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CO t-fa gaily gtorat. AJSTORIA, OREGON: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1837 A LITTLE PLAIN TALK. So much lias been said in these col umns in favor of the proposed sub sidy that to make further editorial comment would be but to repeat what has been urged before, and, yet, at the risk of being tiresome, it is deemed necessary to say that the main point in this business is to put down on the subscription paper what you deem right and just, to yourself, your interest, your expectations, your individual self, totally regardless and entirely irrespective of what any one else is or is not going to do. That is not your concern. The question with you is will it benefit you to have a railroad here: if you think it will, how much? if $1,000, you can afford to take half of that thousand dollars made for you by the railroad after the road is here and put it in your pocket you are $500 ahead. If you think it will benefit you $5,000 or $10,000, half of either of these amounts will be a good thing for you to make. By bringinthe road here you will make that. The question is not "How much are you going to give?" It is "How much are you going to make?' Of course if you expect to make nothing, give nothing. This is viewing the matter as a cold, calculating, selfish scheme, apart from any suggestion of public spirit or community effort It makes one tired to hear a prop erty owner say: "I want to see how much Smith, or Brown, or Jones is going to give, before I put my name down." In the first place there is no "give" about this thing. Not a bit of it No one is "giving" anything. If ,a man puts his name down for $1,000 he hasn't got to put up a cent until the road is completed, and the loco motive in the depot, and when that day does come, the thousand dollars comes out of the resultant profits made andproducedby the fact of the road being here; he takes the thou sand dollars from, a larger sum that probably he wouldn't have if the rail road were not here, a sum that is his because of the building of the rail road. In the second place if you wait to see what Smith or Jones, or the other fellow, is going to "give," you'll wait forever. "What has that to do with it? Are you the critic or judge to decide what he should do? "God helps those that help themselves." If Smith or Brown or Jones or the other fellow don't know a good thing when they see it, that ughtn't to keep you out Of course if a man don't want to have a railroad here: if he is one of the kind that takes, to tall timber the minute he sees a man coming who may engage in the same land of busi ness he is in: if he is afraid of compe tition and wants to keep men and money and ideas out, and wag along to oblivion, he will not only refuse to do anything but will do his little best or worst to keep anybody else from doing anything. The way to do a thing is to do it The way to go ahead is to embrace offered oppertunities: the way to make Astoria amount to something is to take hold and not hang back to see and wait and wonder and hope, and end by doing nothing but twirl thumbs and look for some "capitalist' to come along. And in this we are either right or wrong. And now having freed our mind and said what appears to us, it is but just to say, that if a. man doesn't feel like subscribing; doesn't want to help, that that is his right There should and need be no coaxing about this thing. It is one of the proudest priv ileges of an American citizen to do just as he pleases, so long as he doesn't interfere with any body else's right to do as he or she pleases. "We have met men in the last three days who argue that they don't want a railroad; that there are things that they want, and that the city and county want worse than a railroad, and that till a good many things are done, that we all know ought to be done, they won't do anything toward inducing a rail road to come hera Now, to be just, it is only fair to ad mit that they have a right to think that way if they want to; at the same time regretting our inability to make them see that putting away the pres