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0) PnUy torian. ASTORIA. OREGON: SUNDAY.- Al'l'lLlM. ISM CiXj amS 101:11 tj OHielnl 1:ijm:'. HIS ONLY FAULT. Aa Englishman's Opinion of a Bucking: Bronco. Out: of the beat known men 111 WV om ng lenon. lue yuicuso TnbuntAS I-rank J. Lnsfcof the town r -. i.. -M- uhich liear !n uiinn'. lie come- to l'.immc from the Wild Weit, and 111 tli- -. "tdaof the Grand Pacific he t ".l .i ,cnrie:ice if a ncli young EuglhhaiHit among the covbos. - U'x ek a:. related Mr. ur; out 1. .-Jc. rs Euglishinau tame :. .arcVatry 1:1 quest of .some good . ..d.tai-nt. Ik- was at one of my r tucie :-r f-w tt:is. Une auer ut: a llue co'iovs were about to r n.-l h i t mjj.i s e i.v ponies the oiu m 851" 'M ' ' enjoy a 4 kJ r ! ih !k .add'.. He nu lie was ul t riding only thornngh-h.-.8. jn.l h .! In't think we had n hor h! m ;i.; f.r hi . 1'iie bo- couviiire! Itt'it ill.:- ' hatlone of tin fiuast hor-.es iht finest hor.es . J lie plains, and ,. knew h.cfc. n, '!. was we!- e t.i tb.aNiMtL II' wasappr. if h com onti in .-nit.! u..,.q,V.i.,ut-daboni itytori.ie.:n.,S niiMVwd that tii.-i abil h rotiUl rnl a kind of a hor.se. A U1 Wi'img iiroai v.M-, hrouglit nt from :.ie corrAls unit s:lH".l ,rrT .,IUI- s,1,- "" rtnl half dead !i- w:,s ,.! ih.- I,t-nl rhon:h he appfurtnl tin wir-! .ek' - E s Iire;. si; I the lore'iier, .! ; ,- bneaght So bun. lle hi- : 1 fine :i 14 would wakup -'Sit the u- ' '. id milord got it.. Jb ili'. He didn't linger ..a Vlu- 0--t i!",juui piaf.'l ni :i the hrs neck, an lafter the second he was in the atmosphere. He turned a double summerset and land sl on Hie sharp end of a cactus plant. When ho picked hiaiielf up one of the Yon couldn't blame the boys for 1 iiishiu; The Lughshmau didn t iiotict' it. for he was too busv separat me himself from the sharp points of the cactus." FLOORED A DESPERADO. u Indeu: of One of Griswold's Lec turing Tcurs. -eems iirtvr to have lo-t hi grip, and iws a-, nnieu work to d.iv as he did ihu.y dd e-- ago His labors h.ive been very Muee.fiil and have paid hsni n lumoen p.. till. During he Jeetuie Join--., which fiJl.-d th lietu: part of eudile :i years, he had many carious adwn tares. One night while lecturing in a very demoralized Western village he was constantly interrupted and in united by the town bully, a desperado who had killed a number of men. The Uave the hall,' The man leaned back in hi- chair and smilingly answered: mi ...!.. rn r ......, i. ., .i !..- ..:i ' "lltll ..-,. -.i.i. I iuu jeuiurursicppuu uucuuu lut-u, running forward at full speed, leaped from the platform full upon his ad versary. What with his speed, big weight (190 pounds) and the height of the rostrum, his impetus knocked the innn senseless and smashed the chair iu which ho was sitting. He was ear ned out, a hopeless wreck, amid loud applause, aud Griswold returned to the platform and finished his lecture. Ohinese Superstition. A native paper eays: "The stone steps leadiug up to the Tai-ho gate of the palace at Peking, which was de stroyed recently by fire, were ot mar ble, described as white jade of the Han dynasty, excavated from the quarry some 1,000 ".ears ago. The stone balustrade before and behind this gate was of the same valuable stone, nnd the same was the cae with the Chaoteh and Chentu gates. Eicht or nine-tenths of these stones were snlit bv the heat of the conlla-! gratioii, and as no such material had been obtained Trom the qunrries for seventy or eighty years, the officials in charge of the repairs now in prog ress were sorely perplexed to obtain it, knowing that similar old stones would cost Tls, 20 each, an.l that at that price even they could not get a sufficient quantity for the work. Tho stone builders "Yuug-t'suan" and others who have the contract have now luckily discovered stones like the old Hati ones in a hill to the north of Kcichow, in Shnn-tien Pre- J fectnre. Ohilili. near Pekiug, and a number of these re now stored out- I ti.n i.annPn. !. y.nt mnMni i.arl treasures when a good sovereign is j on the throne.' """-" " j saved bv Her Hair. tuui lubvuiiu ivij uvw i-uuiii ii,i A curious freak of lightning dur-j ing a recent storm was played on a , woman named Ellen Barnes, a lauu-, dress, living in the suburbs of Peters-' burg, Pa. She had stepped to the j door and stood holding it ajar, watch ine the storm, when she was struck by lightning mid knocked senseless. 