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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

tests after ne drainage channel dischar-
gss Into u From ihe two tests lbey will
dolefmin, by fall how bad ihe water Is
tpade from ths wew>mEs discharged
from The ciy Of chicago This Is ne
sanitary sldo u the question. There u
also the eide Of dstsrIuiniug how much
Overflow. " any the channel viii cause in
the river what lands viii BE- submerged,
what damage win be caused. wha, claims
they may be against the sanitary dIstriCs.
Issues such a. these. now that The ohan.
nel II almost completed. have brought gho
residents Of no valley and The sanitary
district trustees 70 . point where mutual
agreement and action would mako the
difficulties vastly easier u solution.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11
Petersen 4 Brown.
BID FOR WOOD.

Notice Is hereby given that bids 70 fur
rIsh wood to school district No. / IN the
manner as hereafter set forth, viii Be ~
oeived az the ofice OF the schod clerk
untA Wednesday noon. July "a fsSs. 70
Wit:
10 tor nors) cords Of mixed yellow ar
slabwood
10 tor moro cords Of yellow ar bark
slabWood
100 tor moreI cords % nr and hsmiock
wood
10 BE- delivered at the Mcclure, shlveiy,
AiderbrOok. Adalr- school houses. De-
livery q wood TO commence within fve
81 days. and to be completed within
thirty l5O days after award Of contracs.
By order Of the Board tiif
II. B. FERGUSON. Clerk.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

II you suffer from TENDERNESS or full
ness on the right side. pains under the
shoulder biade, constipation. biliousness
sick headache and feel dull. heavy and
sleepy, your liver Is torpid and con
ges,ed. DewItS's Little Early Rlssrs
win cure you promptly. pleasantly ana
permanently BY removing the congestion
and causing the bile ducts 70 open ana
how naturally They are good piiIs.
Charles Rogers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11
CALL FOR WARRANTS,

Notice Is hereby given TO all parties
holding Clatsop county warrants en'
dorsed prior 10 July 2i, 1897 to present
the same TO the county treasurer at his
Office. l6i Tenth street, for payment. Inc
terest ceases after this date,
Dated ct Astoria. ore, July 3, 1873.
II. C. THOMPSON.
County Treasurer,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11
A CHILD ENJOYS

The pleasant favor. gentle action, and
soothing effect Of Syrup OF Figs. when In
need Of a laxative. and II the father or
mother be cOstivs or bilious. the most
gratifying results follow its use; 80 that
II IS the best family remedy known and
every family should have a bottle. Manu-
fAetured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

I'VE have sold many dlrrerent cough
remedies, but none has given better salts
faction than Chamberlaln's" says Mr.,
Charles Iolzhauer druggist, Newark, N,
j. at Is perfectly safe and can be re-
lied upon in all cases OF coughs, colds or
hoarseness. Sold by Charles Rogers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

STATE OF OREGON,
IS,
COUNTY OF CLATsoP,I
I. S, S. Gordon, cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
aoove statement is true TO the best of
my knowledge and belief.
S. S. GORDON, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
lst day of July, 1899.
C, R. THOMSON. Notary Public.
JACOB IlAAfM,
]. o. HAWTHORN,
w. Il. McGREGoR,
Directors
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

Mr., A. Sanders, writing from Cocoanut
Grove. Fla, says there has been quite an
epidemic OF diarrhoea there. He had Sc
we're attack and was cured by four doses
OF Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. He says he also recon-
mended It to others and they say It is the
gest medicine they ever used For sale
by Charles Rogers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

n woman ls once told that she
looks pretty when she laughs she appears
thereafter 10 b. in a state OF chronic
hysteria.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

BY the llstless manner OF many Of the
sakspeople It is a wonder the department
stores manage to thrive at all,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

The feuiHine server in q cheap res
taurant calls herself waiter girl; the
one In a wealthy family a waitress
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

The yachting girl viii soon be in her
element This does not mean, however.
that she win fail into the ceean.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11
AN Epidemic OF DIARRHoEA.

