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03 Mt gaihj gtotm ASTORIA, OREGON: MAY . 1SSI SUNDAY IS8UBD EVERY MORNING. (Monday excoptd J. F. HAL.1.0RAN & COMPANY-, PUBLMIIEE8 AND Pl:OPltIETf)R5, AbTOBIAK BUILDING. - - CABShTKUET Terms of Subscription. Served by Carrier, por week locls. 8tmt by Mail, per month ffkHs. " " one year . .-J?7.w Free of postage to subscribers. Er Advertisements inserted by the year at the rate of S2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising" fifty cents por square, each Insertion. AEOCSD THE CITT. - "The Imperialt ZAzzie Bell and Harry Bailey have arrived out. The A. B. Field hag a full load this morning or Gray's harbor. The Field will start for Gray's Harbor to-day, weather permitting. Pacific- Lodge No. 17, K. of P., will give o grand ball on the 23d inst. Thursday evening is now the regular meeting time of the L O. G. T. Olive green seems to be the correct thing in painting exteriors this season. The spring term of Bchool begins at the Upper Astoria school house to-morrow. . The Columbia is due from San Fran cisco this morning. The State sails to day. Arndt & Ferohen were connected with the oentral offloe by telephone last even ing. Their number is 5W. Elng'emup. l.n TXrwa Kn Aft T f II T T!t not meet until Monday, May 12th, on ac-1 ornmt nr tnn bp.ii Damp eneaesa ror tno i 5th. John Myers, the Democratic candidate for congress, will speak at Astoria next Friday. Binger Herm an, the Republican nominee, will speak hereon the 30th inst. The Olive S. Soidliard must lighter 800 tons before she can float down to Astoria. When will Portland learn that deep sep going "Vessels cannot slip through the mudT There is considerable building being done. The probability is that '54 will see a great many new houses built, us the cost or labor and construction is Ic3s than it was in '83 or '82. Francis d Xavier, the great Catholic missionary and companion of Loyola, is th character chosen as the subject of a 1'eoture by Bev. B. S. MacLafferty at the Baptist church to night. Capt. M. Rogers and family have moved into their new residence near the school house, from tbe-house corner Cass and Jefferson streets which they have oc cupied for the last twenty-six years. Meeting at the Y. M. C. A. rooms this afternoon at 3:45. Song service from Moody and. Sankey's gospel hvmns. Cppt. N. Ingersoll, of Portland Y. M. C. A., is expected to conduct the service. Andrew Carlson, whom Clark Lough rey arrested last weekfor being connected with the reoent burglaries, was yesterday given a preliminary examination and bound over in the sum of $1,000 to ap pear before the grand jury. But little moved on tho face of the waters .yesterday beyond the flying scud end the swiftly moving west wind. The whistle of the breeze and the dash of the waters caused mariners to hug the shore, and with tho exception of the Oipsey, which scudded northward, nothing wont to sea. A fisherman that came up from Sand Island last evening reports that yesterday morning two boats were caught in the breakers in that vicinity and swamped, that one crew were saved and the other two were drowned, both boats ooming ashore on Sand Island. He stated that the men who were lost belonged to the Soamdinavian Packing company, but cp to an early hour this morning tho report was unconfirmed. Ever sinoe February 1st there has been a difference between Win. T. Coleman amd several Astoria canneries for whom he has bfcen acting as agent. About tho 15th of March it was supposed that the matter was finally arranged, but it now transpires that Coleman has filed a bill in equity m tne united states circuit court against the Union Packing Com pany and the White Star Packing Com pany, to prevent them from disposing of the product of their establishments through any other agency than that of W.-T. Goleman & Co. It is well known that Coleman & Co. have been advancing xnoney.to a number of canneries on the Columbia, and have in return been al lowed to handle their pack. The can neries above referred to have become dis satisfied with the manner in which their business has been done, and have con eluded to have C. Leincnweber act as their agent. Coleman claims that he had a contract entitling him to the exolusive right of handling tho product of these canneries till 1887, and asks for an in junction to prevent any other parties from doing this business. It is charged that tfie canneries have violated their contract. The cannery men claim that they have been cinched in many ways by Coleman $: Co., who have been enabled to control