1 A neighbor saw the woman and ran to her assistance, and succeeded in resuscitating her after some time., Though unable to speak for hours, i.y aked what ho thought or thejuau jast sighted some hills which Parisian leaders of fashion than those ihoroushbred now. Ihe 'I"-1"0" ' they said we could never pass over. of white or tiuted silk jersev webbing. made the Englishman turn pale. and they alleged that no human being Upon some ot the dressv gowns Ls a good o3s, tic ltls,nLU -, had ever succeeded in the attempt 1 from Paris received this week are hnthe lopes too bloomin igh "They strongly urged and prayed Fiearo jackets simulated with cold or UMm ilil.trtjhliir ITfclllVlM 4.MVQ J ,. " -a , m m ; .. ' hv nniwlni"' on oar h;imls and knpoq. nl flm fitc rkf fim claAa i looi.i .,er rtriVoS nonii nnVi' !Io is Uie ' nml ttl lmea we wertJ ohVW tn 1Je with puffed Vaudvkes showing be- proudest honor of his lire that as Inio? of Vino i- l,,,w :iml roH tn out or the snow, hveen, each point covered with the rich secretary oMho National Kepubhcr.n last or tlie lir. g. nt r., 1 n o vueri u struggling by day, but .ralloon. convention m I860, he counted and can humorist, lrivmg 9 s,, ,:,tor ihe snow made a soft bed at night. . 4 -, , , .,. proclaimed the votes which nominaled SoS wh n1 1 tei We canoed over three hundred mles , thet affpiirSv ?" f mns Ward had just sprung into fame, of our journey, ami so me of t was in 1 f kfi ,j. d rf i , j l"bort Louis Stevenson ha bought t Ik-it lim- Bit Hart.., John Hay, I .ro"h r" I n ?. t Pn-"V cts are produced by velvet ' f.00 c e-'ir Apia .Samoa, and will V.nrk rai...MaxAH:.r and IVin.l tartliiiR perienco o ha.1 a n 1 he rnnner3 (, u of - . , hve there pernuincn ly. He l.nds his e..m Y. Nnsbv xvere unknown. I'n-. ?Me lh:,l wol,,1 ,81.,erP"t .' "" scrlion. embroidered stripes alter- hell.th. "enefited. and his capacity for ..,. ... ..:..-. r r.... r--: 1 1 ' napjienen one nay jnsr :-. v.e were ,-. ,-Mi ,.. 1. iM.i -ii. 1 worn increased 111 uie tropica umlho .i V "i i "' ; , ,, :" ' awhile into their circle at night and , ,,. . , ..,. .. Ar . ' mayor, instead or using the place us the fellow who eame for the avowed . h a u j y (lescrib3 , hhipbmlding on the Maine coast a dmir to stand on and i each for per- pnrpose of breaking up the entertain- , . lt this way: There was a high was m"re at;tive a.unnff the Past ;ear 'simmons which of right le-long lo me-it. Gnswod finally l'tj" ' firo of loss in tho center of the circle, thmi it 1i:ls been since the palmy days taller men." patience, and .topping short in a, ,. h constantiv attended by fre the war, when the fleet had the ma Hamf.ml ,ia, htnm olVprM senteneo said lo the rulhan: . two men, and occasional! v there was P ,ff the carr trae artls 5 week fori rorivMStlre ".My dear Mr, either on or f iniiill ..',., , ,.,, - . which for vears scarcelv paid expenses r' . " ,,",,u"- ",LI" llll,,rt' i uu ciiiii urn mm nu-iu " " " ,i: .. xt : t.r .. t iciur hi lint uoiiuirv. side the Tniishna ate of I'ekinrr. 1 'nil nml.t QPRcinn nn mm nllotrA.l anu one-nmi nonrs. ready for use. The find is considered to leave till through, which was 5 n .Jla.mbrff. a uermany, and a batinv omen, and noonle aro saving nVLwl- fl.a pTt ir.nr.i..ir W hn.l . f anl21S V1 J-"155151, tlie longest day she was apparently iinnnrt uv tne ; Every time you cut off a piece of beef shock, but a part of her hair steak and pass it to your wife, I want was tunica :i anzzung wnue oy the electricity and killed to the Yerj' roots. A distinct line of demarcation separates the dead white hair from the livinjr anil black strands. She is in consolable over her strange deformity, as the physicians give her no hope that new and black hair will ever grow again on the affected side of her head, bat endeavor to comfort her by tho unanimous opinion that she owes her life, and at any rate her reason, to tho thickness ot her locks, which prevented the brain from feeling the full force of the shock. A CAKNIBAL FEAST. Tie HorriMe Orgies of the M witli Miaiis. .i.s a;;.y :r nro si:Am,i: ,v;:.v. (Jpneral Lyman Panics and John Hutchoson, two citizens of Heattlei have jnst returuetl from a two months rruise of the iortiifru coast of British Columbia, and tLev tell enma f ii-i mn on.Inn nf r,.l.ln Un.. ""7"" W;B h-ive wen and dantrnron adventures the.v ,.i(,erienced during their cruise. Hi- old Hudson Lay Company a trapp:-. nil unite in calling the past winter the worst that has been known in th: part of the country in the last ..-., . .' .i .. if i . t u,eJr ioA.,00k shows that the cruisers foi, , tnat fact to b oulv too true A j'si-lHtelliaeHeer Reporter hap- 11 mi. a to meet General Banks on the it. .i -.e.terdayand at his request tin- ur"iiTal recited the story of his nvi exciting and interesting cruise. T.e -dory is interesting aud is given below in the language of General Buiks ltituself. He began his narra tive :i3 follews: "We started out full ,)t ,rM, expectations aud pleasant!' ?, JJ? Ti3 au,lc-,utions; aud we did not realize I dovm c and for a moment what trials we would J5- -. fr?nta do !mv, through, aud, I tell vou, ' Jt Jinu.s lt rcqnirea a Kreat deal Gf , w sJcm grit and push to get ahead. Th-wii. are acquainted with the 'linicnlties of traversing in summer a t.,n,t ri.t with itg tuougand3 of up-1 ni,ltl. , lriVi nad stni worse upheaved foiindalioiis, can perhaps readily imagine how much greater a hardship it was for us to travel over three feet of snow on a level and occasionally strike drift much deeper and a great ! deal to 1 much tangle of sal-lal bnsh for snow-shoes. But, to