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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
cHrrcH ORGAN AND BlTrEEED BOX

TIE SHARP CONTRASTS or A CITY NIGHT.
Ont in the street under the gas-lights, leaving
behind the alfllghtcd chanca Of g. Francis NavierS
with is nworldly maze Of glowing marbles, ecStallc
picturc. listening statues, and dantily scnptured
shrincs; but the tumultuou- harmonics OF the Bach
Fu1c In u minor and the mystic, odtime many
Kyrc and Gloria ~ Leo Hacr, floating down rom inc
far of choir are not easily got rid Of AMI the rushing
train, overhead and perpetual rumble and tinNng OF
passing street cars AMI the hurryne people home""r'
bound hardly Interrupt the still small voices tha haunt
the inner man Here IL q bleak corner In diapidated
neIghborhooi The street lamp burns dmly ana cSers
In the searching gusts ont OF the north There are not
many people about. 4 rasping, hafsohblns sounl IS
heard Cronchin Al the foot ~ the lamp u bundle OF
r1. well stricken IN years. and moro stricken yer j me
sknny skcrtonlike hidden ia tncui WIN nW''
head and nhirc look. hand, withete ana hllS Hh'
claw YEARLY turns crank the dn.J bnA al hcI elu.
and now and then at odd intervals hbcIAbs u hu'l ui
living stretch " an old melody IT, mofr Ike ne WoIIlet
GHOST Of tuc drcary, uncarhy. Ana the on cTehtu';
once perhaps G nelly girl with grace aliu p,a} "
her own muicly pleads fnr her penny, ~ sue Hes h
i'm her wrrtchc,ncs- uudcr the lamp ana slowly uh"t.
hc hating d-cprds fron the old box mere are s'dt
pennies In the battered cup, because tho music s'"
perhaps. -, ,s., n, b,rcs and
And there "a yet anothcr-a mere handful OF bones anu
rags, who sinks away In dark corner y, -,
slowly another crank plVcd-oul DoA', - pl VI
candle Il stuck In the mouth OF an old bottle ana t- sway
ing INF lie flame sends the grease swiung uOWh luo
sides and "A trembling glOw-wOrn "nect tus on the
dir hox and tho dull pence and glOOmily yet on
The moor old bag bcr.c who to have no belongings
but her de5olatc poverty Ghastiy organs anu oie'"
afqf hes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
THE pLAGIARISTI0 WILDES NEw LECTURE
F,,om ~ ReLtast ~ Letter.

Mr. Oscar Wilde's lecture delivered in Dublin
yesterdav was upOn the somewhat vague subject OF
H1he Uouse Beautifup; but as the strong point oil
the " SCHOOL, of sham art To which this young MI.
Wilde affects to belong is nothing II not vague II
could not be expected that the title of the lecture
shOuld convey definite idea 10 any OF the puhIlc
except those who have been let into the secret oi
The SCHOOL, "A Beautiful House" conveys
definite idea to every person. but The House Beau
tifulD means something far beyond beautliu
house in the idea of those pseudoartlStic people VINO
90 to hear Young Mr.WIdc lecture 1t would not pe
too much say that every sentence spoken ny MI
Oscar Wilde was outside the region OF controversy,
nor won il he too much II say that every sentence
he uttered conveyed truth that had been enuncla-
ted wears ago by some of those genuine workers N
art NOT merely takers upon art, who have brought
the science of decoration to the position II at pres
ent occupies in this country.
Mr. Wilde's lecture was really nothing more Ihah
a series of patitudes. 1t is really amusing 10 hear
this young gentleman cry out against the noweTrd
wall paper of the past and the coal boxes WIN inc
views Of MelrOse Abbey. WhoOn earth would now
adays buy coal box so Ornamented, we shOu IKE
TO know The domestic art of the early part OF the
Victorian period is certainly defunct, but jts death
was not brought about by any effort of young Mr.
Wilde The attitude assumed by tins gentleman
in stumping the country is precisely the same as
that of the domestic fowl which Is accredited with
the belief that the daily rises in answer To ms
Nessrs Liberty q Co.'s exquisite fabrics had
gained popularity long before Mr.. Wilde commenced
his lectures Just as Hoywell-st. existed long be-
fore Mr. Wilde published his indecent poetry. II
there s a man VIGOROUSLY behind the age IT ls this
Mr. Oscar Wilde who burns to communicate to the
world things which the world understands very
much more fully than Mr.. Oscar Wilde.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23

