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ASTORIA, OKEGON:
FIUDAY..
..MAKGH 21.1SS1
FUNERAL ORATORY.
It is very cruel of the New York
Sun to prick the beautiful bubbles
of funeral oratory at Washington.
D. 0. Haskell, member of congress4
of Kansas died, and half a day was
spent in hearing thirteen members
tell, in carefully prepared speeches
what a great- and good man'he was
where he had gone, and what he, was
doing. Mr. Ryan of Kansas pro
nounced' the death of his lato ool-
league a "national calamity." He
went on to say;
"I seem to see now in fancy my de
parted friend on that far shore, his
once soaring spirit in peaceful repose
at least, basking in the glad sunrise
of an eternal morning. From that
infinite .bight may we not fancy him
comprehending in the sweep of his
perfected vision the places, events,
and interests that attracted his
thoughts and engaged his energies
in life? "So shall he look down upon
a grateful country, her reverent mil
lions paying the tribute of tears to
one who." "served their interests faith
fully, whose devotion to the cause of
social regeneration, and whose
championship of the rights and digni
ty of American labor challenged their
sincere "admiration. In the van of
them all we behold the sorrow
ing hosts of his own state,
watering his grave -with tears
and bedecking it with lily and immor
telle. When these flowers fade and
their fragrance perishes, surviving
affection will rear a sculptured col
umn above the dust, and the enduring
marble itself shall crumble and decay
ere his name and fame fade from
recolleotion."
The others followed in the same
strain, and the Swi says: "This sort
of thing should stop in congress, It
is an absolute loss of valuable time.
It is no honor to the momory of
worthy and respectable members like
Mr, HaskelL It is largely humbug,
for often the most lachrymose funeral
orators on the floor are congressmen
who are believed to be the most jovial
of junketers when they go in Pull
man cars to carry the remains to the
grave." Tiie editor of the Suji should
remember that he will die soon, and
somebody may waste valuable time in
eulogizing him. And some stone may
carry an epitaph as full of bitter irony
as his newspaper does daily, on moat
earthly affairs. He would do well to
prepare a model funeral oration to be
delivered over his remains that mt n
may judge whether he treats himself
as he does his fellows.
The administration gallantly stands
by Mr. Sargent, our minister to Ber
lin, in the conflict forced upon him
by Prince Bismarck. The corre
spondence on the subject leaves Sec
retary Frelinghuysen the victor in the
controversy. The German, chancellor
went to the trouble and the postal
expense of sending back the Lasker
resolution. The secretary of state
declined to receive it, and now the
German minister must either give it
storage room at the embassy in
Washington or tear it up. The latter
course ho cannot pursue, and the
only thing left him is to file it away
for reference. The dignified action
of the administration is in striking
contrast with the petulant, peevish
policy of Mr. Bismarck. It is a sting
ing rebuke to the German autocrat
Probably the best thing to do next
would be to call Mr. Sargent to a
higher place and save the treasury
the expense of maintaining a minister
at Berlin until we are assured that he
will be treated with the respect due
the representative of fifty millions of
people.
Another of our foreign ministers
is in trouble. General Low Wallace,
our representative at Constantinople,
sent his card to the Grand Vizier a
few days ago, when the Turkish Bis
marck sent back a curt message that
he was busy and asked him to oall
again. Naturally General Wallace
was incensed, and in polite diplo
matic phrase threatened to tear the
whole establishment down unless he
was given an audience immediately.
He was admitted in an instant If
the slights to our representatives
abroad are continued we shall have
to adopt a pretty vigorous policy and
teach the minions of despotism a les
son they will remember. The Grand
Vizier is indisoreet. The next suc
cessful assassination plot may strip
him of his power and property and
send him to Castle Garden as an im
migrant, and then what would be
come of him?
It sounds rather pleasant to hear
a paper like the London Times, say
that "the happy fortune of the-Amer-ican
people has left them for the time
with no more difficult problem to set
tle than how to avoid accumulating
so enormous a reserve of public
wealth as not to know what to do
with their taxes." The standing army
of the United States, the Ti7iesmen
tions furthermore, "is the minutest in
existence," and yet "no country would
dare gratuitously to offer the govern
ment an affront or do it an injustice.'
The time was, and not very long ago,
either, when such remarks from the
Timet would have been considered
ufficieatjostificatioh for every truly
patriotic Briton to stop the paper.
WHAT IS A SEA?'
Becektu in New York state, a
judgment was rendered which in
volves the question "what is a sea?"
