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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-13

The Washington, the new steamer
for the Peoples Transportation COM
pany, of Vancouver, will be finished
about March 18th. She is 40 feet
long, - feet beam, and with her
machinery in her, viii draw 30 inches.
She is a beautiful model, sharp and
keen. and is built to run. Her cylim-
ders are IL inches In diameter, & feet
stroke: wheel Is feet in diameter.
She Vas designed by John Gates. chief
engineer If the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company, who superin-
tends the construction of the machin-
cry. The woodwork is under charge
of j. r. Steffen of Portland. Tier
cabins fore and aft will, he cummodi-
Gus, very little space being taken up
by state rooms. OF these there are
only three for the public and four (, ?
officers. Her cost will be between
SIS, ,O00 and $4,000.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-13
The New Northwest and Normonism
Reply 90 Mr. w. N. Gray.

THE AsToRIAN having given
publicity TO Mr.. W. H. Gray's
letter charging the New North
west Mrs. Duniways paper with
favoring the polygamous system
Of the Mormon>, in justice TO that
sprightly journal we give its
answer to the charge. in it, issue
Of the 10Th inst:
In last SUNDAYS A>rnEIAN. Mr..
W. II. Gray. of Olney. complains
that the columns oi- the New
Northwest have been opened for
an article from man called Bishop
Luut. om the genuine bible argu-
mcnts in favor OF polygamous
SYSTEM, and .'prostituted ia the
/ interests of mrR calling themselves
a religious sect. Mr. q. i need
/ lcSslv worried, and might restrain
1 his unsremly warmth. He has
been subscriber 10 this Jour
nal since it, infancy. and knows
that IL la> never lost an "ppOr-
tunity to depict the horrors Of
Mormmism and dcuouKcc the
crime Of polygamy. No other pa
per IN the state has commented 81
freely on the practices Of the Nor
mons. La the introductiuh to the
article which - excited him. II WAS
expressly stated that the New
Northwest favorS the the disiraH-
chisememt of polvgamiSts ''because
they are offenders against rhr laws
AMI no more deserving of tine bal
lot than other criminals; that ''the
statutes against their practices
could be enforced if they were de
prived of political powers; AMI
that .'the remarks made in defense
Of polygamy by Bishop Lunt"
were published because 1--WE al
wavs wish To be fair i'm discussing
any question and to give both
sides. With these sentences star
ing Mr.. G.. in the iace. he is gull
ty of demagogv ia holding this
! journal up as an emdorser of the
Mormons and charging that It's ed
Itor's pen Is ''prostitutcd' tn dis
seminatc their doctrins.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-13
Editorial Correspondence.

Editorial Correspondence.
Ecmo. Utah, Feb. 3.-Who was
1t, if not Thacheray in his King
Canute, who gave Us such famous
impressions of parasites,-human,
sanimal and the like. king Ca
mute is dead-parasites exist al
ways" All along here from
Ogden we have found those para
sites. The man who bores YOU
worse than the tereCIo bores the
Puget-sound piles IA new Ia
coma dock. And the little
wood tick.-l have not the least
idea Of now ticks support them
selves, where they cannot fiRd an
anima sufficiently accommodating
TO support them, but ] have to-
day devoutly wished that some
parasite NAV suck their blood even
as
Little heaS have lesser ile1>
Upon their back 10 bite 'eu.
And these again have leS>e~ iieaS.
- And 50 dd iHfTiiicm
Judge Twiss joined us at Ogden.
he is jolly good company. But
that Boston chip; the old man:
aud superanuated general, who
sees "the nigger" in West-point:
io everlastingly pore everybody.
Proctor. the astronomer. made
$4,000, nearly $4,000, 10y his
lectures in Australia and New
Zealand. lie also fell In love with
the widow Corey, coming to her
81. 10 home by the same ship
from New Zealand. and will marry
in a month at st. 10. Mrs. G..
leaves San Francisco for 1t. JO to-
GaV. Proctor will lecture across
by the way. The match is set
down as a good one by passengers
on board the City of New York.
Ii was purely an affair ''at first
sight, encouraged by mirth and
music. sense and sentiment, on the
voyage. Mr.. Proctor Is widower
with six children, Mrs. &. has two
children. Her husband died re-
Gently in Australia. Proctor will
settle in either New York, Phila-
delphia, or Boston, perhaps the
latter place, and devote his future
attentions to his new family and
literature.
The solution OF rhe Mormon
problem is contained in that part
of President Hayes message re-
lating to polygamy and Utah af-
fairs-the appointment of United
States commissioners entrusted
with the management of affairs in
the territory; but it would prove
TO he a position most uncertain as
10 the tenure of the Office, because,
though there may not be so many
murderous villains in Utah now
as formerly, there are nevertheless
murderers enough in the church ia
attempt to perpetuate its dynasty
in spite of any number of commis-
sioners sent out under authority oi
National law. DEL.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-13

