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Vol. xix.
Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Horning, April 21, 1883
' No. 19.
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I'SI Jy JP Jv I'M' I lr
"IMMENSE."
Few words are commoner in tbe
language of the newspapes than
the word "alleged." To allege
anything, if the old meaning be
good, is to affirm it with the exact
ness of a dispatch. But the parti
ciple of this verb has found new
service. "Whenever any doubt is
felt that a murder is a murder,
the deed is softened to an "alleged
murder." "Whenever a man loses
his watch and his senses, and can
not tell exactly how they went, the
lamentable occurrence is chroni
cled as an "alleged robbery."
According to these new linguis
tic lights an allegation means a
guess. "Phenomenon," applied to
something wonderful and abnor
mal is a common instance of high
flown vulgarity, much in the
mouths and on the pens of persons
who can hardly have compassed
the truth that a shower of rain is
just as positively a phenomenon as
is a shower of frogs, a calf with
six legs, Miss Crummies or an
enormous gooseberry. "Immense"
is an adjective seldom used but in
such a. manner as to confute its
own meaning. Thus, in an ac
count of some discovery beneath
an ancient ruin, it was said that
skeletons of great size were found,
one of them being of "the immense
length of 7 feet 10 inches." If the
length of this skeleton was really
7 feet 10 inches, or 10 feet 7
inches, how could it have been
"immense?" So, too, we read of
walls of "immense" thickness, and
pumpkins of "immense" girth. Are
there, then, no foot-rules or
measuring-tapes to reduce! these
immensities? A "conflagration"
is not the burning of one house; it
is the meeting of flames, as when a
street, town, or village is fired in
several places. "Culminate" is a
verb which is incorrectly used,
unless in respect to something that
has reached the limit of its possi
ble height. "When, therefore, tbe
career of a wrong-doer is said to
"culminate" in the lowest depths
of degradation , the term Is mis
plied, even to being turned upside
down. So is the term "assiduous,"
whon employed to strengthen the
idea or perseverance, if the particu
lar kind of perseverance intimated
be locomotive and not sedentary.
So, too, is "preposterous' unless
elearly denoting the figure which
rhetoric describes as "putting the
cart before the horse." Macmil
lari's Magazine.
'Rise up William Heilly."
"I do not think a person should
be waked at morning, and for this
reason when a man falls asleep he
is in the shop for repairs, as the
railroad men say. His frame and
all its intricate machinery is being
overhauled and made ready for
the next day's work. The wear of
the previous day is being repair
ed. Nature is doing that herself.
She knows what the tired frame
needs just as she knows how to
make the heart throb and send the
blood coursing through the veins.
Then she takes that tired frame,
lays it down on a bed, surrounds
it with the refreshing air of night,
covers it with the soft darkness
and lets the man rest. 'Tired na
ture's sweet restorer, balmy sleep,'
visits him, and as the hours wear
by his energies are renewed, his
strength comes back, and finally,
when morning breaks and the sun
light steals through the lattice,, he
opens his eyes and is himself
again. Or if he is early to bed he
awakes with the cock's crowino-.
Now who shall go to that man's
side an hour before he opens his
eyes and say to nature, stand aside
and let him get up. He has had
enough of rest! "Well, nature will
say: 'You can take him if you
will, but I will charge him with an
hour's loss of sleep and I'll collect
it out of his bones and nerves and
his hairs and eyesight. You can't
cheat me, I'll find property to levy
on.' "
""What would be the lesult if a
man were to lose sleep habitually
for & number of years?'. -
"You are a reporter?"
"Yes."
"You work how many hours a
daj?"
"Fifteen. I go to work at 12
in the day time and quit at 3 at
night."
'How old are you now?"
"Say 23."
""Well, when you are 30 in
years you will be 55 in aches and
ailments older than I am. Go
ask your morning paper printers
how they feel! Are their steps
elastic are their eyes bright are
they fagged out ace they drag
ging out their lives V Put them
beside the men who do day work,
and how do they compare?"
"You say a man ought to sleep
all he wants to?"'
"Yes, and so should a child. A
baby should sleep with its mother,
a child should be sent to bed early
and be allowed to wake of its own
accord in the inorninar-'
Transatlantic Troubles.