add to all our difficulties, our half-breed guide and the two Iudian packers refused to go with us as soon as we 'ad pene- iraTed a short distance inlaud. We us not to proceed auy lurtuer, out we copper braidwork. On other toilets had started out with the determiua- bauds of arabesque or Gothic passe tion to accomplish a work and we ( menterie are shaped to resemble Span were not to be baflled so easily in the I & jackets. Fawn-color and pale beginning of our journey. So we j corn-colored corded silks aro much I packed up a couple of weeks' rations llsej for the vest beneath, these richly and an ae in our blankets and, embroidered and fastened with small I shouldering our Winchesters, we "jewer buttons. Verv elegant bead j pushed on alone. Oh, what a journey I aUu R jpHoons arc also used for dec 1 that was. 1 never shall forget it as orating tight-fittiug silk or velvet long as I live. vests, these arranged to form stripes. I Where the snow was to.i sft and The bodice above has a Charles X deep we managed to make progress running into a c.ive t avoid a .stunu Wo got into the cave ill rub! enough, but imagine eiir horror ami disgu it when we found ourselves in the midst of the N inwitti Tndiau lribe at thdr eaunilid origies. Oanuib:diMiiis pro 1 .:.ri . i 1 .. 11. . i- :..: .,... ... 11. uL-ii ..1. ..."i ........... ..!.-. ....-. DHL oniv a luouiuiv v sit iroui vu.sde. and the nuarest pod being over miles away, they carry on the horrible prac tice with impunity. "Wo watched the heathens during tho day at long range, but under assurance of safety we ventured after eateu fat was thrown on. The entire tribe encircled the fire, dressed in blankets of manv brilliant hues. j.ne.o were naked dancers, and a . or more lusty savages with dozen nlnlwinflioir linmls beatino- ,. . companiment to their wild songs and dances, aud tho whole sight m maile a weird scene that is not soon forgot ten. Their feast consisted of the bodies of their dead. They seldom i i -ii . r :.. ci t Kill siruuKcra to luiu.s.i .uuu .u. these horrible origies.asthey were all the time quarreling between them selves and generally hsd enough dead bodies of braves to satisfy their petites "I had possibili when wild rush out nr8t person coat and grasped a -14-calibre revolver that would have furnished rations fitting tho occasion. "Onr sense of security was not in creased by one of them making a speech, noticing our presence and berating tho while man's government for trying to deprive the poor Indian of tho pleasnreof being a cannibal oc casionally, especially as ho only fed upon his own dead. "Tho boys crawled behind the older ! n,..l i.-.l m.n rrorn 1iffn or been told in Victoria of the j .' f ' -4 . . ,, and his handwrif imr is anvthiiiL' but tyot this and warned that "?." ii S '"r " . shaky. He still affects " receptions with the dauce tho braves . .' M? .' ... ,fj with a vengeance and personal!- con- fWi""LthT Itotatias sail"and cargo, but as well f"fa rryon have no objection to being eaten after Th V- ' . lg ; B ' "children," who range in years from "uu "wi wV.Uw ... -..., . T mimninn o,.,l ontti.ir. ...,nl.,..-, Jii 11 J11--IH ll Ullll III l.- lil.lll.-C.. f;"""V"' V'r "..";; , : . gor, -101: J3ath. 2LDSG.80: Belfast. 4.-. V'V . "' "-.-.-. mr iiiii-ii luosewi.u lei.ows wouu oe as nn- rmm C&ti mu Frenchman's ' nxyuvc desirable as the bite of a mad-dog, B -m)5; Machias :J,8ul.31: Port- M. de Freyeinet, who has become and lest in their excitement the lan j 093.03 Waldolijro, oVlSiOO; , for the fourth time premier of the might forget their promise of immu- yJrk o,. Totai 39.518.ai. The ont French republic, is a peculiar creature. simulated it. and I was afterward UTf Si fT i - 1. shown scars where they claimed to' At Stockhold, Sweden, it is eighteen have been bitten. But we were not'anJfStelii2rt?n.1?18ULf , -molested. One brave, however, nro-. ., AtSpitzbergen the ongest day is aablv to test us. made a rush iu our , direction, but others cauiiht him and J tumml lnm nnnil.Pr wnv. Tf m n 1 i. i 1. ..,i . ., - tsl'UU l'UUII;u, iuuti;u, UUU KCIC JjKtU J to leave. We proceeded on our journey and came back again without nny more exciting adventures, arriving iu Seattle only a short time ago. But I never in an my me pun in sucu a night as Idid tho time of those fright ful origies, and I candidly confess I don't want to soou again. Seattle Post-Tntdligencer. Hr Claimed Her Tcetli. A. well-known dentist tried hard to collect a bill, but after many ineflect- Ual efforts said to the debter: "I do not intend to send yon any more bills and I dont intend to sue yen: but there is one thing I want to tell you. you to remember tnat sue is not chew ing that beet with her teeth, nor with your teeth, but with my teeth." In two or three days he received a check. The motion of those double-false teeth in his -wife's mouth was too much for him. Christian Advocate. Pittsburgh is shuddering at tho probable near necessity for returning to coal and smoke. A Pittsburgh iron merchant