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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
Sumptuary Legislation.

We sympathize with all wise and le-
climate efforts to lessen and prevent
the evils of intemperance and promote
morality.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

The best chemical compound for wash
ing powder is Soap Foam a 1t will
not yellow the Clothes" nor burn the
hands. It's the finest thing In the world
for the bath. One trial viii convince
you.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
THE ABOVE PICTURE DOES NOT
REPRESENT

A passenger train on the Chicago, NIL
waukee and st. Paul Railway. No. Its
tArlns are v%estibuled, heater by steam.
and lighted by electricity. Each sleep
car berth has an electric reading lamp
It's dining cars are the best in the world,
and It's coaches are palaces on wheels.
This great railway, connecting as II
docs with all transcontinental lines at St.
Paul and Omaha, assures to the travelling
public the best service known. Tickets
via the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway are on sale at all railroad ticket
Offices to any point in the United States
or Canada. For maps. folders and other
Information. address.
c. j. EDDY, General Agent,
J. w. CASEY, Portland, Or.
Trav. Pass and Tiki. Agent,
Portland. Or.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

Poison ivy, insect bites. bruises,
scalds, burns are quickly cured by De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great
pile cure. Chas. Rogers, druggist.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

Meany is the leading tailor, and pays
the highest cash price for fur skins.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

The close soaAon on the Columbia
River ceased September 10. and the
canncr have commenced work on the
fall fishing The usual newspaper war
will commence soon about the quality
NJ spring and fail packed hsh. mlslead-
Ing labels. etc. why do not the laws
Of Washington and oregon prevent a
controversy every year Of this kind? It
certainly cannot help the trade In
canned salmon .- Fishing Gazette.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
MARINE
Movements OF Vessels ~ Borne
and Elsewhere.

The %barkcntinc Oreoln arrived In yes.
tcrdny. and went "a Hampton for lum.
her
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
TIDE TABLE FOR SEPT. 1896.
man wAfEh. low wArFn.

4 m. fnIm ~, -, lUL. Otr, b0lUW lrfDI
Changes ~ MO1n-W, last ar. 4 New
Moon, ~, flral or. y, Full Moon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
40 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,

10 CINE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets,
All druggists refund the money II II
fails TO cure, Zoe. For sale by Chas.
Rogers, Druggist.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

complete system Of harbor and sea-
coas defenses.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
Merchant Marine.

We favor restoring the early Ameri-
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24
ROYAL Baking Powder
Highest of all In Ieavening
Sfrength.-U.s S. Government Report

Use WebfOOt Corn Cure. No
cure no pay. For sale at Es-
teS-COnn Drug Store.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

The British ship Pinmore arrived
down from Portland yesterday with a
cargo OF 57.625 sacks Of wheat. or
l29, 95i bushels. valued at s67.05i. To
tsis cargo will be added iO5 tons light
errd down the river by the tow boat
which handled the ship. The Pinmore
viii be ready for sea today. but will
probably not leave out for several
days The alowness In coming down
the river Is attributed TO heavy winds
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

The handsomest and largest steamer
In port Ii the Pacific Mail Company's
City OF Picking, She came here from
Chester, Pa. nearly twenty-five years
ago. and has been continuously in the
Oriental trade ever since. Not u steam
er that trades In and out OF San Fran
cisco has met with fewer mlshaps than
the Picking during her long and busy
career, She Is 5O79.62 tons gross bur
den, tOS feet long. a. feet broad. and l9
feet 8 inches deep Her passenger ac-
commodation Is Of the finest, and her
carrying capacity Is greater than that
OF any passenger steamer hat has Wis
tied the coast, Among the officers Of
the Picking. Chief Engineer William
Mcclure is the oldest In point Of ser
wise, He has been sixteen years on
the steamer continuously. and is one Of
the most trusted employees Of the Pa
cinc Mail, When the Picking broke
down some years & on her way here
from China. Mcclure and his men
did yeomen's work In the repairing Of
the broken shaft Their efforts were all
in vain, but machinists Assert that II
VAS one OF the cleverest attempts at
repairs In the circumstances eyer made
on the Pacihc.-Call.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-24

