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w gftc gnato &stcrr.Um. ASTORIA. OREGON: be able to note incroased transac tions in these pleasant little nic- J mentoes of the past. Yfashinffton Gossip. SUNDAY... DEC. 18, 1881 j J. V. HAIXORAX. .Editor. "Wards" or the GfiTernmeitt. t; J3 a. -t Ts. 1l. llT j uxdkk uaie 01 upc. oiu, -jum Pedro' writing from Washington, Isavs: President Arthur has at The commissioner of Indian af fairs is about right when he says the policy of the Government to ward the Indians is to create a race of thieves and paupers. And it certainly is. Rascality and treachery are rewarded and any effort at industry is left to take care of itself. The standing as sertion is that the Indians are the wards of the government. This is splendid in theory but shaky in practice. The Indians have no' claim on the Govemmentsufficient to warrant Government aid. The trouble seems to be that we have been all along asked to look upon the Indian as being different from the same nature and intellectual grade of whites. Let it be under stood in San Francisco that all the thieves and cut-throats and vaga bonds of the coast arc the "wards of the Government''' and how long would it be safe for a respectable citizen to walk the streets. The way to do with these "wards' is to treat them as we would any oth er class of citizens according to their conduct. It they work, re ward them; if they make disturb ance, punish them; stop fooling with them and make them stop fooling with the Government. Let them learn by experience that the industrious and peaceful ar,. cared for and the lazy and crimi nal are outlawed and punished. The way things are running now and have been for many years, any one can foretell with as much ceitainty as Gen. Hazen predicts a rainy day, just when there will be another Indian outbreak. The law is as infallible in the one case as the other. About the time a Federal appropriation is exhausted the Indians at that particular agen cy become restless, and by the time the aboriginal gets a good nfle, plenty first-class amunition and a sharp tomahawk, lie is ready to be just as mean a his white brother under the same general circumstances. He has learned rhat nothing will hurry up flour and blankets and other needed things, cjuicker than a little rapine and murder, and is pretty certain that oar government only keeps faith with Indians that carry good rifles. If e sees the peaceful Indi an neglected and suffering, and in his simple form of faith, seeing is believing. It pays to kick up a fuss and he does it. If there is anything in the transcendtalism that enunciates the "Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man,'" then it might be well to apply it to this case. Abolish all race dis tinctions aiul treat the red man or J i last jrone into the White House to live. Everything is as neat and bright as a new pin since the old house has been fixed up. The President will occupy for a sleeping-chamber a room that hasrarelv been used for that purpose by his predecessors, though Gen. Grant' occupied it for a short time. It is very spacious, measuring about thirty by twenty feet, and is over the private dining room. It is fully as large as the Red Parlor down stairs. During General Grant's two terms this room was known as "Miss Nellie's room,'" being usually occupied by his only daughter. The chamber is on the north side ol the house and with the smaller room adjoining occupies the northwest correr. The sun never shines on the large room. The small one will be so to speak, the President s boudoir and communicates with the larger one by a mahogany door. The question that has lately agitated our society circles is, "what lady will 'prcsidV at the White Umiso, and assist at the receptions, etc'r' But it has been settled by the President, who says that the wife of a member ofhis Cabinet whose' name :s not yet made public will assist him in dispensing the hospi talities of the Executive Mausiou. In fact he expects all ladies of his Cabinet to come to the rescue in doing the honors. His married sister has cares enough of her own and the unmarried one is not physically able to perform the duties. There will be none but formal entertainments given at the mansion this winter that is to say dinner parties and public evening receptions. Xo one will be there on whom the ladies can call so ciably as they have been in the habit of doing heretofore. Ax effort'is hoinr made in Cali-j fornia to rc-organizo the Working men's Party. It did iomu harmA- v- A1-IKN"-and more good while it lived, but any resuscitation of it now w. would simply amount to' a piece , J club, at the service of the la.