expects to see the end of natural gas come within a year. The diminution in the supply is very perceptible. THE LATEST FASHIONS. The now sleeve in wool dresses "will be of different color and entirely cov ered -with guipure of the same shade ; as the material. The effect of this new 1 conceit is rich and stylish. Bodices different from the skirt 1 will be more generally popular tliau they have been for many seasons past. Low-necked bodices of many .sum mer dancing-dresses are trimmed "with Hecaraier folds, draped berthas, and dainty scarf of petit-work silk net, t festooned across the top at the back I and carried hi bretelles down tho HUl- The new steel and silver "irt' iew-. . J-"e new sieei ana silver arc jiw """ "u "" Vandyked yokes richly wronght in j silk embroidery, to which cape-shaped j mantles are applied. .uuut ui luc ui; siiiiuk nujo u.i.i. , A" gusu uoureues berges, mm chuddahs for youthful travehug- In H.nfrliQli Iv-mrAttna cprrrpa mill ,w7iB r tMii k. . Besses, the skirt-waist beneath the nattv Hussar jacket is made of peau do sole silk nearly hidden by its gar- """"j ol, "uai. f" n i 8Krt h Highland kilts at each bine, uuu iuu euges ol luu jitcheb arc simply corded. Some of the newly imported house jackets are vandyked at the edge. They are made of light-weight mili tary cloth, and are tight-fitting at the back, "with a deeply curved seam one under the not quite reach e vmst nml are ) nt a ' J G??k spJi of.?reP de Chme knotted 'lt l"B "l. iair. ilii euus re L u 'mdered "? silver, as are also the "" l"" , if&X,. 1n coIIar. a"a. fif ve3 ,tbe lattefr opening ?,Te.r fnilt,blsuP eves of crepe de b d ftb e wrists Fine silk canvas jersey bodices in delicate openwork effects are imported for evening -wear over skirts of lace, silk net, or tulle. Accompanying these bodices are tiuted silk under waists of a shade matching the jersey, These waists are low in the neck, and sleeveless, lt is said that these ex- pensive bodices are more favored by Fitraro iackets simulated with irold collar overlaid with passementerie. stilehing, and also yokes of surah in pale cream color, dotted with silk figures in hand embroidery. Upon yokes of pink organdie, pale blue chanibray, ecru batiste, and the like is wrought line needlework that nni- ,,tatas tho multicolored Persian .. . .n,n ihfX nll ,,.?,,:,,,, hoJn,r H.nf , liivunana? cs nnmilni mt titdlind rrAtitn.i 1 work is executed with fast dve cottons -- -- t Bwf.rSa 'wA bB v . I and not with silk floss. SliijiliiiilcHns in Maine. " "u," ; """ "umuuss, aim """ ,u ""- "fieu, ccuo w in "'7 miiu..K luuuuu Vu"s'u:u4 "l e"""" - have been built in large numbers, o....... ., ii, ummuw ami again " Xr'i;, ! " T. : , .'"" open sea. lt is not so long ago that a ' l.(KM ton schooner was con- sidcred toaner enormous. Now, a 1 503 is scarcely remarkeiL Thev are built up to 1,700 tons, and the keel of one which is to measure 1.80.) tons was laid some time sine.) at Bath. The advantage of the fore-and- look for this 1 couraging. The IiOngest Day. It is quite important when speakine :,th, lo5fH da-v " tbe Vte say part of the world we are talking about, as will be seen by reading the following list, which tells ot the long est days in several places. How un fortunate are the children in Tornea, -Ciuiaiiu, v,iiere ounauwis uay is less " a"a one-naii momus. At njlon, nglani and Bremen, "P313- .me. longest uay lias sixteen uassevenieen uourB. At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day lasts from May 21 to July 22, without interruption. At St Petersburg, Russia, aud To bolsk, Siberia, the longest day is nineteen hours and the shortest five honrs. At Tornea, Finlaud. June 21st brines a day nearly twenty-two hours long, aud Christmas one le3s than three hours in length. At Jew ionc tne longest day is about fifteen hours, and at Montreal. Canada, it is sixteen hours. The ew Postage Stamp, The portraits and colors of the new issue are as follows One cent Franklin; ultramarine blue. Two cent "Washington; carmine. Three cent Jackson; purple. Four cent Lincoln; chocolate. Five cent Grant; light brown. Six cent Garfield not decided. Ten cent Webster; milori green. Fifteen cent Htiy Clay; deep blue. Thirty cent Jniftreon; black. Ninety cent CJonmodore Perry; orange. The number of stamps ordered be-! fore ready Tor issue aggregated nearly 44,000,000, representing $704,323. 'i'- .. -:.. :., i.(.u.. i.i.-...iiii wiine as siacKeo nine, vet, ne sun re- Ulli llg IS tlli.b 11. 1 till UU iUl.IlllCll u 1 . . , ... . , ... o,oii r 4i. ..:.t ..r :..i. uains; a buoyant How of animal soinls. u-ar 11 sun more en- AROUND THE WORLD. Wha. it Costs to Make the Trip. Au interesting suggestion of the ease and cheapness with which a journey around the globe can be made these days is given in a form of imaginary coupou ticket issued by the Fitchburg railroad, aud headed 'Around the World in Seventy Days." It consists of fonrteeu coupons con taining the names of the different lines of transportation and the fares, as follews: Faro. Hoosac tunnel and West Show t rihin. ft 5 $22 50 Any direct line from Chicago to VyOUUCIl Uiuut.. 