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cz) Jgftc 3xU) stojcXau. I ASTORIA. OREGON TUESDAY MARCH 1, 1SS1 .CMKKLAI. ftlitor. Arctic Exploration. The many unsuccesssful attempt made during the present century to roach the north pole have each contributed to intensify the desire en the part of the scientific world to unravel its mysteries. Knell sacrifice of human life has inspired men to brave the greater riskb that hare been disclosed as the object of search has been neared. Any call for volunteers to ofiicer and man an exploring ship is responded to with alacrity, and the nly trouble is to repress the multitude who are willing to perform this hazardous service. Jt caw never be told in advance what practical results will flow from scientific re search, and none can say now what pecuniary benefit will come to the world from all of the study that is being given to Arctic exploration. The abstract studies of the astron omers have enabled the modern navigator to traverse the ocean -with as much exactness as though he were at some vast elevation, and could look down upon the .seas and the continents and ob serve the position of his vefetel in reference to them. The midnight studies of the alchemists were the forerunners of the chemists of our time, and their discoveries have almost infinitely advanced the wel fare and comfort of the human race. Every line of scientific study that was at first pursued for its wn sake has resulted in giving to the world something of great and abiding value. Perhaps there is no more striking illustration than the earlier researches in electricity m We have the best ot reasons. therefore, for the belief that the ultimate outcome of Arctic re search will be of Mime value to civilization, though in what par ticular way cannot be surmised, because the secrets of the frozen Tvorld have not yet been revealed. Anxiety has been expressed in many quarters, about the fate of the exploring vessel that started on her journey two years ago, but we can see no reason for any of the theories of disaster. Jf the relief vessel sent a year ago had found the explorer, she would kave accomplished in oue year wfeat had been planned for two; the fact that no tidings were ob .tained is one f the strong argu ments in favor of the success of the expedition. But the plea in be half of sending a relief steamer is sound for other reasons. It is possible that there has been disas ter in those, remote, frozen regions, because their perils are known to be great, and the equipment of an auxiliary expedition should have been provided before the original voyage of exploration was com meHced. Jf a similar safeguard had been provided on former occa sions, many valuable lives would have been saved, and the store of knowledge concerning the Arctic would have been the larger. There is no enterprise more worthy the attention of the government, and its costs is so tnvai, wnen tne national wealth is considered, that none should object from motives of economy. The Mediterranean squadron might be dropped for a year, and the pleasure trips of its officers deferred for a season. The country owes something to abstract science, and its obligation cannot be more appropriately acknowl edged than by doing all that is necessary to enable explorers to solve the mysteries of the Arctic. A correspondent of the Yamhill Reporter, writing from Sheridan, says: "A man was here last week, seeking information about the general lay of the country between Grand llonde atid Tillamook bay, as he claimed, for the purpose of making a survey in the spring, from Grand