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Vol. xvi.
Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 24, 1882.
No. 123.
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MRS. IiINCOIiST.
He? Government Bonds Insane on
the Question of Poverty.
A member of the family of Mrs.
Lincoln, the widow of the &
President, is in tlie city. In speak
ing of the recent act of Congtess,
donating to Mra. Lincoln 815,000,
and an additional pension, he said
it was unnecessary, and on being
asked why, ho said:
"Mrs. Lincoln has 35,000 in
vested in 4J- per cent government
bonds. In addition to that she had
before, a ponsion of $3,000 a year.
This was ample for all hor ex
penses, and, if it had not been,
ber son would have made it'up to
her. The fact is, her mind is com
pletely wrecked, and she is insane
on the question of poverty. She
has been fearful for years that she
should come to want. Her son has
dono everything possiblo for her,
sparing no pains, money or atten
tion to make her life pleasant; but,
because he has not favored her de
sire for an" additional pension from
Congress, she has entertained hard
feelings towards him. 1 know
when she got her original pension
of 13,000 that ho used every ef
fort with Congress to defeat the
measure, knowing it was not neces
sary. This very much incensed
Mrs. Lincoln, who was possessed
with the idea that sbe was in great
danger of coming to want. She
had been some years in Europe,
and when she returned she brought
back fifty five trunks and no end
of bags and packages, the freight
on which was $355 from New York
to. Chicago. She has been in the
4jsbjtiof ' going out frequently and
bdyafife fourteen or fifteen silk
dresses'-in,ono day, and then going
home and putting them in a trunk
and storing ttienf. Of course they
never were taken out or used.
This idea that has gone out that
she needed anything has emanated
from Tier own mind, owing to the
fact of her insanity on this sub
ject, and had no real foundation
Her son, the Secretary of War,
i3 very sensitive about the matter,
and has dono all he could quietly
to defeat any such action; but his
position is such, and he feels so
delicately about the matter, that
he has been unable to prevent the
measure coming before Congress.
Of course, patriotic considerations
Becured its passage when it was
brought formally to tho attention
of Senators and Representatives.
K may be right in one sense to
have a bill passed, because it hu
mors tho whim of a woman, whose
mind was wrecked through the as
sassination of her husband while
in a public position, and she is
afflicted with a diseaso which cer
tainly will result fatally in a few
months, and she can live but a
short timo anyhow, so that it is,
no doubt, just as well that tho act
was passed, but that sho has ever
wanted anything is not truo, nor
indeed is it possiblo that sho ever
could want, -with her own fortuno
and tho watchfulness of her son,
to do everything to "alleviate her
sufferings and cares, mental as
well as physical bereavements."
Washington Letter.
Xdeasof an Old Journalist
Jame3 Watson Webb said on
his eightieth birthday, Wednesday
last: "The great want, in my
opinion, at the present day is a
journal which shall bo -perfectly
independent upon all questions in
which party principles aro not in
volved, and in which .the editor
shall be strictly responsible for
everything that appears in its col
umns. We have no such paper in
existence to-day. During my timo
tho editor and hi3 paper were sto
identified that it was impossible to
separato tho two, and in" conse
quence the editor wb held strictly
responsible for everything that ap
peared in his paper. Now, news
papers are made to be sold. In my
time the newspaper had its Sub
scribers. Now, while the news-1
papers of to-day publish fifty cop
ios where those of the former pe-1
riod did one, they do not exert
one-half the moral influence. In
mv day tho 'editor of every paper
was known, and was held person-1
aliy responsible for what he print
ed. That made them cautious
what they said. There was never
a stronger party paper in America
than tho Courier and Enquircr,nnd
yet it was always bolting."
Defense of the Railroad Land Grants.
E. H'. Talbott in a letter to the
Now York Herald, sums up the
advantages which have accrued
from land grants to railroads. He
says' when, in 1871, the building
of tho Northorn Pacific was begun,
the population along its lino from
Duluth to Bismarck did not ex
ceed 2,000. In 1879 it had reach
ed 75,000. Not one mile of the
road would have been built to-duy
but for the land grant. As late as
1873 an army officer reported that
these lands were a desert of bleak
alkali. In lobU tins desert pro
duced 9,000,000 bushels of wheat.
