with merely verbal expressions." i It Is the business of the Vnted State Just now to keep out of conflicts with strong naval powers, no matter how Just our cause of resistance. As a choice of evils we are under the necessity of sub mitting to wrong and oppression. The first and highest duty of this nation Is to put Itself Into a condition where no foreign power can successfully assault it or lay its cities In ashes or under contri bution. Senator Squire says correctly that the coast cities are not to be defended by warships. The navy Is mainly for ag gression, not for defense of ports. To build a navy powerful enough to defend the seaboard cities effectively would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. A mill ion Invested In forts and high-power guns will yield better results than live mill ions spent on war vessels. The cost of maintenance of warships -Is ten-fold greater than for forts and In times of peace fifty times a much. The senator also called attention to the fact that England. In spite of her Im mense navy, has not neglected her sea coast defenses either at home or In the colonies, and argued that this govern ment should pursue the same policy: and that congress should adopt the landing bill appropriating Vfi.m.Hfl for coast de fenses. thus protecting at comparatively small cost billions of dollars' worth of public and private property. Said he: "Fabulous wealth lies at the mercy ot a freebootlng enemy, if such shall at anv time elude our small and scatt-rd nm-T. Our foreign commerce and our coasting trade are alike without harbors of refuge behind land defenses. Our creat dry docks and shlnbull.linir yards, our arms, factories and powder mills near the coast are subject to easy destruction and our own navy Is without proteetel banes for receiving supplies and for effecting the repairs that are constantly required. And yet we plume ourselves on our diplomacy." The IM.OOO.OOO fortlilcation bill should pass the senate as -.he appropriation for fortifications next yar passed the house, and that was unanimously. PUTTING ON THK SCREWS. It Is stated that when the United States grand Jury for th Northern district of Illinois meets next month two score offi cers and employes of the railroads run ning east from Chicago will 1 aked to tell under oath what they know of discriminations In freight rate In favor of large shippers and Rgalnst the small shippers and general public. That such discriminations have been and are made, especially In cattle and grain shipments, is generally believed. The witnesses who have been subpoenaed are able to supply the necessary Information. They can be forced to testify at all events under the recent decision of the supreme court In the Brown case. A representative of the Interstate Corn meive Commission ha lieeit In Chicago for some time quietly collecting; evidence agAlnst big out tie shippers and others who have been enjoying the llleiii.l ad Wantage of cut rate. Alihomrh the re cent pooling agreement of Kiistetn roads wits made ostensibly for the purpose ot putting a stop to those cracilcea, there I reason to believe that they continue ami that favored shlpix-r still act ihelr r bates. Some evidence h-ts already Iwn obtained. When the official of the ten big Kist ern roads are bniUit'tt before the grand Jury, and are compelled to produce- their book and tell what they know, the dis trict attorney will beom iwsc.-wd of some exceedingly tnt -tvstlnt- Information, on which lu can base In llctinent which will stick. Some of the forty suhpniicd witnesses may net Know anything, but there will he some who will know a great deal-lf they divulge It. There must be convletcd before the law Is respected oy the stents of the roads and the shipper that have been guilty of violating It. When they so-o somebody found guilty by a Jury and sentenced by a Judge they will feel that the law must be obey-M thereafter or they will suffer dl.arreeable conse quences. The communication published Jester day from Mr. P. K. Warren on the sub ject of wharves along the waterfront, and the Interviews given In this Issue upon the same question, are worthy or the most careful consideration at the hands of every business man In Astoria. It must be apparent