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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14
A NATIONAL APPEAL.

The American Protective League has
distributed the following throughout
the country;
The American Protective Tariff
League in special and extraordinary
session on December 10th. responding to
the earnest OF wage earners, unanimous
ly agreed that 1t was necessary to call
upon the press of the United States to
assist in defeating the proposed Wilson
Free Trade Bill, which is now before
congress. If this measure becomes a
law, the demand for labor in all product
i've employments in this country will
be decreased This will reduce the
wages and earnings Of every man, wom-
an or child among us: permanently
lower the standard of living in this
country; and, reduce the purchasing
power Of our wage earners who con.
stitute the great consuming force In
this land.
Every person, rich or poor, high or
low, old or young, who is not In favor
of lower wages and less comfort in life,
should at once write q postal card to
the congressman from his or her dis
trlct, protesting against the passage Of
this bill and demanding that the Nc
Kinley tariff be left unchanged. Write
a postal card today, and urge every
friend Of yours to do the same. Perhaps
your effort will defeat free trade and
save protection.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14
FASHIONS FANCIEs.

Steel trimming is taking the place OF
jet in millinery.
Eccentricity is the rule rather than
the exception in the newest hats.
Jeweed aigrettes in evening shades
are one Of the expensive novelties.
The coming popularity for black and
" hite combinations in the spring grows
more and more apparent.
Colored felt hats are much to the fore
They may be had in almost any shade
to match dresses.
Bonnets are small and very fancifdI.
and strings may be used OF omitted as
deemed most becoming.
Dotted and plain peau de sole and
moire are announced for wedding gowns
as we'll as rich. creamy satin.
Bands Of sealslSin with arabesque pat
terms done in Persian lamb are among
the extravagant fancles Of the season.
Louis is a peculiar shade between rcd
and pink. Brick red is called carnation
and is liked by both milliner AMI mod
iste.
Fur Is seen on very many Of the vim
ter hats. and, strange as 1t may seem.
It is used in conjunction with flowers
and lace.
Elbow-length suede gloves in white
with white or colored stitching AMI in
colors to match the gowns with which
they are to be worn are popular
A favorlte fad of the great PARTS
dress-makers just now is TO make a
corsase OF velvet in color to accompany
the black kirt. Amethyst and 10 rose
yelvets are used for this purpose.
Corduroy is again a favorite for .i1-
ing habits-and recommends itse.e as a
rich looking and durable material. SIX
beaver and derby hats are worn with Oh
without small back net wells.
Trlmness and simplicity are the most
conspicuous elements of the current
modes. Small sleeves are reported as
being made in Parts. but 1t will be some
time before the fancy sleeves are oul
Of fashion, as they are not generally
becoming to all figures.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14
A SLEEPY TOWN.

God bless the man who first invented
sleep" so Don Sancho paAza said, and
so says Albany, They had quite fire
down there the other night but seemed
unaware of its existence. officer Nc
Lagan, as usual at his post Of duty, no
ticed the light and suggested to Car
ITndes at the telephone exchange, that q
fire was raging In Albany, who in turr
notified them that the town was burn
Ing. Had an Oregon Pacific train beer
handy the Corvallis fire department
would have taken their apparatus dowr
and put 1t out and thus avoided awaken
Ing the tired people Of that sleepy town
Corvallis Gazette.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14
BANK OF ENGLAND LOSSES.

A contemporary remarks; I'm connec-
ton with the Bank of England irreg-
ularities the highest loss mentioned,
100000, is not great for SO large bank
to bear The worstathe defaulting off,
cial is said to have done, is to loan up
on securities which he was not author
lied to accept. The directors must have
kept a sharp lookout to be able to pre-
vent the irregularity, once begun, going
further; and the fact Of discovery being
early made. and prompt remedy ap-
piled, speaks well for the management.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14

mained for a time at the Gilmore can
merry, having become fearful that their
houses were unsafe In that vicinity.
however, no damage has been reported.
The door Of Mr. C. p. Upshurs office
was bursb by terrific gust between 10
and II, and an officer remained in
charge until Horace Thing was brought
down from his residence.
Everything considered, the storm was
more severe than that which occurred
three years ago.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14
STRICT LAWS.

