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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
The Mexican Horror.

Details of the Morelos railway
casualty in Mexico are at hand in
correspondence. A gentleman who
escaped from the wreck of the
first car said to the correspondent:
Dantes description of hell conveys
but faint idea Of the horrors / wit
messed. The thunder-peals seemed
to me like the voice of an ineXor-
able fate. The fortunes Of that
doomed mass Of human beings
were made so distinct, first by
the flames of the alcohol, and
afterwards by the flashes of
lightning, that my soul sick
ened. / managed 10 Chamber up
the sides of the ravine, and
could only pray: "Christ pity
them;" then | tainted. No guard
had been stationed at the bridge,
nor even had a lamp been placed
there; the heavy freshet had
brought down the debris which
had pressed against the two piers
and carried them off; the headlight
of the engine shone only upon
the rails, which remained, and the
engineer being unable to see that
these steel threads were un-
supported, the train instantly
plunged into the abyss, pre-
cipitating its human freight
into the foaming water. The
ravine being narrow, the cars were
piled on each other, crushing and
MASKING all. Then the eighty bar
rels Of alcohol rolled out, many
breaking open as they fell; next
the lime poured over the victims,
and finally came an additional hor-
ror. As the rear engine was
dragged into the ravine its live
Goals fired the alcohol, and in a
few seconds this agonizing mass OF
humanity was enveloped in flames.
Imagine their sufferings, in a
dreary place, lar from any human
habitation, and as the storm had
prostrated the telegraph wires
there were no means Of communi-
cation with city or town; therefore
the victims remained several hours
without aid.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
Condition Of the President.

Again the Presidents condition
shows decided improvement. The
alarm of the past two or three
days, based on apprehensions OF
most serious consequences from
his relapse, appears to have sub
sided, or at least to have given
way to the impression that there
is no immediate danger. Every
one must see, however, that the
Presidents condition is still a most
critical one.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
Publishers Notice.
THE WEEKLY AsroRIAS.

All who receive a copy of this
paper, who are not already subscri-
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become subscribers, and also get
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sible to subscribe. We send six
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which gives an extra copy to the
0erson who sends FIVE subscribers at
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ceipt of a letter or postal card ask
ing for the same. Thus it will be
seen that every person, man woman
or child, can easily afford to take
THE WEEKLY AsTOEIAN, which is
really one Of the best family papers
published anywhere; and any per-
son, no matter who, nor where liv-
ing, can earn a few dollars every
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and friends.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29

The matter of the vacancy in
the supreme bench caused by the
death of Justice Clifford, causes
much discussion. Devens and
Chief Justice Gray of Massachu-
sets, are candidates, and every
New England state win have one
or more candidates, and it is as
sumed that the judge viii be ap-
pointed from there. The talk of
appointing Conkling is regarded
as absurd, and his friends say that
he wouldn't have it. Some prom
inent republicans hold that dem
ocrat should be appointed, and
think Garfield viii appoint one.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
SPIIES.
Notice..

Il WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR any
IL damages that may result from travelling
over the roadway in front OF block III,
Shiyelys Astoria, or any other property
owned by me. MRS. NANCY WEIGH
Astoria. July &c, 1851.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
NEW TO-DAY.
Department Election. 4,

DNPut tIIINIEt EENNNVH.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN<THAT A
" general election Of the Astoria Fire De-
par1nent vii be held on Monday, August
sth, between the hours of1e A. NJ, and p. NJ.
fortbe purpose OF eleatiIg Chief and two
AssiSant Engineers f9r tie fifth Department.
year, at the lower EalI Of Astoria Engine
Co. No. /. Judges sfaptOinted by Board q
rs p. Rnney OF 81 2's!and +. j. Taylor of
Hooks. G. TRENCHARD.
President Board OF Delegates.
FRANK J.. PARKER. Secretary A. r. ID.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29