to every thinking person that, not only because f the pledges made by the railroad rittht of way committees, but because of the most vital business Interests of the city, the docks along the water front should be at one extended to the harbor line. It I most probable that the United States en gtneers knew what they were doing when they established those lines; and the full development of the business portion of the city, demands the usage ot every foot of space within those lines. All other considerations are secondary mat ter, and can be easily adjusted, as has been don In similar Instances In other cities, when the time come for -onskier-lng them. After a fall understanding of the situation, whlcb at the present seems to have been only partially known either to the council or the cltixens gen erally, it Is not to be doubted that the good business Jndgment and common sense of toe eounclfcnen, supported by the views and requirements of the business men. will effect the seeded legislation. We havs tlb? new woman, anil new we are going to have the new watch, ac cording to scibfltltic reports. The new woman talks fluently, dr. 4s Xn. Part Irrgton used to- say, "fjidly," and the new watch will do the same. It Is to have a phonographic .rylinder hidden away, and at the hour amt each quarter of an hour a tiny vol.e will be heard giving you the ex art !lm. Think of It! As you do with yjur repeater, yoor will simplr touch a spnnaj: hold the watch to I your ear and the ftttle falrr on tti In side fl! whisper tha hour. Life is still worth living. It Is reported that a -nlsslotsnry some where' In the wilds wrote to his blsh sp that a good many Jf his pis-tsnlonera were cannibals, bur he had at least taught them the use- of the knife anil fork. Hew pleas int to know" that If" you ar-j-served up as a roast yo4 will be nicely c-ut In -dices and not torn by any body's flnwers! Whi n ifif rainy season-sets In la r-jba liomvs death rumcr will le l.ued , . . , . Probably every two w-M in-t-d of dally a hitherto, ; The ceef reason why ronKress should not adjourn, in July Is tits urgent neces sity for iL to sdlo'lrn v June or' even May. There will he renewed i-owpertty asntng the New York Democrat now th-tt the Flower turret has been wfieeleJ Into line. HENRI W-a.P.D EEECKSR'S WIDOW. Quiet Home Life of Hon-Who Wb the Vt of the Great Orator-Preacher. s'. Y. Hrald. Within a stone's throw from Plyswmth churc Brooklyn, at th corner of Uirks and Orajoge street. Is :be niodeK resi dence of Mrs. Beecher,, the widw of Henry Ward Beecher. This venerable woman., U years of age. Is generally at home In the morning busily writing for some iMiblleatloia The parksr where she dots her literary work Is a cheerful and pretty room. wlw pic tures, birds an dflowers. There- are numerous photographs of her dead hus band, representing him from his early youth to a period shortly before his death. There Is also a statue of him by Rogers, which is very lifelike, curi ously enough, over the grate under the mantel shelf, the old' family door plate, with "H. W. Heechur" engraved on It, , Is fastened. Mrs. Boucher prefers to live 't Independently, although all her- children ! have urged her to- reaide wiiti them. I Twice within a few years she ho madi the long Journey to Puget sound to vislr one of her sons, aad has not found th Journey tiresome. looking through the lace curtained wlniow toward Plymouth, church she said: "Doctor and Mrs. Ab bott and their alstants are very good to me, nnd so Is- the congr-watlm gn erally. The pastor and his wife visit me frequently, and are like children in tilr affection." Mrs. Heecher Is still superintendent of the Church Sewing Society, and has deference shown to her in so ial matters. When asked If she admires the bronze statue of Mr. Beecher which ttands In front of the city hall she exprtstsed a certain distaste for Its arrangement of drapery and position. It was Intended as a pleasant surprise for her, but had not proved one. When asked if she believed that we would recognize our loved ones after death, she replied. "Most certainly," and repeated a verse she had found written on a bundle wrapper of brown paper, without giving the author's name. It was as follows: "When the spring