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VOL. XXIX, NO. 47.
BUSINESS CARDS.
TOas H. S3I1TH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offico, Room 4 and 5. over City Book Store.
QKO. I
. XOXjAXD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
inco iu Kinney's Blook, opposite City
Hall, Astoria, Oregon.
C W. FDLTON. O. C. FCLTON
FULTON BROTHERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
rtooms 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building.
O.
K. THOMSON,
Attorney at Law and flbtary Public.
Special attention given to practice in the
U. 3. Land Office, and the examination of
land titles. A full set of Abstract Books for
Clatsop County In office.
Money to loan. ,
Office Rooms 4 and 5, over City Book
Store.
T (.A.BOWLBY,
A ttorney aud Counsellor nt Law
office on Cheuamus Street, Astoria, Oregon
P.
X 1. WTXTO&
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Booms No. 11 and 12, Pythian Castle Build
ing I B. WATSON,
Atty.at Law and Deputy Dist. Atty.
All business .before the U. S. Land Office a
pedal ty,
astoiua, - - Oregon.
"O C.1UX KXiEV, D. I. H.
DENTIST.
Is associated with IR. LA FOBCK,
Rooms 11 and 12 Odd Fellows Building,
ASTORIA, .... OREGON.
M
KS. DIC. OUEX8 ADAIR.
Office and residence cor. Court and Olney
streets.. (Mrs. 1. K. Warren's former resi
dence.) .
Special Attention Rlren to Womon's DIs
cuh ,P4Jscases of Ej c and liar.
OFFIfJffoims 10 to 12, 2 to 4.
OFFlJBi
A. U AADJ. A, Fl'LTOJi.
Phj'slciaus aud Silicons.
Office on Cass street, three doors south of
Odd Fellow's building.
Telephone No. 41.
FAY TUTTJLK, 31. 1.
fin SICIAN AND SURGEOH
OfFiCB Rooms 6 Pythian Building
Residence On Cedar Street, back of
St. Mary's HosDltal.
rv.O.B. ESTES.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office : Gem Building, up stairs, Astoria,
Oregon.
rR. ALFRED KIXSEY,
Office at Kinney's Cannery.
Will only attend patients at his office, and
may be found there at any hour.
rR. FUAXK. PAGE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Opposite Telegraph Office, Astoria. Oregon.
G
EfiO F. PARKER,
SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY
-AND-
Bx-Clty Surveyor of Astoria
OJHce : N. E. corner Cass and Astor streets.
Room No. 8 Upstairs.
Root, Collier, Deputy,
A E. SHAW.
DENTIST.
Rooms in Allen's Building, up stairs, cor
ner Oasa and Squemoqua streets. Astoria
Oregon.
H.
A. SMITH.
'HW
DENTIST.
Rooms 1 and 2 Pythian Building over
C H. Cooper's Store.
T
HOB. MA1K-.
- FASHIONABLE TAILOR.
A good fit guaranteed. Charges Moderate.
Agent' for the Celebrated Household Sewing
Machine. Shop opposite C. II. Cooper's.
Elmore, Sanborn & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Fire Insurance
AGENTS.
Representing the Largest and Most Relia
ble Fire Insurance Companies.
All Business promptlyjand accurately tran-actedi-navelsWUarf,
- Astoria Oregon.
$67,000,000 Capital
Liverpool & London & Globe, North British
and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh.
Hartford of Connecticut, Commercial of
California Agricultural, of Watertown. New
York, London & Lancashire of Liverpool,
Eng.. Fire Insurance Companies, Represent
ln a capital of $87,000,000.
B, YAJ DUSEM. Ageut.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Tho Graphic Account of a Most Won
derful Occurrence. t
Kingston Correspondence Boston Globe.
An event has taken place in this
city so remarkable in its nature that
I venture to describe it in full. The
principal in the affair is Mr. Jere
Smith, son of Mr. Cornelius B. Smith,
of tho State Insurance Department at
Albany, -who is well know, stands
very high and is in every way reliable.
