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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

After the regular meeting of the or
der Of the Sons Of Herman, held in
their hall last evening, a thoroughly
good time was had. as only Germans
know how 10 get up. 1t was an in
formal reception to Mr. Gus Merkle,
who leaves today for Alaska. An or
chestra furnished good music. songs
were sung. speeches were made, and
between times refreshments most sub
stantfaI were served.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

After an illness OF nineteen days
Jewell McCroskey died yesterday after
noon at O'Clock, Of typhoid fever, at
the residence Of his parents. Mr. Nc
Croskey was well known in Astoria
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

r. l., Parker ], N, Griffin and H. a.
Thompson.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03
WHY?

After the 9th Of April the tug Relief
will make her headquarters at Fort
Stevens, 50 as not TO interfere with
fish nets in the river.
J. Trullingers team fell through the
street yesterday near Ross, Higgins &
Co.'S store on Bond street and both
horses were nearly killed.
Mine Host A. ]. Megler and Captain
w. A. johnson leave on the State this
morning for Byron Springs, Cal, where
they will spend a months vacation.
There are good prospects Of a large
salmon catch on the Sound this sea-
son, It ls said, because this is the
fourth year since the last good season.
The West side Of the bay has a very
thrifty appearance. Many new build
fngs are under construction and # is
said that 300 new houses will be built
there this season.
1t is said that there is plenty Of cap
ital in San Francisco to start a beet
sugar factory in Astoria as soon as
1t Is demonstrated that the beets can
be grown in this part of the state.
1t is reported that a Mrs. Hagget.
at KalanA woman who had been
unable to read all her life after at
tending a church meeting recently,
suddenly found that she could read
her bible.
Services in memory Of the late Cap
tain Bell, of the schooner Surprise, sup
posed TO have been wrecked on her
last voyage from Alaska to this port,
VIII be held at the NJ. E. church tomor-
row evening.
After an illness OF nineteen days
Jewell McCroskey died yesterday after
noon at O'Clock, Of typhoid fever, at
the residence Of his parents Mr.. Nc
Croskey was well known in Astoria
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

No woman can look or bc prctty II
her mind u ~ at ,Nsso
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

You can get quarter pound of Cas-
tile soap and wash rag for ten cents
and box Of soap for ten cents at
Rogers. the druggist.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Another lot Of choice country hams
bacon and shoulders, well cured and
fresh, for s and 10 cents per pound at
Foard & Stokes.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

The prices for the matinee Saturday
are % and 80 cents; evening prices for
the operas. Reserved seats, 75 cents;
gallery, 30 cents.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Mr.. D. p. Williams and his brother,
W. NJ, left this morning for San Fran
cisco. and win probably locate In Men
1ecino, Cal.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

The Ss-mon to fishermen 10 be given
in the Swedish Lutheran church tomor-
row night Will no doubt be an inter
esting one.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

A V. Aliens house has reached its
destination and will soon be in place
at the corner OF Franklin and ilth
street.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Meany n the leading tailor OF As,
toria Suitings at all prices,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

After the 9Th Of April the tug Relief
VIII make her headquarters at Fort
Stevens, 50 as not to interfere with
fish nets in the river.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Leaves Astoria every Sunday Tuesday, Thurs
day aud Friday at p. m.
Leaves Portland every Saturday, Monday and
Wednesday at p, m, aud Friday at Il m.
Towing and iobblng around Astoria every Sun
day, Tuesday and Thursday.
REDUCED BATES. Information foot of Main
street, PETERSON & GILMORE, Agents.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

A carload Of 1897 wall papers re-
ceived at b. F. Allen & Sons.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Mine Host A. J. Megler and Captain
W. A. johnson leave on the State this
morning for Byron Springs, Cal, where
they will spend a months vacation.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Uniontown Hose Company No. has
commenced work ON its new bell tower.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

J. Trullingers team fell through the
street yesterday near Ross, Higgins &
Co.'S store on Bond street and both
horses were nearly killed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

