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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-06-07

ward and hurriedly snstched the sheet
of paper out of the envelope. She
opened it and read her own answer to
the advertisement. Then she took
another look at her husbands double
and ran to the other end OF the room,
as scared as though poor Jones had
been Jack the Ripper.
"'Go awsyP she cried frantically.
Go away"
Il suppose she thought of the af
fectionate reception she had given
him and was writhing mentally. She
dropped into chair, buried her face
in her hands and commenced to cry.
This touched Jones, and he came over
and sat down near her."
az am sorry for what has hap
pened, he said, and will go in a min
ute. First, I want to know something
about yourself and husband. l gether
that his name and mine are identical,
just as we appear to be in person.
THE little woman told him between
her sobs that she had been married
only three months; that her husband
worked in certain wholesale house
down town, and they wanted to rent
room or two to help out on the rent.
That was why she answered his ad-
yertisement."
when Jones departed she went to
the door with him, and smiled through
her tears as she told him she could
never be certain again that she had
the right man unless she put mark
on him of some sort. She wouldn't
shake hands, and Jones came away
He said he believed that she was
only half convinced that he wasn't
her husband then, and that if he had
declared it all q joke she would have
thrown herself into his arms. But he
wasn't mean enough to do that. He
sympathized with her in her diem
ma"
"Well, he came and told me all
about it, and we fixed up a scheme
to go 10 the place where the husband
worked and look at him. 1 was to
ask for him and talk to him while
Jones stood aside somewhere and
sized him up"
I'VE did it. asked for Fred Jones,
and when he appeared 1 was so
thunderstruck that 1 almost forgot
my part; but 1 managed to say L had
called to see if he was a Fred Jones
l had known in New York, etc. The
two men were exactly counterparts." "
"When we came away Fred was
pale, and 1 knew that he realized the
mental load that pretty little Mrs.
Jones would thenceforth have to
stagger under when he said"
"'Old man, I wouldn't be III that
woman's place for $1,000. Whenever
that husband of hers steps out OF
sight a minute the next time he ap-
pears he will have to be identified
and she won't be sure then it isn't L
This suspicion that the man she takes
for her husband may be the other
one, will follow her through life and
be like a spectre TO bob up in her
path at every turn. 1t will make her
gray haired before her time if it
doesn't drive her crazy. 1 guess the
only decent thing for me to do is to
go to some other part OF the country
and let her know I'm no longer in
the same town with her husband"
$50 he went to California the next
week. He is in San Francisco now
and every week sends letter to Mrs
Fred Jones in Chicago, proving that
he is still there."-Chicdgo Herald
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Railroad Addition
TO
Ocean Park,

But the chances are just as good to
reap a big investment, and is far more
safe than to buy Seattle lots.
The warm weather is making real
estate over ON North Beach extremely
lively and transfers are being made
at a lively rate. Now is is the time to
get in before the cheap and choice are
sold. If you will stop around to Robb
and Parker's Office they will show you
the best located summer resort on
the Northwest coast, a place that has
railroad running right alongside of
it; located within one half mile of
Shoalwater bay, where the railroad
company own 60 acres and on which
they are making extension improve
ments and where a lively, commercial
city for the Shoalwater bay country
will be built; and within quarter of
mile of the grand old ocean. A de-
pot will be built at Ocean Park, with
in fiYe minutes walk of the railroad
addition. These lots will be sold at
from $40 to $50 up to the first of
June.
Go at once and see the plat.
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Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
we have been selling DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salye
and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as we'll. or
that have given such universal satisfac-
tion. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfac-
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely on their merits. j..
w. Conn, Druggist.
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BuekIen'sArnica SaIye.

