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ttmn ol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 6, 1883 No. 135. IBftflfl THE COST OF A BOY. Some one asks, what is the average cost of bringing a good sort of a boy, with the ordinary advantages of city life, to the age of seventeen? The Standard thinks it is about five thousand dollars. These figures are doubled by the time the fellow has reached his majority, that is, if you put him through a course of collegiate intellectual sprouts. Perhaps a bad boj" costs fully as much, even if he has not been to college. This computation does not include the value of the mother's tears and prayers, or the worry and star spangled talk of the father, com monly referred to by the boy as the "Guvner." Most men who have had a bad boy or two on baud, will duly appreciate what we mean, and agree that the actual financial estimate is none too high. Of course if at sixteen the young man goes out frequently with the "boys,1 has a hankering after a variety actress and faces the music of the "chips," the financial estimate is far too small. But re lative to the ordinarily good boy, the father will consider five thou sand dollars about the figure, and some of them will be observant enough to wonder if there is any other investment of equal magni tude that is made with as much carelessness and stupidity. A piece oi property upon which five or six thousand dollars must bo expended would seem to any busi ness man to be deserving of the most careful treatment that its owner's mind and intelligence could devise, but in the case of a boy the money is generally ex pended as a matter of course, with little or no definite object except to keep the property in existence, and to save the owners from find ing it a nuisance, to .himself." A .Jarm or a 4 hors'e is considered good according to its yield or its promise to yield, no matter if much painstaking treatment may first bo necessar3r, but a boy who passes for best, is merely he who makes less trouble. The most promising colt is the one that is the most irrepressible, but the irrepressible boy of a family is sure to be the least valued after he has become to old to be a mere plaything, and when he is not ruined by being allowed to manage himself he is quite likely to bo mismanaged until good for nothing. To regard a boy in the mere light of an in vestment and treat him according ly would .seem cruelly cold and heartless, yet the natural result of such an estimate would be more beneficial to all concerned than the present system is, for it would compel considerable personal at tention by the owners, whereas the usual plan is to hire somebody else, nurse or teacher, to stand in the parents place in all matters that are not included in lodging, food and clothes, so that the owners may have more time to de vote to business or pleasure. A million times the evils of this plan has been illustrated, "but the blundering goes on. It is about time that the boy and his sister be treated according their economic importance. When the cleiks employed in the pension bureau at "Washington went to their work on a recent morning, they found on the steps a man, his wife, and their three children. Parents and children were in rags and covered with dust. The man said that he had been a private in the First Infant ry, stationed at Fort Scott; that he was discharged some two ''ears ago and had filed a claim for a pension, but was not satisfied with the proceedings'of his lawyer; and that he, with his wife and child ren, had come on foot from the Black Hills in the hope of getting the money which he believed was due him. The acting commission er promised to learn as quickly as possible whether the man was en titled to a pension. He said that he had known of men walking from places in Oregon and other points as remote, to learn that they had been deceived and that they had -no claims against the government. Xewhaven Fishwives. Most picturesque of all the fig ures to be seen in Edinburgh are the Xewhaven fishwives. With short, full, blue cloth petticoats, reaching barely to their ankles; white blouses and gay kerchiefs; big, long-sleeved cloaks of the same blue cloth, fastenened at the throat, but frying loose, sleeves and all, as if thrown on in haste; the girls bareheaded; the married women with white caps, standing up stifT and straight in a point on the top of the head; two big wicker-work creels, one above the other, full of fish, packed securely, on their broad shoulders, and held in place by a stout leather strap passing round their foreheads, they pull along at a steady, strid ing gait, up hill and down, carry ing weights that it taxes a man's strength merely to lift. In fact, it is a fishwife's boast that she will run with a weight which it takes two men to put on her back. By reason of this great strength on the part of the women, and their immemorial habit of exercising it; perhaps also from other causes far back in the early days of Jutland, where these curious New haven fishing folks are said to have originated, it has come about that the Nowhaven men are a a singularly docile and submissive race. The wives keep all the iiinney which they receive for the fish and the husbands take what is given them a singular