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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF HORSES,
From the Farm and Dairy.

From the Farm and Dairy.
We saw the other day for the first
time this year as many as five sucking
colts with their dams on one farm Had
we not been travelling on the cars we
should like to have made the acquaint-
ance of the farmer who had the courage
and sagaclty as well, to breed enough
mares to secure five colts and to lave
five draft horses at their prime in the
year 1900. When any kind of live stock
is overdone the tendency among farmers
is to abandon 1t altogether. 1t took far
mers twenty years to get over the idea
that the horse market could not be over
done. Convinced by the stern logic CT
facts they have now gone as far to the
other extreme, as horses have fallen be-
low paying price. The lack of faith
in the horse now is worse than their
credulity ten years ago.
1t is argued that a horse may 1--we
twenty years, and that it will take half
a generation to recover from the pres
ent prostration and that when prices
do advance the range will furnish them
cheaper than the farmer. 1t is true that
the horse is long-lived when compared
with the usual life of the steer, and also
true that a certain kind can be produced
cheaper by the ranchmen that the farm
er. Farmers forget, however, that there
is an imense destruction of horses go
ing on at present. Thousands We're killed
on the farm last year because it did not
pay to winter them. More of them have
gene into cans and sold as beef than
the general public is aware of. When
canned beef sells lit from 4c to &c a
pound there is room for strong sus-
picion that there is more horse in the
can than COW. The amount of horse
leather used in shoes this year suggests
an unusual source of supply
We would not for a moment suggest
the increased production of inferior
horses The range will always furnish
the plug the ordinary hack horses, such
as are used for banging about in liveries,
etc. The high price of grain and pas
lures in the east will always limit the
production of anything but The best driv-
ing horses. The western states can pro-
ard, above, all, the draft horse, or what
the farmers call the agricultural horses,
cheaper than they can be produced any
where in the world. We are beginning
to export horses to England and the
American horse is growing in favor there.
A horse can not be produced in Great
Britain at a cost of less than $50 a
year of age. We can grow them here,
sending them there cheaper than they
can grow them. The only trouble is that
We do not grow them good enough 1t
is too late to breed for next year now
hut not too late to get right on the ques-
tiOn
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

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Along the vale of meditation flows;
So STYLED by those fierce Britons pleased
to see
Or. haply, there some pious hermit chose
10 live and die, the peace OF neaVen
his aim,
TO whom the wild, sequestered region
owes,
At this late day. its sanatifying name.
Glyn Cyfelligapwich, in the CamDriah
In ours, the vale of friendship, let
Be named~where. .i1 faithful to a low
rooted cot
on Deva's banks ye have abode so long,
Sisters, in love, love allowed to climb
Even on this earth above the reach Of
time"
Dean Stanley once paid visit to the
ladies' when little boy Of 10, and In
after years when asked to give his per
sonal recollections of that visit laughing
ly said that the only feeling produced
in him was one Of intense fright.
Mary Carryl, the devoted servant who
accompanied the ladies in their flign,
from ireland was almost as eccentric a
character as her mistresses, and many
were the handsome tips she received from
visitors. so that when she died she left
her mistress all her savings-f5OO, quite
a large sum for those days. The ladies'
exercised potent influence In their
neighborhood, and many wife and
mother had cause to bless the day that
brought the bachelor maids to i've IL
that sequestered vale.
ON one occasion their influence proved
all-powerful to save young man VINO
mad been sentenced to death for forgery.
AS all good things come to an end, So
aid those two ladies, the first to go being
Lady Eleanor. who died at the age of 60
followed two years later by Miss Ponson-
by in 1891. They are both buried together
in the beautiful old churchyard at
Llangonen, and one cannot do better than
quote those immortal words; "They were
lovely and pleasant in their lives, ana III
their death they were not divided"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
vIcroRlA's DoNKEYs,

Queen Victoria has quite number of
donkeys, of whicn she makes special
pets, a great favorte, according to a
writer in Little Folks. Is Skewbald, n
Shetland pony, S99 feet high, that draws
the royal great-grandchildren In two
wheeled cart.
Then there is Jacquot, the brown dom
Key with the white nose, which draws
me queens chair, and is usually taken
WIN her majesty on her foreign holidays
gray donkey, whose sire was pur-
,nased at Cairo by Lord Wolseley, and by
ann presented to the queen, has also
drawn the royal chair. and even carried
some OF her majesty's grandchildren.
Jenny an old white donkey, born at
Virginia Water is another pet with the
sreat-grandehlldren
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
WAITING.
nown 81 the brook in the tall meadow

