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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-22

CEOWELI., Master.
VIII be ready NJ Astoria. in a few days for
cargo, and having the most Of her capacity
engaged VIII have the usual prompt dispatch
Oi this line.
Early application should be made for the
puslilce ui disenga@ed room or passage TO
w. SUTTON,
Care OF Allen * Lewis Portland. Oregon.
COnsignecS In New YORK.
MESSRS. SUTTON * co.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.

Woodwork.
A lady who understands the process of stain
ing woods can, at small cost, make her cottage
home look very handsome. A little practice
will give to the hand a free and easy motion
while initiating fine woods, the choice of which
should be copied from the genuine, in order to
correctly initiate the color and form of the
grains as presented in nature. Take the grain
color (Which depends in hue upon the wood to
be imltated); this is mixed in beer, whisky or
vinegar, which binds the color and 80
prevents it from rubbing off: now take a
sponge rung out Of ale, and dampen the wood,
which is primed with almost any light color;
the second coat is the tint desired, and the
third coat is the color to grain upon. It is
almost impossible to give positive statement
as to the specific quantities of the ingredients;
the proportions are best regulated by expert
ence, governed by individual taste. To ini-
taken in correctly glazing; blending
in Initiating mahogany us4 u and oak oak
Glazing colors are transparent. thinly
mixed In mahogany glazing add a little as
phalt1m to the grain color, which is burnt
terra dc sienna; also add ale to this mixture
until It's quite thin; rub it over the wood.
Asphaltun for glazing must be dissolved in
turpentlne, and 1t is we'll to add d little boiled
oil to check it from drying too soon. To pro-
uuCe Inc iOSeWOOQ OUT OF ordinary pine make
the ground color rose pink This is mixed
with asphaltum; the grains are put in with
pencils such as are used by professional
grainers; the knots and shadows ara
wiped out with bit OF rag or sponge in
patches to suit the fancy. Blend crosswlse in
Initiating manogony. Maple wood is very
handsome and not difficult to initiate; the
grain color is raw sienna aud raw un Der mixed
we'll together, wipe ont the lights With a bit Of
buckskin, the edge Of which gives the. curl
natural to this kind Of wood: varniah, and
when dry dampen with the grain color, which
is made thin by the addition Of little asphalt
tum; wipe out the large light patches with
>spoage, and then blend the light by
crossings; when dry use the glaze color
for a grain finish IF the bird's-eye effect
IS desired take wet sponge and wipe
out speck OF light after the grain color is laid
on; blend the whole, and dot it with the ends Of
the fingers, and then tightly blend, which is the
finishing process. Oak for dining room is
handsomely initiated Paint with a mixture OF
chrome yellow and Venetian red and grain color
is raw umber and raw sienna. made light and
brilliant with whiting mixed with boiled oil
Paint over the wood and comb while damp, first
lengthWise. and then run tho comb with q trera-
bling motion over the same cressWise. Care
cloth over the thnnb nail changing is posi-
ton 4 at every touch. After glazing with
asphaltum, Wipe out large patches Of lg 1t. and
with q sash tool darken other spots The grain
color for initiating black walnut is burnt UNI
Der; the ground color is made of Venetian red,
black an yellow ochre equal proportions, well
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
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SEPTEMBER.


Fair Spring came dancing DER the earth
& To the music Of the spheres. 2s.@sa
A And in her train trippeG laughing June.
Il Loves promise to the years: s3s h.
But DOW the swees and radiant maids
Again have tripped away, III s%s1 $$s Y.
And Summer pauses at the door r. 4 Ss%%
To bid the Fall good-day. q <sE5..s +f:E,5
September, bright and royal one. ~.
Our hearts are ever true: ~ .
And though. We miss thy sisters fair, f..
Twill be the same with you
Our orchards wait thy rpening touch,
Thy warmth, the winters grain:
And we, dear heart, need something, too,
To helD as bear our pain. 4
So cold, 80 dark the days will be
When thou mast said goodbye;
Why is it that all precious things
Are only born to die2
Oh. would, September, we could take
ExamDie from thy days.
Live sweet and smijing--go the same
Gods blessing on our ways.
. "'+ Eleanor KIRK
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
A TROUBLED HEART.

