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Vol. xvii.
Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 2(, 1882
No. 126.
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A LIFE SAVER'S WORK.
Restoring Drowned Boys to Life-
The place in New York most
fatal to the street urchin, b eyond
a doubt, is the Fulton Ferry slip.
Into this slip fleets of fishing
smacks are continually bringing'
thfir scaly load. There are al
ways a half dozen or more of
these tiny but substantial fishing
schooners unloading there. Great
quantities of cod and mackerel are
taken into the fish market to be
sold at once. But still greater
quantities have to be reserved for
sale on some future day, and these
for preservation, aie put into
what 'are known to the trade as
"fish traps.' They are eight or
ten feet square, about three feet
deep, with latticed sides: and they
ai kept constantly in the water,
so that their unfortunate prisoners
enjoy every advantage of pure
running water, a good circulation
and a generally healthy home.
There are something less than a
hundred of these fish traps con
stantly floating in the slip imme
diately behind the fish maikct and
from their wet and slippery tops
the small boys who cannot afford
more retired bathing places dive
into the stream. Occasionally a
bo3' fails to reappear after one of
these dives, but this makes little
stir. The disappearance of a few
dozen boys is not a thing to put a
city in mourning, however much
sorrow it may bring to a few doz
en people in tenement houses.
There is generally some effort to
recover the body of a drowned
boyjAuteyen thisisjjften unsuc,
eessfulf and many a sunburned ur
chin has been anxiously watched
and waited for at home, when his
poor little body was lying stiff and
cold at the bottom of the river.
At almost any hour on a sum
mer's day from fifty to a hundred
Youngsters can be seen playing in
the water off the fish traps, clad in
tin elaborate suits provided for
them by nature, with the addition
of a thick coating of dirt and tan.
They are not often interfered with
by the police, for they are hidden
from public view, and the great
city wisely does not grudge the
unwashed gamins the luxury of a
bath. When a boy is nearly
drowned, and is fished out five or
ten infinites after falling in, the
fish market men, the fishing sail
ors and the spectators usually put
an end to what little life is left in
him, by rolling him on a barrel.
A good many street boys have vi
tality enough to stand ten minutes'
deprivation of air, but nothing
short of a bronze statue could live
through five minutes' rolling over
& barrel. Because this silly, barrel
rolling system was the standard
cure for drowning- a hundred
years ago, we stick to ityet. It is
supposed to be the sure way of
bringing an almost drowned per
son back to life and respiration.
It is, in reality, the surest method
of driving out whatever little life
is left, and oi sending a boy into
the next world with his skin torn
full of nail holes. When a drown
ing person is fished out of the wa
ter anywhere about New York,
he is sure to be surrounded by a
crowd. Half the spectators im
mediately begin to shout for bran
dy, and the other half for a barrel.
As neither half usually stirs to
procure either barrel or brandy,
the patient is generally dead be
fore any assistance is given him.
If people only knew how easy it is
to restore an apparently drowned
person who has not been in the wa
ter over five minutes, and how of
ten a person may be brought back
to life whose lungs have been filled
with water for half an hour, we
should lose fewer lives by drown
ing in this island city.
Our reporter was walking in
the vicinity of Fulton Ferry a few
days ago, in the company of one
of the officers attached to the Life
Saviug Service. There was a
rush of people to the Fulton Mar
ket slip, and the officer and the
reporter joined the crowd to see
the excitement. "It is nothing,"
said one of the spectators, turning
to go away'; only a boy drowned."
The life-saving officer, however,
seemed to take a different view of
the drowning of n boy, and he hur
riedly elbowed his way through
the crowd till lie was at the wa
ter's edge with the reporter at his
elbow. Three of the fishing
schooners were tied up at this
part of the pier side by side, and
on the deck of the third lay a na
ked boy, apparently dead. Half
a dozen marketmen and fishermen
stood by saying that the boy was
dead and that's all there was about
it. The life-saving officer sprang
aboard the nearest schooner, and
was immediately stopped by a po
liceman who was on guard, for the
boy had been nut of the water for
some time.
"Stand back!' said the life-saver:
"1 am a physician,"' and fol
lowed by the leporter, he was
soon on the deck on which the
drowned boy lay.
The officer-physician felt the
boy's skin, felt for his pulse, drew
up one of his eyelids, and looked
at the pupil; then asked how long
the boy had been out of the wa
ter. "You can't get no job here, un
less you're an undertaker," said
one of the men. "He was stuck
m the mudsill oro'n -ten minutes,"
and he's been lay in' here ten min
utes mere: so if you fetch him to
life it'll be a little resurrection,
and don't 'ou forgit it."
