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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
Presidential Succession.

The ever present knowledge
that the assassination of our chief
magistrate is likely to change the
political complexion of the Gov
ernment, reversing the solemn
verdict of the people, suggests the
need of some Legislation which will
make it impossible to effect such a
change by the destruction of
single life. 1t is almost universally
the case that vice-presidents go
contrary to the implied policy of
their predecessors. Indeed if the
place could be abolished by con-
stitutional amendment, an element
Of great danger would be removed.
The natural line of presidential
succession should be through the
cabinet. 1t is the personal history
of a presidential candidate that is
the most potent cause of his cleo
tion, for'that gives general assur-
ance of his future policy. In
selecting his cabinet he selects
men that are in accord with him,
and therefore with the majority of
the voters of the country. His
death could cause no political
changes. 1t would be necessary
for future Guiteaus to kill the
president and the entire cabinet
before they could overturn the
nations affairs. And the execu-
ton of Guiteau will not prevent d
recurrence of regicide, if by such
murder minority factions may re.
new lapsed lease of power. The
great temptation to such a crime
can best be removed by changing
the present manner of the presi
dental succession.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
An Indian Empire.

The recent purchase of a right
of way across the Indian Territory
by a railroad company reveals
rather a curious state of affairs in
that part Of our great republic.
The company in question asked
for the use of strip of land two
hundred feet wide with additional
strips at places where stations
were to be built. To secure this
privilege the Government of the
United States had to send an en-
bassador to the Choctaw nation
and ask it as a favor from the
dusky government for the railroad
company. After much diplomacy,
intrigue, and circumlocatory ne
gotiation the boon was granted,
the railroad company being obliged
to pay a high rent. The two
hundred feet SO secured across
that isolated spot is sort of dead
line. A United States citizen 60
ing beyond on either side does SO
at his peril. As far as safety OF
protection goes, he might as well
be in Kamschatka for all the good
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

The General Association Of the
Congregational Church of Califor-
MIA has had Judge Davis, Presl-
dent pro TEN. of the Senate, pre-
sent to that body a series OF
resolutions urging recognition Of
the rights of the Southern Cali
fornia Mission Indians. No more
wretched record of injustice exists
than the history of those .unfortu-
mates and their treatment by theiI
white conquerors and present ex-
terminators.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
Retributive.

MEN who have given the matter
attention, say that bribery in the
English elections has been far
more extensive, open and brazen
than in the most corrupt parts of
this country. 1t has generally
been in small constituencies: and
consisted in giving money to peo-
pie directly for their votes. The
high standing of those who have
been in the habit of discussing
corruption funds has heretofore
been a shield against punishment,
but there have lately been some
convictions which may have a salu-
tary effect. The respectable
criminals were not pardoned be,
fore they went to Jail, as the Cam.
eron crowd did it in Pennsylvania,
but will have to serve out the
terms for which they have been
sentenced. In large constituent
cies the British will learn to follow
the American plan. The govern
ment will judiciously distribute
Offices among the more active poll
ticians and will buy up stump
speakers and petty leaders. 1t is
a vulgar bribe to gain the vote Of
man by giving him money, but
it is all right, according to many
politicians, to use offices as re.
wards. The British method has
one advantage; the fellows who
sell themselves, are not placed ii
positions which ought to be filled
with honest and capable men.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

THE Rev. DR.. Voolfolk has a
neat plan lately. presented to the
Polytechnic society of Louisville
to ''clothe all the Arctic region in
living green, and make the wintry
world blossom as the rose" The
Rev. doctors plan for thus clothing
and blossoming the northern lati,
tudes, is to explode s1,000,00C
worth of powder on the extreme
western verge of Alaska.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

