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01 lie yk&twAttn. JM it'JI' IJJ Vol. XIV. Astoria, Oregon, Sunday Morning, March 20, 1881. So. 67. 4 Political Considerations ot the Canal Question. "VVjm. lwrew Merry M On"". Primarily, it would appear tliat it matters little v1k constructs a canal if our ccMiittry is accorded the unrestricted use of it, in com mon with other iiatiotis. A fur ther incpiiry, however, must satisfy us that if we do not build this work we must acquire a controlling interest therein. We cannot afford so important a link in our coast vise cominunicatio to remain in the hands of any European organ ization, which would naturally con sult foreign interests rather than our own. The Central American republics are now friendly to us, although sparsely inhabited and without development. The com pany constructing and managing an interoccunic canal would soon wield an influence paramount to the local government, and the policy of the latter might become subservient thereto and inimical to us. During the existence of the Panama Railroad it has been deemed a necessity for our gov ernment to keep armed forces al most constantly at both ends of the transit, and these forces have often been lauded and kept on shore indeGnitely for the protec tion of life and nrouertv. If this lias been the case with a rail road managed by permanent em ployes and with a hinall native population, what may we expect when five to ten thousand laborers of various nationalities are congre gated there, subject to a lax po lice control, suffering from mala rial fevers, discontented, mutinous, and with a free supply of native agua ardienu-? Add thereto a greatly increased native popula tion, and we have all the elements needing military power to control them in emergencies. When the Count ie Lessep's company have purchased the Panama railroad, which they have agreed to do as a preliminary step, we no longer" huve large Ameri can interests to protect tliere. It will be natural, and indeed neces sary; for him to call upon ilie French government to protect the enterprise, as we have protected the railroad company on many occasions. The French govern ment, loth during and after con struction, will find it necessary to station armed forees at both ends and on the line of the canal. After landing then forces a few times, what more natural than that they should see the advantage and economy of having thee troops in barracks on shore always with in call! If it is claimed that the French government accepts no responsibility in this connection, why has it already appointed an oflicial agent to oversee the initi ation of the work? If. at the end of our late internal war, our government deemed it necessary to request the French to promptly leave Mexico merely contin guous territory how much more important that the' should not be placed in a position completely controlling our coastwise com merce, and establishing, first their influence, then their power, and lastly, if we are quiescent, their ilag on the American isthmus! Are the American people prepared for this? The late William H. Seward, than whom no brighter intellect ever graced American history, was wont to say that the Pacific ocean is to be the scene of nan's greatest achievements. Are "we prepared to have the key thereto in foreign hands? Every American heart will say say, and honor the patriotism of President .Hayes and General Grant when 'they Tdresee these results and.point them owt to their countrymen. Nor is a large army and navy a necessity in the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine; on the con trary, both would become a neces sity were it to le disregarded. The United States have a moral prestige sufficient to create a re sjMct for our rights and interests, and it is far !ettei to meet at tempted European domination on this continent with a decisive neg ative now titan to object thereto after it iias passed the initiative. It matters little where tle capital comes from to construct an intero ceanic canal, but a due respect for our national and ttaditional policy, as well as for our national pride, should indicate the propriety uf its accomplishment through an Amer ican organization; and it is a poor compliment to our discernment that we are to be kept