12 50 40 00 Union Pacinc Railway, Council Bluffs to Oden .... So.?ii1cCi!.icI"pany' R' :r 00 .. uiu 'u " "' i -tw. . . . ...... U..OAb. i. hwi trnncisco toYokohnma i'uj uu P.&O.S. S. d.. Yokohama to Hong Kong P. & O. S. S. Co , Hoag Kong to Brindisi Italian Government liailroau, Brindisi to ilodane P.L.&M.Biilroid. HoJ-ine to Paris Northern of Franco It-ii!road, Paris to Calais London, Chatham nnd Dover Railroad, Calais to London (via Dover) London and Northwestern Kail way, London to Liverpiol Inman Steam-hip Company. Liv erpool to Mew York Fall Kiver Line, New York to Boston 50 00 r 00 31 00 If, 20 S 00 700 100 00 4 00 The total cost of the decidedly "round" trip indicated by these tick eta is S371.93. which for a journey of somethiug like '21,01)1 miles is not ex cessive. Just at present the cost of several of the coupons would be con siderably less than that stated, as the fare from Chicago to the Missouri river is now only S5, and from Chi cago to San Francisco only S40, which last is $27.50 less than the rate named. The cost of the ocean travel also could be very considerably re duced, as for instance the voyage from Liverpool to Now York, the cost of which is stated at S100, could bo made first class at SCO, aud reduc tions on other portions of the route are possible. We imagine that some of the prominent tourist agencies could give figures for the aronnd-the-world journey considerably more fa vorable than these. PK03IINKNT I'KOPLK. Airs. Crook, who is completely pros trated since the suddon death of her husband, General George Crook, is quietly resting at Oakland, "Mil., which she has determined to make her per manent residence. Senator Allison claims it as the subject of MalieJo.i Emperor William, of Germany is n very hearty ealer. lie gels away with four meals a day iu royal stle. He eats ham and eggs for break' st, game and salads for hi choon. soup;, tish and roash; for dinner, anil hot , "ZZVri?tll .. .- - 1 1.. F .- . Ife ha-- UllJHII IC1 lll'llll Ilk lll.I . Some one proposes inijor-W't Peck, of Milwaukee for governor, but that level-headed joker remarks: 1 am goiug to do the proper thing as Alfred Tennyson is now quite out of danger from his recent severe at tack or bronchitis, gout and other ail ments which threatened his lift. .ur. w nuersou win make tiie an- YlJ?rT?L iro- """'.'r",, """ ' " "'""' on on April .10th, i.,..,r..r w;n;.., ,r -.......,.... ...:n Jj00 vit the Uej.,,, rapitaL j;i, r t.,.,ii -.u.. ;d, :.. w..i.. .:fi meet him at Antwerp. -r. t sit i , .. r Ferdina:ildeLsep; lean? heavily ,0,aw r' VL ,wa,KS' "' nis ."s.,,r 1S He is small and insignificant phvsical- ly, aud his countenance habitually bears a furtive, scared expression. I which has lead to his being dubbed "the White Mouse." His wife is a clever, ambitious woman, whose aim in life is to become "Madam la Presi dentc." Allen G. Thnrman will be seventy seven years old on the 13th of Novem ber next, should he survive till then, and already plans are being formed to give the Old Roman a complimentary dinner. Ex-president Cleveland and editor Dana are spoken of asUikely to take part in it. Lord Acton is considered the most learned man in England. HLs library contains no less than 100,000 volumes, all of which are carefully selected and number among them some very rare books. B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington) is 7o, silver-haired, golden-spectacled, humane and altogether delightful. William Endicott, of Boston, has just entered his 92nd year. He is the sole surviver of the seventh generation of John Endicott's descendants. An Educational Inrideut. Miss Knox, a New York teacher, will probably think twice before she spanks a small boy again. The other day Eddie Mullane, aged 5 years, in vested a nickel in a toy bomb, and put it in a rear pocket of his trousers. Dur ing school hours Eddie became unruly aud was called up for punishment Whack went Miss Knox's palm against the broadest part of Eddie's body, and then came a loud explosion, followed by a cry from Eddie and a shriek from his teacher. The other teachers rushed into the room and when the smoke cleared away the major portion ot Eddie's knickerbockers was missing and his waist was found to be on fire. Miss Knox had a blackened and burned hand, and the sleeve of her dress was badly singed. Eddie had his two brothers at the same school and one of them made a sash of his overcoat and took Eddie home. His mother says he will go to school again as soon as ne can sit on a bench. ' ne win in'comi LADIES. AND FOR THE LADIES. A piece of piulc coral, tbirly feet long and nine inches in diameter at one end, with branches projecting about four feet on all sides, was re cent! v obtained on the coast of Japan. Its value in a prepired stale would Ik? about 51o,000. It is said that a large portion of the plumes worn bv the ladies who at- teuu tne ineens