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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

The nayirs ot the United States and
Spain as published by the New York. on
Nr.o and Western Railway company.
make q very crcdinhl, showing Ia rcd
white and blue with the balance 10 power
In favor ot Unclc sam IN, little PAM
phlct handsome p,gcr ot iypoSraphl
work, contains much valuable war int'r.
nation and Is well worth reading
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22
PR OGRAN.

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Medley, Latest Songs. Arranged bv
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10 song. Sylvan Joslyn In latest songs
PART H.
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u Overture, Nnmpa. IInrold
10 MorceuK, Characteristic, ..,.. Bellstedt
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10 taiop mot puDllshe0. .Kratz
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

1mr discouraged On the meantime put
me- ultimate benefits are ba certain as
Dr rising pt ,hv sun on tho morrow
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

An afternoon tea, t'r the heucnt ~ th'
Womrns R,lcr CORPS will De gtvvn hy
Miss lrvnc Johnson, assisted hy Mrs J.
NJ Gillette 90 the residence 10 the rnrmcr
No. t& franklin avenue. ou Thursday,
June "a come early and try for the prize
The public In general Is cordially invited.
The oregon and Washington dairy con,
gryss is exciting mach interest In both
states Traffic Manager Campbell OF the
q. Il, y y, is greatly Interested IN the
question ~ agricultural improvements 10
the Two states and viii soon pay a visit
Go the Walla W0ll1 experimental farm,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

a purse containing a small amount OF
money and street car tickets was picked
up yesterday in front Of McAllen & Nc
DonnelPs store. Owner can have the same
by calIng at this office
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22
PeTcales at Dunbar's.

II you want drugs or druggists sun
dries, 20 to Rogers. He carries a full as
sortment Of everything in his line. Mail
orders attended 70 promptly. Rogers.
druggist. 459 Commercial.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

A pure whiskey agrees with any FOOD,
in fact aids digestion. It tones the stom-
ach, increases the flow Of the gastric
juices and 80 promotes strength and flesh.
A pure whlskey line Harper Whlskcy.
Sold by Foard & Stokes Co., Astoria, Or
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

New crop dried fruits. new crop ralsns,
hgs and assorted nuts-all extra fine quail
lty. at Ross, Higgins & Co.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Captain Schraeder, Of the Elmore. says
that he win bring a large delegation from
Tillamook county to Astoria during July
and that he will make special excursion
rates for the occasion.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Married-At the residence Of Mr.. Z. +.
klelnsmith, Seaside. Monday evening.
June 2l l&s. Mrs. VI. Edith Watson to Mr.
John Wheatley, Rev william Seymour
Short Of Grace church. Astoria. omclats
ing
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22
Plaid Ribbons at Dunba.,..

Contractor Lebeck will begin today NOV
ing the O'Brien building at the corner Of
Sixteenth and Commercial to the lot re-
Gently purchased by Mrg O'Brlen at the
southwest corner Of Twentieth and Com
mercial streets, near the railroad depot.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Lcs;-Ees;erGay afternoon. a navy J.u.
umo Ella with aOa!0ue faaG.e TIL 1.
from the door Of dressmakers on Duane
street Please leave at the store Of p.
A. Stokes
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Mr. Frank 9. Savage. the gentle ana
persuasive freight solicitor Of the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway
company, was In the city yesterday and
as usual got all the freight there was IN
sight.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Attorney Frank splttle left for Portland
last night to attend upon the circuit court
Of Multnomah county
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Wise scored g and Mrs. ingalls, was high
for the ladies with a.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

A yacht Is being built al shoalwater bay
by Earnest Seaborg. Of lwaco, which is
expected 10 beat anything In lts class at
the coming Astoria regatta She Is being
built on the lines Of the latest eastern
plans for the fastest yachts
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

Don't forget that on Sundays there Is a
special train leaving Seaside for Astoria
at o'clock in the afternoon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-22

