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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

There is, we think, a great deal of
unnecessary difficulty in understanding
the presidents attitude towards news
paper men. 1t is simple enough IL ex-
amined without the observation Of the
theories that should be skinned from
the facts
Recently there has been cultivated
by many newspaper men, especially
young men in the cities and old men in
the country, the idea that there are un-
common privileges belonging to their
business that they are, in effect
tribe set apart with an office; that they
were dedicated to special service, and
should be regarded as put aside and
sanctified to educating the general
masses Of their fellow beings.
Now, without detracting in the least
from the newspaper mans RESPONSE
bilItles, or affirming or disputing the
elevation of his occupation, there are
objections TO be taken to the fad of
Journalism. We, the workers on the
press, are the equals Of our fellow citi-
zens who are as talented, educated,
well conducted, industrious, and sue
cessful or unsuccessful as ourselves.
The Journalistic fad first had fast hold
Of the country editor. The claims of
which we speak with questioning first
originated In the country, and not In
the cities. They are rural rather than
metropolitan,
The favorite form of the fad in the
country, and this weakness crops III
In our own state about the present
time. is that the editor should be con
suited and recognized in the vicinity
Of the courthouse and the postofIice
and the better plan is that he shal
come into the official circle of tn,
, county by becoming postmaster Her,
In Clatsop county we are happily fre
from the possibility of this atlilction
p but only because the democratic sheet
in the district are too distinctly vii
and too far outside the pale for the en-
dorsement of even their own party
. The idea is deeply implanted in tn
/ mind of the average country edltGl
nevertheless, that the postoflice is hi
> perquisite. There are relations he
tween the press and the po5tofilc,
There are ties and tendrils-'a com
mon languagd literature and relig
lon"-as is said in after dinner spaeuf
es. Editors can claim the postotilce
with arguments of association copsar
guinuity, and reciprocty This ed
!, ltorlal distinction. which is exceptions
and unique. the president has not d,
: nounced, but he takes the high groun
i that, though q democratic editor
but little lower than the democrati
angels, he is not called by virtue of HI
virtues into the postal department {
: the administration.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

There is an old adage that new
brooms sweep clean, and, If this be
true, we are glad to see that Astoria
has a new street superintendent who
seems anxious to do his duty. He could
not have better field for exercising
his talents than this city at the pres
ent time Of year, and we want to make
q few suggestions as to the manner In
which he might begin his anything
but easy, task.
In the first place let him not fall in
to the error that any portion Of the
work will wait till some future time,
or that he will be able to remedy all
the existing evils at hop, skip. and
jump. We take 1t that his position,
like that of every other city official
should be governed by a regular and
thorough system, which leaves nothing
to chance. His first step should be to
make thorough tour of the city fol
the purpose of ascertaining. as speedily
as possible, what householders are vio
lating the following section Of the city
charter:
mo person or persons shall permit OF
or suffer to accumulate, in or upon an!
yard lot, place or premises, or upor
any street or sidewalk adjacent to o.
abbutting upon any lot, block, place o.
premises, owned or occupied by him OF
them. or for which he or they may h
agent or agents, within the city lin
it's, any s.agnant or impure water, ref
use vegetables, decayed or decayinl
substances, garbage or filth of an.
kind, nor suffer such yard, lot, plac,
or premises to be or remain in sucl
condition as to cause or create q moi
some or offensive smell or atmosphere
or thereby to be, become or create o
cause q public nuisance"
1t will no doubt be said that this |
not part Of the duty Of street sup
erintendent. We maintain that 1t Is
and a very important part Of his dut
at that One section in the definition
of his office reads as follows;
1.-THE superintendent of streets shal
act as assistant to the city surveyor
whenever he can do so without con
fiicting with his other duties, and shal
perform such duties as are now or ma,
be hereafter prescribed by ordinance
He shall see that all ordinances re
lating to streets are strictly enforced
and make complaint to the city at
torney of all violations thereof"
We are aware that the chief of po
lice is vested with the authority to re
port nuisances, but we are also awar
that the chief Of police has much othe
routine work to attend to, that makes
It impossible for him to look after tn
thing as he should. The street super
intendent should devote third of hi
time to finding out and reporting to tn
council the names of the parties VIII
are every year guilty of jeopardisinI
the public health by their almost Grim
inal carelessness.
The spring weather viii soon be here
we win have the summer with us be
fore we realize 1t. and however mucl
we are blessed with naturally
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

This paper has the largest Circulation
on the Columbia river.
An honest and complete telsgraphic re-
port gives newspaper right and title to
the name. The news Of the tDorld, fresh
erery morning at your breakfast table, d
what you can find in the Asiorian. Il
holds the exclusive tslegraphic franchise
and It's service is importing daily.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23
YOU SHOULD READ THIS.

