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C4J TrM astobian. TUESDAY,..- Jr 1, 1873 SCHOOL C03CPOSITIOXS. TROUBLES F AX ASTORIA-'SCHOOL GIRL. The following stanza, written by a Miss of fourteen, a pupil attending the Public School and resident of Astoria, shows thought that 13 worthy of encouragement Ed. 0, come friends now, and listen to my lay. For I'm in a very bad position The truth is but this (if tell it I may;) I have got to write a composition. "What to write about; or how to begin; I am very sure I cannot now tell. And I am afraid (if it's not a sin) That I don't want to write it very well! Last Friday the teacher's anger aro3o And he thought he would punish us neat; So up he got, and scratching at his nose Said: " You must hand in essays next week 1 A chill came o'er me, even at the thought That I'd have to do such a dreadful thing: For I would sooner have gone out and fought Than come under the shado of such wing. But I must try so it is of no use For mo to sit and be sorrowing hero; And so I guess I will go and peruse A story book till I get my brain clear. caught a Tartar in the Duke de Bo- X . queiaire. SHORT SPEECHES. Perhaps the shortest speech ever delivered in any legislative chamber -was that of the member of the Unit ed States Congress, who, having got off this sentence : "Mr. Speaker, the generality of mankind in general are disposed to exercise oppression on the generality of mankind in gener al," was pulled down to his seat by a friend, with the remark : You'd bet ter stop; you are coming out of the same hole you went in at, Daniel Webster was apt to over-indulge himself at public dinners, but managed, when called upon, to make a speech if a brief one. On an occasion Webster finished up with: "Gentlemen, there's the public debt it should be paid; yes gentle men, it should be paid. Til pay it myself. How much is it?" Sir Arthur Helps somewhere sug gests that clergymen would be more Miccessful in attacking the pockets of their flocks if they sent round the plates before instead of after the sermon, with the understanding that if they gave liberally they should be let off from the sermon altogether. M. Dupanloup, the eloquent J3ishop of Orleans, preaching in behalf of the distressed workmen of Koeun. con tented himself with savins: ' This is no time for long sermons, but good work. You are all acquainted with the calamities of those whose cause I come this day to plead. Once upon a time a king, whose name is still cherished by us, said to his compan-ions-in-arms, on whom he thought he could rely: "My good friends, I am your king; you are Frenchmen. Yonder is the enemy; let us march! I will not address you in other words to-day than these." I am your bishop you aire christians. Yoncler are, not our enemies, but our brethren who suffer. Let us flee to their succor." The result was the collection of more than three thousand. Edwin, a once popular English act or, is credited with the authorship of one the briefest of sermons, hi: text being: "Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. I shall con sider itiis discourse under three heads. First, man's ingress into the world ; secondly, man's progress through the world; thirdly, man's egress out of the world; and" "First Man's ingress into the world is naked and bare. .Secondlv His progress through the world is trouble and care. Lastly His egress out of the world is nobody knows where. If we do well here, we shall do well there; I can tell you no more if Ipreach for a year. The last time Justice Foster went on circuit he dismissed the grand jurymen to their work with: " Gentle "incii The defendant's a foul mouth ed, fellow- What damages?" an ex ample of judicial brevity only to be matched by Baron Alderson's address to a convicted prisoner who prayed that God might strike him dead where he stood if he were not inno cent. After a moment's silence, the Judge sternly and coldly said: "Pris oner at the bar, as Providence has not interposed in behalf of society, the sentence of the court is, that you be transported for the term of twenty years." An American judge once intervened in an odd way to prevent a waste of words. He was sitting in dUamberSj and seeing from the piles of papers in the lawyers' hands that the first case was likely to be hotly contested, he asked: "What is the amount in question?" "Two dollars," .said the plaintiff's counsel. "I'll pay it," and the judge handed over the money; " call the next case." He had not the patience of taciturn Qir William Grant, who, after listen ing for a couple of days to the argu ments of counsel r.s to the construc tion of an act, quietly observed when they had dene: "The act is repealed. An inquisitive French bishop-once The latter. Dassine in haste through Lyons, was hailed by the bishop, with: Hi! Hi!" the Duke stopped. "Where have you cQme from ?" inquired the prelate. " Par is," said the duke. " what