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m; 1,4. m -. t- r. Vol. xvn. Astoria, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 24, 1882 Jfo. 150. SUmlo 2tef0fSML ELECTRICITY AND 1THE SUN In a recently published manual of astronomy it is asfceited that the only true theory, so far sug gested, for explaining the heat of the sun, is that of its contraction in bulk. It would have to contract its diameter ouly four miles in a hundred years to produce as much heat as it now gives. On the other hand it is known that if the j sun was a solid mass of coal it would burn out, in five thousand years, and the. theory that the per cussion of .meteors on its surface causes enough heat to burn up, in each second of time, nearly twelve thousand millions of mil lions of tons of coal generous, lonjr weight tons at that cannot appeal to the comon sense of cither astronomers or coal dealers. In these das of elecliicity it is sliange that a theory has not been seriously propounded that the sun isa great electrical machine. The phenomena of solar electrical storms, which affect our terrestrial telegraph wires, and the aurora borealis, the zodiacal light and the sun spots, point distinctly to an origin in the sun itself. The elec tric lamps which ornaikent our streets give a light which is devoid of heat, but the light has the same constituents as sunlight, and per forms a similar work; photographs are taken with no less clearness, and plants of every kind exposed to their influence grow and ripen with equal success, as was proved by the experiments of William Siemens during the winter of 1880-81. They now produce fruit, that are capable of repioduc tion. The fact that the luminous rays of the electric light are de void of heat is npt an insuperable objection to this new theory. Of cours it takes intense heat to pro duce the light, as is known to every one who allows the current to pass through his body. There is not much doubt that it will be proved ultimately that electricity is the working power of the universe. It has always been declared that no one knew what the attraction of gravity was. Sir Isaac Newton, nerved to the discovery by the apple which fell into his eye, for mulated its laws but the' were the laws of an impalpable mystery. Amber, from which electricity de rives its name, only needs to be rubbed to develop an attractive force known to the ancient world. It may be that the world, whirling cm its interstellar orbit, raises its attractive force by its friction with the universal ether which pervades space. Often, just before thunder showers, men feel as though they could hardly move; it may be because, owing to the increased attraction of the earth, they arc really heavier than before, just as on the sun they would weigh several tons and could be crushed . by their own solidity. It is evident that the uses to which electricity ma be put are increasing in importance every uay: me science, nice a youthful IIercules strangling serpents in his cradle", is a giant irg his infancy. Its sire is Apollo, the sun god; before, it shall have reached maturity it will light our houses and our cities, -clean our streets, rival steam as a motive power, make its masters ubiqui tous, cultivate the earth, mine, dredge and reduce ores, and, in fact, put the famous twelve laborers of the old hero to shame. Above all things it may fight our battles for us. We who mourn that we have no tiav may yet employ electricity in a hundred light, swift, invulnerable little craft, which will play around and plague the elephantine monsters of the European "navies as the gnat once drove Pegasus and the famous white cow lo from land to land. But the thoory that the sun shines and develops heat from electiicitv mav have a bearing on the future of science which is little suspected. At any rate, it enlirc lv removes the blislciing fear that the sun may burn out j-oino time during the next ten million years Pit ilmlelph ia lJrcss. Senate Era3. Speaking of senators teims, the Dubuque Times says: What is the length of a lifetime in the United State senate? We esti mate it at about twenty-f'mr years. We measure thus: On March -Jth, 18o9, Gen. Geo. .feme.