Down by the brook in the tall meadow
patiently waiting day by day,
Sal dear little brown bird over her nest,
Silent for she said In her heart: Lest
wake my darlings, my loved ones, my
best.
Too early by my lay"
Il must wait" she said as she watched
bee
Soaring OH gauzy wings;
~ must wait" when she heard the bob
oiink's giee;
~ must walt, for surely bird IKE me
Must have joy before she sings
And Joy comes not in leaving my nest
And in flying away, but in doing my
best"
pown by the brook in the tail meadow
grass
He.p:ess.y day by day
Lie four little homey shapeless things
WAITING for feathers and strength In
their wings
kroslng nothing save that which the
mother bird sings
10 her nestlings every day
-.wsy don't you hy2" asked a humble
bee,
AS ne came down from the Sky.
When their wings were weak, though
they were brown,
Ard feathers took the place of down .
f2yhy, birds, why don't you fy?'
.fsf the birds chrped low. in their moth
{ er tongue,
~ We must wait before we fly"
High I'D on the branches above the brook
Sang four birds day by day:
"We waited. we waited, but now we will
sing,
Nov we VIII make the welkln ring
With our happy roundelay."
And the mother made melody with the
rest
"oh, this is my Joy and this is the best"
Exchange.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
NOW A CONGRESSMAN,
Pcnpous Judge Who Wanted No lnvid-
ious Comparisons.
washington Star.

Washington Star.
lone who is now a member of congress,
or viii be, when the national legislature
ber and is sworn in, was, two dozen
years ago, a county judge in the state
from which he halls, and a more pompous
and conceited judge never sat on the
bench" said a western man to a Star
writer "But that was long ago and
the years have taught him a good many
things and improved him very materially
However that may be it happened that
one occasion in his court, a lawyer was
pleading a case and was making regu-
lar red-ffre-and-slow-cu speech,
which stirred the jury to its profoundest
depths. In the course of his peroration
he said.
"'And. gentlemen of the jury, as 1
stand at this bar today in behalf of a
prisoner, whose health is such that at
any moment he may be called before a
greater Judge than the judge of this
court. Il
''The Judge on the bench raped sharply
on the desk. and the lawyer stopped
suddenly and looked at him question:
ingly.
sThe gentleman said the court, with
dignity. will please confine himself to the
case before the jury and not permit him
self to indulge in invidious compari-
sons
1T almost took the attorneys breath
away. hut he managed to pull himself to-
gether and finish in pretty fair shape
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
THE FLEET OF MONITORS.
Their History a Long Record of Extrav-
agance From Neglect

When the story Of the monitors in The
United States navy Shall come to be told
1t wifi lay bare long record of extrava-
gance consequent upon neglect, says the
New York Sun. Some Of the uncon-
pleted or recently completed monitors
were begun while many officers of the
navy were still in their cradles, and the
fleet of monitors just ordered from the
James river, near Richmond, has been
lying there rusting these twenty years.
They are of tine single turret type. One
commander aboard the Ajax served for
the whole fleet. They are all singie-screw
steamers, of $40 horse power and each
carries two guns. The Ajax, Canonicus,
Mahopac, Manhattan and Wyandotte are
2 100 tons each, while the Cdtskill, Jason,
Lehigh, Montauk, Nahant Nantucket,
P1ssaic and Comanche are of ,S75 tons
each. Only two out of the six remain
ing at Richmond are to be prepared for
sea, and 1t is said that of the four that
have not been ordered Immediately from
the James some will probably be sold
as scrap iron.
The history of the old double-.urret
monitors, several Of which have Lately
been completed is somewhat like that
of their single-turret sisttrs. The Largest
of these great ironclads is The Puritan.
She is of 6,O6O tons and of $500 horse
power, and she cares ten guns. She is
a. double barbette turret monitor, and
so are the Monadnock and Amphitrite.
They and the Terror douible-turret mon
itor, are each of $500 tons and 1000 horse
power. The Monadnock carries six guns
and the other 1.-Two carry four guns each.
All of the duble-turret monitors are
twin screw propellers. The whole fleet
has been the mystery of the navy for
nearly a quarter of a century, and the
completion of several of these ships has
disappointed the expectation of every
body that knows their history. Their
cost was enormous and there have been
great changes in lthsir plan of cons.ruc-
tion. One of them lay for years at
shipyard at Wilmington, Del, until the
shlpbUlders put up claim Of many
thousands of dollars for dockage. 1t
used to be said that the double-;urret
monitors, If comp,sted, would never be
seaworthy, though, .hrough change of
construction, if nothing else. this evil
prophecy has been disappointed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

