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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
VESSELS ON TIE Wa.
FrOm American Ports.

Alpha sch. Starr, Tillamook bay July Il
Alice Buck. sh l42s tons Hartman \ April Q
Belle of Oregon bk 1863 tons MerTgnan y Y May :
Carrie winslow. bk. si4 tons, Philadelphia, Mch
G. : Hurburt. biz. llcO tons Y. June ~
Columbia, sh 1853 tons. Humphrey, Y. June q.
Emma T Crowell bk ll$5 tons n Y Man y
Gerten. sh Philadelphia. Jan Is
Henry : Sandford. sh. 1859 tons. Sleeper, n \
March y
Indiana ship. lass tons Otis y May q
Lamoi blk Philadelphia loading
Mississippi, o. Il. 4 n. 60. str \ y. May q
Oregon IS. 23S5 tons. POhlmHn. July 20
Oracle sh 1859 tons. Morrison, Philadelphia APR y
Olive 5 Southland Am sh Philadelphia March >
Palmyra, sh. I9'g tons Minot \ March ,
Rival. bk. 999 tons. Adams, ). D. July 10
Reporter. sh. 1850 tons Wilson y \ june >
Saranac sh 1881 tons Shaw y April -
Sparrow sch 4 March 10
Hesuyius bk Sl3 tons Call y Y loading
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
TRANSPORTATION LINES.
Oregon Railway & Navigation
COMPANY.
OCEAN DIVISION
OCEAN DIVISION
S. A. NEVILLE

Between San Francisco & Portland.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
From a Prominent Physician.

Na,hiU-touyille Ohio. June l.. 1880.
DE. a.. j. .-KFSDALi. x 60. Gents Read
ing A0Hr advertisement III IuTf. Field and
Farm. Uf Kendall Spawn Cure. ana having
= valuable and speedy Horse which had been
lame frum SPAWN eighteen months. Srli 10
YOU for a bottle by express. which IN >lN
weeks removed ali lamrurSS and enlarge
mcut and - large sidut from another hOr>s',
and kuih hnTss. aTe To-day - sound - colts.
The one bottle WAS worth tO me uue hundred
unllar.. Respectfully NOuTS.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

PROM PORTLAND. FROM SAN FRAN.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
Tennessee.

The New Orleans Times one of q halt
dozen really independent Democratic papers
in the South, says: "It is probable that
Tennessee will soon be a Republican State.
The split in the Democratic party on the
debt question permitted election of the pres
ent Republican Governor, and the outlook
is that from this time onward the debt-payircs
faction will act with the Republicans. Thu
Reputation faction has refused to accept the
settlement of the debt made at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature and has announced
its intention to fight the settlement in the
courts and to make it an issue in politics.
The Debt-payers are struggling to make
Tennessee a great and prosperous State
They want capital and immigrants to develop
the State's agricultural and mineral resources
These they cannot get as long as the State
refuses to pay her honest debts. They will
be forced, therefore, to unite with the Re-
publican party insorder to defeat the Repu-
diationists.n A#t
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
DId-Timc Manners.

In eating observe TO let yOur hands be
clean; feed not with both your hands, nor
keep your knife in your hand; dip not your
fingers in the sauce, nor lick them when you
have done; wipe your mouth, and keep your
spoon clean. Gnaw not bones nor handle
dogs, nor sprawl upon the floor: and il you
have occasion TO sreeZe or cough, take your
hat or put your napkin before your face.
Drink moi with your mouth full nor unwiped
nor so long till You are forced to breathe in
the glass. He must have 4 care his hand be
help his neighbors If YOU be carv'd, It's but
civil to accept whatever is offered, pulling off
your hat still when it is done by a superior.
70 give anything off your plate to another
to eat OF, though he be an inferior, savors of
arrogance, much less an apple or pair hath
been bit by you before. Have care, like
wise, Of blowing froth from off a cup, or any
dust from roasted apple or toast, for the prov
erb saith There is no wind, but there is
some rain" We are to wipe our spoon every
time we put it into the dish; some people be-
ing $" delicate they will not eat after a man
mas eat with his spoon and not wiped it.
"hen dinner is going up to any nObleman's
'apie where you are a strange, or of inferior
quality, It's civil and good manners to be un-
covered. If it so happens that you be alone
together with person of quality, and the
candle be to be snuffed, you must do it with
the snuffers, not with your fingers, and that
neatly and quick, lest the person of honor be
offended with the smell
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
QUEER INSECTS.
Subterranean BOrers Three Hundred
Feet Below the Surface.

