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J- , lU ?K'' cj She lattjj gtorim ASTORIA. OREGON: SUNDAY.. MAY 11. 1890 City Ceuaty OKcial Paper. BITS OF IFOKMATIOX. The postofficc appropriation bill carries S71,S50,SS2. Black coffee is now suggested as a cure for consumption. The Chinese tan the &kiu of the sturgeon and make it into shoes. "Shame "water"' is what the uncivil ized Africans of the Congo call rum. The German empire in its latest ihape has been in existence nearly twenty years. xue ijws xeuu io.una jjj ijc m- TM , IT 1. n... II l. illuminated the entire seven miles by nrMtnafA.! iit mifirn cAtnn rriilota liv ureinaij. .... xne uue 01 immigration mis year promises to rie higher than at any time since 18XL The drain on the wealth of China for the purchase of foreign opium amounts to 30,000,000 yearly. The little prayer beginuiug, '"Now I lay me down to sleep," was written by John ltogers, the martyr. Ncither the north nor the south for- get its soldiers, mere are 1U1 ex - Union soldiers in congress to 81 ex- rebels. A woman-character was first acted lv n wnnwn. sii fnr ns flm T!nl?;1i stage is concerned, on November 9lh, 1656. ' cued by his lawj-er who put inaddi-. A maker of stoppers for beer bottles, Governor Prince holds that in vari- tional claims as riparian owner, free-1 with a suit for infringement before ety and extent of natural resources ' holder, tenant by courtesy, nnd right the United States court, gave some New Mexico surpasses auv state in i discovery. In re the defendant, J notion of the immense business done the Union. " ' ' the rude boy merely put iu a claim 'in, bottled beer, by stating that there e: i". . . !.niciuin, of naked possession and claimed title I were 30,000,000 of his stoppers alone wifLSfwiibr occupancy. The old man went in use in the United States? June, penults haveBeen granted for ff. llim ils. of Rtfl ..' w..s, ,. .,-,, ;.. .,. newuuiiamgs mat win cost ,,- aml snbstractiou; towhichlhe! up )er oU Si of PennsVlvani i l ?' t;er nuF' if- .,n 11. ,,-m i f 41irnJ.B. replied by charging di,turb3ncesime weeks ago went to dinner, bold, l tho river. '-.i;fiMaP Trao It confidently predicted that three of temire. bad highwaymen removed the boiler, e1er' wars hence there will not be a horse-' Tlio nn. , p:,11o,1 nn.1 nnf n(T :' .i i.: ,1 :n i.Jr. "'J ... ' : car in active service 111 any city 111 this aml set down nnd adjourned; it was ' erClL The oulv wonder is that the cu:"", . postponed, decided, aud carried up; thieves didn't take the earth, too. Liigland is the tmly country where , it was reversed and remanded; it was Tho, lin(pl t r.nn7i r; :,1 meml of parliament are not only stricken from the docket with leave , oJe siTe on uniwd. but haven., special rights or to reinstate, and withdrawn w.th hjrowil raaasioii now stnmls. The his pmnlews. leave to amend: it was argued w J oric u stmclur0 wiI, not be torn A Hower that is aUernately red, I chambers and surcharged for re join-, d but will be removed from the white and blue, according to the time der; and was just on the point of be .spot and preserved as a historic relic or dav, has been found on the Isthmus mg rebutted of demurrer 111 trover , 0'f the t r Tohuautenee. wtb misprision of alimony when the - m. L 1 -1 , Th, RiJ-tvi.nl Wnri.i ,. ;ni..i a W man dieil, wilhoiit issue, leaving!. The Pennsylvania railroad is about ,Jn1?!' iLl Lll , "! Si the rude boy in possesMon. His own 1 1 elevate its tracks for twenty, blocks "vvsm" "1 -'. "ii "i Ct,OO0,tXK) incuidescent lamp in use in United States. Austrahau Mltlers eonmlain that there is a great increase in destructive insects .since the English sparrows arrived and drove out the native birds, A Bible has just been rediscovered in tneatican Horary winch is in lie- uix-. xi is MipiKiseu 10 oe uie oiuesi in the world, and is valued at 8100,000. It is only one person among ;i thonuid who becomes a centenarian. nnd hardlv six persons among a thousand who attain sevenh -live vears ' or age. foreign military statistician fijmrcs out that la iercentof the French population are permanently in the service, whereas iu Germany only 1 percent :in with the colors. On account of the height and sheer UCSH.