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(I) Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Horning, July 31, 1883. No. 104. NORTHERN PACIFIC FORESTS. A Chronicle correspondent, writting from Seattle, on Puget Sound front of Washington terri tory, says of the comparative in exhaustibility of the forest timber in the region from the Columbia to Fraser rivers, that "it consists of trees which will yield 23,000 feet of lumber to the acre." And he rates the area of this vast forest at "equal in extent to the state of Iowa;" or 35,28S,000 acres. But in estimating the amount of lum ber for the whole of it, he puts the figures at less than the fifth of 25,000 feet per acre, vot this modern calculation one And gives 100,- the enormous aggregate of 000,000,000 feet of lumber! And he states that in the thirty-five years during which saw mills have been at work reducing these for ests to lumber, the whole quantity cut does not exceed 2,500,000,000 feet. By the word "feet," as ap plied to lumber, we understand our correspondent to mean board measure, or lumber one inch thick and of so many square feet. His estimate, therefore, of less than 5,000 feet of lumber per acre as the average contents of thfse Northern forests, is very low, anil we rather incline to trust in his first statement of a probable 2V 000 feet. For the trees range in height from 320 to 250 feet, stand so thick as to excludo the rays of the sun from the ground, and many, nerhans the maioritv of them, would cut over 1,000 feet board measure each, without tak ing into account the parts above the first considerable limb. More over, these majestic woods extend over a much greater area than is covered by the state of Iowa. Be ginning as far south as Mendocino county in this state, they run for certainly not less than 2,000 miles northward, extending inland from the sea-coast from SO to 120 miles, with only here and there at long intervals the breaks which are in terposed by a few small open glades called "valleys." "We are convinced that the total amount of lumber contained in this grand forest region of S0,000 to 100,000 square miles is ten times as much "as 160,000,000,000 of feet. But accepting the figures as approxi mately true so far as they relate to Oregon, "Washington and Brit ish Columbia, we may still safely say that the lumber resources of the North Pacific are inexhausti ble, if that word properly applies to any substance upon the earth. The average yearly cut of lumber in Oregon and "Washington for the last thirty-five years has been in round numbers 72,000,000 feet. Let us assume that for the next thirty years it will be three times as much, 216,000,000 feet a year. At that rate of forest destruction it would take 740 3rears to exhaust the timber now growing from the Columbia to the Fraser and from the sea backward to the eastern slopes of the Cascade mountains. At an average lumber consump tion of 500,000,000 feet a year, there is forest sufficient to last 320 years, and in that time the timber first cut would be reproduced. How muchsoever the region from Montana and Utah eastward may be threatened with a dearth of lumber from the devastation of the pine forests of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota to sup ply the demands of timberless prairie states, there need be no fear that this coast will ever want for lumber within the next four centuries to come. But this is not an argument against tree-planting in tbe great valleys of California or against proper laws for the protection of timber in the Sierra Nevada and the redwoods of the Coast range. "We were seized a few morn ings ago by a terrible pain in the left shoulder and neck," says W. F. Cook, Esq., editor of the Cana joharie (N. Y.) Courier. "Having been favorably impressed for some time with the virtue of an article recommended for all sudden pains, and especially rheumatism, we thoroughly rubbed the offending part, and in less time than we write it, relief came. The article in question is St. Jacobs Oil, and we are loud in its praise. How Cattle Increase. Comparatively few, even among those accustomed to seeing do mestic animals about them on the farm, realize how rapidly cattle, sheep and horses would multiply, if all the female progeny wpre al lowed to breed each year. If 100 cows and their female progeny be kept at breeding for ten years, the result will be as follows, es timating that -10 per cent, of the cows would have heifers, which would, beginning when two years old, in their turn have yonti: IMh-rs 100 cows in fust ear drop ...... 100 cows in second yenr drop........ 140 cows in thlnl year drop .. 180 cow8 in fourth year drop........ 23G cows in fifth year drop SOS cows in .ixfh year drop 402 cows in seventh year drop. . 