the market for salmon and have worked against the interests of the Soduoers, whereby they have violated e- contract. W. C. T. V. Regular monthly meeting to-morrow, (Monday, May 5), at 3 p. M.f In Y. M. 0. A. hall.' All sojourning members of the anion, and all ladies friendly to temper ance work, are invited to be present. " MRS. W. W. PARKER, Actnig Sec'y. Barglars Again. Spexarth's gun store was broken into at the left hand show window, about half past one this morning. Officers Corbelt ad Carlson arrested two men running away from the vicinity who gave names, Hdward" Allerdyce and Roderick Morris. A repeating line was piceed up in front of Goodman's shoe store. It was quite dark no light either in the street or the gun store. A judicious lighting of streets and tito'rea would greatly assist onr po lice in protecting property after the own ers have retired for the night. Drowned In the Sarf. Word came to the city yesterday of the drowning of two men at Seaside and the probable death of a third. From the best account obtainable it appears that last week a young man named Salmon, a Scotchman and a man well acquainted with d6p sea fisheries, concluded to put into execution the idea advanced by xon, who came down from Portland a few weeks ago for the purpose of organ izing a deep sea fishing company. Salmon, with three companions, started from a point below the Seaside hotel yes terday morning. A man who was hunt ing otters and saw the disaster says that the boat which the unfortunate men were in broached to and upset, throwing all four in the water; two sank almost immediately, the third got to shore badly bruised and in such an exhausted condi tion as to render it a serious question if . nan tmrvirR. Salmon cscaned unhurt. the living and the dead being washed ashore about fifty yards to tho southard of the bath house at Holladay's. Further particulars wore not to be obtained. jSttstiea Wasted Byaelrlto do housework. Apply at tbt old schoolhouse. Don't py 50 conts elsewhere when TOftcaagetthe best dinner In townnt JEFF'S for 25 centsj ChiMrta ftU like Dimmitt's Cough SftlMUK" ' AS USUAL. The house committee ou rivers and harbors last Friday ooncladed considera tion of tho bill, and will bo able to report in a few days. Tho last appropriations acted on wore thoso for Oregon nn Wnshinion territory, and, as stated in these dispatches, tuese districts did not fare as well as their representatives in congress erected, it was agreed to ap propriate as follews: 10,000 for continu ing improvement at Ynquina bay; tho engineer's estimate was $140,000. For constructing tho Cascaded canal, for which tho engineer's estimate was .$500, 000, the committee has Agreed on an ap propriation of 100,000. The upper "Wil lamette river, above Portland, was allowed 655000, and the Columbia, below Portland, 100,00-0; in the former the estimate wai $31,000, and in the latter 212,000. For the upper Columbia and Snake rivers, for which the engineers estimated $DG,000, the committee has agreed to appropriate .$5,000. Recom mendations for the Coquille river, Coos bay and for improving the mouth of the Columbia were rejected. It was proposed to construct a jetty from tho mouth of the Columbia, from the south cape of the entrance to the spit, and thero att3oh it. There were some differences of opinion among the engineers as to the advisa bility of constructing this breakwater, which would have cost 500,000, and the disagreement resulted in a minority re- gort by Mendell. Steward, Craighill, omstock and Powell agreed that the improvement would ba successful, but Mendel i reported that owing to the pecu liar action of the tides on that part of the coast there were some doubts whether the plan proposed would succeed. The com mittee concluded that until the engineers reacnea some settled opinion on tne sub ject it would be unwise to make an appro- priation. He Is Wanted In Tcnnt-t-e. About sir weeks ago a young man named Madison Canidi, came up here and renting the building corner Benton and Chonamus streets, started in the saloon business with :i man named Jos. Bottger. Yesterday Canidi was arrested by Mack Tworabley on the strength of a telegram from Knoxville, Tennessee, signed by the sheriff and saying that that individual was "wanted." As near ns can bs made out the charge is that Can idi forged a check for 2,300 on the First National Bank of Knoxville, Tenu., got the money and came out to Oregon. He is known to have $1,500 deposited with I. W. Case, a 500 interest in the saloon, and awaiting tho answer to the r last telegram