New rhuhare, 5 cents per pound. Pa-
cidc Grocer Co
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Ladies-Don't forget the great bar
gain matinee at Fishers today Prices.
% and so cents to all parts Of the
house.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

Mrs. Suernstrom. i07 Twelfth street
treats rheumatism by massage. the oni.
cure.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

The West side Of the bay has a very
thrifty appearance. Many new build
ngs are under construction and it is
said that 300 new houses will be built
there this season.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-03

There are good prospects Of a large
salmon catch on the Sound this sea-
son, IT Is said, because this is the
fourth year since the last good season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16

for life, to the filthy, overcrowded galeras
OF Ceuta or the deadly swamps of Fernan-
do Pc. in comparison with which places ST.
berld Is a terrestrial paradise. i cannot re-
call a single Cuban family of prominence
that does not mourn as dead at least one
member banished to these penal settle
ments. With a good constitution and plenty
OF money to bride the jailers ii is possible
to survive in Ceuta, but no one comes back
from Fernando Pc. The last convoy OF
these unfortunates that L saw was in
Matanzas on March 20. 1t was larger than
usual. numbering ninety-eight men. almost
all citizens of MatanZas. As j saw these
men with arms tied behind their backs
and their feet hobbled. passing perhaps for
the last time through the familiar streets
of their native city, as l saw the convicts
who composed the guerrilla escort drive
back with bare machetes and filthy oaths
the wives and the mothers who rushed
after them for a last kiss from those they
were in all human probability destined
never to see again, | could not believe my
dreaming. This is not the nineteenth CEN
fury. This scene occurred under the
Pharaohs. This canno be American soil,
but the land of some Indian Satrap ruled
over by a tiger in human form. But I
was not dreaming. 1t was all a stern.
shameful reality that left me Inundated
indeed. The sad procession passed on to-
ward the railroad station. Little groups
Of men and women remained kneeling in
the street, some made signs of the cross
over their heaying bosoms and then turned
seemed an outrage upon the humane spirit
of the times in which ne live and a humil-
iation and degradation for every Ameri-
can.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16
The New woman,s work.

Lillian Bell, in Home Companion.
Times have changed. Once women taught
their daughters housekeeping and sewing
from stern principle, and made it neither
beautiful nor attractive. Then housekeep-
ing went out of fashion. Fe~ather-headed
boys married trivial girls and began to
MAKE a home without the first CLEAN of
knowledge as to how the thing should be
done. The foolish little wife knew not how
to book or sew. The foolish little husband
said he was glad of 1.-THE didn't want mis-
wife to wear herself out in the kitchen;
ervan could do such things. So they
hired servants more ignorant than them
selves, and the last state of tina man was
worse than the first. children came to
them. That was the most pitiful part Of
all. A house may be badly managed and
ignorantly cared for, and people don't die
of ii. or become warped or crippled; but
the soul of a chila, to say nothing of the
helpless little body, can be ruined utterly
through the responsibility of the Grim
inally ignorant people to whom the pocT
little things are sent.
Then the new woman opened her eyes.
. Sac thought that her mission was
to make a. home; to be a good wife. And
where do we find the new womam now? In
the kindergarten colleges: in university set
tlements; attending mothers meetings.
teaching ignorant mothers how to under
stand the tender souls and delicate bodies
Of the dear little creatures ommitt to
their loving but unwise care. You find
them well prepared by a course OF study to
accept the responsibilities OF life when
their time comes. Is that trivial? Is that
a subject to sneer at or TO Jest about?
Rather, II is the hope of the Nation. Leg
islation cannot restrict immigration. Laws
do not forbid the criminal from marrying
and the insane from being born. All the
vent the State from annually paying mill
lions of dollars for the support of those who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16

