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TI1K IIVILY ASTORIAN, S11MIAY StlMNtNU, DKCKMBEIt 5, 18:17. ,': V ' I i i JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Telephone No. 61 tickms or BvnucmrnoN. DAILY. Bent by nidi, P-r year Bent by mall, per month Beived by carrier, per monta. ....KM H to W'KKKLT. Bent by mall, per year In advance... Postal irv to aubacrl'jera. All commutations Intended for publi cation should be directed to the ,dl:r. BuhIikbs communnailon of nil kluds and remittances diun be addressed to The Astonaa." Th Aitoilm guarantees to In uo crlUr ihe largest circulation of any ewspnpcr published oa the Columbia river. Advertising rates can be had on appli cation to the business manager. Tlx- Weekly Astorlan. the second old est weekly la the aiaU of Oregon, baa, ext to Oie Portland Oragotlan, the largest weekly circulation In the stats. John F. Handley Co. are oir Fonland gents, and cop es of the Astorlan can be had every morning at their s:a-id, E4 Third atreet CHRISTMAS. Ttw tutppy sMon of Christmas it once more cloae upon us, destine! ' brimc joy. fulners and mrrth to millions erf hoarts, but bitter sadness and a sense of utter kmelineM to the forlorn. Heaven pity those who at this festive period have no smiling faces of dear ones at their board. or. worse still, possess neither home nor j means nor friends. When most families j are annually gathered together n loving s i eotnmunlan, it Is meet that the common I sympathies of humanity should be most strongly stirred on behalf of the w retcned and Che outcast It Is unquestK.ncUle that our Christmas j festival Is of pagan origin; that it Is the survtvol of sun worship one form of that treat and universal phallic creed which would seem to be as old and as ubiquitous as mankind. Who can say for how many thousands or scores of thousands of years the souls of nen were moved to hope and oy by the return, of the tun to Tlvlfy and bless the earth? The end of the winter solstice was a period of ex pectancy and promise, celebrated by Joy ful feasting, curious customs, and appro prjate worship, and the first day of every week was dedicated by our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to the solar day. Christianity appropriated the pagan festivals to Its two cult with as few innovations as pos sible, so ae not to shock too rudely the conservative susceptibilities of its con verts. And thus the time of year of the universal Suturnalla, nras fixed upon as the precise period of the birth of CiriM the spiritual sun, "the sun of righteous ness,'" o was to bring gladness and healing beneejh his wings. The scrip tural phrase is a plain allusion to the solar serpent worship which prevailed in Syria, as In this country and through out the worU. An ancient hi-rotrram of its divinity was a circle, etf;, or sun, with hovering wings. The lu.e cloy or log as t-niblmat,c of the same sacred fire. The sun's name In We wia haul; in Breton, heol. The Anglo-Saxon name for Chrietmas was geol or iue; Danish and Swedish, Jul; IceJanOic, kJ or Jol; and English, Yule. Thus Yule plainly mint the festival of the sun. A year was often called a sun by the ancients, and Yule was the time 'Wtieu the old sun died and the new one was born. Thus fhe birth of Christ co incides with the birth of the sun. Warmestry, In his "Vindication of the Solemnity of the Nativity o.' Christ," 1C48, says: "If it doth appears that the time of this festival doth comply with the time of the heathens' Saturr-alla, this leaves no charge of impiety upon it; for, since things are best cured by their con traries, 11 was both wisdom and pl-ty in the anck.nt Christians (whose work it was to convert the heathens from such, as wdl as other superstitions and