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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

Beginning on the 1st of next month
mail service between here and Grsy's
harbor will be increased to twice a
week.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The canneries are turning out large
quantities of cans this week.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The barkentine Mary WiRkleman,
496 tons, has been chartered to load
cannery supplies for Alaska.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

Rev. DR.. E. W. Garner, LII. D.,
will fill the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church as before.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The Bessie RutteT is taking on a
lot of salt: she sails for the far north
next Monday.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22
Go to JeR's for Oysters.

Coffee and cake. ten cents, at tn
Central Restaurant.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The AuguSta at Gray's dock, has a
big lot of material for the new light
house at Cape Meares.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

''In our happiest moments we meet
with reverses." Probably you've no.
ticed this when waltzing.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The household of Rev. G. c. Hall
was enlivened by the appearance OF
twins last Wednesday night.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The close season has been univers-
ally observed on tie Columbia.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

There was a report in San Francis
co yesterday afternoon that Paul Boy
ton had been drowned at Cape Han
cock.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

Reserved seats at the New York
Novelty Store for to morrow nights
performance.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

There seems to be nothing definite
as to morning mails any more: no
mail came on the Reed yesterday
morning and there is nothing certain
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

Mrs. Craft and Miss Wsgenblast's
millinery opening will be tomorrow.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

Ludlow's Ladies' $500 Fine Shoes ;
also Flexible Hand turned French Kids,
at p, J, GOODMAN's.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

The spring cleaning has extended
TO the streets: they need if.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22
PUBLIC LAND SURVEY.
How to Get Survey Under the General
Appropriation or Special Deposit
System.

Owing to the great inquiry from
settlers and tothers, relative to the
survey of public lands the following
is published as the two methods un-
der which they are obtained, also the
law regulating the same, and by
which land officers are guided. The
first method is under that which Is
known as the
GENERAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE
SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS.
An annual appropriation is made
by congress for such purposes for the
United States at large, and this sum
is appropriated to the different states
and territories by the commissioner
of the general land Office.
The congress Of the United States
also fixes the rates of mileage allowed
for surveys. Owing to inadequate
appropriations for that purpose, it
is frequently the case very few of the
many petitions on file can be enter.
tanned; so that, when available funds
are placed at officers disposal, they
have to take into consideration the
needs of the settlers in the different
sections and advertise for bids where
in their Judgment the necessities are
greatest.
Under this method OF obtaining
surveys no special form of applica-
ton is required; but before q survey
of any township can be considered it
is necessary that petition for such
survey be forwarded to ithe Office of
the surveyor general of Oregon, or of
Washington. signed, so far as prscti-
cable, by all the actual settlers in
the township. giving the number and
range and general description of the
character of the land. It should
show: What portions of the township,
if any, cannot be surveyed, and the
reason why it would be impractica-
BILE TO survey; what portions are suit
able for agriculture; what portions
are more valuable for timber than for
agricultural purposes; what portions
are mountainous, rocky, swampy, etc. /;
whether there are indications of
minerals and of what kind. If there are
streams or bodies OF water that re-
quire meandering, an approximate
estimate of such mesnder lines should
be shown. The petition should also
give the number of actual settlers
and their postoffice address, and in
what portion of the township they
are located, the character and condi-
ton of their inhabitancy of the land,
the extent and value of their improve
ments, the use made of the land, and
the quantity under cultivation. The
situation Of the township in respect
to lines of public communication aud
the progress of settlement of the
country should be described, and all
facts and circumstances stated which
will enable an intelligent judgment
to be formed as to the propriety Of
making the survey applied for.
If all items OF information herein
mentioned cannot be given with ex-
actness, an approximation, as near as
possible, should be made. Only petit
tions for the survey of an entire town
ship or the surveyable portion of the
same can be considered.
SURVEYS UNDER THE SPECIAL DEPOSIT
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

THE AsToRIAN guarantees to its adYer-
tiSers the largest circulation of any newSpa-
per published on the Columbia river.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22
200 CASES

OF staple and choice goods. which
1 offer at a very close margin to
CASH BUYERS.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22
TeIephOneLOdgins House.

Best Beds in town. Rooms per night
so and 25 cts, per week $3.50. New and
clean. Private entrance.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22
To the Trade.

l take pleasure in informing the
trade that | have received in the
last 20 days nearly
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

Painters and carpenters are busy.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22
Weinllard's Beer.

And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, cents.
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Served by Carrier, per week .......... 10 cts
Sent by Mail, per month.................-. &C cts
one year.....................S
Free Of postage to subscribers.
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Meals Cooked to Order.