sent, is confined in jail. Ho claims that the money that ho has was obtained all square and fair and he is en titled to a suspension of judgment until tho truo facts in the case transpire. An other version of tho affair is that his father left $2,300 to him and three others and that ho got away with all of it, and that the other heirs arc naturally desirous of getting their share. Ho may bo got out to-morrow on a writ of habeas corpus, should Judge McGuire see fit to issue it. Restored For Sunday Serrice. When the Presbyterian congregation learned last Tuesday morning that their silver communion service had been stolen tho night before, it was beyond hopo that they would have back the sacred vessels for sanctuary servioe by the next Sab bath, but, thanks to the chief of police, they have all their purloined goods in place this morning. Tho communion sarvico was stolen on Monday night. On Tuesday it was pawned; that afternoon tho thief went to Nio Weiman's place and said that if he could get GJi hn could get his silver service out of pawn: that he had lately broken up house keeping and among the valued remnants of his former domestic establishment was this silver which h6 held in great esteem. Ho got tho 0.50, rcdeomed tho silver, brought it to Weiman's, went back to the ohurch that night, Rot rummaging around found some communion wme,surroundeu it, got generously fuddled, went to sleep, and was collared by E. C. Holdcn on Wednesday morning and marched to jail, where ho gave his name as Arthur Moreland and played tho pirt of injured innocence. The result is that Clark Loughrey has returned the communion servico to tho church and the gentleman that exhibits a preference for church pews a3 Bleeping apirtments will have an opportunity to explain his connection with tho theft of vessels consecrated to the u?as of the sanctuary. Arvold soils Boors and Shoo.- cheaper than any one else In town, because we buy for cash. Get a meal at. the .Model Dining Sa loon, three doors south of Odd Fellows building, and sec how you like the style. Order of Chosen Friends. Occidental Council No.5.of the Order of Chosen Friends, will give the Grst of a series of soclabh-s at Pythian ha'l Monday, the 5th of May. Refreshments will be served during the evening. Mu sic, singing and probably dancing will be Indulged in. The proceeds are to go to the sick b-nefit fund, and we hope and trust that the public will renpoml liberally. ZVotice. Astoria Division, No. 1, Uniform Rank K. of P. will be Instituted on Mon day, May 5th. Members will take no tice that each member wil be required to exhibit his official receipt for lodge dues at time of institution. Tho insti tuting officer Is not allowed to receive any member without compliance with this requirement The hour of institu tion will be set after tho aarival of the instituting officer. By order J. Tcttle. Conimauder. Just Received. A large stock of wft and stiff Hats In all the latest styles, at Mcintosh's Fur nbhing store. Stop That Cougli By going to J. E. Thomas's and getting a bottle of Leroy's Cough Balsam. It wiLt, cure you. musician! Look Here. Call and get special catalogue of sev eral thousand pieces of sheet music at Aaiers urysiai raiacu iio& oiu New music received every day from the publishers. JefPs IMuuer Bill ofFare to-day. SOUP. Ox Tail. Fisn. Boiled Salmon, Egg Saum. BOILED. Corned Beef and Cabbage, Mutton' Ca per Sauce, and Ham. BOAST. Beef, Mutton, Pork, Stuffed Veal, Heart, Lamb. ENTUEES. Tongue, Oyster Sauco, Lamb Chops, Breaded Spanish, Beef a la mode. uyster Fames, vent Pot-pie. RELISHES. Cheese, Etc. Etc VEGETABLES. Mashed Potatoes. Mashed Turnips, String Beans. PUDDING. Plum, Brandy Sauce. PIES. Rhubarb Apple. Tea, Coffee, Milk. Dinner from' 430 to 8 p. . Best Cooks and Waiters. THE LAST HAff. Floating on the Atlantic In Company With n Corpse. A FEARFUL TALE OF THE SEA. A small iron, full-rigged ship was in latitude 10 degrees north of the equator, outward bound for a New Zealand port. The san would be setting in an hour; al ready his disc was. rayless and of a dark and angry gold, and his reflection lay in a broad and waving dazz'.e upon the western swell. A pleasant draught of nir, blowing softly over tho port quarter, had kept the lighter canvas sleeping all the afternoon, but the lower sails hung up and down, nud as the shipleauod upon the gentle undulations, the tenderswing ing of their folds wafted cool currents over tho fevered decks, us though some gigantic punkoh-wallah parched aloft, were fanning the ship. The deep blue of the sea, scarcely