During the voyage Of the Charles d.
Rcnncy TO San Francisco from Alaska,
one Of her Chinese passengers became
violently insane and ran amuck. He
armed himself with n knife and chased
the greater part Of the crew up into
the rigging. Then he charged upon the
other Chinese aboard. who. like him
self. were returning from the northern
canneries. and scattered them in all 81.
rcctlons. Chin Lung, the foreman Of
the gang. had the nRrrowcst escape,
as the crazy man made n vicious thrust
AT his throat, missing by barely an
inch.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
Serious Occasion.

The undertaken in n New England
town was requested, not long ago. to
send to the house of one of the summer
residents a small coffin in which the
children of the family were to bury a
pet cat.
The light pine box was given to a
darby boy, employed by the undertaken,
to carry TO it's destination. He took it
carefully under his arm. and walked
slowly down the village street, with a
sense of the Importance of the occasion
plainly to be seer on his small black
face. On his way he had to pass a
group of children, one of whom called
out to him:
Say, 'Gustus, what are you carry
ing under your ARM
Don Interrupt me, chillun," said the
youthful Augustus, turning Il reproach-
full gaze on the speaker and his COM
p%anions; don you see rs a funeral:'
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
Encounter in a Tree-Top.

Ignorance and n desire TO please his
employer got a German farmland in
New York State into serious difficulty
not long ago, according to n dispatch
to the New York Sun. His name Is
Herman OZZerO. He has been only q
short time in America, so hat his iS-
norance of American animals is moth
ing to his discredit, though it turned
out so great Il disadvantage. He was
in the corn-field, nj work by himself,
when he heard a noise in q maple-tree
overhead, and looking up, deserted
what he thought was the most beauti-
full striped eat he had ever seen.
1t must belong to his employer, Or
zero thought. No doubt it had strayed
away from the house. He would catch
it, and so do his new master q favor.
SO thinking. he took off his shoes and
started up the tree. Halfway up he
stopped and turned his eyes upward.
There sat the animal, its strange, pretty
eyes fastened upon him. He noticed
that its tail was beating the limb with
Il quick. nervous motion, but somehow
he attached no particular Importance
to that circumstance.
Finally, after much labor, Ozzero
reached Il large branch from which he
could reach the cat, and fixing himself
In Il good position. he stretched out his
hand. But he drew it back in n hurry.
terribly laccrated by the creatures
sharp teeth.
Now the man began to feel fright
ened. The animals eyes were like balls
of fire. 1t was no pet, but n savage
beast well able to defend itself, to say
the least.
Still OZZerO did nOt wish to back III
and making ready. he struck the beast
Il terrific blow in the face with his fist.
The next instant the infuriated crca-
ture was upon him. and in a few see
onds. which seemed to him an age, al
most every stitch Of clothing vas torn
from his body by the long. sharp claws
OF his antagonist.
Ozzero was growing weak. but he
kept on pounding the beast. and finally
a lucky blow between the eyes knocked
it loose, and it fell to the ground.
How the man himself got down he
does not know. Some hours after
ward he was found lying unconscious
under the tree. In the doctors office.
the dispatch says. he Cooked as if he
had been run through a thrashing ma
chine"
The o which was killed shortly
after, weighed almost sixty pounds.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
Reaver Families.

Ties of kindred seem to have little
force among animals, wild or domestic.
after the young are capable Of looking
out for themselves, but beavers are
said to b. an exception to the rule.
With them the family instinct remains
throughout life. A lady who lived in
Colorado more than twenty years ago.
at n time when all the streams In the
mountains were full of beavers. gives
her observations on this very point.
Two families of beavers took posses
sion of the Fountain Creek. close to
Manitou, and in n fortnight had felled
most of the largest trees. These We're
cottonwoods, some of them two feet
in thickness. We were watching the
beavers with pride and delight as one
of the ornaments of the valley. When
the upper dam vas finished, its makers
came down and helped those at the
lower one. who were slower at their
work. The two companies must have
been cousins, l suppose, for unless they
are kinsfolk, beavers never help one
another.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
How Two Thieves Were Caught.