cyclists having to so over a road broken
up by the passage of artillery after heavy
rains, it is easy enough TO lmaglne-and
once off the road they would be practically
worse than useless. Still, the experiment IS
a very interesting one, and it is to be hoped
that Captain Gerard will be allowed to
work it out more exhaustively than he has
been able to do as yet.
One of the last notions, ! hear, is 10 pro-
vide automobile cycles to carry light ma
chine guns of the Maxim or Hotchkiss
pattern. But have not heard that TINS
design has been actually tried. 1T Is OBJ
vious, however, that mechanical traction
must, in course Of time, be adapted to mill
itary purposes, and for the purpose of
transporting artillery at Il rapid rate 1t
would have some very obvious advantages
over traction by horses, bullocks, or ele-
plants. Al to the idea put forth by M. De
kerohaut and other writer's. that the cycle
can ever take the place of cavalry, and be-
come an arm of the future, 1t is a dan
gerous delusion, or rather would be so If it
were possible to imagine any minister of
war so demented as to organize a cycltst
army corps. AS an auxiliary branch of the
accommodating service of the intelligence
department in the field. cyclists are likely
to be of material service. But as a fight
ing unit the claim put forth on behalf of
the cyclists does not seem consistent with
the guiding principle of warfare-common-
sense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16
For summer work.

New York Evening Post.
TO the young mothers l would suggest the
embroidering of cashmere dresses for their
little girls use next autumn and winter.
Though seldom seen now, except in some
rare and very expensive importation from
Paris or Vienna, nothing is prettier or has
a greater air of elegance on a child of from
six to twelve years CT age than an en-
broidered cashmere. The same art which
made such lovely effects on linen can do
this as successfully, and there are very
pretty results to be obtained by methods
which are neither elaborate nor require a
long time to accomplish.
White or a soft pearl-gray, pale blue or
pink, each makes a delightful background
for any design you may choose. Have the
yoke, belt and sleeve trimmings stamped,
and carry a holder form of the same de-
sign around the skirt above a three or
four-iL = hem. A thin lining of Swiss or
other sheer muslin, basted on the wrong
side, is liked by some embroidererS, but
cashmere affords a very perfect basis for
embroidery, as one can readily see in the
exquisite gowns and wrappers for infants
exhibited at the exchanges and decorative
art rooms. These dresses are p%rettiest in
the straight French slips hanging loosely
from a deep yoke, or, for the elder children
drawn to a belt in front and left loose in
the back.
A pink cashmere stamped in a lattice pat
tern, three inches wide ON the skirt, with
g Jingle conventionally drawn wild rose eV-
cry three inches, the lattice being done
with white silk braid and the roses In Ken
sington stitch, delicately shaded into a
pink two or three degrees darker than the
material, gives a very striking and rapidly
worked design. The belt follows the same
idea; the yoke is covered by diagonal crisis
cross braiding, and the edges are worked in
the roses with a b~uttonhole finish. so that
the flower can be cut out on the outer
petals, and thus form a wreath over the
shoulders.
Combinations of braiding and embroidery
are of course much more rapid than where
work, and teo result is always good. If the
Jokes are covered with fine knots. the
cuffs, belt, etc, also, and the edges deeply
buttonholed in some well-drawn scalop, the
dress is exceedingly pretty, even with a
plain skirt. A white cashmere thus trimmed.
the scallops and knots being done in blue,
can be made very dreSsy by putting a
three-inch MORE or satin ribbon above the
hem, and braiding it in some rapid pattern,
white. as fancy dictates.
Buttercups on gray, or multi-colored
small panSies, or a band of small ivy or
oak leaves on the skirt, and small light
green scallops, with tiny leaves on the
waist trimmings, are very lovely. A gray
cashmere worked in very simple design, in
its own color or white, is beautiful on a
dark-haired girl with a rich color in her
cheeks. 1t would be folly to catalogue the
emporium or dressmaker will be able In
the autumn TO show anything approaching
the beauty which can thus be produced.
The great expense of hand embroidery
causes these fascinating little gowns to
be rarely found in our country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16
A Girls Room.