is there fresh in Paris?" "Green peas." "But what were the people saying when you left?" "Vespers." "Goodness, man," broke out the anry question er, " who are you? What are you called?" " Ignorant people call me Hi! Hi! gentlemen term me Duke de Roquelaire. Drive on, postillion!" SOZDigB'S HOMESTEAD LA W. There seems to be some misunder standing regarding the amendments which passed Congress last session in regard to the Soldiers' Homestead law. The amendments proposed were various and important, but they all failed to pass except the following, which embodies all the change that has been made in the Homestead law: " That any person entitled, under the provisions of the foregoing sections to enter a homestead, who may have heretofore entered a homestead un der the Homestead laws, such Quan tity of land being less than one hun dred "and sixty acres, shall be permit ted to enter so much land as when added to the quantity previously en teredj shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. " That is, that where as the law of eigthteen and seventy two permits soldiers to enter home steads on what are called "double minimum Jands," or land with the limits of railroad grants, and where as many soldiers had entered eighty acres each, they are now permitted to enter a whole quarter section, or one hundred and sixty acres of such lands. The amendments simply double the quantity of land that may be entered under the law. A stand is taken by a correspond ent of the Maine Farmer against "all trap-door organizations," which be gin with demanding fifteen dollars of a man's money, and give in return only a questionable security of large promises, which, after all, are very cheaply spoken. There is no earthly reason, he thinks, why the farming interest should not work out its own salvation in an altogether open and above-board manner, and he futher says: The surest and wisest way to keep clear of swindlers is to invest in good, reliable papers, both news and agricultural. Intelligence is a better sheild against rogues, and a better lever to success, than all the secret societies ever invented since Adam. Trade is something that cannot be stopped by a breath or regulated by the opinions of a few individuals col lected together in some dark attic; supply and demand take it where it belongs, and control it after it gets there. It is just as easy for the farm er who has butter, eggs or beef to sell to know this value as the man who buys, if he will take the same means to find it" out. When I hear a man complaining that he sold his potatoes, his pork, or his meal too cheap, or for less than their maket value, I con clude that he does not read as much as he might. SMALL-POX CUKE. Dr. Borzeau' Small Pox Core. As this most loathsome of all diseases is li able to break out amoung us at any time, it is well to be proparod for it at all times. Dr. Borzeau's Small-Pox Curo and Provon tivo, now prepared and kopt on hand at my offico, corner first and Main streets, one door from First, is a sure cure or preventive for that disease. The history of this medicine can not bettor bo explained by mo than by inserting the following somewhat condensed letters. SAMUEL CORWIN. Propmetor. MISCELLANEOUS. CotoG.A.SHEPPARD'S! Corner of Yamhill and First streets, PORTLAND OREGON, LEGAL NOTICES. FOR Sax Francisco, July 2, 1872. My dear old friend, Samuel Corwin I have bo doubt but you will bo much surprised on receiving this letter, but, perhaps, not more so, ormoro gratified, than I was to hoar from you. The manner in which I heard from you, and learned of your whereabouts, is this: I happened to bo looking over an Oregon nows paper and noticed your namo, as Representa tive elect, froih Tillamook county. The thrill of pleasure which I experienced on reading, is indiscribable. The many acts of kindness which I rocoived at your hands long years ago havo never boon forgotten, notwithstanding our correspondence has boon broken for 17 years. "Well, Sam, I won't attempt to give you more than the outlines of what ha3 tran spired with mo since wo last corresponded. So many incidents of tho past, in which you and I wore connected, crowd upon my mind that I cannot think or write of myself. Does your mind ever revert to tho past, when we first mot how you took mo in as a partner, when thoso who ought to havo boon my best friends threw off on mo how wo got snowed in and had'to live on potatoes straight for six weeks how good that grizzley meat tasted what a disgraceful retreat wo mado from our poor innocent Jack, when we thought we were besieged by a grizzley. "Well, Snm, thoso events of 1852 frequently furnish subject mat tor for my thoughts, and, as I am writing to you, crowd upon my mind, but I will dismiss them for the present to give place to that which will, perhaps, bo of greater interest to you. I pocketed eleven thousand dollars out of tho " Deep Claim" you gave