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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
HoP aRownRs, coNvENrIoN.

San Francisco, Dec. Lit is proposed
to hold hop growers convention In
Sacramento the first week in January.
The assemblage win include growers
from all the hop districts Of the Pacific
coast. The object is to compare notes
on the subject OF hop culture, picking,
transportation, etc. especially with a
view Of cooperative sale process.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
MILLION DOLLAR CARGO.
Brought From the Orient on the Steam.
ship Victoria.

Tacoma, Dec. 1.-The steamship Vic
toria arrived this Afternoon from Yo-
kohama, bringing cargo worth over
a million dollars. A consignment Of
silk worth 100000 was shipped to New
York by this overland. the object being
to get 1t there three days ahead OF a
similar consignment which left Yokcha-
ma eight hours earlier on the City of
Rio Janeiro, Of the San Francisco line.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
BETTER BORN LUCKY. ETC.

Santa Cruz, Cal. Dec. 1.-wIII J..
Brown. a book-keeper has received
notification that he is entitled to one
third Of a half million estate in Phila-
delphia left by bachelor uncle. Brown
was adopted when but year old by
John II. Brown. The lucky man for
mer1y resided IN Portland, Oregon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02

naimo; whaling bark Cape Horn, Pig
con whaling.
Departed-Point Iona, for Gray'a
ss'sor; Al-Ki, for Tacoma; walla wal
r Victoria and Port Townsend;
See, for Astoria; Montserrat, for
,.'arialmo; Homer, for Yaquina Bay
Freights and charters British ship
Falla of Foyer, wheat from Portland
to United Kingdom, Havre. Antwerp,
|or Dunkirk; American barkentine Kick
itat,now at Port Gamble. lumber thence
to Honolulu; British ship Red Rock.
wheat from Portland to United King
dom, Havre, Antwerp, or Dunklris;
British ship Rimac, at Victoria. salm-
on thence to London.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
DIRECTOR OF THE MINT REPORTS

Washington, Dec. 1.--Reports to the
director Of the mint shop coinage exc
cuted at the mints OF the United States
during November have been as fol-
lows: Gold, s2,O4o.OOO; silver, s1,O7s,OOO;
minor coins, $4,000; total for the month,
1920, 900.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
JAPAN.s NEW cRursER

New York, Dec. 1.--Japan has aug
nented her navy by the purchase of
the crack Chilian cruiser, Esmeralda.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
snALERs OUT AND INJURED.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. l.-Raturus from
London on the sales OF seal skins show
that the owner operated this year in
nearly every instance on a dead loss.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
HARvARps WIN.

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. 1.--Three
thousand people saw the Harvard fresh
men defeat the Yale freshmen this af-
ternoon by a score Of IL to 6.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER . 1894

were in the crowd. and no, sign Of arms
was among them. They dispersed. but
proceeded down town.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
TOYS.

4 y 4 ~
The space that gave for toys last year half
large enough accommodate the great gatherings and curious
and grety things for this holiday season.
That's why we've rented the sore-room farther upthe
street and fitted it up a reception for theDells
and Mechanical Toys and many Of the other playthings
that the little folks delight in. It's like miniature
fairyand to the tots.
You'll enjoy asroll up and down the asles among these
ingenious bits So would the children.
GRIFFIN 6 REED
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-02
MEMORIAL SERVICES.

Following is the program which will
be rendered at the Memorial Services
Oh Quinlin Lodge No. $780, tonight, COM
mencing at O'clock
March,. ...... .,..Organ voluntary
OpaIEg Ceremonies. BY the Lodge
Opening ode, .....,."Auld Lang syne"
Prayer. .....By the Chaplain
Lords Prayer....... ~. .Chanted
fOem..s.s.., -. .'..s.....sss.s..'ssss
Anthem. Rock Of Ages" "...,.. Warren
Address. !. IA. A. Cleveland
Anthem, Savior, When Night In
wolves the Skies,". ,"..........,sh Shelley
Closing Ceremonies. ........ .....
Hymn, softly Now the Light Of Day"
DoAoloBy'..... ..t.s.s'.... '.,...,...
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
What Dog Stories Lack.