Nothing on earth is so terrible as the
fear of At
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11
Report of the Condition
of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Astoria,

AT Astoria, In the State Of Oregon. at
the chose OF business June 80. 1889.
RESOURCES.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-11

NOT EVERY KIND OF SHOES
and entrance 70 our store We bss ne
Eort made Of poor stock nimsily put 70
gether.
Makers must deliver goods which are 20
70 our Standard, and that's good snoush.
otAerElss they aro rejected.
We present every varisty oe style
These Items win enable you 70 judge
what two OF three dollars win 90 hers
See our new cushion shoe.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

manual of arms and prepared for the
Naval Academy, the one goal on which
all his boyish hopes were centred.
Through the influence of Senator
Foote, Of Vermont, he was appointed
to Annapolis in 1854.
He graduated in 1858, and his pub
lie career since then is found in the
books of the Navy Department. As q
lieutenant he was detailed to the Mis-
sissippi, one of Farragut's feet in the
West Gulf squadron. The Mississippi
took part in the capture of New Or
leans.
It was when Dewey was thirty years
old and stationed at the Kittery Navy
Yard, off Portsmouth, N. H., that he
first met Miss Susie Goodwin and fell
desperately in love with her. She was
the daughter of the fine old fighting
Governor of New Hampshire, Ichabod
Goodwin. Commander Rhind, of the
Navy Yard, who outranked Dewey by
good many numbers, was also deeply
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

unfavorable conditions. This botan-
lists strer uously deny, but in the
earlier stages of its growth, at any
rate, it SO nearly resembles the wheat
plant that till the main stem is suf-
6ciently advanced to open and detect
the difference in the budding ear it's
presence can only be surmised. AS
soon as the crop shoots, however, the
undesirable visitor at once betrays it
self, for the head of cheat does not
bear the slightest resemblance to an
ear OF wheat But different as is the
appearance of the seed of the two
plants, the farmer who excites the
ridicule of the scientist by declaring
his wheat has turned to cheat has
some strong points in favor of his as
sertion. 1t is certain that chess sell
dom appears except in fields where
the wheat has suffered from the effects
of hard winter, and that in this
event it frequently does so in locali-
ties where it has hitherto been un.
known, while though wild fescue,
which resembles it closely enough to
deceive an ordinary observer, is COM
mon almost everywhere in the tenn
pera.e zone, real chess is never found
in spots where it is improbable that
kernels of wheat might have been
carried.
Many stranger things occur in plant
life than for wheat to degenerate into
an apparently useless weed. Almost
all cultivated vegetables are given to
u.h
lected soon return to the wild condi-
tion from which they have been i'm
proved by long years of assiduous
culture and selection. Take the pars-
nip, for instance, which, though a
wholesome and useful esculent when
cultivated soon develops very poison
Gus properties when allowed to roam
at will.
Speaking of cheat, the well-known
horticulturist, John Thorpe, says:
"Cheat or chess is, in my opinion,
based on years of careful observation,
wheat in an incipient form. It has
many of the apparent outside attri-
butes of wheat itself, but lacks the
true principles of that plant. The
organs, as far as they are developed,
resemble those of pure wheat, but the
gluten, the most valuable attribute of
the latter, is wanting. In other
words, regard chess as the pure
type of the wheat species as first dis
covered, in which theory I am sup
ported by the fact that the wheat
plant has never been found growing
wild" But the origin of cheat is of
little interest to the bulls or bears,
though the former will be delighted il
amateur botanists have ample oppor-
tunity of studying this peculiar plant
this coming season.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

attached to Miss Goodwin, and for a
long time all Portsmouth wondered
which of the two navy officers would
be Miss Goodwin's choice. Dewey
won and Commander Rhind sailed on
fine old ship, the Narrangansett,
just about the time that Susie Good
win and George Dewey were married,
October "a, 1867.
The great sorrow of George Dewey s
life came in 1872. While on his first
cruise on the European station as COM
mander of ship, the news came that
son had been born to him. Five
days later Dewey received the saddest
cable message of his life. 1t told him
that his wife was dead. For long
time Dewey was inconsolable. More
than one of his friends thought his
career had ended with the cablegram
announcing his wife's death.
His son, who is now in New York,
was named George Goodwin Dewey
in honor of his father.
From 1872 to 1876 he superintended
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
A Gin-Soaked Land.

