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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1886)
y-Bmst--Kmt" " rvlsv-'-Ii'',' -"--, fft&affif$ "f3?l,!- W ?fu- glattjj storfan. AsSTORfA, OREGON: SUNDAY. FE1IKUAKY 21. 1S?C The bauks will be closed to-morrow. Fre3h asparagus; likewise toma toes. Every one enjoyed the beautiful weather of last week. Astoria is hannilv freo from Hia rfllty burglars that infest tha Willam ette valley towns. The 15ith anniversary of Geo. Washington's birthday, which came around on the 11th hist, will be cele brated to-morrow. There will be divine service ou board the ship Selene lving at O. R. & N. Co.'s dock at 4 p. "r. Rev. J. 31c Cormac officiating. The Seattle city council has to get permission from Gen. Gibbon and a militar3 order before they can meet What are yon laughing at? Tne wreck of the Great Republic is fast disappearing in the sand, only the upper part of the walking beam now being visible at low water. It was rumored in Seattle last Wednesday, so the Tacoma News re ports, that martial law was to be con tinued in that city sixty-seven days more. When the big cut in railroad fares is participated in by the Northern Pa cific a good many in this section will find time to make a homeward visit this spring. No. One's had a drill yesterday evening to test the engine which has recently had new valves fitted into the pump. She worked satisfactory in every way. Portland Democrats held a meeting last night to see about raising funds to start "a first class Democratic newspaper." The Oregon ian express es a williugne33 to share its telegraph report with them. A committee from the Kuighls of Labor was around yesterday after noon interviewing various cannery men regarding proposed cassation of employment of Chinese ia the can neries at the close of this season. A general desire for a peaceful solution of this much vexed question is man ifested, and a spirit evinced on both sides to adjust the matter in a man ner that will bo mutually satisfactory, and for the be3t interests of the en tiro community. PKIISONVL. Air. C. B. Allen was up from the cape yesterday. Postmaster Bell and family arrive to-morrow from Salem. To Fish off the Bar. The new fishing boat, the Venture, was successfully launched at Ilwaco last Friday. She is a small boat about fifty-five feet long, and sixteen feet beam, and is only built as an ex periment. She will be used as a deep sea fishing craft off the mouth of the river, will be sloop rigged, and if the venture is successful probably a larger boat with steam power will be built. She is owned by Messrs. Allen, McKenzie, McLean and Harris. She will be brought up here about the 1st, to be rigged. Somolbins He Dep,,Ps- If there is anything in God Al mighty's world that I despise, it is a man with a little old cotton string for a backbone, with a couple of ribs sewed to it Judas Iscariot betrayed his master for thirty pieces of silver, but there aro men to-day who will do it for nothing and board themselves. Rec.fSam Jones. Holler Skates for the Crystal Palace. 03 cents a pair at One dollar's worth of hovel Ps hihra ry for 73 cents at the Ci tal Palace. An upright Piano for hair at the Crystal Palace. value Stationery, Blank Books. Inks of all kinds for olficc use, at actual cot at the Crystal Palace. Juul Received. Some fine babv carriages and bird cases at the New Tork Novelty Store, at lowest figures. "To the 3Iusi- LoTinj; IVoplo of Astoria. Prof. Bottinger's Singing Class will meet next Mondav evening at Knights of Pythias hall. As this will be the first meeting In the new term new members will be admitted, and all persons wish ing to become such can do so by meet ing Prof. B. at 7:30 Monthly evening at the above named place. Terms en v. For Rent. Six rooms to rent over store cast of O. H. Cooper's. Inquire of 31 r. T. .1. Hun", on premises. To members of Kcseun Engine Co. IVo. -S. The regular meeting of Rescue Engine Co., No. u. will be held in their hall on Monday, March 1st, 183d. A full attend ance is desired as business of import ance will be transacted. Bj order Geo. Xor.Axn, ,, , ., President. L. 7s. r ergusox, Secretary. "Wanted, A situation as nurse by a middle ag-d woman. Enquire at G. V. Morton's, Upper Astoria. Girl Wanted." To do housework in a mall familv. Inquire at this office. Crow, The Leading