the same and on but always holding the claim supect
TO forfeiture to the Government for failure 10 plant a
cultivate the trees At the end OF eight years wonu
call time Under the thus amended not only wonu
trees be growing at the end OF eight years. oul Ia lss
than three years these praries would be dotted oVe %
thrifty groves where you see only rank Weeus anu
grass called tree claims. Under the modncaIIon
suggest the motive OF the claimant would De 10 gro"
trees lust Il Is the motive not to grow them
Mr. Williams enthusiastic in his views OF Dakoa anu
its future THE question OF It's Immediate aud perInaS
nent growth" he says has passed beyond the realm OF
opinion. The people heres the crops are gahre1;
American homes are springing up on every SIDE Even
the keen blasts Of November scarcely check
or lessen the entries at the land offices. The sprung VIII
bring both with re1oubed force 1t matters not what
may Think what any going East may write or say
Dakota Is fact and very large ana ana haguineenV
one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
NoT RNOWy RY THAT NAME.

Have you any portraits OF ex-president
Dayisp asked richly dressed woman of a vendor OF
photographs In Fourteenth-st YESTERDAY; n, ,osr,or
"I-I-who was lac o. asked the sidewalk saieSmhD; A.
A,tOnlshed, she Tephes-"Why tue fresidenVo VI INC
Southern Confederaey, OF course" - 3, ,, ,h ,or-
aor aNo nam We have little demand for his pie
rhat's strange" said the inquirer. " see Grant
everyWhere.D she moved away evidently dsaDpointeu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
THE WOES or TRE HUMORIST.
Prom Puck
THE HUMoRIsT oft

THE HUMoRIsT oft
To himself doth say,
Ia language soft.
passing away"
And then be muttcrs. and mlttering, nuts:
Where are my whilon festive butts,
The people who made my early day
At building joker so happy aud gayf
Passing away, passing away,
Pretty soon there'll none be left,
And shall re sal and sore distrest;
But then I'm blest
II shall be at all bereft,
Because, when they have all passed away,
shall sling 10y pen In a manner gay,
And make my Jokes On the 0vercoat,
And the slippery sidewalk smooth az TIN,
The beautiful snow, the bananarskin,
The clamleas cbowder, the quail, the goat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
HEAD. DRESSED DINNERPARTIES.
From The Whitehall Recier.


Paris il seems has invented new amusement ~
gives what are called dinner parties 81 6b at which
each of the guests must come with ms head hiado
to Teprcsent some historical person. or at least III e
sfyle of some picturesque period Only the hcad Is
70 be made mp the rest Of the body may be clothed
in the ordinary garb OF the nineteenth century as
one reads of this strange custom, one cannot neiP
thinking how very ludicrous dinner party got up
on this plan must appear to the more relsonaDtc
anoonp its members, aud how curl0usly appropriate
in the mouth of each guest might be the words Oh
The Ithenian weaver Bottom" What do you see Z
Won Gee an ass-head of your own, do you
~ ~ ,esfhete who had amused two continents
with the cut Of his clothes lately tried to carry OUT
some portion of the new plan IN London ~ goi y.
yhereyer he was asked with his head made up III
What he fOndly fancied to DO the likeness Oh I"
Ron,an emperor; but it was not great success
A BIRD OF FREEDoMl-SceneTIhe. D psr-
p,ncer,s sbop on the Port at BouogDe. Drhnhus rei
soas~Bill and Ary.-Bi: 81 say, Arr{, erg rs a
N.who Az aSTan't a Nawk; tell yer lie NesgIei
Nemblen Of he blooming eOuntryp'-tJudy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08
A Day on a Guano sland.