ent idea of a railroad won't do those things that they want done one bit faster or sooner because of the refusal to raise a proffered subsidy of $150, 000: perhaps not so soon. However, it would be a funny little world if we all thought alike. Five millions of dollars of European gold is now on the way across the At lantic for investment in United States railway securities. COL. J. n. WOODARD. Talking about Southern Pacific railroad extension, and of the report ed moves of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe people the San Francisco Examiner says: "A gentleman somewhat conversant with Colonel "Woodard's affairs told an Examiner reporter yesterday that he was elected as the Santa Fe rep resentative through the recommend ations of William Henry Smith, the associated press repreresentative at Chicago. Smith s brotlier is tne nrst vice president of the Santa Fe, and when he and president Strong de cided upon securing an emissary on this coast, W. H Strong put in a good word for "Woodard, and as Strong, when he was general superintendent of the Santa Fe, had seen much of "Woodard, his appointment was made without delay. Woodard has tried in every way to keep his connection with the Santa Fe sub resa: f r . "Colonel J. H. Woodard contem plates making a visit to the east as soon as the preliminary business of the Laundry Farm company is settled up. It is said that he will visit Bos ton and confer with the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe people." The- above is interesting in connec tion with the fact that the Col. J. H. Woodard mentioned is the man that wrote here saying that if $150,000 was raised and put in the hands of certain eastern parties a railroad connecting with Portland or running into Port land would be built- here inside of twelve months. Evert growing and ambitious town is composed of three elements. Those who work patriotically, vigorously and intelligently for its advancement; those who are in a state -of apathy or indifference and those who take a curious delight in discouraging the efforts of others by ridicule, by a pre sistant denial that any progress can or has been accomplished, and boast ing of every other town but their own. The last class are a class called croakers, but they are really something worse, for their opposition does not arise simply from despondency but from the unenviable spirit which will neither act itself nor suffers others to act A Fkench journalist thinks that the English language is being swamped with words ending in tion, and pro duces the following sentence from a legislative report as abundant proef: "The session ended with a question regarding the opposition of tho ad ministration to the execution of the deliberation relative to the authoriza tion necessary for the erection of. a construction in commemoration of the revolution." Tbxas is well off in dogs, or badly off, rather, for, according to tho Gal veston News, they cost the state $50, 000,000. There are 2,500,000 of them. They cost their owners 5 cents a day, or $45,000,000, and they cost sheep owners $5,000,000 more. Throe Favorites Have the following to say of Wis dom's Bobertine, the great beantifier and preserver of the complexien: Pobtlakd, Or., June 4, 1837. ToMr.W. M. "Wisdom-Dear Sir:-I have tried your Bobertine. It is excellent, and I shall be pleased to recommend it to nil my lady friends. Believe me, yours truly, Hhea. Portland. Dee,, 1885. To Mr. "W. M. "Wisdem: The "Bober tine yon so kindly sent me is excellent. It is the finest preparation I havo over used, and is a decided acquisition to every lady toilet. Yours trnlv, Jeanxie Winston. Pobtlind, Or., April C, 1887. Dear Mr. "Wisdem: I have tried your "Bobertine," and it gives me much pleasure to say that it is excellent for the complexion, being ono of the beat artioles of the kind I have ever used. Be lieve me, yours sincerely, Z. Tcedelli. For sale by W. E. Dement & Co. druggists, Astoria, Oregon The Siskiyou Tunnels. The great summit tunnel in the Siskiyous will be finished before the end of the present month. There re mains a distance of only about 150 