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ASTORIA. OREGON:
SUNDAY..
-JOIA' 22. 1S8S.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
To read the Republican newspapers
one -would think that the election of
Harrison and Morton was as sure as
sunrise; while a reader of the Dem
ocratic newspapers would conclude
that Cleveland and Thunnan would
certainly be elected. The probabili
ties of success are about even.
Democratic candidates have the
best of it in some ways they
have sure 153 votes, the electoral vote
of the south, which is counted as con
fidently and certainly for Cleveland
and Thunnan to-day as it will be
next December. They also have the
great foreign cities on Manhattan and
Long Islands, known as New York
and Brooklyn. With the 153 elec
toral votes of the south, they only
need 48 more, 36 of which will be
given by New York. The prohibition
ist side Bhow will help in this way as
intended, and will probably beat Har
rison in the Empire state in '88 as it
did Blaine in '&L
The Republicans have 182 votes
sure they need nineteen more; In
diana will give them 15; the other
four they must get in Connecticut,
which has 6, or New Jersey, which
has 9. Both these states were carried
by the Democratic candidates in
'84. The Republicans have some
advantage in being opponents and
therefore hostile critics of the
present administration, and more in
having for" principles, ideas that ap
peal to American pride, patriotism
and pront
Bets, either way, don't influence
anyone and don't indicate how the
election is going. Some men bet on
their judgement, more on their feel
ings and wishes. To the writer it
appears to be an even thing, with the
chances in favor of Harrison and Mor
ton. Our reason for believeing that
Harrison and Morton have the best
chance is based on the probable ac
tion of the Irish and the manufactur
ing operatives in New Jersey. They
decide the election in that state and if
the dwellers in Newark, Paterson,
Elizabethport, and Jersey City once
get the idea firmly into their heads
that the success of Cleveland and
Thunnan will lower the price of their
labor, they will vote the Republican
electoral ticket.
As for the Irish they will probably
resent the slur cast upon them by the
London Times, which says that the
only time an Irishman is any use to
England is when he goes to America
and votes the Democratic ticket and
helps England in her hope of univer
sal free trade, and, this time, be
"ferninst" the government.
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SURVIVAL OF THE UNFITTEST.
Dabwin tells us that the progess of
plants and of all animals, including
man, has been due to a law of -nature
that makes it comparatively easy for
the fittest to survive. They have a
much better chance in the race for
life, and accordingly they develop
into higher forms of usefulness and
beauty while their less-favored com
panions retrograde or miserably per
ish. In tho early history of the race
man worked in harmony with the
great law of nature. The deformed
as well as those who were -mentally
and physically well were left to die,
and in some parts of the world an
end was put to what was considered
a miserable and undesirable existence.
The ancient Spartans Bought to im
prove their race by killing off the un
promising specimens in infancy.
Modern civilization has changed
all this. In most Christian countries
tho lame, blind, and deaf receive more
care and attention than those who
can walk, see and hear. It is stated
that there are fewer illiterates among
the blind and deaf mutes in this state
than among a corresponding number
whose sight and hearing arc nearly
perfect. In some cases tho blind or
deaf in a family are much better
educated than their brothers and
sisters who can see and hear. The
former are sent to a public institution
where they are carefully trained and
instructed, while the latter are al
lowed by their parents to grow up in
ignorance. More money is spent in
educating the feeble-minded than on
an equal number whose minds are
bright and capable of the widest ex
pansion. To those that have little
much is given.
It is possible that there may be
such a thing as going too far in this
matter. Fifty years ago Dr. Samuel
G. Howe, -whom "Whittier in the
grandest of all his poems has called
"the Cadmus of the blind," found in a
town in New Hampshire a child who
could neither see nor hear. He took
her to Boston and taught her to read,
write, sew, knit and to do many other
useful things. She also acquired
many accomplishments. Few persons-are
better or more widely known
than Laura Bridgeman, the blind,
deaf-mute pupil of Dr. Howe. He
demonstrated what it was possible to
do with a person destitute of the two
senses which stand first in the order
of usefulness. It was fortunate for
this unfortunate girl that she fell into
the hands of one who united genius
with industry.