My idea of 4 guaro island had always
been that 1t was very rocky, and covered
with white substance resembling mortar
before the sand Is mixed with it. l mag
ined, too, that it exhaled an odor different
somewhat from the orange groves Of Tahiti.
Had | not been told that | was on a ru}no
island, l would not have known it from
the surroundings. Instead of being rodky
the soil was mellow and dark, and every
where vegetation was most luXuriant The
air was remarkably clear and pure. Dur
ing walk around the island l then learn
ed that there are two kinds of guano; or,
rather, that of certain qualities which all
guano POSSESSES some of these qualities
predominant in that found IN a given local
lty, while guano taken from islands differ
emily located possesses in a much stronger
degree some other essentials. Thus that
of the coasts of South America, exposed to
the rays of 4 tropical sun, where the sur
face of the surface of the land is never
cooled, and where rain seldom or never
falls, possesses the strongest ammoniacal
properties. Not only are the excretions of
birds deposited there, but the birds them
selves come there to die; and eggs have
frequently been taken out a little below
the crusts which form over these deposits
that are almost pure ammonia.
The guanO of these islands has strong
pungent odor, and is white and light brown
in color. But the guano of the islands Of
the Southern Pacific is made up of decom-
posed coral, forming mostly phosphates of
lime and magnesia. 1t is entirely inodor-
Gus, and of a dark brown color, resembling
well pulverized loan.
1t is belieyed that the birds, which il.
large numbers inhabit these islands, living
Is they do almost entirely ON fish, deposit
phosphoric acid on the coral. and thus
form the phosphates which give to guano
its value.
1t is separated from the coral in the fol-
lowing manner: There are quite 4 force of
natives employed, who gather the earth in
large heaps, and then screen it in the same
manner that fine coal is separated from the
coarse. The screens are about eight feet
by three, and the iron gauZe covering them
is fine, allowing only the guanO or fine por-
tons of the earth to pass through and
leaving the coral in the screens. The gu
ano is then sacked and shipped.-The Cali
f0rniaR.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08
Maple Sugar Making.

Sugar-making now and supar-makinp "a
1t was are very different things, and what
1t has gained i'll facility it has lost in pic
turesquesness. The old camp, with it's
primitive appliances is no more; the "i1et-
Tie has been superseded by the pan" and
fhe trough has become mass of crumb-
hnS decay. The women and children are
Kept at home, and no longer know the old
time delights of "Sugaring- off, though in
the Arcadia of the past their services We're
not desplsed, and the whole household set
up its abode i'll the woods.
The sap was collected then in troughs,
each about three feet long followed out of
sections of poplars and was conveyed to
the Kettles III barrels, from which it was
transferred by scoops. There We're five or
more kettles, from ten to thirty gallons in
capacity, and each was filled with sap,
which was kept boiling, the larger kettles
being retilled from the smaller ones as
evaporation reduced the quantity. When
the contents were reduced to desired con-
slstency, the hot syrup was dipped out and
passed through a flannel strainer into COW
red tubs, from which again it was poured
INTO a thlck-bottomed kettle for the pur-
pose of stirring Off, some milk and the
whites OF several eggs being added to it,
Thus prepared it was placed over a slow fire.
and kept just below boiling point until
the sediment and all foreign matter in it
hoated to the top and were removed, when
1T became deliciously translucent 1t was
now exposed to a greater heat and gently
boiled, the evaporation continuing, and
bringing 1t nearer to the point of granula-
ton. Now the sugar-maker is all watch
tulness, and it Jared i'll with those who
distracted him, for ii the golden liquid
Seething in the kettle boiled the least bit
too much it would became dry in quality,
while if it boiled too little it would be
'soggy.' He tested it constantly, plucking
threads of it from his stirring and trailing
them round in cups of cold water While
the threads yielded waxily to the touch,
the sugar was not yet DONE but as soon as
one broke crisp between his fingers, TIE
time had come to take the kettle off the
fire. As the sugar began to cool it CRYSTAL
lied around the Sides and gradually the
whole mass, under u vigorous stirring be-
came granular.
Nain-glorious men are the scorn of wise
men, the admiration of fools, the idols of
PARASITES, the slaves of their own Wanting.
Satire is a greater enemy to friendship
than is anger.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08

40 cents on the one hundred
tslool dollars on S25 oo9 3o- for
assessment beiog the amount of
property liable to assessment and
taxes III Frederick county for pub
lie roads per act of ass embiy
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08
John Simmons, return Judge, three
Precinct No. 1.
DISTRICT NO. 3.
DISTRICT NO. t.

Levi c. Harbaugh, return Judge, two
DAYS, S. 90
Daniel :. 10y, Judge. one day, 90
VIM. w. Zimmerman, judge, one day, 3 90
John W. {. Zimmerman, clerk one
day, 5 90
John II. Seabrook, clerk, one day, 3 90
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08
County Statement
MARYLAND Set,
FREDERICK COUNTY:
Charges as ascertained and settled 6y
tie County Commissioners, Of
Frederich county, at their .April
term and Jtne session, 1882.
FOR JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELEC-
TION, HELD NOVEMBER, 1881
DISTRICT NO. /.

