The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, January 27, 1889, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextC33 h? gnttjj g.stonmt. ASTORIA, OREGON: SUNDAY ..JANUARY 27. 18T) ISSUED EVERT MORNING. (Monday excepted.); J. F. EALLOBA.N i COMPANY. Publishers and Proprietors. AirOniiK BUILDING, - - CASSSrSSKT. Ttrmi of Sabserlptlon. Served bv Carrier, per week Sent by Hall, per month.... "' ' one j ear. ...... Free of posLige to subci ibers. . IS cts - I cots -5T.O) The Astouiax guarantees to Its adver tisers the largest circulation of any newspa per published on the Columbia river. The J. W.Marr sailed yesterday. The chamber of commerce meets to-morrow evening. Dr. LaForce is beginning the build ing of a new residence on Benton street. The Dolphin will go to Tillamook with freight and passengers about the 2nd pros. Major Hilton, will giro n coarse of lectures at the Armory beginning nest Thursday evening. K. Loebenstein, an Oregon pioneer and a former merchant of this city, died in Portland last Friday. Services in the Congregational church this morning. Theme, '"Fel lowship. Evening theme, "Iho Starry Crown." It is reported that John Wood, ol South Bend, has sold his interest in the saw mill at that place to A. AT, Simpson, for 63,000. At the Methodist church to-day, morning, tneme, "All Tilings are Yours;' evening, '"Christian Sue. cess." Song service, 7 o'clock p. si. uongreBS lias made a favorable re port on the bill granting to the Asto ria & South Coast Railway tho right to construct a bridge across Young's Day. Rev. Dr. Garner officiates at the Baptist church today, morning and evening: at 11 a. h., subject, "The Higher Christian Life:" at 7 p. it., "Strong Holds." The steamer Augusta take3 to UapeAleares Mr. Leaman. the con tractor who will build the 860,000 light House mere, a crow or men and an outfit to begin the work at once. At 9:45 last evening, some one who thought he saw a Cre, turned in an alarm from bos 5, at Trullinger's mm. tho department skipped hasti ly that way, but, fortunately found no occasion for their services. The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Gearhart, while visiting in the country last week had tho misfortune to cut off his thumb with a hatchet. The severed member whs bound to gether and adhered, but will, it is tuougut, uo suit. ah interesting case is on trial in tho United States district court in Portland. W. F. Owens, the Douglas county man who failed and commit ted suicide some time ago, had raised a largo amount or money on bonds with well-to-do farmers of Donglas county as security. ASiiU.UUl) bond ia snea on ana seven or eigtit signers are fighting tho case, claiming that they -never did sign the bond, but that the signatures are forgeries. Some of the most famous experts on hand writing have declared on tho stand the signatures are genuine Gumnel. who was an espert in the Sharon-Hill case, says that no man could success fully imitate so many different hand writings at one time. PERSONAL MENTION. Chief Barry is back from the legis lature. Councilman Welch returned from Salem yesterday. Col. S. G. Elliott, an old railroad man and associated with Ben Holla day in his early Oregon railroad schemes, is down here, surveying. otate senator J. u. u. uray came down from Salem yesterday morning. He has his bauds full of legislation or importance, and returns to-night State senator Coggswcll is in tho city. He represents Klamath, Lake and Grant counties in the legislature, about ono-quarter of the state of Ore gon, and is able to do it. The Cantata of David. Tho Y. M. C A. class in vocal mu sic which has been practicing under me loaaersnip or iror. Uobbins, in tend giving the Cantata of David ere long, and the leader is particularly desirous that all members of the class attend tho remaining rehearsals. One pleasing feature of this fine Cantata is the chorus by the chil dren, and Prof. Dobbins will teach a children's class free every Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 p. it., and those attending will not only get good mu sical instruction free, but will help the management of the Y. M. O. A. in giving tho publio a musical treat. It is said the steam sohooner Maid of Oregon will be put on the route between the Columbia nnd Coos bay. There is no reason why a paying trado cannot be built up between those points. Coos Bay Jyeics. . AH the patent medicines advertised In this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can be bought at tho lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drue store, opposite Occident