The officer paid no attention to
the man's opinions, but devoted
his whole time to the boy in a way
that seemed to indicate some hope
of saving a life that was apparcn-l
WJ fc X..U UJ WUH. UUI. IIII1C
been colder or more apparently
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1.r..,i TM.O. L.. ..1.1 ..!. t -
nteicss it lie iHicl been dead a
week.
The officer opened the boy's
mouth, an operation that required
some force, and found it full of
mud. Pulling the lower jaw
down as far as possible, he intro
duced one of his fingers, and
carefully but quickly cleaned it
out. There was enough mud in
the mouth to choke the bov if he
had not been in the water at all.
Th officer whisked off his coat,
rolled it up into a pillow, and laid
it on the deck. Willi the assist
ance of two or three of the by
standers, he turned the boy over
on his face and laid him so that the
coat pillow was directly .under his
stoma eh. Taking the boy's two
ankles in one of his hands and
giving them to one of the men to
hold up, so that the patients feet
were several feet higher than his
head, the officer pressed caretully
but firmly in the region of the
small of his back, and immediate
ly a stream of water gushed out of
the boyls mouth. It had been in
his lungs all this time, waiting only
for proper treatment to help it
out. The boy was then, after a
minute or two of this exercise,
turned over on his back again and
the officer knelt over him. Put-'
tiug one hand on the boy's right
side, and the other on his left, just
over what are known as the "short
ribs," the officer gave them a
powerful compression and sudden
ly let go. m The instant he took off
his hands the ribs sprang back to
their natural position, and a
draught of air rushed into tic
kings. This was repeated a doz
en times or more, but still the
boy was, to all appearances a
corpse.
"Oh, give us a rest on that"
cried another of the men. "The
boy is dead and that settles it
Can't you let a drowned boy
alone?'
The assertion that the boy was
dead, seemed only too true. He
looked like a piece of marble, and
the reporter suggested that it
was not worth while to make any
further efforts.
"Why," said the oilicer, "I have
not begun yet. The boy ma
live and he may not. But he's go
ing to have a fair chance for his
life, anvhow. Stand back all of
you and give him a little more air."
Discontinuing for a moment the
artificial breathing process, the of
ficer took one of the boy's hands
between his own, ami began to
slap it vigorously, at the same time
setting three of the bystanders at
work on the other hand and on the
two feet. The reporter relieved
the officer at the slapping busi
ness, and the latter resumed the
rib squeezing process, compress
ing the boy's frame till he must
have cried for mercy if he had
been conscious. With four men
slapping his hands and feet, and an
expert trying to start his breath
ing, the boy must have been un
reasonable indeed, if he had been
dissatisfied. But he still la' as
dead as a stick, and happily as un
conscious. After about five minutes of this
treatment, very much to the sur
prise of the marketmen and, great-
Jly to the delight of the life-saving
officer, the boy gave a slight gasp
for breath.
Just' at this moment of triumph
tnc policeman on guaru caiica
across the decks: "Say. you'd bet
ter let that boy alone. lies dead
enough.
"Never mind what they have
to say, they don't know what the'
are talking about;" said the officer.
"Get me a glass of brandy,'
He redoubled his artificial
breathing treatment, and one of
the fis. saiors went down jnto
.1 1 1 1 1
the cabin and soon returned with
a tumbler nearly full of not very
inviting looking brandy. The boy
meanwhile gasped again; had
twitched a little in the legs; had
rolled his head to one side; and at
length had drawn a good sized
breath. The moment he breathed
the officer picked up the glass of
j brandy and poured the liquid
down the boy's throat.
"Now get me two or three blan
kets as quick as you can," said he
and at the same time he unrolled
his coat and laid it over the boy.
The patient continued to show
more signs of life. He soon drew
short but regular breaths, and
raised one hand to his head. Un
der the influence of the warm bran
dy in his stomach and the fresh air
in his lungs, he opened one of his
eyes.
"He is all right now, said the
otlicer, getting up with difficulty,
and straightening the "kinks" out
of his back. Wrap him up well
in these blankets and put him in
a berth. Be sure you make his
hands and feet warm. If you
have a coupic of empty bottles,
fill them with warm water and
put them against his feet. In icn
or fifteen minutes give him anoth
er glass of brandy. He will be
able to talk to you inside of an
hour and tell you where he lives.
But he will probably be too weak
to walk home, some of you will
have to carry him. Come old fel
lbw,(to the reporter) there is no
thing more for us to do."