-W11 01 iuu Mirniiiiiuiii-r mountains, uiu Miu uiKM not rise on iuirror jjukc, 1 Yosemite Valle, until 11 iV.) o'clock in the monnng. It is timated that over eight tons of diamonds have leen unearthed in the south African fields during the lsst eighteen vears; this represents a total value or $27f,000,000. It is said that of the o,000 clubs and societies in New York nearly -1,500 are distinctively German. The tendency of a Germau to form a society could uotbemore forcibly illustrated than by these figures. The total length of the streets, aven- iiejS. lviiiltTnril MndcoQ mvivc nnl I thoroughfares of Paris is set down at ' ine liiuie, or me xsew lestament, is cnif i.ti,;j(;,. wIilmihuhi dia ,i. J lncmuing unugas, at a cost ot published m nearly 250 languages and vocaU.t remidiiig him that "a little ' Sl'OO.OOO a mile. Nliio ,S,KM0,y h:iS 2I2 learning was a dam.a-rou thing,'' David Kline, a farmer at Friedens -....v.. .v.o.w. I took a Jarirc-sized rock 01 irre-'iiiar lmrrr wvs tluif. fnr flirw wnw 10 in UW miles, of which nearly 200 are ' extra dodges, and then waited for tbe planted with trees. ' fruit to ripen. The French capital owes at present ' Troops were pouring in for the In l.S3$.5S9,012f, while the debt of Tier- ' dian war, aud most ot them were old lin amounts onlv to 193,9."59.3CSf. that 1 vets from tho army ot the Potomac. of Vienna to M2,GGS.0SSt, Stockholm to 53,G2f ,141f. Buda-Pesth to 40,743,- 392f. and St Petersburg 7,039,019f. At the time the latest regular na- Uonal censuses were taken Emrlaud . had 443 inhabitants to the square mile; I y 217; Amstria! France, 175; Germany m..i r -i r - -t j. hi; uuuiK) ui iicn.ue.vicaus are smu , los; .European itussm, 40; Spain, 82: """ "B"um Itnlv. 247: the United Strifes 11- OWU among liraziL, ni and iuexico rz. "i,a . ., , i 'Z- l ' fnnnn mi.-., ttM"&a-j5. ZTwiT d Stilted Thesis ! dehingTand a splendor around found in the United roUnueoT The biggest edible oysters in the! world are found at Port Lmcolu, in bontli 1 Australia. They are sometimes more than n rnnt. nerns flirt lioll niwl the ovter fits the shellso well lie does , Arrangements were soon made. We not leave much margin. It is alsowent out whero the wa-ons were ' said that their flavor and delicacy are I ZSkJ LI ?. i 11,, a I proverbial. It i not generally known that the custom or keepiup birthdays is many thousand years old; it is recorded in the fortieth chapter ot Genesis, twentieth verse: "And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that lie made a feast unto all lus servants.' The third year of high license in Philadelphia shows a continued fall ing ofT in the number of drinking places. Under the old low-license system there were more than 0,000 such places. In 18SS the new law cut them down lo 1,313, in 1889 to 1,201, and this year there are but 1,173 a falling-ofT of 4,800 saloons in three years. All Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, south ot parallel 31; Arkansas, Mis soari, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Wash ington, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Min nesota west of the Mississippi, Kansas, except that part south of the Arkansas river. Colorado and Wyoming cast of the lkcky mountains and Indian ter ritory, are included in the territory acquired in 1803 by the Louisiana pur chase. Believes iu the Ioeal Paper. Pat your money into the local pa pers, said Allen C. Mason, the lead ing real estate operator of Tacoma. He was talking with a well known broker. "I never spent a dollar on paides, handbooks, blotters or other illegitimate advertising dodges, but I have always been one of the heaviest advertisers in the local papers. If well ma&aged, they appreciate generous patronage and use every effort to give yoar advertisements the widest pos sible circulation. Give them every dollar you can raise," Mr. Mason started in Tacoma years ago without capital and is tolay a millionaire. He knows enough about advertising to five the best kind of advice. Seat tle Prat. THE EEVISED SPELLER. An Old Man, a Rude Boy, and Their Two Lawyers- An old man found a rude boy up one of his apple trees and desired the younjj marauder to come down, speaking to him with pleasant words, which are sweeter also than the hon eycomb. "I prefer to remain in the baud wagon," replied the boy who held the age. The old man then threatened him with personal vio lence, but the young scapegrace told him to go to grass, as it was written in tllf snpllJnfT linnlr "TIiati " jni? the old man whose patiejice wa s-tj ' narrow escape from death. VJticayo "Brethren, I've been migbt'Iy m gone. "I will visit von with the ex-i IltiuM. fterested in this Mectioaeenn fur the trerae penaltv of liie Jaw." Whole- ------- heathen, an' I would now like to upon the saucebox tauntiugly told SHORTS. ' know something about him. him to go ahead and draw his bill, ' Then addressing the minister who ntirl ho trntihl .jnnti ooa linn mnMi ti. ii.,,..,..., : i.o. ,. r i.o. i had inst taken his seat, the exhorter . . '"" --.. ww - ."w mGat there was on a woodchuck in -tv . mi t , . i jecemuer. me oiti man uotuuig ' 1", at once engaged the services ot an