wrinkled by the breeza, stretched around, end the water-line wag liko an azure cincture clasped, where the glory of the sun hung, by r plate of goldj but over the sido tin water was of an ex quisite transparent gresn, in which you could s: tho matal hull of the vessel wavering till a band hid it, and it was enough tf possess a man, half-blinded with tho heat that cam off the brassy glare undei the sun, with n calenture to look into tho gloss-like emerald profound and to think of the coolness andsweet nesg to be got by c lazy floating in the sereno surface of that fatbomlc-93 depth. All the afternoon it had bsen blowing a soft air with now and again a wronger fold that came out of the northeast with a parching taste in it that might have made it pass for the expii ing breath of a rush of atmospheric heat from some hid den blast furnace hidden behind the sea; but one felt that the draughts could not long outlast the sinking of the sun, whoe ardency was fast sucking out all life from tho air. Already in the south the water-line ruled the deep violet of the sky with :t burnished surface, betwixt which und the heavens tliBro was a trem bling of heat to which the blue -swain to a hight of four or five degrees. Just whoro that tremulous appearance was, you saw a shining speck, the top mast sails of n ship disconnected by refractions from the rest of tho fabric; they looked through the glass like kile3 flying in tho air; and if there was anything in this world to emphasizo tho vast expanse of tho ocean, it was those tiny points of canvass, when one came to think how small a hnndfal of miles wa3 needful to sink the big vessel out of sight, to render invisible a hull full of peo ple, perhaps, and loaded with a cargo of a value sufficient to render a thousand poor families happy and independent for life ashore. Still the breeza contin ued blowing softly as tho sun sank. Thero were wrinkles round the stem of the little iron clipper, and tho surface of the j;recn clearness over tho sido wa3 strewn with bubbles that gleamed like emeralds and diamonds cud rubies be tween tho shadow of tho ship and tho light off the sea as they veered slowly astern into the languid, irrideacent wake. It was a pretty sight to peer from under tuo short awning to up aloft, and mark the stunsails spreading turther and further as they descended, till the reflection of the great white squares of cloth stretched by tho swinging-boom shouo liko a sheet of silver under tho black spars; and whenever tho ship lifted to the swell thero would come from aloft a sound of patteri g roof -points, and tho qilifft hsjifitiR nf hnnUiiicu, wnd tlo lo-w clatter of rope against rope, which, with the aid of the brook-liko murmur of tho rippling water at tho bows, might havo passed for a stirring of fallen loaves dis turbed in their shady place by a t uddeu passage of winds betwixt the dark trunks of trees and over tho cool turf. It was the second dog-watch. No work was doing, and the heat was too great for any diversion. One saw n number of open-breasted, niossy-horomod seamen overhanging the forecastle rail, pipo in mouth, with drowsy e3os sleepily looking away into the blue distance, whilo it low, throaty murmur of voices flouted aft from forward, where the black cook, standing in the galley door, was arguing with a Dutch sailor. "Thero was a farm yard noise, too, of muttering hens, mixed with the rooting, grubbing grunt of a pig or two, and i strange eastern bird, se cured by the leg, was clawing with beak and talons up and down a fathom or two of forestay, whilo in a hoarse sea note ho'd sing out now and again: "Sail hoi bless my eyes! boar a hand! sail ho!" Right a'ft on tho quarter deck, visible from the weather side of the forecastle under the lifted clew of tho mainsail, stood the helmsman grasping tha whoel, aud gnawing upon u nuid in his cheek. aud many a roll of hi3 gleaming eyes aloft and then into the bowl of the com pass, and then upon the sea; the bright ness came off the waterin a scarlet trem ble upon his figure, and often ho would tip his Scotch cap on tho back of his head to pass the length of his arm from the wrist to his elbow OYor his streaming brow. The captain, a red-faced man in a straw hat, with a Manila cheroot in his mouth, paced the deck from tho mizzen rigging to the taffrail; tho chief mate who had charge of the watch, walked to tho gangway ,iand the second mate, seated on tho main hatch, was emptying his third and last sooty pipe. Slowly the sun sank, brightening out the heavens to far beyond the zenith into an amazing