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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1884)
m 'It &Z2&L uc Hii. astorfam ASTORIA. OUEGOJS SUNDAY. MATCH P. irw FALSE STAXDAUDS. Eechnt evont upon tho oiber side of the Atlantic have brought into especial prominence the class preju dices and titled distinctions of our u uexuoors, anil have provol; m amount of American critic somewhat disproportionate lSm importance. ButinomeF " - their tract the mote ot eo -orts to ex racj;pom our Bar1" .ninal aristoc ther issopift '" -i9h cousin's-eye, orerloo. th' danger that we may nxatejrja) .- beam of very similar ftP" . which obscures our own na- 1 vision, and which requires he roio measures for its removal. De spite our principles of theoretical quality and the boasted predominance of the people in practical affairs, one of the most prevalent of American vices is the disposition to indulge in certain forms o class worship. It is a common assertion that the aristoc racy of brains has, in America, a larger opportunity of securing rec ognition thau it meets with elsewhere, and there is a degree of truth in the statement But the reasons there for lie, not in our greater reverence for mental worth, but in our lower standards for the estimation of brain products, and in the smaller numbers of competitors for intellectual hon ors which the country, at present, affords. The most universally acknowledged of these is the worship of wealth. Money is a distinct means of classi fying its possessor. Of a large part of American society it might justly be said that every door of approach thereto is "Barred with gold and opens but to golden keys." They are a motley group who hold this talisman of admittance, with no distinguishing class characteristics, and no community of interests save those of Wall street and the markets of produce and exchange The ex--clusivism they practice has grown from an exaggeiated reverence for the power of money making into an indiscriminate respect for tho posses sion of riches without regard to the 'means by which they aie acquired. A less common, but equally object ionable form of sycophancy i3 the worship of place. This is in fact the perversion of a legitimate tendency. The honor rightfully accorded to the winner of deserved preferment is mis takenly extended to the occupant of high position, howsoever attained. In other words, tao icspect tendered to the office holder is proportioned to the emoluments and elevation of his office rather than to the dignity of the man. Born of this spirit is the popular excitement which is created by the appearance upon American shores of some scion of a royal .house. It signifies little, that from a stand point of mere manhood, this repre sentative of a kingly line is entitled to scant ceremony, or that in person al seeming, perhaps, he is the veriest cub of royalty; the pomp of place surrounds him with an imaginary halo in the eyes of an American pop ulace, and, for the moment, he is the observed of all observers, the lion of the passing hour. It is tho same spirit manifesting itself in private life which dictates the social recog nition of the local office holder, v.ith . out reference to his personal deserts. Only under the direct illumination of great events do we universally acknowledge the worth of character in high places. But the most pernicious, because the most anti-republican, and retro gressive tendency of the times is the worship of ancestry. The study of genealogy is a growing passion in American society. The publication of works upon family descen is of frequent occurrence. There is a mor bid desire existent in many minds to prove themselves of ancient or honor able lineage, and, as a consequence. "tfie shadow of a mighty name" is too often looked upon as a shelter for personal incapacity. The revival of the use of insignia, although as yet, happily exceptional, is symplomalic of a very general drift The public press may deride the employment of the Brewster "coat-of-arms," but the cfrcumstance, singular, perhaps, in public life, is the outgrowth of the attempted re-erection of the "family tree"' of which theTevival of its ac companying of symbolism is the nat ural fruit There is a public misfortune attend ing this habitual tolerance of these forms of class-distinction; a deterior ation of the moral