Deeper and deeper runs the black cur
rent of the liquor traffic in 'the Rivers"
b. which West Africans mean the Niger
Coast Protectorate. The Niger Delta in
ciudes the network Of creeks and channels
extending from Lagos to the Cameroos.
This vast district is inhabited by races as
degraded as any on earth. The reeking
and decayinS vegetation breeds loathsome
diseases. In these Niger swamps the she'd
ding of human blood plays leading part
In religious customs. The Dutch and Ger
man gin distillers here find a grand field
for their horrible traffic. The gin trade
has succeeded the slave trade. Never have
the sreat distillers of Holland been so busy.
There is great boom in gin. and the
manufacturers of 'liquid damnation" say
they are utterly unable to execute all their
orders. High dividends have been paid to
British shareholders In the trading COM
pnnies, for the trade is all In British hands,
though the greatest makers are German
and Dutch. Last year destruction was
dealt out to the wretched Negroes by six
million bottles OF gin, and by over quar-
ter-millon gallons OF rum. Most of the
natives have become drunkards, and, in
spite Of the noble work Of missionaries like
Saker and Thomson, the population Is
growing more and more immoral through
the vast importation OF cheap and vile
spirits.-Christian Budget.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

after teacher left the school in dis
gust. 'TThat Dewey boy runs the
school," was the complaint OF all of
them.
But the Dewey boy found his match
and his master at last in 2. X. Pang-
born, his teacher, who is now promi-
nent in the politics of New Jersey.
Mayor Pangborn ouce when George
was unusually bad licked him within
an inch of his life. Says the Mayor,
describing the incident:
II escorted George home to his
father that day. He looked at the
rawhide and at the cuts on his sons
face. Well, Mr.. Pangborn,' he said,
sternly, I don't care what you've
done, if you've only made him mind
you"
And George Dewey did mind after
that. At a meeting many years after
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

The Increase of Feeble Minded Children.
Periods of extraordinary efflores-
cence or fruitage are followed by ex-
haustion and sterility not infrequent-
ly demanding the free use of the prun.
ing knife; and, just as we remark how
frequent is idiocy the offspring of
genius, so do we find the same SEEM
ing paradox, of mental defect in rank
and increasing growth the product of
this most wonderful nineteenth CEN
tury.
True, science has contributed to
numbers by revealing MS mental de-
''the backward" ''the feebly gifted.
as well as by showing what was once
esteemed moral perversion to be moral
imbeciity; but truth to which sci
ence also attests is, that unstable
nerve centres uniting and reacting
through successive generations, pro-
ducing various forms of netroses, evil
denced in insanity, moral and mental
imbecility, idiocy and epilepsy, do
show the influence of highly ner-
vous age
Cur last census reports, although
necessarily uncertain and unreliable,
yet show ! inety thousand mental de-
fectives, not incln6 ing the insane.
UnrecogniAed and unacknowledged
cases ell the number easily to one
hundred thousand within our present
borders-how many we are going to
annex remains to be seen; but this is
an enemy that attacks not our from
tiers but our hearthstones. We have
reached that point when we must con-
quer it, lest it should conquer us, and
the means to this end may be summed
up in three words-separation. asexu-
alization, and permanent sequestra
tion DIR. NJ. w. Barr, in Appletoas'
Popular Science Monthly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
the Pacific Coast survey. He wa,
made q captain in 1884 and chief of the

the Pacific Coast survey. He wa,
made captain in 1884 and chief of tho
Bureau OF Equipment and Recruiting
in 1889. From that time up to 1897
when he went to Hong Kong to as
sumo command of our Asiatic squad
ron, the greater part OF his time was
spent in Washington.
No one in all Washington was more
sought after in clubs OF greater
favorite in society than the quiet.
kindly, gentle man of the world
George Dewey.
He had suite of apartments in thu
Metropolitan Club at Washingt on
and was for years member of thu
House Committee. He was scr upul
GUS in his attention to dress. He il
always fond of good cigar and I
good story.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
An UnR0lYed Problem.