A London special says: The
various extracts from leading
American papers telegraphed to
this side of the Atlantic are ac
cepted as oficring a satisfactory
assurance that the government of
the United States will permit no
act which could rightly be charac
terized as a breach cf intei national
good faith. It is believed here in
circles which should be well in
formed upon such a subject that,
though no formal representations i
nave oeen made ou eituer siue oi
the Atlantic, inquiries are making
by British representatives in the
United States into the attractive
New York. I may say public un
easiness in London has subsided
greatly under the influence of the
supposition that all the chief con
spirators are now in the hands of
the authorities and that the police
have accounted for all the explo-j
sives shipped to or manufactured I
in this city. This comfortable be
lief, however, is not shared by the
government, ana tne vigilance oi
the police is, therefore, if anj
thing, increased, so that even law
yers' clerks going into law courts
or to committee-rooms of the
House of Commons are compelled
to open their bags for inspection
by detectives who are posted ev
erywhere. If there arc any
American participators in dyna
mite plots now on shipboard bound
for England or Ireland, they are
running a tremendous risk, as
every incoming vessel is carefully
searched and suspected persons
are shadowed from the moment
they set foot on shore. The de
tectives, too, are working with the
assistance of full descriptions that
have been obtained from numer
ous approvers in every ramification
of the conspiracy. The penalty
that awaits expected American
plotters during whose voyage the
new Act has been rushed through,
is twenty years penal servitude,
which is quite as bad as hanging.
It is said that while a party of
friends weie making the rounds a
few days ago of establishments
where creature comforts are kept
in bottles and sold by the glass,
one man, whose turn it was to
"treat," led the crowd into a fur
nishing store and asked them what
they would have. One ordered a
shirt collar, another took cuffs, a
third asked for a scarf pin, which,
it is to be presumed, he took
"straight."
A reporter of the Norfolk (Va.)
Virginian, recently referred in
that paper to a conversation with
Prof. Cromwell, the world-renowned
art exhibitor, wherein he
states that he had some year or so
before suffered excruciating tor
ments from rheumatism, and that
he had tried all kinds of medicines
and so-called cures all without
effect. He heard, however, of St.
Jacobs Oil, and lesolved to give it
a trial, which he did, and he stated
that its effect on him was almost
magical. A .complete cure was ef
focted, and since then he had nev
er suffered from rheumatism. But
in order that he might be at all
times prepared for the enem, he
never traveled without carrying in
his trunk a bottle or so of St. Ja
cobs Oil.
Hervousness, peevishness, and fret
ting, so often connected rfith over
worked females' lives, is rapidly re
lieved by Brown's Iron Bitters.
Old Pits in California.
The English spell the name of
Pit River with an additional let
ter, as if after tne name of an emi
nent statesman. But the above is
right as the name is derived from
the deep and dangerous pits that
once made a vast region known as
Pit River Valley, very dangerous
ground for strangers. These pits,
dug in trails and passes by squaws,
who carried the dirt away in bas
kets, were from ten to twenty feet
deep, jug-shaped and covered with
twigs and reeds and Ipaves. At
the bottom lay sharpened elk and
deer antlers; aud sometimes they
sharpened flints and spears pointed
up to receive the victim. Even if
one were not disemboweled on first
falling into tne pit, the ugly shape
of it made it not only impossible
for man, but even the most savage
and supple wild beast, to climb
again to the light and darkness
and a lingering death was the ine
vitable end. These pits, of course,
made the land a terror, and it was
not until as late as 1S5C that this
most lovely valley in all California
was fairly possessed by settlers.
Once in possession, the white man
of course socu found out and
marked the location of the secret
pits, and they gradually filled up
as they fell into disuse. Miller.
P0W3ER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder necr varies. A man el oi
purity, strength and ulnlesomeness. .More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot he sold In competition with the mul
titude of low tet short weight, alum or
phosphate ponder. Sold only in can, llo
al11akiv. rowoKK Co.. IOC Wall-M. N V.
HEADQUARTERS
Foster's Emporiuhi.
Most Complete Stock in Astoria
Novelties' of all Kinds
Fruits Iloth Foreign and Domestic
Wines and Liquors
OI Superior Brand.
FOSTER'S CORNER, 0 R &XD0CK
Fine and Coarse Liverpool
SALT.
Tin Plate. Itlork Tin, Caustic Soda,
Tor sale ex "Warehouse at Portland
or Astoria hy
UAIjFOUK. G1ITIIUIE &. CO.
dtf Portland. Or.
NEVILLE & 00.
Pacific Net and Twine Co.
