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P) B&asBstmmsmeeam Vol. xvm. Astoria. Oregon. Sunday Morning, February 25, 188-3 No. 126'. tfrf if THE FECUNDITY OP PISH- THEmAGB. The average herring contains about 20,000 ova, so that 1,000 fe males of that fish would yield, if i all the eggs were to corae to life, 25,000,000; but hundreds of thou sands of the eggs altogether es cape the fertilizing milt of the male fish, and hundreds of thou sands are devoured by enemies that seem to think the ova of the herring has been created solely to serve as food to them. All our sea fishes are endowed with enor mous povers of leproduction. A female codfish has been known to contiin 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 ova, but, as has been stated of her ring, the waste of eggs from the want of being fructified, and from other causes, is really enormous. The fiat fishes arc also all of them very jR-oductive; but in the case of all sea fishes the waste of life is really and truly incalculable, oth erwise man would be incapable of dealing with these minor monsters of the great deep. As has been shown in the case of herring, there are animals preying on the shoals j the demands of which are fart more deadlv than those of man kind: the same may doubtless be said of most of our other sea fishes. But the total stock of fish of all ) ages must indeed be prodigious. There are, however, many difficul ties in the way of fixing upon a figure. It is not yet known, for instance, with anything like cer tainty, at what age herring or cod fish arrive at the maturity of their lives; but it may be hazarded as a conclusion, which has not been ar rived at without the most careful considerations, that the sea in all probability contains a supply of fish which, in the event of produc tion ceasing, would last the com munity for a period of five or six years. The fish, of course, must be of all ages; but no man can tell the exact age of any of the fish which he may from day to day find on his table. Nor can we tell the average age which any of our fise attain. Many of the codfish we capture, "look" to have been very old denizens of the deep ten years old at least. And as some of the fish which are cap tured are occasionally of an enoi raous size, that fact seems to indi cate a long period of life. W think, however, taking the major ity of our fishes into account, that if creation were at once to stop, and the fish of the sea were sud denly to cease to multiply and re plenish, the present stock, at the rate of capture now going on, might last us for a period of four or five years. Bertram hi the British Quarterly Hevieic. The 'Washington Monument. Some 40 years ago, when the people of the United States had raised a considerable sum for the purpose, this monument was be gun. When the monument had been built to 156 ft. in height the I funds were exhausted. Finally the government took hold and made appropriations to finish the work. But when the labor on it was re newed, examination showed that the foundation was not strong enough for the intended super structure; bnt how to insert addi tional strength under a column weighing 32,000 tons without dis turbing its equilibrium or making a crack in its walls, how to remove . the dirt below this tremendous weight and insert concrete mason ry therein, was a question that re quired inventive genius and delicate- engineering. The difficult work was most boldly and success fully done. A solid body of ma sonry, about 126 ft. square, and more than -13 ft. in depth, now uadwlies this tall struo- ture. It ought to have a solid base, for the monument, . when finished, will have a total j weight of over S0,000 tons. This j pillar is now about 350 ft. high, and is rising in mid-air at the rate. of nearly 100 ft. a year. From two fo tliroo tnnro wot-loncr cnnsmis will . be required to complete it. "When completed it will be 555 feet high. Nuts to Crack. What is the length of the side of a cubic bin that will hold 100 bushels? What quantity of lining J of n yard wide will it require to Hue 9 yards of cloth l yards wide? How far from the end of a stick 1 of timber SO feet long, of uniform size from end to end, must a hand spike bo placed so that three men, two at the handspike and one at the end of the stick, m:iy carry each one-third of its weight. If a tower 200 feet high cists a shadow 150 feet, what is the height of a pole which, at the same time of day, casts a shadow SO feet? If