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TUB DAILY ASTOItlAN, HATL'ltDAY MOILNINO, OCTOIIKU 8t, liKlfl. CAsratJiA AVbW)Ic IVcparulionror As sliullAilntf lie rood nm. Ilcfl uU ling lite Skmuidu nml lkrom of rromoU.-sDiestlon.CU'crrul-ticniwtIk-sl.Conlulns ncltlrr OwliiiT.Morphlnc iior Mitral. Not Nahcotic. "i i Y ri n firf. i lim iiii Apttfrcl flrmrdy furCornllrwi liort. Sour Slonwich.PinrrhocA nilL0S!i Or SLEEP. Tac Simile Sitliwilurs of NKW S'ONK. rilOrpWIONAL CAUL. II. A. SMITH. DENTIST. llwras 1 and t, Pythian Building. vrr C. II. Cooper's store, liit'oTu. K8TES, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. portal attention to dliiun of women 4 eurewry. Offio over Dtnilf art store. Astoria Tolopheae No. U. I AT TVTTLBL W. D PIITRICIAN. SURGEON AND ACCOUCHEUR. Office, roomf and I, Pythian Building. Hours, to to 11 and I to 1 Haoldoooe. J Codar street JOHN T. LIOHTER. ATTORNT-AT-AW. OWr upstairs, Astorlan Building. II. T. CKOflUr. ATTOIINHT-AT-LAW. Ml CommonisJ street 1 Q A. ItOWLUY, ATTimNKT AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on Bond street Astoria, Or. I. N. Dolph. Richard Nlioo. Chester V. Dolph. tx.ll.PH. NIXON DOI.PH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Portland. Orr-son. K tS. and fl. Hamilton HulMlng. All legal and col lection bualn-ss promtly attandod to. Clalma acalnat tha otrrannt a ap clalty. BOCIETT UEETINOa. TKMI'I.K KODOE NO. 7, A. F. and A M.-HUlar rominunlcatlona hald on .h flrat and third Tuoaday aanln ol ch month. O. W. l.Ot'NBIlKRRT, W. U. K. C. HOI.DEN, Bacralary. UIHCELLANEOUA V. C. CAR8ELL, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE. Notary Public. til Bond BtrMt. nltODDPDISOH r - MHMai am Wta rrnunrr M.v .vAOFtUMLI Ion.. ontUrjrorivr ininrr Urtf. iy, jf amiiitfiriofH)tmb4tr.0 will r-)n irnrllii) nummii imi'imu -.i.r...M r,,."e.clH't-i"'. 'J'liia di-a.B h.n a J B WYATT, Phono No. alt Aatorla, Oregon I -Inrilwnre, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, VAINTeJ end OILS. - . ; .t Spoclal Attantlon Paid to Supplying Ships. THE ABOVE PICTURE DOES NOT REPRESENT A paaeengor train on tho Chicago, Mil waukaa and St. Paul Railway. No. It tarlna ara veatlbuled, heater by iteaun, and llghled by electricity. Eaoh ilaop. car berth haa an eleotrlo reading lamp. Ita dining cara ara tha beat In tho world, and Ita coaohee are palacea on wheela. mu. -. Hiiwav nnnnentlnar aa it dnea with all transcontinental llnea at St ... .. -a rn,.h urea to the tarvellnt I IV 1 1 1 mil. i ... . publlo the beat aervloe known. Tloketa via the Lnicago, juuwauava u .r. nn ! at all railroad ticket olllcea to any point In the United States or Canada. For maps, folder and other Information, address. C. J. EDDY, General Agent, 7. W. CABBY, Portland. Or Trav. Paaa and Tkt Agent, f tin, Portland, Or. CKACT COPY OF WHAPPCH. ?j ' ii - - - - i ' i - : - SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTTLE OP Called I net t Is ostein Vottlas salr. It ii tut kIJ la Dua't kilo .rjooa to mU jron tnyllii.i e. on tka )lr or pronlM tut It Ii Jail ii foij" tti w.Il mw pgr mm." H- br tut ti Kit 0-a-S-T-O K-I-A. n.m- Hm:.t SIX T7 i . v' UM B.F. ALihEN&SON Wall Paper, Anl.li' MaMrlali. Pilar,. Oils, (jlaM, Mc. JapaiMM Manliif, Rug. sal Barsboo Oooas JftS Ct mmerclol Street. A. V. ALLEN. DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruit Vegetable, Crockery, Gl and Putted Wire. Logger' Supplies. Cor. Tenth and Conunerelal streets. 5. r'sraaun, lata of Fraaoias Holsm. R. T. tAia. lata of Srotktoa Cat. FOUNDRYHEN BlackamlthA, MachlnUta and Uollcr Maker Mwu'mn"4 1" Kinds of IHaehlrjery Iron and Braea Caatlnira Uonormi Blacksmith Work SPECIALTIES - W.lch Paiant Whaal. Shis Smllhlng an4 Slaanboat WtMk. Casnary and Mill Ma. hlnary. Marias an 4 Slaltonary Bull art Bull! to Oiat. Spatlallr aqulrri fur Inrfn' work CorrvapuAiitniS aoluiisj iHth and Franklin. Phone 78 J. A FASTABKNU, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AfiD (QHARF BUILDER HOU"K MOV UK Hoasa Moving Tools tor Rant. ASTORIA OREGON A8TOH1A IKON WOHKh Cosrvaily St, tool of Jackaoa, Aatorla. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr Load tni Marina Eng leas. BiIU: "vfk. Slasai boat and Cannary Work a SpKlalty. Guriags of All NwrlpHons Made 10 O'da, or anon ncHica. John roK.... President and Superintendent A. U Tax Vice Presldeni t. It. Prael Beoretar) First National Bank Treasurer CAVEATS. For (nfnrmt1nOftn1 fn Hamllnk writ to Hl'SN A CO.. M HikUoway, Mw YoKKa OMi'l lurru fur wurttiR rntrnu In Arrn'rlctw I tt fntsMH Ukrn oul ly un In tnuicbt tvfortt Uio iubUo by uotio glTn f ros of uUuv In lb dcfifi.v gmcriciia tnrt iHrmj.ntlnfi of any vititifif phi fn tha WorUt. hnlonUUllr tUiistratHl. t WflirrtMil UiQ hffliltl Im without It, It. (':i,oo tonri l.fldHlx mnnttisV Aililw-. M' ' N A CO.. uiUAUUisi, 3(1 1 lirutvlwuj, tur YurU d:y. Signature Is printed BLUB diagonally across tho ' OUTSIDQ wrapper ol every bottle of (the Original and Genuine) Worcestershire SAUCE Am a further protection aiaioat mil Imitation. r Agnts tor the United Jtatse JOHN DUNCAN'5 50NS, N. Y Parties desiring the beat of Job printing at the loweat prices should call nt the Astoria Job office before going else where. . j . . COLUMBIA IRON WORKS P few mm m w r IV, MARINE MATTERS. If Kill WA1KII. A. X. 1 I', M, li.in fl. Ill ni fi UlW WATHK. A. ,", V. SJ. ll III ft ill Ml Ift HATK. Hnliirtluy piiiHluy ,, .Miimluy,, JlJIU'lllV., "fdinl')' 'riiilrmliiy Krhlny,, jl, k in 11 n i ; a 1 j 1.1 1 r.11.1 ll v nt 7 u J l.f. Hllil.V 4 'N flu. I 4 h IS IJ. ni l v 7 11 i:f .11 I.I 4 17 O.'l I, ;i J'! rn-tr -Id 7 I" -H mil HI 1 lirji. 2 lor.imi ;i 11 ii.1 11 .1 hi till f'K.7 I j .. II 1.1 I (I Will 11 1 ;w .. 1 I n 111. 1 1. 111 .'i , 1. i o,-il. iili. l.'I.iw .T", l Unuif 'it Mmiii77. Ht, I, MW Mihmi. II, 1 Ir.C lr. Hi, Kull Mimhi. NliTK'K TO MARINBRft. f illlrr I'nllrd HlHtK Light Hone In lior, Twi'irth iJUtrlrt, Pan Fraa limn, fii.1., i. 2, ly. IlumlH.lilt liar California. Owing to tha dMrtruettna r about CM) fiM-t of the South Jetty, Humboldt Hay, California, a aeeond 1 lima buoy, painted red, haa been placed In 21 fwt of water alxiut 1000 feet N.W. by W. H W. from the i?nd of the trealle work aa It now stands, Humboldt Old Tower beam N K. This buoy must be kept on ,h "ar board hand by vraela entering Hum boldt Hay. Hy order of the light houae board. FRANK CUItTIH, CoiniiiaiKb r V. H. N,. Inspector. The Iranian bark llavlla left Port land yesterday. The A lire Klnin hard and Klate are due from Han Km nrlitco today. The bnrk Aurroula la nn the way up from Kun Kranclwo. She will loud lum ber at Knuppton. The aieaini-r Ktnplre arrlvH down yesterday afternoon. Hhe will sail as noon aa the wealhiT moderatea. Captain I-wls, of the Hulwood, says 1 ho trouble his vessel pxperlenred com ing down rost him alwiut 11.000. The llrlllsh ship Annesley' finished loading In Portland Thursday and will leave down twlay. Hhe haa M.741 bush- il of wheat, valued at I69.W0. Those two Uare-rlKlteni and that Ihrw-maated s nonrr are having lota of fun off the river. They are prob ably pretty well to the north by this time. The Ilritlsh ship Columbia, from Swansea, for thla port, want aahore on Cape Illanco, on the et coaat of Pat agonia, and la a, total loea. The entire crew waa aaved. Thr t.Hunnhl Columbia, arrived down the river yeaterday with a light lanaenger Hat and a full cargo of freight. Owing to the aeverlty of the weather, she could not sail yeaterday. The Ilritlsh ship Narcissus la on tb,e way down the river. She haa a cargo of 71.M7 bushela of wheat, valued at ir.l.CU, and la bound for the United Kingdom. In his re-port to the owner Captain Herd, of the wrecked Arago, denies em- iihatlcAlly that he criticised the action of his first officer, H. Warner. Captain Itced would be Justified In shooting acv- era! alleged newspaper men at Marsh- field. The reporta of the duutater sent out from that burg quoted Heed as having branded Mr. Warner aa an arrant coward. whn, In reality, he dis played great bravery. What object the eorlhe could possibly have had the captain cannot Imagine. A boat from the tramp steamer Wen- nlngton Hall came near going to the bottom aa a reeult of the storm Tues day, aaya the Han Francisco Exam iner. The boat came ashore In the morning at the Clay street noat for a quantity of grate bars, weighing 2.300 pounds, foe her furnaces. The Iron wan loaded Into the small boat and when It waa about ready to put back for the ahlp Captain Cantrell, accom panied by hla wife and daughter, en tnred the boat Henldea the captain and Ms family and the Iron there were four Malay sailors and the second mate. ''he boat's gunwale waa scarcely more than six Inches above the water and a heavy sea was running out In the boy. The captain scouted any Idea of danger, and hla crew pulled for the ahlp. Boatman John Caittr ,av the boat Mart and he followed It In his Whitehall. The steamer's boat, as soon as It got pest the shelter of the wharves, beKan to take water, and In a few niln.itea It was almost half full. I'liplaln Cantrell called to Carter for help, nnd the boatman took tho ship master, his wife and daughter, and put them aboard the Wennlngton Hull. TO ll lli: A COM! IN USE HAY I'nke laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. 