In August last q thief entered the
house of Mr.. T.. w. Kemble, New
Rochelle, y. u. took n large amount of
silverware, and made his escape with
but awakening any one. Doubtless he
felicitated himself upon having made
good haul" But he "reckoned with
out his host" Mr.. Kemble Is an artist,
and by means OF his professional skill,
applied in Il manner which no reader
Is likely to anticipate, the burglar was
discovered and brought to justice.
When Mr.. Kemble rose the next
morning. he noticed the print Of a bare
loot on the piazza, and on going through
the house found that it had been rob
bed. Forthwith he made a careful
sketch Of the burglars footprint. Cop
les of the picture were sent to all the
police stations in the county and in
New York City. together with Il descrip-
ton of the stolen property.
A man AIMED BannOn was BY and by
caught trying to pawn the silverware
In n New York ~pawnshop, and was ar
rested. He denied all knowledge of the
OUi III tOlu SOluc lIluSlDlc StOTN
about h in which the silver
had come into his possessions; but when
the police took off his shoe and stock
Ing, and compared his foot with the
drawing of the robbers footprint, the
case was clear, and the man confessed.
Two months after the burglary he was
sentenced to Sing Sing prison for four
teen years.
This was not the first time that Mr..
Kemble's pencil had served the ends
of justice. Two years ago his sleeping
room was entered by a burglar, who at
the point of Il revolver obliged the
artist to give up a gold watch and a
roll Of bills.
When the villain had gone. Mr.. KEN
BILE drew a portrait of him from men,
cry, and as a result he was soon cap
tured. He. too, is in Sing Sing, and
hereafter burglars are likely to fight
shy" of Mr.. Kemble's dwelling.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

PENGUIN BABIES QUEER.
They Cause Their Parents No End of
Trouble.


You will notice that the penguin baby
IS very fat and looks as if he might be
extremely good for eating, but if you
could see father and mother penguin
just now you would find them uncOm-
monty thin. The care of the baby las
so worn upon their minds, and the
trouble of finding enough fish for three
to eat, hat all su%periiuous flesh for tile
time has vanished.
Baby penguin has n curious nest.
The mother tucks the egg away softly
and safely among her warm feathers
and even moves slowly and with great
gravity over the cliffs. carrying the egg.
while father penguin goes tishing.Moth-
err penguin looks as fat during this time
as the baby does now, but when the egg
is Matched she goes fishing too, and
soon grows as thin rs father penguin
himself. You notice the funny little
wings. just beginning TO start on baby's
shoulders. Well. mother and father
penguin have longer ones. but they are
still more like fins han wings. Nearly
all the time is spent in the water and
fins are more useful TO them than
wings; when on land these little half
wings are used as legs, and the birds
are often mistaken for quadrupedS a.
they u over the ground. They do not
seem to be troubled with insomnia.
When asleep they Il be kicked several
feet and never even wake up.
There is 4 variety called the jackass
penguin, from its habit of throwing
back its head and making q loud,
strange noise that sounds like the bray
ing Of that animal. The king penguins
have regular towns, where every inch
of ground is measured off in squares
for nests. The young birds are arrang-
ed in 4 certain locality, the molting
birds in another, and the clean birds
quite apart from all these. So strictly
are they all divided that if a mOlting
bird should accidentally stray near
the clean birds it would be instantly
put out.
In the Falkland Islands and in Pata-
gonia these birds abound. They are
also very numerous in certain islands
of the Southern Pacific Ocean. On
some OF them 10000 or 10000 are con-
stantly landing or going to sea-
Young Idea.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
4 Fine Remitted.