miscar riages) to vindicate such times from the sen-ice of the devill, by appointing thorn to dhe more solemne ttnd especial ser - vice of God Thf Blazes a rrji, .i oo.i. Tl "lazes are foolish and1 vaine, and not countenaced by the church : m. uy uie cnurcn. Chrintmasse Kariles, If they be suck I j as are fit for the time, and of holy and .k. vwiuuuBuit. uiiu uscu wiin i.nnrian riety and piety, they are not unlawful, j and may be profitable, K they be sung vttxi sraee In One heart. "New Teares gifts. If performed with eut ruperstitlon. may be harmless provo eaKtona to Christian love, and mutual tea. ti monies thereof to good purpose, and oevor the worse because the heitbena kave them at the like times." AH very sensible, but ait the same tlms clever example of special pleading, not unknown In our time, m which heathen j did charities of our countrymen on fce prjority is Ignored. The "Blazes," or half of tin unfortunate, and ospcclilly Yule logs, however, were difficult for! at Chr itmas. The taf.-:pUm ..-men Warmestry to account for or to claim as annually pour in for t:.c ptor a case CJirlstian emblems. We can scarcely sup- j jn point, and one which reflects the high. poae him Ignorant of their meaning or of Cnat of the others, but he doubtlessly thought It 'would not be wlbe to enlighten the vulgar. Herrlck tells us that the . Tule log of the new Christmas used to , be lit "with last year's brand." In tome places this wae kept under the bed Curing fhe lnt?r-al as a preventive against -thun- ' der and Ore. It was said to curs cattle dtsctuice, and ta aaho freed the corn from blight. The Chrlwtma candles used to be of enormous slse, and made to Illuminate Ihe v-hote house. They were always lit on Chrlstma eve, and thus Christmas, says Hlount, Was c-allid "The FiaiK if LfchW," n the Latin church. Christmas In a season of enrols. Ptirnn dos derive thin word from cant.ire, (O slug, an ruin, a Joyful interjection. Tal bot, hiwvm, derive it frum the Itreton. eoro)l, to dance; and Ulchnrdson from the French vnrolle, n particular kind if dance, Fro-n Its similarity of structure 'id meaning In many tongue, we may r sure that i meant .lancing aecomivin'.od nith masc and so.ii;. lik, that urottnd the altar. of the sun god. Ke!. or ihat practiced by the ll.ve't.iiu v of :h mi'i god, Pacchus, or by :h? Co: lai;t. the Coll of Cylvle or H-i.i, the hi.-inr tl. Iiy ur.d coiwt of .h s.dar. Wart in s.ns of t:ie C.-i:mas printed in 152.5. by Wynfcyn vie VYorUc, tl at "tiiose w, re festal oha!.o;i f.r iivenlm: h-.' nierriaieni of the t";iri-ta.., ceeiTi:y.' linKi-J there l -.m ,-y - . ' . i Christmas hl.-n was n't an ancteti: one! j who ohPlst wa tor-, T1, mltletoo, lllu nlnatloas cakes, c-.-oa.' i feasting, danclni. nd lilversion of v.t;1- ous wrts, point - lo tae fame lusaii t., l!te fame jvisan sources, as do so many othtr of our soe.ai and relurtous cusum. Kven the Hishnp's crosier is tho ou iitnu or cif eni;n of the Rjman au-rurs. Moshei:u infotn.sj us that Gregory Thaum.ituru "allow fdj the Christian to dance, sport, and feat. at the tombs of the martyr upon tii'irj- nf-.v:lve festivals, and to ilo every- thlng that the pagans were accustomed in do in thAir iemnii-s .luriiif ihe feasts. It was not until the fourth century tl at .,n i ihe eastern Chris:lans celebrated it. then as now. on the :h of Januiry. anvl cai'eJ it the Kpiphar.y. while th westerners Pitched on the lVth of December. I We hotv some Jav to irive an ae.-iiint of the carols, for these form Interesting pictures of the habits and thoughts of our ancestors. Ther waa that stranpe I one sung by the sewer while beoviiitf the i j boar's head, as he was followed by the j state!y procession of nobles, knights, anj j ladies. Into the banjuetr.g hall in Uk- good old days when open house was kept ! for all comera by the great for weeks to gether. It begins: "Caput aprt de;ro. Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head in bond bring I With garlands gay and rosama-y; I pray you all sing merrfly. Qui est is in coovivio." Then there that beginning: "God rest you. merry gentlemen. Let nothing you dismay. For Jequs Christ our Saviour, Was born upon this day. To save us all from Satan's power When re were gone astray.' . An old one, chant in our youth by ballad singers, commences: "I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas day, on Christmas day." It appears. "Our Saviour Christ nnrt Hi Lady," were aboard, and in violation of the possibilities of modem geography: ( "Oh, they sailed .-.:o Bethlehem ! On Christmas day, on ChrUtmas day." j Eut which amon them all-and many ot ,J,era ar very 'lu''Int' tNcel tor beauty is that which Bjhop Ttylor ralltd ' the earliest Christmas Carol ': "Gloria ;n Ex.:elss!" A sixteenth cent jry otio, quoting ihe re. fraln, beg!ns thus: "When Christ was born of Mary free In Betlne.'-em. that fair tie. Angels rang there with mirth and Ke. i In Excelsis Gloria! Herdsmen behrll the? a i?els bright, ! To them apTwuflrigr with great light, ' i Who said 'God's Son is born this night,' In Excels Gloria!" Formerly tho festivities pirtobk too much of the nV.ure of the classic Sat- ' urnalla. I; wa.i a peri! cf llcer,fe and . d-bauch. Old Father firistmas had to l..i, . : u jinrlicat; his character, Wh3h was done be deniitv In a ira,li-i ,n j. , . t-y deputy in a tract of 1T,1. called"TelT lYeares Observations on th. Tlms " Wolf named "Hatt upon Bp.tt, ' confesses: "ur Bat' can dance, play at lush jlnkJ wlth Dlce ! ,,,. . orthodoxal v;ce, Bhoeng )e wlM mflre tlnnMn me ,,. mn,.h , I yoJng wenches, i Drinking all night, and it.-enin ,n ,h. I i ha, i " " The nwry-nwkt.ng that continued from chrls;n J day to Twelfth day tld I Christmas day) 4a noted In a ballad of ' 1630: "When Ch.-.rtmas tide comes In like a bride. With holly and Ivy clad, Twelve days In the year, much mirth and good cheer , In every hotnehold is had.' We must not imlt to notice the splen- est credit on all cone ;rned. For aff;r all. what lo s it n.mt'T wh5ihdr the legends of Christmas are true ir false, whether its customs tre ra;in or Christin. so that the Ffason bring "Peace :m earth and (rood Will to. erds man?" Jovph of Arimathoa may never have visited Giasionbury, nor his dry walking stick have become that fifty Years Ago. Who coul J Imagine that thu honld be The place where, In eighteen ulutt.v-thiee Tint while wotld.woujer ol rch end dome !ould hdowtbe mttlon. polychrome.. . llcte nt the Fair w the ptlie conleneJ Oa Ayer'e Pill, b the world prelriicd. -,iicco l:ke, ther record how, r.ue they tartd ;o year -. Aycr's Cathartic Pills have, from the time of their preparation, been a continuous success with tho public. And that means- that Ayor's Pills nceomplish what ia prouiiacd r accomplish what is promised for them; they cure whore others fail. It was fitting, l. A A. ll... e.A-t1 vi U ; taereiore, tuv mo uim-uU j pupuiwii ui iuwo be recognised by the World's I Fair medal Of 1893 ft fact i vhich emphasizes the record: SO Years of Cures. "Soly Than" which miraculously Vo- somed annjiCy on the tlfth of January, ' vet there are anlnrs as coed sj he ho i walk the etr;h st'.. and flowers rnd fruit of human kindness fairer than any that i ' ew flourlsh.-l .in Weary-u!-Hll!. May , the comln Christmas be like the three ' ships-' of the old car jl freUht-d wtn love and mercy, so that a'.l nipy sins, e 1 of old: I ..WlthcKil th9 d.wr et sorr-.w lie, And If for col 1 it hap to die. We')! bury it in a Cnrisima p.f. And evermore be merry!" LADY COOK, nee Tennesse C. Catltn. 