llonde to Astoria, to see whether it was a practical route for a railroad. As surprising as :t may seem to some, a man can go from Sheridan via Grand Konde to Tilla laook bay, without at any time being two hundred feet higher than this town. I know whereof I speak." Interoccanic Commnnication. The March number of the Cali fornia u comes freighted with an unusual quantity of valuable liter ary matter. To the mercantile and producing classes the most important article is "Interoccanic Communication," from the pen of Captain William Lawrence Merry, who, almost single handed, has for months past ably sustained the cause of the Nicaragua canal pro ject. That the people oi tins coast are blind to their own interest has been evident for a long time, and nothing can better prove this to be the case than the indifference displayed at the late meeting of the Grangers, when the subject of an interoceauic canal was present ed to them. To arouse the people of this coat from their lethargy, Captain Merry has worked inde fatigablv and with marked ability. His latest article gives in detail the reasons why the Nicaragua route should be preferred to that serving the two continents at the Isthmus of Panama. Laying aside the political considerations, which are f great importance, the figures presented in his article, showing the saving in first cost and in time, are sufficient, it would seem, to convert any who now lean toward the Panama scheme, while the engineering problems which must be solved by M De Lessep. are infinitely more diffi cult than airy presented to the engineers of the Nicaragua line. How a Cyclone Looks. From the Fhiladciidtm Press. The recent terrible cylclone in Macoupin county, Illinois, is thus described by Engineer Cutter, of the Chicago ami Alton express train, which was running at full speed, and met the tempest at Carlinsville. Mr. Cutter saw out on the prairie what he supposed to be a straw or haystack on fire. As he approached it he saw that it moved rapidly toward the track, and then realized that it was a cyclone of the most appalling character. It was a' dark, funnel shaped cloud, reaching from the ground high into the air, where it disappeared into the clouds. It was black and dangerous-looking, and whirled with terrible velocity. Its voice, heard even in the dis tance above the rumble and roar of th.e train, was frightful in the extreme. The cyclone seemed to travel at the rate of twenty miles an hour, and was so fast approach ing that the moving train must in a moment inevitably strike it. Mr. Cutter shut nil his engine and ap plied his air brake jusC in time: for despite the precaution, the train touched the ej-clone's outer 6dge. Mr. Cutter describes the sijjht as the most horrible he ever saw. The air was lurid and dark and hot. as if coming from an oven. Everything in the pathway of the storm was demoralized and crushed and annihilated. Barns, fences, sheds, telegraph poles, and everything at all fragile was swept up. Mr. Cutter and his fireman crouched down in the tender, and for a moment feared that the train would be overturned. The cars were only held on the track by their safety-chains. The passen gers, who first wondered at the stop, with blanched cheeks and terrified countenances viewed the terrible monster of the air in its work. NEW TO-DAY. Proposals. SEAI.E ceix ei -S WILL BE KE- L. H. Bdin.kCo., un i Friday, March -Uli. i two story building, will be furnished b til iSoVIih lKhl.for tl I'laiisiuiil the undersign ."iO-td V. II. BAIN & CO. Sealed Proposals. SEALED ntOl'OSALS WILL BE RE eeiveil b the undersigned at his laker-. coriH'rot Mam and S4nemoilK4 streets un tirilinrMlax. March l. lKSt.at -z oclok v, Jt.. for tne eiHistmctiiHi of a two storv frame iHiiblin Conor Olney and CHirt streets. 