ABRAM S. HEWITT says that a
certain American steel rails mill,
having capital of $2,000,000,
made profit in one year OF
100000. This was done by
availing itself to the utmost of the
tariff of s2s per ton, amounting at
present prices to about SO per
cent. of protection. Mr.. Hewitt
thinks the steel rails men could get
along we'll enough with $l4 per
ton or about so per cent.-Aha.
That forms a very pretty one
sided argument for the protection
lists, but the purchasers, out of
whom the company, having a capi-
tai of s2.000.OOO, made a profit in
one year of 100000, might have
a different argument.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

IT is positively stated that ex-
Senator Sargent will be appointed
Secretary of the Interior afterFeb-
ruary 1st. There is enough bust
ness under the generic title "De-
partment of the INTERIOR to take
up the time of half a dozen heads
of departments. The growing
wants of the industries necessarily
neglected renders some additional
secretaryships unavoidable.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

THE Washington grand iusy
have summoned witnesses in the
star route cases, and it is claimed
that even yet sustainable indict-
ments will be found against the
guilty parties and that they will
be punished.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

"WHAT's in a name," is being
exempli6ed in New York, where
the editor of paper called
"Truth" is being tried for perjury.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

The question after the Guiteau
trial closes will be what Judge
Cox shall do with his acquired
reputation.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
For Sale.

Are you made miserable by Indi-
gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of
appetite, Yellow Skin? ShilOh's Vital
izer is positive cure. For sale by W.
E. Dement,.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

EADs is in Washington seeking
governmental aid for his isthmus
ship railway.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
Piles (! Piles Piles /!
a Sure Cure Found ut Last !!
No One Need Suffer!

4 sure Cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itching
and liberated Piles has been discovered by
DIR. Williams, ian Indian Remedy, called
DIR. Williams Indian Ointment. A single
box has cured the worst chronic cases OF %
or 80 years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this wonderful
soothing medicine. Lotions, instruments and
eleetuaries do more harm than good. Will
liam's Ointment absorbs the tumors, allayS
the intense itching, particularly at night af-
ter getting warm in bed), acts as q poultice,
gives instant relief, and is prepared only for
Piles, itching of the private parts, and for
nothing else.
Read what the Hon. j. NJ. COfilDburry OF
Cleveland, says about DR.. Williams Indian
Pile Ointment have used scores OF Pile
Cures, and it affords me pleasure to say that
| have never found anything which gave
such immediate and permanent relief as DIR.
Williams Indian Ointment.
For sale by all druggists OK mailed on re-
ceipt of price, 81 %.
HENRY & CO. Props.
Cleveland, o.
Hodge, Davis & Co.. Wholesale Agents.
Portland, Oregon.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

our Government would be to him.
1t is rather a singular state of
affairs to exist right in the heart
of the nation.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
To Builders and Contractors.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
y ceived by the undersigned until noon,
January %, 1882. for the furnishing of mate
rials, erecting and completing 4 Church
edifice on Main, between Jefferson and AS
tor Streets. in this city. Plans and speciiica-
tions can be examined at my office. on and
after Saturday, 7th inst. The right TO reject
any and all bids Is reserved.
Z. G. HOLDEN,
terrain Church of Astoria. d-td
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
HI the Columbia, Vancouver Barracks, W.
T., Nov. 26. 1851.
Written proposals will be received by the
undersigned, at Vancouver Barracks, w. T.,
until March 3lst, 1882, for the right of exclu-
sive seining on the Fort Stevens. point
Adams) Military Reservation, during the
next fishing season. The right to reject any
or all bids. as may be deemed best, is re-
served by the undersigned.
o. ID. GREEN.
Mai. and Asst Agt. General. Breyet Briga-
dier General U. $. Army. dtf
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
Notice to Cannerymen.

EOR THIRTY DAYS FROM THIS date
Il will contract to make fish boxes of sat-
isfactory quality in any quantity at the fol-
lowing prices boxes in the shuck 10y. cents
each nailed boxes 14I. cents each, deliv-
cred at the West Shore Mills.
J. @. TRULLINGER.
Astoria, Dec. 10, 1881. dim
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
Notice.

