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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1890)
M 'i-Li"-';'-j'?wwff1.u4P!k'wi1' C MHttfcMMMMMMMtiaM Mt gmttf Sstwiatt. BRIGHTON BEACH! ASTOBIA. OREGON: E!:sst:3!i::i:st:sE:t:cE!::asBEE9 isaiiiuimiaiiiiiiaiaaiiaiiius SUNDAY. JULY 27. 1830 RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. The Astobiax was yesterday in re ceipt o a statement, Tvlricli, from its source, should bo authoritative, that the river and harbor bill -would cer tainly pass, though it is not so certain that president Harrison -would sign it The great increase in the pension list frill take additional millions from the treasury this year, and it is understood that the president dis likes to have any possibility of discrep ancy between the receipts and expen ditures of the government during the I fiscal year. According to congressman i Cannon, ot Illinois, there will be a safe margin on the credit side of the national ledger, even -with the passage ot the $26,000,000 river and harbor bill and all the proposed pension and other bills making appropriations out of the treasury. Still, it is to be borne in mind that president Harrison, while in the senate, was a constant friend to internal improvements and cham pioned just such measures as that pro posed by the river and harbor bill in opposition to the hide-bound policy of certain western senators on more occa sions than one. The Astokiax is beginning to be lieve that a better way to make ap propriations for such great and neces sary works of coast and internal im- provement as the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river would be by sections. A lump bill is sure to contain un worthy or uncertain clauses, giving money for doubtful schemes. The Kew York City press, the Indiana Hoosiers and a few more, seize on these questionable items in the gen eral bill and scare congress till some times the bill doesn't pass or is vetoed. Nothing is ever said by these icono clasts about tbe manifestly good par agraphs or worthy and necessary ap propriations. They are ignored. 33ut a little $25,000 appropriation for "West Punxtawney creek where the tills of the trout are dusty, affords a plaus ible pretext for a combined onslaught on a bill that appropriates a few pal try thousands for the Columbia or provides future relief for the unfortu nates on the swollen banks of the lower Mississippi. It is to be hoped that president Harrison, eveu though he does come from an inland state will have breadth ot beam enough to recognize the needs of the nation and sign the bill. He probably wilL Distinguished senators and repre sentatives have visited the jetty dur ing the past two years; have been shown the need of the work by our citizens, and have access to influence sufficient with the cliief executive to show him the advisibility, in every pease, of affixing his official signature to the bill that among other thin gs appropriates sufficient money to con tinue tho noble and necessary work now being doue at the mouth of the great river ot the west This is not a local matter. It affects Astoria less than it docs other places. Every man who reaps ajyergas ami zoutch. This list was pound of wheat or cuts a pound of wool or saws a stick of lumber; every one who dwells in the country tribu tary to its waters; every ship owner in Kew York or Liverpool or Glasgow is interested in the improvement of this riTer. If is more than a local ques tion, it is more than a national argu ment It is international in its scope. (Since the above was in type, a tel egram has been received from senator Mitchell, published elsewhere, which is of a most encouraging nature. "Whatever can possibly be done will be accomplished by our hard working senators and congressman.) RAMBLES AMONG WORDS. One ot the pleasantest and most en tertaining literary excursions that can be taken is into the dictionary. "When-the fair Julie? asked, "What's in a namef and answered her own query by the declaration that "Unit which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," it was a piece of special pleading, intended to carry conviction to herself and to prove to herself that Montague and Capulet were not, or need not be, nec essarily hostile each to the other and being at once and in her own person advocate, judge and jury, it is little woader that she got a verdict in her feTor; but the judgment in that case, being so notoriously obtained upon an ex parte presentation of tho question, bag never been considered as a prece dent to be followed. Names and -words are more than mere empty sosads; they are things, and nowhere, eseept in a land peopled by deaf awteo, can their importance be called i question. 