reversion of the situation in most commu nities. I did not believe this when it was told me, so I stopped three fishwives one day, and with out mincing matters, put the question .direct to them. Two of them were 3Toung, one old. The young women laughed saucily and the old woman smiled,., but they all replied,., unhesitatingly', that they had the spending of all j the money. "It's a spent P the hoos," said one, anxious not to be thought too selfish "its a' spent r the hoos. The men, they cam home an' tak their sleep, and they they'll be aff agen." "It 'ud never do for the hus bands to stoop in tha city, an be spendin' a' the money," added the old woman, with severe em phasis. H. II. in Atlantic Monthly. An English journal pays a flat tering tribute to American intelli gence when it remarks that "a good percentage of the inventions are of American origin. In that country of geniuses everybody in vents." Yet there is a ridiculous side to the question. Somo of the applicants for patents create a laugh at their expense if they do not get the protection of the gov ernment for their inventions. One man claims protection for the ap plication of the Lord's Praj'er, re peated in a loud voice, to cure stammering. Another asks pro tection in behalf of a new and useful attachment of a weight to a cow's tail to prevent her switch ing it during the milking opera tion. A lady patented a hair crimping pin, which she specified might also be used as a paper cutter, a shirt-supporter, a child's pin, a bouquet holder, a shawl fastener, or a book-mark. A "horse refresher" is a hollow pit perforated with holes, and con nected with a flexible tube, with a water reservoir in the vehicle, so that the driver can give the ani mal a drink without stopping. The "snorer's friend" is a luxuri ous contrivance to be attached to church-pew backs, so that one may sleep through a dull sermon in peace and comfort without at tracting attention. "The true professional leads a regular gypsy life," sa3s Mr. Fred. .1. Engclhardt. the great sporting manager, of New Orleans, La., who writes that he cured himself of a severe attack of rheumatism, and .subsequently of a stiff neck, b3T the use of St. Jacobs Oil. He invariably uses it on those whom he trains for the various kinds of athletic exercise. In fevers, malaria, biliousnesa.heart burn, etc, nothing is so beneficial as Brown's Iron Bitters. The Smokiest Season. The Portland Telegram affirms that it is an error to suppose that the present season is the smokiest and dryest we have experienced. The fact is that the summer of 1868 the sun during the greater part of September was almost en tirely obscured even at mid da, the sky presenting a coppery ap pearance from horizon to zenith several hours t'ach day. The light was so obscure that for some days succeeding the 20th of Sep tember, schools, which had gen erally taken up for the fall term, were compelled to close at 2 o'clock i. at., on account of the in sufficient light, and chickens, de luded into the belief that twilight had come, went to roost. Rain fell early in October, quenching the forest fires and clearing the atmosphere; and the discomforts of the season vanished from mem ory, just as those of this season will after a time. Olympia Stand- aru. i earl v correct, only it was in the year 1SG9 instead of 18GS. II. P. Vindicator. The Indians all over the North west are fast losing their purity of blood, for among them may be noticed the peculiar features of the Tartar, the Caucasian and even the African. Miscegenation has been and is common among them, and a full-blooded Indian will soon be the exception to the rule. All over the territory are found the "kitchen middens." or piles of clam shells, deposited as the kitchen leavings of centuries, be neath which, as below the mounds upon the shores of the Baltic, havo been discovered relics of pre-his-toric man, the cave dwellers, show ing bones of men and animals (Avhich, bearing the imprintof hu mail iuciu, ieu us iu&l our uiiucb- tors, as well as those of the Indi ans, were cannibals and eaters of raw flesh. Seattle Herald. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel o purity. strength and whMesomeucss. More economical than the onlinarv kinds, and cumot be sold in competition with the nrnl titude of low test snort weight, alum or phosphate powder?. Soldonluin earn. Kov xi. Hakin'q Powdeb Co.. 106 Wall-st, X. Y. TETTER. CELEBRATED 1 hfe w STOMACH fr In fever and Apue districts, in tropical and other regions visited by epidemics, and in deed in all localities where the conditions are unfavorable to health, this famnm v7tiii invicorant and alterative, Hosteller's Stom- aca mtters, nas been found apotentsafesuard oven to fceblo constitutions andfragil frames, while as a euro for indigestion, biliousness and kindred complaints, it is without a rival. For sale Dy all Drugsists and Dealers generally. Assessor's Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE time for the completion of the assess ment roll of Clatsop county for 1SS3. has been extended to the last Monday, the 24th rinv of Scnrnilwr iftsw. imi fiii im. said roll will be completed and'ln the hands vi uiuuu.uu vi -r-quairauon. at tne court nuuM.