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o Wmln jew$ w JU Jv JrJWI' ! Ir Vol. XVII. Astoria, Oregon. Thurssday Morning, September 21 1882. No. 147. - FACTS ABOUT COAL. ; The United States was cluriniy . i the eoal period, a low swampy j level, not unlike the iagoon dis-, trict of Louisiana. Thorc were! also probably scores of such' swamps as the Dismal swamp of ; Virginia, which has an area of GOO j square miles, and a depth of 10 to '50 feet black mold or peat in a paMy state. These swamps dif ferent in size as well as in kinds of trees, reeds and ferns growing in them. Some marshes have slow floating -water; others stagnant water. Peat was accumulated by means of a micioscopic plant (sphagnum palustre), and centu ries were required to form a de posit of 30 or -10 feet. The swamps with Mowing water would be min gled with foreign material, while the stagnant marshes would in crease only in pure carbon. "When a vast area was submerged, 100 fathoms of water above it, the pulpy peat bed, 00 feet thick, was reduced to a few feet of coal. The clay next to the coal absorbed enough carbon to become fire-clay. Pressure and heat resolved the up per layer of clay into slate and soapstone. "We have thus under lying fire-clay and ovcrly'ng slate the precise oider mi which we find nearly all coal. Then the land is raised to a higher level rnd be comes a permanent pai of the continent. The swamps ;,i which there were bayous or flows of water would give impure and slaty coal. The purest coal would be found in the still waters of lagoons. Thus was formed, probably, the Briar Hill coal, the block coal ol Indiana, and the semi-block coal of "Wilmington and Braidwood. Coal contains the greatest store or amount of heat in the smallest compass, and yields it in the larg est quantity at the least cost, and besides, it is most universally dis tributed through all countries. It is, in shoit, the cheapest source of that wonderful power, steam, which is the brsis of the world's pro gress. No oidinary combustible substances have a heating power equal to it. The smelting point of iron is 0,749 deg. (Falir.), far beyond the heating power of wood. But coal has dominion over iron and all its ores and forms, with a surplus heating power of nearly 1 ,000 deg. Had the heat power of coal been limited to 1,000 desr. lower, or the melting point of iron established 1,000 deg. higher than it is, the cnt'te human nice would have remained savages or barba rians until this day. The concen tration of heat power in coal c.n be in some sense appreciated when it is stated that the power developed in the combustion of five tons of coal represents the plrysical ener gies which a man is able to exert by laboring ten hours a day for fifty 3 ears. The gra'M of coal, the drop of water, and the atom of iron are the triumvirs that have ushered in what is to be a grand millcnium in human history. It-is scarcely fifty 3'cars since the dawn of this era, yet in that time what a revolution has been wrought. If it had been prophesied 0,000 years ago that a grain of coal would some time evoke from a drop of water a power that can be so distributed and applied that it will do all the drudgery of the human race; so subtle and powerful that it will spin and weave, plow, plant, har vest, and carr3' the golden grain to market; dig canals and cellars: build railroads and forts; excavate mines and shafts: fonre anchors and spider-webs of steel; in shoit, form and fashion all material for all uses, with what wonder would we have regarded the fulfillment of this prophecy. But all this was foretold in the constitution of coal j The Slave TraOeon the Nile, and iron. These are prophetic of! SweiHsli missionaries in Xubia the human period in the earth's jrep0,t that they have lately expe- history of the coming race ol J man who should combine these properties in mobt perfect action. Beauty m the Su.f. A naughty correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution who has been passing a holiday at the seaside thus describes his impressiens: Surf-bathing is a revelation! I went iu yesterday with a lovely and modest woman from the Xoi th, with whom 1 had but a short ac quaintance, although 1 had seen a good deal of her. As we stood awaiting the coming of a huge wave, she clutched my arm, and poising on one foot bent the other tag and pulled her stocking over her knee trying vainly to make it cover a stiip of white. She thought