The Gold Hill New Ne,rs has the follow
ing in regard to what appears to be new
insect:
"A Neaos reporter has been shown a queer
species of worm, found in the face of the
Lord OF LOrne mine, near Lower Gold Hill.
The are found in q solid stratum of stiffy
clay, 700 feet from the mouth of the tunnel.
and 300 feet below the surface Of the earth,
amid the vein matter of that portion of the
Comstock. Superintendent McDougal found
quite number of them by soaking and
washing the clay, and they are no defunct
relies OF ante ediluvian times, but are all alive
and kicking, incredible as it may appear
These queer little subterranean worms
are about three-quarters of an inch long by
about an eighth of an inch in diameter, short
and thick, resembling some species of grub.
Each is encased in q neat little shell of sill
lciOus material corrugated and firm, of a
blush cast, like silver ore, with small round
spots, having q metallic lustre At his for
ward end appears vicious looking little
head, and six legs or feelers capable of being
easily folded when he draws into his shell
On the top of his head is u small hemlet or
cover, of the same material rs the she'll so
that when he hauls in tor a snooze or self
protection his top-piece just closes the hole
nicely
why this hardshell covering or protective
armor, Or how it is that these very peculiar
worms are found alive at such & depth in
virgin ground, is not easy of explanation
Their presence can be accounted for on the |
score OF some deep crack or disturbance of
the earth at some time yet what they are |
doing there and what supports them is /
mystery, for the clay is noways rich, though |
It is wormy. They certainly are a great
natural curiosity
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
\ Scientific View Of Alcohol.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.


! No one doubts that the excessive use of
alcoholic beverages is ruinous BIT there are
a good many conflicting theories as to their
effects when employed in strict moderation.
1t is contended on the one hand that alcohol
IN all its forms is poison, and !. poison only.
and on the other that it is nourishing when
combined with vegetable acids and other
products Of termentation in light wines, etc
On these questions Dr. William James has
lately been giving the students of Havard
College some useful information from a
strictly scientific standpoint His general
inclusion is i'll favor of total abstinence
though he denies the correctness of some of
the views set forth in temperance literature
Thus the experiments OF Anstre and Parke
have demonstrated that it is not true that no
alcohol is destroyed in the body and that it
is all excreted. Only the excess over about
one and half ounce per diem thus passes
OF. Taken i'll addition to the usual quantity
OF food, alcohol increases the weight of the
body, and compensates for diminution of
the ordinary amount of food It does this.
however. rather by reducing the demand for
food This effect is not desirable. and alco-
hol is only the least hurtful alternative for
insufficient diet. It increases pulsation. but
only temporarily. 1t dilates the blood ves-
sells, and thus increases warmth in the sur
face, but meanwhile the temperature of the
interior blood has fallen. 1t is the worst of
stimulants for the muscles, Liebigs extract
OF meat being the best, and coffee coming
next. 1t is chiefly pleasant as an anasthetic,
but it excites the imagination while dullins
the Judgment. ANY task requiring more
than half an hour for its accomplishment can
better be done without alcohol than with it.
1t should not be taken before OF during work,
but after it, if at ALL 1t helps digestion only
rs tiaver, and the same result may be more
safely and as effectually obtained by the use
OF other tiavors, especially fruits There are
nations which appear healthy, though con-
stantly using alcohol, yet the statistics of in
surance companies show that where lilo |
teetotalers ought to have died only sO1 did |
die, while Of other people, presumably mod
crate drinkers, out of 2,O10 who might be ex-
pected to die 1897 actually did so. DR.. James,
therefore, thinks it the most judicious course
in this overworked age and country of ours
for young men of average health to avoid
being Handicapped by the use of a beverage
the effects of which are, on the whole, likely
to be injurious" He thus reaches the same
end as reformers, though without adopting
their processes of reas ming.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
A Good ExamDIe.