- some SAY tnat IL j. mO u>e for them
ioadVerti>c. that they have been in the
place in Dusinr>> all their lives. and
.ycrybody KNOWS them. such people
seem 10 forget L. take IN .n>idcratinn
that oar country i incrra>in. in Irupu-
lation nearly ~ per cent. every ten years.
and no matter how old the place. may be-.
there are constant changes iakin. place
some move to other parts. and strangers
fili their places. In this age nf the
world. unless the name Of business
firm i kept constantly before the public.
some new firm may start up, and. by
liberal advertising. in very short time
take the place of ilIr Older "Hr>. and the
latter ruSl cut. - il were. and br forgot
ten. No man ever lost money by judi
ciou> advertising.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-13
sand Island TO he Colsnized.

the Mcssrs. Cook Brothers, of Cliff
ton. made a visit To Sand island
for the purpose of locating the
spot which offered the most favor
able facilities for the erection Of
the building, necessary to carry
out the plans and designs of Cook
Bros, who have leased the island
from the United States govern
ment for a term of five years, Sc
curing for themselves the exclusive
privilege Of the use of it fer that
period.
Realizing that the Creates
salmon catch as we'll a. the finest
fish can be secured at the mouth
of the Columbia river, in the im-
mediate vicinity of the island,
these gentlemen propose To locate
all the fishermen they employ
during the fishing season on the
island. Ii Is their intention To erect
there comfortable mess and lodg-
inc houses for the fishermen, and
the necessary racks for drying and
mending their nets. a large scow
wharf i also TO be built and
anchored in the sheltered bay at
the head OF the island. a spot
which has always been used as a
calm resort and resting place 10y
the tired fishermen after his nights
toll when waiting for a tow To his
cannery. This bay fronts the
spot selected for Cook Bros. build
ings. The houses are now in
course Of construction at 81 Helens,
the material will all be prepared
there, framed and cut, ready to be
speedily put together when landed
on Sand island.
The advantages to be derived
from this unique scheme are, IN
the estimation of the enterprising
firm who have taken II in hand,
very many and very obvious.
Among others, they say it will he
great saving of labor from the
fact that the men and boats being
located right on the fishing ground
will render the pulling or towing
of the loaded boats to their can
merry at Clifton or even To this city,
and also a return trip in the even
ing unnecessary. Then again,
much of the time consumed OH
these hitherto necessary trips car
be comfortably spent by the fish
ermen in needed sleep.
They contend also that their fish
ermen will be greatly beRefitted
by this arrangement, by labor
saved and sleep gained, and will
also have a better chance to save
their hard earned money. We
understand that Cook Brothers in
tend under no circumstances tc
allow any of their fishing boats Il
leave the island except for the
purpose of fishing, but it is pro
posed to give such of the men a,
desire it, an opportunity to como
to town on their new steamer, the
Argonaut, every Saturday evening
returning next day IA time to re
sumo fishing. We are also in
formed that they purpose to pass ;
law which Is intended to be helC
a. sacred as that of the Medes anC
Persians, that If any fishermen il
their employ shall De found to b,
intoxicated, his boat will be ire
vOcably taken away from him
Success to the Sand island colo
| nists.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-13

Co. G. l.. Gillespie, major of en-
gineers, announces officially that the
fog siren at Tillamaok rock has been
established, and that from and after
this date during thick and foggy
weather the fog signal will be sounded
IN accordance with the notice to mar
mers published from the office If the
lighthouse board Dee. IL. 1880.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
Mesmerism and Crime.

