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Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 8, L883 No. 85. ONE WAY OP LOOKING AT IT. Your reflections on wealth and poverty are trite and common place. It is a time-honred plati tude that wealth does not bring happiness. It is a lie neverthe less. There, are ever so many other commonplace aphorisms about money, such as "The love of money is the root of all evil," "Wealth is better thau poverty." We know of no condition in life where it is not desirable to have money. We never knew of an individual who would not rather be rich than poor. We know the story oi Diogenes and Alexander, and it is our opinion that the shoe maker would have changed places with the king if Alexander would have swapped. It is all very well for the conqueror to have said, "if he were not Alexander, he would be Diogenes," but then he was Alexander. We take Socra tes with some grains of salt. In our opinion he had two reasons, outside of his philosophy, for tak ing the hemlock Xantippe and poverty. Socrates was a tramp and his wife was a scold. If he had been wealthy his wife would havo been amiable. Rich men's wives are always amiable. If Xantippe had enjo3red plenty of money, moved in good society, dressed well, and kept her car riage, she would not have been Xantippe. Women, poor, ill dressed, hard-worked, and the Yrives of philosophers who come late to dinners they did not provide, are apt to scold and have a right to do so. It was lucky for the great Athenian that his wife did not keep a diary or write & book. He would have suffered as has Thomas Carlyle, and as most great men would suffer if their wives or valets should write their lives. Your allusion to Gov ernor Stanford's ill-health is simply absurd. Of course health is bet ter than wealth, so is youth; but would Governor Stanford enjoy muscular rheumatism any better if he were poor, or be less liable to have it? Does not sickness invade the cabin as well as the palace i and does not money bring a thousand com forts and alleviations which are beyond the reach of the poor? Of course, you pity rich men that is, .you think yoi do, only you don't. You envy them, and would swap places with them if you could. It is all nonsense, this af fectation of despising wealth You say: "God shows his con tempt of wealth by the kind of men he rrives it to." He doesn't do anything: of the kind. He never gives awar anything. God makes men work. He loans them brains and muscle,--and then makes them toil for what the' get; and if they inherit, the' must work to keep it. lie hides his treasures in mines to be developed by labor. He hides the secrets of nature for the explorer. He hides th operation of natural law for the inventor to study out. Besides, most of the rich men are self made. This relieves God Almighty from the responsibility of their creation. The story of Lazarus and Dives makes no point in favor of the rich or poor, as the sacred parable does not pretend that Dives went to hell for being rich, nor Lazarus to Abraham's bosom'as the penalty of poverty. The fact is, the good Book favors the rich, and justifies Providence in giving to them a greater abund ance, and in taking from the poor that which they have not. It is a distinction to be rich. Anbody can be poor. Wo are not writing this paragraph for any other purpose than to protest agains this never-ending cant, affectation and hypocrisy about money. It is one of the best things in this world better than religion, or good birth, or learning, or good man ners. Everybody wants it, and toils for it. The preacher prays for it.. Governments are powerful according to their financial con dition. Men and women are re spectable in proportion to the money they have. It secures comfort in this world, and will procure masses to escape uie penalties of purgatory in the next. Good health, a clear conscience, and rood digestion hen money. We do not know of anything else that does. Frank Pixhif an swer f Correspondents. Peter