quiescent by an "American Branch," which can any day be voted out of exist ence at the headquarters of the Panama Canal company in Paris! Americans will not fail to appre ciate the words of one who has proved himself worthy of their pa triotic regard: "1 commend an American canal on American soil, to the American people!" Remarkable Giants. The teeth and bones of the fossil elephants found in Europe were assigned in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth cen turies to giants, and many are the stories which were commonly te ported about them as, for exam ple, that of the giant of Dauphine, in the reign of Louis XIV. His remains were discovered by a sur geon, who stated that the' were enclosed in an enormous sepulchre covered with a stone slab, bearing the inscription Teidobochxis rex; and that in the vicinity there were also found coins or medals, all of which showed the remains to be those of a giant kins: of the Cimbri, w!h fought against Mar ius. However, the original owner of these bones, thought not of the coins, was proved to have been an elephant. The story of Teutobochus is even excelled by that of another giant, railed the! giant of Lucerne, whose remains were dug up and exainied by a eeUlratfd professor of Basle, w1k described them as of human origin, and was skilful enough to put them together so as to resem ble a giant not less than twenty six feet high. For some time the deluded eoplc of Lucerne paid homage to this elephantine pro digy, until the scales were removed from their eyes by lilumunbach, who ronounced to their astonish ment that the giant, as it lay in state at the Jesuits" college, was but the skeleton of an elephant. Marvel not that 1 say uut you, 3'e must pay the printer. Vlievor uotdoctuth to i3' the printer, hath not eternal life aiming in him. Who hath sorrow, who hath woe, who hath the nightmare! They wlu forget to render unto the printer his just dues. If a man live many years and piryeth not for The Astokiax, behold he shall not die 111 pence till he huth re stored to the printer that which he hath withheld. --.Never ? Mioppnitf witliout con suiting the advertisinji columns of The ASTORIA. Thej will tell you where Uie best bnrgnins are to he had, and just what merchants are alive and doing business. Circuit Court IJlanlo. County Court Blauks, Justice Court Blanks. Shipping Blanks, 3Iiscellaneoiu Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, etc, for Sale at The Astokiax oftice. 329 Bpavins on Horses all cured by Kendall's Spavin Cure. Read their advertisement. Lawyers briefs primed in style, at The Astoriax office. fine Warrantee toriax office. deeds at The As- irec .your legal blanks at, The Astoiuax office. A full line-of.oYer iwo.iiiuiureuMyies; - Serenades. Man. (e.Mym.THrKnipt.. It is moonlight on the hill. From out the Uees a gentle zephyr cro?i5 to rob the hyacinth of its perfumed breath, and adowu the garden walk the whippoorwill lends his monotone of sadness to the balmy night. Sleep, with brooding wings, sit silent o'er the scene. But hark! it is the tink ling guitar, strummed by the love ly Augustus. Ue comes. Beneath the vine-clad window in the ghost ly gloaming he pauses, and up the fiower-trellised wall he shocts a mclancltoiy tenor fraught with the passionate inquiry, "must 1 leave thee here alone?" No answer returns save the haunting echo and the low clicking of a distant door. The scene chages. It is the back yard tableau. A white robed old man bends over a chained dog, and soothes his too eager spirit as he loosens the col lar. A low voice says "sice-eeek him, Bull take a short cut round the rose bush." And the old man is alone. The clatter of a fallen guitar comes from the front; a sound like the rush of a steeple chase nearing a hedge is borne back. and neck and neck two fiirures cross the picket fence to disappear down the dim prospective of the de serted street. Then the old man meets Bull as he returns on the outer walk, and removes in a dis couraged manner a dark object from his foaming mouth, while the animal retires to his kennel in si lence. The door opens and shuts on the white robed form, and all is still again. But as he gets in bed and shores the old lady's foet out of a warm place, he mutters, "Bull is gettin' old, an' serenades don't pay