mo in Maraposa, and started for homo in Juno, 1855. I invested four thousand dollars in real estato in this city, and loft it in caro of McLano, our old cabin mate. My property here has yielded mo a handsome income, and quadrupled in value. I wont into business in Now York city, in which I was very successful sold out two years ago, sinco which time I have boon trav eling through tho European countries. You know.I used to havo a weakness for traveling; well, it has been gratified to my heart's con- tont. "While in Franco I was taken with tho small-pox. Tho lady of the inn told mo that I was fortunate to tako tho disease at that place, as thoro was an old small-pox doctor near by who novor failed to curo, no matter how bad tho disease; and sure onough, I began to re cover within four hours after commencing to tako tho medicine, and in twonty-four hours 1 felt quite well. I was so much olntod with tho magical effects of tho medicine that I was determined, if possiblo,.to obtain tho formula, in which 1 succeeded, by paying handsomely and promising not to divulgo it in Franco. 1 seo from Oregon papers that you havo tho disoaso among you. Tho onclosed packago contains tho formula and sufficient material for family use. I havo cured all tho casos thatl havo coino in contract with, and find it an infallible curo and preventive. When you answer this, I will forward sufficient of tho material to make you a fortune, as I have am ple, and rest assured 1 reciprocate past favors. 1 will closo for tho present and await anxi ously your answer. JDirect to San Francisco, as I will remain hero about two months. Yours etc.. ISAAC RICHARDSON. Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Grocorios Groceries Groceries Grocories Groceries Grocerios GROCERIES Grocerio3 Grocorios Grocories Grocerios Groceries Grovorips Groceries Grocorios Groceries Groceries Grocorios Grocorios WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. . Bf-The best stock of STAPLES and TEA in Oregon. All goods warranted. E. MILWAIN, 95 Front and 9H First Streot, Portland, Oregon. WTTDT.TIS A TVR A NT) "RFT A TT. 1W. A T.P.-R in Stoves, Shoet-iron, Tin-plate, etc Plumb ing and Gas fitting choaper than any other houso in town. Pacific Root and Shoo Store. S. "W. Corner First and Morrison Streets, Portland, Oregon. Sheriff's Sale. Y VIRTUE OF A WARRANT ISSUED out of tho County Court of the State of Ore gon for tho County of Clatsop, to mo diroutcd, commanding mo to levy on tho goods and chatties of tho delinquent tax payers named in the delinquent tax roll for the year 1S72, thereto attached, and if nono bo found thon upon tho roa.1 property as set forth and doj cribed in said tax list, or so much thoroofas shall satisfy tho amount of taxes so charged, together with costs and expenses, I have,thi.. day of June, 1878, (for want of porsonal property), lovied upon tho following described pieces or parcels of land ns set forth in said tax list, lying and being in Clatsop county Ore gon, known and doseribod, and assessed to tho parties as follows, to-wit: Names. Descpt.L'tiBk Valuoj Tax Atkesdn,VTMrsi Bush, A K. Cheadlo, Raphol Church, M. E., Portland Freeborno, RD... Hoberg, James... Howell, J H M addox, Joseph.. 01sen,A .. Church. M. E Hurford, J E Olney' Shively Adair's 99 52 i 6! 3 4 3-4 8 7 2 7 2 8 5 3I122 5 W 12115 4..5J 19 $10 00 10 00 00 83- 119 J 25 I 32 157)105 00 111 200 00 123 5 00 10) 110 f 10 00 500 5 00 200 00 40 00 $ .19 .19 J8 1M 3.70 .09 .19 .09 .10 8.70 .74 Names Doscript'n j ILots,sec T R lAcrlVal.iTax. Ulackiuore,Wm Beal, Wm Etn Noel & othr r3-ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I WILL sell, for Cash, of California make, Ladies 1st quality IS thread lasting Kid foxed Bal morals $2 50, Former price $3 00 2d quality 16 thread do 1 75, ' 2 50 Misses 1st quality do 2 00, " 2 50 MiwMd quality do 150, " 2 00 Children's 1st qual. do 1 50, " 2 00 Children's 2d qual. do 125, " 150 GEO. A. PEASE. PROSPECTUS OF- THE ASTORIAN, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY, 2. C. IREIiAXB, Proprietor. Falkinburgo, W Gordon, John... 8 3,4,1 98 28 19) 1249 1,23 Marchivello.Jos Smith, N L wswi oVSsoK Woodward, Wm swseX li 7 G&7 41 14 112 50 94 48 160 40 $105I$1.M 35 280 182 250 200 400 100 . 5,18 4.8,5 4.03 5.55 7.40 1.SS And on WEDNESDAY, tho 20th day of July. 1873, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. 31.. in front of tho Court Houso door in said State and County, I will soll'the same, or so much thereof as shall bo necessary to satisfy said taxes and costs, at public Auction to the highest bidder thereof, in United States gold coin. Sale to continue from day to day. W. H. TWILIGHT, Sheriff, And Tax Collector, for Clatsop County. Astoria, Oregon, July 1, 1873. 