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- - - r -,- en VOL. XXIII, NO. D9. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATUJRDAY APRIL 25, 1885. PRICE, FIVE CENTS 'n" JfPxr-Tjp- BUSINESS CARDS. TVRS. A. li. and J. A. Fl'LTOX. Physicians and Surgeons. Will plve promot attention to all calls, from any part of the city or country. Office over Allen's Store, corner Cas and Squcinoqua streets, Aiturla, Oregon. Telephone So. 41. TVK.FIt.VXK. PAGE. Physiclim and. Surgeon. Onlce, Eoome, over D. A. Mcintosh's store. Office IIoues :-p to 11 a. m. ;-s to c r. m. Residence, oppo3lte the Jobansen building OEO. A. D0KKI3, OEO. NOLAXD KO CI fc DORRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office In Elnnej'a Block. opposite Clt Hall, Astoria, Oregon. c. w. rwros. a. C. FULTOX. FUEXOX BBOTHEBS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and e.Odd rel'.ow s Building. JOSEPH A. GILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office. on Cass street, 1 door south of Odd Fellows Building. J. A. BOWLBY, Ittorurv ftntl Conuot'llor ftt l.uvr. Ofllce on Chenamus SttfCt. AstorlaOrcgoti. 1 F.I.O F. PARIIKK. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County.aucl City or Astoria Office : Chenamus street, Y. M. (J. A. hall Room No. 8. 0. V. IjF.ICK, Aitcnnr.cT and sitkbini undent. OhFiCE : Room P. KlnneyS Bilck Block, tXvtIjttI. aa. x. "" rHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms 1, 2, and 3. P thlan Build lug. Residence On Cedar btreu. U,icU ot St. Marj's Hospital. k r. Hires. .. it. sii w. HICKS Os SHAM'. DENTISTS. Booms In Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Cass and Squemoqua .streets. Astotia Oregon. BAHKIHG AND INSURANCE! 1. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent, ASTORIA, - O REG Off. OFFICE HOURS : From 0 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock I. M. Bozortli & Johns, Be&l Estate and Insurance A rent acd Brokers ASTOBIA, - - - Oregon. Wewrito policies In the following well knnrniFire Insurance Companies : PHCENIX OF HARTFORD. SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL OF EDINBUEG. LION. OF LONDON .HOME. OF NEW YORK. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE, OF LIVEK- POOL. PHCENlX, OF BROOKLYN. 80NNECTICUT, OF HARTFORD. AKLAND HOME, OF OAKLAND, CALA. And also represent the WESTERN, of California. 1IAM BLTRG-BnEJfEA'.ofGer-manv, and AMERICAN STEAM BOIL ER INSURANCE CO Seal Estate Bought and Sold on Commission. M. W. FECHHEIMER, fl, W.COKBETI. -EDWARD HALL. - President Vice President Secretarj THE GHEGON Fire anil Marine Insurance Co. OF PORTLAND. OREGON. Capital Paid Up. Cash Assets Kxrceil. 820,008 000 - 280,090,00 C. LEINENWEBER, Agent, ASTORIA, OREGON. 3". O. r.F.ADirvo H.OSS. IJKDERTAKEK, ZtfRin St. Astoria, Oregon. Have Just Pnrchased a Fine, New Heatse. Private Boarding House. aIHE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY . announ-cs that she Is prepared to fur nish Ladles or Gentlemen with Boartl onlv. or with Board and Furnished Rooms at er' reasonable rates. No extra charge forue ol Parlor or Bath room, and eery effort will be made to make her guests feel com fortaWo and at home. niatier Served from5:36.to C;39 V. M. MRS. E. C, KOLDK.V. SE Cor. Mam and Jefferson streets. Dissolution of Copartnership. NOTICE LS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE oopartnershlp heretofore existing un der the firm name aud style of lliomes and Kaowles is this day dissolved by mutual agreement. -- C.W.KNOWLES, O.T.I HOMES. Astoria, Oregon, April I3thiip?5, - 4w. HBSPffjB J-Wffl lw i iDi! I l HI IS -the l -THE TONIC. Thl3 medicine, combining Iron with puro vegetable tonics, quickly and completely Cures Drnepla. Indigestion, Weakness, Impure Blood, flIalarln,CkIlUd Fever, and Neuralgia. It Is an unfaiUn? remedy for Disease of the Kldnoys aad Liver. It Is Invaluable for Diseases peculiar to "Women, and aU who lead sedentary lives. It does not Injure the taeth.cause he&dachcor produce constipation other Iron medianrs do. It enriches and purifies the blood, stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength ens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, LaoL ot Energy, da, it