m IPJV'JlJi' VOL. XXIII, NO. 108. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MAY , 1885. PRICE, FIVE CENTS BUSINESS CARDS. D RS. A. L. and J. A. FUITOS. Physicians and Surgeons. Will ie pomot attention to all calls, from any part ot the city or country. Ofllce o cr Allen's Store, corner Cass and Squemoqua streets, Astoria, Oregon. Telephone No. 41. D R. FRANK PAGE. Physlclaa nnd Surgeon. Office, RooinG, oer D. A. Mclntosh'a store. Okkick Hocus :-9 to 11 a. m. ;-3 to 5 i M. Kesldence. opposite theJohansen building (IKO. A. DOKUIS, OKO. J.OLAXD :or,Aivi & dorris, ATTORNEYS AT LAV.'. Ofllce In Klnnefl Block, opposite City Hall, Astoria, Oregon. P. W. K0I.TON. C. C KCLTOJ. rurTor BKOTI1EBS, ATTOKNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and C.Odd Fellows Building. JOSEPH A. GILL.. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Okkick, on Cass street, I door south of Odd Fellows Building. r c. a. wowijBY, Attorney anrt C'onuKt'Ilor r.t Law, Office on Clienamus Street. Astoria. Oregon. piEI.O F. I'.tRKKK. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Connty.and City of Asttii-Ja Office :-Chenamus street. Y. M. 0. A. hall Room No. 8. 0. IV. IiKlCK. ARCHITr.CT AND SUPERINTENDENT. Ofkick : Room 9, Klnnej " Bride Block, TTAY TOTTXE, 21.' IK PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON Okkick Rooms l, 2, and 3. Tj tliian Build lug. Rksidknce On Cedar Street, hark of SU Mar- 'a Hospital. r T. TUCKS. A. F- fill AW. IUOKS &SRUV. DENTISTS. Rooms In Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Chs and Squeiuoqua strrets. Astoria Orecou. BANKING AND INSURANCE! 1. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent, ASTORIA, - OKCGOS. OFFICE HOURS : From 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock 1 M. Bozorth. & Johns, Heal Ext&te nnd Insurance A cent and Brolers ASTORIA, ... - Oregon. We write policies In the following well known Fire insurance Cempanies: PHCENIX OF HARTFORD. SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL OF EDINBCRR. LION. OF LONDON HOME. OF NEW YORK. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE, OF LIVER POOL. FHC3NIX. OF BROOKLYN. CONNECTICUT. OF HARTFORD. OAKLAND HOME, OF OAKLAND, GALA. And also represent the WESTERN, of California, HAMBURG-BREMEN, of Ger many, and AMERICAN STEAM BOIL ER INSURANCE CO. Real Estate Boagkt and Sold on Commission. M. W. FECHHEIMF.R, ILW.COKBETr, -EDWARD HALL, - President Vice President Secretary THE OEEGON Fire and Marine Insurancg Co. OF PORTLAND, OREGON. Capital Paid lrp. Cash AdNetN Exceed. S220.000.OCO sJ80.coe.oo C. LELVEXWEBER, - Agent, ASTORIA, OREGON. C. E. Bain & Co. Are now prepared to furnish Doors. Windows, Mouldings AND D3 3Et j&. O 1ESL 3E3 3? S . Orders Solicited. Private Boarding House. riHIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY JL announces that she Is prepared to f ur nlsli Ladies or Gentlemen with Board only, or with Board and Furnished Rooms at err reasonable rates. No extra charge for use of Parlor or Bath room, and cerv effort w 111 be made to make her guests feel com fortablu and at home. Dinner Served from 3:30 to 6;30 P. 51 XB8. E. C, HOLD J" X. SE Cor. Main and Jefferson streets. Dissolution of Copartnership. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE copartnership heretofore existing un der tho firm name and style of Thomes and Knowles is this day dissolved by mutual agreement. C. W. KNOWLES. C.T. THOMES. Astoria. Oregon, April 13th. 1S85. jvr IPJI 1 I HI --THE -THE BEST TONIC. This raediclno, combining Iron with puro vegetable tonics, oulckly and completely Cures Dyspepsia, IadleeatloB, WeakncBH, Impure Blood, 3IalRria,Ckllls and Fevers, and Neuralgia. It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the KldHCy and Liver. It is Invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who load sedentary lives. It docs not Injure the teeth, cause headachc.or produce constipation olhn- Iron medicine 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. Tor Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack o Energy, Lc, it has no equal. ffS" The genuine has above trade mark am. rossed red lines on w rapper. Take no other lxSf.ljbj BIUWXC1IEXICAL CO, B1LTIX0UE.XU. SXELL, IIEITSIIU A WOODABD, Wholesale Agents, Portland Oregon. TUTTS PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DESORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. From these sources arise t hree-fourtha oftho diseases oftho human race. These symptoms indicate their existence: X.OS1 of Appetite, Bowels costive, Kick ITcBdaclic, fullness after eat infr, aversion to exertion of body or mind. Eructation of food, Irritabil ity of temper,XiOvr spirits, Afteling before the eyes, hlpbly colored Urliie,COIVSTlPATIOX,and demand the use of a remedy that acta directly on tho Liver. As aLlvcrrncdiclncTTJXX'S PII1X.S have no equal. Theiractionon the Kidneys and Skin Is also prompt; removing aU impurities through theso three scavengers of ilic system producing appetite, sonnd digestion, regular stools, a clear skin and a vlg orousbody. TUTT'S PII1I.S cause no nausea or griping nor Interfere with dally work and are a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. bold everywhere 25i. Qlfage44ainrraySt.Ny. CniTTTin) rwTCirtCTrrrnp nlnvirmrl n stantly to a Grxissr Black by a slnglo application of tills Dte. SoldbyDrug- i3ts,orsentbyexpressoarecelptof$L. Offlco, 44 Murrnv Street, New York. nrrra kossiu or tsEnn, z&zzszi rasa. A. V. Allen, Wholesale and EetailjDenlcr in Provisions, MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware. TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, LiquorsJobacmCigars W. S. DEMENT & CO. ASl'OItIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully t'omiKmudwl THE LATEST STYLES WALL 'PAPER AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. EMy patent Trimmor to cut Wall J'aper will be found convenient to my patrons. Moore's Remedy -FOR- Poison Oals.. MOORE'S REMEDY Cures and Presents POISON OAR. CUKES Piles. Burns, Cuts: RE- MOVEM Sunburn and Freckles, Cold in the Head or Lungs, Croup. tc. etc. An InvaluaMe FAMILY SALVE. Sold by all Druggists. 23 CentB n Vox. Try It! R. Leinon & Go. STEVEDORES and RIGGERS Portland and Astoria. Portland Office No. 10, N. Frout street. 1 - POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES England and Russia now about to ' close in a desperate struggle for cen tral Asian supremacy are credited witli being respectively the first and second nations of the world in point of area, and tho second and third In ; the matter of population. The teem-1 ing Chinese empire is estimated to exceed either in the numbers of its J people. Next come the republic ot ' France and its dependencies in point - ii i n. tt:j,i t?i.-. CL pupuiuuuu, ilUU 111U UUUCU Oblica in area. Much has been said of the British empire, on which tho sun never sets, and the Eussian empire, which spreads over an eighth portion of the globe. Thousands upon thou sands of square miles of territory dominated by tho lion and bear are entirely uninhabitable, including as they do most of the north polar re gions of both hemispheres and arid deserts and steppes in other climes. The United States is nearly tho equal of either empire in the extent of hab itable area over which the spaugled banner floats. And she, too, has great, almost limitless, areas of ice covered continents and islands which are never counted as part of her landed possessions, and yet which she may quite as justly be credited with as Russia or Euglaud, with cer tain of their uninhabitable posses sions in frozen zones. Few geogra phies show on their maps these for eign possessions of the United States, and a brief reference to them is likely to surprise the citizen who has been accustomed to contemplate- the possessions ot the American Union as hedged in by the bounds of hor slates and territories. But she can really make quite an array ot foreign possessions, which are hers by the divine right of discovery, which has given to most of the powers of tho earth their foreign dependencies. The voyages of Kane and subsequent American explorers thus gave the United btates the whole northwest ern portion of Greenland as far as discovered, and Griunell Land on tho opposite shore of Smith sound. Tho famous statisticians, Belrm and Wag ner, give the area of the Greenland stretch of ice and glacier, known as Lincoln and Grant lands (fromseven- ty-eigut degrees to eiguty-turec de grees) as 192,700 kilomoters, and of Grinnell Land at 5,050. Wrangel Land has C5,100 kilometers. There are no estimates even of the area of the various islands north ot Siheria discovered by the Jeaniulie, audit is doubtful it they do not belong to the New Siberian group, classed for many years as belonging to Russia. Tha great American exploring ex pedition of 1810 discovered most of the vast ice-hedged coast of the Ant arctic continent, which has been roughly estimated to extend over 2,000,000 square miles. Some of the lands discovered by Commodore "Wilkes have thus been estimated, the figures being in kilemeters: Gra ham's land, 100,000; Alexandra, 30,000. Wilkes, 1G5.000; Enderby. 