More recently attention has been
called to the case of Hellen Kellar of
Tuscumbia, Alabama, who at an early
age was deprived of her sight, hear
ing, and power of speech. She was
naturally a bright child and belonged
to a good family. Duriug the past
year and a half she has been under
the care of Mr. Anagnos, the suc
cessor of Dr. Howe in the Massachu;
setts institute for the blind. That
she has made most remarkable pro
gress is certain. She writes correctly
and has read a large part of the books
printed in the alphabet for the blind.
She can express her thoughts by pan
tomime. Sho is said to be further
advanoed in studies than most girls
of her age who can see and hear.
Few persons have thought how
many children who can see and hear,
but have grown up in ignorance,
could have been finelv educated for
the time and money spent on these
two blind and deaf girls. The
time of one person, it is said,
was spent for twenty years on Laura
Bridgeman alone. It was not the
time of an ordinary teacher, such as
is commonly employed in a primary
school It was that of a " genius,
scholar, and "one apt to teach." Such
an instructor would have odncated
several hundred children in tho time
spent on a single pupil The results
would notrhave been as striking, but
they would have been much more
beneficial to the world, while many
more individuals would have been
profited. It is possible that sentiment
has got ahead of common sense in the
matter of educating the blind, deaf,
and feeble-minded. Educators, like
all showmen and some preachers, de
sire to do something that will produce
a profound sensation.
m
TIio latest style of Gents' Boots and
snoes at i j. uoodsiajts.
Coffee and cake, ten cents, at I he
ueiurai restaurant.
NEW TO-DAY.
WHAT!
Do You Think
JEFF
Of the Chop House
GivesYou a Meal
And a Glass of Some
thing to Drink.
Notice.
AT A MEETING HELD BY MEMBERS
of the Chehalls .River Fisherman's
Union it was unanimously agreed upon that
me nnce oi saimon mis connne season ue
as follows : private nets : Silverside Salmon,
r oriy cuius : uig saimon, oevemy-nve cents.
Cannery nets : Silverside Salmon, Twenty
cents, big Salmon, Forty cents. Free trans
portation to and from, and free hoard.
Astoria, July 21st, 1883.
TILLAMOOK,
Shoalwater Bay and Gray'? Harbor
Tho Str. "Con. Miles."
Will leave for TILLAMOOK KOCK on a
FISHING EXCURSION,
Sunday, the 22nd Inst.
Fare, Gents. $2,50 ; Ladies, 1,50
GRAY'S nARBOR. Tuesday July 211U.
SHOALWATER BAY, Thursday July Mtli,
GRAY'S nARBOB, July 31st.
For freight or passage apply to
J. H. D. OKAY,
Agent,
TILLAMOOK,
Shoalwater Bay and Gray's Harbor
The P. & C. S. S. Co.'s Steamer
"ALLIANCE,"
Will sail from PORTLAND for SHOAL-
WATiSKiiAY. anauKAia hakhuk
Thursday, July 26th,
at 8 P. II.
Fare to Tillamook and Gray's Harbor, so.
Shoalwater Bay. $5. From Astoria $1 less.
Freight, merchandise $5. Flour and mill
feed excluding bran, $4. Freight to Shoal
water nay $j. u suniciem ireigui oners a
trip to Yaquina and Coos Bay will be made
eany in August.
V. R. STRONG. President.
C.P. UPSHUR, Agent Astoria.
Typewriting.
SHORTHAND, COPYINC.
Correspondence, Legal Work of all kinds.
aone oy me uour, aay or monin, at lype
writing Office, one door below Telegraph
Office.
FR
ITHM
THE 0HI0AGO CONSPIRACY.
(SPECIAL TO THE ASTOEIAN.