In 1802 and 18G4 the grants were
made to tho Union Pacific. Tho
last rail was laid in 1S79. From
that date to 1880 the population
of Nebraska increased from 100,
000 to 400,000. The Kansas Pa
cific completed 420 miles west of
Kansas City in 1870. In 18G9
the corn crop of the State did not
exceed 4,000,000 bushels and tho
wheat crop 2,800,000 bushels. In
1877 tho corn crop was 103,000,
000 bushels, and tho wheat crop
14,000,000 bushels. Of this, ho
says, fully one-fourth was produc
ed by the country actually devel
oped by the road. The Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe was
completed in 1872 and up to 1879
over, 1,000,000 acres of its land
ld been sold and 4,000,000 acres
of Government land continguous
to its lino. AH government lands
within tho limits of the grant were
pre-empted at S2.50 an acre. He
concludes that there is not a single
substantial reason for the forfeit
ure of the unpatented portion of
the grants. In short, tho land
grant is tho great civilize? of tho
age.
Russia and Rousseau's Predictions
The present political stato of
Russia recalls with peculiar force
tho prediction concerning that
country mado by Roussoau about
1774 and published in his woll
known work on the "Contrat
Social."
''With nations as with men," ho
wrote, "there is a period of matu
rity that should not be anticipated.
To do so is to impovish results.
The difficulty is that it is not al
ways easy to determine that pro
ciso period in tho life of a nation
when tho pooplo can bo brought
to recognize and submit itself, in
tho interest of tho commonwealth,
to constitute laws. One nation at
its birth is capable of being dis
ciplined to a voluntary recogni
tion of-and submission to promul
gated laws; another would not be
so in a thousaud'years. The Rus
sians will never thoroughly and
truly brcomo a law-abiding peo
ple. This is due to errors cem:
mitted by Peter the Great. Tho
genius of Peter was but that of
the imitator, not the true genius
which, with inforior means, still
attains perfection which out of
nothing creates all. His edict was
to tho effect that from a barbarous
people they should instantly bo
corao a civilized one, and from tho
moment he so desired it he in
sisted on assuming tlfaUthe trans-
formation had been effected. He
saw that his people was a barba
rous one; be failed to comprehend
that n period of educational trans-
Uion was necessary before nnpob
ing upon it laws such us oould
only bo understood and would
only be recognized by a civilized
people. He visited Germany, ami
returned so impressed with Ger
man civilization and procedure of
government that he determined to
make his people as tho Germans
were. He next visited England,
and his residence in that country
so modified his viajvs in respect to
Germany, that when ho returned
to his own people, ho set about
making Englishmen of them.
First Germans! then Englishmen!
when ho should have begun by
making Russians of them. Ho
perverted their proper genius, and
in this way, persuading them that
they were that which they were
not, ho prevented them from be
coming that which they should
and might have been. Ideas of
inordinate vanity and ambition
were implanted ou a falso and dis
integrated basis, the consequence
of which will bo tljat Russia will
one day want to subjugate Europe,
but will, instead, be subjugatod
herself."
Money and Its Uses.
One celebrated writer gravely
exhorts his countrymen, in order
to banish all vice nt'ouce, to "throw
their money into the sea." But is
not all this empty cant? Is there
any solid reason therein? By no
means. For, let the worid be as
corrupt as it will, is gold or silver
to blame? "The love of money,"
we know, "is the root of all ovil,"
but not the thing itself. The fault
does not Ho in the money, but' in
them that use it. It may bo used
ill; and what may not? But it
may likewise be used well; it is
fully as applicable to the best as
to the worst uses.
It is of unspeakable service to
all civilized nations in all the com
mon affairs of life; it is a most
compendious instrument of trans
acting all manner of business, and,
if wo use it accordiug to Christian
wisdom of doing good. It is true,
were man in a stato of innocence,
or were all mon "filled with tho
Holy Ghost," so that liko the in
fant ohurch at Jerusalem, "no man
counted anything he had his own,1
but "distribution was made to ov
ory one as ho had need," the use
of it would be superseded, as wo
cannot conoeive there is anything
of the kind among the inhabitants
of heaven. But in the present
state of mankind it is an oxcellent
gift of God, answering the noblest
ends.
In the hands of his children it ia
food for the hungry, drink for the
thirsty, raiment for tho naked; it
gives to the traveller and stranger
where to lay his head. By it we,
may supply the placo of a husband
to a widow and of a father to the
fatherless. It may be a defenso
for tho oppressed, a means of
health to the sick, of oaso to them
that aro iu pain; it may be as eyes
to tho blind, as feet to the latno;
yea, a lifter up from tho gates of
death! It is, therefore, of tno
highest concern that all who fear
God know how to employ this val
uable talent; that they bo in
structed how it may answer these
glorious ends, and in the highest
degree. The Rev. John Wesley.
Losses of Irish Landlords.