(From the San Francisco Argonaut)
'In the heart of the great desert OF
the Colorado-which the Southern Pa
cifc road traverses-there is an oasis
called Indio, which, in our opinion, Is
the sanitarium of the earth. We be.
lieve, from personal investigation, that
for certain invalids, there is. no spot OF
this planet so favorable"
G. T. Stewart, NJ. D., writes: "The
purity of the air, and the eternal sun.
shine, fill one with wonder and delight
Nature has accomplished sc
much that there remains but little for
man to do: AS to its possibilities as a
health resort, here is the most per-
feet sunshine, with a temperature al
ways pleasant, a perfectly dry soil
for rain is an unknown factor; pure
oxygen, dengc atmosphere and pure
water. What more can be desirecf Z
1t is the place, above all others, for
lung troubles, and paradise for rheu-
MATES. Considering the number of
sufferers who have been cured, have
no hesitancy in recommending this
genial oasis as the haven Of the afiict-
ed"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
SISTERS DIE 10 YEARS APART

Chicago Chronicle.
A-chough difficult 10 believe, it is never
ghe.ess true. that the death Of two half
sisters, the daughters Of the same father,
occurred 40 years apart. The grand
father of the British mln.sier. Charlss
Jamas Fox. Sir Stephen Fox. married ia
1851. and had a daughter born to him IN
1855 who died in the course of the same
y>ar He arld several other children. VITO
grew up and married, but all Of them
died before their fa,her and without Is
Sue. Sir Stephen, not wishing his large
fortune 10 fan into the hands Of DISTANT
relatives. married again at very ad-
vanced age. and his youngest daughter
was born IN iTs7. She reached the age
of 9S years and died In 1876 that Is. TO
yeirs after che dsa,h OF her Oldest sister.
she saw Queen Victoria when the latter
was child. while her half-sister was
carried in the arms OF Oliver Cromwell.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
"F1R1NG9 HUMAN BEINGS.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
The native doctors of India practice
peculiar system known as firing"
AFFLICTED persons, no odds what the dis
ease may be, are Immediately upon ar
rival of the family physician, subjected
to the tortures of fire. A late report
by a medical authority declares that
there is not one to the thousand Of total
population in Bombay and the larger cit
les generally, who does not bear trace
of the application of the fire cure IN
the shape Of hideous scars on the head,
back, stomach, feet or limbs.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

The ends Of these tubes can be attached
to an air pump, by which means they
can be so filled with air that uniform
and regulated pressure can be put on the
goods passing through the cylinders. Sar-
fert, the inventor of this system, claims
that the fiattening of the tubes at the
point of contact gives a rubbing action
between the india-rubber and the stuff
which allows the cleaning of the fabric
to be done in a third Of the time neces-
sary with the system of rollers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
CAUTIOUS RUSTIC.
Story of a Man Who Had Some EN
penence in Signing Things.
Nashville American.

