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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1888)
rJ m o Sires trim -3? 8; tab rou WO; J Pa me iac thf Ch 4 001 fl ne of i or A. Slw gaily gtwian. ASTORIA. OREGO N: SUNDAY. -JANU A.KY8.1S8 ETCETERA. Br last evening's mail trc received the S. F. Chronicle of Ja nnary 1st, 18SS, an edition of thirty-l wo pages, an encyclopedia of infonna tion about our sister state; a compend ium of ac curate statements and figur ds showing the progress and condition ef that commonwealth, and a vast aggregation of matter that is worth a million dollars to that state as an advertisement. ny Such preparations of daily pape are of great expense. The admir .s New Tear's edition, of. tjie. Or-' .able costs its entcrprisfrfg Jrop-' e9onian tween SG,000 and 57,000 tC "ietorS b6' edition alone. Such a r ,T that one Chronicle before as T .)aPer tne over 510,000. just liav0 cost It is sold for five cf A nowspapcr is -ents. manufactured nrr' th cheapest of all People buy p 51.25 or 51,5ft. ides. 33G pago book for hich treats of but one subject, fMiajr and sonicfinie? uo as a last yr Twice that freshest sty' treating c in an antiquated way of as much present val- ;ar's almanac . amount of matter in the .e, on the newest subjects, to the mr sold for t It ma ranted booac .-cry conceivablo topic, up )ment of its appearance, is . few cents. y, at first glance, seem unwar- by fact that a daily paper will n twice as much as a good-sized I book of 33G pages. it's a fact As far as cvenquan Is concerned, apart from tho val f tho contents, such an edition j twice as much reading matter as t is considered a usual sized book G pages. jy that each pago of the book con s 38 lines, 13 words to tho line; in nd numbers that would bo 16S.000 ds. 'he Chronicle on our desk has 32 jes, 9 columns to the page, 22J hes to tho column, 12 lines to the h, 8 words to tho line. Counting contents of this edition of the ronicle as solid matter, it contains 2,480 words, as compared with 1GS, ) words in tho 336 page book much arer three of those books than two them. The two books would bring 52.50 S3.00; the paper five cents. The men that wrote those 492,480 jrds for last Sunday's Chronicle, oved their hands over a space of ty miles in writing 10,000 words io's pen or pencil moves over one lilo of space it cost probably S100 jr 5125 a mile to get it into shape to run off on the press. Men who have written a few tomes, sundry volumes of 100, 150, 175 pages, are looked upon as authors; novelists, etc, who turn out a volume a year are considered prolific-, and literary men who produco a "new book" every three months are noted as being of extraor dinary literary fecundity. But compared with newspaper writ ers, they do little writing. A newspaperman's editorial work when ho does a day's work and quits is reckoned to bo the filling of two columns of about tho size of this. Some newspaper men do more; none do less: the average, say, is two and a half columns, though it is probably three and a-half, but set it down at two and a-half. If the gentle reader cares to count the words in this column they will be found to aggregate about 931. Two-and-a-half such columns would give about 2,325 words, which would be 725,000 words written by a newspaper man in an ordinary year. This would represent nearly nine lGS-pago books, and in an averago career of thirty years, the average newspaper man, on that basis, would write what would ba equal in volume to about 270 'books." The "author" that would contribute one-fourth that number in the same time would be counted as remarkably fertile of brain, WHAT THE WOULD OWES. The Amateur Jfecltanic thinks when a man has a conviction that the world owes him a living, the best thing hs can do is to go to work and collect the debt, and there is no surer way than by work. It is the magic key to the most stubborn defenses. Steady, persistent, intelligent work has sur mounted more difficulties than the brilliant sallies of genius or the tem porary spurts of men without an ob ject Many young men feel that they are unappreciated, and that if someone would only come forward