Chicago, July 2L A peculiar state
of affairs was developed to- day, when
the case of conspiracy against chair
man Hoge, and Murphy, of the
Burlington striker's committee's,
was called up in court. Neither of
the accused wore present, and Frank
Collier, attorney for the Burlington
Co., and representing the prosecution
surprised everybody in hearing by a
request that the case be continued.
Lawyer Collier explained his reason
for this strange action by saying,
Hoge and Murphy are now out of the
citv. on an extensive tour doing virt
ually company's work. Counsel for
the defense made no oojections to a
continuance and the court granted a
postponement for one week,
ABVICETO MOTIir.KS.
Mrs. Wixslow's Soothixo Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. It soothes the child, . softens
the cuius, allays all pain, cures wind
cholic, and is the best remedy for diar-rhcea.Twenty-five
cents a bottle.
Meals CooKed to Order.
Private rooms for ladies and families:
at Central Kestaurant, next to Foard &
Stokes'.
Umbrellas Repaired
At my old stand. J. Jopi.iy.
TWO NICHTS ONLY.
Monday and Tuesday, July 23, 24.
Special engagement of America's
great Romantic actor, au
thor and manager.
Mr. McKee Rankin.
SUPPORTED BY
MISS MABEL BERT.
And an exceedingly STRONG COMPANY.
Two Great Plays :
MOISOAY:
"The New Danites"
TUESDAY tj
"49"
Sale of reserved seats will onen on Hat
urday Morning, July 2lst, at 10 a. m , at the
rew xorKPioveuy oiore.
The Str. Telephone
Fast Time Between Portland
and Astoria.
Leavlne Astoria Monday C A. M,
" " Tuesday. . 2 SO p. m.
" veduesday......T p.m.
Friday .7 p.m.
" " Saturday 2 :30 p. m.
Close connections at Kalamatothe Sound ;
at Astoria with the Got. Miles for llwaco.
Oysterville and Grays Ilarbor ; at Portland
with the O. & C. R. It., and west side trains,
P. & W. V. R. K ; Vancouver and Oregon
i;uy Doais, ana iwsiem douuu trams.
Farm Implements
WE HAVE IN STOCK,
Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Sulky
Hay Rakes, Tedders, Horse Hay
Forks, Dutton's Mower
Knife Grinders, Etc.
Agents for the Osborne Mowers, Reapers,
and Self Binders.
Extras for all kinds of Faun Machinery
lunusueu on suun. notice.
WILSON & FISHER.
F.H.SURPRENANT&CO.,
ar. o. ross
County Coroner.
First Class Undertaking
ESTABLISHMENT.
New Styles, Caskets and funeral material.
CM LU ABl'UJllAH OlUCe.
S.ARNDT&JFERCUEIN
ASTORIA, - OREGON,
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH
SHOP
AND
Boiler Shop
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AHD
STEAMBOAT WORE
Promptly attended to,
Aspeclaltymadeof repairing
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
Ross
Opera
House
. Vwatchmaker
Jeweler. y
Mfc&fflfasSEB5&S&S&a
A SPARK OF WAR.
Which Will Sot Be Fumed Into a Flame.
Oitawa, June 20. Official intimations
Riven out here make it probable that the
United States has expressed a willingness
to agree to England's proposition, made
a year ago, for the appointment of a
mixed commissidn to adjust claims for
damages made by owners of seized Cana
dian eealers in Behring sea. Along with
this information were facts which indi
cate that at times there was serious dan
ger of a collision betweon war ships.
They are as follews: Her Britanio maj
esty's ship Caroline, the samo that has
just gone to the Skeena rivor with troops
to snbdne rebellious Indians, arrived at
Victoria, under orders to repair, coal and
get provisions. What her service was to
be no one knows. Here in Ottawa the
Dominion cabinet was all in a flutter.
