m She gattg storian. ASTORIA. OREGON: SATURDAY SEITUMKEU 12. 18S3 Postage stamps Lave been in uso iu this country bnl thirty-eight years. Prior to 18A7 postage was collected in money, and its prepayment ras op tional. So many ot the boys sent to West Point prove tinablo to pass the ex amination for admission that about fifty congressional districts are un represented. Two races of men are dying out the Laplanders, who number 30,000. and the Maoris of New Zealand, re duced from 100,000 to 43,000 since the days of Capt. Cook, and likely to be extinct by tho year 2000. Judge Field, of the supreme court of the United Stares, relates in his momoirs, just published that in 18C2 there occurred a mysterious epidem ic, the origin and nature of which have never been explained. A mere touch with the end of the finger was sufficient to convey tho infection. Of the 5,000 patent medicines of American concoction now in the mar ket, GOO kinds are thought by the Uoston Globe to be of real value. The trade amounts to S22,000,0C0 a year. Of this 10,000,000 is expended for advertising. Tho proprietors di vide tho profits of 3,000,000 annual return. PoktiiVXd journals justly complain of the glaring defects in the public school system of that city. It would seem that more attention to the com mon school part of the programme, the essentials, and less ornamental frills and flub-dubs would better suit ihe people that pay the taxes to keep the tiling going. And they are right A south ei:x contemporary doesn't liko tho president's leisurely way of distributing the spoils among the victors, but it lakes no stock iu anj' proposition to rebel against the ad ministration. ''"Where there is so much hunger and thirst,' it remarks with bitter caution, "it would be foolish to quarrel with the only pan try in sight" A Milton, Msiss., merchant, lately deceased, found out one da' that his till had been robbed. lie held his tongue, however, and waited until Time's whirligig tossed the culprit at his feet. This is how the culprit came: Three months afterward one of his customers said to him: ''Did you ever find out who look that mon ey out of your till? The merchant replied: 4,I never have until now, but now I know it was you. as I have never told anyone that I lo3t if The man was compelled to pay back the money. A busiieIi of grain, whea compact ed into lard, or cheese, or butter, can find its market any where in tho world where the cost of sending the grain itself would mako a market for it impossible. Besides, this in the making of the lard or butter, a ma nurial residue is left on the laud in stead of being carried away to fertil ize foreign fields. This is the kernel of the argument for mixed farming instead of grain farming. TnE results of a series of observa tions carried out by the hydrographiq bureau at Washington, iu order to determine the length, depth and du ration of ocean wavcs,havc been pub lished. The largest wave observed is said to have had a length ot half a mile and to have spent itself in twenty-three seconds. During storms on tho Atlantic waves sometimes extend GOO feet and last from ten to eleven seconds. Tho most careful measure ments of tho heights of waves givo from forty-four to forty-eight feet a3 an extreme limit Doddkidge reckoned the difference between rising at five and seven o'clock for forty years as equivalent to adding ten years to ono's life. It is a hint by which many might profit, yet it is a dangerous kind ot teaching; for in our nerve-exhausting age there are multitudes whoso lives will bo seriously shortened, and their working power lessened, if they do not take all the sleep they can hold. A brain-worker recently remarked, "When I havo had plenty ot sleep and a leisurely breakfast, I can do more in n few minutes than at other times in five hours." One hundred