Photographer, guarantees as good work as can be had in the state. Pictures taken in any kind of weather with the Instantaneous Process Girl Wanted. To go a short distance in the countrv to flo general housework. Inquire at. .J. V. Bottom's cigar store at once. Baby Carriages at cost at the Crystal Palace. THE EAILEOAD T7AE. A Big Out in Freight and Passenger Rite3 Botweoa Portland, As toria and the East. An American Ship Ashore in 1!ip Straits if (Iporsia. Xews I ton I'mm All Paris of the World. SPBCIAX. TO THE AST0EIAX. St. Pau, Feb. 20. The traffic de partment of the Northern Pacific rail road company J.i3 received instruc tions from New York regarding their transcontinental road. The Northern Pacific roadwjll make a rate to Port land to correspond with the present Sau Francisco rate, though as yet nothing lias been said regarding the ocean line between Portland and San Francisco. It is believed that the Northern Pa cific will work for the business that way. A cut of thirty-five per cent, has been made in the freight rates from the east to Portland. A BIG TUMBLE. SaxFi:vn-cisco, Feb. 20. The cut in passenger rate3 makes present rates from New York, first-class lim ited $fi5 to this city. IK WEE DISTRESS. Pokt Tow.vsekd, Feb. 20. The American ship Joint llosenfeld. Ba ker master, 2,203 tons, left Nanaimo for San Francisco on the 19th with 3,905 tons coal aboard, the largest cargo of the kind ever loaded at that port. At 4:45, that afternoon, she was towed on East Point in the Straits of Georgiaby the txizTacoma, near Tumbo Island. The vessel is in i n W.F".. r1Q,.;ir. rmclH ,! ...HI IHiJ f'UlllVUtS IJUOlllUU CkUll lit probably prove a total wreck. Tho 2'aooma, came to this place for ' assistance and Capt K. W. Dj Lion j secured the services of the tug Make-1 hj Avilh a large steam pump and the ! tugs Tgee, Alexandtr, If of yoke, and j b'olialt which proceeded at ouoe to tne scene or disaster and to make an attempt to get the vessel off. i"he j Tacoma has returned and will stay bv tho vc3sel. The crew are engaged in throwing the cargo of coal overboard. If the vessel is gotten off she will bo badly strained. She is valued, at 8125,000, of which Captain Baker owns 317.000 and the mate S15.000. neither of their interests being in- sured. -John ltosenfe!d of Saa Fran-1 cisco, the Sewells oE Bath, Me., and others own the remainder. j swept to bevtil. " tt.,.,t ... -a i on mi ! HAimisBura, Penxi., eb. 20.-This morning while ionr men and a boy were attempting to cros3 the Susnue- hanna river in a boat, it capsized and i the four men were drowned. The boy succeeded in clinging to the boat ) w 7. r. T low. The names of the unfortunate men were John and Frank Mast, aged 18 and 20 respectively, Lewis De Crish, and Chas. Mathie3. The lad who was saved was a sou of Mathies. ,, ,. tiie joiiv disagreed. iNo lone. eb. 2f). The lurvm the Bev. B. L. White case, after being ! out all night, came into court at nine J o clock this morning and announced that they could not agree. They wero discharged. The jury stood six for ac quittal and six for conviction. The trial had lasted eight days. White was charged with an assault upon Miss Robinson, and with being the father ' of her child. The weeklv bank statement shows n rpnrro 1orr:i;p nf SO 7fi7 nflft Tl,n I i.oi.n i,i.i cqo .407 nan :.. , i .,w. .w w..w... .... v'v,(vvw. ., of legal requirements. -. -- - w , . ,- - w-.ww.. titt xrrTajimvrrT. T.ron TTtrrTmiv"n Dublin, Feb. 20. The Earl of Aber- i deen, the new lord lieutenant of Tre-; Irmd. mailen state eutrv in this nitv lo-dav. There was not so much ot a display of flags as i3 usual on such occasions and his lordship was but little cheered by the crowds assembled along the route by which he proceed eu to the castle, cold. The weather was i TIIK EISTEHX QUESTION". Loxdok, Feb. 20. Thepqwers have j called upon bervia and Turkey to submit at the same time their pro posals lor tne restoration ot peace between Servia and Bulgaria. It is expected that the proposals of Servia will be presented on Monday. Preaching in the Norwegian Ian- guagein the Williamson's building, Upper Astoria opposite the Union Pa- cine cannery to-day, at lvuii) a. m., J and 4 p. m., by i;ev. U. JS. Hauge from Portland. The Scandinavian people are cordially invited to attend these services, as we expect a blessed season. Alfred Jonxsox, Preacher in charge. HiH'kSen Arnica Salve The Best S.vi.vi: I n tho world for Cuts, Bruises, Soies,Ulc're,SaItllheuin, Fever Soros. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corn, ami all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 'J3 cento, per bov. Tor -a le hy W E. Dement & Co. Parties wishing spars or piling of any size or length can be supplied by leav ing orders with .1. II. D. Gray. Coal. liny an1 Straw, Tacoma Coal $G per ton, delivered. Choice Hay from 9 to $12 per ton. Cow Hav and Straw S7to $10 per ton For '.ale by J. II. I). Gray. Foi DvsnensiaandLiver Complaint, you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Sniloh'3 Vitalizer. It never fails to cure. Sold bv W. K. Dement. Sini.on's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis. Sold by V . E. Dement & Co To the United States Restaurant Hip best oystors. Private rooms. for For Kent. The fine hall, 80x25, lately occupied as a gymnasium, next to Telephone Saloon. Apply to Jeff. Shiloh's Catarrh ltemedy a posi tive cure for Catarrh, Diptfierla and Canker Mouth. Sold by w. E. Dement, LOWER NEHALEJf NOTES. The forest giant of upper Nehalem, measuring 405 feet in height, will here find its equal in a cedar tree which is, by actual measurement, 32 feet in diameter. This "garden plant" points its branches heaven ward from near the summit of Dog- thief mountain, and can be seen by any one who will take the trouble to visit it Thousands of dollars annuallv find their way out to Portland, via St Helens and ForesKJrove. The busi ness men of Astoria should be alive to the fact that by lending us a help ing hand for the construction of a road into Nehalem from Gray's land ing,, they would secure all our trade; and those in favor of dividing the district, thus making the building of two roads necessary, we would re mind of the old motto "United we stand, single we fall." Mr. and Mrs. Miller, of Mishawaka, gave a social at their home on the 16th inst A large number of their friends were present, and the fact that such gatherings take place only at long intervals in such remote communities, adds charms to the oc casion of which yon society folks cannot conceive. All persons seeking for homes are always welcome in our midst and we can assure such that there are plenty j of good vacant claims to be had yet But we must admit that the uacnelor fraternity is more than ably repre sented, especially as to number, and for the good of those, we'll quote a few lines from Bobbie Burns: To make a happy fireside clime n ff " ?" ?' , anWima That's the true pathos and sublime W I1ULUUII 1IIC. Uko. The Chocolate Girl. Possibly most of the people who are familiar with tho picture of the choc olate girl, used for so long as an ad vertisement think it a creation of some artist's fancy. On the contrary, it is a portrait the portrait of a very pretty Viennese woman, and has a romantic story attached to it. It seems that some years ago a young German student of noble birth fell in love with the pretty "vho served him with chocolate girl this delicious boverago in a Vienna cafe. She was a respectable girl and ne an honorable gentleman; and he married her. Ho felt proud of her humble origin, and ia er portrait painted by a famous German artist in the picturesque cos- tume sho wore whea e firat et her aml thia portrait is now among the nBi i,tQ n tOB... r , . ! erument (....-..i A Great Discovery Tlial Is dailv bringing joy to the , ll(mies ot thousands by saving many of 'their dear onas from an earlv grave. Truly is Dr. King's New Discovery for J Consumption, Coughs. Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Loss of Voice, Tickling in the Throat, Pain in bide aml chestf or any disease nf the Throat aim IjUiiks, a positive cure, rnai isot- ties free at V. E. Dement & C store- Large size $1.00. : Coe.'s Drug A Luxury ami Xcelty Fur rich and poor who wish to enjoy good health, and who do not wish to re sort to bitter nauseous liver medicines and cathartics, is the concentrated liquid fruit remedy byrup of Figs. Sue. and Si bottles for sale by W. E. Dement & Co. An you made miserable by Indiges- Hoil. Constipation. DiZZlIlCSS, LOSS of ,,;,,. V1lr., Ul-in') Ul.l, luueuie, leuow okiii . onions v uai- izt?r is a vositive cure. For sale by V. 1 E. Dement & Co, To Housekeepers. Attention is called to our advertis- . ' i-uiuiuii unuiK .i jmr