The report that Carl Schurz
writes editorials with one hand
while playing fugue from some
old composer on the piano with
the other is the weak invention of
an envious rival. And equally
untrue is the report that he sets
all his editorials to music before
having them set in type, for the
purpose of making them tony.
All great men are lied about We
have been lied aboat ourself.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
Proposals for County jail.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
y ceived at the County Clerks ONCE in AS
toria, Oregon. until noon Of Saturday, Au-
gust 20, 1881, for building a jail for ClatsOp
on iile In the Office OF the County Clerk
BY order Of the County Court.
X. r. SPEDDEN,
County Clerk
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29
To Contractors.

DROP0SALs FOR BUILDING a Church.
II exclusive OF foundation, will be received
until August 10th by the Trustees Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church al Astoria
Plans and specifications may be seen on ap-
pIicafion 10 IL. b. Franklin. The right 10 re-
iect any or all bids Is reserved.
f. b. ELlBERS0N,
Secretary Board Of Trustees.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29

1--WE should say So" The Brit
ish press, irrespective of politics,
and individual papers agree in ex-
pressing the belief that England
can rely on the good faith of
America in endeavoring to pre-
vent renewal Of overt attempts of
conspirators against the British
government. No doubts about
that. Give us a hold Of your
hand, Mr.. Bull.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-29

A Texas man who has been
travelling a great deal over the
country furnishes the best defni-
tion we have heard yet of the
average railroad eating-house. He
says it is a place where the train
stops long enough for a pious-
looking man, who has been a
colonel, to collect a dollar from
each passenger for taking away
his appetite. That is a true bill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30
The "CrOwlin' Ferlies,"

That horror of the true housewife
bedbugs, is abroad in the land at this
season of the year, and the remedies
therefor are almost as numerous as the
"crowlin ferlies" themselves. Every
old, experienced housekeeper has some
faVorlte eXterminator, and the druggists
and grocers sell ill-smelling liquids cal.
culated to destroy them, and all othe,
vermin. And while the various rene.
dies are being applied, the brains are
cudgeled to discover where the pests
come from.
There are many ways in which bed
bugs are brought into a house, to say
nothing Of unlocked for resurrections
from some old trunk, or long unused
bed, or from crevice or crack where.
years before, a painter or paperer un-
consciously entombed the tenacious little
life-for bedbugs possess remarkable
longevity, which seems to be sort of
sub-curse attached to an unmitioated
evil. One very prolific ''origin'' of bed
bugs is-perhaps it should be whispered
"a church sociable, where, as is usually
the case, wraps are laid aside in bed
rooms. And room occupied by per-
son who has recently come from dis
lance should be frequently looked after,
for cushioned car-seats and sleeping
cars are often infested, and perhaps
some one else's bedbugs seem little
worse than "natives." Horse-cars,
waiting-rooms, and even church pews,
harbor them, and in place haunted by
doves they are almost sure to be found.
In the Southern States they are also
parasites of bats, though whether this is
true at the North amSlnable to say.
When they are once in room no rest
should be taken until they are destroyed,
root and branch; and simply doctor
ing'' the bedstead does not suffice. The
carpet should be taken up and we'll
shaken. the floor should be washed and
the cracks in it cleaned, the walls should
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

