? ! yC -h -. 'fc. .9,4m& . v jXgTrifc, -y- -wyr y fltfffi 'g -A A -U7. f V Vol. xvin. Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Mqlnino;, December 13, 188! Ho. 62. m Wum j0fc4 , . V 0 IT J JttH t ns DEBASING JOURNALISM. A more repulsive or disgusting being does not exist than a jour nalist who considers it legitimate to ransack his neighbor's closet and parade all the dirty linen he can find before the public eye. To such a man nothing is sacred from publication if it will sell. Of course it will sell. For the' same reason that indecent pictures sell faster than works of pure -art; it will sell, even as ardent spirits commands a more active market than the revised edition of the New Testament. But because there is a quick sale and desirable profit in this sort of blackmail journalism, is not a justification for its publication; if its only effect is the demoralization and corrup tion of public taste and feeling,then it is not legitimate, but inhuman journalism. The keyhole spy, the eavesdropper, the petty mailer, the local blacklister and scandal monger, who prints all the bad smells his inquisitive nose catches on the sidewalk, is not an enter prising journalist nor editor in any legitimate understanding of the word; he is only a dirt' scaven ger who decks out a dinner table for the public with the filthy col lections of his calling; he is a reckless public enemy, an indefa tigable incendiary of the basest and vilest sort. Read the public report of certain sorts of city papers; they are elaborately pre pared and bristle -with sarcasm and low wit, discharged at the lowest, most forlorn, friendless, feeble and needless of Gods creatures of both sexes. Howa human being with a spark ofcsoul can write day after day in a police court, shoot ing satire and ridicule at some wreicncu meorauecr -woman or pauperized man, whose ignorance, weakness and wretchedness call for solemn reflections rather than for jeers and ridicule, is outside of our comprehension; and yet it is this sort of -wretched brutal stuff that is widely relished and called "spicy" by a great many people, who are never so happy as when somebody else is miserable. Journalism may be a public bless ing, but journalism whose enter prise consists in printing the irre sponsible stench and smut of the sidewalk is a curse; it is as lively as a snake and as stupid as sin. .tv writer tm an isngiisn paper A A. "1 ! 1 says: "By the way, speaking of water-proofs, I think I can give travelers a valuable hint or two. For j'ears I. havo worn india-rubber water-proofs, but will buj' no more; for I have learned that good Scottish tweed can be made im pervious to rain, and, moreover, I have learned how to make it so; and for the benefit of readers, I give the recipe: In a bucket of soft water put half a pound of sugar of lead and half a pound of powdered alum; stir at intervals until it becomes clear, then pour it off into another vessol, and put the garment in, let it be in twenty-four hours, then hang it up to dry without wriuging it. Two oi my part', a lady and gentleman, have worn garments thus treated in the wildest storms and rains without getting wet. The rain hangs upon the cloth in globules. In short, they were really waterproof. The gentleman walked nine miles in a storm of wind and .rain, rarely seen in the south; and when he slipped off his overcoat his underclothes were as dry as when he put them on. This is, I think, a secret worth knowing; for cloth, if it can be made to keep out wet, is in every way better than what we know as'water-proof." The Mormons have been thirty years building a granite temple in Salt Lake City, and it will take at least ten more to finish the work, in case it is ever carried to com pletion, which is now considered doubtful. ;There is difficulty in gathering the taxes levied upon the believers