-, of Iowa, left the senate, entitled, as an e-senalor, to the privileges of floor. All the members were new except one, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, and the next day even he was gone and a younger man in his seat. When General Jones visited the senate on the 5th of March, I SSI, he saw theie the senatois from thirty-eight states, not one of whom he had sat with on the d of March, 18o9. Gen. Jones to-day is one of the most historic and perhaps the most re markable character in the west. He sat in the senate with Clay and Webster and Calhoun, with Silas Wright, Benton, Crittenden and Jeff. Davis, with Sumner, Sewaid, Chase and Douglas. In the earl part of the century, when General Jackson was president, he sat in the house of representatives with Henry A. Wise and John Quincy Adams. His district included all of Michigan, Wisconsin, Towa and Minnesota. It now has over thirty representatives in congress. He left the senate, not because of his personal unpopularit, but his party had gone out of power in Iowa. The intimate and trusted friend of Andrew Jackson, the partner of Daniel Webster., he re members Jefferson. On terms of personal acquaintance with nearly all our celebrated warriors and statesmen, he numbered among his friends and enemies the mighty red kings, Black Hawk, Keokuk and Poweshiek. A soldier in the war of 1812, Gen. Jones is a young man yet. He walks erect without a cane, with a light and springy step, and claims none of the indul gence and immunities of old ae. FaciGc County. W. T-.'N'oiuiiiationE. OrsTKi-vn.i.i:, Aug. 2G, 1SS2. - The people's political conven tion for this countv was held here Saturday, and having chosen J. P. Paul chairman and A. S. secretary, made the following nominatiens: Auditor, A. S. Bush; county commisioners L. II. Rhoades, Benjamin Hutton and Samuel P. Soule; probate judge, Andrew Olson; SherifT and asses sor, C. A. Heath; Treasurer, F. C. Davis; school superintendent, Mrs. A. S. Bush; Coroner, II. II. Tink er; Surveyor, Jos. Whealdon; Wreckmastcr, Chas. Fsher. The thoroughness with which the Canadian journalists occasion ally gather the news may be in ferred from this brief extract from the Brockville Recorder of recent date: "The Governor-General's hair wants shingling. He passed west yesterday for Toronto, and we had a chance to see the back of his head only, and his hair is alto gether too lonjr." "I had a fall from a ladder and spraijied my wrist so badly," says A. B. Palmer, of Cumberland Court House, Va., '-that I lost all use of my arm. I procured a bottle of the St. Jacob's Oil, and, after rub bing my arm with it, I obtained immediate lelief. I used it like wise for neuralgia, and find it also effectual for burns, bruises, etc." An Old Story Retold, in many isolated neighborhoods the butchers and meat aie scaice, and it is the custom, whenever a farmer has a worn-out cow which he is willing to kill, to distribute her flesh among the people. Such a place is Hardenburgh. a fad to which the l'ev. Jits. C Beeeher is' willing to tosslify. He once ac-' cepted an invitation iodine with j 'a worthy woman in that town, and j in due time set out on horseback through the woods toward her hour,e. When near his destina tion he emerged upon a piece of open ground, and the first living objects that caught his eye wcie a couple of boys digging vigorously under a stump. "Hallo! boys, what arc you after?'1 he inquired in a friendly way, and one of them promptly and frankly answered: "Mister, we are after a ground hog. Mother asked old Beeeher to dinner, and as she liaiirt got any meat she sent us out to catch a ground hog, and as she will give us five cents for it and the skin, we are going to have one if we have to dig up every d n stump in the field. Mr. Beeeher reflected a moment, and then turned his horse's head toward home. Whether or not the boys received the five cents which they were bound to jearn, local history docs not saw Stretching It- It has beeu a popular delusion that the ordinary capacity of the human stomach is one pint. If so the elastic membrane must be as elastic as the membrane of a con gressman. A Xew Yorker was accosted, a day or two ago, by a seedy looking tramp who begged for a dime to get a bit to cat to keep him from starving. The gen tleman chose to be sure that his charity took the form of food and not of whisky, so, instead of giving him money, he wrote him an order to a restaurant to "give the poor fellow a dinner and charge it to me.' Armed with this note the tramp canvassed the situation, Mudied the bill of fare and settled down to business. Beginning with a mutton stew, he followed it with roast veal, corn beaf and cabbage, roast lamb "with mint sauce, two plates of salmon, lobster salad, boiled oirjrs, vegetables of all kinds, pic, pudding, cheese, three bottles of Scotch ale and a cigar. ! There was nothing mean about him. His benefactor paid the bill of $4. 