'YEStTSHE DID." She went around and asked subscription For the heathen black Egyptians And the Terra del Fuegena, Bhe Old; For the tribe at Athabasca, And the men of Madagascar. And the poor souls of Alaska, So whs did. She longed, she said to buy JeMy cake and Jam and pie For the Anthropophagi, 6o che did. How sbe loved the cold Norwegian, And the poor hatf-merted Fejhen. And the dear Malacca. Islander! Ghe did. She sent tins of red tomato To tve tribes beyond the equator, But her husband ate potato. So he did. ' The poor, helpless, rm'peless thine (My voice falters aw I sine). "H"1 hls rlotlw up with a string. Tee, he did. &ilem Daily Oaiette. A haze on the far horizon. An Infinite, tender sky. And ripe, rich tints In the cornfield, And wild geese sailing hlirh. And ail over upland and lowlmd The charm of the golden rod Some of us call It autumn, But others call It God. Selected. MARINE NEWS. Tide table for December. 1897 HIUH WATKB LOW WATKK DATE A M. P. M. A. X. H. M. Ih.mift. h.inift.' h.mlft. h.rnlft W'ednwI'yT t-Vl 3 7 'H 2 j 0 13 1 6 luliij Thursday. 2 7 3)72 I Jl 6 1,. 1 ON 22 2I.I2 Krldav S D -a 7 I 9 1 I 2 l' 2 h 3 ji 2 3 Siilunlav.. 4 ) 17 1 10 :I7 6 3. & 2l S3 I 11 1 1 sl.'.MiAY. 51niK7tf iiauo5 t.V 3 Simon M.mdav.... r, 10 WHO ! 511 S ft MOO Tiledn'v ... 7 0 1X8H II SSI 2 Bir2H0 D.IJO 9 WedllMl'V. luu;l I2IOM2 H 41 42 7 In II ft Thursday.!) t 7 I 12 tl H 7 'ft; i 4 70.i L' 1A t 1(1 II I 't M I . 7 r.'.i J 1 I. 1,. It Hatirdav..ll 274 14lo H2!i4 2 H:0 sr.VDA'Y. 12 3 0574 21'.i77 C0II4I !Ki03 ' Monday ...13 3:i 76 30D7 4 9.ll40 it.r.'li4 Tuesday ...1 1 4 15 T 7 ' tl47 7 n HI 0 ! :i 7 10 10 u j wrdid yli s7 4iif ll.'3 2 low I i 1 1'hursday.bi b 40 7 5 57 2 12m) 27 U!i2o r riiiay 17 7 7Zu. I u. 1 1 . ii SCMiAY.lH 2s:i' 1000B2 2ux3:i XXtt:i Miindiiy....20 !) 'in H 11 07 0 'j 3 3 7 4 34 0 'Tuesday. ..21 10 2-' 9 I 4 2939 II -II U M 6 23 1 7 7 12 I ft 7.'!1 8 42 I 3 9 210 9 10 J5 0 1 10 44;l J 11 25. 1.1 ... ...I..0 134 l (J ftmrwlayil 0M 76 12 09 9 V 627,37 Krldav 24 1 40 SO 12V9H 7I'I!3 5 Katurday .2V 2 24 l: 14SD2 10 33 si;NfMV.v SMKl . 2.'i7H, 0i,3 1 Momlav....7 Z 42 H !! 3 27 H 1 i 9 Vi 2 B Tuesday ...28 4 is l'i 4 207 4, u:h 2 v,edinid'y.'2 8 on s 1 i 6 20 8 s 11 27 2 5 Thursday.;! R 45 7 V" 8 27 6 1 12 28 2 5 Krldav. XI H4 7 7M 7 42 .18- dad 2 II MARINE NOTES. The 'British steamship City of P-th, Captain Wilson, arrived from Portland Pimples, blotcliesi blackheads, red. rW((h oi 1 y , mot Iiy sk in , i tcliini!, scaly seal p, d ry , thin, and falling luir, ami baby blemishes prevented by Cvticuka Soap, the most ffctive skin pnrifying and Ijeautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and wei:test for toilet, bath, ami nursery. cura told thnfhmt ttn world. Porrig t)nra af"iLw to I'imwtitt kmtm liuroon,"nitiltd trti. EVERY HUMOR 'xai yesterday and tbvke1 at tho Main "treet il.vk where alio tnkea on 730 ton f wheat t, tinlr'h lonvlimr Vo boikiid to HI. Vincent, Vno Venle or l"irt fM for onlers ami will carry P.Vi.lW btwhele of wtHWt valuexl at Tba foUtmMaV'iMscil f vrttilny nf lotfH., aiie.Virt with A allKht H.'.cldent lb hr" muchlnery' on Kavlnw hor b'ck t rorllitnd, -whch dWnye.1 iter on the trip down. Tie sctwxiner VMnvd I'alk, I'aptnln Jansoti, fiU- San KrancKn, elmr.sl fmni rhe. cnsitMO. hous,. -.Htruliiy with i:i thonvtml fit of lumber. Th .teamtr Oiivui artivxl n wtrr day mornliur. Aiiiomk tin fitsht huh pmO sacks of m:i f the l I'. Silt C., The Chfk.it will utrlv- .loan an. I sail; Momlay f r "V'jn l!o n'Hl nay ort. She will be on this route rvKut.itly, j Tho Selk:Mhlr left INMlla.l lld.iyj evSTilr.);. but ha not it .if:lv,il The r.itiKi ship Milton I'aik. Lift up fiv IV-rilatid yestonlay mottilm;. vrssEiii