NEITHER THE CAPTAIN NOR CONSI-
~ nees of the Muriel will be responsible
for any debts contracted by the crew.
div RODGERS, MEYER & Co.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11

BLANK BOOKS
DRINTED AND BOUND TO ANY SIz E
L and ruled to any order. at
TRE Historian Office.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-11
Open all the Year, Performance Ev. ~
Night. Entire Change OF Pre-
gramme Once Week.
Comprising all the latest
SONGS, DANCES AND ACTS.

The theatre Is crowded nightly, and all
who have witnessed the entertainment pro-
nounce 1t TO be equal TO any given elsewhere.
MIR. Hill as a caterer for the .pubiie's
amusement can not be excelled. Anybody
wishing to spend a pleasant evening and
see sparkling wit and beauty without vul-
garity, should improve the opportunity and
come.
Open air concert every evening perform
ance commencing at 8; entrance to theatre
on Benton street; private boxes on Chena-
mus street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
On the Hills Of Cursing.

In work Just issued from the press
1.-The Past and Present of the East
the author describes recent visit to
those once famous mountains, Ebal and
Gerizim, on which he spent day. He
states that he and fellow w-trayeler as
cended the latter, and they afterward
proceeded to test the acoustic property
Of the valley between. To do this his
fellow-traveler rode down Gerizim,
across the valley, and began to ascend
Ebal, his "horse looking the size of an
ant" After ascending q considerable
distance, until he appeared but a faint
dot on the hillside, he stopped 1t had
been arranged that the two should sig
nal to each other when ready to speak,
but that was now seen to be hopeless,
so, waiting until the dot appeard to
have ceased to move, the author, the
Rev. HI. Jones, commenced to read
aloud from q book, s.feeling that he
might just as well have thought of ad-
dressing the House of Commons from
Lambeth Palace" After while he
paused to hear the result. Great was
bis surprise when from the little dot on
the hillside he heard the words of the
Twenty-third Psalm, and this in spite of
the conversation carried on by some
Turkish soldiers near. On the two
meeting they found that each had heard
the other with perfect distinctness.-
London Globe '.--.-l-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
The Departed Year. /.

"De var 1881 am past an gone for
eber," said Brother Gardner as Samuel
Shin let the stove alone. /" see muffin
sad bout it-nuffin' to call fur sighs an
tears an grosns which kin be heard two
blocks away. We expec de Vars to pass
away. We expec time TO keep dustin
right along. We expec to grow old, an
70 hev gray hairs, am to cotch de rheu-
matiz. OATS what we am heah fur. II
we could allus remain young an purity,
an part our h'ar In de middle, an war
yaller kids an smell of cologne, de un-
dertaker an de grave-digger would
starve to death. e'a-.il.5 =
"My frens, in beginning de new year,
doan' start out on de belief dat de
louder you talk de mo- argument ye
hev. ~ oa
e :" Doan' imagine dat cherry man wild a
gift of CAB am q bon orator.
q" When you find quiet man doan'
rush off an gin him credit fur wisdom.
Some men doan' talk kase dey hev
muffin TO say. Silence am no mo- a sign
of wisdom dan poundin' on an empty
bsrl am sign of war.
eff argument won't bring m an ober
to your side of de queshun knockin' him
down won't do any good. ~ 70
"De man who can run up bill at de
butchers an dodge him for six months
am not necessarily q statesman.
DE man who takes up de moas'
sidewalk am not allus de pusson of de
moas' Consequences. A ififteen-cent
drunkard wants mo- room in dis world
dan a Judge of de Supreme Court.
80" Jealousy of your naybur am not
ambishun. Slsnder am weapon used
only by towards. Hopin' desc few re-
| marks won't do you any particular in
jury, we will now address ourselves to
de usual programmy. .''-Detroa Free
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
FOREIGN GOssIP.