urnwuig-rooms are lured from a shop winch makes a bus-1 iness 01 renting out plumes, xue feathers are worth from &A to 10, and the rent of them is 82.50 for en?h oc casion. Two women were elected to the council of Middlesex county. England, but the conneil chairman declared that they could neither Ikj ad mitted nor excluded, because the law was mute on the gentler sex. and, as settling the oiut, the two women took seats of their owu accord in the council chamber. Tl flmi.rownf Aiwtnn Titkj ohiko.1 . her weddine dres to be cut tin and ! up ; made into a set of vestments for the church of St. Matthew, in Pesth. The dress was :t white brocade with silver threads, embroidered all over with beautiful garlands of roses in silver. Her bridal wreath encircles au em broidered picture of the virgin, wliich is to bo hung up iu the Lorctto chapel of the same church, which the empress selects for her devotions. The vestments will lv used for the services in honor of the Virgin Marv in May. A woman may not have au agreeable disposition simply liecause she dresses sweetly. Think of the sugar-coated pill mid tremble. Mine. Palti hxs made a contract to build at her castle of Craig y Nos, in Wales, a winter garden covered with glass. 101 feet long and 70 feet wide, with a high curved roof 13 feet high. Mis Elaine Goodaie, the poet, who is superintendent of the Indian schools m Dakota, is to make a novel journey the coming summer. She has lx?en supplied by Gen. Morgan, commis sioner of Indian affair'?, with a covered wagon and a pair of horses lo travel from school to school through Dakota. She will bo attended on her travels by two Indian, a man and hio wife, and her covered w,:gon will be her summer home. The wife of Count "Waldersee. one of the nobles who stands veryMiigh in the estimation ot Emperor William, is the daughter of .Tain.'-. Tjtv, once a prominent New York grocer. She is a beautiful woman, and while travel ing with her father m Enrojie some years ago met and married Prince Frederick, of Schlcswig-Uolstein, who w;is about fifty years her senior. He lived but a short time, and later on she was married to her progut hus band. liy the death of the Duke ot Man chester, Lady Mandeville, who was the beautiful Miss Yznaga of New York, is promoted to wear the straw berry leaves, and becomes the second contemporary Ameriein duchess in the English peerage. In this gen eration, however. American girls have married two Italia'! dukes of ancient name, three Ereneh dukes of equally dignified lineage, at least twentv con tinental prinec.s and n many more foreign ambassadors. j Mr. .Tenni'ss Miller, in her new 'School or Physical Culture,' pro i posni to leach wom:i to sit, stand, wall: and go up and do-vn stairs cor- ixvth. Jo breiih ctTvll), to have j elastic mu-ele-iaud a lithe, supple and rounded figure. She will nlo try to I educate the shrill notes out of the ' American woman's voice. I Miss Winiii D.ivis. "daughter of , the confederacy." is reported to have met her Tate v.hile visiting, a couple of years ago. in Syracuse, N. Y. Iler engagement i; said to be with Alfred Wilkinson, who has spent the last siv. weeks iu Europe visiting her. The laws of Wyoming rr-.ptre equal pay for equal work to mn:i and women as school teachers. fjjtt.i is ralod as I lie richest single I woman in the i.orld who has earned her own money. I Mi5 Jlraddon, tho novelist, is a col lector of brie a-b.ac, and has a very j large and valuable collection. JIOSTLV STOIiKN. j Work on the Oregon Pacfic road will be resumed as soon a3 the snow in the Cascade range will permit. Several Willamette valley towns are I already making preparations for hold 1 ing grand -1th of July celebrations. Owing to the diseased condition of many sheep in the county, shearing will begin earlier this season than usual. Oi-hotn Review. ! The elk were so thick iu Jackson's Hole this winter that the settlers had to guard their havstacks at night, j They came in by thousands. -ICain-, 77,-, Idaho Jiuyle. An industrious Siwash came into , Blaine from Point Roberts recently, bringing 20 sacks of clams and 1,000 I pounds of codfish. He cleared nearly 1 6100 on his goods, and went home re , joicing. Some wood choppers near Tilla ' mook, recently cut down a tree that j was only a foot in diameter at the I butt and" measured 120 feet in length. Burnett G. Haskell, who figured in I the "Willamette vnllev nsn violent nnti- Chinese agitator, has become promin ent in California as a land grabber. Wes Caviness smoke house near Baker City was destroyed by lire re cently, and about 00,000 pound of ham 'and bacon valued at S 1.09 J was de stroyed. News comes, says the Prineville News, that a man living on Buck creek near the southeast corner of this county actually wintered forty head of cattle on willows. Ho mixed salt with the feed, and every boor of his stock got through in fine shape. The Coquille city J hi aid says that farmers are already inquiring what the prospect is for a steamer to the