I have had a long and most interest
ing interview with him, which I tran
scribed and send you in his own
words, trusting it may prove valuable
to your readers:
"During last year," he said, "I
could not understand what was the
trouble with me. I had always felt
strong and hearty, but I gradually
became aware that something was
undermining me. I first began to fepl
drowsy and then in a day or two I
would be unnaturally wide awake.
Strange pains would come in different
parts of my body. My head did not
acne much but
it usually felt
heavy. I was
sometimes
hungry and
sometimes I
hated food,
while my sleep
was very irreg
ular. I could
not understand
xvli of" if m ainf
but thought it
might pass
away after a
time: but it did
picture of health, not. I don't
see how I could have been so blind,
but I suppose I was like most people
who are troubled in the same way,
and thought it nothing dangerous.
After a while I noticed a peculiar
color and odor about the fluids I was
passing ; that they were dark at times
and very light at others. Finally I
began to gain flesh, but I knew it was
unnatural and that I was bloating.
This frightened me, and I consulted
physicians, who were very kind in
their attentions, but did not help me
in the least. My father then went
with me to New York, and we con
sulted the eminent Dr. Keyes, who
treated me for several weeks. At
that time my condition was horrible.
I was bloated from head to foot, it
was almost impossible to breathe,
and I could not sleep. In several
places on my body the skin burst
open, so great was tho pressure from
within. The agony I endured was
indescribable. Then "the doctor told
me my case was hopeless, that I had
Bright's disease in its worst form, and
that I bad only a few days to live."
" Fortunately I had a friend who
accompanied
mo and would
not see me die
without a strug
gle. He did not
urge, ne insisted
on my making
one more effort,
and I did so. I
noticed an im
provement at
once ; in lour
days the swell
ing greatly de
creased and the
pain whollv
ceased. I con- picture op misery.
tinued to improve, and am a well
man to-day, and owe my life to the
marvelous effects of that wonderful
reparation, Hunt's Remedy. I be
ieve this is the greatest medicine that
was ever discovered by man, and I
only wish4 the whole world might
know what it has done for me."
"I know there are thousands of
people troubled, as I was and in just
as great danger, but they do not real
ize it. Bright's disease is the most
deceptive, the most horrible malady
the world has ever known. It has no
settled symptoms, but assumes every
imaginable form. I had no idea it
was Bright's disease that was under
mining me until I began to bloat, and
now that I am well and enjoying life,
I feel like telling everybody about my
miraculous escape. Is it any wonder
this town is aroused over my resur
rection?"
Such is the account of probably as
narrow an escape from death as was"
ever known. The first symptoms
which Mr. Smith felt were such as
many others feel but do not consider
worth noticing. It is plain, however,
that the early indications of a danger
oub disease cannot be trifled with, but
must be met promptly, and by such
a remedy as has been pro 'en to be
indeed a friend in time of need.
"WlNTHROP.
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salaries than most commercial positions,
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ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 18$:
WHAT A THOUGHT DID.
A little woman had lain sck for
weeks in her home in one of the
divisions of Chicago. The doctor
had come in the morning and eve
ning and felt her pulse, and left
some medicine and gone away, for
as many weeks as his patient had
been in bed. Her husband had
come in from his work at the close
of each day and had prepared his
meal, had carried something to the
patient little sufferer, which she
would taste in the daintiest way
and then close her eyes. The
nights dragged along as the little
clock on the shelf went -galloping
away, the hands passing the hour
mark with an extra click as if to
gain more strength for the next
hour. The door-bell had been
muffled, and even the children in
the neighborhood passed the place
on tiptoe and muffled their laugh
ter and shouts till they reached
the corner. It got to be such a
routine that the neighbors called
in a mechanical way. The tem
perature was stationary, and the
sunlight came through the window
curtains in a feeble manner, as if
it was weary of falling across the
pillow where the little pale face
was always the same. One day
strange hands out of the wood
lands about one of the suburban
towns gathered some flowers.
