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CZ3 Sto fjatljj fomtt. ASTOBIA. OREGON: TUESDAY OCTOBElt 18, 1887 WHY? Is her Thursday night lecture at Boss' opera house, Mrs. Mary Lathrap, with considerable force of expression, said that a man owning a home in As toria should bo ashamed to attempt to fasten a portion of his taxes on the sa loon business. "Why? Are thrift, so briety and self-denial to bear all the expense of government? Is it a crime to own property? Ninety-nine hun dredths of the men that own homes in Astoria or anywhere else have worked hard for the money that built or bought that home. Every dollar rep resents earnest effort, hard work, self- deniaL But according to Mrs. Lath rap, earnest effort, hard work and self denial should be taxed, and he who squanders his property, dissipates his money and dodges the duty imposed by God and man should bo allowed to go untaxed. Proudhon, the great communist, says "Property is robbery." Mrs. Lathrap, the great prohibitionist, says virtually the same thing, only she gels there by a different route. If a man is to be punished by exces sive taxation for the crime of accumu lating property, of working hard for his family and providing a home, of putting away something for his de clining years, what incentive is there to self-sacrifice? Pleasure, ease, hu man inclination say " dress well, live well, spend your money, have a 'good' time." Prudence, sobriety, economy, and other instincts of human nature, say " go slow, save, have a home, be temperate, moderate, self-denying." The man who follows the latter dic tates accumulates something, has property to be taxed: the man who yields to the former has nothing, dies in want, and leaves fiis unfortunate progeny to the mercies of a cold world, and is an expense, living and dead, to the community. Let him who buys the liquor pay well for his indulgence: let the con sumer help pay the burden of tax, for it is the consumer, be he rich or poor, that really pays the restricting tax on liquor sales known as license; and thus place a premium on the soberj the temperate and the self-denying man, the man who is a prohibition law unto himself, tind who calls for no prohibition law "Hold me, or Pll get drunk." The Astobis's proposition, which Mrs. Lathrap and others think" so silly, is that the saloon should be made to pay its full share of municipal ex pense. It should not be- allowed to go free and saddle all the tax, all the burden, all the expense, on property, on sobriety, on what is usually be lieved to be the solid wealth and mainstay of the community. The prohibitionists virtually say the liquor traffic should not be taxed. The Astobian says it should The prohibitionists virtually say that a man should bo taxed heavily if he has a home. The Astoriajt thinks that the element that makes proportionately the most expense in courts and police protection should b8 made to pay its full share of the taxes thus made necessary, and is will ing to leave the matter to the calm, unbiased judgment of any thinking person, only saying to those who up hold and applaud Mrs. Lathrap's proposition that they should not in judging anything, mistake their preju dices for their principles. People sometimes get their prejudices and principles mixed. In the annual report of the commis sioner of the general land office, re garding surveys in Oregon, the com missioner says: "The surveyor gen eral has made three contracts for surveys of Indian reservation boundV ries, and for subdivision of reserva tions for allotments to Indians. He has also entered into contracts for surveys, payable out of the appropri ation for surveys of public lands. About two-thirds of the areaf Ore gon has been surveyed. Further sur veys are needed to keep up with the progress of settlement In many in stances lands settled upon are in small valleys where the greater part of the land is mountainous and unfit for cultivation, or else containing more or less timber. Some qf these lands are in a country covered with dense undergrowth, in which no. com petent surveyor will attempt to make surveys at the rates allowed by law." Sweet Applo Cider At the Astoria Soda Works. The best Fabre's. oysters in any style at Try Fabre's celebrated pan roast Call and get our prices for books in sets, byall the standard authors and po ets; we will guaranteee you the