The sporting fraternity. through the
press association, is kicking up great
deal Of Florida dust over the question
Of the probability Of the law interfering
to prevent the corbett-Mitehell prize
fight. 1t is all a game OF guff to adver-
tise the affair AS matter Of fact, the
laws OF most Of the Southern states
do not prohibit anything except the
stealing Of more watermelons than one
can carr. Tacoma Union.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-14
sII,ynR pRoHIBITEp.

The Venezuela government has pro
mulgated a decree prohibiting the i'm
portation of silver coin even though
it bears the stamp of the Venezuela
mint. All foreign silver has been CON
traband since 1886, but unta Raw Venez-
uela eqin has always had free entry
The prohibition has been put in force
MS a result Of the decrease in the price
Of silver producing counterfeiting on
large scale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
He Lost His Case.

Judge Emerson, one of the most elo-
quent men Illinois ever produced, was
once taken down completely in a speech
at Decatur" said E. F. Layman, an at
torney of Chicago. He had a case in
which there were some peculiarly pa
thetic circumstances, the rights of a
young girl whose property had been
squandered and who was reduced to des-
titution being involved. Judge Emerson
made the most of it, and as he closed his
speech a solemn hush had fallen over the
courtroom.
Tears stood in the eyes of the jurors,
and even the judge coughed sympathet-
ically and hid his head behind the trial
docket. His opponent, whose name l
have now forgotten, saw that the spell
had to be broken in some way, or his case
was lost Arising slowly to his feet, and
in voice of deep solemnity, and with
slow deliberation, he said, Gentlemen
of the jury, let us continue these solemn
exercises by singing the one hundred and
fifteenth psalm a roar of laughter
followed from the audience, and Judge
Emerson lost his case"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Curios About Respiration.

In each respiration an adult of the
human species inhales one pint of air.
A healthy man will respire is to 20
times per minute, or, say, 20, 600 times
a day; a child, % to So times per min
ute. While standing, the adult average
respiration is % times per minute; ly-
ing down, 13 times. The superficial
area of the lungs-that is, of their
alveolar pace-averages 200 square
yards. The amount of air respired each
day is about 10, 600 quarts.
The amount Of oxygen absorbed in
the same length of time is 500 liters, or
about IA grams. The amount Of car
bonic acid expired in "a hours is esti-
mated at 511.5 grams. Two-thirds of
the oxygen absorbed In "a hours is TAX
en- in during the - hours from p.
m. to a. IN. three-ffths of the total
being thrown off during the day. While
this is going on the pulmonary surface
is throwing off 100 grams of water in
the shape Of vapor. The heart sends
500 quarts of blood through the lungs
every hour, or about 5, 600 quarts daily.
The duration of inspiration is FIVE
twelfths, of expiration seven-twelfths,
Of the whole respiratory act.-St. Louis
Republic,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Passengers Have Rights,

Mr.. Thomas G. Weeks, an attorney,
obtained a judgment for So and costs
against the Traction company for fall
ing to carry him to his destination.
The case was tried before Justice of the
Peace Thursby. Mr.. Weeks boarded a
Druid Hill avenue cable car about p.
m. Dec. 0 to go to his home, on East
Baltimore street. When the car reached
South and Lombard streets, the passen-
gers were told to get out, and the car
was sent west. The passengers in the
next car were similarly treated. Mr..
Weeks demanded the return of his fare,
which was refused, and he went home
by another route. The company has
appealed the case.-Baltimore Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Died While the Doctors OuarreIed.