They found their way into the city
and indirectly were sent to the
sickroom. The breeze came in at
the window with the sunshine and
the two grot in amon" the flowers
and carried the pei funic to the
sick pillow. The eyes of the pa
tient opened and a smite camp over
the wan features, and then the
pale lips moved and the hands
were clasped. Somehow the wo
man grew better and the home
brighter, and in a few drtys she sat
by the window and a little later
she was on her feet and she and
the bird in the cage sang together.
It was only that some oihj had
thought.
Killing Eat3 by Strategy.
"To attempt to catch rats by
traps or by poisoning them sud
denly will fail," said an old rat
catcher recently to a reporter.
"Old rats know too much and can
be caught only by kindness. To
destroy them give them a good
meal every day. Do not put any
poison in the food, but simply pre
pare a dish for them daily, as a
free lunch, composed of cornmeal
moistened with milk, into which
one egg with salt to season has
been beaten. At first they may
not touch it, but keep it before
them making it fresh every day.
They will soon try a little, and if
not injurious their suspicions will
be allayed. In a week or ten
days they will expect it and every
rat on the place will be at the ap
pointed spot for the treat. Give
plenty of it so as to induce all the
rats in the neighborhood to join
in. Do not be in a hurry to poi
son them. If they eat all the
foood give them a larger, portion
next time. As soon as they have
thrown off all suspicion get some
phosphorus paste, or other rat poi
son, mix it with the food, and be
sure to give them enough and
something to spare, so as to induce
all to eat. They will either be
killed or become so suspicious of
all food that not a rat will remain."
JVew York Mail and Express.
Lost Both Legs.
At three o'clock yesterday af
ternoon Dr. Saylor received a tele
gram from Bridal Veil falls, urg
ing him to come there and attend
a man who had broken both legs.
He took the Atlantic express for
the falls, arriving at 5 p. at. The
name of the injured man is Will
iam 'Westman, an employe of the
Bridal Falls Lumbering company.
The company get their logs awa
up on the mountain, about GOO
feet above the mill. The logs are
slid down on skids by means of a
long cable and donkey engine, and
they come down very rapidly.
Westman was sitting on a rock or
bank about twenty-five or thirty
feet from the skids, and a large
log in its descent struck some
thing and bounded off towards
Westman, and before he could
move out of the way struck him
on both feet, mashing them into
the earth.
On examination it was found
that Westman's left leg was brok-
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en in iour uuiuicui jiiatw, uuu pai
tides of bone were sticking through
the flesh. The right leg was brok
en in three places and a gash cut
across the ankle clear into the
joint. Dr. Saylor found amputa
tion in both cases necessary. The
left leg was taken off about four
inches below the knee and the
right leg about six inches below.
After the operation Westman was
brought to this city on a night
freight train and taken to the
Good Samaritan hospital where at
last accounts he was resting easy.
He is 23 years of age, of good con
stitution and it is believed he will
pull through. Oi'cgonian, 21.
The American ccnsul at Dres
den, in his report to the secretar3T
of state, says: "An important fac
tor here is the labor of dogs. I
have heard it estimated that
women and dogs, harnessed to
gether, do more hauling than the
railroads and all other modes of
conveyance of goods united. Hun
dreds of small wagons can be seen
every day on all the roads leading
to and from Dresden, each having
a dog for the 'near horse' har
nessed, while the 'off horse' is a
woman, with her left hand grasp
ing the wagon tongue to give it
direction, and the right hand
passed through a loop in a rope
which is attached to the axle, bind
ing her shoulder. Thus har
nessed, women and dog trudgo
along together", pulling miraculous
loads in all sort of weather."
The report for the month of
July of the state board of unmi-
ur.ition shows that 10!) heads of
families called at the rooms for in
foi mation about Oregon. They
represent about 570 persons. Ol
this number fully 75 percent, have
located in diflerent parts of the
state.
Daughter Mother, may I go to
bathe? Mother Yes, my darling
daugnter, put on that thousand
dollar dress, sit on the beach and
let a New York reporter describe
vour bewitching costume but
don't go in the water. Tu7-Jils
It is said that the Indian name
Chautauqua means "easy death."