sense of society is involved in the 'recognition of any circumstances of fortune as a pass port to special favor. Character, in tellect, or eminent publio service should constitute the sole exception to the great principle of republican equality, and the only key which should unlock the doors of oppor tunity in public and private life. Wobk in all our navy yards is to be suspended on account of the exhaus tion of the appropriation for con struction and repairs. This looks like another -sale of old iron and kindling wood. England should send the United States o few more war ships just to keep up appearances. JohnB. Gtough declared in a recent militia men liable to military duty j mHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD re lecture that the press is "the main- if necessary-of 6,419,912. If ouroa.jidTcffiS fj of sin." Where u-ould John ' tion's naval strength and seacoast de- SBnSJJsUa,lce9'&on thb e have been if the pres3 had not braced him mp with pufis? AUSTRALASIA. There are strong symptom of a union of all the Britiah colonies about Australia. They had a confer ence recently, to secure that part of ew Guinea not occupied by the JJuteli, and to purchase from Franco the ew Bebria nrnt further use of thens -ns penal coi0nies. These -uiwuujr . . -.. nr;t;0ii ch. y'cc amply able to govern them .ves, and are willing to take in a tow of their neighbors of other na tions. And if the present ministry do not listen to their petitions, assist them in getting what they ask, it will need only another Sara Adams to in duce them to follow the lead of our fathers, and declare their independ ence. The escape of convicts from the French penal colonies, and their invasion of British colonial territory, is very annoying, and the prospect of more hereafter is exasperating. More conferences and more vigorous efforts to accomplish the purposes they have in view must result There are manj advantages accruing to the colonies by the present method of their gov ernment, but they are not of suoh overwhelming importance as to deter them from foregoing them for the greater blessings of independence. The United States of Australia would make a strong nation, and the near future may see them starting on a wonderful career of prosperity. A iiAEGE number of United States senators who recently voted them selves private secretaries at an ex pense to the government of six dol lars a day huxe. it appears, given these nice positions to their wives or daughters. This disposition of the patronage in their gift has aroused the opposition of a small number of newspaper editors whose chief aim in life is the preservation of the con stitution. The great charter of our liberties is, we aro assured by them, in danger, and unless the senators procure the services of some other men's wives and daughters as private secretaries the republic will fall into ruins before the present congress comes to an end. We cannot share in this gloomy view of affairs. "Why should a senator's fair daughter plot the overthrow of the government which pays her so handsomely? Why should a senator's wife, with six nice new dollar notes put away in her pocket-book every twenty-four hours, conspire to send things to eternal smash? Tho Jeffersoniau editors should be comforted. Let them get elected to the senate and put their v, ives and daughters on the govern ment payrolls. The report of the exploring expedi- lion eeut out from London in H. 3L S. Challenytr has lately been pub lished. Nearly four years were given to the examination of the currents and floors of the four great oceans of the world. The Atlantic, w e are told, if drained, would be a vast plain, with a mountain ridge in the middle, run ning parallel with the American coast. Another range crosses it from New foundland to Ireland, on the top of whioh lies a submarine cable. The ocean is thus divided into three great basins, no longer "unfathomable depths." The tops of these sea mountains are two miles below a ship and tho basins fifteen miles. The mountains are whitened for a thou sand mile3 by a tiny creamy shell. The depths are red in color, heaped with volcanic matter. Through the black, motionless water of these abysses move gigantic, abnormal creatures, which never rise to the up per currents. Rev. M. J. Savage recently preach ed a sermon on newspapeis. "Peo