lowest price, Griffin & Eked. Patronize your home book Books seld at auction prices. store. Gbiffin&Beed. A SHOWER OF 3IETE0RS. The Scene "Witnessed Annually in October. The path of the earth on the 18th and 20th of the present month does not lie through a solitary waste of space, .where its unimaginable speed is the only existing motion for hun dreds of thousands of miles, an iso lated exception to the surrounding quiet. Annually on certain days it enters u disputed region where myri ads of opaque bodies of small size, circling round the sun in an unbrok en stream, are already in posession for a distance of 'several millions of miles. Through the midst of these our planet speeds with unabated ve locity, thinning their ranks as they beat with telf-destructive force against the atmosphere, but never perceptibly swerving from its des tined course. This annual skirmish has probably been occurring for thou sands of centuries, though reoorded observation dates back only about a thousand years. To-night and Thursday night the earth encounters the ring of Orionids, which rank next to those of Novem ber 12th and 13th, in size and brill iancy. Besides these circling streams it also encounters them singly, and in isolated groups, so that it is now con sidered that the interplanetary spaces are, comparatively speaking, crowded with these bodies, which are named meteors, and differ from the planets principally in size. Though any ap proximation to the number really in existence could not be attempted, it is at least known that the earth does not travel many hundreds of miles in undisturbed solitude. As these objects, though undoubt edly shining by borrowed light, like the moon and planets, are too small to bedistmgnished, and too far apart, even In groups, to shed a combined light, it may excite surprise that we are aware of their existence. To un derstand this matter fully it must bo remembered that the earth's atmos phere, which envelopes it to a height of at least a hundred miles, or about one-eightieth of its diameter, is mat ter, though in a very rarefied condi tion. "When impelled by the laws of gravity these celestial travelers wing their- curving flight to some point of space already occupied by the earth, they necessarily collide, first with the atmosphere, which they generally penetrate at the rate of about thirty miles in a second. But the earth being also moving, the'f riction is of a two fold nature; and the opaque intruder generally ignites and is consumed bo fore halfway through tho atmospere. Then star-gazers or casual observ ers see tho destruction aloft in the form of a falling or shooting star, which in seeming size and distance, resembles those remote suns that are billions of miles boyond the pathway of our planet. The trail of light that sometimes lingers in the path of the vanished meteor is the debris of its extin guished existence. As different races of men contend for territory, so, also, inanimate nature is in conflict in the realms of space, and the shooting stars are the record of the warfare written in fire. But the earth's at mospheric armor is not always invincible,- and tho invading hosts some times offset their own. extensive anni hilation by small retaliative triumphs. If the meteor'is of unusual size, it passes through (he atmosphero and reaches the ground before it is com pletely fused. These prisoners of war are generally, when captured, in carcerated in museums under the name of aerolites. One of the largest is now in the Academy of Sciences of Copenhagen, and weighs 50,000 pounds. In their swift -descent they some times avenge their downfall. A Fran ciscan monk was killed by a small aerolite near Milan, in the middle of the seventeenth century. No doubt many conflicting views were afloat at the time, as to whether it was a priv ilege or a punishment to be felled by a heavenly missile. There are also accounts of a herds man in Bordeaux and a fishing boat in the Orkney islands being the vic tims of meteoric force. But though the celestial exiles do not always bear destruction with them, their frequent fall is now a well-attested fact. The latest reported being that at Snokane Jo ails about two months ago. A German writer estimates the fall of aerolites at about twelve daily, but iew are discovered, as tuey eitner de scend unnoticed, or in uninhabited lands, and the