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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08


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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08
COMING---COME.

List of Passengers by Steamer State
of California To-day
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

Fire brick and fre-clay in lots to
suit at NJ. c. CrOsby's.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

--keelarsj auction was running in
full blast last evening. 1t will be held
again to. morrow at , and at : o'clock
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

-AIolasses chewing peppermInts and
chewing candies of all favors, at the
Astoria candy factory, opposite the
bell tower.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

Steamer day. State Of California
to arrive: Columbia sails.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

The boat stoves made by NJ. C..
Crosby, with friedrich bottoms, are
superior to all others in this market.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

Max. Wagner's San Francisco
National brewery beer can't be beat.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08
For Sale,

4 NEW SKIFF SINTEEN FEET LONG.
~ Spruce lumber Well seasoned. Parties
apply tO NICHOLS.
At the Parker House.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

Mrs. Judge Geo. II. Williams and
Miss Williams are returning by the in
coming steamer They will occupy
the residence of Mrs. S. VI. Smith,
Third street, near Stark, in Portland.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

The Signet cleared fur Queens
town yesterday with 20,392 centaIs
of wheat, valued at S27 900.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

As will be seen by advertisement
elsewhere, Messrs. Balfour, Guthrie
6 Co. have the Elierbank for dispatch
at once to Liverpool direct. Cased
salmon taken in lots to suit shippers.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

Fast riding ou the streets "a AstO-
ria Is not only exceedingly dangerous
but viii net be tolerated
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08
Inside OF Two Days from Frisco.

EY NAIL AND TELEGRAPH.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

The Singapore reached Liverpool
from this port on the 22d nit
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08

Services of The Methodist church,
ia the Eaptis; church to-day. A. the
usual hours, by ihr pastor.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-05-08


The Singapore reached Liverpool
from this purt on the 22d nit
Mr.. Z. v. Burrage, civil engi-
neer of Portland, is in the city.
1t rns,s just q bushel of wheat
now, to ship bushcl 10 Europe from
this coast.
Services Of lhe Methodist church,
ia the ;aptisg church to-day. Al the
usual hours, by 'hr pastor.
FAST riding Oh the streets ,G Asto-
ria Is no, Only exceedingly dangerous
but viii net be tolerated
The Signet cleared for Queens
town yesterday with 2O,393 centaIs
of wheat, valued at sd 900
The Belle of Oregon has at last
got started IN this direction. She left
New York for thiS port on the 9TH.
All hands and the cook struck on
on the Katata yesterday. 4 new
crew will take the steamer out to-day
--keelarst auction was running IN
full blast last evening. 1t will be held
again to morrow at , and at : o'clock
Pm. II
The British bark Earl of AirIie,
from Wellington, New Zealand, ar
rived last evening in tow Of Brenham,
Hanson pilot.
We should like to borrow a copy
of Owen Merediths "Lscille" for a few
days, also "Our American Cousin" by
Lord Drundreary.
Mr.. Holden will tomorrow pack
the beautiful wedding presents, from
friends of Mrs. Strong, and forward
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
The Towers Of Silence.

These towers, which are built in O
compound on the top Of Malabar hill, in
the Island Of Bombay, are six In number,
and overlook the sea, the oldest one be-
ing 300 years. The internal arrange
ments of the towers are follows: The
bodies are placed in three separate circles
the outer and larger one for men, the
middle one for women, and the smallest
for children. There is pit in the center,
into which the bones are thrown after
the flesh is stripped of, and paths to
allow the priest to move about. The
flooring gradually sinks to the:centre to
let the rain into the pits, from which it
runs through filters into the earth. The
towers vary in size from about thirty to
fifty feet in diameter, andeight to four
teen in height.
This Parsee mode Of disposing of the
dead seems to European minds very re-
voting. The body, after the religious
ceremony is performed in the temple
where the friends are assembled, is car
ried out and placed in one of the towers,
where it remains exposed to the ele-
ments until the flesh is entirely eaten off
by the crowds of vultures which frequent
the place, in about an hour. When the
skeleton becomes dry, tits thrown into
the pit in the center thus the rich and
poor meet together on one level of equal
ity after death. When the pit becomes
full Of bones, they are taken out and
thrown into the sea, thus fulfilling one
of the principal tenets of the Zoroaster
religion, "That the mother-earth shall
not be defled."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Henry Clay Fond of Whist.

