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() VOL. XXIV, yp.5. ASTORIA, ORfiGOA7, TUESDAY, JULY 7, L8cS5. PitlCE, FlYE CENTS. BUSINESS GAUDS. D R. A. I. ant .1. A. i'CITOX. Phj'.sicsaiss ami Surgeon.. Will jdrc promut attention to all calls, fioin any part of the city or country. Office over Allen's Store, corner Cass and Suuemoqtia .streets, Astla, Oiegon. Telephone ?o. 41. D K. FKAXK tAK. lky.slrinri nnd Surgeon. Office, Rooinc, over D. A. Mcintosh s store. 1 Offick Houks : 9 to 11 A. m. ;-3 io 5 P.M. Residence, opposite the Johansen building ! C.KO A. DOKK2S, GEO. NOLAN I , SOJ.AXI) & DORRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ofilce in Itinncv's Block. pposite City flail. Astoria, Oregon. . V.'. FULTON. :. a FULTON. FUI.TOX BROTHERS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and C.Odd Fellows Building. OSEP!I A. GltAi, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OrriCK. on Cass street. I door south of Odd Fellows Building. pi EI.O F. PAItKEIt SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County and City cf Astoria Office :-Clienamus sheet, Y. M. C. A. hall, Room Xo. 8. T . A. BOV.LBY, Attorney ami CounwUor ct Lav., Office on Chcnamus Street, Astoiia, Oiegon. ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT. OrriCK : Room 9, Kinney's Brick Block, TAY TUTTL.K. 31. i. PHYSICIAN AND SUXGEOX Office Rooms 1, 2, and 3. rythian Build ing. Rrsidkncie On Cedar Stiect. back 1 St, Mary's Hospital. F P. HICKS. A. IC SHAW. IIICKS & 555 1AV. -v r DENTISTS. . " ?Sgf Rooms In Allen's Building, up -stairs? cor ner Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon. BAHKIRG ANDJNSURAHCE ! i. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent, astorea, - oxseg3. office hours : From 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock 1. M. AHEAD OP ALL COMPETITORS! Capitol Flour, Manufactured on th.- Gradual Rctlur'Ion Sj stem by to Saiem (Or.) Capitc! Flour Mills Co.. LIMITni) Is the only flour that has taken First Prize three years in succession at the POUTIiAXS) 3IECIIAXrr".4 I'AIi:. Also at State Fair. One trial is suflicient to convince of ils sui c rioritj'. See that the word CAPITOL Is on each svk. GEORGE STIIEL. 8 Stark St.. Port and Agei.t. WILiON & FISHER, Astoria Age.its. HAVE YOU Anything to Sell? IX THE MATTER OF Rags, Bottles, Old Metal, or Junk of Any Sort, FOARD & STOKES Will giro you the best price for it. Do You Want to Buy SHIP MATERIAL. From a Relaying Tin to a Hawser ; from Uloek to an Anchor. You Can Get what You Want at POAUD & STOKES. m Headquarters at h-rlding. tat n.d Water Street. 1885. INTEREST Will bo allptved On Time Deposits. Drafts on all the leading Cities. Wm. T. Coleman & Co.. . .ELMORE, Manager Banking Dapartrccnr, Astoria, Oregon. Enters tZis sy&tcm from xuiknoini censes, at all seasons. Shatters the "crres, Impairs Digestion, and Lsieeuies me Jin&cics. BE5TT0NIS QoicUyandconiplcJeljcnres.raIaria,indChiH3 and Icvors. lorlntcrmittcnt Fevers, l.im fclttiilc, l.nr.'c of j;ncrT it has no equal. It ennchea and purifies Ibo blojd. fitimulatca the ap petite, and EtrenRttiens tho mcscles and nerres. It does not injure tho teeth, cause headache, cr nroduco cnnstipition nil olhrr Iron mnlirinn 'Io. Father T .1. Knn.i.T. tho patriotic and scholaib; Catholic Divino. of ArkanM. taysr "l haro uiM Brown's Iron Bitten rcxth ths sroat cst atisf.iction for Jlalarit. and as n pmer.tiro of Chills and liko disoas. and will aliiays kc?i it m hand as a ready friend." Zi Gensine has aboro trade mirk and crossed n l "- .