and give them an impetus a chance they would take the world by storm! Doubtless there are many such who languish for want of opportunity, but the incipient genius must not wait for something to turn up. Ho must turn things up himself, and keep sturning. When he is sick of 'it, and wants to to stop and take ttings easy, lei him keep right on taming and all will turn out right! Want of pluck has killed many an enterprise that had all the elements of success in it. The projectors joined the great ranks of the "unappreciated" auer a lew good strokes and fell of the race, when a little mo' out and "hang-on" would bar - snap them into smoother saii: ' ibrouSut There is no battle c' than "Up, guards -'' - more stirnnS that must be p an(i at tnem r' an(1 man everyw jc motto of every young man b''nera Tre sa 'a6 yunS lnm x jcauso if the old lias not .ed it, it is too lato for him to ake the knowledge available. "You don't know how hard it is to start a now business," said a friend tho other day, at tho head of a largo and well-appointed concern; to which we made no reply, though wo might have given a few appropriate remarks on tho subject from our own experi ence. Thoso who fancy that success de pends upon luck or good fortune, or anything short of energetic, persist tent, hard work, will be undeceived if they embark in trade and expect to have business roll in on them. Want of capital is a drawback, but want of work is like a countermine to a mine, destroying tho best plans and intentions. The faint heart says, "There is no chance; there are so many in business already; tho field is occupied," etc. In proportion to demand the field is no more occupied to-day than it was forty years ago, and it men have good wares, sell them at a fair price, deal honestly by all, and perform what they promise, their future is cer tain. Tho world owes every man a living and will pay it if it h worked for. Tiie effort of the Northern Pacific to avert tho transfer of the Oregon and Washington wheat from the Co lumbia river to tho Sound must, as a necessity, bo met by tho Union Pa cific or the O. It. & N., more especially tho latter in retaining it To do that necessitates tho building of a railroad to Astoria. Nothing else will do it, except an open river. Loading wheat at Portland, or even breaking bulk at Portland, will not win in the future as it has in the past Tho wheat, if car ried, must be rolled down the easy Co lumbia river grade to tho sea and loaded in deep sea-going vessels at Astoria. An open river is the truo so lution of tho problem, but tho near future requires a quicker solution than that more remote probability. Someone approached General Sher man tho other day with tho old talk about his being a strong candidate for tho presidency. Tho old gener al promptly declared that ho would not have it on any terms. "But," said he, "I will be as public-spirited about it as Arlemus Ward wa3 about the war. 3Tou know he said this bloody war should be prosecuted if it took tho host one of his wifo's relatives. If tho Eepublicans want a candidate, there's my brother, John Sherman. If tho Democrats want a candidate, there's my brothor-in-law, Tom Ewing." SECBETABr or State Bayard is un officially advised that tho owners of tho British vessels seized in tho Bear ing Sea by the American revenuo cut ter last summer for violation to the seal fishery laws, have prepared claims against this government aggregating half a million dollars. None have been filed yet Calitobniax and Oregon manufac turers are hereafter to bo admitted into fair competition with eastern bid dsro in supplying goods for use by tho navy on the Pacific coast. England is desirous of founding an African colony that will extend her inflnenco to the source of tho Nile, and has concluded a treaty with tho king of Zanzibar. It looks as though it would bo tho woolen shirt, and not the "bloody shirt" that will be waved in this years presidential campaign. One-tenth of all tho taxes in Mas sachusetts are paid by tho women. In Eockford, HI., the women pay two- thirds of the taxes. Many are Called, Bat Few are Ciioten. Washington, Jan. G. Tho greatest number