river this summer and fall. They want to know what to depend on. They will produce worlds of stuff to ship ir they are assured of a steamer. A Conncticut Advertisement. Ill a paper published at Waterbury, Conn., appears the following advertise ment: 1 would like S20.000 for my farm at Oakville, but will take one half that sum if I can get it; I Avill sell it for a song, bnt don't try and sing too near the premises, as there is a cross-eyed dog on the place who is no judge otmnsic. Go and look for the dog and you will see the farn, even if you don't find the dog. I bought it (the place not the dog) for my wife's rela tions; it was a mistake; I should have bought only the dog. I was told when I purchased the farm that I could sell in Waterbury all that was raised on the premises! Now if I could only sell in our blessed city but one-half the TmsOiinf flint lias linen raised there mischief that has been raised there since I bongbt it, all the good Repub licans in this town wonld be leaving "Waterbury before night. If you don't want the farm I will lend you the dog, should you need him. JUSTICE AVILD AND WOOLLY. Senator reStirew Tells of Sonic Funny Experiences in Dakota Courts. "The administratiou of justice iu Dakota when I first went out there to grow up with the country was ex ceedingly primitive," said Senator Pettigrew to a Star reporter. "Judges for the territorial courts were sent out from the East nearly all ot them men whose indolence or bad character rendered them desir able persons to get rid of. There was one instance, I remember, where tho supreme court was convened with only two of the three justices on the, bench, the odd one not turning up. This was disastrous, inasmuch as the absent one was the only one of the threa who knew any law. However, one of the two justices present volun teered to look up the absentee and started out for that purpose. He had reason to ueneve tuat ne wouia una reason to believe that he would ue delinqnent in some saloon, and so he took a look into every gin-mill that he came to. The result was that bv tll, time .he found the object of his search he himself was iu a conditiou ot utter indifference as to whether school kept or not, and forgot nil about the court and his errand. -'When the court had waited vainly for an hour the United States Mar shal was sent to hnut up tho two justices. Ho pursued the some tac tics, visiting the saloons in turn, and was in a blissful condition of inebri ation by the time he came up with the convival pair. After another hour of delay tho remaining judgo sent out the United States attorney to make search for tho missing onea; but he, too, pursued a like conrse mind you, all this is strictly as it occurred and did not appear again. So, as a last resort, tho leading lawyer of the territory was despatched to gather iu the wanderers, and the result this time was successful. At abont 3 p. m. tho court had been t convened at 10:30 the two judges,' the marshal aud the attorney were . seen to emerge from a whisky shop ' and to pursue a dignified, thotrgh j serpentine course, arm in arm, up tho I street toward the court house. To get through tho door of the court room they wero obliged to relinquish each other's support, and, iu trying to mako their way to the bar, fell over tables, smashed chairs, and cre ated general confusion. ' Gentlemen,' said the sober judge from tho bench iu a loud voice, 'thi3 court stands adjourned until 1050 to morrow morning.' "Soon after I took up my residence in tho territory," continued Senator Pettigrew, 'I had occasion to defend a man boforo tho chief justice iu a case of alleged horso stealing. The prosecution had nbsolutoly no proof to offer, and the case against my client was so absurd that I said the defence would not take the trouble to offer any evidence. 'Well,' said the chief jnstice, 'you'd better offer some d -11 quick; a cuss that hasn't any evidence to offer i this court against a charge of boss stealing goes to jail, you hot." "Not long after this same chief justice had occasion to try one of his own associate justices for perjury. Tho indictment was brought by the associate justice's own grand jary, and the accused called in the chief justice to try the case in his own, the associate justice's court. Defendant's attorney began proceedings by de murring U the indictment. This puzzled the chief justice, who turned to the accused and asked whether in such a case a demurrer should bo sustained or not. The defendant said it must be sustained, and tho jnstice so ruled. 'Now, what follows?" ho in quired, aud was told that such action necessarily dismissed the case. 'The case is dismissed,' then said tho chief justice, and the associate judge was vindicated. 