beta, Astoria. The latest style of Gents' Boots and Shoes at P. J. Goodman's. Testier, Juicy SteaU at Jeff's, A MISTAKEN IDEA. But a Very fommon One With News paper Beportere. "Blew out the gas," is tho daily title of a local item in the San Fran cisoo papers detailing the death by snffocation in some hotel or other in San Francisco, of an unfortunate in mate of one of the hotel rooms. The papers usually go on to say that tho man or woman was from away over jonder, "from one of the cow coun ties." or "from Oregon," and didn't know enough, dodrot 'em, to turn off the gas like civilized people, but jnst naturally blew it out, never having seen gas before, and so suffocated, and served 'em right for their bloodv ignorance. This kind of newsDarjer stntement and verdict bos been going on so long that a good many people accept it as unquestioned and when a "Blew Out The Gas" mortuary item is read, it is either with indifference, or else a sort of careless regret that the de funct didn't turn the gas off instead of blowing it out. The Astobiax rises to remark that tho theory is a mistaken one, and the idea the reverse of the usual truth. People don't, aa n rule, blow ont the gas. Whether from tho cow counties or from Oregon, they know what gas is, and have seen it and know all about turning it off. What they oft times do is when turn ing it off to allow the shut off to turn a little way back again. In a good many or a bad many hotels the gas fixtures are in such Door shapo that they aro death trnps. They aro old and worn out, and when one turns the gas off unless he or she is careful, the little hand piece under tho burner will turn around iust enough to allow gas to escape and get in its deadly work during the night. It is the parsimony of many hotel keepers that causes death by "Blew the gas out," and not the ignorance or innocence of the hapless denizens of their rooms. Another thing: to blow out a healthy gas jet is no easy matter. Try it Light the gas, full head on; now blow, gently; 'tis like blowing a blaz ing fire; now blow again, harder; still the light flares and burns; again, with all your might, and out she goes; but the effort is n considerable one, and not one in a thousand would adopt such a troublesome plan, even if they knew lo better. If the papers in large cities would let go on this "blew out the gas" racket and investigate some of the hotels, they would find that many a one who knew ns much about gas as the newspaper reporters has lost hia or her life through the fniluro of the hotel proprietor to keep his gas burn ers in proper condition. Who Is Your Best Friend? Yonrstomach of course. Why? Be cause if it is out of order you are one of the must miserable creatures liv ing. Give it a fair, honorable chance nnd see if it is not the best friend you have in the end. Don't smoke in the morning. Don't drink iu tho morn ing. If you must smoke and drink wait nntil your stomach is through with bieakfast. You can drink more and smoke more in the evening and it will tell on yon less. If your food ferments and does not digest right, n you are troubled with Heartburn, Dizziness of thebead, coming up of the food after eating, Biliousness, In digestion, or any otlior trouble of the stomach, you had best use Green's August Flower, a3 no person can use it without immediate relief. SCHOOIi REPORT. DISTRICT NO. 9. The following summaries from the record of the upper Astoria school show the attendance for the term ending Jan. 23th, 18S9; and also the increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding term of last year: Number of boys enrolled, 07, in crease, 10; nnmber of girls enrolled, o5, decrease, 3; total enrollment, 122, increase, 7, average number belong ing, 91.75. increase 5; averosre il.uly attendance, 83.0, increase, 5.7; aver age daily absence, 3 25, decrease, .75; average daily tardiness, .7, decrease, .9; per cent, daily attendance, 9C 7, in crease, 1 per cent.; per cent, daily alwenco 3.3, decrease, 1 per cent.; per cent, daily tardiness, .003, de crease 1.2 per cent.; number neither absent nor tardy 21, increase 10. It will be noticed that in every item, this comparison reflects credit upon the school. Number of directors visiting the school, 1; number of parents, 2; num ber of other persons, 7. The following pupils have been in attendance during the entire term and havo not been absent or tardv: Principal's room Ray Morton, Clark Bell. Carl iinutsen, Lucy Morton. Caroline Young, and Grace Kyle. Mrs. Lake's room Oscar Morton. Johnnie Young. May Bell Young, Lucille Duncan, Matilda