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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23
THE LAW OF PROGRESS.

II is well known that in all material
things progress is impossible without
counteracting forces. The constant mo-
ton of the earth in its orbit depends up
on the steadfast action Of the centrifu-
gal and centripetal forces. 1t is the We
Iocity of stream, continually checked
by friction, that makes navigation possi-
BILE. The resistance of material SUBJ
stance must be pitted against the
attacks of workmen's tools or there
would be no trades and no msnufac-
lures.
The law is equally binding in the
social community, though it is seldom as
fully recognized. In every society
there are two forces. pulling in opposite
direction, the one urging what is new
and untried, the other clinging
fast to the old and resisting
the onward movement. Most persons,
seeing that these forces are apparently
contradictory, conclude that one must be
right and the other wrong; and, accord
ing to their constitutional tendencies
and inclinations, they warmly espouse
one of the two sides and stoutiy oppose
the other. Fortunately for the world,
these tendencies are pretty evenly bal
anced, and thus societies safely yet
surely progress. But if the violent
partisans of either side had their OWL
will, if they could convert all the rest to
their own way of thinking, the destruc-
tion of society would be assured. On the
one hand, if all were stubbornly con-
servative, cleaying rigidly to the past
and rejecting all the new ideas because
they are new, the community might con
tinue to exist, but could hardly be saiG
to live, for all life implies growth, anG
such condition would simply be one o.
stagnation. On the other hand, if thert
were no resistance to new theories and
untried innovations, if every one, scorn-
ing the experience of the past, rushed
headlong into immature projects and EN-
bracsd with fervor the many vagaries of
wild enthusiasts, suspecting nothing
and investigating nothing, the SO
ciety would soon exhaust itself and
go to pieces.
The complaints SO frequently and 81
loudly made by the propounders of new
systems, the discoverers of new TRUTH
and the promoters of various reforms
that it is SO hard to obtain sympathy, ol
even a hearing, would be much calmeC
down if the benefit of this balance be
tween the new and the old were under
stood. Some one has said, will
truth: "By delay truth ripens-
falsehoods rot" Especially whel
the proposition involves the overturn o.
old and cherished habits, or the destruc
ton of theories that have long been held
it is better that it should meet will
whatever resistance is sincerely offered
If it contains elements of true progres
twill become established all the NOR
firmly for the patient waiting; if it d
not its fallacv will be the sooner and tn
more thoroughly exposed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23
ADVICETO MOTHERS

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used for children
teething. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
cholic, and is the best remedy for diar-
rh9a. Twenty-Five cents bottle,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23
AND NOW PORTUGAL IS ALARMEp.

LIsBoE, Nov. 22.-The court is seriously
alarmed and the cabinet is Inuch per-
ple1ed at the approaching arrival of
Dom Pedro and his family, as the Portu-
guese army is In nearly the same state
of mind IS the Brazilian army and is
more or less ready to forswear allegiance
to the king and set UP its own president
and ministry. The impulse which has
been given to the growing discomfort by
the Brazilian revolution makes the dam
ger to the present government immin-
Anf -. = 90
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23

IDAHO cattlemen say the time has gone
by for acquiring large fortunes by in
vestments on cattle ranges. They can
hardly make living as the business
now is, all the profits being taken from
them by the "Big -Four" at Chicago, who
regulate prices.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23

The expression that man feels fiat,
hits the case of James Gordon, of New
burg, N. Y. He waited fifteen years to
lick John Shook, and when he finally
pitched in he got such a pounding that
he had to be carried off in an ambu-
lance
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23
PARNELL AND HIS MOTHER.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-The Tribune'S New
York special says when Augustus Piton
visited Mrs. Parnell she told him that a
long letter which bore upon her case was
one from her son Charles written about
seven months ago and the last letter she
received from him. 1t was written in
answer TO an inquiry from her as to the
possibility of affording her financial
assistance. He begs her to try and get
along without his help as his obligations
and expenses are already greater than he
can provide for,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23

Ludlow's Ladies' $500 Fine Shoes
also Flexible Hand turned French Kids
at p. j. GoCDMAN's,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-23
Do You Like n Good Cigar.