Private rooms for ladies and families
at Central Restaurant, next to FOard &
StOlSps,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-22

AsroEIAS BUILDING, CAss STREET.
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Publishers and Proprietors,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
VOL. XLIV.-NO. rs.

very fond of this fruit, s0wed tie tree
afresh in almost every spot where they
had been txtirpated. But you didn't
mention the principal vehicles of trans
portation."
Didn't II" asked George, with q
thoughtful look. "Oh, the winds and
the he-streams.
"And the oceans, George. Even the
icebergs contribute their share to the
distribution, and the same may be said
of the glaciers. The cocoanuts of the
Seychelles, protected by their woody
coverings, have been carried by ocean
currents to Malabar, distance of more
than four hundred leagues by water.
Fruits from Equatorial America have
been found stranded on the shores OF
Scandinavia. Mountain streams have
carried seeds from the lofty heights of
the Himalayas to the delta of the
Gauges"
ut is a wonderful arrangement OF
Providence, isn't it, uncle?" asked
George. II am ever so much obliged
to you for what you have told me about
the peculiarities of seeds. Frank H.
Stauffer, in Christian Union.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
THAT SOUP PHRASE,
Fortunately It Is Gradually Losing
Hold on the PnhIic.

Fortunately It Is Gradually Losing ITS
Hold on the Public.
The reasons why we do not and
never have Endorsed the phrase "He
fell in the SOUP are manifold. When
it first came into general use it was
harsh and grating, and now that it has
become old. rheumatic and moscow
cred, it is positively, diobolical in its
discordancy. "Fell in the soup" was
primarily intended to convey the mean
ing to the auditor or auditors that a
man or a woman, or collection of
men and women, had in some way be-
come downed, or more elegantly speak
ing, been compelled through force of
circumstances or events to acknowl-
edge the corn. While this was UNI
doubtedly the object of the phrase, it
has manifestly failed in reaching the
goal of its intentions. 1t is not
graphic, and that is absolutely essen
tial to any real claim to the public
consideration. There have been So
called improvements suggested such
as che fell in the consom-
me" sin the mulliga-tawny," and
stumbled into the tureen." but
none of these are one iota b0tter than
the original. In some unat countable
manner, however, the phrase came
into quite general use, but most as
suredly not through any real worth of
its own, but because of the peculiar
fancies of the American people. In
the first place it is important that n
phase should be SO constructed and
composed as to instantly convey to the
uninitiated the idea intended to be ex-
pressed. ''In the soup" fails manifest
ly in this regard, especially when adj
dressed to an individual ignorant of
the idioms of speech of our country.
How many people would understand
by lin the soup" that person had
failed in his undertaking? None, UNI
less they had previous acquaintance
with this combination of very uneu-
phonious words. We are glad to note
that this really obnoxious phase is
gradually losing its hold on the pub
lie, and our sincerest hope is that '.in
the soup'' will fall SO deeply into the
bouillon as to become tangled in the
vegetables and unable to Chamber over
the side of the tureen. Minneapolis
Tribune.
Several Caro- (Mich.) gentlemen
recently saw large rat carry hens
egg on its back. They say that it
twisted Its tail around the egg and
carried 1t safely until it was hit with q
stone.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
A SINGULAR BELIEF.
Tho Era of AIT eos and What Its TermiDa
ton Sisnified.

Tho Era of AIT eos and What Its TermiDa
ton Signified.
The period of fifty-two years formed
a complete era for the Aztecs, and they
questioned whether at the end of that
period the great heavenly clock, hav-
ing performed its revolution, might
not stop forever. This era menaced a
considerable number of the population
once in their lives, and some of them
perhaps twice. The night on which
the fifty-second year would expire was
a solemn moment TO them, and was
signalized by extinguishing the sacred
fires in the temples and those on pri-
vate hearth-stones, and by breaking
all vessels that had contained provi-
sions; and the evening was passed in
darkness, with trembling and fear.
The day was in November, when the
Pleiades would eliminate at midnight,
and this moment was the termi-
nation of the century. AS the hour APP
peared, the human victim was sacri-
feed, and the sticks were rubbed over
his still quick body for striking the fire
for his funeral pile and the Inaugural
ton of the new era. Men were wait.
ing with torches ready to be lighted,
with which the new fire was to be dis.
tributed to all the provinces. The
moment OF midnight was hailed with
shouts of JOY. The world had not come
to an end, and men could hope that il
would last at least through another
era. Those who could not attend the
public ceremonies watched kneeline
on the roofs of their houses. The sec
ular festival was suppressed by the
Spaniards. the last human victim hav.
ing been sacrificed on the pyramid OIL
Tlaloc in 1507.-J. G. Houzeau, in Pop.
ular Science MONTHLY.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
ONE CENTURY AGO.
When Farmers Had to Do Without Now
ers, Reapers and Leaders.