WEDNESDAY.
The whole world is ringing
With laughter and singing!
Why need we be clinging
To grief that is gone?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

care Englishmen proud of them
selves today?" asks London paper in
recording the gallant deeds of the
Gordon Highlanders on the heights of
Dargia, to which Labouchere answers
in Truth: Assuming that the Gordon
Highlanders are Scotsmen, then Scot
land may justly be proud of them, for
they bravely vindicated the high fame
of their regiment. But as the Derby
shire and the Dorsetshire regiments
fell back under the enemy's fire, I fail
to see why Englishmen should be
specially proud of the fighting. Our
Dargia success was achieved by the
Highlanders.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

The number of Licensed saloon
keepers in the United States was re-
duced 10, $40 during the last year. In
1896 the total was 216,35S, in 1897
306, ,01S. OF the latter 11,074 are
licensed to sell malt liquors only,
There is no state or territory without
its saloons-even Alaska has 147 and
six breweries. Prohibition Maine has
995, Kansas 1869 and Iowa 37S9.
Indian Territory has only 13, the
smallest number, New York, of course,
leads of, and the other states follow
in the following order: New York,
$1,000; Illinois, II, 339; Ohio, IA, $40
Pennsylvania, IA, $40; California,
12,767. There are comparatively few
saloons in the South. Alabama has
500; Arkansas 649; Mississippi, 326
South Carolina, 322, Georgia has
1910, only 256 more than the District
of Columbia, 400 less than Montana
and 42S less than Rhode Island.
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Maine,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma
and Vermont are without breweries.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

According to the Philadelphia Record:
Several manufacturers of American
machinery established branch fac
tories in Germany, England and Scot
land year or two ago, expecting to
make their machines at less cost by
reason of lower wages and to save
freight charges across the ocean. They
sent American overseers to conduct
these branch establishments on Ameri-
can principles, using American labor
saving tools. They found by expert
ence, much to their surprise, that
while wages are lower both for skilled
and unskilled labor, the average out
put per man, even with American
tools and under American supervision,
is so much less in Europe than in this
country that the cost of manufacture
is actually greater. The branch estab-
lishments have, therefore, been aban-
doned.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

The royal British antiquarian and
archaeological societies have lodged a
petition with Lord Salisbury protest
ing against the peculiar form of prison
labor in Egypt since the Khedive's
penitentiaries and jails have been
under English management. 1t seems
that the convicts, of whom there are
twelve hundred in the Jourah prison
alone, are employed in manufacturing
bogus antiques, for which there is re-
ported to be large marke t, especially
in America. The petitioners declare
that the forgeries are SO clever as tc
be scarcely distinguishable from the
real article. AS yet only antiques OF
relatively small dimensions have been
produced, but the prison authorities
express the nope OF being able in
course of time to turn out full l-fedged
mummies and sarcophagi. The scien-
titic societies in England point out
with some degree of justice that while
this form of prison labor may have
commercial advantages, it practically
renders the British government a
party to fraud.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20
Certainly complimentary.

"John," said Mrs. Harkins, II
heard a nice compliment for you to-
day"
Mr.. Harkins put his paper down,
twisted up the ends of his moustache,
looked pleased, and said:
"Well, that's nothing so remarkable.
I receive compliments nearly every
day"
Mrs. Harkins went on slipping her
tea. and her husband waited for her
to resume. Finally, he said:
"Well, why don't you tell me what
4 WASP Who was it that compli.
mented me?'
.Oh, you couldn't guess in o
week.
.'Mrs. Deering?" he ventured.
"No."
"Not Bessie Fallington?" he ia her
eagerly suggested.
"No."
'Oh, we'll, of course, if there's any
secret about it, I don't care to hear
what it is or who said it.
"There isn't any secret about it"
Mrs. Harkins sweetly replied. "Mr.
Hannaford told me that every time he
and 1 met he became more thoroughly
convinced that you were man of ex-
cellent taste"
John Harkins then showed his hands
down in his pockets and walked out.
side to think it over.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20
BITTER.swEET.

