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(I. Tffiy. Astoria. Oregon. Sundav Morning, May 15, 1881. No. 13. Vol. xv. M t JrJMJJrJlJl'illr MEXICO. .IS JT WAS AS WJ2 VIXD IT AS JT IS TO in:. THE LAND WHERE EXTREMES MEET SWIOKSTIOX FOll HERBERT SPENCER. City wf Mexico CorreijKHnhiK'e. April 20, 1881. The evening after my arrival in Moj.ico 1 was playing billiaids in the cafe f tlie hotel, and as the tables were very close together 1 naturally inter fered with a tall Caballero at the next table. 1 turned to apologize and he turned to apolegize: 1 stepped back to let him play and he stepped back to let me play, and as I was satisfied that he would wait all night rather than disturb my playing I took my fehot. it this young gentleman, whose man ners were as perfect ac those of a Lord Chamberlain, had fastened himself to the biggest revolver I ever saw; it was strapped around his waist, nor half hidden by his short jacket, and plainly announc ing itself as no plaything. The wearer was a slim stripling with tight black pants, tiny feet, ashoit jacket and a sombrero loaded down with silver facing, braids, bands, cords and tassels. I recall the in cident because the contrast be tween the courtesy of his manner and the barbarism of his revolver typifies the strange contrast and contradiction which runs through a Mexican society, and of which instances can be met at every step. There is a clatter of horse-hoofs on the stone flags of the hotel court, and the solitary horseman who rides in would do very well for one of .lames' novels. He is adorned with barbaric magnifi cence in silver-braided jackets and pants of russet leather. His Mexi can saddle is decked with bearskin flaps and with enough stamped and embossed leather to fit out a coach-and-four, and he himself is a walking, or rather a riding, arsenal, having two handsome revolve! s in his belt, a Yinchester rifle slung over his shoulder and a saber under his left leg, with a knife or two handy, and a lariat at his sad dle bow. Such incidents show that this is a I.aud nhcre Kvlromes 31 eel. And that the most refined modern courtesy here shakes hands with the wild customs which have come down almost from the mcdheval. "When I asked why people went armed into the valley of Mexico, I was told that the rest of the country was much safer than the valley, and that the traveler who escaped robber- within forty miles of the city was reasonably safe be yond that. As the safety of hu man life in any country is rather an important element in estimating the condition of the country, I in quired in the matter of brigand age, and the following few facts will make the reader as wise as am about it: The train from Vera Cruz carries a guard of soldiers in a special car, and a guard awaits its arrival at Mexico, and at dan gerous way stations. The Sulli van road from here westward to the Pacific has some forty miles of road-bed graded and the track partly laid, and the government stations a picket at each mile. Mr. "Wieser, formerly of St. Louis, who .is in charge of the work, told me hat only a few weeks a;jo he was chased by five brigands in masks who kept him on a gallop until he reached a surveying party of his men. A Mexican gentleman who is as incapable of a joke as any Mexican gentleman can be, told me that traveling from San Luis Potoii to Mexico, he stopped at an Indian hut to get something to eat. There was only a small boy in the hut, who said his father was out, and would not be homo until mid night. "When asked what his fa ther was doing, he said: He has gone to rob the diligence. From these little incidents the reader can draw his own conclusions as to the state of society in Mexico. But, as I have said, Mexico is a laud where extremes meet, and a general condition of insecurity, which seems to us incompatible with ordinary civilization, is ac companied by a refinement of man ner mid a genuijicwcs of courtes' of th true Sjwuiish tyjx. The Mcxieaws are Tin- I'lilitol INopie J have ;ver seen, and 11k easiest in their manners. No Mexican will iss owt of a door before his guest, or allow him to take the outside of tlw sidewalk, nor sit while his guest stand.