Something was in the wind, and that
sometmng was that the uaronne nad
been ordered to get ready to secretly pro
ceed to Behring sea. Every attempted
exercise of jurisdiction by the United
States bevond the three-mile limit was to
be met by actual resistence, and every
British vessel captured by American cut
ters, or seized by the American authori
ties in Alaskan ports, was to be recap
tured by the Caroline at the muzzle of
her guns if necessary.
Immediately following the disavowal
of any intention on the narfc of Canada
of adopting resistance as a mode of set
tling the Behring sea disputes, the home
government ordered the Caroline to pro
ceed to victoria and act as told above.
Early in Mav the Dolvhln. United
States dispatch boat, left San Francisco
for Alaska. It was given out that she
was carrying instruction to the Alaskan
authorities from Washington, but it be
came known that she had gone to see
that the claims of the United States were
not disregarded. Messages were flashed
over the wires to Ottawa from Viotoria,
ana tne cables to England were kept
busy for nearly a week, and then, as a
result of this excitement, the Caroline
was ordered to discharge her provisions
and await orders. The projected trip to
Alaska and Behring sea was given up.
The times were not propitious for colli
sion with the United States, and the
pritish government dropped its foolish
idea as if it had been a piece of hot iron.
.
When Yon Go to Portland
Frank Fabre, Occidental hotel restau
rant, will be glad to seo his Astotia
friends, A good dinner at a moderate
price and everything in season.
PHIL. A. STOKES & CO.
-FOR-
Big Bargains in Men's Clothing !
Co to the Emporium.
PHIL. A. STOKES & CO.
(Next door to Foard & Stokes.)
Everything a Xtflan Wears
Sold at Very Low Prices and warranted exactly as represented.
NO BETTER CHANCE IN ASTORIA TO GET CLOTHING OF ALL
KINDS AT BOTTOM PRICES.
FHIIi. A. STOKES & CO.
Seines, Pounds, Traps,
AND
FISH NETTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
MADE TO ORDER OF BEST QUALITY.
Woodberry Seine Twines
AT LOWEST PRICES OF NETTING COMBINATION.
Barbour's Salmon Net Threads.
HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519 Market St.,
Sole Agents for
ESTABLISHED 1842.
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UNEN GILL NETTING .SPECIALTY.
The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Salmon Purse Seines. SalioPonni Nets. Salmon Gill Nets.
KTEish Nettings of all kinds supplied at tiie shortest possible notice, anil
at the lowest rates. All mado from onr
Shephard Cold Medal Twines.
Guaranteed to bethe strongest and most desirable twine now made especially for the
PACIFIC COAST EISHERIES.
This TWINE is manufactured only by ourselves, directly from tho raw material,
nA ,. .An in KTtfT'Pl'MfJS thnn tlift phpnnpr omipci
Send for samples; also for our illustrated catalogue. Highest awards at Boston,
PhtlnHMnhia find London.
JLmerioem Net and Tislne Company.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
AFTERWARD.
"Never," he vowed it, "while life may
last,
Can I love again. I will die unwed."
"And I, too, dear, sinco our dream is
past,
I will live single," alio sobbing said.
A storm of farewells of wild good-byes
He rushed from the spot, like an out
cast soul.
She hid m a pillow her streaming eyes,
And wept with anguish beyond control.
Just five years afterward they two met
At a vender's stand, in n noisy street ;
He saw the smile he could ne'er forget,
And she the eyes that were more than
sweet.
f "How well you
"0,Kate'"0,IIarr,!-1Howwelt1k!"
I look!-'
"I stopped," he said, "just to get a toy
For my little girl." "I wanted a book,"
She softly said, "for my little boy."
. .
Private Rooms.
At the Telephone Restaurant for sup
pers, parties, etc. The best cooked to
older.
The finest and juiciest steak at the
Telephone Restaurant.
G.A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSMITHING,
to rap: Rogers old stand, comer of Cabs
and Court Streets.
atiip mid Cuunery work, floneshoelmr.