able anu learneu lawyer, wno was aiso a jurisi ana was uisiiuguisueu m the Columns Of the local press for his matchless forensic eloquence; while on his part the rude boy, by pledging a portion of the fruit of the tree which he occupied, was able to secure for the defense a pure minded and honorable counselor, whose fair I fnirif" jis nn atfnrnpv nml snntlnsa rpn- Nation as a fair minded advocate had 1 never been called into ouestiou. save by those who had dealings with him. The old man, who was rightful owner aud was possessed of thetree by de- ! scpnf nnrolinnp. fflii;it Jilifn ation '.....i .' and forfeiture, had his claim strength - ,,. i,.r w.,.,ot.i i.;. i come down, to which tbe boy replied i that he had learned a little law him- sli:nu from his nooket. knocked the boyclear out of the orchard at the first shot, aud assumed possession by villainage. "My name is Deunis," ' cried the dying boy, "but I wonder JJ) ' mu n uhib u mw ..., ...m. .hu.uu. , advocate, ' he had a chump of a law- , yer who didn t know how to play the , "","""!,-" " S, WR he ool,: T? h" cl,eut ! ? othes' cxined his teeth to see if j he- wer fi"pl1; ad sold the cadaver 1 to a medical student, with the right j of reversion of the bones to himself 2U after the student got through with Thus do wo see that it is easv jong in lhe wake ot the influenza, enough to make an honest living at Tt ,:LS ,Ls hom? m onthern regions the nractiro of the ihwirv of law if!a,ul.u? symptoms are :i feeling of r-oofthe theorv of law if!a,ul,u? ?-VIPto.ml : mow how to put tho kink . pndyais 111 the hmbi ; yOU ouly Jj jn ,e lariat ' 1 Big Iujuu Licks a Veteran. While we were lying at Fort Lara mie in 18G.", a Kiowu Indian from Kansas came on to act as a govern ment scout. He could speak English first rate, and having lived among the whites for many years he had picked up a good many pointers. We soon i learned among other things that ho vnmni i...ni..i 1.:... .., :.. i.. .,. cuth ro'und. We nut him on to a few : .i ti. :,! r 11... Most of these were in a great hurry to knock over an Iudiau, either with fist or bullet, aud the half-dozen red- 8l:ius nbout the fort ,ma lo bustle to s?vo tueir .uacou Uue day when the siKu " right, we togged Joe rae Indian style, gave him his out in cue as act, nnd sent him some feunsylvania stk 1. user hustlers was a big corporal of fistic fame' a"d the mi"le IroP SffP?" 1LWS!!L? . of Gs t c usiic "Whoopee! That hits me! I've been laying for an Injun. Til give you my head if he stands through the ui. ir t L:...: ' 1 :" " i.y x . 1 principals were soon ready. Joe was as calm as a May morning, having little to say, while the corporal was all "gab'' and excitement, and calling eut: "Watch him, boys, aud don't let let him rnn!" We had six-ounce boxing gloves, and it was to be Qneensbury rules. When Joe was ready, every one but the coqioral could see that he had "been there'; tho latter was in such a hurry "to punch an Injun" that ho overlooked particulars. He weighed at least thirty pounds the most, and there was a grin of delight on his face as the call came. He went in to secure a kuockout blow, but several surprises awaited him. He could no more hit that Indian than a boy could lasso a weasel; and when the first round closed his grin had given place to a look of astonishment When round second opened we gavo Joe tho wink. He made a dodge or two, feinted, swung his right with a smash, and the corporal uttered a yell and went to earth to snore like a horse for five minutes before he came to. It was as clean a knock-out as any one ever saw, and he was man enough to realize it When he could keep his feet he reached out his hand to Joe and said: "Don't spt me down for a fool. I am simply fresh too fresh. This has salted me, however, and if you'll come around to the tent, Pll divide half and half with you, aud tben give you a re volver which I captured in Virginia to learn how to get that swing with the right" r. N. Sun. A ITuifjup Device. An enterprising saloon man down on Clark street lias been attracting attention, to his place daring the past few days'by a clever illusion. Artisti cally arranged fragments of glass have been so pasted upon his big plate-glass front as to deceive people into the could "put up his dukes in first rate -"- - " "' ."" '"' style. In fact, when put against our j a"a f take," " ?e ot Plnladel bestman.".Toe."aa the Indian wils I Va bfc know7! mess men laid belief that the plate has been shattered by a bullet The illusion is almost perfect and can only be seen through by a very close observer. To carry out the scheme there is a bullet pasted up to the glass, and an ex-' T . ,.. ,t . . planatory line under it