and fifty million tons of matter in solution are nn nuaUy ponred into the Gulf of Mexi co by the Mississippi. At this rale one foot of land over the whole basin would be removed in 4,000 years. Similar calculations applied to the St Lawrence, the La Plata and the Amazon reach the result that 100 tons per milo is removed from tho entire American continent every year. Ono cubic mile of earth is deposited every year in the Atlantic ocean from America, Africa, Europe and Asia. And so the continents waste away and form material for new ones in the geological ages. m - Some time since a vessel arrived in New York having on board as vil lainous a looking lot of gypsies as ever robbed a hen-roost They wero accompanied by a menagerie of mon keys and bears, and gave so poor an account of themselves that tho au thorities very properly refused to allow them to land. It now trans pires that they have played tho Chi nese game on tho United States offi cials by going to Quebec and coming down across the borders of Vermont. It would seem that the veriest vaga bonds on earth can laugh at any re striction acts which congress has so far been able to impose. I. - !. I. In view of tho fact that this was to be above everything else a "business' administration, the confession of act ing secretary of the treasury, Fair child, that he casually gave assent last May to an expenditure consider ably in excess of tho appropriation in the case is curious and suggestive, not to say comical. It was done he explains, in the course of attaching his name to tho routine documents of the department; but it will be apt to strike the country that an officor who is in tho habit of putting his name to papers authorizing expenditures of money without reading them has a queer idea of business methods aud responsibilities. It is hardly worth while to point out the inconsistencies of the third party prohibitionists; but ono thing may be cited as a specially giddy fea ture ot their philosophy. They claim that the cause of temperance de mauds a political parly devoted ex clusively to the task of fighting the liquor power, and yet whenever they hold conventions and make platforms they take up all other issues in sight as well as that of prohibition, regard less of all sense of fitness. If it be really true, as they assert, that tho success of the temperance reform de pends upon the development of a new parly, why do they not confine such party strictly to the work for which it is organized, aud which is its only logical claim to favor. NEW TO-DAY. Regular Auction Sale. THIS DAY AT 1 1 A. M. AT HOLDER'S AUCTION ROOMS. Second-hand Furnituro, STOVES AND SUNDRIES. K. C. HOJCDEW Auctioneer. Mrs. 31. IVoocIfit'Id, 1Iaing received a Large Assortment of I'ALL MILLINERY AXI .NOVELTIES. Has Commenced Business At Eaton & Carnalian's old stand, iieit to Kabre'a Restaurant, Farm For Sale. -1 i( ACRES ON THE KT.ASKANINE; luv good land; 14 acres improved; goud house and barn. Apply at Astoiuan ofllce. Furniture and Upholstering, Mattresses Hade and Repaired. Paper Hanging, Carpets Sewed and Laid. Furniture Sold on Commission. Shop, corner Main and Jefferson Streets. MARTIN OLSEX. COUNTY CORONER. & TJxi.c3Lrta,lsjbQ.g;- First Class Hearse and Material Oh HAND. Shop and Oillce on Main St., above Pioneer Restaurant. C. BT. MARTIN. Candies; Fruits. Foreign and Domestic. Every Variety of Fruit in Season. Siucmopia Street. Nest Door to the Gem Saloon. FOR RENT. Four Rooms, Centrally Located AND SUITABLE FOR HOUSEKEEPING. AITLY AT ASTORIAN OFFICE. Abstracts of Title. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS COMriLED a set of Abstract Rooks from t lie records ol Clatsop County and Is now prepared to furnish complete and correct Abstracts of Title to any Real Estate In the Couniy, at reasonable rates. C.R.THOMSON. Attorney at Law. Astorfa. Oregon. Omcr, Room 5, over City Rook Store. Notice. THE TAX LIST AND ASSESSMENT roll of school district No. 1. Astoria, Clatsop counts, Oregon, is now in my hands for collection, and will remain with me for sixty days from date, after which time said taxes w fll be delinquent. Parties interested please take notice. J. G. HUSTLER, Clerk Dist. No. 1. Astoria, August 13th, 18S3. r.ksMjo-iJiS jMfefcjJBgggtjgMPy M Estate AuGtion SALE. Eligible -Alderbrook Building Lots. Saturday, Sept, IS, 15 l. ar. IIIAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO offer at Public Auction, two ol the most eligible anrtl valuable building lots in the thriving and promising town ol Alderbrook, viz: liota G and 7 in Itlock 14, both corner lots and both adjoining the "Walkley property. Sale on the premises. Terms Cash, warranty Deeds. K. C. HOL'.IKX. Auctioneer. Notice. BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL noon on the 2lst day of September tor the burial of countv poor. All Bids to be directed to the County Clerk. By order of the County Court. Astoria. Oregon, SeptemberTth, ;ss;. Wanted. ANY PARTY DESIROUS OF SELLING a partly improved farm on reasonable terms, located on Young's River, Klaskauinc or on the banks of the Columbia, may find a buyer by applying at the Astoulax office. Carnahan & Co. SUCCESSOKS TO t. W. CASE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND KhTAlL DEALERS IN C-ENEEAL MEBCHABBISI nier Chenatnus and Cass streets. ASTOKIA . - - OREGON Ilolden's Auction Rooms Established January 1st, 1877. E. C. HOLDEX, Krai Estate ami General Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, ChtMiamus Street, - Astoria, Oregon. Auction sale of Sundries every Saturday, at to :.) a. M., at iny Auction Routt's. Will conduct Auction Kale of Real Estate. Cattle, and Fat mini; Stock wliereer de sired. Cash Returns Promptly made fitter Sslev. Consignments respectfully solicited. Notary I'lihlic for the State or Oregon. Commissioner or Deeds for Washington Territory. Agent for Daily ami Weekly Ortjnhm. VISITING CARDS. A Iarge Stocs of FIXE b VISITING CARDS, orEery CJrade TO RESOLD FOR CASH. AT THE ASTORIAN OFFICE. AND CARRIAGE PAINTING! In Hood St vie and Lowest Living Iricc. CIIAS. OI-SE.". Shop at Montgomery's old stand. A HARE CHANCE. Called to Europe ly family affairs that re- quire immediate settlement, I offer for sale my Weil Established Business. To the right parties this is A Splendid Opportunity! Those only who mean business mav apply to FR.1IVK FABSE PROPRIETOR MODEL RESTAURANT. Good Farm OF EIGHTY ACR11S. PARTLY 1M proved, on the Klaskauinc. For sale cheap or will exchange for city property. Apply at Astoktan' Office. Notice. Oregox and CALironxi.v ikxia ) ANY. til, 1RS3. Rau.i:oad Comi Portland. Oregon. Aucut latli NOTICE IS IIERERY GIVEN Til AT IN pursuance of an order or the United States Circuit Court for tho District of Or egon the undersigned is prepared to refund, on surrender of contracts (printed iu green color) the amounts paid to the Oregon and California Railroad Company for lands lying -within the limits of the forfeited portion of the Oregon Central grant, (generally known as the grant for the line from Forest Grove to Astoria) that Is, lands situated beyond a distance of twenty-flvo miles from the track of the completed railroad line from Portland to McMinnvllIe. 