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CiJ tjwrlMWanftmnnyf'iniwrvwTTVit Vol. xvn. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, May 18. 188 No. 41. ,?$ fg J; TH2 FLOATING HOMES OP BANGKOK. Boats are the universal means of conveyance and communication, . and a boat thus becomes a neces sary adjunct to every person's household; to its dextrous use every child is trained; men, women and children are equally accustom ed. Perhaps the most common form is a stout skiff about twonty fivo feet long, turning up very sharply and high behind, like a Venetian gondola. It is broad in the beam, and two-thirds of its length is housed over, leaving a little flat-deck in front, and a still smaller one behind. Behind stands the husband and sculls; in front stands the wife, rowing and using a boat-hook to help their way through the crowds. The front of tho boat is used for busi ness, passengers or cargo. The rear third is given up to tho family and domestic furniture. For, incredible as it may seem, wo soon see that each bont is the home of a family, father, mother, girls and boys, who are born there, live there and die there. In the daytime the children and the furniture are crowded into a space not over four feet square; at night they can spread out over greater surface. I looked into these homes with attention, ami never could enough wonder or admire how closely all was packed, with out seeming to jostle or painfully crowded. Also, that the children live so happily and contentedly in a space no greater than a large sized Saratoga trunk! It is prob ably a fact that there are many 10-year old children in Bangkok river who never walked over twenty feet in a straight line; in short who have never been on land. But then, when they come in prox imity to boats whoso little inmates thoy know, they would boys and girls from 5 to 12 jump out of their boat house, and dive and swim away to visit and gambol around together; now free in tho water, now hanging to the boat's side or sitting astride of tho scull oar. And a friend tells me that he has seen them in their visits tako with them baby, to whoseshoulders mother has prudently attached a light gourd or other light float to insure its safety. In a minor excursion tip a side canal I found myself at tho city residence of the Prime Minister whoso name I have not now time to write out in full. I ran my boat all round through his pleasure grounds, and wondered whether the worth' old gentleman con sidered that he was living on tho land or in the river. In one part of his aquatic asylum I saw mag nificent specimens of tho victoria regia, whose leaves, round hko a platter, were over two yards in diameter. Their rim was sharply turned up in a ledge an inch high, and on the raft thus formed were settled, quite at homo like, a family of frogs. They, too, seemed to fall in with the humors of the country. Rochester Democrat. Tho question involved in a St. Louis lawsuit was whether a wink, said to have been made by the de fendant, qualified the words which lie uttered at tho same time. He told the plaintiff to levy on the contents of a certain safe, and it was claimed that, by covertly and expressively winking, ho re versed the meaning of whit he said. The jury decided against the wink'theory. Tho fact that within tho last eight years 148,000,000 copies of the Biblo have been published and circulated, contrasts strikingly with tho prophecy of Paine, that within a hundred years of his day the-Jast Bible would be printed. Hair. Not les3 than SO per cent, of the women and 5 per cent, of the men of this country wear more or less false hair. Tho enormous con sumption of the artificial and net uial product sggeststhe fact, fear ful but true, that nine women out of every ten about the street, in tho church, or on the cars, charm ing or uglv to a line, have on a wig or a weft, a bandeau or a pre pared net, b.mgs or waves, ar- j ransred at the hairdresser's. Some peoplo think that blondes j never grow grayheaded. The iact is, one-third of white shreds may be mingled with such hair and few will notice it. The same propor tion of blonde-headed people turn gray as those with an- other col ored hair. The proportion of people who dye their hair is also surprising. Some 20 per cent are s.iid to do this. Of couise the greater pro portion of these people are white haired. A white head