feet before the heads of the two gangs will meet This tunnel will be strongly timbered right through. Work on the other tunnels is not nearly so far advanced, as in the summit tunnel, but the graders have very nearly completed their labors, and are now nearly into Ashland. The company expects to be able without hindering in the slightest degree the completion of the line, to direct to other work a portion of "the force there engaged. Is Consumption 1-ncura'blc? Read the follewing: Mr. C. II. Morris, Newark, Ark says: "Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and phy sicians pronounced me an Incurable Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine ever made.'' Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says: "Had it not been for Dr. King's New Discovery for Con.sumptien I would have died of Lung Troubles. Was given up by doctors. Am now in best of health." Try it Sample bottles free at W. E. Dement & Co.'s Drug Staiy. For & Fine Dlsli of Jcc Cream Go to the Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. Gaubrinus Beer And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Private JXeoias. At Frank Fabre's for suppers, par ties, etc The best cooked to order. TREASURY AGENTS REPORT. The Alaska Sealing Grounds. Wasqinoton, Sept. U. The annual re port of George It. Tingle, treasury agent in charge of the Alaska seal islands, has been received. The agent says the tiroo has come when tho lessees of tho islands should be authorized to employ addi tional natives, and teach the m the busi ness of sealing, as death has played aid havoo with the native seaiors of the islands. Tho system of payment to na tives is criticised for its bad effects upon them, and it is held that it would be jus tice to allow the natives of Onnnlaska to be employed and paid on the same foot ing with the natives of St. Puul island. The mortality among tho natives for St. Paul is said to have been very large, while it is a remarkable fact that not a single death from disease has occurred among the white inhabitants since tLo transfer of Alaska to the United States. From measurements made by Assistant Agent Noyes, it appears that the -grand total of breeding seals on St. Ppul and St. George islands, last spring was G,3.7, 750; but in transmitting this statement Mr. Tingle adds that a deduction of one fourth would bring the number closer to tho truth. "Whilst on two rookeries there is some falling off, it is certain that this vast number of animals is still in ex istence. Mr. Tingle says: "The department cannot place too high estimates on tho value of this seal property, and tho gov ernment, I am sure, will not yield to any ut'uiuuua wumu wuum iuhkb m possioio to accomplish the destruction of the seal rookeries and seal life, which, under judi cious managpmentand protection by law, may u uuuiiuueu maennueiy. A large part of the report is devoled to a history of tho seizure of marauding vessels by the revenue cutters. Tho agent S3ys that after the departure of tho revenue cutter last fall, large num bers of seal were taken by British mar auders and tho skins sold in Victoria. One vessel sent her boats to the rookeries but they were fired upon by natives and two men wounded. This fact becamo known Generally among tho marauders. and served to keen them at a safe dis tance from tho rookeries. Up to August l lour steamers had been seen operating around St.Paul island this season. One of these vessels, tho Angel Dolly, of San Francisco, was seized by the agent, who boarded her with the help of the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer St. Paul. The vessel was in distress, as the captain had been accidentally shot and one man wounded while leaving Otter island, where they had been killing seals. This made tne seventh capture this season, the revenue cutter Rush having previ ously taken six, which were sent to Sitka lor trial. They were the Amencan schooner Challenge, with 150 skins; the British schooner Anna Beck, 330 skins; the W. H. Sawyer. 