of bills introduced by any one representative in the house Wednes day was by Hermann of Oregon. He presented thirty-five public bills dur ing the call of states, and dropped into the petition box forty-seven pri vate bills. It has been neck and neck between senators Dolph and Mitchell of Oregon to see who could get the largest number of bills introduced in tho senate. In the last congress 15, 000 bills wero introduced, and of that number, including private and pen sion bills, only about 8 per cent, passed. Lessthan two per cent of tho public bills introdued become laws. The number of bill3 presented is increasing yearly, and the number of those that become laws does not increase- THET XLTE B FUEL COLD. Delights of Wlato-r Weather In Dakota. t "i"?i" reariosd tho St. Paul man to a inffldfrjni Chicago, na he stood arrayed JS C.13' olncket 6ait ynd adjusted n couple Pf buckskin chest-" protectors, "yes there j somethina abon.t the air in this north western climate which causes a person not to notioa the cold. Its extreme dry ness," ho cont-'mtied, as he drew on n couple of extra woolen socks, a pair of Scandinavian F.boepskin boots, and some Alaska over3hoeu "its extreme dryness makes a degree of cold, reckoned by tho mercury, which would be unbearable in other latitudes, simply exhilarating here. l nave snnerea moro wun tno com iu Michigan, for instance," he added, as he drew on a pair of goatskin leggings, ad justed a double fur cap and tied on some .Esquimau carmuus; " m ilictngan or Illinois, we will say, with tho thermome ter at zero or above, than I have here with it at from 45 to 53 degrees below. The dryness of our winter air is certainly remarkable," ha went on, as he wound a couple of rods of red woolen scarf about his neck, wrapped a dozen newspapers around his body, drew on a fall-cloth overcoat, a winter-cloth overcoat, a light buffalo-skin overcoat, and a heavy polar bear-skin overcoat; "no, if yon have never enjoyed our glorious fiiimesota winter climate with its dry atmosphere, its bright sunshine and invigorating ozone you would scarcely believe some things "that I could tell you about it. The nir is so drv." he continued, ns be adjusted his leather noso protector, drew on his reindeer-skin mittens, nnd care fully closed one eye-hole in the seal-skm mask he drew down from his cap "it is so dry that actually it seems next tq im possible to feel tho cold at all. We can scarcely realize in the spring that wo have had winter, owing to tho extreme dryness of tho atmosphere. "By the way," he went on, turning to Ins wife, "just bring me a couple of blankets nnd thoso bedquilts and throw over my shoulders, and hand mo that muff with the hot soapstone in it, and now I'll take a pull at this jng of brandy and whale oil, and then if you'll have the girl bring my snow.shoes nnd iceberg scaling stick I'll step over and see them pry the work men off tho top of the ice palace who were frozen on yesterday. I tell yon we wouldn't be going out this way 50o miles farther south, whero the air is damp nnd chillv. Nothin" but our drv air makes it possible." Fred 11. CarruUi In Vic iva cago Tribune. Fur the very bist pictures go to II. Sinister. Rest I'.eds in town. Rooms per night 50 and 'jr cts., per week SI--. New and clean, rnvatu entrance. Every mother is Interested in know ing that a special preparation for chil dren, called "The tJlnld's Cough Syrup" i- now for sale only at Demcnt's drug store. That Hacking Cougn can be ?o quickly cured by bliiloh' Cure- We guarantee it Sold by V. K. Deim-nt Kor lame Mack, Sitte or (jneM, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Vnw .; eont. For unle. by W. E. Dement Sleepless Nights made miserable by that terrible cough. Slnlolfs Cure is the remedy for you. Sold by IV. E. De ment & Co. Wliito Oak Liniment. Cures Rheumatism, Lame Back, Head airli", riioihaclie, and all Aches and Pains. 1'rice, 50 cents. WILSON'S HAIU TONIC. Wilson's Hair Tonic will strengthen the nnts of the hair, remove all dandruff and tenderness from sc il, and by making the hiir healthy, un mates new growih. Con tals no sugar of lead. In addition to its pnner of saving the hair it is an elcg.mt hair dressing. Price. 