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O) k 'wiygKv mtagjfmmmmm.- V0L.XX11I. ?RICE, FIVE CENTS "m - - . . -v tfWil ili ' Wl -.. , - ' i--tc. - .. . jYQ. 7:3. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1885. PRICE, FIVE CENTS " BUSINESS CARDS. TV. A. I, anil .1. A. FVL.TOX Physicians anil Surgeons. Will gie promnt attvnllun to .ill calls. t oui ativ part of tin cltj 01 country. OJlice o er Allan's Store, corner Cass and "jueinoqua streets, AMoria, Oregon. Telephone o. 41. D K.FJtAXK PAGE. Physician nnd Surgeou. Office. Gor. Main and Chonaums streets. ih-ice1Ioi'i:: 9 toll a. si. ; 2tosr.M. KesWence. opposite the.toliansen building f. . :uui:is. c.ko. xokaxd I ATTOKXliVS AT LAW. Oflk'e ih Killing's Mock. )Mlte City Hall, AstoilK, Orei.n. . r. FULTON. O. C. 1'ITI.TOX. riTI.TCJX ZSSCOT11SSRS. ATTOKVEYh AT LAW. ltooint S and 6.QM Flows Building. -i. . A. now Lin. .i. A. oii.i- isowx.uy & ;irx. Attorney imrt 'otiiiHIorN z.t Law, Office on Chomnms Street. AMoritt. Oicgon. Tji crtsoi7iK.. NOTARY PUBLIC, ALT1IONEKH, COMMISSION ANi IN SURANCE AREN'T. ZJ.KLO P. PARKK.lt. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City of AhIoi-iji Offlfe Chenamus street. Y. M. C. A. hull Room No. 8. C. AV. &EICK.. ARCHITECT AND SUrEKIXTENDEKT. Office : Room fl, Klniipj's Brtak Block, TAY TUTTifr:. .18. I. PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEOS Office Rooms l, 2. and 3 rvthlan Build- Residkn'CE On Cedar Street, back of SU Map's Hospital. F P. IIICKSj A.)E. 8IIAW. DENTISTS. Rooms in Allen's Buildlug, up stairs, coi ner Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon. BANKING AND INSURANCE! E. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent, ASTORIA, - OREGON. OFFICE HOIRS: From fl o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock I. M. Bozortli & Johns, Real Estat esnd Insurance Atrents and RroVers ASTORIA, - Oregon. We write policies in -the following well known Fire Insurance Companies : RHOSNIX OF HARTFORD. SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL OF KDINBURG. LION. OF LONDON HOME. OF NEW YORK. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE, OF LIVER POOL. raozNix. of Brooklyn. CONNECTICCT. OF HARTFORD. OAKLAND HOME, OF OAKLAND, CALA. And also rcpreent t!ie WESTEUX, of California, HAMUURO-BJtEMEX, of Ger many, and A1TERICAX STEAM DOIIj ER tXSURAXCE CO. Rr&l Estate Bought and Sold on Commission. I.HiD12kC nEKT.lKEU. Main S(. A(uri:i. tiYcguu. THE LATEST STYLES WALL ''PAPER AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from v.hich to select. Window curtains made to order. tyMy patent Trimmer to cut Wall Papei will be lound convenient to my patrons. Boat Building. THE BEST STOCK AND WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. Boats of Every Description Built. Shop over Amdt & Pcrclicn's. IS. 31. tKtTHERS. VlS!T0RST0P0RTLAND Should not forget to call at Town e's San Francisco Gallery, where may be seen photographs of nil the leadinp men and women oIOreROiiand Washington Territory. Skillful operators al ways in attendance, aiid the most minute attention paid to pictures of children. Don't forcet the location. S. W. terser First and JKorrls&n streets, up stairs. No trouble to show'specimens to visitors. Street railroads pass the door every ten minutes, and this Is the nearest gallery to the Ove pnntf pal hotels. ! ID1 1 BESTTQHIC. . This mc linc, combining Iron -with puro vegetable tonics, quickly apd completely Cure1 Drhpeptla, IndiBCsilou, WcnKnrws Impure Wood, JUiiInrln, Chill and Fcicrw, und Ncurtxlsin. It is an unfailing remedy foi Diseases of the Ii.i.ltiC3H find Liver. It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead j-edentary lic. ltlxjs not injure the teeth, cause hendachc.or produce constipationoAT Iron mtdlcuirs do. It enriches and purines the blood, stimulajes tlMj appetite, ai Is the assimilation of food. re Lews Heartburn and Belching, oud strengthen'- the muscles and nenes. For Intermittent Fever?. Lassitude, Lack of Energy, &c, it lias no equaL A3&-Tlic penuine has above trade mark ana rocd red lines on wrapper. Take no other ' Jid.-m.ijbj- r.i:o.s cucxiciL co, baltihoee, xb. REDIXCTOy, WOODARD AiCO., Porticcd.'Or nOLFiAI.K AOEXTS: flSTETTE STOMACH SITTER5 The Fittest Subjects For feer and ague, and remittents, are the debilitated, bilto is and nenous. To such persons. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters affords adequate protection by increasing vital stamina and the resistant power of the con stitution, and by checking irregularities of the liver, stomach and bowels. Moreover, it eradicates malarial complaints of an ob stinate tjpe, and stands alone uuequaled among our national remedies. For sale by all Drugclsts and Dealers generally. id you Sup- pose Mustang Liniment only good for horses? It is for inflamma tion of alt flesh. A Clear Skin is only a part of beauty; but it is a part. Every lady may have it ; at least, what looks like it. Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautifies. A. . Alien, Wholesale and RctiilSDeaSfr in MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wmes, Liq'JorsJobaccoXigars W. E. BEMENT & GO. ASTORIA, - - - OKEfiOX Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET . and FANGY ARTICLES Prescriptions carefully Compounded 1 I-?HP sHj5 & AN UNKNOWN LAND. Engineer 3Ielville7s Story Delta." "In the Lena Whatever may be thought of the wisdom or expediency of Arctic jonr-1 neys, they have yielded to literature some of the most graphic and inter-1 esting books in the language. Toj Dr. Kane's, Dr. Hall's, Dr. Hayes' fascinating narratives must be added' as a no mean rival engineer relville's' "In the Delta," being principally an j northeastern coast of Siberia, subse quent to the wreck of the Jeanetic. After perusing the the volume it sur passes the understanding of "tho av erage man' how any sensible person can wish to again undergo the perils, privation, sufferings, and (oil of a polar expedition. But such are its irresistible allurements that Melville is agin in the field as a projected ex plorer of the pole, according to a plan which he has detailed in an ap pendix to this volume. The narrative of the adventures of tho ill-fated JeanettJs survivors is extremely readable, not only for its brief but thrilling story of tho loss of the vessel and the subsequent pro longed difficulties in reaching a place of safety, but for. its story of the wild Siberian land, its strange inhabitants, its terrible climate, and the constant Btrugglo of tho wretched beings for food, clothing and shelter. Parts of the description are so realistic as to be revolting, but they throw light up on tho general problem of individual life and race growth as affected by man's surroundings. FINDING REFUGE. After the Jeanetic had sunk Mel ville and tho party in his boat, amidst storms, snows, frightful winds and cold blasts, succeeded in pulling up due of the mouths of the Lena river, which has a delta not unlike that of the Mississippi. They were wet, cold, hungry and thirsty, their rations well nigh exhausted, their water gone, their tea almost consumed, when at last they spied a dark object on shore which proved to be a hut. But it was empty and deseited a hunting hut used temporarily by the natives dur ing the summer season. They made a fire, drank a little tea which had been saturated with salt water, and, after a stew and soup of birds they had shot, huddled around the fire. "Up to the present time," says the narrator, "beyond the torpor referred to, there had been no sign of our limbs having frozen. So we enjoyed the ge'nial warmth and the hut. through whose wido chinks the cold blast filtered perhaps a little less f ree 1 than it might through a rail fence. Presently most of, us were tortured with agonizing pains in our hands, feet and legs. Sleep was utterly out of the question; and many were forced to leave the fire, and even desert the hut entirely, in order to avoid the ir ritating heat Our legs, upon exam ination presented a terribly swollen appearance, being frozen from the knees down; and those places -where thqy had previously been so frozen and pulled as to burst such moccasins as were not already in tatters, or force the seams into gaps corresponding to the cracks in our bleeding hands and feet, were now in a frightful condition. The blisters and sores had run to gether, and our flesh became as sod den and spongy to the touch as though we were afflicted with the scurvy. To move caused us the most excruciating agony, and it seemed as if we