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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-24

- VI ahSiS POeShe
effect in determining the relative
value of the other two.
Our legislatures, state and
national, occupy at present an
anomalous position. Originally
created as a medium between the
people and the rulers, transplant
ed and modified in American soil,
and entrusted with powers more
than commensurate with their re-
sponsibility; the Legislature which
originally was the bulwark of
popular liberty is now generally
left to questions of its own prerog-
ative. and falls an easy prey to
unworthy and designing men.
No wonder that political bosses
abound when such plastic material
as the average legislator is ready
to be moulded, as the impress of
promise or coin may stamp his
yielding clay to the form of the
seal that the master wears upon
his finger. In general, the meet
ing of legislature is regarded
with apprehension by many we'll
minded people, and its final ad-
journment deemed worthy cause
for public thanksgiving in churches
by those who feel that however
bad the record was, it might have
been worse, therefore we should
be merry of heart that greater
evil was happily averted.
As d general thing Legislator
when he gets to the state capital
thinks that he has got to "do some
thing" right away. He is sent
there by a constituency that he
fears may look upon him as they
would on Il carpenter or painter to
whom they pay so much a day,
and he must begin earning his
money. 1t is a delusion that is
shared by both electors and elect
ed, and is injurious to the welfare
of the state. 1t does not follow
that movement is progress, nor
that fussy agitation is of benefit,
though many Legislators, present
and prospective, seem to think so.
1t is indeed, grave temptation.
to have the power TO play the part
, of a bull in a china shop; indeed
to be tacitly under promise to SC
play havoc and smash things, and
yet restrain the natural propen-
, sity of proud man to tear down,
by rejecting that in clearing the
deck for action it is never wise to
fling overheard indiscrimlnately
material that may come handy
in the fight that is to follow. Then
again, matters of policy and ques-
tions of private consideration come
up that are best disposed of by
, the tact that nature grants or edu-
cation endows the individual
Taking into consideration all the
manifold imperfections of poor
human nature, the better plan
would seem to be in choosing the
, most responsible man on the ticket
the candidates for legislative
honors TO vote for the men that in
the Judgment of the sovereiga
elector has business ability, com
mon sense, and has enough g2ot
: intention about HIM coupled witt
the ability to carry out said intent
to do what he believes to be 10
the best interest of the state as /;
whole. But of the three branchet
!, of our republican form of govern
ment, the executive. judicial. ant
Legislative, the last named in thi
era of our country's history, is th'
most important. and should be 81
regarded by the thousands wit
hold in their hands the future o
i
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-24
NET LOST.

A BOUT ONE HUNDRED FATHOMS IT,
IA mesh. Scots II and l3-ply twine, in two
pieces. Sinkers marked. ". :. and some
cOrks ". f.. was lost on the Goth of May
near the Great Republic. Finder viii be
rewarded by leaving information at NJ,
Fnrds or this Office.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-24
Notice.

fTHE DELINQUENT TAX ROLL FOR
Il the year 1881. together with warrant
from the County Court for the collection of
the same. IS in my hands. Delinquent tax
PAYERS will please settle at once and save
costs a. NJ. TWONBLY.
RyS Sheriff.
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NET LOST.

IN NIGHT OF MAY 2IsT. ABOUT 100
W fathOmS ij-mesh net. Barbour'S No. 40
l2-piy twine no marks. Finder will apply
at MARTIN FOARD'S.
fioe -
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-24
NET EOUND.

A BOUT l5o FATHOMS NET. - AIESHES
n deep. Barbour'S No. 30 12-ply twine.
corEs marked with white paint. Owner can
have same by calling at \. BoOth 6 Co. and
having charges.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-24
Ciatsop County Nominations.

Ciatsop County Nominations.
FoR JOINT STATE SENATOR.
(ior ClatSOp, Columbia and Ti!!am0ok.(
+. c. REED, 6f Clats0p county.
FOR JOINT RtrRFSFNTATNF
aGr ClatS0p and Ti!lamoak.l
JASPER SMITH. of TiiIamon!, county
FoR CouNTY JUDGT.
c. \. MCGUIRE.
For County CLERK.
4. Il. SPEDDEN.
FoR SnERIFF.
JAS. ". WEIGH.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
CHARLES HEILBORN.
For COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
HE NRY F. FISHER: u. Z. PEASE
FoR ASSESSOR.
W. W. PARKER.
For SURVEYOR.
GELO PARKER.
For SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT,
ii. SL00P.
For CORONER.
DIR. S. KINSEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
The ErIanger Southwestern Ex-
tension.
Cincinnati Commercial, 1.