is often, thoujrh not alwavs a sijrn of trouble. The dresser is more than often amused by requests from the conn-1 try for "cold-water frizzes." These', of course comprise an article which j will curl easily by application of; water, and are easily Mipplied. ' Curly hair has been tho fashion for a year or more. Of the two, human hair is the most called for. "Hair-raising" is a sort of industry in Europe. The peasant girls, who are much in the opeii air, get their heads cropped once a year, and thus furnish a portion of the supply. They are satisfied with h Mipend so small that an American woman would scorn to touch sis times its value. Of tho material imported, France supplies half the trade and England and Germany divide the rest. The raw material finds its way here on this side in gi eat quantities, and is mado up here o'n this side of tho water. The business is young yet in this country. Simple Polly. A bill has been introduced into the House appropriating 150,000 for the purchase of a suitable ves sel for Arctic exploration. The person selected for tho post of Commander is Lucien Young, of tho United Stitcs navy. It is probablo, says the Call, that a great international Arctic expedit ion may bo organized on a scale of expeditions that will provide against such a fate as that which overtook Captain Do Long, but until some such action is taken, no moro expeditions should re ceive national aid or encourage ment. Tho lino which properly separates legitimate daring fiom foclhardiuess is draw n a long dis tance this sido of the North Pole. A naval officer must "go where ho is sent, but the Government has no right to require of its servants a useless sacrifice of life. Thero aro men so greedy of notoriety that they would volunteer to do almost aything on condition that tho world's eye would bo directed to their position, but it is not within tho province of Govern ment to encourage or reward a useless waste of life. It is stilted as a fact, which ihe public may accept, that Jay Gould has absolute control of joint stock capital chiefly railroad of at least six hundred million dollars. Not only the market value of this immense amount of securities is at the mercy of the man's caprice, 'but also the management of the properties it is supposed to repre sent. Even besides the great en terprises among which the foro going vast sum is divided, Mr. Gould has a controlling interest in many smaller matters of great variety. A DaUota "STara. When a man becomes so morose I or hardened that he cannot sit down now and then and indulge in a laugh, he needs repairing. Laugh ter sweetens the temper; just read this account of a Dakota farm to morrow after dinner and see if it does net: "Yes, sir," resumed the Dakota man, as a crowd of agriculturists seated themselves around a little liblo; rather yes, sir, wf do things on sizable scale. I've seen a '" on one of our big f.,rms stait out in thn spring and plow a fur row until fall, then he turned around and harvested back. We have some big farms up there, gen tlemen. A friend of initio owned one on which he had to give a mortgage, and the mortgage was due on one end bofore they could get it recorded on tho other. Yon see it was laid off in counties." There was a murmur of aston ishment, and the Dakota man con cen tinued: "I got a letter from a man who lives in iny orchard, just beforo I left home, and it had been three ks u- tQ th dwelIin aIlhouh it ,wd traveIed j j nio-ht " "Distances are. pretty wid up there, ain't they'"" inquired one. j "Reasonably, reasonably,.' ro- plied the Dakota man. "And the worst of it is it breaks up families so. Two years ago I saw a whole family prostrated with grief; women yelling, children howling and dogs barking one of my men had his camp truck packed on seven four-mule teams, and ho was around bidding everybody good by." "Where was he going?" asked a Gravesend man. "Ho was going half nay aeross the farm to feed tho pigs," replied the Dakota man. "And did he ever get back to his family again;" "It isn't time for him yet,'" ro nlied the Dakota man. Brookhm i Eagle. ; Justice consists in doinir no in jury to any one". He who has filled the ineasiuo of his days has only learned how to bogin to live. Great things are not accom plished by idle dreams, but by years of patient study. It is said that hysterical pcisons havo a marked taste for vinegar