were about to be worsted in the end by what we re garded as our best friend fire. Packed close together in the hut, crippled and nearly blinded by the smoke, it was no .wonder that in staggering about we trod uninten tionally upon one nnother's feet I had recovered my moccasins, and one of the men, in re-entering planted his whole weight upon my left foot; the skin gave way from the ankle down and shot my" friend (or enemy for the time being) off to one side like a ship slipped trom its greased launching ways." Before they reached human habitations the limbs of many of the party became so badly frozen that they could only crawl upon their hands and knees. DOG TEAMS. There are interesting descriptions of the huts of these Yakuts, their mode of life, their food and manners, which are too ".highly flavored" to quote. Their mode of conveyance by dog teams is worth a few words. "There were eleven dogs in our team, the largest weighing about furty-fivo and the lightest about twenty-five pounds, and they made tho icy air resound with their discordant solos and cho rus. I seated myself sideways on the sled with my feet trailing on the ground or snow, allowing room in front for Yasilli. Composing him self he seized the great iron-shod staff with "which he guides the sled dogs, and when in ill temper beats them, too, and grasping tho bows of the sled gave it a gentle sway, shout ing the while to the team. Away we went with the dogs in full cry, all yelping, snapping, biting and seizing each other from behind, those m front turning round to fight back until some were drawn off their feet aid dragged along at a fearful rate; Yasilli, yelling at the top of his voice, coaxed,' scolded and anathematized by turn, until at length, by dint of twisting and rolling over, tho team became entangled into one living mass of vicious flesh. To pacify and disentangle the crazy canines, Yasilli leaned upon them with his iron- pointed guiding staff, and the only astonishment to me was how the brutes could live under such a heavy basting. It is trne, some of them, after receiving a severe blow on the small of the back, did drag their hind legs for a'few minutes, but in the end it did not s?em to check their desire to bite and fight. Yet they were con siderably more tractable after their first beating, and rah along at a more even pace, following the leaders, who in turn were guided and governed by Yasilli's word of command. "Directly the dogs had outlived their excitement and settled strictly to their work, they looked beautifully picturesque, with heads down and manes and tails up and wagging, while only an occasional yelp burst from their ranks' as they scudded along the ravines'' and over rivers, taking tho top of the hard snow at about six miles an hour. Aftera run of an hour or lessitho dogs are usual ly brought to a stop and permitted to rest; whereupon . they roll around and rub the rime out of their eyes and ears, and from their heads, and then stretching out, lick their paws, which soon becclne very sore from travel. A team can seldom endure more than ten days' continuous work, for, no matter Iiqw well fed, the feet wear out and bleed, and the dogs are shortly so enfeebled as to become almost useless. A native will not willingly drive his team two days in succession, tho custom being to trav el one day and rest the next" rrtETTY OLD INFANTS. Children are not "brought up on the bottle'' in that region. "I left my hostess," says Melville, "suckling a great hulking big boy about 4 years old, who had thrust his head beneath his mother's deer skin shirt for an other pull at the life-giving element This is a custom anong the Yakut women, to suckle their children until one pushes the.oth.er away from the breast, and very often two or three of different ages derive nourishment from the same source." MATCHES DESPISED. Civilized people imagine matches necessary to their comfort No so the Yakut To start a fire'a dry piece of wood is procured, many sticks cut and rejected, until one entirely free from moisture is found. The best of the drif wOod is split up and chopped into proper lengths, and here without rags, cotton, flax or sulphur is where the Yakut ingenuity asserts itself. The buds of tho arctic willow are for ever trying to peep