winds blow o'er pleas ant places. The violet Is here; It all comes back, the garden, and the color, and here No blank is left no looking for Is cheated: It Is a thing we know. So after death's winter It must be Ood will not send strange things we hardly know: The old love will look out from old faces Dearest, I shall have thee." It is very sweet and pathetic to hear this la.ly tell her little slory of Mng a young school teacher In h--r native N w Kngland village, when Mr. needier, at the age of 17, was also teaching In a neighboring village. Th?y boarded In the same house. Propinquity made them lovers, and they were married when very young. "Oh, how happy we wtr-: In those met os BiaCKsYKLL't Dunham tobacco company. To ALL Merchants Wto Retail mm. to-day. Yours very truly, BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TODACCO COMPANY. If ysa bsv say etfrkafty Is erecariaf year ess, cat est this settee sad ssad M with year srdsr t year wk.lmli Sealer. days." sh added; "and worked so hard, he preaching, leachtni. and 1 taking boarder, beside my family cares " Mr. Iteccher a as a moat indulgent father and husband, but the wife trans acted business matter, and act-d to his seeretarv thiv-icli their llfty year or married life. V, ith their alum lam means, through Ms large salary and la come as a !eeturv, she had no thought of becoming at all str.illelicd In tin inciel matter, but certain Investments hn proved disastrous, that she was ob liged to remove from nr 'onifort.ili home. A wealthy and generics member of Plymouth church h purcb;H-d this residence and given her the use of It for Mrs. Mrs. Hee-her Is wonderfully ell pte served. talks exceedingly well, uiul I generally Intelligent and well-mformed. She come from an old Xsw Kngland family named Kutlard. from whl-h there has been two or three distinguished cleriryman. Her tastes are vary simple, ana she trss an aversion fo the new woman and the fashionable wtiman. eon lending that the true sphere fits wc-man Is the directing her household matters, and the rhertsking of her home, her hus band and her children. "I have no active Interest In rx!l Ileal rjuestli-ws," she said. "I don't believe In women's meddling In polities at all, and It nuke no difference what t think, I am remembered as the widow of Henry Ward Ueecher. Many persons evme here to see me. Hardly a day misses with out bringing some visitor, some Incident that reminds me of my ii-n-ptirutdc ft,-." LITTLE .MB. BT-ASD-HY. Clinton Schollard fn St. Mcholua Little Mr. Hy-and-By. You wlfl mark him by his cry. And the way he kilter when Called again and yet again. Glum If he must leave his play Though all time be holiday. Little Mr. Ry-and-Ry, Eyes cast down and mouth awry! In the mountains of the moon He Is known as Pretty Soon: And he's cooln ts Don't Care, As no doubt you're well swars. Little Mr. !sy;-n-d-ny Always has a' fretfnl "Why?" When he's asked t come or go: Like his stster-6'isun Hlow. Hoe we'll r.eter-yow and l Re like Mr. ity-snd-lty. A HOCSE4tOLJ TRK.WRE. V. W. Fuller, of C4nJ.DuTle. N. Y., says thit he tlwavs keep lr. King' New Discovery In the iaxisr and his fam ily ha always f unJ the very best re salts folljw i:s use: ihiu hsj w.mkl not he wl'hout it. If prJcuTsble. i .V. Dyke m.vn. DruTisi. C.i:ski4. N. Y.. s.iys fhjt Pr. King's New l.scvv;fy Is undoohte.lly the best cough rwly. th.: h-r h.u used I; In his family f.ir e.glt year and that It has never f.ti'ed :o d .til tiiat Is claimed fr I:. Why iat try a. r,-me,y sj )r:g irled and t s'.rd. Tr.: .1 tittles fre. a: Chas. Rsjers' drag store. Regular T Je 5flc. nd tl. CATS IN THE FRKMCH NAVY. Pew people are aware How many tats are employed In connection airh the French navy. They are uetf to pro tect the provision dt-poor at tOe raval ports against rats unit mice, and an allowance of a sou a dy Is maile for their food. Ilefore, however. trVy reach this high position they have to pass throucrh a severe ordeal. They are made to- take several voyage-, aboard a war ship, during which they mum provide their own food by killing tho rats and mice whlcb Infest the vessel. Ff s Jnst ss easy to try On Mlnuts Cough Cure as anything sis. It's easier to otrre a sever cough or cola with It. Let your next