--on lrranwsr Tnke no other. Marfeonlrtr MliO W.V VXl :.MI('AL CO.. UAI.TIMOlt) JU I). . LADIES Hand Book nrefnl and attractiva. con taininc list of prizes for rpcipes. inforraatian about coins, etc. Biren aivaybyall dealers in luediciuo.or siailcd to any address on receipt of 2c. etamp. SXKI.L, HEITSIIU & WCODAUD, Wiioi.KSALK A;rT 1'ortLnd On-g' n TORPID BOWSLSc DESORDERED LIVES, and tVEALAREA. From these sources arise three-fourths of the diseases rf the human race. These symptoms indicato their existence-: Loss of Appetite, Rowels costive, h'lclc Headnclie, l"ulliies3 nftcr cat inpf, aversion to cxcitionof-footly or ralnd,rnctatiouoffooa,Irrita!iiN Uyoneaiper,XiOrspiritj,AfceIinf before the eyes, highly colored Uriic,COXSTlPATlOAanil demand tliouscofarcmedythatactsdircctlvon tho Liver. AsaLlvcrrncdicinoTDTT'S 1'XIiIiS have no ciiual. Thciractlonoa the Kidnej's and Skin i3 also prompt; removing all impurities through the3o three ' scavengers of the system," producinsr appetite, sound digestion, i-cgular stools, a clear skin and a vig orous body. TUTX'SX'JMiScanseno nausea or griping nor Interfere with dally work and are a perfect ANTIDOTE TO EV1ALARSA. bold everywitf reSsS. Ohi"e -It ilnrraySt.N Y. GkatIIair rmWnisKn23 changed In. Gttntij' to a GLOS3V ISlack by a single application of this 1 n i:. Sold by Drug rts,orscnt by express on recciptof 51. Ofllcc, 4i Murniv Street, Xew Vorlc n:-2-s ULVRih c? vzzrsu siciircs rsts. id you Sup- pose Mustang Liniment only good for horses? It is for inflamma tion of all 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. SPBCfiL MJIL NOTICE. HEREAFTER 0 MAIL Will bo Forwarded by Steamer TO SAN FRANCISCO. Ue;:Mered mail will be forwaided through Post Ofilco via Ogdcn, and oulinary mall via Ashland, thence liv singe llO miles to Delta, thence by mil to San rrnuciseo. !! rr 0. S1 IIS.rdlfiUflbbUS EXPH.SSS, Will cany Ittoi- and Packages, as usual. uy an si tamers iur San Franciscoam! Pusret Sonutl ports EXCURSION TICKETS! FROM ASTORIA TO PORTLAND AND RETURN For S2.50, QN THE "TELEPHONE," Ihis holds good untlll Soptemljar sOth, ISSi. ffiS S3 t& tup I I0EESTS OF STONE. Queer Lxunbering in ITew Jersey CHOPPING A TREE OF ROCK. Trunks Eonghs and Leaves Turned to Flint Sonio Wonders ofXatnre. "IC ou vrant to see something cu rious," said a friend, who was a mem ber of agoYernrueutsurvey, "go down with me to "Woodbine." Four miles beyond Woodbine, ont on the sandy stretch of old sea bottom or beach that is termed the Cape May penin sula, we came upon Dennisville, where all the Dennises of all time had evidently settled. A local Dennis said there wero 2,500 of them, and nine-tenths were evidently children. They lived in scattered shanties, or houses on a long narrow street, on each side of which malaria stalks abroad from tho great swamps that constitute their boundary. The lat ter, however, that are perhaps over twelve square miles in extent, are the means of providing a living to nearly all the inhabitants of Dennisville, though the nature of their occupa tion would never be suspected rrom external observation. "Wo'ro all in the loggiu' business," said a tall thin Dennis, yet as far as the eye could reach not a tree could be seen standing that would make even the ghost of a fair log. "They ain't a growin', " continued the man, "they're under the ground. We dig for them, as you might say. Here's the tool," and stepping iutoa low hut he brought out a crowbar that, like everything else seemed attenuated and was stretched out into a long. slender-pointed rod. "Wo wade along, continued the man, "and probe with this feeler, and when we strike a log we feel around and if it's a good one we dig her up, and if it ain't we let her soak; that's about tho way of it.' "So down in Jersev you burrow for your logs?" "That's about it, replied the man. "You know wo'ro obliged to be a whit odd or se: wo vo got tho name of it. anyhow." 