2ic. For sale by Chas. ! toge-re, Druggist. At 1 o'clock this morning a single ,luh of IlKhtning and clap of thunder startled those who were awake at that hour, as much by the rarity of the oc ourrenoe as hy the phenomenon Itself. GETTING MATRIMONIALLT PLANTED. "A large percentage of what Is ordi narily called love Is about as safe a guide In the choice of a companion as a firefly would be trustworthy Illumina tion in the Intricacies of a deep forest on a dark night," writes the Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst, D. D., In the November Ladles' Home Journal. "I am well aware that It Is much easier to reason about these things In the abstract than It Is to keep one's head cool and one's temper regulated In a season of severe exposure; but so much of the success or failure of a young man's after life depends on the way In which he gets I ( ... .. s-..a.f in- 11 11 jruu w aw fa eft 0 Ml W a 1.111-1 iwi I.mbs, use an Bkar in Mind Not one of 1(1 lions is aa good as the genuine. Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hy pophosphitcs, with plenty of out-door exercise, pure air and pure water, wiil arrest consumptive tenden cics, allay the irritation of the throat and lungs, and build up the body and fortify the system against further inroads from this insidious disease. matrimonially planted that It seems well worth while to preempt the ground with aa much rational consideration a possible. If a man has accustomed himself to canvaaa the ground with aome sxrloiisness before the susceptible moment arrives there will I more like lihood of his being able to ride' the storm when It breaks without the loss of ahlp, enrgo and crew." The U. S. Gov f Reports thow Royal Baking Powder superior to all otben. MINNKHOTA ALL HIOHT. The North Btar State Will Roll Up a Hlg Majority for McKlnley. "If any one doubts the patriotism of Minnesota, let him make a trip there," said Joe H'x-h, who returned yesterday from a tour through the East. "I spent several weeks In visiting my old home and friends In Minnesota, and naturally was much Interested In the political sit uation there. I found a good index of the sentiment prevalent not only In Minnesota, but In adjoining states, In the fart that all of the sporting frater nity of fit. Paul a few days ago sent Ji.OoO n coin to Montana fur betting purposes. It waa Impossible to get a bet taken In Minnesota, of any conse quence, against McKlnley. On my way I stopped over at Crookston, where I was well entertained by old friends, and found them all wearing McKlnley badges. Near Crookston Is a town called Ersklne, which Is the center of a small hotbed of Bryanlsm. Llnd Is the riryanlte nominee for governor of Minnesota, and while I waa there he made a speech at Ersklne. After dis coursing at some length In his own be half, and Incidentally for Bryan, the gentleman was asked what caused the rise In the price of wheat the other day. He replied to the man in the au dience that It was Mark Hanna and his sack that had made wheat take a sudden Jump. 'All tight,' said the man, 'If Mark Hanna and the Republicans can raise the price of Minnesota wheat they are my kind of people.' With that he pulled off his Bryan button and threw It on the floor, being followed by two doxen others. "On the cars and everywhere In that country I found ten McKlnley men" to one free silver men. A great deal has been said recently about corporations and other employers coercing men Into voting the Republican ticket and Join ing McKlnley clubs. I took pains to ask railroad employes, on the trains and everyn here I met them. If they had been Instructed how to vote. I receiv ed the universal reply that they had not, and that the bosh printed by the Bryan press that railroad employes had In any way been Instructed as to how to cast their ballots was nothing but a concoction of lies