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ASIOSIA Pl'SUfl IIBHARY iSSOCIAIIOIl Save time The Dally Astoria n Has a Psoiiia AND PianMNaMT Fipen. Howi mid worry UzJLi .Family Clrculatlofl... An "Ad M Mur.H MOM THAN THRU TIMU At USTit AS THAT OF AMY OTHa UA HI AlTOtlA. In Trt ASTONIAS'I "W.nl Cului.ii." ICXCLUHIVB TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XI.VI. AMTOKIA, OKKUON: SI N DAY MO I! NINO, MARCH 14, 18!7. NO. 67 wl -a. . a. .aw A.MJst JMiwm, GRIFFIN & REED City Book Store Stationers & Booksellers All the Leading Newspapers and Periodicals Kept on Hand LEGAL BLANKS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES WHY DO WE KEEP w-w Robt. Stewart & Sons' Irish Flax Salmon Twine BBCAUSB It Is the Best, the Strongest and Longest-Lasting Twine Made . . . FOARD & STOKES CO. Dealer la Cork and Lead Line, Haniiar, Twlaa, Uadsj alao, Oar, Oarlock. Boat Cooking ttcnalU, Sail Drills, Paints, float Nalla, Etc., Etc. SELF 5TAATIHG HERCULES n ii iii' satl-Slartlii. O Mnrw I'tmrr Murine Ki'irlnr. rK I'AIITN I HcrculcH Ooh 4nS NAMKOMK NT., UNION MEAT COMPANY Shield Brand Hams, Bacon. Strictly Pure Lard ALL KINDS OF CANNED MEATS Oaarantwd lb rtott la th Market COKNEK rOURTM AND (H.ISAN STREKT3 - PORTLAND. OREOON The Columbia Iron Works .... FOUNDRYMEN .... Blacksmiths, fIaebinists, and Boiler-makers Corner ElcaUwalli at. and rranklla Ate. Ross, Higgins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AHTOHIA ANI t!AMT AHTOItIA CMOICie KRICSII AND SALT MB ATS R. L. Boyle & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Investments R2.1 Commercial Htreet. Antorla The Palace Cafe... Is the Place for a Good Meal-Eastern Oysters XV. XV. WHIPPLE. Proprietor Astoria Roofing & Cornice Co. 34 Gravel. Tin and Slate Roofing NINTH CTMFFT Asphalt Paving for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets JL c Asphalt Coating on Tin and Shingle Roofs Repairing of ll kinds of Roofs Clarkson & Marvin ftoom Company LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. , AH Work Roof Palatini and R.palrinu L.aky Roof. J. A. PASTABEND General Contractor House, Bridge and Wharf Butlder-House Moving Tools for Rent ENGINES t'slng gaa.lln. or cheap dlstUlait oil. Klurtiies nmiwrttj direct with pro peller phuft. and no nolay, easily broken Imwl gears uaod In reverse motion. Now iik devlea: po internal spring electrode to lium out Son. I fur testimonials. V are building (he nw ). sslf- star.lna mtrtiMi engines In all size up to TOO hiiov power. Every engine fully guaranteed. tAlia AlUIKtsft Engine WorkH NAN r KANt'tHC'O 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon Leave order, at t;ommera poet Guaranteed . ' N. JENSEN and R. 0. HANSEN MARINE GASOLINE IN THE HARZ MOUNTAINS Astoria Lady Tells of Their Wonders and Beauties. LUTHER CHURCH PEERED INTO Reformer's Birthplace Visited In the Town of ELsleben. THE MONUMENT OF THE EMPEROR Situated on the Klffbiuscr-Beiutlful Slf tits of a Summer's Vacation la Far-Off Germany. T.elsy i the sunny lt f June an! over thf hill an.! far away, .nly with ii It sounded more llkt thin: 'Tin July' firm sunny day and with the imln wr it fly away to Old llslle on Halle, and then maylie the lUrti we'll see. Arrival at Halle, only an hour's dis tance from I1kIic. we proceeded to thf market place. It was th busy hur f the morning, and thf place wan fllled with t(iim from the surround ing country, and housewives irowded round thf tiny stall well filled with vegetable, fruit and flower, presided over tiy portentous old dm. If, wan rnc 'f confualon m an outsider. tut (In- participant knew well what they were about. After tiring of looking down we looked up. Th churvh of Our Lady. I ilir. "liothe Ttiurm." a high clock tow !er. and a lnwiv statue of Handel all r-eivel their share of obvcrsatlon. i Handel la represented In English court JilrMK. On the hark of the muslr desk :.in whlrh he lean la a pretty little jr.'llnf of ft Cecelia. hH face l a -tvr of Jenny Llnd, . ' Thl city wa the birthplace uf Han del, and now we turned our stej to Iltie hmine In -which hi l aald t" have , lii-n iM.rn, hut n one aenna t know 1 i"lilv.'ly In whlih r"in of the hout 'and nl Kill -.! are lut ailmllted: ) we weal out In the irardi'ii reataurant U hln.l and had our at-rond Jireakfaat. uumler.d throUKh little narrow ulr.i'tK. dark alleya, and then attain jln the Ide.pleaaant houlevarila, aaa d the unlverwtty, uld churt-h. and man-iiim-ntH, until Anally we found our ini'lvcii on the outaklrta of the city, and ,frKtna the Halle we atumliled nto laicaliiat the houai- where the atu 'ilcnta lltrht their dueln. Oolna In we found nothlnK ao remarkaltk about It. A Plain ibrlck houae with a rektaurant on the flrat Ilxr and on the aecond a I a rice aaaMiili)y rooni. (ipcnlnic from thl. la amaller room. In which the real duelllnK la done. Hark of thla la a regular network f romna. through which the atudenla ran muke their eacaH and avoid the police. Klmuld they hnipen up. Here alao th dui'llata have their wounda attended to. Directly ofiHaite from thla butUHiiR. armaa the river, rlaea a very hih bluff hearlnirlhe rulnaf tllohtchenateln an old catle In which, ao the ntory rtina, Iiula the Sprlner waa once Impris oned and made hta em-ape by jump I UK Into the river below. In the afternoon we went on to Kla- li'hen. 'the birthplace of Martin Luther. We aaw the hoime In whk-h he was born, hla bel, aome old hooka and pic tures, jrave the old lady who told ua about theae thing anme "TilnkghMt," and went on to look at the Nil that had cradled auch a great man aa Lu ther. There waa nothing In purtlc.ular to dlatlngulah It frni other little C.er tnan towns of the same alae, only an air of aadneaa neonicd to prevail. No lutiKhlng facea, but all wore hopeless looks. While sitting In an out-of-the-way corner eating some cherries, an old grey headed man let his tongue talk of what his heart waa full. He told ua that the underground Bait lake, over which the city la built, has been drained through minea, land the city la now sinking pl by piece. W told him that waa a common occurrence In America. Why, In some localltlea the ground was not sat I died with sinking, but there was mch a constant drain that It even ran away, carrying houaes and people with It, and all we thought of It waa to tie a rope on and pull our houses back again and let the land go, for we knew more would be along directly. The church In which Luther first preached was peeked Into. His statue on the market place, and near It the houao In which he died, ware both looked at In turn We were beginning to feel quite familiar with Luther, and walked rlowly up the hill to the station thinking a big think. Our iuial flopping place for that day was Sungerhausen. or "Jtuiimerhausen" as the Inhabitants call It. We prefer red saying we were up In the "Oolden Aue,". tired, to be sure, and quite con tent to be embraced by a feather bed. The next morning we felt refreshed and ready to start for Kelba, where we arrived In half an hour. Here was a long warm walk In st'.r.r fur us, for we were going (o the new monu ment on th Klfrtiuueer. '.'iln ui, Me t'i'.k Hi" lisoa'-e, which a the Ioiiki'I way, tmt khI wslklriK. arid a gradual climb. After Hire.- hours' nalklllg Mild renting, with an icraalonal atrayliig off un the aide to Indulge In pranks, untong oth.-r things cllniMng to the tup of a construction, uhi d only by aurvcyora to g.'t a view, we li-gsn to inet tourlaia, and bef,.r.; long wt wi- at the monument. It u an lin o. slrm tur'-. which had le-.-n ere. t d by the nolilltra and dHliated to Kniperor William I. It had just been ruin-1 the put spring and eoplr wrr there In inn to aei- it. The greater nuiniier hal collie In the same manner as we, (ir.-at, big, fa men and fatter women, with little stream, of perspira tion Mowing do i, their faces, would come puffing up the hill and ask "Hind lr nlclit bald o?" atop a minute to mop ntr. and then go laughing and talking among thi-mselvea. having aiish a Jolly good time as only German know how on expeditions of mat kind. And what walkers these people aro. "Hpatxlercngehen" .eema to be motto with them. If their good example Iji this way were followed by a great many of our American friends they would soon notice benefic ial results. Our walk back to the station was Imply a case of running down hill. Itothfl.