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C-) in ft tin 0tmn Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 19, 1883. No. 43. "WANTS INFORMATION. "Writing from Columbia Falls, a correspondent of the Reporter says: "I want you to tell me whether settlers nave any rights tnat are respected bv the crovernment of the United States, if the railroad company wants to steal their lands. I came here ten years ago and bought out a man who had pre empted 1G0 acres. He settled here before there was any railroad. Then is not any railroad here now in less than seventy-five miles from me, and that is over in "Wash ington territory. I have worked hard on my place, me and my wife and the only boy we had left from the war. One was starved to death at Andersonville and one was killed at Shiloh. I have got a house worth $1,500, a nice orchard and eighty acres in wheat. Most all the rest is hay and pasture. All told, it is worth 4,000. "When I went to enter the home stead the register told me it was railroad land, but I could write to the commissioner at Washington. I done that and got a letter that the land was reserved for the North Pacific railroad before I tried to enter it. I wrote back and asked the Commissioner if his books didn't show that the land was pre-empted before the railroad was thought of. He told me that didn't make any difference, and if I wanted the land I must buy it of the railroad. I wrote to the secretary of the interior and he said the commissioner had decided right. 1 don't know what to do but thought I wouldn't buy of tho railroad, leastwise not before there was a railroad inside of seventy five miles. A few weeks ago I see in a newspaper that Secretary Teller had decided that when there was a settler on a piece of land before the railroad was located, the land did not go to tho company but to tho settler. I started off next morning before light to go to the land office to enter my land, and when I got there the register told mo I couldn't do it. I asked him if Secretary Teller hadn't said the land was not railroad land. Yes, he said, that is the Secretary's decision, but you sec, says he, that you applied once before, and your application was rejected. That decision is final, says he; and he showed me a letter he had just got from the commissioner at Washington in another case tho same as mine, and the commission er said just those words. Just then another man stepped up -an asked the register the numbers of my land, and before I got out of town that man filed a tree claim on my homestead. I heard of it and went back, and what do you think the register said? "Why, that anybody else but me could enter the land; but my case he said was rest ajudica. I don't know what rest ajudica means un less it means that everybody in "Washington is thieves and 'scoun drels. Now what am I to do? Has Sec retary Teller made a decision in favor of settlers that ho don't mean to carry out, or is there some underhanded work going on that he don't know anything about.'' Before that tree man gets niy homestead there'll be one or two funerals, but I want to know how this matter stands in "Washington, D. C. English seaports have expert enced a remarkable increase of prosperity duriug the past few years, and London and Liverpool have companions, if not rivals, for the trade of the world. A few years ago Hull was decidedly dull now it is emphatically alive. A magnificent scheme for better dock facilities is under way. The Alexandria dock is to have a wa ter area of forty-six acres, a river frontage of over a mile and an en trance lock 550 feet long and 85 wide. The Lancashire port of Barrow is a new creation and turns out a considerable number of ships, and is improving in its trade. The Manchester ship .ca ll! is almost assured. , ' - France in the Far East. The feeling of sour grapes at seeing Egypt Anglicized has at last brought France into the in cipient throes of colonial war. The French press approve unani mously of the Tonquin expedition and getting a little cheap glory out of John Chinaman. France will soon have the emperor of China in leading-strings, just as England has the Khedive of Egypt. There is no Nile in Ton quin, but there is the famous Ucd river, watering a country inhabited by 50,00,000 people, and it has a delta not quite as large, but al most as fertile as the delta of the Nile. Just as England narrowly missed being confronted in Egypt by the unbridled fanaticism of Islam, so France runs the risk of having arrayed against herself in Tonquin the long pent up fires of Confucianism. Just as England had to dispose of Arabi, the Egyp tian, so France has got to deal with Sieon Jen Fou, Chief of the HeTckis, or Pavilions Noirs, who has already won the sobriquet of t:Las" among his admiring coun trymen. This Chinese Arabi, moreover, has lately received from the emperor the dignity of Manda rin of the second class, just as the Egyptian Arabi received from the Sultan the decoration of the first class of Mendjidich. The Tonquin expedition is es pecially popular in military circles, when the word "China" recalls the good old days when Count