The maid / loved, and still shall love.
What song OF mine her praise may rem
der?
Al song could say, she stands above.
Beyond all words, being dear aud tender.
Bright az the stars, yet not so high;
Fair as the moon, but far less tickle;
sweet as the lovely months that lie
y, ,between the seed-time and the sickle.
on. were my VOWS like breezes shy
~ win fragrant sighs to breathe upon her.
", were my hopes like flowers to lie
~ ABOUT her path to do her honor
on, were my voice silver Tyre
70 sound her praise and sing her elorv-
MY happiness and hearts desire
HAD not been now an ended story.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

There seems to the New York Inde-
pendent to be little doubt that Cali
fornia lemons are slowly but surely
crowding out foreign lemons, and that
in the not very distant future the
principal supply of the United States
will be furnished by that state. The
receipts of Mediterranean lemons this
season has been very much less than
for the corresponding period of last
year, and while the crop of California
for 1897 was in the neighborhood of
$50, 900 boxes, as against $50, 600 for
the year previous, the Indications are
that the crop or 1898 will be fully
500, 900 boxes. The California grow
ers have facilities for curing and hold
ing lemons for twelve months, if need
be, taking advantage at any time Of
the market to ship their fruit as the
eastern agents report a good de-
mand,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

Is snoring crime? Mr.. Miller. a
newspaper editor of Santa Fe believes
it is, and says he will undertake to
secure legislation to compel railway
and sleeping car companies to keep
porters on guard, who shall awaken
passengers when they begin to snore.
This aggrieved passenger maintains
that nervous people have rights which
railway companies are bound to re-
spect. And as he was kept awake a
whole night by the terrific snoring of
fellow passenger and unable to per-
form his editorial duties the next day,
he feels he has 'real grievance.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

"The other day when we were driv-
ing downtown behind our family
rhinoceros, we came upon an aged
man tearing a bridge to pieces and
placing it upon wagon" writes the
editor Of Nebraska newspaper. "As
the bridge was one that we needed in
our business we asked the ancient
mariner what he was doing with it,
and, in which case, why so, or words
to that effect. He replied: ''My eye
sight is poor and 1 have not my spec.
tacles with me; I understand that
many advertisements are painted upon
this bridge, and I am taking it home
in order that I may read them and
find out where to get bargains. The
long winter evenings are coming, and
want to lay in supply of bridges
and board fences and barn doors, that
1 may sit by my fireside and read what
the merchants have to say. We told
him that the newspapers contained
more advertisements than the bridges,
and better ones, too; but he said that
the print in the newspapers is toe
fine. We drove away, glad that the
bridge and fence advertisers have at
least one regular reader"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

An old toll gate which separated
New York from New England on the
Portchester & Greenwich road has
just been removed. The gate is be-
lieved to be more than 140 years old,
and it is said that the only body of
men who ever dared to march through
the gate in defiance of the keeper was
the Continental army with George
Washington riding at the head. Tolls
were received at this gate until 1S4S,
when the Boston stage coach was
abandoned.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

After running fight the New York
board of education has dropped the
plan of teaching sewing to boys in the
Harlem schools. A letter from an
angry parent wiped out the idea of
making new men to fill the spot made
vacant by new women. The parent
wrote: 81 don't want my boy putterin'
round sewing up holes in his sisters
boomers. That settled it.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