purchase for a trough be On Mlnnt Cough Curt, Better medi cine: better result; bet tar- try H. Chas. Rogm-s. Amateur Artist I sImuIiI like- to pre sent the best picture I painted to some charitable Institution. Now, which wiould you recommend?' Cruel Lady Friend The blind asylum. THE SECRET or a I BEAUTIFUL SKIN IS FOUND IN GUTICURA SOAP The most effective akin purifying and beau tifying soap la the world. It is the only preventive of psnples, hhukheads, red, rough, and oily akin, mi, rough hinds with stupe lea nails, dry, tbln, and falling hair, and simple baby blemishes. It Is o because It strike st the cause of most complexion! disfigurations, viz., ths Cumhied, Irhitat- EI, I.NiXASEU, O VEUWOUH CO, OB HLLOOWU I'OKg. FOR FACIAL BLEMISHES rashes, freckles, bites and stings of Insects, Irritations, yellow, oily, and mothy skins, cbaflngs, and undue inspiration, Ci'TI Cl.'KA SOAP, because of its delicate medi cation, is the must smithing, cooling, purify ing, and healing application, as well as being beyond all comparison the purest, sweetest, and most refreshing of toilet, bath, and nursery soaps. Kale greater than combined sales of all other skin and complexion soap. Sold throagbootthe world. Prleo,2ie. Porm Dsuo isd Chis. Coar., Bole I'ropt., Dostoa. All about the Hkln, Bcalp, nd nlr," free. our maw, n. o. Dcr Slrt You art entitled to receive FREE rom yur wholesale dealer, WHITE STAR SOAP ths Blackwell's Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco you buy. On bar of soap true with eaxh pound, whether i ox., 8 oi 4 oa., or a ox., p.kac,c. We have notified (very who) ale dealer In the United SUtM thai we will supply them with soap to give you FREE. Order food supply of 01:MjIN6 DURHAM at once, and Insist on retting your soap. One bar of Soap pR TE with each pound you buy. Soap la offered for a limited time, 10 order 1 THK ItAll.WAY CAT. Stories of degs and their Jnunves by train have been related The IHorlel riilwav, l.oMtlon. bus a ci. howeter, which Malt the various s'uttona up and down the It'!. b tlie same means. The other morning-. for Instance, It was leaning the ti ll a m trim from Ham nterMinlth at ttW Hloane aoiure wtutlon. As the train drew up Ibe anttn.il dodged the feet of the s.meng-r. anil sprang Into third-claw "smoker " There It eurl.-d Its-lf up beneath the set. al though attempt avrc mide to eonx It from Its retirement by other oevnixint of the apartm-'iil At Victoria the cat Jumped out of the mm, and. with tall sect and mrwtng Laidlv, trotted ,itT to tli higg:lgc entrance Ha this snmi.tl tli, faculty of distinuls'ilng the station at wnich It desires to 4f!ght? fllll.l'HKN WHO Sl'FKU. Front scrofulous, "kin . scalp disease, ought fti be given I'r. line's tlol.len Medic; Discovery, for purifying the blood. For children who sre puny, pale, or weak, the "Plscovery" Is a Ionic which ballils up both fl -sir and strength. What Is said of It fur -hlMrcn. applies equally t adults As in irppctlatng, re storative truilc. It sets at work all the processes of dlirestlon and nutrition rouses every organ Into natnnil aetlon. and hrlngie Ivv.-k health aisl strength. In recovering frm "gripiie.' or In con valescence from pneumonia, fevers, ami oilier a.isting diseases. It ie,slily and surely InvUoratrs un 1 bulbils up the whole svstem Fur all disease CMis d by n (urtil-l liver or lniiur Mood, as i -;i.'p.i.i. Itilious ness. lllotehes. and Kr'iptlons. It gles most K-rfect saetsfa -tlon. TO AHOMSH Till: CAHO European Edltl'io V Y tler.il.S There Is talk anout doing away with the canl for road cycling In Paris., ahlch, says the fiaulots, was extettd trum eyellsts 11(1 to the present time. Ity the new regulation srtil. h Is being elaborated at the Prefect of Poll-e no nssdaay srould be prohlhittd to the bleyeln tin the ulh.-r hand, certain clause.' would W very a..ver Is n-ganl to eyellsts gullly of riding rfout town nl'.Unul s grelot or Identity ksdge. did rrr ever Try Electric Inner, as a reavst? for juar trouble if (:, get a bottle now r.-l gtt Mle-f. Tli Si medicine has been ft.uiid to be ssi-uUarly aiip:ed to th riiref and cur of all female complaint, tiering a wonderful direct intluetKM in :1 tr strength and lone to the organ. I? you have Loss .rf Aipetlte. Co Ml pa -tun. lleadactte. Fluting Hell(, or are V rv ,us. Sie-t'eJt Kl.