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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1881)
Cx) 2?llC ilHXlU StjO.ViUtU J "" - - ASTORIA. OREGON: j ... - SUNDAY NOV. 1". 181 1 '- " " T.. """"" I II . K. Report The annual report of the(. I. & N. Co., just issued at Chicago shows that the company has. during the past year, completed 250 miles of standard gauge road, and before .Taiiuan 1, 1882, the president expects that 300 miles of new road will be completed and in active operation. There have been constructed 1464 feet of Howe truss and 11,268 feet of trestle. All questions of right of way have been settled at a comparatively small cost to the company and with scarcely any litigation. The rjght of way across the L'matilla Indian reservation on the Baker City Hue was amicably settled at the council by agreement on the pare of the company to pay the Indians 2 "0 per acre for all wild lands, and 2 T per acre for cultivated land necessary for the roadway and depot grounds located within the reservation, the whole eost of which will be about 43, 000. When all deliveries shall have been made under the existing contracts, the railroad equipment of the company will consist of 51 locomotives, IS passenger cars, 4 Pullman sleeping cars, 2 baggage ears. 2 combined baggage, mail and express cars, 600 covered freight cars, T00 flat cars, 100 stock cars and 40 hand cars. There were ex pended during the year the fol lowing sums: For railroad construction. 4iM7,4 H l or other constructions C41h 91 For railroad equipments 290,538 Ro For other equipment.... . .. 116.C70 71 The several lines operated by this company represent a total of 1.191 miles. The business of the company for the year i a, follews: Receipts fioui all souiee OJOOfiM Total disbursements s.014,3G0 Traflie ( jjross earning) 3,7:J0.243 Operating expenses. and tae-. (XCV'W:: Showing net earnings of l,W,Stl Against 147,S17 passengers and 379,840 tons of freight carried in 1879-1880, there were carried in 1880-1881, 16;,7S7 passengers and 023.025 tons of freight, showing an increase of 19,90 passengers and 243,181 tons of freight. The repoit enlarges somewhat on the consolidation recently ef fected with ihe Xoithern Pacific iailro:id and transfer of controlling power over both corporations to a third corporation, the Oregon and Transcontinental company, having an authorized capital of 50,000,- UO0 Mr. Villard thinks, that thej,nen and women. Thousands go piopnelarv interest of that com pany in the other companies. K tiie best guarantee to the latter that j its power will be exercised to pro mote their legitimate development io the fullest extent. Sensible. Tin: level-headed Prof. Huxley, in a recent college address, savs: 'Quickness in learning, readiness and accuracy iu reproducing what, islearned,industry,endurance,these are the qualities, mixed in various pjoportionc, which are found in buys who win prizes. Xow there i.- not the smallest doubt that every one of these qualities is of great value iu practical life. Upon whatever caieer you may enter, intellectual quickness, industry, and the power of bearing fatigue aie three great advantages. But 1 want to impress upon you, and through you upon those who will direct your future course, the con viction which I entertain, that, as a rule, the relative importance of the.se three qualifications is not rightly estimated, and that there are other qualifications of no less value which are not directly tested by school competition. A some what varied experience of men has led me, the longer I live, to set the less value upon mere clev erness; to attach more and more importance to industry and to physical endurance. . "Indeed, 1 am much disposed to think that endurance is the most valuable quality of all: for indus try, as the desire to work hard, does not come to much if a feeble ; frame is unable to respond to the desire. Everybody vrho has had t(J make his way in the world must. know that while the occasion for; and prone out of husiMi-..