inn'xn tc astouia. The fo.low:iiK els bound to the Coiiutit'U lti cr, with n. lino o! master, rationality, r:. tonn-ue, whrre from and da.:e of reiHr:l ra'.ll g: Lom'ard Calson, sr tr. li-S tons. Yokohoma. vlvreo Stetson, Murphy. Am h, 17 tons, linltunore, August 4, tnilthgow shire. Anderson, llr sh. 1JS7 tons. Antwcri), July Si. Prumburton, Spurring. Hr bk, 177S tons, Siiiiwin, July 8. An-nvtey, Ewart. Hr sh. lit'l totw, Car diff. May 8. Cambrian King, Hansen. Ur sh, 13S tons. Shanghai. Povenhy Hall. Whlckhim. llr ah, 1R tona Liverpool 1 Hen Voirtleh. Ahler, le-r h, H7 tons, S.intn Kosalla. Sirinyburn. Rae, Br hk tons, Cape Town. September S. Durbrldge. Mcluchlan, Br h. tin tors. Tatvle Bay. September 17. Poltalloch, Mels-od. Ur bk. 1139 tons. Table Bay. Otaco, Ksk. Swd bk. 97i tons. Ham. burs. Dund-f. J.irxls, Br sh, tons. II logo. Co-w:iy Cut.e, Jones, Br sh, 1351 j tons. Valparaiso. Commonwealth, Anderson, Br sir. 2tS3 tons, Taku. Var.duara, Beavan, Br bk, 1918 tons. Algoa Bay. Tecnknl, Ijjng, Br str, SM6 tons, llomr. konir. Gienpnrk, Irish. Br sh. 1799 tors. Itlo Janeiro, August 9. Gk'nbank. Leonard, llr bk, 13!4 tons, Calcutta. Genevieve. Touge, Ft bk. F7 tons, Hal. phong, October It, Galgorm Castle, Mhon. ton. Table Bay, August 30. Henry Vlllard. Pwttett. tons. New York. October 11 Oberon, Oully, Br bk. Br bk. iw; Am sh, 147 10(4 tons. Newcastle. Aunt rails, October I Verbnt, Jtdd, Br sh, 17U tons. WaL aroo. Oamaru, Fullarton. Br eh. 1308 tons, Pu icdln, October 11 Jacques, Bernada, Fr bk, 1480 tons. Ma. Junda. Indian Empire, ABcn, Br bk, 1515 tons, Valparaiso. JuplMer. Funder, Dan sh, 1051 tons. To. Kohama. Chelmsford, Thomson, Br bk, 2197 tons. Cape Town, October 9. City of York. Jonee, Br sh. U7 tons, Syd.iey. Blairlogle, Mackay, Br bk. 153 tons. DdagKi Bay, ptember 4. HoppMtt, Tork, Bus eh, 133 tons. Port Natal. S-ptemtier 1 Mlltlndes. Ayllrg, Br sh, 1152 tons, MeL boume. October IS. TiIacMlllan, Guthrie, Br sh, 1450 tons Yokohama. Ilorrltte, Seaman, (er sh, 1705 tons Shanghai. Lakembo, Bndherlng, Br bk, 10(8 tons, FYeemnntle. Clan Kobertson, Pill, Br sh, 1540 tons, Santa Rosalia. British General, Thomas, Br sh, 130 tons, Newcastle, Australia. Sildas. Messenger, Br bk, 13fi2 tons. Nagasaki. YaJorl, Brown, Br sh, 1199 tons, New. castle, Australia. Hornby Cas'le. Bright, Br r.h, 1375 ton Adelaide. Thdls. Oliver, B. bk, 1295 tons, Nag:i- eakl, Octnlier 11. Jordon Hill, Walker, Br bk, 2178 tons. Melbourne. Port Caledonia, Anton, Br bk, 2120 fn NaRBsakL Klnturk, Perrelle. Br str, 2""tl tons. Yokohama. Omha, M inro, Br str. lsffl tons, Yoko hama. Amara, K'-nt, Br s'r, Wfi tons. Hong. kor.g. Alexander Black. Dunn, Br bk, 1391 ton;". AntwTP. Watjen. Krltz. Ger sh, 2079 tons, Hlogo. Ixird Shaftsleiry, Cunningham, Br sh, 2273 tons, Sydney, Bristol, Mclntyre, Br str, 1274 tons, San Francisco. Emllle, Oitmann, Oer sh, 173S tons, To. kohama. LUMBER FLEET. Vessels on the Way and In Columbia Rlvor lo Iosd Lumber. lAUrft May, Hansen, schr, 234 tons, Ban Frandseo, November 12. ' Letitla, Stakkohye, schr, 234 tons, Ban Francisco, November 12. Tenkle Mani, Kaneko, Jap bk, 1148 tons, Tokohama. Ida. Scbnauer, Nellaon, sch, 265 tons, Baa Francisco, November 11. Tou can't afford to risk your life by allowing a cold to develop Into pneumonia or consumption. Instant relief and a certain cure are afforded by One Minute Cough Core. Charles Rogers. Birmingham, England, tiama out every week m.m.VA nails, 1.W,M0 buttms, 4,000 mle of iwlre of different eizea", five tons of hair plnw, 600 tons of nuts and 20,000 pairs of spectacle. TO CURE A COLD IV ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It falls to cure; 25c. For sale by Charles Rogers. W f PIPER PLUe TOBACCO (CHAMPAGNE FLAVOR) INCREASED IN SIZE The iicture shows the exact increase that has been aiUlcd to the 5-cent piece. No in crease in price anil tjuality better thun ever. The bluest bargain in tolaceo to-day one of these new pieces of PIPKR HEIDSIhCK. Try one. It hai never Ix'eti knonii t., f.ill ihm ihr day you write in Import nit and p-ruml l.