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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17

Transport of July 16 says: Experiments
have lust been made with a new auto
matte marine fog signal, designed by F.
H. Berry. The object Of the apparatus Is
to give automatically, at the regular In
terval required by law, in case OF fog,
the whistle Of bell signals. On the bridge
of the vessel is mounted a switch, by
turning which the officer in charge can
divert an electric current to either whis-
tie or the ships bell the latter, OF
course, being sounded II the ship is at
anchor, and the former If she is under
weigh. The proper Interval between the
sounds is obtained by clockwork COM
pleting the circuit at the necessary inter-
walls, and in this way electrical energy Is
obtained for either striking the bell or
opening the valve of the whistle. At the
same time that the whistle is blown or
the bell sounded pen is brought In con-
tact with a continuous band of paper,
which is marked with divisions. AS the
paper Is wound off at a uniform speed
by the cloclHwork an automatic record
is obtained, showing when the fog sig-
rails by bell or whistle are sounded
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17

A Frenchman named Barathon has i'm
vented a propeller life buoy which con-
sists of an upright mast, from the center
of which projects "a horizontal seat con-
ssting of life buoy, and behind the seat
is screw propeller, to be worked by the
operator by means Of crank gear fixed
for both hands and feet on the mast in
front of him. The upper part of the mast
viii also carry a sail, flag and lantern.
Ths operator will of course be in the
water nearly up to his waist but should
be able to make some progress. A box
in front of the seat is to contain pro-
visions and a compass
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17

F. L. Rice, chairman of the commit
tee of the South Bend chamber of COM
merce appointed to investigate and report
on the need of better light at the en-
trance to Wllapa harbor, reported that
he had visited the North Cove light;
found that it was of the fourth order;
that 1T could not be seen 1t the outer
buoy beyond the bar, nor at Leadbetter
point on an ordinary clear night II was
therefore of little value. That is was i'm
portant that there should be suitable
light there was evident; that during tha
past year 1896 vessels had been sighted
from the lookout during the daytime and
probably as many passed at night. A first
order lighthouse was necessary, or else
a lightship.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17
BucKLEN's ARNIcA sALvE.

The best salve in the world foi Cuts.
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands.
Chilblains. Cons. and All Skin Erup-
tlons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. = Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded,
price. 25 cents per Eox. For sale by
Chas. Rogers. odd Fellows building
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17

An interesting steamer Is just about TO
be started on some lakes a few miles dis
tant from Copenhagen, the peculiar feat
qlre being that the steamer has to make
a short Journey overland, the two lakes
being DIVIDED by strip OF land. Across
this a railway has BEEN constructed,
crossing a high road, which necessltates
a gradlant on both sides of 1:5O, the
metals. being ordinary rails. At she two
ends the rails have been carried into and
under the water on wooden structure.
By means of piles the steamer is guided
onto the rails which correspond In posi-
ton with two wheels fixed on each side
of the steamer The steamer goes then
onto the rails at full "speed' and travels
up the rails on the one side and down
the incline on the other into the water,
where the propeller again takes over its
function. The engine is comparatively
| powerful and in addition Ito the usual pro-
| peller shaft there is another shaft, which
| by means of chain, works the small
which the steamer crosses the rails The
boat also has powerful brake to moder-
| ate its speed down the incline. The
steamer is A feet long, capable Of hold
ing 70 passengers, and the engine indi-
Gates S-horse power. All the trials
have passed off perfectly and satisfactor-
| lily.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17


The Commercial News, in the course OF
a long article on Pacific coast fisheries,
states: "Advices received from the north
state that among the cargo of the steam
er AIiowera which sailed from Vancouver
for the Australian colonies was a ship
ment Of S5 tons Of frozen salmon Dis
tined for Europe. 1t will be trans-shipped
at Sydney to steamers having cold stor-
age chambers and go thence to London
and Paris. This is the third shipment
made so far, and advices received from
the consignees az the places named state
that the previous shipments arrived in
splendid condition and found a ready
sale. It is stared that the demand from
Europe is now large enough to dispose OF
100 tons Of salmon each month IL arrangs-
nlents could be made to secure that guam
tity. The English are largs fish eaters.
Salmon is a fish that Is highly priced
there and II is retailed according to Its
abundance or scarcity at from Is Sd to
3s a pound. Sturgeon, that cheap and
much despised dish here. which Is served
up in restaurants as cod, tenderloin OF
sole. in fact. in place Of any other fish
thar does not happen to be handy. Is, or
was, rarity In England and In demand
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-17