Henry Clay's favorite recreation for
many years was game Of whist, to
which at one time he was passionately
addicted not for the stakes, but for the
distraction and excitement Of the game.
Mr.. Winthrop says that there is tradi-
ton that while Clay was visiting Boston
in 1918, and lodging at the old Exchange
Coffee House in Congress street, serv-
ant rushed into the parlor In which he
was at the whist table with few gentle
men of the old school, and announced
that the hotel was on fire.
sob, there will be time enough,
Think" cried Mr.. Clay, "to finish the
game" and finish it they did before the
hotel was burned to the ground.
A similar tradition was current in
Washington at later period that, while
Mr.. Clay was Speaker, he and his friends
had passed whole night at cards, and
were still going on with their games
when the hour was close at hand for the
opening Of the morning session of Con-
gress.
"Wait a few minutes, gentlemen"
said Mr.. Clay, sand I will wash my face
and hands, and run down to the House
and call John Taylor to the chair, and
then will come back and we viii have
another rubber" Sae
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Outrage on a Member of the Press.

cha ha ha! I've got a good joke
for you. The other paper has been
kicking me to get it, but it hasn't got
the circulation you have, so I brought
it to you. It's immense" and, handing
over the following to the Sitter, with the
remark that he did not expect any re-
Enumeration beyond a few dozen copies
to send to his friends, Mr.. Gilbooly, for
he wes the intruder, warbled, I" Ha ha
hap in hystericalmanner, and van
ished like beautiful nightmare. Here
is the corpus deficit
Yesterday morning Gilhooly dropped
into Merritt's grocery, on Galveston
avenue, and exasperated that gentleman
by saying that there was a mistake
about the pound of sugar he had ordered
the day before.
"What mistake was there?' growled
Merritt.
"sI ordered dark sugar and you sent
me light sugar. responded Gilhooly,
serenely.
"I sent you dark sugar.
No, sir you sent me light sugar,
for I weighed it and it was four ounces
too light
"Merritt, exasperated, replied, with
unconscious humor, seizing a pound
weight and making for Gilhooly: Just
you wait
"'Just wait? I did just weigh it,
and there was ne just weight about it.
It's just the way you always do. Just
you wait till buy something else from
you. '"-Gdlvesto7a Ne,0S.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Educating Horses.

Horses can be educated to the extent
of their understanding as well as chill
dren, and can be easily damaged or ru-
med by bad management. It is be-
leved that the great difference found in
horses as to habits of reliability comes
more from the different management OF
men than from variance of natural dispo-
sition in the animals. Horses with met
tie are more easily educated than those
of less or dull spirits, and are more sus-
ceptible to- ill-training, and consequently
may be good or bad, according to the
education they receive. Horses with
dull spirits are not by any means proof
against bad management, for in them
may often be found the most provoking
obstinacy, vicious habits of different
character that render them almost en-
tirely worthless. Could the coming gen.
Grafton of horses in this country be kept
from their days of colthood to the age Of
5 years in the hands of good, careful
managers there would be seen a vast
difference in the general character OF the
noble animals.
If colt is never allowed to get an ad-
NduItjSG, Ii WILL uCtOl h1lOH OA6sC " COo-
sesses power that man cannot control,
and is made familiar with strange objects
it will not be skittish and nervous. If a
horse If made accustomed from his early
days to have objects hit on his heels,
back and hips, he will pay no attention
to the giving out Of harness or Of .
wagon running against him at an unex.
pected moment. A gun can be fred
from the back of horse, an umbrella
held over his head, a buffalo robe thrown
over his neck, railroad engine pass
close by, his heels bumped with sticks,
and the animal take it all as natural
condition of things, if only taught by
careful management that he will not be
injured thereby. There is great need
Of improvement in the management OF
this noble animal less beating and more
Of education.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
The Mule and the Bees.