-rodf was as far as we could gel thai night from Kelha. We had no Idea what hotel to go to or If there even waa one, so we stopped at the first "'eaathiaf" we rame to, and of alt gasthofa, this Is one which protx- bly la too well Impress on our man- Hires ever lit be Tirgottrii. Rut we were tired, having walked over ten miles, and for the nrat day we were content. The next morning, on com paring notes, we found that Imaging lion had played a large part as a dis turbing element In the reatlng of the past night. After waiting for the hens to lay the eggs and tne cows to be tnllkej, wv hatl ur breakfast and started f-.r St..Urg. We some way hud the faculty of al ways taking the longest road to get to a place. It waa a lovely walk. and we had great fun, trylntf to carry our baggage where It would hurt the least. We had to take that with us. It waa not muili. bi t even the lightest of burden in.-oin s heavy when tarried a long di.Uunce. Htolherg Is a little nest, aa til- Ger mans say, up In the sntithni HartX and ruled over by a cort or th a':n name, a part of whl, h we were made aware of by the mnnerou-! sinus up In all corners, f.rhid.ll.ig all sorts of things. Hieallile anil tmpoaMllile. r') we conscientiously s!u:t till SJte. put bars In their places, and tried not to trespass. Thundv and Hxhtnlng her ald our appnacn. On the hllN aioiin l th. women are lurve.illng hay. They wouM tl a rope around an Immense bundle, strap 't m tlie.r backs, and come down with It to the village. Hen we saw the tnswrr to the old (eermau riddle. Whit h.iu- has three stories and no stepi '" The answer Is:. The Kath Haus .". n hall) at Stol berg. It Is built 4R.iitt; the sld- of a hill ami e-n-lt story Is entered from a dlrTe.-ent sldew al!'.. After eating our dinner we went on ;i.-nii;h the pouring rain. We trudged niong llk' old staK-ra atld preiended wo liked It. Our guide b - said to take a ro.nd straight ".'p blinT. It was like 5 i ling a wall. Our reward nt the I ft was dry wea"'v and a restau- anl In which ua-i sold nothing but . i.erm.in beverage warranted to be the only cure for pa-v'U"'. throats, flow came one of th" prettiest walks had r t'v w.olc trip. We left the r-ad r.nd wandered through tne meadows. 1 he f.ow. ,t. ma-le a carpet Ii i us which a kln mlshl envy. It Is nearly Impossible to describe the beauty and luxuriance of the wild (low ers hen1. We came to a, little brook. The earth over which It was Po'v.ng was quite red from the Iron tn the water. Here was a drinking plale af forded by nature, and oh! how we en- Joyed It. Countless little blue butter flies How around us ami the Mover.-, nodded ami smiled as though thy were glad to see us; a hazy blue tn the dis tance and the sun shone brightly over head. What more would we .vls.i It was Ideal, and we, like little rhildrvn. playing In nature's garden. We could hardly contain ourselves, so happy did we feel. With what sighs of rfgret did we leave it and turn again Into the chausee. There it was real dark and solemn: the dark pines looked ns though they might be holding a confer ence ami utJCUsMing some werjnty question. We went from the nine woods out Into the beech and oak for ests. At once we feel the difference. The Inst rays of the setting sun were kissing the bright green tops, mak'tic, them still brighter, and the birds were giving a last concert for the day. Th-.