Nashville American.
1t is an unwrib,en but rigidly enforced
law that no man be allowed to write his
name on a hotel register wiki a lead PEN
Gil. Those who patroniza the hote.s are
we'll acquainted with the rule and always
observe it., but there are some whose
Familiarity with hotel life is not in an
advanced Stage, and they are the ones
who cause kroub,e to the Clerks by in
varlably producing their 5ady PEN
Gil when they essay to write their name
upon the annals of h1telo.ogy. Cin-
cnnad travelling man amused sci CT
coterie Of feilow travellers yes telday With
narrative In which pencil and an
unsOphistlcalt,d wou,d+be guest at a
Louisville hotel played a prominent part.
The man with the pencil struck the office
of the hotel during a rush, and he had
wrt:ten his name on the register before
the clerk noticed tine implement he used.
The clerk was very polite about it, but
he erased the pencil signature and handed
the prospective guest pen freshly dipped
in ink.
81 wrote my name once" said The
guest. "If that doaN suit you write Il
yours H."
The clerk explained that ii was neces"
sary to preserve the register and for that
reason they wished signatures In ink.
The explanation didn't suit the guest. He
seemed to think the clerk had designs on
him, and ne positively refused to write
again on the register.
I'm from the country he said, hut
I'm not as green ais l look I've had
some experience in signing things. Sign
a contract last facl to pay 50 for some
"A. .,sf.s. i.,N. II ,, ID
to pay a note for $500 that The feller had
switched my name onto. You don't get
me to sign nothin' more 'csptln' do
1t with a pencil, and then I write very
light"
The fslrow carried his point, too, I'D
the clerk was forced to write his name
for him.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
FOR TIRED HEADS.

Philadelphia Record.
The pneumatic tire system has been ap-
piled to all sorts of things lately. n
travelling cap for instance, has Just been
brought out that is nothing more than
a pneumatic tire adopted to the purposes
of headgear II is an ordinary cap, to all
appearance and would not excite too
much attention on a railway carriage or
on the Platform OF station. but when
filled with air it forms pillow on which
the weary traveller can rest his head
against the side OF the carriage and sleep
IN peace. Another adaptation Is to the
rollers OF washing and finishing nla-
chimes. SO FAR. whether OF wood. iron or
even india-riibber tubing around the cyl
inders OF the washing machine through
out the whole length OF their surface.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

Al Interesting exhibit at the Atlanta
exhibition will b sent by the women OF
gopo county, Ca. 1t is the celebrated
patlle-scarred cabin from the battle
uel oi the kennesaw mountain. II Is a
pain log cabin about twenty fe.t square
shd was situated Just behind the Con-
iedsrate breasiworSs. II offered a good
mark for some Of sherman's batteries
ana Was borsd In every part With shells
lid peppvred With bullets. but d.d not
axe TIRE. fhere are cvcz thirty clsau
noles through its walls made by Federal
shslls, and many hundreds of bullets arr
buried In the logs.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
Two Daily Boats to Portland

"Trlepl one" fav4s Astcr at 7 p. N.
daill (cxct pit Sunday
Leaves Portland daily at a. M, ex-
cept SunC ay.
"Bailpy Gatzert" leaves Astoria Tues-
day. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday morning at 6 AS a. m. Sunday
evening at p. m.
Leaves Portland daily at p. m., ex-
cept Sunday. On Saturday night at IL
p. N.
Steamer Ocean Wave leaves Portland
Tuesday aud Thursday at a. M, Satur-
day at p. M, running straight through
to Ilwaco, connecting with trains for all
points on North Beach. Leaves nwaco
Wednesday and Friday morning at 7:3O
O'Clock, Sunday night at O'Clock, for
Portland. @. W. STONE,
Agent, Astoria.
Telephone No. IL.
Z. B. Scott. President
e. A. Seeley, Gen1 Agt., Portland.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
EASILY DISTINGUISHED.
New York Sun,

New York Sun.
II Is said that Lady Frere once went
10 meet her husband at a railway sta
ton, accompanied by a new servant.
gaom she sent TO look for Sir Bartle
Frere wnen the train had arrived. The
servant protested that he had never seen
1lm, TO which she replied: "That does
not matter, look for tasl man helping
somebody" The servant went ana found
SIR Bart.e helping an OH woman TO
aligat from carriage.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
Commodious and
Ole Cottages

ha2e just been erected at Indio sta.
upn, that will be rented to applicants
at reasonable rates. They are fur
MS he'd with modern conveniences, sup.
piled with pure artesian water, and 50
situated as to cove occupants all the
advantages to be derived from a more
or less protracted residence in this de.
nghtful climate.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
Lung Diseases and
Rheumatism
Many Remarkable Gu 3

The objections urged against lndio
in the past by the large numbers who
otherwise would have been glad to TAX
advantage of its beneficial climate, haa
been a lack Of suitable accomInoda,
rion. The Southern Pacific Company,
lakes pleasure in announcing that sew
prll
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

Is Oh miles from
SAN FRANCISCO
and 800 miles from
LOS ANGELES
Fare from Los Angeles

Fare from Los Angeles $500
any Southern Pacific Company agent.
or address
z. p. ROGERS.
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt- S. P. Co.
]. B. KIRKLAND.
Dist. Pass. Agt-
Cor. First and Alder SITS. Portland. Or.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
PLATINUM
said to Exist in Paying Quantities in
Alaska.

