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ASTORIA. OREGON:
WEDNESDAY- NOV. !i, ltWl
.1. F. HALLO K.IS EdMor.
The Jury System.
Tin: present discussion going
on relative to the absurdity of any
attempt to get an "unprejudiced,''
and at the same time an "inteXli
"ent' jury in the Guiteau tase.
brings up the manifold objections
to and imperfections of our present
system of trial by jury. Tis now
above a thousand years, since
Alfred instituted the plan, and
though in that ap:e and time the
substitution for ordeal or trial at
arms was a great step forward,
yet, in our advanced nineteenth
century civilization the wonder
is that some more uniform system
of justice has not been devised be
fore this. Tt requires all the ven
eration which age inspires for this
mode of dispensing justice and all
that eminent men have said of its
value to practice, to prevent our
natural reason from revolting
against the system, and especially
some of its incidents. If a culti
vated Oriental were told for the
Fust timo that a nation which
claims to be in advance of all
others in its love, of justice and
its methods of enforcing it re
quired as one of its fundamental
principles of jurisprudence that
every controversy between indi
viduals, and every charge of crime
against an offender should be sub
mitted to twelve "honest men,"
without learning in the law, often
without any other learning, and
that neither party of the contest
could prevail until all of the twelve
men were of the one opinion in
his favor, lie would, certainly, be
amazed at the proposition. Xor
have the European nations differed
much with him'in their estimate of
trial by jury. It has been wel!
understood and received the care
ful consideration of continental
jurists for a great many yeais,
without being adopted by any of
them, in the form that we have it
from England. In the days when
kings exercised arbitrary power,
the jury was, among the sturdy,
liberty-loving English, a valuable
barrier against oppresion by the
crown. But in this country, where
the people are sovereign, the jury
is but too often the mere reflection
of popular impulse, and the safety
of an innocent man is more fre
quently found to depend on the
firmness of the judge than the im
partiality of the jury.
The defects of the jury system
are obvious. It is rompulsorv
work; and work of lhat nature
is always nksome; a man taken
from his business, his family, etc.,
and shut' up with the rest of
them to listen to arguments in
whioh he can have no possible con
cern and decide, upon points that
are generally befogging to his in
tellect and foreign to his line of
thought. Among twelve men,
takeahein just as They come in the
census, or the venire, 'tis hard to
find a unanimity of opinion on
any ordinary topic of discussion;
put them in a jury box and it's the
exception not to find at least one,
sometimes two or more, who cannot
be influenced by reason or jiro-u-ment.
and who hang just through
stubborness. The number
twelve addition of numbers does
not imply augmentation of intel
lect or increased discrimination.
To all intents and purposes three,
would be as good as twelve, or
twenty-four. There is also some
thing farcial in the phrase "a jury
of his peers;" no woman was ever
tried by a jury of her "peers," no
legal infant; it is a hoary fiction,
an antique humbug.
Measured by the general limit
of restrictions an ideal juror has
no passion, no prejudice, no bias,
no knowledge of facts or occur eccur
ences: is passive, inert and plastic;
has no opinion in general is not
only behind the age but is in the
-rear of all ages and is either a fos
sil or a pulp. But it may be said,
"Why so iconoclastic; 'What could
be devised to sippiant and ad e-
quatcly supply the present svs-j
temr To discuss tins would
transcend the limits of a ucws -
paper arKjclc. A bench of judre,
mcr, of known integrity-, hnlri -
c T'Obitions oi sumcient eniuln-
mcr.t to place them above suspi
ci'jn of complicity, is among the
possibilities of the future. That
something will be substituted be
fore the close of the century for
the present cumbersome and un
satisfactory system is apparent.
The adult civilization of our day
has outgrown the swaddling
clothes of infancy.
ThankSlTln? Proclamation.