When Farmers Had to Do Without Now
ers, Reapers and Loaders.
The farmer did not have a mower
and reaper then. Although Pliny the
elder, who was born A. d. %, describes
q machine to reap grain which was
used in Gaul, it was not until the pres
ent century that these machines came
into use. Pliny says of the Gaulic
reaper: I'm the extensive fields in the
lowlands of Gaul vans [carts] of large
size, with projecting teeth on the edge,
are driven on two wheels through the
standing grain by an OK yoked in a
reverse position. In this manner the
ears are taken off and fall into the
van." The first patent for reaping
machine in England was taken out in
1899. 1t was not until 1922 that a
machine was made by a school-master
named Henry Ogle, which may have
become the model of all subsequent
reapers. His contrivance was very
simple, and upon trial cut fourteen
acres of grain day. But this ma
chine met an untimely end. Mr.. Ogle
writes of it that some working people
threatened to kill Mr.. Brown, the man
who made it, if he persevered any fur
Their in it, and it hasnever been more
tried" The Oldest known machine
still in use was invented in 1926 by Mr..
Bell, a Scotch minister This reaper
was improved in 1884. Whether Amer
lean inventors obtained their ideas
from these foreign machines is a mat
ter of dispute. But the reaper has
taken the romance out of the having
field. Haying-time used to be the
pleasantest on the farm, and no sight
was more beautiful than line of
sturdy men gracefully swinging the
scythe in the tall grass. The mower,
the tedder, the horse-rake and loader
have made the haying season as prosy
as hoeing potatoes. Chicago News.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
HENRY L. BI0SSAT, Business Manager
a WESTERN METHOD.

In Western skies, DER prairies broad,
The crimson hues are blending,
While eastward, DER the misty woods.
Night shades are soft descending.
The summer day, so calm, so sweet,
In peace serene Is dying,
And DER the barvest-laden fields
The vesper breeze is signing
While lingering on the vne-clad porch,
Our hearts with JOY o'erfiowlng,
We gaze on fields, and woods, and sky
In somber beauty glowing.
You say: "If Time, in his wild flight
Would list to human reason,
And give us but four extra weeks
In this sweet summer season,
"Twould be, indeed, precious gift
To claim our hearts devotion
Another isle Of fragrant flowers
Upon life's varied ocean"
He knoweth best who loveth best;
Each season sent by Heaven,
Though summers sun or winters storm,
For human good is given.
But if our future paths OF life
Were both converged together,
To me, though storms and tempests roar,
'Twould all be summer weather.
Say, would thy life as happy be,
With love the hours beguiling,
Would every season be to thee
A vernal summer smiling?
All, SO! Well, let us then proceed
To regulate the weather.
And hand in hand we gayly walk
Adown the slope together.
-Chauncey A. Lewis, in America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
Caught at Last.

Father shouting downstairs in an
angry vocabulary!
Mary (who is with her beau, who has
been waiting on her about three years.
Yes, sir.
Els Mr.. Slowcoach there?
M--Yes, sir.
Els he proposing to you that he lie
staying SO late?
NJ. Ito Mr.. Slowcoach, in fright.
ened whisper)-O! what shall say?
Mr.. S. (trembling in his boots)-SaJ
yes.
NJ. Ito her father)-Yes, papa.
F.-All right, all right; excuse me
Tell him he can have you. Bless 20,
both, my children. He needn't hurr,
Awsy. Boston Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
Old Silver Heels.

This is the true story which Aunt
Lucy often tells the children, as we sit
around the fire at twilight
when / was a little girl-seventy
years ago--we had to go more than
mile to school. One of the large boys
would come for us at night, with old
Silver Heels and a sleigh made Of a
crockery crate on runners.
I'VE would pile in until there was
not room enough for another one,
shouting, laughing and snow-balling
each other. Old Silver Heels would go
on patiently across the bridge. and
about halfway up the long hill. Then
he would turn round and take q good
look at the load. II there were more
than three or four Of us he would begin
to back down the hill.
Blackjack down the hill to the
very bottom. Then, without word,
he would walk up again to the same
place. If we had not lightened the
load he would look around and go
backing down again. Sometimes we
let him do so FIVE or six times before
the boys would get out; but we never
could get home until they did SO.
"After they were out, and old Silver
Heels had counted the load, he would
go gravely on to steep, siding place
near the gate. where he generally man
aged to tip us all over. We didn't caro-
for that, for it was only fun to shake of
the snow and run into the house. !" =
Mrs. Frances Smith. in Our Little Ones.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
WHAT WAS LACKING.