Work on the New Orleans & North
eastern road, which is the southeastern
extension Of the Erlanger system, run
ming from Meridian, Mississippi, to
New Orleans, is being pushed with
the utmost vigor, and it is confidently
believed by the managers that the
road will be open for business within
less than a year. Connecting, as it
does, with the Alabama Great South
ern at Meridian, and the latter with
the Cincinnati Southern at Chatta-
nooga, it will make the Short Line
from Cincinnati to New Orleans,
placing the two cities at least nine
hours nearer than they are now. The
greatest amount Of work to be done
now is on the t~restle through Lake
Pontchartrain, which, when COM
pleted, will be the longest trestle work
in the world. The timbers to be used
in the construction are being saturated
with c%reosOte, which will preserve the
wood from decay, thus making it safe
and durable. 1t is the intention Of
General Manager Scott,When the route
is completed, to put on solid through
trains from this city to New Orleans,
which will be run on fast schedule
time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

Next to the discovery Q fthe corpse
OF old Pharoah-the ono who was
drowned in the Red Seattle finding
Of the relics of the house in which
julius Caesar lived when he was assas-
snated. is remarkable. A recent
letter from Rome contains the follow
ing passage:
Ia the vestiges now disclosed-after
having been hidden for more than
eighteen centuries-we see the re
mains Of the Regia in which Julius
Caesar dwelt after his election to the
dignity Of Pontifex Maximus, there
can be no doubt. 1t is the house from
the doorway Of which he went out on
the morning Of the fatal ides OF March,
after Oalphurnia had dreamed that its
pediment, erected by the Senate to do
him honor, had fallen down, and to
which his corpse, with one arm
hanging from the bier, was carried
back from the curia of Pompey. The
same into which Olodius, disguised as
a female musician. contrived, some
years before, when Pompeia was mis-
tress there, gained admittance during
the celebration of the mysteries Of
the Bona Dea-and for these and
other records connected with the
house and its site | must refer you tC
S~eutonius, Plutarch, Cicero, and Other
writers. The Regia was burned dowr
in the Neroian conhagration. Its use
had passed away when Augustus, OF
assuming the Ponti6cate, removed thu
residence to the Palatine, and othei
edifces we're built over it, their wall
d~iagonally crossing its pavements, ant
preserving at least as much Of them a
has been found"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
Comment on the Great Strike.


The most serious labor strike of the
year begins to-day. The proprietors
Of the Pittsburg iron mills having re-
fused to sign the new scale of wages,
a strike is ordered. Some thirty.6ye
or thirty six mills in Pittsburg and
vicinity will shut down, and more than
eighteen thousand workmen will be
thrown ont of employment. In Wheel.
ing upwards OF FIVE thousand men will
20 out, and some seven hundred OF
eight hundred knock off work on the
the other side Of the river, in mills
whose p%roprietors refuse to adopt the
new scale, at least until it is accepted
by the Pittsburg mill owners. Thu
strike is likely to spread to all th'
iron mills west Of the Alleghan!
Mountains, and will be long and OBJ
%stinate. It is impossible to measure
the loss to the productive interests Q
the country which this strike vii
entail, or to compute the hardship anC
suffering it will bring to the families o
the workiDgmen. 1t cannot be re
garded other than as a public calam
lily.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