Here is the latest episode of Partisan
life. The cold weather of late has been
rather severe on the simian population
of the gay capital, and it was keenly
felt by Maurice, the orang-Outang of
the Jardian d'AcclimatatiOn. When
Maurice fell i'll, it was decided by the
managers of the Jardin that inasmuch
as Maurice possessed far more resem-
blance to man than to an animal, a
regular doctor should be summoned,
and accordingly the services of physi-
clan were invoked. On his arrival how
ever, the doctor declared that, as the
patient occupied an intermediary place
between the quadrumanes and the hu-
names, its treatment should devolve
upon veterinary surgeon, who, how
ever, hesitated to assume the re-
sponsibility on the ground that Mau-
rice was more human than beast
While the discussion was in progress
between the two medicOs the monkey
died.-BOston Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
EARNINGS OF BEGGARS.
The Professionals In London and Pi

The Professionals In London and Paris
Pick Up a Good Living.
The professional beggar is not mod
ern innovation by any means. Readers
may recall Scarecrow, the famous Lon
don beggar, who, having disabled him
self in his right leg, asked aims all day
in order to get warm supper at night.
According to John limbs, the Ruff1ers,
of wfbm we often find mention in the
literature of the seventeenth century,
were troops Of idle vagrants who infest-
ed Lincoln's inn fields.
They assumed the characters of
MANNED soldiers who had suffered in the
great rebellion and found a ready prey
IN the people of fashion and quality who
drove by. Indeed it is made clear by
contemporary allusion in comedies that
this square was the regular haunt of bO-
gus cripples who lived by mendicancy,
which they carried on in the most bare
faced and even intimidating manner. It
is related that George ", when prince Of
Wales, once attended beggars' carnival
in London incognito. He had not been
there long when the chairman, address
ing the company and pointing to the
prince, said:
81 call upon that ere gemman with a
shirt for a song" The prince, aswell as
he could, got excused, upon a friend, who
accompanied him, promising to sing in
stead, which the latter did amid great
applause. The health of the prince and
his friend having been drunk and duly
responded to, they departed in order to
afford the company an opportunity to
fix their different routes for the ensuing
ly's business, for at that time the pro-
fessional beggars Of London used to have
a general meeting several times during
the year, at which they were divided
into companies, each company having
its particular walk.
In those days their earnings varied,
some getting as much as shillings a
day. Most of the professional beggars
in London today-and their name is le-
gion-emanate from two or three cC>l-
mon lodging houses. The most populOus
Of these, which is known as The Dis
pensary, supports an individual known
DIS u SCIlNcIy MuO CdILI al I1NIHS DJ
manufacturing the pathetic signbOards
which the sham cripples and the bogus
blind men carry round their necks. In
Paris, as is well known, the professional
beggars hold regular weekly meetings,
at which the routes to be followed by
the members of the guild are mapped
out by standing committee.
Thet have an organ of their own,
called The Journal des Mendicants,
which appears twice week. From a
recent issue the following advertisement
is taken: "Wanted-To engage a cripple
for a seaside resort. Good references and
a small deposit required"
This queer announcement is explained
by the fact that the proprietors of hotels
and boarding houses of fashionable
French watering places assume that Wis
itors would be disposed to give aims if
an opportunity were afforded them, and
as they cannot very well do the begging
themselves they engage professional beg
gars to whom they grant permission to
solicit aims on their premises, and the
beggars in return pay them one-half of
their daily receipts.-NOrth American
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Figuring 1t Out.

A schoolmaster had been severely cor
recting one of his boys and finished by
saying: Now sit down and write let
ter to your parents telling them how
much you are taught here and how lit
tie you profit therefrom. l should be
ashamed TO tell them" The boy cried
good deal and then wrote:
DEAR FATHER-I am very stupid, though
there is more TO be learnt here than anywhere
Twice two's fOur-fOur boys go TO one bed-six
beds make one attic, and four attics make one
well ventilated and appointed sleeping dormi-
tory. One round Of bread and butter makes
one breakfast, and every tea makes its own
supper.
This time" said the master, 1--WE will
-er-overlook your conduct, and you
needn't send that note" Gle had been
overlooking. GLondon Tit-Bits.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
BATTLES of the Future.