THE BEST SALvE in the world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
ChllblainS, COrns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by j.
C. Dement,
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Auditor and Police Judqe's Notice

NOTICE is hereby given that the City
Assessment Roll of the city of Astor ia,
Clatsop county, Oregon, for the year
1899, as returned by the city assessor of
said city, on the 1st day of June, 1889,
is now on file in the Office of the audi
tor and police judge of said city, where
it is open, and will remain open for in
spectiOn until the 18th day of June,
1889.
All applications for corrections or re-
visions of same must be filed with the
auditor and police judge, properly veri-
fed, prior to said 18th day of June, 1885,
Attest: T. S. JEwETT,
Auditor and Police Judge.
By l.. Z. SELIG.
Deputy.
Astoria, Or, June 1st, 1889.
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Ludlow's Ladies' $500 Fine Shoes; !;
also Flexible Hand turned French Kids,
at P. Go0DMAN's.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
Veneer from Persian Walnut.

French walnut is said to be the cost
lest of all cabinet woods. It does not
come from France at all, but grows in
Persia, Circassia, and Asia Minor. To
work the logs into veneers, they first
steam them until they are almost as
soft as butter, then fasten them to an
iron beam, which revolves around a
finely tempered knife with razor-like
edge of the same length as the log.
Every time this beam turns around, it
moves q fraction of an inch nearer to
the knife. and q thin sheet of wood is
shaved off smoothly and laid ON q pile
on the floor. These sheets are 1-120 OF
an inch in thickness, but frequently
veneers are made as thin as IT'S to the
inch. The veneers used on furniture
are somewhat thicker, the thinner ones
being used on picture frames. They
are backed up with paper before being
glued on The latter are also used to
some extent for covering walls.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
The Acute Sophomore.

He was only sophomore, but he
had large head.
He was undergoing the agony of a
sophomore love and he pinned for his
adored one at home. All his "cuts" had
been used, and he could see no way to
fly to her side.
Suddenly an idea sliced him from be-
hind, and he, overpowering it, grasped
it and hung on.
The next day he knocked at the Office
door Of the president of the faculty and
his eyes were filled with tears. In his
hands he held telegram, yellow and
forboding. This he gave to Prex, who
opened it and read:
HARTFORD, Conn.
Mr.. E. j. B, AMHERST COLLEGE:
Charles is not expected to live Come home
at once. FATHER.
The good-hearted president spoke a
few kindly words to the grief-stricken
lad and told him to remain away as long
as necessary.
The next day he sat with Alice on the
sofa, and as he read in the paper of the
execution of Charles Maxwell, who was
hanged for murder that morning, he
knew that the dispatch had not lied.
His sophormoric conscience was at ease,
and Alice and he were happy.-Life.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
Bolted a Sucker for a Bet of 81.

While a dance was at its zenith of
pleasure at the residence of Mrs. Claw
son, bucket of water was drawn from
the well and brought in which contained
a sucker fish about five inches long, says
the Idaho Democrat. The fish had been
placed in the well by the children. The
appearance of the sucker in the drink
ing water caused comment by the COM
pany, during which one of the young
yeomanry lowed he could swaller the
reptile fer fun er money"
This observation occasioned no little
bantering and bullyragging, until finally
he was told he would be given 81 if he
would throw it under his collar.
The boaster said he would go him, and
taking the fish by the tail he laid back
his head, spread his potato trap from
pole to pole, and let her go Gallagher.
The finny explorer shot down the yawn-
ing guller like well CREASED toboggan,
its extended fms raking the sides with a
sort of ripping sound as of laceration
and sickeninp to hear. The feat accom-
plished the swallower unbuttoned his
shirt-collar, gave himself a firt and
shake, and proclaimed in loud voice
that he could "swaller live dog with
his tail curled over his back, catch-as.
catch-can, and no limit to size, for IS. /"
But he got we'll away with his bluff, il
bluff it was, for no one doubted his
ability to do SO; and this, coupled with
the fear that the passage Of dog might
imperil his diaphragm, brought the side
show diversion TO close, and the dance
went on with renewed Joy until the
break of day.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
! AsROMANUE IN OIL.
An income Or 1--WE Dollars minute That
did Not Last