George W. Padgett, returniudge, three
days, 50 90
Franklin {. Thomas, Judge two DAYS, 8 90
Louis f. Thomes, judge, two days, + 90
Charles w. Tabler, clerk, two DAYS, t 90
Albert 5. Phleeger, :. % i 90
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08

Jacob III. NALL, return Judge, three
DAYS. 50 90
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-08

Elijah G. Ensor, Judge, two days. 90
+. w. HaineS, + 90
Alpheu> II. Bartholow, clerk, two days, & 90
Benz. I. Wilson, " i 90
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13
Astoria's Present Needs.

They are many; among the
most pressing are wider streets;
that is, when a street is made or
permanently repaired it should
be widened; a better sys-
TEN Of fire alarm, so that the
location of a fire may be instantly
determined; the present system is
good enough for a village, but
Astoria covers too much area, and
has too many valuable buildings
to go on any longer under that
system; the telephone, or telegraph
after the fashion of the fire district
alarm furnishes the easiest solu-
ton of this problem; greater care
in the erection of fiimsy buildings
and the building of flues; increased
watchfulness on the part of citi-
zens with reference to faulty
chimneys; the banishing of Chinese
from all parts of the city except
some certain defined limits; in.
creased facilities in the matter ol
hose and hose carts; it will be q
long time yet before the Columbis
water works are in operation; the
employment of a special officer
whose sole duty it shall be to look
after stoves, f1ues, and all places
where fire is likely to cause
danger; an ordinance prohibiting
the crowding together of wood
en- buildings without a certain
space between, and the strict en-
forcement of all ordinances now
in force. If they are bad repeal
them; if they are good let them be
enforced.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

THE Pennsylvania Republican
state convention met last Wednes-
day and, in relation to the tariff
question came out as follows:
We unqualifedly approve and de-
mand a continuance. Of that sys-
tenn of protection to home indus
try which has proved itself the
basis Of national independence, an
incentive to industrial skill aud
development, and guarantee of a
just and adequate scale of wages,
for labor, and we denounce. all at
tempts to reduce the rates of tariff
below a level which will accom-
plish these objects; that any
surplus in the public treas
ury, arising from redundant
revenue, should, after paying the
national debt, as conditions per-
NIT, be distributed from time to
time to the several states upon a
basis of population, to relieve
them from the burdens of local
taxation and to provide means for
the education of their people.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13


81 HAVE been officially advised
that President Arthur will use our
road in visiting the Yellowstone
region this summer" said Herman
Haupt, general manager of the
Northern Pacific road, in Chicago
last Monday. If he does he will
be treated royalty. We expect to
get our road through about Sep
tember IA. We are now about
fifteen miles west of Helena, and
work is being pushed east from
Missoula. The gap is only about
l2O miles. We will open up as
fine a country as lies under the
sun. There is no desert on the
line of our road. Our elevations
average 5000 feet less than the
Union and Central Pacific, and
this gives US an advantage of
about ten degrees less in temper
ature. We use the Mullen pass
in crossing the mountains, and
500 miles of our road will he pro-
tected by trees. We are planting
them now. This is comparatively
a new idea. We intend making
them a substitute and improve
ment on snow fences and sheds.
Tins will effectually guard against
blockades in the winter, which
have heretofore been a great OBJ
lection TO overland travel"
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

THAT sterling Englishman John
Bright, in a speech at Manchester
last week said that in. the United
States next year would be elected
a president, and for his part he
didn't know what the Republicans
and Democrats were going to fight
about. IT'S the tariff, John, the
tariff! 'Tis the tariff that mends
us and makes us and breaks US; a
live tariff issue wall part us as wide
as if oceans and deserts were lying
between u.s.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

CHICAGO papers say that so
shameful is the state of affairs
there that outside the city it is
considered disgrace to be a citi-
zen." That is a hard assertion
about the fourth city in the Union.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13
Prohibition.
ASTORIA, July II, 1883.