-y told us to hurry on. for It would soon he dark. Hut we sttil had much to .In, We were to see the ruin Hohenst-ln. the largest In the llarti. In the twilight as we saw It, It was nmdo doubly Im pressive. In Us largest halls mlgh.'v trees have grown up. standing there as ghosts of past generations, it was a grand old ruin, and suggested ivery Imaginable legend cnu.y val(e now n In the valley lay the little dvn of Neustadt. a summer resort. Thither we turned our atepa after conquering (Continued on Third Page.) HOW PIONEERS RAISED FLAX On the rialns uf Clatsop in tbe JO's Cine I1 la i Was Crown and Spun. SKE1 FROM OVF.K THE 1'I.AIX Heat Quality Flax liaised and Thread Hold to the Indians by Mrs. Thomas Owens. Kunnyniead, March II. Kdlpr As- torlan.J A great deal of attention I la.tey being given to the subject of flax culture In Oregon. Therefore a little Informaton that shows that Clat sop county Is justly entitled to the iredlt of having produced the first flax grown In Oregon will doubtless Interest your iniany readers. Before coming to Oregon my parent. Mr. and Mr. Thomaa Owena, lived In a section of Kentucky wnere flax was extensively and profitably grown. and my mother there learned all about the culture and preparation of flax for market. She brought with her acrua the I'lalns a amall quantity of flax seed. My father brought his wile and three children to Oregon with the immigration of 1M3. and mad' hla flrat western home on Clatsop plains, upon the present Carnahan farm, arriving there In December. 143. In the spring of 1M4 mother planted her little handful of flaxseed, and very carefully cared for it until she was able to reap a large yield, fine frequently has said that ah. raised belter crops of flax on the Clatsop farm than she ever saw grow before. She very carefully saved every single seed from this first crop, obtaining about one quart. She tied the flax In bundle and placed them In a small lake close to her house, tn order that they might undergo the rotting process. She then, with the aid of such rude tools aa father waa able to make, pre pared the fiber for use. Fortunately, she found a carenter w ho waa able t make tor ber a spinning wheel from hr description, he never having seen one. From this first crop of flax moth er spun the thread that was used to make the first pair of shoes she wore In Oregon. Other pioneer women were supplied with shoes made with thU thread out of elk aklns. The elk were killed and the hides prepared, tanneo and pressed by father, and the shoes were made by one Samuel Hall. Mrs. Owena continued from year to year to carefully preserve and paint her flax seed until she was able( to d-i quite a profitable business In supplying the Indians with flax for use In mak ing their fish nets. The Indians weie amaied at the superiority of thread made from flax over the twine they had been accustomed to make and use from cedar bark. They eagerly bought flajc from Mrs. Owens for sev eral years, taking all they could get. The discovery of gold, however, created great changes In the conditions of Or egon farmer. Money flowed tno th:-ir hands freely from various sources, and the cultivation of tlax In old Clatsop was abandoned. Enough, though, hd been accomplished to demonstrate the adaptability of our soli and climate for the successful growing or flax. MRS. DH. OWEN'S ADAIH. MK.N IN GOOD CONDITION. Carcon. March 13. Among the visit ors at Corbett'a quarters this aft-T- noon was William Muldoon. the wrest ler. He stood around the handball court watching Corbett at his work, and after the champion had conrlud "d hla exercises Muldoon, A1 Smith and Hilly Madden were Invited Into the dreading room to see Corbett rubbed down. After looking Corbett over In the moat careful manner, Muldoon de clared that he was very much pleased with his condition and said he had never seen any man do better work tan tr champion hud done that af ternoon. No man on eartn could do better work, Muldoon said. Pllly Mad den waa alao asked what he thought of Corbctt's condition, and simply snld: "He's all right." Muldoon also visited Fitzsimmons and expressed hlmHtif as equally well pleased with his condi tion. FLOOD IN TENNESSEE. Memphis. Tenn., March IS. The Mis sissippi river Is over Its bnnks In many places. In the low-lying sections near this city many houses are submerged. At Marlon dozens of negro cabins have been awept away and hundreds of cat tle drowned. No lives have been lost so far. but It Is feared that the rapid ly . rising waters caused ey the late heaivy' rains and snows will Inundate a great part of the Mississippi valley. SMITH THE WINNER. New