The North American Review says:
Ii we take the prison reports of
Massachusetts, (which are the only
ones to my knowledge giving full
statistics on this matter), and leave
out of account the matter of drunken
ness as being likely to obscure the
comparison as to intrinsically criminal
tendencies, we find certain pro-
gression in the number of criminals
per thousand furnished by the foreign
born of the various nationalities.
Thus Germany gives 3.6 per thousand,
Scandinavia 81, Scotland SIS, France
60, Ireland IL, England 7.2, Russia
10, Austria 10.4, Hungary 1914, Po-
land 16. 10 and Italy 1872. The native
born give 2.7 and the foreign born 5. 4,
or just twice as many. Now, if we
turn to the figures as to the illiteracy
Of immigrants, which do not vary
much from year to year, we shall be
startled to find progression almost
exactly parallel to the above progress
sion as to criminality. In 1896
the percentage of illiteracy among
Scandinavians was less than 2, among
Germans less than 3, English 5, Scotch
6, Irish {, Greeks 26, Russians Al,
Austro- FL Hungarians 45, Italians So,
Portuguese As. If we consider the
converse of the question, name
ly, the proportion of prisoners
from the various races who are illit-
crate, the same result is reached.
We should expect immigrants relative
ly ignorant of their language would
also be ignorant of other things, .. g.,
trade, and such is the case. The
progression in this respect is parallel
to those already noted from Scotland
sending us 25.7 per cent. of all her
immigrants professional and skilled
persons, to Hungary sending 3.7 per
cent. OF such persons.
1
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20
HUMOROUS.

D'Auber (sneeringly) = What on
earth, may I ask, is that picture of
yours intended for? Hyart (compla-
cently)-For sale, dear boy!
Skilner-What makes Colonel Puff
fington SO successful as conversation
alist? Babel-He's SO taciturn-gives
the others lots of chance to talk.
''Do you speak German?" "Well,
yes; but not to natives of the Father
land, as they evidently did not learn
the same language as I did at col
lege."
"Was the bonnet extensively
trimmed?" every. 1t had a $3.50
price tag of the Maison de Snooks,
and fancy that alone never cost less
than 500"
Mrs. Gabbleton-Ia am told that Mrs.
HennyIeca has lost all hold on her
husband. Old Aunt Broadhead Yes;
I've noticed that he has shaved off his
chin whiskers.
Kittie-I heard today that you mar
ried your husband to reform him.
Sarah-I did. Kittie-Why, didn't
know he had any bad habits. Sarah
He had one-he was bachelor.
Bill Pluggem-Failed in my attempt
to hold up that bank cashier. Sam
Swattem-What was the cause of the
failure? Bill Pluggem produc-
ton. produced one gun and he pro-
duced two.
''And are you really going to sing
in the chorus?" ''No-nOt exactly.
When the manager heard my voice he
said he'd let me go into the ballet. "
"Humph! If you had danced for him
he might have let you sing"
The Mistress = Be very careful,
Marie, when you give little Algernon
bath. He shrinks from it so. The
New Nurse-Do he, mem; that's bad.
Wild two or three more shrinkin's
there'll be nothin' left of him.
Robert see in the papers that
there are germs in bills. Richard
What? Is that SO? / must give di-,
rections at home, when Dunwell
comes again with that little bill, to
tell him that do not consider it safe
to receive it.
81 see," he said, looking up from
his paper, that a couple are TO be
married in a wild beasts cage. What
folly p 81 don't know" she retorted.
"When one has to live with an cd
bear she might as well get used it
from the start And the curtain
dropped.
Benevolent Old Gentlemen point
ing moral to village school children)
Now, why do take all the trouble
to leave my home and come over here
and speak to you thus? Can any boy
tell me? Bright Child (innocently)-
Please, sir, perhaps you like to hear
yourself talk, sir.
II know" said the somewhat ire
sponsible friend, ''that you don't be-
lieve in signs in the ordinary sense.
But don't you sometimes find your
self in circumstances which cause
presentiments of evil?" eyes; every
time some people ask me for loan |
feel as if 1 were going to lose money.
''She has wonderfully forgiving
nature" said the young woman. 81
offended her unintentionally, and
when I spoke to her about it she said
she was perfectly willing to overlook
the past "Yes," replied Miss Cay
enne. "That is speciality of hers
overlooking the past. She says that
she is only % years of age"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

1t looks to the Chicago Record like
small piece of business on the part
of grown-rp men to try to abolish
Santa Claus after they have received
all the benefits that go with the insti.
tuition, now that it has become moth
ing to them but bill of expense.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

Secretary Ooburn of the Kansas
state board of agriculture is doing his
best to bring about big international
exposition in Chicago in 1899 of corn
products and the various ways Of
cooking and otherwise using corn.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

With consumption causing one death
in seven in New York, yellow fever
has no special cause to boast of its
private graveyard.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

James Connors and his wife, an
East st. Louis couple, have been mar
ried three times, the triple ceremon-
les having been performed on account
of religious differences and family OBJ
iections.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20
TIE FAITHFUL COUPLE.