Call at Charley Olsen's, opposite c. "a.
Cooper's. He will suit you. A fine
stock of cigars to select from.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
HAIR ORNAMENTS.

beautiful Tortoise shell Combs and Pins mt
Fancy Prices. =
A quaint old fashion has been re-
Vived in the wearing OF small side
combs. Many of these are costly
tribes. sold by jewellers for sums rang
ing all the way from IS to $50 apiece.
They are fragile bits Of tortoise-shell.
with gold tops, in variety of designs.
the more expensive ones being set
with pearls. diamonds or other stones.
Holding back stray side locks, they
have the merit OF being useful as well
as ornamental, SO no lady with full
purse need want a reason for buying.
High-back combs are also In favor.
Some have square gold tops finished in
gold or beading. Others are arched
in various designs, sometimes entirely
OF gold, but often deliberately set with
gems. Latticed patterns with small
diamond set in each intersection are
shown at Spaulding's, besides some
costly specimens Of transparent enam-
ell Held up to the light, these tops
show rich colors, like stained glass,
resembling in miniature some Gothic
cathedral window. Other combs are
set with milk-white pearls or sparkle
with row of larger brilliants
For those who prefer them are
shown an equal variety OF costly hair
pins Some OF these have perforated
tops into which any handsome brooch
may be fastened. Others may be de-
tached from their tops by loosening
small screw. when the upper part can
be used as breast-pin. Daisies and
pansies with diamond dew-drops in
their hearts, or the favorite cluster OF
sweet-peas. may be used for ornament
alton. Like the others, they may
reach extravagant values, but they
are also temptingly beautiful.
All these finest goods are OF French
manufacture. It Is said that they
could not be reproduced in this coun-
try, especially the enamels. which are
works OF art. -Chicago News.
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CHINESE BRICK TEA.
An Article That Is Both Food and DrinI
to MongoIIans and SIberIans. -

An Article That Is Both Food and Drink
to MongoIIans and SIberians.
tsiszweAa that most of the
tea intended for consumption in Eu
ropean Russia has been diverted from
the overland route and now goes to
Russia by steamer, either via London
or direct to Odessa. The finest tea of
all, owing to a prevalent opinion that
sea carriage impairs the flavor, still
goes overland; but though Russians
are in the habit of paying prices for
tea unheard of in this country, the
caravans would have little to depend
on now If they trusted for support to
the tea which still continues to go
overland to Russia. Theyrely, how
ever, on the carriage of the coarse
brick tea which is consumed in Mon
golia, Manchuria and Siberia. On my
way back to Pekin from visiting the
Great Wall. | met numerous large
armed caravans of camels. laden with
tea, and often preceded by a pictur--
esque, fierce-looking Tartar horseman,
lance in hand, who glared rather fero-
ciously at the strange foreign DEVIL
The demand for brick tea-manu-
featured at Hankow. three hundred
miles up the Yang-Tse-Kang, and
Foo-Choo on the Min, wfence it
is shipped to TEN Tsin-is great and
annually increasing, the inhabitants
of Mongolia, Manchuria and Siberia
using it both as food and drink, while
sometimes it even takes the place of
currency, the value of articles being
calculated in bricks of tea In spite
Of the fact that this trade is so hope
lessly weighted by the enormous
charges for overland carriage, the de-
mand is SO great that more than Co.
100000 pounds, principally brick, were
conveyed overland in 1887 to Mongolia,
Siberia and Russia via Kalgan-4that
is to say, an amount equal to about
one-third OF the total annual consump-
ton of Great Britain. 1t is therefore
not difficult to imagine the sudden
development which will take place in
this trade alone, when a not inconsid-
cradle proportion Of the heavy over
land charges are knocked off by the
advent of railway. And tea is only
one. of the many specific articles Of
commerce for which this railway will
create an intensified demand. Coal.
for instance, which is found within
sixty miles Of the capital, and now
costs from G3 to "a per ton at Pekin,
will probably be reduced in price to
considerably under f1.-Blackwood's
Marazine
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
THE MODERN PIANO.