The following is President Ar
thur's Thanksgiving Proclamation
as telegraphed from "Washington
under date of 7th inst:
Tt has long been the pious cus
tom of our people with the closing
of the year to look back upon the
blessings brought to them in the
changing course of seasons, and to
return solemn thanks to the all
giving source from whom they
flow, and although at this period,
when the falling leal admonishes
us that the time of oursaored duty
is at hand, onr nation lies in the
shadow of a great bereave
ment, the mourning which has
filled our hearts finds us sorrowful
in expression toward the God be
fore whom we but lately bowed in
grief and supplication, yet the
countless benefits which have been
showered upon us during the past
twelve months call for our fervent
gratitude and make it fitting that
we should rejoice with thankful
hearts that the Lord in his mercy
has most sisrnallr favored our
country and people. Peace with
out and prosperity within have
been vouchsafed to us, no pesti
lence has visited our shores, the
abundant privileges of freedom
which our fathers left us in their
wisdom are still our increasing
heritage, and if in paits of its vast
domain some affliction has visited
our brethren in their forest homes,
yet even this calamity ha been
tempered and in a manner sancti
fied by a generous compassion for
tiie sufferers which has been called
forth throughout our land. For
all these things it is meet that ihe
voice of the nation should go up
to God in devout homage, where
fore l, Chester A. Arthur, J 'resi
dent of the United States, do rec
ommend that all people observe
Thursday, the PAth da' of Novem
ber, as a day of national thanks
giving and prayer, by ceasing so
far as ma be from their secular
labors and meeting in their several
places of worship, there to join in
ascribing honor and praise to Al
mighty God whose goodness has
been so manifest in our history
and in our lives, and offering our
honest prayers that his bounties
may continue to us and our chil
dren. In witness whereof, etc.
Ciikvi'ki: A. Anrin i.
By the president:
Jas. G. Blaine, Sec'y of State.
The census returns show that
he Southern cotton mills make
finer goods on the average than
those of New England, earning
eleven cents a yard for the goods
turned out by them, whereas the
New England mills get only eight
and a half cents.
It is thought the admission of Da
kota as a state will he made a pat ly
question; the Democrats nnpnsjnu
and the lJepuhlicans favoring the
measure. Davis is in favor of tin1
admission and his vote in the Sen
ate may decide the matter.
NEW TO-DAY.
AUCTION.
OlTKE AfTINt: Ass'T QUAttTKltMAs-TKi:, I
Foit Stevens, Oregon.
November l.issi. )
mHKRE WILL HE AN AUCTION SALE
JL of condemned articles of go eminent
store at Fort Stevens. Oregon, hriduy. No
vember 11, 1881. at 10 o'clock a. ar. For list
of'aitlclessee Itemizer posted about eitv.
SOI E. SKAltKOW,
Jit Lieut. 2lst Infantn,
4td Post Quartermaster
A HOP
Will be given by ibe
AT LIBERTY HALI
Thursday Evening, Nov 10th.
Members of the CInb and their friends aie
conlially Invited to be present.
Dancing will commence at nine oVlock.
ADMISSION. l .10
Tickets can be procured at Dement' Drnx
Store, and from members of the club.
' BLANK JOOKS
T3RINTED AND EOD.ND TO AN i SVLf.
L and mud to any order, at
'Ihe Abtoeus office.
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Ll'imiCATIXG OILS. COAL OIL,
PAINTS AND OILS.
Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared
Rubber Packing.
PROVISIONS, MILL FEED,
CLYP.DEN SEED, OltASS SEED.
Which villi In cvchnimcil for country irn-ituri'or-'uMat
lowest price-.
(inierriieiiaiiUHanil Hamilton Streets
ASTOKlA.OltEGOX.
THE - WEEKLY ASTORTAN
erThree week, fni Tifiitj-fiv- fV-lits
Sinjiic cuji.i 10 eenl-. Ow ear ftr s? Ifl
Ca-h in atlvaniv.
Administrator's Notice,
ro'iim is ih:i:ki:y :i kx that the
JL iimlersiiieil lias hern mioiiiteil ti tlie
Connt.i ooiirrof Clatviji nMiiity.Ou'Ron. ail
miiiMratur with the mil annee.l of I'hilip
Clearhnrt, deceased. All jKrsn having
elaiiiiH aisiin-t the estate- of s:iiit leceaeil
an herel)- iiotitietl to im-sentsthem to the
undctsineit at liw s;ire in Astoria, uitliin
m months from this il.tie.
Astoria. October I."., issi.
I. W.CKAIMIAKT.
d&w.SKl AilininiMnitin.
z?A3&13?tZ
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFfUCTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST HEDIGAL
TRJUPHOFJHE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appotite.lf ausoa.bowels co3tive.
PV.in in theHead.withadull sensaliou in
Ihe back partTPftln under the shoulder
blade. lullnexB after eatingvrith a disin;
Sbnation to exertion of ' bod'y'or'mindl
Irritability of temper, liOiv'spirUs.Xbss
of memory, with a l'eoling of liavlng ner
lected aomedutjr, wearinees. D&zines.i"".