"You are still youth to ne, John,
You are still my bonny beau;
The same as when we plighted troth
Full fifty years ago
The same as when our wedding bells
Rang out so glad and gay"
And here the good wife breathed sigh
And shook her locks Of gray.
"It seemeth strange to me, John,
Who married you for ave,
Who holds the ring you gave me as
The apple of my eye,
To see the youngsters ne'er content
To give their hearts and hands,
AS we did in the good old times,
Without the scrip and lands!
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20
a Question of Emphasis.

Sloper las Miss Eastlake, his in
tended, finishes a solo) = What q
voice!
Duncan (who has been rejected by
Miss Eastlake)-Yes, what voice!-
Harlem Life.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

II didn't bring you much. John,
And you had little more;
But we had health in place OF wealth,
And plenteous joys in store.
And through the Joy and strife, dear,
We each one did our part;
And now we've one another still,
As we had at the start.
"The times have sadly changed, John,
Since you and were young;
The marriage tie is lightly held
And many heart is wrung.
And yet you re young to me, John,
And still my bonny beau;
The same as when we plighted troth
Fullffty years ago!"
Mrs. NJ. A. Kidder, in New York Ledger.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

One might think China was already
a mere carcass from the way the eagles
are gathering about it or actually
upon it.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

The perturbed state of Europe por.
tends the breaking out afresh of the
popular struggles smothered in 1915
and 184S.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20

Bicycles are used for smuggling on
the frontier of France and Belgium.
The record-union., 1898-04-24
Ancestors and Ancestry.

Now it must be admitted on common
sense principles that the formation or
hereditary societies has reached nat
ural limit, and it is time to cry halt.
The reasonable conclusion is that these
societies should unite in work, if not
in organization, and justify their ex-
istence by practical deeds. The end,
however, is apparently not yet; the an
cestor quest drives its followers to alb
surd lengths. Forefathers conjured up
rise from the genealogical caldron in a
sort of harlequin procession-the ances-
tor in buff and blue, the ancestor in
scarlet tunic, the bewigged ancestor,
the jackb booted ancestor, until from
the dim twilight of heraldic tradition
the crowned ancestor looms up in the
shadow. Is there not something de-
cidedly incongFuous in the spectacle of
descendants of those who bade defiance
to the third George of the name seeking
to establish kinship with royalty
through Saxon chief or Norman free
booter? Does not this latest departure
tend to prove that ancestor hunting
has no limit, that it is simply a ques-
ton of enterprise, research and creduI-
ity? If we may establish the order of
the Crown, why may we. not in due
course welcome a new hereditary So
ciety. lineal descendants of the Mar
iners of the Ark, the Ararat Chapter,
with proper insignia-suSpended from a
navy blue ribbon, a dove bearing the
olive branch ?-Harper's Bazar.
The record-union., 1898-04-24

spiritual affinity by which these sub
terranean magazines find their con-
genial bit of brain matter, whether in
Maine or New Mexico, without adver-
tising, without the knowledge of the
rest of the world? 1t is a mystery
which the literary reader can never
solve. He never sees the periodicals
in question, never hears of them, never
sees them mentioned, is not even aware
of their names, and his acquaintances
are no wiser. If he takes the trouble
TO hunt up specimen copy the mys
terry only grows the deeper. for he can
ind absolutely nothing in the contents
which seem to him capable of interest,"
ing any human mind, and yet these
popular magazines are constantly be-
ing sent out by the ton, addressing an
audience compared with which the
readers of Stevenson, Kipling, or Hall
Calne are mere coterie, as select as
Artemus Wards family circle, (which
L am principally it myself"