Cooper's Illustration of Usury. Mr. Cooper was always a care-1 ful and prudent business man. He was always opposed to the nu-th-1 ods of many merchants, who launched out in i-xtravagant on- j terprises on borrowed money, for j which they paid exorbitant rates of interest. Once, while talking about a project with an acquaiuf- ance, the latter said he would have to borrow money for six months, paying interest at tin rate of three percent. "Why do 'ou borrow for so short a time?'' Mr. Cooper asked. "Because the brokers w:ll not negotiate bills for longer.'" "Well, if you wish," said .Mr. Cooper, "I will discount your note at that rate for three years.1' "Are you in earnest ?M asked the would-be borrower. "Certainly 1 am. 1 will discount 3-0 ur note for 1 0,000 for three years at that rate. Will you do it?' "Of course I will," said the merchant. "Very well," said Mr. Cooper; "just sign this note fror 10,000, payable in three years, and give j me your chock for $S00. and the transaction is complete." "But wherc is the money for me?' asked the astonished merchant. "You don't get any money," was the reply. "Vour interest for '50 1 months at 'A per centum per month j amounts to 10S per centum, or SlO,S00; therefore, your cheek for ; $800 just makes us even.' The force of this practical illustration of the folly of paying such an ex orbitant price lor the use of moiiev was such that the merchant de-' termined never to borrow at such j ruinous rates, and he frequently used to say that nothing could ' have so fully convinced him as this rather humorous proposal, of Mr. Cooper. JVtfic Pol. York Enninq As a result of a conference with . Secretary Teller Chief Moses, agrees to surrender his reservation j in Washington Territory and set- tie with his people on the Colvilje ; reservation adioiniiiir. Chief' Thomaskat, who represents the Indians now on the Colville reser vation, was present at the confer ence, and agreed to receive Moses and his people. Chief Thomaskat requested Secretary Teller to erect upon the Colville reservation, a! sawmill, gristmill and school house, : and furnish a physician for the : Indians. Chief Moses jrave notice that he would expect eompensa-' tion for relinquishing the reserva- j tion. It is expected that an agree- merit between the government and j i Chief Moses will result in throw . ,i. 4 it nnn nnn nig open for settlement ,000,001) a(.res The Prussian government has ordered precautionary measures against vessels arriving in Prussia from ports in Turkey or the Red sea, the north coast of Africa, eastward ol Algiers, the west coast of Africa, or any. port where the existence of cholera is sus pected, or where epidemic yellow fever prevails. The period of quarantine for vessels from sus pected proofs is six days. Iron ship-builders on the Dela ware now state that they can build iron ships for about the same fig-; urn si wnnlnti cliin nncli; A ,i if-i, ' ship now building at the Amen. ' can ship-building j-ard was, ac cording to the bids offered, but $100 dearer than a wooden ship builder offered to construct a wooden ship of iho same size for. Mark Lanigan, Esq., First Dep uty Sheriff of New York city, re cently said to a prominent news paper reporter: "I had a very weak and painful back, and could find nothing to relieve it until 1 tried St. Jacobs Oil, less than four bottles of which cured me com pletely. I have recommended it highly. Meulal depression weakness of the muscular system, general ill-health, benefitted by using Brown's Iron Bitters. The Old Testament Comparvy of Revisers have now 5uished the last revision of the Old Testament and are making up the appendix. which contains the unadjusted j differences between the American and English revisers. Thr- com mitte will meet again in July lor several days, and resume work in Sentemhnr next. It is oxuected that the revision will be completed uefore the end of this year and nhlishori hr the. Jnivorsitv nress Qf Oxford and Cambridge before nf.xt spring. White Dog, the famous