Apropos of politics in Scandinavia, and
as an illustration of same, the following
incident, in which an American ship
played the principal part, will be appre-
ciated. The American vessel Scotland,
which a few weeks ago stranded near
Roster, was floated by ten sailors, and
then taken in tow by two tugs, oae a
Norwegian and the other a Swede. Upon
arrival in smooth water the friendship be-
tween two natural enemies ceased, and
each insisted on towing the helpless Amer
lean to its resp Give country. AS with
politics they could not agree, so each
boat started to pull her own way. The re-
suit was very gratifying to the Nor
wegian boat which arrived at her ha.ling
port with both the ship and her enemy.
The Port Patrick arrived from Ant
werp yesterday, says the Bulletin, with
a valuable assorted cargo, including 4lO
bbls Whisky, Is csks; fruit juice, 4OO
pkgs; 5lycerine, 40 pkgs.; Geneva, 1OO
csllc; zinc, 200 cs. absinthe, 58 cs.; slate
pencils, 300 lbs; sulphur, 300 cs.; CASTLE
soap, 30 csks.; chicory, S,SH bbls.; cement,
6S7 crates empty bottles and lot of coke.
The ship was chartered prior to arrival
for grain loading back to Europe. The
next ship due from Antwerp will be the
King Edward, now Ill days out. Ths
average trip from that port is about l5O
days. Three other ships are In her wake
from the same port. These are out 80,
5s and 80 days, respectively. Three ships
are engaged to follow, two Of which are
now loading.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
FOURTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-A dispatch from Constantinople
saws that many Armeniaas captured during lhe
riots were killed in cold blood; kiamii Fasha
will replace Said Pasha as Grand Nlzier.
The gales which are blowing along the BRUSH
coast have driven several vessels ashore; many
fishermen have been lost. - Advices from
Japan say that the Government may build It's
own warships reasons are given why contracts
are not awarded TO American builders.
DOMESTIC-State Department officials denied
the report that an ultimatum had been sent 10
England on the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
- Charges against Judge Kilgore, OF Indian
Territory are to be presented to the United sta les
sunreme Court - The Eucharlstic Congress
in Washington closed - Ex-senator 7. c.
Platt and ex-Secretary OF the Navy Tracy called
IN Governor Morton at Ellerslie his country
home - The directors Of the New-York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad announce that they
have agreed to buy a controlling interest in the
reorganized New gland. and that the two lines
will be operated in harmony. - Charles r.
Macdonald. of Chicago won the National amateur
golf championship In the tournament at Newport
- The question OF revision occupied the atten-
ton Of the Episcopal General Convention at Min
neapos.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Republican
County Committee adjourned until Monday
evening after having appointed a committee TO
consider nominations - The Chamber or
Commerce declared for a union Of anti-Tam-
many forces and directed conferences with
other organizations looking toward a fusion
'icket. ==== Frederick w Wurster nomi-
ated for Mayor Of Brooklyn by the Repub-
leans - Winners at Giavesend Monaco.
King Of Bohemia Woodvine Pepper Sweet
Faverdale, Hugh Penny. - The stock market
vas irregular.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fair,
slightly cooler Temperature yesterday Highest
II degrees; lowest, so degrees
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
Exports or