( A writer with some Of the literary
traits of the 'sDoesticks" of quarter
century ago composed comical "epic,"
a column long, in the Californian, de-
scribing the woful defeat and sad end of
bad mule who kicked everything, and
finally died kicking bees. The follow
ing extract will do:
The mule, which had wandered up
close to large beehive, got stung. His
eyes lighted up as if that was just what
he was looking for. He turned on the
beehive and took aim. He kicked. In
ten seconds, the only piece of beehive
could see was about the size man
feels when he has told joke that falls
on the company Like a piece OF sad
news. This piece was in the air. It
was being kicked at.
The bees swarmed. They swarmed
good deal. They Lit on that mule
earnestly. After he had kicked the last
piece of beehive so high that he could
not reach it any more, he stopped for al
instant.
The mule turned loose. I never saw
anything equal it. He was enveloped
in a dense fog of earnestness and bees
and filed with enthusiasm and stings.
The more he kicked, the higher he
arose from the ground. I may have
been mistaken, for was somewhat ex-
, cited and very much delighted, but that
mule seemed to rise as high as the tops
of the pepper trees. He would open
and shut himself like frog swimming.
Sometimes, when he was in mid air, he
would look like he was flying.
He finally got so he did not rise clear
of the ground, but he continued to kick
with both feet for half an hour, next
with first one foot and then the other
for another half hour, then with his
right foot every few minutes, the inter-
walls growing longer and longer, until he
finally was still His head dropped, his
lip hung lower and lower. The bees
stung on. He looked as If he thought
mean, sneaking advantage had been
taken Of him.
retired from the scene. Early the
next morning returned. The sun
came slowly up from behind the eastern
hills. The light foliage of the pepper
trees trembled with his morning caress.
His golden kiss fell upon the opening
roses. A bee could be seen flying hither,
another thither. The mule lay near the
scene OF yesterdays struggle. Peace
had come to him. He was dead. Too
much kicking against nothing.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Travelling and Drinking.

What constitutes bOna,tide traveller
on Sunday is question that now a days
is vexing the English courts not little,
and the more that the English Judges
try to settle it definitely the more hope
lessly indefinite does 1t become. In a
spasm of moral rectitu1e an act of Par
lament was passed compelling the pub
icans to shut up their houses on Sum-
days, thus for the good Of public morals
forcing all toss-pots, for one day in the
week, at least, to 60 athirst. But some
kindly soul, doubtless himself we'll
soaked, merry creature, clapped upon
this Just but severe law an easing rider
that excepted g travellers" from its oper-
alton. And so he who would tipple on
Sunday and yet not break the laws of
the land is forced to travel to do it, and
the point that the courts are wrangling
over is how much travelling q man must
do in order to justify his Indulgence in
a Sunday drunk. The position assumed
by the topers reduces travelling to min
imum. They hold, with the late Pre-
bendary of York-who certainly is the
highest authority as to what constitutes
a traveler-that to go sseven to the end
of the street" is journey within the
meaning Of the act, and that comprising
this modest distance entities them to all
the rights and privileges granted under
the exempting clause. But this is not
by any means the view Of the matter
taken by the courts. Indeed, so harsh
ly hydropathic is the legal conception Of
Sunday travelling, that 'twould appear
inhuman but for the proverbial instinct
i've tendency of the bench to severe
sobriety. Now all this confusion in re-
gard to getting drunk on Sunday is just
like the English an admirable exem-
plifcation of the national tendency to
litigation and red tape. Here in our
own fair, free Land we have a better and
simpler method of dealing with the
matter. The sternest moralist cannot
find fault with our laws, which in en-
phatic terms forbid the sale on Sundays
Of intoxicating drinks to anybody at all;
and yet so perfectly is the right Of the
individual protected by our glorious in
situations that there is nothing whatever
to prevent any American citizen SO dis
posed from sailing in every Sunday
morning, in the most open and above
board manner, and deliberately getting
Just as drunk as wheelbarrow.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
A Gorgeous Display.