stock bought at 5 per cent premium will pay C per cent on the investment, what per cent. wil1 5t Pav if bouSht at 15 Per cent discount? How many rods of fence will enclose 10 acres in the form of a square? A man traveled 13 days. His last day's journey was 80 miles and each day he traveled 5 miles more than on the preceeding day. How far did ho travel. How many 1000 shingles will be required to cover both sides of a roof 3G feet long and whose rafters are IS feet in length? The eaves of a house are -10 feet from the ground. Required, the length of a ladder, the foot of wkich is to be placed 20 feet from the house, that will reach the eaves? A horse tied to a stake by a rope can graze to the distance, of 40 feet from the stake. On how much surface can it graze? What is the length of the side of a cubical vessel which shall con tain three times as much as one whoso side is two feet. What part of a cord of wood is a pile 7 feet long, 2 feet high and 3-feet wide. An army which has been twice decimated in battle, now contains only C,480 men. What was the original number in the army? " How many iron balls A. inches in diameter will weigh as much as one iron ball 8 inches in diametet? The oldest tree in the world, so far as anyone knows, is the Bo tree of the sacred city of Amara poora, in Burmah. It was planted 2S8 B. C. and is, therefore, 2,170 years old. Sir James Emerson Tennet gives reasons for believing that the tree is really of this wonderful age, and refers to his toric documents in which it is mentioned at different dates, as 182 A. D., 223 A. D., and so on to the present day. "To it," says Sir James, "kings have even dedi cated their dominions, in testi mony of belief that it is a branch of the identical fitr tree under which Buddha reclined at Urume lya, when he underwent hypotheo sis." Its leaves are carried away as streamers by pilgrims, but is too sacred to touch with a knife, and therefore, they are only gathered when they fall. The king oak in Windsor Forest, Eng land, is 1,000 years old. In countries where malaria is prev alent, or where the climate is subject to sudden changes should bo ionna in every house Brown's Iron Bitter. iw c.cjr "" , 71 i. ;;. nu.t ,, For lame Back, side or Chest use Shlloh's Porous Plaster, Price 2 oeaU. For aJ fry W. S. Dement. The following are items of local interest in the sundry civil appro-1 priation bill just reperted: Salaries of the superintendents of life-saving stations on the coast of Washington Territory, Oregon and California, S1,S00 each; for con-' tinuhiii the construction of a licrlit it house on Northwest Seal j ck, off Point George, Cal., 50.- j ); for continuing the survey of. Rod 000 the const of California from S.ui Diego toward San Luis Rey, from Point Peilr.iv Blancho to Cape I San MnrLui. 80.000: from Point Sal northward, from Tabl Moun tain southward and from Trinidad Head to the Oregon line, $1S,000; for hydrography of the sami coast S'J,000; for continuing the survey i of the coast of Oregon and the completion of the Columbia river and Willamette river improve-! ments to head of ship navigation,! S9.000. for continuity the surves of ! -,... - the coast of Washington Territory,! $5,300; for. completing the survey J of Puget Sound, $5,400; for j examination and surveys of har bors on the coast of Alaska, $7, 200; for tide observations on the Pacific Coast, $2,000: for magnetic observations and other objects, $11,000; for construction of a steamship forsurve3ingthc Pacific Coast and Sounds, $100,000. A keen student of human nature must have written the follewing: "When you see a young man sail ing down street shortly after mid night with collar mashed down his neck, you can make up your mind there's a young girl crawling up stairs not far distant, with her shoes under her arm and an ex tinguished lamp in her hands!" Mr. Burton, of Rid way & Burt on, stove dealers, Cincinnati, Ohio, says: Two bottles of St. Jacobs Oil cured my boy of rheumatism when everything else laMed. Absolutely Pure. Tlds jmrtcr never varies. A man el of purity. vtrenjri hand wholeomcnes More economical tlun the ord nar' Kinds, and cannot he sold in comp tliion ithtl:c mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or nhosphaU Mi;ders. Sold only in cmw. KOVAL KAKIXG rOWDEBLO., 1UO vail-l., N.Y. ST03IACB & 8TTEBS Inralidt, broken down in health and spirits by chronic drf prpsia. or "laEcrinj; from tho terrible exbaatiun that follows thn tjpVn ofocute dUcue, tho te'timonyof thousands who have been raiso I as by a miraclo from a "mUar, '?" 