1L KOEIILER, Receiver. For Sale. Q( ACRES OF GOOD TARLE LAND. OKJ located at Settler'.s Point, ClaLsop county, belonging to the "Widow Rurnsidc. Apply at this ofllce. Notice. NOTICE IS IIERERY GIVEN THAT the partnership heretofore existing be tween Herman Rieppc and L. Grappa under thefinnnamoorRlcppc&Grappeisthisday dlsolved by mutual consent, the business to lie hereafter rrmrtnrtfl liv liirmin lMnunn to whom all bills due are to te paid and who wui iitjuiuaiu aii claims uue iv me lata urin. II. RIEPPE. L.GRAPPE. Astoria, Oregon, September 3rd, 18. To Whom it May Concern NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THOSE knowing themselves indebted to the estate of M. D. Kant to make immediate set tlement to the undersigned, at the assignors late place of business and save costs. All ac counts not paid by September 2.th will be placed in the hands of a collector. PHIL. A. STOKES, Assignee. Notice of Assignment. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL whom It may concern that the under signed has beon appointed assignee of the estate of M. D. Kant, an inselvent: and all persons having claims againstsald Insolvent, are requested to present the same to the as signee properly verified at his ofllce at P. A. Stokes & Go's, in the cilv of Astoria, Clat sop county, .state of Oregon, within three months from this date. PHILIP A. STOKES, Astoria, September 2, 1SS5. Notice. IV EITHER CATT. WATTS NOR THE UN i.1 derslsned agents of the American ship JohnT. Berry will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew while In this port. MEYER. WILSON & CO. Astoria, Oregon, Sept. 7, 1835. Empire Stor We beg to direct speci.il attention to our LATEST IM PORTATIONS of NOVELTIES Fine Dress Goods, Parasols, Hoopskirts, Which Ave are selling The Best Goods iit the HAS. HJ3XIBORff Dealer at Wlin'esaV and Retail in urniiure, Beddings Oil Clotli, Wall Paper, Window Shades, Mouldings, Etc. Astoria Furniture Co., Dwders in Furniture, Bedding, Wa!i Paper, Mirrors, PICTURES, luUiiiL Carpets, HattiiE, Picture Frames, IMra Shades, etc. Cor. ChPiiamus and Hamilton iits. CARL SOLE AGENT, Astoria, Invites the public to inspect his new stock of WATCHES. Jewelry, Clocks an I Silverware. Every Article Guaranteed ns Uepresented. Loromotlva Emrinccrs Con ductor an I thpr Uailwcjzuca. TliOj ROCKFORD fluick-TrainK Itnnntmlled .Sx5i&sk JsT-m Jfi.J'CrcHaafta rod br loiv., mYV ?ZWm the U. 8. MJitfa l ' I . A JSifgm tsv in n.KV y..v II 31 '-Sirjm 'svrinh.m ' h NitJj'v NJKfy wrrafnrr hTE-Vf SS?' Ki-Z0 .7. vdi r sm AT ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE. THIS IB NO HUMBUG! GOODS AT YOUR OWN FIGURES. AT JYI. D. KANT'S. CLOTHING, Gents Furnishing Goods, ETC., ETC. Are Now Being Sacrificed. THE GOODS MOST BE SOLD. Bigpst Bargains Ever Seen in Astoria! PHIL. A. STOKES, THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP "JOHN T. BEIlltY," Xow enrnute from San Fran cisco and due hen, will follow the Dinnah In our direct line of Salmon Vessels From Astoria to Liverpool. For Kites of frcicht and insurance apply to MEYEK, WILSON & CO.. Tortland, Or. Annual Stock Holders7 Meeting. TnK ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Stock Holders of the (. F. I- & B asso ciation will he held in Odd Fellows Hall on Monday, October 5th. at 2 o'clock r. m., pur suant to adjournment this day. G. BEEI). I'res. Attest ; A. J. MEG LEU. Secy. Astoria. August 2h. lSSi For Sale. A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT for sale. Beautifully located. Apply at Astorian offlcc. "SSk. IB 9 B PRsla 2 1 fllli Lawns, Corsets, tc, Etc. according to our motte: Lowest Possible Prices." Carpets Matting, L-tf-ny-ar fcjijii. t wm II. DuliUJSSOX, Manager. JIBBER Wntcliest Clocks aud JEWELRY ltr'IMlItr.SOX Short notii'e ny a First llavs WnrK innn. Also Engraving, and MONOGRAMS. Done Neat and Cheap WATCHES EXACTING ttSck atnviLC FA are r. THL BLST.Sold in nnneiral cltlestoirns by cTcInsiTe Ammta (Icadine letrelcrs). trltba JUU IKUAMUkJ ASSIGNEE. WILL Cut Faster AND EASIER Than any oh- craxemaue. Hundreds of woodmen tes tify to Its supe riority. It&OM Deep and Xerer Sticks. CARXAHAN & CO., A Rents Astoria. Price. $1.50. Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I will not he responsible for any dcht contracted by any person unless it be on my persoual order. MTtfXTEfJ AT SPPVnmr J Astoria, August 2Cth, 1885. .fiXE FATrflTnJA5C.30.n3!. J.u.iniiiinger I :! lTo-u.3? Sailing CAN BE 5Y TRADING a Wlier 5siiics ! CM 1 Hae Ketluccd M Expense-, ly Selling for CAMI. and Consequently ! CAN SELL CHEAPER TO YOU. M1JJJ OKA Hay, Oats, ail Straw, lie, Brick, Ctuat, Sana1 anil Plaster Woo.1 Delivered to Order. Hrajine, Tesstin? ami Kx press Bcslnesi. l"ml fir'zft-- - -z:-jT' --'- ir.lt apply to ihe Captain, orto THE NEW MODEL fi '. I iJ-TJ, JlHjjiii'HLVjir '-,. A FUIil. STOCK JOHKT u9l- MOKTTG-OMSH.Y, DR.M.ER I Tin, Shoot Iron, ami Copper Ware. A goncr.il as-oitmont of Household Goods. AOENT KOR lAGEF. STO'i'ES AIYI KAKOIS. THE BEST IS THE 3I.1BKET. Plumbing Roods or all kind3 en hand, dob waik done in a uorkmaniika manner. Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Cannery Wdrk attended to promptly On "ReasjLable TeJiii". ChcimraiiH Ktreet, Xext to C I.. INirkcr'H Stort. Astoiln, Oregon . HOTELS AXD llESTArKANTS. 1T.1I. AlXia, Priir. First Glass in Every Respect. Free Coac-li lo tlie 5Sost. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Corner ThirU ami UHtrcet, PORTLAND, - - - OKEGON. Our facilities are such that we defy competition. Tliis Ls the largest and most respectably kept Hotel in the Northwest. Board and Lodging $ 1 .00 per day MEALS.23 cenU. LODGING. 23 and CO cents Free Buss to and from Ihe House. 0SmXo CIili:escIciployc(!."Sa 11. Leuiston, (Iite of Minnesota Ilouse)l'rop O. CLAlMv. AGENT. c. VT. KXOWLES. L. V. BUOWX. St. Charles Hotel, (European Plan.) DROWN & IvNOWLES - - l'roprietors First Class i Every Rhspect, Good Restaurant Connected with the House Fire-proof ltrick Bail J inc. tsO Rooms. Iij the Contcr oT the City. Cor. Front and Morrison Sts., Portland. Or ST, Tkr&X3DLrS3, 71.1 Hownrd St. Near Third. San Francisco A first-class Lodging Hotel, containing 10O rooms ; water and gas iu each room ; no bet ter beds in the world ; no guest allowed to use the linen once used by another; a large reading: room ; hot and cold water ; batlis free. Price of rooms Per night, 50c and 75c ; per week, from S2 upward. Open all night. It. HUGHES. Proprietor. At Market street Ferry, take Omnibus line of street cars to corner of Ihird and Howard. B. B. Franklin, Utter anfi CaMnet Mater, SQUEMOQUA STREET, NEXT TO THE ASTOKIAN BUILBINO. B?A11 work done In a skillful manner on short notice at reasonable rates. Suspenses REDUCED j AT MY STORE. f , , m 5 1 A V 3)ei: o:r a Strict i.U IRK IX .STEADIER CLARA PARKBB Lbcn P. Parker, Master. "--I For TOWING. FHEIG1I r or ('It A it II. K. IMKKt'.it. ItAN'GIC CAN BE HAD IN AS TOitlA ONLY OF ! a 1.5. AND EXAMINE II. YOU WILL BE PLEASED. K It It VV.'ES Is ako agent for the 7WV nnr.r HoftVinn. Cn sr BWL pidUl bUUMUy OlUVd "?a2 And other first-class Stoves. Furnace "Work. Stoam Fit tinCs. otc. a epaclalty. ALWAYS ON HAND. Hardware aid Slilp Ciailerj VAN DUSEN & CO.. DRAPERS IX Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas. Ileinp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails, Agricultural Implements Stetviug Macliiiieb, laliits and Oils, Groceries, etc. Sol Bolt Jew ft Scarf Pis, Chains, latches, Pianos ami Organs or ilio Best mnkc at the .Lowest Prices. The finest stock of Jewelry in Astoria. 13?A11 goods warranted as represented. GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER Columbia Candy Factory. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL THE TRADE SUPPLIED, Leave orders at Astoria Bakery, Ed. Jackaon, Prop. EXCURSION TICKETS! FROM ASTORIA TO PORTLAND AND RETURN Tor $2.50, ON THE "TELEPHONE," This holds Reed until September 30th, 18S5 THOS. MAIRS, (Late Cutter with M. D. Kant.) A Cood Fit Guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE. Shop opposite Bozortii & Johns. FasflionaDle Tailor