for this purpose, and the Gentiles already count on turn ing the structure into a state house when Utah is admitted to the Union. Since January 1st, 18S2, 225 miles of Northern Pacific track have been inspected and received by the government on the eastern side of the Rocky mountains, and 100 miles in addition are now ready lor inspection, making the completed line from Duluth west ward now 1,004 miles long. On the Pacific coast 125 miles of road have been inspected and ac cepted, and 25 more are ready for inspection. By the time the com missioners are able to inspect the section recently completed on the Pacific coast, it is expected that 25 or 50 miles more will be read' for them to look at, inaking the grand total of construction woik during the present calendar year aggre gate 450 miles The officers of the company feel assured that by the end of the present your not more than 250 miles will remain to be constructed to complete the through connection between the Mississippi valley and Lake Su perior on the east and Puget Sound and the valley of the Co lumbia on the Pacific coast. No doubt is now felt as to the ability of the company to connect the eastern and western ends of the track by the first of July next. W. W. Statesman. "Hamlet," it now appears, was a liar of the first water. He speaks of an "undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns," and that, too, just after he has had a windy interview with his father's ghost, that had but recently ar rived from the said undiscovered country. Exchange. "Hamlet" is neither aasubscriber to nor an advertiser in Texas Sif lings, hence we will not be accused of undue partiality when we takd up for him. The apparent discrepancy is susceptible of a very satisfactory explanation. The reason no trav eler ever returns from the undis covered country is sell-evident. If the country is undiscovered no traveler ever found it, and, of course, it is impossible for a trav eler to return from a country ho never reached. If a traveler ever did get to that country of course it would no longer be an undis covered country. It is with Shaks peare as it is with the Bible. The most difficult problems aie solved by studying them in the proper spirit. A history has been published lately of the Roman Chatholic archbishops of Tuam, from which it would seem that the prelates of the diocese long had a hard time of it. Here is description of the celebration of mass there in (Jrom well's da'. "On a Sunda' morn ing a portable altar and a vestment box, generally painted red, were brought into some convenient sand pit, round which multitudes gath ered. The priest, without cap or soutane, hurried on his vestments. The lights on the improvised altar were rushes dipped in grease, stuck in raw potatoes, and placed in lanterns, which served as can dlesticks. Scouts were stationed around, and mass was hurried through as quickly as possible. One of these mass sand pits still exists near Tuam. The soldiers of Boston have sent a letter to General Grant, re garding the vindication of General Fitz John Porter, which says: "No act, whether of valor, or of policy, which has marked your great career, should bring you more honor than your moral cour age and spirit of fairness and justice exhibited in the defence of a gallant Union soldier, condemned on insufficient or mistaken evi dence." The duty on a hundred-dollar diamond is $10. The duty on a hundred dollars1 worth of blankets is $8S. The author of our tariff must have begun life as a hotel clerk. . Mr. M. Goodin, Belmont Park. 1 a., recently wrote to acorrespond ent of the rhiladelphia Times as follews: I have given St. Jacobs Oil a trial on sores andfrcsli wounds of horses, andTmd it to relieve the soreness in a few hours. It is invaluable to. all owners of horses, especially of fine stock. "Be you