Irish landlords- lose 100,000,
000 a year, tho interest on 2,500,
000,000, by tho reduction in their
rents. Tho liberal-administration
in England pronounces this enor
mous fine, inflicted by . three men
sitting in an extraordinary court
without a jury, as just, and it is;
but what shall be said of- English
rule under which this sum has been
yearly extorted for a generation,
and what of an economic system,
which, after forty years of freo
tr.ido, loaves land worth to tho
owner in fee no more than in 1840?
Is there a. patch oven, in New
England of which this can be said?
It may not bo generally known,
says Loudon Truth, that a man
wearing dark clothes is more Hable
to infection from contagions dis
ease than he who wears light-colored
garments, because particles
which emanate from doooasod or
decaying bodies are much moro
rapidly absorbed by dark than
light fabrics. This is easy of proof.
Expose a light and dark coat to the
fumes of tobacco for five minutos,
and it will be found that the dark
one smells stronger tnan the other
of tobacco smoke.
The new invention by which
printing ink is made luminous in
the dark, so that printing be
comes legible by its own light,
is widely extended. A paper in
which this material is used is to be-
published at Turin.
If the English language were
divided into one hundred parts,
sixty would be Saxon, thirty wonld
be Latin, including, of course;
the Latin that has come to us
through the French, and fiveirts
would be Greek. j.
The use of steel for, marina boil
ers and other workT of the-Lmo
nature has been a good deal crit
icised" of late. It is.objectedT. that
steel is oasily mado brittle, and
not a trusfworthvTubstitute f
iron. .
Professor Huxley says that those
who have taken an 'active part in
science should be killed at sixty,
as not being flexible enough to
yiold to the advance of hew'ideas.
He is himself nearly fifty-seven.
One of the latest thoories ad
vanced is that apples aro more, nu
tritious than potatoes, and in Corn
wall, England, workmen Bay they
can work bettor on the fruit thau
on the vegetable.
Sherman Bros. ExprPMi
Will receive orders at the. store of 1.
W. Case fox upper Astoria or any other
Bart of tho city. Leave your orders en
ic slato and thoy will be promptly at
tended to.
Boom to Bent.
Anyone who wants a nicely furnished
room in a pleasant locality can bo ac
commodated at Mrs. Denny Curran's,
near the Congregational church.
Xotlee to the Public.
1 have opened a new boot and shoe
store on tho roadway, and am prepared
to do first class work in mv line.
. ;
I. J. Ap.vold.
Opposito O. R. & N. Co's dock.
Xotice.
Jiratceceived per steamer Columbia,
a fine lot ot eastern oysters, .which will
be served up In first class style at Ro--cocs,
Occident block. "
Buy the Weekly.
The WekkeY Astorias for this
week U full of just such information
and news of the country as your friends
in the east wanftd see. It has very
few advertlseraonts.-and Is chock' to the
muzzlo'of Information' tnat no family
can successfully squeeze along without.
Two dollars'wiil buytbe whole wad for
a year, St 23 for -six months, or ten cnta
per copy. ' ,
Frank Fabre has oysters In every
style. Stew and pan roasta asprclalty
The Peruvian syrup haa cured thou
sands who were sufferlne from dysueii
ala. debility, liver complaint, bolls, hu
mors, female complaints, etc. Pamph
lets free to any address. scthW.FnwU
& Sons. Boston.
- .a.CUU(ll,vOiU vt avjc liuuaiauuiuu uo
A A- nL AHlfJ M AteA ihAfti ftBYri4 l.n
Stopped. -egiecnrequenuy results in
an mcuraoie lung uiwhmi m-consumption.
Brown's -Bronchial troches do not
disorder the stomach-like, couh syrups
anU UaiSUlUH, UUl tlCl UUKUI ll LUC 1U-
flamed parts, allaying irritation, give
relief in asthma, brenchitis: "eouahs,
catarrh, aud tber tnroai trouDieswuica
singers and pttbric-'speafei$jilfe3ubhs!t
to. V or thirty years prow u oroncniai
troches have tbeenKrecoro'mended by
phystclari37arid781fiays.,8ivo . perfect
satlsfactioir.t -Having been '-tested by
wlrhiapd constant jts.-fbtrcwrly.-aii.on-tlrc
generation thxhttwtained;ell-morited-5pnto"JHnonj?fte
fer -staple
remedies of the .age. Sold at 23 cents a
oaxsverytfbere.
Eastern Oysters.
Another line lot-of Eastern Oysters
lust received at Roscoe3, per steamer
Uregon. Occident block.
The Weekly Ailonan
Is t mammoth shout, nearly double
tho size of the Daily. It Is just the pa
per for tho fireside, containing In addi
tion to all the currant news, choice mis
cellany, agricultural matter, market re
ports, etc." It is furnished to single sub--crlher-5
at S2 00 per venr In advance.