rial 1M of the goods to be found in our fctoclc. YV aim to cany the best assort ment to be found in Astoria, and cash or fthort time buyers will find it to their ad vantage to make their purchases from us. Goods delivered free of charge to :ny r-nrt of the city. D. L. Bkck & Soxs. For a Jeat Fittins Boot r)r shoe, eo to P. J. Goodmans, on Che- Jianius street, next door to I. W. Case. AM goods of Ihe best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods timiNiniitly arriving. Custom work. All the patent medicines advertised I :i 'ins lajirj, luuriner wilu wis ciiuiceat f riSSMlJe mwes?SS 2j W &,Xdm" i(rts. Astoria. For Rent, At a reasonable rate; the fine new building opposite Kirchhoffs bakery. Apply at this office. -llacKiuetaek," a lasting and tra gi ant perfume. Price!!? and so cents. Si.hlhy W.E. Dement. 53rn oflTlgg. Manufactured ouly by the California Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal. is Xatures Own True Laxative. Thus pleasant liquid fruit remedy may be had of W. E. Dement & Co, at fifty cents or one dollar per bottle. It is the most pleasant, prompt and effective remedy known, to cleanse the system; to act on, the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels gently yet thoroughly to dispel Headachs, Colds and Fevers; to cure Constipation, Indigestion and kindred ills. Keady For Business. For a good steak, a delicious cup of coffee or a plate of fine oysters goto Frank Fabre's Coffee, Oyster and Chop House; opposite M.C.Crosby's. A Nasal Injector tree with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Price 50 cents. Sold by W. E. Dement. Will you suffer with Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure you. Sold by W. E. Dement & Co. Shiloh's Cough ana Consumption Cure in sold by us on guarantee. It cures consumption. Sold by W.E. De ment. The Rev. Geo. II. Thayer, of Bour bon, lud., says: ''Both myself and wife oweoiir lives toSmrxm's Coxsumption Citre." Sold by W. E. Dement. Why will you cougn when Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price lOctsCOctsandSl. Sold by W.E. Dement. THE 3IAN WHO WAS KICKED. I first sawDavis at H Academy, when, at the beginning of tho spring term of 18C0, he sidled into the farther end of a seat to lean against the wall. Ho was then abont twenty-seven years of age. A tall, gannt, awkward man, clad in a faded, ill-fitting suit of homespun, and walking with an undecided, hesitating gait, with his head thrown forward; and one uncertain band helplessly rubbing a receding chin, was tho fignro presentedL as he went out of tho hall at the close of prayers. Infirmity of purpose was writ ten all over him. "He had an air of being old without ever having been young. Hi3 face was long, with largo features, high cheek-bones, along nose, prominent month, and a receding chin, from which a straggling whisker protruded a certain way, as though m doubt whether to grow loncer or disappear altogether. It was a very weak face, with an infirm quiver of tne nardiy closed lower up, ana vacillat ing, nait-nmia eyes or very paie nine. Its weakness and decision might have been comical had not an expression of earnestness and seriousness made it pa thetic From the time when Davis first sidled into the seat and leaned against the wall for support, he continued leaning, only exchanging the wall for hi3 classmates, or indeed any one who would carry his weight. No sooner did his support give way in one .direction than he transferred himself to another, and leaned all the harder. During the years of his acade mical life his manners retained their primitive rusticity, despite tho constant irritation to which they were subjected by bis fellowa. His taste in dress took no turn for the better; his bearing and gait changed not an iota; and when he set out on foot for the hill region whence ho came, he seemed exactly the same old young man that had sidled in upon us tnree years oeiore. A short time afterward I learned that be was teaching the school in his native village. It turned out, however, that he carried his habit of leaning with him even there. He asked the advice of his pupils as to what he should do so fre quently that they took advantage of bis weakness to do pretty much as they pleased. They barred the master oat, refused to attend recitations, savo at their own pleasure, and otherwiso en joyed themselves