An income of rive Dsllars s1inute That
Did Not Last
The death of Mrs. James 8. Nc
Cray, at this place, recalls an interest
ing "reminiscences of the oil region, says
Franklin, Penn, special TO the Phila-
delnhia Record. The McCrays owned
small farm on top of Oil Greek hill,
near Petroleum Center, Venango
county, for which they paid $1,000.
In October, 1870, Keefer &. Watson
struck flowing well on lands adjoin-
ing it, and McCray's farm was at once
In the market as oil property. He
leased the farm in small lots at 81, 900
an acre bonus and half the oil. In g.
short time the farm was producing
2.?00 barrels Of oil day, and oil 'at
that time was worth So q barrel. Nc
Cray's share of this production gave
him an income of $5 minute, night
and day. He was offered $500, 900 for
his farm but wonld not accept it. He
did not sell his oil as fast as produced,
but built iron tanks and stored it for O.
still higher price. He was offered an,
other $500, 900 cash for his loo, 900 bar
rels he had in tanks, but wanted an
even $5 barrel. The market soon
afterward dropped much below this
figure, and large part Of McCray's
oil was destroyed by lightning. Some
of it leaked and ran into the creek, and
hesold what was left for 81 barrel.
McCray has been the victim of many
sharpers, but he has still enough of
his bonanza fortune left to live at his
ease. He is now an old man, and the
death of his wife leaves him alone.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
A Mad Revel Of Puns.

Knights Of the night-stick morning
newspaper compositors.
"Dyed while on duty"-moustache
"In disgrace"-d.
Caught in the act'-stage villains.
Suspended" trousers
"To be retired out wheels
"a good rounds-man" - John l..
Sullivan.
Police protection" overcoats.
"Collared" -pet dogs.
Is it true that Inspector Byrnes men ?
No policy is the best policy.
Bunco-steerers make poor pilots.
A drink on the sly means going
awry(e).
Why is stage prompter like po-
iceman because he's guardian of
piece.
Serious charges"-a mad bulls.
"a noted crook"-the elbow.
Played serenade music.
Hard to work-a lazy person.
Local toughs- boarding house
spring chickens.
Bargains-til profits.
Always on tap leather.
Even the most successful newspapers
are subject to ad-verses.
Why is grammar pious study? Be-
cause it mainly depends upon the
parsin'.
Whereas" wrote the jury, ode.
ceased was run over by an omnibus,
therefore, be it
Resolved, that death resulted from
the fact that the deceased was stage
struck"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
The Cowboy Called Down.

They were telling experiences the
other night and Col. Granniss told one
of his. He made the trip through the
southern country here just after the
road had been opened. The festive
cowboy had just begun to enjoy the
sport of running the train in the rough
region, and at one of the stations for
midable specimen of that tough human
boarded the cars. The conductor
came along punching the tickets, and
this cowboy did not pay any attention
to him. At last the conductor laid his
hand on the cowboys shoulder and
said, "ticket, please" The cowboy
turned in true cowboy style, pulled
out his revolver, and pointed it at the
conductor.
Here's my ticket"
The conductor walked on and
punched everybody else's coupon.
Then he disappeared. The little Incl
dent had been forgotten by almost
everybody on the car. The cowboy
was in quiescent state and the car
was quite still when the conductor
came in. He walked leisurely up the
aisle and suddenly stopped before the
cowboy. placed big knife dangerous
ly contiguous to his vital part, and
said quietly:
"Lemme see that ticket again"
The cowboy paid his fare. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
Bismarck's Home Life at Varzin.