Polika so's soldiers tied tightly about their ankles their baggy capacious trowsers and opening them to the waist, filled these improvised sacks with the splendid gold and silver loot of the Emperor's sum mer Palace at Muen Min Vin, near Tietsin. The Ferry Ministry now proposes to regain French prestige in the extreme east and at the same time exemplify the truth of Bismarck's saying, that no three 3'ears would ever pass by without the French government sending out an army somewhere. Admiral Meyers will destroy the 20,000 Chinese sent from Pekin to help the Anamites, Commandant Riviere will chastise the Chinese Arabs on the banks of the Red river, and M. Dekergarade will be come mentor to the Emperor of China, just as Lord Dufferin was mentor to the Khedive. French custom-house duties will be collected in Tonquin and the newly civilized Anamites will enjoy all the blessings peculiar to French citizenship. They will not be allowed to use any tobacco J except French tobacco which has j tue most questionable flavor 01 1 any in the world, and they will j not be allowed to light their pipes with any other matches than French matches, which are the worst in Europe, and this is say ing a great deal. The outcome of it all will be a little cheap glory and history will have to record in her annals still another instance of a colony founded by a Latin race, only to be eventually utilized and developed by tho Anglo-Saxon. This is the Enlish view of the French colonization scheme. Slaves Held by Indians. It is a curious fact that the chiefs of the petty Seminole tribes still hold negroes in bondage in the free state of Florida. In Southeastern Florida, in tho neigh borhood of Biscayne Ba3r, the In dians hold negro men, women and children in bondage, just as they did before and during the war. Recently one of these slaves came into the town of Miami, on Bis cayne Bay, and was surprised when the people informed him that he was a free man. He had never heard of the Emancipation Proclamation, and knew nothing of the results of the war. This well illustrates the ignorance of the negroes and the shrewdness of the Indians. It is probable that the slaves of the Seminoles do not see a white man once in ten years. The fact that slaves are held in the United States should receive the attention of the government and the evil which caused so much sectional, bitterness and.finally civil wai? totally-eradicated- j .,:. the British Medical Journal the re sult of his year's experience with out meat. At first he found the vegetables insipid and had to use sauces and pickles to get them down. As soon as he became ac customed to the diet all condi ments were put aside, except a little salt. The desire for tobacco and alcohol left him spontaneous ly. Then all his digestive func tions became regular and he found himself wholly free from head aches and bilious attacks. After three months a troublesome rheu matism left him and at the end of a year he had gained eiglit pounds in weight. He believes he can do more mental labor than before and that all his senses are more acute. For breakfast he has brown bread, apples and coffee; dinner consists of two vegetables, brown bread and pie or pudding; for tea he re joices in bread and jam, with milk and water, and for supper bread, jam, cold pudding, and. as a lux ury, boiled onions. Eggs, milk, butter and cheese are used only in very small quantities. The den tist is a doctor and his statement is drawing out many similar ones from medical men. Some one who has "been there" remarks that "journalism cannot be taken up ns the pastime of an idle hour, or as a special means of gain, or as a stepping stone to other literary work, and made a complete success." It requires a tedious and laborious apprentice ship, special skill, the result of training, and a single-minded de votion, to the exclusion of other fields of labor. Its rewards are success and influence, but not, ex cept in very rare instances, any personal fame. Its products are ephemeral, and the newspaper writer must be content to see his product swallowed up in the pile of daily accretion, and forgotten with the memory of the occasion which calls it forth. POWDER Absolutely Pure. TI1I5 powder never varies. A man el of purity. strength and vrnalesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannol be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test snort weight, alum or piiospuaic powuers. aoiaoniutn cans, kov ai. Baking rownKit Co., 10c Wall-st. N. Y. Street Improvement Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that the Common Council of the city of Astoria propose to order the improvement of itt.im Micct 111 nidi puiiiuu ut iiiu cuy of Astoria which was laid out aud re corded by John McClure, from the south side of Astor street Jo the south side of 8th street, by grading the same to its lull width to the established grade as established by ordinance Xo. 72 of the city of Astoria, and by planking the same 24 feet wide in the center of said street, and unless a remonstrance signed by the owners of two-thirds of the prop erty fronting on said portion of said street be filed with the Auditor and Clerk within ten days of the final pub lication of this notice, viz.: Monday, .june-i, ins., tue common council will order said improvements to be made. 1$ order of the Common Council. T.S.JEWETT, Auditor and Clerk. Astoria, May i:, 1883. BOZORTH & JOHNS. Real Estate Dealers. A :eneral agency business trausacted Ifcive Columbia City. Alderbrook, Astoria nnu aeasiue property lor saie. WBI. EDGAR, Dealer! Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes A vegetarian reports to W ROYAL CSK&S J Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. THPfiRPXT RMANREM JTOR. RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sora Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ko Preparation on earth equals St. Jacobs Oil as a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Remedy. A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cents, and titrj one suffer ing with pain can havo cheap and potitire proof of its claims. Directions In Eleven Languages. BOLD BY ALLBBUGGI8TS AHD DEALEBB IN HEDI0IHE. A. VOGEZJ3R & CO., JDaltimore, 3.70., XT. 8. A. An amateur poetess anxiously vrails, "Oh, where can I find rest?" 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The patient com plains of weariness and debility; he is cosily startled ; his feet are cold or burn ing, and he complains of a. prickly sensa tion of the .skin; his spirits are low, and, although he ls satisfied that exercise would be bcncflclal to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. If you have any of the above symptoms, you can certainly be cured by the use of the genuine DK. C. McLAXiTS I.IVEK PILLS. When vou limOIrLane'ii rills, insist on having DIt. C. McLANES CEL.E IIKATEI) LIVER TILLS, made by Flcm iir Itros., Pittsburgh, Pa. If you can not get tho genuine DR. C. McLANK'S 1.1 VER PILLS, send us JJ5 cents by mail, and we will send them to you. FLEMING BROS., Plttslrargli, Pa. King of the Blood Is not a "aire all," It is a blood-purifier ami tonic. Impurity of the blood poisons the sys tem, deranges the circulation, and thus In duces many disorders, known by dinVrent names to distinguish them according to ef fects, but being really branches or phases of that great generic disorder. Impurity oi Itlood. Such are DuiKpla, lilllloiuntt. Liter Complaint, Omt(pallon, A'cmitf Dis order, Headache, Bachache, General WtaU nc. Heart Dlcae, Dropsy, Ktdneu Dlrcatc, Pile, Rheumallxm, Catarrh, Scrofula, Skin Disorders, Pimples. Uleent. Sicclllny, c. tic Kin? of the Blood prevents ami cures these by attacking the cawe. Impurity of the blood. Chemists and phjslclans agree In calling it "the most genuine and efficient preparation for the purpose." Sold by Drug gists, SI per bottle. Sec testimonials, direc tions, &c, in pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases ol tlift Blood." wrapped around each bottle. I. RANSOM, SON" Co.. Props Rutfalo.X. . Brewery Beer Saloon. The Best Beer 5 cts a Glass. Hot Lunch every Day from 10 to 12 A. M The best of Liquors and Cigars on hand. A deservedly iopu!ar place of social report. GEO. HILLER. TO CAS CONSUMERS. We h3ve received a large supply of CHANDELIERS, GLOBES, And a General Assortment of Fixtures In Plumbers' Goods. EyCall and examine our Good. RUDDOCK & JLEVAK.E. Nearly opposite O. R. & N. Co.'s Dock, lw FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT! British Iron Barque "BYEVALE," 100 Al. WILLIAMS, --- - Master, mills FINE VESSEL HAVING HER CAlt- jl go iuiiv engaged will nave yutuK DESPATCH, and will be followed by the British Iron Barqne "ULL0CK," 100 Al. SALMON In cases wilt be takc.n In lots to suit shippers, at reasonable rates. For rates of Freight and Insurance Apply to MEYER, WILSON & CO., " or to SIBSON, CHURCH & CO.. tf . , .Portland, Oregon. C. H. STICKEL8. A. M. JOHNSON & Co., Dealers in CROCKERY & CLASS WARE. Also Wholesale Dealers in Paints;, Oils. Vnmislies. Glass, Jntty. Artists Oil and "Water Colors, I 'flint aud Enlso- minc Brushes. Constantly on hand a full and choice stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries Only tho Best kept. Our stock of Crockery and. Glass War' Is the Largest and most Complete Sti k ever opened in Astoria. Consisting of Tea and Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets. Glass. Fruit, and Water Sets. Bar Fixtures. Ale Slu;c. Ponies Rustic Bottles Goblets, Tum blers Leu uiiade Cutis, &c , &.c. Ever thing sold at Lowest living Rates. imlitj' Guaranteed. An Examination will more than repay you. W. E. DEMENT & CO. SXEtTJT GUESTS. ASTOKIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS,. CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded, LOEB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES. LIQTJOKS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. J3T"A11 goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET, Opposite Parker House. Astoria, Oregon. MAGNUS C. CROSBY, Dealer In HAOTAEE, IM, STEEL, iron Pipe and Fittings, PLUMBERS AND STEAM FITTER? Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON TIN AHD COPPER, CaaiiBry anfl FlsliBrmens Supplies Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTINQ Done with neatness and dispatch. None but first class workmen employed. A large assortment ofj SCALE? constantly on hand HANSEN BROS. . HA YE BJEMO YED I From their old quarters to their NEW SHOP AND FACTORY NEAR KINNEY'S CAN NERY. T.ILOH.INrG, Cleaning Repairing. NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK, BY GEORGE I.OVETT, Main Street, opposite N. Loeb's. NEVILLE & CO. Pacific Net and Twine Co. Sax Frasciico, April llth,1883. De in Si its; For general convenience, we have sent a supply of So. 30, 12 ply ;enuiue Scotch Salmon Net Tivinc, to the care of A. M. JOHNSON Sz CO., Astoria, which will be sold at low enough figures to make it an object for all net menders to use it for repairs, in place of the more costly No. 40, 12- piy. Fishermen who have heretofore nsed this grade of twine for repairs, claim that the durability of the patch is equal to the balance of the net, after the latter has had a few weeks use. We think it will be money in your pocket to try it. For prices and samples apply to A. M. JOHNSON & CO., Astoria. Neville & Co. Sole Agents, ... vn(.ipn. St and 33 CallTornla St. f San clsco; G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITH1NG, At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. ' A.M. J01I'SOJ. WILLIAM: HOWE -DEALER IN- Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds ol OAK LUMBER. GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. ssisP ""aiia,iai a ui I Boats of all Sinds Made to Order. I : ; a ! E&Ordera from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed In all cases '1 'Z.'J.' ' '-'JJ?Z11T JOZ C'-J 1-l.mJ-t '. S. ARNDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AND Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bknton Street, Near Parker Housb, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAMDanilABlEEEfflS Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. OASTIKTOS , Of all Descriptions made to Orrtci at Short Notice. A. D. Wass, Presedent. J. G. IICSTI.EK, Secretary. I. W. Case, Treasurer. JOHN Fox, Superintendent. A. V. Allen (SUCCESSOR TO PACE & ALLEN.) Wholesale and retail dealer' tn Provisions, Glass and Piated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, LiquorsJobaccoXigars Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DEALKR3 IN Iron, Steel, Coal, Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WROUGHT AND CUT GALVANIZED 9PXKE9. Nails, Copper Nails aud Burrs, Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packing of all Kinds, PROVISIONS. FI.OUK AND M1XX. FJCE1). Agents for Salem Flouring Mills. Corner Chenamus and Hamilton Streets ASTORIA. OKEGON. LOOK HERE ! "We respectfully Inform the public that we will always keep on hand the Lest quality of Fresh and Cured Meats 5j?H?jay - Choice Family Groceries, Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Crockery and Glass-ware. Ships, Hotels and Boarding Houses sup plied on liberal terms. A Rhare of tho public patronage if respect fully solicitad. .,,, dlf, "WASHES & THOMPSON. 7XX3EtZTZZtO AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. BUSINESS CARDS. T? C. IIOLDEN, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENI. Q.ELO F. IMRKJSR. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and. City of Astoria Ottlce:-Chenamus street, Y.M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. "O . TVIMTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. -Office in Fythian Building. Rooms 11, 12 ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. TAY TUTTjLE, 31. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms l, 2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. RF.SIDHJTCK Over J. E. Thomas' Drug: Store. "p P. HICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, --- - OREGON Rooms In Allen's building up stairs, corner of Cass and Sqemocqhe strets. X Q.A.BOlVIiBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenamus Street, - -ASTORIA, OREGON T J. JOXES, STAIR BUIIDER, Ship and Steamboat Joiner. CHAS.H.WILLIAMSON&CO. REAL ESTATE AND General Commission Brokers. Office on Squemoqua street, opposite Asto iuait Office. A General Agency business transacted. MISS LINEKER. FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER. Suits made in the Latest Style, and on short est notice ; also Fainted Flowers on the Dresses ET-Ladios are Invited to call and see sam ples of this fine work. PRICES JIEASOXAB&E. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part ol Europe. 1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship lines, STATE LINE, RED STAR, WHITE STAR. HAMBURG-AMERICAN, DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc, apply to LW.CASE. CLATSOP MILL COMPANY Successors or GEO. Wr. HUME SAW MILL. MANUFACTURERS 9 DEALERS IN LUMBER, SALMON BOXES, TRAYS, ETC. Office and Mill CORNKi: OF "WEST 9TH AXD "VTATEK ST3 FIRST QUALITY LUMBER. THE WESTPORT MILL COMPANY IS IN THE FIELD AND TROPOSE3 TO remain. We will take orders for lumber from 100 to COO M., at the mill or delivered. We also manufacture lath and shingles of Al quality. Flooring a Specialty. Address all orders - WESTPORT MILL CO. -S.C,BBX2TX,Swpt.