to the effect It is a di&cult matter to impress that it is the particular bullet which upon the mind of the rural man of Ar shattered the glass. There is a group in kausaw the necessity of paying 1m frontof the window all dav long. . mediate attention to the heathen. HankSmith,who is near bv,is poiutedj During a camp meeting in Saline out as the intended victim of the bul- county n preacher from Little lock let. His friends have circulated the made an eloqnent appeal in favor of report that some ambiibhed enemy of the poor wretch who eats hannhs his fired at him from across the street missionaries instead of eatmg hurtful the other night just after he had closed bulk pork. When the preacher ii ul Wnl-irv nnrl nnn!i rvill in nvm- ' linnr tn rvmoTsifnlritn liim nnnn liiq w t-.W. .V .'WIS I'.IS V. ... W. - , neon e call in j.jji, nuicnicivnia wicuuuicui un.. ilv n-inor ,t l?w Vnnl Ontn Tfisaiu: I.- - .... ' . is so nonular that the owner has bought a new power press and a new ontlit. The Watwin Tower, which will be , nrp,(1 :n Trfm,1n rm.l nrArfnn tlii j Eiffel ower bv 335 feet is to Imve six legs instead of four. It will cost about $1,200,000. Portugal means to come out strong iu the matter of her new fleet Four ironclads, ten armored ships, eighteen gun-boats constitute a large order. John Weslev Haslett of Kansas j Cit-V claims the championship belt iu ' n novel branch of industry. He is the ''sticker" for a packing company, and uiauus umi iu lounoeii years bervieu i ho lins slnin S IfVMWl linfr ' h uas sam 8,100,000 hogs m rmiaueiDina. rue citv will nav for the grading and the land. The Mu",u V.11' Vx,lor . ului.ucu. lVlUK aoout nni cIoti? m npeni nT f lmnN nnf t)r the twenty-four; that he does not fed sleepy and does not suffer from the loss of sleep. When he docs sleep he takes his nap m a chair. A Philadelphia cliemist says of the una cuumiSb savs 01 ine her: "Not lou n'o it ' r,sc , campj,or: jot long ago it coul(1 bouJ,ht at 4- ceut3 r pind 1)y the barrel, now it is selling at G5 .cents. The cause ot the increased price is owing to hor ig bein lso e&J ,wwler Hia fnof. iii-it pnm. used for making smoke- Europeans are oecomiug aiarmeu J-uropeans are becoming alarmed ) ovcr sraieinenisiiiatanotner epidemic. , ire ; and a tendency ! 10 leinargic sieep. The German guards are being armed with the first installment or the new rifles, and by April the whole of the active army will be provided with tho improved weapon. This is the third ritle adopted by the German army since 1871, involving in each case an expenditure otover S",000,000. A Kew Check Upon Cheeks. ""stily blottetl his name on a check wmi a uiuuur. "Got what down?" tusked a visitor, j "A new wrinkle adopted by mer I chants and others lo prevent their names from being forged to checks. I It's this way, and after signing 1 my name I turn the pen up nnd draw a line though it from right lo left, nnd it looks as if the name had been cancelled. The pecu liar little twirl at the at the end where the long line of tho pen commences is where the forger of a man's name gets left Ho doesn't tumble to it, so to speak, but the cashiers of the banks srstatr- irenuinc or not You see. also, this drawn through the name makes the ciec- j00j- j jf jt yvas no K00j jn Cilse TtWA "t Sost sentitloV md the finder will not pre- collectiou. It's a great idea and is being adopted by many busi ness men of the city. Of course, we have to explain it to the bank people, who, once they know it, have no further trouble with us over it. Hut " t 3;?& Ltfhnt aw1n1iin,e' V1 lfc, ,tnkes mo hti?e ork to do so" mid ho gazed proudly at the unsightly line drawn through the name at the bottom of a check for $7,000. When Men Buy Bonnet. A Wabash avenue saleswoman in a millinery stere: I have been brought up in this business, and I never be fore know of so mauy men buying hats and bonnets for women as they are this season. I can remember when a man would have no more thought of coming into a place like this, except as a looker-on, than a woman would think of going into a saloon. Hut for the last few seasons men havo taken it into their heads to do much of the buying for their wives, sisters, or sweethearts. And I must say that I like the change. Tho average man can pick out a becoming hat or bonnet for a woman and not look over one-third of the store. As a general thing, a man knows better than a woman what is best suited for her. Very few hats or bonnets selected by men are ever ."chimed. One of the most prominent lawyers in the city ho used to bo a judge drove up in his carriage the other day and brought in his wife's old bonuet and gave minute instruct tio s as to how it should be trimmed. And I must say he had excellent taste. I was over to Paris a few weeks ago, and a found men doing a good deal of shopping in this line of. goods. Chi cago Tribune. To give something of an idea what it costs to land a special log, we will state that tho big 123 foot stick re cently cut at Williamson's camp for the Tacoma mill, cost about $150 to put in the water. A special landing was made and it wa3 necessary to care fully prepare a soft bed for the mon ster to fall on. SJielton Journal. The wickedest sinner is the man who does things we are afraid to. Terre Haute Express. 