Decorator and Furnisher.
l have seen very ugly rooms on which
people had spent heaps of money, and there
are lovely ones which have cost their
owners very little beyond good taste and
the exercise of common sense and care. In
the first place. cleanliness in a room is in
itself a great beauty. Make war on every
bit of dust, every cobweb, every speck and
stain. A perfectly clean room, although
quite bare of ornament, is inviting. and
when its owner puts in her little individual
touches, her books on a hanging shelf,
which her brother can make for her. or
which she can buy for 40 or 80 cents. her
favorite engravingS, cut from illustrated
papers If she chooses and simply tackled on
the wall, her pot of primroses on the win
daw-sill, her toilet table draped with white
net over pink ~silesia, her plain scrim cur
tains at the window, tied back with bits of
ribbon, the room will be dainty and pretty
enough to please the most fastidious. If
you have not much to do with, manage
with what you have, is a good rule to fol-
low. A carpet is by no means a necessity
in any sleeping room. In fact. many people
prefer a stained or painted floor, with a rug
WnlGh may De easily lrted ana shaken. A
small wooden rocking chair, a table or
stand for a candlestick, a two-leaved screen.
which YOU can make yourself, and a little
rack over your washstand for your towels,
and then, with a nicely made bed, the room
will be complete.
Ones own room is so dear to every girl
that l do not wonder she prizes il. One
must have hours when it is a pleasure to
be alone. One likes to be by herself at
times. to think and read and plan. After a
little space of solitude we go back to others
rested and cheered. When sisters share
the same apartment. each should have her
corner, divided from the other part of the
room either by curtains or by screens, so
that when they prefer TO be alone they rls
do so. In some schools which / have know n
there are twenty minutes or half-hour IN
terVals during the day, when every pupil is
required to be by herself, and in home life
girls who can should try to adopt a similar
ru1a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16
Problems i'm Dressmaking.

New York Tribune.
Why is it that professional dressmakers,
who are, presumably, women of little edu-
cation, and no particular talent, can pro-
duce satisfactory gowns with a pronounced
chic in cut and style that proclaims them
at once to be custom made" while the
amateur, with greater taste and cultivated
artistic intelligence and perception, should
make such abortive creations whenever she
tries to make her own dresses is a problem
that is often commented upon. Home
made" gowns are certainly not as smart as
those built" by professionals, but Why
not? Why cannot women of intelligence,
who lave straitened Incomes. dress them
selves and their daughters without calling
IN eXtraneouS aid? 1t seems such a simple
thing to do, especially in these days when
the, most reliable patterns ct the latest
fashions may be had almost for the asking,
ana materials cost next to nothing. What
is it that stamps it, as it undeniably does,
a dress made at home, as ~second-rate?
In the first place. the trade mark, as 1t
were, Is wanting in amateur work. A
dressmaker does everything by rule and
could be easily rectiied either by taking
the trouble to learn the trade, which is
taught in comparatively few lessons at sew
eral places in New York, or by copying in
detail the construction of d gown from q
good d~ressmaker's. Finish" is also one of
the great essentials in which professionals
PCOAC " Az &AAlo6G Ian Nut M1lSl Ol All
amateurs sleeve, for instance, and that of
q professional of good reputation. The diff
terence is most marked. The bottom of the
skirt, too, almost invariably betrays it's
origin, besides many other little details de-
pendent upon the character of the dress.
Finally, another marked difference between
amateur and first-class professional work is
IN the generous use of material. The for
mer never "Skimps," whereas the latter, if
she makes her own gowns, obviously tries
TO save every penny. In homemade mil
llnery, especially, this ~SkilnpineSS is very
apparent. A young woman with a pretty
taste in trimming Donnets, who could cas-
lily have a dozen hats for the price she pays
for one, confesses naively that she is
obliged to buy her %headgear and give large
sums for each confection, because she sim
ply cannot make up her mind to buy as
much ribbon or as many flowers as is really
required.
My hats always look economical she
declared, but when L am buying ribbon by
the yard / cannot bring myself to buy
enough. So this season she pays S25 for a
hat that she might easily have made her
self If she would purchase the same ma
teriais.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16
A Promising Beginner.
Detroit Free Press.