divydends like they used to. but if the business keeps up, 1 thing you will be justified in startin' another patch-work quilt, Maria. The last fellow left real etissumer." "What sorter sample did you get."' "Tolerable fair. There was a long strip with a pistol-pocket 1, ,. . :. j -,i , hnngiii to it. and one gnllus' oiiU'm. Hore F.diieation. In Hiutethiitg written we lwive an imlitfiitct reodfoctiou f lwtVin uuMte j '' hare litem than one wlio does not do reforvMCt; to a "eiteral tliitt!OH ' Advertising lm at least one uood aiming K.ys m tnr teeiw. ms wdl Mt""fy""afiiw- lniys f maturur veans. m enlighten .i- , , , and kk the world with their pm-i y re lverttsers aWe U sell -...wi 1. 11 c ,u 1 ii- at the lowest nrieesV Is it not because f.Hind knoHlede.if thelmriwaiMlhislLVv oWai tfR. lsRWSt custom, br the history. Our lnmks ami newspapers j in st re-a-xHiable expenditure, ami are are full of this kind of literature, and! really able to buy lower than their neigh it varies in stvle from the production ! Lmrs- -Many jieople jma.eine sthattlieef- the child ac fhool. -'-'ToinfanrSfhe0" wiih: rh h.trse has tour les and a j on his iower to buy well is often lost tail; up to the eloquent tribute of the j iKht of. scludar when he quotes from .leb: That j , his neck itclothed with thunder an4l" " TTT.-t-, .vn,i'o ,1 1 ..,- u;.. :i. : .. :i.i, iii- 5"ji " n He smelleth the nostrils is tumble. ! luil-'lik tN ikY f tin ' thunder shouting of the captains xnd the' n-.w.,. ,1.,. . - trcnies rif the composition. a'trvnttl IIIWU !. l-.V" child at his first school and the irofeioual the professional . , ier' imidOit pre- literature, we have ev Itciition, and each profeasiiii; to have iimM-Kd the whole subject. A? Wt, approach the close of this nineteenth contury. we be-in to look for some-;j l,""5 etirr in ims uemriiueiii: knowledge fnmi those who assume IntiMwf " At.l ; ;- 1... e, l instruct. And it is to be found iveuflnlls treatise on the horse, sent by mail to any persmi tor twenty-live cents, postage paid. Apph to The Astokiax othce, or address D. C. land. Astoria. Oregon. Ire- SSf All citizens ot" Oregon who desire to inform their friends in the states of the condition and progress of this state, can have no more complete and compre hensive volume of facts to end them than by ianby subscribing for this journal, id bavins us mail it wp-kly to their tends. c mail it :us directed. For and frie S3 00 in advance, we mail three copies 01 iiik iri-.EK...Y.-rroi.iAxoneyear. tSJTThore, is not now any better news paper, nor one more consistently de voted to the building up of the country than The Astokiax. At the price of Two Dollars per year it is the chcijiest as well as the best. With your aid and encouragement we shall be able to make further improvements to enhance its Geld of usefulness. arranty deeds quit claim, deeds and mortgages, for sale at this office HUMOROUS. They tell us tliat matches are made in heaven, but somehow they never smell that way when you strike 'em. When a -fellow goes out of a theatre to see a man, he eats a little burnt coffee and always finds his man. When a woman 'looks under the bed for a man she never thinks to eat any coffee, and she finds nobody. "The Associated Press is a great Jboon, is it not?" asked he. "It is, indeed, she replied, in soft. tones; "George and I laid one all last winter, but papa came in one night before Georire could take his arm awav, and acted dread fully." Commissioner LeDuc plant his reports earlier season. That for 1S?9 should in the is just issued, and it rather takes the ex citement out of an agricultural report to have it come along a year or two behind time. Philadelphia Times. The young reporter who wrote that an ice-house caught fire, and in half an hour thousands of tons of ice were reduced to ashes, ought to. have been in Cincinnati the other day, when five large ice houses, each holding 4.000 tons were burned, the flames spreading so rapidly that the workmen barely escaped with their lives. The ice, it is stated by a local reporter was so "badly injured by the heat, smoke and soot that it was consid erably damaged." Like enough it wiil all have to be melted and frozen over again. Detroit Free Press. 1 .-: i;iu .4-..:.tri l;.ini! - t -NcwjaiK.r advertising is n . - .