-tter to a limn s ortV-e the ,.rN d.iv he stays at home. Tiie array nf empty tlaks on th- tan.l after a fVxjttkill gtune almost riial to the shower o p..uiut shells n'itl m 1y after the clrvus. A man's health Is the rope by which he climbs to succesn. If he can keep his health, tie will go on tj wcwti. Vet his health is the very thlmr he n.lects more than a ly thing else. It 1 mI r to keep health than It l to r-cili It. When a man feels himself ninnlng down, when he real lies a loss of vitality and energy, he must call a halt. The strands of his rope are parttn r.ipldlv. IV. Pierce's GoMn Medical Discovery has helped thousand of men In Just this con. dltkin. It make health, it nukes pure rich blood. It forces out impurltln am! Kills germ. It doesn't make and dirf'T snc what name you ea'l your triHit.le by --dyspepsia kldwy dlai-nse-rh) uinntln consumption skin disease, the "'"; l I-n Medical rl--overy" will cure it :ibontetv. None of th-so dleae can ret iln hold on the body -her. It Is fu! of rl-h, pure blocl. 1 R'nd 2! one-cent st mips to c..ver the fOst of mailing only, and r-eMve fr.e a ropy of Dr. Pl-ree's M.d'rnl A-lvl-r. A 1 dress. World's Plpensiry M-ill.'il Ao - elation. Ituffito N. Y. The dtnelmr season l with u. iiul Ihe: Mev.'l.i rlr! now .-nil- iv.,r t i 'm that she can u.. her f. et graeefiilv ,,:hi-r limn on the i.-I.ils . J C l'..rry, if the best known ell. liens of Sr.eneer Mo.. etS.s Ihat he cured himself of th wor' k'nl nf (dies, by lisl'g a few boxes o' DeWltl's Wlteh ' Hmel Salve. II., hnd been troubled with plies for over Thlriv yenr snd had ned i many l!f-r.i' k!"i' n n.fild r,'re- , ll-e f.' i'i wl'l e-i-lfy th! stn'e. ' but r,e"',-'' -. 'he o-,!y on,, 'hi1 did j merit !f nf'V ne e1.h 10 rt'e lo h'm Clins Itoi-r" 1 Why . I- !'. gray hair thu eral, wtill- f dark one there .11' 1 e mi. :i 1 1. ii.. r'tioe l.v n't a !tiifl' il th fnn lent s in i:i-iii-r. Don't be pieu ob-l Into ii'ivl-r; lini ments without reputation or merit. Chum berlaln's Pain Balm costs tin more, anl its merKs have been proven bv a test of many years Surh letters flu the follow-I Ing from L. O. Bnirley, Hii'-neme, Cal are constantly being rcelvel: "The best remedy for pain I have ev r use.) is j i.namofnain s iiin iihiiii, sua i ssj so after having used It In my family for fteveral years." It cures rheumatism, lame hack, sprains and swellings. For ale by the Este-Conn Drug Company. Why iwlll some iwsmen persist in wrear Ing offenrlvely youthful false pieces when their own gray lock would be much more becoming? HOW TO PREVENT PNEUMONIA. At tlhls time of the year a cold Is very eaelly contracted, and If bfi to run Its course 'Without the laid ot some reliable cough medicine la liable to result In that dread disease, pneumonia. We know of no better remedy to cure a cough or cold than Chamberlain's Cough Renv-dy. We have used It quite extensively and It ha always given entire satisfaction. Olagah, Ind. Ter. Chief. This Is the only remedy that I known to be a certain preventltlve of pneumonia. Among the many thousand wrho have used It for colds and la grippe, we have never yet learned of a slrorlc. case having reunited In pneumonia. Persons who have weak bmgs or have reason to f ar an at tack of pneumonia, should keep the rem. edy at hand. The 2i and CO cent slzee for sale by the Estes-Conn Drug Company. CABTOniA. I - This Much EXTRA! ECK 40 Vi.t a it.r, d.4lgt:ful world It "oem tth-'ll