to such an extent that tho trustees telt compelled to demand ms resignation on the ground of laok of government. After that he went into th6 country and taught a district school, boarding round among his pupils. It was while thus engaged tuat be became temporarily resident in the familv of a small farmer, possessed of a grasping, questionable character, and several daughters tor some timo in tho matrimo nial market. These latter were thin, sharp-faced managing maids, who par took of the unattractive characteristics of their sire. The most unattractive, girhnps, of them all set her eyes upon avis, in lack of better material, and actually became his wife before that hesi tating person hud decided what to do in the matter. After this he drifted oat of my knowledge. In the summer of 1871 I was one of a semi-official prospacting party in western Dakota. We intended to penetrate the Indian country as far as the Souri river, near tho British line, returning by way of the Black Hills, if circumstances permit ted. The dozen men constituting the party wero all heavily armed, and we had by way of impediment, three mule wag ons. The day we started from the small town which for tho fortnight previous had been oar headquarters, a tall, round shouldered man sauntered into tho camp, and leaning against a wagon wheel, looked kindly bat inquiringly about. He wore a long coat of alpaca, of ecclesi astical cut, and wide-awake hat, fustian trousers,audlow gaiters tied with a string. After being made the bntt of consider able ridicule, he expressed, in a hesitat ing way, his desire to go to the Black Hills. And when I returned to camp, to ward evening, I found the stranger added to tho party aa the guide, philosopher and friend of "one of tho mule teams! A glance at the awkward figure was enough. It was Davis. How he came thero was told in a single one of hi3 hesitating sen tences: ''You see, Mrs. Davis left me and took up with a neighbor of ours. I supposo I was too slow for her. But I thought it might make her uncomfortable to have me living so close by, so l came we3t." i arther conversation revealed tbe fact that he had tramped most of the way, and that all his earthly possessions were wrapped in the Hamiug handkerchief which ho brought into camp later in the eveninc. It was apparent from the first that the characteristics that had made Davis a conspicuous figure in academical days had not forsaken him as he had grown older. He began leaning the moment he came into camp. Alter tutue attempts upon mysalf, ho transferred his weight to a man from Kentucky a demonstrat ive, devil-may-care fellow, who was his opposite in every respect. Tho firat day's drive, too, revealed the fact that, what ever may have been his capabilities as a district school teacher, they did not assist him in the driving of males. More than once he involved ths leaders in a hope less tangle with the wheel animals, and his complications with the harness were a pathetic mixture of helplessness and ignorance. As to his helplessness, it was unique and complete in its way. Ho seemed utterly incapable of doing any thing without advice and assistance. It, is, perhaps, needless to say that these characteristics, however original and amusing in themselves, were not such as to elevate their possessor in the esteem of the party. In less than a week from tbe day ot departure tne man irom Ken tucky had warned Davis not to come near him again at tho risk of being crippled for life. At tho end of a fort night, I grieve to say, he had been kicked by an irascible member of tho party, and tho propriety of deserting him on the plains had been seriously discussed. Hardly a man spoke to him, and he seemed a very pariah in the camp. After wa had been three weeks out there were not wanting signs of the proximity of hostile Sioux. Signal smokes wero seen in the evening, and small cloads of dcat low down upon tne bonzon indica ted tho presence of scouting bands. In tho mid-afternoon of a sunny Sunday, as we wero slowly ascending a low ridgo in the prairie, the advance soDut camo gal loping in with n ball through his arm, and a moment later a yelling band of Sioux began to circle about tho train. Most of the men knew their danger, and how to meet it. Tho Sionx were in largo force, and their bullets began dropping in almost immediately. In throe min utes after