0I .proration by no tettera fctomach HitteM, is a sure cuaranteo that by tho Famo moans you, too, may bo streagth- ened ro,tored. I 0t M9 by all DrorcisU and Dltn 1 cncrlly. N " CELEBRATED MX v .... - fey Nfeggp?Or?s23 a, tK; F i? - sSsfgi feurafaia. Sciatica. Lumhaao. Backache. Soreness of the Chest. Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell- , ?. Sprains, Burns and Scalds, beneral Uodiiy pa;nSj J00ihf ar and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ko Preparation on earth equals St. Jacob Oh. ts a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Bemedjr. A trial enUUU tut the cofarsUYe'y triCIng outlay of CO Cents, and erer7 ono suffer irg with pain caa bar cheap and poiare- pwof of Its claims. Direction! in XleTen iAnpnages. 80LDBTALLDEUQQIST3A1TDDEALEE8 IH MEDICIHE. A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, 2TO., C. S. A. Probably the oitlv man in the United States ayIio has used green backs for gun-wadding is L. Sliir-le-, of Dallas county, Texas. He went hunting with -300 in cur rency in his pocket, and used paper for wadding, lie was load ing from the wrong pocket, how ever, and had shot away over $60 of his'money before he discovered his mistake. A LETTER FPOSl GERMANY. M kn, January 9, l Very esteemed blrs j lie praise jour uvcr .tiiits u:ii'c:iiicu: forth hero is wonderful. Afuirtl:!nBono mid n half boxes of your genuine lin. C. McLAXCS I.IVEK PILLS, I hae en- tlrely recovered from myfburyenr-.Min"e-- ...- . T . X,. , .... I itiK. All who know me wonder how I, J who, for so many years had no nppclltc, riuI could not sleep for lmckiu-ho, Mitch) iu my side, and general stomach cnm-i plaints, could have recovered. An old lady In our city, who lm - :J o-vd ' for many years from Kidney iUmwc. :id i the doctors had given her up. trnik t-v. of vonr IMHs. mid eot more iy1.ii il.jtii lit! J hai from all the doctors. iojit rn . voy 1) :; BEWARE OF IM3TATJGK3. . Tlie genuine nro never sm;ar-coHtfl. Herr box has a red wax seal on the lid. with the Impressien: .McLannV l.it-r I'lll. The-Kenulne McLANE'S LIM:: 1'ILLS bear the signature of C. JU Itm and Fleming Itrus. on the wrapper. Insist upon hnvlng the jienuiuo UK. C. McLAXlI'S LIVjnt FILLS, piepan d hv Flemlng Bros of Pittsburgh, l'a.. I In mnrlvt being full of Imitations of lie name McLane, spelled dilleicntly. Inn ot same pronunciation. If vour storekeeper dos not har the genuine Dlt. C. 3IcLiVMr- rr.LK- bkati:i lit:k fills v end u- y.- cents, nnd we will send you a bovbj m-ill, and n ct of our advertising canl-. FLCHIXG BROS., Pittilinrch. Pa. IT PAYS TO TRADE WITH ME ! "WHO ? FRANK ELBEKSON, SeasifleBaKery & Confectionery.! n757':E2:"3rr ? j Because my Goods are the Best,i and Always Fresh. j C.ikes Catuhes etc SKKKli! tutties. on sliort notice, give jH'nect s.iittaciou. Cake oruatuentins ppedalty. headqtjaktp:ss Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Astoria JV ovelties of all Kinds Fruits Jloth Forrlffn anil Dnxucxtir Wines and Liquors OI Superior Brand. FOSTER'S COBXKR, O R fcN DOCX v rat!s. -v jvaa.-' ysvcpk i - VAkmmmT . :; xlWWJ?1 WJJW I Vare Is the I.nrjr-st ami most Complete d9s3t<tLte&&:i!i Stock vcropfueit tn .Astoria. ?E'W$i Coaaistlnsot SSKsSK5 V5JTrft and Pinner Set-. Toilet Seta. Glass. - f "Sf hY" v rmit !lR! NV"t,,r H.ir Fixtures. A'.e i.cS-"' f . Mua. Ponlos, Rn-tle liottlus GoWets. Tum- k H8i K IB bt&B8 SPui 9 r ver thins sihl at I .o a est Living Kates. RHE0MATI8M, IntPortant ! ! V31 JOHNsON. C. H. STICKELS A. M. JOHNSON & Co., Dealers In iSMp Ctafllery aid Groceries CROCKERY & CLASS WARE. Also Wholesale Healers ia I Pnintt. Oils. Varnishes, Glass. IPutiy. Artists' Oil ami "Water mine Rritslies. rotit:intlj on h.tisil a ftill ana choice stock ofSlaplcat.il r.uu-y Groceries Only tlio iRentf Gnrefallyl 1 1 Hereafter all our ! . . , PurO CoffeCS Will be i . -, ipUU Up 1111(101' Olir OWD. private label HONE GENUINE Un'&ss bought of a. jjr. joiinson & co. N. B. All goods bearing our label are guaranteed to be strictly Pure and of Best quality, and are soid "by no other House. Efc- 2? iElw 3& IS R( DKVI.KK IX Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand IVooit Delivered to Order, Graying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. OEAI.KR IX M i ioiJOP5 AND CIGARS W,NES L,OUORS AND CIGARS. FIItST 'LASS Wilson- & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. OUAI.KJLS IX "o-ilron, Steel. Coal. Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WKOL'GIIT AND COT GALVANIZED IVnlls. Coppvr A'ails and Ruri-s, Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packing of all Kinds. PROVISSONS, Fl.OUSl XXt ZllS.T TEET. Agents for Salem Tlounng Mills. Corner Clieiiaimia and Iiauiilton iitrevu ASTOIU.V. OKEGON. IIAGiXU.S U. CROSBY, UtAlcr In jHAMARE, IRON, STEEL, ron Pipe and Fittings, LTJ MBKIiS AND STEaM FITTEItS Goods and Tools. SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON Tiii AHIPGOPPEB, i Canners and Flshermens Supplies Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Done with reatness and dispatch. None Dut first class workmen employed. A large avjortment of SCALE? Gensumly tn hmi. WILLIAM HOWE. flltlltlllllMIIMHIfltllllllllllllllMlliailKlfaal-nl:aallllava,'iaMM -DEALER IX- Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber, All kltidi of OAK LUMBER, GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. j Boats of all Sinds r-Ordcrs from a distance promptly attended ARNBT & FERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON'. The Pioneer Machine Shop1 ,3, - , BLACKSMITIl -ffl&ssiL' ijKJtisrV" CVgJgjllggajA I Boiler Shop SW -5X All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AXD STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAXETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bentox Streht, Near Takkik House, ASTORLA.. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAKDlMARmE ENGINES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Notice. A. D. "Wass. Tiesldcnt. J. G-. Hustlkk, Secretary. LAY. Cask, Treasurer. John Fox, Superintendent WI, EDGAR, ASTORIA, - - - OREGON, Dealer In Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, Stationery and Optical Coods, Joseph Rodgers and "Wostonholm GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. WALTHAIII AND I3LGIi Gold and Siluer Watches and Chains. Fine and Coarse Liverpool SALT. Tin riate. Block Tin, Caustic Soda, For sale ex "Warehouse at Portland or Astoria by It AliFOTJR. GUTIXKIi: & CO. dtf Portland, Op. Barbour's No. 40 12-Ply SALMON TWINE! CORK AND LEAD LiiMS, SEINE TWINES. ,, , A Full Stock Nowon Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 11 Market Street, San Franeisce Sole Agents for tk Paella Out. AND Bracket Work A. SPECIALTY. Made to Order, j to. and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. BUSLNESS CARDS. E. c HOLDKN, notary public, . ACCTIONULK, COMMISSION N IX- SUKANCE AGENT. sunvcivn ur Clatsop Count y,and City of Astoria Ottlca :-Cheuanuu street, Y.M.C. A. hall 'UoomNo.S. yvf n. DiiiiAitD, Attorney at ILvnr. OFFJCC AT ST. HELENS, 0KF.G0N. "Will attend terms ol KaLiniaaud I'ortiaad, Court at Astoria, T1 . WISTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. 3-OQIce in Pythian BulldiDS. Rooms 11, 12. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. TA.Y TUTTIiE, 31- D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ,. Offick Rooms l!2?an&3,Eytlil3iBulld Ing. Residence Over J. C Thomas' Drug Store. Xj p. nicKs, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - - - ORBGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, comer of Cass aud Sqeniocque streets. Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LA"W. Cfienamus Street, - ASTORIA. OREGOlv Piano Lessons With Use of Piano. SEES. J. "W. RUDDOCK Terms moderate. Orders may bo left at Adler's book store. G. A. STiNSON '& CO BLACKSM1THING, . At Capt. KoKers old stand, comer ot Caw and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work, Horscshoclnc. Wagons made and repaired. Good work tni.inuitpd. M. WKKTlIEtMEIt. I. WEUTHKJMEE M. WERTHEIWER & ER0. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE Havana and Domestic Cigars No. 518 .Front St. San Francisco . I. W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLE8ALE ANDBE TAIL DEALER IN &EMAL MSCHMBKI ''orner Clienamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA - - - OREGON FOR SALE I offer for sale my ranch near Sklpa non In this County; it consists of 160 ACRES, Elsrlifj" Acres iinprorcd, irltri ool lwclllngr Heuse: Two Bnrns, Out IIousck, otc.s A Fine Orchard. Everything is Aell improved and in good condition. A large assortment ot Farming Implements, Tlirec 1'asscuger Coacliefc. ' One HueST Xinc Ilcad Horses. j Cattie. uOSSt Etc : This affords a rare chance for a man to ! ce: a pood nome in tne omese settieu section in the state. ' Terms favorable to one meaning busl- A - "A