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THE CALIFORNIA SILK INTEREST
EASTERN CAPITAL GIVING A HELP
ING HAND

For years the firm of Carlson IL Currier
have done good business i'll the city as
agents for the sale of the silks of the East
ern firm of Belding Bros. az Co., competing
largely with the product of the California
Silk Company. The mill of the latter con-
Germ was destroyed last June, and more than
one effort has since been made to consoli-
date the rival interests. The affair has 40
far successfully progressed that the union
was effected short time ago.
Belding Bros. * Co. have already large
amount of machinery in constant operation
in San Francisco. This Will be at once con-
siderably increased, so rs 10 admit of the
home manufacture of all grades of sewing,
machine, embroidery and knitting silk.
As soon as practicable new mill will be
erected here, possessing all the latest i'm
provements. For the present, the consoli-
dation will run their factory i'll the building
of the Pacific Power Company, corner of
Ecker and Stevenson, where ample power
and room are obtainable. Permanent EN-
ployment is expected to be given next year
to at least one hundred operatives, who will
mostly consist of boys and girls.
To further encourage local enterprise,
this concern will contract to buy for three
years from next January all the silk that is
raised and reeled on this coast. paying
twenty-five per cent more than the New
York market price for the same quality
s. r. Post,
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MISTAKES IN WRITING HISTORY.

We have an unfortunate habit OF
distributing historical affairs under
reigns. Even where monarchy is ex-
tremely powerful it is seldom that an
age ought to be called after mon
arch. 1t would be better not to speak
even OF the "Siecle de Louis XIV"
The English monarchs of the Eigh-
teenth century were by no means the
fdineants they are sometimes. made
to appear; still it is absurd to repre-
sent them as determining the charac-
ter of their age. The first step in
arranging and dividing any period Of
English history is to get rid of such
useless headings as reign of Queen
Anne, reign of George |. reign Of
George III. In the place of these we
must study to put divisions founded
upon some real stage of progress in
the national life. We must look on.
ward not from king to king. but from
great event to great event. And in
order to do this we must estimate
events, measure their greatness, a
thing which cannot be done without
considering and Analysing them
closely. When with respect to any
event we have satisfied ourselves that
it deserves to rank among the leading
events of the national history, the
next step is to put it in connection
with its causes. In this way each
event takes the character of a devel-
opment, and each development OF
this kind forms a chapter in the ma
tional history, chapter that will get
its name from the event. AS plain
example of this principle, take the
reign of George III. What can be
more absurd than to treat these sixty
years as constituting one period,
simply because one man was King
during the whole of them? What
then, are we to substitute for the
King as principle CT division? Ev
identity great events. One part of
the reign will make chapter by
itself as the period Of the loss of
America, another as that Of the strug-
gle with the French revolution But
in national history there are larger
as we'll as smaller divisions. Besides
chapters. there are, as it were, books
of parts. This is because the great
events, when examined closely. are
seen to be connected with each other:
those which are chronologically near
est to each other are seen to be SINH
lar; they fall into groups, each of
which may be regarded as a single
complex event and the complex events
give their names to the parts, as the
simpler events give their names to the
separate chapters Of the history
Professor Seeley, in Macmillan's
Magazine.
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THE PACIFIC BANK.

The last semi-annual statement of this
Bank, concluding the nineteenth year of its
existence, shows IFS continuance undated
in its marvellous career of success. In the
nineteen years of its existence it has earned
an enviable reputation for judicious and
prudent management, which has contrib
uted more than anything else to its large
and increasing business. Its management
has all along held il to n strictly aud eXclu-
sively commercial business, having nothing
whatever to do with mining stock or mines.
They have never allowed the prospect of in
creasd gains to lure them to extra hazards,
outside the sphere of legitimate and con-
sentative banking. This course has won
them the confidence of the community and
the cream of banking clientage-the farm
er the merchant and manufacturer. These
classes, who, more than any Others have
good security to offer, find accommodation
here lower than elsewhere in loans. adj
vances, discounts etc, and an absolutely
safe depository for their funds.
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The FRENCH ARMY.