has no equal. JSfS" The genuine has above trade marl. an rossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other 'tit -jhj CROHX CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, R SNELL, HKITSHU WOODAKD, Wholesale Aoextb, J'ortKind Oregon. BlfTERS The finost tonic for nervous people is Hosteller's Stomach Bitters which insures perfct digestion anil assimilation, and the active pcrfonnanee of their functions by the liver and bowels. As the system acquires tone through the Influence of this benign medicine, the no cs trrow .stronger and more trannuit. headaches cease, and that nameless anvletj which is :t peculiarity of tne uispcpue. uives way to cneeniiiness To establish health on :i sure foundation, use thcpeerlcss inigonint. ror siic by all Druggists and Dealers generally A. V. Allen, Wholesale and RetallJDealer In riBiG!tS9 MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Togpther wlt'i Wines, LiquorsJobacmCigars Holden's Auction Rooms EslabHslied January 1st, 177. E. C.HOLDEN, Real Estate and General Auctioneer and Commission IVierchant, Chenanms Street. - Atoria, Oreyou Auuction ;tlo of Sundries o cry Sat unlay, at 10 :30 a. r., at nn Auction Rooms. Will conduct Auction Sales of Real Estate, Cattle, and Farming Stock whereer de sired. Cash Returns Promptly made after Sale. Consignments respectfully solicited, Notary Public for the state of Oregon. Commissioner of Deeds for Washington Terrltorv. Aucnt for Dail aud Weekly Orcgonian. Boat Building, THE BEST STOCK AND WORKMANSHIP (JUARANTEED. Boals of Every Description Built. shop over Arndt & rcrchen'd. SI. M. LEITnERS. Pure Ice, Delivered at Your Door. This Ice is cut on Lake Cocollala and ! mirp. All orders left at Tost & Hansen'- Astoria Soili Works will be promptly attended to. G.REED. Manager. TO LET. LIBERTY HALL. Suitable for Sociablec and Forties. Terms llorteratc. Applvto - N." CLINTON, President. jji BEST H CELEBRATED f X A HUGE CLAM STORY. Human Belns Caught by. a Ghpntlcj hack, and it was slow work as I could Shell " .only wade through the ifine3 in the? L coral, which wound in and out like The following clam story ih taken frnm "Frank "Leslie's Po ovular Month- ly: "You talk of shells ihat Trite.' said our jolly skipper, as one of the party writhed and groaned under tho pinch ot a liard-siieii clam uiat ne had endeavored to open. 'Tre seen a clam almost drown a man, and big enough to tackle a horse." "Now, captain," pleaded Grimes, 'if we are cod-fishing, it don't foUow that we should .')d do3ed with scaly yarns." "It's ns true fid gospel," retorted tho skipper, "and I'll just haul in my line and tell you about it" We were lying ofTMarblehead in a Swampscott fisherman, and as the sun was well up, and the cod-bites were getting few and far between, no further objection was offered and our red-faced skipper leaned back against the main boom, and with a premoni tory cough, to insure attention, com menced his yarn. "The first voyage I made was from New London, nigh on to forty years ago, before they had any steam whal ers and patent booms. Wo had good luck for two years, and finally brought up at tho Tonga islands, in the south Pacific." 'I was only a green hand, but I reckon I made more than a good mauyot the old hands. You see, I made a contract with a Boston curi osity dealer to ship him all the shells, coral, etc., I could get hold of; so al most every home sbip we struck I sent off truck of some kind some times a piece of whalebone, a whale's tooth, or an albatross; or, best of all, a swordfisli that came near cleaning me out." "Ye know, or ye don't know, that when a whale's alongside, and they are out stripping the blubber, the hands work on it, and often I have been cutting away knee deep in a whale while sharks were eating away not three feet from me. Well, one dav a bicsheetof blubber broke away from the lift and fell overboard, and I swung out to drive in a hook. T leaned over it and was just about to run the hook in when I heard a ) ell from my mate on the whale, and the next moment I saw tho rush of some thing, slipped aud ' "Well, when I picked myself up there was a twelve-loot swordfish a slashing about, his sword jammed hard