Encberc. Daisy Johnson, Hiram Leincnweber, Leonard Johnson, Ueorgio .Barker. Miss Allison's room Mary Amund sen, Mary Gramms, Florence Johns, Ruby Kyle, Clarence Wright, Winter Kyle. C. C. BrtowEit, rnncipal. We have some fine Creamerv bntfpr In large and small tubs. Try it. 1 UOMl'-SOX K liOSs'. Ludlow's Ladies' S3.00 Fine Shnps- also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, at P. J. GOCDMA'fl. For Iteut. The stoie room formerly occupied by the Empire Store. An eligible loca tion and a good business stand. Apply IU iia? .i. uuaumypy Trv the New 1'ork Cn-am Chepsi You can find it at Thompson & Ross'. Get some of that celebrated Chase & Sanborn coffee at Thompson &Ross'. Coffee and cake, ten cents, at the Central Restaurant. CMlilreiiGryfcrPitcIier'sCaslorig WOMAN AS A CUSTOMER. Some Queer Features of the Dry Goods Traffic. It was in one of the largest of tho ladies' shopping stores in Now York and a bundle had just been brought in dv a wagon driver. "An said ono of the proprietors who was standing near, "that is a queer thing. That is a very expensive opera cloak that ono of our customers asked to have sent home and left over night, she said, that her husband might decide upon whether she might buy it or not. I supposed at the time that she proba bly had a dressmaker at ner home omployed to copy tho out and trim ming of the cloak, in order to make no one like it of less costly material. I knew she conld never afford to buy the cloak, and so I naturally sup posed she meant to do as I say. But I was wrong. She got the cloak to use at the opera that night. It was the opening, as I afterward saw in the papers, and when I dropped in she was the first and most conspiouous lady I saw, on the way to a seat in the box of some rich relatives she had up town, She was wearing that cloak, and I suppose she managed to have it described for one of the soci ety papers. At these first nights, you know, the names and costumes of the ladies nre nearly always published. ' "What aro you going to do about it?" "Do about it?" said the merchant, "why thank fortune, she comes here to borrow fineries instead of going to other stores to get accommodations. I see that there are thiugs you do not know. Let me explain them. Yon see we have two kinds of customers cash and credit. For the cash custo mers wo take no risks and ask no fa vors. For the credit customers we do almost anything they ask of us. We are glad to get them and make every effort to swell their number. Some houses take note of where pur chases are sent, and, whenever a fash ionable address appears on their ship ping books, write the lady at that address, offering to put her name upon the credit list. Other houses, like oars, dislike to force that trade, and simply wait until such a lady asks favors of a day's or week's ac commodation to pay for a heavy pur chase, or else ask in plain terms to be allowed to lun a bill here. Then, though sho does not know how eager we are, we jump to accommodate her." "Why?" "Mercy! what a greeny you are. Because a lady who has a bill at my store spends all the way from 50 to 500 per cent more than if she hadn't. Not only does she buy everything she wants at this store where Bhe has a bill, passing all the rest every day, but she buys things she does not al ways want and cannot always afford. You need not laugh; men do the same thing. Wo are glad to get men to run bills here as well as women. It was only the other day that a gentle man told me that he had never been thoroughly well dressed until we let him run an account with us. He used to hate to part with money for things he could possibly do without, but now he has dressing gowns, pa jamas, Bilk hose, scarfs a plenty, and tho Lord knows what not. He says that when ho gets our bill onco a quarter he is always pushed into do ing tome extra work he is an artist in order to get money to meet this extra expense. He is different from most men, because he says this spend ing money causes him to make money, since he ia driven to earn a great deal more than ho spends each time our bill comes in. But the ladies can't do that, you say. No, they can sim ply fight it out or coax it out of their husbands." The merchant went on to say that tho ladies impose upon the storekeep ers to an amazing extent, but that this is well understood, and is not objected to. "For instance, if tho lady who wore the rich cloak to the opera had said that this was what sho intended to do with it she could still have had it, because her custom is very valuable, and now goes entirely to the one shop that gives