old chief of the Ogalalla Sioux, takes much interest in tornadoes, and describes, them in a, peculiarly picturesque fashion, all his own. "Me catch (understand "catch on") "cyclone," he says, "big wind in cloud. Blow wigwam way off. Spit fire. Make roar like five big herd buffalo. Alwa's go that way (pointing to the northeast.) Me see plent' of ein; more than many (counting twenty on his fingers.) When he come, Injun lie down on his belly and grab soap weed and grass. Ugh! Big wind!'" Tin: descendants of Rebecca Xourse, who was executed in Salem in 1G02, in conequent of the witchcraft delusion, propose holding a basket picnic on the third Wednesday in July at the old homestead in Tapleyville, Dan- vers. hSOf Ute)f PlIfG. Thitf powder never varies. A inancl o purity. Mivncili and wlnlcsoinenets. Iure cannol 1k sold in competition with the mul economical man tne ordinary Kinds ud titude of low test Miort weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Roy al liAKixit rowiRit to., lix; wau-st. a. y. King the Blood Is,ot a. 'rfn"ii is a Mood-purifier and tonic. IliininHv nf tlif Mood ixiiiiK Iio;vj. : tern, deranges the etrcuhUlon. and tints in duces many disorders, known ly dilleren names to rfistiuRuish them accoiQiue to ef : tects. IhH being really branches or phjisos o duces many disorders, Known ny tllHerent I that great generic disorder. Impurity ol i itiooa. Mien are i)yprjia, itiUMMiexf, Liter Complaint, Cawtijntltm, iVrm;iit DU- iinicr. jictuiacne, nacKnrnc, ucncral WcaK ut. Heart Disease, Dnpy, Kidney DUeac, Pile, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Sktji DLwnlcrji, Pimples. View. SurAUng, de.. dc. liinjr of the RIooil prevent and cures these by attacking the eauxc. Impurity of the blood. Chemists and physicians agree in calling it "the most genuine and eQlcient preparation for the purpose." Sold bv Drug gists. SI per bottle. See testimonials", direc tions, &e.,in pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases of file Wood." wrapped around each ltoitle. D. HANSOM. SON & Co.. Props KnfTaln, N. Y. A.M. Johnson &Co. DEALERS IN A FULL LINE OF s. For Sale. BUS1XK&S LOTS OX THE KOADWAY (bquemoqua St.), and some of the most eligible residence property in the cltv. We have also lpts for sale in the city "and In all the additions at reasonable prices : also a larni oi 45 acres, three miles from St. Hel eus : a town lot iu St. Helens, and a larrii on the Columbia near John Day's river. CHAS. H, WILLIAMSON & CO. of Eta GrocKery Artists Materia :mWMitmm ' rati FOB EHini Neuralqia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Sums and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted I Feet and Ears, and al! other ' Pains and Aches. No Pre psration on earth equals Sr. Jacobs Oil i a a safe, sure, simple and cheap External j Bmfdj. A trial entail but th cor: pars ti rely j trifling malar of GO ContH, und eTery one suffer- j lag with rAiac&a have cLeap nd fOdiUre pruof I of it riaitnt. Mrections in Zloren I-inua-ea. j BOLD BYALLBEUQQI3T8AirD DEALERS , IN HEDI0IHE. ! A. VOGEIiER Sc CO., Baltimore, JUW., IT. & J. Senator Harrison, of Indiana, tells a Tribune cortespondent i that the Republican situation is i much better in that state than it- i oco i, . i r ' was in 1SS2. It is accounted fori on the ground that the people have j had a democratic legislature. ; SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER, l'jiln in tlie rlhl" .Ide, under idise f j tlm pain i on the left .Ide; the patient is rarely auic to in on tne leu s:e; m:mi-j time1 the pnin i felt under the k1kui12t and Is .sometimes taken for IlheumntiMitt ! iu the arm. The Moumeh L affected witSi lovs nf appetite and sickness; the lovls in general are eutive, sometimes Iter-1 imtliij; with laxity ; the head is troubled ' Si'inXTcKJiS ! allyaeonslderablelo.ssof memory, aeeom- ; left niidouo imethinir which ought to hac been done. A slight, dry couh is sometimes attendant. The patient com plains of weariness and debility; he is easily stnrtlcd ; his feet are cold or burn ing, and lie complains of a prickly sensa tion of the skin; his spirits are low, and, although licisKuiiMledtlintexcrch-e would be benetlciul to him, yet he can Kcnrccly .summon up fortitude enough to try it. If you have any of the alovc symptoms, vou can eertainly be 'cured by theu.se of the geimiii" Pit. C. 31 CLANK'S I.IVKR PILLS. When vou ImvMcl.nic's Pills, insist on having IU. C. McLAiirS CKL15 i:UATJ:i LIVER PILLS, made by Fleiu- " K "mR willimlUuet 'the genuine DR. C. MrLANK'S L1VKR 1'ILLS, send us 25 cents by mail, and we will serift them to you. TLESIKti HliOS.. SEVILLE & CO. Pacific Net and Twine Co. S.vx FnAATisti), Ajiril 11th. lw. Dkai: Siks: 1'or general convenience, we have .sent a supply of IVo. :JO. V2 lIy Iomtiiic Scotch Salmon Tici Twin c. to 1 he care of A. M. JO 1 1 NSON & ('O., Astoria, winch will lie sold af low enough figures to make It an object for all net menders In use it for repairs, iu plnee of the more cnsilv No. ?. rj ply. I'islieriucn who have hercfoforc used this jrade of fwinc for repairs, cluim that the duraliility of the patches emial to the balance of the not, after the latter has had a few weeks use. We think if will he money iu your pocket to try it. For prices and samples apply to A.M. JOHNSON & CO., Astoriu. Neville & Co. Sole Ascot.". .. , SI and XJ C'alifoniiSL V rat,l, Plumbing and Gas Fitting. I.ORYEA IlECOS. Plumbers. Gas. and Steam Filters. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. A Full Supply of GAS FIXTURES. COCKS. STEAM I'lT TIXGS, CTC, ALWAYS ON HAND. Cannery, and Steamboat Work a Specialty.- Chenamus street, opposite Domeid's Drug Store, AMoria, Oregon. , Brewery Beer Saloon. The Best Beer 5 cts a Glass. Hot Lunch every Day from 10 to t A. M The best of Liquors and Cigars on hand. A deservedly opular place of social reort. (iEO. HILLE1L THE HOME SCHOOL ron 1825 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Cal. Organized in 187i The next year will begin on Wednesdav Julv 25. 1SS3. L. A. FJ ELD, Principal riO'ISLS A.SD EESTATJKaOTS. PARKER HOUSE, IS. V.. IMKKKR, Prop.. STORIA. - - - OREGON.' ?IRST CLASS HOTEL. ALL MODERN M PRO VEMENT5. Sf!T AXTi COVD BATHS. and First Class Sa- ith Fine Liquors. M FIIKE COACH TO THE HOUSE.- IT IS A FACT THAT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ; on Concomiy Street is the Best in Town. THAT-. i Si hnv Al v:ij s on Hand FRESH Shoal Water Bnj and East ern Oysters. THAT ; - JEFF" !S THE BOSS CATERER. ! -THAT h.., ..,. Proprietor or tuc "Aurora ntvi" in Knnnpton .-.even years. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. DnQOfllDQ CI DOT PI AQQ llUOUUL. O 1 I ilO I ULnOO Oyster Saloon, CHENAMUS STREET, ASTORIA. milE UNDERSIGNED IS PLEASED, TO A. announce to the public mat ne lias op- ,M," :i first CLASS 2St33.gT JbLOUSG, And furnishes iu flrst-tlass stylo OYSTKUS. HOT COFFEE TEA, Udies. and 6enVs 0yser Sa,oorij -chenamus street. Ileae stve me a call. KOSCOE DIXON, Proprietor COSMOPOLITAN tChop House and Restaurant. OPKX DAY AND NIGnT. ;,.nM ; " cents and npwartts, i li. VYIIiKKOX & O. BOULAItD, ,, . ... Proprietors. - - ASTORIA. PIOHEER HESTATIEANT AND L0DGING HOUSE. . L'etiited throughout : thelT.ible suoolied with the best : the beds clean and comfort- anle. AFiPst:olnss House. l'.onnl by the week, Mi'als to order. - - - $3.1)0 J. Q, ROSS, Proprietor. Barbour's No. 40 12-PIy j S A JjMOJf T W INE ! i i. w -- ii xJJ . !0ORRM!l LEAD LINES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand, HENRY DOYLE & CO., ill DJnrket Street, San Francisco. Sole Agents for the Paciflc Coast. HarSware anil Slip Glanfllerj. A. VAN DUSEH & CO., IKAt.KItS IK Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure OH. Bright Varnish, Binnacle Oil. Cotton Canvas. Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements Seviiitfc Machines-, l'aints anil Oils. Groceries, etc WM. EDGAR, Dealer iu Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. W. S. DEMENT & CO ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and . FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefullv Compounded, WIIiLIJLM HOWE -DEALKK Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. ah kinds or' ' .