28,000. The following islands and groups in Polynesia belong to the United States: Barber, Palmyra, Prospect, Fanning, Christmas, Starbuck, Peu ryhyn, Swan, Pitt, McKean, Hull, and Enderby. The United States also owns tho bay of Page Page in the Samoan islands. There are no obtainable statistics of any of these "foreign possessions," and tho ordinary American citizen is quite content to think of the union as embracing only the sweep of land from ocean to ocean and lakes to gulf, not oven counting in frozen Alaska and the girdle of Aleutian islands that span tho Pacific ocean. If other countries were not granted by geographers their equally 4,im portant" possessions, popular knowl edge of respective areas would be greatly increased. A FiNh Story. Jim Johnson and Tom Pilcher, of Union Point, went fishing n few days ago, but in a short timo their bait gavo out and they had caught no fish. They scuffled around and found a large black bug and hitched him by the gable end to their hook. They then sat down, both holding to the pole, and patiently waited to catch a whale, but got no bite, i nally they concluded to examine their bait. To their astonishment the bug was much larger than when they put him on the hook, so they cut him open and found that he had been fishing him self, and had caught and swallowed half a dozen minnows. The young men looked at each other in "silent disgust Washington, May 4. Gen. Sheri dan says there could be no conflict between him and the secretary growing out of the issuance of orders to the army. "Because,'' said he, "if the secretary don't approve my or ders, he can suppress or revoke them." Like an old CresVy Window Shutter. That is the way a man's rheumatic joints sometimes are. Hinges old, rusty, and worn, and badly need oil ing. The trouble is in the blood. A man who ij ot any account is worth repairing. The repairing can bo done by means of Brown's Iron Bitters. That enriches and purifies the blood, anves out tne pauis, ana worns com plete restoration. Thousands testify to it from happy experience. Mr. C. H. Huntley. 918 North Sixteenth st., St. Louis, says, "I used Brown's Iron Bitters for rheumatism, general de bility and prostration, with best results." FRUIT EATERS NEED NO DOCTORS. "We were struck recently by the re marks of a doctor friend of ours, who said no one thing will do so much to make people independent of the med ical profession as the daily free use of frail. He had noticed that those farmers in whose families fruit was regularly and largely consumed seldom "needed his services. "We thought what a pity thai every farmer) 111 tue tana coma not oe convmcea o these truths. It is a deplorable fact that farmers' families do not enjoy that robust health that country air and out-door life with plenty of exer cise, should give. It is also a fact that living on farms whose rich acres are aching to produce abundant crops of the varied fruits, but very few have plenty, and many never have any fruit, except it may bo an occasional apple. The standard food in ma jority of farmers' houses con ;?; InrfTftK of bread, bnlter. aud meat (mostly pork) fried! in grease, and where pastry or cakel 13 used it has lard in large propor tion in its composition; and. this food is eaten at least twice, and in many families, three times a day, year in nnd year out. Is it any wonder that they" are not more healthy, and that the prevailing diseases are such as J indicate an over-consumption of! greasy food? If frnts were expen sive or diflicnlt to raise, there would be some excuse; but there is no part of the country without plenty of va rieties adapted to its soil and climate, and just such as arc fitted by nature to both nourish aud cleanse tho body, and