The Burlington Free 7Vi& always
supposed it meant "talked to
death."
MURDERED BY PREJUDICE.
Thousands of men die every day
who might be saved. Prejudice has
murdered many a man and woman.
If it were believed that the sum of
disease could be redueed by phys-ic
much would be gained. Tlie night
mare of death would not frighten us
as it does. In our modern civiliza
tion we ought reasonably to expect
disease to settle upon us because we
do so much to attract it; because we
so often and so steadily expose our
selves to it. At the same time we
all ought to understand, as a part of
our rudimentary education, that to
save ourselves from the effects of
such exposure some kind of fortifica
tion should be built around our vital
forces lest the enemy carry us, as it
wore, by a sudden onslaught. For
many years the unprejudiced have
used Bhaxdretu's Pills in this way
and they have proved a most effect
ive wall against the approach of dis
ease. Stop the daily murders we
had almost said suicides by using
these pills. They speak for them
selves as they act. "When every
thing else has failed Braxdreth's
Pills have saved lives. They are to
be had at every drug Btore.
Children
Oflcn need some safe cathartic and tonic
to avert approaching sickness, or to re
lieve colic, headache, sick stomach, in
digestion, dysentery and the complaints
incident to childhood. Lot the children
take Simmons Liver Regulator and
keep well. It is purely vegetable, not
unpleasant to the taste and safe to take
alone or iu connection with other medi
cine. Kingston, N. Y., with a popula
tion of 25,000, has no police force.
BueJtIen Arxtica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts,Bruises,Sore3.Ulcers,SaltRheum,
Fever Sores. Tetler, Chapned Hands.
Chilblains, Corns, and all "Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by W.
E Dement
Five hundred boys and girls sell
lozenges on the streets of New
York.
V W C. ouW enjoy your din
J ner and aro prevented
by Dyspepsia, uso Acker's Dyspepsia
Tablets. They arc a positive cure for
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Flatulency
and Constipation. Wo guarantee
them. 23 and- 50 cents.
J. W. Conn.
JWfoMi!
" I unhesitatingly add my
testimony to the great bene
lits to be derived from Sim
mons Liver Regulator. I
va3 afflicted for several
years with disordered Liver,
which resulted in a severe
attack of Jaundice. I had
good medical attendance, but
it failed to restore me to
the enjoyment of my for
mer health. I then tried
the most renowned physi
cians of Louisville, Ky., but
all to no purpose, where
upon I -was induced to try
Simmons Liver Regulator.
I found immediate benefit
from its use, and it ulti
mately restored mo to the
full enjoyment of health."
A. H. Shirley, Richmond,
Ky "I most cheerfully
recommend it to all who
Suffer from Bilious Attacks
or any disease caused by a
disarranged state of the
Liver." W. R. Bernard,
Kansas City, Mo.
J. . ZEIUN & CO., PMteelpha, Pa
Trice?!. OO.
Mimnlnto ilio torpid liver, strengthen
the dhjestitorKaii.rcRuIiito the bow
els, aud aro unuqualcd as an
ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE.
In malarial districts their virtues aro
widely recognized, as they possess
PECULIAR PROPERTIES
in freeing the system from thatpoLson.
Dose small. Klegantly bugar coated.
Price, 25 cents per box.
Sold Everywhere.
Office, 44 Murray St., N. Y.
US
J. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
A Large, Clean, Sunny House.
REPAINTED,
REFITTED,
REFURNISHED.
First Class in all its Appointments.
Well furnished ami well kept.
Kates from $1 Daj- Upward.
Free-Coach to and from the House
Board by the day week or month.
Comer Jefferson ami Olnpy Streets, As
toria, Oregon.
Carnahan & Co.
SUCCESSORS 10
I. W. CASE,
IMPoitTKKS AND WHOLESALE AND
1JETAIL DEALEltS IN
&EMRAL MERCHANDISE,
Corner Clienamus atulJCass streets.
ASTCUIA OUEGON
THE
TRAVELERS INSURANCE "CO.,
OF HARTFORD. CONN.,
Presents to the Traveling Public the follow
ing Valuable Conccsbions, viz :
S3 000 In case of Accidental Death.