Miss Maynard, one of the wealthiest ladies
Of Europe, who on the last day of April was
married in Westminster abby to the heir of
the earldom OF Warwick, with a prince of
the blood as best man, and in the presence of
score Of princes and princesses beside, set
the daughters of millionaires an example of
simplicity they will do well to follow. She
wore no jewels, and the only ornament dis
cernible on her person was single bunch of
orange blossoms in her hair And this not
withstanding the groom's wedding gift to
the bride was diamond collar with pendant
marguerites. emblematic OF her net name
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09

There is more slang than sense in our uni
versal salutation, which takes the form of an
inquiry:
"How do you do?"
The literal answer to which would be:
do what?"
The irrelevant response to which is, unus-
ually, nicely" or II am very well thank
you"
The very latest effort of the graduate OF
the near future is this
"Are you going fah?"
"No. not fab"
How fah?"
"Only to the cah."
"Tah-tah"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
The Proper Dinner Hour.
New York Commercial !

l->cN 1oTk SOnllllcfclal.i
A paper devoted to the study OF lood says
that good health can only be secured by Il
hearty meal at midday that it is better for
business men to take time for this than
snatch the hasty lunch that is usual Our
reporter was sent among well known physi-
clans to ascertain whether this is advisable
The majority laughed at the theory An
eminent physician said the reason why
heavy midday meal would be injurious
while the evening meal was really healthy.
was that business men were generally in
such hurry in the middle of the day that
they could not spare time to masticate the
food, much less allow it to digest, before
rushing again to their work. He had visited
restaurants between - and and seen re-
spectacle men grabbing and swallowing food
like hogs at the trough. Better they would
mbble hard cracker, for they would have to
mastlcate that and take II little more time
over It, 1t was far healthier to dispose of q
nearly breakfast from Z to 8 o'clock, eat
lightly during the middle of the day, then
take time to dinners after the days labors
dinner at five or six o'clock, eaten slowly
and enjoyed amid pleasant family surround
lngs, with cheerful conversation was far
more productive of health than che midday
meals which could be thought Of A heavy
midday meal would unfit men ior CARRYING
on any business, for nature requires repose to
aId digestion. Another well known physician
said our system of eating was ridiculous
The majority thrust three heavy meals into
ten hours and leave the body without a fresh
supply of food for the remaining fourteen
hours. Two good meals morning and even
ng, would be the proper plan, with light
lunch or cracker and q glass of wine at
o'clock. As to heavy midday meal for men
Who have to tear around as if the next mo
nent were to be their last it is ridiculous, as
he food, instead of digesting and forming
blood, muscle and brain, would act as block
I were
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
Want of Sleep.

