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"wwgpfj cu"; . Is, V 1 "3RSw . -, Vol. xvi. Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 31, -1882 No. 102 r 1 Omul) 3tet OUR LAW-MAKERS. A Glance at the National House of . 'Representatives. . Sitting in. Congress to day, look ing down over old and new mem bers, and having the peculiarities of this one and that one pointed out, I thought I might jot down my hints and hearsay, with the view of conveying to you some impression of the governing body of our country. Conceive, then, a huge hall with a glass ceiling, gal leries all around it on four sides, built flush to the floor, and a semi circle of seats in seven rows, the inner iow giving desks to twenty four members, and the outer row to about sixty-two members. Through these rows but eleven aisles from the space in -front of the Speaker, and the three rear rows are penetrated by eight short aisles from the rear. The central aisle, coming up from the door right opposite the Speaker, is pretty broad, and the others are mere paths, rising up step by step like an amphitheatre, so that the members far back can see the Speaker and the people in front of them easily. Every .member has his neat little desk of oak, witli a green cloth lid, and racks beneath the desk to accommodate his la4 books, documents, etc The mem bers sit in short forms or groups of two, three, four or five, thus constituting little clubs', or sets, thrown accidentally together, be cause no man chooses his own seat, that being given him by lot. The Democrats, however, select on one side of the Huuse and the Repub licans on the other; but,-as there are just desksenpugh,.sotne few of "the Republicans 'haveto take seats on the Democratic side. As you look down on this im mense floor, with its green carpet lightened with little green stars, the gilt and buff walls reaching to the galleries, the galleries deep, '-comfortable and drinking up sound hungrily, the deep embossed ceil ing with its symbols painted on glass, the oak clock opposite the Speaker, in the gallery, supported by an Indian and a hunter, and dominated by n spread-eagle of bronze, you are first astonished at the want of orden at the running of a dozen pages up and down, the conversation of members standing up or leaning over each other, the indifforence of many mombers to the proceedings as they write letters, read news papers, or clap their hands for a page; and at the intruders, the ex members, the judges, the commit tee clerks standing around, or loafing on the back seats, or under the galleries. You see at the open doors people coming in, rushing out, dropping into the smoking rooms, which gap out like little cabins, or covers; and next you hear the Speaker from his high box, witrrthe gavel furever in his hand, or near it, calling out this or that; and then a clerk, in a reson ant voice, which sounds above everything, you say to yeurself: "How do they understand any- thing here? Can they do business at all? What a Tiall to ruin the human voice in!" Nevertheless, the work of the sessions goes right on, as in the steamships, where some passen gers.aro praying and soma spew ing, some gambling and some flirt- " ing, and there would appear in the cabin to be no sense or pi ogress; yet the engineers and firemen and captains on the bridges are making the thing go. That is the advan tage of having a Speaker. He is the man on the bridge. Then the commirteos-abput fifty in num ber, each with its jchairman, and most.of them with a little parlor - haden-somewhere about this capi- tol are like the cooks on the ships who are pounding the meat, work-in"- up the dough and getting the meats ready to be eaten three or four times a day. The Speaker commands the House; the clerks are like the firemen who keep up the fires; and the committees rep resent the stewards and coal heaver, who provide the material for fuel and food. Government is one of those things that disap points fearfully the eye and the ear; but, after its work is done, it looks well and reads well. People had better stty away from Wash ington to keep their faith. Their understanding will be improved by coming here, bun knowledge is al ways at the expense of faith. Cincinnati Enquirer. Trials of a Housekeeper. 