the .,.Cftna we love love u. Th. uw..rilei 14ml suinn day man will 11 linlries uiim4l n scorned by sel iMKl-rt Alrrxutv Hall's I lair Krnrwer I u e.im.lllilnt worsb ri III avert inr tld n. o man going nii nto matrimony when h hears that a fancy waist alone cMta - Afirr hrartnsr sune friends continually praMrw (thamtmrUln's Colic. Cholera and Plarrhoea Itenedr. Curtlsi Fl"ck, of Ana helm, California, purchased a bonis of It for hWi own dm and Is now as rnthnsl astlc over Its wonderful work as anyone ran be. The B and M cent ! for sal by F.stes-onn Hrug Company. What ha tiee.ens of the brnwniesT piry fNiineituiw do nt seenw to be as pop uliir as they ir. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children a m snr njutus wi4fr. I ft Is all very well 10 talk of sweet 1. , '"it n n ru I A tin..rtlneit mid silly rnther than i-t. I I '"" 1,n' nxhiu "nd the mst I r-liill- bi'HMl-pitrner, read In Ay's Al mnime th Iestlmnli1 of those -ho hive l en eur.il iif ui h lerrllie dl'ties as catarrh, rh-uiiiaysin, and s. roruiii. Iiy ' ihr ue of Ayer's Hursup.irlllu. Then ' rn yourself ie, ordlngly. I A toast recently heard , "The men C,od ! tlnin-they Imv neiil of Hess Ings." Warning - Persims who suffer from "nvhs iin l rolls should heed the warn. Inys of dn ner and Mv themselves suf. 'erii'ir nrd fthl results by using One Vlmii.. f'i'iiirh Cure. It Is sn Infallible r,.,...iiv f.'i rniiirhs, colds, croup nnd all ri.rimt ,i,; lung troubts. Chas. lingers The person who ord.ru lnrk-y sjsI doesn't g-t I'tanlierry sjiiee with H feels that there are kimmI grnunls for n In suit som"w-here. A 11.11 m'-ryenry mllcliw, Ayer's 'her. ry l'ert,-n takes rtie lend of all other reinedlen. For the ree"f and cure of i roiin. whootilnir-eouifh. iwe throat, and Ihe diiiigeriius pulmonury troubles lo which the young are so llnlile. It l In viilunMe. 1s.ng prompt to act, sure ts cure. When you jurt your opinion against the opinion of all other men you are I kely to be called a crank and you deserve lo be OABTQJIIA. Five ratny Monday In siuvesslon make tho housewife rompWn bitterly, but cheer up, perhaps, day after tomorrow Ihe sun w II shine. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Alt druggists refund the money If 1t falls to cure' 2Sc. For sale by Charles Rogers. Homo children go to a party nnd re-turn looking as spick and spun as Ihey went, but too many others come bnrk as fnm a caitch-a-catoh-can wrestling match, If their mothers are to be believed. Disfigurement for life by burns or scalds may be avoided by using peWllt's Witch Hazel Halve. Ihe great remedy for plies and for all kinds of sores and ski trouble. Charles Rogers. NOTIC11 OK Fl 1,1 Nil AHHI'lWMKlvr I'M 1 1 TIIW lMI'ROVMMKNT OF BOND HTNKKT KUOM TIIW WMHT KtPIS OF NINTH HTItKIW TO TIIW WIWT I.INI'3 OF IIMH'Krt l ANP 17 IN TIIW CITY OF AHTOHIA AH I.A!I oi'T and hkcoiihwp hy John M'OI.VHIO. Notice. Is hiM-ehy slveii tlml the Assess. nielli Holl isiiiliilnlng tho special nssess. nielit r the Improvement if Bond slreet, from the wml shl" "f Nlulll "H-eet til the wett line of blocks 111 nnd 17 III thn t'lly f Astoria. 11 s In Id out snd recorded. y John Mei'luw. Iii l" "Iim in h m of the Auditor nnd 1'lle Judge, nnd I now op-n for lnniooilloii. tun! will .) remain open tuvtll the HI h d-'iy f IVs-enibcr. IM7, prior t" whMiMlme all ohetiuis to mioh ,issnieii( roll must lie tiled In writing 'ltb 'I'l" Audll'T nnd I'ollio Judse, Tho tminlitre on Hire..! am! rubllii Ways, together Uh the Board of As sessor of the City of Astoria, wtir.meet In Ihe council ebnnilH.ru of lli city hull, III the Cllv of Atoi1. on We.1mw.1ny, PmvmWr IS.W7. nl Ihe Iwmr of 10 n'rlA-k a. m., lo peHe-.r and e.pinllse suek n. seasment. sod tbrrnfler rehirt their Be. lion