Are you afflicted with insomnia? Perhaps
you have too much time for sleep Perhaps
you depend too much on sleep for rest and
recuperation. For sleep is not the sole rest
Of used up nerves. Sociability, congeniality
and the enjoyment Of good company rests
the body quite as much as sleep. The
dreary monotony of life in many household
involving the tumbling into bed with the
mechanical regularity of machine at nine
or ten.oclock in the evening does not always
rest weary bodies. EARLY to bed and early
to rise" does not always make man healthy,
wealthy, or wise Numbers of organizations
are only capable of five or six hours Of sleep
at time, and their early lying down to rest
is often succeeded by an early waking up and
consequent restless tossing for hours before
daylight. These practicers of punctuality
are often surprised after breaking their own
cast-iron rules, and passing two or three later
hours Of mirth and jollity past their usual
bedtime, to find themselves even more re-
freshed in the morning than usual. The re-
taxation of sociability has rested them more
than would sleep or an attempt to sleep Bat
these are conditions not so easily realized in
the average family. In fashionable life we
have q formal, eXhausting and mechanical
other hand, the evenings Of great numbers OF
families are generally OF monotonous hum
drum. They involve an assemblage Of the
same people, the same surroundings the same
pater .familias yawning over his paper, and
the same querulous mamma overladen with
family cares. Fresh people with fresh
thought, fresh atmosphere, anything to stir
up agitate the pool of domestic stagnation,
are sadly needed and sadly scarce There
need also to be Il constant succession of such
fresh people to bring about these results. The
world is full of men and women, and in
better regulated life it would be the business
after the days work was done to entertain
each other and give each other fresh life AS
it is now, hundreds. if not thousands, OF our
households arc literally no better than cells
for the incarceration of each family. Thou
sands are thus worn out prematurely from
The utter lack of domestic recreation. There
might be written over the graves of thou |
sands, Bored to Death by the Stagnation of
Domestic Life
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
Exercise the Lungs.

One Of the conditions of perfect health is
pysical exercise. In its absence the whole
system suffers deterioration, and falls short
Of that development which is necessary to
the vigorous action of the different organs.
More than any other organ, however, do the
lungs suffer; and it is not difficult to explain
why. In order that an organ should be well
nourished, it is necessary that it should be
abundantly supplied with blood and one of
the agencies which plays an important part
in propelling the blood through arteries and
veins is muscular contraction. The alternate
contraction and dilation of the muscles forces
the blood along the vessels. When person
is exercising vigorously, the respiratory move
ments become greatly increased, the air vesi-
cles become dilated, the blood is propelled
through the minute capillaries which consti-
tute large portion of their structure, and
the lung tissue receives the nourishment
which it requires, and which is necessary to
its integrity and. efficient action. From in
sufficient bodily exeIeise, the lungs suffer in
two ways-for want of sufficient blood to
nOurish them, and for want of necessary ex-
pansion. The result is that the lungs, more
frequently than any other organ, become
affected in those who lead inactive lives.
This fact makes it incumbent on all, and es-
pecially on those who have weak lungs, to
spend portion Of each day in vigorous ply
steal exercise. We mean by this, exercise
which calls into vigorous action all the mus
cles of the bOdy-exercise which causes the
skin to glow, the perspiration to start Two
hours Of this kind of exercise each day is not
too much, and it should be performed when
possible, in the open air. A celebrated French |
physician says that person, to be healthy |
and strong, should exercise to the point of
perspiring every day.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
A BOLD sPECULaTuR.
How a Fortune Was Acquired in Thirty
Days in the Oil Region.
From the Titusville Herald ]

From the Titusville Herald,I
During the first oil excitement u young
man came to Oil City with but $25, but he
wore good clothes, had a good education and
plenty Of cheek. after surveying the situa,
ton for day or two he concluded to specu-
late, and finding farmer who had not yet
leased or sold his land, he represented him
self as an agent for a wealthy company, with
instructions to buy up land. The farmer
was rather reluctant about selling, but finally
terms were agreed upon and the papers were
drawn up and signed. Twenty-dollars were
paid down to bind the bargain; $1,000 more
were to be paid in thirty days, and $4,000
more in six months. He had but S. to meet
an obligation of $1,000, but not despairing
he quietly awaited the completion Of well
that was being drilled near his new purchase
The well was finished in five days after the
sale and proved to be Il good one. He was
offered $4,000 for the farm; but $4,000
clear gain in five days did not tempt him to
sell, for another well was being drilled on the
adjoining farm, and should it prove to be
big producer his land would be very valu-
able. On the Othar hand, should it be a
"duster," he could not even get as much for
the farm as he had agreed to pay for it. Still
he did not sell, and the time passed rapidly
away. Only Il few days remained before he
would have to pay S., 900, Or the sale would
be cancelled. Twenty-eight days had passed
and the well was not down vet, although
they expected to reach the oil rock every
hour. On the night of the twenty ninth day
he sat up i'll the derrick with the drillers, for !.
they knew they were within few feet of
the sand. Midnight came, and his hands |
were relieved by another force His last day /
lad come and was wearing away, and he |
Knew that the farmer would not wait one
minute longer than the law required him,
or he had several times been offered larger
smount for the land At two o'clock the
and was reached, and the well proved to be
he largest producer yet struck in the new
leld. The news of the new we'll rapidly
pread, and by noon the next day number
# wealthy Oil men were on the ground, anx-
Gus to secure the adjacent territory That
lay the young man sold his farm of 10 acres
Or 81 900 per acre, clearing in thirty days
100000 with i capital Of only s2j as his
tart
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
Drinking Against Time.