from beginning to end. The men who are working to day are for McKlnley and sound mon ey. Those who are out of Jobs and per haps have been out of work for months past, and who have nothing whatever to lose are the ones I found shouting for free-silver. At one station in Mon tana where the train stopped for some little time owing to an accident or something, and while all the passen gers were out on the platform for an airing, we took a straw vote amongst ourselves and the bystanders of the town, resulting In 123 ballots for Mc Klnley, and 64 for Bryan. I look for an overwhelming majority for Mc Klnley, sound money, and patriotic principles." A hacking cough Is not only annoying to others, but Is dangerous to the per son who has It. One Minute Cough Cure will quickly put an end to It. Charles Rogers. PEOPLE WE WANT TO KNOW. A Chicago newspaper has published a list of lot) consecutive farm mort gages taken at random from the books of a firm prominently engaged In the business of procuring loans for farm ers. The book numbers of the mort gages ran from 6,130 to 6,230. It was found that one- third, thirty-five of the lenders and mortgage holders in the list were widows, who had Invested In this way the greater part of their small capitals, the Individual sums so placed by them ranging from $500 to 4.800. Among the other lenders were nine unmarried women, two fnrmorn' wives, four farmers, one blacksmith, fourteen retired sea captains, country I store-keepers and small traders. Twelve i of the loans had been made out of funds held In trust for the heirs of ismall estates, the mortgages so placed ! running from J1.000 to $4,500. Seventy eight of the numbers were thus ac counted for, and the remaining mort- mams. n tha. Htlr Olrls fhsat tV peuaiaj vea, wvai v. Plaster tha host of counterfeits and imita. 1 ?. . N ,. gages are held by persons of small mean. In moot of the speerhes and newspa pers that espouse free silver It has ben assumed that the holders of farm mortgages are the "money kings," and the "gold bugs of Wall street," and that almost any means, however un fair, would b Justified for the pur pose of "getting even" with these op- pressors who are crucifying the farm ers upon "a cross of gold." But such hard fart as those we have Just cited show that "the oppressor" is not a "plethoric gold bug," weaving his scheme in a Wall street back office, but It la a widow, whose husband has left her a few hundreds to eke out her subsistence and support her children; the spinster, whose little property Is all that stands between her and de pendence upon the cold charity of rel atives; the sea captains, who by years of hardship have scraped together a thousand or two for old age. The "gold bug" seems to be an approbrlous crea ture, whom It would be righteous to swindle; but looked at narrowly, the "gold bug" of the particular variety that oppresses the farmer turns out to be a widow of narrow means, with whose hard lot any man would sym pathise, the spinster aunt, the maiden sister, the bronxed and broken ship master. The truth Is, the great capital ists have never put their money Into Western mortgages. The great bulk of the money loaned upon Western farms come from the savings of hard working people, or the little estates of famllle In the East which had lost their bread-winners. Warfare on thla particular class of creditors Is not a warfare upon financiers or upon able bodied men; It Is a warefareupon help less women, upon broken-down men, and upon little children. Watchman. DILUTED SILVER CURRENCY. To the Editor of the Astorlan: Mr. Bryan Is working hard to make people believe that he could make a good dollar out of fifty cents' worth of silver, and he Is ready to help his friends who have a plenty of the metal, and know where to get more, to have any amount of It coined Into dollars of that sort, and returned to them free from any cost for coinage to them. He dearly loves the common people, and would endeavor to provide that when they worked for others or had anything to sell they should find enough of these dollars to pay them. He cannot for his life see what there Is to object to In that, and he would dearly like to be president and make the common people happy. I am reminded of what really took place In a farmer's kitchen In the pres ence of a friend of mine. A lubberly young fellow, whom the farmer hired to do his chorea, came In for his sup per. The wife set before him a large bowl with a quantity of bean soup In It to meet his wants. "Ho!" said the young fellow, "that ain't enough for my supper. I want more." "80 you shall have it," said the kind woman, who took the tea kettle from the stove and poured the boiling water Into the bowl, stirring the porridge with a spoon until the quantity was doubled. "There," said the dolt, contentedly, "that Is something like." Can Mr. Bryan find enough people who will regard complacently his prom ised diluted currency to place him and his friends in their coveted clover? W. BRYAN ANTIDOTES. 