525 cows in eighth year drop CSC cows in ninth ywardrop 8!5 cows in tentli year drop 10 10 .... TA ZZ.' :t z. 1C1 210 2;i -15S 1.42S Total, ten years The number of bulls would be the same as that of heifers. From the above an idea can be got of the rate at which good stock in creases. Cows of any of the im proved breeds, worth $200 to $300 each, bring calves that sell on an average for about the same price. Thus it is the coupons arc cut off every year. H the bulls are sold and the heifers retained for breed ing, a small beginning will in ten to fifteen ve.trs make a large and profitable herd. The same is true of horses (allowing one or two years longer for the fillies lo be gin breeding), and to a greater ex tent of sheep and hogs. Voorhees Repeats The Washington Star renews the story about. Voorhees saying Hendricks was not a candidate on the old ticket with Tilden, and says: "Voorhees is here, and in conversation with a political friend, reiterated the story that he recently had a long and free talk with Hendricks, and was con vinced, from what he said, that he had put aside political ambition. Voorhees also told his friends that Hendricks stubbornly refused to withdraw from the candidacy for vice president in 1SS0, in favor of McDonald. This was not mere opposition to McDonald, but was brought about by a telegram from Bill English, who advised him -to stick, and he would secure his nomination. At the same time English knew that Hendricks could not be nominatcd,aud hoped that he (English) could get it if McDonald was killed off. A new horror has been discov ered in Kansas. Jtis the terrible "screw worm." The fly, of which this worm is the antecedent, scents the blood of Texas cattle from afar and deposits its eggs in the wounds they receive by fight-; ing with one another. In a few! hours the worm resembles a half inch screw with a pointed head,' appear and burrow and honey-; comb the flesh of the animals until they run wild with pain, and death comes to relieve them. But this is not the worst. They have in vaded Kansas and have begun lo attack hiima beings, depositing j the efffs in the noses of those ! troubled with catarrh troubles, and which the' seem lo bo able to scent out as they do the blood of Texas cattle. Two cases have ac- curred in which the victims, after suffering great agony, have had the worms removed and have re- covered. But these worms burrow in the flesh with ijreat activity, once fairly in possession of a man's ! body it is not believed that any j one is vigorous enough to live j through an attack. j A calf with a human head was j born recently on the farm of Joseph Hietl, near Winchester, Ya. Tts body w:is that of an j ordinary calf, while its head,mouth, nose, etc., was the shape of that of a human being. Upon being dissected its head was found to be J totally without brains, containing nothing but water, and its body a ! 1 , . .t 1 . t total maiiormation inrougnout. i It was pronounced to have been alive up to the lime of its birth, but to have died instantly upon that event. Croup, Whooping Cough anil Brou chitis immediately relieved by Sbiloh's Cure. Sold by W. E. Dement. Blocked Their Little Game. In 1S79 a town was founded at Eureka Springs, Ark. For nearly a year nothing was dyne to give any prospects for future success, but in 18S0 upwards of 400 per son settled there. Now the nuni: ber of inhabitants is 10,000. Outside parties preempted certain lands within the city !iinit, and laid out building lots. At the same lime they gave out the re port that the water there posses sed great curative properties, and thereby, it is claimed, caused a heavy emigration, and the proper ty sold rapidly and increased in value. The question arose, Who owns the town the people who have gone there and made the place what it really is, or those who preempted a large portion of the town sites and now wish to sell them at high figures? The commissioners of the land office have decided in favor of the former. A Washington special says: The report of the commissioner general of the land office for the fiscal year ending . I une 30, 1SS3, will be completed in a lew weeks. It will show an increase of 20 per cent, in acreage of public lands disposed of during the year, or about 17,000,000 acres. Nearly half of this, or S,000,00tl acres, were sold in Dakota. This is about double the number of neres disposed of in Dakota for any year previous. The report for the year ended June .0, 18S2, showed sales amounting to ever 1-1,000,000 acres, being an in crease of 25 per cent, over sales of the year before, and the largest disposition of publir lands in any preceding year. Absolutely Puve. Tliis Knvtlcr iiewr varies. A marvel o puritj.idreiurtli ami wlnlsomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, ami cannot In' sold in conmclition with tite inal- titudc of low test snort weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sohlonlu in can, Eov- ai. i;akin(; j'owbeuuo,. ltw waii-st, v. iTTEr?5 No titno should ho lost if tho stomach. liver and bowels aro aiTectetl. to ndojit thosuro rcnil edy, llostctter' Stomnch 1 titters. Diseases of the organs named beset other. far morn serious, and delay is thcrcforo hazardous. Dy."pei?ia, liver comiilaint. chills and (ever, early rheumatic twinscs. kidney woflknes., bring serious bodily trouble if trilled wllh. Lose no thao In using this cflcctiro and safe medicine. Forsalo by all Drusxlsts and Dealers generally. IfflJOIMO. Cor. of Chenamus and Ronton Streets, ASTORIA, - - - OUEGOX, Have the best facilities for furnishing CHINA LABORERS Of all kinds, of any firm in tbe citv. j-H-lm Notice. T 1IAVKTHIS DAY SOLD A HALF IX JL tcrest in the business of sailmaking to 2Ir. .1. Hess, of this citv. lilr. Hess lias been wlthine in the capacity of foreman for a number or years and is fully comictcnt in all the branches of .sailmaking. Herealtertlie business will be carried on in the firm name of theAstoria JSall-loft, J. Hess & Co., proprietors. J. HESS. A.M. JOHNSON. ifflSTETTEfcv W CELEBRATE Kigiee if! an Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, Genera Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosied Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation oa earth equals Sr. J.'