'The secret of ihis business," said my friend, tho geologist, "is that ages ago all this area was covered with a fine growth of large trees, and the same are found growing in some parts of tho swamp yet, but they have died out and fallen down and sunk into tho soft mud, and so been cov ered up by mold and mud until many other layers have grown over them; but in some remarkable way tho wood is preserved and these sunken anconl logs aro just as good for shingles and other articles as when alive. Hence for many years there has been a steady hunt fo'r them and Dennisville is a result of the industry. To the botanist the tree is the evergreen white cypress, cypressus thuoiiles semjivrcireiiif. and the nunibew that onco grew over this swamp aud that have been entombed are beyond con ception. Tho trees upon or near the surface aro the only ones available and fortunately are tho best. But far below these thero are probably myr iads of others turned to stone, and representing the past geological ages of the earth. Tho logs wero worked ont by the men who are nicknamed swampoodles, and who live in the midst of the malarious district all their lives. When a log is found a ditch is made about it, into which the water soon flows. A great saw is then applied and tho roots removed, and, as a rule, the log will rise to the snr faco and can be cut up and carried oil", though in many localities the shingles arc mado right on tho spot, and dragged over the swamp on roads in many cases made o boughs and twigs. This curious business is not confined to New Jersey, but over in Delewaro and Maryland thero aro similar swamps, where tho shinglo business has been carried on for years. One of tho swamps in Dele waro extends over twenty-five squaro miles, and hardly a house in Sussex county but what is sh'nled from tho ancient deposit A rABMEn'S STORY. 41 1 tell ye," said an old farmer from this region, "that we'rolivin' on a cur ious kind o crust round here. In p'iut o' fact, my farm might be said to be perched on a reg'lar woodpile; there ain't no end to it I built a foundation to a barn some years ago, down in Delaware on tho swamp lot, and tho further down I dug the more logs I come on to, and I reckon way down it's clean, solid wood, and when a fire breaks out in the swamp you waut to keep your eyes peeled, now I'm a talkin. How so? Well, I'll just give you a little of my experience. When I first married my old woman, I bought a patch right on tho edge of the swamp, and tho laud ran right into it about half a mile. That sum mer it was monstrously dry, and after a while the fires began to break ont, and aforo we knew it had crept up to within a thousand feet of the house. But Ave got at it with brush, and, as wo thought, put it out, and did; but that night I was awoke by hearin' a crash so loud you'd thought the hull houso had gone down, and when Igot out thero was a blazin' firo right over my fodder-houae. I got there in about two minutes, and I tell yo I was scared. Thero wasn't hide nor hair of the house, but a deep, yawn in' hole nbout fifty foot across, and tho Lord knows how deep, and burn in red hot liko a volcany. I tell yo I got my folks out of that diggin's for a while now. Fortunately it came on to rain tho next day and soaked it out, and it ain't a drnwin' the long bow when I tell ye that that hull kenlry had been tunneled by the fire. You see, it had crept along under ground for nigh a thonsand feet, oatin' away the wood, and finally, when it got under the fodder, tlie J weight of the stufTbroke the crust in, nun uuu ii ciit iuio ti regiar pit oi fire. I tell ye it was an nnaartin place to live on, and I was thankful enough that it didn't get under tho house. We'd never havo known what hurt us; we'd jest melted down qnick. xes, mere s neaps or, places m tho swamp aistncc turns eaten out jest the same way. Tho firo will run along for miles sometimes, and