-ttable, Mckan eT.ily -,r tr ub'-d w-::n lusxy Spells. Klec tf.c Kl::er Is !Me me-llelne you need. Tl.-alih and 8Te!ig:,v are guaranteed by !.' use I. an: bittlrs only M cent st CJ-.as. wers' drug sMre. Crifffll'S CYil.N'! INCIDENT Eanijan Edition X. Y Herald. The Journal d-s Ii-h.its r.-ports a curl on, cyrhrur ac i lent which l alb-tred to hve occurred In th- Rots de lkmlisyne on Thursday. A lady. Mme. H . of Houllles. aa n'llng a tan,1eni wifh M Hlrmm. her teacher. They sere going rapidly don one of th-e roads If-uUng to the fjte Bu-l-eneur when, losing control oer the machine, the pair s-rs. thrown Into the la. Roth were able to get ashore riln without serloras, hurt. We would Ilk- to look In to the pleas ant face of somp urn- who Mas never had any derangement nrthe digestive organs. We set the drawn and unhappy face of dyspeptics In ev.-r-y m .ilk of llf It Is onr nuilonal -hx.-a-s-m.l nearly all com plaints sirlng Ir-tm this emrfu Remove tn stomach llfll tltv ami the work I done. i')siefiiiia ami frie, thin peopl. are- Merally starving . iieeause they don't di gest their food. Constimptloti- never de elop in ioi,l- if rnluist and norm.tl llgestlon. C.rn-et the walstlng and los f flish. and run the disease. Do tis with fmxl. The Hhaki'r llgestive Cnnllai contains Irnady dlgestc I fowl nml is a dlgesber of food at the arm- lime. Its effects are felt at once, .sn a pamphlet of your druKglt und Itarn ahuiit 4. I-nol Is Castor 'HI nuwl" as sw-t as honey by a new pne ess. Chlldrnti like It. PIIOUK POSITIVE. ( Washington Evening Times. ! Wife (reading n letter from a distant frlendl-llow strange'' Klfredii doesn't , say whi llier her l,al,y is a buy ir a girl. Husl,ariil-l:ut do-sn't she say It Is be ginning to tulk? i Wife Ys. 1 Hiisbiind -Then Its a girl. HKCKI.K'-'M AI'.NiCA 8ALVHI. The best salve In the world foi Cuts. Rrulsi'S. Sure-i. Liwrn, Salt itheum, Fever S.ires, Tetter ''happed HaniH. : Chlllilalns. Con.s, and All Hkln H;rup tlona, anil potutlvely cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price, 25 cents nor box. For sale by Chas. lingers. idd Fellows' building. SWELL. Detroit Tribune. "Hay an revolr, nnd not farewell," she exclaimed, passionately. She. wan regal In her beauty, about us n gal. In fact, as anything In the block. "Hay an revolr," she Implored him yet again. "The French Is so ull-llred swell, you know." The U. S. Oov't Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior to all others, A handkerchief that In linen parlance Is culled whb h means that number of threads to the Inch, Is its fine as gossl mer and costs seven dollars. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. j Parties desiring the Ih-kI of Job printing at the lowest prices sh lid call at the I Astorlan. Job office before going elsewhere. CAN'INM lUllMllTKItrl ill MilHlS i-iisea Mill. ItiM t.ivn Mlilok Joui'iial Almanack, Canadian sportsmen rollow their dog on luosei.a k. dismount ing when a point to chicken or quail I olUaltiiHl, then shooting lb -in Haiti nnd let I lit iiiiboilm fashion, It has been said that snitio men clevu,' ut llie ci'ntt, but somes hat lastly Imiliusi, trained their setters to go nut hiitittng alone, ranging the pruliies at their own sweet felll, When a point tsa uhlaliii d. und the birds were fairly located, the saga clous dog "hllnkiil," or left Ids cutey, mid trnttisl, tall elect and well content,! uh hlmstif. back to his inn-tcr. A tdi-asant look, u sag uf the caudal ap peudiige, tolil the sli.MiUr that the bird were found, a ti.l the dog took his uiaslcr I Ik lit back in Mime the 'iivi y allll lay cruiuiied lit a beais erlly bypnotlsiil by the dog, which bad Incited them per haps an hour-utii be Is.) Ihiui-m befiirn. Hui-lt uhlnials are called "ri p irters" pmlmtily bei-aiise they do sueli wonilerful tiling. AN OHHTAf I.K WHICH III KAHU.Y HlUMiH'NTKlV There un, no doulil, ln-urinounlatiln otistaclcs. Hut that Imrtier to th enjoy ment uf health, chenille .