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CO VOL. XXIV, NO. 139. ASTORIA, OKtib'OiN, FRIDAY, Di5CE.UBER 11, 135. BUSINESS CARDS. D CM. A. 1m and JT. A. t'TJJLTOX Phjhl clnns and Surgeon.. Will give promot attention to ail ealL.. iiom any part of the city or country. Office over Allen's Store, comer Cass and quenioqua streets, Astoria. Oregon. Telephone No. 41. D R. FItAXK PAGE, Phj'Hlolnn nntl Sureeou. Ofilce. ItoomG, over D. A: Mcintosh s torc. office Hours : 9 to 11 a. m. ;-3 :o 6 p. m. Residence, opposite the Johansen bnildtn; D" O. B. EteTKS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Ofkick : Gem Building, upstairs, Astoria, i recon. I? E COO V JIT, Attorney attnu and ftotury Public COLLECTIONS SOLICITED. Office with C. R. Thomson, ruom 3 over City Book Store. OKO. A. DOUHI9. Q1X- 'OLAM KOLAXD fc OORRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offico in Kinney's Block, pposlte CIt ITall. Astoria. Oregon. C. W. FULTON. O. C. FULTON. FUITOI BROTH CRN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. i Kl.O F. PARKER SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY AND City Surveyor of Astoria Office : N. E. cornPrCiuss and Astor streets, RooinNo.8 Up fotairw. T q. A. BOWLUY. Attorney and Counsellor at J-aw, Office on Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon. F. I. WIXTO-V. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms No. u and 12. T thlan CiMie Build ing. Ai TIJTT-.Sl, Si. K. PHYSICIAK AND SURGEON 0 fipk Rooms 1. 2. and 3. Pj thlan Bulla KF8IDKKCK On Cedar Street, hack ol Si. Mary's Hospital. .t V. niOKS. A. F-SHAW hicks -t sh iw, DENTISTS. Rooms in Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon.. T R. SPEDDBX. NOTARY PUBLIC, Searcher of Titles. Abstracter end Conveyancer. Office on Cass Street. 3 doors south of As torlan office, AstorU, Oregon. BANKING AND INSURANCE! I. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent, ASTORIA, - OKEGOX. OFFICE HOURS : From 9 o'clock A. M. until S o'clock I. M. .AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITORS! Capitol Flour, ylanufactured by the Full Roller rrocess, by tne Salem (Or.) Capitol Flour Mills Co., limited The only flour that has taken First Prize three years In succession at the POUTLA.VD MECHANIC'S FAIR. Also at State Fair. One trial Is sufficient to com luce of lis supe riority. See that the word CAPITOL is on each sack GEORGE SHIEL. 8 Stall; St., Prt and Agi-nt. WILSON & FISHER. Astoria Agents. HAVE YOU AnyMnfi to Sell? IN THE MATTER OF Rags, Bottles, Old Metal, or Junk of Any Sort, FBA1D & STOKES Will give you tho best price for It. Do You Want to Buy . SHlf MA.TH2K1AUI From a Belaying Pin to a Hawser : from Block taan Anchor. You Can Get what You Want atOASD & STOKES. TTrnrtjiufffifi at building, e ast. end Water Street. y&ffi && &rf harx: rr.Xff3SP .' &32 W5 rV&SBBP8 .SrtJSH" Free from Opiates, Elites and Poison SAFE, SURE, PROMPT UtS.- AT DSCGOISM il DZAIX2S. rE CHARLES A. V03ELER CO..BALTlMOF.E,tiS. tiolo Proprietor. TUTT TORPID BOWELS. D5SORDERED LIVER., and MALARiA. From t lieso sources arise three-four lbs oftuodlscasescTthe Lumau rucc. 0.heje symptoms fmllcuto thc.r enstence: Loss of Appetite, Itowtls costive. Sick Headache, fullness niter eat iti,nversion to exertion orfondy or miud.Eructnliou of fond, Irritabil ity of temper. I,ovi:pirIts,Areclin before the eves, fifthly colored DrIiir,COA'STrPATIO.V.anildcnina theuseofarcmcdvthatnetsdln'Ctlyon tho Liver. AsaLlverincdicincTUTT'S l'XXLS have no equal. Their uction on tho Kidneys and Skin is also prompt; removing all Impurities through theso three " scavengers of tlie sjctera," produclnz appetite, toatd diarestion, regular stools, a clear sl.in nnd a vig orousbody. TOTT'S PIX.LS cause no nausea or griping nor inti-nero "Willi daily work ana are a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA, tooldevermlieregSs. Ouioc41 A.umuist.N Y. GR..THAlKOitV.rnism.KS changed in. Etantly to a GLosr Black by a singlo application or this D vc. Sohl by Drug- vists,orsentby ex press on receiptor SL Office, 44 Murrav Street, New York. rrcrs ak?Ii c? rsEnrxi ssipa tsee. THE BEST i THE Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON WILLING COMPANY I bf Superior Quality, and It Endorsed by all who u-e it. TKE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Kising QjhIUj. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & TI10MPS0 Sole AentH (ir A4toi'iu. Btn TRADE gy .. t& &0&y iTM &miP -- 9& r IEhIL Powder. 5 ? kegs. Duck Shootlntj . Si j.oo "v-a SliootInp:... . .. 7.(X Rifle, 1 s to 3 Fg 7 oo Shot. 25 Pound Bags 1 83 "Wads. 1,00 Pink Edue, No. 10 i Blark Edge, No. 10. .6. A. G. SPEX-RTH, Astoria. Holden's Auction Rooms f Established January 1st, 1S77. E. C. IIOLDEX, Real Estate and (Jcnontl Auclimipoi and Commission Merchant, Chenamus Stret't, - Astona, Oregon. Auction sale of Huitdries every Saturday, at lo :3u A si., at in Auction Hooms. Will conduct Auction Sales of Keai Estate. Cattle, ;uul Faiuin fctock wlureer dc jreil. Cash Itetnrns Promptly iu&dc sfter Sales. Consignments n)ertfull solic ti d. Notary Public for the Mate of Oregon Commissioner of Uaeds for Washington Tenitory. Anent for Dally and Weekly Orcoonfaji. J. H. D. AY Wholesale and retail dealer in GROCERIES, FLOUR, AKD FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood. Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and Wlia fage on reason able terms. Foot of Keuion street, Astoria Orejjpn. J FSie-n o - -& eliding, Banners,01l Cloth Signs. SHOV7 CARDS, Fence Advertising, Price Marks, etc. C. LANE, 8hop and offico on Cast street rPlke Bros. old, stand. OLD AZTEC SPRING. Discovered Two Centuries after It Had Tanlsltcd. There is a curious mingling in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of the con servative and the progressive. For the go-ahead American spirit is not infrequently held in check by the slotii wnich dominates the descend ants of the old Mexican or native races, and the element descended from the Spanish settlers. Hence it is, that, despite its magnificent climate, said by many physicians to be more beneficial to consumptives than that of Flordia, and numerous other natural advantages. Santa Fe has not developed as rapidly as other places less favored by nature. A good instance of the lack of enter prise in what has been aptly termed the medireval conservatism of the native and Latin population is found in the fact that, although tradition has long located in the neighborhood of Santa Fe a mineral spring of great curative power, said to have been known to the Pueblo Indians more than two centuries ago, and famous in Aztec story, it remained a tradi tion from tho date of uprising of the Pueblo Indians, in 16S0, until re cently, when it was rediscovered by Captain John Ayers, who is in the office of the chief quartermaster for the District of New Mexico. The tradition concerning the spring, which disappeared in 16S0, to be rediscovered in 18S5, is in teresting. Long before Europeans set foot in New Mexico, stories had reached the viceroy of Mexico of the "white and bright land," as what is now New Mexico was then called. These stories told of silver and gold, and of mineral sprincs of marvel ous curative power. Less than a decade after the conquest of Mexico, Cabeza de Baca and his party of ex plorers were wrecked on the gulf coast, and started out to find their countrymen in Mexico. During tho weary wanderings of this stout hearted and persevering party, says a writer, they penetrated to the heart of the continent, nearly twenty degrees of latitude north of the city of .Mexico, and nearly the .same dis tance north of the last settlement of the Spanish colonists. And thus it was that the first Europeans set foot upon the soil of New Mexico, and gathered information which, when reported to the viceroy of Mexico, confirmed the wonderful stories and traditions that had been previously related of that "white and bright land," and set on foot the expedi tionsof Niza, Coronado, Ruiz, and