1 1 iwirn rrrT ir inxirit ima it ict 1 111s nun uowu wuu iisi;ii 01 rciiei anu ALREADY PARADISE. Why the Arkansan Didn't Believe In Giving to the Heathen. COUClUdCU ail Oil! ttXUnrter aro-t ..'III Said ., Brother, I wonld like to ask you a few questions. The boys all say that they are waitin' to see what stand I take, so you won't object to a few questions, will yon?" Certainly not." "Thankee. Wall, now, how's po liteness in the heathen's country?" "He knows nothing of politeness.'1 "Ah, hah. Well, how is the ques tion of capital and labor?" "There is no capitalno labor." "No strikes?" "No." "Got no canderdates?" j "No candidates." j "Don't havo to wear no dothes, if i j. unuersianu inu huuiuiuii; ' "Thov Imvn nn lrHirj." They have uo clothes. "No lawyers there, I reckon?" "No lawyers." "Wall, parson, that's the country I'm lookm' fur, an' ef a emergratiou agent wuz to come hero he'd ketch every sensible mau in Saline county. Boys, I don't think we ken give Sir. Heathen anything. It wonld be as TUB SOUND OF LIGHT. Remarkable Discovery PnsMliilitie. With (5re.it One ot tho niot wonderful dis coveries in science that has been made within tho last year or two is the fact that a beam ot light produces sound. A beam ot sunlight is thrown through a lens on a glass vessel that contains Lampblack, colored silk or worsted or other substances. A disk having slits or openings cut in it is made to re volve swiftly in this beam of light so as to cut it up, thus making alternate flashes of light nnd shadow. On put ling the ear to the vessel slrangc sounds are heard so long as the flash ing beam is falling on the vessel. Recently a more wonderful dis covery has been made. A beam of 1 sunlight is made to pas.3 through a prism, so as to produce what is called 1 flip finlnr ctwvfriim rr rnmlwiu' Tliic v . " , , ; .rv "1SC w turned, and the colored light of the rainbow is made to break through it Now, place the ear to the vessel containing tne silk-, wool or otuer material. As tlie colored light ot.,t,h1e sP.ectru,m fjlls "Pon it sounds will be given by different parts of the spectrum and there will be silence in otjier parts. popta. nice, if the vessel outains red worsted and the green liglit Hashes upon it, loud sounds will be given. Only feeble sounds will be heard when tho red and blue parts of the rainlxjw fall upon the vessel, and other colors make no sound at all. Green silk gives best in red light Every kind of material gives more or less sound in others. The discovery is a strange one, and it is thought more wonderful things will come ot it--Snentiir JVew-v. Ci.im ami lIitcr I .ore. "How do you tell a good clam?" ejaculated the fish dealer. "Oh, squat him. If he come.? right open again he is weary for saltwater, and is not fresh enough in the ordinary sense of the word. Auy live clam who is squeezed knows enough to shut his mouth and keep it so. It is only woru out fool clams who open their shells again immediately. Freshly dug clams are mostly closed up, anyhow. It makes a heap of difference whether the clam is fresh though. You ought to know it you have ever eat 'em. I hate a clam that's got homesick and hangs his tongue out all day in the basket I'd rather eat rotten apples. A lobster! Well, a good lobster weiglis something. If you want to buy lobster you want to, and you don't wantshellsfnll of water aud siir. Even lobster's got his name on him, so the old salts say,- Look on one of his claws when he "comes from the water. Y'ou can see it better than when he is older and has been lwiled. He has a name, or the year he was born, or something else 611 it Some are named Bob and some Dick. Let one ot 'era, though, get a hi,: bite on your fiuger aud his name'll be 'Jeehosphatr withaccent on IheJee. They're funny fellows -clam? aud lobsters. You know that a clam's head ain't his head, don't you? Course, you did His month is "way round on the other side of his shell. The 'head' is the siphon where he sucks in water one way and spouts it out the other. You have got to get ac quainted with clams to like them in tho flesh. Fried clams is another