ple often hold,"' he said, "that the world is more wicked now than ever it was before. An explanation of this, I believe, will be found in the ."ast that no inan who is not so utter ly alone and so far away that what he does and says cannot be reported as news is safe to-day in the commit- sion of crime, for the chances aro that very soon ho will see his name in a newspaper telling all about him, tnd this, if you think of it, is the one thing that the average man fears more than he fears God, more than he hopes for heaven, and more than he dreads hell." On tho other hand. ilr. Savage blames the newspapers because he thinks they are generally cynical in tone. It is not creditable to congress that the coffin in which the second martyr president rests has not yet been paid for. The bill has just been sent to that body, and the chances are that there will be a squabble over the amount before it is ordered paid. "Where are all the gentlemen who con sider themselves the political legatees of the victim of Guiteau? Mr. Blaine's friends claim that he is the heir. "Why not assume this little re sponsibility and show his devotion to the memory of his dead chief? "Where are all the patriots who were incon solable when he breathed his last on the Long Branch beach? "Alast" says old Rip Van "Winkle, "how soon we are forgotten" by all except the undertaker, whose unpaid bill keeps our memory green on his books! Thebe is now in the United States I 1 an aggregate organized military force of 83,000 including officers and men, , and a. reserve force of unorganized lenses were equal to ita military re- sources we could defy the world. Tms latest suggestion to deplete the surplus comes from Ohio. Con gressman Hill of that state has con ceived the splendid idoa of giving every town in the country with sec ond or third-class post offices a nice, new post office building. The entire expense, he estimates, would be only about one hundrod millions of dol lars, which is, of course, a mere trifle. If the bill is ever reported to the house it sboulS1 be amended so as to include a handsome, well-furnished marble residence for the postmaster or postmistress, as the case may be. Why do things by halves? It would be absurd to have the postmaster holding forth in a splendid building t during the day and going to home to less pretentious quarters in the even ing- ! PhiiiAPelphia, that staid and sober Quaker city, is excited. Tho cause of so unusual a feeling is the discov ery that negroes are regularly em ployed on the Times and i-Ve&s, two daily papers published in that city. If the cullud gemmen can't make a better fist of it than some of the al leged reporters in that city they should be promptly fired from the force. The ability to do odd jobs of whitewashing ought to bo or material assistance to the darkeys in their new avocation. Bepeesektative Brewer has been directed toteport favorably his bill to impose a fine of $100 or punishment by imprisonment in jail for three months on any person interfering in any way with a commercial traveler selling goods by sample. This is a good thing for drummers, but how will the public protect itself from their irrepressible attacks? There is such a thing as spiritual bloodshed. A changed light of suf fering flows out over the countenance of one who has been stabbed by words, as distinctly and with an effect as terrible as that of the scarlet life tide which gushes from a physical wound. In the olden times "Wendell Phil lips was in great demand as a leo lurer. Among his stereotyped replies to committees was: "I will come and lecture on a literary subject for $100 a night and expenses; on 'shivery' for nothing, and pay my own expenses.'' YiLiiARD is rep jrted well, and on Wall street It would be poetic jus tice in a new phrase if he couldyget a new deal, and tip over the apple cart of Jay Gould. Stranger things have happened. The Berlin papers are still insist ing that Mr. Sargent must go, but he has not budged an inch. JaL V Wholesale nud Retail Dealer In Provisions, MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMFSTIO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, Liq;iors,Tobacco. Cigars Jivwwry Bier Saloon The Best Beer 5 cts a Glass. Wot Lunch every Daj from H to 12 A. M The best of Uquors nud Clpirs on hand. Adeenedly jMijiular place of hk.