A Condensed History of the Evolution of
81 the Popular Instrument.
The piano, as we see 1t to-day, is the
growth IF centuries Of inventions. In
its infancy it was harp with two or
three strings, From time to time
more strings were added, and after a
while the cithara was born. The
cithara was in the shape OF the letter
p, and had ten strings.
aaIt4teels many centuries for musicians
to get the idea OF stretching the strings
across an open box, but somewhere
about the year 1900 this was thought
of, and the dulcimer made its appear
ance, the strings being struck with
hammers. r'':4
For another hundred years these
hammers were held in the hand of the
player, and then a genius invented a
Keyboard. which, being struck by the
fingers, moved the hammers
This instrument was called clavi-
cytherium, or keyed cithara. This
underwent some notifications and i'm
provements from time to time. In
Queen Etizabeth's time twas called a
virginia.. Then it was called spine.
because the hammers were covered
with spines or quilts, which struck or
caught the strings of wires and pro-
duced the sound. From 100 to 1900
it was much enlarged and improved,
and-called harpsichord, and this was
the instrument that Lady Washington,
Mrs. Hamilton and the fine ladies oil
our revolutionary times played upon.
n In ITO, Bartolomeo Cristofoli, an
Italian, invented a, key or keyboard,
such as we have now substantially
which caused the hammers to strike
the wires from above. and thus devel-
oped the piano.
In the past 100 years there y NO
musical instrument which hassso COM
pletely absorbed the inventive iae''fty
OF man as the piano. The reason Is
obvious; 1T ii the household instru.
ment par excellence. Toledo Blade.
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Female Farmers.

VIII tho coming young woman be
farmerl i
Scattered over all tho broad prairics 81
the Northwest are hundreds of self-reliants
true blue young heroines, living In small,
isolated cabins called shaclks, proving IN
claims, entering homesteads and making
money.
It is lonesome, dreary business, this liy.
ing alone on wild, unsettled prairie, with
out a face or human form to welcome one or
cheer ones sontude, but there Sseems TO be
good many young women who have the
grit to hang to this solitary life long
enough to prove up claim at least.
-Four young ladies In Dakota last year put
their heads together and hit upon an ingent
ious plan, whereby they could each secure
claim and yet al live comfortably together
in one house and each be upon her own land
Instead of building four shacks with ono
room each, they constructed one shack with
four rooms, but so nicely planned that each
room Of the square building was on difer.
emit Qssarter section. Each had her own ben
In her own room and in that way each claims
ant at night slept upon her own land.
Society ladies' Of the city will wonder, MOT
90 much how these young lady settlers got
along without social privileges, as how they
dared live so far away from the doctors.
Why, bless you'll they never thought Of be-
ing sick. Doctors are not half SO much Of
household necessity as city people are in the
habito thinking
For an the ordinary Ills Of life, the old
fashioned roots and herbs remedies are
moreieffective, and much safer in results.
than modern doctors, pills and potions
These latter are 50 radical in their effects
that, while they may better meet tha
modern desire for quick results, they
frequently permanently injure the system,
nature rebelling against the unnatural
methods employed.
( It il, always safest TO follow natural
methods in treating disease. The old time
roots and herbs remedies, which our good
old log cabin grandmothers knew so well
how to prepare, were the best medicines
the world ever knew, because they were
natures remedies.
The modern world needs them. In War
neris Log Cabin Remedies, and especially
such as Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparille
and Warmers Log Cabin Cough and Con
sumption Remedy, the people Of to-day
have an opportunity 70 secure the healthy
medicines which our rugged ancestors used
with such splendid results.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
sigh, these young men have very
large appetftesn