.coes Oil u a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Itemed j. A trial entail but tho comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cents, and erery oae tuner log with rain can baTC cheap and j-o.dtire proof of its claims. Direction j in Eleven Lungcages. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AKD DEALERS IN MEDIOIHE. A. VOGEXJ3R & CO., Iiuitiiuure. -Ti., 1. a. A. A dispatch was received at ine Paris Ministry of Marine oflice last Sunday, announcing that the French troops had made a sortie from Hanoi, inflicting a severe loss on the enemy. The dispatch further says that ('olouel Ilodons made a sortie on the 19th from Hanoi, with a force of f00 men. lie captured seven pieces of artil lery and killed 1,000 of the enemy, with the loss to the Freneh of but eleven men. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. The muntpicmee is pule ami leaden colmed, with x-c:timal Hushes of a cJr ctmwrib.il sjmt mi one or IkjUi checks; the eyes Income dull; the pupils dilate; an :t7.u r- .-cjiiicirclc runs alon the lower eye-lid ; tin- nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; n swelling ii"lhc tipper lip; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing or tltc ears; an unusual se cretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morti ine; npjR'tite variable, sometimes vora cious, with a euawiiiK sensation of the stomach; at others, entirely gone; Heetlng pains in the stomach; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent iiins throughout lite nlHioiueii; bowels irregular, at times eo-Ulve: stools .slimy, not unfremieutly lingcd with bliod ; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid ; respiration occasionally illtli-c-ult and accompanied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry mid convulsive; uueusy ami disturbed -Jeep, with grind lug of the teeth; ti'mjn r variable, but generally irritable. Whenever the alcove symptoms are found to exist. 1)K. ('. 3IcLAXKS YEKMIFUKE W'll certainly etrect a cure. In buying Vermifuge lie sure you ,i.t t;.e genuine XK. C. IcI.AXK'S VICIOII Fl'tSU, manufactnrod by ricmliig ttro-:.. M M'ikmI Street, Pittsburgh, la. The in rUet is full of couuiorfeils. You will Ik- riulit if i: has the signature of Flem ing ttros. :md C. Mclane. If your storekeeper does not hae the gLii:si!ie, pleae reKrt to us. Se.id us a throe cent stamp for I haiid wine advertising cards. FLE3IINK JJKOS., Pittsburgh, !'a. A.M. Jolmsoii&Co. DEALERS IN &roceries)Croct6iT A FULL LINE OF Artists' Materials. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. LORYRl RKOS. Plumbers, Gas1and Steam Fitters. Jofebing Promptly Attended to. A Full Supply of WAS FLXTUKFJs, COCKS. STEAM FIT TINGS, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. Cannery, and Steamboat Work a Specialty. Chenamus street, opposite Dement N Diua Store, Astoria, Oregon. PLUMBING, Gas and Steam Fitting DON EDY RUDDOCK & "WHEELER. AT fair rates. Also a complete .stoek ol goods iu our line. Estimates fdven and work iniaranteed. Cass street, in rear of I O O F liulldiu?, next to Gas cos oillce. t ff iTJSLS AND RESTAURANTS. 'ARK KB. HOUSE, V ASSililil.. :Ianairer. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. FIRST CLASS HOTEL. U Voiir.UX IMPROVEMENTS. HT i.S MM BATHS. 'None But White Help Employed. eCFREE COACH TO THE H0USE.-5 IT IS A FACT -Tll.n- JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ox Concomly Street is the Best in Town. THAT- : Hi- Uuh AUmys on Ifnnd FRESH Shoal AVuter Uay ami East ern j's1r.s. j THAT j4- JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT j !! lia Iireti Proprietor of tlie "Aurora J Hotrl" in Knnppton seven year. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon, CllEXA.Ml'.-s STREET, ASTORIA. miiE UNDERSIGNED IS PLEASED., TO JL Hnnotmee to the publir that he has op ftied a :E3vt23Lgr House , And furnishes in first-class style OVSTEltS, HOT COFFEE TEA, ETC AT T1IK Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, CHENAMUS STREET. lVa.se Rive m: a call. ROSCOE DIXON, Proprietor PIONEER RESTAURANT AND LODGING HOUSE. Refitted throughout : thefTable supplied with the beM Hie beds elean and comfort able. A Fir?l :el:iss House. Hoard by the week, - $5.00 Meals to order. .1. 