Dr. Hamilton?'' asked a man who had dropped in at the otfice of the eminent New York surgeon. "That's my name," responded the doctor. "Well, 1 thought, as 1 was in town for a da or two, I'd just call round and thank ye." "You're very kind, but I was not aware that you were under any obligations to me." "That's what I came to tell you about. It's this way: I'd been sick for mor'n three year with the rheumatiz, all the time a-goin and a-cussin'and a-growlin', but the very ininnit I see vour bill for hoverin' around our late presi dent, Doc. I got well. You can't spare no time to come out and take a drink, can ycV" There lives a man in Baker who claims to be the -boss swapper. Ten ycaisago he bought a pocket knife for which he paid $2. He swapped this for a pistol; he swapped the pistol for a shot-gun, the gun for a cow, the cow for a horse and sold the horse for i500. He invested the 500 for the first five years and drew out $2,000. He had the 2,000 out at interest for five vears at ten per cent, and ha now has the result of his knife trade 3,000. The boobies of Northlield col lege, Minn., were having a great deal of fun in changing a physi cian's sign for that of an under taker, when a big kettle of warm tar was emptied on them from the roof of the house. POWDER Absolutely Pure. ThU powder neer varies. A man el of purity, strength and uholesonieness. More economical than the ord.nary kinds, and oan not ne .sold ineomp'lilion with the mul titude or low test, Miort weight, alum or phosphate ioders. Sold only in cohjj. Itov.M. Kakino Pewni'i: Co.. uw Wall-st., If " CELEBRATED V V h STOMACH kY ITTE&S Keuieniber that ;tmninn. Tii.it onnrn-v t! Iife-pnnciplo or whatever yon may choose to call the resistant power which battles against tho causei of disease and death, is tho grand safeguard of health. It is tho garrison of tho human fortress, and when it waxes weak, tho truo policy is to throw in rcinforccmen tr. In other words, when such an omorgoncy occurs commence a course of JioUottor'd Diltors. lor salo by Druggists and. Dealers, to whom apply for llostetter's Almanac for l&K. Barbour's No. 40 f2-Ply SALMON TWINE 1 DORK AND LEAD LINES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 511 Market Street. Haa Fraaelaca Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. t OB n.wsy-tfif km VftmP ff a, JrjfO 91 THEGREIJ -f mm RHEUMATISM, neuralgia, sciatica, umbago, Backache, Soreness effke Chest, Gout,Quinsft.9prM Thrmt, Swell ings anal Sprains, Mine and Scalds, General tidily Pains, -Tooth, Ear and ftojydacke, Frosted Feet and Ears r and all ether Pains olid Acfe. Ko Preparation on. earth wipiihi St. Jacobs Oil as a safe, sure, simpte'tmi ekemp External Beaedy. A trial ataTlrlmt.tat caoparaUrelj trifling- ouUaj of 6 CaataVaitd Twy ooo niffer ing with pain can bTe cbep tad pcltiro proof of iUdalaa. r !?.. Direction in EtTe?rtjsaget. 80LBBTALLSl;DMgT8aAlLEBS A. VOGIXJE1R jfcO., - JBalUmir,M, V. S. A. An Oswego younjf ,hujy made 700 words of the letters"contained in "conservatory," while, her moth er wrestled with the week's wash ng unaided. Education is a great thing for "those who seek it. MOTHERS, BEAD: Gents: About nine yean; ago I had a child two years old and almost dead. -The doctor I h.-vd attending her oonkl not tell what ailed her. 1 nskeu him if he did not think it was worms. He said no. How ever, this did not satisfy me, as I jolt eou-vincaffln.myowja.raiBd-that'feheJiHd. 