-.. The intellectual dibit of a high order fund rens:iniiir were divided rait jt constantly happens tliHtlamoni the meiniei of the state a man's future turns upon his he-ieonimittee. The mriv i. the moil inir able. To a lawvor, a phvsi- cian, or a merchant, it may be everything to be able to work six teen hours a day for as long as is needful without giving up. Moreover, the patience, tenacity and good "humor which are amonjj the most important qualifications for dealing with men, are incom patible with an irritable brain, a weak stomach, or a defective cir culation. "It any one of 'Oit prize-winners were a son of mine, and a good fairy were to offer to equip him according to my wishes for the practical life, 1 should say, M do not care to trouble you for any more cleverness; and oh, if you please, a broad, deep chest and a stomach of whose existence he shall never know anything," I should be well content with the prospects of a fellow so endowed. Xothiug ew. "SYii.vt Ls now said about the la bor system in the Sandwich islands, might have been paid with as much truth any time since that country has been under what is called a civilized government. It is not and never has been a free countiy; the natives have never had the right to go abroad and the contract system has always been enforced. There has always been complaint among the planters about the scarcity of workmen and the importation of Chinamen was going on before the treaty of reciprocity was proposed. The government of the United States looks upon such contracts as a species of slavery, as against public policy, and in negotiating the treaty, there should have been n clause declaring against them. As long as the humble Kanaka and the Chinamen were the only suf ferers nothing was said about it, but now the same system is ap plied to white people who have been imported from Europe, and there will be another demonstra tion of the fact, often before proven, that the Caucasian will J not long be held in bondage. Tiik usual newspaper comment, on our public school systen are being made. One point is this: too much is attempted to be taught. Uoys and girls should learn what thev are to use when out of our schools 3'early with their heads, crammed and their hands j empty, wheii a few bright, clear ideas of the day and time are what they. need for immediate use. An otherpoint: Thesuccessof a teach er depends upon the interest he takes in ins work, and that interest is in direot proportion to the know ledge that he himself possesses; hence a primary requisite is good teachers and first-clasi teacheis are jut like all other first-class workmen; they should have fir-t-class salaries. 'Tis singular 10 note the pha-fs-in the agricultural prosperity of various portions of the earth, and how, in turn, what injures one sec tion benefits another, and vice versa. During- our civil war for tunes were made by growing cot ton ia the Sea islands and in India. Costly machinery xvas ordered, vast outlays incurred, only to bring ruin on the proprietors at the re turn of peace to our country in 18G"). And now the Russian wheat exporters are being- ruined by the great shipments of wheat from the United States, and the piles of wheat along the lines in the interior form to the fanners a j sad. contrast o the times when Odessa was the grain port for Europe. The Republicans will have con trol of the next House of Repre sentatives by a majority of four. In the Senate 'tis a question