ASTORIA, July IL, 1000.
EDITOR AsToRIAN:
You pronounce prohibition Sim
practicable, and therefore useless
to argue" but even then you seem
unwilling to let go, and add that
"from the days of the wedding
feast at Cana down to this moment
the history of all prohibition move
ments is alike" Now, your read
ers must very naturally infer from
your nice little dig in Sundays
AsToRIAN at ''fanatics who preach
prohibition" and the repetition un-
der two headings in to-day's issue,
that you rather like the subject,
Notwithstanding its being "useless
to argue And, Mr.. Editor, l
am of opinion your readers like it
too, and would be decidedly inter-
ested with little of the "history"
with which you are so familiar.
Cana is long way off, and that
little winery, with its miraculous
product of the pure, untermented
wine of the ancients, was run a
long time ago; and probably we
will be more interested by strip
ping over the pages till we come
to those headed Maine, and take a
lesson there. And with all read
ers and friends of our stirring As
ToRIAN, you will also coufer a
great favor on FANATIC.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

DETROIT claims to have the
most local steamboat traffic of any
city in the country. Astoria has
the most in proportion to its popu-
lation,
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

GOVERNOR Schuyler Crosby of
Montana, arrived at Chicago from
the east last Wednesday, and in
an interview said: 81 saw presi-
dent Willard, of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad and learned definite
ly when the road will be opened
for business. The last spike will
be driven about twenty miles west
of Helena, Montana territory, on
September 3. Mr.. Willard has
made arrangements with different
roads for special cars and has is
sued invitations to large number
of prominent men to be present.
All leading railroads will be rep
resented and many prominent
politicians and other public men
have signifed their intention to
attend.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

A Boston man wants a di.
vorce from his wife because though
O brunette she will insist on wear
ing dresses of a light-blue color.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13
Lost.

ON JULY I'd, AT THE FIRE, s MARBLE
W slabs belonging TO a bureau, also one
small drawer, together with a back Of a
black walnut bedstead, also one spring
mattress, with old spring in both ends, mid
die part new, also one large silver plated
castor. The finder will be literally re-
warded by returning the same to
AUG. DANIELS0N,
Former Proprietor Astoria Liquor Store.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13
willamette UNIVERSITY.
Oldest Institution Of Learning ON the
COasf. $50 students and 2S Professors
and Instructors.

Coast. $50 students and 2S Professors
and Instructors.
]. College Of Liberal Arts with four courses
2 College of Medicines, Portland Or.
3. WOman's College, with Conservatory Of
Music and Art Department.
4. University Academy, in which dipl0-
mas are given for BUSINESS COURSE and
TEACHERS COURSE, also for Preparatory
courses.
A young lady's tuition and board in Wo-
mans College school year costs only eIs5.
A young mans board and tuition school
year costs only SI5O.
First term begins September 4. Send Tor
Catalogue to THOS. VAN SCOY, Presldsnr'
Salem, Oregon.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13

yNmL PAID Blythe EUNDERSIGNRD
w for the return OF Appleton's Encyclo-
paedia, Webster's Unabridged, and the
books lost during the fire. Books may be
left at Theodore Bracker's. The sides OF a
walnut bedstead, and bed clothes are still
missing also. A. G. SPEXARTH.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13
Net Lost.

ON THE NIGHT OF THE 7TH, OFF
W Sand Island, 200 fathoms 40 u; corks
marked M PU Co. Finder win please
leave 1t at the ONCE Of
lO-3t PACIFIC UNION PACKING co.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-13
SaIoon for Sale

IyHE NEW CORNER SALOON. GOOD
II location and good business; years
lease. CHAS, II. WILLIAMSON & co,
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A LDERBRooK PROPERTY FOR SALE.
n Inquire OF
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no YOU WANT TO BUY A HOME
~ rent a building or sell any property?
II so apply 10
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NEW TO-DAY
Piann for Sale.
A Reasonable Reward

INQUIRE AT RESIDENCE OF CAPT
IL Wes Whitcomb.
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Notice.
Wanted.
For Sale.

A FIVE ACRE BLOCK IN HUSTLER
N & Aiken's addition.
CHAS. III. WILLIAMSON e. co.
Geneyieve st. rear of Hawes' Tin Store
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To Lease

NOR A TERM OF YEARS, 2 LOTS ON
Il the n. Z. corner of block 42, Main and
Jefferson streets, McClures Astoria. Apply
10 NJ. ROGERS.