War! Warl Warl
Water front offered free to any person
that will build a saw mill In the city of
Wllliamsport. Lumber we must have
to huild this. city. Vf e have one store In
running oraer at present, ymto a num-
ber have already
lc
ocated homes in this
city, and yet there is room,
Sold ou
time to .suit purchasers. Located one
mile south of Astoria, on the sunny side
of the hill, on Young's bay.
J Williamson, Sb.
Hall's Vkoetable Sicilian FIaib
Renewed la a scientific combination of
some of the most iwwerful restorative
agents Iu the vegetable kingdom. It re
stores gray hair to its original color. It
makes the scalp white and clean. It
cures dandruff and humors, and falling
outot the hair. It furnishes the nutri
tive princtple by which the hair U nour
ished and suoDorted. It makes the hair
moist, soft and glossy, and Is unsur
passed as a hair dressing. It is the most
economical preparation ever offered to
the public, as its effects remain a long
time, making only an occasional appli-
cation necessary, it Is recommended
a'nd used by eminent medical men. and
officially endorsed by the State Assayer
of Massachusetts. The popularity of
Halls Hair Renewer has fncrersed with
tho test of many years, both in this
country and in foreign lands, and it is
now known and used In all tho civilized
countries of the world.
For Sale nv all Dealers.
Get your legal, blanks at The
Astobiajt office. A full'line of over
two hundred styjes.
HFAH citizens of Oregon who desire
to intern their friends In the states of
the condition and progress of this state,
can have no more complete and compre
hensive volume of facts to send them
than by subscribing for this Journal,
and bavins us mall It weekly to their
friends. We mall It as directed. For
.5 00 ia advance, we mall three copies
of Trcfc Wkkki.y ASTonixsone year.
MISCELLANEOUS.
gteinenweber & Co.,
a uuxxxwxiisit. n. bsowk
ESTABLISHED 1803.
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ASTORIA. OREGON,
.TAMERS AID CDRRIRS,
Manufacturers ud Importers ot
A LL KINDS OF
AND FINDINGS
Wijolrtbaln Dealers la
OIL AND TALLOW.
OTILIshe-st cash price paid for Hides and
Tallow.
A. G. STINSON & CO.,
.BLACKSM1THING,
At Cape Rogers o!d stand, corner of Cass
and Court Streets.
Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing.
Wagons mado and repaired. Good work
guaranteed.
Stephans Varieties !
GRAND OPENING.
A LIVELY KXTKHTAIXMKJST
Havo a new bowllmr alley, tho lariost and
dcsi iu town. Auinuiance tree.
Fainter ' and Ruffner,
UKALEllS IN
OLNEY, - - - OREGON
HANSEN BRO'S.
Architects and Builders,
HOUSE BU1LDIXQ A. SPECIALTT.
"Wo build good boats, and refer to thi se
whom welmc nttcd out (or style and price.
Ah work. U warranted; as wo guarautee
satisfaction in all cnies.
OQco and shop on Cass Street, above
Astor.
HOSPITAL,
ASTOBIA, - - OBEGON
THIS I.NBTITCTION, UNDER CARE OF
the Sisters of Cnarlty, U now ready for
the receptlorTof patients.
any deilrinjc them.
All MIC! 1VU11U 1U1 U.IO tlU.VUMUUUuvu w
Patients ndciittd at ah nours.day o
No physlclaa has exclusive rljsht, every
Datient li fre to snd has the Drivilece of
employing any physician they prefer.
9
Cnlted States Marlon
Seamen who pay Hosprtitl Dues, are entl
tied to Free care and
alien
ndancc at thUHos-
pltal during sickness.
Fcrmlts must be ob-
taioejiioJCLUni
loedl
ttert. atates Hariaes at the Cus-
nm,uouae,
SXSTEBS.OF CKABXTT
MISCELLANEOUS.,
S. ARNDT & FERCflEN,
ASTOHIA. - OREGON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH ftJ!fv'
SHOPgg
AND
ant. ' J-MkM&jT S-,
.. -. V5Kfc
?-Ore53i3W,i- r
vHW-Aftrcf -st-i
Boiler snop 3'
?y
'-
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AND
STEAMBOAT WOKE
Promptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS.
BEjrrox Street, Neae Fakkeb House
ASTORLV. - OBEQON.
GENERAL 8 MACHINISTS ANL
BOILER MAKERS.
LMDlMARIiMENGIKES
Boiler Work, Steamboat Work,
and Cannery Work a specialty.