glory of scarlet and red orange, melting into a sulphurous tinge that died out into a delicate green sky, which in its turn deepened into bluo and violet and indigo where the ocean met it in the east, with a star or two glistening where the lovely hu6 was deep&st. A tropical even ing, indeed; and you saw tho silver spock of the hiddenship's sails trembling above t le horizon and catching the fa ra well ray of tho setting luminary, whose light wont slipping level to it from tho brow of one swell to another, until it was liko a drop of blood in color, and hung like the red lamp of a distant lighthouse, though the ashen eastern shadow closed down upon it swiftly, and melted it into thin, gray air, while the loftiest of our own clipper's sails were still on firo with tho rich hectic of tho west, and the ropes, like gold wire, and the greased top-gallant and royal iuasis, sua wimibver oiso snowed a pol ished sarfaco up aloft, twinkling with inby stars. Darkness swiftly follows the descent of tho sun in these parallels; there was no twilight, and the night lay m u uusxy, 3p.w;mu ioia in me east ere the sun had fairly the skirts of his golden robe off the low-down western sky. The moon would not rise for another two hours; but the darkness and the coolness were remarkably sweet after the long spell of roasting daylight. The dew fell till tho stars made pearly flakes of it upon the rails and skylights and the gontle breeze still blew, though with on ever-waning oreatu. xne ripples now ran in lines of firo from the ship's bow, end strange green shadows, liko the vapor arising from tho melted tin, brightened and dimmed in cloudy puffs m the slanta of the inky swells, and you saw the ten drils and stalks and leaves of nhoa- phoric radiance eddying in tho boles of the ship's wako, and glim mering along tho line3 which marked tho breadth of tho ebony path sho was sail ing along. Then, in armies, the stars overran the velvet-black heavens with planets shining in the blues and creens. und dropping points of quicksilver into tho dark waters, whilo above them the glittering dust of countless worlds lay thick as sand, and oltcn a narrow space of the vast dome would flash out in ts diance to the bursting of a meteor, whose momentary bright shining would seem to find an echo, so to speak, in a dim violet glare of lightning down In the eoutheast. Two bells 9 o'clock were struck; ono heard tho ringing ohimes hollowlv thrown down out of tho sails. A;dead calm had fallen, the ship lay in a deep slumber upon tho gently breathing bo som of the ocean, and nothing seemed awake but the throbbing stars. Not above four miled had been measured since tho darkness came down, and now that the night was breathless, with a threat of cat's paw on no account to bo neglected on either bow and all around, tho captain gave instructions for tho sternsails to be taken in and stowed away out of the road of such boxhauling of the yards as might be necessary. Tuts made the ship lively for awhile with the run ning about and the racing aloft of naked footed mariners; but presently all was silence again, the captain below taking a glass of grog, the sucond mats pacing tho deck aft, the watch coiled up auv where for a snooze, a singlo fignrc erect on the forecastle, and the sea liko a mir ror full of stnrlight, yet so dark tha: it was liko looking through a haze nt the luminaries over the water'ine. Three bells were struck, and scarcely had tho last vibration died when the second mate hailed the ferecastle: "Forward there! is there anybody singing below?" "No body singing here, sir," came back tho answer promptly. "Nonsense, man! There's some ono singing somewhere be low forward, I tell you. Put your head into tho scuttle and listen." Thero was a pause, and presently back camo the re ply: "All's still in tho forecastle sir. There's no singing iu this part of the ship." The second mato walked up to tho fellow nt tho wheeh "Did yea ucjt a man's voice singing just now, before the bell was struck?" "ies, sir." "Didn't the sound come from forward?" "It seamed like it," answered tha helms man. "Hush! thera it is again," cried the second mate raising his hand and stretching his head forward, with his oar beat toward the forecastle. Tha sound was distinct enough it was that of ; husky voico singing but at a dist-m,.., that made tho notes us thin anI vibrs-; tory ?s the twanging of j JevVhurj,. huftrtl frrkiu nfnr If. rAflQAit utifl t'.