-Che judgment of the lower court in
the case of Charles Snowden and an
other, against William H. Guion and
others was reversed and a new trial
ordered. It appears that Mr. Snow
den secured a verdict for damages
done to cattle which he had shipped
by the Guion Steamship Line; of
these 156 were killed, maimed in a
heavy storm which prevailed between
February 14 and March 2, 1683. Mr.
Snowden brought the suit upon a
policy of marine insurance against
the loss of cattle shipped on the
steamship. Tiie case involved a con
struction of he phrise "directly by
sea," -which was contained in this pro
vision in. the pelicy: "Liable only
for loss of animal or animals caused
directly by a sea, stranding, sinking,
burning, or collision," eto. The ani
mals had been injured by being
thrown from their stalls through the
pitching of the vessel. Chief Justice
Sedgwick, who writes the opinion re
versing the judgment which Mr.
Snowden secured, says:
"Policies generally have 'peril of
the seas,' but writers upon insurance
and judges often use as an equivalent
'peril of the sea? The word 'seas in
the general provision has no specific
or limited reference to the ocean as a
body of water. It is contrasted to
land. It refers to the peculiarities of
the contingencies of living and trad
ing upon water, as distinguished from
living and trading upon land.
The definitions " of dictionaries seem
to give what is the use of the word
'sea1 among seafarers as well as
among people generally.
"Webster makes sea to mean 'A
wave, a billow, as to ship a sea; the
swell of the ocean in a tempest; mo
tion or agitation of the water's sur
face.' Falconer's 'marine dictionary,'
byBurney, says: 'Sea as variously
applied by sailors to a single wave, to
the agitation produced by a multi
tude ol waves in a tempest or to their
particular progress of direction.'
Thus they say; 'We shipped a heavy
sea;' 'There is quite a sea in the off
ing;' The sea sets to the south
ward.' Hence a ship ia said to head
the sea when her course is opposed
ta the direction or setting of
the surges. This is given after 'sea'
is defined as a, separate word to mean
that vast, tract of water encompassing
the whole earth, more properly called
ocean, and also as another word more
properly used for a particular part of
the ocean, as tho Irish sea, the Medi
terranean sea, the Baltic sea, the Bed
sea.'
"There may be doubi,"" continues
the judge, "that parties to such con
tracts could accurately state the dif
ference between the articles 'a' and
he,' yet if they use one or the other
in a way that exhibits a discrimina
tion in tact, that discrimination must
have, its proper weight Writers on
language say that the definite article
always grows out of a demonstrative
pronoun, the indefinite out of the
numeral one; that 'an' or 'a' is the
numeral one; 'the' is the demonstra
tive 'that
"The parties meant by a 'peiil of a
sea not a peril of the sea that might
be in the winds as well as in the
water, but a risk connected with a
movement of the water of the sea.
As it was described as a or one, sea,
the intention was to designate some
part of the water for example, a
wave, of which there might be sev
eral, each of which would be a diffor
erent object from the general body of
water and would involve its peculiar
or characteristic risk. A sea in the
sense of a general agitation of the
water or waves wns not meant, be
cause that is a collective term embrac
ing many waves, and it ceases to be
applicable when tho individual waves
which compose it are intended to be
designated A loss could not occur
from the particulars considered col
lectively, but only from their proper
individual effects.
"X do not mean that the parties
confined themselves to a wavespe
ciBcally, but they intended a definite
and separated part of the general
body of water and a risk that would
be peculiar to that and a loss that
might be definitely traced from that
In this particular case
the ordinary motion of a vessel would
ba likely to throw animals down and
lessen their valHe - endanger their
lives. A loss that
follows the direct action upon ani
mals of a sea shipped would as praoti
cally us possible distribute between
the parties the risks each would be
likely and willing to take.
There was some ovidence tending to
show that soe of the cattle died
"from want of air, tie hatches having
oeen battened down. None of the
cattle suffered inju.ry from the direct
action of the -waiter nnnn fhmv
There was no evidence that any water
reached them. Y am of the opinion
that the general, tossing and laboring
of the steamer -which caused the in
jury to the anima is was not the result
pf a sea, in the t sense of the policy,
but of the general commotion of the
sea and of the. winds, and that for
these reasons tbj 3 defendants were not
liable for the loa s on the evidence as
given."
The judge accordingly ordered a
new trial.
IIOR.
At Sklnnnnn l.o,..t.. if i. .-.i
1884, to the wife o t H. Gray, a daughter!
FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET.
OCCIDENTAL FALL
F. W. STECHHAN Lessee.
Wm. EMEltSuN, Propnetoraiid .Manager,
Saturday Evening, March 22nd.