-iinst ItMlliin, 1 tint among them. Ami tli I lor the re, son that them Is a tbociiiigli, prompt, mid itnu-grlpltiM medicinal ngriit. Hue tetter's Stomach Hitter, adapted to II relief, ns well ns In the rem iv.il of those bilious and dyaivptlc syniptoiii v III,-rv iircoinimny it. Violent piirgailves, wheth er mineral or vegetable, weaken the tmwet and dlsiinler the toiuach. The Hitters, on the contrary, strengthens and regulates them both Moreover, It Han qitlllses Inn nervous system, and Is a cure for and niedlchtsl safeguard against kidney and malarial ramplaluls It la a most genial ami elTectiie tntilc. im.nter acts the Infirmities nf age and promote Con alec-nce Hti-ep and .tiHttte are laith benehlted iy Its uat-. It Is a stand ard remedy endorsed by the entire me dical fralcrnffy Collrgii commencement and pranked shatl dinners are too forms of enter tainment liHiked to at true t-aHi WW laby waa tefc, w gars kerrastorla. Wbea ass wa a ChU ha orled fr Caainrsa, Wbss ss NtrsiM MLs sha rbug ss Oularia, WhMafesl nuMrra,ah(UCsaorta. I trier any thing tuter in lae !,! world than pretty t.uley twin In a smart perambulator? W mlgM 111 you more aheut On Mlnuts Csugh Cure, ut you penbabty know that II cure a cough. Evsry oa 4us who bss used It. It I a perfect inetly for rough, cola. horis . It Is an sepedal favorltt for chlldrsn, be ing pleasant lo taks am quick In cut Inc. Chas. Rogessv Thoughts f the eosy cortu-r are IWmg tiansrcrrml lu the arraignment ud ths urh. ROYAL Baking Powder. Highest of all Im lemveniag Strength.- V. . OevereeMat Ressft. SiKirty mi truthfully tbi said to ht tag to the staiga Busy peopl hav no tint, and ssnslbls peosl hav mo Incllnstlon- to ue a slow remedy. On all nut Cosgh Cur aats promptly snd glvss permanent benents. Chasv Roger. Tin wise w-ssnnn now trus to. serve-up somstbltitf pivtlrularly dainty The wgti ter menu need variation at- tempt rag ging iippfltllnai. Pnre blood means god health. De WltV Banutparllla purlnss the blosst, cur' Eruptlsns, Kciema, florofula. and all diseases arising from Impur hlosw. Chas Roger. An- iiuhapr' little mini wa heard to remark that lietween snow-shovellug and tawmmowlng' he hadn't a ctluiice tu rest thn whole yewr roun.1 Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Wltal has become of the ,eal, old-feh-lonsd bucks heat cake thur tasted of th llucM WllelU T Or. Price's Cream Making- Powdef Coo tain as Asimofila or AtMs. (irm-n and heliotrope witting paper may be- tilanrri. but not In tint beat t:iat. All ths patent medicine advertised In tbl paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toilet articles sic., can rat benight at the lowest prices al J W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occidental Hotel, Astoria. Th purpl" fad promise to be run Into nhn ground. Hum sre absolutely painless when De Wltt's Witch Hazel Salve Is promptly applied. This statement Is trss, A per fect remedy for skin diseases, chapfied hands and Hp, and. never falls to curs pllvs. Chas. Hogers, The Imported misb ls In Ijrnn.in's win dow are. very attractive tu fvinuilne passers-by. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Mrs. Jennesn Miller ssys that not one woman In ten, washe her faco clean. Take a doss of DeWltt's Llltls Esrly Risers Just for ths good they will do you. These llttl Pills are good for In digestion, good for headache, good for liver comignlnt, gosd for constipation. They are ood. Chas. Rogers FROM NOW UNTIL BPH1NO Overcoats and winter wrsps will be In fnshlon. They can tie discarded, tempor arily while, traveling In the stSnm-hated trains of the Chicago, Mllwauke- and St Paul Ilnllway. For solid romfirt, for speed snd for safely, no other line can compare with this great railway of ths Weal. AM ENIGMATICAL HILL OK FARE. Fer a dinner, served on the Dining cars ot the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paid. Railway, will bs sent to any address on receipt of two-cwit postage stamp. Apply to Geo. II. Hafford, tleneral Pas senger Agent, Old Colony Ilulldlng, Chi cago, Illinois. CAVV1T. TRAdc unili. Design patkmt. UUPTRIOHTa. 