The popularity Of the Union Pacific is
best determined by the superior service It
tanning two daily through trains TO
Omaha, st, Paul, Chicago and points east,
thoroughly equipped with all the latest
appliances for the comfort and safety OF
its patrons besides shortening the distance
materially with it's fast trains. The pres
ent train schedule enables passengers to
reach st. Paul seven hours quicker and
Chicago twenty-four hours quicker.
Omaha and Kansas City and intermediate
points, forty hours quicker than any line
from the Pacific Northwest.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, plcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and ali skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded. Price rs cents
per box. For sale by Chas. Rogers, suc-
cessor to j. G. Dement,.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

if you are going East. Low rates of fare,
through tickets, baggage checked to desti-
nation. All purchasers of second class
tickets can stop over at Portland. Rates
Of fare same as from Portland.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23
M1LL1NERY OPENING.

The ladies of Astoria are cordially
invited to attend the display of spring
and summer millinery at Miss Me-
Rae's store on Genevieve street We'd
nesday and Thursday, March 22d and
23d.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Parties visiting in Portland can get The
Daily Astorian at Handley q Haas news
stand $50 First street.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

passage you wish to prepay to Astoria,
call at the Northern Pacific Office, steamer
Telephone dock, and make known your
wants. Reduced rates via all the lead
ing steamship lines.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Wing, Lee & Co.carry full line of Jap
anese and Chinese fancy goods, novelties
and curios Ladies' underwear made tC
order 529 Third street.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

HandIey & Haas, 15O First street, Port
land, have on sale the Daily Astorian,
so that visitors need not miss their
morning paper when they are here.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

L. P. Fisher, newspaper advertising
agent, 21 Merchants Exchange, San Fran
CISCO is our authorized agent. This paper
Is kept on file at his office.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Sing Lung, 355 Third street, carries Q
full line of Japanese and Chinese goods
novelties, curios, ladies' underwear made
to order, at low prices.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

All the patent medicines advertised In
this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles ETC., car
be bought at the lowest prices at j. w
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel
A Anfnria
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Itching Piles a. @ known by moisture
like perspiration, causing intense itching
when warm. This FORM as well as Blind,
bleeding or Protruding, yield at once to
DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly on the parts affected, absorbs
tumors, allays itching and effects a
permanent cure soc. Druggist or mail.
Circulars free. DR.. Bosanko, 329 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by ]. w.
Conn.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23
Bucklen's Arnica salve.

Call at the Albatross Fish Market fol
fresh smelts daily.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Remember the Austin House at the Sea
side Is open the year around.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

II YOU want some extra fine photos
Mooers Is the place to get them.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Local weather for the twenty-four
hours ending at p. m. yesterday, fur
nished by the U. s. department OF agri-
culture, weather bureau:
Maximum temperature. AZ degrees.
Minimum temperature, "a degrees.
Precipitation, .S2 inch.
Total precipitation from July lst,
1892, to date, 5S.62 inches.
Deficiency of precipitation from July
1st 1893, to date, 3.14 inches.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23
ToDAY,s WEATHER.

Portland. March 22.-The weather fol-
washington and Oregon today: occa-
siopal showers followed by fair
weather.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23
BUSINESS CARDS.

A A. CLEVELAND,
IA. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
UfIice- Kinney's new brick building, corner
Third and Genevleve streets up stairs.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

make this offer. Less than one mile
from Astoria Box Factory on Columbia
river. Streets Is and alleys 20 feet wide.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-23

Sent by mail, per year, 1900 In advance.
Free postage 10 subscribers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway
when he was IS years old. Frederick the
Great was 81 when he led the Princess
Elizabeth Of Brunswick to the altar. Will
liam Won Humboldt married Karoline Won
Dachroeden when "a, and Mozart and Wal
ter Scott were 25 when they chose better
halves. The musician married the charm
ing Constance Weber, who inspired him
to write his most beautiful compositions,
while the choice of the novelist was Miss
Charlotte Margaret Carpenter. Dante mar
ried when 26 the Florentine, Comma Do
natl. At the same age Johann Heinrich
Voss led to the altar the sister of his
friend, Ernestina Boie. Napoleon was ~
when he married the rich widow, Joseph
ine Beauharnais, and Byron had attained
the same age when he gave his name to
the heiress, Miss Elizabeth Milbank.
The Swedish naturalist Linn@us (Ilinnel
was 81 when he married, Hereder was 30
and Robert Burns was 30. Schiller had
passed his thirty-hrst birthday when he
welded Charlotte Won Lengenfeld. Vie
land was married when he was 80. Mil
ton began his unhappy union when he was
55 years old. Buerger led his beautiful
and beloved Molly to the altar when he
was more than SO years old. Luther chose
a wife when he was AZ, and Button when
he was So. Goethe gave his name to Chfks-
tine Vulpius when three years less than
threescore. Klopstock, after mourning
his Meta 33 years, took unto himself
second wife when 81. She was a widow
bearing the name Johanna Won Windheim.
New York Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
THE MOLE.

