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ASTORIA. OREGON:
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..Ertltor.
FRIDAY
FltKKUAKY 14, 1870
St. Valentine.
This is St. Valentine's tiny.
All in the niornm? hetiiiM:
And J a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
If the old Roman priest after
ward called St. Valentine had
known the uses to which his name
would be put in later and more
peaceable ascs he would probably
have remained in heathenism, in
stead of becoming a zealot arid
having his brains b-ien out with j
a stuffed club. All this happened
In the third century, when Christi
anity was beginning to burn with
a feeble flame amid the almost uni
versal darkness of a pagan era. The
old saint is said to have been of
affectionate temperament, and he
would doubtless have made a good
lover of Shakespcean or modern
times, sighing like a fumaec and
inditing ballads to his mistress
eyebrow.
rj
lie was brained, how-
ever, as narrated, and customs,
wise and otherwise, have grown up
and twined with perennial green
ness about his memory. In one
instance the good has lived after a
true man has gone. How the day
happened to become an annual ob
servance no one knows, but it is
presumed that heearry monte, not
being able to g-3l their half-chris-tian
followers out of the old obscr-
vances, chanycrt ihe oki noman
11 1 1 T 11
festival calM the Lupcrcaha to jmHiucls 'pjie atcst ftn .ltulr
St. Valentine's day, by which North Pacific is in the San Fran-na-me
it has since smelt as sweet, j t.sco .jolirnai 0f Commerce. Did
Til 1
Lhe old leslival wa in J ebnuuy. '
just the season when stern winter
begins to yield to the tender ad
vances of spring. Hence that im
agined appropriateness of the time j
which in after ages connected it
with the pairing of birds, that be
gins about the middle of February.
Our own ancestry in England
end Scotland have observed some
very funny customs within the
last centuries. Atone time valen
tines were fashionable among the
nobility, and, while still selected
. $foy lot, it becomes the duty of a
gentleman to present to the lady
who fell to ills lot a handsome
present. Pieces of jewelry costing
thousands of dollars were not un
usual, though smarter things, as
gloves, were more common.
A gos&ippy old gentleman
named Pepsy. whose private diary
has come to afford groat interest
and amusement to our times, tells
how he sent his wife silk stockings
and garters for her valentine.
Ana one year, no says, tits own i
vife chanced to be his valentine,
and grumble that it will cost him
five pounds.
The drollest valentines of those
old times in England, consisted of
the rib of a small animal wrap od
in white satin ribbon, which was
tied in true lover's knots in sev-
oral place.
ral
This elegant and
surest ve inn. was snt to a
bach
elor, and accompanied with verses:
j .
Go comuicte t'lis lovelv si;ii!
liasU
thee awa-v to IlKavui's .slirine.
Aiul ul'ii lo lMr voire;
No more ilhiMW sh.uks )ur.sue,
Tohipinis tiiis iiivr thee oltie,
Make but a rudr.itt clsoice."
So far, it is uncertain whether or
not the lines refer to the pleasures
of eating auggetive (to modern
minds) by a rib. 33ut tlicy go on
to explain:
"Till Adam Ind a jiartnor given.
Much as fair Eden bloomed Hkis heaven
11: blis was ineomplcte;
No social friend the.se joys to share.
Guve the gay scene a vacant air;
4,She ctiine "t was all l-cplete!'
which leaver nothing to' be desired.
Those were the days of charms,
and of course the rural maidens
had a sure and infallible charm for
foretelling the future husband. On
the eve of St. Valentine's day, the
anxious d.imsel prepared for steep
by pinning to her pillow five bay
leaves, one at each corner .and one
iti the middle (which must have
beon delightful to sleep o:i by the
way), u blic dreamed ot Iter sweet -
lieart, she was sure to marry him
oeiore tne ena 01 tlie year. JLJut
i;, oaiu o.uu u., an, m.u nuiwii;,
iW pn r clml oni rnl....4.1,,i
wou.v uu. .... uiu .v. n tuat
j
tO make It a Cad SUre5 tllintr. liinrL w ,tr xtsiJc r tl m-nofoct I
!i iJlHi.fa f m(mi.,... 4. ' .1. . CL 1 ,1 . II
.u utt;, .aviwu.. miiM i uiaic, a matjow warcrvosseis nraiv- rKKD .-a iishimr-iiont sail, which
boil an cir hard, take out the yolk, ! in"-17 lw can easily come up the ! X the owner can have on proof of property.