then crop out where it's least expected. I knew of one placo where a parly of shinglers left their hut one morning, and when they came back it was gone, anu a lourtu or an aero with if If it had happened twelvo hours later they'd have gone in. In the Delaware swamp you will find heaps of such places, and green hands when they go down there, think thero has been a volcany, and so there has, after a fashion." "Tho subject of underground for ests," said my geological companion, on our way back, "is an interesting one, and in tho west there are some straugo sights to be seen. I remem bor especially one locality about tho headwaters bf tho Lithodendron riv er, there are thonsands of trees lying about, as if aomo hurricane had swept over the spot and leveled them to tho ground, but in every case the tree has turned to stone, and tho trunks now weigh tons where they could formerly bo tossed abont by the wind. A miner whom I met told me that in one locality which ho visited the trees wore standing and they camo to camp there. At first they did not notice it, as it was late in the fall, when all the leaves were off the trees, bnt he sent a darkey ont to chop some wood, and as the fellow struck a treo tho ax glanced off and streams of fiery sparks flow off in such numbers that" he was frightened half to death and came rushing into camp, shonling that the place was haunted. He finally went ont again but was terrified by finding mat even tho twjgs that he picked np on the ground nbout wero as heavy as lead; they had all turned into stone. He de scribed the place as a weird one, the great trunks standing around here and there liko monuments, some of them being fifty or.sixty feet high. The two most famous localities are at Fort Wingate, N. 51., and the Liithodendron, about twenty miles from the Navajo springs, A. T. From these localities a fine collection hat been taken for tho national mnsemn at Washington. "A detail was sent out under the charge of Lieutenant J. T. C. nego wald of the Fifteenth Infantry and they secured some magnificent speci mens. The Navajoes who were tend ing their sheep in the vicinity be lieved the fallen trunks to represent the bones of former giants that their ancestors had killed and conld not understand why the 'Great Father' at Washington should want them. In this place they actually covered the ground in sonic spots, the trunks often being or great size. AH throngh the valley of the Litho dendron they were found, thousands or tons lying scattered along the slopes. The majority were in pieces of twenty or ten feet loug, so broken by changes of heat and cold. Other trunks were intact One" measured by the lieutenant was 203 foot in length and nearly fivo feet in diame ter, the cores often containing won derful specimons of quartz. The specimens were hauled t) Santa Fc, N. M., and there shipped east by rail, bnt in a year or so not a spceiicen will be found, as a company has organized to secure them, as.'whcu cut and polished, they ma':e fine tablo tops, it is said that a house in Washington is to have pillars at th" door made of two of these giants of a former age, that when polished, sboing tho r!ch coloring, will make something entirely uew in the way of decoration. "Last summer," continued the geo logist, "I took a run up tho valley of the east fork of the Yellowstone. There is a countryfor you, and for iunately, in the National park, and to be saved from destruction. In going np tho valley you havo tho beautiful Yellowstone mountains to tbc north and to the south the famous Ame thyst mountain, that for its fossil or stone forests is extremely remarkable. Directly opposite tho valley of the Soda Butto creok rises the mountain, with exposed strata at least 2000 feet high. Tho summit is about 9000 feet up. As