act lntO snail silver stands lie 40 eEs
CUP, and to pass them with her own
hands to her guests. This Moorish
coffee, sweeted, but drunk without
milk, dark and thick like chocolate,
is Of exquisite flavor and aroma. The
Moor is very ~fastidious about his coli
fee. Being forbidden wine and strong
drinks, he concentrates his epicurean
tastes on coffee. He drinks oRly the
finest Mocha.
The rooms occupied by the sons
wives we're furnished much as the
reception room, with the exception
that a bed stood ina sort of aloove at
the end oftheroom, curtained off with
rich silken hangings. In one of these
rooms a young woman, with
THE FACE OF A MADONNA
and the great, mournful pathetic eyes
that belong to some dumb animals, sat
on the heor nursing a baby, while a
black,eyed boy of five or six years Of
age frisked and capered about her.
She seemed rather glad to see
strangers, and was disposed to be
communicative. How many children
had she? Only one; Mohammed, here.
It had pleased Allah to take the other
one to himself. The baby2 Oh, yes,
there was the baby; but that was only
a girl; that didn't count.
The terrace, OF fat roof, of this
house is one of the most pleasant
features. 1t commands a magnificent
view of the harbor and shipping, the
town and country, and the mountains
in the distance. Under the Turkish
rule these terraces were reserved for
the women alone, who used to visit
each other by climbing ever the para
pets that separated the houses. Stand
ing here on the terrace and looking
down into the court below, it is very
easy to understand the Scripture story
that used to puzzle some of us as chill
dren, of how. when the paisied man
coul not be taken into the court
where Jesus was preaching through
the house, on account of the crowd,
his bearers took him to the top of the
house-a thing which could be easily
done through a neighboring house
and 'uncovering the roof let him
down Into the midst" II. b. 5.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
Chickens that Would not swim
Bangor Wing and Courier.


The toughest story OF the season
comes from Sullivan, Me. Some time
ago a hen was set upon ducks eggs and
in due time the ducklings were out
aud on their way TO the nearest water.
Biddy was much alarmed at the appar-
ent folly Of her brood; but after a few
days she lost fea., and each morning
led them to the water and patiently
waited until they we're done bathing.
After a few weeks the ducks were able
to take care OF themselves and the hen
was set upon eggs Of her own kind.
When the chicks we're Matched she
had not forgotten what appeared "a
be maternal duty. She led her flock
to the water, but to her surprise moi
one entered. After some time spenl
in talking to them in hen language
trying TO convince them that it wal
their duty to go into the water, sh,
became exasperated at what looked
like disobedienco on the part of he
children, seized them enc by one, an,
threw them in, drowning the Who'll
flock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
Attachment Notice.

Before ] M Coleman, J. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-H Dow vs.. n B Price.
TN this cause an attachment having been
Il sued out under section 1856 of the code of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon. the
property of the defendant, and afidayit
debted to the plaintiff in the sum of
forty dollars, due by account, and that
the claim is Just, and that the defendant is
a nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee,
II is therefore ordered that said defendant
make his personal appearance before me
o'clock PM, at my Office, No. Il
Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within ths
time prescribed by law. or the Same Will
BE- proceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy
four weeks IN tho Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of May, 1882.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
Military Matters.

AoaANAAN BaAA0As
The Porter Rifles had a good drill
at their armory last night. This crack
company contemplate going into camp
very soon, before going to the big
drills at Louisville and indianapolis.
II is said that several parties from
Memphis. New Orleans aud St. Louis
have put in their appearance 10 this
city recently, evidently tor the purpose
Of witnessing the drilling Of this ia.
nous company, so as e be able TO re.
port their movements. The boys have
dropped on to their little game, anC
respectfully ask a few more OF them L
come. They viii receive pointers
they do not wish 70 get.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
Enjoy HsaIIh and be Bappy.

For depression Of spirits general
debility, i'll health, also as a certain
strengthened o. every part Of the sys.
ten, nothing equals Browns Iron
Bitters.
s. Mansfield & Co, W. n. Wilker.
Q & Co. and G. W. Jones i Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

Chronic constipation, chronic dys-
pepsia, chronic diarrhea, promptly
cured by using Browns Iron Bitters.
1t is a complete strengthened of the
digestive organs.
s. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker.
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co..
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscreti0ns Of youth, nervous Weaknessl
carly decay, loss Of manhood, ste. 1 VII! aend
a rocipe that will cure you, fhhh w
CHARGE. This great remedy wac discovered
Nv a misionary In South America. Send Q
selfaddressed envelope 10 he Rev. JOSEPH T.
INMAN. Station d. New York City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