Presumably a wholly satisfactory dog
story has yet to be written. 1t is rather
strange that so faithful, so beloved, a
friend and companion as the dog has al
ways been to mankind should have so
little, comparatively, written about him.
When we come to consider that COM
panionship and loyalty, wearc compelled
to set it down as a remarkable piece of
ingratitude upon the part of man, not to
made his friend the dog more of figure
in the literature Of fiction. Mrs. Bar
bauld is said to have written the first dog
story. We have never seen it. The
story of Rab is of course familiar to all.
Yet, however much of classic it may
have come to be recognized, it is at best
fragmentary, and we must confess that
we do not share that enthusiasm which
is popularity expressed over it.
1t can ~ t>'-~2 for granted that no.
body but lover of the dog will write of
the dog. The fault that we have to find
with stories about dogs is their invari-
able lack of tenderness. When the dog
comes to die, his biographer invariably
dismisses that event with a casual Poor
old doggy! He has gone where good dog
gies go-the good old doggies' heaven"
1t is as if the biographer were ashamed
to speak what his heart prompts; as il
he were controlled by that same curious,
awkward, wicked sense of pride which
makes the simple fellow feign II smoker
or a laugh during the progress Of an emo
tiOnal drama, at the very moment, too,
when a lump is in his throat and his eyes
nr 1,rI1, fyl1 nf
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
Bear Outlines.

In "Recollections of a Drummer Boy,
the author, Mr.. Kieffer, tells many
amusing incidents connected with the
uniforms supplied by Uncle Sam to the
soldiers of Camp Curtin After de
scribing various difficulties resulting
from i'll fitting garments, he says:
remember hearing of one poor fellow
in another company, a strapping SIX
footer, who could not be suited. The
largest shoe furnished by the govern
ment was quite too small. He tried his
best to get his foot in, but in vain. His
comrades chaffed him numerically
whereupon he exclaimed:
why, you don't think they are al
boys that come to the army, do you? A
man like me needs mans shoes, not q
baby's."
There was another fellow, Il very small
of shoes and had not been able to effect
an exchange.
One day the sergeant was drilling the
company on the facings-right face, left
face, right about face-and of course
watched his mems feet closely to see that
they went through the movements
promptly. Noticing one pair of feet
down the line that never budged at the
command, the sergeant rushed up to the
possessor of them and in menacing tones
demanded:
What do you mean by not facing
about when tell you? I'll have you put
in the guardhouse."
why, did, sergeant" said the trem-
bling recruit.
you did not, sir! Didn't l watch
your feet? They never moved an inch. u
why, you see," said the poor fellow,
my shoes are so big that they don't
turn when l do. go through the mo.
tions on the inside of them. "-Youth's
Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07

work reappearing on the low bodice, the
sleeve capes and the bands between the
puff of the sleeves at the wrist, at the
throat and lower on the neck, keeping in
place the soft plaitings brought up high
to the throat. The front of the bodice
is treated exactly like the back. While
this is a dressy frock, it is also a very
sensible one, as the materials of which
it is composed wear well, and when
made of dark cOlOrs do not easily soil
This model may of course be simplified
by emitting the embroidery and plating.
Gowns for dress occasions" for young
girls not vet introduced into society are
dainty, but simple. The very mild fes-
tivities in which they are allowed to en-
gage demand grace and airiness of attire,
but the gauZe and tulle, which need un,
derslirts and Innings of silk or satin, are
reserved for the ball gowns of the elder
sisters who are out"
Pale surahs with lace insertions and
china silks, crepons and nuns cloth,
also trimmed with lace insertions, are
used for girls from Is to Il years old.
Pale soft materials are piquantly trim
med with dark velvets by way of con-
trast. \ pretty party dress may be
made of colored silk of any shade desired,
with the skirt striped with wide lace in
sertion. The waist and full sleeves have
narrower insertions matching those on
the skirt. The insertions are laid over
the material after it is cut out and be-
fore being made up: if the dress is
made of white material color, may be sup
piled with knots of ribbon.
There are washing silks, chiffons and
other light fabrics for party frocks
which wash well, dry quickly and iron
eaSily-great desiderata where careless
young folk are concerned. A pretty
finish may easily be given to a long sleeve
by the home dressmaker. This, accord
ing to Harper'S Bazaar, consists of a little
ruff1e scwed to the end of the sleeves and
extending up around the hand.
1t is not a gathered rullie, but a circu-
lar frill, made from q square of about
seven inches by rounding off the corners
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
PEN; PENCIL AND e9us7.

Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox does not hest
tate to acknowledge that she has consulted
scores of people gifted with occult pow
erS"
Agnes Repplier, as representative liter
airy woman, divides her time betw cen her
essays and a large and interesting family
of cats, which she adores.
Howells is preparing "reminiscences of
writers whom he has intimately known
and in this way will make a kind of his
tory of American literature for the last so
years.
DR.. Conan Doyle says that for 10 years
he wrote constantly and received scarcely
any recognition at all, but when he began
with Sherlock Holmes" he was at once
brought into notoriety.
Sarah Grand, author of The Heavenly
Twins" is singularly absentminded. She
one day lost her pen, and avisitor who hap
pened in found her looking after it among
the letter ''p's" in French dictionary.
Louise Chandler Moulton said to a late
interviewer: How many books have l writ
ten altogether? / hardly know. The work
nearest to my heart, however, is my verse.
1t is the inevitable part-that which ex-
presses the real me"
Reinhart the celebrated artist, dresses
with great care, has curly hair which is new
er combed, small mustacbe and marked
" Grecian profile. He Is a medalist of the
Paris salon and is occasionally seen on the
streets of New York, in which city he has
his rfp6i1
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07

"WhCnCvGr | hear of a break in the
leveo down in my district, | know that
nine chances to one CraWtiSh have
caused it, The assertion may sound
slightly exaggerated, hut it is a fact
nevertheless that the troublesome little
crawtish work more danger to the le-
wees than does the water. On big rise,
when the bed of the river is stretched
from embankmcnt to embarrassment, the
crawfish bulrow into the lcvccs and
live there in the moist earth. They
multiply faster than maggots and loosen
up the earth worse than mOles.
The levce may be completely sOddcd
with grass and you see no external cvi-
dence Of the damage going on within,
but when the next big rise comes You
will SEQ it. | havo frequently known
the water to break through the lCvee two
or three feet from the top, and You can at
tribute it to nothing but the destructive
work of crawfish. This was particular
" true of the break at Oifut's i'll 1850,
when portion of the town of Green
Vile WIS submerged. The builder of
the lcvee in the future will have to take
into account the cIawfish as ono of his
most stubborn foes. st. Louis Globe
democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
Cracking of Trees.

The catalpa never shows tho sore
and yellow leaf in autumn like the
sumac, hard maple, etc, for the rea-
son that its leaves are caught in Il
green, unripenod state by the first severe
frosts. In ono night their bright green
is turned to dingy black. This sud-
den check gorgcs the calnblun layer
and new wood of the stem with w2trr
An excess Of water swclls the prutO-
plaSm Of the cells to such an extent as
to rupture the inclastic bark, and IL
trees whore the cell structure OF the
wood is not ripe the crack will extend
into the wood often with a noise like
an explosion. This often occurs in the
fall when it is not cold enough to stop
blowing. Sometimes we have much
loss in nursery in this way with varie-
ties not fully ripe when the first trosts
come. Sometimes indeed it Injuries
very hardy varieties. In such cases tho
swelling of the protOplasm comes from
the water absorbed at the ground sur
face when combined wet and cold come
together in autumn. Tho cracking of
cherries and pears comes from the same
causc-that is, by absorbing water on
wet days. causing an expansion of the
protoplasm. With trees the best treat
mcnt is to cover the rupture with moist
clay and then wrap to exclude the air
as much as posi- bic. Iowa State Reg
lister
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07

