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Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, April 27, 1881.
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LOG03LACHY.
AX IMPRESSIVE AMUSEMENT
PARTICULARLY FOR
CHILDREN.
A PEEP rNTO THE 11RIGHT FANCIES
OF THE NURSERY.
Kaiheiiw Conner In Slay Callforuhtii.
Between the dark aud the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the days occupation
This is known as the children's hour.
A t- I'laj .
Have any of the reader of The
California!! ever been importuned,
day after day, by certain small
but urgently solicitous members
of the family, for stories? And
have these grown-up people ever
been at a loss to satisfy their little
petitioners? The gray-haired poet
of Cambridge knew how to grati
fy his blue-eyed banditti; and
everybody remembers
The Krautiiitl Euloxy
One great story-teller of England
paid to another when he said,
"luelcy is he who has such a charm
ing gift of nature as this, which
brings all the children in the world
trooping to him, and being fond of
him." Unfortunately, but few of
us possess, even in a very small
degree, the marvelous gift of Mr.
Dickens; aud yet I doubt if the
person lives who cannot secure the
ready attention and devotion of
children. I am not speaking now
of prodigies or precocious
geniuses, but ordinary boys and
girls just waking up to think
about this wonderful world they
have come into, and about which
their chief sentiment is
Ait Insatiable Cariosity.
In many homes, when evening
comes, and dinner has been served,
and the little children gather
around the fire-place for their hour
before bed-time, how often the
question, arises, what shall we do
to amuse them? Into a readjr
limbo have gone the school-books
till to-morrow, toys delight not,
the noisy games of out-door life
are tabooed in the drawing-room
and library, and if papa sits down
to enjoy his fragrant cigar and the
evening paper, and mamma occu
pies herself with the latest maga
zine or a bit of Kensington em
broidery, what is to become of the
restless little boys and girls to
whom this pleasant post-prandial
hour
By Right ttelonzs?
No one can spend an hour in the
society of a moderately intelligent
child without remarking how ex
traordinary a peculiarity of his
mind for craving after information.
1 have two small nephews who
have just completed their first de
ljr cade, and have arrived at that
interesting age of inquiry when it
seems as if their ravenous youthful
maws would never be supplied
with ailment in the shape of tales
and stories which delight the heart
of boyhood. This love of the
marvelous and exciting is like a
childs craving for sweetmeats, and it
is a taste which cannot bo ignored.
I have been experimenting latterly
in the
Art ariitcrtniuin !ilh!r:i,
And my simple efforts have been
crowned with so much success as
to make it seem almost selfish to
keep to myself such an easy, effi
cacious remedy for ' the ennui
of children. I cannot claim for
this amusement any novelty of
design. The game, if one may
call it such, in ditferent ways
is already played on many
a winters evening. There are few
limitations to its scope or oppor
tunities. Our modus operandi is
this: The children and I,. and any
of the others who may be enticed
into our group, gather around the
library table, our only implement
of warfare being a box of alphabet
letters, with which is commonly
played the game called Logom
achy. Each player draws at
random a letter, and, thinking of a
character conspicuous either in
history, art or literature, whose
name begins with that letter,
selects from another box enough
letters to
.Spell the Xaint-
Thus choseu, and having arranged
the word upon the table, his right
hand neighbor is called- upon to
describe briefly the character se
lected. For example: Last even
ing we agreed to limit ourselves
to the iinmes of poets and authors,
and the first letter drawn was H.
Homer -was the result of a few
moments thought upon the part of
one of the small boys, and it fell
to m lot, sitting next to hir.i, to
tell, in the old once-upon-a-titne
fashion, about
Th V.rcih. I'oct' Lire,
And incidentally to introduce
some of the pretty stories about
Hector and his dazzling helmet,
the frightened Andromache and
the fair Helen, until the time was
up and it was my turn to draw a
letter. By chance, 1 selected the
first letter of the alphabet, and I
firave mv risrht-liand neighbor an
easy subject to talk about, by
placing Andersen upon the board.
"What bo3' or girl does not know
ali about dear old Hans Christian,
and the stories of the Vikings, the
Beetle, the Goblin, and the Huck
ster. The dictionary of authors
had to supply the dates, but we had
a dainty bit of biography from a
boys standpoint which was not to
the disadvantage of the Danish
lover gof children. The letter I
'was chosen next, and soon
Irln: Cr.-u-ri! the Tabic.