The great British war-ship "In-
flexible, >" that cost q, ,oo0, 600, is pro-
nounced q failure. Es
The late King of Sweden used to
prance around nights in disguise, and
the fact that he had black eye about
half the time was proof that he enjoyed
himself. s
The bootblacks Of London are di-
yided into societies. One of them,
known as the Saffron Hill, numbering
sixty-six, has earned In the last twelve
months between -, 900 and "a, 900.
The railway up vesuvius, known as
the Funicolare, Is a French undertaking.
1t was started with 9 capital Of f72, 900
and costs "a geo q year % maintain. In
fifteen years the company expect to
realize the entire capital, and as the
years there will remain fifteen years for
profits, which are estimated at fifteen
per cent. after the working expenses are
taken. out. The company Is insured In
Eve French houses at four francs per
1000. No English house was willing to
insure it under ten francs. Everything
about the road is said to be wslI man.
aged. At the top there is restaurant,
and good one.
The development of the coal re-
sources and INDUSTRY of Germany has
recently. received much attention, due,
in great part, to the encouraging char
acter of the Hamburg exhibition of that
mineral held some time since. It is al
| legged that the Westphalian coal is su-
perior in heating power to English, and
! the Investigations carried on by some of
the most eminent geologists make it APP
!, pear, though the statement Is somewhat
surprising, that Germany is in posses
sion Of .coal-fields incomparably more
extensive than any that England can
show. The Westphalian coal-basin,
alone, it is said, is capable of producing,
| for seven centuries TO come, the same
quantity of best coal annuslly that Eng-
land now yields; and not only this, but
the basin is not yet fully explored, and
is believed to be capable of material ex-
| tension. 49, -g.
MR.. Robert Robson, of Newcastle,
England, retired policeman seventy
two years Of age, has come into posses
sion of q fortune esimatedmat $780,
| the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commis-
dered, in Manchester, 140- years ago.
Mr.. Robson has been staying of late at
Newcastle inn, and has been pestered
beyond endurance, it is said, by the
troops of relatives and friends which his
| sudden fortune has been the means of
disclosing TO his knowledge. Many Of
these relatives he did not know to exist !;
others he had entirely forgotten. Among
the number were three or four women
who persistently affirmed that Robson
was their lawfully welded husband, and
when he presented to them the woman
who is truly his wife, they still refused
to abandon their claim. Mr.. Robson's
lot thus far has not been any happier
with his money than. it formerly was
without it.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
VIVID Horses in Australia.

Horses which, escaping now and then
from the paddocks of colonists on the
edge of the settled districts of Australia,
have made themselves at home in the
freedom and abundant pastures of the
interior, have multiplied to such an ex-
tent that, notwithstanding the numbers
captured or shot every year, it is esti-
mated that there are something like
100, 900 of them in the two most popu-
lous colonies-Victoria and New South
Wales-or roaming the plains immedi-
ately contiguous TO their borders. To
Europeans the proposal to have a days
horse-shooting sounds inexpressibly
barbarous;. but the Australian farmers
near the interior regard the troops of
wild horses which may often be seen
trespassing on their inclosed lands as
vermin. They do not possess any of the
qualities which often make the wild
horses of the South American plains
valuable, and, beside destroying veget-
alton which might be made to support
more valuable life, they not infrequently
tempt the settlers horses to join them
and adopt q vagabond life. Worse than
this, they are suspected of communicat-
ing disease to settled districts. To meet
the difficulty of dealing with the incssts-
ing hordes of wild horses the Chief In
spector of Stock in New South, Wales
proposes that they should be classed as
noxious animals, under the Pastures and
Stock Protection act.-The Colonies and
India. Ffr soy 50 fT- aff
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
Pond Deposits.