james Parton would not do hasty
wo-k. He was methodical, patient, reg
ulaT and persistent and in time he had
become so able to control his mind that
it responded to his will like the body tc
his mind. He did not tax himself tc
work out great feats within short time,
or if he was hard pressed he gave him
self rest as soon as the strain was over
He did not burn midnight oil, neither
did he resort to wine or tobacco as slim
ulants to his brain. He was one of the
most temperate men have ever known
He kept his faculties every day as neal
as he could at their best, and life flowed
on from day to day with an evenness and
quietness that made his home life not
only pleasant for others, but beautiful in
itself
His habits were to breakfast about
half past Z, then to work in his garden
i'll the summer for an hour, and then to
shut himself in his worllroom, where he
could be sure to be undisturbed until
half past IL. Then he dined, and after
that, in his later years, took a nap. Then
he was ready for callers or visits tC
friends, or for the reading which might
be required for the work of the next day
After tea he was usually the companion
of his family, hearing his wife or niece
read aloud some book or magazine, and
this was his daily round, unless broken
in upon, month after month, year in and
year out. He did not often go to Boston
or New York or seek large number Of
literary acquaintances, and yet he was
never unsocial. He was the light and
life of two clubs in Newburyport, and he
was extremely fond of good square
talk, in which he was fired up to his ut
most.-Rev. j. H. Ward in New Eng.
land Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
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the weak and debilitated, gives
strength to weakened nerves, eXpels
diseases, giving the patient health and
happiness where sickness, gloomy
feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
CROWN AND ScEpTeR.

The queen of Afkhanisran has decided to
adopt European drTss.
The Princess of Wales has found it neces-
sary to deny the sensational statement That
she has decided to withdraw from society
The empress of Austria has just entered
upon her fifty-Seventh year. She Is in per
feet health and says that Madeira, where
she spent her last birthday, is an earthly
paradise.
The German emperor has now turned his
attention to sculpture, with results, 1t Is
said. quite as untoYard as were the conse
quences Of his interference with science and
literature.
The Empress Frederick, mother Of the
present emperor of Germany, has for many
years enjoyed the distinction Of being the
most unpopular person in Berlin. She dis
likes Germans, and the Germans dislike
her
The Emperor Francis l Of Austria was
once present while two Of his sons wert
quarreling violently. At last one Of them
said, You are the greatest ass in Vienna.
Hush" said the emperor, you forget that
/ am here"
When progressing" through the streets
to perform some ceremony, the Prince Of
Wales takes off his hat IL times on an aver
age a minute-that is, the almost incredi
bic number of TO times an hour. The
prince requires a new brim to his hat every
fortnight.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
4 Valuable PaperM eiSht.

A student at jefferson college owns a
highly priced paperweight inherited
from his father, who was student at
Heidelberg university, which is said to
have no counterpart except ono owned
by W. W. Astor, who was also stu
dent there.
1t is limestone stalactite about Il
foot high, obtained from a cave near the
upper Rhine, mounted on pedestal of
onyx and encircled with narrow silver
band, whose whorls, like that of a slen-
der shaving, extend the whole distance
at irregular intervals from base to sum-
NIT.
These intervals mark the different
stages of the stalactite's growth, scien-
tifically calculated, and on the band,
which was affixed by Il learned Heidel-
berg professor, are engraved the various
periods of time. First como the geo
logical eras, when the whorls are widely
separated. Then narrowing into the
historic periods come the Babylonic and
Egyptian, the Roman and renaissance
or modern cpochs. The first periods are
marked by widths of varying inches.
the latter by varying halves, quarters
and cighths of an inch. PHILADELPHIA
Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
A BIT OF RAINMAklNG,
An Effort In the uebrides Islands Tha
WINS Krimf.Il of success.