Dig deeper yet, Sir Mole, in the patient ground.
Score not my sloping park
With starting turf uplifted, crumbllng mound,
Old deliver in the dark
For thee no gin with iron shears is set
To nip thy velvet hide.
But tempt me not or shall pinch thee set,
Seeing the world is wide.
make no claim to ampler dignity.
Nor check the tiny scale.
We live our destined hour, nor when wo die
Shall meet successors fail.
do not ask from thy vicarous pain
To win ambiguous good,
Or draw strange secrets from thy shattered
brain
And palpitating blood.
Like thee feast on what Ibid not earn
And quake at destiny.
But seeing am stronger thou shalt learn
To do my will or die.
The earthworm hears thee screaming overhead.
To push thy tunnel dim.
In vain he writhes across his ooxy bed
II thou encounter him.
Thy comfortable cape, SO deity digit
Unnoted girds thee round
Who set those hands so scholarly and white
To tumble undergronnd9
But shouldst thou think thyself too fine to hide
Too dainty to be foul,
Oh, wait awhile till thou has proved aud tried
What frets human SOUL
mine and countcrmine and blindly run,
Beset with snare and gin,
And even beneath free air and merry sun
Dark fances shut me In.
From both alike, the darkness and the day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
Are You Any Good at Puzzles?

The genius who invented the eff
teen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Clover and
many others has invented a brand
new one, which is going to be the
greatest on record. There is fun,
instruction and entertainment in it.
The old and learned will find as
much mystery in it as the young and
unsophistieated. This great puzzle
is the property OF the New YORK
Press CLUB, for whom it was in
vented by Samuel Lloyd, the great
puzzlist, to be sold for the benefit of
the movement to erect q great home
for news paper workers in New
York. Generous friends have Civ
en- $4,000 in prizes for the success
full puzzle solvers. TEN CENTS
sent to "PREss CLUB BUILDING
AND CHARITY FUND" Temple
Court, New York City will get you
the new mystery by return mail.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
A worlingman's Discovery.

Some years ago q tobacconist discov-
cred the utility Of tinfoil for wrapping
tobaccos. Heretofore paper had been
exclusively used for the purpose, but 1t
did not serve to keep the moisture of
the atmosphere away from the tobacco
nor preserve the natural moisture of the
tobacco from the effects Of q dry or
heated atmosphere. Paper also alb
sorbed the aroma of the weed and was
not sufficiently lasting. Therefore tin
foil was used for wrappers. But 1t be-
came costly and could only be rolled to
o certain thickness or thinness, beyond
which the ingenuity Of man seemed to
find it impossible to 20. The fact was
that no rollers could be made to sustain
the pressure necessary to MASKING the
tinfoil to leaf sufficiently thin to suit
the manufacturer.
Many ingenious inventors struggled
with the proposition for months and
gave up the problem as unsolvable, when
a simple workman about the shop one
day, after rolling two sheets to the Gus
tomary thickness, put the two sheets to-
gether into the rollers and made both
halves as thin as they were before. This
was as simple as standing an egg on end.
but 1t created a revolution in the manu-
facture of tinfoil for tobacconists use
and made mint OF money for the dis
coyerer. -Philadelphia Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
An Intelligent Bird.

A species of woodpecker inhabits the
driest parts Of Mexico, where during
the droughts it must die of starvation
unless it made store. To prevent this
1t selects the hollow stem Of species of
aloe, the bore of which is just large
enough to hold nut. The woodpecker
drills holes at interval in the stem, and
fills it from bottom to top with the
nuts, the separate holes being apparent
ly made for convenience of access to the
column of nuts within.
The intelligence which not only con-
structs special storehouse, but teaches
the woodpecker to lay by only the nuts,
which will keep, and not the insects,
which would decay, is perhaps the high
est form of bird reasoning which has
yet been observed. London Spectator.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27

On the shores of Lake Rangkul, In
the Cashgar mountains, in central
Asia, stands the famous Lamp Rock Of
Asia, which Is 80 called from cave In
its side from which constant stream
of pale, greenish light is emitted. Ney
Elias, the English adventurer, who pass
ed it in 1885, thinks it possible that the
light is due to some phosphorescent
mineral in the sides of the cavern near
its opening. The natives of that section
have never attempted to investigate the
matter, each seeming content with the
story told by his father, which is this:
"The cave is the dwelling place of a
demon, who guards vast treasures stored
there, and the light is from diamond
worn in band around his forehead"
Elias explanation Of the mystery is
probably the true one. st. Louis Re-
public.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
A Stag steam Generator.