-, wr wear hu hat while his guest is uncov ered. They are xlite to each other and to strangers. There are few signs and io door-plates in this city; one street number cov ers half a block, and one lioitse holds half a dozen apartments, and 1 have had to ask my way a liund- j rod times. 1 have necr failed to receive a civil answer; almost any person 1 would speak to would rather go with ie than let me risk being mistaken, and 1 always ex pect a civil Ikjw and a pleasant smile at parting. This politeness is not confined to the upper class es; it extends through all grades of society, and though of course it is largely superficial, it is an indi cation of character not to be under estimated. 1 believe that Mr. Herbert Sjmmicct in engaged in framing a comprehensive and uni The aspects of j Old Hrvlrau Lift Which still remain arc rapidly dis appearing. Brigandage still sur vives, but the brigands can make a much better living working on the railroads for half a dollar a day than skulking about the mountain passes on the rare chance of catch in" a traveler. Voting Mexico traUops on the paseo with saber and revolvers, but old Mexico, having used tht-se weapons in direful earnest, wears a silk hat and a business suit, and trusts to the police. The old Spanish re serve was intensified by a present sense of danger into constant sus picion and mistrust, but the Mex icans who like strangers least arc quick witted enough to see that those who most cultivated the strangers are getting along the fastest. Foreigners control the foreign trade of Mexico, and make money out of it; foreigners control the factories and make money, build the railroads and get the concessions; the Mexicans are very quick to understand their own in terests. The new leaven of self interest is working rapidly, extir pating the old isolation, the old TUT. OI.r.YTF.R FIHE.U.1X. -W bat 11 oiiltl thr Sutil!r tin Without IVf TlMTf an' x eertniii ! if men W xs rowdies stigmatize lis : We 'v ItoMnl U spokeH o'er again. Till it wi longer can urriM us. While free Tnim danger, they eompbtfH. Awl in denshm often vomit hs ; We put till- iHi.tiHi .rx jdnhi Wht H-iHtMllift !u without ? Slte we 'e rowdies t;i mir rank ; Ym 11 find t Jicjh too in jjood society ! Wo do not ask for public thanks. Hut ttriw to ait with due propriety ; ttV rM; our lives we ask no jmy. Where is the Jiihh who dans to doubt IK Then heed not. Ixiye, what some folks ays. Thf know they cannot do without u. Who with the fireman can compare'. For action he is ever ready ; lie " willing both to do and dare. And does his duty brave and steady. While growlers on -oft conches li Ad lutle seem to rare alHit asi. We mh to couiiuci or to die. What wonhl snch grumblers do without us? In summer's heat and winter's miow 15v dav or night in Ncasons clrearj fnto theirwork the firemen go. Nor care if they 're fatigued and weary' : The Hiblle good " their lngle aim. tin : wnai umwi'cti men can ueuui mem. ForrecomjH'ne they made no claim : What would the public do without them? Tlieii ceaee to fling the ribald jest 1'jkmi a cla-vs of men who labor Not for gold but try" their let To help the stranger or the neighbor . Unselfishly they toil along, X or care much what folks say about them. Come, praise them both in toast and song. For what would we-eer do without them? Then toast the firemen, one and all, Xo matter w lint folks say about them : They 're wkle awake at duty's call. What would the imblic do without them? Ror. C. A. I jndy. SAX FRANCISCO CLOTHING STOKE. 1 historv of the nations of the i prejudices, the old conservatism. Those who visit Mexico now say that it is strangely changed in ten years; but those who visit it also witness a phase in society which in Irn years more will have en tirely disappeared. In ten years from now the clinking spur, the jangling saber, the gleaming re volver, will be as strange to the streets of Mexico as to the streets versa world, tracing the otigiu of their present development in tlK'ir past institutions. This idea is a very good one, and in Mexico the pres ent condition of society may be traced directly to tlte three hund red years of vice-regal rule, and the" sixty subsequent years of an archy. I niier pnuls!i Ittsle :eiitjiiiiii:ci:3:si3K3Uii:::i!:2!:3iiixiiiiiuisiS3:xa2iuiiittiiisiiisE3issiiitit! ! THE NEWS iiKis::c:nciaiic:s:i:r:::i::xii:ts:ieaiiit:iiiassiiaetiaieizsiii!ii!iiiiiisisi3iiii "WELCOME TO ALL ! THE FISHING SEASON HAS OPENED AND SO HAS THE POPULAR SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS CARDS. JAY TUTTIiE, 31. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Over the White House Store. Rfjidexce Next door to Sirs. Munson's boarding house, Chenamus street, Astoria Oregon. I Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Chenamus Street. - ASTOltlA. OREGu ri XV. FIIITOW ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTORIA - - - OREGON Office over Page & Allen's Mora,-Cass street "Li C. HOMKX.J NOTARY' PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENT. AMUSEMEXT.S. j CLOTHING- STOKE I ; opened the largest and best I selected stock of : Mexico was a close coi'mi-ation. 0f Astoria. There will be a total Xo stranger wae allowed to land j dnge, and it will be whollv an here under pain of death, and even i improvement. Dixie. so eminent a visitor as Humboldt jTo Tcssrlieni mul Pui7 or I'ub only obtained permission to travel . lie Sriiooin. in Mexico as a special favor. The The new school books published y , , . ,,. i A. S. Banjos & Co., ami adopted by le were iai:;hi tuat ie lvtng t,, cnnr;1,nn,innt nf Oiwrnn to hi introduced the present season, arc just received direct from the publish ers, and arc now for snle and exchange at introductory prices set b' the state annorintendunts. Respectfully yours. I Carl Adler, dealer in books and sta tionery. peop of Spain was ruler of the world, and that France and England were tributary previnces: they believed that the Spaniards were true christ itmos, and all heretics were vaguely supposed to be resjxmsible for the crucifiction. The church cducatud them so successfully that j nine out of ten of them are afraid that, they will get into trouble iT the3' learn how to read or write; the state governed them and sub- AViIIiamport I'roperfy. Great bargains are now oQured in the city of Williainsport for any persons wishing to locate from one lot to five acres. It is well adapted f"r gardens, dairy ranches or pleasant homes; well elevated, situated one mile south of Astoria on Youngs bay, with a good I i . . .t i - r ... il ...:.. i i..nn . ;.. ..r.l ;.,: gratteu nma to tne piace. ror mniicr ' " , it information call at my residence near to Jaw, uni mos wno jmiu to oucy j tie cjnetcri. John Wiluamon the law had no share nor voice in ' - - " - T!if Xcw JSeliool itnokn. Hn.is VAiturriKs. (Jeo. Hill, proprietor and maiintrer, Fred Gere, static tnanacer, A. Ostrander, leader of orehetra. (Jeo. Lambert. leader of brass Imml. An entirely new first lart by our male and female miustrcls. witli Niekerson ami t'ok a the coni luedians, CJere interlocutor. Finale, -Our Circus." New olio, new aets, songs, dances, etc. J)o not fail to see "The Three Hunters, and that other funny act, "An Echo." Mis-. Lou Ciw.k appears nighth in new songs anil lances. Mr. .Ino. Coel: anil Jlr. Charles Niekerson also in the funnte-t of funny fun; Mr. James Moriee in new vocal gems and Acre in Dutchisms. Look out for a new thing, entitled Ten Pins, or Set "Km lp on the Other Alley." Mr. Hill is making active prepar ations for more amusements with which to please those of the public who are fond of popular amusements. New orchestral selections by our cfllcient nrclic.stra.anil new music by our excel lent brass band on the grand stand at precisely 7 r. m. Curtain riaes at ex actly S i. m. Entrance on Benton st reel : entrance to prhntc bixes, on Clipuaums stive;. A cough, cold or oiv throat bnuld be stoppeil. Neglect frequently results in an incurable lung disea-eor consump tion. BrownS Bronebinl troches do not disorder the stomach like cough syrups and bal.Mims. but act directly on the in limned pnrts. allaying irritation, give relief in atluna. bronchitis, cough, catarrh, and the throat trouble which singers and public speaker" are subject to. For thirty vcars Urowni . bronelttal troches have been recommended by plijiei:m- anil always gie perfect satisfaction. Having been toted by wide and constant iimj for nearly an en tiro generation, they have attained well merited rank among the few Maple remedies of the age. Sold at i" cents a 1k)X evcrv here. CLOfHIHQ A. VAN DUSEN. Chenamus Street, near Occident Hotel, ASTORIA, OREGON. Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. ""CI P. HICKS. . DENTIST, ASTORIA, .... OREGON. Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corn? of Cass and Sqemocqhe streets. T. 31. I. .TKXXIXGS. PHYSICIAN AND SLItGEOX. Graduate University of Virginia. i68 Physician to Bay View hospital, Baltimore City. S0Q-10. Office In Pae & Alien'" building, up stairs. Astoria. AND- tnaking the law; they had but to listen and submit. So, for 000 vears, Mexico was isolated from all ., , 1. 1111' xli LIIV jrtiiui contact with the world, and held, iKt 1-.1.18S1. fast fettered under the double potism of church and state Mesi. Chas. Stevens .t Son have a full Mipply of text book lately adopted by the tatc. and which must be introduced in the public M'hoois by or before Opto- f.4 r,.4...l A. iKn rIrtMn rVc. I I H lOUOWIIlg IMH.KS 1T OlICriHI 31 ill- litOL ILUUilu uimui -" vwi j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LOST. Ma Tth. aUmt rtfl fathoms net madeol ItarlHHitnliJhll pi v. Oirl.:uid leads marked . I. (. 11 K""". finder will be Miitalriv rewarded lw I l.ailANTIIORN&CO. MayMli. 1SS!. ' T T OsT Tu-.i1ay nlplil. M 1. lSl. about XJ too tu'iiom trtii ami new net. iukci: MlKtut nefHthniH old. the ImlHiu-f new. No. Iti in old net. Barbour No. 12 in new. Corks marked K. It in the ba id Astoria. Iielow thelnrpe Kiuuex -aniMT'. The tinder will he Miitull rewamedtrti hexing the net. or word for ilK' iindersisned, at the saw mill ejmncrv, Atori:i. .IACOB KAST. Mayit.lAsi. Gents Furnishing O-oods, BOOTS AND SHOES, TEiraKS AND VALISES, HATS AND CAPS, AND THE BEST PABTRR'S GAPE ANN It' trnduclorv nrices or exchange: Of Montieth Elementary Ccogniphy. 2 Armtiet1i. (Viii!irili('iiive( ienfrnniliv. course the result was tlie creation snis Craumiar. -. t .1 .-. , ..,ii Brook I'riinarv. Elementary, Writ- of two classes; the governors ami j ten and Higher Afithmetics. the governed, the powerful and The following will be sold at intro 0 . , 1 ductory rates, but not on exchange: the helpless, the rich and the poor.j Watxnis Childs Speller. ,. 1 . r ! Watsons YnutJis Speller. mere was mucti uiiermarrmge, as ronticths ILnsy Ia-smihs in Popular the Spaniards often came to stay, Hook Keeping. and few women came over from! Spain; and when, finally, the Span ish rule was thrown off, it was done by people who were more Indian than Spanish. Or course the country passed from the ex treme of despotism to The t:fremror.tuarc-Ii3. In sixty years the country has had sixty presidents, besides a couple of emperors and a few dic tators. Juarez was the first presi dent who enjoyed his full term of office, Gonzales the first president who was allowed to assume office without the painful necessity of killing off a competitor. Mexico has had sixty years of warfare, in which everyone was compelled to take either an active or passive part: in which prominence meant danger, and in which obscurity offered no safeguard; in vhich the fundamental law of the land was set aside by arbitrary pronuueia mentos, and upheld "by standing the rebels up against a wall and filling them with shot. Under such circumstances itis no wonder that Mexico has retained many survivals of the long ordeal through which she has passed. The wonder is that she has finally been able to conquer a permanent peace, a stable govornment, and to develop amid all the horrors of civil war a sooial refinement which would reflect credit on a peaceful and prosperous nation. et lakes Common School Literature. City Book Stouic, Astoria, Oregon. Peruvian Bitters. iWMjf, liUBBER BOOTS, ETC., WHICH WILL IlK SOLI) AT SAX PKAS CISCO WHOLESALE PRICES. REMEMBER THIS IS NO HUMBUG. HAVINC; MADE ARRANGEMENTS IN NEW YORK AND SAN FRAN CISCO FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL MY GOODS, MY FACILITIES FOR BUYING ARE SUCH AS TO ENABLE ME TO Undersell nil Others. I Dety Competition. "T) A. 3IeIXTOSBI. MERCHANT. TAILOR, Ocehlent Hotel Building. ASTORIA --- OREGON C. H. BAO & CO.. DKAI.Klt IX Doors. Windows, JBlinda, Trao HOins, Lumber. Etc. All kinds of Oak Lumber. Glass, Boat Ma terial, etc. Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gei evtveand Astor streets. ITlIIiKXIIART A SCHOEXE. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon ASTORIA - OKEGOX. Hot, Cold, Shower, .Strain and Sulphur BATHS. -Special attention ijlven to ladies' m.c children's hair euttinjj. Private Entrance for Indies. Facts and Figures ! WIIXIA91 FStY. PRACTICAL COOT ANI SHOE MAKER. Chkxamus Stkkkt. opposite Adlers Book .store, - Astouia, OREOOX. 3ZT Perfect fits guaranteed. All work warranted. Give me a trial. All orders promptly filled. u MV.MtK, Astoria. jSjk J. A. BROW? Tortland. BROM' 5L 31CCAJSE, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS. Astoria offlre At E. C. llolden's Auction store. Portland otllce 21 H street. 13-tt GREAT SURPRISE AT THE To-XigM. To-Xiglit. GRAND BALL, AT MUSIC HALL, TJTIS EVEXIXG. IE. .A. Ctaoheaa Hubra. The Count Cinclion was tlie bpnuish Viccroj- in Pent in UEO. Tlie Coimtos. his wile, was prostrated by an intermit tent fever, from which she was freed by tlie Use of the native remedy, tlie Peru vian hark. or. as it was called in the tanguauc of the country, "Quinquina."' Grateful for her recovery, on her return to Euroj.e in VtH. l:e introduced tiie remedv in Spain, where it was known under various names, until Juimeus called it Cincliona. in honor of the lady who hnd bronchi them that which was more precious than the jjold of thelneas. To this day. after a lapse of two hun dred and fifty years, science has given us nothing to take its place. It effectu al Iv cures' a morbid appetite for stimu lant, bv restoring tlie natural lone of the stomach. It attacks excessive love of liquor as it docs a fever, and destroys both alike. The powerful tonic virtue of the Cinchona is preserved in tlie Peruvian Bitters, which are as effective against malarial fever to-day as they were in the days of the old Spanish Viceroys. We guarantee the ingredi ents of then' bitters to be absolutely pure, and of the best known quality. Atrial will satisfy you that this is the bebt bitter in the world. 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ' aim we willingly abide this test. For sale by all druggists, grocers and liquor dealers. Order it. ACAi:i).-Aloria.May .. lsst. I desire to give notice to the lishcroien on the Cotaialtta river that the "Argonaut "'owned by A.W'.iL V.Cook of Cliflim. respect", no rights that IHtcnueii hae in common on saki river; where the fishermen refuse to work for the puce that the Mi'mk Cook set oh fish. The aid he: has destroyed for me a part of three nets nd the owner of it re fuses to make any ntititlou to me what ever, although I ha ti requested tiieni to do so. He saes ollifr Wis when he llouls them, mine he cHlnnnlesfroy.s. simply be cause I refused In iinilili fish forhhn at the price he w Mini. y 1 W VXTSMNE X ADAMSAI'PLC I piiark. Signature witutil. Sd&wlw "Marian King." rrE HAVE NOW PLACED THIS FIRST class exsel on the lierth for salmon loading to Lit crpool. For particulars regard hie rates of freiuht and Insunince. apply to ROIHJERS, MEYER A- 00 . Portland, Oregon. $100 Reward. 1 REWARD OF ONE HVNDRED DOl,- jdLlars will be paid by the undersigned for the arrest and eomlctionof any person or persons, who may be found cutting or inolest mg the water pipe belonging to the Astoria tter eompam. .1. F. NOWIJiN. Superintendent. Astoria. May 13th. 1S5I. Notice to Consignees. PURCHASERS OF MIX VLaTES AND consignees of mcryMuiUc by the Clan Grant," will please taKe notice that tills es ncI eominenees discbargjuy at Hustlers old dock, Monday, :thhis All merchandise left on the dock alter .itrclock p.m. of the day of its discharge, w IB? le at oniers risk. R)(:ERsJpiEER& CO.. Sd-llt Cousigni'es of vessel. San Francisco Store! UEUF. ARE PMCEX OF HOODS TUAT WILL SURPRISE ALL. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. MENS AND BOYS CASIMERE SUITS FROM EXTRA BEST SUITS " FINE BLACK SUITS DIAGONAL SUITS CASIMERE PANTS EXTRA BEST PANTS " BOYS SUI1"S, ALL SORTS, FROM ...$ 8 00 TO J 5 00 .... 12 00 " 20 00 .. IS 00 " 2T, 00 . 13 00 22 00 .. 2 r0 " 4 00 .. 