1. That omission of the silver dol lar from free and unlimited coinage In 1873 destroyed half our money. The per capita circulation In 1S73 waa $18.04. In 1871 we had neither gold nor silver In circulation. The total of our money. Including treasury coin, was $751,881,809. July J. 1S96. our money In circulation consisted of gold coin, $456,- 128,483; standard silver dollars, $52,175,- 998, with $378,614,043 In the treasury; subsidiary silver. $59,999,804; gold cer tificates, $42,320,759; silver certificates. $331,259,609; "Shermans," $95,217,361; 'greenbacks," $225,451,358; currency cer tificates, $31,840,000; national bank notes, $215,331,927. This makes a per capita in circulation of $21.10. (See official treasury report) 2. That the act of 1S73 "destroyed silver as money." Under our limited coinage of silver we coined from 1878 to 1896, eighteen years, a total of $471,927,729. During the entire eighty-five years previously, with free coinage up to 1S73, the total silver offered and coined was $222,585, 921. (Mint reports.) 3. That the act of 1S73 was a "gold conspiracy against silver." It waa earnestly supported and voted for by the senators and representatives of the silver states. The bill was re ferred to the finance committee of the senate April 28, 1S70; submitted to the house June 25, 1870; passed through va rious stages, all publlo and of record, until February 12, 1873, when It became a law. (See Laughlln's "Bimetallism," page 98, or Congressional Record for the years Indicated.) 4. That legislation can keep up the price of silver. During the operation of the Bland- Allison act (1878), when the government was buying $2,000,000 monthly, and dur ing the operation of the Sherman act (1890), when the government was buy ing 54,000,000 ounces annually, silver de clined per ounce from $1.16 to 73 cents. (Mint reports.) 6. That because silver cannot be kept at par with gold, In a "poor" country like Mexico, It must not be presumed the United States cannot keep the metals at par. This is suppression of the fact that all the countries now on the gold stan dard tried to keep the metals at par and failed, one group consisting of the combination of France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. Can the United States hope to succeed alone where all the greatest countries In the world, singly or In combination, failed? 6. That gold and silver with free coinage at 16 to 1 Is the "money of the constitution." Read the constitution. 7. That free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 of gold is the money of Jefferson, Hamilton and Jackson'.' ' Read their writings. Each knew that unless the coinage ratio approximated closely to the market ratio the un dervalued metal would not circulate and advised accordingly. I. Bryan garbles ltlalne and quotes Carlisle before the great era of sliver production set In. " 10. That while free coinage of silver will advance prices of commodities, it will also advance wage. The same report shows that between 1M0 and 1S65, when gold went to a premium, as It will under free coinage of silver, the average price of all arti cles In this country advanced 116 per cent and the average Increase In wages waa 43 per cent, although during that time there were withdrawn from the labor market 2,800,000 men, making a scarcity of lafor. There will le no withdrawal now. Wages, therefore, cannot rise, because the supply will be In excess of the demand. Read both ungarbled. t. That dropping the silver dollar from the coinage of 1873 cut down prices and wages. So long as wages do not fall, decline In price is an Indication of prosperity. From 1879 to 189$ the savings bank de posits Increased from $802,490,298 to $1,041,867,500. This stands for surplus