The Cologne Gozette, in the first
of a series of articles on the French
army in 1877. remarks that one OF the
most striking changes which has
taken place in that force of late years
is in the amount of work which Is
required of. and for the most part
cheelfully performed by officers and
men Of all ranks. In confirmation
IF this statement. the writer quotes
the daily routine OF d company OF
artillery. The instruction of the mon
begins at six o'clock in the morning,
and the first hour is devoted to teach
ing the soldiers how to clean, mend,
and keep in repair and proper order
their arms, clothing and equipment.
From 7 A. NJ. to 8 A. NJ. follow riding,
vaulting and gymnastics. During
the next two hours, from 3 A NJ to
ia. NJ, the men are either exercised
on foot or are drilled in larger bodies.
From IL A. NJ. until p. NJ the men
dine and rest, and groom their horses.
From 2 P. NJ. to 3 P NJ the company
is exercised in the field, or marches
out into the country From D P.
to 7 p. NJ. the men again rest and eat
their supper. This latter is followed
by an hours theoretical instruction,
from P. NJ. to 8 P. NJ; and at 9 p. NJ.
tattoo is beaten. and the barracks are
closed. With very few exceptions,
all officers have to be present and
take part in all the exercises and in
struction.
The results of the increased
amount of work thus performed are,
the German writer continues, already
very apparent The infantry march
in steadier and more orderly man
ner than of old. and mannuvre with
incomparably greater rapidity and
ease. In the cavalry the progress
made of late years is equally marked,
and the manner in which some of the
regiments, especially of heavy caval-
nv, which the writer has watched at
drill, go through their exercises.
leaves, he states, nothing to be wished
the movements being executed with
a quickness and regularity us great
as can be seen on amy German drill
ground.
Both men and horses are, the
writer adds, better fed than in the
German army, each horse receiving
in the light cavalry regiments two
pounds and in the cuirassiers and ar
hilary four pounds more forage than
in the corresponding arms in the
German service; while the French
soldier is given far more substan-
tial ration of meat than the German.
He receives, also, half litre of sound
country wine daily, and sufficient
amount of we'll baked wheaton bread
every man getting two good hot
meals day, of each of which thick,
palatable soup forms tho principal
part
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NEWS ITEMS.

A woman is under sentence of
thirty-five years. imprisonment for
selling liquor at Rutland, VT, that
period being composed of two hun
dred different terms for like num-
Der of offenses.
The length of the submarine cables
in the whole world is estimated to be
1900 miles, and tAeir value to be
1902, 100000. The length of all the
wires in the world would reach forty
eight times around the earth.
OF the $4,000 square miles which
Norway contains, only $500 are pas
turage and only $50 are under the
plough. The consequence is that not
only corn, but also butter and meat,
have to be imported in large quanti-
ties.
It is possible that tricycles will be
introduced in Washington as a regu-
lar part of TIE local postal system.
From experiments already made by
letter carriers it is believed that their
use would effect saving Of fifty per
cent. in the time required for collec-
ton and delivery.
In the old times, when people trav-
eled by Diligence in France, one trav-
eler was killed in every $4,000, and
one wounded in every $4,000. Now,
when they travel by rail, one is killed
per SIS, 400, and one wounded per
580,450. Railroad travelling is thus
nearly twenty times as safe as trav-
cling by diligence.
The great granite monument to
the Ames brothers, builders Of the
Pacific Railroad, is nearly COM
pleted near Ogden. at the highest
point Of the road. 1t 10 red granite
pyramid, sixty feet square at the base,
sixty feet high. and will last as long as
granite will hold together "A medal
lion bust Of Cakes Ames has been
hewn on the west face, and one of
Oliver Ames on the east. The cost is
$4,000.
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SOME BORES.