35t it is rather with what we can id in the course of a ramble among -words than with linguistic disserta tions that we are now interested. Tfeere are two methods of amusing oaeeelf with the dictionary. One is to take a word which may have struck tke eye or ear as peculiar or unusual, NMllMBi it down and, when caught, atrip it of all the additions which ia-re been made to it by time, trans wimmim, euphonic considerations and all tbe rest, and see what the word is aaiwkyitk. Aaotfcsr way is to open the diction. afyairasdom and trust to luck for IwkMfr a word from some unsus FeM covert or finding it concealed or fKfgTiifrrl in such a way as to iefr recognitien: for your is a akv bird and will often lie sWm ac almost to be stepped on mnVinc iteelt visible. It may Wf iatawwt to experiment a little "wiMnVeaVtttnea methods. Tafchj, p a recent publication, we As Laid out by h. BB & PARKER, General Agents, - - ' '"" Cud advertised a forthcoming Man agogicar' story by a well-known au thor. Now, what in the name of all the dictionary makers is an "anagog ical" story? It is to be of such a character that it can be de scribed only by such a harsh sound ing word as that, which is reminis cent of cholagogue and ''feve n'ager," or of the pedagogue and his birchen rod? Let us see what kind of story this can be. Our friend the dictionary informs us that "anagogical" means no more nor less than mysterious, and so our pedantic author in question is going to publish a mysterious story. But why is anagogical any better, for any purpose, than mysterious? One is just as good Greek as the other, and the latter word has the advantago ot being "understood by tho people,' while the other is certainly "caviare to the general." Opening a book at random, we chance upon the word "trivial."' It is a word which needs no accurate defi nition. "Wc all know what it means; we do not know or slop to think ot its origin. Trivial, means, by its deriva tionfrom tri, three, and via, ways pertaining to tho meeting of three streets or roads, and undoubtedly comes from the habits, as common in ancient Rome as elsewhere, of stop ping to chat or gossip on the street corners or in the space formed by the intersection of streets. "When it is remembered that originally the word was feminine in gender, that is, in Latin, wo may at least hazard a guessTthat Roman matrons and maid ens were not averse to stopping on the comers to chat or to exchange confidences about the fit ot Cornelia's new tunic, or how becoming tho toia iritis was to young Sempouius Atticus, or to complain, as nowadays, of the imprudence and carelessness of the domestic servants, bond or free. Rut now let us take a brief ramble through the dictionary, take it in al phabetical order. Here is a list of words, none of which is given as ab soletc, and very few ot which are technical tonus, which will at least put onr young readers to their bumps to define, and maybe some scholars may have to think twice before speak ing. Here is the list: Aberuncator, bipectiuate, caulescent, deg, enode, fescue, gleed, hederal, ischial, jud dock, kage, limbat, mclic, nur, osci tant, piugster. queachy, rathe, skeg, tew, ubicalion, ven "1, wyun, xyphoid, selected without any special care and in a very short time, but it may be sufficient to show that there are hid den treasures in the dictionary worth seeking. "What the dictionary does not con tain is often as surprising as what it .does. For example, tho very common word "seepage" is not findable, al though the verb "seep" is given. "Sparsely," too, a word in common use, "Webster disowns, giving "spars edly" instead, although he does admit "sparsely' iu the list of additional words. It used to be said, and we be lieve correctly, that the only place in "Webster's "Unabridged Dictionary where the word "unabridged" could be found was on the cover, as it was not admitted into the body ot the work; but this may have been in pursuance of a general plan to exclude negative prefixes. "When we come to definitions wc lose much of the pleasure which the pre vious generation enjoyed. Modern editions of dictionaries have improved on the earlier ones. Webster no longer defines a boil as a ''circum scribed subcutaneous postular erup tion, suppurating with a central core," as the original dictionary did; nor would Johnson now define oats as "a grain used for food for horses iu En gland and for men in Scotland." The tendency of modem lexicographers is to explain, instead of trying to define a word by giving the student another, and for this purpose tho illustrations in modern dictionaries are very useful. Rambles among words may be amusing as well as instructive, and no one, no matter how endowed by talent or even genius, can hope to know a language, even his mother tongue, by