The account of the ball by Mrs.
Mackay, in Paris lately, reads like
some sumptuous fete Of the Empire.
Two hundred servants, in liveries of
black, and scarlet, and gold; ballroom
lined with mirrors and old tapestry /;
Valdteufels leading the band, vocalists
singing the valses; souvenirs for the
guests of silver from Mr.. Mackay's
mines, bearing the Mackay arms and
the date of the ball menus white and
pink satin; ST., 200 worth Of straw
berries, and sterlets from Russia.
Could hospitality go furthers Gen.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Letter.Writing.

Youth of both sexes may learn from
the following extract how to do that
which many attempt and few do well.
We refer to the art of letter-writing-a
s'lost art" owing to postal-cards and
newspapers, but which, when done at
all, should be so performed as to show
the writer to be person of culture:
As rule, every letter, unless insult
ing in its character, requires an answer.
To neglect to answer a letter, when
written to, is as uncivl as to neglect to
reply when spoken to. r III Es"g
In the reply, acknowledge first the re-
ceipt of the letter, mentioning its date,
and afterward consider all the points re-
curing attention.
IF the letter is to be very brief, COM
mence sufficiently far from the top OF
the page to give nearly equal amount
of blank paper at the bottom Of the sheet
when the letter is ended.
Should the matter in the letter con-
tinue beyond the first page, it is we'll to
commence letter above the middle OF
the sheet, extending as far as necessary
on the other page.
1t Is thought 1mpoute 10 use q nall
sheet of paper in formal letters. As a
matter of economy and convenience for
business purposes, however, it is GUS
tomary to have the card of the business
man printed at the top of the sheet, and
single leaf is used.
In writing letter, the answer to
which is of more benefit to yourself than
the person to whom you write, inclose a
postage-stamp for the reply.
Letters should be as free from eras-
ures, interlineations, blots and post
scripts as possible. It is decidedly bet
ter to copy the letters than to have these
appear. .
A letter of introduction or recon-
mendation should never be sealed, as
the bearer to whom it is given ought to
know the contents. Manual.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Resolutions on a Wedding DaY,

When the celebrated Theodore Par
ker married Miss Cabot, he entered in
his journal, on his wedding day, the
subjoined resolutions, the keeping OF
which made his married life a happy
one:
l. Never, except for the best OF rea-
sons, to oppose my wife,s will.
2. To discharge all duties for her sake
freely.
3. Never to scold.
4. Never to look cross at her.
5. Never to weary her with COM
mands.
6. To promote her piety.
Z. To bear her burdens.
8. To overlook her foibles.
9. To save, cherish, and forever de-
fend her.
10. To remember her always, most
affectionately in my prayers.
Thus, God willing, we shall be
blessed.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Not a Captious Man.

A Detroit policeman was accosted by
a colored man with the remark:
sI doan' want to seems capshus, sab
deed I doan, but dar's trouble in my
house ober dar."
"What sort of trouble ?"
"Why, sab, a Guild pusson called
Williams sits dar wild his feet OH de
stove covarsin' wild my wife. Use or
dered him to vacate, sab, but he re-
fused. What am de proper course in
SIGH case? ?"
$50 and order him out once more. :"
In about ten minutes the man re-
turned and reported:
sI doan' want to seem capshus, sab,
but I dun ordered him out, just as you
said"
"And he didn't go?"
"No, sab. He said he'd see me in
Texas fust. What would he your ad-
vice under SIGH circumstances
eff a man was in my house and
wouldn't go out, I'd put him out"
"Would it seem capshus, sah?"
CT don't think so.".
s'Jist as you say, sah-jist so, sab. [
feel sartin dat kitch de ideah."
He retired into his house, and the
officer remained to see the end. It came
in about two minutes. Three or four
yells were heard, somebody feet seemed
to strike the wall, and then the door
opened and Williams few into the street
like a haf-filled straw bed. He was
scarcely on his feet before he bolted up
the walk, and the owner Of the house
came down the steps to explain:
CT doan' like to seem capshus, sab,
but now dat I've got my ham in I'd like
your advice about cufin' de ole woman
up to peak Pears to me dat she sor-
ter Encouraged Williams to believe dat I
couldn't lick one side of himl'
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FIVE LESSONS FROM OLD SCHOOL
MASTER NATURE.
WALTER THoRNBURY.