-ffek vtrstwrwiik. OAK LUMBJBR, AMSmjk Boat Material. Etc. S j Boats of all Sinds Made to Ordexvj iOrders from a distance promptly attended S. AENDT & FERCHEN. ASTORIA. - OKKC50N. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITTt - yimmn 1 AND Boiler Shop Alt kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY,16 STEAMBOAT "W0BK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, , FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bestok Street, Near Parker House. ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAND aiMABlE EMMS BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. OTall Descriptions made to Order at Short Xotlce. A. D. "Vass, Prosedent, J. Q. II l'stlkr. Secretary, I. W. Case, Treasurer. JOHX Fox.Superlntendent. A. V. Allen, (SUCCESSOR TO PAOR & ALLEN.) Wholesale and retail dealer in Provi&loBa, Glass artd Plated Ware, TROPJCAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, LiquorsJobacccCigars LOEB & GO., JOBBERS IN WINES. LIQTJOES, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds ofSaloon Supplies. J35A11 goods sold at Sau Francisco Prices. 3IAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House. Astoria. Oreeon. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. ft 0. B. 1 1 Co. Will Transact their Business at the MAIN STREET WHARF. Which has been Leased, Until Further Notice- E. A. N0YES, Agent. .a .m.iimnnMnimw IS a specialty. . to, and satisfaction guaranteed In alfcasea BUSINESS OASDS. .NOTARY PUBLIC, ALTTIOXEKK, COMMISSION XKlJ IN SURANCE AGENT. i - 12 TUTTIiE, 3i. JD. PHYSICIAN AND SUEGEOH- ltKsmKxrK Over J. B. Thomas' Drag Store. KI.O F. PAltKEH. SURVEYOR OF j ClatHop C'ounty.HBd. City ef Astoria i &ll,"U3Street- Y-M-c-A- . F.1- incus, PENTIST, ASTORIA, OHEGON Rooms In Allen's building up stalra; comer ofCassandSqemocqhastret. 4 J O., A. BOYVXCY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ClienamasS treet, - - ASTORIA. OREUON J J. JOES, STAIK BUII,IER, Ship and Steamboat Joint J)K. J. E. LaFOBC, EISTIST, Room 11, Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Ot ('as administered tor painless extracttoa of teeth. WM. B. GRENELL, TLF.AL. ESTATE AGEKOY. CITV .VND SUBURBAN PROPERTY, TIM BER AND FARM LAND. 4 -Omc next to F. L. Parker's Store, Cos. ChenamiLS and Benton Sts. CfflS. H. LLLIAMS0 & CI. REAL ESTATE AND General Commission Brokan. Ofncoon Qenevlore street. Is the rev of K. R. Hawes' hulldln. A Ceneral Agency business transeted. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGEMCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part ol Europe. 1 Alt AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING jl wen 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. p.. For full Information as to rates of facte, sailing days, etc, apply, to " I."W.OASi BOZOBTH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTORIA, --- Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE "WEST ora. State Investment, Hamburg, Bre men and North German Fire Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers' Life and Accident of Hartford, aad the Itbvr York Lire, of N. Y. We have tho only complete set of township maps in the county, and nave madoarranae ments to receive applications, filings, aaa linal proofs on Homesteads, Preemptions, Timber Lands, etc.. having all the official blanks therefor. Our maps can bo exam ined in the onic, upon the payment of reaivmahle fee. VlUi also have for sale city property In As toria and additions, and farms aad tide laafl property. Rents, and other collections made, aad loans negotiated. BOZORTH& JOHNS. 3B. PARSXB, DKALKK IK Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and SMI V.'oort Delivered te Order. Graying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEAXXR IX WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FU18T CIiASJS -4k r