The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-13

wpl Ibe on Sale by THE o. r. & N. Co. from
Oct % to Oct. 30 ait The rate of $1.5O for
the round trip. Good returning until Oc-
tober SOth, inclusive. Reduced rates have
also been made by the o. r. & N. Co.
from all Columbia river points to Port
land at rate of one fare for the round
trip for this occasion.
Mr.. Richard Kerns has been appointed
by Postmaster Wise Ito THE position of
substitute CARRIER in place of Mr. Emil
Wesche, just promoted TO THE regular
force. This exihauSts the eligible list un-
der the civn serfce rules and 1t is ex-
pected that there wflC be a new crop
of eliSIbles ait the examination Ito be held
next December.
Mr.. Hernan Wise, who has just re-
turned from the X. p. grand lodge session
at Salem, brought back with him DR..
e. P. Geary, the newly elected grand
chancellor, of Medford, who made short
visit Ito his sister, Miss Ellen Geary
of the Library Association. Mr.. Wise was
made deputy grand chancellor K. p, for
the fifth district.
Services today in the Presbyterian
churtch as follows: Prellchng lat II a. m.
| ny IOCNs OyNNdHueS OdyTS, vi Vllt 1OTI-
hand Presbytery Sunday school and
Bible GLASS at 1915. The evening service
at 7:SO will be conducted by The members
of The Young Peoples Society of Christ
ian EndeaWor Strangers, sojourners and
citizens cordially invited.
Postofflce Inspector Robinson, well
known in this city, has just experienced
a sad afflictFon. A few days ago he
received a letter from llis son, who was
on "a hunting excursion, stating that he
was having a splendid time and meeting
with good success A day or two later
as Mr.. Robinson sat down to anEtwer
the Cebter a telegram was placed on his
desk which announced the Death of the
young man by accidental shooting. The
father was almost prostrhted with grief.
One OF the warehouse buildings is the
hcme of cIt thalt is an expert of no
mean character in the lime of mouse
Juggling. Any common cat can toy with
single mouse and peunllt 1t to feel mom-
entarEy that it has a chance of. escape
but this particular cat does THAT with
two mice at time. The mice wher
captured are taken into one of the upper
rooms of the buiIding, where +he cat
permits the n to run alt will, and success
fully recaptures them both The way
the cat keeps this feat up seems to in
dictate that SHE appreciates the amuse-
ment furnished those who watch her.
1t may be said in answer ITO the nuner-
GUS atterp,s to throw od1um on one OF
The con5eslsarts lin tlhe forl,ih-oming wrest-
ling contest, that nobody who knows
Spencer Will accuse him of any attelnpt
'ipr9vydfie11'' aiftpt~ f1lNuf1o all
accepted am aIuheretlc challenge of any
kind The hrutGh of the matter IS that
all THE forfeit money on both sides has
been up for SOME days, tlllt Mr.. Spencer,
Though suffering from Ia severe sprain |
plt up his stakes without any albtdmpt
to hedge, and that it would be better |
for all concerned if the people who know
it all were to acNow the principal par
ties concerned to do the talking.
AIT a little entertainment recently given |
at his residence by a prominent lawyer |
in a city not "a ltAousnnd miles from AS |
torfa, to several of the judges, an alnus-
ing incident occurred After the Sunday |
Dime, the gentlemen, white smoking on
the verlnll discussed ait times The LAW |
and the practice of 1t and various other |
matters. The host's little girl, much tc |
the surprise of her father, was appar-
emily an interested listener. The next |
day he learned why. She then said |
Papa there's two things I can't under
stand" What are they, dear" The fond
parent asked. WELL" she replied. they |
ere, where babies come from and where
Judges get their opinions"
The Rescue Club met after it's summer
vacation in its old quanters with a large
audience present. President Estes occu-
pied the chair and Miss Busey presided |
at the piano The meeting opened With
prayer by the chaplain, Rev. 4. j. Trum-
bull. The program, not Qensthy, but of
the best character, consisted of a piano
solo by Miss Lulu Estes, an impersona-
tion of "The Days of the Week" by Misses
Doeneka, Grain, Estes, Kronquisit and
Ny1und, song by Miss Hazel Estes, de-
c,amation by Master Ernest Oberg, and
recitation by Mrs. Bussing. DR.. o.
B. Estes closed with an earnest and ap-
pr propriate addreas. outlining the winters
work, and bespeaklng the sympathy ana
corporation of every friend of temper
ance and right living in bhe city. There
were five signeIs to the pledge. The
committee on program for next week
is Mrs. Emlh0ff, Miss Penr Elites, Mr..
f. Lelnenwe0er.
A prominent merchant tells the follow
ing STORY ON 0llmSe[f. He says: 81 was
in Oh1cago a shot time ago and knowing
that 1 would receive through the post
office money order wJtIin THE next day
or two, 1 went around to the postoffice
to fdennafy myself to kHem in advance.
L ain expecting a money order TO the
amount of - l slii to the clerk in
MAJ sfGx5f-r md L.
showed him s5me ity.ers addressed to me
from OJher parts Now 1 continued,
IF 1 am not the man I cra.im ito be l must
have killed him and am now imperSonat-
ing dam. The clerk laughed, but / could
see, / thought. visions of more Homes
murders floating through his mind Wei.
the order came on time and when :
called to get the money the came clerk .
was at THE desk. He took one took at
me, sized me up and without more ado
out tine money and handed it to
me, saying; "Oh. yes; you're the fellow
VINO murdered the man.
The ordinary everyday Oedbug SAs an
ability to get there THAI none who ever
it will deny. but out in far-off
Sumatra they have a variety OF these
singular pests thAt can give the domestic
vuriety an kinds of odds and yet win
easily. A SPECIMEN proved this a few
lays ago by walking apparently unin-
iured and undistwoed out OF u small
package Of tobacco received by Bond
street firm. How the bedbug got mixed
lp with the tobacco is a mystery, bur
I was there and had been there since
re package was mailed. beyond all doubt.
Nhat Slle bug lived on. unless it was
confirmed tobacco cdewer, IS another
Mystery, but it had kraveted throush the
Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea,
lcross the Atlantic, and across the con-
inert, ard TO all Rppearances had not
wen suffered TIE pangs Of mai de mer.
rhe bug is several tines larger than the
United States brand. ald Is re-
'arded as quite q curiosity.