1'lausaiHl steiMir:uhHisina besMii at w Ibikery. 11k- riht to reject an or all tmls Wlierebj reseninl. tL LOI'IS KIMCHJIOKK. Sealed Proposals. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE KE eHveil bv the Hiidersfcnieil at the flloe of the County Cleik. for bHAdiuaiHl etiiMidet iiiK a two stor' f raiae building on tin- comer of Wot-etehtk aol Water streets, nans and ecilMaitioareln my hands for ins pec tion. BUN will be oencd at 2 ot4ock. p. m., Tnesilay. Mnrch 1st, isi. Tbe right to re ject an j and a'l tods, is hetebv reser'Hl. 2t. JAS5. TV. WELCH. 5eate v iMtarosAi ithesopof k,i.,sliVii.o VcUoIVh ; 'XllCltlltis et NEW TO-DAY. v AVor Sale. LAND IN CLATSOP fronting on the Columbia 1 COlHl0ed oi No. 1 Mim&iuu make excellent laniis. for-i nrt class frog etc.. inquire of A. Jl. TWOMBLY. Last Call. fllll TAX l'AVKKS OK SCHOOL DMrkl JL No. ! : Yhi xn hereby notified llutt Ike TxIM Hill remain in m hand until the 7th n .MMtra. aii iiititMMi wve- on una tay win be returned to tin Count Clerk lelin lUcni.MMt ctwtswill sicvmc. U nler of the Board of Directors. w-i.i .i.(;.nrsTi.Ei:,cierK. Annual School Meeting Notice. AN ANNUAL MKETINC OF THK h-gal voters of SciMMd DM net No. 1 will be held at the-ehoo! hotiM'on Mjuii vtrret. in A-tona. CbUH eonnt , rron. m Monday evening. March 7. 1H. at 7 o'clock i m., lr Ute nrwoe of clec.iiutone Dirwtor ftr three wrs ami ime (Vrk fr rr. AIm in le a lax Jo Miiiootf a M-hotd for the enduing ear in aM dMrk-t. ami Im a tax to pay interest and incidental epen" of safe! tlKjrirt. ami to transact stch other Im-i-Hess as may proferlv eotne lefre the met't ine. Ily nler of the Board of Directors. LH. IllSTLER.Oerfc. Atna. Feb. -l. 1-M. -W-td Notice. 1AKTIKS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED i 1.1. JUL nC it eretltt any imrus ordcrim; in the hmmh f ih- earner Quickstep, unless -eiHMNMtiet by an rUer I row t lie undersigned. All aeeonnt.s du -leanier Jiik-Wep must be paM to Ceo. W. Hume, or to Jne. as n Kher (artk-s are authorized to collect said bills. 47-lH .lOSEI'il l.CME Dissolution Notice. THEl'ARTXERSHU'HEREToFOREEX istinicletHeiii the uiMlerMgited i this day dissolelby mutnaleiHtsent. All debts due the late firm will Ik (mid to A. Cinder, who isaktwe antnorized to odk-ct and rceiH fortkesaHH'. a. tJIXDER. 1..I. KI1.EY. AMona, Feb. Hlh, lI. $80 Reward. T EN tor ENTY DOLItAUS WILL BE l'AID lor the recover of each of the liodies of four Chinamen drowned in Columbia river j war BntokfcM on Wcduesda last, while geut: from Illlar rock to Brooktk-ld. One was twenty-one -ars f ape. and had on his person at the time a check of $vJ aiiil seven doUars in silver. Thr second was twenty-three years bl awl had a pistol .uid seven dollars in stiver. The third wxs tweiity rir years oM and had three twenty dollars jokl nieces, a twenty-five cent jrteiv. and a siUcrwatch. The fourth was twenty-eiht year, obi ami had 1-Vi in Z(M. The hIhiw rewards will bcpakl b thcundersu-iicd. LUUttlliNtTTTTO.. OrCHIN UNO. tirtmiid.imou. AMiuia. Oregon. -T.iU.wJui" WAK IS lKi'LAKKI lVITIIOL'T FntTJIKK XOTIC'K Ami no terms of peace until every mau in Astoria has a uew Miilof eiotlHrs .1IAIK BY .tlKA.VV. IHd t tle recs : l'.