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
THE EVENT OF TIIK SEASON.
Emerson's Minstrels
IX ITS EXTIKRTY.
The entire company now ulaxlng at the
Standard! hratre w 11 positively
appear In
Their Brilliant Fht Tart,
New and Laughable Sketches.
And a Screaming Afterpiece.
By Just the Plain Con.edlan,
CHAJtliE HEED,
Entitled,
BANGLES!
The f"llowIng names are guarantee what
a treat is in store :
Ch&rlerBeed, Just the Plain Comedian.
BUIj Sneatnam, Eccenttlc Comedian and
End man.
Oar Quartette, Ben Clark. H.'F. Bishop. II.
W. Frlllman, Frank Vo'iiga.
Gilbert Saronj-, m bis original eccentricities.
Wilson and Cameron, in Acrobatic Songs and
jjances.
F. B. galoots, the greatest Female Imper
sonator. Griffin and Bice, in rollicklug Ethiopian
sketches,
Cass Downing, and his superb Orchestra.
SAM MYEKS.
Treasurer for Win. Emerson.
FIRST CLASS SHAVING
AND
Hair Dressing Saloon,
FITTED UP IN A NEW AND AUTISTIC
manner. Every attention tiald n.itmns.
I have titled up and opened a fiit-clas
Barbershop at Cat! Adier'.s nld stand on
Che nntnus street, and am ready inr bushiest
liZStil I.KS. UU.L.ISU.
JACKSON'S
ASTORIA
BakeryConfectionery
Coffee and Ico Cream Parlors.
OYSTERS
laPL :E2T7-y sty-JL.
CIIEXAIUUS STREET.
SUPEUIOR
Bread and Cakes
OF AM, KlXDs-.
Weddings and Parties supplied with strictly
FIRST-CLASS WORK.
French and Ainerican-o
CANDIES
Manufactured, Wholesale and Retail.
THE FINEST
IN TI1K CITY
Made from the Finest Plour
-AT-
F. B. ELBERSON'S
SEASIDE BAKERY
FANCY
CAKES AND CONFECTIONERY
Everything first class and guaranteed.
$67,000,000 Capital i
Liverpool and London and Globe.
North British and Merciintile
Of London and Edinburgh.
Old Connecticut of Hartford,
AND
COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA
Fire Insurance Companies,
Representing a Capital of $67,000,000.
A. VAN DUSKN. Aent.
ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE,
AUG. JDANIELSON,
Proprietor
Rebalitand Refitted rriirou shout.
Tiie lst of
WlXK8.ilQITOKS,AJ?I CIGARS
For a Good Cbjax, call fer onti of
"Danielson's Best."
Comer "West 9th and Water Stn-ets. Astoria.
u9-tra
B. S. Worsley,
AUCTION KEE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT
iSr-Oflke an-l "Ware Booms on Squemoqua
Street, matt door to comer ot olney.
Advancements made on Consignments'
Xo Charge for Ntorr.se or Moits
BANKING AND INSURANCE!
I. W. CASE,
Broker, Banker, and Insur
ance Agent,
AgiTOBIA, - OBEGOX.
OFFICE HOURS :
From 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock P. M.
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.
TH1E UNDERSIGNED "WOULD UE
. spectfully inform the citi'eus of Astoia
and vicinity that he will pay interest n
dai ly deposits and balances, from this date
until further notice.
I. W. CASE,
Banker,
aiarcb 6'h, 1681.
FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET
Bg- tke Night. Day, Week or Month
WITH OE WITHOUT BOARD,
Wftn use ot Parlor. Library and all tbe com
forts of a home. Terras reasonable.
Jipplyto
JMRS. R C. HOLDEN,
Oor.Kaia ana JtSusoa fts.
You Are Sure
AT
Leading Furniture House
OF ASTOBIA,
CHAS. HEILBORN.
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Hall, Office, Library, Parlor, Chamber
and DINING ROOM, in
WALNUT, CHEBBY, ASH, AND MAPLE.
We are without a doubt showing the Largest and Moat Complete
line of CHAMBER SUITS in this city, unequaled in Design, Work
manship and Finish.
We Carry an IMMENSE STOCK OF CARPETS of AH Designs
and Colors in
Body, Koxbury, and Tapestry Brussels, Three Plys,
Extra Supers and Ingrains.
WOMAN'S
AND
LADIES' PEIVATE COMPANION
FOR
HOME TREATMENT.