-Ia! mmiM. OFC). IHI.I.Ki' BAHKIHG AND INSURANCE ! I. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent; ASTORIA, - O KEG OX. OFFICE IIOUR3 : From 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock F. J!. $67,000,000 Capital ! Liverpool and London and Globe. North British and Mercantile Of London and Edinburgh. 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WELTI ' jff THE " s STORK! y to be Suited House I F I U N 3 m I IT I R I E hamber THE PsjHi F.srsrsf j a ui lUi 3 KYSICIAN suffering, and renew health and haepl iess PETER BLANKHOLM, Dealer In FINE CIGARS, IMPORTED AND DOMES 1 1C. THE BEST BRANDS OF TOBACCO mi o it 1: ItS' ARTICLES. Cor. Sqiieinoqua and Olney Streets, Astoria Juki KeeeUeU Kx Wall Walls 500 Tons Seattle Coal. COAL! COAL! ' Tho Oregon improvement Co. w have tor sale at the new Buukers. SEATTLE COAL For Dime tic use. clean, 87.30 per ton ol 3.-240 lbs Fo'-Me-iniuse, average. $3.50 per ton or -1U IU. Fur steam use, screenings. $4.30 per ton ol 1U IU3. Also constantly on hand Firt-cliu Cumierland Coal For Blaiksmlth use, at market rates. , . E. A. NuYrS. J.in20-3m Agent. TOE EEST IS TIIE o:b::el3li:est? z Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY Is of Supi rior Qualltv. and Is Endorsed by all uhousQit. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Rising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Sole Azents for Astoria. THE CELEBRATED Foley Springs. PETEE BUNEY. Manager. m HESR CELEBRATED MEDICINAL jl si ring-Bimaiea in iane uount , iregon arenuequaed for the cure of Catarrhal af fections, Hheumatlsm. and Dvspepsla, as in uxuiua luruuguuui. me itonnweSt Will Rttesr. Evirvcare Is riven invalids and thn pvno sees me nenenis i me waters ('Hrriipes leav thest Charles Hotel. Eu- fne City. every Wednesday and Saturday, lrect for tne Springs. FKAKK L. Fresh Fruits FANCY GBOCEEIES. S2SSX23S2I iEU apply to I tie Captain, or to EMPIRES STORE KE-OPENING I 37, ine Goods - Reduced Prices Ladies desirous of procuring Goods uneajialed in Style and Pinish will take pleasure in examining our Stock of SILKS, SATINS and DRESS GOODS. IN GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT, Everything is Complete and of the best PEAEL BEOS. THE NEW MODEL mllliirWif A FTJIil. STOCK Two doors east of Occident Hotel. :-.-JZ,:iir.".ici;-i'. John A. Montgomery, -DRA.LKR f Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A Get era! Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents for Magee Stoves and Ranges The Beat In the market. Piumblng Roods of all kinds on hand. Jot work done In a workmanlike manner. PLUMBING, lAb F11TING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Ttrms. Cheunmns Street. A'ext toC L Parker Star. kS!ronzA. M.OLSliN. J. GUSTAFaOX. A.JOS2MOX. MARTIN OLSEN &. CO. BALERS IN BB FUENLTURE 25 BEDDlKGh Corner Ham and rtquemoqna Street. Astarla, Oresu WINDOW SHADES AftD TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPER ' ETC. A Complete Stock PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD, tr.i. ici:vis of FrnwrriTCE repaired awi YinisiiEn. YOTT CAN TAKE THE CAKE! And by Bujli git at F. B. ELBERSON'S SEASIDE BAKERY You will be sure that It Is worth taking. Every Variety of Fine" Cakes and Confectionery Special Inducements For the Holiday Trade. Candies, Christmas Tree Trim mings, Etc. The Best Quality of Delivered every Jlornlng SEASIDE BAKEEY, P. B.F.IiBERHOW. Proprietor, A. Nasal Injector free with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Kemedr Price 80 cents. Sold by W.E. Dement PAEKEE: Vegetables STEAME1 CUBA PARKER Eben P. Parker, Master. ' T For towing, FBEiaffr orGHAS- H. B. PAREEK. THE RANGE CAN BE HAD IK ASr TORIA ONLY OF E. ft. MAWBB, AGENT CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOO WILL BE PLEASED. E. K. HA WES Is also agent for the Ml patent Cookinr Store ZZ2 And other first-claM stoves. Ftitjuum Week. Steam Fit- rings, etc., a 9ialt7 ALWAYS ON HAND. ASTOBIA. OREGON. ys.ojcoojj-i.Ag; IK- it California Exchange The beat of C&Uomte'ixi-Tonfca - Wines and Liquori Kept Constantly, oa Haod Domestic and. Fareiffar Clears mt tke beat SraaOa. NATIONAL BREWERY BEE. On Conoondy between Benton aad vette stret3. . - - lm GEORGE QOSUSS I. "W. CASE,-. IMPORT KS AND WHOLKALK AH Pill TAIL DKALEK IS GENERAL lESCHAPISE oroer Chenamas and. dm stre. ASTORIA. OOQOK f- . '