The philanthropic bore is the one
who needs boarding up, and putting
out of sight, under ground He
shifts all responsibility, for the mis-
cry he occasions off on the distant
heather. He is only bore by proxy,
so to speak, but it makes one tremble
to think what colossal nuisance he
might devel >pe into. if he We're do
ing business on his own account, in.
stead of merely being the travelling
agent for the South Sea Islanders,
and working for contingent fee.
Under the name of Charity, male
and female pirates, following the bad
example of Jay Hubble, make raids
on business offices, in order to get up
for themselves a reputation OF disin-
terestedness that does not fit them in
the least. Their capital consists
principally of cheek, and a snbscrip-
ton list. There is no scheme too
chimerical for them to hang their
faith on, and there is no privacy into
which they will not intrude without
the slightest hesitation.
The party armed with an umbrella
and subscription paper, whose picture
we furnish. in order that the public
NAV know him when they see him
coming. and climb over the back
fence before he gets his auger into
them, is trying to make his unfortu-
nate victim believe that millions OF
japanese are ripe to embrace
Christianity, and all they need are a
| few tracts and an assortment of mis-
sionaries from the church to which
he belongs. With the genial suavity
of life insurance agent, Reproduced
facts, statistics, etc, to show that
three japanese, of high rank, were
induced to embrace Christianity du-
ring the last fiscal year, and several
others are in good condition to be
prayed for. These glorious acquisi.
tons, these japanese brands plucked
from the burning, into the bore's own
particular church, were converted at
the astonishingly low figure of -,
600 per brand, which is much cheaper
he says, than some other rival church
is in the habit Of paying for the same
quality of convert Then he com
pares this worlds goods and pleas
ures- which he calls "paltry dross .
to the value of never-dying souls
The mistake that this impractical
crank makes is in coming to practi-
cal business man, who can, in two
minutes, figure out and show him tho
sbsurdity, and the lack of common
sense. that is the prominent feature
in his scheme. The business man be
lieves in encouraging home enter
prise He will be irreverent enough
probably, to say that he considers
the soul Of an American of as much
value as that of japanese; that
there are vast numbers OF American
citizens. especially in our large cities
who never have the gospel preached
to them, and that, looking at it from
q business stand point, he thinks big
ger results could be obtained by
spending $4,000 in missionary efforts
at home.-I Texas Siftings.
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THE HAIR OF THE PRESIDENTS.

In the Patent Office at Washing
ton there are many objects Of interest
connected with the Government and
those who administered it's affairs in
times gone by. A friend of the writer
says that while examining some of
those objects of curiosity, nothing
struck him so forcibly as the samples
of small locks of hair taken from the
heads of different Chief Magistrates,
from Washington down to President
Pierce, secured in frame covered
with glass. Here is, in fact, a part
and parcel Of what constituted the
living bodies of those illustrious in
dividuals whose names are as familiar
as household words, but who now live
only in history and the remem-
brance OF the past.
The hair of Washington is nearly q
pure white, fine and smooth in its APP,
pearance.
That of John Adams is nearly the
the same in color, though perhaps a
little coarser.
The hair of jefferson is of differ
ent character, being mixture OF
| white and auburn, or a sandy brown
and rather coarse. In his youth, Mr.
Jefferson's hair was remarkable fol
its bright color
The hair of Madison is coarse, and
of mixed white and dark
The hair of Monroe is handsome
dark auburn, smooth and free from
any mixture. He is the only Presi
dent, excepting Pierce, whose hail
has undergone no change in color.
The hair of John Quincy Adams il
somewhat peculiar, being coarse. anG
a yellowish gray in color.
The hair of General Jackson is al
most a perfect white. but coarse il
its character, as might be supposed
by those who have examined the por
traits of the old hero.
The hair of Van Buren, is white ant
smooth in appearance.
The hair of General Harrison is ,
fine white. with slight admixture o.
black.
The hair of John Tyler is mixture
Of white and brown.
The hair of James X. Polk is al
most pure white.
The hair of General Taylor is white
with slight admixture of brown.
The hair of Millard Fillmore is, OF
the other hand, brown, with Sigh
admixture Of white.
The hair OF Franklin Pierce is {
dark brown, of which he had plenti
full crop
1t is somewhat remarkable, how
ever, that since Pierce's time no on,
has thought of preserving tho hair o.
his successors There are vacancie,
in the case. but there is no hair (ol
was not, short time since) either o.
Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant
Hayes, Garfield or Arthur, for the in
spection of futurity.
During their occupancy of the
Presidential chair, Buchanan's hail
was nearly pure white; that of Lin
coin, dark and why, literally
sprinkled with silver threads; John
sons was iron grey-in youth his hail
was coal black and very luxuriant
Grants was dark and coarse; Hayes
sandy, mixed with white; Garfeld's
a beautiful auburn: while that Of
Arthur is brown and wavy.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-09
THE YEAST POWDER CONTROVERSY