'I desire to advertise for a girl to do general housework," said a Laramie lady to the business man of Nye's Boomerang. "I have had some little trouble and annoyance during the past 3'ear, and would like, if I could, to get a good girl who would differ in many respects from those i have been wrestling with. Last fall, I heard of a good girl who was working for a neighbor of mine, and went to work systematically to get her. I found out afterward that it was a put-up job on me, and that the neighbor wanted me to get the girl more out of revenge than anything else. She wanted $27 per month and the use of the piano. I was so sure that she was a good girl that I engaged her on the layout. Cleopatra had so many lovers that we had to move the sofa. into the-kitchen -on Sun days, and my husband and myself sat around on the floor while Cleo patra -woed the festive mule puncher. We wanted to throw all the homo influence we could around Cleopatra, so that she would feel perfectly cheerful and like one of the family. She used to wear my dresses when I was away, bnt when I asked her to let me wear her wardrobe she seemed hurt; and her whole system was churned up with convulsive sobs. By-and-by my drossi-s got kind, of shabby, as the result of continuous wear by Cleopatra and myself, so she got discontented aud went away. Then I got a nice girl from Nebraska; but just as she had learned to make a pie that would yield to the softening influence of time, she married a man from Bit ter Creek, who was so cross-eved that, when he wept, the scalding tears would run down the back of his neck. I then procured a girl from the old country. She couldn't speak the English language fluent ly, and so we didn't have a very sociafdo time of it. When I would tell her to wash the dishes she would generally black the stove or brins in a scuttle of coal. I used to pour out my boul at her sometimes and seek her to confide in me, but she had a far away look, like a man who cannot pay his board bill. One day at 'dinner I told her to bring in tho desserts, but she didn't grasp my meaning, and through some oversight, brought in the dish-rag in the tray. She used to wash the children's faces with the stove-rag and brush their hair with tho shoo brush, and in tnat way soon won their esteem and regard. One day while iwe were at the table she brought in soup, and in an unguarded mo ment stuck about seven inches of her thumb in tho hot soup, in order to get a more secure grip on the tureen. In tho first impulse of coy and maidenly surprise she thoughtlessly dropped tho tureen and soup into my husband's lap. My husband is a shy and rather reticent man, hut ho arose with a graceful movement to his full height aud killed her with the carving knife, and kicked her gory remains under the table. After the inquest I got a hollow-eyed girl from Fort Collins. She was an orphan, with pale hair that she used to work up in the hash. She was proud and impulsive in her nature, and ate everything in the house. We uspd to hear her in tho mid lie of the night foraging around after cold pie, and frag ments of rich and expensive grub. She had a singular yearning for jim, and an impassioned longing for preserves that we never suc ceeded in quenching. When the jelly and fruit cake gave out she would sadly turn her attention to cold ham and mustard, with -the smoldering ruins of baked beans, and cold cabbage and vinegar. We stood it till groceries came up so, and apples got to " be $7.50 a barrel, and then we asked her to "send in her resignation. Shortly after that my husband mado an assignment. What I would liko now is a good girl, not so much as a companion and confidential promoter of financial ruin, but more to wrestle with manual labor in the kitchen, at so much per