Tho Boy Who Never Uses His Brains Ii tho
boy Who Mover Accompanies Much.
Harry was trying chemical expert
ment, and Uncle Dave was looking on.
II declare" said Harry, looking up
with vexed frown. II don't see why
this doesn't work"
Perhaps you have forgotten some
thing, suggested Uncle Dave
mo, haven't" replied Harry, de.
cidedly.
"rm quite sure you have. You have
forgotten to mix in some brains"
brains, Uncle Dave!"
Yes. brains--your brains, Harry"
Harry stared at his uncle as if trying
to detect some signs OF insanity.
"All great and successful people,"
went on Uncle Dave. with smile,
;imix a portion of their brains in every
task they undertake.
och, / see!" cried Harry. flushing up
triAe. ''You mean that / must use
my reasoning powers to find out what
is wrong with the mixture. "Let me
see," he unused -'oh, l have it! The
camphor has been exposed to the air SO
long, perhaps, it has lost nearly all its
strength. That's why the thing don't
work.
perhaps" said Uncle Dave. '.Now
if you mix in some more brains you
will be able to make it work. As a
general thing, Harry, the brain is the
missing Ingredient when failure is
recorded. The boy who never uses his
brains is the boy who can't make a
boat, a sled or any useful object. He
goes along all right until he comes to
something not fully explained, because
the writer's space is limited or else he
thinks it is too simple to waste words
on. Instead of using his brains the
boy sits down and writes to know how
he can make this, that or the other, or
else gives up in despair"
'Like me with the electrical machine
last winter" said Harry, regretfully.
Exactly; and like many other boys
who never see their way out of di-
lemma unless some one points it out.
Such boys will never make inventors,
for you know necessity is the mother
of invention"
Don't you believe a boy ought to
ever ask adviceP" asked Harry.
IN Z y = =
own devices As / said at the begin
ming, he should mix his brains in his
work, and nine times out OF ten there
will be no further trouble"
IN remember that" said Harry. -
Golden Days.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-26
HAVING THE EVIL EYE
One OF tho Most Familiar Superstitlons
Among the Italians,

among the Italians.
Shortly after his election Plus TX.
who was then adored by the Romans
and perhaps the best loved man in
ITALY, was driving through the streets
when he happened to glance upward
at an open window at which nurse
was standing with child. A few
minutes afterward the nurse let the
child drop and it was killed. No one
thought the Pope had wished this,
but the fancy that he had the evil eye
became universal and lasted till his
death. In Carniola, if you tell
mother her baby is strong and large
for its age, farmer that his crops
are looking well, or a coachman that
his team is good, all three will spit at
your feet to avert the omen and, if you
understand the custom, you will do
The same as an act of politeness. A
person who wandered through Upper
Carniola and praised every thing he
saw would soon come to be
considered the most malevolent
of men. In Naples the same feel
ing exists. The terms of endear-
ment which mothers of the lower
class use to their children and the
pet names they call them by are often
so indecent that it would be impossible
to reproduce them in English, and
always so contemptuous that they
would be offensive in any other rela-
ton.
The well-known habit of Neapolitans
to offer a guest any thing he may
praise has probably the same origin.
1t is, of course, now to a very large
extent only form of courtesy; but
even now another feeling turks behind,
at least in a good many cases. Your
host has been delighted at your ad-
miration of his possessions; he would
have been disappointed if it had not
been so warmly expressed as it was;
but still he is little afraid of the ill
luck the kind things you have said
may bring. By offering the objects
you have liked best to you, and receiv-
ing your certain refusal to accept them,
he puts them in a bad light, and thus
counteracts the evil effects of your
praise. He says to fate, you see their
value is not great after all.
This superstition, however, is by no
means confined to Naples or Italy; it
is said to be common in China and
Japan, and among negroes and red In
dians. Even in England it is unknown.
In fact, in all countries when visiting a
sick acquaintance it is better to say:
Il am glad to hear you are little bet
ter to-day" than Il am glad to see
you looking so much better.n Nor is
the belief by any means confined to
the lower classes. A person who is
highly educated, very intelligent, and
by no means preiudiced in religious
matters, was once asked whether the
words acted as an evil charm or wheth-
er they merely foretold evil The re-
ply was: Il don't know; but 1 do
know from experience that whenever
any body tells me l am looking we'll l
fall ill within three days; and the more
intimate 1 am with the person that
says it the worse the illness is" There
may be a connection between this SUI
perstition and that of the evil eye-we
are inclined to think there is-but they
must not be COMPOUNDED, as one is often
found in districts where the other is
MISUNDERSTANDING Review.