-fib". lvix:-meini h'vmsj?;iiUi in . .ww x-ttrs a- the imt elective . -la- -oHrinjj fiir their wares a wkla vosnhinn of their merit-. fr-" An advertisement, said ono of ! -n.s- niies. "lias ait effect like that of y vz ii'ir-KV to the water vim niav do -. Ihr ihi e-nmiot make them drink.' : Imii you certainly cannot do so if mi do ihk take them to water. It is !i.i i stj.n thl.ii' to do UuiL irYe are alum's ready to publish death notices, if the friends of the de ce4il will cim! in the particulars, such as name date of death, aire. etc. This j is. we think, as little as they cs I s much a.scan lie exiiectitfof 1 UwiMnry notices imJt be imidl (V can do. and I of us. Lenz Iid for. j fc-I,mk at it as you will, advertis j hui carrier with it a certain moral in j ilneuce. Mt intiple cannot resist tho I itt!nrtfe-iftn Tliut n limit tvlui iilcii-ficii i wnre tek of fresh noods. is more like.lv iiinurJLU.-UMiUi n Have You a Horse? If so. ! X" JUM.MI1 r.II.T(il.TKKN , m '.,. a.. a a. r.. a -r- .... iiir ,.,,, T,. a ft V ..-- 1-..U. i i, worili ten times its mt i,.fen one h7iv- llkitar tr I ,, "'T" .r .n u"an ,f '"! l ltnt "' I ,,r,:i -jm is cents aini Hill lie sent iMwtpshl ihi 1 ,a iKir.- ami the n.imev will 1m .elm hi rsin-ipf fniHieil in i aiyho iiMit thi:ik Unorth its unet-. Ad.ln:- THE ASTOR1AN OFFICE. 1 con Rpwarri nvKN ,.Y I)OLI.As aviu. i:k i-xin 01 . j for tin-reeover of each of '.lie. lio.ie to'fonrnim - imendr.rAiK'li'iriiiuiiiiiia ner :.. ! near P.rooJcflHd m VeInsla !ast. while m solmj frill, pmar hn-k t.. lnHBehl. (Hh- j was twenty-one eats of sv. mimI lil on lus irsiHi at the time a rlui-k of $jJaiitt M-ven uiHlars m silver. lli- scs;mhi ht.-. lweiit-thne years old ami huI a iisitI and x'veii dollars in Mlver. The C hint w. tMnt- ftHtr years old and hail three tneiit ihiluir pold neces. a tweuty-Bvecent Hece.aiHl a silverwatch. Tlie fourth wis- twiitv-e!-lit years old and had ". in tjohl. The" aliove rewanis win we nam nv uh innieriiiei. CHIN LVSii. ' At West Const Pickins Co., Aton:. mMi. .Jiatwinr THE ASTORIA . -m , t ti j rllOtO&Tapll GrallerV j O J. CAKI SIZE PHOTOGRVIMIS. C .10 Vcv Oor.cn. CABIXtrrSIZE piiotogkapics S OO Pr Dozen. Sipecial rates for families. AGENTS Z 'ANTED for new iior.sk book Samples postpaid, 25 cents. Sent from THE ASTORIAN OFFICE. SHIPPING TAGS TTMY. BK5T QUALrTY, WILL BE SOLD ptabl to" ait cnltii'w. at L a? the nundred. or by the box. pnnted or rs. at x Tax. AdTOKHX occ. BANKING AND INSURANCE. BANKING ANDJN8URANCE. X. W. CASE, BROKER, BANKER IHSURANGE AGENT. - - - OREGON ASTORIA, OFFICE Iienis: FROM S O'CLOCK A. it. UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK P. M. Home Mutual Insurance Co., OF CALIFORNIA. f. F. Hoi':irro... C'has. I:. Stoky ..-...... President .. ... Secretary .Agent for 0ou (.no. L. Stoi.y Capital INiht up in r. S. sold corn s .100000 00 1. XV. CASH. Agent, Chenanius street, Astoria. Oregon. 867,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL AND LOON AND GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Representing a capital of SG7.0OO,000. A. VAN DUSEN, Agent. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. 1 A.J.MKRI.KI:. S. WltlOHT OCCIDENT HOTEL. MEGLER & WRIGHT. Proprietors, Astoria, Oregon. milE PROPRIETORS ARE IlAPPV TO X announce that the above hotel has been repainted and refurnished, adding greatly to the comfort of itsgtiestsaud tsnowthe best hotel north of San Francisco. C V. KXOVTI.KS. cE..vin-:xnox PORTLAND. - - auzif.iiku. - - OREGON ZIEBER KN0WLES, Proprietors. Free coach to and from the house. iWrTiiK Daily Astokiax i on file at Hie Clarendon Hotel readinz nNini. Pioneer Restaurant Hotel. MAIN STREET. - -.llrs. S. X. Arrisoiii. - ASTORIA Proprietor rjnHETRAVEI.INC. Pl'ISLIC WILL J'lNl) JL the Pioneer first chiss m all respect s.aml a siiatv of their patronage is respectfully solicited. K?lwnLaiMl iodinjrby the day or week. The New York Oyster Saloon Will serve to their customers from this ae a follow : TEA? COFFEE, CHOCOLATE. EaMeni Oystei Always, on Ha int. And Hill Ik-kept as a lirst clas Oyster Sa hiHi. 111 Brst clas- si j. DANIEL C.RANT. Manager. Fair Wind Coffee Saloon - AMI- CHOP HOUSE, WATER STREET. ASTORIA. Next ooor to Dr. Kiiise. CoiTee. Tea and 4hnco1ate. with 1'aKe. IO tViit.-. . ::ioti CinikcU to Order. Fine Wine.