Buffalo Express
Alaska has developed an unexpected
store OF precious minerals, in the last
few years. and Just at present miners are
specuiatins as % the QAAntity OF pia-
tinurn that might be found IN that terri
tory and worked with profit. For years
It has been known that platinum exists
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
Astoria and portlnd Steamers.

r. j. Potter leaves Astoria Monday,
Tuesday Thursday and Friday at Z p. m,
Wednesday and Sunday upon arr val
from Ilwaco in the evening, Leaves
Portland Monday( Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday at a. M, "Wednesday at a. M.
and Saturday at p. m.
h. r. Thompson leaves Astoria daily,
exc pit Sunday, at 645 a. m; leaves Port
land daily, except Sunday, at 8 p. IN.
On Saturday VIII leave at 10 p. m.
Harvest Queen leaves Astoria Wedn S.
day and Sunday at p. m; leaves Port
land Wednesday and Saturday at a. m.
For rates and general Information Gail
IN or address
c. F. OvERBAUGH,
Commercial Agent, Astoria, Or.
" h HURLBURT,
Gen. Pas Agt., Portland. Or
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
Japanese Bazaar
@-~ rrDy~

SING LUNG. Prop.
LADIES' and Children's hats
and duck suits.
Ladies' and Gentleaen's
underwear male 10 order.
Lases. Pric' S III Astoria.
~ Bond Street next door to Mouler's
Fruit Store.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
Astoria to San Francisco.

State, Wednesday, July 3.
Oregon, Monday, July s..
State, Saturday, July 10.
Oregon, Thursday, July 49,
State, Tuesday, July Is.
Oregon, Sunday, July 2S.
State, Friday, August 2.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

Prairie chickens are SO plentiful this
season in Sherman county that they fly
rlghS into ones dining room. At least
one did few days ago at Rev. ]. w.
Adams house IN Monro, says the OBJ
server
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

The Baker City Democrat says there
Is large supply Of cattle to be had in
Baker, Union and Grant counties, pro-
vidad the prices are favorable. over
1000 head can be bought in Powder val
ley alone in weeks time.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

a run Of 1900 pounds of rock from
a quartz claim owned by Jones y Huff-
man. at klamath river near Henley, was
made at Ashland quartz min last week,
and yielded about S55, decidedly en-
couraging result.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

The Nehalem Times says that r. d.
Sales, mail carrier from Nehalem to Hob
sonville, was attacked by a large and
hungry cougar last Tuesday. While try
ing to pass 1t the animal sprang toward
MIN, bat failed in its catch. Sales turned
his horse and took the back track, rid
ing at a rapid speed with the cougar
in pursuit until mile of ground had
been covered when the animal stopped.
The carrier met some men, procured
gun and returned, killing the cougar
the first shot. Another one is said to be
in the vicinity.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

''What do you think Of the nerve of
the Astoria man. says the North Yam
hill Record, who wanted the people of
Nehalem to make him present Of 100000
feet of saw logs with which to experiment
on rafting to the mouth Of the Columbia
river? The Nehalem Times doesn't state
whether or not he made good his escape.
We have known of places where his
escape would have been doubtful"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

The South Oregon Monitor says: Med
ford people were awakened again by the
dread alarm of fire about this morning.
This time it was the barn OH George
Justus residence property on the west
side of G street south of the Jackson
Vile railroad The building was envel-
oped in flames before the fire was dis
covered, but the fire department was on
the grounds very soon and put the fire
out when the building was burned near
ly to the ground. Some hay was in the
building. All was a total loss probably
not to exceed $500, insurance $500. This
time steam was up at the water works
and pressure turned directly on from the
pumps.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25

The selection of Prof. w. II. Lee as
president of Albany college has been con-
ilrmed by the board of trustees, lie has
been Identified with the school since 1883.
This is the position held last year by
ex-Princlpal Young, of the Portland high
school, who goes now to the state uni
versity, Albany college begins its new
year September H.