her credit. Had she taken tho cloak home to havo it copied by a dressmaker, as is done with cloaks and gowns and ul sters and even with under linen every day, itwonld still be best for the storo to let her do it, sinco when she copies the garment, in order to get it cheaper, she will buy the goods nt the store that grants favors to her." Hero is a curious phaso of commer cial life. The women who fancy they deceive the shopkeepers are actually kndwn to havo dresses sent home in order to wear them to a photograph er's. They are known to borrow hats, or artificial flowers, or feathers to use at a party, or for decorating their own parlors when they give a party. They order portieres, bric-a-brac, everything that can be imagined, for nse at home on special occasions, al ways saying they want to get their nusDanas opinion or consent before buying. They have suits sent home to try on their children, so they Bay, but in reality to dress their children ior aunaay scnool exnibmons, or whatever they want them to nppear ineir nest in. xney nctuaily borrow dresses to bo married in I Stranger yet, it seems to me, is the fact that this is recognized and countenanced by the men whom they think they are tricking. It is simply charged to wear and tear or profit and loss, and nooharge is made unless serious damage is done to the borrowed articles. Even then, if the annual bill of a woman should be seen to be a considerable ono, it is much moro than likely that her at tention wo aid not be called to the damage done, lest the customer take offense and carry her trade to a rival store. Providence Journal. advice 'to mothers. Mrs. Wixslow's Soototno Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, sol tens tho cums. allavs all rain, cures wind chollc and is the best remedy for diar-rncca.Twentv-n'vB cents a bottle. YFclnhard's Brer. And Free Lunch,at the Telephone Sa loon, s cents. ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION. A Correspondent Relieves His Mind on the Subject. Editor of The Dailt Astebiax: Within the past two years there has been a great deal of nonsensical talk in some of the newnnnnnrn nor. haps it may besaid in most of them, about the injustice and inefficiency of tho present assessment laws of Oregon. Wo have another batch of the same nonsense based upon "Gov. Pennoy er's late message," nnd that part of tho message is even more nonsensical than most of the newspaper gabble. This quotes from the said message as follows, and calls it argument, where as it is not argument, but only asser tion. This is the quotatien: "A change is needed in onr intra relating to assessment and taxation. Under the present law the burden of taxation is Quite nneannllv hnmn Under it the honest men of the state have to bear the brunt of taxation, while the dishonest man, who .muugu wo uiu ui ma uanKS, returns a fictitious indebtedness, is rewarded by a relief from just taxation. The law, as it now stands and as it is now enforced, is really a law to punish by tax a man for honesty, and to reward, by exemption from tax, a man for dis honesty. Such aJaw is a disgrace to any commonwealth. A change should be effected. Everything should be taxed, property of nil kinds, both real and personal, and no deduction whatever for indebtedness should be allowed. It is urged by those who favor deduction of indebt edness that without such deduction there will be in certain cases a double taxation. Granting this to bo true, it is equally true that with deduction of indebtedness the honest man who pays on all of his property,-is doubly taxed also, because his neighbor inrows tne extra burden noon him by avoiding taxation himself through fictitious indebtedness. It is impossible to secure nbsnlntelv jnst taxation, but it can be nearest arrived nt by taxing everything at its full value, and making no deductions whatever. But there never can be any near approach to eaual taxation in this state until deduction for in debtednessthat rock behind which rogues can hide is removed from our statute books. In order to se cure assessment of property at its fair value throughout the state, some supervision over the county assessors should bo bad either by a state officer or by the county commissioners. It would be advantageous also to pro vide for a meeting of the various county assessors each year just prior to the time for making assessments, by which a degree of uniformity could be nrrived, at by consultation and agreement." Now we remark upon those asser tions of the governor that it is no fault of the law that "fictitious" in debtedness is