after wage have supported the earn ers. It Is not hereditary wealth. That seeks other banks. A non-partisan committee of the United States senate reported In 1894 that In twenty-one In dustries wages were 40 per cent higher In 1X30 than 1860 and 10 per cent higher In lf-91 than In 1860. The fall In farm products was due to over-production, other countries competing with the United States. MORE BRYAN FORGERIES. Some Methods Exposed Which Have Been Used on an Unsuspecting Public. The disreputable methods and lying Inventions of Bryan's campaign man agers and press representatives have been so thoroughly ventilated and dis credited that hardly any respectable paper now deigns to notice the fresh fakes and falsehoods which continue to emanate from these sources. As the campaign closes, however, there Is one species of fraud In which the small fry among the disorderly elements now threatening the country has become so adept, and which certain local free sli ver organs. In their desperation over Bryan's waning chances, are prepar ing to carry to such flagrant and of fensive lengths, as to require Immediate and vigorous Interference- Knowing very well from previous ex perience that no campaign statement which they could print aa their own production would carry any weight or command any attention, these papers are now stealing the cloak of the tele graph companies under which to otter the vilest and most preposterous ca nards against McKlnley; and by means of bogus and forged despatches, pur porting to come through the reputable agency of some press association, they are dally dishing out to their readers pretended developments and facts In the campaign favorable to Bryan's Interests which have never had any existence and could never happen except in the disordered Imaginations of their dis eased or dishonest brains. It is perhaps known to most newspa per readers In this city that the Asto rlan controls the only telegraphic press report which comes to" Astoria, and every word of the columns of pretend ed telegraphic news printed In other pa pers Is manufactured bodily in the offi ces of these publications, or clipped and garbled from old newspapers arriving here by slow course of mail It would be a great shame and In justice, after all the legitimate and painstaking labor performed for Mc Klnley and the cause of sound money by the Republican organisations of Clatsop county, if one solitary unin formed or timid voter should be In fluenced or distressed by the roorbachs which may be expected to appear in these papers on the eve of election. The following certificate from the managers of the only telegraph com panies whose wires enter this city ought to put a quietus upon dishonest campaign methods of this order. It has been procured and Is published In the Interest of truth and the protection of Clatsop county voters against the frauds and impositions already at tempted and which will be still further attempted for the purpose of misleading them In their patriotic duty on the third day of next November: State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, ss: We, the undersigned, local managers respectively of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, hereby certify that the Dally Astorlan Is the only paper published In Astoria which now receives, or at any time during our control of said offices, has received, a telegraphic press report. B. D. JOHNSON, Manager W. U. T. Co. J. R. CLARK, Manager Postal T. Co. "I admit that the adoption of free "silver would cause a panic, but the "country requires a drastic dose of "medicine, Desperate diseases some "tlmea require heroic remedies." Mas ter William Jennings Bryan. "I hold the disturbance of the meas "ure of value, the means of payment "and exchange or any derangement of "the currency to be one of the most "unpardonable of political faults. He "who tampers with the currency robs "labor of its bread. He panders, ln "deed, to greedy capital, which U "keen-sighted, and may shift for Itself; "but he beggars labor, which is honest. "unsuspecting, and too busy with the "present to calculate for the future. "The prosperity of the working classes "lives, moves, and has its being In es tablished credit, and a steady me "dlum of payment. All sudden changes "destroy It Honest Industry never "comes in for any part of the spoils "In that scramble which takes place "when the currency of a country Is "disordered. Did violent fluctuations "ever do good to him who depends on "dally labor for his dally bread? Cer tainly tiever. All these things may "gratify greediness for sudden gain, by "the rashness of daring speculation; 'but they can bring nothing but In 'Jury and distress to the home of pa 'tlent Industry and honest tabor. Who "are they who profit by such a state of things? Tbey are not the many, "bat the few. They are speculators. 