no more skill is required to grow them than to grow corn or wheat. Why is it that so few farmers make anyattempt to provide an adequato supply of what would add much to their "pleasure, and save many times its cost in doctors' bills, to say noth ing of tho sufferings and loss of their dear ones. AVe entreat you, decide just now not to let the spring pass without planting a fruit yard. Surely it is better to grow frnit than to be continually dosiug with medicine. "Washington, May tk A gentleman lately from Cuba and familiar with tho situation says the question of an nexation to the United States has for mouths-been openly discussed, aud is becoming popular in quarters where it was formerly not tolerated. The revenues of the island fall below the expenses of tho government, nnd Spaiu has to supply the deficiency. Relief was hoped for from the pro posed reciprocity treaty, and its fail ure had utterly discouraged the planters, and ' btfsincs3 of all kinds was falling off. The most significant fact abont tho annexation talk was its presenco among tho Spanish families, who havo no hope for tho islaud in case tho present relations are maintained. The home govern ment is known to feel that the island is a heavy load, which probably can never become lighter. This general sit uation has been fully reported to the state department, and is well under stood about some of the legations here. A parallel case to "'Imperious Caj sar, dead aud turned to clay," stop ping a hole to keep tho wind away, has been found in Rome this year. The ashe3 of an Imperial Cajsar, Pico, were lately employed for the lye of a Roman woman's wash-tub upon the discovery of the urn in which they had reposed for eighteen centuries. "They wero so whito and clean," ex plained the - workman, "that I gath ered them together in a basket and sent them to my wife to make lye of for her washing. London, May 4. The Standard says the indications point to the king or Denmark as the arbitrator between Russia and England in their present disagreement m m Mr. G. A. Tauszkv. proprietor Vienna Model Bakery GIN.Eutaw St,-Baltimore, Maryland, says: For a painful and irritable cough of long standing, I used Red Star Cough Curo, whicli rapidly and effectually relieved me. Lon'don, May 4. Earl Dufferin is sending forward as rapidly as possible to the Ameer ot Afghanistan twenty thousand rifles, thirty million cart ridges and seven Nordenfeldt guns. Mrott'rtEmnlslon of Pure Cod Liver Oll.TVtth "lypopliogphltei. Especially Valuablcfor Children. Dr. J. It. ritAYsint. Memphis Tcnn., says: "1 have used Scott's LmHlsion for many years, anil regard it as a valuable medicine for the diseases, of adults, for infants tePthing, and broken down .sys tems in children.' "Yon say there's no hope for mo, doctor? ' K"ono at all." "No possible chance?'' "None; and I "would ad vise you to settle up your buiness and relieve your mind." "Oh, my is all rights doctor. I owe about three times as much as I am worth." Shiloh's Vitalizer is what you need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Diz ziness anu an symptoms ot uyspepia. rrice 10 anu 73 cents er uottie. ."5o;a or V. E. Dement Wliv will you couc;h when Shiloh's Curo will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts ) cLs and SI. Sold by V7. E. De ment. Will you suffer with Dyspepsia'and Liver Complaint ? Shiloh's Vitalizer is Guaranteed to cure you. Sold by W. E. Dement. Red Star TRADE VI MARK. VMGH (uRE fil AbsohrteltrKtf Absokttelir Tree from Opiates, Umcttcs and Jfolsons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE For Coagas. Soro Throat, Hosnienc, Gold, lnllaeorc, llroBcitta, AithmmCroap, Wboop. Inff Conch, Qnla-r, Paint la Cbctt, aJ oth:r Actio aaol ti Tli roatufcll.uiic' Price 50 cents a bottle. Sold by Prngslsta and Dealers. Partus vnable to Induce Vieir dealer to promptly pet it for tAem will recelee ttco bottles Lxprest charges paid, by tending one dollar to TUB CIUBUS X. TOGKLEK COaPAST, Sols Owner and Mtanfidnr-ri, KlUarr.arjUBd,C.8. 