The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-08-04


on the tug or the schooner, as that
corporation may elect.
A man named Pepsin was assaulted
by one Reed, vagrant, III Portland
last Friday. Pepsin is great aid to
digestion, but this particular pepsin
doesn't want to di-jest yet, according
ly he fed
An item in yesterdays AsToRIAN
anent early rising, arouses dissent, one
gentleman saying he is a devout be-
lever in early rising: that everyone
should rise with the lark and with
the lark to bed;" that late hours are
injurious, and that he thinks the
world would be better if all went to
bed earlier
So do We, dearly beloved: so do We:
if a man or a woman hath need of
early rising it is well that they should
early rise If ones work require that
they should be on deck early in the
morning, why then make a virtue of
necessity and sing the praises of early
| rising.
But the man who gets up early, Just
to be able to say he got up early, and
goes around all day Dragging about it.
is an unmitigated nuisance and a
bore. He is conceited all the fore
noon and stupid all the afternoon.
When he is up he doesn't amount to
anything, and dozes when he ought to
be alert. If we must get up at $50
A. NJ, to live to be 80, then We prefer
to die young:
The good die young:
But they whose hearts are dry as summer
dust,
Burn to the socket.
So Astoria No, Ones engine house
Is to be raised. 1t ought to be
raised" right out of where it is and
put iii some more central Locations
Suppose, to-day. a fire breaks out any
where west of Lafayette street, look at
the round about way the engine must
be drawn! Those who get in and pull
would have to come down to Main
street and run away from the fire to
get to it.
The same way on the hill. From
the way Benton and Lafayette streets
look it will be some time before an
engine could be drawn on either of
| them.
Four years ago The AsToRIAN
urged the removal of the engine house
to the lot west of Bergman & Co.'S, as
a protection to that part of town.
That or some similar location should
be selected.
We owe our immunity from fire
damage and rayage to good manage
n1ent and good luck. We shouldn't;
Overestimate the latter
At all events the engine house
shouldn't be raised till the rest to the
street westward is graded to admit of
instant use, unless the engine be tenn
porarily housed while the raising is
going ON,
| This is even more important than
the purchase of pretty badges.
Talking about carrying a revolver
it may be said in short meter, that no
one but coward carries a concealed
weapon, unnecessarily, and it is
characteristic of q coward to sgueaI
when he is caught without his gun.
1t gives him, however, a chance to
brag of what he would have done if
he'd ''Only been heeled."
To read a Sunday newspaper is
sometimes thought to be immoral by
small proportion of some commun-
tiles. Now is it immoral to read on a
Sunday the Sunday newspaper al
} ways supposing the newspaper read
to be a decent publication relating
the worlds events, calling attention
to their character and, to a greater OF
less extent, deducing q, lesson from
them? Would the average reader be
better employed than he is while en-
gagged upon them, were there no Sun
day newspapers: That is the whole
question.
The groves were Gods first temples,
; vet to wander in the woods on Sun
!, day is quite as great a sin in the eyes
of the ordinary assailant of Sunday
newspaper as to read one of those
sheets. He has his own fixed ideas OF
how Sunday should be observed. He
does not agree with some others OF
the Sunday newspapers opponents
The strict of one sect is not in accord
with the strict of another sect. And
as to how Sunday should be observed
the believing, decent man without G
a church holds to. the idea that it is the
intention and spirit rather than act
in the thing, and he observes it in hi:
Y own way.
II The Sunday paper tells simply wha'
! has happened upon this world the
y great Spirit of the universe has made
1t relates the doings of the creatures
upon this particular planet and il
s read by people now on earth. L
9 gives food for reflection for those who
u can reflect. 1t is made by men and il
g full OF weaknesses. But it gives, ever
inyoluntarily, morals and texts.
Il l. Al II A.