' and Hll hs place with .,alt. Just j Colum )ia and Willamette tc f the T&t M Uvi
before goine; to bed, she must eat well b tilt wharves at Portland." i 2-Ktf Wm.B.ROSS.
Aroald n't insure her a v.viddream, j convince any intelligent ponon I , ,. "tSSTSSfiTSS !H2
.ilere sureiy could be no virtue -m j that the above was written with place on short notice, at rwonnble rates,
apfaarms. " a view to wjure the trade of Ore-1 ! . UcwSh? City.
A Malicious Falsehood,
Tlie True California Style or Injuring
Oregon by Grots 3Iisrcprcscntalions,
and daring Untruth is Shown as
Follow.
The Journal of Commerce Indulges
in Villainous Falsehoods.
Portland Daily Stsmlartl.
It has always been the custom
of Californians, since the days of
9, to ridicule our state and peo
ple whenever an opportunity was
afforded, and to maliciously libel
our resources, climate, commercial
advantage etc., at all times and
places. This has gone on from
! year to year, yet prosperity has at
tended its, and by slow degrees we
have grown to that importance in !
the commercial world from whence
the willful misrepresentations of
the "tar heads1' the sunburned
and drouth plagued adventurers of
"Golden California." cannot haul
us down and we smile at their dis
comfiture. The fart that the pat
ronage of the north Pacific which
has poured millions of dollars an
nually into their coffers, will soon
be transferred to the east, via the
Northern Pacific railroad, goes far
to add malice to their desperation,
yet we rejoice that the time is
drawing near when the manacles
of tribute we have been paying
them for so many years will be
broken. The will be compelled
to look to some other country to
furnish them California" wheat,
salmon, lumber, etc., as Oregon
products will then he known in the
,iurknte nr , Wm-ld Orccmn
know lllJlt . li. Murrav, the
publisher, was the author, we
would pass it unnoticed, as we
would feel convinced that it was
through ignorance and not a desire
to injure the Columbia river bar
that it was so written. At all
events the following appears in the
i annual review of his paper: uThe
greatest part of the lower Colum
bia is obstructed by shoals and is
lands. The ship channels are tor
tuous and narrow. There are usu
ally two channels through the bar
but they are always shifting, and
there is sometimes only one. The
bar is without doubt the most dan
gerous in the world, but the pilot
service is good, masters of vessels
knowing the dangers are careful,
and fewer disasters occur than one
would imagine under the circum
stances. Surveys of the channels
are made twice even year, and the
channel buoys moved and replaced
in accordance with them. The
buovs are numerous and close to
gether, and mark out a lane as it
were through which to pass. It is
a first-class place to study the laws
of changes of the channel, if it
would stick to any raw and not
commit unexpected eccentricities.
The entrance to the Columbia is
five miles wide between the near
est points of Cape Hancock
ana rt. Adams, ana tins passage
is obstructed by shoals which lie
two or three miles outside the line
2
ohiing the points, anil arc contin-
wiry shifling and ehanging the
ui
channels. For this reason no defi
nite sailing directions can ever be
riven, the only thing lo do on ar
riving there being to wait ior the
j pilot or tug. During bad weather.
and especially in winter, the sea
breaks with tne greatest fury clean
across the entrance, and sailing
vessels have hud ofi" it for weeks
waiting: for a chance to enter.
Those vess(5sls inside connot iret
out at such times. This bar is prob-
ablv one of ihe wildest of nature s
scenes durum a southeast nile. and
the hardiest mariner will not care
to est its power. The currents
here are verv stronif. moreover,
and do their share in making the
bail sea which prevails at such
times. In addition to other incon
veniences the locality is a bad one
for fosrs.
The Willamette is navigable for
j ocean steamers and small vessels
. to For land, the principal city of
Uifffo i, 113 miles from thesea. All
j3.iuii.ow comes me cviuencc
A.T . il ? .1 .
iur uie ueiennani, wjhcji wni luiiy
, ... s
gon, and -without any foundation
whatever, in fact:
TESTIMONY OF MARINERS.
Capt Maginn, when president of
the New York board of pilots, was
instructed to report his opinion as
to the merits of the entrance to
the Columbia river compared to
the entrance to New York. He
says:
There is deep "water on the bar,
it having four and one half fath
oms without the addition of the
tide, which is six feet. The bar,
in the Columbia is about a half
mile across, while that of New
York is three-quarters.