matter." ZoMfrctVe Journal. How 3Iany Stars? For a number of years the states or the Union were 38 in number, and the same number of stars were em blazoned on tho blue held or the national banner. Then came North and South Dakota, "Washington aud Montana, knocking for admission to the family circle in the sisterhood of states, Uncle Sam kindly admitted them, and our starry banuer had 42 bright lights gleaming in its constella tion. Then the manufacturers issued the new bunting and many people obtained the correct flags. At present Idaho and Wyoming aro climbing rapidly, and already are planning to apply for admission into tho national family. Of course thoir application will be granted, and then two more flashing stars will add to the brilliancy or the flag we love so well. The large number of flags made with 42 stars will evidently bo too numerous, and the dealers who thought they had struck it rich bv producing so large a stock will find that the supply is far in excess of the demand, and they will be left high upon the beach out ot the tide. Thus the good work will go on, until one never knows when to buy a flag, and the inquiry which heads this article will bo found a natural ene: "How many stars?" Unwelcome Notoriety. For a man who does not seek notoriety indeed he studiously avoids it Jay Gould secures more of it than any other man in America. Ever time one picla up a paper Jay Gould stares out at him from the cold type, whatever page he may tnru to. Gould always Gould and Gould doesn't wantit; in fact, he detests it. He can't step outside his door without (some reporter making note of it. Ho can't steal gently and ho always 'steals gently down Wall street with- ' out the papers getting out extras about it, and the fact being telc- I graphed all over the country. He I glides out in the evening to call upon ' some eharmiug widow (lie is a widower now), and a score of reporters are at his heels, who propose to know if he propose to propose. Great v.eaUh doesn't buy privacy and rcpoe. it ' seems. POSTAL CURIOSITIES. Fart That Will Intercut You. Whether Yon Expect a Letter or Xot. I Aiiu iieavit.'si man carneu over any rm. 1 ?i ?i i mail route 111 the united States is be tween New York and Philadelphia. The average daily weight of the mails carried over this route last vear was 201.813 pounds. For trains carrying the mails the best time is made on the Lehigh Val ley railroad between Easton, Pa., and Metnchcn station, N. J., distance 5L20 miles. Tbe average time of all mail trains is forty miles an hour. The longest continuous run made by postal clerks is from Omaha to Og den. a distance ot 1,035.30 miles. The greatest unmber of clerks on any railroad postofiice line is 3-"j1 on the New York & Chicago. There are 8.257 letter carriers, aud they delivered last year 1, 703,202, -13G pieces of mail matter. Total number of clerks in the rail way mail service is 5.-US. The num ber of casualties last year was 193. Ten clerks were killed and ninety-five seriously injured. The total number of pieces of matter sent to the dead letter office was (5,170, 29L all lied to foreign countries was 4.111,852 pounds. Of this amount 3,151,505 was sent to transatlantic countries. Great Britain, leading the list, received 1.519.GS0 ; Germany comes next, having received U4Ui7.' pounds, while France is third with 239.109 to her credit. At the cloe of the last fiscal year there were 59,S3S postmasters in the United State, whose compensation was $13,108,990, an average salarv of $220 each. The number of clerks employed in postotlices was 7,809. They received for their services $3,919,30 i, an aver age or $75S each. The number of clerks in the rail way mail scrviee was 3,010, who were paid an aggregate sum of $5,231,007, an average or S928 each. The total sum paid bv the govern ment for the transportation of the mails, including railroad, steumljoat and star route service, and also com pensation for the use of postal cars, was $25,732,515.59. The total sum paid for the transpor tation of foreign mails was 8521,33.03. The largest sum paid a single steam ship line was 3183.003.19 to the North German Lloyd. The Ciinnrd line was second, having received $100,312.53. There were 13,321,210 pieces of mat ter sent to lhe registered mails, and 3998 complaints were made of delin quencies in the service. Of this latter number 1010 cases were reported as losses, but subsequently the letters or parcels were received by lhe persons addressed. In 1090 cases it was as certained that there was no just ground for complaint, the irregu larity arising from improper ad dress or lhe sender, from the failure ot the sender to enclose lhe sum intended to have