into the blubber jest where I had stood, and if I hadn't have slipped I'd been a-pinned as neat a3 you please. Wo got a harpoon into him inhort commons, and so I got the skin and sword." "Couldn't the fish pnll his aword out?' interrupted one of his listen- era. "Scarcely," answered the skipper. Whale skin is as tough as a loard, and wo had to cut it out by piece meal. Why. as far as force goes, I've seen a shin dry-docked on account of swordnsh tho coppered oat plans was cut through as if with a spike, and had broken off short. Yo seo a piece of tho same ship, sword and all, in the museum of natural sciences in Philadelphia.'.' "But how about the clam?" said one seeing the old man was drifting off tho track. "Well," ho continued, "I was just getting to that You see, every chance I got I kept my weather-eye open for curiosities, and so, when we brought up at tho Tonga islands, and I found the ship was going to provision and lie there for a week, I got a three day's liberty, and went off on a curi osity hunt" "I hired one of the natives and his boat, and crossed over to a small island where I spent about all the time getting coral and shells. You can't imagine the sight unless you've seen it Tho water is as clear as can be, and you cqnld see the shells on the bottom sixty feet down. "Some of tho coral spread out in branches like great trees, some like fern-leaves, while going in and out among them were fishes with such colors that you wouldn't believe me if I should tell you; tho bottom was covered 'with plants, too, and fans and plumes, that waved to and fro in the tide, purple, red, yellow, and all colors. "But the strangest thing about it was that in the night they gave out a bright light, so that, as you looked down into the water, they looked like the lights of some big city. 1 often told the time by holding my watcn before them. In some the light would bo blue, in others yellow, and some times blue-and-white. Phosphores cence, I've heard them call it "Wo made our headquarters on the little key and bleached our coral there, and at low tide every day start ed out The tips of the coral were just bare then so we could wind in and out among the lanes of sand, and upset the bunches of branch coral, and find all kinds of shells and crabs clinging to them. "On the third day I started out before my man, dragging tho canoe after me, and when I found anything good I put it aboard and moved on. The reef was about four miles around, and I must have been a mile from shore when I heard a yell Tie hind me. I looked back and saw my man near three-quarters of a mile off, up to his shoulders in tho water, in a leaning position. He was waving a cloth in one hand and yelling as only a Tonga can yelL "At first I, thought he had found a rare shell, but soon saw something serionawas the.tronble. ? Uo.. I knew there were no shark- in nttAli a1-a1 mnf Af TT- I Yf- one of these regular maze p$iZ2le3. -After what seemed a long tr time I got near tho poor fellow, who was' moaning, and evidently held down j bv something, and the tide rising! every minute, too. N "The coral cleared soon, and jump ing into the canoe, I quickly reached him. There he was, one leg caught between a clam six feet long, that must have weighed nearly seven hun-j dred pounds. "The poor fellow realized his terri ble predicament and beWed me to kill him, but I did not bef eve in that sort of business. It aeen those big clams are common there,- and have a way of half sinking'theapelves in the dead coral; and when opln, with the great white animal showing, they can scarcely be told from tho bottom. And ho had walked right on to one, and the lids had come together like a vise. "The tide was coming' hi so fast that it lapped his shoulders, and we both knew in an hour there would be a foot or more of-water over his head. "I first tried jamming the oar into tho small opening between the shell, but this only made the creature press together all tho closer; and reddish streams that baan to discolor the water showed that the knife-liko lilndps were cnttinsr in doenlv. "In desperation I jammed the boat-' hook into the animal, but the point; broke off against the iron-liko shell. It was