While picturesque views of Sunny
side ami the Hudson, and the
charming story of lip Van "Winkle
delighted the children. Before
the hour had passed we had a
iroodlv number of names before us
of the great writers of different
countries and ages. It seemed al
most anachronistic to see Homer
and Browning jostling each other
and to let the funny music of the
Pied Piper of Hamclin follow so j
closely upon the wail of Helen of ;
Troy. It was quite a leap in time
from Una and the Red Cross
Kniffht to Little Nell and Oliver
Twist, but it was not difficult to
make
Tin Children I)l.criinhinle
Betweeji the early and the later
English authors. Thus we supple
mented the outlines of our authors
lives with bits of their permanent
works, names of their fictitious
characters, and bright little frag
ments from their poems or stories
as they came to our memories.
One evening we confined ourselves
to Shaksperian characters, and
every name on the table repre
sented some one of the great dra
matic characters. Imagine what a
charming evening we had with the
love-making of Bassanioand Portia
in the picturesque villa at Belmont,
with
Avarlrloiis Olil Slijlorl..
All read', with his glittering scales
and sharpened knife, to weigh the
pound of flesh. How pleasantly
we escaped from the tears and
entreaties of poor little Prince
Arthur, to laughter over the
irresistible fat and funny old Fal
slaff, the mock play, and the seven
men in buckram. Gouty old Cap
ulet and witty Mercutio, the brave
and gallant Hotspur, and the mel
ancholy Prince of Denmark were
not more interesting to the chil
dren than
root Old Kins I.rar,
Bareheaded in the howling storm,
or the remorseful Lad' of Inver
ness with her little blood-stained
hand. So we have taken up his
torical characters, and names of
cities, mythological personages,
and names of artists and inventors,
until we may hope these children
are now fairly afloat upon
That Euclumfct! Orran
Of literature which henceforth to
them may never have a boundary.
In this and similar pleasant ways
the bright fancies of the nursery
may be turned into a love for all
that is best and purest in art and
literature, and these childish im
pressions of scenes and characters
gained in hours of amusement ma'
outlast man' pursued in the study
and strife of later life.
If you want a good hot cup of
tea, coflee, or chocolate after your
nights fishing call at the I? air Wind
chop house where yon will get it, and
don t you forget it.
Dixfiold, Maine, October 20th,
1880. Dr. B. J. Kendall & Co.,
Gents: Please fiud inclosed 25 cents
for revised edition of your horse book,
I have tried your Kendall's Spavin
Cure and it lias done all you claim for
it By using ono-half a bottlo it en
tirely cured the lameness and removed
the bunch, lours truly, eank
Stanley.
Nihilism.
Sua .loe Mercury.
Of all the itionstrous vagaries of
the human mind, in its transforma
tion from barbarism to enlighten
ment, that of nihilism is the cap
sheaf. The meaning of the word
is simply nothing. It is the out
growth of depotism, and aims at
the destruction of . everything
except unlimited license. It seeks
to cure an evil by the administra
tion of a remedy a hundred fold
worse than the evil itself. Its
principal method is murder; its
end nothing. It is wholly destruc
tive in means and end, proposing
nothing in place of that which it
seeks to destroy. Of the tenets
held by the doctrinaries q" nihilism
but little is known, but the foun
der of the system, Michael
Bakuuin, in a speech at Geneva in
1SGS, gave the following as the
cardinal doctrines held by them.
He said:
The beginning of all these lies
which have ground down this poor
world in slavery is God. Tear out
of your hearts the belief in the ex
istence of God; for as long as an
atom of that silly superstition re
mains in your minds you will never
know what freedom is. The first
lie is God. The second lie is
Right. And when you have freed
your minds from the fear of a God,
and from that childish respeot for
the fiction of Right, then all the re
maining chains which bind you,
and which are called science, civil
ization, property, marriage, moral
ity and justice, will snap asunder
like threads. Our first work must
be destruction aud annihilation of
everything as it now exists. You
must accustom yourself to destroy
everything, the good with tiie bad;
for if but an atom of this old world
remains, the new will noverbc cre
ated. "When you once begin your
work of destruction, and when the
floods of enslaved masses of the
people rise and engulf temples and
palaces, then take heed that no ark
be allowed to rescue anv atom of
this old world which wo consecrate
to destruction.
With such a doctrine it would
seem impossible that Nihilism
could gain much favor with the
masses of Europe. The peasant
ry ate too largely devoted to their
religion, aud the majority of the
educated classes are surely too
wise and humane to adopt any
such barbarous, and destructive
system of belief. That there are
in this country considerable num
bers of sympathizers with nihilism,
is evident from the numerous ex
pressions heard and seen of justi
fication of tiie assassination of
the late Czar. SugIi persons are
wholly unfit for freedom, and never
should be permitted to exist except
with their necks beneath the heel
of power. It is the fact of the ex
istence of such barbarous and law
less element, secretly and persist
ently working to the same de
structive ends, that .should arouse
the keenest vigilance of every
lover of liberty and humanity.
