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ASTORIA. OREGON:
SUNDAY MARCH 20, 1SS1
. C. IBELAM
...Editor.
The first through train via the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
and Southern Pacific railroad left
Kansas city for San Francisco
March 10th.
In the Carver-Scott match at
the end of shooting at London on
the night of the 18th inst., the
sgpre stoed: Carver, 7,S01: Scott,
7,703.
Indians made a raid on a wagon
train near Puerto D'Chocolat, New
Mexico, on the 1 7th, ami killed
thirty men and burned their
wagons. Further particulars are
not obtainable at present.
W. H. Vanderbilt sails for
Europe April 14th, and .lames H.
Keene is going abroad during the
latter part of the same month.
This is considered as an indica
tion that the market will not feel
the influence of their support for
some time.
The World says: General Grant
when asked about a report that he
had resigned the presidency of the
world's fair commission said: 1
have not sent in m resignation
yet. Is it true that you intend to?
was asked. General Grant said:
3 think there should be a gentle
man at the head of the commission
wko can give it ample time and
attention. I shall soon leave the
country to be absent for an
indefinite period, and this fact
and suggestion I shall lay before
the commission before next Mon
dayj so that they may act accord
ingly. This is all I can say at
present.
Late advices from Japan state
that the relations between that
country and Cnina are strainod,
the latter retaliating for Japan's
course in the Formosa and Loo
Choo affairs, when China was in
difficulty with Russia. It is be
lieved in Yokohama, that China
made a secret treaty with Russia,
directly concerning Japan. The
second, or Tseng Tseng treaty,
has also its secret agreement or
compact relating to that country.
Terms of settlement with Russia
are given out with much ostenta
tion, but well informed people re
gard those terms as materially
qualified by subsidiary compacts,
the terms of which are not now
even hinted at. The attitude of
Russia and the large fleet main
tained by that power in Chinese
and Japanese waters, are matters
of increasing suspicion and anx
iety. The hostile bearing of China
will tax the resources of Japan
to the utmost in defensive prepar
ations, at a time when the financial
difficulties of the nation are over
whelming and the entire specie
reserve in the treasury is npt more
than 12,000,000 yen.
Singular Coincidences.
It is seldom that a given number
can be found to repeat itself in so
singular and significant a manner
as in the following case, as dis
covered by the San Francisco
Examiner: "On the 19th of Oc
tober Gee. A. "Wheeler strangled
his sister-in-law, Adella J. Tillson,
under circumstances unparralled
in the annals of crime on this coast.
On the 19th day of November he
was indicted by the grand jury.
On the 19th day of December he
was arraigned for his crime. On
the 19th of January he was con
Ticted of murder in the first de
gree, and on the 19th day f
February be was sentenced to be
hanged on Tuesday, the 19th day
of April, by the neck until he was
dead." Evidentty 19 is an unfor
tunate and unlucky number with
Wheeler.
Z3TAU subscribers to The Astomax
nn very respectfully invited to act a-5
agents for the paper. We know that
tbre must be many people who would
taj the paper "at sij:ht, if asked by
ose friend to do so. We need your as
sistance, and will cheerfully pay for it.
We will send the paper one full year to
any six persons you may name for tbe
sum of $10 00. Thus you can act as
agent for us and make a profit for your-self.
Instinct of Insects and Birds.
Thomas Ruwditch in Troy Times.
Let us examine the marvelous
instinct of the solitary wasp in pro
viding for the worm that will issue
from her egg after her own death.
She brings grubs food that, :is a
wasp, she never tasted and de
posits them over the egg, ready
for the larva she will never see.
The life history ol every insect
exhibits instincts of this preplexing
description. Look at the instinct
ive character of bees in their
provisions for the future. Witness
the caterpillar, how at the proper
time it selects a suitable situation
and spins for itself a nilken cocoon.