awful, lean tell yon. There the poor fellow "was, his head just above tho water, hanging on to the boat. You have heard ot death com ing on the ebb tide, but hero it came on the flood. "Inch by inch the tide raised, and I began to think I'd have to do as he wanted mo to kill him when sud denb I thought perhaps I could cut his leg off, so I took a case-knife aud over I went. Holding m self under water, I made ail attempt, but I only added to his suffering, for in my ex citement I forgot that bones could not be cut with a knife "But this foolish attempt saved tho man's life after all, for while under the water, I noticed on one side of the shell thero was more space be tween, and the thing occurred to me that here I might reach the big mus cle that held the shell together. "There wasn't a minute to lose, as the water was nearly to tho man's chin, while hi3 efforts to keep abovo it almost sank tho boat".His eyes staring and veins standing out, -ho was perfectly paralyzed with the hor ror of his condition. "I quickly lashed tho knife to a niece of bamboo that I had, and down I went again. Sticking the knife in I sawed away until my wind gave out, and then I came up. Get tine a new supply. I tried it again. and this time I could feel the round muscle as big as a man's thigh. I got the knife into it, and cutting it and putting one foot against one sido and bracing back, I wrenched them apart, and rose to the surface just in time to pick the poor fellow up. Ho had fainted clean away, and no won der. "I had him in tho canoe in short commons, and when ho came to he couldn't say or do enough for me. Between my carving and the shell his log was pretty badly cut up, and the bone crushed all out of shape. All in all, it was about as narrow an es cape as I ever saw or heard of." "But did you get tho shell?" a3ked one of his audience, as ho concluded. "To be sure I did," laughed the skip per. "I tok an extra day's liberty on my own hook, and lost a month's pay as a fine; but that, wa9 only fif teen dollars, and I sold the shell in Boston for one hundred and fifty. I marked the place with an oar' and the next day went back with rope and spikes and got it out. It was about six feet long, and each valve weighed nearly three hundred pounds. One of them went to Europe, while the oiuer m ou iup oi a college ut ru bant, as an ornament." We afterwards saw tho famous shell, known to science as the Tn- dacna gigas. In some of the islands of the Pa cific they aro used as bath-tub3 or for washing clothes. The meat, which alone-"weighs two hundred pounds, is considered a great delicacy. In tho church of St Sulplice, Paris, one of the valves of this gigantic mollusk is used as a baptismal font, and another for the reception of holy water. Many of our museums possess fine specimens, though not larger than tho one found by the skipper, and that almost took the life of a human being. Many, Maay Thousand. A great many people tvIoo have been cured by Brown's Iron Bitters, show suoh grateful appreciation of what thi9 medicine has dono for them that they freely send their testimonials. To publish them all would require a volume as biff as a dictionary. No secret about them. No limit to one disease or a few. llr. Perryman, Mo bile, Ala., "Weak back and indiges tion." Mr. Dwyer, Mt Calm, Texas, "Dyspepsia, nervousness, and sleep lessness." Mr. Burns, Milton, Ind., "Indigestion and poor appetite." Mrs. Hastings,- Cambridgeport, Mass., "Lameness inHside and baok, short breath and coughing." Try it your self. --.-' . wsm f CUKES Rheumatism, Neuralgia.Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Son Throat, S-ctllnji, grains Brulici, Hum. ticjJJ, Vm-i. UeJ, X0 ALL OT1IUI L00ILT lUISd AAD ACHS3. 