Writers on military science unite In
claiming that future battles will begin
with a series Of hot skirmishes along
the front. These skirmishes will grad
ually increase in heat and the number
of com batants, re-enforcements being
sent according to circumstances, until
the entire front is involved. Artillery
will be used as far as possible, but aft
er the battle is fully under way little
use can be made of cavalry save in out
fanking. The day of charges in wars is
over, on account of the increase of range
and effect in cannon and rifles. Little
can be predicted of future battles be-
yond opening, inasmuch as the rest must
now be learned by experiment.
York Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
500 Reward, 500,

The reader of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, snd that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stltution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of tes-
timOnials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
ia Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
The Color Line Is Costly.

Mrs. Mary Place, proprietress Of the
Colonnade hotel in Worcester, was fined
800 in the central district court be-
cause she refused to entertain the Fisk
Jubilee singers, troop of colored peo-
pie, few weeks ago. Quarters had
been engaged for them in advance by
the Young Mems Christian association,
under whose auspices they appeared,
but when the company arrived its mem
bers were refused admission to the din
ing room. Colonel lockwood Hoar de-
tended the hotel keeper, while ex-Sena-
tor Thayer's partner acted for the pros
ecution. Boston Transcript.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
22EsE|ElzR}EzsSIll,1zsEz So

It's sad state of things when the de-
livery of eulogies on dead congressman
has to be stopped and the House adjourned
because one of the eulogists was too
drunk to be permitted to take the floor
Boston Herald.
Our state Senate is helping the House,
and the House is doing nothing but
wasting money.-Narragansett Herald.
We used to hear much about "a fair
vote and an honest count" In Rhode
Island, we have plenty of voting; but,
alas, where is the "honest count yves
terly Tribune.
Publishers of newspapers all over the
country should be on the alert, and notify
their Cougressmen and Senators to have
the bill No. 4732 thrown out, which was
introduced by Mr.. Hayes, of Iowa. 1t is
an infringement on the rights of new s.
papers, allowing the postmaster-general
to dictate to them whether they receiv z
advertisements of medical nature or not =,
or. II they do insert them after the post
master-general has ordered them ceased.
their papers will be debarred from the
mails, thus making a loss to publishers
of thousands of dollars.-Exchange
Paul Jones" appear to be prospering
a great deal better than majority of the
unemployed. Only one week ago he left
Boston penniless. Last evening he trav-
eled from Pawtucket to Boston on a
chartered train in order TO fill two en-
gagements on the same evening. Busi-
men who do not believe in advertising
should study last weeks career of Paul
Jones'" Newspaper advertising made
it's success possible, and that only
Woonsocket Call.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Frank Confession.

Robert Chambers, the large hearted
and honest publisher, one night appeared
at his club after a short absence, and
there delighted at least one member-J.
G. Jeafreson-by a deliciously frank ex-
preston of opinion. Jeaffreson began
the conversation by asking:
What have you been doing since l
saw you last!"
Il have joost been spending the time
in Scotland with my ain people, and for
my diversion l have been reading yet
again Scott's novels. l went deliberate
ly through the whole lot O them. What
doyou think O mon o my years spend
ing the greater part of the long holidays
in sic a way!'
"It was in that way that 1 first made
acquaintance with the Waverly novels" :"
was the enthusiastic reply, sin broiling
hot summer and autumn. How you
must have enjoyed yourselfr"
"Weel, weel, Gamma say" returned
the Scottish publisher and man of let
ters. Then he looked warily up and
down the room to make sure of not being
hard by any brother Scotsman and con-
tinued:
81 Gamma say enjoyed the buiks so
much as l did in my younger time. l
would not say it aloud in Adinbro, but
weel you believe me when l say that Sir
Walter isn't what he used to be to me?
To tale you the truth" he added, lower
ing his voice almost to whisper-''to
tale you the truth, l found him rather
prosy! Aye, but dinna be laughing, or
the lads there will be asking what l said
to you. 1t is the truth that l tale you.
moost conface | fund him at times a
leetle prosyw-Youth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
A Little Learning.