from their blanket of snow. Within these buds is a light, flossy texture in the nature of thistledown. The natire moistens this down slightly and mixe3 it with ground charcoal, prepared by cooling a lighted piece of birch in the ashes of his hearth. The floss thoroughly rolled through the charcoal is dried before the fire, becoming an excellent tinder, igniting quickly into a hot and and durable point of fire. A bundle of fine soft sticks is always kept dry ing before the fire, which the old women, in preparation for n native's journey, take down and shape- into sword blades, which are then "with" a sharp knife shaved into long, thin shavings not unlike the American stuff known to upholsterers as "ex celsior." This is preserved dry on the journey in fish-skin bags. On making a fire the native takes a bunch of "ex celsior" about as large as a robin's nest,' punches a hole in it and then lays it carefully on the snow. Next taking a pinch of tinder from the bag, which always hangs at his hip, he places it on his flint, and with a quick sharp stroke ignites and encloses it in the center of his nest of shavings, which he then lifts up, holding it lightly, with his fingers spread apart for the passage of air, and whirls rapidly around his head at arm's length. At first a faint, pleasant odor of burning birch steals upon the air, then a light streak of smoke follows the revolving arm, and when the heat withm his hand notifies the native that a rroper degree of ignition has been attained he suddenly ceases his gyrations, tears open the smoking nest, and with a quick puff flows it into flame. "Then depositing the blaz ing in the snow he soon piles his fagots over and aronud it, and in a very few seconds hi3 fire is in full blast. "I have watched this opera tiou a hundred times and havo never seen it fail. When I tender matches they invariably refuse them, because tho shavings so lighted burn inward ly and give off but little heat, whereas by the Yakut treatment they are al most instantly a glowing mass, never missing fire.' Etiquette at Home. The politeness-book says that people ought to bo even more polite m their own homes than in those of other neonle. One rensnn -wTiv ho many people are cross and crabbed an nomei3, mattnetooti tney eat is badly cooked, and therefore indigest ible. So with each meal they lay in a stock of dyspepsia, which makes them bo savago that they have no chance to be polite. Try Brown's Iron Bitters, and be happy. Mr. Joseph Lumpkin, Selma, Ala., says, "I havo been entirely cured of dys pepsia by using Brown's Iron Bit ters," Always in use the letter s. Heotl'rfEmnlMion or Pare Cotlljlver OH, with llypophosphlte. Especially Desirable for Children. A Ladi physician at the Child's JIos- E itol, at Albany, X. Y., says: "We have een using Scott's Emulsion with great success, nearly all of our patients are suffering from bone diseases and our physicians find it very beneficial." Red Star TRADE V? MARfC KHiURE Abseiuteh Free from Opiates, Emetics ami Jolsons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE For Cosghs, Sore Throat, lIoartCHe, Coldj, Influenza, llroachltls Aithma, Crony, Whoop Ins Conch, Qvdatj, Palaa la Cheat, u4 other tCtctlosi of tha Threat ul Luass. I'rtcc 50 centa a bottle. Sold by Drcgzteis and Ueal-rs. IbrtUs -unable to induce their dealer to promptly pet it for them icill receive tico bottles, kriiret charges paid, by tending one dollar to TUB CIUEU3 X. TOGZIXR COS PAST, Bolt Owseri ind HianJactaren, Bltlnrr, XirjUni, C. S. JU GfflMl HOTEL MKS. EVA WALLMAN, - Proprietor. ASTORIA, OREGON. First Class lu Krery Respect. NEW HOUSE, NEW FURNITURE. Fitted up -with, every Conven ience for the Comfort of Transient and Permanent Guests. Corner Squenioqtui and "West Gth Streets. The Telephone Saloon The Finest Establishment of the Kind in Astoria. E-qipcIally fitted up for the Comfort and Convenience or those who enioy a Social Gla s. The Best of WlHe3 and Liquore, The Choicest Cigars. Everything New and First-Class. R. T.. JEFFKRY. Propr. PARKER HOUSE. II. R. PARKER, Propr. First Class in Everj Respect. Free Concli to the House. Old Castle, Yspitti, and otlier brands of Coke Tin Plates, for sale in lota to snit "purchasers, now in warehouse at Astoria or to arrive per