be brushed or wiped and every loose
edge of the wallpaper and every crew
ice in the mop board should be carefully
examined, for bedbugs make their homes
wherever they can find rest for the
soles of their feet. They may even be
found in window curtains and tassels.
and on the under sides of furniture, and
from these retreats they make their
nightly raids, returning by daylight.
A solution of corrosive sublimate in al
cohol, which, it should be remembered,
is as fatal to children as it is to insects,
applied to all lodging places, is an old
remedy, partially replaced by the safer
application of kerosene, benzine, tur-
pentine, whisky, and almost anything
with pungent, disagreeable odor.
These can be applied by small syringe,
feather, or brush. Kerosene and
turpentine retain their odor for time,
while benzine evaporates rapidly but
causes danger from its readiness to take
fire. Quicksilver and the whites of eggs
beaten together, another old compound,
is just as good with the quicksilver left
out, as it only makes varnish, which,
if it covers up a bug or the eggs, is sue.
cessful. A strong solution OF alum and
water is an excellent exterminator, and
has the advantage of being safe to han
die and to keep in the house. When a
bedstead is found to be full of the crea-
lures, it should be left out of doors for
several days and thoroughly scalded,
and then vanished, and every square
inch of the mattresses should be looked
at with a solemn inexorableness, for the
consciousness of the presence OF vermin
is fatal to all sincere aesthetic aspira-
tons.
But the ounce of prevention for all
these tribulations is very simple though
somewhat laborious. Once in two weeks
or four weeks at the most-the mat
tresses should be taken from every bed
stead, which then should be thoroughly
brushed and washed with hot water
Stats, sockets, joints and every place
where a bug could find lodgings. BY
following this rule it is impossible for
bedbugs to become established, and this
knowledge will prove to be a balm
which will even assauge the dread and
subsequent WEAKNESS of the work, not to
mention the satisfaction of having beds
free from all impurities and germs at
disease.-SpringieId (Mass.) Rep~6Ii-
can,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30
THE DAIRY.

Milk turns sour in thunder storms
because during their continuance
oIone IS generated in the atmos-
pnere. Ozone is oxygen in state of
great density, and oxygen is the great
acidltler throughout nature. The ex-
cess OF oxygen in the air imparts aciditv
10 the milk by the formation of Tactic
acid
,-One venture in lard cheese to En-
grand, sent there as honest goods, did
not turn out well, and ought to serve as
warning to all concerned. When the
weather came on warm the oil exudino
from them was found by simple sense
OF smell to be nothing but "hog-fat
grease OF low origin" and the price
dropped at once from ten cents pound
to two and a half.
What is wanted most is three.
pound cheese with no waste, or else q
large cheese in package that could be
broken like tub of butter and leave nc
waste. This idea looks little chimeric.
al; but there is no telling what the in
Ventlye genius of the country can dc
until it tries. Then there must be nc
shams about the business-no lard-nC
antl-huf-nor skinned frauds. Give
the people an honest and well-llavored
article at fair price, and without
doubt the buyers will be forthcoming
-Anertcan DGirynaGn.
The idea that butter globules have
no affinity for salt, but on the contrary
I ,ratiIcr repealed it, is substantiated b.
the following from Professor Arnold
Contrary to what would naturally b.
expected, butter fats take no salt iron
brine. To make butter take salt it mus
be U0rbed into 1t. Sat has q stronge
affinity for water than for any fat ant
no matter how strong brine may be
the salt in it will not leave the water t.
go into a fat. The only thing abou
butter which will take up salt is tn
trace of hesh-forming matter il contains
and this is so small that all the salt i
can absorb will hardly affect the taste
If the granules, when taken from tn
brine, are pressed into solid form
without rinsing, the salt in the brin
which will adhere to their surfaces will
be about equal to one-half ounce to
pound of butter. If more salt than thi
is desired it should be sprinkled into tn
granules before pressing them into forr
for the table.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

"They are not a beverage, but a medi-
cine, with curative properties of the highest
degree, containing no poor whiskey or poi
sonous drugs. They do not tear down an
already debilitated system, but build it up,
One bottle contains more hops, 1. e. more
real hop strength, than barrel of ordinary
beer. Every druggist in Rochester sells
them, and the physicians prescribe them.'
'-EUeniag Express on Hop Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