'Another time, iu trying a real estate case, I took exception to several of tho judge's rulings, and he got angry. ' Toil can take all the exceptions you have a mind to," he yelled; 'but I'd have you to know that this court is a gentleman !' " '1 note another exception to that proposition,' I replied, 'and am will ing to carry it to tho supreme court.' " Washington Star. Author and Origin of JI'Ginty. The man who evolved from his teem ing brain the ballad Avhicli narrates the tumbles taken by Dan ATcGinty is probably at the present moment the most talked about of any of the mi- 1 nor poets of America, says the Roch ester Ihmorrat and uhreniele: 'Down "Went McGinty" has arrived at the dignity of being "the" gag of the day. So that when the reporter was informed that .Too Flinn, the undoubted author of the most popular song of the season, was singing it daily and nightly at a local theater, down went the writer to tho bottom of the hall that connects the upper tier of dressing-rooms at the opera house and found himself in the awful preseuce ot the original ATcGinty, who was en gaged in extricating lumself from his grease-paint, preparatory to donning 'his best suit of clothes." ATr. Flinn is a good looking, black haired and black-eyed young fellow, who takes the success of his muse in the most philosophical aud modest manner. Of the origin of the famous song he said: If you ever heard the ' story of the Irishman who was suc cessfully carried in a hod to the top of , a seven story building by a friend, as the resnlt of a bet that the feat , could not be success fully accomplished aud who remarked on paying over the ' money, 'well, Pat, ye won fairly, but when" ycr foot slipped at the sixth floor, be jabbers, I had hopes 1' Yon , know what suggested the first verse of the song. If you ever heard the nir , of the old song about the old man who had a wooden leg, and who 'had no tobaccy in his old tobaccy box,' yon 1 can guess where the suggestion of the tune came from. I wrote the song j some time last April and did not , think very much of it, while my part-. ner, Mr. Sheridan here, thought noth ing of it at alL We tried it on for the ' first time at the Providence opera ' house. That important event took place on the evening of May 6th last. I The song caught on at once, and we, ' and as far as I can see, every song-and-dauce man, have been singing it ever since. I suppose it took me abont half an hour to write the song after I had got the chorus in my head.' ' - , New Vt'rinltlcs 1:1 Fashions. ! "J3Iess my soul," exclaimed young Highly, 'here's a new wrinkle in fash ions." "What's that?" inquired yonngSnod grass. ''They're making whole suits of ( clothes out of paper." , 'Nothing vnrv ne i l that. out of Xothing very new about Made a whole suit of clothes paper the other day mvself." 'How was that?" "Note for ninety days," was the la conic rejoinder. Detroit Free Press. J. H. MANSELL, REAL ESTATE BROKER, s NOTARY PUBLIC FOR City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Wtttr Frontage for Sale. Correspondence Solicited. P.O. Box 303. Established 1963. INVESTMENTS .MADE FOI1 OUTSIDE TAUTIES. Next W. U. Telegraph Office. Third St. Astoria, Oregon. ft Mikado" CANDY To-Day-Fine Ice Cream Soda-Tc-Day Also Handle None bnt the Finest Key West and Imported CIGARS. He.ise Call and Give ine a Trial. THIRD STHEET, Next 'W. U. Telegraph Offlce jKySammiaw, Immense Stock of Furniture Two Car Loads received: More on the way. You are invited to see the Finest Display of Furniture, Carpets, etc., in the City. Prices reasonable. THE OLD STAND, NATDBAL KASffMNTMS ! Now is the time to buy a lot at WAKRENTON or WEST WARRENTON heforc the price is raised. For sale by W. L. Uhlenhart, Office on Third St , Opn. Odd Fellow's Temple. AbTOItlA, OREGON. SILVERMAN & PEAT.EIIS IX General Merchandise A SPECIALTY MADE OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. Wp pay the highest casli price for country produce, and guarantee square dealing. We will receh e orders fjr potatoes, butter and eggs at lowest market rates. Orders from any quarter will reccle prompt attention. SKAMOKAWA, - - . WASHINGTON FRED Saddles and Harness A LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM. GOODS AT SAN FRANCISCO PRICES. Intake a specialty or good work and guarantee satisfaction. At the Old Stand, Wes Side Olney Street, Near Wilson & Fisher's. ASTORIA, Lois in Case's Astoria Are In on Sale AT Till! OFFICE OF TIIE Astoria Real Estate Co. PRICES FROM $150 TO $250 EACH. TERMS One-Half Cash ; the Balance in Six and Twelve Months. L A FINE Children's wmw Book Stop JXTST RECEIVED. PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. SEALAND The terminus of the Hwaco and Shoalwater Bay Uailroail Tnp rpvim EST SUMMER RESOitT ON THE NORTHWEST rnS' t ii.S5SATr i r ie Bay, at dcen water, and only twelve miles from the bar. The cominJ , County beat anclIommercial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid ont TO5 ! on the market from 50, and upwards. a,a ont Lots For particulars and fuli information, STATE OF OREGON. FACTORY THE - Largest : Stock I THE Lowest : Prices ! ASTORIA, OREGON Real Estate Broker, P. O. Box 841, THORNBURG, SAIZ OREGON. STOCK : Carriages call on or address A. SEABORG, xj.mrao O,