A. D. Wass, President.
J. O. IIcsTLKit. Secretary.
I. W. Case, Treasurer.
Johx Fox, Superintendent
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Corner Main and Cheoainui Streots,
ASTOUtA -..ORKOON.
DKALKK IS
CIGARS AND T0BAC0,
Tho Celebrated
JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOUr
and other English Catlonr.
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine ETeershaum Pipes, etc.
A lino stock of
Watrhe cml Jewelry, 2Iuszle ami
Breech Loading Shot Guun and
Rifles, Revolver. I'Wolf.
nnd Ammunition
MAR1XK
CLASHES.
ALSO A FIN
Assortment ot,flno SPECTACLES and EY1
GLASSES.
I. "W. CASE,.
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND Rh
TAIL DEALER IN
GENERAL KRCHADISE
Corner Chenanius and Cass streets.
ASTORIA - - - OREGON
MGiXUS C. CROSBY,
Dealer In
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
Fliita anU Steam Fitters
Goods and Tools,
SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD
SHEET IRONi TIN ANDWPER.
CaBBerMFistaensSiIes
Stoves, Tin Ware and House
Furnishing Goods.
JOBBINQ IN SHEET IRON, TIN. COP
PER PLUMBING and STEA&I FITTING
Done with neatness and dispatch.
Nono but first clas3 workmen employed.
A large assortment ot
- SCALES
Constantly on hand
BUSINESS-CAM-
g C BOLOEX,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
ACOTIONEER, COMMISSION AND
SOIIANCE AGENT.
r a. atcixTotiii..
MERCHANT TAILOB,
Occident Hotel Building.
ASTORIA - - - OREGOK
ci . wiXTosr,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Ofilco In C. 1- Parker's building, on Benton
steeet, opposito Custom House,
ASTORIA. -.. - OREGON.
TAX TUTTI.E, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEON
OrncR-Over the 'White House Store.
Residence At Mrs. Munsm" ' boarding
louse. Chenamus street.-Astona, Oregon.
to CltAXtt,3LD,
"physician and subgeon,
Room Xo. 3. ABtorian BuUdlmr.
(cr STAIBS.)
RESiDRNCK-Corner of Benton and Court
treets, Astoria, Oregon.
p P. IIICIiB,
PENTIST,
VSTORIA, .... OREGON .
Rooms In Allen's building up stairs, cornc
f Cass and Sqemocqhe streets.'
J.Q-
A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LATV.
Chenamus Street. - ASTORIA. OREQOf
Q n. 11AII fc CO.,
OEALEB1N
Doors, Windows, Bllnda. Tran
soms, Lumber, Etc
All kinds of Oak Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma.
terial, etc.
Steam Mill necr Weston hotel. Cor. Gen
evivc and Astor streets.
J. H. D. GKAY,
Wholesale and retail dealer in.
ALL KINDS OF FEED,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc
General storage and Wharfage --" ""W
iblo terras., fout of Beaten saeetrAstenMF
Oregon. - " -'
Take Notice.
John Rogers, Central Market,
Hai received a large Invoice ot
BARRELS AND HALF BABBELS
of tho best quality.
And is now ready to supply Butchers Can
neries and all others, cheap for cash.
URAI.KR IK
IsTew and Choice
MILLINERY,
Desires to call the attention of the Ladies ot
Astoria to tho fact that she has received
a lare assortmont ot the
LATEST STYUBS OF
Hats, Bonnets, Trimmings,
, ASH
FANCY QOODS.
Corner Main and Squemoqhe Streets.
. E.Detrick&Co.,
Solo agents on the Taclflc Coast for Tower's
celebrated
OILED CLOTHING,
(Send for price list.)
Importers, manufacturers and dealers in
Twines, Tents, Hose, Cotton Sail
Duck, Belting, WaterproofTar-
paulins, Waterprooi Covers,
Patent Solid Cotton
Belting.
Nos. 5, 7 and 9 Calfornla, and 108.'ll0 and US
Market Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO,
dim
CAIFORNIA-
,. . G. SHITH,
Importer and Wholesale dealor In
Cigars and Tobacco, Smoker's Ar
ticles, Playing Cards, Cut
lery, Etc, Etc.,
The large-t and finest stock of Meerschaum
nnd Amber goods In tho city. Particular at
tention xM to orders from the country and
Chenamns street, Astoria, Oregon.
TUEO.BRACKER. Manager.
CLEANING and REPAIRING
NEAT. CHEAP AND QUICK; VK
CEORUK liOVF.TT, .
Main Street, opposite N. LoeVs;,
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