Wherever and in whatever shape
it lifts its hydra head, there should
it meet the crushing blow.
There has been for some time
past a dispute as to the superiority
of soft or hard steel rails. A large
railroad company in England has
lately given the preference to the
moderately soft bar. 1u this coun
try we notice that the Pennsylvania
railroad has been making a long
and elaborate inquiry into the
duration of steel rails, and it is
found that soft steel rails wear
away less than hard steel rails.
This is because tho little particles
which rise on the surface of a steel
rail break off under the wheels
when the rail is hard, and hammer
down if it is soft. On the other
hand, many railroad managers can
not get steel rails hard enough to
use, with the idea that they wear
better than soft. Such opinions as
the above would indicate that they
arc mistaken.
iJy a recent postal decision men
can actually make money by getting
their bills and statements of accounts
printed. Statements of accounts and
bills of sale when made out on paper
having printed headings, can be sent
by maii for one cent, if the envelope
is left unsealed; whereas, if it is made
out on unprinted paper, it will cost
three cents. Thus by patronizing The
Astokian two cents can be saved on
every bill or statement that is sent out
through the mail.
Lawyers briefs printed in fine
style, at The Astorian office.
Horse Education.
In something written we have an
indistinct recollection of having made
roforence to a general disposition
among boys in their teens, as well as
boys of nmturer years, to enlighten
and bless the world with their pro
found, knowledge of the hdrso and his
history. Our books and newspapers
are full of this kind of literature, and
it varies in style from the production
of the child at school, commencing
with: The horse lias four legs and a
tail; up to the eloquent tribute of tho
scholar when he quotes from Jeb: That
his neck is clothed with thunder and
the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He stnelleth the battle afar off, the
thunder of the captains and the
shouting. Between these two ex
tremes of the child at his first school
composition, and the professional
literature, we have even grade of pre
tention, and each professing to have
mastered the whole subject. As we
approach the close of this nineteenth
century, we begin to look for some
thing better in this department of
knowledge from those who assume to
instruct." And it is to be found in
Kendalls Treatise on the horse, sent
by mail to any person for twenty-live
cents, postage paid. Apply to The
Astoriax office, or address D. C. Ire
land, Astoria, Oregon.
Peruvian Jtitiers.
Cinchona Kubr
The Count Cinchon was the bpanish
Viceroy in Pern in It). The Countess.
Ids wife, was prostrated by an intermit
tent fever, from which :he was freed by
the use of the native remedy, the Peru
vian bark. or. as it was called in the
language of the country, "Quinquina.'
Grateful for her recovery, on her return
to Europe in VOL she introduced the
remedy in Spain, where it was known
under various names, until Liuuu.'ii
called it Cinchona, in honor of the lady
who had brought them that which was
more precious man tiiegoiii or tne luras.
To this day. after a laje of two hun
dred and fifty years, science has given
lus nothing to take its place. It effectu
ally cures a morbid appetite for stimu
lants, by restoring the natural tone or
the stomach. It attacks excessive love
of liquor as it docs a fever, and destroys
both alike. The powerful tonic virtue
of the Cinchona is preserved in the
Peruvian Bitters, which are as effective
against malarial fever to-day as tliev
were in the dais of the olil Snani.sh
Viceroys. We guarantee the ingredi
ents ol lhee bitters to be absolutely
pure, and of the lnt known qualitv.
A trial will ati.-fy you that this i tile
hot bitter in thr world. "The proof of
Wit- (HUIMIU 1 III Mil- IMUIIU, illlll M
willmgly abide this test. For sale by
all druggists, grocers and liquor dealers.
Order it.
mother ! Mother ! ! Mothers ! ! !
Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your ret by a sick child suffering
and crying with the excruciating pain
of cutting teeth. If so, go at once and
get a bottle of .Mr. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, it will relieve the ioor littlu suf
ferer immediately depend upon it:
there is no mistake about it. There is
not a mother on earth who has ever
ued it. who will not tHI you at once
that it will regulate the bowels, and
,.- v--t , muiui.ifiiimi.iiii mill
health to the child, operating like magic.
It is iMrrfectlv safe to use in all pmsils.
and pleasant to the ta.ste, and is the pre
scription of one or the olttet and lest
female physicians and nurses in the
United States. Sold everywhere. JT
cents a bottle.