largest number prob ably into the ocean. If we had a record of all the deaths inflicted by the descent of meteors, the number would probably be too few to cause any apprehensionjstill, like the sword of Damocles, the possibility is forever overhead. The sudden, swift, silent movement of tho falling stars is al ways startling and impressive. They seem, superficially, an incongruity in the clear still heavens, but are in real ity a glimpse of distant space, from which wo are otherwise hopelessly ex cluded. Examination proves that the aerolite, or falling star, that outlives collision with the atmosphere is not composed of any weird or mysterious substances as one might expect on ac count of its cosmical origin. On the contrary, its constituents, though dif ferently combined, are entirely simi lar to earthly material. Iron is the predoninating substance, being some times ninety hundreths of the mass. The outside is frequently found to bo intensely hot on its first contact with terrestrial soil, and the surface pre sents a fused appearance. Wnen a meteor survives fusion m the upper atmosphere, but is shat tered by contact with the denser stra ta, which disruption is followed by a report like the discharge of firearms. it is then distidguished by the name or nrebaii. The ring of meteors through which the earth passes about the 18th of this month is liable to illustrate any of these described forms, but is especially the trail of light which sometimes lasts for min utes and slowly fades awav in varied hues. Astronomers think that the orbit of these meteors is very ellipti cal, and that any point of the un broken stream take3 about 124 years to complete the circuit Moreover, the study of comets auu meteoric rings in the last few years leads to the conclusion that these ignited par ticles in every phase arc the rekin dled fires of former days; or, in other words, the scattered debris of comets of the past or perhaps of comets still existent but gradually diminish ing from division and disintegration. NEW TO-DAY. Boss' Opera House. ONE GRAND EVENT! Monday. October 24. 1887 Emerson's Minstrels HEADED BY Billy Emerson, The Trlnce of Minstrelsy, And a Grand Comnanv of Burnt Cnrk Art ists. New and Elegant First Part Great Finale. New Specialties. "EMERSON" In His Favorite Specialty. NIORIARITY" 66 Admission, Reserved Seats...... i oo Family Dress Circle " 75 Gallery. 50 Box Sheet for the sale of Reserved Seats, open at tho New York Novelty Store.Thurs day morning, Oct. 20th, at 10 a. m. Notice to Fishermen. ANY FEKSON"YISniNG TO CONTRACT , Sturgeon at 1 cent per pound tor all from 20 to SO pounds, or H cent for all above 80 pounds up to 5 tons weight, apply for fur ther particulars to K.T. HUMPHREYS, Central Market. CAPITAL STOCK - - S500,000 THE NORTHWEST INSURANCE CO. ? & ea,cn President J. McCraken vico President J. Loeweiiberg. Treasurer 1.. P. l.arhart Sec'y and Manager DIRECTORS. J.Loeweuuerg J. K. Gill, H. L PIttock, K Jv. Arnold, F.M. Warren. J. McCraken, F. E. Beach, DJXOllphanr, F. Eggert No. 33 Washington street, Portlaud, Or. R. L. BOYLE. Agent. Astoria, Oregon. Omce at I. X. L. Packing Co, J. 0.. CLINTON DEALER IN CIGARS AND TOBACCO, FRUITS, NUTS, Candies. Smokers' Articles, Etc. New Goods Received Dally. Opposite City IIcolc Store. House and Lot For Sale. IN UNION TOWN : nOUSE SCx22 PEET, two stories : To be sold at a bargain. Apply to JOHN INUNDI. Uulontuwn. YOUR CATARRH Onn "too OtxyocL THE CarMc Smoke Ball IS INFALLIBLE! Ask Your Druggist For III ASTHMA Relieved In Ih e Minute. HAY FEVKR, Cure Guaranteed if UV. i in time. DEAI2TES5 Cured Is Three to Six MoaUis DlptheriaCroup, Neu ralgia, Headache, Soro Throat Speedily Cubed. Invaluable Kemeily Patented April, i26. SENT BY HAIL. Price of Treatment. Stxo CSmoVe lull. Jixo; Debclli tcr, for IuteroolUte. Jj.oo). CABB0UC SX0KE BALL CO, 652 Market St, Ban Francisco, Cal. JKoBevraro of Hurtful Imltntlons.-Ss MARLIN REPEATING RIFLE Guar BEST IN THE anteed WORLD! Iv&cetmitA RnAabso lutclysaib. Made in all i pas for 1 itp cr immll rame. BALLARD Caller?, Hunting nnd 'I arret 111- Marl la FireArmiCo., Jtcw Hutch, Ct. Taxes Due, School Dist. No. 9, Upper Astoria. mAXES FOB TIIE ABOVE DISTRICT -B. are now uue uiiu piivuuic iu mo uuuer- siirnea. ivm. u. auaiiu Clerk. Upper Astoria, Oct. 5, 18S7. School Taxes. N0T?CE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Til E taxes for school Qlstrlct No. l are now due and payable at my oQlco on Main street wharf and that the samo will bo deemed de linquent unless paid within sixty days from this date, J. G. HOSTLER, District Clerk. Astoria, Aug. 25. lrCT. Notice. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WEST Coast Fk'g Co. will be held in their of fice, in Astoria, -on the 24th day of October, 1887. to elect directors for tho ensuing year, and tor the transaction of such other busi ness as may come before the meeting. By order of tap President. S.E, MORTON, See. Net Found. ABOVE BROWNSrORT. LAST WEEK, abont 60 fathoms forty-mesh net : no marks. Owner will apply to GU3. STORE. Knappa. FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING. MISS M. L. RICHARDSON Has engaged the services of Mrs. A. John son, a competent and Fashionable Dress maker lust arrived from the East, and is de sirous of having the Ladies of Astoria who wish well-made Dresses to call, see- fittings and samples and decide for themselves. Cass Street, three doors south of Astori ax Office. oerfeetBaNkX FISHERIES We shall be pleased to demonstrate to the FLshermeu of the l'acifle, with more lues and Samples for personal inspection, the sto"we ustesttxdn-g- For Founds and Fiirso Seines, of magnitude, that will, in our opinion, SAVE A LARGE LABOR COST,, Multiply Catch, and increase the nett profits. . Experience proves Hghtnes- with strength, saves muscle, and Increases the number of hauls dally. Our Mr. Stowc made the first Furse Seine for mackerel in this country in 1848. nnd one pound of twine made tx square yards netting, and since then, the improve ments he has made, give 40 square yards netting to one iound. All of the 330 Furse Seines, now In use in New England, are of the fino kind. A live thousand pound Seine, or the kiud In use on the Pacific, requires about 50 Indians lo haul, we aro told ; with the Improved Twine. 3.000 pounds make the same size Seine, and 30 Indians can haul it iu about hair the time, and its Streneth is Eaual to Tho Heavy Kind. LiCHTNESS IS PROFIT. q An extra nice Common Seine Twine, made on the latest improved Brownell Patent Twisters, Well Stretched In the making. Our mill Is well eaulpped for Tar ring by Steam, Hanging, etc., and our hands have the longest experience of any in In this country. With the rules of honorable commerce, we hope to command a share of the Pa cific's patronage, and Invite correspondence for samples and Prices, with stimates. Fnces Satisfactory. Any and all kinds of Nets and Seines made to order. nm GLOUCESTER NET A TWINE CO. Gloucester. Mass. Boston Office, 91 Commercial St. Address all commuuicatlonsto the Boston office. A. V.ALLEN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. o Crockery, Glass Plated. Ware. o The Largest nnd finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Received fresh every Steamer. CITY BOOK STORE. Special Book Sale ! Now In Progreee. Books by all the Standard Authors at remarkably low ngure3. 25T'Cn!! and got prices. GRXFFX2T & REED. o mimwwm oo mm linn mm be aaiaa Headquarters for Ammunition. TIIE BEST IN TIIE WORLD. The Winchester Reoeatiner Shot Gun. S25.00! A Fine Side Snap Marline Mado Twist, Double-barrel Shot Gun, Box Shells and Tools, $17.50. Sporting Goods, Ammunition and the Famous Swedish Itszor Our Immense New Stock, Consisting of -I CAB LOADS of fine Artistic and Plain Furniture, Carpets, Oil Cloth, Madras-Silk LACE AND PORTIERE CURTAINS, Dado Shades, &c, These goods were purchased direct before the recent advance in freight, the our customers. Call and See Us. The New Model Range CAN BE HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF E. R. HAWES. Agent. Call and Examine It; You Will be Buck Patent Oooking Stove, AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES. Eurnace Work, Steam Fitfings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand. School Supplies THE if York NoYBlty STORE, Hoadqnartera for School Books. A Complete Ajnu oi mo Official Text Books. Prices Guaranteed Satisfactory. The New York Novelty, Store. 