IN the quivering ocean
Waivers the image bright
Of the moon. whose motion
Through heavens vault in light
Is still and true, yet tender
Its radiance and it's splendor.
So still and true, mine own,
Thou ever art my light;
In my sad heart alone
Waivers thine image bright
How can a troubled breast
-sefect an image blest?
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
PUT UP YOUR BILL AND SING.

You stupid birdI don't be absurd.
And miss SO good a chance:
Will your sweet mate forever wait
Upon that nearby branch2
For every Jack there isa Jill.
And once year it's spring;
You cant be rash With love Or cash
Put up your bill and sing!
You simple youth why worship truth,
And ever toll and spin?
Learn cunning ways and claptrap phrase
And join the side 70 win.
. The right man should the right place gets
For, that's the proper thing: .=s, as
And il you plan to be that man
Put up your bill and sing! 49,
I'm told there's nanghs that can't be bought
s6sS Fer the proper SORT of song X .5 .=s
Votes, honor, place a handsome face
IS The list IL pages long. gEs : .s;
For every bird there is a note
# That stops or stai is his wing; SIs .z
Learn that By role, puff out your tshroak
Put5up Your bill aud sing.
--Jantes Hasater MaeGaJlosh,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

Wal ing.
No habit is more inelegant than thai of
walking with toes turned III, or straight for
ward Of us, like the Indians; it always sng-
gests defect Of character quite out Of pro-
portion to tho bodily imperfect5on, az one
may realize any day who will take the pains to
that while it is proper to Day attention to their
heads, the feet will take care OF themselves
Watching succession of children on their
way to or from school, we shall notice some
who seem to tip up the inner side Of the foot
and step on the outer edge Of the shoe sole. ass
if thus 70 escape painful pressure elsewhere
This kind of awkward walk originates in the
wearing of too short shoes: others display
firm hut elastic gait, their feet directed sufi-
Gently outward b Some p1aee the foot fat ON
the ground, but turn the toes in. AS in other
things, the majority range between the best
and the worst; one or two in 100 will be
"splay-f footed" but this is infinitely less OBJ
jectionable than to be pigeon toed." We
once kew of a girl Of fourteen who was the de-
spair of her first dancingmaster because Of the
fault In question Her efforts to obey his
orders failed to sufficiently relax the muscles
Of her ankle She, however, was q deter
mined character, and made up her mind to
overcome the difficulty or dis in the attempt,
and shehit upon q plan which succeeded ad-
mirably Every spare five minutes ia the day
she spent standing at her chamber window
NTH herSsfeet extending lateraliy against the
wainscott.ng This settled the casa In iess
than ten days. AS the instructor in foreign
Languages finds it desirable at first to exagger-
ate the unaccustomed gutterals aud 1inguals,
u order that his pupils may afterWard fall
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

She did not finish the sentence, but with
sharp, conyulsiye kiss upon his brown cheek
a kiss which sounded almost like gasp-she
that J.. g t, sat Mr. Thomas dlauders, very
happy man. Behind him lay all the gloom, ana
sorrow and pain could never come to him now
In the future-whats He could not answer.
though 1t seemed very bright
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

A leap Of thirty feet perpendicular
TO Il branch OF o tree, or a lorly-ioot
plunge after a fatal shot, and falling
dead almost al the hunters feet, las
bceH repeated uutl tic ycItcity il net
questioned, and after making I'LL pos
sib!c allowance, We must acknowl-
edge there is not Il creature living
whose leap compares with it.
The question then comes mp how
is this superiority ovcr other animals
attained? The key to the above qucs-
ton we shall find il the cooled wire
spring. This spring, pressed down
Oh q base and liberated, leaps ahead
further than any other form. The
reason is very simple. Every move
ment of substance must start from a
base unless moved by an outside force.
The cooled wire spring becomes a sol
id its entire length. When let loose,
the first turn jumps from its base,
which is the second; tie second adds
its force to the first, jumping from
the third, and SO on i'll succession to
the last, which adds its force after the
whole coil is sent flying from the out
side base of all. And this is precisely
the case with the panther's leap. The
forelegs and head isshotforward from
the shoulders, the powerful muscles of
the back straighten the curve OF the
spinal column from the hips, while
the great posterior muscles through
the Achilles tendon and over the
longest lever in animal cconomy,adds
the last impetus to a body already
shooting ahead like IN arrow. Tins
serpentine h~exibility is beautifully IL
Illustrated in the mangcne, when the
keeper thrusts q stick across the cage
and requests Felix to jump over it;
The head and shoulders rise and
gracefully curve over the stick, begin
ming TO descend on the opposite side
when the last impetus is given by the
hind feet, and the body alights gent
ly as it rose, seemingly without
weight, conclusion or the disturbance
of q leaf.-B. Ho$toyd.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
Our Glorious Country.