nothi'i": of this neither did 1. In an instant the wave was on us, and we were riding the swell as happy as a pair of ducks. That evening this lady went sailing with the same party that went bathing with her in the morn ing. As she stepped over the side of the boat she exposed about four inches of her pretty silk stockings, and her face was crimsoned with shame and mortification. Now, why this difference? It was exactly the same limb that had been exposed to the knee all the morning without any thought of confusion. As 1 came "ilo the hotel corridor yesterday a young lady screamed: "Shut the door! Quick! There's somebody coming!' She had put on her bathing suit for a trial trip m her mother's room, and was horrified that a. man should see her iii that fix. A half hour later she and I were ly ing on the beach, the wares purl ing over us at every thob of the sea, and she, with her shapely figure bended, was writing her name in the sand with her toes, wlrle her merry laugh rang above the roar of the waves. But if the dressing on the beach I and the unconsciousness with which the most modest of the jjirls stand the expdsurft consequent upon it is remarkable, the conduct of a crowd :u bathing is more so. That is a miracle of social life, I think. The g'vls clad in Ihis prankingly pretty dress the parsing pressure of the waves coiitiiiu'Mg the curves of the body with the w?nn flesh glowing and throbbing beneath the single garment the girls thus attired, run hand :n hand in the water with their sweelheaits, and romp and frolic, and arc ducked and hauled out b their feet, or are clasped around the waist, or catch the feliow about the neck as a big wave comes and yet there is not the slightest prurient sug gestion, and no'hutt of gallantry. I don't believe a scandal was ever born "i the surf. T cannot con ceive a sentimental attitude amid the roll'ng breakers. I am compelled to confess that a month at the seaside does not confirm the general ide..s of femi nine symmetry that all gallant men are supposed to entertain. It is the rarest thing to find a gM with straight limbs, graceful carriage firm flesh, full chest, and unre strained attitudes and poses. In a majority of cases they are wabbly and uncertain; with a stoop mi the shoulders, a mincing step, toes turned in (the number of pigeon toed girls developed here is posi tively alarming), and general de bility of gait and flabb'ness of attitude. That was a happy suggestion of our friend Jones' four-year-old hopeful, who instantly prescribed St. Jacobs Oil for his grandmother, who was limping atouhd with rheumatism. ri(ncp,l much opposition from tin Egyptian agents and officers in the Upper Nile valley, who ex ceedingly dislike Europeans nn . account of their hatred of the! slave trade. A very extensive j slave lrade is catricd on by Egyptian and Turkish merchants in the region south and west of the Blue Nile. Troops of negroes are brought northward in chains. Those who prove too weak for the journey are either abandoned without mercy to perish with hun ger or wild beasts, or their drivers at once kill them. The girls are sold to the harems of wealthy Egyptians or Turks, while the men and women are dis posed of as servants. There is also a steady demand lor male negroes of a certain class for attend ants and guardians of the .Moham medan harems; buta great propor tion of these men die from the injuries sustained in the prelimi nary training fev the duties of this office. The Swedish missionaries have been compelled to return to Khortoon, instead of penetrating southward, as they had intended. The Egyptians regard the mission aries and all whiles as spies upon the opponents of the barbarities connected with the extensive slave traflic with the interior. St. James Gazette. Railroad Notes. Track is being laid on the North ern Pacific at the rate of twenty miles a day. It is estimated that -100,000 per sons were employed in 1SS1 iu the construction of new tail ways. The seventy-mile gap on the Northern California and Oregon railroad will occupy two and a halt years to build. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. has in service west of Pittsburg, 34,000 cars, according to the ofli cial report of July 1st. The dividends paid by railroads last year amounted to $1.52 per inhabitant. The earnings of all the railroads were $'225,600,000. It is estimated that there are at least ten brakemen killed through out the country every day ;,i the vear. The latest freight car in the market is thirty-four feet long and eight and a half wide weighing 27,000 pounds, with a capacity of VljOOO pounds. The locomotives of the world represent together a power of over 20,000,000 horse-power, and the steamships over -1,000,000 horse power. The first i ail road on which a steam locomotive was used. in JS02, was the Mcrlhy.'-Tydvil railway,! in the north of England. Stephen. son put his on the Killing vorth Railway in ISM, and passenger carriages were first used on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, in 1821. "Wooden tramways were used n the mines in northern England as early ?s 1 G02. Texas railroads are in trouble. The law forbids them to charge any fraction over three cents per mile, and they have no cents in that country to make change with, the smallest coin used being a nickel. The penalty for taking anything over the legal rate is $50 for each offense, and to avoid vio lating the law they are obliged to frequently give more than the right change to customers aggre gating a heavy loss every day since the law went into effect. The roads are now arranging for cents bv the barrel. The purity and elegant pel Tunic of Parlcers Hair Balaam explain the popularity of this reliable restorative. STlKPflH?1 if . -' Id R 2i &g "&:, fe S TS SotffeS 1KADK V.HZ. " -.Vfx 7 -? POK RHEUMATISM J Heuralgia, Sciatica. Lumbago. Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scads, General Bodily .Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on-cart!i equal St. J.. com Oil j a safe, aure, simple and cheap External Bemdy. A trial entails bnt the comparatiTelj trifling outlay of 60 Ccata, and every one suffer ing with pain can have cheap and po dtira proof of iUcUimt. Directions in Eleven Languages. BOLD BY ALLDBUGGI8T8 AND DEALEE3 IK MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., 2Saltiutore,2Zil., U.ii.. SHORT BITS. A New Jersey law. has been passed giving every member of the legislature the privilege of travel ing on the railroads within the state free. Why not extend the privilege to hotels, boarding-houses and bar-rooms? There is a tender and true story told of Walt Whitman; at the funeral of a little child, a nephew, the poet sat near the coflin, and held on his knee a be.i.Uiiul little girl; she looked mi childish wonder upon the paraphernalia of death, and then inquiringlv gazed "ito the old man's face. "Von dcu't know what it is my dear, do you," said the poet gently; then he added reflectively: -'Neither do we!" MOTHERS, READ. Okxts: AlKMit nine jeaisao I h .1 a child tuoyearxrid :;id almost iIc.mI. 'I lie doctor 1 had nttuiidin Iht could not i.Ii what ailed her. 1 uM:cd him' if !..- -li.i i ot think it was worm-, lie aid no i: ever, this did not satisfy inc. a-, 1 fc!( , .n- vinr4tl fn in mrn mlnrl 1liit vli. li ul f j obtained a llottle of 1)K. C. .llci.isis CKL.KIIKATKIVi::C.Mirrci.iM-iiui:i.- I tfavo her a teacjMXHiful in the jnorntti nudauotherat ui:htvilterwhIehMit atil seventy-two worms and un- a well .-lidt!. Since then I have ueer lreu ml In tit it in my lamily. lite health of my -liTltt:-n remained o Kod that 1 had m jd.-.-uil watching their actions until a!ut I' r. . weeks ugo, when two of thein p:c entel the same sdckly appearance that I:utii did nine years ago. So I thought it must be worms, ami went to work at on v with a bottle of 1)R. C 3IcI.ANKs VI.K.liJ .TrtSi: between lour of my elilMieu. their ages beinR s follew.s: Alice, i years: "bai ley, I years; Em ma, li years; Joint. !Uta:s Now come the result: Alice ami l'luuia came out nil rij;ht,bul('harle p.ivsed forly tlveaiid Johnny alMiut sixt orms. Ji":e result was so snitiflnK 'hat I -per.! two days in showing the womlcrttit tiled of your Vermifuge around I'tlca. and now have the worms on exhibition in iu store. Yours truly, JolIX PIPEK. The eeiiuine 1)K. .McI.ANK. Vi:u ?.I?l"t"fiX: s manufactured nl by Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa., ami lear the signatures of r. lcl.ane and rieiuing Ilros. it i iu-er maiTe In St. Ijoiiis or Wheeling. IU sure you get the genuine Price, "." cents . iKittle. FLKMI3K.' ItJiOS., 1'ilMmrgh, Pa. King of the Blood Is not a "cure till." it is a blood-purdier and tonic. Impurity of the blood pKons the sys tem, deranges the circulation, and thus In duces many disorders, kiniv.n bv different names to dlstiiiguisli lliem according U ef fects, but being really branches or phases of that great generic disonler. Iiiiiuirlfy nt Blood. Such are J)ioi"(r, liUiiituix, JJrer Cmnplalnl.CihtslljHtlian. A'crroiw Di tmlcn. Hciulache, Jlaehachr, Ue.tcral HVn. x, llcarl Dlftiuc, Dmtu. Kidney i)Vrt.r. Pile, Uheumaihm, t'alitrrh. ScntiuUt, Shin Dlrn1rr, PiMitics. Ulcers. .Sireiny.