The channel of the bar at the
mouth of the Columbia is about
6.U00 feet and shoals gradually,
while the channel of the bar at
Sandy Hook is about GOO feet
and shoals rapidly; the channel
across the bar is straight at the
Columbia; that at New York is
crooked. In accessibility to the
sea the Columbia river is the best.
as it is immediately at sea, and
"
steady, while tlie winds at New
York are entirely variable and
cannot Idc calculated upon by the
mariner for any time. The mouth
or the Columbia is free from ice
and great heat,
The San Francisco Commercial
herald, quoting from Tins Astoki -
Her
ax in lS7d, says: "The bar at the
mouth of tlie Columbia river, Ore
gon, has been made the ground of
very unjust and unreasonable dis
crimination of rates of insurance
on vessels bound into the river.
The number of casualties that
have occurred there is fewer than
at any otherbarred river known to
commerce."
OPINION OP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AND 5IASTBUS OF VBSSELS.
The commissioner of the general
j land oGico- at Washington, in his!
annual
rfinnrf tr pnn(rrnc; eiivc;'
"13 v the use of a steam tuir in
crossing the Columbia bar the en -
trance to tne naroor is rendered as
safe as that of the Golden Gate or
Straits of Fuca."
Capt. G-. W. Harris, of the Uni-!
ted States-revenue service, says:j
"IheccpHnig .of the bar at the
mouth of 'the Columbia river, with .
the ordinary precautions, is as safe I
as the entrance to any bay or har
bor in the United States."
Capt. Hughes, master of the
British ship Montgomery Castle,
1,300 tons burden, says: 'There
is no more risk in entering and
leaving the Columbia river, than
there is in coming into or leaving
anv port or harbor I have visited."
vt i. -ri t ci i i
VUpL. U. XliVUUS, UL LIIC JI1USI1
ship La Escocesa, says: "J con
sider a vessel is as safe, with the
use of a steam tug and pilot, in
entering the Columbia river and
going over the bar as going into
any harbor in ordinary weather."
Capt. George White says: "It
is absurd to say that the Colutmbia
river is a very dangerous entrance."
Capt. Francis Connor, now com
manding the steamship Oregon,
has crossed the bar more than fif-
1 teen hundred times during the last
fourteen years without a serious
accident.
:NTSW AUVEllTISEMKXTS.
WS NOTICE.
NOTICE IS IIEUEBY GIVEN. THAT
IVolils, ITisrcro & Co,s Impress
. Xbr Sa.n Fr:xnciseo
Will heareaftor
Close Every Saturday Eyenir.g,
AT 7 O'CLOCK
! tl-if A. VAX DUSEX. AjronL
Fishermen's Electing.
PURSUANT TO A BESOLCTiON pa.sj.vd
at a mcetinp of Columbia ner IKher-
ianu, nem in uu cuy m .wuuuw fvenmg;
hist, a meeting v.'ill beheld in Astoria on
HOLIDAY, HARGH 4th,
AT LIBERTY HALL.
To make arrangements to opj o?e the license
liiw -.iand jit the last legislature, and all
. tobe present. Bv order ol the meeting,
KSEiTroKo'.
Tishennen on he river aro cordially invited
Commit top.
Astoria, Oregon.Jfeb. 12, 1875.
d.twtd
QipiLEii.
kj
Ships Can got OUt Of the SCa into tXAWM nucuu ur oiifo.
the harbor at once with safotv.l itiyirc Hour.. a. m. i io a.m. and or
The winds at the mouth of the s p. m. Atiiigiiteanivfoimdat Tur
,,!,. put IIiue. Astokia. Onw,o.
Columbia are marked regular and ;
BUSINESS CARDS.
B F. DEXNISO F.J. TAYLOR
DENNISON & TAYLOlt,
ATTORNEYS AT IAW.
ASTOKTA. OREGON".
Office Up stairs in Parker's building,
corner Chenanms and Benton streets.
O. F. BULL. A- MEACJIEX.
Attorneys at Law and Notaries Public.
Commiionor of Deeds for California and
Washington Territory.
Astorin, Oreson.
nppirn-Corner of Snueii'oenh and Cass
streets, up stairs, over E. S. Larson's store.
j. w. kobb. " fultoa-.
Atiorneys-at-Law. Collecting and Real
Estate Agents.
IJoom Nos. l ami 2. Dr. Weleh's new bui'.d
njr, Sipieinoeqlia stteet. Astoria.
F.
D. WIInTOK",
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in City Hall Building.
ASTORIA. OREGON.
Dn.
I. 31. SEVERN.
Graduate I'nivcrsity f Pennsylvania.