0, ROSS, Proprietor. COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, nieals rents anil upwniulH. . ItOIJLAltl), 2M i. v STitr.irr, Proprietor. - ASTORIA. SEVILLE & CO. Pacific Net and Twine Co. .Sax FttAXf iso. April lltli, K88.;. Di:ai:Su:; For general convenience, wo have aent a supply of So. 30j 12 ply ;-miIiie Scoleli Salmon IVet Twine, to the'eare of A. JOHNSON it CO.. A.Ntoria, which will be sold at low enough figures to make it an object for all net menders to use it for repairs, in plaee of the more costly No. 40, 12-ply- Fishermen who have heretofore used this grade of twine for repairs, claim that the durability of tin patch is equal to the bnlaure of the net, after the latter has ltad a few weeks use. We think it will he money in yonrpoclet to try it. For prices and samples apply to A.M. .JOHNSON &CO., Astoria. Neville & Co. Sole Agents, I .., .OMicn 21 and as California St. f tranclsco. MAGNfJS C. CROSBY. Dwder in HAOTAEE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, 1LU Mr.EKS AND STEAM FITTER0 Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON T1H AND COPPER, CamaMFlstacflu Suite 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 off SCALE? Constantly on baud THE LATEST STYLES IN WALL PAPER AT B. S. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOItTO ASTORIAX OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. t2T-My patent Trimmer to cut Wall Paper will le louiul convenient to my patron. WILLIAM HOWE DEALER IX Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds of OAK LUMBER, GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. 1 Boats of all Kinds Made to Order. 1 : : Ee'-Orders from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases S. AENDT & EERCBEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AS l Boiler Shop ' All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, STEAMBOAT WOEK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, 7 FOOT OF LA FAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bsirrox Stkkkt, Nkar Paukkr Uousk, ASTOEfA. - OREfiON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAM anfl MASKMES BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of all DPHrrtptions made to Order at Short Notice. A. D. Wass. Prosident. .1. G. Hcstlf.u, Secretary, I. V. Case, Treasurer. .ioiix Fox, Superintendent. LOEB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES. LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. EFA1I goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House. Astoria. Oreson. Barbour's No. 40 12-Ply SALMON TWINE 1 CORK AND LEAD LINES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., Sll 3Iarket Street, Man Fraucinco . Sole Agents for tho Pacific Coast. A. V. Allen, (mIiCUKXSOR TO PAOE & ALLKN.) NYUolesaleand retail dealer' in Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGErABLES. Toother wltn Wines, LiquorsJobacco.Cigars AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. BUSINESS CAEDS. Q . V UliTOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms ft and C.Odd Fellows Bulldiug. . IIOL.UEX,. NOTARY PUBLIC, 'AUCTIONEER. COMMISSION AX1) IN' otto vnt r v"T JAY TUTTXiE, 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office llooms l, 2, and 3. Pythian Bulld ' in-- RF-StiiKXCKOver J. E. Thomas' Drut: Store. . SURVEYOR OF ClutMOp ('ounty.and City of Astoria I Offloe :-ChenamiLS street, Y. M. C. A. hall ! Room No. 8. "CI P. UICKS, ASTORIA, OREGON Rooms In Allen's building up stairs, corner f Cass aud Sqemocqhe stret . J q.A.KOWIiDY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenamus;treet, - - ASTORIA, OREtON " y J J. JONES, STAIR BUII,1ER, Ship and Steamboat Joiner. JIt. J. K. fcaFOKOE. BEXTIST, Room 11, Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for painless extraction of teeth. J. CUJftTIS. ATT'l" AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds for California, New York anil Washington Ter ritory. Rooms a aud I. Odd Fellows Building, As toria. Oreson. N. B. -Claims at Washington. D. C, and collections a specialty. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part ol Europe. 1AM AO EXT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship ine. STATE LINE, RED STAR, WHITE STAR, HAMBl'RO-AMERICAN, DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL.-and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full Information as to rates of fore, sailing days, etc, apply to I. W. CASE. BOZORTH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTOIUA, ... Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN TIIE WEST ern. State Investment, Hamburg. Bre men and North Germau Fire Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers' Life and Accident of Hartrord, and the New York Lire, of N. Y. We have tho only complete set of township maps in the county, and have made arrange ments to receive applications, filings, and final proors on ilomesteads, Preemptions, Timber Lands, etc.. having all the official blanks therefor. Our mans can be exam ined in the oflice, upon the payment of a rengnnahle fee. We also have for sale city property in As toria aud additions, and farms and tide land property. Rents, and other collections made, and loans negotiated. BOZORTH & JOHNS, mm CLEARANCE SALE! to make room for more HMwe ani Slip Ghanfllery A. VAN DUSEN & GO. Will sell at cost their entire stock or HATS AND CAPS A"D BOOTS AND SHOES. These goods must be disposed of as we are soon to receive another large lot of Hardware and Ship Chandlery And must have room to store it. Hall's Safes. WE J LAVE THE AGENCY FOR ASTO na of the above safes ; parties desiring to purchase will do well to call and examine catalogue and price lists. BOZORTH & JOHNS.