to the Common tVunoll llv onlec of the Commmi rvninell. Attest: II V. NI'.UtON. Auditor nnd IN'llee Ju.1g. Atort. Oregon, Novemtier 1iT. CITATION In (lie county wurl f the stnto of or. igim, for the ptMinly of t'lntsop. In tho matter f Ihe rsstato of J.eih I,. Moore. ilm-ewt Citation. Tl nil hell-s irf the iilnve. nsine.1 Jieih I. Moore. tlts'eaMr1. jri-er'tlna In ihe imnm of Ihe slnte of I rrgon. you are liereby elletl and rrl"lrel lo np. p-r In tlw i-Miitv court of the slato of Oregon, for the county of Clatsop "n Moniliiy, the llilnt doy of Jiniinrv. lvm. at ! o'clo k III the f.ireoo.i of thai dav, prune N":fig Ihe flr t tiny of J notary term of mid iivitrl. nod then nnd there to show ovine tf snv riist, why on order of sale should (tot In mode of the following d. Sretl.nl real eotnle belonging to sail d rejie, nnd sllunted 1" Clilsop county, tn!e of Or-vo". to-wW: The southeast oiie imrirr of ses.tl.m No t. In the town. hip No 8. north of rsnge No. 7. wist of It. Wllkunelte meridian, .NUiUlnlug ll nen-s of land, a.e.ieilliig . Ihe pr.rer of Ihe pel M Ion f A Ifcirloin s.lmlnls. ireior of nld ewinte, niel herein, pray, lug for "to h alr. Witness, ttwi Hon J II f flray. J'idKe of the coif.tr court f rhe state of Ore. son, for the count v of Clnlsop. nnd the enl of sold court heroin (He.1 this tlth dnv of Nmrmler, A P 1f7. Altet: V. I. PCNBAIl tn.r 1 Clerk KMVTION NOTICK Notice ts hereby given Itsit on the lilt fay of I 'wrtiilwr. IWJ, a geiirml t lec tion will be hrtd In the City nf Atorla, Oregno. for clly offli-er. namely, 1 Mayor fo ttn tetsn of two years. 1 Auditor svnd Italce JuiVe for the tna of two year. t City Attorney the erm of two year, I Treasurer for the term of two yrs. I Burvsyor for the term nf two yer. ! fliipnrtnte1erl of Hi nets for the term 0 two years. 1 Police Commissioner fir the term of six yer. I HaHr Mnnler for Hie term of two years. I fmncllmn In th First Ward for the term "f three ymr. 1 Ci.on. lWTvnn In the HetHtnd Wunl for the irrm of three years 1 Pouivrllmnn In the Tlitril Wnnl rr ths term of hre year. The ivnllng plni-e nnd Jmlges and .erk of elertlon re hereby dexlimrtied a follows: Fir.HT WAItP. Polling iilnoe No. I -At brlek engine house on Astor street Judge-..!!. It. Ferguson. William I'd. gnr, Perry Trulllnger. Clerks -l F.. B. llg, A. M Bmllh. Polling place No. 2 -At engine house In City llnll building on Commercial atrees. Judge O C. Fulton Antone Weylund. C, A. Mothenn. Clerk-Chs. May. V. Hoelllng BKCOND WARD. Polling tlure No. S-tVA Coinmerclii! strei in Welch 1.-k. Jii.lgr P. H. Weloh.' W. I Hobb, C. R. Thomson, Cbrks-IInrry llrny, J. F.. Orntke. I'oIUng ln4 No. 4 At Ctolombln en glne eo-nrniny No. 1 JudgeeI.itdwlf !,nren, Jneh Moore, On Iloentxen. Clerks Artolph Johnon, Ne Croby. TIMIIP WAIin. Polling place No. 5 -At old school house. Judges -John Knberg. Fnoch Peterson, O. flettnm. Clerk-0, F. Mor. ton, Olo P. Olsen. The poll will be open from II o'clock . m. until 8 n'elook p. m. Py order of thn Common Council. Attest: II. R. NF.lJtON, Auditor and Police Judge. A gloria, Oregon. Nov. 21, 1807, A. & C. R. R. R. TIME CARD In Effect Oct. 2R, 181)7. Leave Seaside for Astoria via. Flare! at 7:0 a. m. and 1 p. in. dally. Leave Agtorla for Seaside via Flavel at 10 . in. and 4 p. m dally. All the Above Tral r Arc Dally. Reading or Distance Glasses 16.00 Eye Glasses for 13.25, or 3.00 Eye masses for 11.71 Warranted Gold Plated Frame. Make your friend a beautiful and us. ful present We guarantee a perfect fit by mall providing when you order th glasses you answer the following ques tions: How old Ever used glnssos? How long? Male or femaieT GEO. MATKRLE, Expert Optician, 2d Third street. Ban Franclso Opticians' and Photographic, Supplies. V - - "