the ball opened several of the animals bad been killed, and jonnson, our leader, lay under a wagon with a ballet through his head. Aa I said, all the party wero heavily armed. Bat I should have excepted Davis, who not only was unarmed, but from his general character was deemed auite capable of mrovelins in tbe dust at such a time. In the hurry of the mom ent he had boen lost sight of. and now. when ho slipped forward to possess him self of the dead man's gun, the man from Kentucky told him with an oath to drop it, or give it to some man who would use it. Davis did not drop it, however, but took his station at the rear end of one of the wagons. In a moment more the spirally decreasing circle of savages broke suddenly, and swept in a wild charge to ward tho train. And as we turned to ward tho point of attack to see two of the advancing warriors drop to tho quick report of Davis's rifle, I think surprise and astonishment would have rendered us incapable of resistance had not tho Indians swerved from their coarse and began circling again, as they did. But the man who had turned tho at tack never stirred from his post. His slouching aspect seemed somehow to bo shaken off as ho stood thero erect and firm aa a rock. His infirm under lip closed up like a steel trap into a hard, straight line; hia pale bluo eyes wore a cool, decided look. The man from Ken tucky looked at him a moment, and went back to his post with a muttered, "Well, I'll be blanked!" Tho guide, tying his wounded arm in a sling, said ho would give it up. The whole party breathed freer. Bat the whistling of ballets and the yells of the Sioux continued. In a short time the canvas tops of the wagons looked like gigantic sieves. Tho circles of the savages widened only to contract again. Whenever a reckless brave ap proached within fair range, the sharp crack of tho Winchester frona the rear of the wagon sent a ball into his painted body. There was no random firing from that rifle; every shot brought his man. The repeated charges of the Sioux grew less frequent from tbe fact of the loss of two or three of their number under the deadly aim of those pale blue eyes. It was after tho fifth or sixth charge of this kind that the man from Kentucky ex pressed tho unanimous sentiment of tho party when he said: "Hadn't yer better get further under cover. Davis? It's party open thar." But Davis shook his head without chang ing position. The evening wore slowly away. The minutes went by to an accompaniment of shot and yell. Some of the animals were lying dead besido tho wagons. The spokes of the wheels and the beds of the vehicles were riddled and splintered with bullets. Charge after charge had been repulsed. Three men were lying badly wounded inside the triangle. The vic tims of tho deadly Winchester formed a straggling line almost from its muzzle to the circle of discomfited but not defeat ed Sioux beyond. Its owner had hardly spoken a word in all that time, but had stood thero like a statue of Fate. Night camo on, and a low moon wrapped the landscape in dusky crayons. Tho sav ages retained their circular guard, pre pared to renew the attack on the morrow. Shadowy forms crept warily through the tall grass and dragged away the dead. The wounded began to plead piteously for water, and there was none to give. It was at a call of this kind from the man who had kicked him from his place that Davis left his post to como forward and asked if no water was to bo had. Ho was told there was none; that the nearest water was a email pond at the foot of the ridge, just within the sur rounding circle of the Sioux. Taking a backet from the wagon, Davis said, quietly: "Pll get some." Not a man of the party spoke. Everybody realized that something heroic was about to be done. Good God! To go to the pond wa3 to go to almost certain death. And yet no one bade him stay. I think every one was impressed with the fact that it would bo useless. We crept back to our posts in silence. Even the wounded ceased moaning. Wo watched tho tall figure striding straight through the shadows till it was lost in the gloom. Then came an interval of silence awful, appalling broken at last by a shot and a wild chorus of yells. In a moment all the demons of tho prairie seemed let loose. Shot followed shot; tho howls had something exultant in them. Through tho gloom there came a shad ow a