been remitted, and other sim ilar cause--. There were 503 cases in which the investigation resulted in Hie restoration of the amount lost to the proper owners, making a total ot 3,283 ea-es iu which no loss was sus tained, leaving 715 cases in which it was not possible lo make recoverv. JEWELED fSABTEU-:. itaiisrr Lurks in the IKv.rt Tint Ci'nt.s Above Them. The batrothed wife of an estimable young man was recently visiting his mother. The members of both families were delighted. The chap's mother was dazzled by lhe beauty, the breeding ami the elegance of her pros pective daughter-in-law. Strange to say, however, on the day after the young girl had begun her visit the mother called her sou to her and spoke gravely to him about his promised bride. '"Harry, said she, "Alice invited me into her room to-day and oh, my son, she doesn't dress like a lady at all. I'm afraid, Ham-, I really am." Harry smothered his indignation and begged his mother to explain her self. "Well, you see,' said tho latter, "in stead of nice white liuen, her under wear is black silk. Every item is of that material, and when I spoke of it she showed me trunks full of clothes iu every tint of silk imaginable and no linen at all. This was bad enough, Harry, but her garters had jeweled clasps on them. Oh, my son, you never knew of a girl of real relinement to get herself up in that style. I feel certain that something that we do not know nbout in Alice's disposition will come out sooner or later." In a great rage at his mother's im putation Harry left the house. "When ho returned he did not recur to the subject, and his mother refraiued from broaching it agaiu, though her whole manner indicated her fears concern ing her sou's fiancee. A week later, however, the girl eloped with an ad venturer. "I should always" said Harry's mother, "doubt a young lady who could not take pride in fine linen, and am positive that no modest girl ever wore a jeweled garter. Such a thiug could not be the gift of herfatheror mother, and she would certainly not buy it herself." Boston Post. Making it Hot for Each Other. Following is an extract from a let ter written by SupcrintendentofPublic Instruction R. B. Bryan, of "Washing ton, to a country superintendent. It explains itself: In regard to school laws, I will say that they are all in type, and awaiting the arrival of the state's paper, which is side-tracked somewhere between here aud Chicago. It is a bad state of affairs The school oflicers are making it hot for me; I am making it hot for the state printer, the state printer is making it hot for the secretary of state, and the secretary of estate is making it hot for the paper coirijsany, j and the paper company is making it j hot for the railroad company. TliprA nrn n foxr rtrli Tripn'a fnlilv that have crumbs. Ifc7 ison Qlobe. 'lhe sale of postage stamps of kinds amounted to 32,921, 7S 1.17. lhe weight of the mails disnatc A DISCONSOLATE BRIDEGROOM. Ho May Get His Olothes, But His Wife Will Get a Divorce- Social circles in the little towu of Hondo, five miles east of Texarkana, are all agog over a little romance that originated there and promised most auspiciously, but later came to grief. A Professor Bcctou, who for some time has been teaching school in the Chickasaw nation, in passing through Hondo some weeks ago spent the nigtit at the resnleuce of Mr. Bon Ward, a prosperous citizen. The lat ter had a daughter of 19 summers. Miss Dora and with her aud the pro fessor it was a case of love nt first sight. The courtship then begun culminated in wedlock a week ago, when tho happy pair started north on the Iron Mountain railway on their bridal tour. Reaching the town of Hope, Forty miles distant, the groom bethought himself of some neglected business at Texarkana which de manded immediate attention. He ac cordingly left his wife at a Hope ho tel and returned here, promising the confiding wife to come again to her on the first train. Instead of doing so ho got on a glorious drunk and spent his money to the last cent. The bride's father, hearing of the state of affairs, went to Hope and re turned his daughter to the parental roof. This came to the ears of the professor, who, when ho got sober enough, addressed a note of the fol lowing tenor to his speuse: My Dearest Darling Ducky: Please where are mj clothes? The answer came back: Your clothes are where you left them, and I am where you found me. You may succeed in recovering your duds, but yon can't get me any more. I am going to stay with dad here after. The naughty hubby will make des perate efforts at reconciliation, but friends of tho wife say she will apply at ouce for a divorce. KEPT S0BEB AND WON. But This New York Drummer Had to Sue For His Money. f !.