as to who will have the ascendency, though the administration part' seem to have the most points in their favor. The Yorldngme:iV ParU of California h:i rlod up its affairs 'reuuikabh thai ever cairied an election u; California. For a brief time it s-eemed as if it would pun complete eontiel: the sympathies! and the otes of all elasses of pen- i j pie went with it, and lind the men ; it put into tlx' more impoiiaut ; places had more capaeitv ami a higher sense ol their Unties, the organization might have been in j power to-day. Its influence upon i the affairs of state will loii"- be felt, and none can deny that many real abuses have been brought to light and corrected through its instrumentality. There was much nonsense in its demands, but there was also a irea: deal of practical reform in the ideas ad-1 vanced and acted upon by sumuol j the leadinir spirits in the organiza- j tion. j Tin: Orejyonian thinks that the. fact ouirht to be irenerallv lnwn 1 that the river appropriation of l:it year was irtually -'juandered by baa judgment in engineering, i The sum of ("S,000 employed iin der'direction of Toi. I'ii'ospic in dyking the sloughs at the mouth of the "Willamette might as well have been sunk in the sea. NEW TO-DAY. Wanted. pi:i:son to mawci. .salmon A (':mmT m KnUMi ('uhimlria. rirrs rr(uinl ::l miff. AiilJt-aliou to ! m-juW N It tier, liu liisiiitj tvf.'rviMVs nl Ifints. "Address : TlltNKK P.KI710N a. Co.. dtr ulorm. X CAItl). AsToUIA. Nu. 1-Jlli. ISM. KniTei: Daii.v As.ioi:ian: Is it one of the mortal .sins in n itiri.,. the eonditet of inentlM'rs if tliepoliee foree of tliis city, to iloubl their elli eieney. to iiestion their hom-stx.or to hint that their ehasti is not. like liiat of C':esars wife. ahoe siipjfionV due wonlil think so. from the routine! of menihers of that foree. .sinee tlieenm municatiou whicli appeared in Tin. 1)A1I.'As-ioi:in of Suiul:i. Oetohei :X)lh, 1SSI.. signed 13 "Citizen." It st-ene. ionic as 11 ine would like to have tin lines of Ihiras transposed a little, iosuii their nilioiis of their merit aad import- anec. in a lit. prooahlv of Jtfiirienre. IJuriis onee wiote, -Thenjjeiitlj sfjui 011r In other man. More jientlv sister w 0111:01." Ina lit of egotism, and v,ilii a piojjfi spirit of defeieuee io:heir own emieep tiou of their power, in this coiiniuiiitiy. they with one exception, would hae (lie line.s ivad as follews: "Then sent !j scui utirliiotlieriiiaii. Mnrcgi'ity a jutlircman." Xow. Mr. Kdilor. 1 would like to ask a few qtte.stioiis in addition to lliose aked h "Citien." Do the ta paxers of this eftx xx'ish to pa.x men for -i'ia ifes as po licemen, while they Iheiuselxes are fio latin;; the law.sV An lliex appointed to keep -and pieserxe tie jieaee or the eitx.or to Ineak if.' Miouhl the.x raie for the persons and pKpeil.x of eiiim:. or .should thex rryhaxoeaiiil le(siithe dKs "f ar."heeaiise a eitien tries to proteet hniiself against their insults mid abuse hyhaxim; them t lied in thepoliee eoiutV Is it one of their diitifs to imii eeal xiolations of lax; xxheu ommitted bx a policeman, or to thieati 11 a eitieii. because he refuses lo eoiisfjit tu dismiss a eiiminal action, luoiiht airaiiisl a po liceman.' Do x e need men xxhrti.x to run elections to make their staj iu ohiee perpetu.il, or men xho no riht aloujr trying to do their dutx ? Do we want men xx ho x'iolate the la'xx.or those xxiio keep it.' llaxveiliens anx rights, that olicemen are bound to lespeet.' Doe.s the eitx council think that it has m authority over the police foree V IT it hasxxill it excicise if' If it isuot posi tive, xx ill it examine the ehartei V Is not lix'c dollars an (jmbiltnst line lo place upon a o!icemau. foi xiolatiim ;t eitx ordinance:' What kind of