479 skins; Dolnhin, WW skins; urace, 70 skins, and tne Amen can schooner Lottie L, 179 skins. The agent suggests the advisability of providing a small steamship, armed with nue cannon, as mo scuooners were Kill ing seal in plain view of St. Paul island, whilo the Rush was protecting St George island, it is said that 30,000 skins would bo a low estimate of those taken this season by marauders, and ho adds: "The significance of these figures will be un derstood, when the fact is borne in mind that only ono in ten seal killed is se cured." In a supplemental report dated San Francisco, August 19, the agent says that on tho 17th of August the American schooner Anna, with 330 skins, was brought into port, having been seized by the Rush. She reported tho seizure of the Britiih schooners Mary Ellen, 495 skins, and Alfred. Adams, 14C0 skins. The cutter also captured 400 skins landed on an island by the British schooner Lome i-'airyiew, m uehnng sea, making a total of RKW skins seized during the sea son. The number of seals killed during the year by the lessees was 104,8129, and the number of skins accepted as good was 100,000. Au End to Bone Scraping. Edward Shepherd, of Ilarrisburg, 111., says: "l laving received m much bene fit from Electric Bitters, 1 feel it my duty to let suffering humanity know it. Have had a running sore on my leg for eight years; my doctors told me 1 would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used, instead, threu bot tles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound and well." Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c per box by W. E. Dement & Co. Decorative Art Rooms. Mrs. Gates will open Embroidery and Decorative Art Rooms, in a few dajs. next door to Mrs. Malcolm's Millinery rariors, aim win give lessons in nil me Late Art Werk: also furnish material for the same. Having spent a year east and much time in New Tork Art Rooms, have many new facilities. For the very best pictures go to 11. S, Sinister. This "Will Interest Ton, Contemplating purchasers of House hold Furniture will do well to wait for a few days, when the advertisement will appear giving the date at which time the entire Furnituro aud fitting of the Adler residence will be sold at pub lic auctien: l eieganc lunerson 1'iano, costing S450: Parlor set S300 Easy Chairs aud Marble Center Table; 2 Ele gant Prize rictures irom tne art gallery of the Mechanics' Fair of San Francisco. representing Shakespeare at the court of .Elizabeth, reading "Macbeth," and Schiller reading Don Carlos before the court of the Grand Duke De "Weimar, costing Si'OO; elegant Black Walnut Bedroom suits; elegant Carpets and the entire Parlor, Bedroom. Dinlnurooni andKitchen Furniture. For any mfor- iiuiiiuii, ur punier wisuiii;; ui inspect tne lurnirure oeiore sale win can upon Mr. B. S. Worsloy, the auctioneer. OrPsrnn HI tip. TV-iTiisiin "Plum Pnllfnr. nia Prunes and a fine variety of other iruus at xnompson asitoss'. For the best photographs and tintypes go to Crow's Gallery. We have just received the largest stnflr tot splinnl hnnlrc pvnr lirmrrlit t Astoria, which we propose to sell at UOllOIU priCCS. UKIFFIX .V JtKKI). Wn will sell you school books, blanks and tablets and omer school supplies as cheap as the cheapest. Please bear this in mind. Gkiffix & Heed. Tho best oysters in any .stylo at uaures. A Sunny Room Willi the comforts of a home, library, etc. Apply at Holden House. Oysters In Every Style At the Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. Meals Cooked to Order, Private rooms for ladies and families: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. POSITIVELY LAST IX ASTOKIA CRYSTAL we close NEXT SATURDAY MIGHT ! AND IF YOU WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOW l'ltrCK. YOU MUST BE SPRY ABOUT IT! i M, ,, n iim .. A. V. WHOLESALE AND Fine Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. o Crockery, Glass Plated Ware. o Tho Largest and finest assortment of. Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Received fre3h every Steamer. in i -BUY ichool Books -AT CITY BOOK And the Lowest Prices! GKXFFXXT & EEED. 1ST Headquarters THE BEST IN TIIE WORLD. The Winchester Repeating Shot Gun, $25.00! A Fine Side Snap Marline Made Twlar, Double-barrel Shot Gun, Box Shells and Tool. $17.50. Spnrtlns UoodH, Ammunition and the Famous Swedlxu Itazor. All (Jet In and Help. If all the men in the country who carried a brick in their hats would assemble somewhere they might bnild a monument to somebody. Au There 1 1 Ice cream, fine quality supplied at short notici' by Frank Fabn, any part of the city: $2J a gallon. Try Fabre's celebrated pan roast HARRIED. In Astoria, September 10, 1887, bv Rev. L. W. Garner, LL. D., Miss Eleanor Hawkins and Mr. J. T.Ross, both of Astoria. NEW TODAY. Sheriff's Sale. IN TIIE CIRCUIT COUIl C OFTHE STATE or Oregon for Multnomah county : in. Allen. 1'IIT. vs. Kobt. Bell, Deft. : Notice Is hereby given that bv lrtue of an execution Issued out of the above entitled court In the above entitled cause on the lnd day of July, 1SS7, upon a judgment ren dered on the ICth day of July. 1887. in favor ot Win. Allen, plaintiff vs. Kobt. Bell, de fendant for the sum of Sl.9C5.00 and Interest and the further sum of S13.S5 costs, said ex ecution being to me directed, I d:d on the totli day ol July, issi. levy upon all the SsLlt' .V1'0 ,and interest of the defendant, Kobt. Bell, in and to au undivided one-half interest In all of the land fronting or abutt ing upon Lots (l) one and (2) two of Sec. 24, and Lot (l) one of Sec. 25. all in Townships North, Range 10 West, "Willamette Meridian, and more particularly tho undivided M of all the land described as follows, to-wlt: t-ommenciiig at a point 20 chains east of the hub ueiween sections 23 aud 24 on the U. S meander line of Young's Bay, said point be llne,S.5Ddeg30niin E. 20 77-100 chains. S. CGdegiSmhiK. 2C 50-100 chains, S. 13deg 30 mln E. 5 90-100 chains, S. 20 deg 15 mln W. 8 51-100 chains, S. So deg 30 mln E. 2 chains, b. 10 deg 30 mln W. 2 C0-100 chains. S. 19 deg 30 min w. 9 chains, s. 22 deg W. l 20-ioo chains, E. 4 chains, N. 22 deg E. 1 20-100 chalus,N.i9deg30 mln E.9 chains, N. 10 deg 30 mln E. 2 50-100 chains, N, 0 deg 30 mln E. 1 .4-100 chains, N. C dec 48 mln E. 8 7-100 chains. N. 13 deg 30 mlnW. 5 90-100 chains. N. 21 deg 57 mln E. 12 22-100 chains, N. 0 deg 17 nun W. li 2t-loo chains. N. 32 deg tijnW.3:J 35-100 chains, N. 48 deg 17 mln W. 37 90-100 chains, S. 53 50-100 chains, to the place of beginning, containing 211.03 acres, and I will on the mhdayof September, 18S7, proceed to sell all the right, title and inter est of the defendant, Robert Bell, in and to all and singular the above described real property as upon execution, at public auc tion, to ;the highest bidder for cash, in U.S. gold coin, in front or and at the court house door in said county and state, at the hour of 2 o clock p. st. of said day, to satisfy said execution, together with the costs and ac cruing costs. -v. O. B.OSS, . Sheriff of Clatsop Co. Dated at Astoria, Or., Aug. 6th, 18S7. WEEK FOR THE PALACE ! ouu nooiw ALLEN RETAIL DEALER IN J iiiici: ! YOUR - and Supplies TIIE- The Largest Stock in Astoria, for Ammunition. -Gtt School Supplies -THE- lew York Novelty STORE, Headquarters for School Books. A Complete Line of the Official Text Books. Prices Guaranteed Satisfactory. The New York Novelty Store. FOR SALE, At the Parlors of tho Mnnson House, Astoria, Oregon. The Simplified Taylor System For Cutting Garments Of eery description. Instructions given In the Art and Science by , MISS INEZ E, STOUT. Also at the Munson House are choice Fur nished Rooms to rent by MRS. A. E. STOUT. JOB PRINTING. Neat. Quick And Cheap at The ASTOEIAN JOB OFFICE .Meeting Notice. A MEETING OFTHE BRITISH BENEV- 1 nlpnt Annotation u. Ill ha hold tr. Iha onlce of P. L. Cherry, on Tuesday evening, the 13th Inst., at 8 o'clock. . r.UUHBKUY, By J. Bhyce. Pres't. Secretary. A Genuine Boom. A GENUINE BOOM IN "SUPERIOR" Stoves, Ranges and Heaters. Another overland arrival recently of these celebra ted goods, being the fourth carload brought to this market since November, '88. It re quires no loquacity to dbpose of these goods ; their intrinsic merit does the busi ness. Sold only by Magnus O. Crosby. STORE. ECONOMY And Solid Satisfaction Are Guaranteed IF YOU TRADE