sigh, these young men have very
large appetitesr
Evidently. And SO / understand
you to say-that your son has been
boarding and lodging here. by the
conniyance Of my servant and without
my knowledge, for half q n. --
That's it, ma'am. Yothsees It was
very pleasant for him when he lost
his job. and be wasn't so Anxious to
get any more work as
AS he might have been, inter-
rupted the lady. ..if the hospitalfics
OF my house had not been at his dis
posal."
Yes, ma'am."
.sAnd to what am / indebted for
this very welcome, though rather late,
information?T
II didn't want him to- marry the
gurrul, ma'am 7
II understand, said the lady. And
there the interview ended.
l After thadismissal OF the old woman.
4 prompt visit was made to the spare
attic room, which was entered with
another key that CHANGED to fit and
found for the time empty. Clearly,
however, the occupant contemplated
a return not later than the same even
ing. for on the dressing-HHble was
spread an elaborate meal, the piece de
resistance of which was one-half of q
ten-pound cold turkey. the whole bird
having appeared that day for the first
time on the family dinner-table. There
was also bread and butter ad lib. cur
rant jelly and various other Injuries
appropriate to the season. Reading
matter OF the lighter sort, judiciously
selected from the library down stairs,
was literally supplied for the amuse-
mcnt of leisure hours. In short, noth-
ing was lacking that could conduce to
the comfort OF boarder, who, being
engaged in no business pursuits,
| necessarily spent most of his time in
the seclusion of his apartment.
The mistress of the house lost no
time in confiscating the provisions.
This was only last week. Day before
yesterday an advertisement Of ..situa-
ton wanted appeared, inquiring for
q place as eight cook or chamber
maid" 1t was inserted by Miss
Bridget O'Honlihan. Presumably,
therefoFe, she is not to be married at
present to the young man, who is like
wise engaged IN the melancholy, but
now unavoidable, task OF looking for a
iob.-Boston Cor N. Q. Pieayune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

A
I'm Ecuador it Is understood that
the employer shall board tho cooks
family. The case is similar in Amer
lea. only the employer doesn't under-
stand it.--Drake's Magazine.
last words OF great men are
all recorded in the books. but the last
words of women, great and small,
have always been too much for the
historians. journal OF Education.
-Rescuer Ito man he has just cut
DOWN -"The boys lynched yer, and
left yer fur dead. did theyp Well. how
do yer feel nowp" Half-hanged man
Quite unstrung. Boston Beacon.
-Dullard- Now this is outrageous.
Here's Casket has charged The widow
Jones $500 for her husbands funeral
Brightly well, you must always ex-
pect stiff bill from an undertaken -
Lowell Citizen.
Family meatman-'I understand,
Mr.. Smith, that your eldest daughter
was married yesterday. Permit me. to
tender my congratulations. Smith
Thanks; If you would do the same by
your meat, however, 1t would be more
gratifying. Burlington Free Press.
The coal man he whistied q melody gay,
As he fixed up the scales in \ fanciful way,
And he nodded and smiled while he caroled
this lay:
.,As we journey through life. let us live by the
weigh.
Merchant Traveller.
Mrs Temperton-- Henry. father
wrote me yesterday that he wants to
get typewriter. What is the best
kind. do you thinkp" Temperton Qm-
mersed in stock questions) 81 like
'em about twenty-four with dark blue
eyes. r--Munsey's Weekly.
stranger, How are baseball
prospects in Terre Hautep' Terre
Haute citizen-"Ba All gone to the
dogs. so to speak" Stranger ..Ah,
that accounts for the sight Of so many
CANNES with. catchers' masks on, I
suppose. "-Terre Haute Express.
A gentleman meeting q friend on.
the street stopped him to condolewith
him ON his emaciated appearance and
inquired anxiously as to the cause.
..Alas!n said the friend. II have suf-.
fered for years with walking in4Iays
sleep. have walked out OF the door
at night. have been saved when about
to step from an upper window. andpam
now SO in dread OF fatal results that I
fear to sleep at all. !" IAN easy matter
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
CHING Luho suReRssEps