and green frnit. About 4,000 roses are loqnired to mako one pound of ottar of roses. They who presume most in pros perity are soonest subject to de pair in adversity. . A herring yield- over IJO.OOO eggs, myriads of which are devour ed by various enemies. Great deeds need to bo tested by their spirit. There can bo no saintliness without humility. The law can never make a man honest. It can only make him very uncomfortable when is dishonest. To show that Captain Kails' project of raising vessels 4,000 to 0,000 tons forty-six feet out of the water and putting them on a railway is not a visionary one, tho fact is adduced that in the Bom bay hydraulic dock, weights aro lifted of 12,000 tons. Engineor- ing"skill, it is safe to say, can lift anything, except, perhaps, a mort A new amusement in Indiana is egg jumping. The act of jumping causes tho involuntary closing of the hands in a tight grip; and in tho contest of egg jumping who ever jumps furthest without break ing the egg that he holds in eitlior hand takes tho prize. Ftirnisln'.l KooiQ4 to Lot t Mrs. Munson's lodsin? hou;r. Notice. !c? cre.ni:, ii'u cream, nt Hoscm-':- !- J froliincnt -alonn, .Saturday and Sim-j uav fveiiins. Occident block. Notion. TheAstoiki .Shirt and Oil Clothing Factory 1ms mnod next house to O'lJrien's Ho'el. Persons wisliiiiii uood oil clotliintr to few) them drv v.'tlJ please call. Drni't Die in the JItne. Askdri!2uitfor'-:rj,cli(:t Ia;." It clears out rat-, mice. K'il)u:s, roaches, vermin, thes. ants, iiis-i-t. i;.: i-r bov. Nklmiy Sii'u, VYVIN Health Krwwei Ab.olutf- cure rorin;roiis drijilitj and weakness of the generative function-. $!, at drug-idsis- Orison Depot, PA VIS & CO.. I'm tlaad, Or. "UnPltuiioibu.'' New. quick, compete cure 1 days, urlnarj alTeetions, smartiuc, livo.uent or diliieult urination, kidivj dise.nc. 51. at drusKts. Oregon Ds-ibt, I)A VIS & CO.. Portland. Or, Ta!e Sot Ire. On utter lliis date an additional 10 fmta noi" nnril will lirt nmnrnA m, .ill orders for sawed wood not accompanied U UIU IUS". .11 Wltt3 U1ltl UH. iMH) l3t,18Sl. Attention Fishoriiioii Jsa Kichola'.s Balm of Gilead oil for soie or chapped hands, for sale bv Joe O. Charters. Tide tables free to ill. For the finest baths in the city so to the Orient bathing room-., opposite llolden's auction store. Ion G. Cii.uiTEi:-, Piop. War! War! War! Wfitei front offered lree to juij person that will build a saw mill in the city of Williamsport. Lumber we must line to build this city. We have one stole in running older at present. Quite a num ber lme already located homes in this city, and yet "there is loom. Sold on time to suit purchasers. Located one mile south of Astoria, on the vanity side of the hill, on Young's bay. J VlI,T,IAM-0V.Sl!. To Live .itcn Titr. ASTORiA'lias now readied a circulation wJtlcHSplace-ut at the head of th" li-t of Oies$j&Ubriit&,niid insures to ad vet ther.s;tIi5fen3wwJbeneny,or the. amount Tin1illTi3T"irinv"Vt3T7ri?iTr(iii elsewhere. To'thobe who wish to reaoh the largc.it number of rcaderi nt the smallest epense, we oiler the columns of un attractive dailv, the success of which from the very start has been fat boyoud the expectation-, of the tnol sanguine. Have Wistar's baioam of wild cherrj alwaj .s at hand. It cure- couglis, cold-, bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, in llucnza, consumption, nnd all throat and jiuig complaints, .in cents and?l a bot tle. A cwgii. cold orsorj throat should be stopped. Xeglect freqiiciitlj lesults in an incurable lung disease or consump tion. iJiown s Mroncliial troches do not disorder the stomach like cough sjrups and balsams, but at! direct! on the iu fiamrd parts. allai:ig inflation. gie relief in asthma, bronchitis, coughs, catarrh, ami the throat troubles which singeisand public s.peai.eisaie -uuject to. I'or thirty yeai.- JSrowns bionchial troches have been recommended by physicians, ami alwaj-. give perfect satisfaction. Having Wi'i tested In wide and constant use for neariy an en tire generation, they haw attained well mciiled rank among the few tao!e remedies of the age. Sold at 25 cent's a oox everywhere. Hall's Ymftabli: Sicilia:, II mi. IiEXewi'k is a scientiiic roiubinatiou of boincof the most powerful le-loiatiw agent- in the wgotable kingdom. It re Moies Kiay hair to Its original color. It makes the scalp white and clean. H cures dandruff and humor-, and falliug outof the hair. 11 furnishe-. the nuti i tlve principle by winch the hair is nour ished and suppoiied. It makes tho hair moist, soft and glossy, mid is iinsiu pasbed as a hair dressing. It is the mo-t economical preparation ewr ottered to the public, a-i its effects remain along tiuie. making oalj an i.