Tork. March 13. Solly Smith geta the decision over Oscar tiardner in the twentieth round. A. & C. R. R. R. Lewis & Dryden's Guide. The Aatorian says, tn a recent Issue, Mr. A. D. Charlton, assistant general passenger atfent of the Northern l'acl fle Railroad, who was In tne city yes terday, expressed himself as highly pleased with the progress being male In the construction of the A.AC. U. H. R "Will yiur road use the Astoria ro.id on throuh 'us!ness, Mr. Charlton?" "Yes, we will run through cars from Portland In the passenger service, and through freight far from the East." This la undoubtedly correct. A. D. Is not a man to talk on such a subject, or to hazard foollah assertion without excellent foundation. It la pemap just as well to call Portland's attention to the fact that the ahltping business of the Northwest Is going to tie done from Astoria in the very near future, and. while they haven't any fresh water bath for barnacle-laden ships, they have the capital alt subscribed for a dry dock that will enable the wheat vessr-ls to undergo a thorough scrap ing, painting and general repair that Is always neceaaary and not so expensive aa to preclude Its general us. (The Hltor of the Guide may also bt Informed that. In addition to all of the other reason for the handling of shipping business In Astoria, la the fact that thla I a fresh water harbor. There I not now, never has been, and never will be a teredo In any of our waters, which are just aa pure far ship-bathing purpose as the Willam ette.) WIRES CROSSED. The electric power wire of the city were last night crossed with the West ern t'nlon wires, so that only a small portion of the press report waa re ceived In Astoria. TO BREAK AWAT. Seattle. Wash., March 13. At an In formal meeting of the delegates from vaj-iiun clubs forming the Tacine Northwest Aaoclatlon of A. A. V., In this city tonight, there w-as a long dis cussion on the proposition to break away from the A. A. I, and to form a coast union. OCT OF BOND. San Francisco. March IS. Importers of the city fear that congTess will surely raise the tariff. In consequent a rapid rush Is being made to remove all goods now held in bonded ware houses. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. First Officer Leighton. of the Colum bine, who resigned his position Friday, Is now- In Portland. Captain Charles Sharp, of the'Wai iuskl, was in town yesterday, and said that the roads were now simply hor rid. Business in his part of the coun try Is good. Egg are plentiful and cheap. Grass Is coming on nnety, and the trees are all In bud. Bridge Ten der Fisher has recovered his health, and is now busy in his garden. Judge McGuire met with a serious accident at hla home in Seaside yester day. Pr. Tuttle happened to ' be in Seatdde on business, and stopping at the judge's house, found him In very bad shape. The old gentleman has been suffering from rheumatism re cently, nd in coming dow n stairs early yesterday morning, he slipped and fell nearly all the way. stnkmg his head through a door at the foot of the steps, and Inflicting several gashes In his head and badly bruising his knee. Persons who have believed that the moon controls the weather, and who have been predicting for the past week that when the moon changed the wea- ter would change, have "experienced a change" themselves, although th weather remains the same. The moon changes every week or so, and theie- fore has rung the whoi. list of her changes, frn the first quarter to new moon, since the showery weather be gan, and it still keeps a-show-erin. In fa.