1U For Infnrmstlnn and fme llandlsjek writ to tltlNN at CU, Ml UaOsDWAT, NSW Yusg. Olitest hnreau (at securing pau-nts In America, V.vfrJ patent taken out hy us Is liroitirht before pie pubuo by a ootio Klvsn free of diarg La Ujs rf tMitit mxitm lArvtt ctrenlstle of sny sr-tentlfln psner fn ths world, tiplenulillr lllustrauiil, Nn lutrlllgent man should tie without It. weekly M.'I.IMIa yssri $l.fs! six months, A'ldrsss, Mll.v.v ft cOm VuatWkjass. vl ittuadwa, j,sr Vurk City, Ji L TBD MARK. 3V, DESIGN PATENT. ROSS HIGGINS & CO Grocers, : ami : Butcher? Aalorl snd lppr Asloti lis Thi snJ GiIImi. Tsl'ls IWII, PomiMi tn Imi'lisl liultt. VsgstsMsi. Nul Luie Haait, Haiua, t h. Clmkt Fie li nJ Salt Mrt. UKKMNHK & HOLMUS. IMackstiitliHst, Htsxdaj Itsntloa paid lo stamb.t r pairing, first Masi hofsshoelng, eto. L0CC1NG CRiHP CBORK R SPECIALTY It! Olnsy slreei, between Third and and rourth. Astnriav, iJr. After (Deals I Or at stiy other lime when yos) wish a got"' eigar as dir Hie well knowu, home'iBsxie, hanj maiss, white larmt eigsr Let lsl Atatcxris" OiskviIihI by all issiker In be the Iwal olar liiasjiifaotiireil. W. P. SCHIHBEy 71 Ninl StfMt, Alrls, Oreswa, J, B. WYATT, PssMH N. SS AiihIii Orssws I liirdwnre, Hhlp ChniKlIcry, Grocerlewj Provlnlonw, I'AINTTH nnd OlIiM. RsMlsl AlteMkss PsM Is gapelslse Sktss. A. V. ALIsslCN, DtAltR IN GrtK erlrs, Flour, hteJ, ProvUlonj, Frtilto Vrtrtablri.-Onxkery, Glsu and Plate J Wire. Ltrft'rs' Supplies. C Ctw ssi S.iim i AaksH. Oe AMTOM1A IRON WOK KM Gsvoary St . fots Jsvatsa. Atwi. General Machinists and Boiler Makert lasd sal MsrtM tsflnssv KoMs wMk. StMSl ! a4 Caaaery Wsvk a SsskUHV. f nr gi All DsM'lrSM M4 Orset as Bn miss. Joan rot ...PrrssldsssS aad Huprlnuwidnt I. rox Vise Preaiht O. II. lrmsl crweary NsUonal !-. Treasurer Few Hen W6ulJ Ask for a Finer Dinner than thorn w ssrss We're trying la very way to maks shstst tae most en inysM In town. AM ths gud thing f th saaaon-s-wkssl by stir xcsllnl eooh-la th moat delleloue style fr leot servira If you invlt a Mend Is the Pslars Heetaurant ths plas Is a ssrlK-ssnl guar- astr that h will rlv a good meal. The Palace Restanrant IS THERE? I ther s man wlths heart se raid. Tksl from hi family would withhold The comforts ahlch l-Sy all could find la srtlrla of FL HMrri'Kk: of th right kind. And w would suggrst st this season a ntr flldolioard. Extension Tabl. or et of Inning Chair. W hav lb largest aad finest litis vr thown In lb city and at prlcas thatoansiot fall to pleas th closest buytra. HEILBOMN & SON. B.F.AhhEN&SON Wsll Ptper, Artists' M.lssl.H. I'nn. Ollt. Glist, sK. JpnM Mattlnfs, (sags ani Bamboo (tood 3r5 ComnierclBl Hlreet. They Lack Life There are twines sold lo fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In the same relationship to Marshall' Twine as wooden Image does to tbe human belrMP-ikey lack strength Uf evenness atxl lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself InAo the belief that other twines besldss Marshal)' will do "just as well." They won't. They cannot. Snap A Kodak at any man coming nut uf nur sier and you'll get a portrait of a msn brimming ni with ple.isn.iit thoughts. Hue quality III the liquors S w have te offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN., Conre and Trq Them IIUdHRH & co. SEASIDE SAWMILL A complete stock of lumber on hand In Ike rough or dressed. Klaorlng, rus tle, celling, and all kind of finish: moulding snd shingles; also bracket work done to order. Terms rcaaonahl and prices at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to. Office snd yard at mill. 11. P. L. LOGAN. Pron'r. Seaside, Oregon. These tiny Capsules. Ire guperToi to Daiiam or bopiiba, CubebtorlnledlonHndlflOf CUREIN4HOUR3Vs pa lame diuatet wlthoufl inconvenience. SfittralJmrftt. A TWI8TKR. A twister In twisting May twist him a twist, For in twisting twist Three twists make a twist; Hut If on of th twists Untwist from ths twist, Ths twist untwisting Untwist th twist. That Is, when It's twisted with any ether twin thtn MARSHALL'S. rHOriMIHONAls CAR1). jt)TrNT! rrtTTrrKHr ATTtHtNICV.AT-1.AW. ortlc, upstairs, Aslurlan Ilulldlng PH. KILIV JANIWlN, PIIYHICIAN AND HUIUIKON. OfTlpe over Olsen's drug slurs. Hours. I in II a. in. 1 1 to I nml 1 lo I p. in. Hun. days, ID to 11. Hit. O. 11. KHTKal, I'HTSICUN AND aUUUKON. peclal llentlun to dlssasse of wont en and surgery tlfflos over Uanslgsr'e slore. Anuria Tlphin No fit JAT TUTTLH. U. D. I'HYBICIAN. eUHUDON. AMD ACX'OUCHICUB. OITliw, Rooms and C. Pythtaa Ilulldlng. Hours, 10 to 11 Md I i llssTdisnoe, M. Car street Ii7 T. ojtoeniT. ATTORN KT-AT-LAW. SSJ Cvssinarelai ptrss. W. U. LaPoroe. . JL staltk. UIWHCH tUIITII. ATTOKNBM-AT-TAW. M Ceisisrelsl street. j. taV A. HOWLbl, ATTOIlNBr AND COUNiiLOR AT LAW. Office sa Neeuod IMrset. Astorl, Or. y N. Isntph. ItlobeWw Ntxosv Vks-ster V. Dolpb. IXLPH. NlXtU IXlU'tl, ArTOllMkJY8 AT LAW. Purtlsssst, Orssioa. 