Sax Fkancisco, Apr nth, IbSX
DrakSiiis:
Tor general convenience, wc
hae wnt a supply of No. 30 lO-oly
Genuine Scotch salmon Not
Twine, to the care of A. M. Johnson & Co.
Astoria, tthlcli will be sold at low enough
figures to make it an object for all net mend
ers to ue It for repairs, in place of the more
epeudveNo.-J0, 12-plv.
l'isuermcnw ho hac heretofore used this
grade of Twine for repairs, claim that the
durability of the patch is equal to the bal
ance of the net, after the latter has had a
few weeks use. "We think it will be moucr
in jour pocket to try it. For prices and
samples apply to A. M. JOHNSON & CO.
.. . Astoria.
NcUlle& Co. Sole Agents, . vr,.i.-n
ft and California St. f San FrnncLco.
ASTORIA MARBLE WORKS.
IAVID KELIIAS, - - Proprietor,
Manufacturer ot American and Italian
marble monuments and head stones. Ceme
tery lots enclosed uith curbing, walls and
coping or stone posts and iron railing. Prices
and designs furnished to persons at a dis
tance. Satisfaction guaranteed. Slate can
seamers for cannery use.
AiVTOKIA OREGON.
Vi hy will you cough when Shiloh's
Cure will cive immediate relief. Price
lOctsDQctiaiidSl. Sold by W.E. Dement.
52
tnKvr. aASr
ITOTfc
RHEUMATISM
J
Neuralgia, 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 eqnab) Sr. J cobs Oil
aa a safe, sure, simple and cheap External
Bemedj. A trial entails tut the conpantirely
trifling ouIUt of SO Cent, and every ons iuCr
1ns "with pain can baro cheap and podtiTe proof
of ita claims.
Directions in Eleven Tjingnagea.
E0LDBYALLDBUGGI8T3 AHD BEALTTES
IH HEDIOIHE.
A. VGGEER & CO.,
Baltimore, Zd., V. S. A.
A Financial .'Dictionary.
The New York Wall Street
Netcs is responsible for the follow
ing, which it heads the "New
Penal Code:" Although the new
code does not strictly deSne the
different degrees of theft and
embezzlement, the administration
of the laws and public censure would
seem to classify these crimes ac
cording to the amounts stolen, and
somewhat as follews:
Taking upwards of $5,000,000 is
called reorganizationr'
fTIII
mm
34B
ERMANREMEBY
$2,500.000 Great financiering
l.OOO.OOu Financiering
900.000 Softening of the brain
6C0.O0O .. Mismanagement
7O3.00Q Misfortune
C00.000 Irregularity
500,000 Breach of trust
400.000 Defaulting
300,000 Embezzlement
200,000. Peculation
100,000 Dishonesty
50,000 A crime
iB.OoO Larceny
10,000 or under Thloing
SYMPTOMS OF AMSKSED UYEfT
Pain In the right Mdc, under et.xo !
ribs, increasing on pressure; omriimes
the puin Li on the IcfLMdo; the palic .t
rarely ab!o to lie on tho left side; on:o
times the pain is felt under the shoulder
and is sometimes taken for Rheum iJImii
In the ann. The stomach is affected wit.:
loss of appetite and sickness ; the bowels
in general are lostivc, sometimes alter
nating with laxity; tho head is troubled
with pain.accoinpnnled with ndull, lien w
Siisation in the back part. 1 here Ls gener
ally a considerable loss of memory, uccom
fanicd w ith u painful nat Ion of having
eft undone vuuethiiig which ought to
hn been done. A Might, dry cough Is
so' . 'times attendant, 'lhe patient com
plains of u carinas and debility; lie is
easily startled; his feet nrc cold or burn
ing, and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his bpirits arc low, and,
although lie is satisfied thatesercke would
be beneficial to lilm.jet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try It.
If you hao any of the above symptoms,
you can certainly be cured bv the use of
the genuine DU. C. 2IcXAM7S LIVER
PILLS.
When vou buvIMcLane'u rills, insist
on having 11C. C. McLANITS CELIi
UIIATED LIVKR TILLS, made by ricm
inir Ilros., Pittsburgh, Pa.
If you can not Ret the genuine DR.
C. McLANES LIVER PILLS, send us
3 cents by mail, and we will scud them
to you.
FLEMING BROS.. Pittsburgh, Pa.