1 olrtanTed-wboUlet JR a JKffcAXJ. CELEBRATED VERMIlTIGECgennlBela I gave her a tenspoonful in the morning andanothcratnlgntifterwhlch she passed seventy-two worms and was a well child. Since then I havo never been witltont It in my family. The health of mychildrcn M-ntoliintr tholr actions until nhotif iIitith. weeks ago, when two of them presented j mo sanio sicmy appearance tuai fanny did nine ycars.ngo. So I thought it must be woniiH, and went to work at once with n bottle of DR. C. McLAXE'S VriOII 1'UGE !etwecn four of my children, their ages being as follews: Alice, 8 years; Char ley, lyears; Emma,Cycars; John.Oyeais. Now conies the result: Alice and Kiuinn cameoutnll right,but Charley passed forty live and Johnny about aixty worms. The result was so gratifying that I spent two days In showing the wonderful effect of your Vermifuge around Uticn. and now have t lie worms on exhibition lfi my store. Yours truly, JOHN PIPKK. The uenuine JR. C MoLAXES YKR- ; MlKi'Ci: is manufactured only by Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa., and lienr Hie slKiiaturo; of C. MvLniio and Fleinliijr Itro. It Is never made in M. lmis ir Wheeling. I sure yon jt tlic genuine. Price, 25 enis Itottlc. C FLKHIMG BKOS., Pittsburgh, Pa. THE "NE PLUS" PaloutWasliingMacliiiio Only Preniinai at Portland Me chanics Fair is how Ronily. The owners of the SOLE SHOP RIGHT For Oregon will deliver free to nuy ndlmad or stenmboat station on receijit of $rK Specially low terms to dealers. Addrev P. O. Kox 71.t Portland. Oregon. HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. ' Most Complete Stock in Astoria JY ovelties of all Kinds Fruit Both Ferelffn and Domestic Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, OR&X DOCK I. W. CASE, LMPORTKU AND WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL DEALER IS GENERAL MERCHANDISE fonier Chennmus and Cass streets. ASTOKIA - - - OREGON IT. K. DEMENT tt ASTOUTA. ORERON DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, Toilet and Fancy Articles, PATENT MEDICINES, ETC Prescriptions carefully compounded nt all noun. VHoneopalblc Tinctures and Pellets, aaa HaBtaany's Byeellw also kept. HOT. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon, CIIKN .MUS STREET, ASTORIA. mm-: undersigned is pleased to A announce to the puMIc that he has op ened a FIKHT CLASS JErting; BCouse , And ftimislitw in first-class style OYSTER. HOT COFFEE TEA. F.TC. AT TIIK Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, CH EN AM US STREET. Please give nie a call. H0SC0E:D1X0N. Proprietor A. M. JOHNSON & Co., Ropes ami Confute of all kinds. HIocIt. Pulciil nml Itlctlaliur of all sizes. TIi Genuine I.eesons Senfeli Salmon net Twines, .lfermnid Twines: Canvas, all Xn'st Copper Tipped Oars. The best assortment of GROCERIES In Town. The Kest C OFF.FES and TEAS. Try our Melrose Baking Powder Poslthely the best ever made. cAjxixisnaL goods of all kinds put up hybfot PacKcrs. KIchanlson's and bobbin's Canned Hoods. Terms Caali. Profits Small. -C.IVK US A CALL-ffa WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Main and Chonamus Streets, ASTOKIA OREOON DK.VLFR IB CIGARS AND TOBACCO. The Celebrated JOSEPH RODCERS ft. SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOLM ard other Kncluh Cutlery. STATIONERY! FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Fipei, etc. A One stock of Watrket aad Jewelry. Xkssle aal r.Jireeli-fdlajcJIij6mii8 RIHe!rKevlver; litl? aud Ammnaitlen MAKIXP. ALSO A FINK Assortment of fine SITCTACLES and EYE UUtYSSEH. B. B. FRANKLIN, UNDERTAKER, Corner (ihs and Sfiiienioqlte streets, ASTORIA. --- OREGON URAI.Klt IX WALL PAPER A XI) WINDOW SHADES AXD UNDERTAKERS GOODS. Lfeinenwcber & Co., C. I.KIXK.VW'Ki:Klt. ii. unow.v. KSrtlUSHKD l&B. ASTORIA. OREGON. TANNERS AND CUBBRIES, Manufacturers and Importers of A LI. KINDS OF Xan A a?!BC-bJ JHL AND FINDINGS Wholesale Dealers In OIL AND TALLOW. 'HiKhest e.sh prior paid for Ilides and Tallow. A. V. Allen, (St'COESSOU TO PAOE & ALIEN.) Wholesale and retail dealer In Cmknj. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. "Tosethpr with x - ' Wines, LiquorsJobaccoXifars flB !. 