4w The New Orleans Times is respon sible for the following statemenj: The most curious instance of resusci tation recorded in our annals hap pened last Thursday on Prytama street, near Terpsichore. A child three years old died early in the morning, and was duly laid out for in terment: a comnetent Dhvsican certi fied to the decease,and the friends of the family assembled to solemnize the funeral. Later in the afternoon, the body having been coffined, and the funeral carriages waiting at the door a thunderstorm arose. It will be re membered that there were some un usually violent reverberations during the brief term of its prevalence. Simultaneously with one of the most deafening of these claps, the child recovered its animation and resumed all the functions of existence. It is now permanently recovered. There is no doubt of the facts in this case. Men who isolate themselves from society, and have no near and dear fhmily ties cannot understand the joys of living. "Why, man who cares for nobody, for wtiorn nobody cares, has nothing to live for that will pay for keeping the foody and soul togeth er. You must nave a heap of embers to make allowing fire. Scatter them apart and they will become cold and dim. So to have a brisk, vigorous life, you must have a group of lives to keep each warm, to afford mutual en couragement,confidence and support. If you wish to live the life of a man ana not of a fungus, be sociable, be charitable, be broth erly, be sympa thetic, ana labor earnestly for the good of your kind. It was Byron who said that happiness was born a twin, and there is just as much truth as poetry in the idea. Certainly the misanthrope is not a happy man. The New York Court-house has set tled six inches since constructed, but some of the old city officers haven't settled for three years. When I received this medicine, thoro heing no small-pox in tho Stato of Oregon, I sent packages to a number of placos in California and other States, to bo properly tested, al though my own confidence in its virtue was completoly established by tho source from which I obtained it. Tho following lettors wore duly received from tho parties to whom I sent tost packages of tho inedicine: Scramknto, Cal , Dec. 27, 1S72. Samuel Corwin, Nobalom, Oregon Dear Sir: 1 havo tho pleasure of communicating to you the fact 1 had an opportunity at last of testing tho officiency of your preparation for tho cure of small-pox. Mr. A.Koysor, afriond of mine, was taken with tho smnll-pox Dec ember IS th. I learnod tho fact about six o'clock on tho ovening of tho li'th, and started immediately for the residonco o Mr. K., sit uated about fourtoen miles from hero, towaids Cache Crook, Yolo county. 1 got to K.'s placo ju.t twonty minutos before twelvo o'clock, and commenced giving tho medicine precisely at twelve o'clock. Continued to givo the medi cine evory hour until twelvo o'clock next ovo ning, having given twenty-nine dosos; and, without furtnor aid, K. recovered, and is now as well as over, without any visible signs of over having had tho disease. All of us who wore oxposod, took of tho medicine as a rro ventivo, and 1 havo no doubt, by so doing, were kept from getting tho disease. Yours etc., JAMES HASBIN. Fkund vle, Humboldt Co.Cal.Feb.l 1S73. Friend Corwin Your small-pox cure provod quite a Uod-send to this community lately. 1 had tho satisfaction of curing threo of our townsmen of tho small-pox lately. Isow, I am out of medicine, and 1 want you to send mo about a thousand bottlos, or send an agent down hero. You would do well to havo an agent in every town in California. I am got ting up w statement, with tho signature of tho parties knowing tho facts, and will send it soon. Accept our thanks, etc., C. E. CHURCH. No person should bo without this medictno, as tho disease is now in various part5? of tho country, and may bo among us any day. It is an old and truo adage, that " An ounco of pro ventivo is worth a pound of euro"" Tis a wise man that carries his coat on a fair day," etc. SAMUEL CORWIN, Proprietor. Nehalem, Oregon. Prico, Ono Dollar per Bottle. For salo in Astoria bv J M CHANCE, and D IXGALLS. I sole Agents for Clatsop County, Ojogon The Paper wilj. be independent of politics in all its views, expressed or implied, and will be conducted with the aim in view to make it wholly and solely devoted to the Debt interests of this State. The Com merce of Oregon, its Agricultural, Manu facturing and Mechanical interests, the progress and prosperity of the people, will receive special attention. TheAsTORiAN will recognize the Farmers and Mechanics of Oregon as men of thought and judg ment, and will respect their efforts to make their influence known and recognized in the marts of trade, in the counting rooms of business, and in the halls of legislation. "We shall neither make nor encourage a war upon, nor wage any conflicts with, any enterprises, associations or men engaged in legitimate pursuits where success depends upon the interest and continued earnestness of the people. "While we shall endeavor to show the truthfulness of