DClIOlt ItG LASSS.
When a young man marries and opens up
q home, one of his chief anxieties Is to APP
pear master Of the situation and as much
like a veteran as possible. Blueton, who
would be widely known by his real name,
Is a new benedict and just settled. Here
is a sample selected from his almost con-
tinuous conversation at the telephone:
Send me up a pound of carpet tacks.
Number? / don't know anything about the
number of lacks In a pound. All you've got
10 do is TO fill my order. And say. send me
half a peck of nails. Tenpennys2 I'm not
asking the price. am II Yes, half a peck,
that's what ] said. Now. I want a saw.
Don't you know you business? This Is a
private residence, Mr.. Blueton's residence.
It's no lumber mill. 1 don't want any buzz
saw or gang saw, just a regular horse saw.
Throw in a hammer and a Ratchet and a
stove leg. We broke one in moving. None
of your business who made the stove. All
you've got TO do is to send up a leg.
After swearing for a few minutes blueton
was r Ting away at the grocery. Three
pouf of steak2 What kind? Beef steak,
OF course. We're not eating horse steak or
sheep steak at our house. Three yards OF
sausage. Never mind. now. how other peo-
pile buy It.. / always buy by the yard. A
gallon of coffee, two dozen trying onions,
half a tushel OF oranges-yes. half a
bush w, whose make of canned goods
do y rdle2 All right. send us a couple
of q sc, half a bale of lettuce. two of
those cigar-shaped loaves of bread, a pail
of butter and a sack OF sugar. Yes, just a
regulation sack. You know. Ard. hold on,
put ia a basket OF spring eggs. This
springs. GooQ-bye."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16

should use them. If nature did not demand
them, and milk. other liquid foods, and
soft, PUPPY nOurishment was all the young
system needed TO flourish upon, there would
be no teeth provided. But the need Of
teeth is settled by the fact that the teeth
are there.
sibly one cause of the rapid decay of teeth
among children in these days is due to the
care with which we keep, them from using
the teeth-exceptfon, candies.
While the bones are strengthening. the
teeth forming and hardening, the brain
learning to work, the whole little body
sfrivjng to nerfect itself SEQ 70 II that OH
requirements as to food are properly pro-
yided. Vary the diet as much as possible.
Do not confine it to oatmeal and bread
stuffs, or entirely to meat or vegetables.
A judicious mother will give her child a
diet In which all these essentials have a
place, and will not neglect TO allow as much
fruit as can be afforded. Fish is excellent
for children. The p%hosphates contained in
1t are just what the little brain needs. and
1t is a n-on-eXcitant for the blood. On no
account permit pork to be eaten. 1t is
hardly proper food for a grown person, in
the depths of winter, and consequently for
a child's delicate stomach it is rank poison.
Pimples and sores of all kind are the direct
results of an excessive use of pork.
Poultry is rather indigestible, and lamb,
mutton or beef is the best for every day
eating Vary the serving of the meats and
do not have them all broths and soups, or
ali steaks and roasts.
Never allow a child tea or coffee, nor yet
chocolate. Warm milk and water is not
harmful, and is better for the stomach than
very cold water. Never permit a child to
begin a meal by drinking a quantity of
water. If you stop one moment to think
OF the natural consequence of this, you VIII
see the Importance of never allowing a child
to form this habit. This quantity of cold
water goes into the warm stomach and
chills the latter, so that for ii time all
action is suspended. Before it all gets
properly to working again. a mass of food
IS sent down to float about IN the cold
liquid. Nine chances out of ten some por-
ton of the food forms a gas that disar-
ranges the whole working of the stomach
Too much liquid of any sort is injurious,
as the food will digest better IN a more
solid form.
A certain amount of acid food should be
given children as the system requires it.
When your child Graves pickles, be sure he
needs them, or something acid 10 take their
place, and see that he has them. DO not
be afraid of a moderate allowance of good
pastry or cak
Good old-fashioned molasses gingerbread
is excellent to take the place OF cake. To
sum it all up, treat your child's stomach
as something for which you nave q vast
sympathy, and do not load it beyond it's
capacity to stagger under. or sJarve it so
that its muscles become useless for lack Of
work. Bring your good common sense to
bear upon the subject Of the food for your
children.