1. &EBIMIA HOTEL MRS. F.VAWALLMAN, - Proprietor. ASTORIA, OREGON. rirst Clnssi in Tlvcry Respect. NEW HOUSE. NEW FURNITURE. Filled up vrilh vrcry Conven ience ibr Hie Co in lb rt ol Transient and Permanent Guests. Corner Squemoqua and West 8th Streets. The Telephone Saloon The Finest Establishment of the Kind in Astoria. Especially fitted up for the Comfort and Com enlcnce of those who enjoy a Socj.U Ola s. Tlit Host or Wines and Liquors, Tho Choicest Cigars. Everything New and First-Class. K. I JEFFKRY. Prop'r. RKER HOUSE. II. 11. PIBKER. Prop'r. first Class in Every Respect. Free Conrli to the House. Cai6r(Juli8S. Old Castle, Yspitti, and other brands of Coke Tin Plates, for sale in lota to suit purchasers, now in warehouse at Astoria; also Liverpool fine and coarse salt For further particulars apply to r, , .. iiMW vw.- Portland, Oregon. leys Wi sum l fin Colin TraasDortation Company. FOR PORTLAND! Through Freight on Fast Time! TUE SEW ilLl! nuiiL "Which has been specially built for the comfort of passenRers will leave "Wilson & Fisher's Hock every y 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. SAn additional trip will be made on Sunday or Each. Ween, leaving Portland at 9 O'eleclc Sunday Mernisj;. Passengers bj tliLs route connect at Kalama for Sound pom. u. B. SCOTT, President Wilson J Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LGGOERS' SUPPLIES. PKOVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR Salem Flouring Mills, Portland Eoller Mills, Capital Flour and FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. B. B. Franklin, Mertaler anfl GMiet Maker, SQUSWIOQUA STREET, NKXT TO Tin. ASTOKIA2 KUII.WINO. O ET"A11 work done in a skillful mamier on short notice at reasonable rates. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. BiafTOX Street, Neak Pakksk House, ASTORIA, - OEEGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LpanlMABlM&IES Boiler Work Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Or all Descriptions made to Order at Short Xotice. A. D. "Wass, President. J. G. IIustleu, Secretary, I. V. Case, Treasurer. John Fox.Suporintendent. S. AENDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop ;ws&p , BLACKSMITH Af27S2ir shop4 AND trv Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AXD STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. STEAMEI! 9 s&rf?-fl:r-i-3- IwE THE BEST IS THE Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY Is of Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who use It. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Rising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Sole Agents for Astoria. Paintino; an! Paper Hangii. KALSOMINING ETC. OIO:..S. OLSE35J- Paint Shop in building formerly oc- cupied by J. A. Montgomery, corner of Main and Jefferson Streets. All orders promptly and satisfactory executed. J. &. D. QUAY, Wholesale and retail dealer In. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storago and "Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street, A3tori.i, Oregon. WK. EDGAR, Dealer In Cigars, Tobacco and Gigareites Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. COR2CER MAIN AND CHENAMTJS STS. The Gem Saloon. The Popular Resort for Astorians. For the Finest of Wines and Liquors Go to THE GEM SALOON. ALEX. CAMPBELL, - - PROPRIETOR ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE, AUG. DANIELSON, Proprietor. Itebnllt and. .Refitted. Throughout. Tho Best of WI"ES,IjlQTJOBS,AaI CIGABK, For a Good Cigar, call foi one of "Danielson's Best." Corner "West 9th and "Water Streets, Astoria. n0-6m Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In EARDf ARE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, TINWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, -3?1fn AND Copper. Astoria Sail Loft. Best of fori at Bottom Fipres Ja HESS, The well-known Sailmaker now occupies Tho Astoria Sail I.of t. formerly occupied by A.M. Johnson. Boat Sails a Specialty. ALL "WORK WARRANTED Come and see me at The Astoria Sail Loft : next to Pythian Building. AddressP.O.Box312. J. HESS. Floats! Floats! Floats! CANNBRYMIIN who arc in need ol Floats. Copper Handles and Mallets should send their orders to B. W. BX.OOI. Clatskauie, Orecon. who has a quiutity on hand which will be sold at reasonable rr.tes. "SECURE THE SHADOW" Ere the substance fade, and when you visit Portland, make It a part of your business to call on "W. H. Tow2e, at the San Fran cisco Gallery, S. W. corner First and Morrison streets, and have your photograph taken in the highest style of the ark r-