In 1895, with "freer trade zen hon"' "
the year. the total value Of imports OF ihercii"h.
disc was about 500, 100000 less than In ls9@' anu
the total value Of exports Of domestic merchah'
disc was about 1922, 100000 less than in lSo.'
n three.fourths OF the exports Of domestic proo'
ucts "are directly evolved from the farms or th's
ponuhc" "a Secretary Morton asserts, II FOL
,ous that the greatest need Of the American
farmer" so far as a foreign market Tor MS pro"'
nets was concerned, was much greater anu l'o'e
urgent in 1895 than in 1892 and that the III.
creosc was measured by the enormous sum vi
S123 $50 600 This sum was equal 10 more 'h"h
o1 nor cent Of the total value or exports Vi iihi
nroducts I'm 1895. assuming that such products
constituted three-fourths Of the total exports Oh
,ho, ve,r Bit the loss Of the American farm
or" whose welfare Secretary Morton has In Ills
official keeping. and for whose benefit ana en-
coura cement II Is fair TO presume "Circuiar NO.
Q" was issued was even greater according 10
the official reports OF the Bureau OF Statistlcs'
from which the statistics given In that circular
nurport 10 have been compiled. According 10
those reports, the total value or the exports VI
agricultural products In 1S2 amounted 10 F'"o'-
800 600 or 1859 per cent OF the aggregate value
of exports Of domestic merchandise Tor 'hat year,
and the total value Of exports or agricui'uiai
products in 1895 amounted TO Sj53,2looOo or
only G0.I2 per cent Of the aggregate value OF
exports Of domestic merchandise for that year.
Here was a loss Of nearly o per cent. Inc 'o'ai
value Of the exports of farm products III 1910
was S24G II 600 less than in 1892, and that sum
was more than A per cent OF me tOtai Vaiue Vi
exports Of such products in lS?o.
Verify. il does not seem difficult to understand
why the Free! Trade Secretary OF Agriculture
omitted 10 include the figures for the years 1917
and 1890 in the comparisons Of imports ana eX-
ports which have been prepared and publshed
under his immediate supervision for the IN
struction. benefit and encouragement OF the
American farmer, whose greatest need Is more
markets for crops and not more crops for mar
"kets" Neither is II difficult 10 perceive the
reason why the Secretary omitted 10 give the
statistics which show why and to how great an
extent the home market OF the American farmer
has been curtailed within the last three years.
during which It appears that the foreign de-
mand for his products has decreased III an aver
age rate Of nearly II per cent year, despt" me
partial removal 10y the party in power or the
"shackles Of protective tariff which fetlered
"Amerlcan commerce aud oppressed the Ameri-
'can farmer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
PERSONAL.

,has ~ the Rev Dr. Henson Baptst
o., Dr Gregory. UnivefsalIst. in Chicago
were crowded last Sunday evening Dy TWO s.3
audiences. who came 10 hear thsse IVY Thev hsvs
eads for some time over the quesuoe
~ the love OF God and its maniies'a"o" ~ '"s"'
rha vourg lady who was Miss Letter and Is Mira
George Curzon Is to occupy during the coming
winter the beautiful house at heisate OF Lazy
Henry Somerset The Priory is one OF tne mos
naces within easy reach OF London, and
has lately been almost rebuilt, redecorated ana re-
furnished by its owner
Judge George s. Bryan, who died the other Gay
a. Flat Rock ~ c. was a Union man during nuh
6cat,on times in South Carolina. and also when the
Civil War broke out. After the war ne was iiau'
a United States Judge. and rendered a decisioa
affirming the right Of trial by jury. and OF the civn
over the military power, which established very
important principle, as II was SUSTAINED Ds INV
higher Federal courts Judge Bryan was warm
disciple and friend OF Henry Cay WIN ~nom ~ ne ne
carried constant correspondents ,o' n 'a as
years He laid no claim 10 beng poet ~. a.,
serted that in 1914 ne had made one rhyme ana, ~
other mortal he'd ever attempted III ''' P'''S~'
battle-cry:
"Hurrah, hurrah. the peoples rising
For Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen'
THE Presbyterian" says that Matthew Arnold
though not an orthodox believer in Christianity.
was great admrer of the Bb.e. and was the
means Of converting Charles Reade the noyens. e
Christianity on one occasion ne urged MI fseaoss
to read the Bible through IN an unpreJudi,esa ana
candid spirit The novelist did so, and was thereby
led accept the Gospel.
william c. Endcott, Secretary OF war under tne
first Cleveland Administrat ton, has resigned as Q
member OF the corporation of Harvard MT. Enai>
colt has not been in good health lately.
THE Chicago Record" says: "Our handsome and
gallant young apostle OF realism, Hamlin Garland
Is back from his Wisconsin farm, and Is ready fos
an active winter campaign in Chicago He
wholly satisfied with the result of his four months
of agricultural life He tells that II the yield Of
his orchard is 04g he thinks IL Is, and II
freight rates go down they ought TO, and
prices in the city go up they should. and
buyers pay promptly, why then he will make about
5000, on his crop this autumn. This VIII be more
profitable than writing books. But Mr.. Garland
has not been neeecting the muses.. simultaneously
with hts labors with hts prun ng- hook and hoe. hs
has piled his pen 10 good purpose, and now has
new novel ready for the printers. Whether he VIII
publish this latest work in the East in the West
he has not yet determined. Mr.. Garland shars1
with certain others wel-defned suspicion Of
those publishers who have claimed TO be upon earth
solely for the purpose of lifting the neglected and
scorned Western author and his work out OF th(
mud
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
Amusemenis.