We had an hour and halls drive
from the station to Varzin. As the pos
tilion sounded his trumpet and we drove
up to the door, Bismarck, his wife,
Nj, and H, all came out to the
carriage and welcomed us in the most
affectionate manner. I found him lit
tie changed in appearance since "a,
which surprises me. He is somewhat
stouter, and his face more weather
beaten, but as expressive and powerful
as ever. Nine. de Bismarck is but lit
tie altered in the fourteen years that
have passed since 1 saw her. They are
both most kind and agreeable to Lily
and she feels already as if she had
known them all her life. Nj is a
pretty girl, with beautiful dark hair and
gray eyes-simple, unaffected, and, like
both father and mother, full of fun.
The manner of living is most unsophis-
ticated, as you will think when I tell
you that we were marched straight from
the carriage into the dining-room (aftel
dusty, hot journey by rail and carriage
of ten hours) and made to sit down and
go on with the dinner, which was about
half through, as, owing to contretemps,
we did not arrive until an hour after we
were expected. After dinner Bismarck
and had long walk in the woods, he
talking all the time in the simplest and
funniest and most interesting manner
about all sorts of things that had hap.
pened in these tremendous years, but
talking of them exactly as everyday PEG.
pie talk of everyday matters without
any affectation. The truth is he is SC
entirely simple, SO full Of laisser-aller,
that one is obliged to be saying to ones
self all the time: This is the great
Bismarck greatest living man, and
one of the greatest historical characters.
- In the evening we sat about
most promiscuously - some drinking
tea, some beer, some settler water; Bis.
marck smoking pipe. He smokes lit
tie now, and only light tobacco in q
pipe. When last knew him he never
stopped smoking the strongest cigars
Now he tells me he could not to save
his life smoke single cigar. john
Lathrop Motley.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02

The intelligence of shepherd dogs
is one of the well-known facts of canine
history, and many stories are told OF
the manner in which they distinguish
sheep by the different marks. A
shepherd dog without sheep feels that
his occupation is gone, especially if he
has been trained to herd flock Not
long ago people of small village
were in great distress. Not child
could be found. After a long search
there was great outcry. All the
small children of the village were
found in deserted yard watched over
by shepherd dog. Not having any
sheep, he had followed his instinct by
collecting all the children of the place
into one fold.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
Remedy for Cramps.

Many persons, Of both sexes, are
greatly troubled with cramps in one or
both of their legs. 1t comes on sud-
denly, and is very severe. Most peo-
pie jump out OF bed Git nearly always
comes on either just after going to bed
or while undressing), and ask some one
to rub the leg. have known it to last
for hours, till, in despair, they would
send for the family physician; and even
then, it would be for hours before the
spasm would cease.
There is nothing easier than to make
the spasm Let go its hold, and it can be
accomplished without sending for q doc
tor, who may be tired and in need Of a
good nights rest. When ! have pa
tient who is subject to cramp, always
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
Oil of SasSafras.

The manufacture of the oil of sassa-
fras is becoming an important industry
in some sections, and especially in the
Southern States, where this tree is
common. Only the roots are used !;
these are chopped up into small pieces
by machine constructed for the pur-
pose. the oil being then distilled from
the chips by the aid of steam. About
one gallon of the oil. weighing nine
pounds, is obtained from 1000 pounds
of the chips. The uses for which the
oil Of sassafras can be employed are nu-
merous and varied. 1t is q favorite per-
fume for soaps and candies; it is used
as solvent for different gums, and as a
inilnent. It is also very largely en-
ployed in the manufacture of several
popular proprietary medicines.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02

advise him to provide himself with i
good, strong cord. "A long garter viii
do If nothing else is handy. When the
cramp comes on, take the cord, wind it
around the leg over the place that is
cramred, and take an end In each hand
and give it sharp pull, one that will
hurt little. Instantly the cramp will
cease, and the sufferer can go to bed as
sured it will not come on again that
night.
I have saved myself many good
nights rest simply by posting my pa
tients, subject to spasms Of the legs, how
to use the cord as above. I have never
known it to fail, and / have tried it after
they had worked half the night, and
the patient was in the most intense ag-
ony. Even in such cases, at the first
jerk of the cord all pain left.-R. ". st.
Clair, M. d., IN Medical Age.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
Ski Running.