Hear both sides before rendering q
verdict. Such is the lesson Of a pleas
mt story related by the Washington
Star concerning n former police Justice
of that city. The late Judge Smell was
fond of %croquet. and when not busy
with his official duties was often found.
Tith mallet in hand, engaged in his
favorite game. One morning q boy
was brought before him, charged with
playing ball in the street. The police
man who had made the arrest swor
that he had caught the boy in the act.
Zine the boy S." said the Judge.
''This ball playing on the street must
be stopped"
The boys father was present, and
suggested to the Judge that he would
like to question the policeman n litt'o
before the fine was imposed, SO Judge
Smell ordered the policeman into the
witness box again. After n little close
questioning, the officer finally admitted
that the boys were playing bal in n
vacant lot, and this boy had knocked
the ball out into the street.
Make that fine 50, Mr.. Clerk, said
Judge Smell; the case is not quite so
bad as | thought it was"
But, your Honor" said the boys
father, mot long ago up on 10Th street.
/ saw n game of croquet in which "a
high court official was engaged, and /
saw that official spitefully knock his
opponents ball clear across the street.
and
Take off thai other So Mr.. Clerk; 1
don't believe this boy was doing wrous,
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
Slight Mistake.

Ethel had formed the very unbecom-
ing habit Of saying HIM" when she
did not quite understand, and her aunt
had been teaching her to say BEG
pardon instead.
The following day she was overheard
talking with some Of her little play
mates.
MY auntic says o mustn't say
HIM." she explained. you must say
Baking powder.'"-Youth's Compan-
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
Chinese Burglars.

The Chinese burglar takes an ingre-
dent Of his own, burns it and blows
the smoke through the keyhole of the
bedroom where the master of the house
is asleep. The fumes dull the senses
Of the victim just enough to make him
helpless, while at the same time per-
hitting him to see and hear every
thing that goes on in the room. The
only antidote against this charm is
pure water.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

"Yes! The Die is Cast" has Il romantic
history. 1t was written by Col. Paul
Pestel, of the Russian army. who. with
others, conspired against the Russian
Government in 1S26. The plot was
discovered. he was arrested, imprison-
ed, tried, and on July II, 1896. was
hanged. During the interval between
his trial and execution. he composed the
words and music of this song and with
n bit of iron scratched them on the wall
of his cell. where the song was found
some years after his death.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
An Angling Fish.

The angler fish angles for his prey.
From the upper part OF his head pro-
Ject two long tentaclcs, with fleshy ex-
treInities, which wave about in the
water and attract small fish, that, ap-
preaching and attempting TO seize the
small bait, are themselves captured by
the angler.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

after ALL" And the Judge lay back n
his chair and laughed heartily rs he
remembered what n whack he gave his
opponents ball in the game referred to-.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

The League of Argos, formed Il. G..
421, was Il combination of Argos, Co
rinth, Flea. Mantinea and Chalcidice
against Athens. 1t was designed to
curb the power of the Athenians, but
its purpose was frustrated shortly after
by the unexpected incident Of Athens
joining II league.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

In Nebraska farms average 100 acres.
in Massachusetts 81. But in proverbial-
ly thrifty Holland the average is 80
acres. Seventeen-twcntieths of all the
farms in Holland are less than 30 acres
In extent.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

1t is impossible for any one who has
not seen it 10 imagine the cXtraordi-
nary popularity enjoyed in Paris 10y the
bicycle. 1t has uSurpcd the interest
taken in horse racing. and seems likely
10 Dust the horse itself as Il means OF
fashionable locomoti0n.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

About the most dangerous deception
Is self-deception.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

When a man and wife talk to each
other, have you ever noticed the seri-
Gus expressions on their faceSI
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01
Silent Cab Call.