4 00 5 30 ... C 00 " 12 00 FURNISHING GOODS. Gity Auditors Notice. TCE IS HEREUV CIVEN TIL City Assessment Roll of the cit of As- OVERALI-S FROM JUMPERS " " ALL "WOOL SOCKS CHECKER SOCKS. SIX PAIR FOR COTTON SOCKS, THREE PAIR FOR WHITE SHIRTS FROM COLORED " , LCASDIERE ' ' FLANNEL - BLUE NAVY FLANNEL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS FPvOM COTTON FLANNEL SHIRTS AND DRAWERS MAUINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS CO CTS. TO SI 00 ctJinsrisr. dealer In FAMILY GKOCEKIES, fAIT, 3IIT.L Fi:Kl XXD HAY Cash pmil for country produce. Small prollts on cash ile. Astona, Oregon, cor ner of Main and Squemoeohe .streets. I. W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL DEALER IN GEHEBAL MERCHANDISE Corner Chenamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA - - - OREGON Ask your druggist to show you a lare bottle ol Am men s louru ayrup, and tead the label. We can honestly recommend it as the best. Try it. The Peruvian syrup lias cured thou sands who were suffering from dysjiep sia, debility, liver complaint, boils, hu mors, female complaints, etc. Pamph lets free to any address. Seth W.Fowlf & Sons. Boston. As a mild, but effectual laxative, as a safe but sure tonic, blood purifier and general strcngthener, use' King of the Blood. Sec advertisement. Just received at Carl Adlers, a full assortment of Sewing Machine Needles of all makes and sizes: to be I sold at reduced rates. toria. Oregon, as returned by the City Asses sor for the j ear lfixi.is nv on tile in the office of the Auditunaudrlerk of said city where it will renyaip ouen for inspection until the 13th day pi Mayi 1n1. All applica tions for corrections dr jevLsIons of the same mast he filed with kiAl Auditor and Clerk prior to .said iMldayW May.tssi. s ' Auditor and Clerk. Astona, Ma 2, lSSf td.d&w Proposal for Building Wharf at Ilwaco. W. T. BIDS FOR EXTEXDIXO THE WHARF :uid roadwaj of the Ilwaco Wharf company, at Ilwaco, AV. T., fnun the pres ent wharf In a southeasterly direction, from 450 to COO feet, will be received at the onicc of the company until 11 a.m. May 3). 1881. Rids should state the price ier lineal foot for the roadway : also for constructing the main wharf and slip, in accordance witli plans and specifications to be seen at the ofilce of J. II. 1. (J ray. Astoria. Oregon, until Tuesday, Mav 17, 1881. after which time they w ill be 111 the hands of the secretary of the company at Ilwaco, V. T. The company rescne the right to reject any or all bids. L. A. LOOMIS, President I. V. Co. Ilwaco, W. T., May ?, 1831. ... GO " " 1 W 20 " "' 25 I 00 23 , 90 " " I 73 73 u " I 50 S 1 50 - " 3 00 1 00 u - 1 75 200 u 2 50 1 23 " 2 23 CO " 50 OIL CLOTHING. LONG OIL COATS FROM OIL. JUMPERS . - ; 50 TO 4 50 300 BOOTS AND SHOES. Wm. Houseman of Portland BEGS LEAVE TO NOTIFY HIS friends and customers that he lias opened A FISHERMAN'S CLOTHING AND FCRXI5IIIXO GOODS STORE Xe.t to O. "W. Hume's grocery store. F IIOl'SEMAX. Agent HANSEN BROS Contractors and Builders, CORXER ASTOR AXI) CASS STREETS. Xear Congregational Church. And are now ready to receive orders for all kinds of woox woork:. Contracts taken to build and repair snirs, houses, boats, etc., AT LOWEST KATES. SDoors and Window Frames made to order. MENS CALF HOOTS FROM MENS KIP ROOTS - ELASTIC GAITERS - BUCKLE SHOES - MENSSLIPrERS - , BOYS ROOTS " S3 00 TO . 2 73 " . 1 75 4t . 2 23 " . 50 " . 1 23 " 4 50 4 CO 250 3 23 1 00 1 73 I HAVE THIS SPRING STRAINED EVERY NERVE AND USED MY' ENTIRE ENERGY' AND BEST JUDGMENT IN PLACING IN OUR AS TORIA nOUSE THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF THE ABOVE LINE OF GOODS. CALL AND INSPECT FOR YOURSELF. YOU ARE WELCOME. I mLL GLADLY' SHOW MY" GOODS, NO MATTER WHETHER YOU BUY' OR NOT. NEW GOODS BY' EVERY' STEAMER. S. DANZIGER. San Francisco Store. Squemocque street, next door to rage & Allen's store, north of "Walla-walla Restaurant, Astona Oregon. I. T. ilAKCLAV. T. H. HATCH. HATCH & BARCLAY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, fj. 20 California St., San Francisco, Cat. C. H. STOCKTON, A'I I " CARRIAGE PAINTER,- PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING A SPKCIALTV. GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 9Snop next door to Astorian Office, In ShustertDUildlng.