The economic aspects Of the liquol
problem in this country, as reported by
the committee that was appointed few
years ago to study the liquor question In
all its bearings, are summarized by Profess
sor Farnbow in the Atlantic Monthly.
Briefly the committee finds that produc-
tion Of liquor in 1896 consumed 5S 900, 900
bushels OF grain and gave employment d.
rectly to 100000 persons, and that the
liquor traffic yielded to the Government
more than S182 600 600 in revenue. On the
other hand, of course, are familiar statis-
tics showing how the drink habit increases
pauperism and crime. What these statis-
tics do not show, however, and what prob
ably such statistics never will be able to
show, Is tho effect of immoderate drinking
in diminishing physical and mental en-
ergy. All drinkers do not die In the aims
house or become criminals. The majority
of them are probably self-supporting, and
never see the inside of police court un-
less to appear as witnesses or do jury duty.
To what extent does drinking diminish the
power OF persons OF this class to think
clearly and toll vigorously? These are
distinctly economic aspects Of tho liquor
question, and yet they are aspects on
which 1t is impossible to obtain statistics.
1t Is encouraging to believe, however, that
this phase of the liquor question is less
serious than 1t was formerly. The people
are understanding more fully, in these
days OF sharp competition in the various
self-control. Self-interest is teaching
the Importance of clear heads and firm
nerves, and this motive, commercial and
practical in character, is contributing
greatly to lessen the evils of the liquor
traffic
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

his time, if he desired, and stop wher-
ever he wished. OF course the official
despatch to Admiral Dewey conveyed
this information very briefly, but
enough was said to let him feel that
he was to govern himself according to
his individual desires.
Soon after the Admiral cabled from
Hong Kong the announcement that he
would stop at various places on his
way home. Lieutenant Ward, of the
Navigation Bureau, then made the
following official announcement:
admiral Dewey telegraphs that he
will stop at various places on his way
to the United States and will reach
New York about October 1,
George Dewey-the man who in one
lay made his bare name bigger than
Ill the titles that could be fastened to
t and whose homecoming the entire
United States are now awaiting with
everish impatience lis a strictly
American product.
ng the greater part OF three centuries,
;he blood that feeds his cool, clear
brain has drawn its vigor from Yam
Iee soil.
He is IN American, and that is
enough. Just as his name needs no
official fourishes, his fame has no use
:or heraldic tinsel; and the pedigree
franks who profess to trace back his
lineage through English barons and
medieval kings even to the pagan
gods, will do we'll to carry their wares
20 cheaper market. George Dewey
is no proper subject for trifing of this
sort.
The lively baby who was destined
some sixty years later to smash the
bubble of Spain's pride was born ct
Montpelier, VT, December 26, 1887.
His father was julius Y. Dewey, a
physician of Montpelier, and one of
tho founders of the National Life In
surance Company. He was fine,
dignifed specimen of an old school
New England gentleman, very scrup-
ulous about small things. He was
c-A of the first communicates OF
Chr st Episcopal Church, in Mont
peiier.
George Dewey's mother died when
he was five years old. His lnsepara-
BILE companion and closest <confdante
from infancy was his sister, now Mrs.
Mary P. Greeley, of Montpelier.
The affection between George and
his only sister, Mary, is touching.
They are of about the same age-only
some eighteen months apart-and
were constant playmates during their
whole childhood. When George got
up q "show" in his fathers barn. with
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
ADMIRAL DEWEY
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Life Story Of the Hero Of Manila

WASHINGTON, D. G. Especial. .-Ad-
miral Dewey will arrive at New York
about October 1. This information
was received by Secretary Long few
days ago, and was Immediately an
nounced by the officers of the Nav
Department.
Two or three days before Secretary
Long cabled Admiral Dewey at Hong
Kong asking him to state about when
he would arrive in the United States.
Admiral Dewey was informed that he
was to govern himself entirely by his
own wishes in the matter of coming
home. The Department desired that
he feel no official restraint whatever.
The hero of Manila Bay was to take
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
Wrecks Around Sable Island.

Since 1902 wreck register has beef
carefully kept of the disasters around
Sable Island which shows more thar
$50 wrecks. Once entangled in tn,
shadows Of Sable Island, once stranded
upon the bars, and it is all over will
the hapless craft. Men-of-war ant
stately frigates have been wrecked
here as we'll as steamships, barks ane
fighting smacks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
A Town Tra,nps Avoid.