There are old men in Detroit who
couldn't, if put upon the witness stand,
swear TO within thirty days of the time
when corn and potatoes should be
planted, when grass is ready for NOW
ing, what weather is favorable for wheat,
or indeed any other point about farm
ing, and yet these are the men most So
licitous about the weather and the
farmer. On the Woodward avenue car
yesterday was a pair, and they began:
awful storm wasn't it ?"
eyes terrible"
',They say it has ruined the wheat"
Don't doubt it, sir. Wheat was
just in the right stage to be ruined"
"And has killed all the fruit, I pre-
sum ?"
"Itprobably has. Idon't expect to see
an apple or peach this season."
"Must have rotted the corn?"
"Oh, of course. Com was just in the
susceptible state. We shan't have any
corr this year."
stThe farmer must be discouraged? 2"
Entirely so. My hostler was tell
ing me that the milkman told him that
the owner Of the dairy had seen a farmer
who said he should pillow up his orchard
and try to raise a crop of late potatoes"
Indeed! Still if we have a late fall,
SO that wheat can hold on to October,
it may ripen."
Barley possible. I understand that
the hay crop has been frozen up
"Do tell Seems to me that our live
stock could be taught to relish frozen
hay, but Idunno. I think we may con-
fdently expect a drought"
"And a famine.
"And those will probably be followed
by an epidemic which will sweep the
country
With this they settled back to enjoy
themselves, and neither one betrayed
the least interest when a passenger
rose up and inquired:
Won't one Of You gentlemen please
arrange for Judgment day to come be-
tween this and the LIST of July? Idon't
want to live in the vain word over six
weeks longer Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
A Peep Mt the Planet Mercury.
Providence Journal.

We had a fine view Of Mercury on
Wednesday evening soon after 8
o'clock. The shy planet put on its
most winsome aspect as he made his
advent just above the belt of orange
skirting the horizon into which the
golden hue of twilight had deepened.
Jupiter shone in superb radiance
about Is . east Of him and a little
further gouth, while bright Capella
beamed upon him from the north.
The two planets and the star reigned
alone in the northwest, no other stars
having put in an appearance. They
formed a starry triangle fair to see,
while the golden hue of Jupiter, the
rosy tint of Mercury, and the white
light of Copella were a lovely illus
tration Of the contrasts in color that
mark these shining mysteries. The
exhibition was a short one. Before
the suffused glow of twilight had
faded into the gray Of evening swift
footed Mercury had disappeared from
view, and though the sky was swarmed
with stars, and the moon flooded the
sleeping earth with silvery light, the
charm Of the evening had departed.
The planet that travels fastest, and is
nearest to the sun, seldom deigns to
remain SO long above the horizon af-
ter sunset or to travel SO far north as
at present. He will be visible for a
week longer, and then his light will
pale in the bright blaze of the SUMS
rays as he retraces his steps IN the
track that draws him with resistless
force nearer to the great central source
Of light and life. Any sharp-eyed
observer who commands an unob-
structed view OF the northwest will
be sure to pick up this ftfully shining
and wondrously brilliant planet under
the present favorable condition. The
sight will amply repay the trouble il
costs.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

Mr.. Baker of San Antonio, Texas,
sold in st. Louis 60 head of Texas
mules, which he sold at $40 per head,
said to be the highest price ever OBJ
tanned for this states raising.
Hunting alligators in the river
and bayous around Orange, Texas, is
an important industry. Three italian
loggers are employed, and the skins
are shipped in thousands.
The Texas & Pacific officials say
that since the LIST of May they have
shipped out of New Orleans 1913 cars
of 1--we stock for Texas. They claim
that this is the largest shipment OF
live stock which has been sent out of
New Orleans this season.
The Baton Rouge Commercial
Advocate learns that the Texas Pacific
railroad is building cattle pens on the
river opposite Baton Rouge. A gen.
tleman named Nesom, has purchased
LOO head of cattle in this and adjoin-
ing parishes to ship to Sweet Water,
Texas. The shipment will be made
as soon as the Texas Pacific COM
mences to run through trains.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