-i fr- ! lowed b ii faint, unearthly laugh, that i died out it the moment, wnen a sudden j shivering fiap of the canvass up in the darkness s&emed like a shudder passing through the ship. "There's soma one singing and laughing away out ..head here, air!" shouted the man on tha fore castle, in a voice that niado ono suspect ho felt his loneliness at that moment. "What the dickens can it be, and whero dots it coma from?" exclaimed the sec ond mato, stepping to the rail and look ing over. Ho i?ercd aud peered, but the night lay darkupon tho water, spite of the starlight, nud no deeper shadow stood anywhere upon the gloomy surface to indicate the presence of a vessel in tho neighborhood. "Forward, there!" he shouted, "do you sea anything?" "Noth ing, sir." The watch on deck, aroused by this hailing, and gathering its import, clambered on tho bulwarks to look around, and tho oaptain, hearing the second mato's voice, camo up from the cabin. "What's tho matter?" he said. "There's been a sound of singing and a kind of laughing following coming from somewhote ahead, sir," responded the second mate. Tho captain went to the side and took a long look. "Pooh! poohl" ho exclaimed, "it must have been your fancy, sir. Singing and laughing? "Why, wero any vessel near enough for us to hear suoh noise, we should be bound to see her." Ho was walking over to the compass. "There, sir, you have it now!" cried tho second mate. Once again tho samo thin, wailing, singing, bor rowing a supernatural character from the darkness, came faint but clear to tho ship, followed as be fore, by the same reedy, croaking laugh. "By heaven, Mr. Burton, its no fancy!" exclaimed the captain, wheeling swiftly around. "'But it is a human voice, think you? If so, where in mercy's namo can it come from? I say, my lads," cal.ing to tho men staring over tho bulwarks, "d'ye see anything?" "Nothing pI nil, sir,though tne sound's plain enough," was the answer, delivered iua lone of oici .slnlrlonly u. utiu, um-oo Rs' haze floated up'mto the eastern sky; it brightened into yellow, and then into a kind of a sullen "red; and in a few mo ments tho upper limb of tho moon jutted up, a pale crimson, with a light that mado nn indigo lino of the horizon under her, and as sho soared ono saw tho wako sho left trembling in dull gold along tho withering ebony of tho swell, till, shoot ing clear of the deep, with a broadening lustra around her that quenched tho stars there, she shot her level crimson beam at the shin, whose sails took the iinge of feverihh radiance, and stood put ia phan tasmal spaces ot myeiicai ngui uguuui the darkness and tho stars. But speedily transmuting her copper into silver, tho luminary threw out n fairy radiance that, flowing to tho westermost sen-liue, showed the circlo dark and clear all round, and scarcely was her bland and beantiful illumination fairly kindled when n dozen voices shouted, there's a ooat out tnero on the starboard bow!" "Hush," cried the captain; and amid tho silenco there stole down yet again to tho awed nnd as tonished listeners tho wild, mysterious singing of a man's voico, followed by a peal of laughter. "Well, whatever it may prove, it must ba overhauled," said the captain. "Mr. Burton, call some hands aft to lower away ono of tho quarter boats, and go you and seo who it is sing ing and laughing away oat thero in the middle of the ocean." In a few minutes tho boat was pulling away for the dark object to tho left of tho moon's reflec tion. The watch balow had turned out and a crowd of seamen awaited with burning curiosity tho issue of this Bingular en counter. "It'll bo no man's voico that raised there chantey," said one of the oldest and presumably one of the most ignorant amoug them, as they overhung the rail. "If I'd been in the old man's place ye might ha' turned to and boiled mn nfore von'd ha' cot me to 3end a boat to it." Whv. what d'ye tume it is, Bill?" inquired another. "Think! I don't think at all. 'Taint my business to think. But d'ye s'poso," replied the old man, "that any mortal being with intel lects inside him. such as you and mo's got, 'ud turn and sing song and I dessay comio songs, for what should set him larfln'? in a hopen boat at this hour of the niht, 2,000 or 3.000 miles away from land? You bet old Bill knows what he's a talkin' about when he says that if what's come acroas in that thero boat turns out mortal ho'H swaller the biggest pairo' eoa-boots that's knockin' about the forecastle." Awed by the old sailor's prophetio croaking.to which years of rum and bad weather had communicated a forbidding, sepulchral note, tho others foil into deep silence, straining their eyes inthedirsctionof tho boats. A