-t. the moon Is all the time chang ing, but some peoole seem to Imagine that at each of her phases, noted on the calendar first, quarter, full moon, last quarter, new moon something takes place, a whirring of the machin ery and the flying open of a door. Uk In a cuckoo clock, and the man In the moon turns a crank and changes the weat.ier. He has evidently been asleep for the past month, for, although the moon has changed as usual, there has been no change In the weather. The moon follows out a regular program, and her changes can be calculated years or ages ahead, but the weather cannot be prognosticated with any certainty five minutes ahead at the present time, at all events. Every yar th? moon goes practically through the same changes, but the weather Is not the same, by a long shot. The weather Is bound to change some day, and this may happen at a change of the moon, or be-fore or after It, but not possibly more than three or four days from one of the changes, because there Is a "change" of the moon every week or so; but any man may safely tet all of his small change that changes of the moon do not cause changes of the weather Walt for the "Huseby," the beat bicycle on earth for tbe least money. $40 and 150. F. L. Parker, aeettt IT NOW MEANS WAR IN CRETE Greece Is Calling on the Reserves of IS73 Residing in America. NOTHING CAN STOP A CLASH Train Bearing Turkish Troops Dynsv mited on a Bridge and Many Lives Lost by Drowning. St. Louis. March 13. D. Janna- poula, Greek consul at St. Louis, today received a telegram from the Grecian minister of foreign affairs, urglag the reserves In this country to comply with the order railing; to arms tb re serves of 1W to 1S73. The consul said: 'This call means war; of that f have no doubt. Nothing can norr prevent a clash between the Grecian and Tur kish armies." Athens. March 13. Csttc Lariasa, correspondent, aay that the new of the destruction ot tbe railroad bridge over fhe river Varduerla. near Pajonl- ca, has been confirmed. The bridge was dynamited a a tram caxrylsg .) Ti:rjsb troops passed. Mattf carriages were thrown from the rails and many soldier drowned. The transport of Turkish troops has been suspended until the bridge Is restored. BAILEY NOMINATED. Speaker of the House by the Dema crats In Congress. Washington, March 13. Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, was nominated peak- er by the democratic ntembers ot tbe house receiving S( votes against 2f , for Benton McMillan, of Tennessee, and 2 for Richard P. Bland, of Mis souri. Although the election was o no sig nificance, except in recognizing the nominee as the minority leader, there was quite a spirited contest. There were 108 votes in the caucus. J. D. Richardson, who had been candidate for speaker, withdrew. He was elected chairman of the caucus. Bailey was placed in nomination by Mr. Sayers, ot Texas, and McMillan, of Tennessee, by Maguire. of California, and Richard P. Bland by Terry, of Arkansas. Sev eral speeches seconding tne nomina tions were- made. On rot call the vote stood: Bailey 5. McMillan H. Bland 22. The nomination was mad unanimous. A resolution ottered by Mr. Dockery for the apointment of a steering com mittee to confer on the party policy was agreed to and Messrs. Richard son, Dockery, Henrichsen. Colman and McRae were appointed. ARBITRATION TREATY. Important Amendments Made by the Senate Committee. Washington. March 13. The amend ments to the arbitration treaty, which will probably be reported to the senate next week by the committee on foreign relations, and which have been prac tically agreed to, will be somewhat different from those previously submit ted by the committee. The Turple provision requires the president to sub mit to the senate his formulation of any claim that he may desire to sub mit to arbitration under the treaty. Another amendment will eliminate the clause calling on the United States supreme court as a fixed tribunal of arbitration. The president will appoint and the senate confirm the members of the tribunal. The portion of tue treaty providing for the appointment of the king of Sweden and Norway as umpire will be eliminated, a ma jority of the committee considering that no umpire will be necessary. In Italy the -walnut tree has a bad name. The country people call It tne witches' tree," and are afraid to sleep under Its branches. ma mm Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Its great leavening strength and healthfulnec. Assure) tbe food against alum and all forma of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL EAKING POWDER CO, NEW YORK.