It is somewhat difficult to describe
Skis" without the aid of diagrams. A
ski is neither snow-shoe nor skate,
but rather a combination of both. The
foot is strapped to the ski like snow.
shoe but the ski being of wood, and enor'
mously long, sometimes eighteen feet,
the runner uses the skis about the
same as skater does skates; only, Of
course, it is not SO easy to turn. But
the ski-runner can go where the snow.
sheer and skater alike would be power.
less to follow.
There are very few who can appre.
ciate the exhilerating sport of ski-run.
ming like the native of Scandinavia
To him it is the national game, mode
of conveyance, the hygienic treatment
that stirs the sluggish blood and brings
sparkle to the eye and color to the
| cheek.
When the Scandinavians came to this
country they brought their national
pastime with them, and in the North
western States and Territories, notably
Minnesota and Dakota, the sport il
firmly established.
In the old country skis are used tx
travel with, as in some places where
the snow is very deep and the hill.
steep it would be almost impossible tx
travel without them.
Experts can traverse the highest hill.
and the rockiest ravines on their skis a
the rate of about seven or eight miles al
hour. Mountaineers and peasants il
Scandinavia use them almost entirel,
in travelling about the country.
1t is novel sight to see in some inlant
berg hundreds of these peasants COM
in to do their trading early in the morn
ing on skis.
In this country ski running is purel.
sport, and is destined to become a
tobogganing. There are already severa
ski clubs, and new ones forming ever,
year. A ski tournament has also beer
arranged, at which 400 ski runners vii
be present.
Not only do ski runners run, the,
alse Jump wonderful distances. Michae
Hemmelstredt, Norwegian, has rec
ord of having jumped ninety-ive feet Oh
skis, the longest jump in the world.
One incident which tends to show t.
what practicle uses the ski can be util
lied, is the fact of DIR. Nansen CROSSING
Greenland from the East with fv,
picked Norwegian ski runners. The.
landed with skis on the Eastern coast o
Greenland on July Z, and after peril
GUS march of forty-two days arrives
safely at Good Hope.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02
DRAMAS OF THE EARLY DAY.
The First Eneiishman Known to Ha
written Plays

The First Eneiishman Known to Hav,
written Plays.
The part Of the volume that is likely
to attract the most attention is the chap
ter devoted to the miracle plays. Prof
Morley had introduced this theme inte
the previous volume in treating of Hi
larius, the first Englishman who il
known to have written plays. Hilarius
was a pupil of Abelard. He wrote
three plays-the Raising of Lazarus,
the Miracle of st. Nicholas and the
History Of Daniel" These productions
were probably written between 112s
and 1875. William Fitzstephen, 8
trusted clerk in Becket's household, in
troduced a description Of London in his
life of Beckett in which he refers to
miracle plays like those of Hilarius as
having taken the place of the more
ancient shows of the theater. The old
classical drama had been swept away
many centuries before Fitzstephen
wrote. The fathers of the church as
early as the second century set their
faces sternly against all plays and
players. The opposition to them was
not SO much opposition to stage players
as average to the stage adulteries Of
gods and heroes. But the dramatic in
stinct could be suppressed, and even
one Of the fathers, Appollinarius the
Elder, turned parts of Scripture into
plays as early as the fourth century. II
may be assumed, therefore, that the
miracle playes came down through the
dark ages to the time of Hilarius, and
out of these Latin plays came the Ches-
ter and other plays in English. OF
these, the Chester, Wakefield, York
Coventry and other miracle and mystery
plays Prof. Morley gives sufficiently
full account. In these early produc-
tions even the comedy element was not
lacking. Indeed Noah's wife was al
ways turned into comic old woman.
She was given a temper of her own,
and when Noah and his family entered
the ark she shrewishly declined to go in
out of the rain. In the Chester plays
she insisted upon taking her gossips
with her. In the Wakefield mysteries
she had not yet finished her spinning.
The Shepherds play in the Wakefield
series was essentially farce with plot.
Thus we see in these pieces the germ of
the modern drama, out of which were
evolved not only the tragedy and comedy
that preceded Shakespeare, but the
actors as we'll. The transition was from
the forests to the guilds and from the
guilds to the fairs, and the fairs to the
tavern courtyard. Thus the modern
stage may be regarded as derived in an
unbroken line. historically from the
classic drama. -Philddelphia Times.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-02

COMPLAINTS of scarcity of seed wheat
in the Northwest are numerous. It is
stated that the farmers in Northern
Dakota have little on hand except the
poorest stuff, which is practically I'M
salable at the elevators, and the wis.,
dom of using that for seeding is prob
lematical. It is even thought probable
that wheat for bread as well as for
seed will need to be sent back to that
section ana Northern Minnesota to
tide the people over till the time Of
next harvest.