10 when it was presented, and invested the rest of the five dollar bill in a stout cane, with which he walks abroad, looking for that hungry tramp. The attempted bribery of the Star route trial jurors ha been spoken of by .fudge AYylic in lan guage as torcible as generally conies fiom the bench: "I felt so much indignant that I was almost ready to advise the jurymen to shoot the-men on the spot. Scoundrelisifi of this degree deserves no mercy. If it is possi ble to ferret out these scoundrels it shall be done. Give them no quarter. Spurn them with the end of your toes. Xo baser vermin infest the earth." fudge Wylie did not in precise words tell the jury to kick the would-be bribers; but his phrase, "Spurn them with the-end of your toes,' may pass into popular usage. "1 too have caught the fever,1-said Mr. Harvey B. F. Keller, recorder of deeds, Ottawa, Kansas, "and have long been convinced of the merits of the St. Jacobs Oil. The princi pal use to which the Oil has been devoted in my family has been for rheumatism, which disease it sub dues with wonderful quickness.'' The purity and elegant perfume, of Parker's Hair Ualsam explain the popularity of this reliable restorative. P 0 m. a ojJi-v torr i. 1UM x" -3"! 'J: -JfLl. CtX - yoit RHEUMATISM, Metlralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell- ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals Sr. J icons Oil., u a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Bemedr. A trial entail but the comparatively trlfllnc outlay of CO Cent, and every one suffer ing with pain can bavo cheap and rsritive proof of its claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. 80LD BY ALL DS UGGIST3 AND DEALEE3 IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, XTd., V. A'.i. SHORT BITS. Arahi Pasha and his accom plices, military and civil, will be tried by court maitial. A Virginia physician says he has never known an habitual con sumer of jtoijaccQ.to lutye. Jlie fyplfoid "fever. A fisherman- caught recently in his net at Queen's Ferry, a few miles below Chuster. England, the largest salmon eer caught in the Dee. Tt was found to turn the scales at forty, pounds, was four feet in length, and a healthy, clean, nud well-developed fish. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. Tlii" rfiiinlfiiniuv is pale nmt leaden colnntl, with cfiaionul Hushes if a eir ui'iiiMTibc! .-j'Ot on one r lioth Hieel's; the eyes lieeoiiii' ilull; the pupils dilate; an :i7.nri s-:u:oiri li rv.u nloiiB the lower ovi- Siil; tin nt-sf is irritated, mi IK nml BonwUme. bloods; a t.'.olliiu'of the upper lip; oiisUiiul hcadsiehe, with humming or tluoiibtn of the ear; n niiii-u.il o erctbmof saliva; .slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morn ing; jippoiite ariah!e, Miiurtiiuos vora cious with :i gnawing !vn-..itIon f the Mom.tch; at itiirr,entlrcly gone; tleeiing pains in the lomurh; occasional ikiumm unit vomiting; ioIcnt pains throughout the abdomen ; lxiwols irregular, at times iu,tle; Moots slimy, not unfre.tiehtly tinged with Itioml ; I icily swollen and hard ; ut incturhlil; resph-atloiu.ee iMonnlly dial cult and accompanied hy hiccough; cough sometimes drynnd cnnvulsi;unc-.isyand dlturhed sht-p, with grlndingVif the teeth; temper variable, hut general!, irritable. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, m. C. JlcLAXK'S riUUUFUKK will certainly effect n cure. . Ill liming VcrmifuKc he Mire ou . thet;eiuiineli:. C. Mel.AXK'S VIIKMI. I'l";K, manufactured hy I'leming tiros., -I Wo.. I Sheet. l'itUburgh, Pa. 'the in.. i kit is full of counterfeits. ou will 1m riuh! if it has the signature of nam ing I'.i o.. and C. JtrrLaut. It" your storekeeper does not ha.e tS:e genuine, please leport to us. Scntt us a three cent stamp for : h iisd Miineadertising cards. FLmiNU BROS., Pittslmrjrli. 