Espejo. After these expeditions, stories of the mineral springs were brought to Mexico by Jesuit priests and Franciscan friars. The Span iards resorted to the springs until Aujjust 10, 1GS0, when the Pueblo Indians rose in revolt and drove their Spanish oppressors out of the country. As the surest method of preventing their return, tho Indians destroyed everything on which tho Spaniard? had most set store. They filled up the shafts of the mines and covered up the springs. Thus tho mines and the springs gradually passed into tradition. Tho mines, as all know, were worked again some time before now, but the Aztec spring had remained a myth. Captain Ayers heard the legend and became interested. He ex amined carefully the history of the setlement of New Mexico, and con cluded that there was a good deal of foundation of fact for the story of tho spring; and also that it must have been located in the neighborhood of Santa Fe. He at once began his ex ploration for the spring in spite of the poopoohing of loss sanguine people. Arguing that if it were sit uated along tho most frequented roads leading from Santa Fe, people would probably have stumbled upon it. despite their disbelief in its ex istence, he selected for his prospect ing the least traveled road, and made examination of the country on either side of it, going out further upon the road everv day. He found little to encourage him until one day when be reai-hed a point in tho road about three miles from the plaza, he came upon a mesa, along which a path miuht easily have led. Follow ing up the mesa he came suddenly, when a mile from the road, upon'a stream flowing out from among rocks and stones, traversing for a very short distance a bed of stones and pebbles, and then suddenly disap pearing down a crevasser. Captain Ayers noticed that the stones and pebbles were mineral stained. For several days he made experiments with the water, finding out that clothes could be washed clean in it without soap; that on washing the face and hands in it, they would feel soft and cool for hours; and that from day to day it preserved a uni formly warm temperature. This last led him to the conclusion that the water came from a great depth and from a hot spring, whose water was cooled in flowing from where it bub bled up to its exit from the mountain side ; and that should an excavation be made along its course, until its head were reached, the temperature of the water would be found to be much higher opinions which have been confirmed. Toledo Blade. Good wigs of white hair cost about $40 each. They are made, it is said, of goats' hair or of that from the Angora rabbit. If they were what they are sold for, real human hair, each one would coat at least $1,000. An Ideal Wife. I can hardly wait to tell you what a lovely wife Mark Twain has. It is a relief when we know a genius to whom a whole continent is indebted to find that his wife is an ideal wife for any man. I cannot be trespass ing on sacred ground, for does she not belong to us? when I tell yon that she is young and pretty, with black, lustrous eyes and a pervading air of refinement and delicate breed ing that proclaims her, as sh'e is, to the manner born. Of course Mark Twain knew when he was a pilot on the Mississippi that it was but one of the vicissitudes of his varied career, as was also his after-experience in mining camps. Doubtless ho had his idea of a wife even then, which he found realized long afterwards in this attractive, high bred girl, of Elmira, N. Y, He follows Stuart Mill and manyiof our own illustrious men in saying that he owes his suc cess in life to his wife. It is a delight to see her h'appy eyes dance as mer rily as any one's over the quaint speech and irresistible stories of her husband. And then their three chil dren, each one with so much indi viduality such gentlo reproductions of their mother. They already write as naturally as they talk. Notwith standing their frequent letters asid the telegrams, Mrs. Clemens eagerly