- Wextern Women.
A Travelled Chinese mandarin who
has lately communicated his impress
-sions of the West to hiy couutryncn
deals with great Particularly with the
position and tteatment 81 wonicn IN
Europe. These surprised him beyond
measure Thus the notion ~ hushend
and xife walking arm in arm IN public,
places oils him with amusement mo
body Smiles a II. he says, ''aAdt even
q husband may perform any menlal
task in bis wife's presence, yet no one
will laugh at him." Then, again, the
notion OF men standing aside to let
woman pass. and the code Of poliieaess
which requires men TO mako way for .
woman, are to him incVmprehensible.
d In China when the men are gorged
the women dino of tho scraps; but IN
the West sal mnal -.i,ns. tho mon must
whit until tho women arc seated, and
then take ono artor another their
places, and the same rule must be OBJ
served when the meal is finished. :"
Western women have curious notions
about dress and appearance. They
set store by large bust and slender
waist, but while the waist can be com-<
pressed, the bust can not naturally be
enlarged; the majority have o wicker
continuance. made VIII oh is con-
cealed under the bodice on either
side and is considered an adorn-
ment. II woman Is short.
sighted, she will publicly mount spec
tacles. Even young girls in their
teens pass thus along the streets,
aud It is not regarded as strange.
As for low dresses, he observes
In bewilderment that women going
to court regard bare skin as q mark
OF respect. he Is greatly exercised
how to describe kissing; the thing or
word does not exist among Chinese:
and accordingly heis driven to describe
it. II Is he says, "a form Of cour-
tesy which consists in presenting the
lips to the lower part OF the chin and
making q soundn-again, "childrenf
when visiting their seniors, apply their
mouth to the left or right lips OF tho
elder with smacking noise. Women
as shop attendants, women at home
women with mustaches, then. engagal
the writer's attention. and he passes on
to '.at homes" and dances. Besides
I invitations to dinner there are Invita-
tions TO tea gathering, such as are
occasionally given by wealthy mer-
chants or distinguished officials Whsn
the time comes Invitations are sent to-
an equal number OF men and women,
and after these are all assembled, tea
and sugar, milk, bread, and7rthe like
are set out as aids to conversation.
More particularly are there Invitations
to skip and posture, when the host de-.
cides what man is to be the partner OF
what woman, and what woman Of what
man. Then with both arms grasping
each other they LEAVE their places in
pairs and leap. skip, posture, and
prance for their mutual qualifications
A man and woman previously un-
| known TO one another may take partin
| itn-London Timess
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL,


--GenerM Boulangcr dresses with
extreme elegance. When In civilians
attire he Is one Of the most fashionable
men in Paris.
Miss Funnie Macauiay, who died =
low days ago at Brighton. England. at
the age Of eighty. was the last sur
wing sister Of Thomas Darlington
Macaulay.
Ont Of Murat's daughters, Tulsa
Marchesa Rasponi, is said 70 be still
living. ut tho age OF ninety-two. in
RavennA. Italy. She WINS, therefore,
nineteen In 1878. when Napoleon 1 Was
dethroned and her father shot
assistant Doorkeoper Bsssett has
been in the employ Of tho United
States Senate for fifty-eight years. He
recently celebrated his golden wcd-
ding, and was then made the recipient
Of q handsome present from the Sem
atn,rs.
+. B Ball. the nearest living
relative Of George Washington. oc-
cupies stall in the south corridor Of
the Pension Building at Washington,
where he sells cigars and fruit TO. the
clerks. lie is nearly eighty years old,
and bears a striking resemblance to
the Father of his Country.
Philip Armour. the Chicago meat
king, ascribes much OF his success to
good memory. He is said TO carry the
details OF his enormous business in his
head, can remember dates as we'll as
transactions, and never forgets q
mans face or name. The gift is nat
ural but has, been sedulously cuiti-
waited.
John Wanamaker's country place
at Jenkin town is said to absorb his at
tention as completely when out OF town
as business does at the store in Phil
adelphia He is liberal entertainer,
and his hail-fellow freedom and joflity
are contagious. He has splendid
collection OF roses and orchids, and his
rhododendrons are famous in the
neighborhood.
+ Mrs. Stanley Brown, formerly Miss
Mollie Garfield, daughter OF the dead
President, is described as singularly
beautiful woman, with slender but
almost faultiess form. Theimpressive
effect OF her beauty is said to be height
erred ~ifndisgu suggestions Of
Sadness which have fingered about
her eyes and mouth ever since the dark
days of 81, when she lost the father
she idolized.
The Duke of Westminster, accord.
ing to the latest returns, is still the
| richest man in Great Britain, his fort
une being set down at $50, 1000, 600.
This is a pretty big pile, but it isn't
overstating it to say that there are al
least hall a dozen men in this country
who could buy Out the Duke without
exhausting the contents OF their
Golfers. America has become the
abode OF the Cresuses OF the earth.
1 Miss Breckenridge, daughter Of
the Kentucky Congressman, said to q
Washington writer, recently I'VE
once lived at the same hotel with Gen.
eral and Mrs. Harrison. She is one Of
the sweetest women in the world, and
will be very popular She takes sin.
core pleasure in doing good and max:
ing every body happy. We young girls
were ali; in love with her. She used
Ito give us a great deal OF pleasure, and
do not suppose that she was ever
! conscious OF it. -