wrestle and board. I'm not diffi cult to please, buc I don't want to pay tho same salary that the cashier of a bank gets, just for the sake of having a pampered menial in the house who doesn't do enough work to drive awav her ennui." Good Resolves fcr the New Tear. On tho 2d day of Januarj , 1882, a business meeting of the prdprie; tors, editora-and-sifters of -this pa per was held in the editorial arena at 914 Congress avenue. The proprietors, editors and sifters were all present. In other words we were both in attendance. Col onel Knox was appointed a com mittee to draw up a select "assort mont of resolutions regarding a swearing-off platform. Tho Col onel retired, and, after an absence of half an hour, returned, accom panied by the aroma of a coffee bean, and presented the follewing: "Resoived, That we hereby swear off using any stimulating bever ages, said swear-off to continue and to be in forco for one year from date, with the following ex ceptions regarding time and place: 1. Solely and strictly as a medi cine. 2. When samples are sent to the office. 3. When laboring under a sense of discouragemfnt, 4. When we receive a new sub ijcriber. 5. When we feel that we actually need something. 6. On any special occasion. Texas Sift ings. Quiet, common, every-day peo ple visiting Washington on official business recently complain that the present administration is try ing to put on courtly airs: that there is a disposition in the White House, and in tho headquarters of some of- the departments to apo the European style of aristocratic exclusiveness. While it is no doubt, a fact that there has been just a little too much "liberty and equality" in connection with the official establishment at Washing ton so much of it in fact, that the horde of offico-seekers and lob byists have virtually had it all their own way yet there is dan ger that in trying to correct this abuse, President Arthur and his cabinet Ministers may go too far toward the other extreme. Tho price of subscription to The Weekly Astoriax has been reduced to S2 per annum when paid in advance. If not paid in advance the old price of &t will be charged. The Westport Shingle Manufactur ing Company are now prepared to fur nish A 1 sawed cedar shingles. Address all orders to them at Westport, Oregon. FnrolnhiMl Kom to fcet At Mr. Munson's lodging house. Sotlee. Just received per atearner Columbia, a fine lot of eastern oysters, which will be served up dn first telass style at Ros coes, Occident block. Taltn Xotlrr. On after this date an additional 10 cents per cord will be charged on all orders for sawed -wood not accompanied by the cash, at Grays wood yard. July 1st, 1881. SUtnny Men. Wi-lls' Ilealth fletiewer. Absolute cure for nervims d&ilitv and weakness of tlieeeneratlvd fuicMonu. 31, at drug gists Oregon Depot, DAVIS '& CO, Portland, Or. Notice. From this date James B. Booker is the only person autaorbed to contract debts or order goods In my name for use at the Knappton Cannery. Joseph Homk. Astoria, Jan. 3, 1882, r . -BachpJb." New, quick, complete cure 4 days, urinary affections- suiaiting, .frequent or difficult urlnatlen, kidney diseases. SI, at druggists. Oregon Depot, DAVIS & CO, Portland, Or.. To tilVe jften. The Astokian. has now reached a circulation which places it at the head of the list of Oregon dallies, and Insures to advertisers thereof more benefit for the amouht paid than may be becured elsewhere. To those who Avish to reach the largest number of o.adors at the smallest expense, we offer the columns of an attractive daily, the success of which from tho very start has been far beyond tho expectations of tho most sanguine. 31 others! Mothers!! 3Iothrs!)! i Arc you disturbed at night-and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering aud crying with the excruciating pain of cutting teeth ? If so, go at once and get a bottle of Mrs.. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, it will relief e the poor littli suf ferer immediately depend upon It; there Is no mistake about it. There' Is not a mother on'-earth who has ever used it, who will Bot tll you at once that it will regulate the bowels, and give rest to the mother, and relief and ealth to the chl!d;fperutlngllke magic. It is perfectly safe; to use in all cases, and pleasant to the taste, and Is the pre scription of one ot' the oldest and best female physiciansandjnurses in the United States. 3oM everywhere. 23- cents a bottle. Peruvian Bitters. The Count Cinrhon was tho Spanish Viceroy in Peru in 1(530." The Counters, his wife, was prostrated by an intermit tent fever, from which she was freed by theuieofthe native!remedy,the Peru vian bark. or. as It was called In the language or the country, "Quinquina." Grateful for her recovery, on her return to Europe hi IRC, she introduced the remedy In Spain, where It was known under various names, until Liiiiiteus called it Cinchona, in honor of the lady who had hroucht them that which was more precious thau the gold of the Incas. To this day. after a lapse of two hun dred and fifty years, science has given us nothing to take its place. It r ffectu ally cures a morbid appetite for stimu lants, by restoring the natural tone of the stomach. It attacks excessive love uf liquor as It does a forer. anffdestroys both alike. The powerful tonic virtue of the Cinchona Is preserved in the Peruvian Bitters, which are as eflVctlve against malarial fever to-day as they were in the days of the old Spanish Viceroys. Wo guarantee the ingredi ents ot the.se bitters to be absolutely pure, and of the best known quality. A trial will satisfy you that this Is the best bitter in'tlm world. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," and we willingly abide this test. For sale by all druggists, grocers and liquor dealers. Order it. Max. Wagner's San Francisco Xa tional brewery beer can't be heat. For the genuine J. II. Cutter old Bourbon, and the best of wines liquors and San Francisco beer, call at the Gem, opposite the bell tower, and see Camp bell. Warranty dee U,qult claim dmls and raortcaats. for lie at this office. Another of those -lino A; B. Chaso organs at the City Book Store. Ilot. cold and shower baths at the Occident hair dressing saloon, twenty five cents. King of the Blood Is not a "cure all," It is a blood-purifier and tonic. Impurity of the blood pobons tbesjs teoi. derange the circulation, and thus in duces many disorders, known by different names to dlstlnRuMi them according to ef fects, but being reaHy brunches or phases of that exeat lienerlc'dlsorder. Impurity of Bipod. Such are DyipepHa, litlllawmcts. Liver Complaint, Conitipaltm, XtmAi Dis order. Headache, Bathacht, General Weak na$. Heart Dixeate.Dropsy. Kt&ney Dtxcae, Pile, RheumaUtmi Catarrh, Scrofula, Skin Disorders, Pimples. Dicers. Sicellinas, &c, dc. Kins of the Blood prevents and cures these by attacking the laiMcImpurUv of the blood. Cherub ts and physicians agree in calling It "thetnns.tgeiiutne-.and etnrh-nt preparation for the pwposo." Sold by Drug glts, SI per bottle. See testimonials, direc tions. &r.,in pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases ot thn, Blood rowped around each twttle i:aMtern OjHters. Another fine lot of Eastern Oysters Just received at Bo3coes, per steamer Oregon. Occident block. Choice Frnit. All of the choicest kinds of a s In the largest boxes for sale at Gray's.- D. Arrlconl Iiodstnj; House, Port laud. Oregon. New house and first class In Its ap pointments. Third street, In K. It Thompson's block, opposite Capt. Ains worth. Rooms by tho day, week or month. Mrs. E. Ariuooni. A'otlre to the Ladles Switches curls and frizzes made from combings or cut hair. Call on or ad dress VM. UnLENUART, Occident hair dressing saloon. Astoria, Oregon. Thr Weekl) Astonaa Is a mammoth shift, nearly double the size of the Dally. It is just the pa ler for the fireside, containing in addi tion to all the current news, choice mis cellany, agricultural matter, market re jxirts, etc It is furnished to single sub scribers at S2 