Josea, or Archer, also Liverpool fine and coarse salt. For further particulars apply to mtlsilCo.. Portland, Oregon. CaiersJnto. Coiiia Trmortata FOR PORTLAND! Through Freight on Fast-Time! ME SEW TELEPHONE Which has been specially built for the comfort of passengers will leave "Wilson & Fisher's Dock every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P.M. Returning leaves Portland every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at I P. M. S"An additional trip.wlll be made onSaiiday of Each WeeK.leaving'Portiand O'cIbck Saaday SXeralag. Passengers b this route connect at Kalawa at for Sound port. Wilson Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR Salem Flouring Mills, Portland Boiler Mills, Capital Hour and FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA, OREGON. B. B. "Franklin, Uiertaier ai diet Maier, SQUEMOQUA, STREET, KEXT TO THE ASTOBIAX BUILDING. Qr All work done In a skillful manner on short notice at reasonable rates. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. BEXTOX STBRKT, NKAS PARX2B HODBS, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LABMMABMEH&TJES. BoilerWork, Steamboat Work ' and Cannery Work a spe cialty. CASTINaS , Or all SescriptidBS made te Order at Short Notice. A. D. "VTass, President. J. G. HuBTtEB, Secretary, I. W. Case, Treasurer. johx Fox.Superintendent. S. ARNDT & FERCHEN, ASTOBIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOPj AND Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNEBY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty mad a of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STBEET. STEAMER U. B. SCOTT, President rfStWa-f "1hP Compiiy THE BEST JS THE . ob::e2.L3p:e2 jsi? z -e Royal Brand Flour -rr Manufactured by the ,uo OREGON MILLING COMPANY iTj? is or Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who use it. THEHOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE! Of Superior Blslng Quality. ; di Guaranteed to Give Satisfactien.0: tins WYATT & THOMPSON Solo Ascents fer Astoria. jbH. Itil Painting; and Paper laipi? KALSOMlNiNG ETC. o:o:.ajs. oxjSjesxo1 Hub .cr -at Paint Shop "in rear of premises form?" erly occupied oyC. H. Stockton, oppo site the Court House. csl All orders promptly and satisfactory executed. r,'& J. EL. D. GKAIf I Wholesale and retail dealer In. r GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED1 Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. T LIME, SAND AND CEMENT General Storage and "Wharfage rn reasone'a able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria Oregon. -v1:? WX. EDQAR Dealer in Gigars, Tobacco and Cigarette's; .U. Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, io:i GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. CORNER MAIN AND CHENAMUS ST E The Gem Saloon, 'j The Popular Resort for Astorians.. For the "A'' Finest of Wines and Liquors Go to THE GEM SALOON. J U ALEX. CAMPBELL, - - PROPRIETOR jqt ASTORIA LIQUOR STUR AUG. DANIELSON, - - Proprietor Rebuilt aBd. fiefitted Tkresxkea&t? The Best of lUi U1KE8,I,lQTrOBS,AKD CIG AMSj - For a Good Cigar, call for one of "J "Danielson's Best." yI' Corner "West 9th and Water Streets, Astoria!5 n9-flm 'q1 Magnus C. Crosbys Dealer in ; HAM ABE, M, SBH Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, TINWARE O lacy HOUSE FURNISHING GOQBSv Ifea SHEET LEAD STRIP LEADf; SHEET IRON, 3?lrt AND 003PXMn! "-ildifc Astoria Sail Loft? o-rct ,iol Best offori at Bottom Fipres J. HESS. ,.r. The well-known Sailmaker now occupies The Astoria Sail ljolt, formerly occupied ;( ' j7 by A. M. Johnson. " r Boat Sails a Specialty. ... h ALL WORK WARRANTED n Come and see me at The Astoria Sail Loff ?CC next to Pythian Building. r c Address P. O. Box 312. J. HESS.' "r,q Floats! Floats! Floats!3' CANHBRYMEN who are in need XAn Floats, Copper Handles and Mallets" ' should send their orders to i"M B. IF. BLOOI. Clatskanie, Orepon, who has a quantity ofir2 hand which will be sold at reasonable rates. "SECURE THE SHADOW" ceo Ere the substance fade, and when you rlslt Portland, make It a part of your business to? callbn.'W.H.TowxB, at the San FraririMS Cisco Gallery, S. W. corner First and0 Morrison streets, and haye your photograph taken In the highest style ofthe art. rd J b Is jjr Ic tz 318 ;C X3U