-. I.iiiunrs ami t'iirars. Of tlHlMst brands. HaviH'Z JiM hm-ihI the at xive estxlriisii- iiHHt we coroiany invite our frhnds ami the IHiHk fHerally to -ive its a trial. tl I'OAKD & KVANSON. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon. MAIN STKEKT. ASTOIUA. T1IK t'N'DKKSICNHH IS PLE.VSK1 TO announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City That he is now rcpared to furnish for them, 111 nrst i'l;it stjle. and every style, OYSTKSCs.. .ir COKFKK. TEA, ITTC. VT TltK Ladies and Gent's Oyster Saloon, MAIN jen.KBT. Pleae sive me a call. KOSCOK DIXON. Proprietor C. H. STOCKTON. HOUSE, SXGjN: AND . - CARRIAGE PAIHTER,- PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING A nl'KClAIaTV. GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Shop uct door to Astorian Office, in Shuster'.n ouildiu. TIN PLA.TE. BLOCK TIN For sale ex Warehouse at AMeria or Portland by BAl-FOl-R. aOTRUIB A Co., SS-tf Portland, Oaegon. BUSLNESS CARDS. I Q- A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LATV. ' Clienamus Street. - ASTOWA, OREGOH r1 XV. Fl'LTOX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTOKIA - - - OREGON Office over Page & Allen's store, Chs street T XV. HOItlS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTORIA .... OREGON Office over "Warren & Eaton's Astoria Mar ket, opposite the Occident lintel. J? V. JIOI.DKX. NOTARY PUBLIC,! AlTTIONEEIt, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENT. T VAN DUSEN. ' NOTARY PUBLIC. Clieiianius Street, near Occident Hotel, ASTORIA. OREGON. Agent "Wells, Fargo & Co. "P P. HICKS. PENTIST, ASTORIA, --- - OREGON"; Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, coruo of Cass and Siieniociriie .streets. D" 31. I). JEXXIXUS. niYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Graduate University or Virginia. 186S. Physician to Bay View hospital, KaltimoTa City. ISGO-TO. Office In Page & Allen's building, up stairs. Astoria. I TAY TTJTTI.E. 31. I. J PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Over the White House Store. . Rksidkxc k Next door to Mrs. Munsoa'i boarding house, Chenamus street, Astorl wrcgou. T C. OKCIIAKD. DENTIST, Dental Itoonin. SHUSTKIt'S Photograph Kuildmg. T A. MvlSTOn. ilERCHAT TAILOR, Occident Hotel Iluililmjc. ASTOKIA - - OREGON C.11- BAIIY & CO.. DKAl.EK IX Dooii. AVinUowM. lillnilM. Tna-' MoniH. liimihiH. Etc. All kinds of Oak Lumber. Glavs-, Rout Ma terial, etc. Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gen evive and Astor streets. 1 G. FAIKFOWL & SON, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS Portland and Astoria, Oregon. Refer by permission to Rogers. Meyers &. Co, Allen t Lewis. CorbittJcMacIeay, Portland. Oregon. y3I. niliEXHART. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Sal'oor ASTOKIA - OIJEOON. Hot, Cold, Miower. .icamaiiiiMiipiiur csbSi BATHS. 'pJ-Jr SJ-pceiael attention given toladIe'and liiHlren's hair cuttitijr. Private Entrance for Indies. WIIafalAl FISY, PRACTICAL KCHT AJin siiei: MAKER. Ciiknaxcs Stukkt. opposite Adler's Book store. - Astoria, Okkcon. S3T Perfect fit.i guaranteed All work vuii ranted. t;ie me a trial. All orders nnmiittlv MU-ti. Music Lessons. T. F. CULLEN and C E. BARNESF TEACHERS OF VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR NET AND BANJO, Would like a few pupils on either of the above instruments. Term Right lessons for live dollars. EsyOrders left at Stevens- & Soils book store uill he promptly attended to- J. T. B0RCHERS, CONCOMLY STREET. ASTOKIA. Mauuf cturerand Packer of CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON. Cash paid for fresh ULACK STURGEON SPAWN. Sjnoked SturKCon, and smoked Salmon put up in tins to ship to any part of the world. Also, trout liait (salmon ejrgs) put up in mb and warranted to keep anv length of time. Depot at Rogers Central Market, corner C:l ami Cheiuinias .streets. Astoria. To-Night. To-Xight. GRAND BALL, AT MUSIC HALL, THIS EVENING. S3. 3l- QTJiig-iNr. dealer In FAMILY GROCERIES, 3fAIT, MFLJ. FEED A?il HAT Cash paid for country produce. SraaS profits on cash sales. Astoria, Oregon, cor ner of Main and Squemocahe streets. OPILES. The undersigned is prepared to furnlali a large number 01 Spiles and Spara at Os place on short notice, at reasonable rates. Apply to CO. CAPLES. Columbia Cttj-