00 per year In advance. Buy the "Weekly. The Weekxt Astorian for this week is full of Just such Information and news of the country as your friends. in tne east want to see. it nas very few advertisements, and is chock to the muzzle of information that no family can successfully squeeze along without. Two dollars will buy the whole wad for a year, $1 50 for six months, or ten cents per copy. t Sherman Tiros. Express Will receive orders at tho store of 1. W. Case for upper Astoria or any other part of the city. Leave your orders en tiie slate and they will be promptly at tended to. "Hough on Hats." The thing desired found at last. Ask Druceists for "Rouzh on Eats." It clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, bed bugs, iceboxes. Various Causes Advancing vears. care. sieknessdiS' appointment, and hereditary predisposi- iiuil ail UfJClulu iv luiu uic flail iujr, and either of them inclines it to shed prematurely. Aykes Haib Vigor will restore faded or gray, light or red hair taa.rich brown or deen black, as may br ' desired. It-soiten ottd-eleausoa-tJta scalp, giving It a healthy action. It re motes and cures dandruff and humors. By Its use falling hair is checked, and a new growth will be produced in all. cases where the follicles are not. de stroyed or the glands decayed. Its ef fects are beautifully shown on branny, weak, orsickly hair, on which a few ap plications will produce the gloss and freshness of outh. Harmless and sure in its operation, it is incomparable as a dressing, and is especially valued for the soft lustre and richness of tone it im parts. It contains n-ither oil nordje, and willnotsoil or color white cambric; et it lasts long on the hair, aud keeps it fresh and vigoious. For. Sale nv all Dealers. STAli citizens of Oregon who desire to inform their friends in the atates of the condition and progress of this state, can have no more complete and compre hend e volume ot facts to .send tlieiu than by subscribing foe this journal, and havinir us mail it weekly to their friends. We mail it as directed. For ." 00 In advance, we mail three copies f The Weekly Astokian one year. MISCELLANEOUS. HOLiAIAN'jS PAD. FOB THE STOMAGH, LIVER, AND KIDNEYS. TRADE UAJUC In all cases of btlllousness and malaria in every f m, a preventative and cure of chills, fever and dumb ague. Dr. llolmmi's Fad is a Eerieci success, apo lor ayspepsta. Mck e.iduclie and nervous prostration, as the pad N applied oer tho pit of the stomach, the great nervous ceutei.lt annihilates the dbease at once. It regulates the liter and stomach so suc cessfully that digestion becomes perfect. Trot. D. A. Loomis says : "It Is nearer a universal panacea than anything in medi- sorptlon.of vthichDr. Holman's Fad Is the only true exponent. For all kidney troubles, use Dr. Holman's Kenal or Kidney Fad, the best remedy In the world and recommended by the medical faculty. Beware of Bogus Fads. Each genuine Holman's Pad beats the pri vate revenue stamp of the Holman Pad Co.. with the above trade mark printed la green, liuy none without it. For Sale by all Druggists. Dr. Holman's advice Is free. Full treatise sent tree on application. Address : HOLMAN PAD CO 7 Broadway, New York. T.O. box 2112. For Sale. HOMESTEAD OF JA8. SLATER. ONE mile from Elk Creek. Clatsop county, 1U0 acres, 15 cleared and fenced, house and barn. A good cattle ranch. Inquire of dwtf JOHN HOBSON. SHIPPING TAGS rpiIE BEST QUALITY, WILL, BE SOLD J. by the hundred, or by the box, printod or plain, to salt easterners, at Thk Astosuh oScs. W 1L mtf 2 1 -MISCELLANEOUS. S. ARNDT & FEROHEN, ASTORIA. - OKEGON. The Pioneer Machine! Shop . . -iAPS". UUAUlvMMlitl v .; SHOPJ AMD l'T Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYKTTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Beston Stkket, Neah Paueeb House, ASTORLV. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. MHO MARINE ENGINES Boiler Work', Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. A. D. Wass. President. J. O. Hustler, Secretary. I. W. Case, Treasurer. Jororl'ox, Superintendent. WILLIAM EDGAR, Comer Main and Chenamus Streets, ASTORIA i OREQOM. scales a CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Thc tioiebnTOHT JOSEPH RODCERS &'SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0L and other Lettish Cutlery. STATIC m E3R Y I FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc A fine stock of iVatrhen and .Jewelry, Muzzle an. Itreerli Loading Shot Ouiih anil RlflcH, Itevolvci-H. Pistols, and Ammunition MAItlNK KLAMSEh. ALSO A F1N1- Assortment of fine SPECTACLia and EY1 GIAhNUS. For Sale. Per British batK "ttanlock" due at Astoria March 1st. 100 Tons No.'l Glencarnock Scotch Pig Iron, 40 Tons English Foundry Coke, 350 Tons Best Hard Steam Coal. Apply to AVO.r.KIN EY, Astoria, Oregon. GiEMMAXlA 15KEK HALL ' AND BOTTLE BEER DEPOl ChK.1A.MC8 STRKKT. A8TOE1A. The Best ot Lager 5 Cts. a Glass Orders lor the CelelrateJ CotaWa Brewery 38 15 HJbt. Left at this place will bo promptly attend ed to. -No cheap 8an Francisco Beer sold at mis piace WM. BOCK. Proprietor. vyat noire, BOAT BUILDER, AT THE OLD STAND. GKAY'S BUILDING FIRST CLASS WOUKT A SPECIALTY. MINT SALOON, OPPOSITE O.K. & N. COMPANYS DOCK. None but the best liquors and clears passed over the bar. VT. SCHULDT. I. "W. CASE, IMPORTER AND AVHOLESALE ANDRE. TAIL DEALER IN GENERAL MEBCEAMSE Comer Chenamus and Can streets. ASTORIA . - - OREGON- "t$mE& EMSSfia BUSINESS ..CARDS; i 'i ' rTri i j f T C. HOLDKff; NOTART5UBLICr AUCTIONEER, COXMlapDH AND SURANCE AGENT. D. A. aicIXTOSH. MERCHANT TAILOB, - ' . .' , . Occident Hojel Building. t ASTORIA - - , 7 OREGON to D. histbi; Attornetjtnd CnuhsiioratLcmr. Offleo In a L. Partart-building. on Beaton" steeet, opposite Custom House,, r- ASTORIA, - . -. - OESOON. J TUTTIiE, M. D. OrncB-Oter tha Whito Houso Stem Residence At Mr. Mnava baaaffite house, Chenamus street, Astoria, Origoa. L CRAX, M. D PHYSICIAN ANLV SURGEON, Boom Ha. a, Aatoriaa BaBdW; (UP STAIBS.) Residence Corner ot Beaton ad Court streets, Astoria, Oregon. p P. HICKS. PENTIBT, ASTORIA, -..- 0K8GON. Rooms in Allen's building tip stalts, beraf of. Cassaud Sqemocqhe streets. I Q. A, BOWLBY. ATTORNEYAT LA"W. Chenamus Street. - ASTORIA. OKEGOK Q U. BAIH dc CO., DKALZB.rx Doors, Windows, Blln&m, Traa- ions, XriHBbftr, Etc. All kinds of Oak Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma terial, etc Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Off evlve and Astor streets. J. H. D. GKAX, Wholesale and retail dealer1 In. ALL KINDS OF FEED, Hay. Q, Straw, Wm4, Etc General storage and Wharf zee on reason iole terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria Orefron. Take Notice. John Rogers, Central Market, Has received a large, invoice of BARRELS AND HALF BARRELS of tho best quality, nd is now ready to supply Butchers Can lerie and all others cheap for cnih. MRS. IDmS'ST, dealer IX Xew and Choice MILLINERY, Desires to call the att- ntlon of the Ladles of Astoria to the fact that she has received a laree assortmont of the LATEST 8TYI.8 OF Hats, Bonnets, Trimmings, AKD FANCY QOODI. Comer Main and Squemoihe Streets. HILL'S VARIETIES. GEO. HILL, ... PBOPBIETOB CHAS. KOHLER, - 8TAOE MANAGER Opra all the Year, Performance Ev- rjr . Nlsht. Entire jtaanse or Pro gramme Oace Week. Comprising all the latest SONCS, DANCES AND ACTS. The theatre la crowded nightly, and all who have witnessed tho entertainment pro nounce It to be equal to any given elsewhere. Mr. Hill as a caterer for the public's amusement can not be excelled. Anybody wishing to spend a pleasant evening and see sparkling wit and beauty without vul garity, should improvo the opportunity and come. Onen air concert everr evenme : serfonn- ance commencing at 8 1 entrance to theatre on Bentn street ; private boxes on Chena mus street. Mrs. P. M. Williamson, DRAUtscr DRESS TRIMMINGS, AU kinds ot IW00LS, ZEPHYRS, LADIES UNDERWEAR, ETC. Corner of Cass and Jefferson atreeta, Astoria . . . jEWStateplag and Drtts Xaklsg deaa to ewer.- , ' w fcr 9 .vi , 'f , J