WALTER THORNBURY.
Ten years to builda house? The mushrooms
roof
In one night rises,
And surprises
The shepherd loutere crushed beneath his hoof.
Years to work one room full of tapestry
The roses shoot
Has grown foot
Since last nights rain. Oh, NATURES majesty !!
Three years to fix on canvass dead saints
Careless to-day
Through earth made way
The lily; dullard learn from it to subtly paint.
Poor prodigal you toss your gold in showers
away?
The autumn tree
AS recklessly
filings all its leaves; but they return in May.
6ina nature keep for all of lis gentle school,
Even the wise
Through il may rise
Still wiser. Sorrow and death alone can teach
the fool.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Brother Gardeners Belief.

"Doan' be too good" said the old
man, as he crossed his hands under his
coat-tails. 81 advise you to be good,
but not goody-good. When q man
reaches sartin line of goodness he will
have de respect an esteem of all who
meet him orfWs will bless him an
widders will pray for him. When he
crosses ober dat line he win pray fur de
poo wild one hand an lend money at 10
per cent. wild de odder. He will shed
tears for his naybur's woes, but leave six
inches of snow on his sidewalk fur de
public to wade frew. His chin will
culver when he speaks OF de poo heath
en- in Africa, but his own boys will
play baseball in de alley on Sunday.
He will weep ober de need Of more Or
fun asylums, but he won't pay down
shillin' in money. He will talk charity
by de hour, and charge boy 80 cents
for breakin' a 2-shillin' pane Of glass. I
doan' want muffin to dowid too-good
man. When I know a man to be wicked
I know how to take him. When I know
him to be goody- goody man my only
safety am to Let him alone. When you
meet man who am distressed ober de
gineral wickedness of de world doan' you
lend him any money widout good Sc
curity. When you meet q man who
says sAh an sUm, and rubs his hands,
together an rolls up his eyes, doan'
challenge him to trade horses. Find me
man who weeps bekase de world hain't
better an I will show you a man who
makes his own home unhappy.
"It am de belief Of man who has put
in sixty-two vars of life on dis planet
dat it am wuss to be too good dan it am
to be too wicked. De law will soon get
hold Of de too wicked, but de too good
can't be cotched. My sort of a good
man am one who respects de church but
am not card away wild it, who will give
dollars to his poor nayburs but not
cent to de heather, who neber sees de
need of reform widout reformin' his own
habits to begin wild, who borrows money
in q business way an lends money on de
same plan, who speaks well of religion,
but who hates de hypocrits. Gin me
man who pays his debts, speaks the
truf in his dealin's, let's whisky alone,
uses his family right an takes de side of
de old an poo and de young an de weak
in de battle of Life, an I doan' keer what
his religious faith am, or whether
he has any at all. He's de man to tie to,
an if he doan' reach heaben all odder
sorts O men will stan a mighty slim
show" 9 ~
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Land in England.

Behind the land question in England
is the question of habits. The land is
held in these great tracts, not for en-
joyment but from pride. The brains
of men are SO equal, under modern facil-
tiles Of education, that hereditary de-
scent would be inconsequential if it did
not have hereditary estate to advertise
the fact; and consequently every parve-
nu in the nobility rushes to buy land at
a ridiculous price, SO that he can appear
on the landscape of the country among
the sons of Normans. For the greater
part Of the year an English estate is not
fit to Live on, on account of the climate,
and there is plenty of land to be had for
less than 81 per acre on the steppes of
the Rocky mountains more agreeable for
hunting, for residence, and for every
other enjoyment, than the best land in
England.