-t" & and bet political purchaser. j MISCELLANEOUS. I'ArtIV I MISCELLANEOUS. vs i "9 (st'.vKssoUS to Ji. . i.ai:si;n.) NEW TO-DAY. IS82. Harper's Magazine, ILLUSTRATED. Wholesale and tv!:ill dealers m ,s m?8Ge-nGi & wholesale and Betaii Healer t i Provisions, Lumber, "Alwavwancd. aiw.i. stood. alivas mi-j proving.' Ciialk 1-KAXris a hams. .lr j llarptr' JttaitaUne, the iao-1 iomlar il-! liisrratel H-rIodica! in i!if world, begins " sixrv-fomih volume with the December j Number. It represent what i bc-t in j American liutraturc anil :irt: amliNiierJcfil j success in Knsland where it hasaluady a eirculatiiiu larucr than that of any English I Magazine of the -auie eias luts oroiijjht J into its service the mot eminent wnler1; ami artbts or Creat Dritam. The forthcoming volumes for 12 will In ever;. u-jhh- sin-pa- their predecessors. HARPER'S PERIODICALS. Pit Venr: HAi:rKi:.s maazink .t. m m llAKPKirS WEEKLY -.. I 0 HAKl'EK'S J'.AZAI' - 4 U& ; The THREE alw.e piiblienlioiis lo iu l Any TWO above named 7 w HARPER'S YOUXH PEOPLE: - 1 " HARPER'S MACAZIXE , -., HARPER'S YOUNC PEOPLE ' "' HARPERS'S FHAXKLlXSiiUARE LI P.RARY. One Year 32 iiiimbcrsi 10 w Poxlmje I'irr lo all uiwfrUrri in Hit L"if Icrf State ami Camilla. The volumes of the JJntfa:i"ne bepiu with t!ie Numbers for .lime and December of each vear. When no time is speeitied.it will be understood that the subscriber wishes lo be gin with the current Number. A Complete Set of IIai:i'eks Makasuxi:, comprising K Volumes, in neat cloth bind ing, will be sent by express, freight at ex pense of purchaser, on receipt of S2 23 per volume. '"(' ro'itmcx. by mail. pintpaUl, ?3 oo. Cloth eases, for binding, w cunts, b mail, postpaid. Index to llAi:n:ns Ma;azink. Alpha b lieally. Analytical, and Classified, fur Vol umes l"to co. "inclusive, from June. lin,io .June. IRSo. one vol.. vo. cloth. .fM oi. Remittance should be made!. I'o.l flic Money Order or Draft, lo atoid chaiiees of loss. JTetcuniijtcr arc In nyitf iulrfiht nmit without thrcrnrcx urilmii iivv.&. HiniTiir.K--. Address : HARPER & P.ROTIIERS. Xew York For Yaquina Bay, Tillamook and Cray's Harbor. Direct. Provisions; ETC. "ETC.. ETC i-.lt .'i:OR TO .T CKINS S: MOXTOOMEI! Y. PHAl.KKS 1 Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A Oe. end Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents for 3I:igee Stoves and llanges The Rest in the market. numbing goods of all kinds on hand. Job work done in a workmanlike manner. t'OUAER Or !!AiViAA8 JKPFKSISOX STREETS, ASTORIA, - OiaJEQOlff. iiHL j 3n5 It Mp'f,jSJs!: ifto&icery Glass and Plated Ware,! PishM-Hif-us :usd Cannery SUPPLIES AIVKCIALTY.. T X Hoxo Kox exchanges lo Xov. 15th are to liaiul. The fresh ami sparkling brilliancy of these papers is noticeable. The one last opened has a column article on the differ ence between "styles of mummies in the lSth and the 20lh dynasties." It fearlessly takes the position that "three cases and mummy of Qtieen-Ast-em-af, daughter of Masahirti, married to her uncle Menkhepi'rra. The inscriptions show her to have been a grand-daughter of Pinotem and the mother of Pinotem III.' TROPICA! AN'n I)C).MI'STIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together Willi fiB.LipitTol'accoSCiprs The largest and most complete Mock ofi AGENT KOI' TIIK San Jose Fruit Packing Company. AND TIIK San Francisco Chemical ras:s, j ns & &-3& At- f-- ! mr&w?' t 7 l su ' ; li7' - -W; C si -ijSdi. -Ss??. ?. - !yircr4i:SJ,-rssfer-i; 3ll?i-iLJ . - -nrft1' " v -u- Inlheir line Jo be found in the eltj.j Comer of Cass and Sqne:iiie,jhe Sliects, ASTORIA. ORErtON. Barbom's lASTOiUA OUKC.ON. ('AIM, !? -tiH'vt SiiiM i " uiiK I iliis'j.'ciiii ; - MASTER The new Coasting steamer YAQUSNA, JAMES K. DENNY. Will leave Astoria fur thenbou pmts TIUTKSDAY. Ice. "i., IMKi. 1'or freijiht or passage apply at the olhVe )ii doek. C. .1. TRENCH ARD. Agent. There does not appear to be any cause of present anxiety to slave traders of Northeastern Africa and Egypt, as their business is good and constantly improving. The statistics for the commerce for J1SS0 shows an appreciation of