reads, nothing could keep her long away from them. Mr. Clemens savs, "My wife can trust Providence just about forty-eight hours no longer." Mrs. Gen. Custer. A YFondcrful Pond. One and a half miles east of Oxford, Ala., near Choccolocco Creek, .is a remarkable curiosity in the shape of a pond. About it cling several mys terious traditions. Its margin forms a circle whose diameter will measure 130 yards or more. Its depth no man knows, as it has defied all sounding. Its water is a3 clear as crystal and the heaviest rainfall can not muddy it, save for a brief space around its edges! It never rises nor falls, but in floodand drought, winter and summer always remains tho same. It has ever been a favorite resort for bathing purposes, its sur face water being at this season very genial, but a few feet down it Is al most ice cold. It is full of fish, but they cannot be inEtrccct to notice a bait, however enticing. I have been told by parties that they had seen a peculiar kind of spotted fish in this pond that were as large as a grown person, and, apparently, without scales. About twenty yards from the southeastern shore stands the rem nant of the trunk of a huge pine tree. It is only a few feet out of the water, and stands almost perpendicular, like a fisherman's cork. Often while in swimming I have seen a crowd of boys get on this trunk and sink it entirely out of sight, the tree always remaining perpendicular. The tree, from the force required to sink it, must be 75 or 100 feet in length. Tlie Tailed Man of 1'uraruay. If the Emayo Medico, of Caracas, a journal unearthed by the Lancet, may be believed, tho seeming im possibility of a tailed man need no longer prove a stumbling block to tho faith of would-be evolutionists. In the last issue to hand of this print, the following paragraph occurs : "Thero has just been an interest ing discovery in Paraguay of a tribe of Indians furnished with tails. One day a number of workmen belonging to Tacura Tayu were engaged in cut ting grass, when their mules were attacked by Guayacucan Indians, anil some of them were killed. The workmen pursued them, and suc ceeded in capturing a little boy of eight years of age. He was taken to Senor Frincisco Golrochoe at Pose day, and it was then discovered that he had a tail ten inches Ions. The boy nay3 that he has a brother who has a tail as long as his own, and says that all the tribes have tails." There are clearly no half measures about theso tails, and if boys of eight have them ten inches longthere is no saying what may be the length of the tail of a full grown man. It would have added, tof the interest of this information if we had been further told how the tails are 'worn whether proudly aloft like "that of a colly or in the "downcast manner of a cow. Pall Mall Gazette. Scott's Emulsion f Pure 4uil LlvrrOll with Ilyuun!iip!illes. As a Remedy for Consumption D H.J.PiiATT.Mout Ho, Hconsiii.sav : Alter a thorough tcsi of ovt r two year . I voluntarily recomnvnd your bcotfs ! Emulsion to thom afflicted w i h con; sainptlon." A French paper denies that thi3 country has invented one single tViirifT nf nntinnnl hnnpfit. nntl thn New" York Herald gives it a list of 338 different articles to chew on I G. W.E. It U quite true that yon can get a bottle ot that splendid med ical discovery Bed Star Cough Cure, for twenty-five cents. Our experience of it is that its towers are.mhgical, ana we xcei conuaenc.taat is wiu euro your threat-trouble. -fc - " A Nasal Inlector free with each bottle of 'Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Price 50 cents. Sold by W. E. Dement. SkiLon's .Cure vwillimmedlately relieve Ctoud. Whoonlner Cough, and Bronchitis. Sold by w . E. Dement & Co -2cE. THE GREAT teiigSpsoiSo FOR LIVER D3SEASE fiVMDTDUQa Bitterorbad taste in mouth; OimriUmOi tcnguts coated white or covered with a Brown fur; pain In the back, sides, or joints often mistaken for Rheumatism; sour stomach; los3 of appetite; sometimes nausea and naterbrasb, or iniigestioa; flatulency