1 ?J O r L s A nlHU w n S m CD ssZl IJP-J5 3xo s ....Y., iwiHi'Ma.i WILLIAM HOWE -DKALEIt IX- Boors, Windows, Blind,- iTransoms, Lumber. imSES&. All kinds of OAK LUMBER, GLASS, Boat Material. Etc. Boats of all Kinds Made to Order. : SOnlers from a dbtance promptly attended MISCELLANEOUS. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bkxtox Street, Near Paiikki: House, ASTOKIA. - OIIEGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS .AND BOILER MAKERS. MNDiMARHn'NBS Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. oflrcxarG-s. Of all Ocserlptleas aiade to Order at Short Notice. A. D. AVass, President. J. (J. Hustler, Secretary. I. W. Case, Treasurer. Joiix Fox, Superintendent. S. ARNDT & FERCBEN, ASTORIA. - OREOON. The Pioneer Machine Shop ti'-iiiiSa EIACKSMITTI SflOP .xi Boiler, Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, STEAMBOAT WOKE Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DKAI.KK.S IN Iron. Steel, Coal, Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WKOKOUT AND CUT GALVANIZED Rail. Copper Nails and Burrs, Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packing of all Kinds. PROVISIONS. FJ.OITR AITO 9IKLI, FKKI. Agents for Salem Flouring Mills. Corner Chenamus anil Hamilton Street? ASTORIA, OREGON. 3i. 'KKTnKntF.n. t. wEirrnEijiER. M. WERTHEIMER & BR0. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE Havana and Domestic Cigars lib. 518.Freat St. Saa Fraaolsco A. Yan Dusen & Go. WOULD RESPECTFUIJA' CALL THE attention of the 1'nblic to tho fact that they are Agents for the- following sewing machines, viz : The Improved. Singer. The White, TheCrewn And The Eldrldge. Which they are selling from $35. teSSO. eark ana defy CeatBetitlea. Tersons wishing 4o purchase machines should call and inspect our stock before pur chasing elsewhere, as we guarantee to give perfect satisfaction as regards quality and price. jS?sB3HaS?3's' ;,- i,; T; L j 1f T' Ji'y " f AND Bracket Work A SPECIAJ.TV. . MWI MW1M to, and satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. BUSINESS CARDS. p V.. UOI.DK!V,:. NOTARY PUBLIC, AUGTIOXKhR, COMMISSION AN1 SURANCK AGENT. JK. J.-O. NHAFTEK PMYSICJAX mad BVK6EN. (UF.UTfiCnKR ASZT.) DlHeaMes ertheTferaataSaeeialty. Oftlee over Conn's Drug Store. J. BOKORTH, U. S. I'omailMleaer, Jfetarjr PaMIe, aa4 lasaraaee AgeaC. Agent tor tlioIIamburn-BreeaFlrelBS.Co. of JIamburjr. Oemaay. aad oC tka Tnur elers'Llfe aad.AccMetIa.Ce.f of Hart ford. Conn. " - rOfllce over Wells, Fargo Co's Express Office. G' KI.O V. PAKKEB. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop CoHBty.aad CItjr af Aatarla Oiflce :-Chcnaiuu3 street, Y. M. C. A. ball Itoom No. S. Tjl D. WIKTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. B-Office in I'ithlan Building. Booms 11, 12. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. JAY TUTTIiK, M. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offick Rooms 1,2, and 3. FytblAnBalld In;,'. ItRsiDKNCK Over Elberson's Bakery, op posite Bnrtu & Myers' Saloon. A 1. FULTON. M. . rhyslelaa aad Sarveaa. OFFICE Over A. V. Allen's grocery store. Rooms, at the Tarker House. P P. MICKS. PENTIST, ASTORIA, --- - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner of Cass and Sqemocqbe street. J. K. 1-aFOKCE. DENTIST Oealal Koeais orer Case Mere, Chenamus Street, - - Astoria, Oregon. I Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTOUNBYAT LAW. Chenamus Street. - ASTORIA, 0REU05 G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITH1NG, At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. J. H D. GHRAY, Wholesale and retail dealer la. ALL KINDS OF FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wot, Etc. General storage and Wharfage able terms, t oot of Becton stre on reason - et. Astoria Oregon. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP. John Feely, OITOS1TE KINNEY'S CANNERY Blacksmithing, Boiler Wwk,. and Cannery Repairs All Wrork Warranted. i,'l c4v - t S"