10 cents. HALL'S JUNIPER KIDNEY CL'Ki:. For diseases of the urinary and genital organs. Hall's JuniperKidneyCure Is prepared ac cording to a receipt written bv l)r. Hall and ! purely vegetable compounded In concen trated form. Price, 75 cents. NORWEGIAN TILK CURE. Norwegian Pile Cure Is a liquid prepara tion for botli external and Internal piles. Kur external piles to be applied with a sponge; for Internal piles lobe injected with a srnull syringe. This preparation is f.ir su perior to ointment. Stops pain Instantly. Price, Go cents. MEXICAN SALVE Is the best ointment in tho world for cu's, sores, ulcers, bruises, swelling and ail skin diseases. Price, 25 cents. HALL'S FAMICY TILLS. For billiousness. costlvcness. torpid liver and dyspepsia are not excelled, flicyarc purely vegetable, and active In effect with out griping. Price. 23 cents FOR SALE BY W. E. DEMENT & CO. For the best photographs and tintypes go to Crow's Gallery. ItOKV At Jewell, January 4th, to the wife of W. A. Fos-ter, a son. NEW TO-DAY. Proposals for Boarding Prisoners. City NOTICE is hereby given that sealed propoals will be received at the olllce of the Auditor and Police Judge until January I8tli, 1883. at 4 o'clock r. m., for the boarding of the City Prisoners. Each bid must be accompanied with a .guarantee signed by two" responsible tax-payers, to the effect that if ili con tract be awarded to sucji bidder, thutlic will within forty-eight hours after rc ceivine notice of such award, enter in to contract therefor, with good and suf ficient surety tor tne taitiitm perform ance of the contract. The Common Council hereby reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Attest; T. S. Jkwi:tt, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon; January 8th, 18AS. Proposals for Street Lights. NOTICE is hereby given that sealed proposals will he received at tho office of the Auditor and Police Judge, until .1 anuary 18tli. 1888, at 4 o'clock r. si., for the lighting of the streets of the City of Astoria, with gas, electricity, or oil. Contractors will be required to fur nish all material after lamps have been erected, keep the same in repair and re turn the same in as good condition at the expiration Of the contract as when received. Each bid must lo accompanied with a guarantee signed by two responsible tax payers, to the effect that should tho coutract bo awarded such bidder, that he will within forty-eight houre after receiving notice of such award, enter into contract with good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the contract. The Common Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Attest : T. S. J e wett, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, January 7th, 1888. m m "WHOLESAIiE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Groceries, Provisions end M Feed, Crockery, Glass g Plated Ware. I ' o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Received fresh every Steamer. n SjU miMi 1 - -""" 1 if is UnfiBf ifnrn jH nj KM 3gj r4 m til S3 bS B fa i. K i i ill is "lyi iyp j 0 OK ALL DESCRIPTIONS. A FULL AND COMPLETE STO'K. OF Ijy y ed f Holiday and Juvenile Books. ikt ewaCTKWUJLKXi:TrYiijaijwyMxaiiwiigiqTTaiw tt B. FMES15 FIRE BRICK DKALEisiN FIRE CLAY Hay, Oats, ana Stew, Lime, Brici, Cement, Sand, anil Plaster Wood Pelltered to Order. llrajlui, 1 f amln? and Egress Business. WSbgrnSEFSm OLARA P1RIBB rE'J pplY ro thf Captain, orto RiBHHnMVHanHiBBTiannnniH FRESH GROCERIES rom AT LOWEST PRICES IN ANY PART OF THE CITY. Fruits and Vegetables In Season. Everything Warranted as Represented. Corner Chcnaimis and Denton Street. The New Model Range CAN BH HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OV t2ialQ &aH is&hi&uiai bj ia tiaHMaxorn Agent. Oi!I and Examine It ; You Wlil he rica-ed. E. It. Kawcs Is also Agent for the Buck Patent Oooking Stove, AND OTIIEIt FIKST CLASS STOVES. Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand. u LINEN GILL NETTING A SPECIALTY. " 0 ESTABLISHED 1S12. CAPITLA, S.150.000 The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of IN THE UNITED STATES. Salmon Perse Seines. SatoonftM Ms. Salmon Gill Nets. STTish Xettinps ot all kinds supplied at the shortest possible notice, and at the lowest rates. All made from our Shephard Gold EViedal TwinesB Guaranteed to be the strongest and roost desirable twine now made especially for the PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. This TWINE is manufactured only by ourselves, directly from the raw material, and costs no more in NETTIXGS than the cheaper grades. Send forsamples; also for our illustrated catalogue. Highest awards at Boston, Philadelphia and London. American XTot and Twine Company, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. IS THE PLACE TO BUY S3 II. It. IMEIUKK. A! PMSIOI THE EMP Just Received a Gray Blankets White " Comforters Also a Full Line of tlie Celebrated Brownsville, Oregon, Flannels, Cassimercs, Yarns, Clothing and Underware. All at the Lowest Prices. W. T. PARKER, Manager. Consisting of CAK LOADS of fine Artistic and Plain Furniture, Carpels, Oil Cloth, Madras-Silk LACE AND PORTIERE CURTAINS, Bade Shades, &c Has Arrived. These goods were purchased direct from Eastern Manufacturers and shipped before the recent advance in freight, the benefits thereof we propose to share with our customers. Call and See Us. INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA U INSURANCE CO. FRANK DEKUM President W. II. SMITH Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD Secretary No. 160 Second St., Portland, Or. I. W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire Insurance AGENTS. HepresentlnK the Largest and Most Relia blo lire Insurance Companies. All Business promptlrtind accurately tran acted. FlavelsWIiarf. - Astoria Oregon. CAPITAL STOCK - - 8500,000 THE NORTHWEST INSURANCE CO. F.K. Beach. President ..Vice President J. McCraken. J. I-oenenbenr .Treasurer IL V. Earhart... Sec'y and Manager DIUECTORS, J.Loewcnberg J. K. GUI. n. L Tittock, F.K. Arnold, F.M. Warren. J.McCraken, F. E. Beach, D.D.011phant, F. Eggett No. 33 Washington street, Portland, Or. R. L. BOYLE, Agent. Astoria, Oregon. Ouice at I. X. L. Packing Co, Depositea in Orepn, $300,000 ASSETS, $55. 8Q1. 2 8 3. Koval, Norwich-Union and Lancashire Com bination Joint Folicy. Union of San Francisco. Gemiania of New York. State Investment of California. Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation, JUBTXE .INSURANCE COVERED BY OUR OPES POLICIES. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. Agents. C. E. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In All Kinds or Seasoned Lumber. 9 MOULDINGS, WINDOWS AND DOOKS. OAK. ASH AND HICKORY. Black Walnut, Alder and Maple, PORT ORFORD CEDAR. And All Kinds of Boat Material a Specialty. ALL KINDS OF Job ATork and Turnlnz Done al SHOF.T NOTICE. Manufacturing Steam Mills. uorner Genevieve & Astor Sts. mud Fffl MEM ODF1 HOLIDAY GOODS 3rJ0:EL New Year's AT The New York Novelty Store Opposite Parker House, Main St., Astoria. Special Attention Given to All Orders By Mail. IRE STORE Large Lot of from $1.75, up. " 3.25 " " i.oo " CHAS. HEILBORN. $67,000,000 Capital Liverpool & London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hartford of Connecticut. Commercial of Cilltomia Agricultural, of Watertown, New York, London & Lancashire ot Liverpool, Enjr,. Fire Insurance Companies, Kepresent tu a capital of $8T,ooo,00o. II. VAN DUME.V. Agent. Seaside Bakery. BestlUilli Bread ami CAKES OF ALL KINDS, Manufacturers of Fine Candles. AND Ornamental Confectionery And Ice Creams. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Candles. JOIINSGX, I1BOS. The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, Frop'r. Goofl Breafl, Caie ana Pastry None but the Best Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered In any part of the city. ia ConcomlySt., Foot of Jackson, Astoria. Or General inists and Boiler Mere. Land and Marine Engines B01T.BR WORK, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work X. SPECIALTY, Castings of all Descriptions Made to Order at Short Notice. . .President. .- Secretary .......Trea3urer. .. .. Superintendent, J. G. nusTLEii, . I. W. Cask JOHN FOX. Display Presents, Astor Iron worn v XWatchmaker Jeweler. y