The profound "respect by which
he was treated by the policeman
on guard, and the cheers of the
crowd who knew that the boy had
been saved from death, only
through the knowledge and wil
lingness of the life-saving officer,
were both thrown away upon him.
"Its the easiest thing in the
world. said he, seated in the cab
in of a ferry boat, "if you only go
at it, right. I did not know how
j long the boy had been in the wa-
trtn -littl ti? i lit-rli-k .11.11111 Ka
11.1) " li l llllit Ulltlllt lit'
might be dead. If In- was really
dead, of course that settled it. for
i nothing human can bring a dead
person back to life. But he was
only in a state of ooma, and it on
ly needed the proper treatment to
set him on his pins again. Nine
people out or ten who are IwTicfl
out of the water arc not dead.
The life is still there but it is dor
mant. There are just three
things to do in such a case: First
clean all the sand and mud out of
the patient's mouth, so he will not
choke to death; second, drain the
water out of his 1 tings, and in that
always have his feet higher than
his head. Thirdly, start the per per
spirateon: you know how to do all
this now. But I might have gone
a little further. If the boy had
not begun to show signs of life
just when he did, I should have
breathed into his lungs to start
them up. I should not have giv
en him up at any rate with less
than half an hour's treatment.
This is the. usual method in the
life-saving service. It is a valu
able thing to know. The boy?
Oh, he'll be soon all right, ready
to try it over again. But, maybe,
some day he'll be saying to him
self: 'If only that miserable fellow
had minded his own business and
let me die when I was "so near
gone!' New York Mail aut
pressS"
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Pain in the ribl Mde, under !. of
rib?, iiifrensliig on pressure; xinetii:ii
the pain is on the loft .side; the patient i
rarely able to lie on tire left side; mih.
liiues the pain is felt under the slu.ul.tcr
unit is .sometime- taken for IMicuuialiMii
in the arm. The .stomach b affected w itli
loss of npjK-tite and .sickness; the I towels
in general are costive, .sometimes nller
natiii'4 witli laxity; the head is troubled
-with p:iin, accompanied with a dull, licavv
Kcusaiioii in the back part. There isycnef
allyn considerable las of memory. accom
panied with a painful sensation of having
left undone- something which ought to
have lieen clone. .V slight, dry couli. Is
sometime- attendant. The patient com
plains of weariness and debility; he is
easily .startled ; his feet are cold or burn
ing, and he complains of a piickly sni
tiou of the skin; bis spirits are low, and,
although he is satisfied that exercise would
ue iKMicllcml to him, yet he can ;eareelv
isiimmon up fortitude enough to try it.
if you have any of the above symptoms,
you can ctrtaiulj be curt! by llieueof
the genuine 1K. C. McI.AM-rs LI KIC
11 1.1.1.
When vou btiv ."Wctjiiie's i'lll. insist
on having 1K. . .Ucl.AN'K'S CKLI
IMtATKl) I.IVKK PILLS, made by Flem
ing Itros., Pittsburgh, I'll.
If ou can not get the genuine. Ilt.
. .McI.ANK'S LIV1IK PILLS, send us
g." cent by mail, and we will end them
10 j ou.
FLEMISH BROS.. litt.ilmrg;i, Pn.
ATM. JOHNSON,
KKAI.Ki: IV
SHIP CIlANMiRltY,
.VXD
Groceries, Provisions, Cheese,
BUTTER, ECCS, ETC.
CANNED GOODS OF ALL K1HS.
Blocks, Hemp and Manilla
Ropes.
Salmon Net Twines,
Drilling, Jib Hanks,
Clew Irons, Thimbles, Mast
Hoops,
And ail other things needed to lit out e - Is
of all kinds.
NEXT DOOi: TO PYTIIIAN HALL.
K. F. STE E.VS.
'. s. i:i:ovn
CITY
BOOK STORE.
Where ou will find all tlio .standard works
or the day, and a constantly clintiging
stock of novelties and lanex
articles: we keep the
best assortment of
tarictvRood
in the
city.
Pocket Books,
Picture Frames,
Steroscopes, Mu
sical Instruments,
Sheet Music, Bijou
terie, & Celluloid
Goods, etc., etc.
-F. STEVENS & CO.