- l. T i uuu in inu must curious cast's ever tried in the courts of "Worcester, Alasu., and the only one of the kind ever tried beforo a jnry, was decided recently, says the l'oston Globe. It was nn action of John Lankota, of New York, vs. George L. Newton, of the firm of Lamed, Newton & Co., of this city. The plaintiff, in his allegation. stated that Mr. Newton who is a I strict temperance man and a church member, on the 3rd day of November, 18S7, promised to give him $100 it he would not drink a drop of intoxicating liquor for ono year. On the expira tion of the year the plantifT ap peared "before tho defendant, Mr. Newton, and, asserting that he had abstained from drinking for tho year, claimed his 8100. Mr. Newtou refused to nay, and on all sides it was agreed by the drummers friends that it would be a good joke if Newton were sued for the amount. Suit was brought aud postponed from time to time, but the drummer was persistent, and to-day walked out of court proud in the fact of a ver dict in his favor. It establishes as well his sobriety for a year. The plaintiff testified to the facts in the case. The book-keeper for Lamed, Newton & Co. tes tified for the plaintiff to tho effect that he was a witness to the agreement. This closed tho plaintiff's case. The defense rested its caso withpnt offeriug auy testimony. It admitted the fact as alleged by plaintiff, but asked the court to rule that there was not sufficient consid eration to form a contract capable of legal enforcement, Tho court de clined so to rulo and instructed tho jury to find for the plaintiff in the sum ot S100, with interest from the date ot the writ. The jurv accord ingly returned a verdict for the I plaintiff, and assessed damages m the sum of S10G.70. Tho preliminary arguments ot the counsel promised to bo fnnny and it wjis snggestcd jocosely that siuce the ' drummer was the gainer by following tho advice given he should be tho i one to scttlo and pay over to Newton. Tho case has attracted considerable ' attention here and has been the ( source ot a good deal of sport. AX ELKCIRICAIi IUXXKR. The ruique Entertainment Recently ('iven iu Baltimore. The Baltimore Bicycle club gave an electrical dance anil banquet lately at the new clnb house. G. E. Painter, cx-niember ot the club, and an elec trician, by an ingenious arrangement of ivires produced some novel electri cal dFects. Two sets of musicians furnished the music. The dancing rooms were connected by folding doors. Tho musicians sat in the hall and annunciators told them what dances to play, the leader of each set of dancers simply touching electric buttons in their respective rooms. In the supper room there was a track of small brass rails, on which was an electric car or basket about a foot lougaud thirty inches wide. This car conveyed the viands from the but ler's apartment. The butler placed the courses In silver trays upon the . car and sent them along the electric railway. The car stopped long enough in front of cacb plate for each guest to help himself, i The car was also supplied with j electric ueiis. xne oaii room was beautifully illnminated by incandes cent lights in the shape of tulips, lilies aud other flowers. Under the tables were music boxes operated by electricity, which played during the supper. Not a drop oE coffee or a bit of ice cream was spilled by the electri cal waiter. New York Tribune. White Home Economy. Imagination pictures the presiden tial family as living on the pinnacle or splendor and luxury. Any other comfort to its occupants, and thero are a imnared nouses where more art aud luxury are found iu the finish and fittings. The family have no living-room and sitting-room that is private and their own, save the end of the drancrhtv enr- riddr upstairs. The offices have absorbed so much of the house that only one bed-chamber can be set apart for the truests whom thev mav wish to entertain. Alnch of the table service is plated ware, the carpets are often turned aud the curtains patched. Mrs. Harrison says anxieusly: "If we can afford new curtains tills year,' quite as if she were a housekeeper with a husband on a salary instead of the mistress of the White House. A machine to shuffle cards has been invented. Now let us have a machine to deal that won't lick its thumb. S. F. Alta. Great Slaughter Sale AT THE If M whw or Stationery, Musical Goods and Notions, for the Next Sixty Days. Flavel's Brick Building, 0pp. Occident Hotel. T. B. LOUG-HERY, Cigars, : Tobaccos, : and : Cigarettes ! CONFECTIONERY, ETC. iSOXE BUT THE BEST BRARTDS IIANDJJFJD. THIRD STREET. 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