-uits loonier from - - is w rants.CeHHineKrem'nt'asHtmere - 1 So Suits fnm - - - - - - St w Tlie Hm-sl lim of samtdes mm ue coast to select from. F..I. ME.VNY. Men-ltant Tailor. Farker Hmise. Astoria. SODA WATER, "SKiT SjwrkliHj; WiiksuimI CarlxMiated Beverages. .ppniattiH for TlaLin. Kottliux, and IMnpennliix. CHH4cte Outlits. Materials and Suiiplies. Kstaltlisbed -is y ears. I Hust rated ami 1 'need CatabHno M-iif to an aldressonailic:itioii. Send vmir order dn,et to .IOII.V MATTHHU'K. First Ateuue. -ia h . Tth St.. New Yoik. 30-dtw.lM First Class Saloon. CHICAGO BREWERY DEPOT, Om the Boadway. opposite the Oregon Kail wa ami Navigation Co's wharf. New Bagatelle Table, The Chinese must ;(0 The choicest brands of foreign and dom-stic WIX'KS. LiqUOKS AXD CI U AILS. content Chlcaso Beer.- HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. A.J.MKCI.KK. occidi:.t as. wki;iit HOTEL. MEGLER VTRWHT. PrepiictoK. Atiorio, Oregon. fllHH l'KOriUETOKS ARE HAPPY TO JL announce that the above hotel ha been repainted and refurnished, adding greatlv to the comfort of its guests- and is now the first hotel north of San Francisco. C. W. K.NOWLRJ. Cr.AItEXDO' PORTLAND. - - AL.Z1KKKK. FIOTKr.. - - OREGON ZIEBER & KNOWLES, Proprietors. Free coach to and from the lioue. a-TiiK I) n.v Astokiax is on lie at the Clarendon Hotel reading room. Pioneer Restaurant Hotel. .MAIN STREET. - - ASTORIA Jlr. S. X. Arrljjoni. Proprietor THE TRAVELING PUBLIC WILL FIND the Pioneer first c!as in all repects.and a share of tlnsr patronage is respectfully solicited. wSrlmn and lotlginsby the day or week. Post-office Restaurant. MAIN STREET, ASTORIA.. .s. propj:. r-SS RESTAVR.VNT ilan. Presli ovs- ter in er stjii ain treet. b4ilwt-ii imnifliiN miu rn Kclie. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon. MAIN STREET. ASTORIA. THE INDERSICXED IS PLEASED TO announce to tbe Ladies' and Gentlemen of this City That lie is how nreiwircd to furnish for them, m first class style, and every tyk OVSTERs. HOT COFFEE, TEV, ETf. AT THE Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon. MAIN STREET. ntse give Me a out. XUSCOK DIXON, rrotrletor. ftnn&t mer, moVf siV timber laiidVomV vrw VKMUJ. anil x link' MilbU rawrti. For liui il if. x mlMXm iivmil 7v y .losErn jrATTiiy millS ISAFlRSTC: Jt- Keinor. iner.oQpa '1X1 3I1SCELLAXE0US G. W. HUME Wholesale and Retail Dealer GKOCBBIES, PR8VISI0iS. LII3IBBR. ETC., ETC., ETC., TIN PLATE 15LOCK TIN, PIG LEAD, SEAMING COPPERS, SOLDEHLNG COPPEKS, SALMON TWINE, COTTON TWINE, NET LINES, MANILLA HOPE, SAIL CLOTH, ANCHORS, OAKS, FLOATS, MAU1S, HANDLES, MUK1ATIG ACID, LACQUER, VARNISH, TURPENTINE. 1IENZINE, COAL OIL, GUM BOOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC., IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT. ASTORIA. - - OREUUX. MRS. DERBY SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK OK MILLINERY GOODS AX COST. Dr. Warner's Health CORSET ICalt nily le purchased in Astoria at .11 RS. DERBY'S. '."$ j 3Ias.mk-HaH liiiiWine.cor ' y I nerof Jlain ami StueiMhe Barboiu''s IRISH FLAX THREADS Salmon Net Twine. Cotton Seine Twine, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton Netting, all sizes. Seines Made to Order, Flax and Cotton Twine, Fishing Tackle, etc. barbourTrothers, 51 1 Market Street. San Kraueb.ro HENRY DOYLE L Co.. Managers. Chas. Stevens & Son CITY BOOK STORK. BROWN'S BUILDING o)iosite the BELL TOWEFfc, In room lately cciiiHed by S'hnieers Confectionery, Largest aii Best Assortment Of novelties in the stationari" line usually found in a Mrst-cla-ss book store. con'titUiig of BOOKS. FINE STATIONERY, COLD PEN COODS, ALBUMS. CHROMOS. FRAMES. STEREOSCOPES. DIARIES. AH of which w H be sold at prices which DEFY- COMPETITION. P. S. The latest Eastern and California periodicals constantly on hand. f'HAS.STEVENS & SON. WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Main and Chenamus Streets, ASTORIA OREGON. DKALEr. 