1t seems strange any one will suffer from
arrangements brought on by impure blood,
when SCovuLs' SARsAPARILLA AND STILLIN-
GA, or BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, will restore
health to the physical organization. 1t is
pleasant to take, and the BEST BLOOD PURI
FIER ever discovered, curing Scrofula, Weak
ness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Malaria; all
Nervous disorders, Debility, Bilious com
plants and all diseases of the Blood, Liver
Kidneys, Stomach, Skin, etc. AS heath
.enewer it ACTS LIKE A CHARM
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30
Hawks and owls N,

Hawks and owls prey upon rats,
mice and other small animals, thereby
keeping them in check; while the crow
prefers grubs, cut-worms and carrion to
any other kind of food, and while they
may occasionally rob q birds nest or
pull up little corn, they do a thousand
acts of kindness to the farmer for every
one that is injurious.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30
The New York Herald has some-

The New York Herald has some
thing to say in favor of hot-tempered
woman: "She always makes the spi-
ciest dishes. You never knew mild
tempered woman to make rich and
spicy pie. Her tea is always mild; her
chicken is as tame on the table as it was
in the coop. But sharp-witted woman,
with a tongue like a buzz-saw, will
devil crab, dress a outlet, or serve a
rum omelette to turn"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

Flannel Cakes.-To two ounces of
butter add one pint of hot milk to melt
it, one pint Of cold milk, five eggs, flour
to make stiff batter, one teaspoon of
salt, two tablespoons of yeast. Let it
rise in warm place two hours. Fry on
griddle and serve hot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

The Paris Figaro propounds this
conundrum: "Given two widows of the
same age, the same social condition,
the same character, one of whom had q
bad husband and the other a good one,
winch one Of the two will have the
stronger desire to get married againP'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

A SIGNIFICANT fact connected with the James
Cough Pellets is that they are recommended
and prescribed by hundreds of our best phys-
clans. Their success in all throat and lung
affections is wonderful. Only 25 cents. Benton,
Myers d Co., Cleveland, o., Wholesale Agents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

in the employ of the c. NJ. & st. Paul R. r..
had been previously affected with diabetes
for six years. He took four boxes of Kid
ney-Wort, and now writes that he is entire
ly cured Get a box or bottle and try it,
Tribune and Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

- don't like JONES'" said Snodgrass.
" NO" he added, after pause. II
don't like him. The fact is, Jones
speaks so much of himself-tells so
much, you know, that he doesn't leave
any room for the imagination" Does
any reader know JonesP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

CHILDREN should be warned not to take
what doesn't belong to them-especially the
measles and small poX.--PhtLddeLphi CIron-
icle- Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

DR.. ROGERS VEGETABLE Worm SYRUP 10.
stantly destroys worms and removes all the
Secretions which cause them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE has proved its effi-
cheney by test of three-quartefs of century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

Ask Druggists for it. 1t clears out rats mice
reaches, bed-bugs, flies, vermin, insects, 15c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

Why is the house of tidy wife like a
motion to adjourn? You give it up? Be-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

BAKERS PAIN PANACEA cures pain in Man
and Beast. Use externally and internally.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

Some physicians, it is expected, are
guided less by pulse than by impulse.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

hcEMTE Coin money with Dr. Chase's New
NuENt Receipt Book. Newly revised and en-
larged BY mail e. Address Chase Pubg Co., Toledo o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30

A GENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest.
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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24
SEPT "a. 1881.
THE UNIVERSAL SORROW.