Wiu-oin niRe and repaired. Good work
NOTICE.
Astoria, July 6th, 18S2.
I have this cth day of July, 1S38. sold my
entire real estate and insurance business to
Messrs. Robb and Parker, for whom I re
spectfully ask a continuance of the patron
age heretofore extended to myself. All lia
bilities incurred prior t. that date are as
sumed by me and I will collect all bills due
meat thafdate.
J.O.BOZORTH.
Referring to the above we respectfully ask
a continuance of the patronage heretofore
extended to Mr. Bozorth.
We will hereafter be found In the office
formerly occupied by him, and having suc
ceeded to the excellent line of Insurance
Companies represented by him, have the
very best facilities for-doing a general Fire
Insurance business,
ROBB & PARKER.
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the Pacific Coast?
CAPITAL $350,000.
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P-
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NETTINGS.
Am . AlaSfilHB
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Groceries, Provisions mi iiil Feed
Crockery, Glass Plated Ware.
o
The Largest and finest assortment of
Fresh. Fruits asa.d ffegetables.
Received fresh every Steamer.
THE LEADING
STATIONERS AN
GRIFF22T
J. C. CLINTON
DEAI.EK IX
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
FRUITS, NUTS,
Candies. Smokers' Articles, Etc.
New Goods Received Dally.
Opposite City Book Store.
PARK
1 nii.li
EMPIRE STORE.
EL B. FiL:
FIRE BRICK dkalku n? FIRE CLAY
Hay, Oats, ani Straw, Liie, Met, Cement, Sana an! Plaster
Wood Delliered to Order. Drajln?, Teacilne and Impress Business.
IER apply to the Captain, or to
GELO F. TARKKR.
CAUI, A. HANSON'
Parker & Hanson
SUCCESSORS TO
C. L. PARKER,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
New Goods Arriving Every Steamer
THIS "WEEK,
The Old Stand - Astoria Oregon.
SEERSUCKERS
The New Model Range
CAN BE HAD IN
Elm Ri
Agent. Call and Examine It ; You Will bo Pleased. E. R. Hawes Is also Agent for the
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES.
Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand.
H. EESTROM,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER.
Special Attention raid to
REPAIRING.
A Fine Line of Jewelry, Clocks
and Watches on Hand.
All Work Guaranteed.
"Water St., East of Aug. Danlelson's.
TheNewYor
Have a Finely Assorted Stock of
Jewelry, Watches, ClockSjOpticalGoods
Fine Stationery, Cutlery and Fancy Goods.
Of All Descriptions, Bought in the Best Markets and CANNOT BE UNDER
SOLD by any one this side of San Francisco.
Opposite Parker House, Main St., Astoria.
5ft
W
A S.BED.
Laird, Schober & Mitchell's
FINE SHOES.
A FULL LINK,
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Virginia Cigar ani Tobacco Store
J. VI. E0TT0M, Proprietor,
Water Street, Two Doors East of Olney.
Fine Cigars, Tobacco und'SmoVrrs Articles,
Sold at Lowest Market Rates.
FRUITS. CANDIES NOTIONS.&o
STROIEB
UMiU PARKER
Ebcn P, Parker,Mastcr.
For TOWING, FREIGHT orCIIAK-
ii. . r akk Kit.
-RUYYOUR-
Groceries i Provisions
Their I.irsely Increaslns trade enablci
them to self at the very lowest margin
of profit uhile giving you goods
that arc of first class quality.
Goods Delivered All Over the City.
The Highest Price raid for Junk.
ASTORIA, ONLY OF
mm Mwtmiii wamiMawi
OF
Foard & Stokes
X a&ribrftiii& H3B K31Ciiri
FASHIONABLE
DRESSMAKING,
At No. 15, above Foard & Stokes'
Store, Water Street.
Mrs. Alilberg la an Experienced Dressmaker
Sn eillsh and Finland languages spoken.
ETTY AHLBERC