allowed by the assessor, or b the board of equalization in each county. Neither the assessor nor the said board of equalization has any right tor allow fictitious in debtedness to offset actual value of property. Neither has tho assessor or tho said board of equalization in any county any right, or authority, or power, under the law, to assess or to tax any property twice on tho same tax roll, or to allow any of the actual property in any county to escape as sessment and equal taxation. The whole fault of our unjust, unfair and unequal taxation lies entirely with the county assessors, county boards of equalization and county courts whose business it is to administer and carry out the assessment law in making up the county assessment rolls. Now all this is simply assertion, like the governor's message; but the proof is at hand and the actual facts and practice of these offices from year to year is ready to establish all tho above assertions of the writer hereof and to confute the assertions of tho governor and the nonsensical bombast of the many aforesaid growl ing newspapers. Some amendments should bo made to the assessment law, to compel these officers, the assessors, equaliza tion boards, etc., to do their duty nt tho proper time, but no amendment is needed of the kind indicated in the said message. Equaii Taxation. A Safe Investment. 1-. one which is guaranteed to bring you .satisfactory results, or in case of lailurc a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our ad vertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest such as Consumption, In flammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asth ma, Whooping Cough, Croup, eta, etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be de pended upon. Trial bottles free at J. W. Conn's Drug Store. JOB PRINTING. Neat, Quick And Cheap at The ASTOBIAN JOB OFFICE NOTICE TO Hunters AND Trappers I will pay the highest Cash Prico for raw furs and hides. OARL BOENTGEN, nt the GAM SaiNUtf, conitr Lafayette and First stretts. Durin Previous to Our Annual Inventory of Stock we will make a Large Ladies', Misses and Children's CLOAK H. Ut ry To Gray's Harbor. AND SH0ALWATER BAY. The Steamer GEN. MILES. V. P. Wiiitcomb, Master, Will leave for Gray's Harbor Every Tuesday Will sail for Shoalwatcr Bay oncn a month, Iffrelgnt Justifies. TILLAMOOK, Shoalwater Bay and Gray's Harbor The I & C. S. S. Co.'s Steamer "ALLIANCE," Will sail from PORTLAND as follews: GRAY'S II ARBOR-Thursday. October 4. 11, 18 and 25. November I, 8, 15, 22 and 29, December C, 13, 20 and 27. SHOALWATER BAY-October 4 and 18. Nnvember 1. 15 and 29. December 13 aud 2T. TILLAMOOK Monday October 1. 15 and 29. November 12 and 28. December 10 and 24. Steamer leaves Portland, from foot of C street at 8 P. M. on above dates. Astoria S A M, the following rooming. The Company reserves lhe right to change time and place of sailing. V. IC STRONG. President, C. P. UPSHUR, Agent Astoria. GEO. M'LEAX. SAM. FREEMAN. McLean & Freeman. BLACKSMITHS. Special Attention paid to all Ship and Steam boat Repairing HORSESHOEING. Logging Camp Work a Specialty. All kinds of Blaclcsmlthlng done to order. Shop, comer Jefferson and Olney streets, Astoria, Oregon. X Flno and Well Selected Stock OF Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, etc. AT H. EKSTR01TS Jewelry Establishment. All goods warranted, as guaranteed. Opposite Crow's gallery, Astoria, Oregon, BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, -AT THE SIGN OF THEJOLDEH SHOE. Leading D g the Month Beduction ! ON ALL OUR COOPEE THE Goods and Clothing House KATE PUTNAM Favorite Some men aro awful kickers, They kick all blessed day; Can you tell me the reason why? They kick when they are busy, And kick when they do pray. Can you tell mo the reason why? It is because they r'o stickers And are just built that way. They '11 always be great kickers Until they are laid away. Do you know now the reason why? The dude with little boodle, He puts on lunny airs! Can you tell me the reason why? He parts just like a poodle His half a dozen hairs Can yon tell mo the reason why? It is because he's minus Any sense at all And thinks he can get along With half an ounce of gall I Don't you know the reason why? There are lots of you who never Have dealt with HERMAN WISE. Can you tell me the reason why? You keep on paying money, Which you might save otherwise. Can you tell me the reason why? All say he sells much cheaper Than other stores in town. Ha keeps the best assortment And puts the prices down! Do you now know th reason why? 5 "V-r 4 -. Song!!