Marvelous instincts are met, with
outside of tin insect world; every
little bird .is its own skillful ac
coucheur. We once observed the
self-deliver' of the chicken. The
prison wall is not burst in pieces
by struggles. By a regular series
of strokes the shell is cut in two
chipped around in a perfect circle
some distance from the large end
The bird has a special instrument
for this work a hard, sharp horn
on the top of the upper mandible,
which, being required lor no other
purpose, disappears in a few days.
Obviously, each individual bird
no more acquires the art of breaking
its way out than it furnishes itself
with the little pick-hammer used
in. the operation; and it is quite
clear the bird could have never
escaped from the egg wi hout the
instinct. How were eggs hatched
before the birds had acquired the
the instinct to sit upon them? A
fowl which never before willingly
shared a crumb with a companion
will now starve herself to feed her
chickens, which she calls by a
language she never before used
may have never heard but which
they arc born to understand.
Detroit Plumbers.
Boston Evening Star.
A plumber fell from the fourth
floor to the cellar through an ele
vator shaft in Detroit, the other
day, and was uninjured. Plumb
ers sometimes die of broken hearts
in midsummer, when the butter
cups and daisies are blooming in
the meadows, when the little song
birds are twittering in the trees,
and when the water-pipes are
working to a charm throughout the
city. But they neither die nor can
they be killed by any ordinary
means in the winter time" A fall
of four stories through an elevator
shaft simply acts upon the plumb
er as a tonic.
SETWhat nleasure it is to pay ones
debts ! In the mt place, it removes that
uneasiness which a person feels from
dependence and obligation. It afiords
pleasure to the creditor, and therefore
gratifies our social affection. It pro
motes that future confidence which iso
interesting to an honest mind. It opens
a prospect of being readily supplied
with what you want on future occasions.
It leaves a consciousness of our virtue;
and it is a measure we know to be right,
both in point of justice and sound econ
omy . Finally, it is the main supjMirt of
si mple reputation. Pay us, that we may
pa3 others.
53f"ome say that it is no use for them
to advertise, that they have been in the
place in business all their lives, and
everybody Knows them. Such people
seem to forget to take in consideration
mar our country is increasing 111 popu
lation nearly 40 per cent, every ten years.
and no matter how old the place may be.
there are constant changes taking place ;
some move to other parts, and strangers
fill their places. In this age of the
world, unless the name of a business
firm is kept constantly before the public,
some new firm may start up, and. by
liberal advertising, in a very short time
take the place of the older ones, and the
latter rust out, as it were, and be forgot
ten. Xo man ever lo.st money by judi
cious auveriismg.
iSJ-Whenever you want to buy an
xrtiele. purchase it from a store-keeper
in town. You know them, thev are
identified with you in the interest of
keeping up the city, which is an organ
ization for mutual protection, and if
you are cheated you know where to ap
ply for redress. When you buy of an
itinerant pedlar, whom you may never
see again, if you arc cheated you must
pocket your own losses.
SKThe time has long since passed
when mechanical trades provided our
sons with a living. Labor-saving ma
chinery, patent tools and steam have
robbed the trade of tlie future it offered
to our boys in the days of the indentured
apprentice system. The idlers and do
nothings of our metropolitan cities are
comprised largely of tradesmen and
professional men, and merchandising is
-a failure, if the number of bankrupt
merchants who had to succumb to the
pressure of the times can be taken as a
criterion. What the countrv needs is pro
ducers, and tlie waste fields of unculti
vated laud offers an opportunity to place
the rising generation in the way of mak
ing comes for themselves arid beite
titnb for posterity.
NEW TO-DAY.
For Sale.
mUE SLOOP "GRACE HOIK." Inquire
A of A. M. JnhnMm. Atoriti Snil Loll, or
of T. .1. Uilkm 011 Ixwrd ncoh hulii-try.
co-iltw.lni
Notice.
"fY WIFE ANNIE SMITH HAVING loft
llJL hiv ll and iHKirtl, I will bf n-ixii--ilrff
fH-jn tletesfouirarted Iy Her.
flrt-il EDWAtfn SMITH.
For Sale.
milK SCOW HATTIE" WILL BE SOLI)
A m reMMMtWe tcn. Fr twrtlailHrs
jiirivto .IAMKS P.ELL.