1888 J Has Arrived. from Eastern Manufacturers and shinned benefits thereof we propose to share with CHAS. KEILBORN. Pleased. E.B.HawesIs also Agent for the Wilson & Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS .FOR SALEM PATENT ROLLER HILLS Portland Eoller Mills, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. ECONOMY And Solid Satisfaction Are Guaranteed -IF YOU THE EMPIRE STORE LATEST STYLES Suitings- and Trimming Velvets. A Fine Line of in fants' Dresses, Cloaks and Worsted Shirts, Ladies' Calico Wrappers, Cotton, Wool and Muslin Underwear. l 0O3MIIjDESa?3E3 . STOCK Of Quilts and Blankets, Gents' Clothinpj, Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shofi3, Txonis and Valises at the Lowest Cash Pries at the Empire Store. W. T. lVI.3SrL.C3-3SH., H. B. PARKER, DKALElt IX Hay, Oats, anil Straw, Lime, Brici, Ceient, Sana and Plaster Wood Delirered to Order. DrajlHg, Tpaminp and Express Bu1ass. iHB -7;,t;, lSKjj TKR apply to tho Captain, or to Frank I. Parker. FRESH BROCERIES A! PROVISIONS Promptly Delivered AT LOWEST PRICES IN ANY PART OF THE CITY. Fruits and Vegetables In Season. Everything Warranted as Represented. Corner Chenamus and Benton Streets. INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA FMA1MRI1 INSURANCE CO. FIIANK DEKUM President W. H. SMITH. Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD Secretary . o. 160 Second St., Portland, Or. l.W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or. DeposM i Oregon, $300,000 ASSETS, $55, sol, a e a. Royal, Norwich-Union and Lancashire Com bination Joint Policy. Union of San Francisco. Gormanla ot New York. State Investment of California. Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation, MARINE .INSURANCE COTEBEU BY OCR OPEN POLICIES. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. " Agents. Elmore. Sanborn & Co. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire Insurance AGENTS. RnnrMPflllnir thn T.rwt nnrl Mnat 1?li- ble Fire Insurance Companies. All Business promptlyfcnd accurately tran acted. FlavelsWharr. - Astoria Oregou. $67,000,000 Capital TJvArnnnl & Txirufnn x-ftlnhn 'nrth PrlHafc and Mercantile) of London and Edinburgh. Hartford of ConnectlcuLCommereIal of California Agricultural, of Watert own. New York, London & Lancashire of Liverpool, Eng.. Fire Insurance Companies, Represent In a capital of 3.000,000. B. VAX 1USEN. Agent. INSURANCE COMPANY, CAPITAL, $100,000.00. The Farmers' Company, Of Salem, Oregon. THE LEADING COMPANY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Private Dwellings and Farm Property a Specialty. J. W. CONN, Agent. Astoria. Furniture and Upholstering, Mattresses Made and Repaired, Paper Hanging, Carpets Sewed and Laid. Furniture Sold on Commission. Shop, corner Main and Jefferson Streets MARTIN OLSBN. MILLINERY ! Latest Styles : : Lowest Prices DRESSMAKING IX ALL ITS BB1UCHES. MRS. W. J. BARRY, (Eaton & Carnahan's Former Establishment) jDJABKlirviTEP TO CALL: And Examine Goods. A Perfect System of DRUB FITTING. TRADE AT- PARKER STEAM Ell CLARA PARKER E ben P; Parherjtaster. For TOWING, FBKMHT orOHAfc. H. B. PAKKKtt, ASTORIA Planing Mill. HOLT & CO. Proprietors. Manufactures of MOLDINGS. SASH DOORS. BLINDS. RAILS. BALUSTERS, NEWEL POSTS. BRACKBTS. Scroll and Turned Balustrade, Boat Material, etc". Orders solicited and Promptly attended to. Satisfaction Guaranteed as to Style,JQan ty and Trices. Mill and Office cor. Folk nnd Concondy streets. Astoria, Oregon, ial Concomly St., Footof Jackson, Astoria. Or. General , 1 MlBMlffitil 31JI -BlOtF Mte Land and Marine Engines BOILER TFOBK. Steamboat Work and Cannery Worn A SPECIALTY. Castings of all Descriptions Mide to Order at Short Notice. . .President. ... Secretary. .......Treasarr. .Supsrinteideat, J. G. HU8TI.EB, ... L W. Casb-............ JOHK FOX. -THE- DIAMOND PALACE! GUSTAY HAKSEKj-Prsp'r. A Large and Well Selected Stock of Fine At Extremely Low Prices. All Geodi Sovgfct at TUs Eitebllikao Warranted Genuine. Wateli and Cleelc Bepalriaff A SPECIALTY. Corner Cass and Squemoqua Streets. City Livery Stable. SHERMAN & WAKD, Proprietors. Stylish Turnouts, Comfortable Carr 'rages and Buggies Bytne day or hour at very reasonable rates. Saddle Horses for Hlrs. Everything new and first class. Our aim Is to please our patrons. HorsesBoarded by tho day, week erentbr Stable and office two doors west of Txx Abtobiax office. Boat Building, JOE LEATHERS Is on deck and prepared to build boats that he will guarantee as to work and dur ability. Befers to all who have used boats of ma construction. All work guaranteed. Astor ron If oris Diamonfls t Jewelry K. K t.. ....