The Peruvian syrup has cured thou
sands who were suffering from dyspep
sia, debility, liver complaint, IoiIs, hu
mors, female complaints, etc. Pamph
lets tree to anyaiuircss. etn .l-owle
& Sons. Boston.
King of the Blood is not a "cure
all," but in all disorders attributable
to impurity of blood aud its defective
circulation, nothing else equals its
effect See advertisement.
EEGISTEBED
iPlIfflll
BLOOD IS THE LIFE!
For this season of the) ear with changeable
climates, prevent all sort or sickness use
THK UNIVERSAL rEl.EP.KATEl)
OREGON BLOOD PURIFIER.
This Herbal Kingdom. .scientifically pre
pared. Is rapidly gamin;; in every city on this
coast, and the many astonishing cures il has
effected liave now established its efficacy be
yond a doubt. Remember diseases of the
BLOOD OB LIVER AND KIDNEY,
SKIN TROUBLES,
A good medicine Isahvays necessary to effect
a cure. Try It ; It will help you.
For fiirtlior information aud particulars
sec circular around each bottle. Sold by
your druggist.
Price, per bottle, Si 0u or .." 00 for Mx Iwttles.
Directions in English, German, French and
Scandinavian.
GERMANIA BEER IIALL
-AXD-
BOTTLE BEER DEPOT.
CHK5.VUVS STKr.CT. ASTORIA.
The Jcsf of lMgcrti Cts. a Glass
Orders for the
Celelirateil Colombia Brewery
Left at this place will be promptly attend
ed to.
jyNo cheap San Francisco Beer sold at
this place
WM, BOCK, Proprietor.
MABCHXi. 10i9.
SAX PKANCISCO
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"WELCOME TO ALL !
TIIE FISHING SEASON HAS OI?ENED AND SO HAS TIIE POPULAR
SAN FRANCISCO
i CLOTHING- STORE i
j Opened the largest and best :
selected stock of :
o x oi w
AND-
Crents Furnishing Goods,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
TRUNKS AND VALISES, HATS AND CAPS,
-AND THE BEST-
CARTER'S
vise cffljiM
RUBBER BOOTS, ETC.,
WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT SAN FRANCISCO WHOLESALE PRICES.
REMEMBER THIS IS HO HUMBUG.
HAYING MADE ARRANGEMENTS IN NEW' YORK AND SAN FRAN
CISCO FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL MY GOODS, MY
FACILITIES FOR BUYING ARE SUCH
AS TO ENABLE ME TO
Undersell all Others. I Defy Competition.
j Facts and Figures !
j GREAT SURPRISE AT THE j
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a
! San Francisco Store ! !
UJiltK ARK MICEX OF OOODS THAT WILL SURPRISE ALL.
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
MENS AND BOYS
CASIMEKE SUITS FROM : S S 00 TO 15 00
EXTRA BEST SUITS " 12 00 "20 00
FINE BLACK SUITS is 00 2f 00
DIAGONAL SUITS ..15 00 "22 00
CASIMEKE PANTS " 2 50 " 4 00
EXTRA BEST PANTS " . 4 00 "5 50
BOYS SUITS. ALL SORTS, FROM ,. 6 00 "12 00
FURNISHING GOODS.
OVERALLS FllOM C0CTS. TO SI 00
JUMPERS " CO " 1 W)
ALL WOOL SOCKS 20 25
CHECKER SOCKS. SIX PAIR FOR ." I 00
COTTON SOCKS, THREE PAIR FOR 25
WHITE SHIRTS FROM 90 " " 175
COLORED ' : 75 " "150
CASDIERE" ...?. SI 50 -'3 00
FLANNEL u " 1 00 " to 1 75
BLUE NAYY - 2 00 " 2 50
FLANNEL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS FROM 1 25 u " 2 25
COTTON FLANNEL SHIRTS AND DRAWERS 60 "
MARINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS 50 u
OIL clothing!
LONG OIL COATS FROM S3 50 TO 4 50
OIL JUMPERS - 2 75 " 3 00
BOOTS AND SHOES.
MENS CALF BOOTS FROM S3 CO TO 4 50
MENS KLP BOOTS ' 2 75 u 4 00
LELASTIC GAITERS -
BUCKLE SHOES -
MENS SLIPPERS u
BOYS BOOTS
I HAVE THIS SPRING STRAINED EVERY' NERVE AND USED MY
ENTIRE ENERGY AND BEST JUDGMENT IN PLACING IN OUR AS
TORIA HOUSE THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
OF THE ABOVE LINE OF GOODS.