1t is the fat of Nature that all must
die. The great, the good, the noble.
the worthy as well the unworthy, the
just as well as the unjust, the loved
as well as the unloved, all must die.
And yet, it seems hard that the one
man whom the Nation loved better
than all other, should be relentlessly
cut down in the prime of his man
hood by the keen scythe of the grim
reaper; that all the skill of Science
the efficacy of Prayer and the power
of Love, should be unable to keep
the great soul of the martyr upon
this side of the dark river. How
truly it proves the weakness and
puerility of all human efforts to brook
the will of O~minipotent Powerl
America was proud of Garfield,
yea, the whole world was proud OF
him! In him every ragged urchin,
every struggling youth saw a hope
and a promise. In him every Ameri-
can citizen recognized the product OF
all that is best and worthiest and
praise-deserving in our institutions,
and all Christendom rejoiced in him
as the best and purest, the most per-
fectly ripened fruit of the civilization
and enlightened christianity of the
nineteenth century.
And yet, big-souled and big-brained
great and strong and noble, loved OF
Nature and Humanity as he was,
an all-wise Providence has seen fit
to take him unto Himself.
To-day the great kind heart throbs
no more, the light of intellect has
left the mighty brain and the noble
soul has fed from the beautiful habi-
tation it had upon earth and entered
a perfect dwelling in eternity.
And to-day, the world gathers
around his bier and mourns. Strong
men weep bitter tears of sorrow,
None are too great and exalted, none
too poor and lowly to do him rever-
~ence. Kings and potentates pay
tribute to his worth. The rhythm of
verse and the music of eloquence tell
of his valor, his genius and his hui
manity. The very elements seem to
be in sad unison with the universal
sorrow and the break of the a
upon the shore and the soughing OF
the wind amid the trees seem to
chant a measured dirge Of woe. The
sad sorrowing heart of humanity is
in the coffin with the dead President
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

THERE is nothing in all the eartl
that you and [ can do for the dead
They r past u help and past oul
We can add to them no glory
we can give to them no Immortality
They do not need US, but forever anc
|forevermore we need them.-Jame!
a. Garfield.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

The MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLIcA.
CONVENTION seemed to the correspon
dent more like a prayer meeting thai
a political convention. All interes
in the proceedings was swallowed a
in grief for the President.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

WE sHoULD do nothing inconsisten
with the spirit and genius Of our in
|stitutions. We should do nothing fol-
revenge but everything for security
nothing for the past, everything fol
the present and future. james 4
Garfield.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

BUSINESS is practically suspended
throughout the country, and will
remain so until all that is mortal of
the martyred President is committed
10 mother earth.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

The AMERICAN PEOPLE will give
President Arthur the fullest oppor
to show the material he il
made of, and not condemn him before.
hand. Charity should be shown a
such a time as this.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

"HIs LIFE was gentle, and the ele
ments so mixed in him, that Natur,
might stand up and say to all tn
world, This auos a NAN
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

The ARREST OF SENATOR Wilcox OF
Virginia charged with having accepted
Ia challenge to fight a duel, shows that
civilization is making rapid progress
lin the Old Dominion.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

FROM THE COFFIN in which repose
the ~lifeless remains of the murdered
President, the eyes Of the nation turn
i'm love and sorrow toward the heart.
stricken widow who bears her erie.
with such Christian fortitude.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

CALI HEARTS filed with grief ant
horror at the hideous crime which
has darkened our land, and the mem
DRY of the murdered President, hi
~protracted sufferings, his unyielding
|fortitude, the example and achieve
ments Of his life and the pathos of hi
death will forever illumine the page
|of our history."-President arthur
Inaugural.
We have received Rutledge'y Month
w for October, and find it a bright
Interest little magazine. It's priz'
puzzle department is some new anc
entertaining. Among other prize
tits publishers offer the following
To the person telling us how man,
verses there are in the Bible b,
October 10th, 1881, we will give ST.
in gold as a prize. The none,
will be forwarded to the WHINE.
October 18th, 1881. Those who tr,
for the prize must send 10 cents will
their answer, for which they vii
receive the November number of tn
Monthly, an excellent Magazine of 3.
pages, in which will be published tht
name and address of the winner o
the prize, with the correct answe.
thereto. Address RUTLEDGE PUBLISH
INC COMPANY, Easton, Pa.
FINE OLD BRANDIEs at NJ. Hurley's
20 East Hanover st. 2-16-1y
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-09-24

In The MIDST of the universal
sorrow the poor sufferers in Michigan
should not be forgotten.