61-1 w t'piKT Astoria.
Notice.
ALL PERSONS AltK IIKKKRY notified
E L Hnv- K wl awtlwriied to incur
ilcltt- on hcpmmwI of tin wh "ImluMty" or
mi MrvutiMl f Hh MiMlerMSiMHl.
CS-illH-HU K. B. MOFFITT
Notice.
mAX PAYERS OF CLATSOP COUNTY
A will take mttfcv that thK i tin lust chII
for tRX-N Im- OalMtp county for the year
lsH. and ariditMmai cH- Hill be added after
ilr-t of April. JiM. A. M. TWOMP.LY.
r;-2 Slierttl aihI Tax Collector.
Notice of Administratrix Ap
pointment, "VTOTICK IS HKUKBY GIVEN THAT the
1.1 umk'rsijrtRMl lias Iki-ii dnlv aiioinlttl
ailiHiiitaratriv of the folate of Lyiium P.
Hall. lifeaxHl.lv the Hihi. Comity -court of
the State of Oregon, for the county of Clal
Mtp. AH ktoh. having daims aptiirt said
estate are reijitirvd to present Hh une to
me ilul eriftetl within six months from this
date. ' MAHY ANN HA LI
Administratrix tf the estate of Lyman P.
Hall, cleeeavd. fitl-d'iw
Notice.
JOHN BENTON. FORMERLY OF LIV
J orpool i reoMOtcd to communicate with
the imdersisned. JAMES LAIDLAW.
fti-lf BntKh Vice Con-ill. Portland. Opn.
City Assessor's Notice.
CITY TAX PAYERS ARK REQUESTED
to fill out their blanks, and hand them tit
:ts shhi as xrs-iWe. Also, to he particular if
am indelrtediiess i claimed, to state oil the
reftim the amount, and jnve the name or
names of thci.irtyor names townom tue
.same is due. as the law njulre.
K.C.
HOLDEN,
Citv Avssor.
tt!2w
H. OARTWRIGHT & SON,
BOILER MAKERS AND SHEET
IRON WORKERS.
SMOKE STACKS MADE TO OIIDER
Vat Lined and Other Cannery
Work Ooiip.
All reiwirs comitfeted in the lcM stjle on
slmrt HoUces. AdfaJiiiq: 3IeLuih1aukvmith
s1hji, Astoria.
THE LARCE'ST
Printing Office in the World !'!
IIISTOKY OF THE
Government Printing Office.
AT WASHINGTON. !.C,
KmlKKeiiir mmhv lHten-Uis Incidents, anil
Kwnts in tin Workups of this Crent Es-
tNMishwteHt. HithiiumeroiLs Ilhtstra-
tims-. n. Nlimit 12."itol.7)Nt(;s.
I'riws: Im Paper Covers. 75 ets. iKTeopv :
iH Cloth. ?1 00.
JVNOlSlS OF CONTKNTS :
Ciimtkk I. I. Ilrief History of Public
Printing from Krfito isSI : 2. Superintend
ents or Public Printing ironi 1KV.M0 ISM ; n.
Chief Clerks from 1MW to 1W1 : 4. Foremen
ami Assistant Foremen of Printinsaml Bind
ing from 1J1 to 11 ; '. Present Orgnnlzi
tion or the Ollk'e: 6. Duties of the Public
Printer, etc
CiiAiTKit II. The Printing Department :
1. The Document ItiMim ; , The Job Boom ;
X The Press Uoom : 4. The Patent Office
Specification Room : 5. The Folding Boom ;
G. The Concressional Bcconl Boom, with a
brief allusion to theeari publication or the
IK'lwitcs of Congress ; 7. The Branch Office
In tin' Trr.ir 0iinrtinetit Uiiililm? - R.
Other Branch Oik-cs.
chaitkk in. ineMcrcotypingana ticc
trotypiug Department,
C11 aitkr IV. The Binding Department ;
t Tlin Oitllncr IPrwk O TIia nu irtf lfiumt
a. Tlie Forwarding lUwm ; 4. The Finishing
uoom : .. Bnineh Binderies.