King of the Blood
Is nnt a "rim nil." it is a blood-purifier and
tonic. Impurity of the blood poisons the sys
tem, der.uures the circulation, and thus 111-tluri-N
nianv disorders, known by different
names to distinguish them according to ef
fccKl'tit loin ivally branches or phases of
that "reat ireuerie disorder, lmnurlf v or
Itlooil. s"uth are Dupctia, iiniimumc,
I.irt r liiijl(iint. Cimtiuitiu. IVif rroiw Dix
unUr. llcuhtchc. liachathe, Umerdl Wcnh
Jc"". Ifmrt Disnisc. Dmpxu. Kiilnru Dfrfttv,
'. Hlirutiintixii). I'ntnrrh, Scwfula. Slcln
DiMinlfiw, I'iiiiiilra. Clcfr. .S'irfl2i;i(, tic.
Ac. Kins; or tin lllnod prevents and
rtir" these ! attacking the cautr. ImpurUv
of the Mood. Chemistsand plivtlciaas aree
In railing it "the most Pennine" and efficient
preparation forthermnioe." Sold br Druf;-sNt.-,I
per hot lie. See testimonials, direc-lion-.
&e..in pamphlet. "Treatise on Diseases
ol the I '.IikhI," wrapped around each bottle.
D.KASso.M. SOX r Co.. Props
HiltTaio. X. V.
ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS
Oyster Saloon, fij)
(lllv.XAMr.S STKEET. ASTOIUA.
milK tJXDKKSMXKD IS PLEASED .TO
X announce to IheJpuMie that he has op
ened a
F1ICST '1,AS
JE2a,Xxi& ECoiiBe ,
And furnishes in lirst-class style
OYSTKUS. HOT COFFEE TEA, ETC.
AT TIIK
I Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon,
, CHEXAJIUS SritEET.
: Please "ive me a call.
KOSCOE.DIXOX, Proprietor
Wilson & Fisher,
SHIP CHANDLERS.
ukai.i.i: in
Iron. Steel. Coal, Anchors, Chains,
gSCOAKUM,
WKOfOHT AXI) CFT fJAL"AXTZED
SPIKE9,
:VaiK. Copper rV:iiI. and I?urr,
Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils
Rubber and Hemp PacMnq of nil Kinds.
PROVISIONS.
I ri.en: si rturx n:i:i.
Agents fn: Salem Flouring Tdilis.
, Corner Clienuiiiiis .uul Hamilton Streets
ASTOUI .0ilE(50N.
13. B. FRANKLIN,
i UNDERTAKER,!
Corner Cass and Stpieniotjlie streets,
ASrOltlA. - - - - OIIECOX
DKAI.KU IN
WALL PAPER
AND
ViNDOW SHADES
AXI)
UXDHllTAKERS GOODS.
j Plain mid Fancy
j SEWING OP ALL KINDS!
Suds made in thi best tle fioni
I ." to :).
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j MRS. GEO. ILLL.L7KR.
j Net door to Weston IIoiim-.
Cleaning Repairing.
NEAT. UIIEAP AND IJITICK, P.Y
-KOKJK LOVETT,
Main Street, opposite N. LoehV.
1
DKAI.KI: IX
ETay, Oats, Straw.
Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand
Wood Pelivorcil to Order,
Graying, Teaming and Express Business.
Horses ana Carriages for Hire.
DKALF.lt i
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
.P1H8T CLASH
PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE G91PM,
Of California.
A. McKlNNIE, Manager.
For Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territorto.
OFFICE-1KS FIKST STREET, lORTI.AKD, OR.
Reference :
CIIAS. IIODKE.of lIodKe. Davis & Co.
JAMES STEHI-CnihierPlrst National Hank.
J. A. STItOWUKIDUE, Wholesale Leather
ami liiullugs.
r.A.DOI.PIi.of Oolph, Kronaiisli. Doloh .fc
Sitnon.
Col. .1. McCKAKEN. of J.McCraken &Co.
I C. HENUICHSKX, or Henriehsen
fireenberc
nr. G. E. NOTTAUE. M. U., Examiner anil
PhysieLiii.
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. ARNDT & JFERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH
SHOP
- vsn
Boiler Shop
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AND
STEAMBOAT WORK
Promptly attended to.
A Mi.maii) maue oi repair.ns
i A VPTlV xixnr,
Jil.ll L MltlX JL ULriJjm
FOOT OE LAFAYETTE STREET.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS.
BKNToN-SntKh-r. NkakIPakkki: "'k.
ASTORIA. -:OlfK(50N.
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ti 2 o mLJ r- Hhef 3
S 3 m s Z P-J 5 3X ko g
7 O W r""S
iiKBWr
I JAY TETTIiK. M. .
GENERAL MACHINISTS ANDi" physician and subgeom.
BOILER MAKERS.