intuition, nor even by hearing it spoken. It he wants to understand the nice shades of meaning, the dis tinctions which make style and lit erary perfection, ho must study the dictionary, and he may rest assured that it will not be time of labor wasted. A rECUMAit stale of affairs is reported from Central America, where a project of unification is under consideration. Three of the five Central American states have signed the convention for a union, viz., Honduras, Guatemala and San Salvador, while a favorable report has been received from the Costa Rica senate in regard to signing. Since the signature of San Salvador was affixed to the convention, however, tho president (Menendez) of that state has been killed, and one General Eyeta has seized upon the govern ment and issued a proclamation de claring himself president What is of f. l. Logan I The Coming EJWagon Road From chief interest in the present situation of affairs is that he is opposed to the project of a union. He has sent word to the other states that he will agree to every policy ol tho fonr other re publics except that in relation to the union of the states. Persistence in this policy would, of course, prove a check to the movement for union. It is more than likely, however, that the other states, particularly Guatemala and Honduras, which realize the im portance of union to their interests, will intervene to compel the carrying out of the convention by force, and they are now at war. Regabdixq the tariff bill now pend ing in the senate, secretary of state Blaine savs: I do not doubt that in many re spects tho tariff bill pending in the senate is a just measure and that most of its provisions are in accordanco with the wise policy of protection. Rut there is not a section or a line in the entire bill that will open a market for another bushel of wheat or an other barrel of pork. It sugar is now placed on the free list without exact ing important trade concessions in re turn we shall close the door for a prof itable reciprocity against ourselves. Suktkacten'G from the public debt the cash in the treasury, tho amount ot Pacific railroad bonds and interest thereon, the sum of $Q21,G0i000 re mains as the indebtedness of tho United States at the beginning of this month. The corresponding folal for 1SS0 was about 81,919,327,000. AiiiuNV is said to be the only town iu the stale that is wholly satisfied with the census enumeration. Warm weather often causes extreme tired feeling and ilebillity, ami iu the weakened condition of the system, ilis pascs arising from impure blood arc li able to appear To gain strength, to overcome disease, and to pun fy. vitalize, and enrich the blood, take Hood's fcarsa oaiilla. A. J. STEELE, President. L.O. CI1ENAULT, Vice-President and Iiusincss lanngor. iisEceiczcti Frankfort Paid-up Capital, $300,000. Frankfort, - - Washington. Correspondence Solicited. ASTORIA OFFICE, - - - Flavel's Brick Buildin.q. P. O. BOX 701. Warren EEAL ESTATE DEALERS. 559 Third St., - - Astoria, CRIMES' HOTEL, Seaside. Special Bargains in Seaside Property Investments for Xon-Residents a Specialty. cyjwmwjjJMffyr i.iuu CJHOIC ASREAGE IN La Fayette Park. Three Miles from the Post office and Custom House. Astoria Real Estate Co. 172 CASS ST., The Oregon Land Co. Where Property Corner Third ASTORIA, For Desirable Acreage Or INSIDE PROPERTY. Call on or Address Leinenweber & Coodenough, SECOND ST., Near roitofflce. - P. O. Box 63. Terminus of Astoria NEW TO-DAY. Notice. A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD of Delegates will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 1S90, for the purpose of arranglus for the election of Chief Engineer and As sistants on Monday. Aupust 11, 169a All members aro requested to be present. J. W. HAKE, President. E. Z. FERGUSON, Secretary. Election Notice. N OTICE IS IIERKBY GIVEN Til AT THE mniini ifwtlnn of Hliipf Kneinppr and Assistants of the Astoria Fire department will be held on Monday. August 11. 1S00. JAMES W. HARE. President A. F. I). Attest : E. Z. FERGUSON, Secretary. BAILROAD EXCURSION AND BAIL. Sunday, August 3d, 1800, -FIIKNIISII- Benevolent Society ! Astoria to Seaside, and Return. Concluding with a Ball in tho evening at Liberty Hall. IUunIc by tlic Finui.sli Hnud ! Tickets, which will include the Hall, $1.00. Children from C to 12 years, half fare. The public generally arc invited. The steamer Electric will leave "Wilson & Fisher's wharf at S:l3 a. M., connecting wlih cars at the bridge, and at the Motor wharf. Ticjcets may be secured from mem bers of the Association. II. IIENDRICKSON, ) IL JONES, VCommlttee. J. KASKI. J BALLOON ASCENSION ! Sunday, August 3rd, IX THE COURT HOUSE SQUARE. UTZINUER'S BAND Will discourse Sacred Music on the Square. Next