and acid eradiations; bonrels alternately costire and lax; headache; loss of memory, with a painful sensation of having foiled to do somethirg which ouzht to have been done; debility; low spirits; a thick, yellowappcarance of the skin and ej es ; a dry ccugh; fever; restlessness; the urine isscar.ty and high colored, and, if allowed to stand, deposits a sediment. SlffliS LIP REGB11TDB (PURELY VEGETABLE) I generally used in the South to arocse Torpid Liver to a healthy acL.vj. It acts witli extraordinary eUIcacy on'uV 5VER,- KIDWEY3, d and BOWELS, AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FM Zlalarla, Dvspcpsla, Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Jaundice, Xausea, Colic, Mental Depression, Xtowel Complaint-, tc., Etc., Ctc. Endorsed by the use of 7 Million of Bottles, as THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINE For Children, for Adults, and for the Aged. SAFE TO TAXE IN AMY COND1II0H Or THE SYSTEM I J. H.ZE'LIN & CO., sole morxiKTons, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PRICE. Sl.OO. MABKETS. WYATT & THOMPSON. DEALERS I.N FRESH AND CURED MEATS, CHOICE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Crockery and Glassware. jMEm' 3E7"oc3L, E5to, ST?AR MARKET. WHERRY & 00DIPAWY, Kivsli and Cured 31 eats, Vegetables, FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS. OPPOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEU CU23XA32US Street, Astoria, Og. Washington ft'arket. Iliiln Mrrrt, - .L-toiht, Oifson. BKK JI AX t i'O. PRO lKIF.TOHS RESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEN 1 1 lion of tlie public to the fact that ihe ibovc Market will aluaj be supplied with a FULL VA KILTY AND BEST QUALIT i.r -RSStt AfiD CUSSD f!EAT3 I 1 'Vlilch will be sold at lowest rates, whole ile and retail . CS'-Speclal attention given to supplying "Ulp3. B. B. Franklin, Mutate aid GaUiet Mate SQUEfVIOQUA STREET, XEXT TO TOE ASTORIA3T BUILDING. E2CA1I work done In a skillful manner on -diort notice at reasonable rates. WILL Cut Faster A2JD EASIER Than any oh er axe made. Hundreds of woodmrii tes tis tn its .supe riority. It goes Deep and Kerer Sticks. OARNAHAN & CO., Agents Aitoria. Price, S1.60. Nicely Furnished Rooms, WITH OR "VYITIldOT BOAKD : AT Mrs". S. T. McKean's, Ca3 street, three doors south of AsroBiAN office. ?5p'"H8"mjjj"gvB!""" jMWiil:? " fijlPLEX" AXE. I ttjuina A1X20J2SL J.C.TruIlinger HAVE NQ EQUAL ! GRAND PRIZE PARIS 1878. THEY HAVE BEEN' AWARDED HIGHER PRIZES AT THE VARIOUS International Expositions THAX THE GOODS OF ANY OTHER THREAD MANUFACTURERS IN IHE WORLD. Quality can' Always Em iMl Kernel use no Other ! HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519 Market Street, - - - SAN FRANCISCO, AGEXT8 Jb'Ott PACIFIC COAST. iiiiiiina Seine Twines, Rope and Wetting Constantly on Hand. THE NEW MODEL A FUXL STOCK 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 Ola n. Tlie Best or TYiiies nnd Liquors, The Choicest Cigars. Everything New and First-Class. It. t. JEFFREY. Trop'r. ColiiWa Transjortation Coipj. FOR PORTLAND! Through Freight on Past Time! THE NEW STEAMER -TELEPHONE- Which has been specially built for the comfort of passengers will leave Wilson & FIshet's Dock every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 PJf. Returning leaves Portland every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M. BTAn additional trip will be made onSanday ofEsrh WoeK.leaviBgPoriIa n w wciecx suiy JtoratBr- for 8oami potts. be Depended on i RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF F, B. HAWB9, AOEM CALL AND EXAMINE IT. YOU WILL BE PLEASED. K. R. HAWKS is also agent for tlw Bici patesi Cooliny Store And other first -class Stores. Furnace 'Work. SUut FU tltiSs. etc., a specialty ALWAYS ON HAND SPECIAL NOTICE! O. R. & N. CO. XGURSION! Tickets to Portland and Retmrn For $250. Good on any of the Company's boats E. A. IfOYES,. Ageat. Astoria, Nov. 28th, 1F85. i Passengers bj tills route cosnsct at Kal U.o.auuii, ircaiiifiH. "T -,