the old maxim, that " thelaws favor the diligent," weshall strive to harmonize interests calculated to he of direct benefit to the State. Astoria is the sea port of Oregon,' has an excellent harbor, and vessels of the deep est draught enter in perfect safety at all sea sons. Comparative statistics show less per cent, of losses on the Columbia River Bar for the past twenty years, than at the en trance to any other port in the United States, and the facts may be easily pro duced to show the fallacies of such wide "discriminations by underwriters and in surers, in favor of other ports, and against the port of Oregon. It was the Gold Min ing excitements of 1849 that built up Cali fornia so rapidly as to overshadow and out strip this part of the northwest possessions, at a time when the first "propositions for communication between New York and Astoria were about to be inaugurated. The gold discovery of 1849 set Oregon back and made our sister State what she is. Now. things are upon a more equal footing, with lands and Agriculture for a basis of future operations with the difference in favor of Oregon in her cheap lands and va ried natural resources 3Tet undeveloped. Temporarily there is a stringency in -the money market, but business generally con tinues good, and as many vssels are cm ployed in the carrying trade, it not more, than in past years of our prosperity . A few more acers planted, a 1'e.w more fish and oysters marketed, a few more tons of coal and iron mined, more home rescource. de veloped and manufactories established, will improve the outlook very much. The history of Attoria is full of interest from the arrivals of Captain Gray in tjie Summer of 1792 to the present time, all of which will receive due attention. The ar rivals and departures of vessels at Astoria, and the business of the surrounding coun try, having no journal to correctly repre sent the interest, has of necessity been neg lected, to the detriment of the entire State. With the view of supplying this want the undersigned has concluded to enter the newspaper world at this venera"ble old city, on the banks of one of the noblest rivers sn tering any ocean, and relying for my sup port upon an appreciative people, among whom I am not as a stranger, having been connected with the press of the State torten 3rears, it is with the utmost confidence of success twit issue inisDnei outline oi uie purposes actuatingme, and solicit yourpat ronage. D. C. IRELAND. TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE : Ono Copy ono year $" 00 Ono Copy six months 3 00 Ono Copy threo months 1 50 jfffiT Advertising by the year at the rate of SI 50 per square per montjij payablo I monthly, , , ? Delinquent Tax List. OTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder on tho fourth Monday in July, (23th l, betweon tho hours of 1U o'clock a. m. and 5 oT clock i.m., at Oysterville. (County Seat), Pacific County, W. T., subject to tho laws of Washing ton Territory, tho following described delin quent lands, on which tho unpaid tax, and ac cruing interest and cost shall not havo been paid before such timo, and shall continue such salo from day to day until all such lands here inafter described shall bo sold, or shall havo been twico offered for sale: So So CI So i a a O uO c 3 m-h ONrjfj e t-. - t 1 f- r i-1 i t- t- s fc io--acla Soiovo-OJOio oo 55 55 i-1 rlF i-lrlHHi-iH -,, O o 3 O ? tr cots cj oo i-t-ogaoeo S 1 3 fc'- m 59100 or.Oi-os o ft" -t iH iH HrtN - w IS I t J.. So I o s -J Iff f--4 : & : : o cs : 3 :-.2 a :. o c :.S : cs cMS3Cr,""e,Bi; . ra .! &rix ., tvhh 4 rv- C 0, i-n & EM'S X o ;o a 00-S.S-.3 Po:c S i"- CCS o ei o X& Stt :rapc-P o a c W SSJ I Is 5 go IS 5 2 o : :2 -: O c a j ? ? c a o o 2 a O a G . d cq : : : : : . ei 25u a,w-3 c o c O a o C 9 t"3 H J.H.WHITCOMB, Shoriif Pacific County, W.T. Oysterville, "W. T., June 2-t, ltf73. t& Summons. JUSTICE COURT FOR THE PRECINCT of Asteria: Civil action to recover money. Stato of Oregon, County of Clatsop sa: ' George Birchard, Plaintiff,") vs. -To Thomas Dun- ThomasDungan.Defond'ntJ gan tho dofcnd'nt above named: In tho namo of tho Stata of Oregon, you aro horoby ro-imred to appear be fore tho undersigned, a Justice of tho Pence for tho Precinct aforesaid, on tho 18th day of August, 1S73, at U o'clock in tho foronoon of said day, at tho offico. of said J ustico, in faid Precinct, to answer tho above named Plaintiff in a ci7il action. Tho Defendant will tako notice, chat if ho fail to answor tho complaint herein, tho Plaintiff will tako judgment against him for $8i 3V100 dollars, and cost3 and dis bursements of this action. (liven under my hand this, 18th day of Juno 1S7S. H. U. PARKER , J ustico of tho Pcaee. J5"This. Summons is published bv an ttT&nr of H B. Parker, JuFtico of tho Peaco for As toria UW .JJ. XBJftUl, UUfllwulOlU JLUH.CQ I0r A5- preciiHJt, mado tho 18th day of Juno 1K7S, wjh, j KciswAN, MVr for j,