Lieutenant Boyle T. Somerville of
the English navy, who lived many
years in the Hebrides islands, tells the
following interesting tale regarding the
work Of Il professional native rain
maker. Toward the end of the Year,
just after yam planting, there came an
unusual period of drought SO that an in
land tribe in the island of Ambrym
went to its rainmaker and demanded his
immediate attention thereto.
He at once set to work to weave a
sort of hurdle of the branches and
leaves of tree famed for its rain pro-
ducing qualities, which, being finished,
was placed, with proper lamentations,
at the bottom Of what should have been
a water hole in the now parched bed Of
the mountain torrent. There it was
then held in place with stones. Down
came the rain; nor did it cease for 4S
hours, by which time 1t had become too
much of good thing. Soon the rain
producing hurdle was quito 10 feet I'M
der water in tho sCething torrent, and
the people, much to their dispay, saw
that their yams and the surrounding
earth We're beginning to wash away
down tho hillsides.
The lieutenant continues: Nov
mark what comes of fooling with the
elements! No man of the hill country
was able to dive to the bottom of the
water hole to pull up the hurdle with
its weight of stones, so the mGrciless
rain still held on. AT last the shore ma
tives, accustomed to swimming and div
ing, heard what the matter was, and
some of them coming to the assistance
the compeller of the elements was re-
covered from its watery bed and-tho
rain stopped!'
1t is such il coincidence as this, hap
pening perhaps once i'll Il decade, which
causes this people, now thoroughly
Christianized, to refuse to give up their
rain doctors, although all other out
ward forms of rank superstition appear
to have been freely abandoned. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
Figuratiyely Speaking.

Once while touring England Mr.. Irv-
ing's company stopped at a small city
in the interior. The play for that night
was 1.-The Merchant of Venice"
Shortly before the performance the
head super took aside his five assistants,
who were new at the business, and start
ed in to give them their instructions.
Among the five was an American, who
paid his instructor the closest attention.
"Now," said the head super, endeavor-
ing to impress his words upon his pupils,
"when Shylock comes on in the last
scene you must throw him look of ate. ;"
There was silence for moment. Then
the American spoke up, "How can we
do that, sir, when we're only five?"-Bos
ton Budget
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07

and cutting Il round hole in the middle
for the hand to pass through. 1t is made
double and is stitched to the sleeve with.
out fullncss. When tho dress is trimmed
with another fabric and one of differ.
ent color, the added fabric forms the in.
side next tho hand, as frill of black
sacking faced inside with cerise velvet
or satin like that used for the collar and
belt.
When finished, the ruf11e is only two
inches wide. The outer edges are first
sewcd together, then turned and stitched
on the outside. The frill is attached tc
the sleeve by two rows of stitching, and
the sleeve is faced with band of silk.
That the hand may pass through the friIl
easily it is we'll to leave the outer seam
of the sleeve open a space of two inches
and close it by two hooks and loops. The
rutfie is also left open a slight distance
beyond the sleeve, but the edges should
meet Closely to preserve the circular ap-
pCarance.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
NYhistIin~ ON Shinboard.

If you want to see Disguised man,
just whistle on shipboard before a sail
or. You never knew a sailor to whis-
tie. He will tell you all about "whis-
Ting down the wind, but he could not
get up Il pucllcr to save his ship. You
remember that old story about a sea
captain who refused to take aboard a
woman who whistled, and knowing the
old superstition feared that with her
on board he would be sure of ship
wreck. do not know how it is with
the captains of vessels now, for almost
every woman seems to know how to
whistle and keeps up the fashion.-De-
troit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07

Cor blood poisoning. mercu.
rial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and
in all blood and skin diseases, like
blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers.
letter, scald head, boils, erysipelass
eczema we may say, without fear OF
contradiction, that P. P. p. is the best
blood purifier in the world, and makes
positive, speedy and permanent cures
In all cases.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-07
Gam bling.

A considerable proportion of failure
in business and 80 per cent of the de-
talcations and theft and ruin Of youth
among people who are employed in
places OF trust are due directly to gam
bling. l have seen in my vast employ
ment SO much misery from the head of
the family negIecting its support, and
squandering his earnings in the lottery
or the policy shop, and promising young
men led astray in small way, and final
ly becoming fugitives Oh landing in
the criminal dock, that have come to
believe that the community which Ii
censes and tolerates public gambling
cannot have prosperity in business, re-
ligion in its churches or morality among
its people. -Chauncey Depew.