. i l. KITfiTOV M.. D.
LAKDlMARINBEMINES't.jrTv"-" ,
j OFMCE Over A. .Allen's grocerj" stor.
Bni er Wnrk Sfpnmhnflt Wnrk
. .....7 V....w. ..w...
and Cannery Work a specialty.
C3-LSTI.KrC3-S.
I
OTalt lescrJptIonM matlo to Order;
at Mliort Xotiee
A. I). "V.ss, President.
J. (!. Hl'.sti.ei:, Seeretarj-.
1. m.uvsk, treasurer. . 1
JOHN' KO!C. SiilwrintpmliMi 1
WILLIAM EDCrAIljwlF.B.Ksr.v,
Comer Main and Chenamus Streets, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ASTORIA
...OREGON
DKALKR I.t
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
The Celebrated
JOSEPH RODCERS 4l SONS
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
AND THE GENUINE YOSTENHOLM
ard other Knzlish Cutlery.
STATIONERTI
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc.
A flue stock of
Watches and Jewelry. M azzlc and
Breeck f.eadiur Sbot Ghhh khiI
Klflen, Kevnlvcrx. PlntolH.
and AnmiinitieR
ARIK
tiLANNKM
also a fi.nk
Assortment of fine SFFfTACLHS and EYE
UM&OOIm
Notice.
THE DELINQUENT TAX JIOLL FOK I
4Ba0k
from tho County cburl for the coilection or At Ca,,u Ksers 0,d stand corn" of Caw
the same. Is in my hands. Delinquent tax- and.Court Streets, a
P&erswUl P,eaSC "iVfMvsL8
Kefrreacta:
, At. S. BURRELL. of Knapp, RiureU Ca.
! W. W. SPAULDIXO. facke aa4 'Cattle
' We:iler. . .
; ANDREW ROBERTS, of Ftehel & Roberts.
JOHN CRAN. of John Cran & Co.
C. AI. Wiher Boots and Shoes.
, JOS. p.URKHARD, Burkhard & Spauldlaz.
J. K. (SILL, of J. K. GUI aCoStattoas.
PRANK ZANOVICH.of Zaa Brotoera,
Each of the above men has 910,008 insur
' ance In this Company.
BUSINESS -CARDS.
T? '. HOL.DF.2f.
NOTARY rUBLIC,
AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND
SURAN'CE AGENT.
TR. J. C. HHAFTEB,
l'MYSIi'IAX ana 8CKiSE5i.
(UKlTT!sCUK ARZT.) -'
llneateH erthe Threat a gpeelaftjrf-
OHice over Conn's Drug Store.
r.KI.0 F. P1KKO.
SURVEYOR Ofr
Clatetep C'ouBi3aa4Clt7f Astrla
onicet-CIieiiaintisstieet, Y.sr.C. A. baO,
Room No. 8.
J.
HOXOKTH,
V. S. I'oHnuLvtloHer Notary PaMIc, as
iBsaraaee Acvat.
. lor the HamburK-Bremen Fire In3.(Jo.
' of Hamburg, Germany, and of the Trav-
I tiers' uite ana Acciaeni ins. uo., 01 nan
-Offlce in lj thian Building. Rooms II, 12.
Xjl 1. WINTOIf,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
! on. in ,.ytllian Bui,alns. Kooras 11, i2.
ASTORIA,
OREGON.
1
Ofkick Over tho White House Store.
Rksidknck OverElberson's Bakety.op
, posite Barth & Myers' Saloon.
1 Rooms, at the Patker House.
Tjl P. HICKS.
PENTI8T,
fASTOP.IA, - - - - ORSOOM.
0
Rooms In Allen's building up stain, comer
of Cavs and Sqemocube streets.
I Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTOIINKY AT LAW.
Chenanias Street. - ASTORIA, OKKOOA
May be found at tho Court House.
C II. ItATX & CO..
i .
! loor.i, Wladawa, Bliada, Tin
Meats, Iiaataer, Kte.
, All kinds of Oak Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma
terial, ete.
Turning- and Bracket Work '
A SPECIALTY.
! Steam MM near Weston botel. Cor. Gea-
evive and Astorstreets.
HEADQUARTERS
Foster's Emperium.
Most Complete Stock in Astoria
Fireiuovhs! Mags!
Fruits Beth Foreign and JeatetJe
Wines and Liquors
Of Superior Brand.
J FOSTER'S CORNER, 0 K k H DOCK
G. A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSMITHING,
y$k?.
my3 sheriff. juSanteed. """ " WWK
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