-, Ac. dc. Kins or the ISIootl prevents and cures these by attacking the cmiKC. Impurity or the blood. Chemistsatid plij slriaas agree In calling, it "the most genuine and efficient preparation for the purpose." Sold b Dni" gists, 1 per bottle. See testimonials, direc tions, &c, Iu pamphlet. '"Treatise on Diseases ol the Wood." wrapped around each bottle. U. KAXSI ttl. SI IX & Co.. I'xow Uuiralo, x. y. 'IHS 'AT, A mmm.i5cZ! s WK .-ii7 foT CErhIehedY r$?23 ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon. Q rilKNWMrS STKEET, ASTORIA, o mm-: rxnintsicxun is pleased to JL announce In thr public that he has op ened a FEKST CfiASM jEotixx SCoiisc , Ami rurnNJii". iu lird -class style ovs'iEi:-, nor coffee tea, etc. AT THK Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, CIIENAMI'S STKKKT. l"t :im' i;ive me a rail. i:osroi:;nixox. Proprietor A. M. JOHNSON & Co., Ship Cliaoflte anil Grocers. IJls ami t'ortlagc oi:ilJ UiiuK. It!o!i.. Patent nml 3Ic( inline of nil sizo. T!u jmii:i T.'soii Silcli Salmon not Twines. 35i'muil TuJiiost Camas, nil 3Tss 4 'opiM-i Tinned Oar The best assortment ol GROCERIES In Town. The llft COFFEES and TEAS. Try on rlllel rose Raktiig "Powder Positively tin ln?st over made. CAlSf JSTEX GOODS if all Kind-, put up h best Packers. i:ifli;inl-:ui and KnMun'-: Canned CoojN. Tei'iii'H'nsJi. I'rniltK Small. ffiJ-CIVK PS A 0ALI.-3H B. R ElUNKLTN, UNDERTAKER, Comer Cass and SqiicmoqliR streets, ASTOKtA. - - ORKfiON DKAI.r.U IX WALL PAPER AND ViNDOW SHADES AN" I) UNDKKTAKK11S GOODS. I'laln and Fancy SEWING OF ALL KINDS! Mil's made lr the best stlc from $."i to ?s. Satisfaction Guarantor.d. MKS. Cr KO. TlLIjIiKW. Xet dor t Weston House, jell Boat 33xxilclixxs. . WILLIAM HOWE ILi.uglatel returned from I'.iithli Colum bia, "is to be feltud at his oi.u nta"I) i :iuv's p.r'i.mxc Where he is doing FIKST-CliASS H'OKK OXI.V. ST. HELEN'S HALL, AItT UKI'AUTJIKXT. riini: coups of i i:aciii:i:s loxo kx- A g:i;:ed iu St. Helen's Hall lia just been rc'nforced bv the addition of slv new teach ers, live of them from prominent educational ir.stitutioiis of the K.Lsteia f'tates. Two" of these are eu-wed in the Musical Depart ment, tlirce iu the Knili h ami one (MISS Fl'LLICK) in the Art Deiatiinent. .AIISS FCLLICIi. is a lauy or KnIish birlh. but eilecated in this country. She was graduated at V-ir Colle.i?, and lias since spent much time In the be.sf private Sludios in the liuteni States. She comes with the Id-die-st recommendations for her attain ments and skill :s a t-acher or I'.dnting and Drawin". Ttiese cover the hole ground of instruction iu the best Art Schools, embrac hi" Oil Paiiit'ng in landscape, Flower and SI ill-lire Studies; Crayon. Charcoal, AVater Colors. Pencil, 1'en and Ink, and Decorative Art in all its branches. MISS FULLICIC is a lady or liberal edu cation and superior culture, and the Kector and Principal of St. Helen's Hall recommend this dcpjiiiucut of their school to its patrons with entire confidence, being well assured that it was never under a more competent Instructor, or one of more varied acquire ments. sJ.d.lm Equalization of County Assessment. 7ITOTICE IS 1II:i:F.P.Y (51 VEX THAT the J- Asiusmciit ndl o." iropei tv liable to be taxed iu Clat.op Count v for the vear 18S2, will be -eompieted by the fiit Monday in October, 1SS2 ; and the Count vCouit pursu ant to law hrs fixed that day fs tMe time Tor all persons Interested to examine the same at the County Clerk's ofilce in the Court house iu Astoria, insa'c coiuity. and to note objections thereto K anv there snail be. W. W. PAKKKK. did Count v Assessor for Clat op Co., Or. Astoria, Oregon, September Sth, J8S2. I z M .u H f i co rn f a h o "" g 3 rn a Zl ? I -s CO o o AIISCELLANEOUS. S. AllNDT & FERCHEN, ASTOKIA. - OKKOOX. The Pioneer Machine Shop IM KM.-sAHTM . JM jtt 8HOP4 Boiler Shop dr All kinds of - ENGINE, CANNERY, AN"I STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYF.TTK STKF.ET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Hkntox Stkkkt, Xkai: Pakkeu Housk, ASTOKIA. - OKEC.OX. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAiDiMARiEEiWW Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. CASTINGS. Ornll leseriitions Hiadc to Order at Short Xotiee. A. I). AVass, President. I. G. Hl'.sti.ku, Secretary. I. W. Cask, Treasurer, .ion .- Fox, Superintendent WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Main and ChenamuR Streets, ASTORIA OREGON DKU.Kr. IS CIGARS AND TOBACCO. The Celebrated JOSEPH RODCERS &. SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOLM and other English Cutlery. STATIONERY! FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc, A line .stoek of WntehcM and Jewelry, Muzzle and llrereh leading Shot Caiiun and KiflcM, ItevolverM. PlxtolN. and Ammunition MAKIXK 4liAMHHK AI-SO A FIKK Assortment of line SITCTACI.ES and EYE GLASSES. WAK IM lF.;fiARKI WITHOUT FIIKTHKlt XOTICF. And no terms of peace until every man in Astoria has a new niit of clot lies MA1IK BV JIIK.l.W. Look at the prices : Pants to order ft 0111 - - - 58 00 Pants, Genuine French Cassimere - 12 50 Suits from - -- -- -2.I00 Tliellnest line of samples on the coast to select from. P. .1. MEANY, Cass street, next to Hansen's .lev.ehy store Health is Wealth. Dr. 1L C. West's Xeive and Krain Treat ment: a .specific for Hvsteiia. Diiness, Convulsions, Nervous Hea'daclie. Menial Ue prassion. Loss of Memorj". Spermatorrhoea, Impotency, Involuntary Emissions. Prema ture Old Ae, caused by over-eertion, self abuse, or over-indulgence, which leads to misery, decay and death. One box w ill cure recent eases. Each box contains one montlis tieatment. One dollar a box, or siv boxes Tor five dollars ; sent by mail prepaid on re ceipt or price. We guarantee six boes to cure any ease. With each order rccei ed by iu for six boxes, accompanied with Jive dol lars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return the money it the treat ment does not effect a cure. Cuarantees is sued! only by W. K. Dement, dnijaiist, As toria, Oregon. Oiders by mull at regular priees. ssar-Mrme,&' r'Q'-Bei J -. San' lk 3 V r- Q '- M 9 p p g BUSINESS OARDS. Tji C. HOLDEX, NOTARY rUBLIC, Al'CTIOXEKlt, COMMISSION AND SU1IAXCE AGENT. K. .1. V.. Mil AFTER, I'HISH'IA aad S1VCN. (DKUTSOHEE ARZT.) lliHeaNCH or the Threat a tipeclaJty. Olllco over Conn's Drug Store. Q.KI.O Y. PARKKR. SURVEYOR OF Clataop :onHty,aHd City er Astsrla Office :-Chennmus street, Y. M.C. A. hall, Kooni Xo.S. J. O. KOXOKTH, l'. S. 4'oniuilsslauer, .VeUry PHbllc, ad iHHHraarc Agcat. Agent tor theHainburK-Breinpn.FireIu3.Co. of Hambui?, Germany, and ol the Ttav elers' Life and Accident Ins. Co., of Hart ford. Conn. a-Oftlcc in Pythian Building. Kooms 11, 12. Xjl J. WINTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. KH"Omce In Pjthiau Building. Piooms ll, 12. ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON. JAY TX TTIiK, M. 1. PHYSICIAN AND SURQION. Okkick Over the White House 8tor RKSiDK.vcOvetElberson'3;Bakerv, op posite Bartli & Myers' Saloon. x Phynielan and NarseaB. OFFICE Over A. Y.Allea's grocery store. Rooms, at the Tarker House. Xjl V. HICKS, x PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - - ORJCGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, ceiner of Cjlss ami Stemoeqhe streets. T F. IhFORCK, DENTIST IK'iiial Knomi aver Ctae Jitsre, Cbeiiamus Street, - - Astoria, Oregon. J - Q. A. BOWLBY. ATl'OKNEY AT LAW. Chenamus Street. - ASTOKIA. OKElHtfi ATTOR3EET AT UW. May he found at the Court House. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Ca andCourt Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good- work guaranteed. TAILORINQ. Cleaning Repairing. XEAT. CnEAP AND QUICK. BY GKUKUK liOVKTT. I Main Street, opposite N. Loeb's, HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stick in Astfria Fireworhs! Flags! Fruit Both Ferelga bmA 0atetlp Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, 0 B &NVOC1L Notice to Builders. PKOrOSALS WILL BE KECE1VED AT the olliee of the Point Adams Packing Company, until noon, Tuesday, September anh. 1SR2, for furnishing the material, and building of a cannery on the property of said company. Plans and specifications can be seen at the otllee of A. V. Ferguson, No 3. Pythian building. Proposals mar be ad dressed to liox 200. Tfte right to reject any or all bids reserved. J.C. LID WELL, dtf President. BOOKS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! CARL ADLER. A complete stoek of School Books arid school supplies. Any book used In the pub lic schools or Clatsop Countv can be obtaiaed at my store. CARL ADLER.