1.1 CIGARS AND TOBACCO, AND THE . GENUINE WOSTENHOLM and other English Cutlery. STATXOKTERY! FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc. A line stock of Watch? and Jewelry. Iuzr.Ie and Breeeh Loading Shot Gun and K I ties, Itevolvers. 1'istols. and Ammunition. MA It INK ;iiASSKS. I.sO A KINK Assortment or tine SPECTACLES and EYE GI.ASSES. " SHIPPING TAGS rpHE BEST QUALITY, WILL BE SOLD j JL .by the bnndred. or by the box, printed or i plain, to sail customers, at I The Astorus oSce. THE DAILY AND WEEKLY AS I f 0 f-l - "D KSPECTKD AND COJLMENDED BY ALL FOR ITS ' Impartiality, Ability, Famiess and Reliability. THE PAPER FOR THE COMMERCIAL 31 AN, FOR THE FARMER, FOR THE MERCHANT, TE1MIS: BY 31 .1 IT.. O'OsTAOK FltKK TO ALL SUIIsflClltKILS-.) DAILY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR DAILY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS. "WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE "WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS eij-PostniRtrs are authorized to act as agents forTiiKAbroiaAK THE ASTOBIAN" STEAM PRINTING HOUSE HAS THE FASTEST AND BEST PRESSES AND TYPE OF 'ML LATEST. STYLES. e-5- We iHrehas'iPajKr. Cards, ink. and other materials ot the mMHfactHrers AT LOWEST LIVIAC; RATES. And -aii therefore atTord to use. as ue always do. the best articles, while charging 03STIj"3r 3WC033DE2t-,3?EI PRICES. Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads. THE EVERY DAY WANTS OE THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL. E. R. H fflillp E. R. HA WES, TWO DOOiiS EAST OF OCCIDENT, MISCELLANEOUS. tREKCHIRD & HPSlll!HftKISM iJiPS DEALEKS IN SHIP CHANDLER PROVISIONS, mow, STEEL, COAL, Builders General HARDWARE, TAIIjS, PAINTS. OILS, ETC.! AtJEXCY OF THE Imperial Mills Flour and Feed. Chenamus Street, Wear Olney, ASTORIA. ORFCOX peter isxnNTEnr, STORIA, ORECOX, BRICK LAYER l'LAIX AND ORX'.UIEXTAL Onlerv left at tlie Occident Hotel, or at mv Warehouse, foot of Benton Street, nromntly attended to. TIME, SAXD, BKICkTi'LVSTEK. LATH, - Cement, and all materials In my line, funi Wietl to onler. eorspeflal attention imld to Furnace work and Itanges. Citem work warnuited cood or no pay. eA'4ent San Juan and NewTacomaLime. H I J FOR THE MECHANIC, FOR EVERY PERSON. ..... -59 CO 3 00 2 00 1 00 AWES Dealer in Cannery Supplies of all Kinds. Agent for tlie celebrated, MEDALLIOX RAATGE, Ilish Closets. Low 'Iosets. and. Plain Jt a n sew. IRON PIPKS ANDFITHNGS OF ALL KINDS. Brass Goods, Hose, Etc., Water Closets, Bath Tubs, Etc. ALL WORK "WARRANTED ASTORIA, OREGON. -MISCELLANEOUS. THE IXDEKSIGNED OFFEKS FOR ale on hand and to arrie direct from New York English Lustre Black Varnish, IX BAKIIEI.S. Turpentine Aspheltum Varnish, in i:ahi;eis Benzine Aspheltum Varnish, IX BAI.'KELS. No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels, Brown Japan, in Barrels, i No. 1 Coach, in Barrels, White Damar, in Barrels, Coach Varnishes, in Cases. jc;n.lV ,ZZ, P-,.f FOK IKON AXD WtHM) WORK. JAMES LAIDLAW & CO., 1G X 'ront Street, Portland. IAKNDT & FERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OICECOX. The Only Jladiine Sliop And the best, BLACKSMITH SKOPM In the city. AH kinds of S5Tj tyr-.' ttrf ENGINE, CANNERY, STEAMBOAT WORK rromjitly attemled to. A specialty made of repairing. CANNERY DIES, ilACHIXE SHOP. XEAR KIXXEY'S AS TORIA FISHERY J. H. D. GRAY, Wholesale and retail dealer in. ALL KIXjDS OF F12ED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria? Oregon. MV mj