Mr.. Walter Mcpherson, Of Spring.
field, Mass, writes II have been
peculiarly unfortunate in life. My
guardian robbed me Of the fortune
left me BY my father, and at the age
Of twenty. one / found myself poor in
purse and poor 10 health. ] married
a young Girl whose health soon broke
down from oyerwork and household
cares. Our six children gave hel
great trouble. and we're very puny and
sickly. Ny doctor bills we're larger
than both grocery and dry goods bill
together. Last year brought homo
a bottle Of Browns Iron Bittere fol
my wife. She used II and gave II q
the c~hildren--I also used IL myself
Never did / imagine such a miraeu
lous change from III health 10 perfee
health possible
y. Mansfield d 90, w. NJ. Wilker
son K Co, and @. w Jones & %.
wholesale agents.
pnnIfo I,RDdFa i0b DriutiuQ off 3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

-
No. 4OI2, R Chanoery Court Of Shelby county
Margaret O Sparks, guardian. and Corne-
Illus Sparks va. John Huber.
DY virtuo of an intorlecutory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause, on the
18th day Of January, 1883. and renewed March
ri, 1882, and May %, 1889, l will sell, at pub
10 auction, to the highest bidder, In front Of
the Clerk and Masters office, courthouse OF
shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee. on
Saturday, June "a, 1882,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.i
In the city Of Memphis, now the TAKING
District Of Shelby county, being the southern
part Of lot No ninety-one @D on the plan o.
tho extension Of the northern part Of tht
city OF Memphis, fronting 87M feet on Thirt
street, east side. and running back 10 tn!
depth Of said lot No. 9l one hundred anC
fofty-eight ana one-half feet TO an alley, said
lot being enclosed In parallel lines runnini
perpendicular TO Third street.
Terms Of Sale-0ne third cash, balance II
u months, purchaser 10 execute note bearing
interest With approved security for deforreI
payment, lien retained, etc.
This May 20, 1882.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Ta 81 8 30
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

Envelopes, Xxx, high cut, cheape
in the city, at LEDGER job printir
Office,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
FESTIVAL.

Barrett. Mccullough and Salvini
Have Been Engaged-It Wfli
Take a Year 10 Perfect the
plan.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03

PUBLIC LED0Ea Job printing oGcl
and book bindery, Is Madison,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
visir
The Homo 6fa wealthy Anger.
neutrality-suspicious. OF the TN
mates and Their Mode of
Cor. St. Louis Chronicle.


Hamoud is the name of a handsome
middle aged Moor whose acquaintance
we made in the legitimate transac-
tions Of trade. He is q distiller Of
perfumes, and the inventor Of effer-
vescent beverages, and has acquired a
handsome property to keep in regal
style the four wives that the Koran
permits to q man of means. Whether
he avails himself Of this privilege |
never found out. Be that as it may,
he has a house big enough fora dozen,
as we found out when we accepted his
courteous invitation to visit his
family"
us means a party Of ladies. No
gentleman is invited into the sacred
precincts; and it would be as much as
his life was worth to attempt to gain
and entrance without it. | have been
in many Moorish houses since, both
bigger and smaller, better and worse;
but as they are all built on the same
general plan a description of one is a
description of all. Presumptively,
among these people, a woman's utter
seclusion and strict surveillance are
are the only safeguards Of her hus-
bands honor; a home, to be a mans
paradise, must be
woMAN's PRISON.
Hence their houses are mere piles Of
blank whitewashed walls, unbrOken by
doors or windows or ornamental gal,
leries.
Hamouk's house was shut in and
o~vertopped by its neighbors and made
to look so like a big whitewashed barn
that it was with some difficulty that
We found it. The only entrance was
through a great cedar wood door
heavily studded with brass nails and
set within a deep archway. Through
this, proceeded by a French female
servant, we passed into a yestibule
furnished with stone seats. This is
where the master Of the house receives
his male guests. Beyond this a
passage led into a large marble paved
court, with a fountain of runningwater
in the center, and huge tropical plants
set around it in pots. The rooms on
tie gTond floor are not used as dwell
ing rooms, but as kitchens, storerooms,
bathrooms and servants rooms. All
around the court was an arcade formed
BY arches and twisted marble columns,
which supported a gallery above. A
fight OF tiled stairs landed US in this
gallery, which was paved and wains-
coated with ornamental tiles Of many
colors and patterns, and protected
by a beautifully carved wooden rail
ing joining the pillars and arches
which supported another galleryabove
Arched inches in the walls held vases
of flowers or potted plants. The whole
court was
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-03
HIS GREATEST ELoN0ATIoN,