The genus tramp has become an ex-
tinct animal in Oakland, Me-, since
the adoption by the town authorities
of the tramp chair, of which Sanford
J. Baker is the inventor.
1t is simply strongly built cage in
the form of a chair on wheels. 1t is
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

the hook when George went fishing in
Onion River or Dog Greek. This same
sister, now Mrs. Greeley, cultured
widow, is living in Montpelier.
Like Nelson and Lord Give, George
Dewey was very bad boy at school.
He used to be known in Montpelier
as "That naughty Dewey boy" He
was recognized leader among the
boys OF his age in the town.
He could stay under the water of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

the Winooski River longer than any
of them. He could skate and swim
and run as no other boy in Montpelier
could. But at the little old district
school where he learned to read and
write and multiply, he was thorn in
the flesh of any one who had the mis-
fortune to try to teach him. Teacher
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
Ingredients Used in Coynac.

The members OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union take comfort in the
published result OF the analysis recently
male of the liquor supplied to the French
army under the name of cognac. Accord
ing to the report read before the Academic
de Medicine, of Paris, the "best cognac"
consists of castor oil, cocoanut oil and
other fatty substances treated with nitric
acid. "Pure Jamaica rum sold by an
oe made up OF much the srme materials.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
4 TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

fave Faith In tho Boy-Liquor Drinking
is Diminishing Because Self-Interest
is Teaching the Importance of Clear
Heads and Firm Nerves.
Have faith in the boy, not believing
That he Is the worst Of his kind,
In league with the army OF Satan,
And only to evil inclned
But daily to guide and control him
Your wisdom and patience employ,
And daily, despite disappointment
And sor:ow, have faith in the boy.
Have faith to believe that some moment
In LIES strangely checkered career,
Convicted, subdued and repentant,
The prodigal son will appear;
The gold in his nature rejecting
The dark and debasing alloy,
Illuming your spirit with gladness,
Because you have faith in the boy.
Tho now he is wayward and stubborn,
And keeps himself sadly aloof
From those who are anxious and fearful,
And ready with words OF reproof.
Have faith that the prayers of mother
His wandering feet will arrest.
And turn him away from his follies
To weep out his tears on her breast.
All! many a boy has been driven
Away from the home by the thought
That no one believed in his goodness,
Or dreamed of the battle he fought.
so II you would help him to conquer
The foes that are prone to annoy,
Encourage him often with kindness,
And show you have faith In the boy.
Have faith in his good resolutions,
Believe that at last he'll prevail.
Tho now he's forgetful and needless,
Tho day after day he may fail.
Your doubts and suspicious misgivings
His hope and his courage destroy;
go, If you'd secure brave manhood,
IT'S we'll to have faith in the boy.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
What Won His Vote.

During a temperance campaign a lawyer
Of the proposed temperance law. An old
farmer who had been listening attentiyely
shut his knife with snap, and said: ~
1on't know nuthin' about the law, but I've
got seven good reasons for votin' for it,"
what are they?" asked the lawyer. And
the grim old farmer responded: -Four sons
and three daughters
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
The Bitter Eitten.

Eighty-four per cent. of the destitute
saloon-keepers owe their condition to the
consumption OF their own wares. Next
come the sailors, with ffty-eight per cent,
the butchers with flfty-seven per cent, the
printers and iron and steel workers with
1fty-ave per cent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29

remain perfectly quiet in a sitting
position. He cannot draw up his feet
or move any part of his body. A shelf
is placed near the top for food, and
the contrivance can be hauled about
from place to place at will. The vic
tim is confined as firmly as though he
were glued to the seat.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
"A CEREAL DEGENERATE.

Cheat or Chess 10 Wheat in An Incipient
Form.
Cheat or chess, as it is botanically
termed, is plant that has caused an
immense amount of controversy, the
popular superstition being that it is
the wheat plant itself degenerated by
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-29
Storing Up Knowledge.

edith, what made you ask Mrs
Crumpet how to make tea? You
know you don't like her tea"
Eyes, mamma; but, you see, thinl
I ought to know how not to make it.
-Chicsgo News.