AT- THE EMPiRE STORE LATEST STYLES Suitings and Trimming Velvets. A Fine Line of In fants' Dresses, Cloaks and Worsted Sliirts, Ladies' Calico Wrappers, Cotton, Wool and Muslin Underwear. -A. OOMEPXalEraiES STOCK Of Qnilts and Blankets, Gents' Clothing, KiirnMiinu Goods Boots, Shoes, Trunks and Valises at the Lowest Cash Pric & at the Empire Store. W. T. IHAiq-AO-EJEL. a. B. PARKER, DEALER IN Hay, Oats, ant Straw, Lie, Brici, Cement, Saoil and Plaster Wood Dellrered to Order. Draylug, Teaming and Express Business. t'Ell apply to the Captain, or to Frank L. Parker. FIH KE W . Promptly Delivered AT LOWEST PRICES IN ANY PART OF THE CiTY Fruits -and In Season. Everything Warranted a3 Benton INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA FIRE A! HARM INSURANCE CO. .FRANK DRKUM ....President W. II. SMITH Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD Secretary No. 160 Second St., Portland, Or. I. W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or. Tbe Continental Insurance Co., OF HARTFORD, Writes Accident Policies, Giving all the concessions offered by any otber company. It is an OLD LINE COMPANY, And offers Security as good as can he found. Its rate in the FIRST PREFERRED CLASS Is SIS per Tear for 85,000 Imariiiee, Being $7.00 less thanby any other Standard Company; an'd $25.00 WEEKLY INDNITY. Other classes in proportion. Policies written and claims adjusted by J.O.BOZORTH, Agent. F. H. BBAOH.Pres.. J, MoORAKEfT. Vice Pro J. K.ELDKRKIN, LOUIS LUKWENBKRG. Seo y, Treasurer. The Northwest Fire & Marine Insurance Company. No. S Washington St., Portland, Or. CAPITAL, $300,000. R. I.. BOYIR. Astoria Agent, Office at I. X.L. Packing Co. DIRECTORS: int Money to Loan on Approred Real Estate Seenrltr. Deposited in Orepn, $300,000 A88ETS, . BgS.3Ql-.Q3a. Royal, Norwich-Union and Lancashire Com bination Joint Policy. Union of San Francisco. Genuania of New York. State Investment of California. Anglo-Nevada Assuranco Corporation, MABINE .IXSUBANCE COTEBED DY OUB OPEN POLICIES. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. Agents. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire Insurance AGENTS. Representing the Largest and Most Relia ble Fire Insurance Companies. All Business promptly&nd accurately tran acted. Flavels Wharf, - Astoria Oregon. $67,000,000 Capital Liverpool St London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hartford of Connecticut. Commercial of California Agricultural, of watertown. New York, London & Lancashire ot Liverpool, Eng.. Fire Insurance Companies, Represent- In a capital of 967,000.000. YA5 DUBEN, Ageut. PARKER t STEAMKU cyy PARKEB Eben P, Parker,Ua3ter. KorTOWINO, FREIGHT orCllAH It. V. PAllMF.lt. SA Vegetables Represented Streets. Corner Cuenaraus and INSURANCE COMPANY, CAPITAL, $100,000.00. The Farmers' Company,, Of Salem. Oregon. THE LEADING COMPANY OFTME PACIFIC XOKTSWB8T, Private Dwellings and Farm Property a Specialty. J. W. CONN, Agent. Astoria. ASTORIA '. Planing Mill. HOLT &, CO. Proprietors. 'Manufactures of MOLDINGS, SASH DOORS, BLINDS, RAILS, BALUSTERS, NEWEL FOBTS. ' BRACKETS. Scroll and Turned Balustrades, Boat Material, etc. Orders solicited and Promptly attended. to. Satisfaction Guaranteed as to StyleQoali ty and Prices. Mill and Office cor. Polk nnd Concomly streets. Astoria, Oregon. Astoria Iron Work Concomly St., Foot of Jackson, Astoria. Or, General Machinists anil Boiler Maten. Land and Marino Engines BOILER WOBK, Steamboat Work and Cannery fork x SPECIALTY, Castings of all Descriptions Hitft to Order it Short Notice, .......PrttWent. ... .SCTtUry. .......TreMfirer. .Suptrtatemdent, J. G. HCSTLXB, . I. W. CASE, JOHN FOX,....., -THE- DIAMOND PALACE! 6USTAY HANSEN,-Pwr. X Large and Well Selected Stock si Fins At.Ejtremely Low Ptlcea. Ill fleoda Bought t Tklt EiUfclUfcaMt Warranted Genuine. Watch and Clack Mepulximg A SPECIALTY. Corner Cass and Sqaeaoqua Street. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, it Capt. Kogsn aid stand, eonur of Can . and Court Strata. Ship and Caaasry work. Hannrtoelnj Wa&flu aad and.tepeired. Cfoe won1 guaranteed. PRIKONS Diamonfls t Jewelry y