tall figure running with a bucket in its hand. Following close behind, a myriad of dusky forms, with gloaming knives and clubbed guns. Then our work began. A continuous sheet of fire behhed from tho wagons turned, the howling Sioux back on their trail. In a moment more Davis staggered into the triangle with a bucket half filled with water in his hand. The man from Ken tucky left his post to grasp his band in a grip that would have crushed weaker bones. "Mr. Davis," he said, "ver a man as this party is proud of." The bronzed men, crouching behind the wagons, turned in their places to smile assent. But the hero who had run that gauntlet of fire simply placed tho bucket beside the man who had kicked him, and quietly went back to his post. The Sioux, exasperated by their defeat, kept up a desultory fire through the long grass. Just before dawn they charged again. Bat the Winchester alone killed three braves before the wagons were reached, and it was converted into a club wielded by a giant. When th6 morning came the Sioux were found watching our movements from a safe distance over the prairie. Evidently tho fight was costing them too dear. It was determined by the party, in view of the probability of the Sioux be ing reinforced during the day, to beat a retreat. The man from Kentucky har nessed Mr. Davis's mules with his own hand. But when he came to hand the reins to their powder-grimed owner, it was found that he was in no condition to receive them. He had been wounded in half a dozen places, and the slow hemorr hage had robbed him of bis strength. We lifted him tenderly into the wagon, and began our march. The Sioux circled about us, but kept well out of range. By midday they had disappeared. It was at about thia time that tlie man from Ken tucky, who had been intently watching his patient for some time, brought his wagon to a sudden halt. Gathering about him, we found Davis with his eyes turned to tho sky and a grayish hue stealing over his face. A minute after he reached his hand out to grasp the Kentuckian's and so journeyed into the infinite soli tude. We rode on in silence. "When the shadows of tho evening came, we dug a rude gravo in the prairie, and buried Davis out of sicht. The man from Ken tucky framed his epitaph when he said: "lie diun t seem much account at nrat. but he loomed up powerful toward the last." Hard Times. While money is close, wages and prices low, expenses should be cut down in every household. Economy the watch word for Mothers, head off Doctor bills, by always keeping in the house a bottle of Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syr up. Stops a Cough instantly, relieves Consumption, cures Croup and pain in the Chest in one night It is just the remedy for hard times. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Samples free. Sold by J. W. Conn. H. P. GREGORY & CO. Xo, 5 North Front St., Portland. Or. Importers and Dealers In "Wood-working Machinery, PliAXERS. MOLDKRS. niOUTlSKR!. TENOHEKSJ, Haad-paperlns MachiHes, L.&ilics, ISorins Machines, BaBilHawM, Scroll Saws, ' Rubber and Leather Belting-, 2HX.Ii FINDINGS GEXfLKAIiliY I Will Place on My Center Counter this Week All Our Worsted Kn Ladies', Children's and Misses' Jackets, Scarfs, Mias, Hooflsttsjtc. ALSO ALL OTJR FELT, ALPACA, CLOTH, MOHAIR g SATIN SKIRTS. All tlie Above Goods will be Marked Down to First Goat. C. H. COOPER The Leading Dry Goods and AGENCY MT.ColGH&Go. OF SAX FRANCISCO. Flavd's Wharf and Warehouse, Astoria. Oregon. Cannery Supplies at Lowest Prices. Storage and Insurance at Current Rates. Banking Department Drafts on the leading Cities of the Varld JNO.r.McGOVEEN, Agent. Oco. IE. Stewarr, Accountant, and Agent Northern Pacific Express Co. Book CITY BOOK STORE. and The Largest and Finest Stock in Astoria to Select From. GRIFFIN & REED MacDonaicl Are now Show a Large Assortment 035- Croods in Every Isine! Which will he Sold at Lower Figures than at any Oilier House IN THE CITY. The Leading Clothing, Hat, and Gents' Furnishing Store OF ASTOSIA. il Clothing House in Astoria. T2mTjmwrT3c EXCURSION TICKETS!! FKO-M A3T01JIA TO PORTLAND AND RETURN For $2. SO! ON THE "TELEPHONE." Astoria and Seaside BAKERIES, ED. JACKSON. - Proprietor Tlie best Uread, Cakes and Pastty In the City, Ice Creams and Ornamental Work to order Manufacturer of Fine Candies. & Prepared to MGlnfosh r. ii