A Stag steam generator. for utilizing
the waste heat contained in the furnace
Stag for the production ID steam for mo-
tive power purposes, has been designed
by an Australian inventor. The ma
chine consists of steel shell in the
form of strong egg ended receiver,
having fiattened faces on the top and
bottom, and through these fiat portions
a number of Galloway tubes arranged
in two rows and tapered from 8 inches
at the top to 10 inches at the bottom
are passed, secured to the she'll by
fianges. The lower or larger end Of each
tube Is closed by means Of cast iron
door manipulated by means of con-
venient lever, and the upper end of each
tube is provided with funnel for con-
veying the Stag into the tubes, pair Of
iron rails also passing across the upper
face of the boiler and all the tunnels,
thus serving as track for the Stag
pots. At each end of the boiler a bin
Is provided, into which the skin Of the
Stag is dumped, which always sets ON
the cast iron pots from which it is pour
ed, and this redhot material lying
against the ends of the boiler plates
serves to conserve the heat. New York
Sim
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
Asafetida seasoning.

At lecture in New York popular
cookery teacher hesitated perceptibly
while debating the recipe for her de-
licious lobster Columbus.
II know l may expect groan from
the bottom of all your hearts, but real
ly the dish will be twice as fine X you
will only have the courage to add
penknife' point of powdered asafetida.
1t smells horribly, l know, but there Is
nothing that gives such flavor to made
dishes.
"Do you ever use it on beefsteak,
asked pupil.
Indeed l dol And isn't 1t deliciousl
never dare to put it into my books.
but when / find an audience that can
appreciate 1t / always give them the
benefit of my experience. You will ind
asafetida in my recipe for catsup, for
women are used to putting little messes
into catsup and pickles that they would
never think of putting into anything
directly for the table. / always give
those other recipes privately to those
who ask for them. Boston Globe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-27
THE ANGLER FISH.
1t Secures Its Prey Like an Artist, With
Regular Strategy.


Regular Strategy.
There is fish that secures its prey
like an artist, with regular strategy,
and, strange to relate, nature has fur.
nished it with full equipment for the
purpose, rod, line and bait. The an
gler, as it is called, is by no means q
beauty. 1t is about yard long and
has huge, toadlike head, an cnor-
nous, gaping mouth and a formidable
array of teeth. The first dorsal, or back
fin, Is almost wholly wanting, its place
being occupied by two or three long,
slender, movable spines which are fas-
tened to the body by means of joints.
One is attached by hinge, which per-
mits of only backward and forward mo-
ton.
The first spine is connected by a reg
ular ring and staple and admits OF
movemei in all directions, as it is pull
ed this ,ay or that by the muscles.
This is Q anglers pole, which contin-
ues into fine filament or line, and at
the end here is loose, shining slip Of
membra lie, which plays the part Of
| bait.
The angler fish is a slow swimmer. and
it would have but little success If it had
to chase the ssift, active fishes upon
which it feeds, sit snares them. Par
TALLY hiding itself in the mud or sand.
1t waves its long filaments with their
glittering tips. AS is well known, fishes
are attracted by glistening objects
moved about in the water. The neigh.
boring fishes, following the instincts of
their inquisitive nature, come to exam
ine the curious object, and suddenly
they find themselves snapped up in the
wide jaws of their hidden foe.
The angler is very voracious crea-
ture, and on several occasions it has
been known to seize fish that had been
hooked and was being drawn to the
surface. In one such case the angler
seized Goldfish and would not loosen
Its grip until it was struck on the head
with boathook. On another occasion
| the fish fell victim to its own glut-
tony, for having dashed at a conger eel
that had just been hooked, and having
taken 1t into its mouth, the eel con-
trived to escape through one of the gill
apertures, and thus 1t was the uncon-
scious means of involving its captor In
| its own fate.
Even the cork floats on lines and nets
have been swallowed by the greedy
fab, and when taken in a net II de-
YOURS its fellow prisoners with perfect
unconcern. Mary M. Friend in Phila-
delphia Times.