Sunday afternoon thoro will be a daring Balloon Ascension and Parachute Descent In Court House Square. Excursion rates on all boats. .1. F. UOUHX, See. .1.1 1.. I ONES, Treasurer Land Co minimi Wright Astoria, Oregon. Is Left For Sale. and Olney 8ts.f OREGON Seaside Besort of Oregon. and - South Coast Railroad to the Resort, J.H.MANSELL, REAL ESTATE BROKER NOTARY PUBLIC FOR STATE OF OREGON. City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water Frontage for Sale. Correspondence Solicited. r. O. Box 5G3. Established 1S?3. INVESTMENTS MADE FOR OUTSIDE PARTIES. Xext Y. U. Telegraph Office. Third St. Astoria, Orvgnn. "Mika CANDY To-Day-Fine Ice Cream Soda-To-Day Also Handle None but the Finest Key West and Imported OIG-ABLS. Please Call and Oivo me a Trial. THIRD STKKET. Next W. U. Telegraph Oilice f.L. wxm Office on Third St., Opp. Odtl Fellow's Temple. I. O. Hox Sll. ASTORIA, OREGON. Lots in WARRENTON and WEST WARRENTON For Sale, On Installment rian. Discount for Cash. A residence In Astoria since 1872 enables me to give the best of information respect ing property in Astoria ami mis vicinity. iFR.ED Saddles and Harness A LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM. GOODS AT SAW PEAWCISC0 PRICES. I make a specialty of good work and guarantee satbfaction. At the Old Stand, Wes Side Olney Street, Near Wilson & FLsher's. ASTORIA, OREGON. Ira ra ense Stocli FURNITURE CHAS. HEILBORN. Two car-loads received : More on tho way. You are invited to see tho finest display of Furniture, Carpets, etc., in tue city. Trices reasonable. THE OLD STAND, - ASTORIA, OR. 4sbbi ySf m WHOLESALE AND Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. 0 M Crockery, Glass g Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Received fresh every Steamer. FLYNN, The Tailor, KEEPS IN STOCK THE Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. All the Latest Styles He buys for Cash at Eastern Trices. Ho Guarantees the Best Workmanship on all Garments. Call and see for yourself. Barth Block, ASTORIA, OR. The Pacific Real Estate Company Sells tickets to or from any part of the United States or Enrope with any line desired. Also Money Order or Exchange on European Countries. J. BIGGS. BIGGS. HALL & CO., Frankfort Eeal Estate Co. opftpfj; J C01" Commercial and Tearl Sts., Frankfort, Wash, uii,ti 1 Flavel's Brick Block, 433 2d st., Astoria. Investments Made for Non-Residents, a Specialty. v. a. box BB2 i Correspondence solicited. Maps, Circulars and all Information r. u, bua otii 1 cheerfully furnished. i if do FACTORY ft .LU 1 TTT T. TT EJT.l? WPT A l?T -I T T -- J - Jl l--Ji- J .XJa. JLv JL AOENT. SAIZ THE Largest : Stock I the Lowest : Prices I RETAIL DEALER IN II. IJ. II ALL. Rflal m Broker ii f. fag T As Laid Out Affording a Lovely CLOSING AT We offer for sale our Entire COST. Surprise Orders from the Country and the benefit TERMS OP SALE STRICTLY CASH. New York Novelty Store, Flavel's Brick Building, CITY BOOK STORE :BCica.QLULa2?trjs For - Blank Books and Stationery of All Kinds. A Large Assortment of Hovels Always on Hand The Latest Periodicals and Magazines received as soon as puhlished. GRIFFIN : & : REED. Wholesale Wine House. Fine Wines, Choice Brands. I have completed arrangements for supplying any brand of "Wino in any quantity at lowest cash figures. The Trade Supplied, Families Supplied. ALL OKDERS DELIVEKED FREE IN ASTORIA. Yonr patronage in City or Conntry solicited. . A. W. UTZ1NGER, Cosmopolitan Saloon. Stockton AND EMPLOYMENT 0FFIGE. City, Suhurhan and Acreage Property For Sale. aiAIX ST ASTOKIA, OK., V. 0. Box 511. No curhatono brokers employed here Tlie Leading Tailor. Chas. McDonald. Call and See My Nohhy Stock of Spring Goods Just Arrived. It comprises the latest goods in tbe market, and I offer them at prices never before beard of in Astoria, and guarantee tbe best and most comfortable fitting suits in the city. Next to C. H. Cooper's The New Model Range CAN BE HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF E. R. HA WES, Agent. Call and Examine It ; You "Will be Pleased. E.K.nawesIs alao Agent Tor tbe Buck Patent Cooking Stove, AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES. Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand. North Pacific Brewery, JOHN K0PP, - - Proprietor. BREWER OF EXTRA FINE BOHEMIAS" LAGER BEER. EXTRA FINE STEAM BEER. JS-ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. "S Astoria Grocery and Cannefl Fruit Co., JOBBERS and RETAINERS, Carrying a FulI.I.lnc of Groceries, Provisions, Green and Canned Fruits. No. 5 ! 8 Second Street. by H, F. L. LOGAN Drive. OOT SALE! NUECES Stock BELOW ITS ORIGINAL Bargains Every Day. will receive prompt attention of the reduction. 0pp. Occident Hotel. & Welch, Astoria, Oregon:'