Texas depend upon Vermont and Italy
for their supply of rough dressed ma
t~crial, imported at high rates Of trans,
portation and insurance, it would
seem impossible TO over-ratc the op,
portunity for q successful financial
venture that is here presented.
An equally valuable opportunity is
offered to the paper manufacturer.
Notwithstanding the consumption of
paper in Texas, for all purposes, is
larger than in some European king
doms, there is not a paper mill in the
state. Wrapping paper, printing pa
per and writing paper have to be i'm
ported from the north, which runs one
hundred establishments to u none.
It is impossible to estimate with Ger
tainty the profits that could be derived
from this enterprise. AS regards ma
terials for paper manufacture, we have
an endless variety. Cotton waste, for
the production of the finer class of
writing paper, costs less here than do
old rags in New England, while the
market would embrace all Northern
Mexico, which at present is supplied
from Europe. AS regards printing
paper, the extent of the demand may
be conceived of when it is taken into
consideration that there are upwards
of three hundred newspapers publish
ed in Texas, several of which consume
each, daily, moro paper than an ord
nary machine can turn out. With
this idea of the extent of the demand
some impression of the profit may
be reached, upon the reflection that
the freight from New York to Austin
on the paper used in each issue OF
Sittings amounts to 800, which sum-
under a proper regulation of Texas
industries, should belong to Sittings or
to the Texas manufacturer who is to
be. We invite capitalists attention
to a consideration of these facts, and
to an examination of the Colorado,
both with reference to it's power and
the purity of its water for washing and
pulplng.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07

existence. There is 10 necessity now
adays for frequent personal eombats
and struggles of life and death. On
the other hand u man who is violent
and pugnacious will, as q general
rule, be more often imprisoned or
slain in the prime of life than his
more pacific neighbors, and will
therefore leave fewer children to in
herit his fighting disposition. Thus
the constant process of elimination OF
combative men will continue, without
any compensating advantages III the
struggle for existence arising as here
~tofore from success as a warrior. The
man of the future, therefore, will
not only be toothless, but baldheaded
and incapable of extended locomolon
with his ~imperfectly developed feet,
but he will also be particularly averse
to engaging in personal conflict a
lover of peace at any price.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
WONDERFUL SPRINGS.
AIIAsg Where the Tide Ebbs and Flows Us GPgu'
IarIy IS in the Ocean.
santa Fo New Mexican.

santa re NV litAtsuhs
A New licticaR scribe bu0ton-holcd
Surveyor General Atkinson yesterday
and inquired how he and Senator
Logan spent the time during their
recent trip to the American Valley.
"Oh!" said he, eve put in the time
very a~groeably," and he went on to
relate several interesting narratives.
Twenty miles northwest of Moore
& Casey ranch are located the Won
drous salt springs, and after going on
a hunt south and bagging a deer and
some wild turkeys, the party decided
upon visiting these springs. Here IS
o salt basin about one mile in dame
ter, and the waters ebb and flow as
regularly as do the tides Of the ocean:
When the tide goes out, the edge OF
the basin shows salt instead of sand.
In the midst of the lake are three
conical-shaped mountains 100 feet IN
height by 100 feet in diameter,
which are apparently composed en-
tireIy of cinder, such as is left in any
ordinary CRATE after the coal is burnt
One of these forms an island in the
middle of the basin, but the others
are so situated as to be accessible
when the tide is out. Fortunately,
this was the case when the visitors
were there, and, actuated by a desire
to see all the wonders, they climbed tc
the top of one Of these mountains. Ii
was found to behollow-just as If an
immense funnel had been thrust into
the top-and at the bottom, about on
q level with the water in the main
basin outside, was a spring, which,
they discovered was possessed OF sew
eral peculiar features. The party
scrambled down inside the mountain
and reached the spring. The water
was found to be very strongly lmpreg,
mated with salt, and it's density SC
great that a person in bathing would
find it impossible to sink or even
stand up in it or do other than float
upon its surface. The depth Of the
spring is unknown, and this too, like
the water in the basin, GIBBS and flows
with the tide.
The General thinks that, by the
use of a siphon, hundreds Of barrels
F. of salt could be obtained from this
spring daily. These springs consist
Of a part Of about 200 acres which
have been reserved from entry or sale
by the Government as saline lands.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
The Brooklyn Bridge.