- iiiNim cuumy mien au persons Inter ested are rentiiml tnfintir.in,imi. ak jectloiu to such assessment and roll If any W. W. PARKER, County Assessor Clatsop Co., Ogu Astoria, Sept. J, 1883. dtd Ml ! 3m Jtj rtf a mm Cl THEGREA3 gatf ERMAN REMEDY RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of iha Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Sive ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all oiner Pains and Aches. No Preparation on rarth equals Sr. Jacob 0:. &i a safe, sure, simple end cheap ExterntI Bemedj. A trial entails but the co-opaiuUrtly trifling outlay cf CO Cent, tad titty one suffer ing with pain can havo cheap cd podliro proof of its claims. Directions ln Eleven Langaagej. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGETS AHD DE ALES3 IK MEDICINE. A. VGGEX.SR &, CO., Baltimore, iftt, f. S.A. A correspondent in El Paso writes: "T sat on the Plaza this afternoon, and saw approaching a j Chinamen whose face was disfig ured by a long, ghastly looking scar. It was Sam Iling, the rich est Chinamen in America, who is said to have salted down four mil lions. Humor has it that all the Chinamen employed in construct incr thoHKlexscan and Texas rail- TOfdsget. their .. employment through bam Hing, and that each Chinaman (about 30,000) pajs him j $1 a month, besides a bonus! for the job of work obtained through Sam." SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER. I'.'iln la the right Mile, under etipe ol rib, Increasing on pressure; Eonu-tlmw tha pain is on the left sldo; tho patient is rarely able Jo lie on tho left side; some times the pain Is felt under the shoulder and is sometimes taken for Rhenm.ttixm in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss of appetite and sickness; thebowels in general are costive, sometimes alter nating with laxity; the head is troubled, with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy i Kentauou in me uncK pan. mere is gener ally a considerable loss of memory, accom panied with a painful sensation of having left undonu something which ought to havo been done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes attendant. The natient com plains of weariness and debility; he is ! easily sranica ; ins leci arc com or uurn i:ir, and he complains of a prickly sensa tion of tho skin; his spirits are low, and. although ho is sat lulled that exercise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely Mimmon up fortitude enough to try It. If j'ou have any of the above symptoms, j you can certainly be cured by tho use of the genuine XIi. C. McLAE'S I.IVI3K When you buy McLano's Pills, insist on having DR. C. Mcl.ANK'S CKLE IUIATKD tlVKIt TILLS, made by Fleru. ing llros., Pittsburgh, Pa. If you can not net the genuine DK. C. MeLANK'S LIVER PILLS, send us 2r, cents by mail, and we will send them to you. FLE2IIXG BROS., Pittsburgh, Ta. J. II ESS. A. M. JOHNSON. Astoria Sail Loft. MANCFACTritEKS OF SAILS. TENTS. AWNINGS. TAHPATJLINS, And everything else pertaining to our Business. LowestPrice and Best Work For your Money, At the Old Stand. Leave your orders and uet your work done at once. J. HFSS&CO. Oregon. Astoria, HOUSE, SIGN, AND CARRIAGE PAINTING. Paper Hanging, Kalsomininq, Etc.. And all kinds of work In my line done In a iJiuiiiiibauusiuiaiaciory manner. "Shop nc.t east of Orace Church. R. IS. UHiroiAX. Administrator's Notice. TVTOTICEISHEItEBY (SI YEN THAT THE 1A undersigned has been npixiinted by the county court of the county of Clatsop in the state of Oregon, administrator or the estate of Ilazen a. rarker. de ceased : all persons having claims against said estate are licrebyTcqucsted to present the same to the undersigned at his office on CheuamusSU, near comer of Benton St hi the city of Astoria, in said county, within six months from this date. tJ ... W.W.PAltKER, Administrator of Uie E-itate of . Hazen A. Parker, deceased. Astoria, Aug. 30, 1SS3, d&wut ir7ELS-A-ND RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE. II, II. PARK Kit. Prop., ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. E. P. PARKER, - Manager and Agent. A1 CROSBY. - - Day Clerk, Phil. BOWERS, - - Sight Clerk. Jas. DUFFY has the Har and Billiard room. First Class in all Eespects. FKEK COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT IS A FACT -THAT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE 8 ox Concomiy Street is the Best in 1 Town. THAT lie hits Always on Hand. FRESH Shoal Wntev Bay and East ern Ojstcr.s. THAT I'-JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. j THAT lit lias brcu Proprietor oftbe "Aarora I "0,cl" ln Kpnpptoa "Ten OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. COSMOPOLITAN iChop House and Restaurant. j OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. ' .'Ifals 5 routs and upwards. . BOUIiAXCl. - MAIS STHEET. - - Proprietor. - ASTORIA. 2? 2& EE Z3 Xt, DRALRR IK Bay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand WootJ delivered te Order, Graying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER IK WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. K1KST CL.AS8 ! I. W. CASE, IMWHITEII AND WHOLESALE AND R& TAIL D1JALER IN GENERAL MRCHAMSE ''rarr Clienanius and Cass streets. ASTORIA - - - OREGON NORTHERN PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY Are Now Ready For Business. esroniee with Bozorth & Jonas. E.A.NOYES, Agt. ul -52 5' NOTICE. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, WESTERN" DIVISIONS, Oregon Itaihvay & Navisation Co. Oregon & Callfonda Railroad Co. Grand Celebration at PortM, On September 10th nud 111b. Account completion of the Northern Pa ciQc It. II, ltound Trip Tickets Iiave been placed on sale at all ticket stations at 40 per cent, re duction. Tickets K"od from Sept. Sth to lStb, both lays Inclusive. .lOUNMUIR E. P. ROGERS JUL. STOCKS Supt of Trt5c. Gen'llc't. AmL spt Trfta A. . Allen, '.Vjjolrtiule B!it retail dealer tu PfovIbIqms, MILL FEED. Giass and Plated Ware, TliOPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with WineSjjLiquorsJobaccoXigars zo g gg -as 2 V) I s o WILLIAM HOWE DEALER IN Doors, Windows Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds of OAK LUMBER, i GLASS. Boat Material, Etc. 1 Boats of all Kinds Made to Order, j . "Orders from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases S. AENDT & FERGHEN, 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.' Bkntox Stkekt, Neak Pakker House, ASTORIA, - 0RE60N. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND -BOILER MAKERS. LAfflaniMABiEEElES BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Notice . A. D. TVASS, President. J. G. IIustleh, Secretary, I. W. Cask, Treasurer. Jonx Fox, Superintendent. LOEB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES. HQUORS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastor.n Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. i57All goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET, Opposite Parker Houae, Astoria, Oregon. BTT? THE BEST! BARBOUR'S Irish Flax Salmon Net Threads Woodberry, and Needle Brands, SEINE TWINES. AND CORK AND LEAD LINES Fish FaandB, Seines, autt Xcts Imported te Order. A Large Mof Mi, Mlm AND FISH HOOKS. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519, MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO. JSF'Agents for the Pacific Coast. FOARD & STOKES, WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN In Hume's 2Iew Building, And are Eeady to Supply the "Wants of Our Customers. A FULL STOCK OF Fresh. Groceries. AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. BUSINESS CARDS. W. FUiiTOST, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms 5 and C, Odd Fellows Building. Astoria Agent Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. C. IIOIiDES,. NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGEN1. JAIl TSJTTliE, 31. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offick Rooms l, 2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. Kesidexck Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. Q.EJ..O b PARKER, SURVEYOR OF , Clatsop County, and City of Astoria Office :-Chenamus street, Y. M. 0. A. hall Eoom No. 8. Jl 1MIICK8, PENTIST, ASTORIA, OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stalrs-corner f Cass and Sqemocqhe strct . w J Q.A.UOIVriBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenainus treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON J J. JOXES. STAIR BVIIBEB, Ship and Steamboat Joiner. JR. J. JB. laFOKCE, ErTIST, Room 11, Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for painless extraction of teeth. Q J. CURTIS , . : ATT'i" AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds for Callfornin. Xpiv "VnTlr nnrl IVfiBlilnrrtnn Tor. ritory. Kooms 3 ana 4, Odd Fellows Building, As toria. Oregon. N. R. (Tl.lims .it AVnqhinrrtnn Tl f! nnrt collections aspccinlty. GEO. P. WHEELER. W. L. BOBB. WHEELER & EOBB. GENERAL REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, AND COLLECTION AGENTS. Heal Estate bought and sold on Commis sion. Accounts adjusted and Eills collected. Correspondence from abroad solicited. WfllHw In Tinning nnur-hnIIHtnn. Cua moqua street, next door to Foard & Stokes. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. 1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING "well known and commodious stanmihln lnes, STATE LINE, RED STAR. WHITE STAR. HAMBURG- AMERICAN, DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets to or from any Euroneaa port. For full Information as to rates of fare, sailing davs, etc, apply to I. W. CASE. B0Z0ETH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTORIA, ... Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST em. State Investment, Hamburg. Bre men and North German Fire Insurance'Com panles, and represent the Travelers' Life and Accident or Hartford, and the New York Life, of N. Y. We have the only complete set of township maps in the county, and nave made arrange ments to receive applications, filings, and final proofs on Homesteads, Preemptions. Timber Lands, etc., having all the official blanks therefor. Our maps can be exam ined in the office, upon the payment of a reasonable fee. We also have for sale city property in As toria and additions, and farms and tide land property. Rents, and other collections made, and loans negotiated. BOZORTH & JOHNS,- PLUMBING, Gas and Steam Fitting DONE BY RUDDOCK & WHEELER, AT fair rates. Also a complete stock of goods In our Hue. Estimates given and work guaranteed. Cass street. In rear oIIOO FbHdlne next to Gas Co's office.