ApBEY'S THEATRE-S:30-Th Ch'erain
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s-The Sporting puchess
AMERICAN THEATRE-s-The Great DIAMOND N''
BIJOC-s:15-The Widow Jones
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bonnie
COLUMBUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Aunt
DALY's TREATRE-s-The Queens Necklace
EDEN MUsEE-Con,ert. ,.
EMPIRE THEATRE-s:l5-Thai Imprudent young ''up'7'
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-s:i5-A Gilded foo'
GARDEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
oApRrc< rHEATRE-s:ao-A Social Highwayman'
GRAND OPERA HOJSE-s-2oth Century Girl.
HARLEM OPERA HoUsE-s:io-Rob Roy
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-sl3- Hamlet
IOYT"S THEATRE-s:3 O-The Gay Psrlslans'
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-s-The Battle OF tue hu"er'
fies.
ROSTER & BIAL's-S-Vaudevile
I.YCEUM THEATRES S0-The Prisoner OF Ienu"'
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-I0 a. in: TO l0so p. M
Annual Exhibition Food Products and Appiiahees'
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOCSE-s-Jaegerblut
PAIMER'S THEATRE-S:l3- Fleur- LIS
PROCToR'S PLEASURE PALACE-l2 to l2-NanaeVi''s
STANDARD THEATRE-S:i5-The Capitol
i4TH STREET THEATRE-S-The Irish Artist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
A DECEPTIVE CIRCULAR.

"Circular No. 3" prepared under the mnedl.
a,e supervision Of the Secretary Of Agriculture
nv the section of Foreign Markets. has just
been published. 1t opens with statement or
admission which will be likely to puzzle as we'll
os startle the farmers Of the United States. who
have learned to pin their faith as often as once
a dav at least to tho oracular uterances. official
and unofficial. Of the Secretary OF Agriculture
ON all sorts OF subjects from Sound money to
"Goosebone" mctcoroogy. This statement or
admission Is that 'thc greatest need Of the
"Amcrican farmer is more markets for crops.
'and not more crops for markets. Now II must
no clear TO even the most simple minded agrculf-
urist that his greatest need was highpriced
but ylgilant and original Secretary OF Agriculture
20 discover this great fact and print II and send
II 70 him free Of postage But when he reads
and studies Circular No. g. matters will not
seem SO clear, and the more he studies the more
M a loss will he be- 10 trace any relation between
Secretary Morton's proposition quoted above
and his conclusion that therefore all trade re-
srlctlons falsely called protective tariffs are
unnecessary, because they must only impede
| "or prevent profitable trade; while bad trade
dies Of its own profitlessness'
Mr. Morton does not offer in "Circuar No 3"
single fact In support OF the assertion that
protective tariff restricts the foreign trade OF a
country or that Free Trade wdens and slim
ulates f. nor does he show, or attempt 10 show.
the American farmer how 10 supply his great.
PSI need" which il more markets for crops and
not more crops for markets" All that he does
is TO republish from the reports Of the Bureau
Of Statistics Of the Treasury Department the
statistics OF imports and exports for the years
1893 and 1894. and call attention to what he
terms the 'itacizcd fact" that the United King
dom leads all other countries in exchanges with
the United States, and also 10 remark that Of
the total exports from the United States about
three fourths are directly evolved from the
farms Of this Republic while Of the remain
ing onefourh "four-fifths consist OF domestic
manufactures the materials Of which are large
"ly furnished by the American farmers Incl
dcntally the Secretary compares the statistics
for 1893 and 1894 respectively. and extracts COM
fort from the fact that the imports decreased
and the exports increased In the latter year as
compared with those Of 1893 The balance he
strikes IL not correct because he falls 10 deduct
from the total exports of either year the value
Of foreign merchandise exported from the United
States In order 10 give the true value OF the
exports OF domestic merchandise. but that Il a
comparatively trivial matter
What seems 10 us 10 be a puzZng question Is:
Why did Mr.. Morton not include the statistics
Of imports and exports for 1895 which were
accessible TO him three weeks before the date
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04