S'luttenng of tfieTileartTDota beforo tho
ByearVellqw Skip, Headache, Koatlesa
nesa at night, hiebiy colorecfOTine.
IF THESE WAHHIKGS AEE UKEEEDK),
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUri"8 PILLS areespeciallyadaptedto
caclicareioiiedusuetrectsuchachange
of feeling a to astonish tho u offer or.
They Ziierf:ie tlir AtKtlte, anil cause the
UAy to Tulip utt Flfiri. ihtM the hyiXtzn U
ttourliilied.unJbyiiK-lrToulcAtrtloubuttit:
IHgcititr Oi-iiib. I:oinJlartua!aJtr ith
Juitst. t'rli-e z eeats. : JIurr:y St., ." .
T0TT!S HAIR BYE.
iHW HAIHOr"i:i.vKK5'.HiIll!g.d lJO(ll.,l.M
til M K liy a hliulf :! li!tililiu:i of this X)Y ''
uifiarts :i natural -oI.r. arts liietp.:iut-t'.i-' .
old i Dru;ii.ti.brriii i . j mj iv - .4 "ti
Dfilce, 35 Murray St., HewVoi::.
r Dr. mrs iii ii. r ;i.!- imiiU-.-, ...t ,
.utul KrecluU wCI b. icU!J tZZZ .m .irilUtf.
THE milli maim
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BEST PAPER FOR OREGON
WS&is&
PRINTED IN OREGON.
pI.I. AND CCT A COPY of thi, week'i
vy isMie to .send to some friend.
inuki K.vintv riMiuv 3ioi:nixo.
Oi'l'lCK IN T1IK ASTOPJAN KUILDINCJ.
CASS STKKKT.
i'r.i:MS OF .-Ulwcmi-TlOX.
vin-i hy earlier per month ........ . isicta
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)m- C-y, twelve niontlis .
j jpAdvertiicments iuerte; v the ear
! ?,r t,.1L' nte "( f 50 ier square per month.
;or Kssiimethan one year, S2 0 per squaro
or the first Insertion, and St oo per squara
r eacu suosequem lasextioa wui be charged.
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AMEN.
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Gil
.sihvus-viks m i;. s. i.aksm.)
Whoiealeaml retail' deoters in
Groaorios,
Provisions,
Groek&ry
Giass and Piaicil Ware,
TKOI'KWI AN'H noMES'l'li'
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.;
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To-eiiier mill ;
iiies,Liprs,ToteoSCioarsi
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The latest ami most eiiiuiiete locl; of .
xoails in their line to le lo.tii.l In the c-iiy.
t'oinerofCassaiiilSiitieniorttheMieels.
ASTOHIA. OKKCOX.
Barbour's
IRISH PliAX THRUMS
Salmon Net Twine.
Cotton Seine Twine,
Cork and Lead Lines,
Cotton Netting, ail sizes.
Seines Made to Order,
Flax and Cotton Twine,
Fishing Tackle, etc.
BARBOUR BROTHERS -
.111 3Iartevl Street. San Kranrtaru
HEHRY DOYLE & Co.. Alaiiaw-w.
-.s:c i-1)i:-
UNION INDIA RUBBER CO'S
Pure Pant .iii:i
Rubber Boots and Coats.
i:kvai:i: oi- imitation
lie sure lh" Hnols are t:itnjnl ('HACK
I'llt Mir on the heels, and hau the PUKE
GUM tiPIUXGS on the foot and Inslep.
which itrevents- their craekint; orbreakai.
Thej uill last twice a-j lonas an others
luauufactuied.
roit sai.i: p.y all i)i:almi;s.
ALL KINDS KrP.IIKK P.KLTINC. PACK-
INC, HOSi:, SP1JINCS, t'LOTIIIXi:.
P.OOTS AND SIKHS. Kte.
GOODYEAR RUBBER CO.
ir. n. pi:.vsi..ir.
S.M. IMIXYOX.
Aseiitt,S:in Fnuielsco.
HOLMAN'S PAD.
rei: Tin:
STOMACH,
LIVER,
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se. I
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JjoVlf
iviiKN v: s.
TK.VDE MAKK.
In all case-, of hilliousiiev, and malaria in
every foim, a preventative and cure or chills,
feer and dumb airne. Dr. IfoIinau's Pad is a
perfeet success. And for dvjtepia. .sick
headache and nervous prostration, as the
pad is applied over the pit of tin stomach,
the great ncrvnusceiitci.it annihilates the
disease at once.