14. 14. It. sssd Tl, Hsunlllon IMslldlM. All legal east roe leotkin buatwes protup' ly atlssnuWd to, ClaJsne Ssfwlssst tne twvsrmuetit e pe el alty. - i Huciarrr ucrriN-ja TKUAPUC U4K1H NO. 7, A. T. aad A. M. Hsgular commsntcalluiia bold in the first and third Teeailay svenln) if saot) month, . w. tcwgnttmir. w. u. K. C. IIOMiKN, Usswwlary. MlrH'KLLANKHllM iv,CCdrlKt.f PKAAK1I IN MCAt, CTATi:: Notary ruhlle. tfl ll.md street WHIM IM l-OllTTNI-Cll M Jssx r. Ilsndley A Co . IM Third slrest. and gs ths lily AX or tan. Vtaltses nd asst ml their mernlng peter watts I hare. ; i7i Lubrkatln. Csker OILS f ( SpevUlly. i Brothers, 911 ASTOHIA. i ! Ship ChaiuMffy, HartiwTirt, , Iron A Htel, ! (Joul, i WriH-wrcwH A PYriiionH, 'Flour Mill FewL ' I'nintfl, Oilri, Vainieiliw, i IyopRPra Supplies, ' FHirliink"Hcalt, Doom A Wimlowi. ; AKri'ultnrnl I mplf intMitM Wilson 8 A V'eliit4fH. THIi AHUVli IMCTLKIi PwtS NOT Wlr'HLSllNT A naasanger train on th Chlesgo, Mil- wank and ft. Pasii 1lailwao. No. Its larlns ars tjwtlbulxl. bratir hy si sain. and Ihttitsd by slMtrlclty. r.seh slsssp- ar bssnh has an slectrlo rssukng lamp. It dining cars are ths heat In th world, snd Its roaches ar palaeas oa wheel. Tbl great railway, connecting a II do wsltl all tranetontlnental tine at L Paul and Omaha, asaurss lu th tarvallng publlo tits lwt wirvlc knows. Ticket via tlss Chicago, Milwaukee and Hi. Paul ltullwsr ar on sal at all relumed ticks offices to any point In the t'nlted Hi alee or Canada. Kor rasp, folders snd othsr nformstlon, addrsw. C. J. Kllr. n.nseal Agent. J W. CAHKT. 1'wrtland. Or. Trss. Pass and Tkl. Agent. Portlsad; Or. The Burlington is a tig railroad ht It duesrsl run every where. Vou can't as It If you am going tit Cullfornlti or flrlllsh folurshln, or Alns ka, ur anywheru west of there. Hut you rnn-and AH(iri.H- use It f )ou ur going anywhere rnst oe south. Not bei-!siie It Is cbcup er thiin other .lues Hut beriiusn being much short er, It I much ouickcr. To Oiuahn, Knnsiis City, Ht. Intsi and nil soulba-rii and southeastern cities th the HiirlllnKton ts JO mile shorter thnn nny other rullrood. Til at means time siived. And time saved I whnt you urn looking for Tickets nnd tlme-tublet st the lociil ticket office. A. C. BHULDON, O. A., Porllsnd, Or. PROPOSALS POIt PHKBII IIKKP AND L- r L. S.ta,t,.a. flrtlrt. ..I..S .... Sk , - ten,, ,.,. u , ..I,..', , uiii- , nnsaary, Vancouver llsrracks. Wash., March 2S, lMSL Sealed proposal In trip-lb-ate will bs received here and at offices of tmmlsasrls at following named peats, (for fresh beef snd fresh mutton lo bs delivered at thai post only), until 13 o'clock, noon, Friday. April St, Pt, then opened, for furnishing and dsllvrry to Subsistence Department, U. 8. Army, the fresh beef and fresh mutton called for by the Commissary of post to be im plied during six months, and alio sep. arate proposals for ysar, commencing July 1, JiM: Boise Ilarrecks and Kurt Sherman, Idaho; Porta Canby, Hpokana, walla Walla, and Vancouver llarraoks. Wash. Presh beef shall be good In qual ity and condition fit for Immediate use, and from for and hind quarter xneats proportionally, Inoludlng all best cuts thereof. Preen mutton shall be of good, fat and marketable Quality, from wethers over one' and under thres years old. Hsef and mutton to be dressed snd trimmed and delivered s prescribed In circular nf Instructions lo bidders. Proposal will be also received stating pries at which bldtW will deliver fresh beef or mutton of character above slated, snd to b de livered of temperature not greater than (0 degrees Fahrenheit. Oovernmnnt re serves ths right to reject tli whole or any part ef any or all bhla. Full Information furnished here, or by Commissary at th several posts. Envelopes containing pro posals should be marked "Proposals for Fresh Ileef (nr Mutton) at .' and addressed lo linHerslgned or lo Com mis sry a posts to be supplied. W, II, Nh Maj., C. B. . t y 7 (7