P2lYStVlsZi AND Sl'IMSKOX.
n mmnr-ni. nr nrPiflon
nil. F. CRAXG,
PHYS5CJAW AKD SSJREGW,
AST0U1A, OREGON.
OfHce-TIoom rstj. 7 over C- L. Parker's
store. Opposite lament's drug store.
J)- ' w- olivek,
1 koizeopayetest.
Having peinvnentlv loeated in Astoria,
tenders his services to the citizens of this
jl:M-e.
Ohpick. For the undent at residence
corner of Main and Jefferson street?.
otto wsrareER.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
IH.S XTI'MOVKO TO
T.Iain street, P:rkers buildmc
ASTOIUA. - - - - OXCSGOX.
T STEWAKT.
9?
Stone and Marble Cutter,
ASTORIA. ----- OREGON.
u khutor buiWmswork. anH nionumen-
" wrk aiiewioti to pioiniHiy aim to order.
lQ - 20 - ovett,
CLEANING ail KE!I7trffi PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO-
; BentoR street, opposite Post -office. Astoria.
Q GRAY.
"Manufacturer of
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES,
Avinrs, ETC.
nc-Oars leathered, ami leather for sale.
Astoria Steam Laundry.
J. T. BOKCIinilS Propiictor.
Astoria. Oregon.
To rnbbiiij; or scrubbing, and no thrashing
your '..tht. too pieces,
ami elotlu'MneiuIeil.
Buttons sewed -on
Hf'Sent work at reasonable nnces.
Give
us a call.
TTb'GII jST001
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
AND OEXKRAL JOBBER
ASTORIA, OREGON.
fiariTcnes built to onlor, and sntisfnction
next dour to the Episcopal church.
J.
II.
D. GRAY,
Wholesale and retail dealer 111.
OYSTERS, by the SACK,
Kay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
fleneral storage and Wharfage on reason
able terms.
Ordinar.cG Wo. 311,
AX OTjDINWN'Cn to provide for special
ctM,n"S.lor the city in the matter of the last
will of Cjrus Olney, dceeacd.
W HKK s. It i averted that Cym Inev.
,a,'? t'.i0,,ora depaed. loft a will under
which it i clamed the eitv has Inrmi nosuni-
i,ry inti0re'tw: nn 'li iH 'iertod on tho other
'Mil ifllB!
laim ui.u -Biu Mipp0cu will ii invalid And
that no rishtH accrued to tho city thereunder,
and ft i deirubIo to havo more ceitatn ad
vico about the matior.
A wc the ciiit of A ttaria does 01 da in csfcllmcsr
SiKn1wh!t,.J-,11- B- Gv. John Ilnhn
unti t. . Sbivoly arc hereby cunstitutod
and jipiKHoiod aeeuts ior tho citv and are au
tboncd and omroworod and tiireetud on be
naltot the city and in its name, to employ
and enter into written contact with K. U.
Minttiick. attorney-at-law, tc' investigate tho
acN and tho law relative to the will of tho
Into Cvru Olney. and to the mlit? and' inter
ctprtliecitv of A toria thereunder, and to
ftirmh hw wntton oj.inion thereo , at an -neiw
to the city therefor of not exceeds- two
liuiidred dollar, and further to retain him in
an imp.tu n that may ario cone mine the
Uaims of the city under said will ata farther
tee for conducting an action or ;uit to final
Snn VJITi n lA"1 ,not xcetdins (1" ono
Srn0,,and fi"y dollars, certain, and such
upon. -'ntneent feo as may bo agreed
hoVJf" ordi,'ance shall tako effect and
ma o? and llf tcr its approval by tho
l'a&jed tho Council, Jan. 20 1879
Attest: It. 11. CARD WETL.
,...? t o . Auditor and Clerk,
Approved, Jan. 30, 1879
J. 1L.D. QIUY Acling Mayor.
AUCTION SALES.
E.
C. HOLDEr
IN,
Notary Public for the State of Oregon.
Ileal Estate Agent and Cnnvrjaiicer.
Agent for the FIREMEN'S FUND INSUR
ANCE COMPANY of San Francisco.
COMMISSION AGEN1 and AUCTIONEER.
Rents and Accounts Collected, and rv-
tiirns. promptly made.
Regular sales day,
SATFRDATR at ii I 31.
N. T,. Parties havinc: real estate, furni
ture ov any other roods to dispose of either
at auction or private sile shoti'd notify me
soon as convenient liefor the dav of sale.