$3,000
In case of loss of both Eyes,
two entire Feet, or two
entire Hands.
$t rnr " event oi loss ol one en
1 .( II M ) tire hand, or ono entire
L,VV foot, and
$- - sr 1er week, as formerly, in
in ()) case of a totallydisaollng
j-v,js injury.
Tickets, 25c per Day. or $1.50 for Thirty
lj"5, FOK SALE By
GKIFJP1X & ItEED,
At crry book stoke,
Jiocal Agents.
Tell The Cook
TOAT-
Acorn, Argand, and Magee
KANG-ES.
SPL ENDIDirarW STOCK
Are to be seen at
JOHN A. MONTGOMERY'S,
It will pay any one who has to buy a
Stove or Ranse. Tinware, Granite Iron or
Pressed Iron orTinware to examine ourstock
just received from .Eastern Manufactnrers.
We can suit anybody from our Stock and
with our Prices.
Toffs Pills
CASH,
I. L. OSGOOD'S
One Price Gash Store.
Save Money by Purchasing Your
Clothing, Underwear, Hosiery, Shirts,
Neckwear, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Gloves,
nats, Caps, Trnnks, Valises,
AT A ONE PRICE CASH HOUSE.
Which Pays no High Rent, no High Insurance, no High Incidental Ex
penses, no High Prices for Goods, nor Makes any bad
Accounts for you to help Pay.
Aly Goods are all entirely new, and were bought directly from the Manu
facturers at as low prices as these lines can be purchased, and 1 am selling them
as low as they are legitimately sold on tho Pacific Coast.
A child can purchase Goods as cheap, and receives the same proper attention
and treatment at my counters as the most experienced buyer.
COUNTRY ORDERS FILLED CORRECTLY, AND WITH DISPATCH.
I. Ii. OSGOOD,
KINNEY'S BRICK BUILDING, ASTORIA, OREGON.
Opposite Rescue Engine House.
Our Immense New Stock,
Consisting of 4 CAR LOADS of fine Artistic and Plain
Furniture, Carpels, Oi! Cloth, Madras-Silk
LACE AND POHTIERE CURTAINS,
Dado Shades, &c, Has Arrived.
These goods were purchased direct from Eastern Manufacturers and shipped
before the recent advance in freight, the benefits thereof we propose to share with
our customers.
Call and See Us.
CITY BOOK STORE
"Ml
If you are in need of a Fine Instru
ment, buy the
Century Organ
IT IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST ORGAN FOR THE MONEY
IN THE WORLD.
You are invited to examine them.
GRIFFIN & REED.
The New Model Range
CAN BE HAD IN ASTOKIA, ONLY OF
E. R. HAWES,
Agent. Call and Examine It ; You Will be Pleased. E. R. Hawcs Is also Agent for the
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES.
Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand.
J. H. D. GRAY
Wholesalo and retail dealer In.
GROCERIES FLOUR, AND FEED
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
LIME, SAND AND CEMENT.
General Storage and "Wharfage on reason
able terms. Foot of Benton street, Astoria,
Oregon.
Colnbn Transportation Company.
FOR PORTLAND!
Through Freight on Fast Time!
THE NEW STEAMER
-TELEPHONE
Which has been specially built for the comfort f passengers -will leave
Wilson & Fisher's Dock every
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.
tAn additional trip will ha made on
at v u'ciook Huaay jaeraiBg.
for Sound ports.
PRICE JblYE CENTS.
ONE PRICE,
CHAS. HEILBORb.
I M II M I M
ViretniaCiear anflTohacco Store
J. W. BOTTOM, Proprietor,
Water Street, Two Doors East of Olney.
Fine Clears, Tobaccos aad Saoken Articles,
Sold at Lowest Market Rates.
FRUITS. CANDIES. N0TI0N8.&0.
Haaday ef Eaek Weelt, leaving F
rassengers dj wis
i rnntfl ennnefle & Ki
UVb. SCOTT, President,