A. COMMON SENSE MEDICAL INSTRUCTOR FOR LADIES ONLY;
Containing full lurontiniinn In reference to all qtt"3lons relating to Wmnnnunoil. the
bet er to enable tlirsex to iulQ.1 iheir duties and enjoy tiieme ves In their various r-hi-ttoiis.iSJInitletiH
n Uciiinil Uoiliers. It is. as a popular work, c lnmeudiu itself to
the grcit he.in of Womanhood ; written In plain, run te anil driicuie Iuiisuhzc,
easy of un eistauUiug :uid above ail other lecumuieudations, it is thoroughly reliable
aim rlslit to fhr puiut.
II Is a work h ch ill b a place occupied by no o her book, and Is a complete library In
itsi if. Ao lady lioevrr.s-nslt ve, wil tv-r regiet its perusal. It gives information which
will make life mure piejs:int,ive a hlKlierze 1 to its enjoyment. iiaKe tno-e ny wu-ra
hniHu ties are pi-zed, prize and t ujnv tin m stlil mine ; wlii e It will cert Inly r-l!-ve many
iikome bunietiMiow bomeii ihoe to whom II e h.ts proved .ilmust. if not quite, a fail
tire. It ives the c-auvs, symptoms and treatment with prescript oi s for every disease
eculiar to tho sphere for wliirli it Is delgn d To tboe who hae unintentionally, by
Ignorance, or b re-kles "Isrcanl or tiie divine laws of health ra.tde ihemseivea wretch
ed In life by sickness, resulting f ora any of the various forms or weaknesses, whirh follow
n he train ot uomanhiM-d. we ran unhrMiatingly and most confidently recommend this
book as one which will give you the aivtce your necessities require In order to icstore
you to health and happiness. The wastdfoiru the pale, wan cn ek. the 1 stless sunken
eves, the slowly draggn:-step. the "Hied 11 iture" Is too oft-n seen in our homes. 'Ihe
luthors of this work sincerely bell ve that .ill these features mav be i-lninued, the form
again rouiuteil and plump the cheeks to bloom with roseof health, the eje to SDark'e
wnh life and vivacity, the Ilgnt. quik step regained, nd th- enervated nature restored,
by a simple home treatment and prescriptions as said down in this work, and In ttrs be
lief, and with an earnest desire iu lieuefit ihe suffering, ami renew health and happiness
tothealHicied, and to furnish such Information to those now In health, as will enable
them to retain it anil avoid t!i-se aimcultli-s. this book has been prciared. Everv invalid
should obtain a copv and tieat ilifiiiMivc. and no lady In health can afford to be without
it and thusiemalu fn nniornnce of Its peculiar. eterialuiui a id lrittlve teachlng
It Ls recommended by ma.y eminent lady physicians as a SAFE GUIDE FOR THE
SEX. I' i handsomely bound and illustrated. Sent post paid to ladle only, upon
receiptor S j. OO. Address tue
ROtiHESTER PUBLISHING CO.
Nos. 32, 33, and 33 Oaburn Block,
ItO CHESTER. X. Y.
TIIE ;EV TORE
Opposite the Farker House.
Headquarters for the Young
and the Old.
Hooks Musical Instruments. Toys Sta
tionery and Novelties of Every
DtsciI.tioii.
All Hie reading PtiblicutibuH
or the Iaj
Ask to bo shown the Clariona, the latest
novel of tuechauica. ingenuity.
J. W. RUDDOCK,
Practical Plumbing in Aii Its'
Branches.
Steam and Gas Fixtures,
A Complete tock of Flrat-cl4ss Material.
All Work Guitraittrert.
Offlc and Shop on C 133 Street, rear of
Cae's. uank, Astoria, Oregon.
GEO. GANSZ,
DEALER IN
JTresli and Cured Meats.
SAUSAGE A SPECIALTY.
iText Door to John Rogers' Central Market.
I0TELTY
TI
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Jy
O8W York Novelty
STORE I
Astoria Shooting Gallery
N'oxt Donr to A. G. Spexarth's
Chesamus stieet, near Main.
3?j?y "3TOTX3? 8lsJ.ll
As a XarKsman, and win a
PRIZE.
First-class Guns : Charges Moderate.
Open till 10 :30.P.'M. ...
iw W. AT, ' - Proprietor.
to be Suited
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THE
PHYSICIAN
PETER BLANKHOLM,
Dealer In
FINE CIGARS,
- IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC.
THE BEST BRANDS OF TOBACCO.
SMOKERS'" ARTICLES.
Cor. Squemoqua and Olney Streets, Astoria.
COAL! COAL!
Tho Oregon Improvement Co.