Deposits of mud at the bottom Of
ponds and sluggish creeks always con-
tain little nitrogen, and ordinarily q
little phosphoric acid and potash; that
Is to say, they contain usually the three
most important constituents Of stable
manure-bu nearly always in smaller
quantity, and always in forms not so
useful to the plant for food; pound of
nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash, in
pond or creek mud, is worth less for
plant-food than pound of nitrogen,
ETC., in stable manure, because the crops
must wait longer before they can make
use Of the food offered them; larger
proportion of these plant nutriments Is
Immediately available in the stable ma
nure. These deposits, moreover, vary
widely in composition and value; and
the only practicable and Satisfactory
way to find out whether their use will
be profitable is to make the material in
each. case do what it can in the field,
and judge it by the results after q fair
trial.
No special preparation is needed more
than to let it dry as much as possible in
q pile by the side of the creek, for it
does not pay to cart water over the
farm, except in very dry time. 1t Is
tie odds when it is put on the soil, or on
what crop it does not undergo much
rotting anyway, for there Is little in it
to rot; but by Stacking about ten bush
els of quickhme with salt brine, and in
timately mixing this product with about
one hundred bushels Of the fresh, moist
muck, its quality has in many cases
been much more improved, after stand
ing three or four summer months, than
II left to dry without any such addition.
The best use, however, to which these
deposits can be put it to compost them
with the stable manure in the yard, or
with animal offsl of any kind; the ma
terial, while serving to prevent loss Of
valuable plant-food from the more valu-
able rotting manure, may itself be con-
siderably improved in quality in conse-
quence Of its intimate association with
this operation.--rPr Prefessr g.. q. Da26
soeH, % NJ 2. T'J6sas<. ia
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
Dr.. Frazier's Root Bitters.

Frazier's Root Bitters are not dram-shop
WHISKY beverage, hut are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They act strongly upon the
liver and kidneSS, keep the bosels open and
regular, make the weak stros g,heal the lungs,
huild ". the nerves and cleanse the blood
and system of every impurity.
For Dizziness, Rush of Blood to the Hea<
tending To Apoplexy, Dysp. psia, +, yer and
Ayue Dropsy, Pimptes and Blotches. Scro.
fuious Humors and Sure Eyes, Sores, letter
Ri, Worm, Whit, Swelling. Erysir elias and
young men suff. ring frsm Weakntss or De.
hility caused frvm imp udence, ard =
females in delicate health, Frszier's RI
Bitters are especially Recommended
Dr. Frazier: / have used two bottles
your Root iBitters for Dyspepsia. D zzine
Weakness and Kidney Disease, and they 4
me more gossd than the doctors and all
medicine l ever used. From the first dos
took began 10 mend, and am now In p :
feet health, and feel as ~ell as ever did
ronsider YOUR medicine one of The gfeaie
of blessings
MRS. NJ MARTIN. Clerelend o.
Sold by al druggist, ey.t 5wh,re a. 81 Ht
bottle.
HENRY & CO., Sole Proprs,
81 Fesey Street, New York City
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-15
PILES PILEsl P1LESi
A Sure Cure Pound at Last! No One
Need Sufferl

A sure Cure for Blind, Bleeding, itching
tna liberated Piles has been discovered by
Dr william, lan Indian remedy.) called Dr.
Williams Indian Ointment single box
nas cured the worst Cases of 25 OF 80 years
standing. No one need suffer five minutes
after applying this wonderful soothing N, d.
Icine. Lotions, instruments and clectuaries
do more harm than good. Williams Oint-
t1ent absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
i.ching, particularly at night after getting
warm in oed,) acts as Il poultiee, gives in
slant and painless relief, and is prepared
only for Piles, itching of the private parts.
and for nothing else.
Read what the Hon. j. NJ. Coffinberry Of
Cleveland says about DR.. Wi iiam's Indian
Pile Ointment: l have used scores of Pile
CURES, and 1t affords me pleasure 10 say that
/ have never found anything which gave such
immediate and permanent relief as DIR. Will
Jams Indian Ointment
For sale by all druggists or mailed ON re-
ceIpt of price, 81 90.
HENRY & CO., Proprs,
62 Vesey Street, New York City.