King of the Blood
Is not a "cure all." it Is a blood-purifier and
tonic. Impurity of lhe blood poisons thess
tern, deranges tne circulation, and tints in
duces manv disorders, known bv different
names to distinguish them according to ef
fects, but being really branches or phases of
that great generic disorder. Impurity or
lilood. Such are Dyspepsia, Ulllhrnmess,
Ltrcr Complaint, Contttpatton, Xemm Dis
order. Headache, Backache, General Weak
ness. Heart Disease, Drttpsy. Kidney Disease,
Piles, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Skin
Disorder, Pimples. Ulcers. Swellings, JLe..
dc. Kin or the itlootl prevents and
cures these by attacking the cause. Impurity
of the blood. Chemists aud physicians agree
in calling it "the most genuine and ellklent
prepanUon for Uie purpose." Sold bv Drug
gists, 8L per bottle. See testlnionLUs". direc
tions, &c. In pamphlet, 'Treatise on Diseases
oi the U'.ood." wrapped around each bottle.
D. RANSOM, SOX & Co.. Props
Ruffalo.N.Y.
Notice.
mnE ASTORIA GAS LIGHT Co., OX OR
-- auout.May isi, iasi, win innusii c;as to
consumers at tho follow itu rates : Up to 5 M
feet per month, at the rate of SJ.23 per 1M
cubic feet. From 5 M to io M feet per month
at the rate of Sizs per l M feet, less io per
cent, rebate. Over 10 Mleet per month, and
io an manuiaciurers wno use gas for lieat
incr or mechanical nuronM. at tlir ntsnf
$U.53 TXr 1 M fPPt. lMqrt nr rant mhnln
All hills will be payable monthly unless spe
cial enmracis are inaue.
c CHAS. S.WRIGHT,
President.
C. H. PAGE.
Sect'y.
Astoria, Oregon,, April Httu 1S&. It
C. II. STICKELS.
A. M. JOHNSON & Co.,
Dealers in
SMp Ctailery aid Groceries
CROCKERY & CLASS WARE.
Also Wholesale Dealers In
I'niufs. Oil. Varnishes, GIas.
lutfr. Artists' Oil and Water
Colors, Paint anil Kalso-
xiiiue Brushes.
Constantly on hand a full and choice stock
of Staple ami I-aticj Groceries Only tho
Best kept.
Our stock of Crockery and Glaws
Ware Is the IinrxHt and most Complete
Stuck e er ojncd in Astoria.
Consisting of
Te.i ami Dinner SeK Toilet Sets. Glass.
Fruit, an.l W.iter Sets. Bar Fixtures. Ale
3Iugs. Ponies. Rustic Bottles Goblets, Tum
blers Lemonade cups, &c , Ac
Ever thing sold at 1-owest living Rates.
Quality Guaranteed.
An Examination will more than repay you.
W. E. DEMENT & CO.
XRXJTCCXS!FS..
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON
Carry in Stock,
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET
and
FANCY ARTICLES.
Presoriptioiib carefully Compounded,
LOEB & CO.,
JOBBERS IN
WINES,
. LIQUORS,
AND
CIGARS.
AGENTS riR THE
Best San Francisco Houses and
Eastern Distilleries.
J3?-AU goods sold at San Francisco Prices.
MAIN STREET.
Opposite Parker Ilouse, Astoria, Oregon,
MAGNUS C. (1R0SBT,
Dealer in
HAM ABE, IM, STEEL,
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
PLUMBERS AXD STEAM FITTER0
Goods and Tools,
SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD
SHEET IRON TIH AND COPPER,
ri
Stoves, Tin Ware and House
Furnishing Goods.
JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP
PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING
Done with r.catness and dispatch.
None ont first class workmen eniplojed.
A large assortment of,
SCALE?
(Tonstantlv nu hand
HANSEN BROS.
mi YE RJEMO TED !
From their old quarters to their
NEW SHOP
AND FACTORY NEAR KINNEY'S CAN
NERY. Oleani n g Repairing.
NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. BY
GEORGE LOVETT.
Main Street, opposite N. Loeb'i.
Dressmaking.
Plain and Fancy Sewing,
Suits made in tho lost Style and
Guaranteed to Pit
Mrs. T. S. JezveU.
KOOllS OYER MRS. E. S. WARREN'S.!
BILLIARDS! BILLIARDS!.
' .TAN.3IACOMBEIt
Y'nt Has opened a
Temperance Billiard Parlor
Next to Geo. Vf. Hume's Store.