Venus is passing toward her elonga.
ton close by, so that, on or about this
date, the two will be within what may
be considered a very short distance.
and may be seen soon after sunset al
past eight o'clock, close together. All
ter that Venus will continue toward
her elongation, while Mercury will re.
turn toward the sun, the two thu,
becoming rapidly separated. IL FL. q
course, extremely unlikely that an,
such coniguration will ever oceuI
again"
This terminated the interview. an,
the reporter withdrew. Mai. Hersche
is a we'll built,
FINE LOOKING GENTLEMAN.
with a ford complexion, clear haze
eyes, light auburn hair, tinged viii
gray, and a full beard and moustach,
Of the same color. He has inheriie,
that retiring modesty Of manner "a.
which his illustrious father was !,
noted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-22
Crime.

Lawrence, Mass, 20-A quantity O
worsted yarn and cloth stolen from the
Wesatcb Mills has been recovered. The
supposed thief claims TO be the widow az
General Gonzales, Of Cuban fame.
New Orleans, 20-Fiheen additional
arrests have been made ofpsrties indicted
By the federal grand jury for violation O
the election laws.
New York, 20-George LsYery, sen.
tenced to imprisonment for life for the
murder Of policeman in 1872, has es-
capad from Sing Sing.
Trieste, 20-Overdouk, the bomb
manufacturer, was executed. He showed
no concern whatever, and laughed az be
vas about TO be hanged. To the last be
refused spiritual help.
Naples, 2l-A passenger train was
Etopped and robbed by an armed band.
The government has offered reward for
the apprehension Of the robbers.
Lyons, 2l-Prinee Krapotkine was ar
rested for completely in various anarchist
movements jnFrench territory.
Paris, 2i.-The Cabinet. to-day. con-
sidered g proposed expedition to Ton
qain. President Grevy assented TO the
proposal of Admiral Jauregueberrv.
minister ef marine, which is regarded as
adopted. The government will demand
credit of IL 100000 francs for the ex-
petition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-22
The Kingston Fire.

New York, 20-The steamer Edith
Golden, from Montejo Bay, Jamaica,
reports that the largest portion of the
freight landed at Kingston by the Cod
den was destroyed III the great fire. The
steamer ALvo sailed from Kingston eight
hours after the departure of the Golden,
and may arrive tomorrow. She should
bring some particulars.
New York, 21.-Additional details are
at hand concerning the recent great fire
at Kingston, Jamaica. It appears had
there been the simplest means at hand
when the eonhagrstion began, to put out
the fire, it could not have spread further
than few yards. For SONS time after
the alarm was given, but few bundles OF
shingles were in flames. The fire brigade
arrived on the scene ten minutes after the
alarm, bit there was difficulty in at
tAching the hose to the hydrant. Mean
time the flames assembled and caught 8
tall building to the north Of the savings
bank. Water was now pretty we'll
brought into play, but sparks from this
high house blew wildly about. In few
minutes eight distinct houses in various
parts of the town were In blaze, and
sending sparks to other houses, By
which means the destroying element
soon surrounded several districts, totally
deiying the efforts OF the iremen. The
people are homeless, hundreds of them
sleeping in the open air at Central Park
and the race course, where the governor
Is endesyorlng to get tents belonging to
the military erected for their covering.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-22
Improvement Ofthe column ia

Washington, Ex-senator Slater intro.
dueed bill in the Senate to-day, appro-
prlating $4,000, to be expended under
the supervision of the secretary of war in
the construction: of jetty on Clatsop
Spit, at the mouth of the Columbi
River, Oregon, in accordance with plan
submitted by the majority Of the board
Of examiners, for the permanent i'm
provement OF South Columbia River.
The bill provides that the secretary of
war may order such further examina-
tons and surveys to be made OF the
mouth Of the river, and adopt such modi.
fcations and changes in such plans as
he may deem proper. Estimates for this
work, furnished by the majority Of the
board, required IS, 10000 to complete it,
and If an allowance tor contingencies is
made, the position being one of great ex-
posure, the total estimate will be So, $780,
COO. The board recommends the con-
struetion of jelty slightly convex to the
north, extending from the shore near
Fort Stevens in a north westerly direction
towards point three miles south of Cape
disappointment; this jetty to stop at the
shore Of that point, or be prolonged be-
You'd it, as experience may indicate to be
necessary. The estimates are made on
the bsais of building the jetty OF stone.