half -ho r passed btforo they approached the ship, daring which tho seamen had boon star tled by manv hoarse r.ud dreadful cries proceeding from the advancing boats, in termixed with shrill and savage laughter, and wild shouts delivered in accents the mariners could not make head or tail of. "Well," cried the captain when tho boats were within boil, "what is it you have come across, M-. Barton?" "A raving lunatic, sir" Kaid the mate. "He's a Rnnninrd. I think. Thcre'a a dead boy in the bottom of his boat that I reckon to be his son. He's boen shipwrecked appareutiv, and there's nothing to eat or drink alont? with him that wo can find." It was now seen that two of tue crow wore on the madman's boat holding him. Ab they drew alongside the wretched mnninft bc-nan to rave fearfully, some times breaking off to sing soma weird, tuneless song, then bnrating into ac cents full of heart-breaking en treatj', and afterward wrestling furiouslv itk hu vwo men who had hold of him, making tho boat sway to her gunwales, nnd uttering shriek after shriek. It was r.3 tsrriblo a sceno as ever tho moon shone down upon. They had to bind him turn upon turn with ropas in order to drag him aboard, and mad na he was. yot it was evident ho know ho was to bo separated from tho doad bov under tho thwarts of his boat, for his struggles were frantio when he saw what they mcantto do, every postnro was a passionate, delirious yearning to ward the corpse, and when finally he was lifted over tho rails, his screams and rav ings in Spanish sent the hardest among those who bad no hand in getting him aboard recoiling with horror. He was little more than a skeleton. Whon they brought a lantern und examined him, they found tho remains of what had clearly been a tall, handsome man, but famine had dono its work famine and thirst. A boy might have lifted the ema ciated framed though madness furnished it yet with a horrible vitnlity and a de gree of lifo foarful to behold in so shrunken u conformation, blazed in his dark eyes, oruelly sunk, and showing like flames iu the hollovs, whobu shocking depth was accentuated by his busby brow3. Tho corpso of the lad was rever ently dropped over the side, and tho boat sent adrift, after tho ship's name she carried painted on her stern had been duly noted. There was no doctor on bo-ird, but what the kindness of English sailors could do for the poor Spaniard was done. He died on the following afternoon, having ceased his raving and fallen into a pathetic silenca soon 'after he bad been taken below. It could not certainly be known that the boy had been his son. "But I didn't think there could be a doubt of it," said the captain and Mr. Barton, as they stood looking at the dead man, "for mere skoleton as the poor fellow is, thero seems to mo by the appsarance of his face that there was more of a broken heart in his death than the want of food and water." The man's clothos and belongings, besides the ves sel's name, served to identify him. He was master of Spanish ship that had sailed from Cartagena three months pre vious to the discovery of tko boat by the English iron clipper. With him had gone his only son. The vessel wus never heard of after having been spoken ia twenty degrees north latitude, and there could bo no doubt that of the numerous crew who wero in her, tho poor captain, when encountered raving in nn open boat amid the frightful solitude of the jrie! Atlantic, was the last man. Steamer Days for May. from Astoria. From San Fran. State 4-Columbia 2 f'nlnmhin ... S.Oregon G Oregon... 12-Stnte 10 State. 16; Columbia 14 20Oregon 18 Columbia. Oregon 1M State 22 State 23iColumbia 26 Columbia, June . . 1 Oregon 30 Oegon jJlState, Juno 3 Pearls of Engli.sU Soiig. a choice collection ot most beautiful and popular songs, about 100 pieces, in nappr, cloth or gilt binding, cheap at Adler's. Discount to teachers. L,'oiets and Underwear. All the latest makes and styles of cor sets and ladies underwear at Prael Bros.' Empire store. :Votie-. Dtiuifi at"J EFF'S'CHOP HOUSE everyday from 4:30 to 8 o'clock. The best 25-cent meal in town; soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, etc. Tea or coffee included. All who have tried him sav .Jeff is the "BOSS." Syrup of Figs. Nature's own true Laxative. Pleas ant to the palate, acceptable totheStora ach, harmless In its nature, painless in Its action. Cures habitual Constipation. Bilioune?3, Indigestion ana kindred ills. Cleanses the svstem, purifies the blood, regulates the Liver and acts on the Bowels. Breaks up Colds, Chills aud Fever, etc. Strengthens the organs on which it. acts. Better than bitter, nauseous Liver medicines, pills, salts and draughts. Sample bottles free, and largp. bottles for safe hy W.E. Dement & Co., Astoria. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles. Dtty your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. Dimmitt's Cough Balsam never fails. Try it. at W. E. Dement & Co.'s. A full line of ladies' and children's Shoes, latest styles, to be found cheap at Arvold's, sign of tho Golden Shoo. Use Dimmitt's Cough Bulsam, at W". E Dement & Co.'s. Old Scrofulous Soros and Bad Ulcers removed by the OREGON BLOOD PU RIFIER. Thel'ertmnu syrup nas cured thou sands who were suffering from dyspep situ debility, liver complaint, boils, hu mots, fouinlo complaints, etc. Pamph lets free to any address. Seth W. Fowl &Son'- Boston. Arvold will sell a-large stock of Boots and Shoes at cost, at the Leading boot and shoe store. "llackmetack." n lasting aud fra grant perfume. Pnco 25 and ro rents. Sold by V. E. Doment. Thov give three 10-cent dishes for 23 cents at the Model Dining Shloon. Use Dimmitt's Cough Balsam for Chest. Throat, and Lungs, at W. E. De ment & Co.'s. The Rev. Geo. 11. Thayer, of Bourbon,- Ind., says: "Both myself and wife owe our lives toSitii.on's Consumption Cuni:." Sold by V. E. Dement, Roscoe Dixon's new eating house Is now open. Everything has been fit ted up in first-class style, nnd his well known reputation as a caterer assures all wlio like good things to eat, that at his place they can be accommodated. A Nasal Injector free with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Price 00 cents. Sold by W.E. Dement For Dyspepsia nndLiver Complaint, vou have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Yltallzer. It never fails to cure. Sold by W. E. Dement. All tho patent medicines advertised In this paper, together with the choicest perfuniorv, and toilet articles, etc- can fx) bought" at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Oclden hctol. Astoria. ASK FOR THE BOSTON " RUBBEE BOOT. Made or Fino Will Not Crack. FOR SALE EVEQYWHERE. The Gutta Pwcha & Rubber MFg Co Portland. Oregon. 1884. The One Price Store I ! -six STILL LEADS IN THE CITY WITH THE - Finest Eoojs ! Largest Assortment ! AND LOWEST NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO LADIES' Silks,' Satins, Velvets, Dress Goods, House Keeping su Fancy Goods. H9HBiRfl53EBSHMHF: Youth's and Boys' Pine Dress Suits, Long Pants, Pine Dress Suits, Knee Pants, Strong School Suits, Long Pants, Strong School Suits, Knee Pants. For Men and Boys. Straw. Wool and Fur Hats of all Kinds. White and Fancy Shirts, Overshlrts, Underwear, Hosiery, Handker. chiefs, Suspenders, Neckwear, Gloves, Notions, Etc. FOR LADIES' GENT'S AND CHILDREN. Boots and Shoes of all Styles and Prices. Trunks, Valises, and Umbrellas, Fishermen's Clothing, Etc., Etc. Sole Agent Tor Butterlclx Patterns. Pythian Building, CARL CRYSTAL BOOK -PALAUL Jiwt lecelved by tho N. P. R. It. 50,000 PIECES OF SHEET MUSIC. 500 MUSIC BOOKS Choicest and Most Popular Sheet Music and Music Books. I receive dally by mall all the latest and roost select publications. Special atten tion given to orders received, from dealers, teachers, and gooil discount allowed. Musical Mrleits of Every Description, Wliolesale anfl. Retail. Small Musical Instruments a Specialty. PIANOS AND ORGANS Of the best make on easy Installments. My special cutalosne of SHEET MUSIC just received, sent free to any address. Come and see my assortmeut of FIVE CENT SHEET MUSIC- Adler's Crystal Palace Book Store. New Goods for XIKIVrEItfSE STOCK CLOTHING, HATS GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Oirect from the Manufacturers, Retailed at Belnir In th MBnufacturinjt Busings I am prepared to srtl Clotjulus that will give PERFECT. SATISFACTION botu In FIT and QUALITY of Goods. Perfect Fitting Wbite Shirts, Ztletliuin nutl Flue Grade Underwear, if e west Styles In Scarfs aud Ties. 3TA FULL8TOCKOF FitKNCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SUITINGS.-? D. A. McINTOSH, OCCIlKXTBI.OCKr JOHN P.CLASSEN, Manufacturer of mncnn0er,can,,an0.esJMSi x"oft2a. sreaa Every morning, from tne -ASTdUA-o-BJLKERY- 1884. j- THE PRICES!! IN THE FOLLOWING LINES. &ENTS'-.. Frock Dress Suits Sack Dress Suits, Frock Business Suits, Sack Business Stuts, Summer Over coats, White Vests, Etc. - Astoria, Oregon. ADLE! CRYSTAL STORE. Spring and Summer! AX OP Oregon Paint and Varnish Works, Manufacturers of Any sliado mixed aud ground to order. C. F. FEARSOK 4k ., P.O. Box 144. Portias d , r ASTORIA.