The members of the medical profession
must all have noticed the strong competi
ton waged 10y the various yeast powder
manufacturers. The best yeast powder Is
one composed of pure cream of tartar and
bi-carbonate of soda in such proportions
that the resulting compound is Rochelle
salt-a salt possessing no injurious action
upon the economy. Cream of tartar being
expensive, INSCRIPTIONS dealers resort TO
cheap substitutes, such as alum, which has
long been recognized as injurious, and
phosphates and tartaric ac.d, which do not
retain their strength. Others again resort
to adulteration with starch TO increase bulk,
and make up the deficiency in strength by
addition of carbonate Of amonia. Prof.
Johnston has recently been investigating
various yeast powders, and his analysis show
that only one brand-the NEW ENGLAND
has the composition proper for yeast
powder.
In view of the prevalence of dyspepsia, the
yeast powder question assumes consider
able Importance. Our intimate acquaint-
ance with Prof. Johnston enables us to
endorse his analysis. Pacific Medical aud
Surgical journal, September.
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MOURNING FOR THE DEAD.-"I saw
a pale mourner stand bending over
the tomb, and his tears fell fast and
often. AS he raised his humid eyes
to Heaven, he cried. MY brother!
Oh, my brother? For whom dost
thou mourn One replied he,
whom 1 did not sufficiently love
while living, but whose estimable
worth ] now feel What wouldst
thou do if he were restored to thee?'
The INQUIRER replied that he would
never offend him by an unkind word,
but would take every occasion to
show his friendship, if he would but
come back to his fond embrace
Then waste not thy time in useless
grief, said the sage, but if thou hast
friends, go and cherish the living,
remembering that they will one day,
be dead also.'"
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A strange bond for deed to 500
acres of land near Downey was made
the other day. The terms are these:
If there be no rain the intending
buyer gets the land for S25 per acre,
but should rain come, the price is to
be $50 per acre. AS there is every
symptom of rain, the chances are the
seller will get $50 per acre for his
land. This fact shows the value of
rain, when it doubles the price of
land in single season. Los Angel
es Express.
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An English fashion paper, speak
ing about removing the glove before
shaking hands, says that the custom
is no longer obligatory. it being. an
old fashion. surviving from the time
when gloves were very loose and re-
moved in moment
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AN HONEST POUND.