police foi'ee have xxe, anx Imxx YnuiN lespecttullx. .Su-lt " i:. I:. M vi:i. !" I-P mm I- I Lena' INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AHD THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LEVER. Ioss of eppetito,UauBea,bowolg costive, ?aiu irilheHead.TyitKa diUlsensati on m the back part. Pain under tho shoulder blade, fullness after rating, with adism slfnation to exertion ofbody or'mintf". Irritability of temper, liovr spirits, XTosa of memory, withn feeling of having neg lected some duty, weariness. Dizzin.es, Fluttering oftheTHoart, Dots'beforo tho pyes. Yellow Httin. Headache. KeBtleas nesa ct night, highly colored tfrino. IF THESE WABKINGB ABE "(JHHEEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. TU1TS PILLS are especially adapted to turh cakei,one doso cflVrtn suchachango of feeling as to antonish the sufferer. They Iaoreate lbf Appetite, and cause the body to Take on Flcslt. thus the svstem li nourUhed.anrtbytliPlrToalcAetloBontlio IllffetlTc Orfrnno. Retrulsr Stools are pr auced. Price a cents. 35 Murray &L, a.Y. TUTT'S HAIR BYE, BYltAinorW"uiSKKRsclJingeJ toa(tUi ill ifir Yiv n alnrrlA niinliMftnn f tMi Tim i mparn a natural color, aris Inatanuueouilx Office, 35 Murray St., Nov York. Dr. TCTl'S XiWxL vi taUMr Uf.millon tad t. tfi4 Kctll,U wHl tc &UU4 tUXX ipj.llcUo. fi MISCELLANEOUS. A - Vm UK $ h ;i. i;n. i 21,11611 (aVeilSfi-iURTO V.. S. LVKSUN.) ""WievtlraiMl refcUl :tfc-rsf -ivAQnto Provisioas Graokerv. i Glass and Plated WareJ Titoruwi ani noMKSMir FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.! i Tiisriiirr nun ; fines, LigiKjotolCiprsj 'Hm lnKiM and mott cnniptfie sioeh ir Udi!s 111 llti-ir line : lie fotiiitt m llic -lty. Corner of Pass ami SqiifiiitH.hi. lr,fts. AS'IOIMA. OUKCON. ,9. RIS1I Ml TIIHBiliS j Salmon Net Twine. Cotton. Seine Twine, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton letting, all sizes. Seines Fflade to Order, Fiax and Cotton Twine, Fishiny Tackle, etc. BARBOUR BROTHERS "III tZnrkot Htreef. San Fr:uielni HENRY DCYLE4, Co.. Managers. -Siv KOK UNION INDIA RUBBER CO'S run- IMnt t.tim ra a? Rubber Boots and Coats. i:i:A Ki:oi? IMITA'MON! : Mtif Hi" IWmiIn an NtainiH'il I'H.U'K I'UOtH' on Hi.' lireN, ami liax.-llu' I'UliK ;i'.r srinXUS on the Tool an.t Instep. which jirrwuis their cnickln or hrcakin. I'lir xx III l.Lst Iwlcc as long a- anx others lii.iiitifactiircil. rei: sai.i: UY am. dilu.i:i:s. i.i. kinds urr.r.h'i: i:i:i;nc, i'ack it:. iio.i:, spi:incs. cloiiiim:. HOOTS AND SHOE. I'M: GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. imi. n:Asi:..ir. y. 51. KrXYON. Agents. San Kniuciscn . FIOLAIAN'S PAD. rei: tiii: ST0MAGH, LIVER, AND si2- KIDNEYS. TUAUE MXKU. In all cases of hillioiisne.ss and in.tlaiia 111 cxer foini.ainexeiitatixcaiiilciire of ehilN. fox or and dumb aeiic. Dr. llohnan's Pad Is a lKTfcet sueeevs. And for tlxsH-'psiu, sick hcailaehe anil lierxoiw prostnition, as the .id is applied oxer the pit or lhe slomarh the great nerx-oiisecnlei.it anniliilates the disease at once. It regulates the licr and stoin.teh so se eessfnll) that digestion becomes perfect. Prof. D. A. Looinis saxs: "It is nearer a iinixcpsil panacea than nnvthhig in meili eine.'; This is done on the principle of ab sorption, of which Dr. llohnan's hid is ihe only true exponent. For all kidney troubles, use Dr. Hiliitau henal or Kidney I'.ul, the bi-st rcnieilx in the world and rccniunenilcd l.x the fucilical faettlty. Beware of Bogus Fads. l-'ii-lt genuine Holinan's Pail bears Ihe pri x.iterexeiinesianipof the Holmau Pad io.. Willi the aboxe trade mark printed In green. Paix none without it. For Sale by all Druggists. Dr. llolman'sadxlceisfree. Pull treatise sent free 011 application. Addiev. HOLMAN PAD CO ,, , 711 l5roaihvax New York . O. boxaili r orTiTvrnJx- r77Z i Z!2 "1 j nwiivoiii i iiuu i ' -Vt :tpt. Rogers olil stanil. Comer of Cas ! anil Court Street. lni' ami Canncrx- xvork. Horseshoeing. agoiw made ami repalied. Oood work guaranteed. li V i um-uu ,j.u... MISCELLANEOUS. I w If . Wholesale and Retail Jeaier .l(3.1iO(JEPxIES. (Provisions. Lumber. I KTC. ETC. KTC. ."Kisliorinoiis and Cainie.rv l I SUPPLIES A SPKC'TAIrV. aokxt rui: TJIK San Jose Fruii Packing Company. ANI,TOK San Francisco Glioniical woaKsT ASTOHfA ... OlJKffOX. CAUL ADLEK'S EfiCtDTSZCX STORE, Pianos and Organs Of all iitaLcN coirstantlx on Iiatid. full liH'k of l. I VIOLINS. (1UITARS, DAX.TOs, AC I COKDEONS. CONCEKTINAS. IIAJIMOXTCAS, FLTJTKS. Al a larj;'' sjnek of l lie bet of VIOMX AND GlTITAi: STRINGS, - ! SHEET .AIUSTC. AND MUSICAL INSTKUMENTS, , .W will :in vxerxthiim vm' l)ilonuii lo a I iiM ('lav MHNirviiin.. Pi.uiosaud Or.uissoM on lueniouthlx in stallment plan, or for rent. Carl Adler's Book Store. "55Ai. The largest stm-k of KfT1 Mll,,k Books anil Stationery lj!st3 of exerx lUseuptioii. s nH'v; S 1,K'" l'ks. P.iblcs. Poetii-al JiMIJ Nrks, Albums ami .-:sS'sSlHJl""", a siim compi.'ie SsapiiW,,ck of exerx thing ustiallv ""lJk'Pt in a well icgulaled I!ook Slur". Also, news iIcjmiI and agency tor exerx paper anil periodical publisheil. CARL ADLER'SVARIETY STORE cps? xx alclies. cioek-s ami .lewelrx . ivViTl Ph Kf 1 and I. Ule l.utier, ;iliti-i- .siiiiiiiis .iiiii ius ture I-mines and Clirouios. P.ab Carriages, a complete assortment. tvherx etc. New goods b cxvrx sieamer. 'I he public are inx lied to examine 111.x stock and prifiS. (MIKNAMl'S ST.. - ASTOIJI V. OKKOON. (. M'.l NKNWM'.K!:. iui:a.xi r.i:ov.v, isiAi:i.isiin lJir.. i LcinciiAvcher & Co., ASTORIA, f'KECON, TAMEBS AMD CUREIEES, Manufacturers ami iniiHirtersof A 1.1. KINDS OF TTn a qraTTT'iR? AND FINDIN(IS Wholesale Dealers in OIL AND TALLOW. mantpvcti i:i:i:s or BOOTS and SHOES ins-Highest e;i-li price iull for Hides and Tallow. W ASTORIA. OREfSON DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, ----. IfATEWT DIEDIGIWUS, HJTU. Srrosriilioim rarefullv enniMuiiilcii;:it all hours. (Srnoineopaililc Tlnrtiires and Pellets, and Humphrey's Speeltles also kept. ! JsLsiuJc IjJ sJacIosi! - '" COS;.i.U r 31 A IX AX1 ASTOFJA, - Jk, r Is i: JOB 3P" r 1: m THK ASTORLAJST ST'EAM PRrNTING HOUSE HAS THE FAXTJCST AiYD VEST PfiJMXKS, A jYD T ''A? of 'the latest styles. no- V piircti.n-se PaiHr. CinLs, Ink, and other matcilali of the nianufaciureis And ean therefoieatTiird to u-e. asxxealwaxsdo. the bfst artlile. xxhllecliargllig Cards. Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads. TIIK KVRItV HAY WANTS OF WTUIKSHOV AUK KIII'I'LIKD AT TUIOKS "WUTCH CAN- XO'P IUIT (ilYK SATISFACTION TO ALTi. THE ARTORIAJST, DA1I. TS RKSmCTKD AND COAIoIENDED RY ALL FORjITS Impartiality, AIiIity3 Fairness and Reliability THE PAPER FOR THE FOR TIIE FA KM Eli, . KOK THE MERCUANT. IKill.V ASTORfAX O'OST.XOK KKKi: TO DAILY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR (DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 3 00 J-E Sample copies of either Million 10 -""'In'v : ssrPostmastcrs are authorized to act ji xi n:-. in Tin. Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A tO.rr.tl Vasoliment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents ior jhiT(i Stoves and Ranges The Utt in tin- niaiket. Pnmibtnjc goods of nil kimls on hand. Job work done iu a workmanlike maimer. .BS'.FPl'.RSOX STREETS. 03EtE0r. m w i; i P w 1: t Ok THK t'OUNTINd ROOjL AND THE AND WEEKlAi COMMERCIAL MAN, . FOR THE MECHANIC, FOR EVERY PERSON TEUSIS: BY "WAIT.. AM. SHHsOniBKIH. $9 00 cents. J. F. UALLOKAX &. Co. Publlshera, Astoria, Oregon as agents for The Astoeiax. Kt