Ciiaitek V. l. TlieMiichlneaudCann
ter Shep: 2. The Vault for Sterntype
Ilates ; 3. Pajwr Warehouse ; 4. Warehouse
for Binders Materials, etc.. etc,
AiTEXDix. 1. Alphabetical I.M of Kni
ployes at date of Publication ; '2. AH Laws
relating to labile Printing up to tlie doe of
the 4th Congress.
The auuf work i now read for the prin
ter, and will be published in a few weeks,
and will be SOLI) BY SUBSCRIPTION
ONLY. Tlie manuscriut lias been prepared
with great care : the very best sources of in
formation c-onsulted : the most interesting
feature of the establishment described, and
eer thing possible done to make the book
readable and reliable. Parties desiring
conies of this work .should address, without
delav, B. W. KKRB. (iovemtnent Printiuc
Office. Washington, D. C. cl-c?AW.lm
MAGNUS C. CROSBY,
Dealer in
HARDWARE, fflOM, STEEL,
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
Plmiite ani Steam Fitters
Goods and Tools,
SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD,
SHEET IRON, TIN AND COPPER,
Cannery anfl Fishermsiis Supplies
Stoves, Tin Ware and House
Furnishing Goods.
JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP
PER, PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING
Done with neatness and dispatch.
None but first class workmen employed.
A large assortment of
SCALES
Constantly 011 hand.
AllSCELLAIvEOUS
GsW. HUIYirc
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
IN
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS, LUMBER.
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
TIN PLATE
1JLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPERS,
SOLDERING COPPERS,
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES,
MANILLA ROPE,
SAIL CLOTH,
ANCHORS,
OAKS, FLOATS,
MAUI-S, HANDLES,
MURIATIC ACID,
LACQUER, VARNISH,
TURPENTINE. BENZINE,
COAL OIL,
GUM BOOTS, RICE, ETC., ETC.,
IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
ASTORIA, - - OREGOIV.
MRS. DERBY
DKALKi: IN
MILLINERY GOODS
Dr. Warner's Health
CORSET
r"
Ja.
x - 1 1MI oil iv ne iniririiaM-u in
ii
Astona at
1
.11 RS. DERBY'S.
tfiM I M-t-rtnie Hall Building, cor
r'',ir nerofMain and SfpieniiMriK
V-' 1 f- street.
Barboiu's
IRISH FLAX T1IRE1DS
Salmon Net Twine.
Cotton Seine Twine,
Cork and Lead Lines,
Cotton Netting, ail sizes.
Seines Made to Order,
Fiax and Cotton Twine,
Fishing Tackle, etc.
barbourTrothers,
51 1 Market Street. S&b Fr&nciKco
HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Managers.
Chas. Stevens & Son,
CITY BOOK STORE.
BROWN'S BUILDING
opposite the
BELL TQWE,
In room lately occupied by
Schtneer's Confectionery,
Largest aid Est Assortment
Of novelties In the stationary line usually
found in a first-class book store, consisting of
BOOKS. FINE STATIONERY,
GOLD PEN ROODS, ALBUMS.
CHKOMOS. FKAMES.
STEREOSCOPES, DIARIES.
All of which wQI be sold at prices which
DEFY COMPETITION.
1. S. The latest Eastern and California
periodicals coastantly on liand.
CHAS.STEVENS & SON.
WILLIAM ED GAS,
Corner Main and Chenamus Streets,
ASTORIA OREGO.N
DUU'E LI
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
Tlie Cclchrated
JOSEPH RODCRS & SONS
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
AND THE GENUINE VOSTENHOLM
and other Encliih Cutlery.
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc.
A fine stock of
TVatrhe and Jewelry. Muzzle and
ltreerk Loading Shot Gun and
RIiIcm, Revolver. PIstolH,
and ABimnuitlOB
MARINE
GliASSES.
AtSO A WHY.