It regulates the liver and .stomach so suc
cessfully that digestion becomes perfect.
Prof. I). A. Loemissays: "It is nearer a
universal panacea than anything- in medi
cine' This is done, on the principle or ab
sorption, of which Dr. Ilolman's hid is the
only true cxiionent.
Tor all kidney troubles, usf Dr. Holman's
Renal or Kidney Pad, the besr lvnirdv in the
world and rccommciided bv the liiedieal
faculty.
Beware of Bogus Pads.
Each genuine Ilolman's Pad hears the pri
vate ieenue stamp of the Holn::ui Pad (To.,
with Urn abovo trade mark printed hi green.
nit limit- twmuiu 11.
For Sale by all Druggists.
Dr. Ilolman's advice is free. Pull treatise
sent free on application.
Address: HOLMAX PAD CO
P.O.box 2o V "'. Nw Vork
MINT SALOON.
OPPOSITE O. It. & N. COM PAN YS DOCK.
Xone but the best liquorsaiulcigjirs passed
over the bar.
V. SCIIUI.DT.
LETTER UeTd PAPER,
PRINTED OR PLAIN, OF TIIE BEbl
quality at The Asioru office.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Geo. W.Hume
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
IN
GItO( SERIES,
iProvisicmS, Lumber.
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ETC.
"ETC..
ETC.
I FisheriHPiiR and Cimnerv
SUPPLIES
A SPECIALTY.
ACKNT FOll THE
San Jose Fruit Packing Company.
ANDTIIK
San Francisco Chemical
ASTORIA - - - OJtF.GON.
CARL ADLEITS
I Pianos and Organs
I Of all makes constantly on hand. Also a
I hill stock of
j VIOLTNS. GUITARS. P,AIOS, AC
j COUDEONS. CONCERTINAS,
HARMONICAS, FLTJTES,
J Alsoalargstoekof thehest of
VIOLIN AND OUITAR STRINGS,)
SUKJiT 31 U SI (J.
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
As well as evervtliing ehe helonjjine to a
Hist Class ."Muie Store.
I'ianos and Organs sold on the monthly in
stallment plan, or for rent.
Carl Adler's Book Store.
sS The largest stock of
Blank Books and Stationery
Of every description.
School Hooks. Ilib'es, poelieal
orks. Albums and
Hold Pens,
IIfsii!i- :i fr.ll nml ofunnl.'l
gS siiK-k f evoty thing usttnllv
""i9iLJkeht in a well regulated Roof.
Store. Also, news depot and agency for
every paper and peiiodical published.
CARL ADLER'S VARIETY STORE
eg 'Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
feiQrwkPt and Table Cutlery,
ir "?Sf Yankee Notions and Toys,
it VII? i'lfture Frames and Chromes.
Aost3ajfcRn'y Carriages, a conipieto
a Mysgassortincnt. Archery, etc.
New gools by every steamer. The public
are invited to eainine my stock and prices.
CIIEN.Uir.S ST.. - ASTORIA. OREfiON.
C. I.KI.VEN'WEBKl:.
ItlltAM e.itow.v.
KfiTAi:i.lsni:i tsi'
fjciiieinveher & Co.,
ASTORIA. filtKCOX,
TAMERS AND CDRE1EBS,
Mnuufactiirers and I niMrters of
A U. KINDS OK
XjTf? a 3p:o::e3:el
AND PINDINS
Wholesale Dealers in
OIL AND TALLOW.
MANrFACTCRERS OF
BOOTS and SHOES
lUrllighest cash price paid for Hides and
Tallow. '
Stockholders' Meeting.
THERE "WILL RE A MEETING of the
Stockholders of the O. F. L. and 11. As
sociation of Astoria, at 8 i v. r. November
11th. issi.at the hall of Reaver Lodge, to
Lake into consideration the Increase of capi
tal stock of the corporation,
d-td A. J. .MEG LER, Secretary.
Assessment Notice.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
assessment of fifty ner cent. on the capi
tal stock of the Odd Fellows Land and Hull
ding Asoclotion of Astoria, Oregon, has this
day been levied, payable within thirty days
from date at the office or the Secretary, or
otherwise be declared tlellnrntcnt.
Rv order of the Board of Directors.
A. J. MEGLER. Secretary.
Astoria, Oct. 22, liSl. 20-50d
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Tin. Sheet Iron and Copper Ware.
A ilfft-nil Avtorimeut of
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Aent for
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The l!e.t i the market.
I'himlmu; ooib of all kimKon band. Job
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