fif- , , ., . , .. . . I teen per cent. iSubian bovs are eu devil just as the vrmie lneiid . , , c . , A t , . quoted ut from io to $?o; Aivs- r hend. . . - . , . . . " Coulldiu?. School Tax Notice. mo THE TAN PAYERS OP SCHOOL JL IVtriel "Xo. 1. Clatsop eoiinty. Oregon : You are hereby notified that lhe asM'ssment roll for the seliool ta in !istricr No. l for the year 1SSI. is completed ami will Ik in mv hands at my olllee at linmn &Cos ihvl; for the net sixtx day from date hereof. Pa vour taxes in lime' and saw nwts. .I.e. Hl'STI.ER, Cierk of St-hoo! Disiner No. 5. Astoria. Oregon, Dee. !;. lSl. PRBLILARV-a Salmon Set Twine. Cotton Seine Twins, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton letting, ail sizes. Seines ftlade to Order, Flax and Cotton Twine, Fishing Tackle, etc. BARBOUR BROTHERS "JI l ""jZurket Sti-cel. Smi I'rnneisru HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Manager. ASK 1'OR- UNION INDIA RUBBER CO'S .WSOIfA'CEJIEXI TIME ENOUGH ! HO HURRY ! in:; KJNTD PARENTS TO 1JPY Til Eli.' DEAR CHILDREN I CHRTSTMAS ! Ik the views of the -'London committee of Confederate bond holders.'" are correctly reported, their confiding trust in the gulli bility of human nature is to be admired, and At the same time to he regretted. It is stated that by .teady and persevering' appeals to win over, first, the American pub lic, and then the American Con gress to the opinion that the fourteenth amendment to the Con stitution should be repealded. "When thev succeed in securing such repeal the hopeful London speculators are to try their per suasive powers on certain of the .Southern states, inducing them to compromise their war debt to the amount represented by what they hold in England. The little ob stacles in the way should, and doubtless will, only -serve as addi tional incentives to the enterpris ing committee. Such action must, of course, commend itself lo the favorable attention of any one who has confederate bonds to sell; and if those who want to invest in such securities can be got to look at it the same way, we may sinians, fair to choice, $50 to $90 Some small lots are held at -lftO and $125 each, but those, we no tice, are outside figures. Xoav that 18S1 is nearly ended and the old stock of worries about used up, r fresh lot of scarc-re are being fixed up. The first in the field is, of course, an Ohio man, who predicts that in 1384 it will be intensely warm all over the United States. Very likely there will be a Presidential elec tion, you know, in '84. The most convincing proof of President Arthur's sagacity that we "have noticed, is the fact that he absolutely succeeded in keeping his Message and its statements and recommendations a secret from everyone. For tho last twenty years the Now York editors knew the principal points of the mes sage loug before Congress had heard it read. Fivjj thousand men are at pres ent engaged in laying the track of the Northern Pacific railroad. It is thought that if fine weather continues, the gap of 700 miles between Montana and Oregon will be closed next vear. and : iW YEAR'S GIFTS Wholesale Icaler n lhe ":iei lie Coast are Orersfoelieri Altogether this sea son iilli HOLIDAY WOODS! Consequently there is ISO IVK CJISSITl anj tonger TO 3VY I 200 PER CENT 5 H k(at:ecissiBSszz!:::csi:2;s:Kszsci;nici iROFIT On -uTy thins you have in nirclia to Kwji t:p the hm1 old i-iisto:n. IMerrint; to the almve fiiets, the uiuler Mgneil respectfully announce that he has received advices of :i consignment nuulo t" him of an extensive and raieftillv selected assoitnieiit of I-TI'ST CLASS HOLIDAY ('OOPS :uid TOYS, which are to he otreied at inivate sale for a few days at Priees ixlileh will Asfonixh the ratie. After which ni Saturday, December 24th, All the?vtocl; rcm.iimng n hand v. ill leold At Public Auction Mxil the contipnenmt ciowjd out WITHOCT KESEKVi". i. V. IJOXiOEN. Auctioneer. run ram .nin iro ri S&'ia' iX i: m t I w m. THE ASTOKEAN. STEAM PRINTINC4 HOUSE IS STIT.L UKCEIVIXU CDXPKIN "UKXTS OF fk flXi Jewelry, Sfationerv, Dolls, Toys, Albums, Books, Celluloid Goods, JET, SILVER, GOLD, Work Boxes, Escritoires, Pas sementerie, Plaque, Bijouterie, AXI A VAIJIETV OF KLKCJAXT DKSKiXS IN OKXA5IENTA1. W01IK OF KVERY KIND THAT WILL "WELL "RE PAY A VISIT. COME AND-SEE ITS. THE SINGER SEWING- MACHINE. ST n M A r. H i'ri, iinili-isitnicd r.ictfully nolilic tho I U tl r J Mjj .iiiljli -ili:it liiuniltifiiapiMi'mtcd j .ttiont lor tin .NEW IMPROVED SINGER, Rubber Boots and Goats. P.KAVAUK fl- IMITATION ! lb miic llic !iiii :itv itaiiiX'd I'lt.li'K I'lKitil" nittlic heel;, ami have the I'UKt: r ;'. SVJilXCS on the fiiit :tml intcp. which jircxciits tiicir cmckhi nrhronkm. n' will histiwiiv :is Ionic :t :iny nthfix iii:!iii:r.u-tiircd. r)K SAI.K J'A ALL IM'ALKKS. ALL KINDS nUniM'i: I'.KI.TINC. TACK- 1M1. HOSE, HIMIINOS. CLOT1IIX'. HOOTS AND .SUOl. Ltr. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. K. H. PEASE. Jr. S.-M.KI'NYOX. Agents. S:m l-'nitu'iiPo. HOLMAN'S PAD. rei: Tin: HAS TMK FASTJiST AJVJ) HEiiT VRKH&Ii AXJf'r YPE OF TUB LATEST STYLES. EtUlt TnAOE MAKS. LIVER, AND KIDNEYS. In all cases of liilliouiii'vs and inalaiia in every fonn. a preventative and run of chills, fever and diunbajiue, Ur. Holman' Pad is a perfect success. And for ilyspeiin. sick hcadnchc and nervous prostration, a tlie pad is applied over the pit of the stomach, thejjrcat nervous centei.it anni!iilat"s the db-ease at once. Itreculatcsthelivrrand in.tf-li o mic cevsfuriy that digestion lieconn perfect. rrof.l). A. Iemissays: "It is nearer a universal nacea than auytliiu in medi cine." This Is done on the principle of :th sorption, of which Dr. Hohnaii's Pad is the only true exponent. For all kidney troubles. ue Dr. Holmau's Renal or Kidney Pad, the het leniedv in the world and recommended lv the mediral faculty. Bevare of Bogus Pads. Each genuine Holmnn's Tad hears the pri vate revenuo stamp of tlto Holi::un Padl'o.. with the above traIe mark printed in jjnvn. Hay none without it. For Sale by al! Druggists. Dr. Holman'sadUceisfreo. Eiill tn-atiM sent free on application. Address: 1 10 I.MAX PAD TO 7U Hroadway, Xew York. 1. O. box 21 li He is now prepared toofier these unmnllcil rfewinn Machines on sueli ternit as cannot fail to meet Jhe wants ot everybody in need of thi iiidiNiR'iisable article of lioiiiclioM furuituiv. Liienil discount made on extsli Mile. To thus. doirin it 1 will sell on the ii.stalnient plan. Five dollars a month, 17 cents a dav, Uevi than it costs :i smoker for eitpirsi. will soon purchase your wife a Singer. The Best Sewing Machine Ever Put Together. Old Sewing Machines taken in exchange. Attachments. Needles, Cotton. Oil. etc.. ai wavson hand. Call and examine the Singer Sewing Machine and the variety of work it can pel form at E. C. HOLDEX'S. Agent Singer Man. Co. I G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMiTHING.. At Capt. Kogcrs old stand, corner of C:l-.s j and Court Streets. Ship and Cannerv work. Horsoshoeiuc. Wasons made and "repaired. Good work guaranteed,. Piles! Piles! Piles! A Sure Cure Fouiul al T.asl I IVo On' T'il SnIlVrl A sure Cure for Wind. Weedimr, Itching and riceratcd Tiles has been discovered bv Dr. Williams, fan Indian Kerned v), called Dr. William's Indian Ointment. A single 1-ox has cured the worst chronic eases of i."i or ro vears .standimr. No one need suffer lhe minutes after applying this wonderful soothing medfeine. Ijotions. instruments and electuaries do moie nana than good. Wil liam's Ointment aborbs t lie tumors, allays the intense itching, particularly at night af ter getting warm in bed), acts as a poultice, gives instant relief, and is prepared only for Piles, itching or the private parts, and for nothing else. Uead what the Hon. J. M. Coffinburry of Cie. eland, mi vs about Dr. William's Indian Pile Ointment : I have used scores of Pile Cures, and it affords me pleasure to say that I have never found anything which gave, siieh immediate ami permanent relief as Dr. William's Indian Ointment. ! lam pnTn In' oil iltiurmitc ! mii1n! in .it. rill .SUL l -'- " iiiv. wi. .- cciptof price. 51 00. 1 HPARV& CO.,Proi)'.s. Cleveland, O. Hodge. DavLs & Co.. Wholesale Agents. J rortland, Oregon. Crc We purchase Paper. Cards-, intt. and oilier mateiiairtof lhe mnimfiictiiieis &jt XjiO"Kro53l: C?is23- JEL&-t&'i&t And can theiefore :itTon!:o use, as we alwaxdo. the host articles, while charging OjSTLX IVd'CESDEL--ES 3PXIX03E3S. Cards, Envelopes, Circars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads. THK KVKUV HAY WANTS OFJiTIIK COUNTING ROOM AJJD TOR WOKKSHOV AKR SIU'I'MKO AT PRICKS WHICH CAN NOT UUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL. THE ASTORIAN, gg5ggSeH- (DAILY AND WEEKLY) - - , . 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