A5V)rtrCJt of fine SPECTACLES and EYE
GLASSES.
Sft Sfe
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
1- -t
'ASTORIA. aL. ' OREGON.
T) ESPECTED AND COMMENDED BY ALL FOR ITS
Impartiality, Ability, Famiess and Reliability:
THE PAPER FOR THE COMMERCIAL MAN,
FOR THE FARMER, FOR THE MECHANIC,
FOR THE MERCHANT, FOR EVERY PERSON.
TERMS: BY HI A IT,.
(I'OsTAOE t'ltKK TO ALL LII.CKIHKI:.)
DA1LY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR
DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS
"WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR
WEEKLY, ONE COPY POUR MONTHS 1 00
ea-I'ostniRsters are aiitttorued to act as
THE
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE
HAS THE
FASTEST AND BEST PRESSES,
AArD TYPE OF TUB LATES1 STYLES.
ear We purehiiM IPaper, Cards, Ink. and other materials of the manufacturers
AT LOWEST XXflXCS KATES.
And c-.m therefore afford to use, as we always do. the best articles, while enarglng
ONLY lWCCI3533E?.aa?EJ PRICES.
Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads.
THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING; ROOM AND THE
"WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN
NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL.
E. R. HAWES,
Jlll2r"w:s:
1 iSK--S5it&!fil
E, R. HAWES,
TWO DOORS EAST OF OCCIDENT,
MISCELLANEOUS.
TRBNGUARD & DPSIIUR
DEALERS IN
SM1P 6HAHDLEKV
PROVISIONS,
mow,
STEEL,
GOAL,
Builders? General
HARDWARE,
3sr.a.xx&,
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
AUENCY OF THE
Imperial Mills Flour and Feed,
Chenamus Street, Near Olney,
ASTORIA. OREGON
ASTORIA, OREGON,
BRICK
LAYER
PLAIN AD ORNAMENTAL
3E X1-A.S "37 DES DEL DE3 Xt
Orders left at tlie Occident Hotel, or at mv
Warehouse, foot of Benton Street, promptly
attended to.
T IME, SAND, BRICK. PLASTER, LATH,
y Cement, and all material's in my line,
furnished to order.
ff-SpecIal attention paid to Furnace work
andEanses. Cistern, work warranted good
or no pay.
"Aeat San Juan and NewTacomaLime.
S9 00
3 00
IN ADVANCE 2 00
agents for Th k Astoiiiax
ASTORLOT
Dealer 111
35, Cannery Supplies of all Kinds.
Attent for tlie celebrated
MEDALLION RANGE,
Uish Closets, low Closets, and
Plain ltnnscM.
IRON PIPES AND FITHNGS OF
ALL KINDS.
Brass Goods, Hose, Etc.,
Water Closets, Bath Tubs, Etc.
ALL WORK WARRANTED
ASTORIA. OREGON.
MISCELLANEOUS.
VARNISHES JKD JAPANS
THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
sale on hand and to arrive direct from
New York
English Lustre Black Varnish,
IN BARRELS.
Turpentine Aspheltum Varnish,
IN BARRELS
Benzine Aspheltum Varnish,
IN BARRELS
No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels,
Brown Japan, in Barrels,
No. 1 Coach, in Barrels,
White Damar, in Barrels,
Coach Varnishes, in Cases.
ALSO
;Siicic Ainmiliate paint,
! F0R 1R0X AD W00D 0ML
JAMES LAIDLAW & CO.,
1 A" Front Street, Portland.
ARNDT & EEECHEN,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
The Only Machine Shop
And the best --55fcJ
BLACKSMITH y&g
j S H O P M
I tn Iha nt..
In the city.
All kinds of
ENGINECANNEEY,
STEAMBOAT WORK
i'romptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
OAJNfNERY DIES,
MACHINE SHOP, NEAR KINNEY'S AS
TORIA FISHERY
J. H. D. GRAY,
Wholesale and retail dealer in.
ALL KINDS OF FEED,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
General storage and Wharfage on reason
able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria
Oregon.
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