John Widmer recently died at Buffalo, y
y, OF delirum tremens. 1t is stated of him
that he once made a bet that he could drink
dozen "schupers" of beer while the clock
struck twelve. The Buffalo Courier thus de-
scribes the performance:
Without further delay the party hastened
to neighbOring salOOn the wager was de-
posted in the hands of all umpire and twelve
gigantic schupers We're put along the counter
Widmer eyed the beer with much benignity
and ordered the barkeeper to fill up one or
two OF the glasses OH which the foam had
subsidized and left u vacancy. Mature abb
hOrs q Vacuum was all he remarked.
The party stood waiting with breathless
eagerness. Presently the clock struck the
hour AS the first stroke smote on his ear,
Widmer seized the foremost glass One swift,
hearty, eager gulp, and its contents had dis
appeared. The empty glass was on the
counter in an instant, and his left hand had
already carried second schuper to his lips.
Thus glass after glass went to his mouth
and at the sixth stroke Of the clock he was
only one schuper behind time Widmer
however, was soon thoroughly warmed to
his work The beer flew down his throat
like water impelled through hosepipe.
he olu Hot 50 mucH appear 10 ur1nK, as TO
annex the beer to some wonderful power of
suction. Schuper followed schuper with
such lightning rapidity that it finally became
impossible to tell where one drink ended
and the other began. 1t was one continuous
drink. Not drop splashed from corners of
MS mouth and trickled down his chin.
wasted. Widmer was too mastery drinker
or that. At last, at the last chime of the
midnight hour as it reechoed and was borne
onward in the warm hush of the summer
hight, Widmer brought down his last glass
m the counter with crash, empty.
Not word was uttered every one stood
.azing at Widmer in astonishment at his
eat. As the umpire silently counted over
he money Widmer calmy turned to the par
y and said: "Now let us have the drinks
or the crowd"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
Why Patti Appears in Old Operas.

Patti excuses herself thus for always sing
ing the same round of operas: Il am as
poor as q newspaper correspondent. My
money invested yields me only $4,000 q
year. My country seat in Wales cost me tbs
true, only $4,000; but | spent S2OO,G0O on
it in fitting it to suit nay taste. l should
starye at least live ON bread and cheese
but or my salary as songstress. Now, were
l to appear in new opera, rehearsals would
take six months-six months in which
should receive no pay. So, you see can't
afford to appear in new opera"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-06-09
The Ring as n symbol.

Inc ring was part Of the insignia of roy
ailtl, like the scepter and the crown in an
clent times. When Pharaoh raised Joseph
10 the highest possible dignity in Egypt
only himself on the throne being greater
'han ms minister-he took the ring from his
own hand and gave it to the young Hebrew
IN token Of the authority bestowed upon him
as IS ruler, over all the land of Egypt. When
lanan, weary of seeing Mordecai sitting
AZ the gate, obtained the permission of
Anasuerus to carry into execution his vile
scneme for Staying all the Jews in the pro-
.lnces' he received the kings ring as his
warrant and it was with the ring he di-
lected all official letters to be afterwards
sealed sealed The present use of the ring as
neepsake Me- and as marriage token are simply
.t .ellcs OF the significance, prestige and power
''ia' once were associated with the ring.