Fresh Eastern and Shoalwater Bay
Oysters in every Style
FINEST CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
Tea, Qollee. and Chocolate ; Pies, Cakes
Sandwiches, etc., at the Counter.
Also in connection with the Parlor
A. .Fine Shootlns Gallery.
G. A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSMITHING,
At Capt. Rogers old stand, comer of Cms
and Court Streets.
Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing.
Wagons made and repaired. Good work
guaranteed.
A.M. .JOHhSOX.
JPtWfWtHtlW0
w Hex
! 4HBft&yr A ,
JtBSS?5'5Si
S4
giwfeb
iwCJXs.'5JiFiiwC-;t'i"
j Lowest Bed Eock Prices,
CALL ON
XKL D.
I On FlaveKs Dock,
4L IW raSE?5g
f&Bf QBE'Ai?5r2Et-?'
- K3& iMEEKV?If .?.7
vm imwmiiiiiiiii i i i , r v .j
' BiiahKillSSRsPssiS)
WILLIAM HOWE
-DEALER
Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber.
All kinds of
OAK LUMBER, .'
GLASS,
Boat Material, Etc.
I ' TTTnliii
Boats of all Kinds Made to Order, j
J5T"Orders from a distance promptly attended
S. AENDT & EERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OKECON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH
shop!
D.tln. Ot, rJttkrtSSXkl
uuiict oiiojj irsSfi
All kinds or
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AXD
STEAMBOAT WORK
Promptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS.
Benton Stueet, Nkak. Paukfb IIocsr,
ASTORIA, - OREGON.
GENERAL MACHINISTS AND
BOILER MAKERS.
LAND ana MARINE EN&1MS
BoilerWork, Steamboat Work
and Cannery Work a spe
cialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order
at Short A'otice.
A. D. Wass, Presedent.
J. G. Hustxek, Secretary.
I. V. Case, Treasurer.
JOH Fox, Superintendent.
Postponement.
THE STEAMER GEN. MILES WILL NOT
leave for Tillamook till after her tria to
Gray' Harbor on the 20th inst.
J.ll. JJ.UltAX,
Ajflnt.
AjgKSJby t
-M i Mr 'yj; VS?y
facts no licit!
M, 8, KANT
THE
Boss Merchant Tailor
SA
& . -t.
V-
- ? IIl.ITI'MTKM
Has the
4 t. i
lSaT Largest Stock, the Finest
Assortment, and the
Lowest Prices
ox
CLOTHING,
Furnishing Goods,
Boots, Shoes,
HATS, CAPS, Etc.
Also, has the finest and
bijgest stock of
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES,
TWEEDS, ETC.
And the
Boss GnttBF in Qrenon 3
i
Marked in Plain Pigures. j
THE BOSS.
K A N T,
Near Occident Hotel, i
IX
AND
Bracket Work
A SPECIALTY.
to, and satisfaction guaranteed In all cases
BUSINESS CABDS.
1 C. IIOLDEX,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
auctioneer, commission and in
surance'ageni.
Q.Kt.0 F. PARKER.
SURVEYOR OF
CIntMop County, and. City of Astoria
Oiflce :-Chenamus street, Y. M. C A. hall
Room No. 8.
Tjl D. 1VIXT02!,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
earOfflce In Pythian Building. Rooms 11, 18
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON.
JAY TUTTIiE. 31. I.
PHYSICIAN AND STJEGEON
Office Rooms 1, 2, and S. Pythian Build
lng. Residence Over J. E. Thomas Drug
Store.
TJ1 P. HICKS,
PENTIST,
ASTORIA. - - - OREGON
Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner
of Cass aud Sqemocqhe strets.
T" Q.A.BOWTBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Chenamus Street, - -ASTORIA, OREGON
GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY.
Bills of Exchange on any
Part oi Europe.
T AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING
x wei; Known and commodious
steamship
lines.
STATE LINE, RED STAR,
WHITE STAR,
HAMBURG-AMERICAN,
DOMINION LTNE,
NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE.
Prepaid tickets to or from any European
port.
For full infonnation as to rates of fare,
sailing dajs, etc, apply to
I. W. CASE.
For Dyspepsia andLiver Complaint,
you have a printed jruarantee on every
bottle of Shiloh's vitalizer. It never
fails to cute. Sold by "W. E. Dement;
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