One of the latest inventions in con
nection with the electric light is Il 81
lent cab call. Several clubs 3nd hotels
in London have already been supplied
with this useful commodity. TWO
lamps are suspended outside the build
ing. one red and the other green. and
by pressing a knob in the entrance hall
one or the other of the lamps can be lit
at will. The red light calls IA four
wheeler, and the green a hanson.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

Now learn first from this subject the
folly of depending upon any one form of
tactics in anything we have to do for this
world or for God. Look over the weaponry
of olden times-javclins, battleaNes, hab-
ergeons-and show me Il single weapon
with which Abimelech andVhis men could
have gained such complete triumph. 1t is
no easy thing to take IA temple thus arm
ed. | have seen Il house where. during
Revolutionary times, 4 man and his wife
kept back Il whole regiment hour after
hour because they were inside the house
and the assaulting soldiers were outside
the house. Yet here Abimclcch and his
army coine up. they surround this temple.
and they capture it without the loss of a
single man on the part Of Abimelech, al
though | suppose some of the old Israel
itiSh heroes told Abimelech. you are
only going up there to be cut to pieces"
Yet you are willing To testify to-day that
by no other modc-certainly not by ordi-
nary modes-could that temple SO easily,
so thoroughly. have been taken. Fathers
and mothers. brethren and sisters in Jesus
Christ, what the church most wants TO
learn this day is that any plan is right. is
lawful, is best. which helps to overthrow
the temple of sin and capture this world
for God. We are very apt to stick to the
old modes of attack. We put on the old
style coat of mail. We come up with the
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-01

Still further, 1 learn from this subject
the advantage of concerted action. If
Abimelech had merely gone out with n
tree branch, the work would not have
been accomplished, or if ten. twenty or
thirty men had gone, hut when all the
axes are lifted, and all the sharp edges
fall. and all these men carry each his tree
branch down and throw it about the tenn
plc. the victory is gained-thc temple falls.
NV friends. where there is one man in the
church Of God at this day shouldering his
whole duty there are q great many who
never lift an ax or swing a bough. 1t
seems 10 me as if there were ten droncs
i'm every hive TO n busy bee, as though
there were twenty sailors sound asleep
i'm the ships hammocks to four men on the
stormy deck, : aoans As if there were
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-09-02
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Exports from the Hawaiian Islands
during the past year nearly doubled
The new system of grain inspection
has gone into effect at West Superior
The Sioux City National bank has
suspended Depositors will be paid in
full, it is stated.
Failures for last week were 288 in the
United States, against 1856 last year,
and 80 in Canada, against AZ last year
A H. Eddy, an ex-member of the
Washington state legislature, reports
having struck 300 barrel oil we'll about
100 miles from Juneau, Alaska.
The dry goods firm of Hilton, Hughes
& Co. (once A. T. Stewart & Coz have
made an assignment to q. NJ, Wright.
The assets will probably cover liabili-
tiles
The first of the Rockefeller boats,
built on the Calumet, was launched at
South Chicago Saturday. 1t is tow
barge and will be named the George H.
Corliss.
The dry goods firm of Miller &
Daugherty, operating stores at Waterloo
and Washington, Ia. has made all as
signment. Liabilities SAC, 1000, nominal
assets $4,000.
Oliver Bros. Tenth street (Pittsburg)
rolling mill has closed down indefinite
ly, throwing several hundred men out
of employment. General depression in
trade is the reason given.
Total exports of wheat, -four included
as wheat from both coasts of the United,
States and from Montreal last week
amounted to 1881 1854 bushels, against
1921 900 bushels the previous week,
and 1871 900 bushels in the week year
400
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-09-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The retirement Of Captain G. G. Ru-
dio, Seventh cavalry, is announced.
E. T. Davidson of Omaha has been
appointed assistant inspector in the
agricultural department.
Secretary Smith rendered decision
fixing the Eastern terminus of the
Northern Pacific at Duluth.
The civil service commission has sent
a warning to government employees
against soliciting or making cam.
paign contributions.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Nc
Adoo has authorized denial of the
published report that the president has
ordered the practice ship Bancroft to
Constantinople.
United States Minister Terrell has no.
titled the Turkish government that the
latter's answer to the demands of the
United States as result of the burning
of the American missions at Kharput
and Marash is not satisfactory,