"STAR" is the ONLY irst-class
Tobacco that isALwAys put up lG ozs. To the
pound plug. Co lsumerers who buy Tobacco
by the plug, will save two ozs. ON each plug
by purchasing STAR. For proof of this,
weigh your Tobacco. Tin Stars on each
MUG.
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VENIcE's DEPARTED GLORY. Like
all other Italian cities, Venice lives
on the glory of other days. She has
not much else to live on, in fact.
Within loss than a hundred years the
/ city has belonged to three different
foreign powers. The last and pres
emit owner is Italy. The Venetians
still dream Of the days when Venice
was greater than Italy, and count the
government of Italy almost as much
foreign power as Austria. The We
netian guide pointed out to us the
splendid mosaics, the glorious paint
ings, the unrivaled marbles from the
hand of one and another gifted son
of his beloved native city. Then he
says with a sigh, quite unaware how
he is confusing sexes:
"But one man come, and he strip
off Venice's coat. Another come, and
he take off another coat The great
Napoleon, he come at last, and no
stripped off her vest and pantaloons,
everything, and leavee her only one
poor shirt"
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HOLIDAY GooDs.-Citron, lemon or orange
peel, 25c. Maple Sugar, 16 to 20c. Pure
honey and maple syrup. Plum pudding
mince meat. Nuts, all kinds, 10 to 20c.
Superior currants, raisins, prunes, pitted
cherries. raspberries, blackberries. Gran
berries Coo. to 75c. a gallon. Best variety
of canned fish, meats, oysters. clans in city.
Corn peppers, good ones, 20c. Send for
full list to ii. A. Smith, SO Post ST., San
Francisco Cal
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Extra fine mixed tea 40 cts u n; Best
roasted Costa RIGA Coffee, 20 cts u 10: Ex-
ira fine Rio, genuine, % cts u h; o. g..
java, 20 cts u ID; choice ground coffee 10
cts q 10. O. NJ. Nichuals, 324 Third ST.,
San Francisco. Send for price list.
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SuGAR.-Retailed at wholesale price, in
any quantity, graduated Sl2 lbs, Golden G
lbs, Cube or crushed lbs, Island sugars
10, IL and II lbs. for 800. Send for list AT
once to 519 Post ST.. =. f., Cal.
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CROSSING THE ATLANTIC. The Great
Western was the first of the regular
steamers to cross the Atlantic. She
sailed from Bristol on April Odd, 1888,
and reached New York in sixteen
days and one hour. She was a
wooden paddle-wheel steamer OF
twelve hundred tons burden. Dur
ing the present year, the City of
Rome has been put on the same
route and made the voyage in less
than seven days, but she weighs
eight thousand four hundred tons.
What difference in size and speed
these figures indicate No doubt the
time is coming when passengers will
feel aggrieved if they are detained
longer than week on the voyage
between the old world and the new.
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The best store in San Francisco TO buy
teas and coffee for cash, also choice grocer
les. o. NJ. Nichuals 1924 Third St, San
Francisco. Send for price list.
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Eagle Chocolate, 20 cts u ID; 8 large calls
of oysters for 81 90; II lbs. sal soda, % cts;
II lbs best rice. 81 10: best coal oil u can,
81 30; II lbs tapioca for 81 90 80 Id, sack
prices. o. NJ. Nichuals, 324 Third St.. San
Francisco, Cal.
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PoUIrRY AND EGGs.--Send them to ii. A.
Smith, 5l9 Post ST., $. f., and get full
weight, full count and full price.
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AN IMMEDIATE AND pERMA-
NENT CURE FOR COUGHS, COLDS,
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, GROUP, IN
FLUENzA, oATARRH. LOSS OF
VOICE, INo1e1ENT CONSUMPTION,
snd all Diaeases Of the Throat and
Luns. Ask for tho California Pull
Enonayy 1alsaua. and take no other.
~ SOLD BY AEL DRUGGISTS. -lxs
j. II. GATES & Co., PrOp'rs.
AIT Sansome st.. g. F., Gal.
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A lady's train has to take the back
track.
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Observation-Disclosures

."e taxai A'"nig 40 rompac,, ouong, sim.
sc and Effective. Use leather, rubber. hemp
'otton. steam packing, or piece of hay rope wei
tallowed. will last six months more for pack.
ny the same No rubber to give out, no cham.
pump muddy, dirty, water, coal chips. dust. grav-
H. sand, grain. etc, without choking. Wonderful.
Pump Send us the total length of pipe
luired. 1t drafts % feet in depth. Ii pumps
1857 gallons per stroke. Size of suction pipe
uches. The space il occupies is lsAIs square.
Manufacturers-Hen 4. Laagrehr. 4
Co.. 25 Market 81. San Francisco. Gal.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-28
TAGS

THE BEST QUALITY, WILL BE SOLD
i by the hundred, or by the box, printed or
plain, to suit customers, at
TEE AsTcgIAs Office,
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tact, IN our surroundings and
circumstances, that we cannot i'm
prove, if we have the will to set
ourselves sbout it. If we lack
the will, the sooner we cease to
cumber the earth, the better for
the earth. Contentment is only
another name for indifference, and
though we can all have what we
like simply by liking what we
have, yet the natural impulse
should be for something better,
and that used as stepping stone
for something better still, must
put the soul in better shape for that
alleged hereafter that the great
and good of all ages have preached
and prophesied. In any events
'tis better so to act, that when all
of life fades away, a peace of
mind remains. "If there's another
world how great your bliss,-and
if there's not, you've made the
most OF this"
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-28
Notice TO Contractors.

ID Ing the New School House. on Block
"a. until Saturday, June 8, 1882, at o'clock
P. NJ, according TO the plans and specinca-
tons TO be seen at J. ". Gearhart's store.
Bids will be considered for main building
and the basement separately, or both to
gether. The Directors reserve the right to
reject any or all bids. Satisfactory bonds
VIII be required with each bid.
By order Of the Board of Directors.
j. G. HUSTLER. Clerk.
Astoria. May 20, 1892 dtf