DR.. William A. Hammond addressed
the Medico-Legal Society last evening
on "The Medico-Legal Relations of
Syggignocism, or Hypnotism, and il
lustrated his remarks with practical ex-
periments on young man He said
Mesmer, who first called the attention of
Europe to the subject of hypnotism, was
wrong in surprising that it was the re-
suit of any peculiar power possessed by
the operator. The popularity which
renders the condition possible is in the
person operated on, and he can gener-
ally pass into the state spontaneously if
he wishes. The speaker thought syggig-
nocism, which signifies condition in
which the subject agrees with the person
operating on him, was the proper word
to express the state, and suggested this
name in place of hypnotism. About
two out of every ten males and four out
of every ten females make good subjects
for experiments. DR.. Hammond con-
fessed his inability to explain the phe.
nomena exhibited by persons when in
the hypnotic state, but he stated a theory
which he thought might prove to be cor
rect. This was that the superior or intel
lectual part of the brain is entirely cut
off from all action when a person be-
comes mesmerized, so that he has prac-
tically no will of his own, and does and
says things which he would not do and
say if his intellectual faculties were un-
der his control. He thought the law
should take cognizance of this condition,
as unscrupulous men might cause sub
iect to commit the greatest of crimes,
while they remained hidden and free
from detection. 1t was to show the
members of the society how easily the
preparation of crime might be arranged
by means of hypnotic instruments that
the doctor made several experiments.
The young man selected for the expert
ments was reduced to the proper condi-
ton in thirty seconds, by simply holding a
piece of glass before his eyes, upon which
he gazed intently. His eyes became fixed,
and he was then a passive Instrument in
the hands of the operator. He was first
made to commit a burglary. A step
ladder was placed against the wall,
which he was told was a store-house. A
large easy-chair represented the stoop.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Journal Of Chemistry cries ont
against athletic training, and SAYS that
diseases of stomach, heart and veins are
usually brought on by that system of de-
yelopment.
The Royal Agricultural Society Of
Ireland has resolved to institute a travel
ing dairy during the coming summer. to
demonstrate in different districts the
be st modes of butter making, etc.
Mr.. Pierre Veron, in recent ar
ticle on ''The Age of Adulteration, re.
lates that wine merchant, giving death
bed injunctions to his son, said. GAL
ways bear in mind that wine may be,
made with G'sything-even with a mel
ancholy smiley grape juice.''
Sir Wyville Thompson has estimat-
ed that the pressure upon a mans BODY
at depth of $4,000 feet beneath the
surface of the sea would be equal to the
weight of twenty locomotives, each with
a good train loaded with pig-iron.
Viewed solely in relation to health.
the best air for man to breathe is be.
lieved to be that which is found abont
1000 feet above the sea level. II is
more inyigorating and more conducive
to long life than either the higher or the
lower attitudes.
"A valuable discovery of telluride ore
has been recently made at the head of
Johnson's Gulch, east of town, says the
Silver Cliff (Colo.) Gazette, large vein
having been opened in the opening of a
tunnel site located by two gentlemen of
the Cliff. Both walls are of granAe,
about twelve feet apart, while the vein
stone Is feldspathic in character, and
threaded with thin seams of tellurite.
worth near the surface about 500 per
ton. -
1t is not generally known that milk
is not only good solvent of quinine, but
that it also DISCUSSES its bitterness. A
writer in medical journal states that if
one grain of the sulphate be dissolved in
an ounce of milk the solution is scarcely
perceptibly bitter. A dose of five grains
may be taken in two ounces of milk
without rendering it unpleasant, and if
taken in tumblerful of milk the bitter
ness disappears. Another surgeon re-
commends the use of solution of quiz
nine in glycerine, in the proportion of
one grain to one dram, the dose to be
taken in wineglassful of milk.
The Mekarski engine is about to be
introduced for street railroads in En-
gland. 1t can be used in combination
with car or separately. This locomo-
tive weighs about seven and half tons,
and consists of cylindrical steel reservoirs
that are charged with air at pressure
of $50 pounds to the square inch before
starting, special regulating apparatus,
and ordinary cylinders and driving gear
The air passes through areservoir Of hot
water and steam to the regulator, and
thence to the cylinders. The heat thus
impaired to the air increases its volume
and prevents the freezing of moisture in
the exhaust passages. When this engine
is working there is no noise, and there is
the further and obvious advantage of an
absence of smoke. This type of motor
has been in successful operation in
Nantes for about two years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
PITH AND POINT.