'brokers, dealers In money, and lend 'ers of money at exorbitant Interest "Small capitalist are crushed, their mean dispersed In various part of the country, and, such a miserable "policy having destroyed exchanges, they have no longer either money or "credit 'All classes of labor partake, ''and must partake. In the same ca lamity." Daniel Webster. Mr. It. M. Oaston, who was In front the Nehalem yesterday, said to an As torlan reporter that It Is a pleasure to come Into town In the winter time now compared with what It was before Im provement a were made to tha county road. He also said that the Nehalem people are solid for McKlnley. OABTOIUA. T-fW- -full! N Meany Is the leading tailor, and pays the highest cash price for fur skins. INDIO 'Absolutely Dry and Pure Tropical Climate Pronounced by Physicians the most Favorable in America for sufferers from ... Lung Diseases and Rheumatism Many Remarkable Cures The objlctions urged axsinat Indlo la the past t the large bum bars whs otherwise would have beea glad to take advantage of its beneficial climate, has been a lack of suitable accommodation. The Southern Pacific Company takae pleasure In announcing that several Commodious and Comfortable Cottages have, just boon erected at I nolo station, that will be ranted to applicants at rea aonable rates. They are furnished with modern oonroniencea, supplied with pur artesian water, and so situated as to air occupants all the advaatagee to be de rived from a more or less protract 14 rasJdenoe la this dolighUul dtmata. (From the San Francisco Argonaut) "In th heart of the great desert of the Colorado which th Southern Facias traverses ther is an oasts called India, which, in our opinion. the sanitarium of th earth. W believe, from personal Investigation, that for certain individuals, there is no spot on this planet so favor able." O. T. Stewart K. D., writes: "The purity of the air, and the eternal sun shine, fill one with wonder and delight . . . Nature haa accomplished so much that there remains but little for man to do. As to its possibilities as a health retort here Is the most perfect sunshine, with a temperature always pleasant a perfectly dry soil, for rain la an unknown factor; pur oxygen, dense atmosphere and pure water. What more can be desired? It la the plane, ahov all others, for lung troubles, and a para dise for rheumatics. Considering th number of sufferers who have beea cured, I have no hesitancy In recom mending this genial oasis aa the havea of the amicUd." INDIO- Is 612 miles from SAN FRANCISCO and 130 miles from LUS ANOELES Fare from Los Angeles Sj.oe For further Information inquire ot any Southern Paclflo Company agent, or address E. P. ROGERS, Asst Gen. Pass. Agt 8. P. Co. J. B. K1RKLAND. Dlst Pass. Agt Cor. First and Alder sta, Portland, Or ENGLISH CAPITA!, FOR AMERICAN INVESTMENTS. Important to Americans seeking Eng lish Captial for new enterprise. A Bsc containing the names and addressee ot 960 successful promoters who have placed over 100,000,000 Sterling in Foreign In vestments within the last six years, and over 18,000,000 for the seven month of 1895, Prios, 5, or $25, paya-le by postal order to the London and Universal Bu reau of Investors, M, Cheapstde, London, E. C. Subscribers 11 be entitled, by ar rangement with txis directors to receive either personal or totter of introductotn to any of these eucceesful promotere. This list Is first class In every respect, and every man or firm whose name ap pears therein -may be depended upon. For placing the following it will be found tnvaluabi Bonds or Snares of Ia d rtrA, Commercial and Financial eon. ceraa. Mortgage loans. Sale of I Ada Patents or Mines. Director: SIR EDWARD C. ROS3, HON. WALTER C. PBPY8. CAPT. ARTHUR STIFF. Copyright, Beaver Hill Gilman Coal .Try It For Family or Steam Purposes. CLEAN... Reasonable In Price ELMORE, SANBOflN & CO Agents, Astoria. '