1M. Rfc STOMACH SITTER5 Tli at tcrriblo fcourco fcrcr and amie. and its conpenor, bilious remittent, besides affec tions of tho stomach, liver and boroIs, pro duced by miasmatic air and water, aro eradi cated and prevented by tho use of lto?tettor's Stomach Hitter?, a purely vegetable elixir, indorsed ny iby?icians. and inoro extensively used as a Temedy for the above ctas-i ol dis orders, as well as for many others, than any medicino of tbo age. Forale by nil Drugrists and Dealers generally. III. iiiloi 7 W CELEBRATED If A iiOSCOE'S FISST CLASS Oyster Saloon. Q riII.Mr.S STRK15T. AS! OKI A. r$iK UN'nKKsrf'NKD is l-lcaskd to A auuouticc to the public that in has op ened a FJKVr 'LASS DSIgvfciTSg; House , nd fum'siies :u !irM-eIassstle ovs mis. hot roi-TKi: ti:a. irro. AT TIIK Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, C! IKVAMl'S stiieet. VI lsi- -jive me a call. I!OSrni:;iMXOX, rrnprietor A. M, JOHNSON & Co., Ri1ck :iiid "(ti'diiKP ol'all UIikIh. IlIocUs,. al-! nud DK'ituliiic ol' ul! izts. 0 TIio cuu!M' T.i'C-.noiis S(nlli Salmon not Twines. 3lrii!:iiI Xuinrs: C:ims. nil To"ns Copper TipiKMl Our. Tbe last assortment of GROCERIES In Town. Tho IN-.sl COFKKFS and TILS. Trj osir SIoIi-om Halting-Poiil-r Posltiwly tin- let eer made. CAXKTEXX GOODS ol ail Kinds put up h best rackets. Kiehardsou's and Uobbin's Canned (Soods. Terms Cusli. Profits Small. eo-C.lVE I'S A cun B. B. FKANKLTN, UNDERTAKER, ' Corner t'.u and RtiuemoqhP .streets, ASTOKIA, --- - OUEfSON IlKAl.t'lt IN" WALL PAPER AND WINDOAV SHADES ANI WNDKKTAKKRS ("OOD.S. I'lnin :ti::l Funey SEWING OF ALL KINDS! Mills made in the best stle fiom Jt to $'-0. Satisrnctio:t Gaarantnotl. MRS. GKO. TlJX.r,10R. Net door loAWstou Iloue. jell Boat D5-uLJLcHxxg,- ' WILLIAM HOWE IIaitt;:biTel ret tinted from ISritish Colum bia, is to lc ft'itnd at ids OLD STAND IX CIIAVS Ul'ILDINC V her he is dohu ,i:tST-'LASM AtOItli. OM.Y. ST. HELEN'S HALL, AT SlKIMUTMl'XT. rami: com-s ok teacheks i.oxc i:x- X. -racd in St. IlelenS Hall has jitst been reinforced bv tbe addition ofsiv new teach ers, live of them from prominent educational irstitutioiM of the IC.i-.teni States. Tno of tlie.se are engaged in ttie TdiLsieal Depart ment. Iltn'f in the EiikIMi ami one (MISS ECLI.lCKj in the Art Department. MISS rt'I.I.lCIv is a lady of EnslLslt birth, but educated in this countrj". She was niduated at Vass.ir College, and has since spent much time in tbe best private Studios m the ILt-steru States. She comes with the hij'Iust reeomuu mla'ious for her attain ments and skill :is a teacher or faintlnp and DnIns. Tiii-secoer the hole ground of Instruction in the test Art Schools, embnic inOil l'aiiitr.i in 1-andseape, blower and Still-hfe Mmlics; Crayon. Charcoal, Water Colors. Pencil, -I'eii and Ink, anil Decorative Art in all its branchc--. MISS rn.I.ICSC isa lady of lilienil edu cation and siicr:ni culture, and the Hector and rriticipal of St, Helen's Hall recommend Hit i department of their school to its patrons with entire confidence, being well assured that it w:.s never under :i more competent histnictor. or one ut more varied acquire ments. s..d.tm Equalization of County Assessment. -VTOTICE IS llKIIKKY 01 VEX THAT the lrl Assessment roll of property liable to lie taxed in Clatsop County fur the vcar 1SS2, will be comphncd by the first Monday in October, IS.V2 ; and tin Countv Court pursu ant to law has fixed that day is the time for all persons Interested to examine the same at the County Clerk's oflicc in the Court house in Astoria, in said county, and to note objections thereto if any there shall be. Y. V. PATHvER. ltd County AvscssOr for ClatsopCo., Or. Astori i, Oregon, September Sth, 1882. 2 W PJ M p -H r- L ? 9 r -a en r1 o O .MISCELLANEOUS. S. AIINDT & FERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OUKC.OX. The Pioneer Machine Shop RiaCKSMITH fe-?j. 8HOP4 d-:i- ol. Dunur onutj SPSStfjm All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AX I) STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, EOOT OF LAFAYKTTK STRKKT. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. llKNTOJ.'SrKKKT, XkU l'AUKKlt HOUSK, ASTORIA. - ORHdOX. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. L AL1) CMIRINB ENGINES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. Of all Dcftcriptinnst made to Order nt Khort Xntire. A. D. AVass, J'rcsiilent. .1. ;. IIUhTi.Ki:, SeereLir". I. V. Cmk, Treasurer. .Ioiik Fox. Superintendent. WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Muin and Chonainua Stroots, ASTORIA -. ORI'.UOX DWLKS t.n CIGARS AND TOBACCO, The Celebrated JOSEPH RODCERS & SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUIfc WOSTENHOLM ard othor KneliBh Cutlery. STATIONERY X FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Bleershauni Pipes, etc. A line .stock ol Watt'hrs and .1 eivelry. Iitxr.Ie nml Itrt'ech JiOadinr Nhot linnK nud Klfle.H, RevolverH. PiMtoIs. and Amiuunilion M.tKlXK C'LASSf-JS I AUSO A Y1STL .V-Ssortincnt of line Sl'F'TACLKS and KYK C.I.AHSKS. WAlt IK IF.CL,AJIKI WITHOUT FlltTHKIt .OTIVK r i1-- liil lift frtrmc rT ha i.i. itim!! o lX' l l" 147s ppryi'i'm hi Astoria has anew J -stilt of elotliei ll""! 3IAOK !JY 3IKAXY. Iiok at the priees : Pants to order from - - sjj ou Pants, Genuine Frcneh Cassimere - 12 50 Suits from - - - . - - 2.1 OQ The finest line or samples on the eo.ist to select from. i ,i. i F.AN Y, Cass street, next to Harson's .lewc-Irv store Health is Wealth. Dr. K. C. West's Xene and Umin Treat ment: a speeitlc for llvsteria. Diinovs, ConvnNioiw, Nenous Headache, Mental De pression, fxiss of Memory. Spermatorrhoea, Impotency, Involuntarv l-'miksions. lrenia turc Old Age. caused by over-exertion, self abuse, or oer-InduIgence. which leads to misery, decay and death. One box ill cure recent cases. Each box contains-one months treatment. One dollar a box, or .six boxes for five dollars ; sent by mail prepaid on re ceipt of price. We guarantee, six boxes to cure any case. With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied wilh the dol lars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return themnnevif the treat ment does not effect a cure. tJuarantees is sttetll only by W. E. Dement, dmggist, As toria, Oregon. Orders by ninil nt regular prices. r Jk t Nm w H ico go5 22 SW 5.2 Vl & P ; -'J?l'XS-"i BUSINESS CARDS. p V. 1IOI.DEN, XOTAKY PUBLIC, AirCTIOXKKII, COMMISSION AXD SURAXCE AQEXT. 1K. J. V. SHAFTKfl, riivsici i. ana snrcE. (UKUTSCUER ABZT.) IXhcuscn of tho Threat a ttyerlalty. Ofilcc oer Conn's Drug Store. Q.KLO F. PARKKK. SURVEYOR OF Chit nop County, aad City ef Aatria Ottlee :-Chenanuus street, V. M. C. A. haU, Room Xo. 8. "I O. BUOKTH, r. S. CouiuiiHiIoHcr, .Votary Fakltc, aad Insurance Agtat. Aent lortheIInmburg-BremenFlroIns.Co of llamburjr, (Jermany, and of tbe Tiv-elci-s' Life and Accident IasCo., oMtart ford.Conn. iwronice in P thian Building. Seems 11, 12. Xjl I. WIKTOSI, Attorney and Counselor at Law. a-ironice iu I'i thian Building. Rooros U, I?. ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON. JAY TUTTIiE, M. D. PHYSICIAN: AND SURGEON, Oktick 0er the AYhite House Stow. RK.siDr.xcK Over Elberson's Bakery, op posite I'.arth & Mers Saloon. A li. FUJLTOX, M. . PhyMielan aal SarxesB. OFLTCK Oter A.V. AUea's grocery store. Rooms, at tbe Parker House. Xj 1 H1CKH, PENTIST, ASTORIA, ... - ORKO.ON Rooms m Allen's builduig up stairs, coruttr of Cass and Sn.emocqhe streets. T K. baPORCK. DENTIST Dental Cooiiih arer Cae' Sire, Clieunmus Street. - - Astoria, Oregon. j j Q. A. IJOWLBY. ATTORN'KY AT LAW. Chenamus Street. - ASTORIA. OJUOhU y T. KIJltNF.V. ATTOBKB1T AT IAW. jray bo found at the Court House. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSM1THING, At Capr. Rogprs old stand, corner of Cash and.Court Streets. Shin and OaniitTV work. HorseshoeliLt' Wagons made and repaired. Good work uaniuieeti. -Tii.xxaOxtix)iia. Cleaning Repairing. NRAT. CHEAP AND QUICK. BY UKOKOE X.OVKTT. Alain Street, opposite N. Loeb', HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stick in Astoria Fivcwovhs! Flags! Fruits Itoth Foreign an Daateatie Wines and Liquors or Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, 0 R &ND0CK Notice to Builders. PROPOSALS WILL BE .RECEIVED AT the office of the Point Adams Facstng Company, until noon, Tuesday, September anb. 1SR2, for furnishing the material, and bnlbling or a cannery on tbe property of said company. Plans and specifications can be seen at tbe ofllce of A. Vv. Ferguson, No. ". Pythian building. Proposals nay be ad dressed tolloxSOO. The right to-reject oy or all bids reserved. .T.C.LIDWKLT.. dtf Presides. BOOKS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! CARL ADLKR. A complete, stock of School Books and si'hool .supplies. Anv book used In tap pyjf llc schools of Clatsop' County can be objuped at my store. OARB ADLKR."