-No storage charged on goods :i(' at Vur-
th?n- r. c.nou.:x.
ttl Aintioneer.
AMUSEMENTS.
Dancing r Academy,
rage's building nct door to E.s. Larscn.
C,Fvrs0Lon Moxirfav and Tliurc&t-r
eenmes x 7 -M.
.apt iv CLA-OnMoiitlavaiHl Thwrartav
afternoon, ar 2 :.").
Boy 0i,? On Tuesdav and Fridav
evrnijijr :,j 7 .35
ATksiw Crss-Wednesday and Satunltiv
at l i. m.
AWdnfday eveninc for the entire school.
one admitted evjt fholni's.
Saturday evening StIIKKE.
Term Ladies and Rents elns? per
Montii $s
Boys and Misses class h-t ,Uwh.'.'Z"."Z 2 no
ifOMffam wmm mi
HOTELS AND KESTATHIAKTS.
pAKKER TI0USK,
ASTOKTA, OREGON.
IT. T. PABKER.
PmnrJrtor.
Tins HOTEL is the hirpfst. mwf comfort
able ;md 1W KejK hfrfH in tle city. i
suntied with the be.f of spnnt; water. lw
and cold faiths, tarber shop, and J BrsJ-ela;
saloon with best of liotton.nml cigars, and
fine billiard table. Fiee erwh to :nd (torn
the lHMise ; ehr.rges leasonahie. ? m U $258
IHr dav. according to room occupied.
Astoria.. I niv n. JSTS.
d. L.Tn;rrx - T'KopwnErott
MAIN STKTCET.
Between Squeinocqho and .Telfcnwa,
Board and Intitnns; er week........
JS9
f-ionru iwr av .. .. ,, ,
Single Meal. "..
Tne table will le suniHd at all tfmes "Tib
tlie best thenai1tet aflToids.
A. .T. JtBOLKK. C. S. TTlMGIir.
OCCII"KTT nGTFX,
MEGLER & WR.TRUT. Proprietors.
Astoria, Oregon.
miTE TCtOrTiTKTOKR A TIT? happy to
Jt announce that the above lotl has "been
repainted and refurnished. sddle greatlv to
tlie comfort of its jnii,ts nm fenow the best
hotel north of San Francisco.
p.VLACE LODGING HOUSE.
(Alisky & TIegele's new building)
Corner of Morrison and Third struets.
PORTLAND. OREGON,
the day. week or month.
MissTLMENEFEE. Ustez.
-ii riminiHu im'iiw iiioiuio. ui iiKiV. '
KESTAURA3TT,
TIIE0. BBOEMSER,
l'RoriiimcHs.
Fresh ovstcis. and either dli-
ccies f tlie seaion, served in.
every style. Si&B6
Opposite the Telecmph office, bqueiiioqliu
j street Astoua Oreuon.
OSTMEALS AT ALL HOURSlfn.
ASTORIA CAHOY FASTSHY
AND
OYSTER ALOO X.
HAYING ENLARGED MY RTUTtE I
hafnow 011 naiiif Ok-larjrt ail hest
avsoitnieiitof plain wid Fitnch randies in
! town. aNo. all kinds of
j CAKES. CRACKERS AND BIFCUITR.
All of whwh I offer for sal at the lowest
cash price. Kvnoiesue arm leutn ai
SCHWEEH'S CONFECTIONERY.
Opposite the bell tower.
Eetail candy fioni 25 to 75 cents per pound.
0 r
1 rnsn hasirni ;uhi .iim.iv.iun
ba oysters sen ed in ever style.
SEAMING GLASSES,
All sizes and shapes fioni I'Snte or 2C oz.
DOOMS. WINDOWS,
-AND-
WINDOW CLASS.
Sash, Weights. Etc.
Address all orders
CLIFFORD CGGGiNS,
(Suceesbor to Jason, isoriivcr & Co
P03TI.A540, OREGON.
Ronot fail, if had health tur afiaul of.
of knowing exactly what you'r bread L
made of.
"Vow allow me to tell you, ior experience t vc
had I'm wire. ...
yothinir4 v.nrve for the stomaeh tnan when
voVr e,lst i,0A (l("r's not 1,U e
Oh then l"e eareful m future, you know
what's at takc.
I.et me advise you (for I know now) what
brand U tak;. .
JLet your procer give you no other kind for
this is guaranteed.
You use. Ponnollv's Yea?t Powder and f
good health purexmd light bread you:r
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