-ca-Ioal appli cation neooi.s:ii. It is recommended and used by eminent medical men. and officially endorsed bvthy State Ass-aver of Massachusetts. The popularity' of Halls Hair Kewwer has increr-cd with the test of main yeais, both In this country and in foreign lands, and it is now known and used in all the ei-.ilized countries of the wot id. Kon Sam: i-.y all iH:Ai,ri:s i'l-invian flitter. Uinclioni Itubrtt. The Count Cincliou -.vas tlie .5p:tni.sh Viceroy m lVni in K30. Tlie. Couiitt .-, iii w lie. was prostrated by an inteiiuit tent fever, from l.ieh .'-he was ire- d ly thu use. of Hie native reined v, the 1'eru vlan bark. or. as it Was called in Hie lansuajce of the country, 'Quinquina." Grateful for lier rceovei , on I.er letui n to Euror.o iu liira, slu- introdue il thu roim-dy in Spain, where it u.-w known under various names until I.iim-'.'s called it Cinchona, in honor of the ladv who had brought them that whieii ias more precious than tiieo!d of tiu-lncas. To tills day. after a lapse of t-.vo hun dred and lifty ear, s-iencu lias given us nothing to lake its place, it ciTectu ally cures a morbid appetlto tor stimu lants, by restoi ing the natural tone of tho stomach. It attacks exce-sUe love of liquor as it does a fever, and destroys both alike. Tho powerful tonic virtue of the Cinchona is pre-erved in the Peruvian Bitters, which are as offfetivo against malarial fever to-tlav as tiiej were ia tho days of the old Spanish Viceroys. We guarantee thn ingredi ents ot theso bitters to be absolutely pure, and of the best known quaiitv. Atrial will satisfy you that this is tlio best bitter in thn world. "The proof of the pudding is in tho eating," and we willingly abide this test. 1'orsaio by all druggists, grocers and liquor dealers. Order it. Loeb &Co., agents for Astoria. iUSOELLANEOUS. W; 22. SDESSSSSXTT,. ,-ia amokia oi:i:;u.n DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. Toilet- ami Fancy Articles, PATENT I5EDICINES, ETC. STTroscnytlo-'s carefully corapoundedjat nil hour. tSf-ITonaopaihir 'jlnctures and rellets, and iriimpiney's Hewitles also kept. O.-II.KR IV New and Choice MILLINERY, l)r !; to rail tiin :iUt ntion of the Ladies vt Astoria to the fact that she has received a lanii' .i-iiii.ont of the Jj1.Tf.WT MTYIjKS (IT i-teis, Bonnets. Trimmings, Corner Main :ir.d Pquemoqlic Streets. SUIT HOUSE! CLOAKS SSSS SUITS I iluul send to.iny !)i:i'-jESand DOLMANS at prices Hint CAXXOT UK DUl'LlCAlI'D m Amenc i, from 513 upwards, with urhilege ot evimnimg at ells-rarco. and if not good alue I paj t-liari;. s 150 111 ways. Ad it rv, with size, be. :s. Xj.x-ip-i?, CariiF-r Third -iad Alitor Strootp, jPOJJTIjAXD. okegox. SU. 2K. G&. SPiiSTH, Importer mui Wholesale dealer In Cigars and Tobacco, Smoker's Ar ticles, Playing Cards, Cut lery, Etc., Etc., Tli" lar-e: and 'finest slock of SIeerschstci and jMubor t;ooils in the city. I'arttcular ut-ti-nt.on p.-JU to oi-di rs from the country raid ve-els. CliMciimis street, A-toria, Oregon. TIIKO. ISI-ACKI'I'. Manage.- ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS 0ys1ur .Saloon. 0 ('JiKXAMr-s srr.Kirr. atoi:ia. ruin: ni-ku'-k-xki is i-lkasku to 6. piin-jiiTiec-l" the public that lie Is ma'i Li.; the Boston Crystal Ice Cream ! The lim st lee t'ri'Mii ncr dished up to tho Ai.ii'r.e.ai piiVi.e '1 rv it, and oe convinced. He .! furi-isli. s, la !!-.t-cla?s stle, ni&Tin:- it-i reiTEi: ti:a, etc. i mi: Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, OIKXa.M1S srKKET. Ill ft-:;U" iu-a i--.1l. Ku-ttoi: 1HXOX, Proprietor s-u:4'r j'IjAs. Dress Making. lz-.v. T. S. Jewebb. t'p ...ills, i.itioi(r "Mr. .Koeis" lloaiduy IIOllS)'. Atnong the medical means of arrest ing disease. Hosteller's btomacii Bitters stands pre-eminent. It checks the further progress of all disorders of the .stomach, liver and bowels, revives the vital stamina, prevents and remedies chills and teer, increases the activity of the kidnei, , counteract- a tendency to rheu matism, andjs a genuine stay and solace o ag( d. infirm and nervous persons. l'or sale bv all Drui-gists and Dealers generally. GLEAMING and REPAIRING NKAT. CHKA1' AXD QCICK. BY UKOlttiK LOVETT, Main Street, onioslte X. LoebV, ijfe b STOMACH STTEB5 MISCELLANEOUS. S. ARNDT & FERCHEN, AsrociA. - oRnGojf. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH j2$fiM&k oi"Mmm i'V Boiler Shop Tsigff'"2 V Ail Muds i ENGINE, CAHNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK rromptly attended to. A specialty inadn of lcppliins CANNERY DIES, FOOT Ol' LAfAYLTTr: STKKET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Botox Srr.EEr, Nn.R Packer IIou.se, ASTORIA. - Or.EGOX. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILERMAKERS.!. USBlHlRlfilBKBISBS Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. Of all Je.scrii)tIoiiM made to Order nt Short Xotiop. A. D. AVass. President. .1. S. IlCsTLEit, Sccretttry. I. iV. Case, Treasurer. Jonx Fox, bupcrlutendest B. B. FKANKLFN, UNDERTAKER, ??T,y Corner Casi nud S(;ucrninUe sweets, AST0P.IA, .... ORFOOX HK.VLCC 0 WALL PAPER AX1 WINDOW SHADES AXD L'MIEHTAKEUS GOODS. .1. Li. I). G-liAY. Wtio'.esalcaudtetalldealei In. MA. K1XJJS OF FLFAt, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc ft-iwrul storage and Wliiiifase "i i.-avn-able teims. l'ootot Benton street. Aston,. Orecon. LOEB & CO., , ' JOBi:Ki;s;rx WINES. LIQUOK& . .V3.U CIGAK8. AGENTS KOU THE Best SanlFrancisco Houses and Eastern Distillories. CSrA!l uocili sold :.t ;ia I'ranclsco l'rii-e.-. siAtx iu:;iri. Opposite r.uker House. .V-lorla, OrcKOa. 867,000.000 CAPITAL. LlVEUt'OOL AND I.O'OX AND CtLOliE, NOHTII IIKITISII AND ilKl'.OAN TII.E OF LONDON AND . EDINI5UEGH. OLD CONNECTICl'T Ol' UAUT FOKD, AND COM3IEKCIAL OF CALlFOltNlA ! KIEE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Baproscntini; r. ca ital or Sti7.000.000. A. VAX- DUSEX. ,it nt. I. "W. OASE," ISiroUTKlt AXD WHOLESALE AX !) HE TAIL IEALEU IX BEI1EAL MERCHANDISE I ''orner Cbcaatnas and Cass strcct3. j ASTORIA ..- - OREGON BUSINESS CAEDS. JJ C. HOIDEX. ' XOTAKT PUBLIC, AITCTIOXKEE, COMJnSSION AND SUIIAXCE AGEXT'. ti:. j. c. MiAFTi:n, rnVSICILV and SCBOEOX. (DCCTSCnKE AKZT.) I) Incases r.rtlic Throat aSperlalty. OfQco o er Conn's Druj Store. J)R. C. C. CLASS, l'H.-)ICIAX AXD SUROKOX. Olllce over A. V. Allen's Store, ASrOKIA, - OEEGON. J? U. WiriTOX. Attorney and Counselor at Law. Offici.- in C. 1.. Talker's building, on Beaton stecet, opposite Custom House, ASTORIA, .... OUEGON. TAY TIJTTIjE. 31. . niYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Over tho White House Store. ltEsiDEXcE Over Elberson's Bakery, op posite Bartu v livers' Saloon. ei p. iih;ks. PKNTIST, ASTOltlA. - - - OltEQON Itooms in Allen's building up stairs, eoraer or Cass and Sqemocqhe streets. j Q. A. P.OWLBY. ATl,01tNETAT LAW. Cbenaram Street. - ASTOKIA. OREOOX Q II. AIX & CO., 1) CALEB IX Ooori, Windows, lillndB, Traa soniM, Immbor, Etc All kinds of O.ik Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma terial, etc. Turning and Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. , Steam Mill near Weston hotel, Cor. Gen eIve and Astor streets. yyai. ii own, BOAT BUILDER, AT THE OLD STAND, O CAY'S BUILDING FIKST CLASS WOBK A SPECIALTY MAGNUS C. CROSBY, Dealer In HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, Hnilera anfl Steam Fitta Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD? STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON TIN ANDTOPER, Caituery anfl Fishennens Supplies Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN. C0P PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Dmic with neatness and dispatch. Xoiie but ilrst class workmen employed. A Inrsse assortment ofj SCALE?" Constantly on band "WILLIAM EDGAE, Corner .Main end ChecanUB Stroots, i -1 it ( a . OREQOA HULKS IX CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Tlio Celebrated JOSEPH RODCERS & 80NS SENUiNE ENGLISH CUTLERY Alltt THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM ait t.tliiT EnzlUh Cutlery. FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine EXeershaum Pipes, etc. A lino stock ot Wai-he JHitl .Jewelry, SIuzzlc nuI IJreoi-H f.iimUncr Kho Guns nud KtJlos, IJevolvers, Pltoli, anil .trainunition MAKIXE ULAWSKS AIJK A riJiB Assortment of flno SrECTACLES and EYE OUVSSIS. SHIPPING TAGS rpllE BEST QUALITY. WILL BE b'tljD J. by Oio handroJ.orby tha box. printixlor ulaiol to suit oustcmer?, at Ths Astoblui offic.