CALL AND INSPECT FOR Y'OURSELF. YOU ARE WELCOME.
I WILL GLADLY' SHOW MY GOODS, NO MATTER WHETHER YOU
BUY" OR NOT. N E W GOODS BY" EVERY STEAMER.
S. DANZIGER.
San Francisco. Store. Sqnemocqhe street, next door to Pace&Allen'a stow, north of
Walla-walla Keataurant, Astoria Oregon.
CLOTHING STORE.
h i iar m
CAPE ANTST
.....a.
175 " 2 50
2 25 " 3 25
50 " 1 00
"l 25 " 1 75
BUSINESS CARDS.
Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LATV.
Chenamus Street. - ASTOltlA. OREGO
Q W. FUX.TOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTORIA - OREGON
Office over rage & Allen's store, Cass street
T? C. MOLDEX,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN-
SURANCE AGENT.
A.
VAN DUSEN.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Chenamus Street, near Occident Hotel.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Agent Welb, Fargo & Co.
Tjl P. HICKS.
PENTIST,
ASTORIA, --.- OREGON.
Rooms In Allen's building up stairs, come
of Caw and Sqemocqhe streets.
TTK. 3f. . JKXXIH,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Graduate University of Virginia. 1868
Physician to Bay View hospital, Baltimore
CItv, l8C9-';o.
Office In Page & Allen's building, up
stairs, Astoria.
JAY TUTTIiE, M. .
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offick Over the White House Store.
Residknce Next door to Mrs. Munson's
boarding house, Chenamus street, Astorlj
Oregon.
T C. ORCHARD,
DENTIST,
Dental Rooms.
SUDSTKU'S
Photograph Building.
T a. Mcintosh.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Occident Hotel Building,
ASTORIA - - OREGON
C.
H. BAIN &. CO.,
DRAI.EK IN
Door, Windows, Bliads, Traa
soraH, lamiber, Etc.
All kinds of Oak Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma
terial, etc.
Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gen
evlve and Astor streets.
J G. FAIRFOWL & SON,
STEVEDORES ANO RIGGERS
Portland and A.tnr?!t. (Imnm.
Refer by permission to Rogers.Moyera&Co,
Allen & Lewis. CorblttiMacleay,
Portland. Oregon.
yai. VHKEXIIART.
Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon
ASTORIA - OREGON.
Hot, Cold, Sbotrcr,
Steam and SHlplmr
BATHS.
PSpeclal attention given to ladles' and
children's hair cutting.
Private Entrance for Ladles.
WIIXIAII1 FRY,
PRACTICAL
BOOT AIVI SHOE
AIAKER.
Chexamus Stueet. opposite Adler's Book
store, - Astoiua, Oreooh.
Sir-Perfect fits guaranteed. All Trort
warranted. Give nte a trlaL All orders
promptly filled.
W. U St'CABR,
Awtoria.
J. A. BROWN
Portland.
HROWA & 31cCABE,
STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS.
Astoria officeAt K. C. Holden'a Auction
store. Portland office 24 B street. 13-tf
Music Lessons.
T. F. CULLEN and C- E. CARNES
TEACHERS OF
VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR
NET AND BANJO,
Would like a few puplLs on either of the
above instruments.
Terms Eight lessons for five dollars.
S-Orders left at Stevens & Sons book
store will be promptly attended to-
To-Xlght. To-NlghU
GRAND BALL,
AT MUSIC HALL,
THIS EVENING.
E3. J&.. QlJX-KrKr.
dealer in
FAItUEX GROCERIES,
UTAItS, DX1XF, FEED AII HAY
Cash paid fur country produce. Small
profits on casli sales. Astoria, Oregon, cor
ner of Alain aud Squemocqlie streets.
I. W. CASE,
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE
TAIL DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHAMSE
Corner Chenamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA - - - OREGON.
Wm. Houseman of Portland
B
EGS LEAVE TO NOTIFY HIS friends
and customers that he has opened
A FISHERMAN'S CLOTHING
AND FURNISHING GOODS STORE
Next to G. W. Hume's grocery store.
F. HOUSEMAN, Agent
THE DEW DROP INK !
Oh, fishermen, all hear the good news !
A fine saloon Is started with best of
Liquors, Wines and Beer,
AND FINE FREE LUNCH UNGUARDED.
The O rand est Caviar and. Cheese,
IN SANDWICH THICK AND THIN
And will you spend a pleasant hour, drop in
at the DEW DROP INN on Concomly street.
J.T.BOKOHERS,
.Km