-Fogg says his sister Ann will talk
culture till he falls asleep. He saws she
is a sort of Ann aesthetic. IT1sTt
script.
-" It's easy enough, after you get
your hand in," was the reply of the
criminal with the letters on his wrist
Mer'tde,1 Recorder.
=" This is very like whale" as the
school boy said when he received a
merited castigation from the teacher
Someruille Journal.
"A New York man has discovered an
" invisible SOAP" 1t is the same article
that small boys have used in their morn
ing additions from the most remote
periods.-Nea0 Haven Register.
Said Fogg, smarting under the
hands of the barber: 81 wish you were
where your razor is" "Where is that?"
asked the tonsorial artist. "Under-
ground" replied Fogg, with snap.
Boston Post.
-"What luck did you have fishing,
breckenridge" asked a Galveston gen
tleman of q well-known impecunious
character who owes everybody. "Splen-
did. While l was out on the wharf
twenty men with bills called at my house
to collect money. ''-GalveSton Nea0S.
The female plaintiff in Western
divorce suit was asked, upon taking the
stand and prior to being sworn, if she
believed in future life: 81 used to-"
she answered; "but since l was mar
ried I've had all the nonsense taken out
of me. "-BrooEly1 Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
A Remarkable Dwarf Child.

There is now being exhibited in Paris,
we learn from La Nature, child of re-
markably small size. She is only thirty
eight centimeters, say fifteen inches in
height. In representation given of
her, she stands on a table and appears
only little taller than an ordinary quart
bottle on the table. True, she is only
four years old, and it is probable that
she will yet grow a little. But new
born child of the average length of fifty
centimeters (twenty inches) would be
almost giant in comparison.
She is being exhibited at the Cirque
Fernando. There she walks along the
galleries, where all may see her, and
may speak with her (the latter at least
on the rather difficult condition of being
! able to speak Dutch, her native tongue).
She was born on the frontier of Bel
GUM and Holland, a few kilometers
from Atwerp.
M. Bertillon gives a few further par
ticulars in our contemporary. Her head,
though small, is large for her poor little
body. She has very small, pale face,
with the lines already formed. Her blue
eyes are not without intelligence. She
has a good crop of fine blonde hair. Her
teeth are in very good condition. Her
cephalic index is about 80.8. She is very
restless, though her walk is difficult and
embarrassed. She speaks often, in a
thin voice, and she is fond of the amuse-
ments of her age. Considering her bad
walk, M. Bertillon thought at first she
was deformed. 1t appears that her
vetebral column is normal, but her
small, thin legs lack supporting force,
so that they are always bent in walking.
1t is only fourteen months ago that she
became able to walk alone.
The calf of the leg at its thickest part
is 9.S ctm. in circumference. If we re-
member that the ring of an average
man is about z ctm. in circumference,
we shall be able to appreciate the thin
ness of this little leg. The limbs are
pretty well shaped. The feet are some
what turned outward.
The Princess Paulina, as she has been
named, is the seventh child of her par
ents. Her brothers and sisters are of
normal size. She was born at the Or
binary term, and then was extraordinary
for her small size. She had not grown
from birth until quite lately, when she
gained two finger widths in height. Her
weight is six pounds and a-half.
She enjoys good health, and sleeps
ten or eleven hours at night; but her
little heart beats with great rapidity.
AS she is constantly restless, it is very
difficult to ascertain her pulse. Apply
ing his ear to her chest, NJ. Bertillon
counted a hundred pulsations per min
ute. In newborn infants the number or
dinarily reaches 100. 1t is remarkable
that she has passed through an attack
of whooping-cough. l..
The general aspect of this child sug-
gests that of athreptic children, who do
not benefit by what they eat. Her sorry
exterior is happily counterbalanced by a
pretty, mobile and lively physiognomy.
Some one having given her doll, she
embraced it with transport, and seemed
delighted to possess it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
AstrOlOgy and Astronomy.