5JJ bf DrascUU a4 D-Mlora ewrrwivr. FUty Oj J a ImBI. IMfoctLxu la 11 lAEu.fj. TilK UHAHLhS A. VOUEL.EK CO.. (5M.nuA.TUU&2CO) KIUawr,3til., C.9. i. uERMAHIA HOTEL. MES. EVA WALLMAN, - Proprietor. ASTOP.IA, OKEGON First Class in Every Rospict. NEW HOUSE. NEW FURNITURE. Fi lltrt up rilli crevj- Comosi Icitco for tlie Comfort of Transient and Permanent Guests. Corner Squenuxjui and v,"e-t Sth Streets. The Telephone-Saloon Tho Finest Establishment of the. Kind in Astoria. E",p?e!ally flttcl up for the Comfort ami Convenience of tho-e who enjoy a Social OU-s. Tho iJest of WIue3 and Liquors, The Choicest Cnjara. Everything New and First-Class. R. J.. JEFFERY. PropV. PARKER HOUSE. II. B. PARKER, Prop'r. First Class in Every Respect. Fi'co Goaclt to the House. Caiersjmles. Old Castle, Yspitti, and other brands of Coke Tin Plates, for sale in lots to suit purchasers, now in warehouse at Astoria; nho Liverpool fine and coarse salt. For further particulars apply to Portland, Oregon. ft aR pg THS GREAT .fffff Mow, WM It Co, liUluMu TlUllSUUllUll bivipiy. FOR PORTLAND! Through Freight on Fast Time I TflE NEW TELEPHONE Which has beon specially built for the comfort of passengers will lea "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 1 P. M. WAn Riliilllnnnl trin will hA mnil nn Hnnriirc nfKaili IVeel. leavinz Portland at O'clock. Snaday Morning. xor nonna poriH. WiIson& Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS1 SUPPLIES. PROTISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOli Salem Tlouring Mills, Portland Eoller Mills. Capital riour and FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. B. B. Franklin, Mater anil dM Mater, SQUEIYIOQUA STREET, XKXT TO T1IK ASTOUI.VN BUILDING. STU work done In a skillful manner on short notiee at reasonable rates. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. KSSTON STKXKT, NKAB PAHJvEB flOCSE, ASTOKIA - OKEGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAHMMEIM&fflK Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work aspe-"" cialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Xotice. A. D. Wass. President. J. G. Hustlek, Secretary, I. W. Cask, Treasurer. John Fox.Superintendent. S. AKNDT & FEKOHEN, ASTORIA. - OKEGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOPi AXD 'Boiler Shop -""B All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WOEK rromptl? attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. STEAMER TrirmiirTiri - . Passengers bj this route connect at Kahuna u.a.stun, noiueui -jmKk' Saiv- 3ajBgtT !ip I THE BEST IS THE oh:japest 2 Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY 19 of Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who use it. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior RL.ms Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Sole Agents for Astoria. Painting and Paper Haw KALSOMINING ETC. 0:j5. OLSBKT Taiut Shop In rear of premises form erly occupied hy C. IT. Stockton, oppo site the Court House. All orders promptly and satisfactory executed. J. H. D. OKAY. Wholesale aad retail dealer Ic. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and "Wharfage on reason able terras. Foot of Benton street. Astoria, Urpjjon. W. EDGAR, Dealer la Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. CORNER MAIN AND CHENAMUS STS. .The Gem Saloon. The Popular Resort for Aslorians. For the Finest of Wines and Liquors Go to THE GEM SALOON. ALEX. CAMPBELL, PROPRIETOR ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE, AUG. DANIEL80N, - - Proprietor. Belmllt and .Refitted Throughout. The Best of WINES. IilQUOBS, AND CXGAKM, For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Danielson's Best." Corner West 9th and Water Street. Astoria. n9-fim Magnus G. Crosby Dealer In HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, TINWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, "L AND Oop32. Astoria Sail Loft. Best of Vor at Bottom Fipres J. HESS,. The well-known Sallmaker now occupies The Astoria Sail Loft, formerly occupied by A. 31. Johnson. Boat Sails a Specialty. ALL "WORK AVARBA?sTED Come and see me at The Astoria Sail Loft : next to Pythian Building. AddressP.O.Box3l2. J. HESS. Floats! Floats! Floats! CANNSRYMSN who are In need of Floats. Copper Handles and Mallets should send their orders to B. W. BLOOD. Clatskanle, Orejron. who has a quantity on hand which will be sold at reasonable rstes. "SECURE THE SHADOW Ere the substance fade, and when you visit Portland, mako It a part of your business to call on "W. H. Towke, at the San Fran cisco Galloryr S. W. corner First aad Morrison street3, and have your photograph taken in the highest style otthe art.