Now have for sale at the new Bunkers.
SEATTLE COAL
For Domestic use, clean, $7.30 per ton of
2.mo lbs.
ForHteamuse, average, $c.30 per ton of
2.210 11)3.
For Steam use, screenings. $4.50 per ton of
2.240 lbs.
Also constantly on hand First-clout
Cumberland Coal
For Blacksmith nso, at market rates.
E. A. NOYES.
Jan20-3m Agent.
THE BEST
13 THE
Royal Brand Flour
Manufactured by the
OREGON MILLING COMPANY
Is of Superior Quality, and is Endorsed
by all who um it.
TH1 HOUSEKEEPER'S FaVORITE
Of Superior Rising Quality.
Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction.
WYATT & THOMPSON
Hole Agouti for AHtorin.
THE CELEBRATED
Foley Springs.
PETER RDNEY, - - - ManaRer.
m HESR CELEBRATED MEDICINAL
JL Sj-nnfj sli tinted In Lane County, urecn,
areunequaed forllie cure of Cittiurhal ai
fections, KheumatiMii, and Dspepsla, as
th- usauds throughout the Northwest will
attest.
Every care is plven Invalids and those
who seek tho benefits t the waters
Carri ices leav ihe St Charles Hotel. Eu-
ne City, every Wednesday and Saturday,
irect for the Spriug.
For Sale.
ONE GOOD MILCH COW FOUR YEARS
old. Inquire of -
" DB.JAYTTJTTLE.
? -
FRANK L.
Fresh Fruits
FANCY GROCERIES.
TEH apply to the Captain, or to
EMPIRE STORES
RE-OPENING 1
Fine Goods Reduced Prices
Ladies desirous of procuring Goods
unequaled in Style and Finish will
take pleasure in examining our
Stock of
SILKS, SATINS and DRESS GOODS.
IN TEE
GENTS' FUENISHXKG DEPARTMENT,
Everything is Complete
and of the beBt.
PRAEL BROS.
rn U V AT 1? W M A T U T
jllJLi H U
ftlliil IfiiiH teW
A PULL STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
JESm JR.. 3ET A lES,
Two doors east of Occident Hotel. ASTORIA, OREGON,
John Jku Montgomery,
-DEALER
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware.
A General Assortment of
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Agents for
Magee Stoves and Eanges
The Best in the market.
Piumbing goods of all kinds on hand. Job
work done In a woikmanlike manner.
PLUMBING,' GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK
Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms.
Chennmus Street, A'ext to C Li. Parker's Store.
ASTORIA, - OREGON.
M. OLSEN. J. OUSTAFoOX. A. JOUSBOX.
MARTIN OLSEN & CO.
. EALEKS IN tK?
FURNITURE 55 BEDDING.
Corner Ztluin and Squernoqua Streets. Astoria, Oregon.
WINDOW SHADES AND TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPER ETC.
A Complete Htoclt.
PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD.
41.1. Kijms p fiirkitii:e repaired am vikmsiied.
LESS THAN COfeT !
A Large and Complete Stock
THAT
IS TO BE SOLD !
AT TIIE SIGN OF
The Golden Shoe.
On Squemoqua Street.
A Complete Assortment of
BOOTS AND SHOES
Of the FINEST QUALITY,
and at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
Ladies' and. Children's Shoes
A SPECIALTY.
If You Want a BARGAIN Do Not
Miss This Opportunity.
THESE GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT A
GREAT DEAL
LESS THAN COST-
I. J. ABTOI.D; Agent
PARKER.
Vegetables
STEAMER
CLARA PARKER
Eben P. Parker,Haster.
1 For TOWING, FREIGHT orCHAR-
II. B. PARKER.
H ilLUiJi j
RAKGE CAN BE HAD IN AS
TORIA ONLY OF
E. B. HAWE9,
AGENT
CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOU
WILL BE PLEASED.
E. It. HAWES is also agent for the
ki ptenl Coofcinf Stoie
ZZZ And other first-class stoves.
Fnrnnce Work, Steam Fit
tings, etc., a specialty.
iy-
Oaiifornia Exchange
The beat of California and Foreign.
Wines and Liquors
Ki pt Constancy on Uand
Domestic and Foreign Cigars ef
the bent Brands.
NATIONAL BREWERY BEER.
On Concomly between Benton and Lafa-
tte streets.
li GEORGE GORLIEB
I. W. CASE,
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE
TAIL DEALEE IN
GENERAL MEBCHAMSI
forcer Chenamus and Cas3 streets.
ASTOBIA. .... OREGON
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