you follow up the trail you will at onco be struck with tho curi ous surface of tho mountain, and thero in sections you can count dis tinctly at least twenty-five forest lev els formed in this way. The first for est, perhaps a million years ago, grew and died down; soil accumulated, and then another forest grew on that, until finally the twenty-five havo grown. In tho mean time strata to the depth of 2000 feet have been de posited that is, the distance from tho present trees growing on top to the first one below is 2000 feet You can count up to suit yourself how many years it took to accomplish this. For tho first 400 feet tho dis play is not very striking, as tho trunks are partly covered, but as your oyo rises you aro presented with a geological illustration that is a mar vel. At 500 feet from tho bottom tho levels are as distinctly marked as it they had been mado by hand, every trunk and tho roots standing out in bold relief the bas-reliefs of nature. i Many are thrown out and prostrate, from fifty to sixty feet in length, and from five to six feet in diameter. Iu cases where tho roots aro seen pene trating the solid rock the sight is an impressive one. showing how many years it must have taken to accom plish such results. Some of the ' trees imbedded are over twelve feet m diameter, and a3 only the tops show they must havo rivaled the great sequoias of California. One re markable feature is that the bark tex ture of tho wood, grain, etc., are all as dislinot and well preserved its if they had been taken from living trees. Philadelphia Times. Massachusetts, Yermoat, New Jer sey, Iowa, Yirginia and Mississippi have abolished the system of allow ing legislators mileago, and it is said the use of free passes is no more com mon than in the other states. William H. Yanderbilt states that he should want 10,003,001 a year sal ary for managing a railroad. It is sunnjsed that his management of some of them has cost at least as much as that, although he did not call it salary. CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Bsd'ache, Hezdache.Toothschs, Jro Thronl. Gwelllne. Spralni, Urulscc, 15u !-n, rvcnM, t'ro-t Ulte-t, A53 ALL OTIICa KODILT lUISS ANB inilS. V"1 ly lnaslU eol PWs evarrBfcerc.FIyC;Ha bUt. IHrtvUonsln 11 LanMs. THE ?:iA!t2.E9 A. VOCELEU CO.. (SsecuMr.u.(msrCCO.) Saltlnerr, 24., U.S.i. .-. Auxirr & PEILCLIKN, ASTORIA, - CRSCOX. The Pioneer Machine Shop J,.U KSMITII jd&Pd -J& n '-" ? " - " 3o'ier Shcp YTffJEaggj Vi! kttiilsof E&e-IME, 0A12TEEY, STEAMBOAT WOES trnip:!y .u;tdt4 tr, A MweSalty made f icpatrhig FOOT OF LAlWiirrTE STREET. T3 is. 13. uranKiin, t -n FW- k. &' Jl vriJ jJVsJHE GREAI ntrfrJH Ba iLBti I a an esSSv iitC U ll B W&&2&3mmm'Vaxx akd copper. Wrialer ai8 CaMnet Male?, SQUEMOQUA STHEET, xrxT to Tim sto::ia: ul'H.mno. o ron iSAll work done In a skillful manne Miort notice at nlasonaoie rates. oi.TiWiTi'ji,',v--:j .n ir-.l-v Through Freight TOE NEW ilolMli Transportation wm. TO f Ullnlir 1 LLi nUIlL - "Which has been specially built for tho cdmfort of passengers will leave "Wilson & Fisher's Dock every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P.M. Kernmlng leaves Portland every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. H. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M. J3PAn additional trip will be mado oa Sunday of Each YTeelr, leaving Tortland at 9 O'cJoclt Snnuay 2Ierniur. rassensers bj this route connect at Kalatra for Sound ports. U. B. SGOTT, Fresldenti THE BEST I- THE rend nOyal Manufactured by the OREGON KILLING COMPANY I of Superior Quality, and Ls Endorsed by all who use it. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Elsing Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Hole AgeatM lor Antorifc. T CKrfeliT t? e X&l (Late of Han Franehco.) PAIHTER, PAPER HANGER AND 2 SCOB.ATOH I!:u locate-! .11 Aitoria and solicits a bhsn. efihe iiaironn'-c. All work strictly tlnt chiss. Terms moderate. Order box at Van Dusen's. J. H. D. GKAI. Wuoleiale and retail dealer In. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LI&1E, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and AVharfap;o on reason able terms. Foot of Rent on street, Astoria. Oregon. WE. ED&AR, Dealer in Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. CORNER MAIN AND CIIENAMUS STS fiS1 iUUlii The Popular Resort for Astorians. For the Finest of Wines and Liquors GotoTilE GISI SALOON. ALRX. CAMTCJELL, - - PROITJETOU Magnus 0. Crosby Dealer in HAM ABE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, 7INWAR E AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS J-iFii5. IKLSrti Pure Ice, I Delivered at Your Door. This Ice Is cut on Lake Cocollala and Is l)I,,r ! All orders loft at Post & Hansen's Astoria ! Soda Work3 will be promptly attended to. G.TJEED. .luauascr. l'.iimlnl.tlllllVJ tr ,!HJ1LA-A on Fast Time! STEAMER i HOTELS AND KESTAUKAN'Tfc. 'mrnTn uniiec inmu.il iiuuul, Flour 31. B. IMEKEE, Prop'r. first Class in Everj Respect. Free Ccach to Use House. c. w. k:;owles. l. d. cnowx. St. Charles Hotel, (European Pfan.) DROWN & KXOTVI.ES - - Proprietors Fik.-t Class tx Every Kesitct, Good Restaurant Connerted with tholIou.se Fire-proof Brick Bnildinc- lfO Rcoas. In the Center of the City. Cor. Front and Morrison Sts.. Tortlaud. Or HOUSE, CLATSOP BEACH, OREGON. This AVd -Known and POPULAR SUMMER RESORT Will OPEN FOR THE SEASON' OP 1885, Saturday, Juno 27. TKRJIS. Board per week $14.00 Board per day . 250 Children under 12, h-df price. For f inthtr particulars apply to CHaS. OliLE. Manager. Sea Side. Or D. r. Tiioairsox, Receiver, Portland. The Roscoe Oyster and Chop Honse. The Best Cooked to Order In First Class Style. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF jFMjel Ice Cream - 'erMcCfea '& Co!," " '" PROPRIETORS. Genevieve street, rear of Adler's Crystal Palace. 0;.mi iay and Rfselit. Rlrs Sophia Dagget Res leave to notify her friends that sho has opened a Boarflii louse and Restaurant In the building of iir. Joplln, 3lalu St., Opp. Pioneer Res tannin I. Where dn will be plad to aeo all her old frieiuN and as many new ous as will be pleased to give her a call. LMO L0DGINGH0USE1RESTAURANT J. X. HAMILTOX. .Prop. Xo. C7 Water St,. Astoria. Xice, new, clean Reds, and careful atten tion to lodgers. The Table supplied with the host In season. THE BAR Is supplied with an extra quality of liquors and cigars. Private Boarding House. rilllR UNDERSIGNED ItESPECTFULLY JL nnuouu es that she is prepared to fur nish Ladies or Gentlemen with Board only, or with Board and Furnished Rooms at very realisable rates. Xo extra charge for use of Parlor or Bath room, and every effort will be made to make her guests feel com fortable and at home. Dinner Hcnccl from 50. to G;30P. 32. ?.n:s. c c, IXOL.DUX, SE Cor. Main and Jefferson streets. A Well Furnished Table ABUNDANTLY SUPPLIED With tlie bo-t and cooked in a neat and wholesome way. can be found at Mrs. G. W. Kuckerfs Private Boarding House, over Eat on & Carnahan'3. next to Odd Fellows Build ing. Terms; $5 aweek, $22.50 per month. $1 a day. Sol loll Jewelry, Scarf Pis, Chains, f atclies, Pianos and Orpins of ! Best malsc at IhcLowcst Prices. The finest stock of Jewelry lu Astoria. t-All goods warranted as represented. GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER The Telephone Saloon The Finest Establishment of the Kind in Astoria. Especially fitted up for the Comfort and Convenience of those who enjoy a Social GIas. TI10 Best or "Wines and Liquors, The Choicest Cigars. Everything New and First-Class. S. . JEFFREY, Prop'r. 05$. ; Jr.i.