five months, and to others less little calcium
ton shows that the gain has been not quite SO
much as II 100000 persons had received ~ per
cent higher wages for the last hnlf-year
There are about 100000 persons employed
in manufacturing mechanical and mining INDUS
tries, who earned. according TO the census ABOUT
81 800 600 OOO and from other Investigations IL
appears that their wages had advanced per
cent from 1890 10 1892 or TO S2,62o0Oo.W".
Emily n nth OF this was lost in the latter
half Of 1893. the whole Of 1894 and the nrs'
ouarter Of 1s9J so that reckoning the rate or
wages alone the manufacturing. mechanical and
mining workers lost about S1.0OO.WO'Ww for
, OOO OOO hands or 5000 for EACH to say nothing
Of the loss of millions in the other occupations
Now comes the upward turn. and In the last SIN
months the gain has been substantially equiv
alen TO 10 per cent for 100000 persons, or ABOUT
$50 in the halfyear for each, and in all about
81 600 900 The loss of the remaining 4,'"'ooo
hands still continues.
These losses are balanced in part II Is said
bv some decline in prices That Is The free
Trade way Of looking AT it. The other way ana
the true way. is that the people have hah less
TO spend and so have been obliged to buy less
or else 10 pay lower prices for what they bought
! The genesis and history OF industrial depression
are contained in the comparison or wages. Nnit
the people do not earn they cannot spend. That
is the inevitable law for the millions, whose p'ir
chases make up very great proportion of the
entire business Of the Nation. When millions OF
wace.carners can buy freely business Is prosper
ous When they cannot, the purchasing OF the
few who live on their investments or on TAT
salaries hardly counts IA a drop in the bucket.
The way toward prosperity Is that which the
country has been taking for the last ak months
beginning with April After the Democratic
Congress adjourned and it was certain mat no
more laws would be made by Democrats, ut least
for years 10 come. the iron and cotton industries
hogan 10 improve the woollen industry gained
q little the cokc-woYkers and coal-miners and
iron.miners also gained somewhat, and the boot
and shoe industry without much change in the
rate of wages was able TO do a large business
All these things rejoice the heart Of every man
who has practical common-sense and patriotic
feeling But II 1t is good to get partial al
vance in wages why would II not be very much
better TO return To the prosperity of 1897 If 1t
is so good to escape the laws which Democrats
threatened to pass and might have passed, why
would II not be- better still TO rcctify the botchcs
and blundcrs which they did pass? II Free
Traders are glad when their tariff leaves some
industries a chance to lift up their heads, they
ought TO be filled with JOY unspeakable at the
prospect Of complete Republican ascendancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
THE STEP TOWARD RECOVERY.

In the light Of the Results regarding wages
which were given on Monday in the exposure
of Free-Trade frauds. Il fairly definite statement
can be made Of the situation during the last
three wears After months Of anxious and strain
ing search for anything that could be repre-
sented as an advance in wages, the Free Trade
clubs and journals have discovered 25s9lo
hands and The Tribune was able 10 add 1922,
making 33G.S4O whose wages have been ad-
yanced during the last year. The average ad-
vance was 102 per cent. but II was shown by
several non-partisan Investigations. distinct in
character and origin that the general reduction
in wages from 1892 TO the winter Of 1884 had
averaged fully 20 per cent. The investigation
by H. G.. Dun co. made the wages paid last
November u 90 per cent less than in the same
month Of 1892, and the investigation recently
made by the Protective Tariff League made the
rate Il per cent less In the first half Of last year
than in the first half Of 1892 In either case the
recovery Of 10 per cent would be less than hall
the previous loss the fall from 500 to SO hay
ing been followed by rise Of 81 40. and ~ The
gains did not really begin until April they have
only applied as yet to part Of the hands about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04

y, "C,rcular No. g.? Two months after the "
ginning OF that fiscal year, It may be ren,eM
bered. the party in power took Its hrs' ,o" -
sten toward Free Trade" and broke many ~
.tbe shackles Of Protection that fettereo n"e
"con commerce" 1t Is also proper anu p'
nent to inquire why the year 1892 was no. -
cludcd in the comparison, inasmuch Us III ."a
year the "shackles" were most fighuy rNo'..'
and therefore the greatest need or the AMI
con farmer" must have been greater ana nno'.
nressins than in 1895. Perhaps these important
and significant omissions were due 10 'he i".'
TINT even the Free Trade audacity OF the Secre'
tarv Of Agriculture would have wli'ed III '"e
face OF a comparison like ths