Astrologers have spent their strength
in forebodings concerning this disas-
trous year, and memorable events thus
far chance, says correspondent of the
Providence Journal, to accord with their
predictions. But intelligent observers
of the political condition of Europe
would have drawn similar picture of
the events Swallowed forth in the COM
ing year, and students of astronomy
familiar with the results of the sun-spot
period would have expected the advent
of storms, earthquakes and epidemics in
varied forms, for there is little doubt that
the disturbed condition of the sun is re-
Elected in the meteorological condition
of the earth. And yet at this very time,
when astrology as science has nearly
exploded, astronomy is discussing the
question whether these planets whose
positions were supposed to rule the desti-
MES of men born under them may not
be the exciting cause of some of the phe-
nomena agitating the globe, their at
traction acting upon the sun, and the
sun in turn acting upon the earth.
Planetary action is thus made the indi-
rect agent in the death of many thou
sands of human beings, the victims of
the unusual elemental warfare that will
make this year one long to be remem-
bered. l-i.i slau mol -a ..t afr
1t is only theory, like almost every
thing connected with astronomy, and
the giant planets must swing round to
perihelia many times before the quesL
ton can be decided. There may be
something in it, however, and if so, as
trology, in q new phase, will shake
hands across the intervening ages with
the ancient science which saw in the
beaning planets, as they tracked the
heavens, friends and foes, watching over
the natyities and destinies of the human
race.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
UNCLE JIM'S ROMANCE.

"Uncle Jim, were YOU never in lovep
Upon your honor, now"
Uncle Jim stole startled glance at
the fair young questioner, and endeav-
ored to evade her unpleasantly direct
inquiry.
Nonsense, Milly! You're getting
into your sentimentals again. Been
reading some novel, haven't your"
"Uncle, this is a cold, drizzly day,
and you know you daresn't step out
doors on account of your rheumatism.
Ada and l are the only ones in the house
with you, and we have vowed to give
you no peace and no supper unless you
answer the question to the extent of your
ability. Upon your honor, were you
never in lovep"
Uncle Jim hem'd and had and glow
cred sternly, but all to no effect. Millv
sat upon rug, with her elbows resting
on chair, and her bright eyes looked
up at him with calm decision that he
knew could not be baffled.
"Well, guess maybe l was, once. E"
81 knew it, said Milly, triumphant
ly. ''When was it? Tell us all about
it. Did you ask her to marry youp"
"That question doesn't come under
the VOW, too, does it?"
"Of course. You must tell us all
about it, or else-no supper"
swell, then, yes. l did pop the ques-
ton once, If you must know"
"What did she answer?"
'She didn't answer blessed word. -
ooh, wasn't that glorious! Overcome
by her feelings, she threw herself upon
your manly breast, and in the love-light
shining through her tears of JOY you be-
held your answer! Was that the way of
it, unclep"
"That might have been the way with
Lord Montmorency, or Duke Warbur-
ton, or Count Belvidere, or some other
heightened hero; but it wasn't the way
with me-"
"Did she faint?" queried Milly.
"Faint! Did you ever hear or read Of
woman's fainting at marriage pro-
posalP They'll faint, some of them, al
the sight OF mouse, or a drop of blood
or the news of the death of their pc
poodle; but in the whole history of this
world, real or fictitious, there is not ont
case reported of a woman's faintins
when asked for her heart and hand. No
she didn't faint.''
81 know" said Ada. "She was deaf
and didn't hear you. Oh, Uncle Jim
what joke!"
I'm sorry to spoil joke, but tina
wasn't it either"
"Were you interruptedp Did an en-
vious rival rush forward and stab her t,
the heart? Maybe she was dumb, an,
had to answer on her fingers. Do tel
us, uncle"
" l don't mind if do, girls-it was 8
long ago. But you mustn't tell anybod
else. 1t was-let's see, twenty fror
representatives twenty-seven-twenty
seven years ago. l was high an
mighty senior in the university then
AS we had no dormitory or boarding
hall, we took our meals at private board