The following condensed statement
of leading facts about the new struc-
ture will be Of interest:
Construction commenced Jan. 3,
1870.
Size of New York caisson, 172x102
feet.
Size of Brooklyn caisson, 1G9x102
feet.
Timber and iron in caisson, $3.50
cubic yards.
Concrete i'll well holes, chambers,
etc., 5000 cublt feet.
Weight of New York caisson, about
1000 tons.
Weight of concrete filling, 5000
tons.
New York tower contains 4G, 045 Gu
bic yards CT masonry.
Brooklyn tower cotains 38,314 GU
bic yards OF masonry.
Length of river span, 1896 feet e
inches.
Length of each land span, $50 feet,
1860 feet.
Length of Brooklyn approach, 971
feet.
Length OF New York approach, 1862
feet 6 inches.
Total length of bridge, $3.50 feet.
Width of bridge, IS feet.
Number Of cables, 4.
Diameter OF each cable, Is 81
inches.
First wire was run ont May 80,
1877.
Gable making really commenced
June IL, 1877.
Length of each single wire in ca
bles, $3.50 feet.
Length Of wire in four cables, ex-
elusive of wrapping wire, 1891 miles.
Weight of four cables, exclusive OF
wrapping wire, 1888 1-2 tons.
Ultimate strength of each cable, 49,
200 tons.
Weight of wire, nearly IL pound pei
feet.
Each cable contains 5,296 parallel,
not twisted, galvanized steel oil-coated
wires, closely wrapped to a solid cylin.
der, 1854 inches in diameter.
Depth of tower foundation below
high water, Brooklyn, IS feet.
Depth of tower foundation below
high water, New York, rs feet.
Size of tower at high water line, lac
x59 feet.
Size of tower at roof course, 1867
So feet.
Total height of towers above higI
water, 298 feet.
Clear height of bridge in centre o.
river span above high water at 80 deg
above Fair, 1876 feet.
Height of floors at towers above
high water, 119 feet 8 inches.
Grade of roadway, 8 IA feet in loo
feet.
Height of towers above roadway
159 feet.
Size of anchorage at base, 129x11s
feet.
Size of anchorage at top. 116x1o!
feet.
Height of anchorages, 80 feet front
IS feet rear.
Weight of each anchor plate, 2;
tons.
Total cost, S15,000,O 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
Miseries Of n Mean Man.

Sometimes I wonder what a mean
man thinks about when he goes to
bed; when he turns down the light
and lies down; when the darkness
closes in about him, and he is alone,
and compelled to be honest with him
self, and not q bright thought, not a
generous impulse, not a manly act, not
a word of blessing, not q grateful look
comes back to bless him again; not a
penny dropped into the outstretched
palm of poverty, not the balm of a
loving word, dropped into an aching
heart; no sunbeams of encouragement
cast upon a struggling life; no strong
right hand of fellowship reached out
to help some fallen mai to his feet.
When none of these come to him as
the "God bless you" of the departed
day, how he must hate himself. How
he must try to roll away from himself
and sleep on the other side of the
bed.
When the only victory he can think
of is o mean victory, in which he has
wronged some neighbor, no wonder he
always sneers when he tries to smile.
How pure and fair and good all the
rest Of the world must look to him,
and how cherries and dusty and
dreary must his own path appear.
When even one lone, isolated act OF
meanness is enough to scatter cracker
crumbs in the bed of average men,
what must be the feelings of a mar
whose whole life is given up TO mean
acts. When there is so much suffering
and heartachc in the world anyhow,
why should you add one pound Of
wickedness or sadness to the general
burden?
Don't be mean, young man Suffer
injustice a thousand times rather than
commit it once.-Burdette.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-07-07
Proof EYerYKhere.

If any invalid or sick person has the
least doubt of the power and efficacy OF
Hop Bitters to cure them, they can find
cases exactly like their own, in THEN
own neighborhood, with proof positive
that they can be easily and permanent.
~ cured at a trifing cost-or ask your
druggist or physician.
GREENWICH, Feb. III, 1880.
Hop Bitters Co.-S1Rs-I was given
up by the doctors to die of scrofula
consumption. Two bottles of youl
Bitters cured me.
LEROY BREWER.