We have been often told that "a little
learning is a dangerous thing" and we
may be just as we'll assured that a little
bread is not the safest of all things. 1t
would be far better to have plenty Of
both, but the sophism of those who use
this argument is that they represent the
choice between little and much, whereas
our election must be made between little
and none at all. If the choice is to be
made between a small portion of lnfor-
nation or of food and absolute igno-
rance or starvation, common sense gives
its decision in the homely proverb, Half
loaf is better than no bread. New
York Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Specimen Cases.

s. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tisrn, his Stomach was dlsordered, his
Liver was affected to alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepard, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
a running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, and his leg is eound and we'll.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five
large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
he was incurahle. One bottle Electric
1itters and one box Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold at b. A.
Smiths drug store.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
An Archbishop on Suicides.

The archbishop of Canterbury, at a
church convocat1on the other day, en-
tered strong protest against the grow
ing tendency to what is called cod
ding suicides.
He protested against the conventional
verdict of temporary insanity in order
to grant Christian burial. In spite Of
the repugnance to speak i'll OF the dead.
suicide is becoming too prevalent, and
a healthier public sentiment against it
should be encouraged. He urged that
newspaper headings, instead of being
Romantic, " pathetic. Interest
ing" should tDte Revolving Self Muir
der. "-London Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
THE NICKEL STEEL GUN.

Interest at the Government Ordnance shops
Over the New Method of Assembling.
The force at the Washington ordnance
shops has nearly completed the assem-
bling of the first nickel steel gun for the
navy, and the result is awaited with in
terest. The ordnance officers have been
engaged some time In the construction
OF furnace for heating the tube of
this gun, which is of 5 inch caliber.
The furnace will apply the heat to the
gun In horizontal instead Of in per-
pendicular position. The Jacket, the
piece of metal which fits over the base
Of the tube and gives it greater strength,
will be forced over the tube while the
latter is kept beyond the expanding in
huences of the heat by the constant ap-
plication of stream of water.
The delay in assembling the gun, the
forgings of which have been ready for
some time. has been caused by the diff
fculty in securing pyrOmeter, deli
cate instrument for registering the fear
full heat Of the furnace. This instru-
ment has been received, and everything
10 AC%uy IOI tLe dccc4ll D1iHS VI tAC gun.
There is naturally much interest among
ordnance experts over the result OF the
new system of putting great guns to-
gether, for, if the proposed method is a
success. it will take the place Of the old
way, which required a good deal of
shifting of heavy weights and the Use
of shrinking pit.
There is also much interest in the
trial of the nickel steel gun. 1t is ex-
pected that it will prove stronger and of
longer life than the simple steel gun
Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
Cotton In TOorkistau.

The Russians, since their occupation
of the district embraced by the valleys
Of the Syr Daira and the Zarafshan,
have given a very great development
to the cultivation Of cotton, and with
the view of increasing the yield and al
SO the quality have introduced several
American varieties of the plant, notably
the upland. At first the natives were
so prejudiced against the new plants
that the experiments failed, but the
Russians persevered. and whereas nine
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-23
The Oldest Dressmaker,sB Bill.

Most likely the oldest dressmaker's bill
in the world has been discovered on a
Chaldean tablet, dating 2S9O B. c. 1t
has an entry of ''92 pure vestments for
the priests" Among the items are 10
white robes of the temple, eight robes of
the house of his lady, 10 collars Of the
house of his lady, 10 pair of gold col
lars, two white robes and four scented
robes" Also 1.-TWO winders," probably
scarfs for binding about the waist
Philadelphia Ledger.